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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-21
They Keep One Eye Shut.

A recent traveller in Mexico, who visited
the mines there during his journey, says
that he was much astonished at seeing the
men who carry the ore come out of the
mine, each with one eye shut.
The foreman, seeing his surprise, ex-
planned the matter He said the candles
belonging to the tarateros (who drill and
blast) do not give sufficient light in the
drifts, where it is consequently quite dark,
but where, nevertheless, the taratcros see
we'll enough not to run their heads against
the rocks, but, on emerging into day
light, they would be blinded did they not
take precautionary measures.
For this reason, as they approach the
mouth of the shaft, at the point where
they catch the first glimpse of light they
drop the cyelid of one eye and keep this
down while they arc discharging their ore
and until they have redescended the shaft
When they are again in the dark, they
open the eye kept hitherto in reserve and
at once see everything distinctly, while the
other eye, previously open and somewhat
blinded by the daylight, perceiyes nothing
at all.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-21
CHAPTER XXI.
THE BALANCE OF THE GOLD.


Captain Colepepper was pacing the
deck Of the Eureka and watching anx-
iously for the daylight to come. The
captain was nervous and irritated and
showed it in the unwonted jerkiness Of
his gait. His crew had certainly been
giving him a good deal Of trouble late
ly by their various adventures on Piper's
cay, and kind Of superstitious dread
of the sinister influences of his piratical
ancestor island headquarters had TAX
en- hold cf.the shippers mind. The run
Of i'll luck which had logged the Eu.
reka's people ever since their arrival
seemed to him more than the chances
of the game warranted.
"Confound that farming loutl" he
muttered as he leaned on the bulwark
and watched for the signs Of the COM
ing morning in the sky. TEN to one
he's got himself into scrape with his
poaching foolishness, and Henrietta and
Guthrie with him. Confound Piper
and his island tool There seems to be a
blight on the place"
A faint frightening in the east
showed where the day was coming. The
clear parts of the sky took on thin
blush of purple, and the scattered
clouds caught fire on the horizon and
burned like furnaces on the water line.
Then the conhagration Of the heavens
spread up and up, while the stars still
winked down undimmed from the ze-
NTH. Then with rush the light came
and it was day.
Dr. Tring came out from the COM
panion way and took his stand beside
the skipper.
"We'd better have the boat out
eoon,' said he, 'and go and look for
Them"
Captain Colepepper nodded and then
made an impatient gesture.
"Yes" he grumbled irritably. land
likely as not come to grief ourselvesl
The spirit of that backyard ancestor
Of mine seems to haunt the place like
malevolent genius. There's no other
way of accounting for it begin to
think the whole island is accursed."
DR.. firing did not answer Els gaze
was fixed on a point of the reefs about
a mile to the eastward.
SCOT your glass with you. Colepep-
peri" he asked presently.
The captain handed him his binocu-
lar, and the doctor, after o minutes
close scrutiny Of the moving thing in
the distance which had attracted his
attention, returned the glass to his COM
panion.
"What do you make of it" he asked
The captain took long look. otis a
ocat," said he, with two people in it. /"
Eyes; Guthrie and Henrietta, aren't
they7 But don t see the farmer y
"There's something in the STERN
pronounced the captain. 'Looks like a
man. Yes; he sat up just now. It's
that lubber Cain, and he's got white
thing round his head
"Sure9" asked the doctor in tone
of relief
"Certain. Wonder what's the matter
with himl"
"Tumbled over pebble and broken
his crown. dare say-the numbering
idiotl"
"But where, in the name of all that's
unaccountable, have they got boat
fromP'
"Can't say, but dare say the man
with the blood blister may have some
thing to do with it. Colepepper, doesn't
it strike you that they may have had a
skirmish and that the farmer may have
got damaged in fight with the owners
Of the hoat"'
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-21
Stumbled by His Father.

The success as composer Of Siegfried
Wagner in his opera der Barenhaue.
ter" was never anticipated by his father,
who had little hope for any great future
of the young Siegfried. When he was IL
years old, the lad composed polonaise
and brought it to his father. He would
not look ut it.
"Take it away" he said, "only ounces
write polonaises."
Young Siegfried knew enough to recall
to his famous father that his first COM
position was a polonaise.
"a boy Of II should be at his books"
was the rejoinder Of the great Richard.
Mozart was composing when he was
only g."
"Oh, you're Mozart, then"
Siegfried's answer was marvel Of d.
plomacy for one SO young. "No, not a
Mozart" he answered, "but son of
Richard Wagner"
That Modified the famous man, and he
read the polonaise, but did not find much
in it for encouragement. He handed 1t
back to his son and is said to have hum
med the phrase from "Lohengrin" in
which the knight cautions Elsa not to
question him. 1t was several days before
he delivered his opinion to Siegfried.
Then he cautioned him to stick to the
study Of architecture and learn how to
build houses and probably theaters, but
to leave to others the creation Of the
music to be sung In them.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-21
More Pucker Than Poison.

An amusing story once told Of Profess
or Packard Of the Theological seminary
Of the Episcopal church in Virginia goes
to prove that an intimate knowledge Of
Hebrew roots does not Of necessity i'm
ply an acquaintance with the entire vege-
table kingdom.
Professor Packard had gone to Vir-
ginia from New England, and naturally
it had never been his fortune to see per-
simmons growing.
One day as he was walking along he
noticed some most tempting fruit Of
beautiful light orange color. Its appear
ance was so much in its favor that Pro-
fessor Packard picked and took liberal
taste of what was In reality an unripe
persimmon.
The poor professor instantly jumped at
the idea that he was poisoned. While
his face was contorted with anguish and
fear he was overtaken by two of his col
leagues, who anxiously inquired what
was the matter.
Don't talk to me-" groaned the victim,
"but let me go home and die in the bosom
of my family"
As may be supposed. the professor
soon discovered that he had not taken a
fatal mouthful In spite Of his feelings,
but the memory of his piteons request
gave the faculty. including himself, many
good laugh in later days.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-21

up and passed her along to the gang.
way.
HWs'd best DO getting away NOW.
,sir, I'm thinking. she saidto 0Hthsie
,NIt won't be hsalthy aboard this
schooner when the niggers get ont"
"Wait a minute" answered tho
Young man. "We haven't finished our
lob vet How long do you think it win
be before the vsrmin eat their way out
again !" -
"Happen an hour-happen less II they
use axes. But, asking pardon. sir, 10
there anything to gain by waiting to
see 'em get QUIT We can be half way
to the Eureka in the time, and seeing
as how we shall be making use of theft
only boat they can't follow us !"
i'That's just It," was the eager re-
ply. "That's inst what I'm thinking of
We shall have their boat, Of course, and
swimming's fortunately out Of the CUES
ton because Of sharks. But, don't you
see,' they'll have the achoonerl What's
to hinder them from laying her up
alongside the Eureka as soon as she
puts to sea. OF. for that matter, even
befcse she leaves Piper'sf Now, that's
what should like to prevent"
'It's fact" admitted the woman.
They'll have the schooner, and ten to
one they'll do just what you say, sir,
and we can't prevent 'em from doing it
either, If they wants to, that I can see.
We shall just have to make fight Of 1t
when they come.
sBut we can't fight theml We have
no firearms and they have, but we can
stop themP' cried the undergraduate
"You see that SAW Well, we'll stop
them with thatl Here, Cainl' he shout
ed. "Can you Reep that white haired old
ruffian safe for another half hourf"
II think I can, zur," returned the
farmer confidently. "I'll just yet here
quiet, like thikky. I zuppose he'll
have to boide too"
"Have you managed to arm yourself
with anythinga' was the next question.
"No," admitted Cain, ''but I'll
zoon do that, eur"
With a great effort and with the dellb"
Grafton of a man to whom hurry was q
vanity. he Strengthened out yellow
gathered leg, dived deep down into long
trousers pocket and produced clasp
knife He opened it with his teeth and
showed a blackened blade some four
inches in length. Then he spat copious-
ly into the hollow Of his palm, gripped
the knife handle and extended his arm
with slow. saving motion
~ be dangerous man to tackle. eur.
when got blood up, said he solemn.
ly.
Guthrie burst into laugh. The no.
'tion of any one being tardy enough to
let that knife be stuck into him was
funny, but then he remembered the OK
like strength of the fist at the back Of
it, and came to the conclusion that he
pitied the man who fell foul Of its blow
"Come on, Henrietta. said he.
"Cain's all right. fancy. Now IN
show you what crosscut saw will do"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-21
NE TOOK NAILS.


Was Treating.
individuality a lost sight Of IN the
citiAs. u II swallowed up, ~ IL were, in
the mob. In village II stands out with
surprising distinetness. Tho odd charac-
tiers Of the place arc known to everybody,
and their queer sayings and doings srs
told from moush to mouth.
In acertain little town not great ways
from Cleveland there are probably as
many of these peculiar people as any place
Of its size can boast One of them Is an
ancient man who longs for the good old
times that followed the war and is firm
believer in the criminal weakness Of the
present financial system. He y man Of
considerable property, but nevertheless Is
economical to an extreme degree. In fact,
be was never known to spend penny that
didn't 60 for some actual necessity.
There is another character In the town
who keeps the village general store. He
Is good hearted fellow, who, after q long
course Of bachelorhood, finally married.
In this little town IT is the custom for the
happy bridegroom to set up the cigars for
all the con gratulating males who drop In
to wish him joy. So the bridegroom in
this instance had box on the counter,
and most Of his patrons we're RECALLED from
1t.
Pretty soon the ancient gentleman first
referred to lounged Id. The storekeeper,
who felt friendly to all the world just
then, pushed the box toward the new
conner.
"Have cigar, Uncle JIM" he smiling.
" said.
Uncle Jim looked at the box and looked
at the storekeeper.
Whats this forp" he asked.
The storekeeper slightly blushed.
"Been gettin married"
"Whop Your"
+ "Yep. Me-" ...,..
"An you're standin treat, ehf"
"Yep," said the storekeeper.
The old man picked up cigar.
"How much did these seegars cost yA
ABB" he inquired.
"Oh," replied the storekeeper, "they
cost me- bout 4. cents They're nickel nickel
The old man dropped the cigar back in
the box. Then his gaze wandered around
the store.
swell, Ab," he slowly drawled, 1'ef it's
oil the Same to you, I'll take pound O
nails. !" ~ ~
And he got them.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-21

Speaking about speeches in the senate,
Don Cameron had tho record for the sem
ator with tho longest service and the short.
est speech. The then senator from Penn
sylvania spent good deal of time In the
senate chamber, but he always lolled
around In his chair, apparently taking no
interest in the proceedings. The whole
session seemed to bore him until late In
the afternoon, when he used to put enough
energy In himself to rise in his seat and
say to the vice president, II move the sem
ate adjourn" Toward the end of his
service in the senate Mr.. Cameron seemed
to consider this motion his prerogative,
and no one disputed his claim, as it SEEM
ed to be the only way of recording his
presence. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-21
THE FIRST SIGHT OF INDIA.
Bombay Like an Elaborste Dream Of
strange Sights anA Sounds.

Bombay Like an Elaborste DFean Of
strange Sights aaA SQUADS.
The first sight Of India IL smasing. en-
trancins, stupefying. OF other countries
you become aware gradually. Italy
leads up to the Levant, and Egypt passes
ron on insenAbly to tho desert. Landed
In Bombay, you have strayed into q
most elaborate dream. infinite In variety,
blurred with completely, gallery OF
strange faces, q buzz Of strange voices,
rainbow Of strange colors, garden of
strange growths, book Of strange ques-
tons, a pantheon Of strange gods. DIFF
ferent beasts and birds In the street, diff
ferent clothes to wear, different meal
times and different food. The very COM
monest things are altered. You begin
new life in new world.
It takes time to come to yourself. At
first everything Is SO noticeable that you
notice nothing. When things begin to
come sorted and sifted. Bombay reveals
itself as city Of monstrous contrasts.
Along the sea front one splendid public
building follows another = vsriegated
stone facades, with arch and colonnade,
cupols and pinnacle and statuary. At
their feet huddle Aimsy huts Of mating
matched with leaves. which q days rain
would reduce to mud and pulp. You sit
In a marble paved club, vast and airy as
1 Roman villa, and look out over gardens
OF heavy scarlet and purple flowers to-
ward choking alleys, where half naked
sayages herd by families together In
open fronted rooms and filth runs down
gullies to tester In the sunken street. In
this quarter .Rap may see the weaver
twirling his glst opsd amber wool on q
hand loom-a skeleton so simple and
fragile that kick would make sticks Of
It. Go to the street corner, and you see
black smoke belch from . hundred roar
ing mills, whose competition cuts the
throat of all the world. In the large,
open space Parsees bowl each other
underhand full pitches and cry. "Tank
you, tank youp' after the ball. By the
rail squats Hindoo, who would like, II
only the Law would let him, to marry ba-
bies and burn widows.
Yet, for all its incongrlities, Bombay
never lets you forget that 1t is very
great city. II It had no mills, it would
be renowned for its port; IL It had mel
Their, it would be famous for Its beauty,
and il It were as ugly as it Is fair it
would still be one Of the most astounding
collections Of human animals in the
world, Forty languages. 1t Is said. are
habitually spoken In its bazaars. That,
to him who understands no word Of any
of them, is perhaps more curious than in
teresting, but, then, every race has its
own costume. SO that the streets Of Bonn
hay are kaleidoscope of vermilion tur-
bans and crimson, orange and fame col
or, of men in blue and brown and emer-
aid waistcoats, women in cherry colored
satin drawers or mantles, drawn from
the head across the bosom to the hip, OF
blazing purple or green that shines like
grasshopper. II you check your eye and
ask your mind for the matter color In
the crowd, 1t Is white-white bordered
with brown or fawn or damson legs.-G.
w. Stevens in London Mail.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-21
CRIMINAL ANIMALS.


wicked wild Beasts.
e. Seton Thompson, naturalist to ths
government of Manitoba, gives In bis
book, "Wild Animals Have Known"
some curious examples Of depravity among
Wild beasts.
The best story Is that Of the New Mex
lean wolf who led q band that killed cow
q day for five years Finally the ranchera
offered 81, 900 for this VOLTS pelt. He was
easily distinguished. His track was an
inoh wider than that Of other wolves.
A professional wolf hunter tried to earn
the bounty, but the wolves killed bis dogs,
and he gave IT up Then Mr.. Thompson
took the casa. He melted cheese in the fat
Of heifer In a china dish, cut 1t into
Jumps with bone knife to avoid the faint
of metal and put in strychnine and cy-
snide in odor proof capsules. He wore
gloves stepped In cows blood and avoided
breathing on the bats.
The bats were picked up. he followed
the track and found that the wolf had laid
all four together and scattered dirt over
them.
The wolves then took to killing sheep.
Traps were set to the number Of 1870 in
different parts of ths ranch. The trails of
the big wolf and Of the pack were traced
up to one set Of traps, and the doings of
the leader we're marked in the dust.
He had stopped the rest, warned by
scent, and scratched around the trap till
he found the buried chain and picket On
another part Of the ranch he entered an
H-shaped series Of traps and detected the
danger The trail showed that he had
slowly backed out on his own track, put.
ting each paw down backward until out
of the dangerous ground. He had then
sprung some Of the traps by scratching
clods and stones backward at them with
his hind feet.
He was ct last caught by dragging over
the traps the body Of female wolf, the
scent Of which he followed.
No more skillful criminal than this wolf
was ever known. Old Eph, lame griz-
ely, which in two years ruined half the
hog raisers In the Sacramento valley by
his wasteful love Of pork, was close Sec
ond. A bobtailed wolf kept the whole
city Of Paris in terror for ten years at the
beginning Of the fourteenth century, and
tho Lochnee panther, in India, killed 500
human beings in less than two years.
A famous rogue dog Of Derbyshire was
conspicuous by Its faithful care Of sheep in
the daytime, but was savage and ugly to-
ward men strangers. 1t slept IN the house
and was never suspected, though sheep
worrying took place on the farms near.
At last 1t was tracked in the snow from
fold where 30 sheep had been killed to
the farm where 1t lived, the dog having
forgotten that the track would show,
though it took partial means to conceal it
by running along the top Of a stone wall.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-21
No General strike in Buffalo.

Buffalo, June 21.-Contrary to ex-
pectation a general strike of dock
workers Yves not ordered yesterday. A
conference was held by representatives
Of the various branches of labor along
the docks, and after the freight han
dlers had been urged in vain to re-
turn to work 1t was decided that no
action looking to general strike
should be taken until President Keefe,
of the 'Longshoremen's association, ar
rives here and looks into the situation.
Mr.. Keefe is expected here tonight.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-21

Twenty years ago Leon Godchaux was
q peddler on the Mississippi river be-
tween New Orleans and Vicksburg,
wearing his pack on his back. He went
into one plantation, and the owner put
him out and set the dogs on him. The
itinerant merchant, bending under his
load, shook his fist at that plantation
mansion, which was one of the finest
Of the state, and exclaimed that he
would live to put that owner out Of the
slace and own it himself. The peddler
Of that day not only kept his word. but
he acquired possession Of nearly all the
river plantations between this city and
Baton Rouge, distance Of 80 miles.
He owned the largest clothing and
furnishing house In the state and was
worth S1O,OOO,O0 Leon Godchaux died
the other day in his mansion in New Or
leans at the age Of 70 years.-Galveston
News.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-21
NO RIGHT TO UQLINESS.

The woman who is lovely in face, form
and temper will always have friends, but
one who would be attractive must keep
her health. II she Ia weak, sickly and all
run down, she will be nervous and irritn-
BILE. II she has constipation or kidney
trouble. her impure blood will cause PIN
pies, blotches, skin eruptions and
wretched complexion. Electric Bitters Is
the boat medicine 10 the world to regulate
stomach. liver and kidneys and to purify
the blood. 1t gives strong nerves, bright
eyes, smooth. velvety skin, rich complex
ing woman Of a run down invalid. Only
80 cents at n B. Danforth's drug store.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-21
HE VOTED FOR STONE.
And For One Of the Most Remarka-
BILE Reasons on Record.

And For One Of the Most Remarka-
BILE Reasons on Record.
Theodore bolton Of Henry county tells
this good story. II was q strong Stone
man, said Bolton, "when the ex-gov-
ernor was candidate for governor. One
day while the campaign was at Its hottest
Democrat from an outlying township
came to sec me. He called me out from
my store end took me into q back alley.
thought no wanted to borrow IS or ask
me to 60 on his note. Finally, when he
got to a selected place, away from the
crowd, the old follow laid down his cob
pipe and said:
essay, Bolton, I can't vote for your
man, Stone
sd" why, Uncle Billya inquired.
"'Weil, they tell me, The, that Bill
Stone beats his wife, beats her twice q
week
II looked the old man squarcly in tho
eyes and never smiled and sait, Now,
Billy, you wouldn't vote against man
for beating his wife-and you q married
man too
"'The, you don't beat your wife, do
your
"'Wheneyer she needs it, Uncle Billy
"'Well, didn't think that Of you, The.
The, l like you, but can't vote for your
man, Stone
$50 we parted, and Uncle Billy went
back to his home in the back township.
"Three weeks later the county conven-
ton to select delegates to the state nom-
mating convention met In Clinton. The
first man met on the streets was Uncle
Billy.
"'What arc you doing here today, Uncle
Rilly9' asked as the old fellow shook
hands with me.
"'Why, am a delegate from my town
ship to this here convention
"And how do you stand on the Stone
question nowS'
"'Well, tell you, The. I have been
thinking about what you told me, and it's
all right Una married man myself, and
avn going to vote for Stone.
Sand he did," added Bolton, land to
this day believes Stone beat his wife twice
a week, and that's why Stone got his vote
in the Henry county convention. kan
sas City journal.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-21
Buffalo bills Fine Shooting.

Colonel Cody, better known as Buffalo
Bill" is one Of the finest shots in the
world One Of his most wonderful feats
was not generally performed in public, for
tho reason that its failure or success could
not be discerned at any great distance. 1t
consisted in driving into white board
five short,-aat headed lacks with five sue
cessive shots, from Il distance just short
enough to allow tho tacks to be accurate-
ly sighted. So great was Colonel Cody's
skill with the light rifle he used for this
feat that, given favorable light, he could
generally perform it six or seven times
without miss.-St. Louis Globe Demo.
crnt