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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
 N IA MIN IT.
A Ceremony Arranged by Chance En-
 tirely in Persia and Japan.

A Ceremony Arranged by Chance En-
 tirely in Persia and Japan.
 The naming of the child ill Persia is made an event of great rejoicing and a time for the gathering of relatives. When the guests are assembled sweet meats are eaten and then the infant in its swaddling clothes is brought in and laid on the carpet in the center of the room by one of the priests. Five names are written on as many slips of paper and placed between the leaves of the Koran; chapter is read from this book and then one of the slips is drawn at random The name on the slip is the one the child has to bear through life, and the priest takes up the slip, pronounees the name in the child's ear and places the piece of pa per in it's clothes. Gifts and eongratu- lations follow. The custom in Japan is for the parents on the thirteenth day after it's birth to take the child to the temple they attend and the father gives three names to the priest, who wrItes each on a piece of paper. These are then shuf1ed about with certain incantations and thrown up in the air. The first that falls is the one chosen. This is then written by the priest on a consecrated piece of paper and given to the ehild's parents to preserve. The child then receives certain gifts, two of which are important If a boy, two fans are presented; and if a girl, a pot of pomade, and in each case a packet of flax thread is added. which signi- fies good wishes ard a long life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
BERLIN'S CLEAN STREETS.
Residents Vie with One Another in
 Making Them PresentabIe.

Bicyelists who have ridden much on the asphalt streets of German cities say that the tendency to .sside slip, is there much less marked than on sim liar payements in this country. The explanation of this fact may possibly lie in the statement wlrich is made by the American consul at Breslau that the asphalt streets in that city are regularly washed, the purpose of the washing being to remove the slime which the asphalt seems to leave and to keep the street from being slippery. The washing has the further effect of .rfes2Tying and hardening the asphalt.
 taken of the asphalt by
 authorities contrasts strongly :sA the methods usually adopted in tza United States. For instance, the z, ae in front of the consulate is di- yided into four squares, which are in charge of one man. After cleaning the streets early in the morning he wheels out a barrow load of very fine. sharp sand and seatters it lightly over the streets to prevent slipping. On yainy days the process is repeated seV- erai times. 6fc6 a week the whole street is slpiced and Thoroughly washed with sprinkling carts. These are followed by ample roller brushes, which sweep the water and slime into the gutter, whence it is carted away. After this the man who has charge of the street comes along with his wheel barrow and sand sprinkler. In spring or autumn, when the Streets are often sloppy and wet. the washing is done several times during the week.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
RHEUMATISM CATARRH ARE BLOOD
 DISEASES-.EREEt

It is the deep-seated, obstinate cases of Catarrh and Rheumatism that B. B, E. (botanie blood balm) cures. It mat ters not what other treatments, doc 'ors, sprays, liniments, medicatea air, blood purifiers, have failed to do, B E. 5. always promptly reaches the real cause and roots out and drives from the bones, joints, mucous membrane, and entire system the specific poison in the blood that causes rheumatism and eatarrh. B. B. 5. is the only rem. edy strong to do this and cure so there can never be return of the symptoms. Don't give up hope but ask your drug gist for B. B. B.-botanic blood balm or 5 bs.-Large bottles one dollar, six bottles full treatmene five dollars B. B. $. is an honest remedy that makes real cures of all blood diseases after verything else fails. We have abso- lute confidence in Botanic blood balm; hence, so you may test 1t, we will send trial bottle free on request. Personal medical advice free. Address,
 BLOOD BALM CO.
 222 Miethell St.. A Atlanta, Ga.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
CLIMATE SHOWS FEW CHANGES
Weather Conditions Now About the
 Same as in Ages Past.

From Popular Science: This subject most thorough study. We find the "early" and the latter" rain today in Palestine precisely as described $500 years ago Jordan overfows all it's banks" in February today exactly as it did in Joshua's time, thirty-three een- turies ago. Plants taken from mummy cases in Egypt, which must have been gathered more than 5000 years since, are practically of the same size and have the same appearance as those growing today. Records of vintages in France over TOO years ago show prac- tieally the same dates as today. Actual observations of rainfall for over 200 years in France show no change Ob- servations of temperature for almost 200 years at St. Petersburg show no change appreciab1e to us, though, of course, the earliest observations were extremely crude and somewhat unreh- able. Facts of this kind might be ad
 dueed to fill a small volume. On the other hand, we have records of most eyxtraQge aary cold weather in ancient tinie. One winter light wine in France froze. Another winter the River Pc froze= over so as to bear teams, an ua heard-of phenomenon today In this journal for June it is stated that Par nassus and socrate, now free from snow, were covered with it in classic antiquity. Also the name Greenland, which strikes Us as so singularly in- appropriate, was not inapplieable at the time it was named, in the four teenth century," It is entirely proba- ble that descriptions of the cold in an- eient times were much exaggerated. Parnassus and Soerate have snow at times, and, in earlier days, when pro-
 lection against the cold and snow was much less than now, little snow would so long way The earlier voyagers from Iceland, more than a thousand years ago, leaving a land of almost perpetual ice and snow, and reaching land in summer with it's beautiful green color to their unac- customed eyes, would very naturally give the name of Greenland to it. At the summer time it is said that Green land presents most beautiful green near the Danish settlements to this day. Our oldest inhabitants, who have been wont to describe the terri- ble cold and deep snows of their boy
 hood days as incomparahly greater than anything which does or can oc- cur today, have completely lost their reckoning the last winter when reading of a ship that had sunk in New York harbor by the weight of the ice upon it; also that Washington had had thir- ty-four inches of snow on level and the lowest temperature eyer noted in that fair city. I am sure careful study will show no appreciable change in the climate of this earth since the early historic times. Of course nothing here addueed touches climatic changes in glacial times or in prehistoric times, which changes. have been established beyond question.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
PREJUDICE MADE PROFITABLE.
Superstition Against the Opal Was Mere-
 Iy Jewellers Fiction.

Superstition Against the Opal Was Mere-
 Iy 8 Jewellers Fiction.
 It is only within a few years that the fashionable women of Chicago could be Induced to wear opals, although they are among the rarest and most beautl ful of gems. But now the opal, long tabooed because of it's supposed un- lucky qualities, is reported by dealers in gems to be once more selling well. With this information comes what purports to be the true story of how so beautiful a stone came by it's bat name.
 It seems. according to the story. that a Belgian jeweler, finding a great. de- mand for opals in Brussels, sent one of his salesJnen to London to purchase supply. On arriving thers this emissary found to his chagrin that the object Of his quest was the most popu- lar gem In the English capital. ane that it's price was approximately large Forthwith he conceived the story that opals bring bad luck. He circulated this story diligently, with the surprising result that the much sought stones came to be sedulously avoided, and that their price rapidly declined. In the course of two months opals were selling in London for one third of the price previously asked for them, and the astute Belgian prompt ly bought up all there were offered for sale; in fact, all the opals that were to be had. Before the superstition he had started had time to reach the con- tinent of Europe, he had delivered the jewels to his chief, and the firm had placed them upon the market and reaped a mammoth profit on the trans action.
 The belief in the ill-starred fortune of an opal's owner grew greatly and brought fruit a hundredfold. For twenty-five years past the stone has been almost unstable, in spite of it's beauty. Now someone has unearthed, or more probably invented the story of the Belgian speculator, and the pendu- lum of popular sentiment has begun to swing in the opposite direction.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
The mlssionary,s Little Joker.

A native Maori chieftain, the des. pendant Of cannibai kings, is now com pleting his medical education in Chi cago. CannibaiIsfh ended in his trib6s he says, when Bishop selwyn converted his grandfather; but he tells some stories of it which have q distinctly humorous flavor. For instance: It is said that once chief captured a mis- sionary who was anything but tooth- some morsel, as he was old and thin, and looked as if his flesh would be tough. The. missionary warned the chief that he would not make a good dinner. and pulling Up his trousers, cut a slice off the calf of his leg and offered it to the chief The chief tast- ed it, said he didn't like 1t. and passed it to 3 subchief. The sub tasted it. made v face. and passed 1t on The ra san who took bite of it spat The missionary was res 1easee CT he had gone it was dis cover at he wore cork leg.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
MANY WEEDS GOOD TO EAT
Certain Kinds Are Often Used for Food
 by Families.

Certain Kinds Are Often Used for Food
 by Families.
 Go out on any farm and see the farm- CT hoeing away at the weeds that threaten to choke his crop. You may hear him say things that wouldn't sound nice about the weeds The dan delion isn't the only weed eaten by people who know what's good to eat. Take wild chicory. the plague of the farmer. It makes one of the finest salads served, piquant, tender and wholesome. Charlock or wild mustard is another bane of the farmer. He. doesn t know that as a pot herb it can give a soup a delightful flavor. The dock-weeds-how annoying the whole family are! Yet the broad leaf vari- ety and the curly leaf are used all over Europe as table vegetables. Thsres pokeweed, commonest of all. In France 1t is cultivated. k takes it's place. Sorrel, fettieus and chevIaa are looked on as flavoring for soup. Everybody in American hates a net tie and can't see what use it is. Iu Scotland Poland and Germany tender young nettle leaves are used as greens. The Germans boil them with other vegetables to give them a piquant fla yor. Purslane Is another weed that caR be treated in the same way Most people think milkweed poisonous. IL is a medicinal vegetable. with a de- lightful flavor all it's own. The young leaves, when they are in just the right condition, are a cross between spinach and asparagus, End in salad are de- licious. Sorrel. fetticus and chevril are looked on as field pests by ninety nine out of every hundred farmers. The hundredth one picks the choicest leaves from these weeds and sends them to market, where they find a ready sale for salads to be eaten with game and for favoring herbS-for herbs they are, and not weeds.-.New York World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
Lake Turns Red.

Lake Morat, in Switzerland, has the curious property of turning red every ten years, owing to the presence of certain aquatic plants, which are not known in any other lake in the world,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-30
How to Keep Your Religion.

How to Keep Your Religion.
Got window screens made to order At
Yergar's screen fac ory, 4l9 Shiploy street.
They are GOOD, nice and convenient and
work like charm.- adv
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-30
Hats Trimmed Free of Charge.
Another Great Cit Sale in
Trimmed flats.

We will sell our Trimmed Hats Sat
urday and Monday at $1.49, $1.9S, $2.49
and $685..
Untrimmed Hats and Sailors, regu-
lar SOC. and 49c. Sailor, at Csc.
Shamrock Rough Straw, regular 75c.
kind at 38c.
Children's untrimmed Hats, regular
49c., at 15c.
Clearing sale in Waists and Wash
Skirts. A nice Percale Waist at Csc.
White Lawn and Percale, trimmed
with insertion, at 49c. White Lawn P.
X. Waists, with two rows of insertion,
perfect fit. at TIC. All our Waists will
be sold at greatly reduced prices. A
good Crash Skirt. full width, at 39c.
A Crash Skirt, trimmed with three
rows of braid, at CSC. White Duck
Skirts, at 75c. White P. X. Skirts,
trimmed with insertion. at CSC. A bet
ter grade at $1.49.
A special sale in Muslin Underwear.
We will save you rs per cent. on every
article you buy from US. We have the
finest found anywhere.
Honlciy -l-auleS anu SnliuFen anu
also Mems black, seamless Hose, at
Sc. These Stockings are sold every
where at 1Oc. and 121Ac.
Also so dozens Ladies' fast black Hose,
were made to sell at 25c. Our price,
1Oc. or 8 for 25c. Ladies' Cream Seam
less Hose, 3 for Csc.
All silk Taffeta Ribbon, in all col
ors, No. 40, at 12c. Satin Ribbon in all
colors at 4c. per yard.
Corsets-Summer Corsets. made by
the r. G. Co., sold everywhere for &c.,,
our price, 23c.
Regular 49c. Corset at acc.
u yards Of Val. Lace, 10c.
10 yards of Torchon at &c., 1Oc., 15c.
Real WIDE
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-30
Rootbeer


me Bother ~ . Kidnapped Child Ds-
clines ~ Intercsde.
ChiaaSo. June 10.-Ths adjournment
Of Judge Waterman's court last night
1t the close of the evidence In the case
Of Elizabeth Ann Ingersoll and John
C. Collins. charged with Kidnapping
Gerald Lapiasr. ives marked By Q
pathetic scene. II was the action Of
the sister Of Mrs. lngersoll praying
the father Of the boy to have msrcy
ON the aged woman and his refusal to
listen to her plea.
Mrs. M. ]. Burchard, Of Amboy, Ills,
sister Of the alleged kidnapper, took
the stand In her sisters defense 10
show that she was not morally or
legally responsible for her dead. A.
ter court had adjourned, and the room
was we'll cleared Of spectators, Mrs.
Burchard forced her way to Mr..
Lapiner.
"Have pity ON my sister. Mr.. lap
iner," she cried, bowling down before
him in duplication. Don't send her
to states prison. She Is old and poor.
Have pity, a. you hope for mercy
yourself"
Those present looked on In silence
at the agony of the tone in which the
plea was made. Mr.. Lapiner brushed
past her, and with his wife and child
left the room, while look Of despair
settled on the face Of the supplicant.
John Collins. c0-defsndant with Mrs.
Ingsrsoll. testified that Mrs. Ingersoll
told him she had found the boy, and,
after vainly seeking his parents, had
brought him with her. That was all
he knew Of the case.
A number Of witnesses, including
two medical experts, testified their be-
lief that Mrs. Burchard Is insane.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-30
Al.LsesD nAssAcee Or PILlpiNoG .

Hf q = -
cssa1iasaeasr Wssessesr ccntradiess
. Report ssnt From .Mantia. <
ChAcasc. Juas 30.--Desn 6. wsFues-
ter, member Of the Philippine eonnis-
sion, yesterday eabisA The Tfnss-
Herald dsnyiAg reports tha4 Filit1he
prisoners were shot by order Of Anefi-
can officers. This was In response 70
. cable inquiry sent by n. N. Kehlsaat,
~ follows:
Charles Bremen. Minneapolis. Kan.
writes home: Company I had four
prisoners and didn't know what to do
with them. They asked Captain Bishop
what to do. He said: You know
ORDERS and four natives fell dsAd.'-
Cable the truth"
Commissioner Worcestsr's answer
follows:
THE original statement Of Bremen
II untrue. Brennsr's charge was
promptly Investigated by the military
authorities here. No facts were aseer.
tlined to support the charge at tho
time Of hrst inquiry. but the inyestiea-
ti0n has been renewed and is being
prosecuted vigorously and extensively.
This investigation has not yet been
completed.
"Brenner's charges has some SEM
blance Of truth, for the reason that II
Is now believed that two prisoners
were shot In the heat Of battle for re-
fusing to pass 70 the rear when or
dered to do 10. This matter 10 being
prObed TO the bottom. It In an iso-
lated case.
1.-THE inhabitants OF the town recent.
ly captured had been maltreated. rob
bed and left destitute BY the insur.
gents. The natives rejoice at the ~
rival Of the American troops, who
neither burn their homes nor loot their
property and who feed the hungry.
The Inhabitants are resuming their
ordinary occupations and are ready to
cooperate with u.
"The wounded insurgents are
brought to Manila, where they receive
the same care and attention as our own
wounded"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-30
kennetts Proposed Trolley.

The Oxford and Kenneth Electric Rail-
way recently chartered Mt Harrisburg, has
for its incorporators some OF the widely
known business men OF this county. They
IRE George W. Taft, G. j. Pennock, John
NJ. Claifant. Is, F. Wiokershani, s. Jcnes
Phillips. u, Duer Phillips ) II. Hawkins
latter of Oxford. 1t Is said the company OK,
pect to construct lines to Oxford, West
chester and Brandywine Springs Dola-
ware II this comes about Kcnnett Squar
will be made the centro of the system, I hi
line to Oxford will run through the small
towns along the Central Division Rail.
road-Toughkenamon, Avondale, West
Grove Jennerville and Lincoln Univer-
sity. Such project would pay, and puss-
ing through q beautiful md productive
farming country tho line would no doubt
be well patronized. Let 1t come rs soou OF
possible.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-30

New York, June 30.-The coroner's
Jury Yesterday brought in a verdict
that Harvey J. Ramsey was murdered
by his wife while she was temporarily
insane. She cut his throat last Friday,
and gave as reason that he snored
AS Mrs. Ramsey was on her way across
the bridge of signs to the Tombs she
attempted to thrust hat pin into her
neck. She made several determined
attempts to commit suicide in this way,
but was eventually disarmed by po-
NcpmaD
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-30
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

Deputy Sheriff Bache, Of San Jose,
CAL, was seriously injured during q
fight with highbinders.
Three boys were saved from drown
ing in the East river, at New York, BY
17-year-old York Butler.
All the tin plate mills in the country
will close tonight owing to the failure
to settle the wage scale.
Five men we're drowned by the CAP
sizing Of skiff in the Mississippi
siver near Clarksvills, Mo.
The crops In western Cuba are gen.
orally showing we'll, but parts of Pinai
del Rio are suffering from drought.
Major Acosta, a Cuban officer, has
been arrested at Artemisa, charged with
completely in Havana safe robbery.
A cotton duck trust. including five
large companies In Maryland. with y
capital of $2o, o0o. 900. is being organ.
tied at Baltimore.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-30

i It &
SENATOR channcey Depew. now
On y visit to London, Ia an Interview
isaid: ~ have come back to London
and am proud Of the marvellous
success Of our American Anbassa-
dor, Mr.. choate. He is going 10
make a great mark. We did not
see the work Mr.. Bayard did, at
the time be gave expression to sem
timcnts which possibly had no real
ity Ia England, and he knew it.
We did not know it and blamed
him. But he was laying founda-
tion and accomplished the marvel-
Gus work Of preparing the way for
the grand revolution in popular sem
timent on beth sides Of the Allan
tic. ! 20 back confident that we
have great times coming in the Uni
ted States. Questions not dreamed
OF at the last struggle are forging
to the front, and no man can tell the
issue with any success till the cleo
toral vote is declared. As regards
the expansion policy Of the Admin
istration, quite agree with pro-
eeeding with this campaign. We
arc convinced we are right, and
President Mckinley will 60 forward
believe, to a successful issue.
Mistakes have been made, but we
learned by mistakes, and. depend
on it. We are going to come out on
top"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-30

Wheeling, tune so.-The greatest
labor struggle Wheeling has ever wit
messed, the strike Of the m0tormen and
conductors Of the Wheeling Railway
company, came to an end yesterday,
when an agreement was entered into
by the company and the strikers to the
following effect: No employs to be
discharged except for cause, and the
discharged employee or . committee Of
the men will be given an opportunity
to disprove any charges leading to
his discharge; IL hours shall be
days work; the company will pay 10
cents per hour: the company agrees to
take back the strikers and also to re-
tain Its present non.union employees.
The strike began on April g. The men
were receiving 16 cents. and struck fo-
20 cents.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-30
228 King St.

6HERIFF'S sALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
writ OF Levart Facias. to me directed,
will be exposed 10 public sale at the
Court House on Market street between
Tenth and Eleventh streets in the city
Of Wilmington. New CAstle county and
State of Delaware,
ON SATURDAY.
THE lst tDAY OF July. 1892
at 10 o'clock q. M,
the following described real estate. Wis:
All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land
with two-story brick house thereon erected,
situate in the city Of Wilmington. New Castle
county, aud state Of Delaware, bounded and
described as follows:
Beginning at . point on tho easterly side Of
Harrison street at the distance Of "a feet in
ches northerly from the northsrly side of
Maple street; thence easterly parallel with
Maple street, passing through the middle OF
the division wall between this house and the
house adjoining OIL the south II feet to q feet
wide alley leading into Maple street; thence
northeriy along said alley, parallel with Har
rison street Is feet ~ iuchus to q c0rner
thence westerly parallel with the frst-msn-
the middle Of the division wall between this
house and the adjoining house on the north II
feet to the said side Of Harrison street and
thence thereby southerly Ii feet AZ inches TO
the place of beginning lie the contents thereof
what they may
property Of Alberta W. Parvis and Samuel s,
parvis, her husband mortgagors aid tits and
JOHN Il. TAYLOR, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office. Wilmington, Delaware.
June 10, 1889.