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Evening journal., 1899-12-22
EXTENDS THANKS

Mrs. Hannah N. Jordon. OF Philadel-
phia, sister of Thomas McKendrick.
deceased, desires 10 extend thanks to
the Police Department and other
friends Tor The many floral offerings
at the time OF her brothera funeral.
Evening journal., 1899-12-22
GREcIAN TO b. LAUNCHED
MISS WINDSOR TO BE SPONSOR OF
THE NEW STEAMER.

On Saturday morning, December 80.
at 9 o'clock, the large and commodious
steampship Grecian will be launched
from the ways Of the Harlan and Hol-
lingsworth Company She is being
constructed for the Windsor Line
Steamship Company, and will ply be-
tween Boston and Philadelphia.
The Grecian will be christened by
Miss Windsor, daughter OF Alfred
Windsor, president Of the steamship
company.
Evening journal., 1899-12-22
TROLLEY PARTY TODAY.

Senator Jeff Blakely gave trolley
ride to q number of his friends over
the lines of the Wilmington City rail-
way this afternoon. The party left the
Clayton House at 100 o'clock.
Evening journal., 1899-12-22
THE GOINGS ON
lin SOCIETY
Matters Which May Be of In
terest to Feminine
Readers.
WITH THE CITYs VISITORS
Brief Items as to the Whereabouts
of Wilmington People, Their
Neighbors and Friends

All communications Intended for inscr.
tion In this column should be addressed T.
Society Editor. care OF the Evening Jour
nal. Communicarons should be written
on one side Of the paper only.
Evening journal., 1899-12-22
cnNFERENcE TnNIaHr

After the prayer meeting at Grace
NJ. e. Church tonight the third quar-
terly conference will be held. Presid-
ing Elder Dr. Robert Watt will be in
charge
Evening journal., 1899-12-22
ONE NEW CASE.

There was one new case of diph-
liberia and three recoYeries reported at
tho Health onice today. There are
about twelve cases % the disease In
the city
Evening journal., 1899-12-22

DELAWARE COLLEGE VACATION.
The holiday vacation az Delaware
College began today. and the institu-
tion will be closed until after New
Years Day. The first term examina-
.tions were completed at noon.
Evening journal., 1899-12-22

Medical Professor" a patient
what IS the first thing to ind out2''
Student-- 'Whether' he 'can pay
Mesi1cal Herald.
Evening journal., 1899-12-22
Ihh Music HnHsa.

Il is impossible to have every make
Of Piano in one wareroom. but with
knabe. lvers q Pond. Bohr Bros. J. &.
c. Fischer, Grown. Krocger. Schubert
and tho many other makes ia our line
We have In each the
Evening journal., 1899-12-22
BALI TONTcuT

The Phoeaix Fire Company VIII give
is annual ball, az Turn Hall, tonight
a large after dance IS ezpscted.
Evening journal., 1899-12-22

Music Cabinets, China Closets and
Combination Cases. at low prices
Adair's. 207 Market street
Evening journal., 1899-12-22

Toy Coaches. Go Clrte. Express
Wagons, Shoe Flys Blackinards and
Toy Tables az Adair's. 2gl Market
street
Evening journal., 1899-12-22
REV. F. B. SHORTS RECEPTION

AFFAIR NEXT MONDAY TO
ECLIPSE THOSE OF FORMER
YEARS.
It is expected that the annual Christ
mas reception Of Rev. Francis Burgette
Short at Epworth NJ. T.. Church this
year will eclipse all former ones given
by him to his congregation.
This program has been arranged
Anthem. 1.-THE Angel Song
Choir
Recitation. n.............."S Sans Letter
Mr. Clark, Of Philadelphia.
SOLO. o..-.....-..-...... Roses OF June
Miss Florence r. Walton.
Cornet solo, selection from II Trovatore
Professor Wallsmith.
Solo. Deep, Down Deep"
4. Burgetto Short
Recitation. ........ Barbara lrcitchie''
Mr.. Clark
Solo. ...... Because l Love You, Dear"
Miss Florence Il. Walton.
Reception address. r. Burgette Short
Selection. n..............."O Bethlehem
Choir
Reading ............"A DOoley Paper
Charles B. Palmer
Miss Florence =. Walton.
Miss Mabel L. Hart, accompanist.
Evening journal., 1899-12-22
Crosby & Hill.
eos. 6O7 AID 6n9 Market ST.
NO M M EN CING on

NV M M T. N & J. N y on
A Thursday morning,
~ we will place on sale
one Of the most at
tractive and valuable lots of
umbrellas that this city has
ever seen. Right direct from
the works Of the manufac-
turer, who makes all our um-
brellas, and whose name is a
guarantee for complete work
and worth.
500 ladies' and mems um-
brellas with every conceivable
handle, not the real value,
but sale price will be $I.oo
each.
20 o ladies' all linen hand
kerchiefs, hemstitched and
embroidered at 15c each.
One thing that should i'm
press you is the value in, fine
umbrellas, up to $500.
Dolls
Dolls are going very fast.
That S4.75 doll is a beauty.
Umbrellas-We put your
initials on without cost to
you.
Toys-Books games, drums
and number of articles to in
terest young and old.
Toilet sets, work boxes,
match safes, etc.
Gloves
Buy your kid gloves here
and all other gloves.
Linens
Plenty Of linens to supply
you.
Furs are the rage, you want
one, come here.
A Happy Xmas to you.
7
Evening journal., 1899-12-22

STOLE a CHRISTMAS TURKEY.
A sneak thief visited the residence of
Joseph Cappell. No. S36 Lincoln street.
yesterday and stole a fine turkey.
Evening journal., 1899-12-22

Five per cent. will be added to all
county tax bills after December 81.
Evening journal., 1899-12-22
DENTISTS.
DENTIST,
DR.. c o. FUNK.

Experienced operative and mechanical
neu;.as. no. sS5 Market street. Whining
t7=. Del
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I9ufs aasiy:&s 3 .. q 5 2. ..
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
Africans and the Locomotive.

The children of the desert were filled
with awe when first the silence of the
primeyal solitude was broken by the
putting Of the steam engine. Down at
the other end of the Cape to Cairo line
the simple Matabele, when first CON
fronted by n locomotive, were certain
that the strange machine was worked
by the labor of an indefinite number of
oxen, which they assumed were shut
up inside. Hence, when the engine
stopped, they gathered in curious
crowds waiting 10 see the door open
and the oxen come out, nor could they
for many days be persuaded that the
power of the locomotive could come
other than from the strength Of the
OK. The Arabs of the Soudan, more
imaginative than the Matabele, saw in
the fire horses of the railway one Of the
Djinns of the Arabian Nights, harness
ed by the magic of the Infidel in the
long trains Of cars. The steam engine
was to them living, sentient being.
or which belief there is curious evil
dence In the fact that on one occasion
a Sheik made an impassioned remon-
STRANGE against the cruelty Of making
so small an engine draw SO huge
train.-Windsor Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
Horse Sense.

It Is peculiarly appropriate that some
cold facts about the horse be laid be-
fore the public at the present time.
These will substantiate the assertion
that the horse is an animal of extraor-
binary little sense-using the word as
synonymous with judgment. 1t is quite
natural that the horse should have n
nature so unbalanced mentally;
evolved, rs he is, from an ancestor who
was one of the most timid of wild ami
mails, possessing no weapons of offense
or defense, and therefore finding his
only safety in flight. He had ever to
be on the alert, with his keen senses
of perception ever tense; ready to urge
him into mad gallop Mt the slightest
movement, or rustling of leaf, which
perhaps might betray the neighbor-
hood Of some lurking beast Of prey
about to spring upon him and tear his
life out with decorating claws or teeth.
1t is no wonder therefore that at any
unaccustomed sight, noise, touch, or
motion, the horse of to-day, in spite of
countless centuries Of training in the
service of man, under the ancestral
impulse that dominates his most in
tensely nervous organization, should
still be seized with an ungovernable
terror that expresses itself in mad
onward rush whose frightful power is
fraught with destruction for every
thing about him.-Automobile Maya
zine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
American Girls in Germany.

A woman travelling through a noun
famous part of Germany recently came
upon small party of young women
pedestrians who had just started out
on days journey, each of whom car
ried a long alpenstock with long black
streamers flying from the uplifted end.
The floating pennons indicated mourn
ing or woe of some kind, but the joy
Gus demeanor of the sightseers did not
carry out the impression. On coming
nearer the observer noticed that the
streamers We're black stockings. Every
evening the walkers arriving at stop
ping place for the night did small
amount of laundry work, and MS the
stockings never seemed to get perfect
ly dry, each morning saw the damsels
starting out with black stockings float
ing on the breezes. OF course, they
were American girls.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
KImBERLEy's VAST WEALTH.
Richness Of the Diamond Fields Almost Be,
You'd Comprehension.

The figures representing the wealth
of the Kimberley diamonds are SO
vast as to be hardly within the COM
prehension of the mind.
In two years after the formation of
the De Beers Company by Cecil
Rhodes in 1883 1t had paid Sc, OO0, 600 in
20 per cent. dividends and $4,000, 900 in
interest on the original $40,O0u,UUO
capital, making total Of $12, 400, 900,
or $6,20O,000 per year.
Since then. the output has greatly in
creased, SO that the annual product is
about $2O,0OO,O0O. The total produc-
ton in the eleven years since the con-
solidation is not far from $500, 900, O0G.
This official output, however, by no
means represents the total product Of
the mine. The De Beers Company is
nothing more than vast diamond
trust, which regulates the output of the
mines. There is no intention on the
part of the De Beers Company to make
diamonds SO plentiful that they will
become cheap. On the other hand, the
price of diamonds has been steadily
advanced by the trust until it is now
far in excess of what it was at the time
the De Beers combination was formed.
The company meanwhile has been
stocking away great stores of dia-
monds until it has n reserve fund of
this nature probably amounting to
scores of millions of dollars.
OF course it is impossible to esti-
mate accurately the value Of the De
Beers mines, practically all of which
are at Kimberley. Attempts to do so
have been made and the figures have
ranged all the way from 81, 900, OO0, 900
to $1,5OO,OOO, 1000.
In 1880 there were 1900 Europeans
and 800 natives employed in the
mines. There are now 1900 Euro
peans and $500 natives or Kaffir me-
groes. The miners get from $o5 to $50
per week and the day laborers' wages
range from S4.15 to So per week.
The Kimberley mines cover more
than twenty-six acres, and are sunk
to a depth of from $50 to 500 feet, with
shafts running down from this level
to dcoth of from 500 to 1900 feet.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
A Novel Race.

Anglo-Indians are passionately fond
of sports, and have originated some
clever and unusual outdoor entertain
ments. Not long ago race was got
up in which camel, an elephant, n
horse, a bicycle and an automobile cart
We're the entries. The camel and the
elephant We're ridden by their keepers
and the horse, bicycle and automobile
were managed by experts. The course
was three miles, and the race was a
handicap, the elephant and camel being
given half a mile and the automobile
an eighth of mile. The elephant won
the race, the bicycle and the autonln
bile finishing second and third.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

Sir Spenthorne Carnac was kneelin1
beside Meriel's sofa, her thin wasted
hand in his. The girl looked up.
You want to marry me, now my
looks are all gomez
II love you'll want you-and don't
care about anything else!'
But n few months after, when,
thanks to a clever German specialist,
young Lady Cnrnac had lost all traces
Of her illness, and Sir Spenthorne was
inordinately proud of his beautiful
wife, Rupert declared that he had been
abominately treated, and that Lady
Carnac was the most mercenary and
deceitful of. women.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
In place by wooden pins. as shown in
Fig. 1. A simple contriyance. but moth
ing could be stronger.
To Control the Potato scnb.
A SIMPLY MADE BENCH.l

Another years experience confirms
my statement made year ago that one
can control potato scab by the use of
n rye sod, If this Is done In the right
way. This is the fifth year Of an ex-
pertinent on two acres Of land that had
become so infested with scab that a
decent crop of potatoes could not be
grown. Five successive crops of pota-
toes have been grown In this land, turn
Ing a rye sod under each spring, and
the seed used n portion of the time has
not been wholly free from scab and has
been untreated with any solution to kill
the germs, but the crop is above the
average In smoothness. The seed last
spring, coming from Northern Ohio, had
more scab than seemed safe, but SO fer
as examination of the hills now indI-
Gates, the crop will be all right. II the
rye can be turned during hot spell
In the spring, 1t makes the soil little
acid. and that is fatal to the scab germs
Two years of that treatment practically
cleaned the fleld."-Alva Agu, In Ohio
Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
BLUFF WON THE 4Y.,
in4aeesHsttesttz g Id
It Wouldn't Have Worked in Ameri.
ca, but in the Little Nice Hotel It
Carried Everything Before 1t-As
surance of Yankee Tourist.
GOOD AS AtEFTER OF CREDIT
'lRSl ~ EUR0HEu eH NuHW

"Here at home bluff doesn't count for
much," said globe trotter, but I'm
telling you that good, stiff bluff, with
cheeky American behind it, is worth
lot of money in Europe. When got
around to Nice last year the best hotels
We're crowded and had to take up
with small room. On the same floor
was a German who was occupying
suite, though not spending much mon
ey or putting on any great style. One
day there was a great row. The land
lord had asked him as particular ia
vOr to yacate for Il newcomer, and, OF
course. the man didn't propose to be
turned out. The landlord coaxed and
argued, and the German growled and
muttered, and l followed them down to
the Office to see how it would come out.
At the desk was an American had
run across in Venice-a buyer for
Chicago dry-goods house. Mnen the
landlord and the German began to
gable in chorus the buyer pulled a
blank check from his pocket and reach
ed for pen and said:
All this talk is of no use. want
rooms here. l will buy the hotel and
select my suite. Sir what is your cash
price for this hotel?"
You would buy the hotelv exclaim-
ed the landlord as he threw up his
hands in surprise.
Grounds and all, and want 1t to-
day. How much-a million-three or
four? And what name shall I fill in
on the check?'
Say, now," laughed the tourist, "but
you ought to have seen that thing
work. The German had determined to
be ugly about it, but when he bumped
up against man who had as soon pay
four millions as one for what he fam
cied he felt awed and humbled and
ready to quit. The landlord figured
that to turn away such Croesus
would ruin his house, and it wasn't
half an hour before the buffer was
Installed in the suite and the German
was chucked out into dog hole on the
top floor. And that wasn't all, mind
you. When they sent the buyer a bill
based on his supposed millions he got
up and threatened to buy up the town
and start six soap factories to running,
and they cut every item in two and
begged his pardon to boot. don't be-
lieye that chap had $1,000 in his name,
but he just walked over everything and
everybody for two weeks, and 1t was
current gossip that he owned the whole
of Chicago and a good share Of st.
Louis and Cincinnati. Nothing but
cold bluff which wouldn't have taken
him into an American dance hall as a
dead-head, but 1T was equal to let
ter of credit for $1,OoO,OO0 over there"
Seattle Times
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
Hawaiian "Americans .

The expected has happened. A ma
tive Hawaiian has been permitted to
land in New York, arriving by way of
London, on the ground that he is an
American citizen.>-Ihis is exactly what
Democrats have long asserted would
be the result Of anneNing Hawaii.
There are $4,000 Chinaman in Hawaii,
and as soon as they understand that
the island is part of this country they
will begin to swarm over to the Pacific
coast. Pauper labor will be imported
to the States to compete with the work
ingmen who are now employed at star
walton wages and the results are too
distressing to contemplate.
But that is not the worst of 1t. With
the Philippines part of this nation,
the lowest-priced laborers in the world
VIII be brought here. OF this there
can be no doubt, for capital is ever
anxious to reduce the expenses of pro-
duction" and the starvation wages paid
foreign coal miners in the East prove
this assertion. II the imperiallsts could
get their visions of glory out of their
heads and come down to a serious con.
sideration of the results which must
follow their ruinous policy some hope
might be had of the Republican party
But such n thing is out of the question
and the only salvation for the people
lies in the Democratic party.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

At the outbreak of the British-Boer
war we find devout Englishmen. as
usual, prostrating themselves before
their affairs, and appealing to their god
of battles to bless their cause. The
Beers perform the same service. AS
they are both supposedly Christian ma
lions, 1t follows that they are both ap-
pealing to the same divinity, both
claiming the support Of the same ON
Impotence. But as even a divinity could
not give the victory to both sides stimuli
taneously it follows that one party or
the other is certain to be disappointed.
After the issue shall have been deter
mined the world will probably fall back
to its materialistic theory, that God is
on the side of the strongest battalions
and those of the greatest staying pow
ers.-Los Angeles Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
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& NANCY chicken hOOats
In many poultry houses the manner
IN which the roosts are placed in posi-
ton is a source of annoyance when
time comes to clean out the house. In
order to avoid the difficulty Of getting
around under the roosts, b, they should
be placed crosswise frame made Of
about 2x4-inch material, six feet wide
and nearly as long as the building in
which they are to be placed. Hang the
frame, a, at one side to the wall by
heavy strap or T-hinges and support
the other side by props, d, placed under
It or a couple of pieces of stout wire
rope, C, hung from the roof. The
roosts can then be let down out of the
way when the house is being cleaned,
and they also can be scraped off and
washed with lime, either with brush
or spray pump. If both house and
reosts are whitewashed frequently the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
The CUMULATIVE EFFECT.
Just a little every day.

Just little every day,
That's the way!
Seeds In darkness, swell and grow,
Tiny blades push through the snow.
Never any flower of May
Leaps to blossom in n burst;
6lowly-slowly, ut the first,
That's the way!
Just a little every day.
Just little every day,
That's the way!
Children learn to read and write
Bit by bit and mite by. mite;
Never any one, say,
Leaps to knowledge and its power;
Observation-Disclosures by nour,
That's the way!
Just little every day.
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
No Wonder.

In Germany every man must serve
in the army from 1s to 25. Just think
what 1t MEANS. Seven of the best years
of life taken at time when the char.
acter is being formed and the founda-
ton being laid for life career. No
wonder that the German-American
are opposed to the Presidents policy,
for it will certainly bring us to the
same conditions as that which exists in
Germany.--Toledo Commercial.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

1t is easier and pleasanter to applaud
the gallantry Of American soldiers and
to swell with pride over the resources
or our country, but it is the duty Of
Americans who are not blind to justice
to take the harder part of opposing tile
exercise of our national strength in a
bad cause. American imperialists are
quick to see this point when it is illus.
trated away from home. The American
press is almost n unit in condemnins
Great Britain for the Transvaal situa.
ton and in applauding Sir Vernon Har.
court, Mr.. Morley and the body of jus.
tice-loving Englishmen who withstand
the dtsingenuous appeal to their patriot.
ism and show themselves patriots by
trying to put their country in the right,
Buffalo Enquirer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
cavalry, and he was always at the for


front of charge. AT Cold Harbor he
led a brigade across an open bullet
swept field. Midway of the charge he
was wounded and his horse was killed.
He mounted another horse and led on.
His second steed was killed just as. in
obedience to Henry's spur, it rose to
jump over the enemy's entrenchment.
The rider fell wounded within the
lines of the foe. For this Congress
gave him medal of honor. General
Henry fought the Apaches in the early
'70s, and few years later was shot
through the head in a battle with the
Sioux. He recovered, and later on took
the field again against the same Indi-
ans. AS Lieutenant Colonel, General
Henry was in command of the Ninth
Cavalry in the field against the Sioux
in 1890. His black troopers idolized
him. One day under his leadership
they had made a forced march Of fifty
miles from beyond the White River.
They had eaten only little bread and
cup of coffee each. Word came that
the Seventh Cavalry was surrounded.
Henry looked at his jaded men and
asked his Junior officers to sound the
temper of the troopers. Would they
follow him to the relief Of the Seventh?
When the colored men found out that
Henry wished them to follow they
sprang to their saddles and rode after
him as though, as some one expressed
it, they were going to ball. Henry
and his men rode altogether about
eighty miles that day, and the Seventh
was saved. General Henry wore the
army's medal Of honor for conspicuous
gallantry. He never held any bureau
position. He was a fighting soldier
pure and simple, being better ac-
quainted with the frontier camp than
with the streets Of the city of Wash
ington.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

There is salutary lesson to be
drawn by Americans from the Trans
vaal war. The power of a great nation
is being used to murder the people, dew
astate their homes and spread carnage
and desolation in South Africa to en-
nance the fortunes of few powerful
men in England who are able to intlu-
ence action of the government
Washington National Waterman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
Wiltshire, England. She is very large
for her age, being wide and deep in
front. She was first at the show Of the
Bath and West Society ut Cardiff.


Poultry Insect killers.
The lard and sulphur mixture hns to
be used on young chicks with discre-
ton. Insect powder, especially buhach,
is far safer and will surely kill every
louise with which 1t comes in contact.
Tobacco dust freely scattered through
the feathers of the old bird, as for in
stance when sitting, and a few days
before the eggs are expected to hatch,
will clear the lice out in a hurry. Some
times l use tobacco dust in place of the
insect powder. If applied freely, it
will also kill these lice. For chicken
mites, use the clear kerosene. soaking
perches, nests and cracks and creyices
very thoroughly, and 1t is sure cure
every time.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

Republican papers, with customary
Republican idiocy, are asking: Sup
pose the Filipinos are subjugated be-
fore the next Presidential election,
where, then, will be your issue?' 1t
will be here. If in the next year those
harried Asiatics are overborne by SUI
perior numbers. the murder and rob-
berry Of them will not be in any less
wrong. 1t is the duty of the Demo-
cratic party to see that this country is
governed along the lines of justice and
right, and the Democratic party. back
ed by decent Republicans, will SO see.-
The Iconoclast.