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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02
rnorosED ROAD TO TIE RivER.
Opposition From People Who Think TN
CITY Could Find More Profitable way y
Spend rho m oney.

Opposition From People Who Think tho
CITY Could Find More Profitable Way 10
Spend tho money.
Opposition has already developed to
the bill requiring the Street and Sewer
Department. to make provision Tor
building road to the Delaware River
at Twelfth street. which the Legisia-
ture will be asked to pass One person
speaking about the matter on Friday
said il would not only be tremendous
expense to tho city, with little oil. no
prospects Of immediate results, but
would be source of annoyance to
some of the people owning property
above Twelfth street. Such road
would serve as a dam and would have
tendency to back mp some OF the
Shellpot water when that stream
overfows its banks.
"The city could obtain much better
result he said, .'at an outlay oil
about s10,o 900 or $4,000 and a tritiing
annual appropriation. For that amount
of money the small stream known as
| Mud Creek, which is about three,
| quarters of d mile in length and
through which the waters OF Shelipot
flow to the Delaware River, could DO
dredged to width of 100 feet. it OK
| TENDS from tne river 10 iuob ltpnu paciN
of Edge Moor, and if dredgcd SO as to
| give it tide water would serve as an
outlet for the sewage of the northwest
| ern and northeastern part OF the CITY
and would also drain the marsh land
in front of the city. The intercepting
and Eastlalse sewers could empty into
| it and tho material flowing through
them would be readily carried off by
the waters of the Delaware River, while
the tide of the Delaware and the water
of the Shellpot, which is swollen by
freshets several times a year, would
keep it practically cleaned out. This
would take much of the sewage which
now finds its way into the Christiana
River and about which tho govern
ment engineers complain. A similar
plan is giving satisfaction in Balti-
more.n Vdr jsN
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02

Samuel II. Black at New Castle has in
his possession copper medal, about
thu size of one-cent piece, which he
prizes very highly. The medal was
struck off in 1926, at the opening of the
Delaware & Chesapeake Canal, and was
presented as, token to those taking
part But % OF these medals were
struck of and only this one is nov in
existence. Mr.. Black has refused
several catering offers for the medal,
which has been in the possession of the
Black family since the opening OF the
canal. Tho medal is nearly worn
smooth ON. one side On the other side
the. words ~. Randall, Jr. 1925. 9.
4 d. canal,' Mr.. Randall was the
canal engineer.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02
NEW-CENTURY Club.

An article on "Civics'' commented
on Wilmington's passive acquiescence
in the fact that valuable franchises
have been inthe past given. away that
might now pay o share of the munich
pal expenses, and the opportunity TO
relieve real estate by a charge for the
use of the streets was thus lost.
How" the writer asked, could a
small body of men forever give away
that which did not belong to them,
but to the whole people and to unborn
generations to Gomez Cannot a similar
body take back what was thus given,
If the public good demands it," !.
At the convention Of the, sLeague Of
American municipalities held fast fall
in Detroit it was ascertained that out
OF 80 cities reporting, Wilmington was
ono Of but three whose charter to the
street car companies is perpetual, and
only ordinary tax required. Most OF
the other cities received for the use OF
their streets from ] 10 6 per cent OF the
gross earnings of the companies. The
municipal ownership of street car SER
vice has been tried, but little in the
United States, but in Europe where u
has been in operation long enough to
give IL IdfT VITAL, ~ bup PioNch -
Inunerative to the cities that have
tried it, Glasgow, Scotland, receives
sufficient revenue from this source for
the running expenses of the city and
can dispense with local tazati'n for
municipal purposes. The operation Of
the water works by different munich
palities has been tried longer than any
other and there are no cases where
they have gone back to the private cor
poration system.
Large sheet iron waste paper boxes
have been placed on the streets Of
Chicago; Oh the top of each is PRINTED
"City Box for Waste Paper. Lift the
Lid" The boxes are taken care OF by
the "Clean Street Co." under contract
with the city. The company is to re
| ceiye for the, first five years 20 per cent
of tho gross receipts for tho advertisine
1 displayed on the boxes, and for th'
second term of five years, % per cent
"The Clean Street Co." is required t.
make report this month and there
after every year while the contract lasts
II introduced here even the little or
ganization formed at the Friend
School might accomplish much towar!t
keeping our streets clean if Council
would furnish the boxes. A. S.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02
Go0D 4DrfCE FROM THE GALLONS.
This Murderer Did Not Want People TO
Take Pneumonia at His Funeral.

Helena, Mont, Jan. 2S.-Tom Sal
mon, former president of Red Lodge
Miners Union, who killed Superin.
tendent Conner of the Rocky Fork coal
mine, for discharging him, was hanged
yesterday at Red Lodge. ~, &,
Salmon refused to accept spiritual
consolation, saying that he wanted
no minister, priest or sky.-pilot to show
him the road to heaven.
His last words we're: If any OF you
follow my body to the cemetery do not
uncover your heads and take. chances
of getting pneumonia 1t is q bar;
barous custom and / hope you VIII
protect yourselves, for by SO doing you
will please me. ~ &
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02
spsaIs wen for enc nullders.

An Exchange says: The steam yacht
Nourmahal, John Jacob Aston, is fitting
out for her foreign cruise, but is not
expected to sail before the middle of
next month. She is lying at Tebo's,
South Brooklyn. The Nourmahal was
the first steel steam yacht built in the
United States. She was designed by
Gustav Hillman of Brooklyn, who also
superintended her entire construction
at the yard of the Harlan IL Holdings
worth Co., and is one Of the most sea-
worthy and luxuriously fitted yachts in
this country.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02

A meeting of the Wawaset Driving
Association was held on Thursday and
the prospects for next season were dis
cussed. 1t was decided to improve the
grounds and have several meets. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, James s, Dobb, Vice President,
j. M. Solomon Secretary and Treasurer,
i. j.. Foulk; Executive Committee, D..
S. Dobb, j. M. Solomon, L. j. Foulk,
Joseph Davidson, William 3. Austin,
S. B. Cooling, Calvin Crossan, G. l..
Sreer and James Megary.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02
BEET sUaAn rAcronr sono.
Secured by the kinstic Manufacturing
Co., winch Controls u New Motor.

Co., which Controls New Motor.
Arthur Pillsbury Dodge and wife of
New York have sold to the Kinetic
the State Of West Virginia, the old beet
sugar factory at Riverside, for 5000.
The property extends from tho Phila-
delphia, Wilmington g. Baltimore rail
road 10 low water mark on the Della
ware River and comprises about five
acres. The factory was built about %
years ago, but the beet sugar business
did not prosper for 1t. '1
The kinetic, motor is an invention
owned by New York capitalists, a
sample having been made some time
ago by tho jackson g. Sharp Co. The
system is one by which steam is stored
and kept heated by means of a small
boiler beneath the car with an exhaust
outlet on top the car. II is claimed
that the power is secured at one-half
the cost of electricity.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02
FORMER LEeIsLAr0R DEAD.
Represeptative Charles M. Adams, Authc
of the Adams Tax Bill.

Dover, Jan. 2T.--Charles NJ. Adams,
formerly a Representative in tho Legis-
lature, died at his home near Green
wood, this morning.
Mr.. Adams was u member OF the
General Assembly of 1897 He was
lae author aud chief promoter of tho
Adams Tax bill
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02

The following overture and opening
chorus has been arranged for the Jr. o.
u. A. M. Minstrels to be sung by a
chorus of $50 trained voices, at their
show on February goth Curtain raiser |;
Introductory, bones and tambos; OPEN
ing ensemble ;anvil chorus tTrovatore) |;
waltz song, ''Mary;'' drinking song !;
"My Dainty Cigarette;'' sleighing
chorus; humming interlude; coon re-
frain, Lucindar Serenade; finale, bones
and tamhos. ...s.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02

The two most critical times in a
woman's life are the times which make
the girl woman, and the woman a
mother At these times, Dr. ierce's
Favorite Prescription is Of incalculable
value. 1t strengthens and invigorates
the organs distinctly feminine, pro-
notes regularity Of the functions, allays
irritation and Inflammation, checks un-
natural, exhausting drains. and puts
the whole delicate organism into per-
feet condition. Almost oil the ills OF
womankind are traceable to some form
of what is known as female com-
pja,nt.F' There are not three cases in
a hundred OF woinan's peculiar dis
eases that DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription will not cure.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02
One Rnnsrsr IylIls Another.

Ernest B. MacNair, whose two BOOSTERS
won first and second prizes at the
Boston poultry show, lost the one which
won the first prize, through its violent
death. The two roosters got into a
fight after returning home and No. 2
killed No. 1.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02

The commission to consider the ad,
visibility of making ~ new road and
Strengthening anold road in Mill Greek
hundred met again on Friday and
concluded the hearing Of testimony.
Both projects were deeined inadvisable
on the ground Of expense, and the conf
mission will so report to the court.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02
Costly Fire in fhliaaslphIa.

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. p. : The
upper floors of tho extensive carpet fac
tory of William Judge & Brother, Front,
street and Columbia avenue, was Quilted
by fire early this morning. Lo IS esti-
mated 100000, fully covered by insur-
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02

William Medholdt has sold to Lillian
| Nee. Ashhrook the house No. 706 Del
aware avenue, the consideration being
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02

Washington Street House Sold.
The house No. 5l4 Washington street.,
Of the estate of Marian Spencer, has
been sold to Lewis S. Fell for 81, 9l5.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02
Ask Your
DRUGGIST
for a generous
10 CENT
TRIAL SIZE.
Ely's Cream Balm

contains no cocaine.
mercury nor any othei
Injurious drug.
il rs quickly AFFORDED.
Gives Relief at once
1t opens ara cloapses
the nasal Passages.
Allays Inflammation,
Nenls and protects the
Membrane. Restores
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02

Good health Is worth more than anything else
to you, and every bottle Of Hooi's barsaparilla
contains good health
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-22
dPL1 USTBLE THEORY.

There is plausible theory that dry
seasons increase the prevalence and ia
tality Of what are classed as the "air-
borne diseases, and reduce the preva-
lence and fatality of the "water- borne"
diseases, and conversely. A COMPARE
son of Chicago mortality tables gives
support to this theory. Between Janu-
airy / and April go of this year there was
only As inches of rainfall in the city,
which was about one-half of what the
normal precipitation has been for that
period for twenty-nine years. The re-
suit of this minimum improved the
quality of the water supply and lessen
ed the death rate from water-born dis
eases, which include cholera morbus
diarrhoea, dysentery, typhoid fever and
so on, Consequently, up to the close of
April there We're 435 deaths from water
borne diseases-an average of EST per
week-against 403 such deaths for the
remaining two months, or a weekly av-
erage OF 44.S. ON the other hand dur
were unusually rife, and so continued
until the precipitation approached the
normal in May and June. During the
first period there was a weekly average
of 191 deaths from the group of diseases
classified as air-borne including all
bronchial ailments, and this rate was
decreased 45 per cent. during the month
Of July. During the 1899 dry season
there were 4,191 deaths from air-borne
diseases, or an increase of 3S.S over those
of the 1898 wet season. 1t requires
rainfall of three -fourths of an inch in
twenty-four hours to flush out the lake
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IMPORTANT, IF TRTyE,

There seems to be a general DISPOSE
ton to consider the interview with Ad-
mlral Dewey reported by the Naples
correspondent Of the London Daily
News genuine. In this interview the
Admiral said, If he said it: The Fill
plnos are capable of governing them
selves; they have all qualifications for
It. 1t is a question of time, but the
only way to settle the insurrection and
assure prosperity to the archipelago Is
to concede self-government to the In
habitants. That would be a solution of
many questions and would satisfy all.
especially the Filipinos, who believe
themselves worthy of it and are so.
have never been in favor of violence
toward the Filipinos.
Assuming that Admiral Dewey said
this it is very important contribution
to the discussion. If he did say it will
he be called traitor by the rabid ex-
pansionistS?
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THE IRON MIREEr

VIII the present high prices in the
IRON market continue, and if they do
VIII they check consumption and make
trouble generally? Some wise men
think they will continue and that the
demand will fall Off The Iron Age.
which ought to know something about
the matter, doesn't take a gloomy view
of the situation. 1t notes the fact that
an increasing tonnage of sales is find
ing it's way into the order books Some
Tune ago leading men in the iron and
steel industry settled down to the con-
viction that $25 for steel billets and s2s
for steel rails would be a satisfactory
basis for figuring upon structural work
for 1900. The condition of the market
at the present time, however, indicates
that prices will go considerably higher.
1t is reported that the Northwestern
has purchased 10000 tons of steel rails
and the Rock Island 10000 tons at 500
for 1900 delivery. One southern firm is
reported to have booked over $1,000
tons of pig iron for 1900, while it must
not be forgotten that good deal of
tonnage which cannot be delivered in
time will be carried into next year. The
foreign orders for American iron and
steel are also phenomenally heavy one
eastern firm having captured a con-
tract for forty-five double-track lattice
girder spans and eleven single-track
pin-connected spans for the imperial
government railroads of Japan,
amounting to 1000 net tons Of mate
rial
If the iron trade is the indicator it
has been thought to be the outlook for
business in this country next year is
;rood
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.Ab0Uimarys
("THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERSD
BEWARE or SUBSTITUTION

medley of the old and the new. Very
few Of the old masters have during 1898
reached four figures. The most impor-
tant of all was the splendid Rembrandt
portrait Of Nicholas Ruts, which in the
Ruston sale brought five thousand gui-
meas, or three hundred guineas more
than were realized at the Adrian Hope
sale four years before. A Rubens, Re
pose of the Holy Family on June 25,
sold for thirteen hundred guineas. Sir
John Millais' poetical example of Van
dyck, Thine Clipping the Wings of
Love- sold for eight hundred and forty
guineas, or nearly four times the price
at which it was acquired at the Blen-
helm sale in 1885: but the fact that 1T
was great favorite of the late P. r. A.,
and that 1t was accompanied by sort
of written guarantee from his hand,
gave it an interest and importance
which it might not otherwise have had.
The Ruston sale included an example of
Vandyck, also from the Blenheiln col
lection, a Virgin and Child which
sold for thousand guineas, or just dou-
BILE the amount it fetched In 1866 There
We're also two Vandycks In the highly
interesting series of family portraits
from Billion Hall (sold June 25), former
ly the residence of Joseph Addison and
his wife, the Countess Of Warwick
these portraits are said to have been
brought to Billion Hall from Holland
House-and these were whole lengths of
Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice, his
younger brother, and they realized sew
en- hundred and twenty guineas and
five hundred and eighty guineas respec-
tively.-Magazine Of Art.
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SIMTL.iR.

Never fall in love with a girl who is
absent minded and devoted to clubs ,,
why not?' II proposed to such a pir1
once. She called in the whole family
and moved me vote Of thanks, Chi
cago Record.
Imitation" said Uncle Eben. "mav
be de sncerest flattery. But de germ
man at de bank has had folks nut in
Jail fob takin' dab pens in hand an
tryin' ter pay dat kin O compliments ;,
Washington Star.
After ALL" said Mrs. Greatheart.
there are mothers-in-law and mothers
in-law." Certainly" replied Mr.. Great
heart I've no complaint to make
against yours; it's only mine grumbe
about Household Word.
Mr. Henpeckt-I wish sometimes I
had the knowledge of the ancient Egyp-
tians.
Friend-1n regard to what, old man?
Perhaps you've seen some of their
mummies. They understand how to
make woman dry up and remain So
Life.
Poor Dawson; he's been Tilted"
JIlttu DdNSOu les, JlIleu. ii e
went fishing with Miss Higgins. his
fiancee, and when he baited her hook
she called him a brute for having no
sympathy for the poor worm; and when
the next day he refused to bait her hook
she said he didn't love her."-Harper's
Bazaar.
do you appreciate pOetry?" asked
the serious Young woman
Yes, indeed" answered Mr.. Cumrox.
"There's one piece of poetry that has
done me a world of good Old as am,
there are times when I couldn't tell how
to figure without saying Thirty days
hath September. April, June and No
vember. Washington Star
MeSwatters-I always love to hear
that girl next door play The Star Span
gled Banner"
Mrs McSwatters-I thought you sad
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Longing For lsest.

My feet are wearied and my hands arr
tired
My soul oppressed;
And desire what / have long desired;
Rest-only rest.
Ills hard to toil--when toll is almost vain
In barren ways;
'Tis hard to sow and never garner grain
In harvest days.
The burden of my days Is hard to bear,
But God knows best;
And l have pfayed-but vain has been my
prayer
For rest-sweet rest.
Ills hard to plant in snrng and never real
The autumn yield;
IT'S hard to till and when TILED to weep
Ger fruitless field.
And so l cry, a weak and human cry,
So heart oppressed;
And | sigh weak and human sign
For reSt-f0r rest
MY way has wound across the desert years
And cares infest
My path, and through the flowing of ho
tears
| pine-lor rest,
Twas always so; when but child laid
On mothers breast
Ny weared little head; cen then prayed
As now-for rest
And I am restless still; twill soon be yer
For down the west
LIES sun Is setting, and | see the shore
Where shall rest.
Father Ryan, In the Catholic standard
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some very elaborate cations the silk
crepe of the skirt thus ornamented is
cut away from under the delicate trac-
cry, silk lining showing through Wo-
men who make their gowns at home can
in this fashion rival the woman who
pays high figure for an imported
gown. It's a question between mrey
and def fingers together with patience
Yet another new type of the lace
trimmed gown is that in which skirt
tlounces, the highest of which is not
much above the knee, and the bodice
display the ornamental mesh. This was
done so much in summer that a new
method is desirable in fall, so the lace
of the two portions Is Of different sorts
though Of the same solor Some ALL
over mesh Is usually employed for the
bodice. The accompanying picture pre-
sents a handsome dress of this sort,
Lavender and white silk was It's ma
terial. white lace being applied as in
dicated, and the only other trimming
was black velvet ribbon. This fashion
Is more easily followed without great
outlay than the illustration makes an
parent 1T Is not necessary in order to
show that you are up in this fancy that
there should be nearly so much lace en-
ployed So there are two sorts Tho
quantity need not be one-half so great
as IN THIS gown. FLORETTE.
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REM1RKS NJ MAYOR TOTTEN.

Mayor Totten OF Beattie, Kansas, has
been talking little. Mayor Totten is
woman. and is supported by council
composed of women and woman city
clerk. She says: My council and 1 are
a unit. The saloon and gambling den
must go. The men made the prohibition
law, which they break. They must re-
spect it or the women will show them
how it ought to be enforced. Already
there is radical change in the male
population. The men in Beattie never
got such surprise in their lives as the
election of last April. They were whip
ped SO thoroughly that to-day there is
not meeker or more orderly set of
merchants, lawyers doctors, and farm
ers in Christendom. Now their wives
and daughters smile ON them encourage
ingly, and promise that before the end
of their term Beattie will come to mean
Beatitude. To one whose ears have
cracked with former lawlessness, yet
whose eyes have seen the uneoualIed
subjugation of man in Beattie, the
promise seems to have been almost real
lied.
Mayor Totten, who is also Mrs Tot
ten, further says that "a man generally
does not know what is good for him,
and "A woman can beat a man in mat
ters OF domestic economy, and we will
prove she is his superior in political
economy"
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that you couldn't stand her piano play
ing?
1.-THE Star Spanged Banner it's sign
that she's got acknowledgements Her.
aid.
Cheap Information The professor
stopped at street corner to buy a pa
per. by the way my boy he SAID
''in looking over the headlines of these
foreign dispatches, / see something
about a "dossier' and 'bordereau.
What is the difference in the meaning
of those two words?" Jaw, deys bote
de same" replied the newsboy' ooh
charge We muffin fur tellin' we DAT an
We ought to buy anodder paper. see
Chicago Tribune.
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RECENT PRICES FOR OLD MAS

Since the Dudley sale of 1892 no really
choice collection of old masters has
try, and the prices paid for the few is
olated examples which have been
offered for sale would seem to indicate
that the taste for this class of compost
tion is not what it once was. This Isl,
perhaps, inconclusive evidence as to a
decline in taste, for an Indifferent spec
linen gains as largely by being sold in
such a collection as the Dudley as it
loses by being sandwiched between a
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-22

OF the twenty-four lynchings in
Georgia thus far this year five We're due
to incendiarism, five to robbery, three
to completely in murder, one to MUIR
der, one to resisting arrest, one to race
prejudice, one to the use of violent lam
guage, leaving only seven that were in
against women.