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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12
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HE FOOLED THE SURGEONS.

All doctors told Rennick Hamilton. OF
West Jefferson, o, after suffering Is
months from Rectal FiStua. he would die
unless II costly operation was performed;
but he cured himself with five boxes of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, tho surest Pile
cure on Earth, and the best Saivs IN tho
World. IS cents box. Sold by n. Is.
Danforth Druggist.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your life Away.

TO quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netc, 1ull Of life, nerve ana vigor, take MOTTO.
BAG, the onGerworlie", thai makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC rSl. Cure guaran.
ICED Booklet and sample free. Address
sseg.ipg EImedy Co.. Chicago OF New York
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12

Auctioneer Stidham, sold for 10 tor Sc
Mcdaniel ut there stable 40 West Front
street on Saturday 10 heal Of horsss range
Ing from 300. to 100 per head They will
have another sale ~ there stable lin al out
10 days and also will sell lot of horses Ut
Avondale Pa. on Wednesday, Feb. II.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12

DR.. Hobbs SpRragus Pill rnra all k.dnEy Ills San,
Die free. Add Sterling Remedy Co. chicago Or n.


~ pS '''eN su"H'Sht.
Ida Alexander c0lorod, will b, given q
hearing IN tho cit Y court tonight on the
charge of attempted murder Last Nom
day night Ida and Susan Smith mat at
Fourth and Scot ssreats. They had
angry words over q man namod Harry
llarman. colored, AMI tho words
led to blows. Then tho Smith woman
drew u knife and began slashing at Ida
she succeeded In cutting her in sevs al
places about tho body. Ida succeeded IN
taking the knife from her antngonis and
then tho tables were turned and Lila
slashed Susan in such Il manner hat she
has been at the Homeopathic Hospital for
tho past week nndur repairs. Ida claims
that it was n FREQ fight aud that it was q
case Of bsst woman coming OUT on top.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12
10 YOU KNOW

Consumption Is prcventahla' Science la,
proven that, and also that neglect is suicidal
The wort cold or co.t.L can occurred with 5hi
l0h's Cough aud COnsumpJ!DlCure. Sold Oh
positive suaran tee for over Oh ycirs.
For Sale by n. Is. Danf0rtl. So :ond and Mar
kgt streets,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12

There is many a slip between cup and
lip, but Simm's White puimonic Btlsam
never lets cold slip. Depot 6JG King
street fS-1Ot
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12
To Rebuild Three Kitchens.

David Dangel has been granted permit
by Building Inspector Cassidy 10 orott
three frame kitchens ut Nos. T0l-3-5 Wost
Second street at u cost OF 500
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12
TO STOP A COLD.

After exposure or when you feel q cold
noming on, take dose of FoIey's Honey
and Tar, 1t never fails to stop a cord il
taken In time. Take nothing else, All
druggists. I
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12

Andrew Richie Of Hcckessin, dicI at his
home there on Saturday last, aged forty
years.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12
GROCERIES.

A pound of our IS cent Coffee
contains more solid satisfaction
than you'd pay double for else.
where.
HANSCOM's.
Seven h and Market.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12

Strong llcarEuunh and White Oak
Bal X Cuugh Drops at Ferguson Ii East
Second u ct iU-tl
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12

MD WORKS OFF THE COLD.
Laxative BromO- QuiniuG Tablets cure a
cold in enc day. No Cure, No Pay.
Price 25e
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12
Attention,

The members Of tho Street and Sewor
comm sion should take look at Eleven.
til street between Madison and Adams
streets. Ths mud Is 50 deep as to render
it nearly impas ible and the rosidouts say
1t Is shameful.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12

Elwood Webster will have anoth-
cr sale of horses at Hockessin on
Wednesday. They are now on eX.
hibition at his stable and the cti-
zcns generally are invited TO call
and examine them. In the lot
are several large horses, weighing
about 1000 pounds. and several that
weigh from 1900 to 1900. They are
all smooth and nice, and well adapt
ed for use in either city or country.
Dinner to all buyers at - N.
The Weather
Tomorrow proini5cs to he partly cloudy
followed by clearing and rather colder.
Wednesday clearing, with slight change
of temperature,
Tho thermometer at w. c. Taylor's
drug store 3J2 King street, to-day regis
tered as follows:
7o'clock 10 o'clock O'clock
Sc 40 A
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12
"What shall | do first?" | asked.

''Do? Oh, that's so. Let me see
we'll the first thing we will do is to read
the morning papers carefully, all about
real estate sales, the stock market, the
market reports and the political news.
Great things, these newspapers, don't
you Think"
| gave him quite at length my opinion
Of nawsnanors arI how thnv ought ia ha
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12
A few Words from the Lawton Optical Co,


The success that has bean attained by
tho I4awton Optical Co., Is not from adj
vertisng alone, but from satisfied nusto-
msrs as we'll, u record has bsen kopt for
years Of every customer and we find that
we can credit two thirds Of our work to
some one who has appreciated our work
and scnt some one else. 1t L. groat com.
pliment and we appreciate 1t. You will
find II you will call on us that we HAYS
transferred our large stors Into as Woo,,!!
equipped optical parlor as thore is in ,hs
United Stntos and tho people OF Whining
ton are showing their appreciation By
supporting on exclusive Optical firm Uns
derstand we are exclusive the eye and ibs
many defects, purchase your Opera glasses
elsewhere as we do not handle them, but
II you have defective vision then come to
us and we will dlnsnoss your case free "
charge and II you mood glasses they will
cost you no more than you would pay
where they carry them as a side limo.
Mr.. G. Ds'Maino has charge Of the grind'
ing department whilo DR.. Lawton over
sees the order from the start to the finish.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-12

Heavy All wool
Cloths, worth at
old prices 50, will
be more nest sea-
S 0 II b Il t We
bought the lot
and have mark ed
Amador ledger., 1900-07-13
The Best Aee For Men to Marry.

Edward Box, writing In The Ladies'
Home Journal on "a Boy For Hus-
band" contends that mo young man
under 25 years of age is in any sense
competent to take unto himself wife.
Before that age he is simply boy who
has absolutely nothing which he can
offer to girl as safe fundation for
life happiness. He Is Uniformed In his
character, unsettled In his ideas, alb
solutely ignorant Of the first essentials
Of what consideration or love for a
woman means. He doesn't know him
self, let alone knowing woman. He
is full Of fancies, and 1t Is his boyish
nature to dit from one fancy to an
other.
"He is incapable Of the affection up.
on which love Is based, because he has
not lived long enough to know what
the feeling or even the word means.
He is full Of theories, each one OF
which, when he comes to put 1t into
practice, will fail. He is boy pure
and simple, passing through that try
ing period through which every boy
must pass before he becomes man.
But that period is not the marrying
time. For as his opinions of life are
to change, so are his fancies of the
girl he esteems as the only girl in the
world to make him happy. The man
Of 80 rarely weds the girl whom he
fancied when he was 20,"
Amador ledger., 1900-07-13
Humanity In Turkeys.

There's good deal of human nature
in turkey" said farmer. "The 9TH
er day while l was settin In the barn
door one of my turkeys come yerkln
along and peekin right and left and
finally spied rag on the ground that
every turkey had been travelin over for
a week. Turkey picked it up and Slated
1t out. That minute every turkey in
the yard started for him. He run. It
evidently struck him all of q sudden
that he had got hold Of suthin that was
Gighty valuable. He run. and he
lodged, and he ducked, and he run
some more. Every few minutes some
one Of them turkeys would get him by
the wattles or else by the rag, and
there would he tug Of war; And at
last another turkey got the rag away,
and then there was another chase.
Guess them darn fool turkeys would
have been runnin the fat Off them.
selves the next day if hadn't set the
dog on 'em.
That's just the way with a turkey.
Let any other one in the flock get hold
of suthin, and every one of the blamed
fools will start for him or her and run
till they fairly drop.
"And, as I have said, there is a good
deal of human nature right there."-
Lewiston Journal.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-13
CAR FARES IN GERMANY.
The Method of Collection and Ia
spectfon Prevents Free Rides.

The Method of Collection and Ia-
spectfon Prevents Free Rides.
The chances of eyading fares on the
street cars Of German cities are very
slight When passenger steps on q
car, the conductor Immediately asks
where he is going and then prepares
his ticket, which serves also as. a re-
ceipt for the fare. The preparation Of
q ticket consists only in detaching it
from a block and punching it or mark
ing 1t with pencil.
This process involves much more
work than the simple process of ring
ing up the fares, as conductors do in
America, but the task is lightened by
the fact that only certain number Of
persons are permitted to ride on car
at the same time. The number Of sit
ting and standing places is plainly
marked on each car. If car is de-
signed to carry 30 persons, no more
than 30 persons will be permitted on
that car at the same time. When any
thing In Germany is forbidden, it is
settled once for all.
In order that every person who rides
shall get the prescribed ticket inspect
ore are employed who spend their time
in ascertaining whether the conductors
are doing their duty. These inspectors
step into the cars and ask the passen-
gers for their tickets. They note the
number Of the tickets and whether they
correspond with the stubs retained by
the conductor. The clerk who gives
out the blocks Of tickets to the con-
ductors notes the number of the upper
most ticket and at the return of each
block collects from the conductor who
returned it as many fares as there are
tickets detached.
The rate of fares varies from ~
cents to 5, according to the distance.
Small children are carried for one-half
fare, and any one for the sum Of $3.50
may secure ticket which entities him
to ride as much as he wishes for one
month. When a car is full, the con-
ductor displays a placard bearing the
word "Occupied." d."-Chicago Record.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-13
A Dinner of Mule and Axle Grease.

"A Dinner of Mule and Axle Grease,
The following is an incident of the
siege Of Ladysmith narrated by Sir
William MacCormac: "An officer re-
lated an incident which will serve to
illustrate the lengths to which things
had gone as regards food. A shell fell
into the mule lines one afternoon, kill.
Ing one mule. In spite of other shells
following the first one in rapid success.
sion, so as to make occupation of the
spot very dangerous, the men in the
vicinity made q rush at the mule like
so many ravenous creatures, cutting off
the flesh with their clasp knives in
great chunks. They then In safer quar-
ters built fires, toasted the meat and
swallowed 1t at once. To make them
more palatable the men fried their bis
cults in the axle grease provided for
the carts. The want Of fatty foods
and vegetables was greatly felt. In
spite of all their hardships nobody ever
thought Of giving in. The general in
quired as to how many horses In the
camp could carry their riders six miles,
In view Of a sortie being made, and the
answer came back that only 12 horses
In the whole camp could do it."-Lon-
don Lancet,
Amador ledger., 1900-07-13
A DUEL THAT FAILED
HONOR WAS SAVED WITHOUT THE
SHEDDING OF BLOOD.
Colonel Bunker Tells How the Code
Was Outraged In the PreIiminaries
and How a sansuinnry Outcome
Was Happily Averted.

Copyright 1900, by C. B. Lewis.l
"I had gone to a small town in Mis-
Gissippi to rest and recuperate, suh,"
said the colonel as he restored his glass
to the table, Ito rest and recuperate
after my hard work in the state sen
ate. I hadn't beef there a day when
l met up with person who called him.
self General Blum. He didn't have the
look of general, sub, but I didn't
start In asking questions. l accepted
his word that he had been a general
accepted his word as a gentleman
does, and he invited me into the near
est barroom to imbibe a cocktail. We
didn't imbibe. When the general called
for drinks for two, his order was not
taken. In other words, sub, as he
didn't put down his money the cock
tails remained unmixed. The general
looked at me appealingly, but turned
away. 1 would not hurt his feelings
by offering to pay for the drinks.
Had General Blum stopped there
all would have been well, but he did
not stop. Next day he called on me to
talk over the late wah. 1t wasn't ten
minutes, sub, before began to doubt
him. found that he didn't know the
Amador ledger., 1900-07-13
THE DEATH OF THE WORLD
Scientists Fail to Agree. as to How
the End VIII Come.

Scientists Fail to Agree. as to How
the End Will Come.
Scientists seem to agree that the
earth some day is to be destroyed by a
gigantic cataclysm, but fall to agree
upon the "how." DR.. Henry Smith
Williams. In writing in Harper's
Monthly on "Some Unsolved Scientific
Problems" says:
."If. SO. much uncertainty attends
these fundamental questions as to the
earth's past and present, 1t is not
strange that open problems as to her
future are still more numerous. We
have seen how. according to Professor
Darwlns computations, the moon
threatens to come back to earth with
destructive force some day. Yet Pro-
fessor Darwin himself urges that there
are elments of fallibility In the data
involved that rob the computation Of
all certainty.
Much the same thing is true Of per-
haps all the estimates that have tSa,l
made as to the earth's ultimate fate.
Thus it has been suggested that, even
should the suns heat not forsake us,
our day viii become month long and
then year long; that all the water Of
the globe must ultimately filter into it's
depths and all the air fly off into
space, leaving our earth as dry and as
devoid of atmosphere as the moon. and,
finally, that ether friction, If it exists,
or, in default of that, meteoric friction,
must ultimately bring the earth back
to the sun.
But in all these representations
there are possible compensating factors
that vitiate the estimates and leave
the exact results In doubt. The last
word Of the cosmic science of our CEN
tury is a prophecy Of evil-if annihila-
ton be an evil. But it is left for the
science of another generation to point
out more clearly the exact terms in
which the prophecy is most likely to
be fulfilled"
Amador ledger., 1900-07-13
Found the Ends.

An Irishman who was out Of work
went on board a vessel that was in
the harbor and asked the captain If he
could find him work on the ship.
"Well," said the captain, at the same
time handing the Irishman a piece Of
rope, "if you can find three ends to
that rope you shall have some work" !"
The Irishman got hold Of the rope
and, showing it to the captain, said,
That's one end, your honor" Then he
took hold Of the other end and, show
Ing 1t to the captain as before, said
"And that's two ends, your honor"
Then, taking hold of both ends Of the
rope, he threw 1t overheard, saying.
And faith there's another end to it,
your honor"
He was Immediately engaged.-Lon-
don King.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-13
An American Dinner Party.

Here is Clement Scott's picture Of an
American dinner party: You are 20
sooner ushered into the reception room
than you feel at home in half q second.
Conversation Is general and animated.
Your hostess Is genial. gracious and an
artist In the difficult ceremony Of in
PRODUCTION. The room and the atmos-
phere beam with friendliness Intro
Auced to your dinner companion, she is
determined that you and your partner
shall be friends at once. You have not
TO make conversation. She makes It
for you. If you know anything, she
will drag 1t out of you In double quick
time, and you have some difficulty in
holding your own against her readi-
ness, wit and sly cynicism. She can
discuss everything and knows some
thing about all she discusses, but with
out pedantry or affectation She has
the art Of appearing to like you and be
interested in you whether she is or not
This may be humbug. but it is delight
full hlnsEug al the same
"The elements of Irritation are never
to be despised by man or woman Of
any age. This social art is generally
ignored in England, and that is why
American women are so supremely
popular. And what is the consequence
You go home from dinner party in
England tired and bored to death or
wander of to your club to try to for.
get 1t all. You go home from an Amer
ican dinner party exhilarated, little
proud of yourself and saying sincerely
1T has been jolly and delightful even.
ing AT least that is what have felt
whenever have been honored with an
invitation in New York. San Francis
co Argonaut.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-13
What to Do with Them.

-Just before Montana became
itate" said q citizen Of Helena, ''the
olark.Csrter contest occurred. and
most bitterly WIS It fought out. Any.
hing that could be turned or twisted
INTO campaign argument was sought
,ut and brought to the front. Commis.
sioner Sparks. At that time head Of the
yeneral land Office. had made a ruling
that thereafter no trees less than eight
inches In diameter should be cut down
,or agricultural OF Sining purposes In
territory belonging to the United
States.
This ruling had aroused a storm Of
Indignant protest In Montana and had
straightway assumed q prominent
place as one Of the main issues In the
CLARK Carter campaign. I was speak
ing one night at Bozeman, and, as was
natural, attacked this ruling of the
and commissioners and showed, at
least to my own satisfaction, what In
Jury and injustice 1t did to both farmer
and miner, and so worked up to what
had always previously proved an ef-
eective peroration by asking the ques-
hon, What my fellow citizens, can
the farmer do with eight inch treesT
''The answer to this had previously
Invariably been silence, but this time
shrill voice in the rear Of the hall
blurted out, why. split 'en, Of course.
ye confounded foolp and sat down
amid the ribald and derisive jeers Of
that vast audience. New York Trib-
upa
Amador ledger., 1900-07-13
A Freak Of lightning. L

Lightning performed strange feat
near Osceola, Pa. during the recent
thunderstorm, says the Oil City Der
rick. Three fine cows belonging to a
farmer had been turned out to pasture
in a field on which the new grass is al
ready quite high, and when the shower
came on they gathered together in one
corner under some trees. There is a
wire fence running close by the spot
where they were standing, and bolt
of lightning was attracted to it and ran
along the slender wires until the COWS
were reached, when it glanced off,
striking the animals and killing all
three Instantly.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-13

blems Of time would have been swish
Ing through the air, when a newl who
was chased by niger came gallop-
ing that way. He busted through the
people. suh-he busted his way right
ulong-and he struck the general and
knocked him into a ditch and then
planted both heels on my stomach and
rendered me unconscious for half an
hour. The duel didn't go on. When
got my breath again. offered to pro-
ceed from a sitting position. and, al
though the general was telescoped by
the collision, 1t is due to him to say
that he would have stood on one leg
and fought it out. But 1t was not to
be. The public decided that all par
ties, including the mewl, had wiped
away any stains on their regulations.
and we were escorted to town by our
partisans."
And Of course you and the general
drank together and made up?" asked.
"Of co'se, sub, Of co'se-that Is, the
general didn't invite me, and l didn't
invite him, but when a third party
proposed cocktails-a party whose cred
it was good at the bar-we acconipa-
MED him. And as to the making up.
sub, we had imbibed and replaced our
glasses when looked at my late an
tagonist and said:
General Blum, I cannot doubt your
valor, suh.'
'And he looked at me with eyes
which were moist and replied:
Colonel Bunker, the man who ques-
tons your chivalry is my enemy
Then our hands met, our friend
called for three more, and the loving
cup restored peace and good will"
Amador ledger., 1900-07-13
Trees and Landowners In England.
Nv fhe general laws of ENGLAND nab

Trees and Landowners In England.
By the general laws Of England oak,
ash and elm are timber" if not youn.
ger than 20 years, or so old that good
post cannot be cut from them. What
constitutes timber varies slightly &C
eording to locality, but when tree -
proved to be timber" a person who
has only life interest In the land It
grows upon cannot cut it down unless
1t be on an estate cultivated solely for
the production of salable timber" or
unless he hasa special agreement giving
him power to do so. A mere life ten
int may not even cut down trees which
are not timber" but which would at
the age Of 20 years attain that dignity.
Botanists differ as to the poisonous
nature Of yew trees. There are many
Instances both Of their poisonous and
their harmless effect when browsed by
horses and cattle, but the partially
dried clippings Of yew are certainly
most dangerous. If a yew tree over
hangs neighbor's land and his horses
eat the yew without trespassing, the
owner Of the tree In liable to pay for
any injury the horses may sustain. On
the other hand, If the horses or cattle
cannot browse on the treo without put
ting their heads over the fence the
owner Of the horses must bear the loss
for his animals have trespassed.-
DON Answers.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-13
INTERPRETATION.

We long tos q peace that 10 lasttns,
We plead for a rapture that's rars,
Iiks Ashe,ren csasslessly casting
Their nsts In the gulf Of despair.
We draw from deep vatsrS Of sorror
Dark wrecks OF old failure and fea
And out Of sea kience We borrow
The storm that will never come neas.
Filth speeds past ths footsteps Of duty
And halts at the door Of a tomb;
Thought pierees the source Of all beauty
And returns unto dust-'tis the doom
OF each man child to strive and to wondss,
To plan for some positive gain,
And only End mysteries under
All life, be It pleasure or pain.
Lo, In realms of the mind there is treasure
For toilers who dwell in content;
There Is truth that no science can rneaEurs,
And the fearless are never torspent;
There 10 Light when earth shadows are falling
There's reward for the deeds that are done
Where envy crowned virtues are calling,
Through faith Is thy victory womb
Charles ". Stevenson In Chicago Record.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-13
Adiourned bY Reporters.

"Well, that bumps mep said the colo.
mel. II know that the cheek Of those
newspaper reporters is always in full
flower, but didn't know that they as
sumed to legislate for the state"
"All I know is," asserted the Judge
again, that two newspaper reporters
once adjourned a session of the Illinois
senate"
How'd they do it-choke the speak
er with copy paperf"
mo; they were very civilized about
It. 1t was one day when everybody ex-
pected dull session. and only two Of
us senators put In an appearance,
counting Dave Littler, who was in the
chair.
"I want to get an interview with
Littler when this things over, said one
newspaper man
$50 do T. said the other. I move
that we adjournr be shouted at Littler.
"I second the motion said the first
reporter.
att is moved and seconded that we
now adjourn said Littler solemnly.
Those in favor will signify 1t in the
usual manner
"'Ayev shouted both of the report
ers.
:. .Carriedr said Littler."-C Chicago In
ter Ocean.