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Evening journal., 1900-04-30
Ont Of sirht.

An English cotton buyer in Memphis
was talking with the clerk of one Of
the hotels the other day when a COM
mercial traveller came up. "How you
feeling. BillT said the clerk as he ex-
tended his hand. "Oh, I'm just out of
sight" replied the drummer.
After the commercial man had been
assigned his room the Englishman
turned to the clerk and inquired what
he meant by "out Of sight" The clerk
explained that he meant he was feel
ing fine. and the Englishman recorded
II in his little book.
The next morning when he same
down to breakfast the clerk. following
his usual custom, asked how he felt.
The Englishman thought II n good time
to try some Of his newly learned slang
and. with the air Of one who has solv-
cd difficult problem, replied, "Oh
you kaun't see me at allr-Memphls
Scimitar.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK
If Read Before Supper, 1t VIII Aid
Your Digestion; There is Nothing
Put in 1t to Lull You to Sleep.
Why Not Replace ~

Tenth Street Park is maintaiped by
the Water Department, and a beauti-
full central recreation spot 1t Is. Fea-
lures OF its landscape architecture are
the clover-leaf fish ponds, which, with
their gold and silver fish afford delight
to both old and young. Pouring from
pipe into the northwest pond Is a
constant stream of pure water which
formerly slaSed the thirst Of hundreds
OF persons in the course Of a day.
There was a heavy iron ladle, attached
to a chain. This ladle was too shallow
to deal successfully with the heavy
flow OF water, but Ii sufficed Now 1t
is gone Some vandal, presumably, has
carried II off or thrown II into the
pond. Many times recently the Way
farer has seen thirsty visitors to the
park go 10 the old place for water, only
to turn away disappointed The Water
Department may not be cognizant Of
this condition. but it exists and the
expenditure of a few cents for new
drinking cup. deeper than the old one,
would bring pleasure to frequenters Of
the beautiful little park.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
Tnfnnt Doptisms In RusnIa.


II was fortunate enough" writes
Trumbull White, "to visit the Church
of st. David, In Tlhis, RUSSIA, Just in
time to attend a baptismal ceremony.
According to the rites of the Greek
church, as practiced in this ancient
Georgian temple, the youngster in
question. a fine boy A or weeks old,
had TO be immersed three times in a
baptismal font filed with water each
time to be completely covered, In ad-
dition to various blessings and anoint-
ings with holy oil and several long
prayers.
"The benevolent looking old priest
proved himself a man of kindly
thoughtfulness. While the family group
around the baby was getting him prop
erly unclad. for the ceremony requires
that the child shall be naked the priest
surreptltiously dipped his finger into
the font, and saw by his face that it
was too cold. Then he stepped behind
a screen. where his samovar was
steaming, emptied the hot water into
a pitcher, and while the family still
kept busy over the baby he poured
enough to temper the pool that had
been provided for the shorn lamb. The
result was that the little fellow took
his plunges' without a murmur and
thereby distinguished himseh."-Chi-
cago Record.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
flowery Kingdom Orders

Harry Townsend, colored, porter for
the p, w. & B. Railroad Company, at
the French street passenger station, Is
disguised with the Chinese nation in
general.
1t is the pride of the porters to keep
the platform around the station clean,
and they object TO any needless litter
being made by patrons.
On Saturday the quick eye Of Town
send detected a pigtailed Celestial who
was awaiting a train. cOmplacently
eating peanuts and throwing the hulls
on the platform. The porter. thinking
that the Chinaman was unable to I'M
derstand the English language and
that he was also ignorant of the rule,
went through regular pantomime for
the purpose of conveying to the mind
Of the heather Chinee" that it was
against the rules of the company to lit
ter up the platform with peanut hulls.
The Chinaman took in the panto-
mime with blank stare and, at its
conclusion, said:
Sweep il upeel Sweep It upee!"
and further remarked, as he walked
away; "Ohee, / don't knoweei"
Harry lost his power OF speech, but
did as the Chinaman directed.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
RUSSIAN POLICEMEN.
New Governors Test For Their
AIertness Was Failure.


Alertness Was Failure.
A good story is being told IN st. Pc
tersburg Of the Russian police which
the papers pronounce to be exceeding
ly characteristic. A new governor was
sent to a certain town in the interior,
and the inhabitants at once began to
complain that the police were badly
organized since, however much they
were wanted, they would never come
when they were sent for. The govern
or determined to nst this for himself,
so one night he set out for the bar
racks where the police and the fire
brigade were quartered. He accosted
the sentry:
do you know mer'
"Yes, your excellency."
"If a man was being murdered close
by, would you quit your post?"
"Neyer your exceilency."
"Good," said the governor. "You
know your duty. Well, what would
you do?"
81 would blow my whistle to rouse
the guard"
IOOu. Let us suppose some one is
being murdered here. Whistle"
The soldier blew, but not a soul an
swered. He blew again and again,
but the same silence prevailed.
"That will do" said the governor at
last. "You have whistled your utmost,
and nobody has come; but at any rate,
your conscience is tranquil. Now you
can go 70 sleep. The man could have
been murdered two or three times over,
1t is unnecessary to overdo it by trying
10 wake your comrades, who appear to
sleep like the dead. The czar should
be proud of such steady soldiers"
With that the governor went off,
congratulatiHg himself that no one
would be likely to accuse his police OF
having n share in the midnight muir.
ders Of the town.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
nIh Lnndnn snndnrn.

We have got it into our heads that
Sunday was better observed in the
purltanical acceptance Of the word
three or four generations back than II
is now. 1t was quite otherwise. All
the great ladies when Queen Victoria
came to the throne-the Duchess of
Wellington. the Duchess Of Rutland
the Marchioness Of Salisbury. the La
dy Hyde Parker, the Misses Walpole-
had regular card parties on sunday
and there were concerts and receptions
oil over the town announced with be
coming regularity In The Morning
Post.-Saturday Review.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
Motion and color.

The relations between light and the
eye are wonderful, and the rapidlty Of
the vibrations Of the atmosphere nee
essary to produce color sensations are
amazing. To get the sensation Of red
ness our eyes are affected 4S2,000,OO0
times In a second; Of yellowness, 540,-
100000, and of violet. 7O7, 100000, So
that the seven hued rainbow. whose
firm aud subtle fame is reared out Of
drops Of water that are ever shifting
plays upon the human eye in a manner
so astounding that the strongest mind
might stagger beneath the awful reve-
lation.-London Opinion.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
NOTICES FOR MARINERS
Changes Made in the Buoyage at
Schooner Ledge

Inspector Mark, Of the Lighthouse
Board has given notice of the follow
ing changes made ait Schooner Ledge
Delaware river:
Discontinued Schooner Ledge
Cower), a red and black horizontally
striped spar. marking the lower end Of
a ledge OF rocks below Chester, Pa
schooner Ledge (upper), a red and
black horizontally striped spar. mark
ing the upper end OF a ledge OF rocks
below Chester, Pa.
The rocks being no longer an OBJ
structlon TO navigation, these buoys are
not necessary.
tabllshed-Schooner Ledge buoy,
No 36-A. A red first-class spar. located
about 300 feet to the eastward OF
Schooner Ledge range line. in thirty
feet of water on the following bear
lngs:
Schooner Ledge range (rear) light
house. N. e. by e. q u.
Lower end of Chester Island, e. N. e.
Is Il.
Lower end OF Raccoon Islands "A T..
Schooner Ledge buoy. No. 36-B. A
red hrst-class spar, located about 300
feet to the eastward of Schooner
Ledge range line, in thirty feet of
water, on the following bearings:
Schooner Ledge range (rear) light
house, N. E. by =. "a E.
Lower end of Chester Island. e. ~ e.
IS E
Upper end of Raccoon Island S. E. by
=. Is y.
These buoys are placed abreast ol
the former positions OF Schooner
Ledge (lower), and Schooner Ledge
CupDer) buoys respectively. and mark
the easterly limits of the channel fol
deep draft vessels in this Vicinity.
Illinois Rock buoy, No. 81, a black
iirst-class spar, viii hereafter be known
as Schooner Ledge buoy, without
change in color, class, number or loca-
| tiOn.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
AMONG THE PLAYERS.

At the Opera House tonight The
Dairy Farm will be played. It is a
comedy drama with pastoral scenes.
with the true melodramatic situation.
The story is told in an entertaining
style. and the interest is well sustain
ed. The scenes are laid in the village
OF Hurley Ulster county" New York.
between the years Of 1854 and 1856 The
play is handsomely staged. the cos
tunes appropriate to the times,
and altogether the presentation is a
picturesque and natural one. The pre-
senting company Is excellent.
Unusual interest has been manifest
ed In the appearance at the Opera
House on next Friday night Of Louis
Mann and Clara Iipman. They will
be seen for the first time here in a new
comedy. entitled "The Girl in the Bar
racks. This piece IS an adaptation
from the German, and has had a high
ly successful career since II was first
produced at the Garrick Theatre In
New York city last October. Messrs,
Rich and Harris, under whose man
agement Mr.. Mann and Miss Lipman
are playing, have surrounded them
Wlln n tOlNldlll vi tAitHAibnhi hANt ~
and the scenic equipment is said to be
adequate in every particular. The sale
Of seats begins on Wednesday morning,
and the indications are that the en-
gagement win be a brilliant one.
At the Grand Opera House on Satur-
day night, the Church-Cook Stock
Company ended a weeks engagement,
presenting as its closing performance
"The Midnight Alarm" which was ap-
preciatively received by a large audi
ence.
Joshua Simpldns" will be the at
traction at the Opera House on Satur-
day afternoon and night. It is said to
be a well-wrltten pastoral play, with
an interesting plot the story being a
happy blending of sunshine and
shadow The situations are said to be
strikingly realistic. with an overflow Of
fun and amusement. There are seven
comedy parts in addition to that OF
Uncle Josh, which character is really a
whole show in itself A sensational
novelty Is introduced in the third act
In the shape of a realistic saw mill
scene, in which a monster circular saw
Is used, and which Is said to actually
saw through real timber. A fine or
chestra Is carried by the company, also
two bands Of music.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
How 10 Get n cepiaI Doe.

A vagrant dog. particularly a cur
with seven or eight different strains Of
common dog In him, is the best kind
Of a dog to own. He is always smiling
and wagging his tail at you. and his
appreciation Of little favors is only
equaled by bis appetite. A fancy dog
with a blue ribbon around his neck is
always looking for an opportunity to
snap at children. II we kept a dog,
we would keep yellow one, purchased
as a pup from a negro boy.-Atchison
Globe.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
HEAVY TRADE THROUGH CANAL
Locks and Pumping Station Now in
Excellent Condition

Persons living along the banks of
the Delaware and Chesapeake canal
say that more boats have passed
through the waterway during the past
week than have been noticed in the
same length of time for many years.
The canal company is said to have
made several thousand dollars in tolls
during the week.
The locks and other machinery OF
the canal have been overhauled recent
ly. and persons who have visited the
pumping station say that T. n. Lorraine.
chief engineer, has the plant in better
condition than 1t has ever been. The
machinery Is not only in good repair,
but is as bright and clean as a master
hand can make It.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
ELKs' NEW HOME
Quarters of Wilmington's Lodge the
ABANDONMENT in the City

Owing to the increased membership
in the Wilmington Lodge Of Elks, it
was necessary for the order to obtain
larger quarters. The new clubhouse
at No SS1 Market street, fand was
opened on Saturday. It surpasses the
quarters of any order in the city. The
building is four stories high, and every
floor is occupied by the Elks. The
architecture Of the house is Of the CO.
lonial style, and is attractive and COM
Portable.
The cafe is on on the first floor. and
the smoking room and parlors are on
the second floor. The secretary's room
and the billiard room are on the
third, and the lodge room on the
fourth floor.
The home cost the EllSs several thou
sand dollars, and is a delightful place
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
GOOD WORK OF RELAY RACERS
Friends School Team Won Third
Place on Saturday

In the mile event on Franklin Field.
IN Philadelphia, on Saturday. the relay
team of Friends School. this city. Sc
cured third place. The runners were
J. II. Hudson c. G.. Beadkenkopf. lee
Warner and G. II. Clark. captain. Three
other schools were entered. The time
was S.4S%, which Is considered fast for
"a minor school team event.
The Wilmington High School was
entered In event No. ., with six other
entries. The Wilmington runners
ware ]. l. Plat. c. E. Hackett. George
Dougherty and W. G.. Rommell. Ardmore
high School was victor Of the event
the local High School getting ffth
place. Dougherty passed two men on
his quarter-mile lap. but Hackett was
unable 70 hold the position, finishing
IN fifth place. The time was 1855.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
No wrid a.,d woody west.


Easterners have an erroneous impress
sion about the vast plains cosatry that
stretches eastward from the TANKS OF
the Rockies to the wheatfields of the
Dakctas. IL is a region where crimes are
far less numerous in proportion t6 pop
ulatIon than they are In the densely
settled regions Of the eastern and mid
die states
II the sombreroed rufIians with pis'
tolls and knives in their boots and car
fridge belts around their waists are not
in the cattle country, where, then, are
they to be found? Where are those
Alkali likes. Lariat Bills, ct al,
who fire at the decanters In barrooms
and at the silk hats Of tenderfoot stran.
gers-the villainous desperadoes whose
lynchlng bees and other narrowing an
ecdotes make up considerable of the
stock in trade Of our eastern comic
illustrators? / do not know.
For many years / have wandered
through the great northwest on horse
back. stagecoach and In canoes, as well
as In the palatial Pullman sleeper Of
the great transcontinental lines, and /
have never discovered any Of the fierce,
bewhiskered dime novel heroes. Dur
Ing all my travels in the Dakotas, Mon
tana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and
British Columbia have never seen a
man hurt or witnessed any sort Of row,
and l would feel much safer to strike
across the mountains or plains alone
on broncho and unarmed than ]
would to walk up Clark street at night
In Chicago-St. Paul Globe.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
A Coffee Hint.

A French housekeeper says that in
her country It Is an invariable rule to
add little butter and powdered sugar
TO coffee beans while they are roast
ing. A very small piece Of butter is
needed to the pound. bit perhaps as
large as n hazelnut. and not more than
a teaspoonful OF powdered sugar. This
treatment Is the secret Of the pleasant
burned sugar flavor In French coffee
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
New Home for Pvthians

There is at present considerable talk
of building a new home for the Knights
Of Pythias Of Wilmington, which may
end In desirable building being fit
ted up at Seventh and King streets.
A hall company was organized some
years ago, but the members have not
felt able to build the kind Of hall de-
sired
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
Meeting Of RerllutIonarY SONS

Howard De Haven Ross is in New
York attending the National Congress
Sons of the American Revolution
which began its sessions there last
night. Mr.. Ross represents the Della
ware Society. Tonight there will be a
review of New York city troops, and to-
morrow night a banquet will be served
in the Waldorf-Astoria.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30

Philadelphia. Baltimore and Wash
ington are red brick cities. red brick
being the predominating building ma
terial. In Washington the sameness Is
relieved by the granite public buildings
and marble business structures.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
Sang Three Times

While visiting in Wilmington yester-
day Mrs. j. Milton Davidson, Of Dover,
sang at three church services. In the
morning sne sang at Epworth Church,
In the afternoon at St Paul's Sunday
school. and at the evening service OF
Epworth Church at the Opera House.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
Llse .unto Like.

"And love restored his reason" said
the sweet young thing in concluding
her story.
1T is the Grst time" returned the old
bachelor. that ever heard Of insan-
lty curing insanity"-Chicago Post
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
Killed supposed Mad nor

Supposed TO be suffering with rabies.
a small black and white terrier was
shot in the yard Of Mrs. Mary L. Barry.
at Nc. 504 West Fifth street, yesterday
afternoon. The animal caused much
excitement in the neighborhood. and a
big crowd saw it shot to death. Ii at
tempted to bite no one.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
Buried in Old swedes

In Old Swedes Cemetery at 4 o'clock
this afternoon the body of Elizabeth
Jacquette. widow of Benjamin Ell
lott, and daughter Of the late Peter S.
Aldrich. was inferred. Funeral ser
vices were held at her late residence,
No. 512 West Ninth street.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
Ill in New York

John G. Hartmann, president Of the
Hartmann and Fehrenbach Brewing
Co. is seriously IN with pleurisy al
tho homo Of his father-in-law, in New
York.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
Reaigned ColIeotor Remember

f. NJ. SEWER. Of the Hartmann and
Fehrenbach Brewing Company, has
been presented with a handsome gold
watch and chain by the employees Of
the brewery. Mr., SEWER has resigned
as collector for that company.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
Boys Interrupt Services

Tho Rev F. p Harris, OF Scott NJ.
e. Church, has threatened to invoke the
law TO put a stop to boys interrupting
the church services by repeatedly leav-
ing and entering the church during
the meetings. The law provides
heavy fine for disturbing religious ser
vices
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
Appeal Boards Last Session

No appeals from the city assessment
Of 1900 will be received by the Board
of Assessment, Revision and Appeals
after tonight. when the board will
meet for the last time.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
Too Long TO wait.

III You will get my new suit done by
Saturday" said customer to a tailor.
'rll be forever Indebted TO you"
IF that's your game" replied the
tailor, 'the clothes viii not be done at
alL"-lndianapolis Journal
Evening journal., 1900-04-30

ate schedules for the officers and men
in the service, and the other class Of
persons not In active service.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30

Velvet Flake smoking tobacco at 25c.
per ID. as 3l3 Market street George NJ.
Pe1rce, manager.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30
EYE STRAIN AND HEADACHES.

An eminent physician writes in the n.
Y. Medical Journal: Il HAVE YET TO
ENCOUNTER A TYPICAL CASE OF
HEADACHE THAT WAS NOT ASsO-
CIATED WITH EYE STRAIN"
The correction Of Eye Strain Is practi-
cally effected only by the application of
suitable Glasses.
TO DO THIS is OUR WORK. Call and
let a thorough examination say what It
will of your Eyes.
MILLARD r. DAVIS,
9 Z. Second St., Wilmington, Del.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30

The Peirce sc. Cigar can be had at
Sls Market street. George NJ. Peircc.
manager.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30

ms. Sailie Davis, Of Milford Is visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis.
Evening journal., 1900-04-30

Mrs. Harry GangiScre. of TINS clty.-fs
spending two weeks in Hamburg, Pa.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-11
FOREIGN NOTES oF INTEREST.

Fraulein Christine Bonnevie, who has
been appointed as curator in the Chris
tiana University Museum, is the first
woman to hold university office In Nor
way.
Florence celebrated on Nov the
four hundredth anniversary of Benvenu-
to Cellinis birth by festival and by
Porte Vecchio. Invita- tons were sent out
to all known goldsnithss associations.
A st. Jerome painted by Albrecht Durer
In 1921, "A by l9 inches in size, mas just
been discovered by a German art critic
in the Lisbon National Museum of Fine
Arts. Durer tells ia his dairy that he
presented the picture to a Portuguese
who had befriended him at Antwerp.
Mr.. Ionides gift of pictures to the
though the time allowed has nearly
elapsed. Though the South Kensington
authorities would be glad to get some
of the paintings, they do not want to
make room for the many mediocre Dia-
lures in the collection.
Count Johann Palffy has offered the
Austrian government his estates in the
Palatinate Of Presburg, valued at .. 400 on,
kronen, or about $500 900, on condfti IN tba +
the income applied to providing scholar
ships from 700 to 200 kronen a year for
Hungarian students at the universities.
Australfa's commission to select a fed
eral capital has rejected Albury and rec
commended Orange on the Blue rnoInfafn
plateau, Iass on the Yass plains or
DOlHOdld III the MOndrO country or
these Bombala stands the best chance
as it is near the seacoast, with an ex.
eellent harbor "a Eden nearby
genial young Englishman, Cant Jol,n
Bertram Clayton. who died recently Of
Nice, has beGueathed his estate Of S7GO aa1
ultimately TO his two daughters on Their
attaining the age of thfrty-five years.
provided they have not previously mar,
ried either citizen Of the United Sfafar
of America Or member of the Heh~e95se.
race or religion :"
George Dolby, who was Charles Dio,-
ems secretary and manager durInf Dit e.
last reading tour of the United Sfat .sss
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-11

qled recently in the alcohol ward Of a
London hospital Drink had made him
4 tramp, and he had been turned, out OF
b ttI !sst lodgings on account of his dirty
Is f US rs, lie wrote book of "reminiscences
~ 1IDlcKenS with the title The. Chief "a
Knew Him. His sister was the once
famous English contralto, Nine Safnton
Prizes to servahts-who= had served their
masters long time were distributed in
Austrla on the occasion. of the emperor's
seventeen birthday Twenty-one nrizes
OF G.aS 90 each were given for serving thirty
YEARS. Among the recipients were q
saiet seYenty-one years of age. who had
served his master forty-six wears. a
nurse seventy-two years of age who had
peen iofty-tWo years in one family:
mald OF all work. seventy-seven Years
ana cook. Kitchen maid and a maid
OF all work who had each STAYED in one
place thirty-nine years
: Don Carlos l., Of Portugal, is the
ZQ2 pounds, according to LIE Cri de Paris
Next comes Ferdinand of Bulgaria. III
pounds and King Oscar, of Sweden. 17s
pounds. Kaiser Wilhelm's average weight
IS l6O pounds but he varies a good deal
Emperor Francis Joseph. of Austria
weighs 1I4 pounds; King Victor Emanuel
Il, of Belgium, f43 pounds. and t'V Gar
Nicholas II. only 121 pounds. Queen
Hi;ftoria IS said to weight 100 pounds. and
little Queen Wilhelmina of Holland
PoeteSs queen of Roumania, Carmen
sylvia, weighs $50 pounds. Little King
Alfonso XIII. of Spain now weighs n ne,
ty-ni3e pounds, and President Loubet 100
Ibsen's Ghosts" was not allowed to be
prayed IN London by the Lord Chamber
lain. The French newspapers have taken
the matter UP and attribute the prohibit
ton to Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain who.
they announce, in addition to being min
lSter Of the colonies, is also censor of
plays. In an article headed chamber
lain-Macbeth," the Dix-Neuvieme Steele
says: MIR. Chamberlain is not fond of
the living, having made so many corpses
whose bones whiten at the foot of the
kopjes. of the TrGnsvaal and the Orange
Free state. He likes ghosts still less,
and will not allow them to approach him
A luckier man than Macbeth, Mr. Cham
berlaln has the power to prevent the
spectre of Banquo from seating itself at
his side. Mr.. Chamberlain IS a happy
man" The Echo de Paris says: Cham
berlain is becoming terrible. lie Is de-
claring a new war. This time against
Ibsen."