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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-20
SATURDAY. JANUARY 20 1000
r. G. Dun & Co. S Weekly Review

R. G. Dun & Co. S Weekly Review
of Trade says: whether the new
year will surpass or keep pace with
the old is the question which gives
especial interest to every weeks re-
turns. Comparing now with BUSH.
ness by far the largest and most
prosperous ever known a year ago,
more than 40 per cent. larger than
in, January 1898, which in its turn
had shown heavier business than
in any year preceding, it cannot be
expected that such a gain will be
repeated. But the decrease of 90
per cent. in payments through
clearing houses is wholly due to
great speculative activity at New
York last year, with sales of H.
3l,S32 shares, against 6,51S, 800 to
the same date this year, for pay
ments outside this city have been
4.3 per cent greater than year
ago and greater than in the same
part of any other month"
Bradstreet,s says: General de-
mand is large for this season of the
year, but speculation is quiet to the
extreme of dizziness in some lines,
and especially in those branches of
speculation which go to radically
effect financial affairs, and there
fore the volume of bank clearings.
The water which is furnished to
the citizens OF Wilmington has al
ways been considered the purest
drinking water furnished any city
in the country. Now it has remain
ed for stranger who has settled
within our gates to make the start
ling discovery that the Brandywine
water is even flthier than the mud
colored water of the Schuylkill
river. This startling fact of which
none OF our citizens need feel alarm
ed, has been made by an expert.
The belief that the drinking water
is the cause of so much typhoid
fever being prevalent is sheer
nonsense. If such was fact WHY
should only few cases appear on
the East side where the city is low,
and quite an epidemic occur in the
Western part, in a radius of half Il
dozen squares. AS far as pure
water goes the Brandywine has al
ways enjoyed that reputation and
since the Water Department put in
the filter which actually does filter
and when it rains our citizens en-
joy water clear as crystal.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-20
MEETINGS TONIGHT,

Dents Toothache Gum, the only perfect
Toothache remedy. All druggists. i5a
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-20
PUBLIC SALE

Will he sold at the late residence of Jacob
Brown on Garasohe's Lane, GSouth Whining.
ton, on
TUESDAY, JANUARY %, 1900,
at | o'clock p. m
A lot Of old fashioned furniture among which
IL rocker,2 full sets Of rush bottom chair. Of
very ancient style also swell front side tn.
bles. small round tables, bureaus and sofa
all mahogany antique and in good order set
tee beds, bedding, carpets. dishes, No. z Vic
tor cook stove and many other articles.
il75t WIN. A. HUKlLL.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-20
Has A Sore Hand.

Governor Tunnel hrs sore hand that
has been causing him considerable pain.
While the Governor was engaged in
writing out some official papers at his
homo in Lewes fow days ago, Governor
Tunnels hand became crnmped, and be.
gan to swell. A physician prescribed a
iniment with which to bath the swollen
mcmbe Directions were followed, and
tho preparation caused the governors
hand ana wrist to disiend to about twice
their normal proportion. To add to this
the flesh became blistered and irritated.
BY shaking hands with SO many persons
on Thursday evening the governor in
creased the soreness In tho member.
Chapped hands, cracked lips ana rough
ness Of tho skin cured quickly by Banner
SsIve, most healing ointment in the
world A II urunRiaGa.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-20
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY "a 1900, Z

At o'clock P, NJ.
~ 81
"a head OF horses The above stock con sists
Of workers. drivers, coachers and family bro
ken, carriage horses, they are direct from the
west, and have been ssle cted especially FOR
this market. Can be seen days previous 10
sale. Will sell rain or shine Having leased
the above stables. will constantly have horses
on hand at private sale. Old horses taken
in exchange A. H. TYSON, Agent.
#. Q. Stidham, Auctioneer. dl45t
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-20
PUBLIC SALE

OF "a head of Kentucky and Indiana Horses.
will sell at 'Jublic sale ut the Standard Board.
ing Stable, lll2 llA Tatnall street, Whining
ton, Delaware on
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30

The Jersey Bulletin recently said
that the richer the milk is in fat the
better for eating in it's crude form, or
words 20 that effect. This statement
is fully as wide OF the mark as the one
concerning it's cheese.making value.
Every physician of note maintains that
normal milk properly balanced is far
better for food, especially for infants
and young children, than is milk rich
in fat. Probably milk containing not
more than "a per cent. of tat is fully
rich enough, since the human mothers
milk seldom exceeds that figure, and
often falls below three per cent, aud
il is said that nursing infants Of such
mothers are more healthy than those
who get richer milk Good medical
authorities have stated time and time
again that normal milk is much health
Ter for the human than is rich milk,
and there is not careful, intelligent,
well.bred reader to-day who does not
know that three per cent milk fresh
from the COW is much better for the
calf than is six per cent. or even four
per cent. milk. Indeed, il is quite
freely conceded that hundreds Of Jcr-
sey calves owe their premature death
TO a surfeit OF rich new milk. 'Disor-
dered stomachs, indigestion and
"scours" are the results when such
milk Is red 10 calves. National Stock.
man
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30
The Ked.IIeadetl Girl.

The geographical distribution OF
red-hcaded girls in fortunately wide.
They can be found in every inhabited
quarter of the world. The so called
dark rGces are frequently gloritied by
glowing locks. The Spaniards are
swarthy as race, but the purest
blooded Castilians frequently show
traces OF their Visigothic blood 10y
blue eyes and red hair. The Infanta
Eulalie, who visited this country in
1898, is red-headeo. Red. haired
Italians are fairly numerous in Italy.
They are most numerous in the north
ern provinces, where there is the
greatest infusion Of German blood.
In Ireland a red haired girl is made
miserable by being called "Dane. "
This epithet is legacy OF a thousand
years or more, from the time when the
Danes actually did override the coasts
of Britain. In similar manner the
Norsemen who invaded Sicily centur.
les ago and inter-married with the in
habitants left descendants with CLEAN
ing brain thstches.
The Turks are a light haired, blue
eyed race, and their children are
everywhere scattered about Asia aud
Northern Africa. And where there
aren't any red. haired girls by nature
as among the Moors and Arabs-the
glowing locks are commonest Of all.
The woman all dye their ietty tressos
10 a most lovely red with henna.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30
Napoleon at 81. Helena.

HE hair Of brown black, thin on
the forehead, cropped, but not thin
in the neck, and rather dirty look
light blue or gray eyes; capacious
forehead; high nose; short upper lip
good, white, even teeth, but small
(he rarely showed them; round chin
the lower part OF his face very full:
pale complexion; particularly short
neck. Otherwise his figure appeared
well proportioned, but became too
ffA- thick, short hand, with taper
fingers and beautiful nails, and we'll
shaped leg and foot. He was dressed
in an old threadbare green coat, with
green velvet collar and cuffs; silver
buttons. with beast engraven upon
them; his habit dechasse, (it was but.
toned close 20 the neck a silver star
Of the Legion Of Honor; white waist
coat and breeches; white silk stock
ings and shoes with oval gold buckles.
She was struck with the kindness Of
his expression, 20 contrary 90 the
ferceness she had expected. She saw
no trace Of great ability; his counte-
nance seemed rather 10 indicate good.
ness, al the second interview she re-
marked that il would change with bis
bumor a Diary Of ST. Helena.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30
Romance of sIam,. Great Peak.

Slams greatest mountain range is
the San Roi Yawt, or the three hun
dred peaks A quaint legend which
explains their origin IS set forth ny
the Siamese geologists az follows:
1T appears that one Mong Lai anl
his wife once inhabited the neighbor.
hood they were giants, and each
promised their daughter IN marriage,
unknown 10 the other, 20 a different
suitor. At last the day Of the nup.
tials arrived, and Chao Lai and the
Lord Of Mieang Chin (Chiua) both ar
rived 20 claim the bride. When the
horrifed father found now matters
stood--baying a regard for the value
OF promise, which is not too com.
mon in the East-he cut his daugh.
ter in half, 30 that neither suitor
should be disappointed.
Chao Lni in the meantime, on ind
ing that he had q rival, committed
suicide, aud the peak Of Chaolai is
the remains Of his body. The unfpr-
tunate bride is to be found N the
islands Of Sam Roi Yawt, the peaks
OF which are the remains Of the gifts
which were TO be made 10 the holy
man who was TO solemnize the we'd.
ding, while Kaw Chang and Ksv
King. on the east side # the gulf, orc
the elephant and buffalo cart IN which
the presents we're brought.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30
Brigands In the Caucasus.

The Russian Government has at
last adopted what promises TO be an
effective measure for suppressing the
lawless bands OF robbers who have for
years past held various districts of the
Caucasus in a state of terror. Some
two years ago the military authorities
at Tiflis came to the succor of the peo-
pie by distributing arms and ammuni-
tion among them; in many instances
machine guns were furnished to the
chiefs OF mountain villages and isolated
settlements in the plains. For time
the raiding banditti suffered severe
losses, but by organizing regular
pitched battles against the villagers
and settlers they again got the upper
hand. A body of $500 military and
mounted police, all picked men, has
now been organized for the special
purpose of exterminating the pest,
which is particularly prevalent in the
two governments OF Kutais and Kars.
No quarter will be shown to the brig
ands offering resistance, and those
taken prisoner will be tried by court.
martial and shot or hanged offhand.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30
From Washington
How a Little Boy Was Saved.

Washington, d. C.-"When our boy
was about l6 months old he broke out
with rash which was thought 10 be
measles. In a few days he had q
swelling on the left side of his neck
and it was decided TO be mumps. He
was given medical attendance for
about three weeks when the doctor
said il was scrofula and ordered a
salve. He wanted 70 lance the sore.
but l would not lie: him and continued
giving him medicine for about four
months when the bunch broke in two
places and became running sore.
Three doctors said il was scrofula and
each ordered a blood medicine. A
neighbor told me of case somewhat
like our baby's which was cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla. i decided to give
it to my boy and in a short while his
health improved and his neck healed
70 nicely that I stopped giving him the
medicine. The sore broke out again,
however. whereupon again gave him
Hoods Sarsaparilla and its persistent
use has accomplished a complete
cure" Mrs. NETrIE CHASE, AZ X
ST.. y. Z.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30
Hints Eor the Hnnsn1rifc.

Tue sweet Spanish peppers should
be eaten with salt the same as rad
ishes.
Neither hot water nor hot ovens can
be had il cleaning oi the kitchen hues
is neglected.
Wash fatirous occasionally with
warm water, TO every Two quarts Of
which has been added half table
spoon OF melted lard. Wipe thor
oughly and set in a warm place TIL
perfectly free from moisture.
The extra supply of silver sholld
be kept in chamois or canton flannel
bags stitched in pockets wide enough
for the fork or spoon it is 70 hold.
The silver will not become furnished
or scratched when so cared TOR.
Soap should be used yory spGrir gly
on polished floors, as Z turns tho
boards black. Wax should rot lie
rubbed on n floor in the piece; melt
the wax with essence of trrpeutinc IN
n double boiler and while warm pour
some on linen cloth and apply to the
focr quickly, rubbing ;aridiy.
4 very simple yet ercc.Ial method
Of cleaning comb that has aocamU-
lated oil and dandri" lrcu me hair.
is by tying :. number cf coias around
q PENCIL, and .hsn hD.iirS the i5cse
euds il the nand, hav.sg sec1led ,be
pencil in some IncEuer, draw tho
comb back and forth aci oss The cords
until II is clean.
While the Dl.iitive vaiuc Of cab
bage is less than almost apv other
vegetable, its divsstibilitv vheu eaten
raw makes il a ya,Gabic addition 90
the semi-invalids' limited biz o. fare
Shaved very fine, thrown inio cold
water Until crispel. draiGcG anl
served with n French dressing oi
lemon, vinegar an 'ait, i. can usuaiiy
lie assirailste1 vi.Go-: u1p'easaH'
after results
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30
Hore.t. of the philirnine..


But il is 10 the forests of the Philip
pines that We are wholly unable to do
Justice. Timber exists in great variety
and Of most excellent quality. There
are to be found kinds of wood suitable
10 every purpose. Many are Ct dense
and tough fiber susceptible of the
highest polish. Four kinds are SO
heavy that water will not float them,
nor can they be cut with ordinary
saws. One variety is OF bright
emerald green, and another rich yell
low, and they retain these colors when
polished. Another, mara" perhaps
the prettiest, and much used in fine
furniture, varies in color from light
straw TO deep red. II is strong and
hard and takes high polish. Per-
haps the best known is "molave," a
very heavy dark brown wood, used
for finishing in the interior Of the
Jesuit church az Manila, where IL is
said the carvings are by master hands
and OF surprising beauty. Ebony is
abundant. There are the cacao tree,
the cocoanut palm aud the bamboo,
all invaluable 10 the natives, and also
a tree which yields kind Of cotton.
A pitcher plant is found with re-
ceptacles that hold as much as quart
OF water. There is a very curious
plant with long pendent feelers that
hang near the ground and have re.
marksble prehensible proper ties, TAX
ing the strongest hold on anything
that happens 10 touch them. II is
with the greatest difficulty that a
passerby can extricate himself from
one OF these many fingered, hanging
| hands. Self. Culture.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30
Character in the Tongue.

Glossomanciei is new "science' in
troduced by a Miss Erberc No, Of
Paris, consisting of reading the char
acter by the form and size OF the
tongue. The guiding principles are
as follows If the tongue is long II is
an indication OF frankness; il il il
short, of discrimination; if is is broad,
of expansiveness; if narrow, OF con
centration. When the tongue is
both long and large il implies that the
possessor is a great gossip, frank TO
disagreeableness and thoughtless. II
the tongue be long and narrow, its
owner is only half-frank, thinking as
much as is uttered but not always Mt
tering all that is thought. II the
tongue be short and broad, there is
promise of plenty Of gossip--and false
hoods; il talks great deal, but says
little Of what is really thought II
short and narrow IL indicates deep
cunning and lying; impenetrability
and great prudence. This tongue be-
longs to those persons always ready
to make mistakes but eager to inspire
confidence
SO, then, not the physician alone is
TO be guided by the tongue, but be.
fore you become intimate with any.
one, ask him or her TO put ont his or
her tongue, that you may he certain
whether they arc TO be trusted or not.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30
Tn. mo.t Ane,.n, Machine Tool.

There can he very little doubt that
the potter's wheel, or potter's lathe,
as IL is also termed, represents to-day
the most ancient form Of machine tool
known. Among the many sculptured
records OF the trades and occupations
which 40 vividly represent the GUS
toms and habits Of the ancient Egyp.
tians, the potter and his wheel have
been found frequently depicted. and
il is curious 10 note that through the
almost countless generations since
that time this crude form OF lathe has
undergone no material modification.
The primitive form was evidently a
small round table, set on pivot and
free TO revolve, beiLg turned by hand
at intervals; aud TO this device IN
the course OF time such simple con-
veniences ns "A table 10 support II and
a foot or hand-power turning ar-
rangement, displaced in recent years,
in possibly a few isolated cases, by
actual engine.power driving. In gen
eral use, however, the potter's wheel
Of the present time bears all the char
acteristics OF the one which, 1000
years or more ago, served 10 turn out
pottery attesting unsurpassnble taste
and skill. ll.-Cassier's Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30

An interesting little book is the
monograph on Scouting" written by
Colonel Baden Powell, Of Mafekinp
fame. Dealing with quickness Of eye,
and remarking that common sense and
a little reflection will often suggest
the most likely points 20 look for the
enemy, Colonel Baden. Powell tells the
following story:
"Once ] was having a match with
a skihari IN Cashmere, as 20 which Of
Us could see farthest. He pointed out
hillside some distance of, and asked
me IL ! could see how many cattle
there were grazing on IT. II was only
with difficulty that could sec any
cattle al all, but presently ] capped
him by asking him II be could see the
man in charge Of the cattle. Nov, I
could not see any men, but knowing
that there must be some one In charge,
I boldly put forvard this bluff The
skihari looked hard az the infniiesi.
NAL moving specs which be knew 10
be cattle, but the cowherd was be
yond him, 80 be gave II up and con.
fessed himself defeated. "-Collier's
Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30
a CHINESE WONDER.
In shanghai He Duplicated Handsome
Dresses At Price. Absurdiy Low.


Dresses At Price. Absurdiy Low.
NV little tailor, Yung Tuch Kee.
and / do not think. in this remote
quarter of the world, he will be be-
grudged this small grs;uitons adver-
tisement, was a slender little man,
very kind and gentle, scrupulously
nonest and wonderfully clever. He
made gown for me OF beautiful
.rinky white and china silk copying
the skirt from one model and the
waist from another. He was given an
old pattern, and with one trying on"
the dress was sent home complete,
beautifully finished and with not an
alteration 20 be made. He charged
81. % for his work, the material and
Innings, all Of which he furnished,
bringing up the cost Of the gown TO a
little less than S9-gold, as il is al.
ways necessary 10 specify here. He
removed the lining Of mantle and
remade and refined the hood, charg-
ing for this 81. For another customer
he copied accurately pair of corsets
for which she had paid s25, the article
returned to her being of white satin
and its accompanying bill 50.
1t had been impossible to find a
decent straw hat in any OF the foreign
shops in Shanghai, and / asked him
if he could make me one, showing him
the battered rim that bought in New
York, preparation of wood that was
scld as chip and which, worn hall
a dozen times, turned yellow and
crumbled to pieces Yung Tuch kee
looked at il. not in the least disheart-
ened by the task / had set him, aud
said with a smile that was literally
"child like and bland, ooh, yes, !
make him, all samee as this, and he
marched off with his dilapidated
model. In the course OF few days
he brought back the one he had made
"A beautiful soft fine straw, like the
old-fashioned Dunstable braid of our
grGndmothers. IL was so tough and
flexible that nothing could break IT
except some sharp instrument, and IT
could safely have been warranted 10
wear for years. For this hat of a
quality that would have cost four dol.
lars in New York my little versatile
tailor charged me seyenty-fve cents.
"Did you make it yourself, Yung?'
asked.
"No; cousin in Chufoo makee him, '
he replied, bringing forward the in
eyitable cousin--the infallible, omni-
present Chinese Deus ex machina.
And as the tailors came from the
South, / then learned that the straw
braiders are a product of Chufoo; the
silk growers and cotton growers from
Canbar, the tea raisers from the mid
die districts, and the wood carvers
from Ningpo, as | have already said.
Shanghai Correspondence in Boston
Transcript.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30
PHI Folk Lat Dirt.

Whereas the Fiji Islanders used 10
eat their kind, and persons OF any
other kind that came in their way,
they now have taken 10 eating earth.
II certainly is pleasant change from
the old ways, at least for those per.
sons who otherwise would be fried,
baked or broiled. II is the women
who like best this new eatable. The
earth is soft, and in color cross be-
tween a gray and pink. 1t is sup
posed TO be n decomposed volcanic
ash. The coolies from India, whose
labor is employed on the islands, like
the earth, and they eat it greedily.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30
AnIntsre.,inr old raper.

Horatio Briggs, of Attleboro, Mass.
found among some old papers belong
ing 10 his grandfather, Colonel Il.
Briggs, an old copy Of the American
Whig, published in Taunton, Mass.
dated Man ch 10, ls49, nearly fifty-one
years ago. Its makeup is in the old
solid style and the ads. are on the two
last pages. On the first page is an
account of an address delivered 10y
Vice President Fillmore on the reor'
gsnization of the L. :. Senate ls49.
Mr.. Briggs values the paper very high
ly as an interesting memento.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30
The Converted LADY,.

was talking to lady whom / was
sitting by at dinner party last week,
and deploring the loss of so many use
ful British lives in South Africa. She
took this coolly, for she said that
Great Britain is oyer-populated, and
that il can we'll afford little blood.
letting. I pointed ont, however, to
her that there are about a million
more women in Great Britain than
men, and that, consequently. the diff.
ficulty in finding husband would be
even greater after the war than il al
ready is. The lady is unmarried her
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-30
4 oeniu. N suou Figure.

I; is reported ils' an ai';si:c genius
has been discovered q. Hr,iai est, iu
the person Of hackney coacn driver,
named Sander Balis5. He he'd made
Eesr Lis star a portrai. b,.s; q sEou,
which insEsdiL.ely attracted ma. sersSl
aite.iio1 anS sdmirAti3a ty its excel
ience Since .hen tho mar has raod-
cle1 "a cisy s.atus.,e oi lis lii.ls
SOD. -sso &. iye years % sgc, when
shors eGlEl 'oleri. Perhaps ssn5or
B.liAD orlT needs the beir {, r.,h
pa.sou - Leocr.s : celebrated scalp.
tcr.-LeE-c4 News.