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The sun., 1900-05-29
One Session of School

At the meeting of the Board OF Educa-
tion last night it was decided that be-
ginning June II all schools shall have
but one session. The consideration of
the revision OF the bylaws was laid over.
1t was decided to draw on Council for
the monthly appropriation.
The sun., 1900-05-29
DEMOCRACY Is 4NTEOUATEI

From the Milford News and Advertiser.
For thirty years Democracy had stood
Tor opposition; it had held to a con-
servatism which was sort OF dry rot.
and the sensational development which
eliminated in the Chicago platform was
enough to shake their allegiance.
b sEven the leaders Of that movement
now see their mistake, and the. word has
gone forth that the slogan of '96-''l6 to
PIE, to be dropped into the back
ground. 1t seems assured that the
Kansas City convention will not evan
mention that ratio, but will content it.
self with reatfirming in general terms the
old platform. They will do this for the
sake OF appearances, and then will fall
back upon their old role as directors.
Its principal planks are negative; it will
oppose everything which is included in
the Republican policy, and everything
they can charge to that policy.
The platform will be anti imperialism,
anti expansion, anti-McKiney, anti.
banks, anti-tariff, antitrust, anti-mili.
tary, antideluvian antiquate1l
The SUn daIiyapad nj tho
The sun., 1900-05-29
Commissioners New Meeting Nigh

For the reasons that police court is
held on Monday night and that it is on
Monday that the officers change from
day to night turn and have their days
off, the police commission last night
changed their meeting night faom Mon
day to Tuesday nights. The chief was
instructed to proceed at once with the
work of painting, white washing and
washing out the cells, etc, at the police
station.
The sun., 1900-05-29
CHILDREN AND THE CARNIVAL
Board of Education Will Assist
Fair Managers.
Board of Police Commissioners Ac-
cept Invitation for the Police
to Participate in the Big
Exposition.


At the meeting of the Board of Educa-
tion last night the following communica-
tion from Hunter Grubb, secretary of the
Elks, was read:
"Dr. E G. Shortlidge, President.
''DEAR SIR: have been requested by
our committee to ask you to appoint a
committee from your Board to meet our
committee on Monday or Wednesday
night of next week. at our headquarters,
No. $40 Market street, the two committees
when together can map out the proper
course to pursue in regard to the school
chidren's day to be had during our Indus
trial Street Fair and Carnival. Your at
tention to this will obige,
Yours truly,
HUNTER GRUBB, Secretary"
The communication was accepted and
on motion OF Thomas L. O'Donnell, a
committee OF five was appointed from
the board as follows: Messers. j. D..
Garter, DR.. John Palmer, r. G. Fraim,
Col. l.. 7. Parker and Thomas f.
O'Donnell.
At the meeting of the Police Com
mission last night communication was
received from the Elks, inviting the
police department to participate in the
carnival and requesting them to invite
the Reading Police Department. The
commissioners accepted the invitation in
respect to the Wilmington police and
President Pyle was authorized to see
Director General Baird of the carnival
committee in reference to the matter.
The commissioners decided that they
could not invite the Reading police in a
matter Of this kind but were of the
opinion that the Elks should invite
them themselves
The sun., 1900-05-29
TO THE DEAF,

A rich lady, cured of her deafness and
noises in the head by DIR. Nichelson's
Artificial Ear Drums, gave $4,000 to his
Institute, so that deaf people unable to
procure the Ear Drums may have them
free. Address mo. ll7S, The Nicholson
institute, $50 Eighth avenue, New York.
The sun., 1900-05-29
the news. Delivered at yOul
door 6 cents a week.
Remoyed tnHnsnitnl-

Bridget Lee, OF No. 70S Brown street,
was removed to the Delaware Hospital
in the Phoelix ambulance Yesterday
afternoon. She was suffering with dis
located hip.
The sun., 1900-05-29
Whitney to be Launched.

On next Monday the steam ship H. NJ.
Whitney being built by the Harlan 4
Hollingsworth Company for the Metro
politan Steamship Company, will be
launched. Miss Ruth Whitney, daughter
OF the president of the steamship com
pany, will be the sponsor.
The sun., 1900-05-29
The Academy OF Music.

The Academy Of Music is to be opened
for the season about August Is under the
management of Dunn and Waldron, who
have theatres in Philadelphia, Boston
and other cities. NJ. Moses will be the
resident manager. Vaudeville and first
class burlesque will be presented.
The sun., 1900-05-29
PEOPLE ARE CONSOLED.

From the Seaford News.
The people who have. been paying the
stamp charges on express matter under
the war revenue act may perhaps derive
some consolation from the decision Of
the supreme Court that the payment is
entirely legal
The sun., 1900-05-29
General Conference Reports.

The Methodist Preachers Association
appointed committee yesterday morn
ing to arrange for a meeting in Union
Church on June II to hear the reports of
the delegates who attended the General
Conference in Chicago. A banquet will
also be served at the Central Hotel at
noon on the game day. Resolutions will
be drafted on the death of the Rev. G. p.
Swain.
The sun., 1900-05-29
CAN'T TRUST DEMOCRATS.
From the Morning News.

From the Morning News.
The Democratic party cannot be trusted
any more now than it was in 1892, when
1t won through campaign of falsifca.
ton and Misrepresentation. The Every
Evenings nope is in vain. 1t will have
to support Bryan or cease to be consid-
cred Democrat.
The sun., 1900-05-29
New Undertaking Establishment.

Deputy Coroner Giles is having the
building on the triangle at Delaware ave.
nue. and Jefferson street fixed up for his
Undertaking establishment. He will
probably move into his new quarters
some time next week.
The sun., 1900-05-29
Old swedes, 2oed Anniversary.

Yes'eaday was the 202d anniversary
Of the laying Of the corner stone of Old
Swedei' Church. There was no special
celebrAticn VI lie occasion,
The sun., 1900-05-29
DEADLOCK EXPECTED
Council win Have to Elect Sue

Council VIII Have to Elect a Sue
cessor to Jonathan Groves.
Council will hold a special meeting to-
night to take action ON the death Of
Jonathan w. Groves of the Eighth ward.
The City Hall flag has been placed at
half mast.
Groves belonged to the "Solid Six"
and this makes them the "Solid Five"
The "Big Four" it was reported last
night, were endeavoring to get a man
from the Eighth ward to be candida e
for Groves seat who would join their
crowd, making them the "Big Five"
The "Solid Five'' were also said to be on
o still hunt for likely candidate. There
is likelihood of Council getting dead
locked over the filling of the vacant seat.
The sun., 1900-05-29
Brother Died in England.

The death Of John Colt Fisher, Of Lon
don, England, brother of William j.
Fisher, of this city, was announced in a
letter received by the latter yesterday.
The sun., 1900-05-29
NEARLY AsPHYXIATED.
Dennis O'Connor Suffers From In
haling Gas.

Early yesterday morning Dennis
O'Conner was found STEERING from the
effects OF inhaling Illuminating gas at his
residence No. 1S0S Union street. The
gas haG been accidentally turned on and
Mr.. O'Conner was unconscious.
After considerable difficulty DR.. John
Palmer succeeded in restoring him to
consciousness.
The sun., 1900-05-29
Examined the Bids.

At meeting of the directors of the
Young Mems Christian Association held
last night, the bids for improvements to
the association were examined. The
contract will probably be given out to-
day.
The sun., 1900-05-29
Addressed High school Students.

Rev. William F. Lewis made an inter
esting address at the High School yes
terday morning. His subject was zone
Of the Great Public Schools of Eng.
land"
The sun., 1900-05-29
Specials This Week

Hanscom's Gelatina, good
pure clean preparation for
deserts Here in four favors'. &c pkg
Green Acre Baked Beans, with
tomato sauce, prepared in old
Boston style quart can......... l1e
Vermicelli. The very choicest
and finest. est.''''",''''.,'.''..'.."' Toe. pkg
Hanscom's Dry English Mus
tard. The purest sold in
America, half pound can..... I1e
SUNNY Side Sliced Peaches from
California, luscious fruit in
heavy syrups; lb. can......... l1n
Iced Honey Fingers, dainty
little biscuit in four favors... I7c IN
Floating Fairy Soap, very fine
for the toilet and bath........ 2 fnr 5n
American Groats, good cat
meal in two pound packages Sc pkg
Vanilla Waters, continued from
last week, you know what
they e.........."................. lilr IN
Store closed at 10 O'Clock Wednesday,
Decoration Day.
HANSCOM'S,
9TH and Market SITS.
The sun., 1900-05-29
Charged With Larceny.

Frank Patterson was arrested by IL e
police last night on the charge Of tie
larceny of about So belonging to ]. H.
Frartth.
The sun., 1900-05-29
Groceries.

LIKE A RARE PEARL
set in glittering chain of gold
is the way our store stands out
in the grocery world of Whining
ton today. Why? Because we
do business differently, because
we give Our patrons more for
their money than any other
store, because we have wider
variety of goods than any other
store, because we take greater
pains in serving you than ever
before attempted, because we are
really up-to-date in every pos
sible Way.
The sun., 1900-05-29
Wilmington 81 Northern Commuta-
tion and Mileage Tickets.

Formerly sold only at general offices
OF the company are now on sale at ticket
Office, French Street Station.
The sun., 1900-05-29
HE Is AN ENEMY TO
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

From the Georgetown Union Republican.
The editor of the Evening Journal,
Mr.. George Carter, is a Democrat; he
votes the Democratic ticket; he believes
in Democratic principles and desires
Democratic success. All true and loyal
Republicans will remember that every
line written for this reputed Republican
journal is written by an enemy of the
Republican party
The sun., 1900-05-29
FREE TO INVENTORS.

.oi, me experience of @. A. Snow and Co. in OBJ
mas enabled them to helpfully answer many
, Iuestons relating to the protection of ntellec-
Iuat ~, property This they have done in pamph-
let treating briefly of United States and foreign
patents with cost of same and how to nroeufe
.neIn; trade marks, designs, caveates, infringe
is Tb, decisions in leading patent cases ETC., etc
writing 10 O. A. Snow aid Co.. Washington o. n
The sun., 1900-05-29

We You will come to
t b a t conclusion
Handle after you have seen
our goods and ex-
l he amined them care
fully. See our
Best. line of colored soft
bosom shirts in
the front window, such as
the Manhattan, Monarch,
Eclipse, Emory and New
York, all sizes, with cuffs
attached and some with cuffs
separate. Prices in reach of
every one, ranging from soc
to $3.50. A good assort-
ment of bat wing, four-in-
hand, Imperial, Escotts and
Teck ties at rs and SO cents.
Fancy mems half hose in all
the latest loud shades at
12H, rs and soc.
Open Tuesday and Satur-
day evenings.
The sun., 1900-05-29

Read The Sun and get all
the news. delivered at your
door 6 cents a week.
The sun., 1900-05-29
HANSCOM'S,

9TH and Market SITS.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-29

intercourse with civilization on tbs
north and east Sahara and the Msdi
terranean shut it OFF from Europe
The Arabs finally closed Arabia to it
Barred from the world and thrown
upon itself this stock inbred for thou
sands of years Its warriors conquer
ed the aboriginal peoples they found
whose types still persist in the pyg
mics and bushmen, migrating from the
base of the Abyssinian mountains il
the two great streams, one of whici
reached to the Cape These streams
populated the entire continent. Theil
descendants all have wolly hair, ant
their stature, color of skin and peculi
arities of feature differ as their ances
the primitive stocks they overrolled
All. however, retain points Of physi
ognomy which show their Ethiopian
origin. This is Sir Henry's theory
1t means, in a word, that, whereas the
white man Of our modern age is the
result Of 1000 years of Aryan migra
ton and improvement by admixturt
with all stocks in Asia ana In Europe
aided by natural selection, the negrt
OF Africa IL the result OF 1000 year.
of Turaniap segregation and inbreed
ing. He is type Of the father Of the
white man before the days of history
before the Aryan race rose to thrus'
out the earlier black man from Asia
From Egypt the Turnaian took into
Abyssinia, and thence into the in
terror Of Africa, an enlightenment
and culture which would account fol
all remains OF prehistoric mining anc
architecture yet found there.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-29
B . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . 8 . 8
Prevent Plague
. . . . > . 90 . . . .

are supposed to be strychnine, arsenic
and phosphorus, mixed with sausage OF
meal or bread in small cakes. The
fumigation is done after the cargo il
discharged, and while the ship has tt
furnish the materials and apparatus
getting them from dealers in the city
the process is superintended by the
harbor police. Usually sulphur anc
charcoal are burned in iron pots placed
in the lower parts of the hold All rats
killed are required to be delivered tt
the harbor police. l am informed thai
the results obtained aboard ship are
so good that after two fumigations o.
vessels coming regularly to this por'
often no rats at all are found. There
are much greater difficulties attending
the destruction of rats on shore on ac
count of the difficulty which every one
who has tried must have experienced in
inducing the rats to stay In one tigh'
place to be killed, and I understand
that although scheme was formed TO,
requiring the destruction of rats 30 fal
as possible in warehouses, slaughter
houses and sewers. it has not been sys
tematically carried out, the danger ant
fear of the plague being diminished
here within the last few months
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-29
Origin of the
w " " Presents Theoru

Henry NJ. Stanley in the North Am
ef1caR Review presents a new theory
q to the origin Of the negro race
which is interesting in its conclusion
This is. broadly. that a race suffers
hom segregation equally with 4 ma
uon or family; specifically, that the
modern negroid type which we group
generally as Ethiopian-the type rep
resented by the present day native
peoples Of Africa-is remnant of the
drect progenitors of the white man,
cursed by seventy centuries of segre-
cation and inbreeding.
Before history was born the early
Aslatics were known as Turanians.
They were skinned, and their
hafr was rather coarse and "wooly"
than fine and straight. This stock peo-
paed India and Egypt from four to five
thousand years before Christ. When
It came into Egypt it found there the
earlier primitive African, and the two
stocks mingled, making the founda-
ton OF what became the Egyptian
race. Meantime there split off from
kae Iuranlan people (probably in the
Indian peninsula), a new lighter race,
called Arya c'noble race"). This null
upl1ed and expanded, overrunning In
A1a and driving the older Turanians
west and south. The shock of the
descent OF the Aryans upon Egypt
drove many Of the Turanians there
into the African interior. where they
found Ethiopia (Abyssinia) and be-
came strong and intelligent nation.
The new Aryan graft upon the soil of
Egypt proved exclusive. It warred
with the Ethiopian stock, and forbid it
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-29
5 > . . . . . . . . . 80 s
Killing Rats to
: 9909000e . . : - 90 . Q . . q

The crusade against rats at Hamburg
to avert possible danger from the bu-
bonic plague, is receiving the attention
Of the Marine hospital Bureau at
Washington. The Hamburg method
may be introduced into the United
States If the plague becomes more
threatening. 1t has proved very ef
fective. An officer Of this country, re-
porting to Sergeant General Wyman
upon the Hamburg method, writes:
"The method is comparatively simple,
and consists OF two parts. the expos
Ing Of poison in the cabins and other
small compartments of the vessel, and
the fumigation of the hold with sui
phur dioxide mixed with proportion
OF carbon dioxide. The theory of the
use of carbon dioxide mixed with the
sulphur fumes is that it makes the gas
more diffusible. The trade Of profess
stonal rat-killer or kammerIager exists
here, and a number of these people are
Instructed by the port physicians as to
requirements of the work aboard ship.
They lay the poison in the cabins and
other parts as soon as the vessel ar
rives. They keep the exact formulas
Of their poisons secret and change
them occasionally, but the articles used
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-29
The Black Death
OEADLY INVASI0Ns OF THE
BUBoNIe PLAGUE.

check 1t, except with the extermina-
ton of the population affected. Rus
sia has adopted heroic methods in
dealing with the plague in it's Chinese
colonies. All those affected are taken
out and shot. ut saves trouble and
other peoples lives" the Russian grim
ly remarks. The conditions Of envir-
onment favoring the plague are SIM
liar to those that encourage typhus
fever, mainly density OF population,
bad ventilation and drainage, impure
water and inattention to sanitary re-
Quirements.
The most notable visitations Of the
plague of which there are records are
these: The plague prevailed in Athens
in 432-429 B. c., and reappeared Is
months after it was thought to have
been stamped out. In the third CEN
tury B. c. the plague swept away
countless numbers in Egypt. Livy
records great plague that destroyed
millions in various parts OF Africa In
the third century B. c. In 1S43 A. D.
the plague spread over Egypt and
reached Constantinople, where 10000
died in day. In the same century 1t
ravaged Italy and Northern Africa. In
the seventh century the plague invaded
England and claimed scores OF VIC
tins. In 1870 it appeared in Cairo and
Constantinople, spread and became
epidemic. In the fourteenth century
the pestilence came from Arabia and
swept Egypt, Armenia Asia Minor.
Northern Africa, and nearly all
Europe. Hecter the historian, esti-
mates that it claimed 25,000,000 vic
tins in Europe during the century. In
1866 10000 died from the plague in
Western Europe. In 1872 pestilence
swept away $4,000 people in and near
Lyons, and in 1876 more than 10000
died in and around Venice In 164s
the plague depopulated Naples, claim
ing 100000 victims in five months. In
1654-55 London suffered ravages by the
pestilence and 100000 died In 1920
one-third of the people Of Marseilles
died, and the following year $4,000
died in Toulon and the whole Of prov.
ince. In 1743 nearly $4,000 died in
Messina. In 1771 the plague de-
stroyed $4,000 lives in Moscow. In
1885 Cairo again was visited by the
plague and one-fifth of the people died.
The bubonic plague, DR.. Wyman as
serts, is the same old plague that for
centuries past has made its appearance
at intervals in various countries and
which has been known in turn as the
Levantine, Oriental, black plague and
black death. OF late years, with the
advance of civilization and the adop-
tion OF intelligent systems Of hygiene
sanitation, quarantine and medical
treatment, the field of the plague has
been narrowed year by year, until now
1t is almost exclusively confined to
countries like India and China, where
the conditions are always inviting for
an endemic
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-29
The Whistling Tree.

The musical or whistling tree Is a
native OF the West Indies. Nubia and
the Sudan. 1t possesses a peculiar
shaped leaf and pods with a split or
broken edge. The wind passing
through these causes the sound which
gives to the tree the name Of whist
ler." In Barbados there is a valley
filled with trees of this character. and
when the trade winds blow across the
islands constant moaning, deep-toned
whistle is heard from it. A species OF
acacia, which grows very abundantly
in the Sudan. is also called the whist
ling tree by the natives.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-29
The British Empire.

Ihe greatest empire of the world is
the British empire, extending owe,
one continent, 100 peninsulas, SOC
promontories, 1000 lakes, 1000 rivers
and 10000 islands. 1t surpasses the
Assyrian empire in wealth, the Roman
empire in population, the Spanish en-.
plre IN power, and the Persian empire
in area-all of which empires have
passed away. The population of the
empire 402,515, 500 is twenty-sevsn
per cent Of the population Of the
world; the 11.3S9,316 square miles Of
imperial territory is twenty-one per
cent of the land Of the world.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-29
Changed Hh Name Five Times.

The Earl Of Ancaster, in his sixty
eighth year of life, has borne more
names than fall to the lot Of most
peers. He began life as Mr.. Heath
cote, the son of Lord Aveland; at the
age Of thirty-seven he succeeded his
father as Baron Aveland; ten years
ago he became twenty-second Lord
Willoughby de Eresby in succession to
his mother, and six years ago he was
made Earl of Ancaster. It was
through his mother that he came into
possession of most of his 1872 900 acres,
and of his three castles in England,
Scotland and Wales.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-29

fans of Valencia are paid about rs
cents day.
The daily sentinel., 1900-06-25

ed two >thirds of its defenders, and
it was not asked who the Demo-
crat or who the Republican. In
the war with Spain and the Philips
pines there might be criticism, but
never shirking when the time of
danger came. Democratic soldiers
are now sharing, as they have
shared in the past, every danger
every privation, making equal sac>
rifces. reaping equal glory with
the Republican soldiers.
If it be treason not to acquiesce
in the Republican old>world policy
of colonialism, which the Demo
cratic party believes inimical to
national prosperity, in contraven>
ton of the constitution, and in ops
position to the teachings of the
fathers of the republic-if this be
treason then let the republican
party make the most of it.
The daily sentinel., 1900-06-25
NEW YORK's WILD WEsTERNER

The better acquainted the peo-
pie become with Teddy Roosevelt,
the more are they inclined to be-
lieve him spectacular ass.
His appearance in the Repub>
lican national convention in rough
rider suit and cowboy hat might
paralyze the fasteners, but here in
the west it would more likely have
been the signal for volley OF dis
eased eggs.
There is no desire to detract
from any glory Teddy may or
may not have achieved in the skir,
mish with Spain; it is the circus
display OF it that is Objectionable.
There are many who remember
that Teddy and his command
would have been wiped off the
earth in their first encounter with
the Spaniards had not the negro
troops rescued them. We have
not heard Of these negroes being
lionized or Of any Of them running
for governor or vice>president.
Judgidg from the nerve" dis
played by Teddy in the national
convention, we are not surprised
that he scared the Spaniards, which
it is claimed he did. He has also
"buffaloed" the republican party,
from Hanna down.
The daily sentinel., 1900-06-25
why ". Arc Rlxht-H.nd.d.

Primitive man, being naturally an
aggressive animal, defended himself
against wild beasts with his fists and
nails; he fought for his food and his
womankind, which his enemies were
always trying to take from him. The
first movement on being attacked is to
and vulnerable part of the body. For
the boxer and the fighter the heart il
undoubtedly the most vulnerable
place. A hard blow in that region may
easily kill a man, and consequently
primitive man used the right hand to
fight with and the left to protect the
heart and to ward of the blows direct
ed to that region. When, therefore,
arms of offense and defense were in
troduced, and replaced teeth and fists.
1t was the right hand that welded the
sword and lance, while the left held
the shield and buckler before the re-
gion OF the heart. The enormous diff
ference between the use of the right
and the left hand in our present civ
ilization has this very simple origin.
IT the first place, the superiority of
the right over the left hand was only
brought into evidence during a com
bat. but it soon spread and became
universal. Since the introduction of
lethal weapons. the right hand be-
came naturally accustomed to the
manipulation Of the lance, the sword
and the knife, and the nerves of the
right side soon became more flexible
and more under the control OF the will
than the muscles Of the left side.