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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

A woman is never SO mad as she Is
when she sees a hat that is terribly
cheap. right after some smooth man
has talked her around to buy an en-.
cyclopedia.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

If you want "good digestion to wait up
IN your appetite" you should always chew
bar Of Adams Pepsln Tutti Frutti.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

aess after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. So trial bottle and treat isefree
Or. r. H. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch St., Phila, Pa.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

The Best Prescription fer Chills
snd Fever 10 . bottle Of GROVES TAsrILBso
CHILL TONIC. It is simply iron and quintne in
tAeteless form. No curo-no pey. Price 6Qc,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
D. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. TO- 1880.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

1t costs Chicago's automobilists $40 for
each repair of a punctured tire.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

Valparaiso, Chile, imports yearly about
$4,000 barrels of Portland cement.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

The worlds wheat crop in 1893 was
|, 1878, ,00O, 900 bushels.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

To become soldier is humiliation in
China.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

Nearly sixty per cent. of all Russians
are unable to read or write.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
SUFFERING AND RELIEF

Three Letters from Mrs. Johnson,
Showing that Lydia ID. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound
Cures the Ills Of Women
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

Electric pc er is beings. increasingly
pumping.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
Florida and the soutn.

service. is ow handling very large business
Tor parties destined South and Southwest
The System operates, through Sleeping Car
service rom New York to Atlanta Montgom-
cry, Mobile, New Orleans, Chattanooga, Bir-
mingham. Meridian. Memphis, Nashville,
and Tampa; also Pullman Tourist Sleeping
Cars Washington to San Francisco. Dining
ar service on all through trains. For infor-
Eastern PAss'r Agt., ll85 BR Radway, New York
Electric NJ er is heinnt. increasingly
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
ODD FACTS.

British officers have purchased $500
mules in Naples for South Africa.
Doctors say that cold ankles Kill
more women than nerves and diseases
put together.
There are sixty-five steamers on the
Swiss lakes. The largest can transport
1900 passengers.
IN ireland. a belt made Of women's
hair is sometimes placed about a chilli
to keep harm away.
Philadelphia can boast Of the longest
asphalt street in the world. Broad
street has that unique distinction.
OF the $4,000. 900 tons Of shipping en-
gagged in transoceanic trade only $780,
00) are now of American register.
In London the various underground
electric systems for rapid transit in
voive the expenditure OF about 500. 1000
600 for their completion.
Nobody ever sees a Hebrew or 6
Quaker beggar. Those people are noted
for taking care OF their poor. and. the
result is as here stated.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
WATCHES.

In laying aside a watch be sure that
ii rests upon its case.
A watch should be wound up every
day at the same hour.
Avoid putting it on a marble slab or
near anything excessively cold.
II suspended the action Of the bal
ance may cause oscillation, which win
interfere with its going.
A sudden change OF temperature con-
tracing the metal, may sometimes
cause the handspring to break
The cold also coagulates the oil and
the pivots and wheels work less freely,
and affect the regularity of the time
keeping.
To keep your watch clean take care
that the case fits closely, and see that
the watch pocket is kept free from fun
which IS so often given off by Innings.
Avoid sudden jars and falls, for even
if it does not seem to affect it at the
moment, a watch win resent rough
handling by becoming gradually "out
of order without apparent cause.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
Wit AND WISDOM.

a great many social barriers are
crossed in love.
A woman always thinks a man ought
to join some church.
There are no breakers ahead Of the
man who is already broke.
The architect Of his own fortune new
er tires Of planning extensions.
The fellow who shakes the tree does
not always get the most fruit.
There is nothing more musical than
the voice of a mule to another mule.
An Irish philosopher says it's a wise
man who has his after thoughts first.
Some men owe their success to acting
contrary TO the advice of their friends.
Sometimes tbs only diaereHcs BE-
tween a boom and a boomerang is in
the photography.
It's a poor rule that won't work both
ways; but it's a poorer one that won't
work at all.
Truth crushed to earth will rise again
and the crushing and rising constitutes
a continuous performance.
Some girls who profess to be highly
educated have merely been immersed
in q weak solution of accomplishments.
Someone asserts that a cats eyes are
larger at midnight than at any other
time. We are positive its voice is
Chicago News.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
NEW INVENTIONS.

a detachable tie retainer has been
designed for use with plain oollar-but-
tons, a fiat piece OF metal being slotted
through the center with an enlarge
ment at one end for the insertion OF
the head, the ends Of the device being
gent over to form an open loop.
IN new street-sweeping machine.
to be operated by one man. there is a
shaft supported on two small wheels
TO carry a brush frame, with a recep-
tacle balancing the brush and the two
handles at the rear by which the brush
Is pushed along the pavement.
Fruit jars can be quickly and easily
scaled or opened by new machine,
which has two Independent levers, pro-
vided with adjustable collars, to en-
gage the cover and jar respectively. a
pull on the levers tightening the col
lars and turning the cover
Idfe-saving apparatus which win not
interfere with the wearer's arms or
legs when swimming has been patend-
ed by a Californian. Two elongated
air-tight cones are strapped TO the
persons back, with the small ends of
the cones toward the head, to support
the body in a nearly horizontal po-
sition.
Leaks in fire hose can be repaired, or
a new section OF hose inserted without
the engine being shut down, by use Of
a cutoff key which has fiat base,
supporting a vertical arm, in the 'op
Of which is inserted a cranked bolt fit
ted with a shoe TO cut on the water
when the bolt is screwed down.
For holding large pieces OF meat on n
block for cutting, a Western man has
designed a gripping device, which has
a rod of heavy spring steel secured 70
the side Of the block, the upper end
being coiled into a spring and bent at
right angles to carry fork and press
IL down toward the block.
Genius in Massachusetts, has patent
ed a single rail system Of railway.
which has a rail slotted through the
middle nearly to the top, with wheels
In the upper surface OF the slot to rest
on the rail, the passenger compart-
ments being separated from each other
/ and reached by individual doors.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
BUSINESS FACTS.

There is no excuse for the coal fam
inc which is now retarding industry in
many parts of the Union. There is
plenty Of fuel in the bowels of the
earth, and its location is well known.
and there are thousands Of men to
bring II TO the surface for a reasonable
wage. There is some reason to believe
that the output is restricted for the
purpose of maintaining prices.-New
York Commercial.
Germany is making a new artificial
paving stone. 1t is composed of coal
tar. sulphur and chlorate of lime. The
tar is mixed with the sulphur and
warmed thoroughly and the lime is
added to the semi-nquid mass After
cooling this product it is broken fine
and is mixed with ground glass, or
blast-furnace Stag. The blocks are then
subjected to a pressure Of 5000 pounds
to the square inch
The grand opera season Just closed
in Chicago is declared by Mr.. Grau 10
have been the poorest financially he
has had in the last seven years. He
says the loss for three weeks exceeds
$4,000. The average attendance at the
% performances is placed 1T 1000. Mr..
Grau says he will not siy It again next
year.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
RAMS HORN SAYINGS.

Spiritual pride cheers the devils
heart
Many a pulpit has no divine pulling
power.
Blood money cannot hush an accus-
ing conscience.
The love OF God submerges the bar
riers Of polite society.
The christian can scorn the scorn
and ridicule the ridicule Of the world.
The devils mail bag-a gossipers
mouth.
The moment a man boasts Of his
righteous life. he shows the devil on his
lips.
The hand Of providence gives the best
massage treatment.
About two-thirds Of inhiel philoso-
ply is merely Philosophy.
Continual secret prayer makes con-
sistent public practice.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
INFORMATION.

Elephants, with the inside scooped
out and filed with bread crumbs and
butter, are favorite vegetables for the
table.
Dynamite was recently used as a dy-
tective for a wood thief in Wilson
county, Kan. There is large hole in
the vicinity that would make a cellar
for a new house.
The imports Of American tobacco into
Japan in 1895 amounted to s,Ss1,715
pounds, and were valued at nearly
S4S5,O0o 1t was used chiefy In the
manufacture Of cigarettes.
The division of forestry OF the De-
partment OF Agriculture at the present
time has sixteen men in the state OF
Washington gathering data regarding
the growth OF red fir and how best 10
keep the land in productive condition.
The special expert sent abroad by the
A Agricultural Department In search OF
new seeds and edible plants mas
brought back an "everbearing straw
berry" 1t is said to produce fruit Tor
months on the same plants, and smah
patch will supply a family table
whole season.
In regard to automobiles. France
leads in gasoline vehicles and England
in stoVm vehicles, while America, as
was to be expected, is far In the lead
in electrical conveyances OF all KINDS
six different motive powers are now
actually employed in this country
electricity. steam, compressed air, car
homie acid gas and alcohol.
In the savannahs Of South America
there grows a tree called by the ma
tives chaparro, which not only is not
injured but actually benefited by prai-
RE fires. The thick bark resists the &C
ton of the flames, and the hard seeds
are supplied with a kind OF wings, oH-
ing to which they are scattered broad
cast by the strong wind which accom-
panies a fire.
An authority on the subject says; 1t
is a fact that such fruit as the apple,
the pear and the plum, taken when ripe
with sugar, diminish the acidity of the
stomach rather than provokes It, The
vegetable juices contained in these
fruits are converted into Alkaline car
Donates, which tend to correct acidity.
A good ripe apple (raw) is one Of the
easiest vegetable substances for the
stomach to deal with, the whole pro-
cess OF digestion being complete in
eighty-hve minutes"
A remarkable. yet simple operation
was recently performed by a Brooklyn
physician. A little girl swallowed a
screw 1 1-2 inches long. A surgical OPP
Grafton would have endangered the
chfd's life. The doctor took some fine
strands of raw silk and mixed them
with some bread. which the girl was
induced to swallow. He waited eight
minutes for them to revolve in the
stomach. Then he pulled on the threads
and the screw came out, having beer
enmeshed in the silk.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
FACTS OF INTEREST.

There Is n new railroad car that by
its own motion congresses ammonia
gas 10 liquid. which In going through
the pipes expands and produces the
necessary GOODNESS IN the air.
one Of the three old ash trees which
marks the site of Lincumdoddie. on the
.pper Tweed, Scotland immortallzed
Burns's willie Wastle." has been
destroyed by a storm.
In Milwaukee recently nineteen as
llrants for the position Of keeper OF a
ity natatorium were required TO
plunge into the tank in their street
clothing and swim. 1t was a part Of a
civl service examination.
The experiments made in England
Tor the production Of a smokeless coal
have met with entire satisfaction. The
composition of the new product Is 80
per cent. pit coal dust and per cent. a
mixture of Stockholm tar and caustic
lime.
The Woman's Board OF Missions OF
the Congregational Church has under
its control about $50 missionaries. over
30 girls boarding schools, nearly 800
day schools and about 10 Bible women
The total contributions last year
amounted to $4,000
There are certain lucky creatures
which never feel the pangs OF thirst,
for they are so constituted that drink
is unnecessary TO them, and they never
swallow a drop Of water in their lives
Among these animals are certain ga
zeiles OF the Far East and the llamas
of Patagonia.
It was General Custer who said some
thirty years ago that warfare in q
mountainous country was almost i'm
possible without the aid Of mules. In
view OF the effects Of a mule stampede
near Ladysmith the other day, the
British war Office will probably rank
Custer as an American humorist OF
the most malicious type.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
CHURCH AND CLERGY.

Japan has 5s.s72 Roman Catholics.
Boston's Christian Science churches
have 1900 members.
The Christian Science churches OF the
country have 5000 readers, lecturers.
and healers.
The Catholic clergy of Milwaukee are
laying plans for a Catholic summer
school there.
Seven Congregational churches are
pledged 10 contribute $4,000 each 20 the
twentieth century missionary fund.
The Rev Hugh Price RaGhh
British non-conformist. received 500
from two invalids who hear his SER
mons by telephone.
The Church Of the Pilgrims, Brook
yn purposes 20 gather funds to erect
within the edihce an adequate me-
mortal to Or. storrs while he Is still
alive.
The Bohemian National church young
people have collected $4,000 for mon
ument 20 John Huss. which they hope
to erect on one OF the finest sites In
Prague.
The American Board OF Missions OF
the Congregational Dnure..ea one. . ,eaO
in prizes to pastors and Sunday school
scholars for the best essays on foreign
mission topics.
Six new brotherhood banks under the
auspices OF the Salvation Army have
recently been opened IN India for the
purpose of lending money to poor Wiz
layers at a low rate or interest.
Turing lhe last year the Mormons
have made twenty-one converts IN Mil
waukee. according 60 statements made
by President J. ID. Cummings OF the
Wisconsin conference OF Latter Day
saints.
The Pope has invited delegates from
all countries 20 attend q conference to
be held at Einsleden. Switzerland, 20
consider the preservation OF the books
ana manuscripts In the worlds If
/ brories.
The Rev. Edison G. Dayton asked to
! ~ released from the Minneapolis Pres
/ bytery because Of depression in his re-
ieious faith. but the Presbytery re-
fused to let him go. assuring him that
his doubts would likely be only tenn
porary
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
AUTOMOBILES.

Chicago is going extensively in the
motor carriage business.
3. Altman & Co.. of New York city
uses the automobile delivery wagon.
st. Louis has an automobile street
sweeper. 1t is said to be great labor
saver.
The Electric Vehicle company is
about to put cabs in service in all parts
of the country.
AS a hill climber IT. is claimed that
the steam carriage is the superior OF
the electric vehicle.
The Electric company. Of New York,
proposes putting 1900 automobiles on
the streets.
Some one proposes building an auto
mobile in the shape OF a torpedo.
Speed is the object.
These vehicles will be used for carry
ing heavy burdens, although the horse
may still be harnessed TO the Dlow.
Postal authorities are about to sub
stitute automobiles for horse-drawn
vehicles in collection of the mails.
It is rumored that a course Of in
struction is about to be given IN New
York as to the manipulation of the
automobile.
The Traction Truck company, OF
Trenton. n. j., has been Incorporated
with a capital Of two and one-half mil
lion dollars.
$50 900. 900 viii be the amount Of capt.
tai represented in the trust to be form
ed by the various air power and auto
truck companies.
In Berlin there are in use electric
omnibuses, that weigh less than three
tons and carry upwards of 20 pc p e..
1t can be brought to a stop in the short
space of six feet.
Who could enumerate all the things
which automobiles can and are do. g..
Soon those who place them In operation
will think it unnecessary to make mem
ton of it.
In France it is d common thing TO see
children in their voiturettes. 1t Is a
very light contrivance, is easily man
ipulated and not liable to get out Of
order
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
LEGAL NOTES.

A rule OF a railroad company that a
baggage master shall not receive bag
gage into the baggage room until a
ticket shall have been procured is held,
in Coffee VS.. Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company (Miss.), 45 L. r. A.
112, to be an imposition on the public,
unreasonable and void.
Standing on a platform of cable
car, with ones back against the DASH
board is held in North Chicago Street
Railway Company VS.. Bauer Qll), l..
r. A. los, insufficient to constitute neg
ligence on the part Of the passenger,
when he has gone out Of the car as it
approached his destination, and is
thrown off by a sudden jerk of the
car.
Liability of a sleeping-car company
for the theft of valise from sleeping
car is denied in Pullmans Palace Car
Company VS.. Hall (Ga.), A L. II. A.
200. where it did not appear that the
persons in charge of the car were neg
ligent, but the conductor and porter
were guarding the open door in front.
while the other door was locked, as the
train was running slowly across an
other railroad, at the time that a thief
caught on to the car from the outside
and took the valise out through a win
dow.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
WISDOM.

A sincere thought is irresistible.
The good genius is sure to prevail.
We do not live by justice but by
grace.
A great thought is never found in a
mean dress.
A grain OF wisdom will gild q greater
surface than a grain Of gold.
A mans life should be constantly as
fresh as a river-new water every in
slant.
He Is blessed over all mortals who
loses no moment Of the passing life
n remembering the past.
Aim at The SUBMITS. though the muA-
itudo does not ascend them; use all
he society that will abet you.
Live at home like traveller. What a
'ool he must be who thinks his FL Do
ADO is anywhere but where he lives.
Where is the unexpected land" but
m our own untried enterprises2 You
must make tracks into the unknown.
A healthy man is the complement OF
the seasons. and In winter summer is
In his heart. There is the south.
No mans thoughts are new, but the
style OF their expression is the never
failing novelty which cheers and re-
freshes men.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
SHARP POINTS.

The rainbow is always bent on dis
appearing.
Put your faith in the plodder rather
than in the plotter.
The person who has no viii Of his
own has an incurable malady.
Complaint against fortune is often
but an apology for laziness
No men have more shortcomings than
those who are always behind time
Marrying a girl for her beauty is Ike
eating a canary for its singing.
Father Time was the original wheel
nan. From the beginning he has gone
IN by cycles.
The less money a man has the
stronger is his belief in the equal dis
,ribution Of wealth.
It's difficult to find a man who is
willing 10 hold the ladder OF success
while you ascend It.
It is said that fool ana his money
/ are soon parted, and yet lots of fools
keep right on accommodating wealth.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29

schsduis In effect November -, 1883.
All trains Illuminated with fintsoh
sExpREss TRAINS.
riins cave Wilmington. Delaware Ave
nue. station, tor
NEW YORK, week days. '5.0l, '9.Sys
'o52 q. NJ 'i2ls "a ACC ,s,E ca
"' 80 V'sii .s5 a M: as 400. sis Csd
niiinsn cars). t7.A 'i062 p. n.
eHiLADELPtIIIIAss gss,sak. 1. days - Is o. 80.
10 's2si 500 500. .5is tai Pullman
.1r5). $50 s7.4i, 'i0b2 p. IA Sundays, 's.0ls
70, $50 1873, LII .u.so a. m zoa ~
' hester 81 r. week days. $50, 'l.os 80 1K
80 r952 HOS q m; .5asSi eVo ~ -
LIS a. m; '2.Si. 300. = $50 ia. 'lo.6h
f. IN.
is. '2sl. 'l60 p N sundays dSn m:
"a APE = Nay. ocean city and sea Isle clty.
-,k days. .705 a. m; 2.s4 .. 10 SUM
baltimore and washington, week days.
AIS 100. 's0 til-ol a a.. i156. ~ An,
E no. saa si ysn i IS SCI o o.. .i..e
'2Q9 3.ls '457 s5.& (al Pullman cars)s
k4. 'su m.
i 4 rs excepl Sundays. 3;ls o. 10 daiy
Z Newark week days Ais, 100 s9.0a Sl.W
m; .i255 Sl9, .4.57. 7:1 PIP P o. snn-
] % Nr sis Gus a. AlAs LAW 49, ~ '-~~f
i s.tl p. m.
&c % (all Pullman cars), e9.u d % sun
laws. ss.0l a M; 'l57 's.ss Cau Pullman
l,6lcago. Aaily. ss.ol a n: siSl Q. u.
Cincinnati and St. Louis, 200 q ms
/ Is and all p. M, daily.
'roiodo and Detroit. AN .. m. dafy u
oledo, and daily except sunday TO Dep
| ut
singerly accommodation, week oar =
20 a. m; S.ls. 7.S2 p. m. Sundays. III
p. m.
I.andenberg accommodation. wesk day&
la7 p. m. Sundays. $50 m.
LEAVE MARKET ST. STATION FOH
ltimo-e. week DAYS, ass p N
landenberg, week days 9.55 a m; t5A
ID p. m. Sundays, q.55 a. m. & a %
LEAVE PHII.AnBLPHIA foi wa
tngton. week days, ass $50 T.so 10 "a
" (all Pullman cars) '68 so 10.
81 su2s y m. SUNDAYS, ~ 7.Sc 100
an. $500 si.s.. 2is .tso $50 60 lau
'iiman cars) $50 ~ So 10 ~ D On.
)elmarvia Telephone No $50
Rates TO Western points lover rnan 10
ly other line. F. D I-NnEPW onD
General Manager.
, B. MARTIN. Man Of PAS Traffic.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29

Eugene Debs says the prosperity Of
the present day is a CHASTITY lie.' By
the same kind OF reasoning Debs Is a
great and useful citizen, full OF wiz
dom. truth and patriotism. - Kansas
City Journal.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29

Advertise your wants II the Evening
Journal Employment wanted. help
wanted. to let. for rent. for sale. board
ing. and lost and found ads viii be pub
flshed. thnes lines. one time. ruf dime;
thrue r.<nes for q ouarpsr.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29

England has her annties. also They
a-a. now. charging that the soldiers on
duty IN South Africa are OF the feather
bed brand. They might improve TIE
quality by enlistIng themselves. --ohic
State Journal.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
WtiAr 20 You wANrY

Advertise your wants in the Evening
Journal. Employment wanted. help
vented % let, for rent. for sale. hoard.
ing. and lost and found ads viii be pub
Nshed. three lines, orpe time. for a dime;
thres times Tor @ quarter.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-29
RAILROADS
WiTMINGTONN AND NORTHERN
w. RAILROAD COMPANY

~ 'T.NdINGTONN AND NORTHERN
RAILROAD COMPANY
imea table In effect November 70. 1899.
Tratne leave wilmington French street
stafio1l Tor Elsmere June. Montchanin.
y.nterthuir, GuyencOurt. Qranogue COS
ART On. Ndd's Ford Junction, Pocopson,
soafesviiie Il and intermediate efafions
laily. except Sunday, at 7.S5 a M. Els
snd $50 2. NJ sunday only, sos a. m,
2l5 and 450 pA m
For Waynesburg Junction, Elverson
md Intermediate stations. daily keep
Sunday, at 7.35 a ~. 2.15 and 4.5O p. m
Sunday only at sos p m, 2.1s and Abe
o. d..
Eos Joanna, d rdsboro Read'ne snc q
at 1875 a. u. and 2.1s a. M Sunday only
SOC a. N. and 2.1b p. N.
A. O.. MCAUS1-ANp. super ntandgnt.
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