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Daily camera., 1900-11-01
He Was No Hambug,

Madge-Another of those swindGng
beggars. He said he was blind and
asked for "a penny, beautiful lady"
Roswell, l dare say he was blind.
It'll Bits.
Daily camera., 1900-11-01
A NecessitY.

Mrs. Grogan-Phwat are ye7 letting
in de cat for. ye fule?
Mr.. Grogan-Shure, an don't ye sup
pose Oh want something to kick whole
Dim walkin' tn baby?-Puck.
Daily camera., 1900-11-01
A MasterDIece,

"Con6dentially," said the states
man, Il wrote that plank in the plat
form"
II congratulate you" said his
friend. heartily. II read it over three
times, and m blest if it commits the
party to anything.'-Puck.
Daily camera., 1900-11-01
American Tips Too Large.

Frenchman-Vat you git zat wa
taire?
Americana rave the waiter half .
dollar.
Frenchman-Mon Dieul Eat ees Won
teep; Eat ees one bribe.-N. Y. Weekly.
Daily camera., 1900-11-01
A Year of Bargains

He-Our expenses this year are great
er than ever.
She-Well. you know there have been
a great many more bargains.-Town
Topics.
Daily camera., 1900-11-01
The Came OF 1t.

"Miss Newrich has q tremendous
amount of assurance"
well, rather; her father WAS deal
er In old brass."-Judge.
Daily camera., 1900-11-01
Found Out.

"Those people next door can't fool
me; they haven't been married very
long"
"How do YOU know"
''She says she just loves to get up at
five o'clock and get his breakfast'-
Chicago Record.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-29
Ford Fires
Opening Gun.
Continued from First Page.


and watchful attention.
"A strict accountability will be de-
manded lof the expenditures of the
public funds. / will be insistent THAT
appropriations made for public pur-
poses shall be used honestly and
judiciously for the objects desired, and
| shall use THE veto power Ito prevent
THE passage of any act disposing of
the peoples money which does met
provide proper safeguards for the
honest administration of the public
finances. (Applause.) i believe that
we should apply ito the expenditure of
public money the same principles of
business sagaciIty, care and honesty as
we apply ito private enterprises, and
shall be unremaItting in my efforts to
secure for Delaware AN honest and
economical financial administration
(Applause)
The purity of the ballot lis the safe
guard of the State. / shall cordially
cooperate in every measure promot-
ing ballot reform. I pledge my un-
itiring efforts for securing for the peo-
pie of Delaware a free ballot and fair
count. VIE must prevent THE open
and shameless system of bribery and
corruption NOW prevailing in Della
ware. Laws must be enacted (which
will secure the Imprisonment of the
leaders, as we'll as their creatrlnes, i'm
this infamous trade. Mo money fine
will suffice. The people demand and
must receive adequate protection
against the professional debauchers of
the ballot" (Applause.)
Mr.. Ford briefly discussed national
issues, saying THAT the Democratic
party will conduct the Government
for THE benefit of all of the people, mot
the wealthy alone.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-29
wOODSIDE.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Chilcutt of
near Dover, called ON friends in and
near town last Sunday.
Mrs. DR.. Massey of near Canterbury,
spent last Thursday with her sister,
Mrs. ]. E. Fluke.
MIR. and Mrs. John Nickeraon of
near the Union Church, called on Mrs.
Nickerson's sister. Mrs. Mary Caulk,
last Monday afternoon.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Townsend spent
last Sunday afternoon with Mrs.
Townsend's sister, Mrs. Frank York,
of little Creek.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Wilson of near
Woodside, ATTENDED Mrs. Wilson s
uncleis funeral, MIR. Vincent Reed,
near Hollandsville last Supday1 The
deceased was buried on tis6S farm
where he lived.
Mrs. Eager and sister OF 4 Dover,
are visiting their cousin, Mr.. E. Cow
gill this week.
Miss Kate Parsons of Dover, spent
last Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. w.
M Burke, if this place.
Mrs. James M. Reed and Mrs. Harry
Wilson called ON Miss Annie Kemp
of FELTON,, last Tuesday afternoon.
The Ladies' Mite Society will meet
ait the M. e. Church next Monday
evening, October /, ait Z o'clock. They
would like full attendance.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-29

NOTICE.
~ Notice is hereby given thatI. Samuel Cole,
being tho tenant of the Hotel Richardson" in the
town Of Dover, Kont County and State Of Delaware.
intend to make application to the Court of Cen
eral Sessions of the State of Delaware in and for
Kent County. at its next session, which will com
mence and be held at Dover, in Kent County
aoresaid, on, Monday. the twenty. second day Of
October, in the year Of our Lord 1900 for license
for the keeping of an inn or tavern. and
authorizing the sale of intoxicating liquors in less
quantities than one quart to be drunk on the prem
ises in the. said Hotel Richardson" The said
Hotel Richardson" wherein an inn or tavern Is
proposed to be kept with the privilege of selling
therein intoxicating liquors in less quantities than
one quart to be drunk the premises is located in
United and Consolidated School Districts Nos. Is
go, so. 81, 2 and 10l in Kent County aforesaid and
known as Dover Public Schools, and at the inter
section Of State and King streets in the said town Of
Dover, in Kent county aforesaid. The names Of
the respectable citizens recommending my said ap-
plication land at least one-half of whom are sub
stantial freeholders) are:
Joseph Mcdaniel J Scanlon
Thomas M Gooden WE P Lodand
is w Novel; John Behen
Charles II Butler Il S Anderson
John Behen Jr George w Benn
Lewis Schabinger Samuel Tucker
Dover Del, Sept. Is. 1900
The Delawarean., 1900-09-29
Notice TO Lad les.

Notice Co L ad les.
Ladies! Clean your kid gloves with La
Belle Glove Cleaner, for sale only by
Mrs. M. e. Stevens. headquarters for
kid gloves and fine millinery and fam
cy goods. Stamped goods and mater
ial for art needle work.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-29
TDaily. aDaiIv except SUNDAY

daily sDaiIy except Sunday.
days and Saturdays only. i.
"a" Stops to leave passengers from Wilmingt
ana Poin[s Oh north, or take passengers for poir
or on signal '' = ''SS'
II Stops OF leave passengers from Middleton
op' Stops to leave passengers from points sou
and points north
t" Stops to let off passenges from points SOUTH
Harrington.
BRANCH ROADS.
New Castle Accommodation Trains Leave n
mington S:l3, a M. 1908. AIT ana 6:58 d
week days. Leave New Castle 8:3l (, 1853. sl10lN
m :; and 6;S9 Pm, week days.
Express train leaving Harrington $40 am
TO and from Baltimore via Porter and New
Delware, Maryland & Virginia R. RE-
Harrington for Franklin City and way ST
Iu.5S m and $50 weeks days. Returning
leaves Franklin City 6.0J a m and 1877 p M
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteagu
steamer) 1,3S p m week days, Returning
Cnlncoteague 4'52 m week days.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown, Lev
hehoboth at IL: :3S a m, $50 p m week d
turning, leave Rehoboth 6.33 m and 2.i
7.22 m Mondays only.
Leave Harrington for Berlin 1923 a N
p m week days. Returning leave Berlin
and 2.33 p m week days
Q1een Anne q Kent R. R.-Leay
for Centreyille and way stations 9.23 a nd
p m week days. Returning. leave Centr
m and 2. As p m week days.
Delaware & Chesapeake r R.-Leaq
for Oxford and way stations 9. IS M an
week days. Returning leave Oxford ID
1.56 p M week days.
Cambridge and seaford R. R. -
for Cambridge and intermediate sta
and 7.28 p m. week days. Returnin
bridge 700 m and 80 p m week d
Connection-At Porters, with Ne
aware City Railroad at Townsen,
Anne and Kent Railroad; at Clay
ware and Chesapeake Railroad and
Delaware Bay Railroad at III
Delaware, Maryland and Virgin
Seaford, with Cambridge and Sc
at Delmar, with New York, i
Norfolk, Wicomico and Pocomol
Railroads.
J.B. HUTCHINSoj
J. r. Wood, Gen. Pass. Agt.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-29

n
~ Notice is hereby given that I, George W.
FlachaAeing the tenant and occupant of the house
knoWnAs The Bowers Beach Hotel, situated on
the q s shore Of the Delaware Bay, at Bowers Beach
IN School District No. III, in Kent County and
State of Delaware. intend to make application to
the Court of General Sessions of the State of Del
aware, in and for Kent County. at its next session.
which Will commence and be held at Dover in
Kent County aforesaid, on Monday, the tWenty-
second day of October, in the year of our Lord.
nineteen hundred, for license for the keeping of
an inn or tavern and authorizing the sale of intox-
cating liquors in less quantities than QUE quart to
Beach Hotel" The said THE Bowers Beach Ho-
tel wherein an inn or tavern is proposed to be
kept with the privilege of selling therein ntoxi-
eating liquors in less quantities than one quart to
be drunk on the premises. is located in School Dis
trlct No. III, in Kent County and State of Della
ware, and on the shore of the Delaware Bay at
Bowers Beach in Kent County and State of Della
ware aforesaid. The time when the said applica-
tion will be made by me will be on Monday, the
twenty. second day of October, in the wear Of our
Lord nineteen hundred, being the first day of the
next term Of the Court of General Sessions of the
State Of Delaware in and for Kent County The
names OF Respectable citizens recommending my
said application six (6) of whom at lease are sub
stantial freeholders are:
John Lodge, Lydia T Short
Ihomas e jackson Willard W Tribbtt
William Eraley Clayton @ Moore
James I'll Thompson E NJ Donovan
! 3 Camper. James Holliger
W !, Coverdill George Il Coverdale
walker Gibson John II Short
Thomas N Markland Morris Doody,
GEORGE w FLACH.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-06
LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE.

Ofn when We git to dreamin' O. the happy
days o. yore
Wien u lifeboat was a-floatin' out from
boyhood's golden shore,
Treasures that were half-forgotten come
a~-sailin' into sight,
Startin' all the soul to dancIn' to the music
o delight,
An there isn't one among EN- puts a yearn-
in in the breast
Fur another joyous season in the sacred
. oil home nest
LIKE them fragrant, smokin' Jewels, diff
ent from the modern fake,
cakes an sassige gravy like
our mother used to make,
Used TO git up in the mornin' clus agin the
break o day,
When the east was full O. color thatd take
the breath away,
Hustle out an git to chorin', working I'D a
appetite
That'd throw a streak O. glory into every
luscious bite,
Take wash in that tn basin on the bench
out in the yard
Underneath the oil mulberry by the hand
of ages SCARED,
Then sit down fornenst a banket out o.
sight an no mistake
cakes an sassige gravy-sort
our mother used to make!
>"NN ~ "a ~ sldhu al wall u Dtdl H
batter in the crock,
Comm. Comm. ComIn'i COMMIT" was
the way shed make II talk:
See her grease the smokin' griddle with a
piece o bacon skin,
Then pour on the brownish batter with q
dipper made o tin.
There I'd lay with holes a-breakin' out
like measles from the top,
Till she'd loosen IL an turn 1t with an oil
case knife. "kerfiop."
y. there amt a modern angel top O all the
earth kin bake
Buckwheat cakes with sassige gravy, like
our mother used TO make,
Eppycures may chin till doomsday o. the
toney styles O. food,
Modern chefs may work on dishes that a
gold think was good.
Fancy printed menu programmes In the
taTerns an cafays
May be full O kitchen triumphs that'd win
a angels praise,
But If they should spread a blanket that'd
make a god rejoice
Side o that oil kitchen table an d tell us
take our choice.
You would see no hesitation in our action
as we'd take
cakes an sassige gravy like
our mother used to make,
Denver Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-06
CHINESE MISSIONARIES.
Many Folks Hold That Reform, Like
Charity. should begin
ut Home.

Many people among us are led to
say we should reform the millions of
ignorant and vicious citizens in u
own land before commencing opera
tons on the heather Chinese. The
Chinese also will point with scorn to
the crowds of debauchcd American and
other sailors who get leave to go on
shore when their ships are in Chinese
ports. and run in drunken riot among
he harmless natives in a manner that
Is disgusting in the extreme. Even
the well-tO-do merchants and other
representatives of our western lands
when in China too often live anything
but moral lives. so that the Chinese
are led TO cry shame upon them. At
tend 10 your own people first. they
say. and when you have lifted them
up to the standard you preach to us,
we will gladly listen TO your words.
writes Prof. John Fryer. in Ainslee's.
The Chinese officials DO not hate the
average regular missionary as a man:
but they dislike his teaching. The
m~issionary's pure and upright life as
an example for the Chinese people is
a continual and unmistakable object
lesson to the officials. making manifest
BY contrast their own cruel. grasping.
evil lives. The corrupt official is bet
ter pleased with the depraved Euro
pean or American merchant than he
is with the missionary. He feels that
the merchants and he have much in
common as birds of a feather. In the
DRY. the Chinese Classics hold that the
officials are TO be like parents to the
people" 1t is therefore their duty to
aid and instruct the people on all points
of morality and doctrine. This duty
they not on.y do not perform them
selves. but they very strenuously OBJ
iect I the sensible self-denying mis-
sionary when he comes unasked to
perform it for them. The more the
stupid common people" as they are
called. can be kept in ignorance, the
more easily can they be governed.
Hence the attempt of the missionary
to uplift them is a conspiracy against
one of the strongholGs of officialdom.
The misrepresentation of the object
and the work of missionaries. and the
many evil things attributed to them. as
well as the riots stirred up by the
officials. ending in the occasional muir.
der of the more aggressive missionaries
are mostly due to this cause.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-06

and others all possible injury. but
with n strenuous purpose 20 be an in
strument in the uplifting of man.
kind; to make of himself all that his
strength of mind and body would per-
init, and McSwatt was ashamed to
think of how little for good. how
much for evil he. with his vigorous in
tellect and his strong physique. had
accomplished. He was ashamed to
think that he had not been satisfied
with wasting his opportunities,
but had almos. robbed a fellow being,
one so much weaker than himself, of
his meager powers to do.
The Friday evenings issue of the
bulletin reported that Edwin Cassells
was very low, that he had failed rap
idly since morning, and that his pa
rents in the far west had been tele-
graphed.
McSwatt was playing a ~listless game
of billiards when the new reached
him. He Immediately put his III in
the rack, paid for the game and ex-
cused himself from his companions on
the grounds of illness. What he real
" wanted was a moment for reflec-
ton. He walked down past the IL
brary building and the few houses,
across the bridge and far into the
open country beyond.
That night and for many nights
that followed, the sufferer had a new
watcher, one who cared for him with
a patience and tenderness that cooled
the fever, and, in time, turned the
tide of disease in the sick lads favor,
and when unmistakable convalescence
had begun. the watcher placed the
last few dollars that he possessed in
the doctors hand and went away rs
he had come quietly and without en-
PLANTATION. The watcher was McSwatt.
He was indefinitely suspended a little
for bis impliest;cE q +ae haz-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-06
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
Ten thousand Irish children arc
the Erse language.

Ten thousand Irish children arc
taught the Erse language.
The school board of Deadwood, 5.
D.. has adopted a new system in re-
gard 10 the books used by pupils. who
will now be required to pay a small
rental fee for the use of such vol
umes as they require.
Stonyhurst college had a picture OF
the Madonna. which was presented to
it 20 years ago by Lady Arundel OF
Wardour, who bought it in Rome for
s25. The painting turned out to be
by Carlo CriyeIli, and has just been
sold by the college for a large sum,
said to be 10000.
The rector of Oxford university re-
Gently received this inquiry from a
resident of Plymouth: How much
would I have TO pay for the education
of my son in your university? Let
me know If I shall have TO pay more
n Ease ny son. besides rowing. should
wish to learn to read and write"
An aesthetic English vicar at
Wembley will not allow the word
died to be put on the tombstones
OF the people buried III the cemetery.
He insists on phrases like departed
this life or "pass1d away" or ZEN
tered into rest" and says that died"
is a denial of the Christian teaching
of Immortality.
Women are now qualified to enter
as students at the faculty of arts at
the Vienna university on the same
terms as men, ard the professors in
the faculty of law in Vienna have
petitiOned the ministry of education
to allow women TO enroll themselves
as regular students in that branch
OF learning also.
In 1899 there were 1O3 in~cumbents
of church livings in England who had
occupied the same living for 80 years
or more. and of these IL had held
their places for 60 years. Their Nv
erage income amounted to $3.50 a
year. and in IS cases the income after
80 years continuous service was be-
tween the limits Of $3.50 and $40 a
year.
Not many people would be prepared
to believe that the prince of Wales
is a liberal giver TO religious move
ments. .'Tummy" is generally be-
lieved TO spend most of his large in
come in ways not approved by the
cody. but according to an article in
a British magazine he has given sub
stantial support to about so churches
and c~athedrals. the money being
principally devoted to building new
edifices and restoring old ones.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-06

Natural genius would have put him
in the way of honors had it not been
FOR the ever present conviction of the
inanify Of it all. Where was the use
OF torturing oneself with logarithms
when poker was on the taps az the
inn? Self-immola:i ion was no part Of
his creed. HIS hasty resolutions for
good were repented at leisure until
the time came that there seemed no
longer use of struggling against his
discomfort, hope went glimmering,
and he resolved rather than make a
mess of il. to be wholly. truly bad.
He broadly intimated that he intend
ed to inaugurnte the most comprehen-
sive drunk that his limited credit
would secure, and he forthwith carried
out the resolution to the letter. He
soiemnIy pledged himself never to DO
another lick of honest work as long as
he lived.
He organized a sophomore under
ground fraternity, the alleged pur-
pose of which was the subiugation of
unruly freshmen, but the real pur-
pose was the encouragement Of every
thing that was bad and the demorali-
zation OF everything hat made for
law and order. The flagstaff became
a barber pole one night, under their
treatment. and the chapel windows
were made to bear the inscriptions.
Hair cut, - cents" and "a shave for
nothing" The president historic
phaeton tremendously assembled to the
root of Dickinson hall. and even had
the temerity to attempt the scaling
of the huge dome when it was discov-
cred by the proctor, who was out for
his early morning rounds. To his
amazed eyes, it looked for all the
world like some huge spide- suspend
ed by its slender thread midway twixi
heaven and earth.
As a class, they daily established a
new record for unrighteousness. and
whatever was bad enough for them to
do at all they did with n will.
One November night they broke into
the rooms Of two freshmen, whom
they compelled to stand at the open
window in the frosty air, night-robed
as they were, and sing love ditties TO
the maid in the moon; but McSwatt
never forgot to his dying day their
looks of fright, or how plaintively
their voices sounded in the stin night
air, and when one of the marauders.
in drunken glee, proposed to drench
them under the pump, somehow he
could not find it in his heart to enter
into the spirit of the thing, and when
he saw one of the innocents. a tall,
bling to himself, he stopped the orgie.
1t was the mex day but one that the
college bulletin reported the nights
exploits. and deprecating the lawless-
ness and the heartlessness hat made
such misdemeanors possible. stated
that Edwin Cassells, one of the VIC
tins, was suffering with pneumonia
contracted by the exposure and seri-
Gus fears were entertained. McSwatt
slept very little during the nights that
followed, and was seen several times
wandering about at a very late hour.
quite alone, and he occasionally stood
for Il few moments at a time under
the window where the dim light kept
vigil over the fevered patient.
The fact is McSwatt thought, for
the first time in his life. seriously. He
thought of the tall, frail lad who had
come to the great university, not as
a scapegrace, seeking TO do himself
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-06
HUMOROUS.

Gerald-"My only inheritance Il
brains" Geraldine--"I take it thai
there was no contest over your fathers
wilL"-Town Topics.
\ Better Reasor.-Smith-.Why *
you avoid Brown? Do you owe lin
money!" Jones-No; / don't want
him TO W me any. See?-N. o
Times-Democrat.
Gentlemen of the jury said the
judge. the prisoners plea is insanity
That is a question 10 be settled. Is he
insane or not? On that point he is to
be judged by a jury of his peers."-An-
swers.
Jones--What business are you in
now?' Smith, am IN the meat bust
ness" Jones Observation-Disclosures
is your shop" Smith, haven't any
shop. | am the ham in an advertising
acknowledgements Weekly.
First Elder-"I hain't seen Deacon
Speigel aroun' lately. What's the mat
ter with imp" Second Elder-"Why,
his mule executed a flank movement on
an iu-b "tth. ht JIM III V CsOA
since.'-Philadelphia Inquirer.
An Adjunct TO Tears.-"Perhaps you
can direct me-" she said, with pompous
condescensiOn TO the fioorwalker.
1--WE a crying need for" "Yes'm,"
interrupted the foorwaIker. in his
quick, nervous way, "han'k'chief d'part-
ment. fif' counter, mex aisle."-Phila-
delphia Press.
See here, Willetts. I hear a lot OF
you young fellows have organized a
Suicide club" You are the fourth
man to spring that remark on ME. l
don't see how il started. All we have
done is TO club together 20 do our own
cooking while cur wives are away
indianapolis Press.
\ Complex Argument.-"Do you be-
lieve in the saying that a cat has nine
lives?" Yes. sir" answered the man
who keeps irregular hours. And hav-
ing observed the nocturnal habits of
the cat. | am led irresistibly to the con
clusion that staying out all night is
highly conducive to longevity."-Wash-
ington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-06
Novelty in Millinery.

A new adornment is finding favor
among milliners. This consists of
skeleton leaves preserved exactly as
they fall from the tree and retaining
their natural color. The leaves of the
walnut. chestnut and platane trees are
preferred for the purpose; large ivy
leaves and oak leaves are also used.
The longest leaves are formed into a
large palette. one side being COM
posed of a stiff painted feather, tie
other of the skeleton leaf, thus form
ing a broad garniture. \ fine invisi-
bic wire fixed to the edge of the leaf
prevents its crumpling. The smaller
leaves are made into garlands mount
ed on an artificial or natural branch.
The leaves have 10 be perfectly pre-
served, as their beauty naturally lies
in the delicacy and transparency Of
the fter.-St. Louis Republic.