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Evening journal., 1900-05-01
0fioial Rnard Meets

Special TO the Evening Journal
New Castle, May Members OF the
official board of New Castle NJ. e.
Church held their regular monthly
meeting in the church last night.
These meetings are held monthly in
the church for the purpose OF conduct
ing church business and showing the
congregation exactly where the money
is going and how much is being re-
ceived.
Evening journal., 1900-05-01
A Sunday School Lunch

Special TO the Evening Journal
New Castle, May 1.-To-morrow
evening the Sunday school class of
John B. Manlove will hold a lunch in
the Sunday school room of the NJ Il.
Church. The lunch will be served from
6 to 9 o'clock. Members of the class
are working hard. and expect great re-
suits, as many tickets have already
been sold.
Evening journal., 1900-05-01
Tomneranoe Union to Meet

Special to the Evening Journal.
New Castle, May lat o'clock to-
morrow afternoon the New Castle
branch Of the Womens Christian Tenn
monthly meeting at the home of Mrs.
Theodore Atkinson.
Evening journal., 1900-05-01

OF that place, who died several days
ago. Services were conducted in st.
James Church by the pastor Inter-
ment was made in the adjoining comes
terry.
Evening journal., 1900-05-01
Horse Choked to Death

Special TO the Evening Journal.
Delaware City. May when Mr..
Eisenberg, of near town. fed his driv-
ing horse on Saturday night he gave
1t some oats, and shortly afterward no.
ticed it was choking Efforts were
made to relieve the animal. but proved
Of no avail, it dying during the even
ing.
Evening journal., 1900-05-01
National Guard to Drill
speclal 70 The Evening Journal.

-E7-lII % INC IF0HIT8 I00TH7I
New Castle May lon wednesday,
night next Company II, n. G.. d., OF
th:s place. viii hold its regular weekly
drill az the Armory A fun attendance
is desired
Evening journal., 1900-05-01

A lot of pipes at 15c. each, are regu-
lar 2oe. pipes, at 3l3 Market street
George NJ. Peirce, manager.
Evening journal., 1900-05-01
Funeral of J. F. Dennis

Special to the Evening Journal.
New Castle. May 1.-Undertaker
Charles clewell Went to Stanton to-
day, where he buried John +. Dennis,
Evening journal., 1900-05-01

NEW JERSEY AND WILMINGTON
FERRY COMPANY. Steamer "ULRICA" ="
DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave Wilmington. King street wharf:
Ia0 n. m. 400 and 6l5 d. m.
Leave Pennsgrove, n. j.; 600 and 10 00
a. m. and 500 p. m.
SUNDAYS ONLY.
Leave Wilmington. King street wharf:
$50 a. m. and 80 and 600 p. m.
Leave Pennsgrove, n. j.; $50 a. m, 1880
noon and 500 u. m.
Evening journal., 1900-05-01

Velvet Flake smoking tobacco at 25c.
per ID. at 3l3 Market street. George NJ.
Pelrce. manager
Evening journal., 1900-05-01

Nv ITWIUETUU UININIOnlI
Time table IN effect January &c 1900.
Trains leave Wilmington (French Street
StatiOn) for Elsmcre Junction, Mont
chanin. Wlnterthur. Guycncourt, Gran
ogue, COssart, Chadd's Ford Junction
POcopson. West Chester Embresviile
stations. daily except Sunday. at 7.35 a.
m: daily 2l5 and 4.50 p. m. Sunday only.
sos n. m.
For Waynesburg Junction. Elverson
and intermediate stations, daily except
sunday. az 7.35 a. m. daily 2.l5 and 450
p. m. Sunday only al SO6 a. m.
For Joanna. BirdsbOrO. Reading and in
termediate stations. daily. except Sunday,
sunday. at 7s5 a. m; daily 215 and 450
az 1.S5 a; m. and daily 215 p. m. Sunday
only. SOC a. m.
I A. SWElqARD. Cen Superintendent
EDISON J. WEEKS. Gen. Pass. Agent.
Evening journal., 1900-05-01

Captain Holcomb. 0. 0, 3, 3. S-total,
9; Lieutenant Janvier. ., 3, 3, 4, 3--to-
tai. Is; Sergeant Meyers. 4, 3, 3. 8, g.
total, IS; Sergeant Ahern, 2. 0, 2. 3, o.
total. z; Corporal Gemmell, FIVE goose
eggs, Corporal Poole, 5, 4, A. 3, 4-to-
tai, lS; Private McKnitt, o, 3. 4, 3, .
total 70; Private Rodney, 0, o, 0. 3, g.
total, 9;Private Wright, 0. 2, 2, 4, ITO
tai u; Private List, o, 2. 2, 3, 3-to-
tai, 10; Private Ferguson, five goose
eggs; Private Truitt, 2, 3. o, o, 0-to-
tai, 8; Private Cayender, 0. 0, 0. ., p
total A.; Private Wheatley. 3, A, 8, A, B.
total. 10.
In this class IL requires eighteen tar
gets TO qualify. Only three did this.
They were Sergeant Meyers, with a
score Of 1S;CorpOral Poole, also IS, and
Private Wheatley, having a Score OF 19
% his credit. These three shot at the
200yad target, making the following
scores: Sergeant Myers, 0, 0, 4, ,, o.
total, 6; Corporal Poole. ., 3, 3, 3, A.
total 10; Private Wheatley, 3, 2, 3, 0, 0
-tc.al, 8.
Fifteen being the regimental number,
Corporal Poole was the only one to
qualify, the others falling short He Is
ROW entitled 10 shoot az the 50O-yard
target while Sergeant Meyers and Pri-
vate Wheatley will be compelled to
qualify at the 200-yard target before
going further. Those falling to make
the 200-yard target will have to con-
tinue shooting until they score the re-
quired eighteen points. Practice will
be held again on Saturday next
Evening journal., 1900-05-01
A WHITE PATH.

FzzlIIERE is only one kind Of Cleanliness, but
ly5fSsB there are many kinds Of soap. There is
Aass3 only one destination, but there are many
ti paths that lead to it. If you want the short
est and safest road to Cleanliness is paved with
Ivory Soap. Neither man nor clothes ever get
beyond the cleansing power Of Ivory Soap Its rich,
creamy lather extracts every particle OF Dirt bit
It stops at the dirt Ivory Soap-it floats
oornusr u.s sooiaA ohosr,n
Evening journal., 1900-05-01
COMPANY H AT PRACTICE
Only One Qualified to Shoot at 500
Yard Range
speclal 10 The evening Journal.

|T|TTTTI 70 TTT| ~ ITTTTI| JUL TTITI1
New Castle, May 1.-On Saturday
last members OF Company II, n G. d.,
retired to their olaborately equipped
range, ON the Janyier place. a short
distance from New Castle. where they
devoted several hours to long-dlstance
target practice. Each man was allow
ed nve turns, with FIVE shots to turn.
In shooting at the 100-yard range, the
following scores were made:
Evening journal., 1900-05-01
FOR THE snIIru

Southern Railway-Express, GAG p. m,
daily sleepers TO Port Tampa. Augusta,
Memphis and New Orleans; 736 p. M,
sleepers to New Orleans, Memphis Nash
vile. via Asheville and Hot Springs.
Atlantic Coast Line.-Express, 1913 D.
m. daily. sleepers to Charleston Jack
sonville. Port Tampa and Macon: 1.05 a.
m, daily, sleepers to Richmond and Jack
sOnville.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. S11 D.
m, daily. dining car and sleepers 10 Gin
cinnati.
Evening journal., 1900-05-01
Philadelphia and Reading Railway

~. p. HUTCHINSON, J. r. WOOD.
Gen. Manager. Cen Pass Agent
The age-herald., 1900-09-18
A sIxrY-i OLLAR BILL

From the Spokane Chronicle. Spokane has the only $e0 paper bill in United States currency known to be in existence.
 It was issued at the first session of the Continental Congress in 177S and carries
 with it all the crudity of that age It is a
 peculiar-looking document, being piece of
 greenish paper of much the same ma aterial
 as the present paper money except that It
 is heavier. In shape it is almost square,
 with dimensions of about four by three and a half inches.
 On one side of the bill is written the re- ceipt, which is as follows: This bill entities the bearer to receive 60 Spanish milled dollars, for value received, in gold or silver, according to a resolution passed by Congress at Philadelphia, Sep tember 26, 177S"
 On the back of the bill is drawn a bow
 with set arrow. Along the margin the
 value of the bill is again printed and at
 one side the words, Printed, Hall & Sel-
 CTS, ITS" At the bottom of the face is the
 signature of some one in authority The
 letters have so faded out that 1t is almost
 impossible to follow the characters. Some
 have imagined they could trace the sigma ture of George Washington upon chose
 lines, but others could rot imagine what
 authority he had to distribute money at
 that date.
 This rare bill Is the property of Otto Fiechtl of the Fiechtl Quartet of the Occur q Alene. It was presented to him at the Charleston earthquake In 1886 for the sav ing of an Irshman's life. The open-hsSrted act of the big German toward his heredf- tary enemy so overcame the man from Erin's Isle that he gave him the only arti- cle of value he possessed. NJ. Eiechtl was deSirOuS Of aScertaln!HE the true value of the bill, and in 1893 sent 1t to Washington, where it was kept for six months while the Treasury Department investigated the issuance of the bill. It was adjudged legal, ss the issue of $60 bills at that time was known to have been made, though this is the only one which has not been returned to the Treasury Department. The piece of money has considerable value outside of the amount upon its face. The
 Spokane man now in possession of the relic has refused an offer of $l00O for 1t, and says no price could induce him to part with it.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

that strong, well-eonstructed building was destroyed by the storm. Some walls fell, but these doubtless were defective be- fore the storm. A foundation of the best sort can be secured anywhere by driving piles and using concrete. and this should be done in Galveston. The new Galveston should, in other words. be built as solidly as an English town is, and then there need be no apprehension of a repetition of a death-dealing storm. The chief trouble at Galveston will be found to rest in the fiimsy nature of the houses in which the victims of the storm lived The Cotton Exchange, the Fremont Hohse, the Convent and all other strong buildings securely sheltered all that were gathered in them This fact points the way to the salvation of town located as Galveston is. Weak structures will answer for while on the mainland, but on Galveston island they should be forbidden.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18
only One Larqe Southern Town.

New York has four cities with popula- tions exceeding 100000, namely, New York Buffalo. Rochester and Syracuse. New Jersey also has three such clties-Newark Jersey City and Patterson. Massachusetts has Boston, Worcester and Fall River. PennsyIvania has Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Allegheny City and Scranton and Ohio has Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo and Colum- bus. In other words, five states have eighteen cities that have over 100000 people each.
 In contrast to this the eleven cotton states have but New Orleans. Two or three other towns are anxious to cross the 1OO0OO line, but any one of them will do well in 1910 if it finds itself on the favorite side of the line
 But the South need not be discouraged, for there are other states not much better off. Illinois has but Chicago, although the tide of immigration sets strongly to her towns. Iowa has no city approaching 100000 and from Denver to San Francisco there is great stretch of country devoid of big towns
 In the South Richmond Atlanta, Nash vile, Birmingham, Houston, Memphis and Dallas will at least strive to get into the 100000 class in 1910, and there is no reason why each one should not attain to such a population in the course of ten years Birmingham can secure it in five years by sense part of the cty--suburbs with which it is connected by trolIeys. Annexa- tion may have to help out some of the rest. and 1t is best for the South that an- nexation be resorted to, for 1t is not cred- itable to this section to have but one town with over 100000 people,
The age-herald., 1900-09-18
Pigs are the new pets of the 400.
THE KEARsARGE AND ALABAMA

From the Washington Times.
 There will be a notable and important celebration illustrating American national brotherhood at Portmouth, N. H., next Tuesday. On that day on board the great and splendid battleship Kearsarge, the cit izens of New Hampshire will present com memorative bronze tablets to the Rear calling the achievements of the old Rear sarge of the Union and the Alabama of the Confederate navy.
 Thus thirty-fve years after the last naval battle in the war between the States, in the presence of the survivors of that bat tie, of the Secretary of the Navy, the Gov ernor of Alabama, many distinguished citi- Zens, and the North Atlantic Squadron, a christening will be given to the two ships which, in their names, revive the glories of American prowess North and South on the high seas.
 The event will be memorable. That such a thing should be possible at all, after all the heat and rancor of a struggle which many of us can remember, is strange enough, or would be in any other country. That 1t could happen in the heart of New England is strange even to us. But it tells in letters of gold the story of a reunited country from which the senseless section alism of a generation ago has departed never to return. It is the final and happy blending of the Blue and the Gray
The age-herald., 1900-09-18
KRUGEK'S LAST TREK

From the Chicago Record
 President Kruger's last trek has pie turesque and pathetic aspects which will appeal to the historian, the painter and the poet of the future. According to Lord Rob erts the Boer leader has resigned the Pres idency of the Transvaal Republic When last heard from he himself was diligently studying his Bible at Lorenzo Marques. As boy he trekked with his parents into Natal to escape the Englishman and when the Englishman came there he trekked to a place where he thought no I1nglishman would come. The life he spent there, the work he did and the nation he founded have come to naught, and as he sets out now on his last trek even the name of the South African Republic is erased His na- tion apparently is gone, his home Is gone and he is an old man. Unless he still nurses some obscure hope of awakening interest in Europe by a personal appeal there is nothing left for him but to resign himself to idleness in some foreign coun- try and ruminate peacefully upon the part he has played in history.
 Com Paul is not handsome and his fea- lures do not lend themselves readily to the idealizing aims of the artist The spread ing whisker, the high hat, the baggy cos tune of the ex-President defy romancing. Nevertheless he presents pathetic figure for some painter with the right knd of perceptive powers.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18
Boutelle's Seat is Questioned.

The Republicans of the Fourth Maine district recently reelected Congressman Boutelle by about 5000 plurality. He had represented the district twenty years, and had won almost a national reputa tion In fact, but for James G. Bldine and Thomas B. Reed, two eminent and almost excep- tonal examples of public service, he would have been accounted the States greatest representative.
 As an effect of a serious illness he lost control of his mind-..lost his mind"-and is now confined in an asylum, and has been so confined since last winter. The Congress to which he has just been elected does not meet until December, 1901. Assuming that he will by that time be well in mind, there are still serious questions in the way, say the lawyers. These lawyers say that he was legally dead when he was elected, and a subsequent recovery will not validate the election. They further say he had no power to sign the nomination papers, and alto- gether they say his election to the Fifty seventh Congress is null and void.
 But the district meant well when 1t re- elected its unfortunate representative, and as the House is the sole judge of its own members, Mir. Boutelle will doubtless be seated If he be in health when Congress as- sembles, and the House be controlled by the Republicans. If the Democrats are in control. then Indeed Thomas White, the Democratic nominee, may appear as d con- testant.
 The chances are that Mir. Boutelle will not be well enough to be sworn in. Un- sworn he cannot be paired and the Repub- lcans will be short member. The Demo- crats will gain a seat if they let Mir. White in. Altogether the case is unique, and no parallel case is said to exist in the history of the House. The House will act upon the seat without precedent to guide it.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18
Porto Rico Tax Again.

When President Mckinley showed in his letter of acceptance that Porto Rico is as much a part of the United States as Iowa is, he convicted his party of fragrant violation of the constitution in the pass age of law providing for discriminating duties on Porto Rican goods. At the time the bill was passed the pretension was that the subject was one of doubt, and it was best to have decision of the Supreme Court as to the power of Congress to inn pose a special tariff on Porto Rico. In point of fact, the point had long been set tied by that court, as the better lawyers iE the Republican party well knew.
 Long ago in Chief Justice MarshalPs off, cial days, it was stated that the District of Columbia was not in the United States, and case involving the point was car ried to the Supreme Court Chief Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the court, and in the course of his decision he said: "The District of Columbia or the territory west of the Missouri is not less within the United States than Maryland or Penn sylvania; and it is not less necessary, on the principles of our constitution, that uni formity in the imposition of imposts, duties and excises should be observed in the one than in the other" The great Chief Justice scarcely deemed the subject one worthy of discussion. It was too clear for doubt 'Ths question:, he says, "can admit of but one answer" and yet Re- publican Congress brushed aside the first article of the eighth section, thus inter- preted by Chief Justice Marshall, and passed law imposing special duty on Porto Rico, and the bill was signed by President William Mckinley without any expression of dissent or disapproval. In point of fact, the specitl tariff scheme was contryed by the President and his kitchen cabinet.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18
British Mills Are PoWeriess.

Let the 40 900, 900 of spindles in England attempt the feat of doing without Ameri can cotton if they think the task is a prof itable one. They have all along tried to raise cotton in British territory, but the measure of their success has not been emil nently satisfactory They have tried it in Egypt in India and in some of the isles of the sea, but in no year have they been at all independent of American cotton.
 Their recent rebellion against American cotton is all bluster, and they are simply talking for the purpose of bringing down prices. The scheme will not prove effective this time because of Continental and American spindles No one in this part of the world is troubled in the least over the threats of the British spinners. Fifty years ago-yes twenty years ago - the British spnners were masters of the situation; they made the prices of cotton; but today they cotton industry.
 They can close their mills, If they like but the price of cotton will not be affected thereby. Closed mills are not profitable in- stitutions, and If the English spinners keep their mills closed very long they will assist in transferring cotton milling to thls coun- try, where it is to be located in the long run anyway. The British mills are to be crowded out of the industry anyway, and if they persist in their present determinA-
The age-herald., 1900-09-18
Rebuildinq Galveston.

All the stronger interests in Galveston, especially those with headquarters else where, have decided that Galveston, the best deep-water port on the Texas coast, must be rebuilt, and rebuilt it will be. This is settled. And it is well settled; for wheat and cotton of the southwest need a port at Galveston.
 Not only should the new city be jaclSed up, as much of dense Chicago has been, but higher and stronger bridges must be laid across the bay, and the fmsy house perched on frail brick pillars should be forbidden It would be criminal to house people in such buildings hereafter. It would be worse than folly to permit care less or thoughtless or selfish persons to build such houses for their own or others use. Cheap, frail structures will answer elsewhere, but they should be forbidden on a low-lying island lying broadside to sea that is proverbially angry in changes of seasons
 The poor must be lodged as they are lodged in Philadelphia and in other towns. They would be better off in tenements of the New York Eastside sort than in fiimsy houses that a wave can get under and dash to pieces. Such plan would per- haps reduce the population to a minimum, but if the new Galveston holds 9o,O0O peo- pie, instead of 40.OO0, and is strongly built all will be well in the long run. s None # the reports from Galveston show
The age-herald., 1900-09-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Every man has pet corn on his religious belief and bunion on his politics.
 If either man or woman were perfect, neither would ever have need of the other.
 The first man who ever ate a raw oyster probably did it when he was trying to com init suicide.
 At a church wedding the girl always re- minds you of the returned prodigal and the man of the fatted calf.
 It is generally about as hard to tell when a woman has secret that she doesn't want you to know as it is to pick out . hen that has just laid an egg.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18
Dissolution of Parliament

Aberdeen. Sept. 17.-At meeting or ,ns council at Balmoral today 1t was decides that the dissolution of Parliament IS eo take place September 20'
 The Queen afterwards signed the procia. nation of dissolution. A writ will be issued car.a,rn.r e6 summoning the new Parliae ment to assemble November l.
 srhe first nominations and the unopposeo elections will occur September 2s.
 The first pollings will take place octo- Der l. |Es.5fs
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

All states are beginning to appreciate continuing service in Congressman. These public servants do not reach the height of their influence until they have served about twenty years.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18
New Cases at Glasgow

Glasgow Sept. H.--Flve additional cases of bubonic plague have been reported here, -four of the stricken persons being members of the same family. --t
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

King Menelik of Abyssinia should take warning from his brother at the other end of Africa and let England alone.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

If the administration wishes to get within the terms of the Constitution it must be first to withdraw it's troops from China,
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

The last Missouri Legislature holds the journal clerk record. It had forty-seven of them.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

While Pingree holds his nose he keep: his mouth going, and this is what the ad ministration dislikes.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

Dom Paul Kruger has joined the ex- presidents who do not know what to do.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

The shirt waist man is slowly but surely receding in autumn's haze
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

Steel rails at $35 are out of all proportion to other iron and steel prices.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

The paramount issue around the hard coal section is the filling of the coal bin.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

The trusts and the robber tariff are be- coming very nearly paramount in the minds of the people.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

The New York Mail and Express pro- affair.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

Ii Hung Chang considers his decorations safer while he stays in the hands of the foreign devils.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

All kinds of schemes can be foated in Wall street, which is noted for it's water.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

Deweys gift house in Washington re- mains deserted and neglected.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

The narrow-escape man from Galveston will soon be abroad in the land.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

It is the Vaa1 river colony now-one of many in Africa from the Cape to Cairo.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

Warrior Waldersee will encounter much trouble in assuming command of his poly glot forces.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

If Glasgow can harbor bubonic plague clean.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

Ii Hung Chang is hilarious enough to enjoy the ancient jokes of minstrel show
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

vesuvius is preparing, it is thought, to see the century out in good style.
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

Warmed-over floppers are about all the present campaign affords
The age-herald., 1900-09-18

Galveston really needs more aid and less advice.