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Evening journal., 1900-08-17
Liquor License Applications Filed

This is the last day on which liquor
license applications may be filed. At
noon thirty-one applications had been
received by Deputy Clerk of the Peace
JanVier.
Evening journal., 1900-08-17
First Car TO Run

On Monday next the electric line be-
tween New Castle and Delaware City
will be open for traffic and the first
car will be run on that day.
Evening journal., 1900-08-17
Pnrchased a sIoon

Representative Robert NJ Burns has
purchased the sloop Dora, in which, his
friends say, he will ride to and from
Pennsgrove during the Summer.
Evening journal., 1900-08-17

To Baltimore and Return Via Penn
sylvania Railroad Sunday Next,
August 10
Special train leaves Wilmington at 8
a. m. Returning, leave Baltimore at
$50 p. m. Only 81 round trip.
Evening journal., 1900-08-17
Eight Hours on Chesapeake Bay

Special excursion via Pennsylvania
railroad, Sunday next, August 19. Only
S1.50 for the round trip. Special train
leaves Wilmington at S.45 a. m.
Evening journal., 1900-08-17
Nav be Candidate for Comptroller

David w. Shockley is being urged
by his friends TO become a candidate
for the Democratic nomination of
comptroller Of New Castle county.
Evening journal., 1900-08-17

Once you smoke the scent Sporty
Boy you want no other.
Evening journal., 1900-08-17

Electric Cigar Lighters
J. Wesley Morris, 3l5 Shipley street.
Both phones.
Evening journal., 1900-08-17
PhIIadeIphIa and chester Steamer
NEW SCHEDULE IN EFFECT
JUNE a..

Steamers City Of Chester and Bran
dywine leave Fourth street wharf daily
(Sundays included) at 7.30 and 1880 a.
m, 1.3o, 4.15 and p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, from Pier s
North. above Arch street. at 7.S0 and
1880 a. M, 1.S0, 4.15 and D. m.
Evening journal., 1900-08-17

The Salem public schools will re-
open on September 10.
Evening journal., 1900-08-17

Electric Cigar Lighters
]. Wesley Morris, 315 Shipley street
Both phones.
Evening journal., 1900-08-17

Down the Chesapeake Bay Via Penn
sylvania Railroad Sunday Next.
August 10
Only $3.50 for the round trip. Spe-
cial train leaves Wilmington at S.45
a. m.
Evening journal., 1900-08-17

NEW JERSEY AND WILMINGTON
FERRY COMPANY. Steamer "ULRICA."
DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave Wilmington. King street wharf.
730 q. m, 12.30. 800 and 6.l5 p. N.
Leave Pennsgrove, N. J.: $40 ana i0.so
a. m., 1.30 and D. N.
SUNDAYS ONLY.
Leave wilmington. King street wharf:
QS0 a. m. and 1. 30 and 500 p. m.
Leave Pennsgrove, N. j.: $50 q M nle,
.nooo and 500 p. m
Evening journal., 1900-08-17
is VISITING IN CAMDEN.

BY inquiry from neighbOrs, however.
it was learned that Father Gulez left
home yesterday afternoon about 3
o'clock and has not returned. There
was nothing suspicious in his actions,
he taking a Maryland avenuelcar and
proceeded to the p, w. & B. railroad
station, where he boarded a north
bound train. 1t is supposed that his
destination was Camden. n. j., where
he has relatives.
The police called at the parochial
residence this morning. but could learn
nothing additional to the facts stated.
Evening journal., 1900-08-17
DID NOT Kill PRIEST

Theodore Sikorsd, a leading mem
Der of the Polish Church, called at the
Evening Journal office and denied that
those members Of the church had made
away with Father Glucz, as had been
rumored, or had made any attempt %
do so.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-15
Never Noticed 1t.

A traveller in Corsica says that, al
though Porto Vecchio is so filthy that
one would like to dip it in the
Mediterranean for a thorough wash, ii
is wonderfully lovely at a distance.
Its white granite houses with red tiled
roofs and fragments of old walls, with
the blue sky above and the green knoll
beneath and about, make up as allur-
ing southern picture as ever haunted
a northerner's memory. But do the
southerners themselves appreciate it,
If one may judge by comparison, ap-
parently not. Says a writer in Travel;
They do not seem deeply intelligent
folk on this east coast. l stopped in a
very hot part of the road to ask a man
the name of q certain noble mountain
peak inland, with veins of snow upon
it.
II do not know" said he heavily.
"Ah, then you do not live here?"
eyes, am of these parts"
'But you were not brought up here?
Eyes, l was born here"
Sand you do not know the name OF
that very high mountain?"
II know nothing about it."
He spoke conclusively. The most
conspicuous object in his daily land
scape had, in his eyes, no significance
whatever.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-15
Death and snuR.

A certain Margaret Wilson of West
minister, who was an inveterate snuff
taker, enjoined that a quantity of
Scotch snuff should be placed in her
coffin. She also ordered that the ar
rangements connected with her funeral
should be as follows: "Six men to be
my bearers who are known to be the
greatest snuff takers in the parish of
st. James, Westminster. Instead of
mourning, each to wear a snuff colored
beaver hat, which | desire may be
bought for the purpose and given to
them. Six maidens of my old ac-
quaintance to bear my pail, each to car
ry a box filled with the best Scotch
snuff, to take for their refreshment as
they go along" Snuff was also to be
thrown on the threshold of deceased S
dwelling before the cortege passed
out. snuff was to be strewn on the
ground at every 20 yards in advance
of the coffin, and the officiating clergy
mans fee was to be proportionate to
the quantity of snuff he consumed dur
ing the ceremony.-H Household Words.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-15
A Good Return.

That habits of courtesy harm no one
was the moral of story told recently
by a police captain. early in 1882" he
said, "the driver of horse car, hearing
his conductor threaten to put a boy of
the car for nonpayment of fare, glanced
up and, seeing that the boy was respecta-
BILE in appearance, offered to pay the fare
which the young passenger said he had
forgotten to put in his pocket on leav.
Ing home. The driver was thanked and
thought no more of the matter.
'The next day, to his surprise, he re-
ceived a letter asking him to call at po
lice headquarters. Doing so, he found
the youth he had aided was a nephew
of Police Commissioner French. why
don't you get on the force?' Mr.. French
asked the car driver. I'D like to, but ]
don't know how to do it, was the reply
The commissioner smoothed the way,
the driver was metamorphosed into a
policeman and is today sergeant and act
ing captain in down town precinct.
New York Post.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-15
A Honse of nulrushes.

The first place of worship in West
ern Australia was quite unique both
from it's frail form of construction and
also the several purposes to which 1t
was devoted. This remarkable build
ing was made at Perth, then merely a
town site, by soldiers Of the Second
company, Sixty-third regiment. shortly
after the detachment arrived at the
colony in 1929, and was composed al
most entirely of bulrushes. In ad-
dition to this rude little edifice being
used on Sundays for divine worship, it
sometimes served as an amateur thea
ter during the week, and was used
during the whole time as barracks.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-15
novel, simplest and at the same time
most intricate plot ever hatched."
"Well, have another try to explain"
said |.
II.

IL.
Setting his teeth and fixing a steely
look upon the papers before him, he
commenced:
"Dick loves Lucy, and Harry loves
Mabel. Mr.. Answers is going to ball
no, no; Harry will be Mr.. Answers,
and it is he who will be at the ball
with Mrs. Kruger
"IIaven't you got it bit mixed?" l
ventured timidly.
mot Bit" he said feverishly. "Let
me continue before lose the thread"
In awe listened to him as he pro-
ceeded:
"They change DISCUSSES. Mrs. Kru-
ger and Queen Mary are Mabel and
Lucy, only the other way about. The
Chinaman proposes to Mrs. Kruger and
is accept mean, Mr.. Answers is
He had jumped to his feet and was
turning over the diagram feyerishly.
"Stop it, manv' 1 cried. you'll go
off your headp'
"Mrs. Kruger and Queen Mary went
to a masked ball." heard him mutter.
Once again besought him to desist.
'If the fancy ball-that is, suppose
Mrs. Kruger were a Chinam-no, no.
He was fairly dancing about now
with excitement and, bad sign, had
started to work the thing out on his
finger tips.
l waited for no more
Without delay / dashed off to the
Levity and fetched half dozen
friends. We arrived at Dicks cham
bers.
The poor fellow was sitting quietly
on the floor, surrounded by manu-
scripts and sheets of paper bearing dia-
grams.
IF Mrs. Kruger were to meet Mr..
Answers at the carnival, would Lucy
be engaged to Chinaman or to Queen
Mary" he was muttering. Suppose
Queen Mary were Mrs. Kruger-impos-
sibie! Then Mr.. Answers must be a
Chinaman, and know he isn't. Sup
pose a Chinaman married a fancy dress
ball! Who proposed to Mrs. Kruger"
We stole away as softly as we had
come, a scared look on our faces.
A week later poor old Dick Graham
was safe in Bedlam.
From scrap of paper found in
Dicks rooms l have copied the most
concise description of the plot he ever
wrote. Here it is:
"Dick is in love with Lucy and Har-
ry with Mabel. But Lucy loves Harry,
and Mabel loves Dick. They are all
going to a masked ball and know each
others intended disguise beforehand.
Dick intends to go as Chinaman and
Harry as Mr.. Answers; Mabel is going
as Queen Mary and Lucy as Mrs. Kru-
ger. But at the last moment each cou-
pie change over DISCUSSES. OF course
at the ball Harry proposes to-
Here the writing breaks off. The at
tempt to work it out drove Dick Gra-
ham mad, and l defy any one else to
do it without the same result.-Chicago
Times-Herald.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-15
A Lesson.

At a lesson in medical college the
other day one of the students, who was
by no means a dullard. was asked by
the professor, "How much is a dose
of -" giving the technical name of
a strong poison).
"a teaspoonful," was the reply.
The professor made no comment, but
the student, quarter of an hour later,
realized that he had made a mistake,
and straightway said:
Professor, l want to change my
answer to that question"
"It's too late, sir" responded the
professor curtly, looking at his watch.
"Your patient has been dead IA
minutes. ."-London Telegraph.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-15
IN APRIL.

In the sweet sequestered silence OF the greenwood
glade,
Sitting in the shadow that the spreading pines
have made,
am list'ning, idly dreaming, through the golden
hours OF day
To the witching voice Of springtime with hel
promises of May.
Where the ripping waters of the brooklet clear
and sweet
Murmur fairy music as they flow just at my feet,
Tune thy soul to hear it, for tits Of higher birth,
Spirit unto spirit the dearest things of earth
Where arbutus halls its modest bloom Of dainty
hue
And patriot hepatica, with flowers red, white and
blue,
List their spirit voices, eve have not come tc
stay,
But just TO bring a promise that will be fulfilled
in May"
Rose Van B. Specie in Scranton Tribune
The Delawarean., 1900-09-15
nnTuE pIIRrrr

ITO THE PUBLIC.
i 1, Horace L. Pugh, of the town of Leipsic, in
Kent county and the State of Delaware, do hereby
give notice that Monday the 22d day of October
A. d. 1902 intend to make application to the
Court of General Sessions of the State of Delaware
in and for Kent county, then to be holden at Dover
for license to keep an inn or tavern and to sell
intoxicating liquors in less quantities than one
quart to be drunk on the premises, al, the house
known as the "Lepsic Hotel situated in United
School Districts No. II and ST. in Kent county and
State of Delaware, and located on the southern
side of Front street, in the town of Lepsic in Kent
county and State of Delaware, aforesaid, which
said house is now occupied by me as tenant. The
names of the respectable citizens recommending
my said application (one-half Of whom at least are
substantial freeholders) are:
George II Woodall Elias Thomas
John L Scotten w ii Rawly
JEFF Campbell Barnett
Ewell Campbell w i Vaughn
] w FennimOre, Jr William Jones
W ii Barnett 5 J Thomas
John r Carey G B Slaughter
James P Barcus Edward Hartranft
William E Cole
HORACE L. PUGH.
Leipsic. Aug "a. 1900.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-15
FaIntIng Spells

Are peculiar to women. Men rarely
faint. Many women are liable to what
they term "fainting SPELLS" and this
liability is always most marked at the
monthly period. This alone is sufficient
to connect the Wanting SPELL with
The Delawarean., 1900-09-15
BRICKS

Having an exceptionally fine deposi
of pure clays of a superior quality and
"a m0dern brick-making plant fitted
with every convenience for careful
manufacture, we are enabled to pro-
duce Building and Paving Brick that
for hardness, smoothnens and unifor-
nifty in form and proportion cannot be
surpassed. Before placing your orders
elsewhere investigate our claims.
Capacity, $4,000 bricks per day.
THE DELAWARE CLAY MFG co.
Dover, Del.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-15

No matter how bright and sensible a
man is, if the gossips discover he is
going crazy, the world remarks that he
will not have far to go.-Atchison
Globe.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-15

more at monthly periods It seemed as though
would die with pain in my back and stomach.
/ could not stand on my feet without fainting !;
had given up all hope Of ever being cured, when
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. With but little
faith l tried It, and before had taken half
bottle felt better had better appetite and
slept better. Now have taken two bottles of
Favorite Prescription and one of Golden
Medical Discovery, and am happy to say am
entirely cured and all done IN two months
time, when all other medicines had failed to do
any good"
Keep the liver healthy by using DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
The Delawarean., 1900-09-15

deranged or diseased
condition of the
woman1y organs.
The use of Doctor
Pieree's FavoriteJ
Prescription cures
irregularity, heals
inflammation and
liberation, and stops
the drains which
weaken the body. 1t
builds up the nerv-
GUS system, increases
the vital powers, and
so removes the COM
mon causes of faint
n ess in WON e n.
There is no alcohol
in vFavorite Pre-
scription;v neither
do e S it contain
opium, cocaine, nor
any other narcotic.
rIt gives me much
pleasure,n writes Miss
Ella Sapp, of James
town, Guilford Co., NC,
ito thank DIR. Pierce for
the great good received
from the use of his
Favorite Prescription ;
and Golden Medical
Discovery I had suf-
fered for three years or
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-19
Fishing for Health.

When a man breaks down with that
dread disease, consumption, and recognizes
his condition, he starts out to fish for
health. He tries this thing and that thing.
He consults this doctor and that doctor.
He INDUCES in all kinds of absurd athletic
exercises. He tries first one climate and
then another. He tries the rest cure and
the work cure. He grows steadily worse.
That is the story Of most consumptives.
Finally, when the consumptiye dies the
doctor shrugs his shoulders and pronounces
consumption incurable A thirty years
test of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery has demonstrated that it cures %
per cent. of all cases Of consumption, II
taken in the earlier stages Of the disease,
before the lungs are too far wasted In a
consumptive there is weaker spot than
even the lungs. That spot is the stomach
A consumptive never really begins to die
until his stomach gives out The Golden
Medical Discovery" not only braces up
the stomach, but acts directly on the
lungs, healing them and driving out all
impurities. Honest medicine dealers will
not urge you 70 take an inferior substitute.
~ had a very bad cough, also night-sweats,
and was almost in my grave with consumption -
writes Mrs. Clara A. Mcintyre, Box III, Ash
land, Middlesex Co., Mass IA friend Of mine
who had died with consumption came 10 me in
a dream and told me TO take DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, and, thank the Lord, did
so. By the time had taken half Of the first
bottle felt much better. kept on until had
taken three bottles That was all needed. l
got well and strong again"
Whenever constipation Is one of the COM
plicating causes of disease, the most perfect
remedy is DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
which are always effective, yet absolutely
mild and harmless. There never was any
remedy invented which can take theii
place. They never gripe.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-19
BETWEEN TWO STOOLS.
General Wheeler Neither in the Army
Nor Congress.

NEW YORK, Jan. ia special to
the Times from Washington, says:
If General Joseph Wheeler expects TO
return to Washington to take a seat
in congress without further formality,
it looks as if he would meet with dis
appointment
Inquiry has been made since the an
nouncement that he had been relieved
from further duty In the Philippines
and it is found that there is very gem
eral agreement on both sides Of the
house that it has been clearly shown
by the examination of the case Of Low,
and other precedents. he has forfeited
his right to a seat in congress. and that
the only thing open to him is to go
back to his district and seek reelection
if he desires to continue in service in
congress.
No doubt is entertained that, if he
seeks reelection at a special election
to fill the vacancy, he will be returned
to congress, perhaps without opposition,
but 1t will be held by the house, accord
ing to the best authorities in both par
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-19
GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS.
Treasury Department

treasury Department,
Washington, D. c., January 10, 1900.
Sealed proposals for the purchase OF
the revenue steamer Corwin win be
received by Captain d. F. Tuzier, R. C.
S., until u o'clock NJ, Saturday, Feb
ruary 10th next. The Corwin is a
steamer of 213 gross tons, p-sail
schooner rig; with Oregon fir frame
and copper and galvanized iron fasten-
Ings; extreme length 145ls feet; beam
molded % feet: draft feet inches
forward and II feet inches aft; has
one inverted direct acting engine. and
one cylindrical Scotch return tubular
boiler, built in 1889 and is supplied with
sails, awnings, anchors. chains. boats,
steam windlass. etc. The vessel can be
seen at Port Townsend. Washington,
upon application 10 either Captain To-
zier or her commanding officer and
will be open for inspection until the
date above named. Proposals should
he endorsed on the envelope Purchase
of Revenue Steamer Corwin,' and ad.
dressed to Captain D. F. Tozier, r. c.
S, Port Townsend. Washington.
o. L. SPAULDING,
Assistant Secretary.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-19

his headquarters at Frere, could mako
an inner movement, choosing his point
Of crossing the Tugela either directly
In front or by turning movements on
either side.
He chose the left. or westward route.
and keeping his plans secret was able
to announce the first successful step OF
his advance In hts dispatch from Pot
gleters drift, THIS ford is little TO the
westward Of the junction Of the Tugela
with its southern branch. the Little
Little Tugela river. The road from
trere would pass along the foot OF q
range Of mountains on the right hand,
British cavalry scouts had. Il was
stated. some days previously come
across parties OF Beers at Potgieter's
drift and Il was ascertained that Gen
eral Joubert was making a fortified
position in the neighborhood,
when Butler had gained the drift his
first new step was to inform himself
as to the locality and strength OF this
position. II was, he said. about four
and q half miles In front away from
the river and Of a strong character.
Five days have passed in deliberate
preparations for continuing the march
to pewdrop. Not only has the trans
ports OF the columns to be steadily
brought up, but the relief supplies for
Ladysmith must be close In the rear.
General Warren's column. II Is now
clear from the last dispatch received,
is acting In cooperation with Buffers
advance guard by moving his division
in a parallel line on the west. While
Buffers plan Of operations has been
maturing, General Joubert. It may be
presumed, has been hurrying his COM
mandos from the center Of his defen-
sive line Of the Tugela to the extreme
west. Some check may have been
caused by the knowledge that the Brit
commander might az any moment make
a serious move from Colenso, or. fur
ther to the east. at Pieters or the Wee
nen road to Ladysmith.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-19
WRECK ON GREAT NORTHERN
Rear Eastbound sleeper RIM Into at
Spokane.

SPOKANE, Jan, tS,-Ten persons
were injured IN n train collision on the
Great Northern at Hlpyard, four miles
east OF this city, this morning, The
East bound passenger was standing
on the main line by the depot, There
was dense fog and freight running
at high rate OF speed crashed into
the rear sleeper,
The wrecked ear was filled with es-
Gaping steam from the locomotive and
some OF the passengers We're plnloned
by the debris and were rescued with
some difficulty
None Of the injured persons were
seriously hurt
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-19
SAID TO BE ALUM POISONING.
Serious Cases of Illness Reported From
the Use OF Impure Baking Powder.

Johnstown. Penn, Tribune.
The poisoning Of the Thomas family,
OF Thomas Mill, Somerset Co. four
members oI which were reported TO
have been dangerously III by impure
baking powder used in mixing buck
wheat cakes, has been further investi-
gated.
The original can with the remainder
or the baking powder left over after
mixing the cakes was secured bv DR.
Crtchfield. The powder had been
bought at a Deighboring country store.
anu was one OF the low priced brands.
Or. Critchtield said that the patients
mad the symptoms Of alum poisoning.
As the same kind Of baking powder Is
sold in many city groceries, as well as
country stores, DR.. Critchfeld thought
1t important that chemical examina-
ton should be made to determine its
its ingredients. He therefore trans
terred the j6ckage OF powder to DIR
Schill. OF this city, for anylasis. DR..
SehiHs report is as follows:
certify that have examined chemi-
cally the sample Of baking pow
der forwarded to ne by DR.. Critchfeld.
Ine specimen contained alum.
Dr. Francis Schill, Jr., Analyst.
Alum is used in the manufacture Of
the lower priced baking powders. 1t is
a mineral poison, and for this reason
the sale OF baking powders containing
II is IN many cities prohibited.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-19
TOO OLD FOR THE FIELD.
General Wheeler Returns Because He
Couldn't Get an Active Command.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1s.-A special from
Washington to the Herald says:
No doubt exists in the minds Of
friends Of Brigadier-General Joseph
Wheeler that his return from the
Philippines in compliance with his own
request is due to the failure Of General
Otis to give him active service in the
field.
In certain quarters an effort IS made
to attribute General Wheeler's return
TO his inability to stand the climate and
to his ago. In refutation OF the former,
his friends point TO a statement he
made after visiting the American lines,
''the impression that the new country
is unhealthy is wrong" Regarding his
age. 1t is pointed out that he is only
about a year older than General Otis.
The orders 10 General Wheeler to re-
turn were cabled about a week ago.