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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03
THE EXPERT WITNESS.
His Dark and Dreary Way Of stating
Simple Proposition.

His Dark and Dreary Way Of Stating
a Simple Proposition.
One of the besetting sins of the expert
witness is the habit or tendency to use a
lot of Latin words in describing an injury
to the jury. In some exceptional cases.
doubtless, this Is done without affectation
or for a purpose, but we have no hesita-
ton in saying that In the majority Of in
stances it Is a very good index of the
learning and capacity Of the expert. OH
the assumption that the more words of
this sort are used the more probability
there is that they cover deficiency of
knowledge and thorough grounding on the
part of the user. A really able man in
his profession will always accommodate
himself to circumstances and, realizing
the capacity Of the, average jury. use
very different forms and methods Of ex-
preston in testifying before court and
jury than il he were making an address
or delivering a paper on some scientific
subject before an audience of his pro-
fessional brethren.
A physician. for instance, who, when
upon the stand. is asked to describe some
thing to the jury and uses all the high
Suuuuiuk ulb SOh"uHus uS-
serves to have very little attention paid
to his testimony and usually gets his de-
serts. An amusing example Of this truth
is given in-the following account of an
actual happening in an English court. 1t
Is from little book entitled Hints on
Advocacy" published 6rst in England:
II discovered considerable ecchymosis
under the left orbit, caused by extrava-
sation Of blood beneath the cuticle," said
a young house surgeon in q case of as
sault at the assizes.
Baron Bramwell-I suppose you mean
the man had black eye?
Scientific ENTHUSIASTICALLY. my lord.
Baron Bramwell-Perhaps II you had
said so in plain English those gentlemen
would better understand you.
'-' precisely. my lord" answered the
learned surgeon. evidently delighted that
the Judge understood his meaning.
This incident. which might be paral-
leled many times in court in this coun-
try, carries its own comment. What the
jury wants Is to be enlightened on dis |,
puted points. and the way to do this is
not to use purely technical expressions,
but to explain in plain, homely language.
There is no danger that in doing this
the expert will be liable to detract from
the general estimate Of his own abilities,
but rather the reverse will be the CASE
Albany Law journal.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03
A Trade Trick.

All cigar favors do not come from
cigars. There are tricks in all trades.
A certain chemist in Cleveland does q
large business in selling extract of cigars.
To look at the fluid in bottle it might
be taken for extract Of vanilla or any
brown colored medicine. But such an
odor! 1t is the essence of all that is de.
lightfully fragrant IN Havana tobacco,
the finest in the world.
"Theres not bit of tobacco in it,"
said the chemist. II make it of other
materials. sell it to tobacco manufac-
turers and there my interest ends" 1,
The interest of the manufacturers does
not end there, however, for they buy
cheap tobacco, make it into cigars, flavor
them with the Havana smell and sell
them at higher price than they would
bring without the use Of the chemists
product.-Cleveland Press.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03
The First 0uInine In Eur0ne,

Peru is the birthplace of the potato,
which was used as an article of food by
the Incas and exported to Europe by the
Spaniards when they took over quiniae
bark and named it in honor of the Coun-
tess of Chncon, whose husband at that
time was viceroy. The Indians had used
the bark for medicinal purposes as long
as any one could remember, but this no.
BILE lady was the first European to test
its efficacy, and it proved SO excellent a
cure for the malaria which saturates the
atmosphere of Lima that she induced the
Jesuit fathers to recommend it to the
medicos of the old world. These wise old
chaps sent it to Spain and Italy, and it
is said that one of the first doses of qui-
nine that was ever administered in Eu-
rope was swallowed by the pope.-Chica-
20 Record.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03
The Blind Never Dream Of Seeing.

Everybody dreams more or less, but
have you ever reflected upon the fact.
that people who are born blind have only
hearing" dreams? In other words, their
mental eye sees nothing; they only hear
sounds.
This interesting point came up before
a scientific society the other day, and it
was found that of 200 blind persons who
had been questioned on the subject those
who had been born without sight and
those who had become blind before their
fifth year never saw things or faces in
their dreams. On the other hand, Of
those whose sight was lost between the
fifth and seventh years some did and
some did not see in their dreams, while
all those whose eycsight was destroyed
after the seventh year had quite as vivid
dream visions us seeing people.
Blind persons, it may be observed.
dream just as frequently as do normal
people,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03

voted TINS, and ON the easel there was a.
ready begun 4 canvas In which she rec
egnised the masters touch. Leonie was
becoming u at ease. She picked up q
little Hindoo god which stood on the Ia.
bic beside her and fingered II nefvously.
Her hands trembled, the little monster
slipped from them and dashed in pieces
on the door.
The artist stepped to the wall and rang
the bell. The door opened. and servant
entered clad In livery and wearing an
apron. rendered necessary by the fact Of
his cleaning brushes.
ibid monsieur ringY he asked.
Leonie stared at him and grew white.
"Yes, JEAN" replied the artist Gath
er up the fragments Of this trife, which
madame has unfortunately broken.
Now" said he. turning to Leonie, ''if
madame will kindly inform me to what
] owe the honor Of this Wis.,
He stopped. Her white. set face, her
staring eyes. frightened him.
"A lackey!' she Kissed, "a base lackey!
And have loved this heartless, cruel,
lying wretch!'
With a sudden impulse Of fury she
snatched up a pretty toy, silver pom
lard, which lay upon the table, and
sprnng at Eugene. Quick as d fash the
artist dashed between them. But quick
as be was. he was too late. The poniard
struck Eugene in the side. infictiHg
deep wound. At this Leonie uttered
shrek and tainted away.
Eugene's comedy had become trag-
edy.
'Truly pretty sight for the studio of
an honest, hardworking painter" groan-
ed Jacques Bruhiere, as he gazed upon
the two PROSTATE forms. This comes Of
obliging your friends. Catch me doing it
again."
Three years had passed. Leonie was in
the brilliant salon of the Comtesse de
Sagone, whose house was always filed
with the literary men Of the day, and she
invariably secured the literary lion. She
was making her way through the bril-
liant throng toward Leonie.
my dear" said she when she reached
her, you have read that novel Of which
all Paris Is talking-'Les Deux Prin-
cessesy"
"Yes," said Leonic, ut is a charming
work."
"Do you know its author"
Eugene de Lassi7 No. Is he here
this EVENING"
eyes, and l want to present him to
you. All, there he is. M. de Lassi! And
in another moment there stood before Lee
onie-the false painter.
For a moment he hesitated, but the old
spell reasserted itself, and she found her.
self listening almost against her will to
his pleas for pardon, and he pleaded his
cause most eloquently.
II am half inclined not to forgive you,"
she said at length. "You acted abomina-
bly,. You know you did"
II acted like fool and a knave," said
Eugene. "and you ought never to pardon
me, but you will, won't your"
SWELL" said the beauty semireluctant-
ly, "if you'll be very good boy
Eyes"
"And never deceive me again.
"Neyer."
"And never paint any more such
wretched trees?"
"Never."
'Then forgive you for having played
the servant"
"But want to play 1t again."
She looked at him inquiringly.
Il want to be your servant forever"
=
Their first child was a boy. He was
called Jacques de Lassi, and Bruhiere
was his godfather.-Adapted For Argo.
maui From the French.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03
AopsEss 70 the roornAcHs.

~ 80 81 = = = ~
Ny cure upoe the venomed stang "a
That shoots my tortused gums alag -
And through ny hugs gies mony Q living.
WI gnawing vengeance, i
Tearing my nerves vi bitter pang,
Like racking engines!
When fevers burn or aguc freezes,
Rheumatics gnaw or coli. sqneexes,
Our neighbor's sympathy may ease US,
WI plying means;
But thee, thou hell O. a diseases,
Aye mocks our groans!
Adown my beard the slavers trickle.
! throw the wee stools DER the mickle
Al around the fire the giglets keckle
To see me loup,
While, raving mad, wish q heckle
We're in their doup.
o. a. the numerous human dools,
III har' SITS. daft bargains, Guilty stools,
Or worthy friends racked T. the moods,
Sad sight to see!
The tricks O. knaves or fash O. fools,
Thou bear'st the gree.
Robert Burns.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03

Biologists are Of the opinion that the
vast territory known as Wyoming once
had numerous fresh water lakes and a
climate approaching the semitropical and
that the animals whose bones are from
time to time coming to light inhabited
these lakes and the adjoining swamps
in myriads. They sank into the mud in
dying, and their bones were covered with
other deposits and became petrified. The
large beds are found at points supposed
to have been the mouths. great rivers.
the animals after death having foated
down these rivers to places where they
were deposited in these estuaries, thus
accounting for the vast deposits which
characterize certain localities and which
have proved such study to scientific in
yestigators
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03
FOOD PRESERVATION.
Great Strides From Sun Dried Fruits
to Alright Cases.


In early times the only methods of saw.
ing perishable pabunm for any consider
able length of time was by drying il in
the sun or at a fire, or by smoking Or
sailing it. The Indians ''jerked" their
venison. They dried the flesh Of buffa-
loes, reduced it to powder, mixed it with
meal and then baked it for keeping. The
Peruvians gave us the word "jerked" I'm
this meaning) from their word "charqui,"
which signifies prepared dried meat. The
buccaneers derived their name from q
peculnr, method Of curing beef, which
was teNled "buchanning." There was .
regular trade between the native coast
tribes of America and those of the ints-
rior in desiccated oysters, clans and 9TH
er shelltish. Savages and barbarians OF
all countries have had similar Customs,
and some still maintain them. ThA.gex-.
eral fashion in our rural regions Of dry
ing apples, peaches and other fruits is IA
miliar, as well as the smoking of bacon
and hams, the picking of meats and the
sailing and smoking Of fish. A method Of
vegetables that has long been
used in America Is by boiling
them for a proper time and transferring
them to cans or bottles and sealing i'm
mediately.
But the method Of sealing cooked pro-
visions in alright metallic cases, which
is now SO largely in vogue. is of compare
lively recent invention. In 1910 Augus-
tus de Heine took out a patent in Great
Britain for preserving food in tin and
other metal cases by simply exhaustiug
the air by means of an air pump, but Il
was unsuccessful. 1t was followed by
number of other efforts by various per
sons, all of which were more or less fall
nres, until Werthenner's patents, which
we're three in number. from 1889 to 1Sz1.
By his plan the provisions of whatever
iind are put into metal cases and closely
packed and the interstices filed in with
water or other appropriate liquid, such
Is gravy In the case Of flesh food. The
ids are then soldered on very securely.
Two small perforations are made in each
id and the cases set In a water bath In
which muriate of lime is dissolved. Then
leat is applied until the whole boils aRd
he air is expelled through the sm&l
openings in the lids of the cases. When
his Is complete. the small holes are
quickly soldered up.-Sef Culture.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03
Exploding Powder Killed Three.

Birmingham, Ala, Jan. 3.-As a re-
suit of powder explosion at the home
Of G. M. Patterson, near Drain Post
Office, in Lowndes county, three people
are dead and three badly burned. Mr..
Patterson was loading shells from an
open key Of powder, which he held be-
tween his knees. One of his little
girls threw piece of wood on the fire
and the explosion followed second
later. The girl was instantly killed
and Mr.. Patterson's father and mother
were so badly burned that they died.
Patterson is reported to be fatally
burned. His wife and baby were Sc
yerely burned.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03
NE GOT THE PASS.
And II Was Charged Up Jsst o. He
Had SvggeeteA,

Had Suggested.
"Some years ago ] was broke In New
York." said newspaper correspondent.
land hearing that Colonel B. w. Wrepn,
passenger traffic manager Of the Plant
system, was In town, called on him and
asked for a pass to Jacksonville. 1t was
q pretty cheeky request, considering that
Wrenn did not know me from Adam, and
he very properly turned me down. How
ever. had to have that pass, SO l kept
on tackling him. each time presenting
some new reasons why the road should
carry me to Jacksonville. The last time
called the clerk wouldn't let me in and
handed ME one Of my cards, on which
Colonel Wrenn had written: Keep this
fellow out. II he bothers me any more
III go crazy
'"rhat gave me an idea. and l made
bee line for Mr.. Plants private Office.
Mr.. Plant | said, ! want pass to
Jacksonville, Fla
"The old gentleman looked at me 10
amazement.
Son what groundT he asked. ...-
SIN exchange for treating Colonel
Wrenn for threatened mental trouble !
replied.
mr.. Plants face clouded. What kind
Of game Is this, sirY he demanded
sternly. Colonel Wrenn Is perfectly sane.
sir, and won't permit
"Pardon me- interrupted, but Colo
mel Wrenn is at this moment apprehen-
sive of lunacy and believes firmly that it
rests entirely with me to avert the attack.
! have his written statement to that eff
feet in my pocket
"'Let me see it,, Mr.. Plant fairly
shrieked.
II handed him the card and got ready
to run. As he read the inscription his
face relaxed. His piercing eyes began to
twinkle. Finally he lay back in his chair
and roared with laughter. Here, Mr..
Smith! he called to clerk, give this
young man transportation to Jacksonville
and charge it to medical treatment for
Colonel Wrenn.' New Orleans Times
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03

Schedule in effect November 10. 1899.
All trains illuminated with Plntsch
- sEXpaEss TRAINS.
Trains leave Wilmington, Delaware Ave-
rue Station, for
NEW YORK, week days, 1901, 1889.
.1O.52 a. m; 'l21s,. '2A. 400. .5.ls (ali
r !sS .s e.1i1 III M ''ss P SO ssn s al
PHnLApEGPHiA. week days ": sol, $50
.7o5; 7,so So, '.ss ';lo52, Hos a; m:
7.so, $50, 1888, liz. all a. M; 1874, 800.
400 .5.i9 all Pullman cars), $50. TA'
'l96s p M uoor dave 3 On .7os ? 20 $50,
.sss. .lo5s il .es a. m; VA 800, So III.
Ills a. m.: .s.a. 500, $50, ia. 'io5s
Atlantic City, week days. '7.g5 a. M:
rssF MY 9ssaa q N.Y. ass a g. s' ss ssy
Baltimore and Washington. week days.
ais, 100. 1904. III o. a: m: 'l2.56, 200. sls.
.S.ii D. m. Sundays, Ais, 800 a. M; .l2.5S,
zoe, sls, a.51 $3.50 (all Pullman cars),
1904. s9ll p. m.
daily except Sundays: SIS p. n. daily.
Newark, week days. '4.lS, 100, 'S.W, III OF
a. M; '12. IS. 319. "4.57, 1872. 's.ll p. m: sun
DAYS. AIS. 's.oa a. m: 'l25s, 3lS. H.57. 49,.
Piutsburg, week days. 800 a. m; 4s7.
$3.50 (all Pullman cars), '9.l1 p: m SUN
days, 's.Qt a. M; '4.51, $3.50 (all Pullman
'a CsIcaso, daddy, 1904 a. M; a57 .. m.
Cincinnati and St. Louis, 800 a. M:
1885 and '9.11 y. m. daily.
Toledo and Detroit, 'sll p. m. daily to
Toledo. and daily except Sunday TO De-
trot.
700 a. M; 3l9. 1882 p. m. Sundays, 31s.
i Landenberg accommodation, week days,
4.57 D. m Sundays. $50 p. m.
LEAVE MARKET ST. STATION FOR
Baltimore, week days, 255 p. IN.
Landenberg. week days, 9.55 a. NJ: ass. !
$40 p. m. Sundays, 800 a. m, 5.45 p. m.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA for Will
mington. week days. 'S;35. $50. 80 30 e,
ii 90 a. m. 1920. '1.S7, 2.15, 1907, 40 $50,
1901 (all Pullman cars). '5.35. $50, @7.30,
'S.s5. Ills P. m; Sundays, 's;ss; '!.so,, no
a. M, 'l226. 'l.37. els. H.20, 400 -5.O1 Gall
Pullman cars), $50. '7.3O. 'S.35, 1880 p. nj.
Delmarvia Telephone, No. 1893.
Rates to Western points lower than via |
any other line. f. D. UNDERWOOD.
General Manager
\. B. MARTIN. Man, Of Pass. Traffic.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

A coal famine is closing industrial
establishments about Harrisburg.
The waes of $4,000 men in Pittsburg
have been raised from to 10 per cent
The strike of miners in Walker
county, Ala, ended in compromise.
The ice harvest has begun in the
west, giving employment to 1000 men.
Colonel A. L. Mcintyre, ex-congress-
man from Georgia, died at Thomas
Vile, Ga.
The American commercial exhibitors
who have secured space at the Paris
exposition number 1905.
Retiring Treasurer Wilson, of Shelby
county, Ills, cannot produce his books.
It is said $125, 900 is unaccounted for.
Employees Of the American Steel and
Iron company, which has five mills in
Cleveland and seven elsewhere, de-
mand higher wages.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03
THE HUMAN FACE. !.
Not Always . Trustworthy Index Of
Its Owners Character.

Its Owners Character.
The human face is a most untrust-
worthy index of human character.
Can you think of single great hui
morist who had merry face? Artemus
Ward had the face Of an undertaken.
Mark Twain's face is q study In beetling
brows, burrows, wrinkles and solemnity.
Nasby, in whose funny war sketches
Abraham Lincoln used to find endless en-
tertainment, had face as serious as .
tombstone.
And who, to look at Lincoln's own pa
thetic features, would believe that he was
a man of infinite humor and jest?
II you think Of men Of great intellect,
how few of them have had faces that
suggested it! Gibbon, the king of histo-
rians, had red, fabby, vulgar face. DR..
Johnson had one Of the same type and
was so blear eyed that his expression was
one of extreme dulness. Voltaire's mighty
intellect was masked behind u face that
was almost repulsiye. His nose and chin
nearly met, his cheeks were hollow and
wrinkled, and his eyes were curtained by
a pair Of beetling brows.
Hume, the famous English historian,
had fat, gross face that had in it no
suggestion Of his intellectual power.
Charles Dickens face gave no assurance
of the splendid range of his powers as a
writer. And to turn from George Eliot's
novels to portrait Of the author is to be
not only disappointed, but shocked.
The same failure Of faces and charac-
tiers to correspond with each other is
found in the portraits Of famous crimi-
mails. Very few murderers have had cruel
faces. Many Of them have had very
agreeable ones, suggestive of amiability
and tenderness. This has been especially
true Of poisoners-Caryle Harris, for ex-
ample.
The most famous rogues and swindlers
have usually had extremely pleasant
faces, inviting the confidence of all who
met them. But for that fact they could !
not have been successful swindlers.
Physiognomy is certainly not an exact
science. 1t is very risky thing to Judge |
men by their faces.-New York Journal.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03

The first parliament house of the Beers
was under bauyan tree, under which
the rulers of the Transvaal gathered in
the early days of the republic to discuss
questions affecting the country. and the
tree has thus become known as the first
volksraad Of the Transvaal." The Beers
call the spot WOnderbloom. 1t is a
few miles outside of Pretoria, at the en-
trance to cleft in the mountain.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03

one summer Nv to ysuas cAiid ! aid,
i''Wrlts 10 thy mother. boy" With earnest iscs
Aad labodss nnssn I'll unnseA = trscs
Tia mystic characters. hs bent his head
Chat should have dsnced amid the howers in-
4 stead, %
Over the blurred page for 4 half hours spacs,
Then, with . dgh that burdensd all the place,
Cried, Mamma knowsr' and out to sunshins
sped.
o soul Of mine. when tasks are hard and long
And life % crowds thes with its stress and strain
That thou, half fsinting. art too tired to pray,
Drink thou this wine Of blessing and be strongi
God knowsi What though the lips be dumb with
4 palm
Or the pen dropsi He knows what thou wouldk
say.
Julia 9. R. Dor In New York Nail and Elk.
press.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03

ladies' favorite made Of he finest materials
can lie relied on as perfect ladies' medi-
cine OF the finest and most reliable order
80 q bottle. Also sent by express. Depot
6O6 King street, Whining on, Del. Simms
Compound Pennyroyal Pills arc largely
used with this remedy; cost of both s.
making the best ladies medicine money
can buy.-[adv.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03
DELAWARE COLLEGE,
NEWARK, DEL.

Twelve weeks course In Agrlculturs
and Horticulture, begins January Q, 1900.
Tuition free. Instruction practical.
Course open TO al young. men with com.
MOE school education. No examinattous.
For circnlars md other Information
write 70 Or. Geo A sl1ARraRs Fess
re-nl.ts M REsAidsnt
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03
Pennsylvania Railroad.
PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON AND
BALTIMORE K, IL,
Schedule in effect November 10, lss,

Schedule in effect November 10. 1899.
Trains leave Wilmington as follows:
En- RhtfSsl s5 s lssPfss'2s ~ ie g. le g.
rs, 5a, so. 80. s.5, ~. sSs and sis
M. 12.se, 49, s0c, SIS and lS.4s p. m.
~ ssSSS 5;SS 1895 l i ll;sss n45 a. m'
AZ Aee ON es s 81 s1o ana 1o s 81 & f. as
M; 1880, 2s2, 400. 5.26, $50 and 1913 p. m:
For New York (through express), 1.57.
49, u ssf pinng Carr a55 10S Ia H.,
connecting via Broad Street Station.
RI 55s d. i A. ~ r. H. H. H. i5 1e e.
COZ, 1923, 9.16 and TO- p. m.
For Boston without change, 1o.R a. M;
For \ Newark ii Center and intermediate
zig. !S1s ses rs se 4 ~ tlss H. III.
No. g.. $50 S & n,s tSlo' sAs "oS 1885, I'LL p
baltimore and intermediate stations,
2.s2, AS, 5;57 p, m; l2oO night. o., -,
Leave Philadelphia, Broad Street, for
IT, sis. H. ,ss al sf U.s. s rs 5s IT, s5s s e.
7.s1l, 1ll6, 11;26 p. m, and 1920 might.
L. eS si7 4a IT, 81 81 ~ ' ss 'i iSso and
-'' p Il" SUNDAY TRAINS.
Kor Phil sGs % 3 'enpESess a a9a s
is ss ST. IT, 7ss g. s dSs ana sis p M -'' s''
Accommodation, no, s.25 a. M; 12.14,
a3S 49, SSs is. a@a i = B a s5
a. m; l.s7, 900, 4.5s, -6o7 and sos p. m. zoe,
zoo, zoo, 5.26, 7.2S and 1913 p. M.
For New York (throggh, espress), l:s7.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-03
Serious Landslide at Mare Island.

Vallejo, Cal, Jan. ga serious land
slide occurred on the water front of
Mare Island Monday night, as a re-
suit of which $50 feet of the sea wall
slid into the bay, carrying with 1t tons
Of granite rock, cement and earth and
loosening up fully 100 feet more Of
the wall. The break is believed to be
due to the fact that heavy rains Of
the past few days had SO filled the
soil back of the embankment with
water that the pressure could not be
withstood. 1t is estimated that the
actual damage in money caused by the
landslide will be $4,000.