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Evening journal., 1900-06-09
BOtha Has Sworn to Main
tain Warfare in TranSVaaI
LEFT PRETORIA AT NIGHT
Town Of Middleburg is Said to be
Full Of BOer Refugees and
Wounded

London, June 9.-Gen. Butler has at
length taken the offensive. and by
maneuyering he has secured a posi-
ton west Of Laings Mex, by which he
believes he can make the Boer posi-
tion untenable. Presumably he will
Immediately follow up his success.
Lord Roberts has communicated
nothing for three days, nor permitted
the correspondents to wire what is GO
Ing on. London's inference is that he
Is resting, although he is possibly dis
posing his army for a reach after
Commandant General Botha. A block
ade Of the wires, owing to the crush
OF official correspondence, may ac-
count for the scanty press dispatches.
Some kilograms filed a week ago are
only just now arriving Among these
are spirited descriptions of the fight
ing at Elandsfontein. According to
one of them the streets were filled with
women and children. Rife shots could
be heard everywhere. The British sol
diers would stop firing and join in the
chase after chickens. The burghers
surrendered to any one. Kaffirs went
about lOoting the Jewish stores and
mouHted infantry galloped hither and
thither.
The Daily Express has the following
from Pretoria, dated Wednesday:
THE 1000 prisoners Who were de-
ported from Waterfall were told that
they were about to be given up to
Lord Roberts. They entrained cheer
fully and were conveyed to Nooit
Gedache instead of Pretoria.
Gen. Louis Botha, with a rear
guard of 1000. left Pretoria during the
night. The British advance guard on
entering was on the very heels of the
retiring Beers. Botha has sworn to
carry on the war in the mountains"
At LOurenzo MARQUEE station a
crowd waited all Thursday night to
see President Kruger, as it was re-
ported that he would arrive by a
special train to gain an asylum on
board the Netherlands cruiser Fries
land.
Middleburg is said to be full Of Boer
refugees and wounded The railway
still delivers goods at Brolxhorst Spruit.
40 miles east Of Pretoria. A British
column is at Bremersdorp, Swaziland.
Eleven British prisoners have been
taken to Middleburg. The British at
Beira are moving into the interior in
detachments of 200 daily.
Mr.. G. V. Fiddes, imperial secretary
TO the high commissioner, with a part
of Sir Alfred Miners staff left Cape
Town Tuesday evening for Pretoria,
possibly. as the Cape Town corre-
spondent of The Daily News thinks, TO
arrange the annexation details.
Evening journal., 1900-06-09
CHILDREN'S DAY EXERCISES
Elaborate Program viii be Rendered
at EpwOrth


Children's Day will be observed In
Epworth M. Il. Church tomorrow. In
the morning the Rev. +. b. Short. the
pastor, will preach a special sermon Ia
the children.
In the evening the following pro-
gram viii be rendered:
Opening voluntary.
Welcome. ...............W w. EuiC Marks
Responsive reading.
Marching on With Singing"
Primary exercise.
listen to the Ginning Bells
Auuless. ............ ReN. John Shape
Sunday School Soldiers" Fowler
Recitation, Maynard Life"
Miss Ethel Anderson
Through the Changing Season"
Armstrong
Recitation, God Bless the White Rib
bon .............M Miss Anna Spring
BE Thou Faithful" "........... Marks
Benediction.
The school will be assisted by w.
NJ. Mask, Jr., organist; Collins Tat
man. cornetist, and Howard Crosby
violinist
Evening journal., 1900-06-09
'MURDEROUS PREACHER
KILLED BY A DEPUTY

indianapolis. June 9.-Thomas JEFF
ferson johnson, a street preacher, was
shot and instantly killed last night at
Carmel, l6 miles north of here, after
he had killed Deputy Sheriff Carey.
who was trying to arrest him for as
sault and battery. johnson had been
attacking different persons in his
street talks, and those attacks had
brought him into many fights. Last
night he renewed his attacks. Carey
tried to arrest him, was shot dead and
an unknown person in the excited
crowd shot Johnson. He was born in
jackson county, KY. was converted at
Covington, Ky, five years ago, and has
been preaching since.
Evening journal., 1900-06-09
DREADED DISEASE
AGAIN APPEARS
BARLEY Jackson Of the East
Side Attacked With
Smallpox

Smallpox has again made it's an
pearance in this city, and BARLEY Jack.
son, colored, aged 3S years, of No 81.
East Thirteenth street, is sufferinf
with the dreaded disease.
Jackson has been sick but three DAYS
and has been under the care of DIR. IA
C. Stevens. This physician to-day pro
nounced 1t case of smallpox.
The house has been Quarantined D,
health officers, and Jackson and tn,
other occupants of the house will bt
sent to the pest house at Farnhurst this
afternoon.
Evening journal., 1900-06-09
BRENNAN RELIEVED

Lieutenant DOugherty VIII Com
mand Company +. for Thirty Days
Captain John f. Brennan has been
relieved for a month from the COM
mand Of Company F.. First Delaware
Infantry, and Lieutenant Simon p.
Dougherty has been assigned to the
command.
The rifle range was set up near Edge
Moore to-day, and practice wiz soon
be resumed.
Evening journal., 1900-06-09
Chier DoInn,s Pictnre

Chief Of Police John F. Dolan has re-
ceived a copy OF The Detective" publish
ed In Chicago which contains cut Of the
delegates TO the recent meeting Of Chiefs
Of Police, held in Cincinnati.
Evening journal., 1900-06-09
Miniature Photograph Yourself Absolutely Free Readers The Evening Journal SEE

The South SUBURBAN Telephone and
Telegraph Co, s250.00O.
Tammany Bottling Co. s5O0.Oo0
United states Quicksilver Mining and
Refining Co. S500.O0O
Universal Ball Bearing Co., $4,000
The Viscaline Co. 100000.
The Wilmington Democrat Publishing
Co, 100000
Evening journal., 1900-06-09
NIany Thrown onl or MorI.

Ell1ton, Nd, June 9.-The Providence
Paper Mills, which were purchased hy
the Elk Paper Company. who have
been running the plant since last Sep
tember, closed down yesterday. throw
ing over 200 men out of employment
Work may soon be resumed under new
management.
Evening journal., 1900-06-09
Italian Badly Injured

Joseph Tango, an Italian residing in
Wooddale, was accidentally shot in the
abdomen last evening by a man named
Angle. The men we're cleaning a gun,
when il exploded. Tango was removed
to the Delaware Hospital.
Evening journal., 1900-06-09
Firemen visit Chester

Chief Engineer John p. Welsh.
Treasurer John May, Driver James
Dougherty and John +. McAveney.
candidate for coroner. members OF the
Liberty Fire Company, attended the in
spection of the Fire Department at
Chester yesterday afternoon. They
were the guests Of the Moyamensing
Truck Company.
Evening journal., 1900-06-09
PIERCE TRIAL ON MONDAY

About $50 Witnesses VIII Testify in
the Case
Media, June 9.-The trial Of James and
Amos, alias 'Pinney" Pierce. charged
with the murder Of George b. Eyre, the
young Chester gunner. will be called the
first thing Monday morning. Court was
held last night and was continued to-day
TO clear the calendar of an cases except
the murder trial
District Attorney Josiah Smith says It
viii require the entire week TO try the
Pierces. The commonwealth has seventy
five witnesses, and the defense will have
about IN same number.
Evening journal., 1900-06-09
sPECIALTRAINs TO NEWARK
Extra Accommodations for the Del
aware College Dance

Through the courtesy OF Passenger
Agent II. A. Miller. excellent accommo-
dations will be provided for those who
wish to attend the commencement
dance to be given at Delaware College
on the evening of June 20.
The Royal Blue. leaving Delaware
avenue station at S.04 D. m. will stop
at Newark, and a return express will
leave Newark at 2.10 a. m, arriving in
Wilmington at 2.3O.
Evening journal., 1900-06-09
ComnIaint Abont Tnrncdn

Complaint is made about the use OF
the dangerous torpedoes which BOYS
are exploding in the streets. The tor
pedoes are charged with dynamite and
make loud report when exploded.
Evening journal., 1900-06-09

Member Of Naval Board
w. Dew. Dimock has been elected a
member Of the Naval Board Of the United
Italics.
Evening journal., 1900-06-09

Mechanics Visit Chester
Members of Wenona, Welcome and Gar.
field Councils, Of the Jr. O. L. A. NJ. visit.
ed Chester last evening.
Evening journal., 1900-06-09

Markets were crowded to-day.
Evening journal., 1900-06-09
S1H&3&HHHH1411s11eeaHNDNAs

The School Girls Bicycle
Contest closes on the 10Th.
Contestants have but nine
days to secure the subscrip-
tions for the Evening Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-01-18
THE CENSOR.

Alaska has recorded its first legal hang
ing, and the statehood movement has re-
ceived fresh impetus.-Minneapolis
Times.
One acceptable currency reform would
be the substitution of clean bank notes or
greenbacks for the filthy and worn stuff
so generally in se.-Minneapolis Trib-
une.
If people would be as cautious in buy
ing stocks as they are in buying chick
ems or groceries, there would be fewer
furries in Wall street. ~ Wilmington
News.
London Punch threatens to publish an
American edition. After this no one can
justly accuse it of a lack Of humor which
appeals to the American mind.-New
York Press.
The Russian newspaper that discover
ed that God is furnishing the British in
South Africa for their rapacity and AFRO
gance seems to have forgotten Poland
Kansas City Star.
A Coolbaugh tPa.) man who advertised
for wife who can talk, who can sit by
the fire with him in the long evenings
and also help him on the farm has re
ceived more than / 1000 answers. 1t pays
to advertise.-Boston Globe
A grand jury made some serious
charges against the lawyers of Atlanta,
The lawyers were naturally indignant
and forthwith appointed a committee to
investigate themselves The committee
exonerated the lawyers and found the
grand jury guilty of Misrepresentation,
You can't beat the lawyers.-W Washington
Post
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-01-18
CURTAIN RAISERS.

The next extravaganza to be brought
out at the New York theater in the me-
tropolis will be called From Broadway
to Toxic"
A new burIesque is being arranged for
Roster & Bial's, in New York 1t win
DE produced under the appropriate and
timely title of 1900"
Weber & Fields have new burlesque
skit called Barbara Fidgety," which, Of
course, is a take off on Julia MarIowe's
piece, Barbara Frietchie."
When De Wolf Hopper displaces "El
Captain" for 1.-THE Charlatan," change
soon to be made. the latest piece viii be
known as '"rhe Mystic Miss
Montgomery and Stone, the negro de-
lineators who have made a big hit in the
London music halls, are to be starred
next season. "Tod" Sloane is the alleged
'angei'' of this undertaking.
! Out of "a new plays produced in New
York in the past three months, 10 are of
American authorship, ID English, 4
| French, 2 German and Dutch. -Four
of the English pieces were acted here be-
fore seen in London
Loie Fuller recently introduced her
| Three new lire uducSs III airs With maj n
ed success. 1t is said that La Loie has a
| contract calling for her appearance in
| Paris for the next six months, for which
| she will receive 100000.
The Celestial Kingdom has now produc-
ed a woman dramatist. She is named
Wionweu and is the author of a masque,
the English title of which is Rewards OF
Virtue and Valor," which has just been
produced in the Chinese theater in New
York
Bernhard was not cordially received in
Vienna upon the occasion of her last
visit. owing to the fact that her roper
tory seemed woefully lacking in novelty.
| The one new production, her much dis
| cussed Hamlet" received very little at
| tention.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-01-18
HOW Hard bees work.

Darwin after close observation found
that a bee would often visit as many
as q flowers in the course of minute.
though with other plants in which the
honey was difficult to extract the aver
age would be as low as seven. Strik-
ing a mean between these two figures,
one may say that an ordinary working
bee visits 10 flowers minute, or 900
an hour. Considering the late hours to
which a bee works, it Is probably no
exaggeration to say that it is busy for
eight hours day, allowing for inter
walls of rest. This would make 1t visit
1900 flowers a day. or 64S,000 in a pc
Rod of six months.
Mr.. A. S. Wilson in recent paper
showed the enormous amount of labor
gone through by bees in making even
a small quantity of honey. He found
that approximately 125 heads of red
clover yield Is grains of sugar, or 1885,
900 heads about two pounds. AS each
head contains some 60 fiorets. it fol-
lows that 100000 distinct flower
tubes must be sucked In order to OBJ
tain two pounds of sugar. Now. honey
contains, roughly speaking. 70 pei, cent
of sugar: therefore the bees must make,
in round numbers, 100000 visits for
one pound of honey.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-01-18
A Penalty For nelng Polite.


1t is more difficult to be polite in the
city of Hamburg than in any other
place in Europe There the most chiy-
Rlrous man has to think twice before
giving up his seat in ear TO lady, as
he may be turned off the car for po-
likeness. It seems that the Hamburg
trolley cars viii seat, according to size,
20 or % persons, 10 to Il on each side.
In addition four persons are allowed
on the front and five persons on the
back platform. When the car is full.
the conductor hangs out sign, Be
setzt," which means occupied, and is
absolutely forbidden to take on another
passenger until some one gets off the
car.
Sometimes, while the conductor Is in
front collecting fares. a lady will step
on the car which is already occupied. =
AS there is no conductor on hand to
prevent her. the lady steps inside, and
the gentleman who may offer her 0
seat comes out and takes his stand on
the platform. When the conductor aft
er going his rounds returns to his post,
he promptly requests the gentleman TO
step off the car as be has forfeited his
seat and the car is fully occupied. !"
Should he refuse to leave the car he IL
put off. The policemen on the streets
are instructed to watch the cars sharp
ly, and if they find a car carries even
one more passenger than its proper
complement the conductor is fined Y
cents. which is paid 60 a charity fund
of the street railway company Phila-
delphia Press
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-01-18
Aotbsrn,s Recitation.

Sir Edward Russell knew e. A. Soth-
ern, the actor. intimately and in bis
hook. saThat Reminds Me, tells many
stories of him.
He was dining at Portsmouth or
somewhere at regimental mess to
which the officers had asked him with
every show of the highest admiration
and with no appearance of social SUI
periority. After dinner, as the party
sat at wine, one of the officers asked
Sothern to give them a recitation. Now,
Sothern abominated that kind of thing,
He wouldn't tolerate being treated
as an entertainer when he was by way
of being treated as gentleman. he
coldly declined. They pressed him
He holly declined. Still they pressed
him. He expressed his feelings. Per
haps the officers were little affected
by wine. At all events they persist.
ed They would take no denial
At last he said in manner which
showed that he was nettled, but vel
yielding: "Well. if you won't lei me
off | must. I'll give you the dinner
scene from David Garrick
He did. He had never acted it bet
ter. They were delighted until spring
ing to his feet he made his wild, tipsy
exit, just as he did on the stage. anc
dragged the cloth off the table ano
with it all the regiments priced des
sert china and decanters and glasses
etc. Great was the smash. The actor
did not wait to be applauded or TO i'm
prove the occasion. The lesson was, in
deed, rough one, and probably only a
man with some roughness in his dar
ing humor would have given it, but il
was quite deserved.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-01-18

Preservation of milk by pressure is
an idea with which agents of the de-
partment of agriculture have been ex-
perimenting. Enormous hydraulic pres
sure has been applied to samples of
milk inelosed in coIlapsible tin tubes,
placed in strong hollow steel cylinders,
the pressures ranging from 100 pounds
to 100 tons per square inch. 1t was
found that at ordinary temperature
milk subjected to pressures of 10 to Is
tons for as many days was sweet at
the end of the test, while at lower pres
sures the souring was not delayed.
Pressures of 80 tons applied for one
hour delayed souring for upward of "a
hours as compared with check samples.
Pressures of 20 to 80 tons for several
minutes to one hour kept milk sweet
from two to seven days When the
temperature of the milk was raised to
40 or TO degrees F., low pressures
gave better results than corresponding
pressures at ordinary temperatures.
Up to the present time It has been inn
possible to completely destroy all the
bacteria by means of pressure. germ
life being particularly tenacious.
Germs of typhoid fever. tuberculosis
and other diseases added TO the milk
for experimental purposes were. not
killed by the application OF 70 to Is
tons for eight days and upwafd Al
together the idea would appear to be
more interesting than practical
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-01-18
Question Is Unanswered.

A certain grocer on the hill has for
some days been looking for the owner
of voice that claimed his attention at
the telephone one busy morning. When
he finds the man, the meeting will fur
nish material for an interesting item.
and the following dialogue explains it.
self:
The Voice Hello, there! Is that you,
Charles?
Grocer Yes.
The Have you any salt fish?
Groceries.
The voice-Is it fresh?
Groceries; came in this morning.
The volce-Cod or pollock?
Grocer-Got both. Which do you
want?
The Voice Well, don't know Is
the pollock good and dry?
Grocer Yes.
The Voice. Well. why don't you give
it drink, then?
At this point the grocer brought the
colloquy to a sudden termination with
a remark that would be out of place in
polite society and therefore unfit for
pubIication.-Po Portland (Or.) Argus
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-01-18
Range Problems.

That the carrying capacity of the
common ranges is rapidly becoming re.
stricted to an alarming degree has long
been evident to practical observers of
the situation. says The Breeders Ga
zette. The causes for this condition
are as evident as the results, but IN
fortunately thus far no solution is
available The common grazing areas
have been restricted by encroachments
of frontier settlers. In some instances
waters recently available for live stock
have been made to do service in irriga-
ton. while reservations for parks and
forest preserves have not been with
out influence TO intensity the difficult
ties Of the situation But more seri-
ously important than all these is the
fact that persistent close grazing has
resulted In diminishing and IN some
localities completely Graduating large
proportions of the annual grasses de-
pendent upon seeding for their repro
ducffon that formerly covered these
ranges. and more acres are now re-
auired for the maintenance of grazing
animals than formerly. while fewer
acres are available.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-01-18

The first thing which strikes the
traveller in China upon his entrance in
to any of the many cities of the Celes-
tial empire is the strings of dried mice
which hang from the roofs of the
houses suspended by their tails. just as
sausages are hung in front of butcher
shops in France.
The Chinese hunt these mice with a
long, sharp pointed knife. which they
plunge into the animals Threats. Then
the mice are suspended by the tails UNI
til the blood has dripped out. when
they are skinned, drawn and smoked.
Another favorite dish with the Chi
nese is dogs feet The feet of black
dogs are considered more of a delicacy
than those OF any other color. and
white dogs are rejected as. being taste
less. Dogs fat. prepared in special
manner, is looked upon as repast fit
for q king.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-01-18

southern raised cattle The natural
method of communication of this germ
is by means of the Texas fever tick.
shaped much like black spider, which
abounds in the south. The disease can
also be induced artifciaIly in suscepti-
bic cattle by hypodermic injection of
infected blood taken from southern
cattle. When a susceptible animal is
inoculated with infected blood, the
germs thus introduced attack the red
blood corpuscles and destroy them in
large numbers This weakens the vital
force of the animal and produces a
large amount OF broken down waste
tissue, which must be eliminated from
the system.
Such condition demands increased
action on the part of the tissues pro
ducing the red blood corpuscles and
larger capacity for carrying off the
waste materials through the liver, kid
neys, spleen and bowels. If the system
of the animal is able to successfully
cope with these exigencies, it will
thereafter be immune to the disease
and able to resist the action of the
fever germ.
It appears that, so far as experiments
have yet shown, the only way of pro-
ducing immunity is through an actual
attack of the disease in as mild form
as possible from either infestation with
ticks or by incubation with infected
blood. 1t is thought that southern
raised cattle become immune while
calves by repeated slight attacks of the
fever. caused by tick infestation.
The Missouri station first made tests
with 81 head of young calves by the
tick infestation method, extending
over three seasons. Several of the
animals that had been well infested
with ticks at the north were sent
south and proved to be immune. But
on account of the necessity of main
tanning quarantined pastures for
using these ticks at the north and the
trouble of hand feeding calves from
nonimmune cows this method will
probably not come into general use
Blood incubation tests were begun at
the same time and have thus far prov
ed to be more practical.
The supply animal may be either
southern raised or one immunized arti-
fcially. The blood is taken from the
jugular vein of the supply animal and
collected in clean vessel. stirring I'M
til the scent is removed. The blood
is then transferred to a hypodermic
syringe and injected in proper guanti-
ties under the skin at the neck or
shoulder of the animals desired to be
inoculated All instruments used in
this work are thoroughly sterilized.
and the blood is used while fresh. The
best plan is to give a comparatively
small dose at first and repeat if neces.
sary.