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he! I haven't had shillings' worth
of flowers in the last five years, hut
he can send bouquets to typewriters.
Well, we'll see about it. Room %, eh!
Land me at that floor
but you won't give me away,
ma'am? l asked.
''Of course not. You've doae me
great favor, and I'm much Obliged to
you and won't bring you Into it.
think l have a little surprise on hand
for James Hopewellr'
She also had one for somebody else.
She walked into room o. and the bou
quet was on Il table and the stenoG-
rapher was at work. The bouquet
went sailing across the room from
blow Of the fat woman's parasol, and
then she stood before the surprised
stenographer and told her what was
what The row lasted ten minutes,
and they had to threaten her with the
police before she would so out. She
went from 80 to II, and what happened
there no one could tell. The brick man
happened to be alone and his wife
locked the door on him and sailed in.
When she came out she went down the
other elevator, and the boy said her
hair was down, her hat broken and
her shirt waist torn in three or four
places An hour later Mr.. Hopewell
asked if l wouldn't please be so kind
as to step up to his office a few min
utes. put my slungshot In my pocket
and prepared to sell my life dearly, but
he met me with a smile and shook
hands He had seven or eight
scratches on his face and had lost con-
siderable hair and half his buttons.
"Sammis," said he, as he handed me
a So bill, this is for the mortgage"
THANK you, sir"
"And others will follow and we shall
be the best Of friends. I'm a little
slow, Sammis, but finally get around
to recognize true merit You've got it
and l want to be friends with you,
Just how you managed to bring about
this little affair l don't know, but
please don't 10 it again. That is, work
it off on some one else. That's all to-
day, my dear boy-ta-ta.'
| went down and told Mr. Rasher all
about it, and though he said he would
not allow any elevator boy to create
disturbance among tenarts, he added
that it was positively wonderful how
my merits were being recognized and
the money rolling in to pay off that
mortgage. Mr.. HopeweH and l are
quite chummy now, and shall be glad
to continue the friendship. When
tenant who has sized me up wrong ad-
mits his mistake and holds out the fra
ternal hand he will always find one
who will meet him half way in Sam
mis-, the elevator boy. M. QUAD.
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THE TILTED ONES PLANT.

In the days of old Ulysses there were sirens. 50
they say,
And the songs they sang were wonderful and
sweet
When they saw sail approaching, they would
sit and sing away
Till the voya2crs were taken off their feet
Till the boats were safely moored
And the voyagers were lured
To the doom the sirens wanted them to meet.
They had faces like the angels that pictured
in the books
They had all the little graces men adore,
But instead Of slim, white fingers, they had ugly,
bony hooks
That they hid among the snowy folds they wore.
And each kiss a siren gave
Sent some victim to his grave
Left some woman mourning on some other shore.
shore today,
And the things they say are wonderful to hear,
And they swoop down on the fellow who goes
wandering that way,
And they whisper things that charm him in his
ear;
Oh, they pet him and cajole
Till they have him, heart and soul
Till some other victim chances to appear
All the flirting of the siren who is sitting by the
Is as fatal as it ever was of yore,
And her kiss is just poison as that others ased
to be,
Though she doesn't kill her victim any more;
All she does is pout and smile
For happy little while,
And then leave his poor heart broken the
shore!
Chicago Times Herald
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To Rival the Sea Serpent.

AS the whale swallowed Jonah, an
ancient patriarch stroked his beard
and gazed out to sea.
Jonah, Jonahr' he shouted, and as
Jonah thumped on the whale to signal
that he had heard, the old man con-
tinued:
Jonah, if you could only induce the
whale to do that little act every after
noon in sight Of the seacoast hotels,
there would be a fortune for some
one"
Thus we see that even in the old days
men recognized a good thing when it
came their way.-Philadelphia In
Ouirer.
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There Are Executions.

81 thought she was such an advanced
woman that she always insisted she
would not give up her name when she
married, but would hyphenate 1t with
her husbands"
"She did say So"
"But she hasn't done it."
mo You see, things sometimes hap
pen very queerly in this world"
'How is that?'
'Her name, you will recall, was
Black, and her husbands name is
Hart. She didn't like the combina-
ion."-Cbicago Post.
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THE ELEVATOR BOY:
HE TELLS OF ONE OF HIS UNIQUE
EXPERIENCES.

In Which the Leading Actors Are y
Brick Agent, the Boy Himself, q
Stenographer, ard the Wife of the
Aforesaid Brick Agent.
Copyright, 1900, by c. B. Lewis.l
When Mr. Hopewell the New Eng
land brick agent, moved into room No
~ a month ago, l wanted to show my
friendly spirit and so l called on him
to see if there was anything l could do.
Eyes. Sammis; there is he replied
as he looked me up and down as if
was only a goldfish. Yes; you can de
something for me by minding your
own business. You look to me like a
very fresh kid, and l am glad to have
the opportunity of telling you that if
you play any of your monkey shines
on me you'll get your neck broken.
That's all, hubby"
"But I'm neither fresh nor tricky"
protested.
'aThen it will be all right. 1t may be
that your looks are deceiving."
"And I'm a fatherless boy, with g
widowed mother and mortgage on
Iuy ud1uS.
"Tm glad to hear 1t, and you needn't
expect any help from me. When !
have any money l don't want, I'll
throw it into the river instead of Civ
ing it over to you. I'm from the gran
tie hills of the Granite State, SammiG.
but there is no moss on my back. Run
along now and keep your face clean"
1 never had a tenant talk to me that
way before, and 1 went down and told
Mr.. Rasher, the agent, what had been
said.
"Well, Sammis," he said after lis
tening to my story, 'there are what
they call nonappreciative men in this
world and Mr.. Hopewell seems to be
one Of them. think you'd better go a
little slow. He is evidently bad man
to deal with. In time perhaps he may
come to recognize your merits at their
full value, but for awhile he will prob
ably be a little distrustful."
l saw that l had Mr.. Rasher's good
will and sympathy, but that didn't
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comfort me altogether. There are ele-
vator boys who can be walked into the
dust, but am not one of them. Mr..
HopewelI had Inundated me, and l
wanted to get even 1t wasn't over
four or five days before a woman came
in and asked for his office. She spoke
in such a way that / knew she was his
wife. She was a mOnstrOus fat WOm-
an, with hands like hams and snub
nose, and there was a look in her eyes
that told me her jealousy could easily
be aroused.
Its awful about these men," | said
as we went slowly up.
What men do you mean| she asked
at once.
Certain men in this building. ma'am.
They are married men, and yet the
way they Girt with the typewriter girls
is something awful If 1 hadn't prom
ised not to say anything, I could tell
your.
"Boy, what could you tell?' she de-
handed as she laid a hand on my
shoulder and began to breathe hard.
uuSu Say MA AN.
''Is it about my husband? If l catch
him flirting, he'll think house fell OBJ
hi1n Is he one of the men who are
cutting up?
l was silent and after a minute she
handed me a quarter and said she
wanted to see me again. When she
came down, she was with her husband,
and both looked mad. AS she left the
elevator she sort of winked at me, and
l knew she'd be back next day. Next
morning l bought a bouquet for 80
cents and sent it in to the stenographer
In room No. so, and two hours later the
fat woman came waddling in. | saw
suspicion in her eye while she was
yet 20 feet away and as she got into
the elevator she handed me dollar
bill and said:
"Now, bub, l want to know about
these men. Do they smile at the type
writer's as they ride up and down"
'"They do, ma'am."
"And they talk with 'em?"
eyes; they whisper behind my back. I"
$50 they whisper, do they? Nice
state OF affairs! And do they go out
to lunch together"
Every day, ma'aAm-
'"They do, eh? | suspected as much.
Now, boy, l want the truth from you.
You must know my husband by sight?'
"Yes'm."
"And is he one of the firters"
1 was silent.
$50 he's flirting with the typewrit-
ers, is her' she said as her breath came
hoarsely He never wants me to
come down and lunch with him, and
the reason is because he's taking some
one else out. Boy, your silence tells
me l am rightp'
"I don't want to get anybody into
trouble" replied, "but if was a mar
ried man l wouldn't send bouquets to
room No. 70. One went there this
morning"
"Ahy Got to sending bouquets, has
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"You say your wife is worth her
weight in gold?''
81 do, sir"
care you willing to pay taxes on her
at that valuatiOnY
This, of course, was bringing things
down to an extremely practical basis,
but it feazed the husband only for q
minute.
my dear sir" he replied, Il am al
ready paying taxes on her at a higher
valuation than that, and she makes
the collections herself. ''-Chicago Post.
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niGerence of Opinion.

THAT fellow" be said, always
seems to come when ne isn't wanted"
"Who doesn't want him, Mr..
Brown" she asked And after less
than minute of thought he reached
the conclusion that possibly he had
made a mistake as to who was not
wanted.-Stray Stories.
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Times-Herald.

Manager-I-er-am sorry to say that
we-er-shall have to dispense with
your services here in London.
Actress-Why? Haven't l acted
splendidly.
nager-Certainly
Actress-Baven't l lost my Jewels
and found them again?
Manager-Y-es.
Actress-Then explain this conduct.
Manager-Well, you have been in
London two weeks and you haven't
become engaged to duke yet.-Syra-
cuse Herald.
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whats the matter now?" asked the
hard up landlord.
Don't you see the plaster's all faller
off the ceiling?" said the tenant.
"Well, now l hope you're satisfied
The first thing you did after moving il
was to complain about the ceilings be
ing too low STRAY Stories.
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Dickens Charm.

"Do you enjoy reading Dickens|
Every much" answered Miss Cay
enne. His works contain so many
odd and villainous characters to whom
it is a pleasure to compare hose we
dislike. "-Washington Star.
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RESOURCES.

''Will you give it up now" demand
ed the scorpion, administering another
sting.
"Neverr' shrieked the centiped,
coming back at it's antagonist gamely.
Never, while l have leg to stand
onp'-Chicago Tribune
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Not His Fault.

Jones-I notice that your uncle left
an estate of half q million.
Brown-It was not his fault if he did.
Jones-HoW do you mean!
Brownie would have taken it With
him if hp could.-DetrOit Free Press.
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FATE OF BIG HORNS.
WHY ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP ARE
ALMOST EXTINCT.

Relentless Hunters and Hard Win
ters Have Caused Them to Disap-
pear From Their Old Haunts--Gov-
eminent Efforts to Preserve Them.
Especial Correspondence
COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 21.-None
among the noble animals OF western
America can claim a higher rank than
the Rocky Mountain sheep, a truly
regal creature, living among the lof-
test crags and precipices of the west
ern mountains and defying capture
and death. 1t is a great pity, there
fore, that it has been hunted to death
with the relentless, inexplicable fury
of the hunter who Stays not for food
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RIue Monday.

eyes, we had quite blowout at our
house early this morning.
Peculiar time for it,
Eyes The new hired girl blew out
the gas in the gas stove, and the gas
blew out the side Of the kitchen. y
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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The Only Loss.

81 believe" said the we'll nearing
man. Gin giving your friend little
wholesome advice whenever the oc
casion arises 1t doesn't cost you any
thing"
at costs you your friend, very
Often. said the wise man.-Philadel
nhia Press.
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Too Busy to Be Lonesome.

''Yeu must be lonely, Smith, while
your folks are away in the country"
ST have no time; | must hustle to
pay the bills" Boston Courier.
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An Angel.

''Do you think / will have any diff
Guilty in learning to float, George" she
asked.
mo, indeed" be replied enthusiast
tically with a little practice, I'm
sure you could fy."-Philadelphia
Press
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BY the Minister.

He-Do you think a fellow ought to
be locked up for stealing kisses?
She-N-no, not just that But [
think he ought to be tied up
SO now they're engaged.-Philadel-
mia Bulletin.
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out of the Mouth of Babes.

TOMMY wonder wedder dis ere Is
q plunt or a beetle?
Bobby-Taste it-Punch.
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In which the Leading Actors Are y
Brick Agent, the Boy Himself, q
Stenographcr, ard the Wife of the
Aforesaid Brick Agent.
Evening journal., 1900-04-10
AN ELECTION IN ELKToN
GEORGE MQUILKEN CHOSEN
MAYOR BY EIGHTY-FIVE MA
JORITY.

GEOHirE NJ Q0lLhEN 0ftOSEN
MAYOR BY EIGHTY-FIVE MA
JORITY.
Elkton. Md. April 1O-The annual
election for mayor and two members Of
the City Council of EllIton was held
yesterday afternoon, and a large vote
was polled. The candidates were: For
mayor, Herman Jeffers aud George Nc
Quilken: for councilmen. II. Frank
Witworth, Alfred Davis and Samuel
H. King.
The contest for mayor was spirited,
McQuilken defeating Jeffers by So ma
jority in a vote of 412.
For councilmen. Samuel II. King and
Alfred Davis were elected. Witworth,
for councilman, did not enter the con-
test until yesterday. Politics cut no
figure in the election.
The vote follows: For mayor, George
McQuilken, 244; Herman Jeffers, l59.
For councilmen, Alfred Davis, 3S1 .
Samuel II. King, 2S4; II. Frank Wit
worth, 1S4.
MI. McQuilken, the mayor-elect. is
one of Elkton's most progressive citi-
zens, being identified with a number OF
leading industries. He is about 50
years of age, and is the owner and pro-
prietor of the Enterprise Machine
Works. He is a stakeholder of the Elk
tom Foundry Company and a member of
the firm of McQuilken e. Carter Paper
Com pany, which operates large pa
per mill near Cherry Hill. He is a ma
tive of Philadelphia and has served
with credit in the City Council for
several years. Mr.. King is at present
a member OF the City Council, havine
been reelected for three successive
terms. Alfred Davis is a new member
OF the Council and is the senior mem
ber OF the firm of Davis q Vinsinger
The new Council will have the cleo
tion Of a city treasurer, chief of DO.
lice and attorney.
TIE new board will be composed OF
Mayor McQuilken. Councilmen Alfred
Davis. Samuel II. King, Harry d. Gar.
rett and William H. Mackall.
John NJ Terrell sold at private sale
the home farm Of Colonel Isaac ID. Da.
Wis. cashier of the Second National
Bank of ElktOn. two miles north ol
llkton, to Eugene Fencht, of New Cas-.
tie, Del. for $4.15O.
Additional census enumerators fol
Cecil county have been recommended
by the Republican State Central Com.
mittee for Cecil county. as follows
First district, Harry Knock. II. E. Tay
lor; Second. Charles W. Lake; Third
Harry Wilson, John r. Mahoney
1nomas S. Miller: Fourth, Isaac Nil
Ter; Fifth, John II. Dean and Jethr,
Johnson; Eighth. Joseph Fulton
Ninth, William Crothers.
| A successful launch of the larg,
barge Baltimore for p. Dougherty 4
Son. OF Baltimore. took place at b. Del
bert's boatyard at Elk Landing yes
terday. The boat is 100 feet long, %
feet in width and has a tonnage of ZOO
Evening journal., 1900-04-10
FOR SALE
Secondhand Machinery.

y you have for sale or wish to buy
anything in the line of secondhand
machinery, boilers, engines, tanks
stacks, pulleys, shafting, pipe and fit
tings, scrap iron and metals, estimates
furnished mills and railways, address
STIRLITH BROS.
WILMINGTON. DEL.
Phones-D. & A. Long Distance, 1901.
Delmarvia, 537.
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ADJUSTMENTS
DOckstader's Theatre.
NontlnnOns NaudeVIlIl
Week Commencing April 9:

Kelley and ViOlette; Miss Norma
Wills & Co; George II. Carr and Emily
Jordan; Charles Duncan; Clark and
Candy; Nick Hughes; Kelley and ST.
Clair; The Cineograph.
Admission always the same, 10, 20. soc.
Evening journal., 1900-04-10
DEATH OF A. ]. GREENLEE.

Denton, Nd, April 1O.-Arthur J.
Greenlee. aged 76 years, died at his
home on the road leading from Dem
ton to Greensboro, on Sunday. from
heart trouble. He was an influential
and highly respected citizen of Caro-
line county and by close attention TO
his farm duties had accumulated a
comfortable fortune. He was elected
10 the office Of county commissioner on
the democratic ticket in 1875 and
served two years. He was unpreten-
tious, Industrious and thoroughly hon
est enjoying more than the average
confidence and esteem Of his neighbors
and friends. He leaves four grown
children-William n, Annie v, Ben
Jamin I. and Mrs. Owen c. Carey
Evening journal., 1900-04-10
RESCUE FROM DROWNING.

Havre de Grace, Md, April lO.-Cap-
ain e. T. Mitchell. who is employed on
the fishing float Of Coulahan & Hogan,
mile and quarter east of the bat
cry FISH Matching station. at the mouth
OF the Susquehanna river, reports that
he, assisted by William Mauldin. res
cued two men and boy from drowning
on Thursday Of last week. The men
Taylor Boyd and John KaywoOd-and
the boy were capsized in a gilling skin
some distance from the float and were
seen from the float. The wind was
blowing gale from the northwest. and
they report that the boy could have
held out only short while longer
when he was rescued The party were
taken to the float and provided for over
night.
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Personal.

TALL, good-loOking widOwer. nice
home. prosperous, has $4,000; desires
a wife who would appreciate kindness
and generosity. Address MR.. DAVID,
box %, st. Louis, Mo.
Evening journal., 1900-04-10
CARE OF A LEPER
JOHN ANDERSON MAY BE ADMIT
TED TO THE MARINE HOSPITAL.

TED TO THE MARINE HOSPITAL.
Media, April 10.-Miss Minnie d.
Coates, OF Chester, who has been inter-
ested in the welfare Of the leper, john
Anderson, who is in the pest house at
the Delaware County Poor house. has
been quietly working to have the af-
flicted man sent to the Marine Hos
pital. Under the law. an immigrant
who has been a resident of the United
States over a year, if he was a leper
when he came can be deported or turn
ed over to the officials OF his own cOun-
try. John Anderson was q leper I'm
Sweden, and the marine service must
care for him II he cannot be deported
Taking advantage of this act, Miss
Coates elected the help Of DR.. A. g.
Ashmead, the New York leperologist
who says, in a letter received yester-
day John Anderson told me that he
was a leper before he left Sweden to
20 to England, and that the health au-
thorities at Dover, England, who had
him arrested when he landed there, had
let him go and paid his passage tc
Liverpool, with the understanding that
he was to ship to New York
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Total
DIED.

CONNOR.-In this city. on April S.
1900, Annie daughter of Edward and
Bridget ConnOr, aged 12 years.
Relatives and friends are respectful
ly invited to attend the funeral We'd
nesday morning at 9 o'clock. from the
residence Of her parents. No. 200 East
Fifth street High mass at st. Mary's
Church lnterment Cathedral Gene
| tery.
Evening journal., 1900-04-10
GROCERIES
OUR EASTER GREETING.

The specials we have arranged for
this week are especially adapted to
the season. We have lowered the
prices as much as possible, our regular
prices are invariably closer to the ac-
tual lowest cost prices than those in
any other store. 1t is to your interest
to buy all you can here because you
always save money. t-,l
NOTE THIS WEEKS SPECIALS:
Green Acre Easter Hams
are the most celebrated
Hams in the city; for years
they have been giving the
most thorough satisfac- ~ .,
ton, size to 10 lbs. Price IZc 10
Large size Fancy Ruby
Prunes, sweet, tender and IN IL
meaty..... 900. ....... 'NS ~
Hanscom's Fancy Flour,
milled from the choicest
wheat, 1-16th, 2Sc.; 18th, A< IN
Soc; barrel... ... ..... 04. ~
Kearsarge White Cher
ries, the very finest Cali 90 or
fornia fruit, 2Sc. can..... pOsOO
dozen
McIarens Imperial
Cheese, a delicious cheese n
in a white porcelain jar. VC
HanscOm's Cloudy Am
mOnia, 18-degree strength.
If you don't believe it's n
strong, try it. Pint bottle OC
Baked Red Kidney
Beans, 2-lb can, very deli o.
eious, rich flavor. .... OC
Smoked Halifax Salmon 20c ID
Easter Chimes, a deli
cate, rich, bell-shape cake,
highly favored with va
Mia, made especially for 10 n
Easter. -. .... ..... e. fGS ~
Small Bird Eggs, dainty,
small and delicious in
cream and jelly, assorted M II
iiavOrs. ... 80. ........ iON ~
HANSCOM'S, seVOntHM HMs4Eot sHS street.
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MAN INJURED in RUNAWAY.

Dover. April 10.-J c. Cruel, living
near Willow Grove. was badly injured
yesterday afternoon in runaway
along the line of the new trolley road
at Cooper's Corner. Mr. Cruel was
home, when the tongue slipped up.
frightening the animals into a mad
dash down the road, throwing him
out. Dr. ]. II. Wilson was summoned
to the roadside and attended to the
mans injuries, after which he was
sent TO his home
Evening journal., 1900-04-10
BuSINf IS NOTICES

LADIES' SPRING Jackets altered
and lined. Dress Skirts altered, faced
and bound at Kings. 615 Orange street.