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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14

Is much simpler than is sometimes supposed.
Health depends chiefly upon, perfect digestion
and pure blood. AMI the problem is solved very
readily by Hoods Sarsaparilu. YOU may keep
well by taking It promptly for any stomach OF
blood disorder. Its cures of scrufula, salt rheum,
catarrh, dyspepsia, rheumatism aud other dis
eases are numbered by the thousands.
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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14
POLITICS IN OLD ST. GEORGES
Interest in Democratic Nomi-
nation for Governor.
COLUMBUS WATKINS A FAyORlTe
DR.. T. H. Gilpin and Clerk OF
the Peace Foard. NIX

Peter j. Ford Also Has Many Followers
Contest for the Democratic Nomination
for Represcnfative-The,D Democrats VIII
Garry Everything IN the Lower Part of the
County. 4r
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14
400 MILE PIGEON FLY.
Wilmington Birds Make Excellent Time

Wilmington Birds Make Excellent Time
on "a Long Journey.
The birds of the Wilmington district of
the national association were shipped
Nav 31st to Statesville, N. c., a distance
of 400 miles, and liberated last Wednes-
day at 5.15 a. m. The following are the
first arrivals at each loft, which is very
good time, considering that the birds were
confined in baskets for week, owing to
threatening weather:
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14

The young man who embraces his
best girl shows his love in a round
about way.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14

Mistress Kitty Bellairs, the reigniDg
toast of Bath, the prettiest woman, in
the estimation of her admirers, in all
England. and the wittiest, laughed
low to herself, then rose from her chair,
took her tall friend by the shoulders,
and walked her up to the mirror.
= "Look at YOURSELF" said che, land
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14

The iavorite family cathartic is Hoods Pills.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08
More Gold From Sea Water.

The new gold-from- sea water scheme
of British inventor consists in the
construction of a shallow reservoir on
a chalky coast.
a ball-valvc would open at high tide.
allowing the water to enter with such
force as to scour the bottom of the
reservoir and stir up the slu,lge, and
the discharge would be gradual
through an outlet just above low
water mark. 1t is claimed that the
gold would adhere to the sludGe, set
Ting with it in the reservoir.
AS each ton of sea water is assumed
to contain from two to five grains of
gold, 1t Is easy to figure for such a
reservoir valuable accumulation OF
precious metal which would be OBJ
tanned periodically. by fusion OF dis
solving the chalk in acid.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08
AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT.
Found Frozen Snake and dubbed I
Hungry Hear to Death With IT.

Found u Frozen Snake and dubbed n
Hungry Hear to Death With 1t.
They had been talking Of snakes.
speaking of snakes" said n man
whose manners and attire smackcd
strongly of the West. ~ cold snap and
snake saved my life once when !
was prospecting in Northern Texas. !
had been out and got lost in the noun,
tains, and l reckon l would have
starved IL 1t hadn't been for the change
in the weather and the snake. You've
heard about the northcrs in Texas that
come down with n rush and change a
summer day In autumn to freezer
from Frcezeville, haven't you? Well,
1t was that kind of n thing that caught
me. was stumbling along about dead
one day ut noon among the cliffs,
scared half to death all the time at
two snakes that were stretched on the
rocks summing themselves. l hadn't 50
much MS n st ick to dofcnd myself "it1i,
and l was kept on the watch every
minute. All at once, before l or the
snakes knew what was happening, the
sky cloudcd up and norther swept
down on u.s. 7 made my way to a cave
had noticed nearby, and getting far
back into 1t, kept from freezing, but
l could not have fire because there
wasn't any timber up there on the
| mountains.
EARLY the next morning I got up
and concluded to make for the valley.
where somebody might find my dead
body. anyhow, after the starving had
finished me- 1t was colder than Alaska,
and hadn't gone more than hundred
yards before a big gray wolf sneaied
out of cave just beyond me and came
after me. l gave up then, for I was
weak as a kitten and had nothing to
fight with, but l couldn't help making
some kind of q show, and l looked
around to get any old thing to hit the
wolf one lick, when l noticed snake
on n fiat rock, frozen hard. l grabbed
it Just as the wolf got near enough to
grOwl, and as he came at me hit him
n threc-basc hit with that ball club Of
n frozen snake that knocked him silly.
| IL WIS u Suuitlc OHc, llSht VII 'iit Jt " '
and he kcelcd over like Il log. Then
hoped on him and thumped the life
out of him.
"Wolf meat isn't prime eating, but
anything will do for a starving man,
and it wasn't long till had sliced q
meal Off him with my pcnknifc, and
making Il Decline for the valley, where
there were some trees, soon had fire
and the wolf meat cooking OH it. That
saved my life, and gave me enough
strength to go back and cut off his
hams, which l carried away with me
and lived OH for two days longer, when
I was picked up by some other pros
pcctors and restored to my friends.
Nowadays, when l see n snake, l al
ways have n very friendly feeling for
him. whether he is frozen or not
Detroit Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08
"COtton" Made of W God.

A French technical paper gives some
particulars of new process FOR IN"
manufacture of artificial cotton,
which resembles somewhat the meth
od of making silk from wood, which
has met with some success III late
years. Logs of pine are spit up mo
fine splntcrs, and treated with steam
in large lrad-lincd vessels, and then
for 30 hours With soda hisulphitr I'M
der Il pressure Of 43 pounds. The re-
sulting pulp is washed, bleachrd, ana
compressed. The pure ccllulose is
then heated again, and mixed with
zinc chloride, hydrochloric acid, ana
acrtic acid to which some castor on,
cnsrin, and grlatinr are added. the
pasty mass is highly compressed by
Il piston and forced through dic'
from which it energies rs Il thread.
The threads are stepped III Soda
dried on cylinders, and wound Oh
bobhins.-'rhc Engineer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08
The Tongue In lsirds.

Our own woodpeckcrs show perhaps
the most wonderful piece of mcchan-
ism from natures workshop, Il tongue
of great length, packed away at the
back of the head, coiling and uncoil-
ing with the force Of a spiral spring.
barbed and sticky at the tip What IL
terrible searcher of the grubs that Turk
behind the tree bark! In Il couple of
woodpeckers. species that chiefly fcet'
on the sweet maple say, this compli'
Gated apparatus is dispensed with.
The brush tongue of the tories Is, of
course. associated with the process of
sucking nectar from deep flowers. and
| have already remarked on the pres
cncc of such tongue in the kea and
on the possibility of its falling. now
that it is no longer needed, into disusc,
New York Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08
Animal Kingdom, In Stone,

The tale of natural history in charms
and pins is an old one, but now the
fnscinatlonS OF the animal world are
transferred to the hat pins. which, this
summer, bid fair to be quite another
thing from the ball or oval topped af-
fair TO which we are accustomed. An
elephant of shaded red gold, with its
trunk gracefully rounded up and
tipped with a pearl, which seems
about to disappear into the animars
mouth, is one instance Of the new Or
der; a parrot in gold and enamel. with
a pearl in its bcak, is another. A
golden turtle has cmcralGs set in its
shell and a second member of the tor
tose tribe is pave with pearls; bril-
liantly cnamcilcd dragon flies. with
cleaning metallic-hucd wings. have
their slender bodies pave with bril-
liants or pearls; swallows, perfectly
modelled, are in silver or gold, and
unique as anything In the array is a
life-sized grasshoppcr with natures
colorings achieved in combination
of shaded silver, gold AID enamei.-
jewelers. Circular Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08
American Athletes in London.

At the Stamford Bridge meeting III
London the American athletes 'hp'
turcd eight of the eleven contests III
which they competed against wv
picked athletes of England, ireland
Scotland, Australia and India. rms
is the most remarkable performance
in the history of athletics. The A'h'rf
cans were beaten only in the distance
runs and walks, spccialities III when
the modern American athlete mas TAX
IN little interest in the last Few years
Americans won every one OF 'ne h'''
contests, won the Qunrtrr-milr hurhl'S
and finished first, second ana th'ru !"
the lOo.yard dash, the standard slr''''
ng distance recognized all over the
world. The Erg'ishmcn, however,
| knew they were safe in the d'S'a"''
running, and expected tn break ntl'nSt
even ON thr field events. When they
failed to capture single event on '"v
green they were nearly dumbtonha'"'
From the standpoint of running
form and field form. the BrltiShrrS are
not in il. Their runners do NOT carry
| thrmsplvS with grace, whether us r''
CARDS position of body, use OF arms OF
swing of gait. At tn" hurdles 'h'F
were decidedly awkward. Their mr'll
cds reminded one of the style oi hu'H
ling so common here in the 'SilS. ll,'N
clear the hurdles high in the am
making Il strained leap over rnrh'
while Krucnzlcin treats each barrier
simply rs an incident in his run. WIN
th, nolc tllry are far behind. Their
method of vaultng, outside their lorh'
in the high jump was antique. lh'!
lose several inches as result oi Keep
ing their bodies too uprisht.-ChlcaSo
Times Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08
Autumn Cloths.

The coming of autumn makes the
necessity for choosing materials for
coolweather apparel an imminent one.
Especially is it important for intend
ing home drcssmakcrs to make selcc-
tions early, and to be equipped with
information that will enable them to
know how to do this wisely. There are
fewer actually new weavcs in the pres
cnt season than have been seen in
several years. Poplins are favOrably
talked Of and prunclles, whipcords,
and Venetian cloths are to be among
the best fabrics employed by conscrv-
alive tailOrs. plain-tOncd effects in
cloths and embossed grounds in silks
may be said to represent the two
classes of goods Cloths will be seen
in wide range Of cOlors, including
tans that are almost as pale as cream,
and deep. rich, brown, blue and green.
The hair-lincd striped cloths that have
figured SO popularity in mems garments
will be adopted generally for the more
mannish tailor gowns, but the satin
faced Venetian cloths, pruncllcs, and
sublimes-the last silk warped and
cffcctivc-are to lead in fancy after
noon cloth gowns. Cancels hair, plain,
flccked, and suggested plaid effects
will also be plcntfully used. Chcviots
and sergcs will, as usual, lead in ia
vor for smart utility gowns that are
to do service for the morning walk
or shOpping.-IIarpcrs Bazaar.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08

Trials have been made in France
relative to the best method of building
dynamite magazines. One was con-
structed to hold 100 pounds of dyna-
mite. A gallery of communication
ffty-five inches in height and width
was bent twice like a hand brace and
mt the outlet ended in the safety auto
matte plugging device. This con-
sisted, says The Engineering and Min
ing Journal, of a prolongatiOn Of the
gallery through mass of cement
poured into an excavation made
around it, In front of this channel
the plug, which is Of cylindrical shape,
forty eight inches in height and width,
is placed. Two thirds of its length Is
made Of cardboard, or, rather, leather
board, and the remainder of wood.
The contents were fired by electricity;
a dull report was heard, and after n
few minutes smoke was observed to
be issuing from the orticc, and the c1-
pertinent was declared to be success
ful
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08
al DIS AS c.lwN-Y SWEEPS.
Their Good Woih h-,uguiI ii by the In
suruucc Companies OF Maine.

Their Good woIN nr,"gnil'd by the In
suraucr Companies OF Maine
Fire insurance companies doing
business in Maine are reluctant 10
take risks on farm buildings that
stand on dry hillsidcs, where the
wells run low in midsummer ana
water must be- hauled some distance,
The companies demand premium OF
per cent. II year ON this kind OF prop
crty, and some agents will not as
sumo the risk ut any price. Nearly all
the farmers use wood for fuel TINS
fills the chimncys with SCOT, when
burns like finder when Il fire gets IN
to the tucS. Most of the farmhouse
fires occur in August and September.
The chimney catches fire ana the
blazing cindcrs, falling on the diE
shingles, soon start blaze that Is be-
yOnd control.
The farmers who live in large towns
complain bitterly about the policy oil
the insurance people. They help To
pay for the wntcrworlS and tire dr'
partment that are supported by the
towns. hut because they live away
from the village they derive no hrnc'
fit from the outlay \ few years ago
/ dcspairng of getting redress from the
old companies, the farmers went over
| in n body to the insurance lurhlSh'o
by the Grange This action wok" III
the insurance people, who have since
been trying to win back the seeding
| patrons.
In the course of their investigation
into the causes of fires the agents
| learned that thrccquartcrs OF INC
damage wrought in Maine farm
| houses was due to fire in tn" chimli'ES
spreading to adjacent woodwork, lhrA
also discovered that chimnryS IL
| which the DroMn' "o"'ft" ~ chimney
swallows built their nests ana rtnrr'
their young, seldom or ever chush'
fire. the wings of the birds i'll thrll
passage M and down the tlucs Srrv
ing as broomS to sweep the SCOT away
so there was nothing in which tht
fire sparks could catch. since TINS
discovery the companies have agreed
to take houses that are tcnAntcu hN
chimney swifts mt the old rates, bu
they will not consider an oifrr from
home where the birds do not dwell
| New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08
FAMOUS MASON AND plxoN's LINE.
To lie Re,urvcycd by Maryland and tho
Landmark. Restored.


The Legislature of Maryland has
appropriated II sum of money for the
resuryey of Mason and DiXon's line
and the restoration of the landmarks,
many of which have been removed
contrary to scripture. This work VIII
he done by the state geological com
mission in connection with n comlhis'
sion appointed and paid by the state
government of Pennsylvania ana by
the United States geological survey.
The original running of Mason ANA
DiXon's line was done according to
the terms of the final agreement ne
tween the Cnlvrrts and Penns, con
cludcd In 1860 after protracted neGo-
tintions. There was conflict in the
grants of Maryland ana Pennsylvania.
The Pcnns had fri"ndS mt court ana
Calvert was finally coercrd into con-
ccding everything Penn demanded ana
this concession cost him the richest
portion Of his domain. The line be-
tween Maryland and Pennsylvania
was begun In 1860 by II commission
appointed for that purpose. Inc pro-
urirtors of the two colonies b'ch'h"
impatient ut their slow progress ana
agreed to engage Charles Mason ana
james Dixon to complete the work.
Both Penn and Calvert were IN Lon
don ut the time, and they there en-
gagged these two men, whose names
have become so famous IN connec-
ton with this historic line, for so
mnny wears the dividing line between
the fire." states and tn" slave states OF
the Union. The two surveyors arrived
in philadelphia November 10, l'"t'
and began their survey early the Io''
lowing spring. Through the forests
tlry cut n vista" eight feet wide ana
set up IL stone ut the end OF ehcI hliie.
Every fifth stone was larger than the
others and had on the north size the
arms of Thomas and Richard Penn
and on the south face the arms or
Frederick Lord Baltimore. one or
these Is preserved In Baltimore ny
the Maryland Historical society, ana
some vet stand in their original places
and are cared for by the authorities.
The intermediate stones are smaller
and have the letter "P'' on the north
and M" on the south face.
The removal of many of the his
toric landmarks has left the bound
nry line between Maryland and Penn
sylvnnia in doubt in places. and 1t Is
to remedy this, as well as to prrprtn-
ate the historic line, that the Lcgis-
laturc has provided for this rrsurvry.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08
Tho GrnY Haired Woman.

What a mistake women often make
in dyeing the hair. The woman of
gray hairs is often much more attract
i've than in her youth. Hair prcma-
turcly gray is not desirable, of course,
but when the skin Is whitening and
wrinkling, the color leaving the lips
and the curves of chin and cheek turn
ing to angles, gray hair has n wonder
fully softening influence. Dyed hair
on an elderly woman plays havoc with
the complexion, bringing out sallow
touches that almost verge on green
and giving repellent hardness Of
expression to the eyes. A dark wig
is mOnstrosity that ought to make
an elderly person eligible for the asy-
lum for the Predetermined. Nature is
the best artist, when all Is said, and
any tampering with her painting in
Il normally healthy body is fatal to
good looks. White haired women, too.
have lavish possibilities of picturesque
ness in their hands in these kindly
days. No longer must they wear sober
black or hideOus purple Pearl gray,
delicate violet, pastel blue and white.
all are permitted by fashion and good
taste to the white-haired woman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08
WITH YOU AND THE DREAMS.
CA Song).

CA Song).
I.
The darkness is with mc-my love, my
own;
The stars have lost their beams,
But feel "A touch, and hear tonc;--
I'm with YOU and the dreams,
And iaircr and dcarcr this sad life seems
With you ard The beautiful dreams
IT,
Here, in this dcsolatc, GhostIy room,
There are II rmorcs, tokens and cleans
OF days that are dead, and OF sweet
words said:-
I'm with you and the dreams!
How sing the birds and the sea swept
streams,
with you and the beautiful dreams!
ILL.,
j. life all dreaming? know not, dear!
But whatever it Is or seems,
Thankful, the bittercst cross ] near
II I'm only with you and the dreams!
If I'm only with YOU, in the dark or tho
CLEANS
With YOU and the beautiful drcamr
Frank l.. Stanton, in the Atlanta Con-
stltution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08

The latest fashion in fancy work
Is to cover Il cushion with design Civ
ing coat-of-arms. The family arms
may be cmblazoncd in cross stitch
with crewel or Berlin wood upon one
side of sofa pillow No one will in
Quirc too closely II the family have
a right to bear arms, although ridicu-
lous mistakes are made by those who
are ignorant of the rules of Heraldry.
"a little knowledge" of 1t Is partic-
ularly dangerous, so it is quite us well
to take deep drink from the Picrian
spring, WINE you are about 1t. You
will please the collcgian of the family
by cmbroidering mot his nitials) but
the arms of the university, which is
his alma mater, upon a cushion. This
will look we'll on the divan in his
dormitory or in his own room at home.
Get the design correct and have it
stamped upon the canvas. 1t will
then be an easy and agreeable matter
to trace 1t out. This is pleasant fancy
work to have in hand in summer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08
Enormous pent1ululns.

The only structures in Japan which
seem to he earthquake proof are the
pagOdas, which are erected before the
temples. There are many which are
seven or eight hundred years old and
as solid as when first built.
There Is a reason for this and it lies
in their construction. a pagoda Is
practically frame work Of heavy
timbers, which starts from a wide
base, and is in itself substantial
structure, but is rendered still more
stable by peculiar device. Inside the
framework and suspended from the
apex is Il long, heavy beam of timber
two feet thick or more. This hangs
from one end of the four sides; four
more heavy timbers, and if the pagoda
be very lofty, still more timbers, are
added to these. The whole forms an
enormous pendulum, which reaches
within six inches of the ground.
When the shock of an earthquake
rocks the pagoda the pendulum swings
in unison and keeps the centre Of
gravity always ut the base of the
framework. Consequently the cIuilb-
rum of the pagoda is never disturbed,
and this Is the explanation of the
great age of many of them, when
from their height one would suppose
them to be particularly susceptible
to the effects of the earthquake.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08
ILLINOIS FIRST CAPITAL.
Tho Mississippi River Has Washed IL
Nrorlv All AWAY,

Tho Missi Ssippi River Has washed IL
Nearly All Away.
The last remaining vcstig' OF what
remained of KaSkaSkia. once the capt.
tai of this state and the metropolis OF
the west. will have disappeared III
"A few weeks. rs there are only lew
hundred feet of the corporate limits
of the old town left. and at the rate
the Mississippi is caving ii in that VIII
I'LL b, washed away.
Since the mississippi cut through
the peninsula above the old town IN
1852. and formed II jun, ton with tn
Knskaskia or Okaw river, eight miles
above the place where it originally
rmpticd into the Mississippi, the
waters have been washing away the
land upon which the town stood.
The residence of Gov. Bond. the
| first governor of TIL" state of ILLINOIS,
was washed into til" river three years
ago, and all til" buildings. with their
Quaint. old-faShioncd French ..hrch-
lecture, have one by one followed III
! the wake. until now a few ruins over
hanging the brink of the river are al
that remains of what was once II city
of 5000 inhabitants. the first capital
of Il territory and later of Il state.
The church of knskaskin was torn
down and removed several years ago,
and last fall the ground on which 1t
stood was washed into the river. I'll"
old grHvcynrds, three in number. con
tanned thousands of Kasknskin's dead,
but great many of them were dis
Inferred and removed to new Gene
tnry on the bluffs opposite the Old
town through the efforts of ex-senator
Rickprt. who introduced a bill for
that purpose in the state legislature.
Those now rest where the relentless
waters connot reach them. but many
were left behind and washed out by
| the river.
The end of Kaskaskin closes an
epoch in the history of the west, fol
with its disappearance the most lm
portant landmarks of French coloni
zation in the middle west will have
Disappeared Chicago lntcr-Occan.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08

Mr.. Trcves. the great surgeon. in his
lecture to medical students at tho
opening of the new club rooms III the
London Hospital is reported to have
said that genius, he took it, was
some form of neurosis. an uutabulatcd
nervous disease. The few persons of
genius re had known had been OK
cecdngly impossible persons, and if
there was one profession where gcnilS
was out of place it was the medical
profession. The thing which in that
and one vcry peculiar faculty that Of
close observation. London Spccta or.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-08

Many of the farmers of the neigh
borhood surrounding Toledo, Ohio,
have had special wagons built for
sending the produce 10 market. The
wheels of these wagons are fitted to
run on electric lines. The farmers
load the wagons and drive them to
the nearest trolley line when a motor
car picks them up, one after another,
and hauls them to the city. The City
Council of Toledo has granted the
right to run these wagons over the
city street railway tracks AS the haul
ing is done mostly in the night time 1t
intcrfcrcs very little with city traffic.
American CultivatOr.