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Evening journal., 1901-08-12
The Pan-American's the Thing

As at the present time everyone
has but but one thing in mind, and that
is the Pan-American Exposition at
Buffalo, the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway Company beg to announce a
few of their lOw-rate excursions. as
well as tickets which can he procured
every day at greatly reduced rates, also
Summer resorts with a stOp-over at
returning by various routes. as well
as tickets to a number of the popular
Summer resorts with a stop-Over at
Buffalo and numerous other points Of
interest You will do well by consult
ing Philadelphia and Reading Railway
ticket agents or addressing G. b. Kauff-
man, travelling passenger agent. city
ticket office. No. IA North Sixth street.
Reading, before purchasing your tick
cts via other routes, as there is no
doubt but what you can get the very
thing YOU are looking for The seven
ca day coach excursions viii be run on
August z, Is, %. %, September 3. II,
rs, "a, The rate from Wilmington will
be $40 for the round trip. Ten OOl
day dickots on sale every day at rate
OF SASS: also season tickets to Mag
ara Falls good to return until No
vember 30. with stop-over at Buffalo
side trip to Watkins Glen and Rochos-
ter. SIS for the round trip. Rates for
tickets going one way and returning
another by rail or water furnished on
application.
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
rhe poctor.s IndIrcretion.

"There is no profession which {
for the use of more discretion than
profession of medicine" remarke
we'll known physician Of this
"Just TO give you an instance:
Il came home late one evening q
a very busy day and was told by
Office hoy that a certain Mrs. S.
called me up three times on the
phone. AS her young hopeful had S
let fever and l was afraid he had ia
a sudden turn for the worse, 1 got
trail to connect me with her h
without delay.
1.-The missus has gone to bed,
said the voice of a maid in reply,
she was so anxious to know If
could wash Tommy's face
Il called back that she had better
the nurse IL it was dirty. Now
have another ctor."-New York
and Express.
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
FLOWERS AND WILD VEGETABLES
THAT GROW ALONG THE RIVER

Down by the river or along the
creeks side, where these August DAYS
we go for a Whit of the freshness which
Nature sends into the world by the
waterways, the arrowhead displays its
pretty white flowers amid rustlina
leaves whose characteristic shape gives
the plant it's popular name This plant
which is distributed throughout our
country from ocean to ocean and from
British America to the Rio Grande has
"a special interest in that its tuberous
roots furnished the North American
Indians with an important part of their
diet The tubers are like the potatoes
"on Maumee;" they grow small-that
is, they are about the size of a hens
egg. They can be eaten either boiled
or roasted, and the collection of them
from the muddy depths of the waters
in which they grow was reduced to a
science by the tribes of the Pacific
coast There. according to Lewis and
Clarkes narrative. the Indian women
would push light canoes into the ponds
where the arrOw-heads grew. and,
standing in the water up to their
breasts. would work the tubers loose
with their toes. Thus released the
roots would float Immediately to the
surface of the water, where they would
be gathered and thrown into the canoes
to be transported ashore to the camp
fire.
ARROW ARUM AND GOLDEN CLUB.
The waters indeed supplied the In
dams with many of their vegetables.
Thus. besides the arrowhead, there is
somewhat similar plant which we
know as the arrow arum and which is
abundant all along the shores of the
Delaware. 1t has a very large root,
which when roasted the Eastern red
man found much to his taste. So. too,
the golden club, whose yellow spikes
of bloom are so familiar a sight in the
streams and swamps of southern New
Jersey in May, was a most important
food plant of the Indians. It's roots
were boiled, but it required about half
a day in the pot to render them fit to
eat The seeds also, which are about
the size of marrOw-fat peas, were util-
lied for food, boiling making them even
more palatable than the roots.
WATER CHINQUAPIN AND WILD
RICE.
Still another water liant of the abO-
riginal menuwas the water chinquapins,
of which the only known plantation in
this vicinity is in a pond near Woods
town, ~ j. In the West it is. or at
least used to be, very abundant
noble plant akin to our white water
lily and to the Egyptian lotus. 1t bears
tubers somewhat like the sweet potato,
and according to the testimony Of those
who have tried it, of a very similar
taste. The seeds. too, are of a pleasant
flavor and very nutritious
The wild rice. abundant in river
swamps all about Wilmington. and fur
the favorite food of the devoted
reed birdwas also drawn upon by the
Indians to exc out their bill of fare
This is the tall stately grass with tas-
sells of boom like corn, which we have
all doubtless observed from the win
dows of our train as it speeds through
the suburbs of Camden en- route for the
seashOre.
Humber beauties are the common
cat-tails. which are marshaled, millions
Of them, side by side in roadside
swamps and marshes everywhere. When
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
MONDAY. AUGUST IL, 1901.
MIppLETOWN MILITANT

As result OF industry mountains
have been leveled and valleys have
been exalted before IT, The rocky soil
has been broken and turned into fertile
glades. II has crowned the hilltop with
verdure and bound round the feet Of
ocean with ridges OF golden grain. IL
has leveled the forest and turned Il into
first, the log cabin villages. and then
the country town and afterwards the
city IL has made Middletown what IL
is to-day. and here we may say we are
enjoying a degree Of prosperity not ex-
celled by any other town. In our midst
we have several industries employing
a number OF hands and turning out
goods which are shipped all over the
country. and which favorably advertise
our little city wherever the product
goes.-Middletown Transcript.
Now we like that kind Of talk: It is
optimism exalted. We also like the
poetic vein in which Il is written. 1t
suggests that MINISTRY does more
than turning log hins into villages"
lit makes bright newsy papers and
writes breezy, picturesque editor
ais. II Il wasn't for the Levy Court
Middletown would be a subject Of envy.
But before such buoyancy a little mat
ter like taxation is not regarded.
HAIL Middletownl Here's wishing you
continued prosperity and may the pen
OF the Transcript editor never refuse to-
give down its ink
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
a JossHoysET7ss1,ssss 2.
Fen Picture OF the One In San Fran
ciacO,a Chinese ouortar

A.JossHoUsE a 2,
Fen Picture OF the One. In San Fran.
ciscO's Chinese Quarter.
In one corner is a miniature wooden
warrior, frantically riding a fiery steed
toward joss who stands in his door
way awaiting the riders coming. A
teapot Of unique design, filed with
fresh tea every day, and very small
cup and saucer are always ready for
the warrior. This represents a man
killed in battle, whose noble steed
missing his master, refused to eat and
so pined away and died. A welcome
is assured to Them in the better
land if the work Of man can accom-.
plish it. The horse and rider are re-
them (the Chinese) what the images of
saints are TO Christians. In another
corner is a tiny bowl Of water. The
gods occasionally come down ant
wash. At certain times Of the wear di
rect questions are written on slips oil
paper and put into the hands of ond
of the greatest josses. These disapI
pear, and then the joss either mods o Il
shakes his head in answer.
On the altar or affairs are severa
brass and copper vessels, in which tn,
worshiper leaves a sandalwood punI.
burning in such a position that thE
ashes will fall on the fine sand in tn
vessel. When one of these is full, it / 4
emptied into an immense bronze vas
on the balcony, and this, in turn, /
emptied into the ocean. The Chimes
take good care of their living and ney
er forget their dead. Once a year, tn
fourteenth day Of the seventh montl
they have a solemn ceremony by whlc
they send gold and silver and cloth t
the great army Of the departed.
A furnace is a necessity in a joss
house. 1t is lighted on ceremonl;
days, and paper representing clotl
gold and silver is burned, the ashes
the materials being, in their mind
useful in spirit land. Private familiC
send to their relatives and friend
whatever they want by throwing Il
gold, the silver and the cloth pape
also fruits, into fire built I'm the sire
in front Of their houses. The days
worship come on the LIST and 10Th
each mOnth.-Modern Culture.
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK
About NoIseIess Powder

I'VE have had several proposals by
alleged inventors looking toward the
manufacture of a noiseless or sound
less powder" said the acting chief Of
the bureau Of ordnance of the War
Department, but they never came to
anything None OF them had any
samples to submit and consequently no
tests have ever been made of sound
less powder
Every once in a while some one
thinks how nice it would be if there
was a sOundless powder and writes to
us to know IL we would like to have
such an article and that is as far as
it ever goes. Personally, / do not think
that it is possible to produce such an
article All explosions produce con-
cussion and conclusions produce sound
waves. Even in the pneumatic guns
there is more or less noise, as well as
the blOw-pipes used by savages. There
are two sources OF sounds i'm connec-
ton with the explosion of powder in al
gun; the impact of the gases with the
atmosphere and the sound waves pro-
duced by the cOncussion in the barrel
of the gun. The metal is moved and al
noise is produced This noise might
NC i'oo'ith vi even prevented DN the
wrapping of the gun with an insulat-
ing material, but l doubt If that would
be practicable, as the increase in the
size Of the weapon would prevent itsI
use. | see no way of preventing HheI
sound waves concurrent with the i'm
pact Of the gases with the atmosphere.
"Smokeless powder is another thing.
That is produced by perfect combus-
ton. Formerly powder left a heavy
residue and as that residue was de-
creased the smoke decreased. until it'll
is now at a minimum. On the other
hand, with a soundless powder littlel
would be accomplished as with a firing
line a mile in length the sounds OIL
fring is so confused that 1T is almost
lmnossible to tell by them alone from
which point the firing comes"
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
The Hat Weather Optimlst


when the mercury crawls TO the topmost
hitch,
And the pave Is binding hot
When you strip yourself to low-down
pitch,
And stil cry OUT Great Scott
Is 1t warm enough for you to-day"
Just hesitate. brief soul.
And contain yourself. for far away
IT'S cold at the North side pole.
When you sizzle and fry IN the city's wall,
And fam yourself TO melt;
When you ope your shirt like an awning
fan
And shoot your tan-hue belt;
Just stop and think FOR moments time
You are I'm IL out of sight
At the North Pole they would call this
prime
And swtar it was all right
When you call for cold tea ON the side,
with a lump of ice, FOR drink,
There's a chap up North would like to
slida
For o. good hot punch. I think.
So. why kick up az the merk that's built
That way for its own sweet biz?
In Winter hot rum'n make You wilt.
I'm Summer you're chill-gin-hzz.
IT'S a matter OF fancy hot and scold;
BE Christian Scientist.
In Winter be warm in Summer be cold;
An done by the slip Of wrist,
u may be hot or frosty here.
One thing I safely know.
I'll soon sneak out for nice cool beer
And come back to write OF snow.
I'M
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
THE TALE OF A TACK.
How an Italian Tenor Was Enabl
to Reach High c.

How an Italian Tenor Was EnabI
to Reach High c.
'There was once an italian tenor
Covent Garden Of the name of Tast
who. / am sorry to say. sang his oy
praises better than the score" says y
William Parry, the stage director
the Metropolitan Opera House.
"For this and other reasons he W
strongly disliked by all the workmc
One day he came to me and said, wi
great show of mystery:
"'Tell me the exact spot
Il could not for the life Of me undl
stand what he wanted.
"'You know well enough what
mean,' he persisted. show me d
spot where Tamberlik sang the high
There is always one spot on the sta
that is better than all the others
stand on when you sing. Where is 4
I'm show you later Ireplied. 'BI
remember, never q word. 1t vol
cost me my place if it should leak OUT
"Then l drove a brass tack into d
of the stage boards. and he was owl
joyed when l solemnly pointed out 4
exact spot and so were the wOrknI
at the prospect of a joke at his expen|
That night he carefully stood on
tack and sang the high C. Rush,
into the wings. he exclaimed: Bead
full! Wonderful! Ever afterward,
matter what part of the stage dema
ed his presence, he would rush to
tack when the time for the high.
came and there deliver it."-Saturd
Evening Post.
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
Some Cold Facts

From the Sussex Republican.
Il is we'll for all Republicans who re-
gret the present conditions existing in
that party TO remember that Addicks.
and he alone. is responsible. The same
spirit which led him 10 prevent the
election Of Dupont in 1895. is the same
spirit which has dominated his political
acts since that time. At that time he
refused 10 submit to the will Of the
party and snatched from it the results
Of a hard-earned victory. BY lavish
expenditure OF money admitted by his
papers and his henchmen. he has sue
ceeded in buying following who hang
up his every within and obey his com.
mands II they admit any allegiance "a
any party they consider their allegiance
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
A Sensible Query.

Mr.. Ashmead-Bartlett once to-
good story about his going to Ire
for the first time. "As soon as l
cd in Ireland l attempted to looh
traces Of some Of my ancestors
came from the extreme north Of
land. Meeting an intelligent loo
Irishman, l informed him Of my
sion. saying that my ancestors emf
ed from about that spot 100 years
and I was there trying to look Their
He answered: "Ye say your ance
emigrated from our town about
years ago? Thin why are We loo
for them T-London Tit-Bits.
Evening journal., 1901-08-12

The campaign in South Carolina
wakes warm, and it is doubtful whether
there was ever such an aggregation OF
blatherskites as are representing the
Tillman propaganda. An ex-governor
wants Senator McLaurin hanged. a con-
gresham denounces the education Of
the negro, and an ex-congressman fears
that the black man is going to debauch
the white vote Tilman wants to stand
before his enemy and shake his fist I'm
his face while making all sorts OF fear
ful charges. People at a distance are
disposed TO regard this as a diverting
spectacle, but il shows the extent TO
which violence, abuse and dcmogoguery
may be carried.
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
IRELAND ON STRIKE QUESTION

Archbishop Ireland, who is always
sensible and patriotic and whose we'll
known sympathy with the man who
tolls renders him exempt from adverse
criticism. has this to say regarding the
rights of labor:
while the right TO enter upon a
strike is and must be conceded as a
right belonging to the personal free
dom OF workinmen this much must
ever be demanded in the name Of
the same principles of personal freedom
under which men act who refuse TO
work-that they who cease to work
must I'm no way interfere with the lib
erty of others who may wish TO work
The personal freedom of the individual
citizen is the most sacred and precious
inheritance of Americans. The con-
stitution and the laws authorize il; the
spirit OF the country proclaims il; the
prosperity OF the people, the very life
of the nation, require it, Whatever the
other interests at stake, that OF the
personal freedom OF the individual out
ranks them all, and this must be sus-
tanned even If those are 10 be sacrificed
Neither State nor fellow-citizen may
interfere with my personal liberty.
This is the very core Of Americanism
This is the teaching, positive and clear,
Of natural and OF Christian ethics.
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
NEWSPAPER OPINION
Unwise Insurance Legislation


From the Atlanta Constitution.
The withdrawal of so many fire in
surance companies from the South is
generally credited 10 unwise legislation
based upon an insufficient knowledge
Of the facts. Nothing is easier than
for Legislature TO pass laws in re-
stiaint of the business operations of
insurance companies. but they seem to
forget that nothing is easier than for
these companies 10 pack up, bag and
baggage, and so elsewhere. where they
may be more favOrably treated
The necessity for insurance still re-
mains, and those who must have it are
put to the trouble Of going abroad and
submitting to extra conditions in order
to obtain ii. while the State loses the
benefit of being the dOmicile of the
company; IL loses in the money that
might be spent at home and in the sal
aries withdrawn from its midst
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
DIET--BY A LAYMAN

"A Boston physician, mindful or the
tendencies Of the season. gave his stom-
aoh rest of thirty days. and says il
has returned TO work freshened and re-
cuperated. There is some sense in the
DOCTORS idea. although the dose was
too alopathic for the average man. The
American people cat too much and
drink too much. and then when the di-
gestive organs rebels, they dose it with
fiery liquids or nauseous medicinal con-
coctions. Genuine hunger, so necessary
TO good health.i is never felt save among
the very poor.
The progress Of wealth is shown I'M
the manner OF eating. The races OF the
Orient subsist on a handful OF rice and
perhaps a piece Of dried fish daily, and
produce a hardy race. The wealthy
American now has four meals,and the
earth is aid under trib-
ute to tickle his palate. Half
Of the prominent men carry in
their faces the advertisement OF a de-
ranged digestive tract and torpid
liver. Thoughtful physicians say that
over-eating is killingmore ofour people
than an other agencies. A lack OF an
petite is Natures warning that our in
ternal economy wants a rest but we do
not so interpret it. but rush off to some
pie ranch and seek to deceive the in
ner man by swallowing indigestible
stun that pleases the taste. Then we
die. and our grateful progeny erect
monuments over us. calling attention Il
the fact that death loves a shinin,
mark. and that Providence considere,
our character too dear to be wasted OF
earth.
Mark Twain, who always has sterling
common-scnse in his humor. says: Il
you haven't any appetite, drop out
meal; il 10 still is absent, drop out an
other lie also says that mariner
cast away at sea. with nothing to ca
but boolegs, are not conscious Of dys
pepsia. If we could return 10 the oil
days OF salt FISH and corn pone. minu
tho midding meat we should b
stronger and healthier.
Why is ii that the people Of the cid,
grow shorter in stature and deteriorai
in health. while the farmer and mour
taineer arc big bcned. lean and sinew,
Work and diet tell the tale. And thu
IS the reason that the cities must n
Evening journal., 1901-08-12

Theprogressivepeopleof Georgetown
are making an effort to secure water
works and electric lighting. The Sus-
sex town has suffered from numerous
disastrous fires in the last few years
and insurance rates are high. This,
together with the demands of proper
sanitation should be sufficient TO
carry the project to a triumphant con-
clusion. TO a town Of any considerable
size a good water supply is necessity,
not a luxury.
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
Entering School
A SURE RETURN.

There is a rush for seats at Goldey
College for the coming session, begin
ming September ,. The college office.
Sth and Market, is unusually busy, and
has put on extra clerks. Wilmington
students wishing to enter may call at
once. Those living at a distance may
get catalogue and enrolment blank by
writing Principal H. S. Goldey, VIII
mington, Delaware.
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
rre1inrs and Fingers.

A boy was asked which was
greater evil, hurting anothers fee
or bis finger.
"The feelings" he said.
Fright, my dear child" said the
fled questioner. "But why is 1t
10 hurt the feelings?"
Because you can't tie a rag
them" 81
Evening journal., 1901-08-12

Stale candy can generally be W
over by reboiling it. In the case o
candies, such as lemon drops, the
IS boiled, the acid is withdrawn |
use of lime oiSchalk, and the sirul
then be used in the manufacture 0
OF any other species Of candy. u
Evening journal., 1901-08-12
Astronomical Note

The Wayfarer the other day picked
up the following in the street, which
was evidently a mislaid memorandum
Of some astronomer:
Read the Sun. as astrologers of old
read the stars? All, no; the Sun cannot
be read, nor yet understood. The Sun
is gaseous, the Sun is gas. al gas,
Wind is oxygen; oxygen makes the gas
and gas makes the Sun. Hence the Sun
is made up of wind, the wind which
like the powers assumed by this gov
eminent, is without limitation. and
will lead the seeker after the end, a
merry chase, always seeking. never
hnding, never ending.
Evening journal., 1901-08-12

OF the country
and showery in
the southern half.
Local rains fell
in southeastern
in southeastern
Iowa. southeast
ern Missouri, east
ern Kansas, Ar
kansas Tennes-
see. Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia
-
Evening journal., 1901-08-12

the wind stirs the long, rapier-like
leaves nod and sway and flash back the
sunlight from their polished surface as
from so many Damascus blades. II
you look closely at these leaves you
will find that they are not fat in a
rigid plane, as you thought at first, but
have a slight spiral twist to them-a
little natural touch to which most of
the varied beauty of cat-tail swamp
is due. The dark brown tails" which
peep out from amid the green leaves
here and there all over the marsh are
compact seed masses, as you will surely
learn if you bring some home and stand
them in a vase or in the hall corner, as
many are Won't to do. By and by the
brown mass splits and the seed, each
in its long cotton robe. fluff out and
float about the house. to the great an
nOyance of the neat housewife. The
Towering of the cat-tail is in June, and
those who desire a store Of the decora-
tive material for their apartment do
well to gather it very early in the Sum
mer, before the seeds have matured.
They then remain fixed in the club-like
heads not alone for one Winter, but for
many
THE BULRUSH.
The great bulrush, which grows in
similar situations to the cat-tail and is
sometimes eight or nine feet tall. is
another interesting plant of the water
ways. We shall find it in bloom now,
a loose cluster of small brownish balls
at the pointed summit of the round
leafess stems. The blossom used to be
another source of food supply to some
tribes of Indians. who would beat the
pollen off on a cloth and make the col
lected meal into cakes. The principal
use of the bulrush, however, both to
and civilized men, is derived
from its spongy stems, which may be
wove into excellent mats and baskets.
devOtees who visit STRAIT
ford-on-Avon may to this day see labor
ers cutting these rushes out of the
waters Of the classic stream and
spreading them on the green banks to
dry. .s
EELGRASS.
Most curious of our water plants,
perhaps. is the eelgrass, which grows in
quiet waters throughout the Eastern
United States and may be gathered now
in the Delaware Within our limits On
the Chesapeake it is called wild celery,
and is said to give the characteristic
flavor to the canvasback duck, which
loves to feed on it. 1t grows in
punches in the mud of the bottom close
10 shore, and its ribbon-like leaves,
sometimes six feet in length, float on
the stream. The oddly of the plant is
in its mode of Towering. The flowers
are of two sexes, of which the females
or seed bearers rest upon the waters
and are connected with the root of the
plant by a long, slender stem. The
males, on the contrary, have very short
stems and are hidden far under the
water. AS the male buds mature their
stems snap in two and allow the flow
ers to rise TO the surface. These de-
capitated blooms then shed their pol
len about the expanded seed-bearing
blossoms. which are thus fertilized,
wbereupon the long stems coil them
selves spirally and draw the precious
seed-vessels under water down into the
mud to ripen. This operation is so
nearly akin the exercise of real in
telligence that it is worth ones while,
If he have an opportunity, to watch it.