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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-26
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T,EACHERS' EXANINATlON-AT TEACH.
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-26

Consult me for all kinds of roofing.
Gus II. Groves, 3l5 Orange street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-26
ATLANTIC CITY, N. ].
HOTEL ADOLPiiUS.

Kentucky avenue near the Boardwalk.
CRARLES A. BAAKE. Prop. New
house with all conveniences. Excellent
pafs and buffet attached. All white help.
Send for booklet. Capacity 200
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-26

INOR SALE-l50 EOUBLt SHEET IRON
I ovens sl.5O cach LOT OF Blue Flame
Wickless stoves. Q burners So each; lot OF
Government teDt1 and drums George H.
Heritage, Tth and Walnut streets,
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-26

vNyANTED-SALESME EVElYWHElE;
wv salary or commission, permanent.
Brown BrosCo.. Nursery ylnen. Rochester. N.
y. nil 81 sat
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-26
WANTED.

w ANTED-l HREE OR FOUR HARVEST
w hunds at 81 so a day and board. Apply
at once to W. II. Klair, near Cent eville. Del.
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-26

w ANTED-A WHITE GIRL FOR GEN.
w oral housework, with reference. Ap-
ply 1902 w. 9Th street. je26.St
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-26

:. All kinds, Of roofing done. Gus H.
Groye,. 3l5 Orange.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-26

IN |. STEVENSON. ALL KINDS OF
H. sodding and grading promptly attended
TO. 500 Locust street. je2l.8t
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-26

Il OR RENT-LoDalNG AND FURNISH.
II ed rooms to colored parties at No. 9J3
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-26
MRS. ADAMS
FOR RENT.
For Rent

TOR RENT TWO UNFuRNISHED
II rooms. one on first and one on second
floor near New Castle, suitable for man and
wife: moderate terms. r. y. Farnhurst.
Address a. W.. this office. ,eG06t$
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-26

Il OR RENT-A IA RB OF 40 ACRES HALF
L mile from city limits Apply at ll08 Jef.
iers0n street. N-tf
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-26

" years sxporie enos Called Tor and del liver
ed send pos tai. wickleas Niue Flame o.
Stoves. HUTCHINSON. No lOolS East Ninth
street, betwsou King and French streets
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-26

M AE1Ei -HEl.P FURNISHED FoH no
w tCH. restaurants and privats families
'tiEort notice Apply atWillningtun lntsli
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The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

ed It was explained to her that they had been welded by the Japanese method of drinking a cup of tea to- gether. When the daughter asked her father about the ceremony, which seemed to her questionable, he said:
 Tt is the custom of the country, and will be as binding to me as would be a pompous ceremony in a cathedral"
 And now toward the close of llfe's vicissitudes the devoted creature who clings to him when others have for saken is the woman whom he won by a cup of tea.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
Beaten.

''It beats everything" said Farmer Corntossel. "how riyalrous these musi- clans get. One of the boys got a vio- lin."
 Did the neighbors get jealousT
 ''I should say so. The first thing we knowed the Thompson boys get viola. Then the Dinkin' boys got a violoncello. An now Seth Twiggles has gone an bought hisself a regular bass fiddle. An as there ain't anything made big germ bass fiddle, there ain't no way fur the others to do excep' to give up an allow that Seth has beat lem out."- Washington Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
HIS "eLINDNEss" AN EXCUSE.
Had His Eyes Shut So Didn't Know
 It Was an Officer.

Had His Eyes Shut So Didn't Know
 1t Was an Officer.
 "Old Billy Jones, who picks up bcnes," remarked Recorder Broyles, poetically, as an aged negro came from the waiting room. The arresting officer had told the recorder that Billy Jones was a rag picker and bone gatherer by trade and blind man by profession.
 "Old Billy Jones'" said the recorder to the prisoner, you will have to tell us about this blind mans bluff of yours 1 understand that you play off blind and get few coins by the trick. A policeman came along and you begged him for a dime, which was a stupendous folly as we'll as very thoughtless.
 How I gwine ter know hit war CT perlice when I wus blin'?" asked the old man.
 'But you are not blind" urged the re- corder.
 But I had desc eyes oshot, jest de same." the old man explained.
 II am glad you have some sort of an excuse to offer." the recorder went on to say, flor the world would put you down as an idiotic ignoramus to expect an Atlanta policeman to have a dime. Don't you know 1t Is against the law to beg on the streetsY
 'T mos knows hit now" stated old Billy Jones, ''ter mer sorrow"
 "I'm going to make you sorry s worth" the recorder told him.
 "Larnin' In disser cote cums mouty high" muttered the old man, says the Atlanta Constitution, as he prepared to return to the waiting room.
 'Yes, we deal in a sort of fine art" stated the recorder. You see, or rather you didn't see. you went it blind and the officer raised you one. The only stake you got was mis-stake. Don't beg, Billy Jones, and if you do, let the copper pass you by"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

7 LLAN BURNS, clerk, sat in the
 A\ little back office of the big brown stone building of the Second Ma tional Bank. Banking hours were over and all except himself, from the presl- dent down to the messenger, had gone home; but he, Burns, had plans on foot which he felt he could best perfect here In the quiet of the back office.
 He sat leaning forward with his head resting on his hands and his feet on the little round hassock which the pres ident kept for the comfort of his game leg"
 He stared hard at the chair which sat facing him and counted the number of rounds that supported its back, it's arms and it's legs. There were 70 in all; he counted them again to make sure, yes, 20 was right. But what good did that do him? What concerned him had nothing to do with the chair; he was concerned in a different sort of supporting. He was wasting time. and he strengthened up and told himself that the time had come for something desperate to be done.
 He was in love, and he had been in love for over year. At first he just knew that he loved her, and that was sufficient, but after things had gone on that way for some months he knew that he wanted Helen Adams for his wife. When this knowledge came to him he began to save money.
 He had never done this before and each months salary had always gone before the next was due. Now it was different, for every month a snug little sum was laid by, which he meant to go toward little home in nice part of the city.
 Before year was up Burns felt that enough had been saved to start a home,
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
EriendIr Adrina-

He was a great bore, and was talking to crowd about the coming local cleo ton. Said he:
 Gibbs is a good man; he is capable, honest fearless and conscientious. He will make the very kind of representa- tive we need. He once saved my life from drowning"
 Do you really want to see Gibbs elected?" said solemn-faced old man.
 ''I do, indeed. I'd give anything to see him elected" answered the bore.
 "Then never let anybody know he saved your life," counseled the solemn faced man.-London Tid-Bits.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

The safe navigation of the air is con. fidently spoken of as one of the achievements which this new century will witness. At present the efforts of inventors are largely spent on the de velopment of some form of dirigible airship of the nature of a balloon or self-elevating and self-supporting gas bag, with propelling motor and steer ing apparatus attached. It must be ad- mitted that last years experiments by Count Von Zeppelin on Lake Con- stance, and the recent success to be ascribed to NJ. Santos -Dumont, in spite of the mishap which in his voyage around the Eiffel Tower in Paris brought his airship to earth when vic tory was almost within his grasp, are evidences of great progress along this line. It Is in another direction, how ever, that the true solution of the prob lem lies, according ot the opinion of most eminent physicists. Nature sug- gests that the true method will follow the model of bird flight, and that the
 
 of an aeroplane based on principles identically the same as those underly- ing the flight of birds. Experiments in this field are risky and have proven fatal-to Lilienthal and others-but have already demonstrated that the aeroplane awaits only the invention of some automatic balancing device to render it one of the greatest marvels of human genius. Prof. A. c. Bell, the inventor of the telephone has said: ''I do not believe that the great problem of aerial navigation will ever be solved by balloons. While you may successful ly navigate balloon in light currents, it is obvious that any floating body lighter than air is at the mercy of the winds. Such body cannot carry the motive machinery of great power. 1t Is little more than a toy. The problem of aerial navigation will be solved, but not by the use of balloons"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

E The Czar has acquired a great repu- tation as the peace-loying friend of man since the great conference at The Hague. While be deserves full credit for this, his treatment of Finland has been most despicable. Well might he propose disarmament, with one hand on the throat of Poland and the other on that of Finland. Tyrants naturally like to be let alone. How the Czar can sympathize with the Transvaal as a humanitarian while he Is crushing the life and liberties out of Finland and violating an oath held sacred by all his predecessors is certainly not clear.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
Alarming Forgetrnlness.

Bridget (10 p. m., to sick sister)-No- rah, darlint, Patsy lint me his alar-rum against gittin' up early in tn marnin', but l do be thot dead wid slape whin Oi wake up Oi'd not be hearin' wan wurd it 'ud shpake. Cud Oi sit 1t yer sOide av tn bed, an will yez warn me when it rattles in tn marnin'?
 Norah-Shure, an I will.
 Norah 0 a. m.eBiddy! Biddy, dar- lint! Biddy! Shure, tn rattlin's done this long since.
 Bridget five minutes later, singing the clock into a closet and slamming the doOr)-Git in there. yiz singin' hay thin, an thot's too good for yez!
 Norah-Phwat did yez do thot fer?
 Bridget-Phwat fer? We'll, thin. Oi'm jist remimberin' thot tn boaId-faeed dago woke yez up, too.-Leslie's Week lv
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

Books that sell by the hundred thou. sand are not common. yet there are some instances that are not modern, It Is now just about two hundred and forty years since one John Bunyan was shut up in Bedford jail. He stayed there twelve years; but book of his went free. and no man since that day could have suppressed or imprisoned it. even had he wished. Millions of copies of it have been printed. Prob ably more copies are sold in any one month. now. than could have been dis posed of in year during the authors lifetime. and the book is as vital part of this twentieth century as it was of any preceding time. There are excel lent books among the popular novels, g but-spite of all the adulatory comment Lit would be hard to point out one that seems likeiyst to weather two cen turies and more as bravely as has ''Pil- grim's Progress"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

Of one of our technical schools it Is told that. when the time came for the class of 1901 to be graduated, only twelve of its forty members appeared in person to receive their diplomas. The other twenty-eight had already been offered good positions and had gone to work. Mechanical engineers and edu- cated superintendents of construction are in special demand, of course, in prosperous times like these; but in less busy years 1t is no less true that oppor- tunity waits for youth at the school house door.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

narrow divan, from which pillows and blankets slipped nightly. At the hos pital she finally found a bed wide enough to sleep In crosswise, a bed 0y day as well as by night. a bed tuck able, with bolster and counteFpane; and she stayed in it for two weeks In countless cases the make-belieye bed is the symbol of sham and comfortless existence for which apartment life is largely responsible.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

magic which Japanese people attach to cup of tea, is his wife.
 The pathetic tenderness and faithful ness of this little wife in the stricken condition of Sir Edwin, has caused great comment in social and literary circles in London.
 Sir Edwin has lost the sight of his eyes and. as result of paralysis, he cannot walk step. Constant and ten- der in her devotion to him, is his little, dark-faced wife, who, before her mar riage, was Mrs. Watambb, widow of a distinguished officer of the Japanese army.
 His marriage to this woman was the sensation of England at the time. He met her in Yokohama in 1891 when he was visiting Japan with his daughter. Edith. Their marriage was sudden So sudden that Miss Edith was shock
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
LIFE.s SAD ENDING.

Sir Edwin Arno1d's Days So1aced by
 His Japanese Wife.
 To thousands of Americans who have read the works of Sir Edwin Arnold and listened to his lectures 1t will be news to learn that the distinguished English scholar and sage, robbed of his life's savings by his son, is forced, though blind and feeble, to work hard for a living. The sharer of his bur- dens-the accomplishing and con- stant attendant upon him-is little. black haired, eblack-eyed, dark-skinned Japanese woman, who, by virtue of the
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 There is a reverse side to the sem- blance of luxury expressed by the mir TOTS, the gliding, the velvet carpets of many apartment and boarding houses. The head of the lace department in a great store recently spent her two weeks vacation in a hospital. She laughed at the idea of being i'll or even nervous; but she was tired, and for ten years had not slept in a real bed. In one apartment house, in order to keep her room fitted to receive callers, she slept on a sofa that opened in the mid de, and had neither sides nor foot board. Six out of seven nights the GOV ezs pulled off her feet. At another place her folding-bed fell on her and nearly killed her, so she traded it for a
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

Even footing has its humorous side A Chinese sneak thief recently entered an American dining room in Shanghai and abstracted few teaspoons, sill yer syrup jug and an old clock, all of which he tucked. Chinese fashion, into his clothes. The syrup ran down, and for long way the thief's progress could be traced. What q pity" was the philosophical comment of the own CT of the articles, .'that the clock did not run down, tool"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
HEIRESS ELOPED WITH
 GUARDIANS GARDENER.

Mrs. Frederick W. Bodley, who was Miss Lena Head, scorned a legacy of $20,000,O00 for the love of her guard ian's landscape gardener. She lived at Great River, l.. l., and eloped 10 New York City. Her uncle, Geo. c. Taylor.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

While American dollars are being so- licited to preserve historic places in foreign countries, it ought not to be for gotten that the timber on the farm of Daniel Webster is about to be cut down to be manufactured into matches. Mas sachusetts is helping to save" the Eng fish lake region. Can 1t ignore the memory of its greatest eulogist or New Hampshire forget the playground of her greatest son?
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

has valuable estate at Great River, where she and her mother, Mrs. Betsy Head, made their home. From her mother and uncle Lena had expecta- tions of inheriting fortune in the mil lions. Now both have sworn she shall not have a cent of their money.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

A church economist says that $45,- 000O00 is invested in this country in church steeples. The steeple is high art and cannot he spared. It punctu- ates the landscape. Even were the stee- ples all sawed off and the money sent abroad, the heathen would continue to rage and the people to imagine vain things. Let the spire alone.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
A Testimonial.

"Dear Doctor: When I began using your hair medicine three months ago you assured me that my hair would not trouble me much longer. l take pleasure in stating that you spoke the truth. Could you give me the address of a good wig maker?"-Baltimore American.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
Medical Assistance.

Specialist-Your nerves are affected; you need exercise; walk to business ev- cry day.
 Sick Man-I do walk to business ey- cry day.
 Specialization do? We'll, you ought to have more sense-thats what ails you-overstrain. Now, behave yourself ratiOnally and ride every day-$10. please.-Chicago Record Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

The Navy Department is encounter
 ing difficulty in securing enough sea- men and apprentices to man all it's war ships. This naturally is a source of an- noyance and inconvenience to the naval
 officials, for the navy is growing, and
 it is impossible even now to put all the completed warships in commission, be- cause of lack of enough skilled men and officers to navigate them. The difficulty, however, is not surprising. It is not strange that young men should prefer to be civilians and follow business pur- suits in piping times of peace. The pay offered to men in the navy is smaller than that of employees in the majority of industrial and commercial pursuits. The factory, the farm and the business office are seeking bright young men as eagerly as the navy is, and are bidding higher for them. The country is pros porous and can offer good wages to every able-bodied man who is willing to work If there were large contin- gent of unemployed, the task of the naval recruiting officer would be easier. So long as ambitious young men have so much better prospect of making their fortunes on land than on the deck of a warship, it is to be expected that the work of recruiting for the navy will be slow. If there were prospect of war there would soon be a rush to enlist, for the present reluctance is not due to any lack of patriotism or of bravery. But the American youth does not take kindly to the dull routine life of man -of-war in time of peace. He pre- fers to be in the thick of the fray at all times, and just now the battles are all in the business world, as are also the rewards and promotions.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

The Boston Globe, in a column edi- torial, mourns ''The Passing of the Lobster" West of the Alleghanies and north of the Ohio, instead of passing" :" the lobster seems to be more virulent and talkative than ever. One told us how to run a newspaper not ten days aoo
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

"Young man," said the stern parent, "do you think you will be able to sup port my daughter in the style to which she has been accustomed%
 Now this young man thought for a moment, and then replied:
 "Well-er-I think so, with one excep- tion."
 "Aha! And what may the exception be, sir?"
 "I don't think I could be so internal ly stingy with the gas.@Denver Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
Tbe Nfarriaee Question.

Mrs. Benham-Not one woman in a thousand marries the man she wants.
 Benham-She doesn't want to marry the man she wants; she wants to mar ry the man some other woman wants. London Tit-Bits.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
More Space ReQuired.

MT. Gooph-When die, don't want anything but the truth about me cary ed on my tombstone.
 Mrs. Gooph-I am afraid we will have to put up a stone wall, then, in- stead of a monument.-B Baltimore American.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

A distinguished doctor says that women's large hats are responsible for many of the headaches from which their wearers suffer This is true enough, but it Is no discovery. Every woman knows 1t.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

A lot of London butchers having been detected in selling horsefesh for beef, 1t may become a question over there whether all those American mules bought were really intended for the British army in South Africa.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
Honesty Pays.

Jim-Honesty is ther best policy arter all. BilI-How?
 Remember the dog I stole?"
 "Yep."
 .'Well, I tried two hull days to sell i'm, an no one offered more'n dollar. So I went, like honest man, an guy him to tn ole lady what owned i'm, an she guy me $5."-New York Week ly
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
Took Her at Her Word.

Mrs Smith-Don't you hear me ask for a dollar?
 Mr. Smith, do.
 Mrs. Smith-Then why do you only give me 50 cents?
 MT. Smith-Because you told me yes terday to believe only half that hear Judge.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

If Porto Rico is to be a part of this country 1t wants all the attachments that go along, so it has asked Andrew Carnegie to please forward library by first boat.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

Thorough mastication is a new-old cure for dyspepsia and kindred ail- ments. If people chewed their food more and the air less. this would be an easier world.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
A Great Artist.

Miss Shoddie-Why, maw, just come to this side of the room and look at that portrait of paw that Dauber painted.
 Mrs. Shoddie-I see the face looks sort O greasy. That shows what a great artist MT. Dauber is. Your paw sot for that picture in August.-New York Weekly un-Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

A number of papers pictured Mrs. Nation in her bathing suit. Yet they say that there have been men who tried at one time to hold Carries hand!
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
Just the Same.

Booby-Mamma, If God is as good as you say He is why doesn't He always answer our prayers?
 "He does, Bobby. when they deserve to be answered."
 Well, l prayed that might not steal any more jam out of the buffers pantry. but 1t didn't make any differ ence.1-Life.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
A NatnraI Death.

District visitor-But, Mrs. Brown. haven't you had a doctor?
 Mrs. Brown-No, ma'am; my 'usband e don't old with no doctors. B says. says e, as I'd better die natural death.-MOonshine
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

If time hangs heavy on your hands eat wild grape pie; you will be busy for four weeks ridding your teeth of the seeds. :
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
Proper Place for IT..

Customer-See here, waiterI I found button in this salad.
 Waiter-Yes, sir; that's part of the dressing.-Philadelphia Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
How Wood Is Seasoned.

Timber is seasoned by the eyapora- ton of the water, the extraction of the vegetable juices and the solid' ication of the woody tissue.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
savinu Mouev.

MT. Hardhead-I saved a big pie of money to-day.
 Mrs. H.-That is lovelyl How?
 Mir. H.-Instead of suing man for what he owed me let him have it. New York Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
After the Honeymoo-.

He--I can't let you have your own way in everything. I must draw the line somewhere.
 She-Yery well. I'll let you know where you'd better draw it.-Puck.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
In America,

"Are there, indeed, so many eligible young women in AmericaY' asked the count. There are countless thousandsp' re piled the other.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28

Some of the readiest and wittiest speakers who have appeared in public life have settled down to making for tunes. After all. money talks.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-28
Sentimental.

The capitalist cOlored when we spoke of the check that hung in a neat frame over his desk.
 "A bit of sentimentalismP' said he. "Tho first billion I ever madew