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The courier., 1901-08-03

sided and held caucus over the loaded
currant bushes. and the situation in
general. Down the creek was still great
or destruction; barns, hsystacks, fences
went with the rush. No one in the
canon had ever witnessed such a flood
before.
Not to forget the pig.-he and bis pen
went at the first wave. The good wife
mourned him as several dollars lost
but behold, through the downpour. bis
p'gshlp roofing cheerfully on the hill in
the pasture. When he came into the
yard again he was the cleanest porker
ever saw. with feet like blush rose; but
he was also the meanest. A door be
would not 60 into. and after an hour OF
chasing he was finally coralled, by dint
OF rope caught on his hind hoof and
an unceasing prodding. l realized then,
as never before. what pig headed"
means, and l shall hereafter use the
term with nice discrimination.
That night the almost full-faced moon
and the innocent stars looked down as
gently as ever on Beaver creek. hopeL
that their baleful or benefcent infiu.
ence might be felt with somewhat more
moderation down in the land ! hail
from. NJ Bark Ranch,
Newcastle. Wyo.
The courier., 1901-08-03

out every form and shining color that
cloud could assume from the grim blue
black line along the east to the silver
and snow and jasper. and the crimson
and orange overhead and to the west.
In a clear blue ground shone the moon
above all. You have seen il 80. No
word of mine can picture, but it may re-
call. 1t is not for that / praise any
man.
The next day. the 18th, was equally
wonderfl Il, because without clouds-at
least / saw them not until the storm
came-there arrived on schedule time,
at noon. the heaviest flood that ever
cleared the fences and swept the logs
down Beaver creek. This stream is
nominally clear little brook one can
Jump across. In less than an hour. while
the rain fell in punches" and there
was no time for thunder, the creek be
came a great copper-colored torrent
fifty feet wide. full Of great logs, fences.
bridges. heavy stonee, uprooted gardens.
Here it gathered in the big brass kettle
down by the wash house. and the weeks
washing itself went down the boiling
waters. just that morning prairie
schooner" from Nebraska passed. The
pilgrim said he had deserted that God
forsaken land; the green valley here
pleased him, and he admired our large
garden as the finest he had seen. l
shall not tell you what grows or grew
there, for it would be cruel to all who
live where pea vines are psrched. But
you should have seen the havoc-a.
least the sight would have done good
the soul of the Reverend Mr.. Hicks
great good. 1t was hard to tell the corn
from the turnips. or a cabbage from an
onion. The fences were gone, only
enough left to hold the blackbirds when
they came after the waters had sub.
The courier., 1901-08-03
Another Guess Coming.

In a primary school, the other day
the teacher sought to convey to her pu-
pills an idea of the use Of the hyphen.
She wrote on the blackboard Bird s.
nest. and. pointing to the hyphen.
asked the school, What is that for.'
After brief pause, young son OF the
Emerald Isle piped out, please ma am.
for the birds to roost ou,"-The Mirror
The courier., 1901-08-03
THE COURIER.

A youthful Nebraska poet has written
an ode or sonnet to his ''old brown
pipe as bringer OF comfort. 1t would
not hold comparison. l know, TO my
old brown wrapper. though that is not
yet memorislized in verse. 1t is so de-
lightfully ugly that / should hate TO
have any town folks embarrassed by
beholding me dressed in it.
Consequently. town folks. inssmuch
as l and my wrapper are seldom parted,
your safe course is plain. The dogs and
the chickens, the turkeys and COWS and
horses, the birds and my few real folks
who are my seeing" companions here.
hold the true philosophy of clothes.
Comfort, not looks, is the summum
b0num.
The lady who breakfasted across the
table from me in the diner noticed my
invalid order and inquired il | were go
ing to Hot Springs. Not /. In the first
place. that adjective grated on my sensi-
tive nerves; and then. why go from
place where there are people, to where
there are more people, and you have 20
stay dressed up all day! Go TO farm,
a ranch, tent in the woods, take just
yourself. il that is all you have, go to
some place that will not arouse you TO
great exertion, leave books behind you,
for, as some ore has said, il you can
read q book when you are out of doors.
there's something wrong with you'll
give you leave to stop reading this right
here.-then sleep and grow lazy and fat.
Goodness. you may have difficulty in
finding. this season. Everywhere the
heat astonished the oldest inhabitsnt.
Ninety-seven degrees on the porch here
broke the record. That night, think.
the mercury dropped to fifty seven. The
days are 80 warm. however, that / have
taken to reading Hicks Almanac for
cold comfort. Imagine the effect Of
this: - .~ .....- --
I'VE calculate. also, that .hese great
planets Jupiter and SaturnL being in
the same celestial longitude with Earth,
will segregate the solar energy, or
warmth. to such an extent that much
phenomenally cool weather will result
the last half OF June and the first half
of July"
And here is another crumb:
AS in 1900. 60 for 1901 we predict
that July will be more than ordinarily
cool, but that August will bring US into
a desert of dryness and heat"
Evenings / take the fieldglass and
gaze at the innocent stars whose con-
functions, oppositions, elongations and
connivancee in general are declared by
the Reverend Irl to be the cause of all
our woes-whstever they may chance to
be, and am seized with wonder. Beau
tiful Venus, speeding after the sun
down behind the mountain, glorious
Luna, Saturn and Jupiter. whose moons
l see plainly.-are their comings and
goings 90 baleful or beneficent?
IL we have taken the star wise man at
his word, however, il might have been
better for the pig-and thereby hsngs a
tale. This is another forecast for July:
Heavy gales. thunder. hail and local
downpours OF rain may be looked for
from 18th to 18th. A general and rapid
change to much cooler will take place
at this period"
This in spite Of the statement that
August will be desert Of dryness and
heat
But anyhow here's congratulations to
The courier., 1901-08-03
DRY GOODS

The invoice calls for exactly 41, 8SU9 yards OF all
new goods including Fine Plain Colored Batistes in all
light colors New White and Black Batistes and Dimi-
Printed Lawns Linen Colored Batistes Fine Printed
Tissues Good Cotton Challies, Camille Lawns, Flor
entine and Holly Batstes also hundreds of other small
lot pieces.
Here are Wash Goods for evening dresses for fine
street dresses for wrappers for dressing sacques, for
waists for kimonas comforts cutains fact every pur
pose to which Wash Goods can be used
The regular prices of these good 1Oc, 124c 15c,
18c. zoe, 22c and 25c ward.
We intend this to be the Greatest Wash Goods Sale
ever held in the United States this of the
year. The goods are sale
The courier., 1901-08-03
A..
BIG PvRcAksE
Al $50 Ia YARDS OF SUMMER WASH GOODS

Last Sunday our Dress Goods Buyer made another
flying trip this time St. Joseph, Mo- buying the
tire stock of Summer Wash Fabrics from the well
known wholesale firm The
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-30
A FATAL
MISTAKE.
Is often made by the wis.
EST of Wilmington citi
ZenS.

It's a fatal mistake 10 neg t
backaehe.
Backache is the first symptom Of
kidney ills.
Serious complications follow.
Doan', Kidney Pills cure them
promptly.
Don t delay until too late.
Until it becomes diabetes Bright's
disease.
Read what Wilmington citizen
says
Mrs. James Greer, No. 81 Market
street, says:-.'I had severe head.
aches, pains across the back and in
my limbs. When sat for any length
of time in one position my back pain.
I'd me and | had 10 get up and move
about. 1t was difficult for me to
stLop or lift the smallest object. |
went to Daniorth's drug store for
Doan's Kidney Pills and / found
great relief in thcir use, Doan's
Kidney Pills accomplished all that is
claimed for thcm''
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Ioster--MlburnCo., Buffalo.
n. y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name--"Doan s.
and take no substitute.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-30
Farewell to Hoflnnnn.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30-A large an-
dlence, including most Of the nOtables
in tho music world Of the metropolis,
paid a fattering tribute to Josef Hof-
mann on the occasion Of his farewell
piano recital at Carnegie hall. The
programme offered some Of the best
selections from Beethoven, Mendels-
sohn, Schubert Chopin, Rubinstein,
Wagner and Moszkowski, giving the
pianist opportunity for full display of
his wonderful technic and sympathetic
work. The closing selection was the
overture from "rannhauser' and was
followed by demonstration which re.
suited in the pianist playing -four addi-
tional selections.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-30
EXPENSIVE ELECTIONS.
1t Costs the City of New York About
A. $1.11 for Each Vote Cast for
! Mayor.

1t costs the city of New York Sill
and some fractions of a cent for
every vote cast at a mayoralty elec.
tion. That is the money actually ex-
pended by the bureau of elections for
the Greater New York in rent of
booths, places for the board of regis.
try to sit, polling places, and the gen.
eral expenses incidental to the collect-
ing of votes of the greater city. Alto
gether $G76,000 or thereabout was
spent by the bureau Of elections in de-
fraying the cost of the last mayoralty
campaign, and there is no reason to
suppose that the figures will show
moderate change in this election, says
an exchange of that city. Of that
amount $350.0O0 was expended for
clerk hire alone. For rent of places for
the board Of registry to sit, polling
booths, carriage, and the repairs of the
election appurtenances $121. 900 was
paid; $4,000 was spent for the print
ing of the ballots and books for regis
tering; $4,000 went for advertising the
official nominations and the various
other matters incidental to the cleo
tion regulated by state, county and
city laws; $4,000 was spent in miscel-
laneous rent hire, for extra help, and
the thousand and one things that be-
come necessary two or three weeks
preceding election day. This sum Of
$676,Ooo, divided by the number of the
actual votes cast, makes he cost about
ST l. n vote
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-30
TRAPPED OWLS FIGHT.
When Caught They Will Bite and
Use Their Claws Most
ViciOus1y.

Owls have habit of dealing with
game they have killed that leads some
observers to think that, like dogs, they
prefer fowls that have not been too
recently slain. One of the birds will
often leave "A chicken or rabbit for
day or two before eating it. An old
trapper says he has often had musk.
rat traps robbed by owls, only part
of the rat being eaten.
When he finds trap so disturbed the
trapper leaves the rat where it lies and
sets another trap beside it. In all
proba biIity the bird will return the
second night, in which case it will be
more than likely TO be in the trap when
.he owner comes next morning. An
owl in trap will offer to fight and if it
gets chance will peck at its captor or
his dog numerically.
A farmer who caught one OF the
birds by setting trap alongside of a
chicken that had been killed, says the
New York Times, in iudiciously reached
out to catch it by the feet. The free
foot executed movement that was
entirely beyond the farmers compre-
hension and the next minute the latter
found his wrist gripped in set of
claws TO which the trap was as moth.
ing. He was obliged to kill the bird
and then found that the claws had
penetrated to the bone.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-30
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FAsrs - NstnsprseeA eANesre Raesi
IN TAia DiseatiaA, saia So
.sS Colorea woman,

~ overheard some remarks at the
capitol the day President McKinley's
body lay in state there that have
not forgotten" said an Official Of the
treasury. according to the Washing
ton Star. -
"The push was something terrific,
as everybody will remember, and
white women and colored women,
white men and black men, were jos
tied closer together than they had
ever been before. l heard Q nicely
dressed white woman who was just
back of me. say to friend: why
do they let these negroes come to an
affair of this kind? They+are SO dis
agreeable to have near one. wish
they were away
"The remarks referred to some coll
ored women who were close in line
behind the white women. The wom-
ans remarks were overheard, and it
was very interesting to listen to the
reply of one of the colored women.
"'Yes, we are negroes she said to
the white woman, or rather in her
direction, as the white woman had
not intended for her remarks to reach
the colored people, and we are not
sorry for it, especially on such sad
occasion as this! 1t was not negro
who killed Lincoln, or fred the bullet
that laid Garfield low, or put out the
life of Mckinley. 1t was a white
man, and there is no reproach on the
negro race, at least in this direction
ut is needless to say that the white
woman made no further remarks"
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-30

JtPU1 4 TX RCi1u a II n,
dlsr, las Kept : csmriStt Iecof4 oes
every case Investigated whlla be
has been Deputy Coronsr under
Coroner Frick. This 10 something
which should have been done years
ago The Office Of coroner has
never been recognized as it should
be iu New Castle county. The cor
oner has never had any kind Of re-
spectacle headquarters the Office
demanded. The deputy coroner
should be paid small salary and
permanent place provided BY the
county where the coroner could
have his Office and morgue in this
city. Some of the places where the
coroner of New Castle county has
had to hold his inquests in the past
were a disgrace to New Castle Co.,
and the city Of Wilmington.
A secretary should also be pro-
vided and paid so much for every
case. The old way was for the
man on the jury. This newspaper
man was invariably chosen sscre-
tary and expected to take
down all the testimony, write 1t
out and give it TO the coroner, tor
which he generally had 'em set up
10 him by that official. That was
his pay if he lifted his elbow or
smoked. We are pleased that the
old mode Of conducting inquests
has passed away.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-30
Heavy Rain storm Here.

This section of the country
come in for it's full share of the
heavy rain storm. On Saturday the
weather man at Washington sent
out this morning. Hoist northwest
storm warning 1890 A. M. at An
napolis, Oxford, Baltimore, Break
water, Reedy Island, Port Morris,
Cape May, Atlantic City, Phila-
delphia, Sandy Hook and New
York. A general depressinn extern
DIS from Georgia to Eastern New
York, increase Of energy probable
along the New Jersey coast. High
shifting to northwest winds are
indicated for tonight, diminishing
Monday.
The highest temperature yester-
day was As degrees above zero and
the lowest 4r degrees. The wind
blew lightly from the east all day
but shifted to northwest at night.
From s o'clock Saturday night
until 8 o'clock yerterday morning
the officials record Of rainfall was
1.42 inches and during the follow
ing 12 hours LAB inches came
down, making total of 2.SS
iuches. By midnight it had prob
ably exceeded 3 inches.
The immense amount of water
represented by what is known as.
an inch of rainfall is something
startling to those unfamiliar with
such calculations. Roughly speak
ing, about three inches Of rain fell
from Saturday evening until last
midnight. The rainfall was general
and the total amonnt Of water that
fell in those 30 honrs would be
almost beyond calculation.
Locally the rain made every
thing disagreeable. Churches were
slimly attended. The man who
says he sleeps better on a rainy
Sunday morning had his day Of
days. Those who were compelled
to 60 out splashed through the
streets as rapidly as possible and
sought shelter. Street car service
was somewhat impaired. and
number of cases Of slight damage
from the storm was reported.
Reports along the Brandywinc
and Christiana rivers show that
the waters went over the banks
and entered the houses of people
living near. During the day reports
will come from different points as
to the dana gand they will appear
in another column.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-30
Watckman Killed.

In small frame tool shop on
the marshy land where Jackson
street and Synder avenue meet the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks,
near the Delaware River in Phila-
delphia, Howard A. Bruce, a watch
man for contractors Armstrong d.
Printzenhof, was killed with an AK
by some unknown person at al
early hour yesterday morning.
The watchman, who was on
night duty was evidently seated in
front Of the stove in the small
frame shanty when the first blow
with the pole of the AK crushed in
his skull. Then, turning the blade,
tie murderer struck a second time,
r,tticting cash on the right side
of the neck which practically seve-
red Brce's head from his body,
Death was probably instantaneous
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-30
Dissolution Of Strange Club.

A queer club is dissolving at Tucson,
A. r., after several years existence.
Twenty-Five bachelors Joined, and then
it was decided to admit no other mem
bers, and that il any member entered
into the bonds OF matrimony he should
renounce his atfiliation with the club,
and also his financial interest A club
building was erected and the 22 men
began housekeeping. The defections
since have been taking place with
alarming frequency lately, and at the
present time three lonely men are the
sole residents of the club building, one
of the most artistic structures of the
southwest,
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-30
Too Lean For Old KriSS.

Rev. William Writ King. the slen-
der pastor Of Grace Methodist Epis.
copal Church, was considerably liar.
red Yesterday by the little ones Of
his Sunday School
The pupils were waiting for old
Krss to come in when DR.. King ask
ed: "Will do for Old Kriss 2"
"No. sir" came in unison from
the little ones.
"Why won t he dog" asked Mrs.
W. II. Morris, one Of the superinten.
dents, in much surprise.
Because old Kriss is fat, " replied
the youngsters. and DR., King gave
up the idea Of impersonating Santa
Claus.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-30
Two Hundred Drowned d.

TANGIER, Morocco, Dec. 3O.-A wa
terspout has burst over the town Of
Saffee, Morocco. 1t inundated the low
er part of the town for the space of
twelve hours, sweeping everything into
the sea. Two hundred persons are re-
ported to have been drowned. There
are no Europeans among the dead. The
damage to Saffee was enormous. SAT-
fee Is a fortified seaport town of Mo-
rocco. 1t has population Of 1900,
including about 5000 Jews. 1t is in
closed by massive walls and has pal.
ace and a small fort.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-30
COMING DIPLOMACY.
Canadian Border Oontrover-
sizes Likely to b Settled. =.
/ LONG DRAWN OUT DISPUTE
A4rd Pauncefote Desires to Clear Up
All Difficulties Between Great
Britain and United States Be
fore His Term Expires.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-lt is ex-
petted that efforts will be renewed be-
fore long for the settlement of the nu-
merous controversies which have long
existed between the United State and
Great Britain growing out Of rela-
tions along the Canadian border, the
Atlantic fisheries, warships on the
great lakes, the Alaskan boundary and
other questions. Heretofore the nego-
tiations designed to secure settlement
of the matters recited have not proved
effective largely because Of the cum
bersome machinery of nEotiation, and
this has led to belief that much more
could be accomplished by direct nego-
tiations between Secretary Hay and
Lord Pauncefote on the main points
and the subsequent assembling Of a
commission representing the United
States, Great Britain and Canada to
give form to the basis Of agreement
rendered.
The British authorities have expected
for some time that when the isthmian
canal treaty was once disposed of there
would be renewal of efforts to adjust
the Alaskan boundary and other pend
ing questions, the canal treaty being
regarded us one of many pending is
sues Now that the ,Dfltish govern
ment has yielded the ClaytonBulwer
treaty and other points in the isthmian
negotiations it desires to take up some
of the other questions in which they
have important interests involved.
Lord Pauncefote desires to clear up
all pending differences and have "a
clean slate before his present term as
ambassador comes to close. When
he came to Washington, there were
four great issues between the two gov
ernments. The first of these was the
Bering sea controversy, which had
reached an acute stage. Diplomacy
disposed of this issue. The second Is
sue was over Venezuela, which, like
the seal question, at one time threat
ened war, but the efforts of diplomacy
were again successful In averting trou-
BILE and bringing about settlement.
The third important issue was on the
isthmian canal, which has been salts.
factorily disposed Of by the recent
Hay-Pauncefote treaty. This leaves
only one issue remaining in order to
bring about a "clean slate"-namely,
the border controversy both as to Cam
ada and Alaska. The British officials
usually link these various boundary
controversies together, as they are
more OF less connected. AT present
modus vivendi exists as to the Alaskan
boundary chiefly for the purpose of
avoiding clash along the border and
holding each side In check until final
boundary is determined upon. 1t seems
to be conceded on both sides that the
modus cannot be carried on indefinite
ly and that sooner or later the main
question Of establishing permanent
boundary must be settled. Just what
steps will be adopted are not disclosed,
but it seems likely that direct negotia-
tions and the subsequent assembling
of a commission will commend itself
to the parties concerned as the most
feasible procedure,