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Evening journal., 1901-07-02
THE HEAT WAVE

The excessive heat of the last few
days has tried the souls of men, and
Of animals, If they have any The heat
wave has extended over all the Allan
tic States, and even far into the in
terror. The fact that It may be expect
ed at this season, makes II no more
welcome. Prosrations and deaths
have occurred by the score, owing in
many instances to old age or enfoebled
condition, or TO improper diet or dlssl-
patton
Thousands who can afford 1t, have
gone from the cities, but in few cases
have they experienced any marked re-
lief The annual crowding OF cheap
Summer boarding houses has begun,
and in many instances the persons
fleeing from the heat Of the cities are
leaving comfort behind. In few
weeks when the horde returns. Il will
be common exclamation, "how good
lt is to get home"
Il is the irony of fate that those
whose surroundings make an outing
most desirable. cannot get away, while
the resorts are crowded with persons
leaving comfortable residences. II
when the exodus from the best homes
begins, the people from the crowded
portions could move into the vacated
premises, all might be we'll But, alas
the waits that shivcred in the streets
last Winter, are huddled in the mar
row alleys or suffocating rooms thes,
dreadful days and nights
The tendency Of men in these days O
almost unbearable heat is to imagin,
that the more iced liquid that can b.
taken into tho stomach, the create
the relief. There are beer tanks an,
ice water tanks, while the feminin
taste is displayed in an enormous con
sumption Of ices Take all things 4
moderation, your business If possibl,
and your pleasures, fer that is bot
possible and profitable.
Evening journal., 1901-07-02
Social and Personal Notes

Mr.. and Mrs William McAteer have re-
turned to their Chicago home after a
visit TO Mr.. McAteers home here.
The family Of f. c. Hardesty went down
to Rehoboth yesterday to occupy their
cottage.
Miss Bessie stoner. Of Philadelphia. is
visiting friends here.
Alvin Morris is spending his weeks va.
cation in st. Georges.
Miss Clara Van Trump will spend the
Fourth Of July at the Pan-Americau Elk.
position, in Buffalo
Friends OF Joseph Thomas tendere,
him surprise party last evening IN
honor Of his eighteenth birthday
graphophone and mandolin concert wa,
given after which general good tim,
was had.
Alfred ii. Way and j. Howard Rich
ards, of Yorklyn, have returned bom
from ten days stay in Buffalo.
Mrs. Sarah J. Thomas and son. Fred
erick. Of No. $50 East Eighth street
will sail for Europe ON July "a.
Court Stenographer Hardesty an
family moved to Rehobcth to-day fo
the Summer.
Miss Mary Muir and Martin b. Pat
terson, both Of Philadelphia. were mar
/ ried by the Rev. Francis Burgetf
Short in the Office Of Magistrate Hol
/ lis yesterday
ElwOod Brown and family are spend
ing the Summer in Pennsgrove.
Evening journal., 1901-07-02

tirely new process TO believe the re-
markable declaration OF the Philadel-
phia paper, and to discredit the com
parativly calm statements made by MI
Smith. Unless every element which
usually enters into sane judgments Is
to be eliminated, Mr. Smith has utter
ed a ti-u,h as certainly demonstrated
as a problem Of mathematics. The In
quirer asserts that not a penny has
been stolen, and yet we have, as mat
ter of record. that millions have been
stolen. 1t would be a pleasure 20 en-
ploy a less Objectionable word, but
that is the mildest term possible. When
any citizen offers millions for fran
chises granted for nothing, given in
indecent haste TO a favored few OF a
political ring. there is but one c0nclu
sion possible
No; Mr. Smith is right, and the
time has come when the clergy can no
longer pursue a policy OF non-inter-
ference. When public decency is as
sailed, private character Is undermined.
After a community has been subjected
to corruption in its official life, the
whole tone becomes lowered, till men
excuse what before they would have
condemned
Delaware, in the last few years, has
experienced the baneful touch OF the
Pennsylvania ring. The bird OF a GER
tain feather has found its stronger
mate in the adjoining commonwealth.
II is but a step from Pennsylvania toI
Delaware. At the head OF one ma
chine is Quay, the other boasts its Ad-
dicks. They cling together for mutual
protection and because Of mutual
tastes. and the Inquirer is the cham
pion OF both.
Evening journal., 1901-07-02

'slceeters that few folks knows. Ef they
did there wouldn't be no use fer all these
here intments that the drug store men
sell to cure their bites. Now a 'skeeter' :
bite is perfeckly harmless ef you'll let
him alone while he's bitin' It's disturbn'
the inseck while he's at his meal that
makes him mad. 1t does most anybody.
"Ef you scare him away or smash him
before he gets enough, he don't have
tine TO draw out his bill. which breaks
Off in your flesh and makes a sore spot.
Now, the mex time a 'skeeter settles onto
you, jest set perfeckly still an let him
get his fiji. Either he'll pull out his bili
an fly away peaceable like, leaving only
a little red spot where he drilled ye; or
else, II he's pfg an don't know when
he's got enough, he'll swell up an bust.
sav.n' you the trouble OF smashIn' him.
'Tey's another funny thing about 'skeet-
ers, they're slSeered o. sperrits. don't
mean Jersey tghtin', an sech truck. l
mean ghos'es, han'ts. some people calls
en-. There's a hanted house over here
In Kearney, that never hal skeeter
screen sence it's been built an that 8
fifty year an more. Yet nobody ever saw
a skeetor in it. They'll fly UP to within
two feet OF that house, an then shy of
an scoot like they had business somer's ;
else.
Il know a tramp onct that leaned up
against that house an went to sleep. His
shoes was full O. holes, an the skeeters
bit his feet SOS they was all swelled up,
but they never touched his face ner hands
Ye see, his feet stuck out beyond the
dead line which the ha'nts had drawed
around the house. People as lived In that
house spell said It was almos' worth
bein pestered with chooses to git rid OF
skeeters. So 1 reckon sperrits an dog-leg
tobaccy's the only sure cures."-New
York sun.
Evening journal., 1901-07-02
TUESDAY. JULY ?, 1901.
SIGNIFICANT WORDS

We ought never TO forget that Ia
democratic governments the black nag
OF corruption is followed by the red
flag Of anarchy"
These words spoken by the Hon.
Wayne McVeagh before the Phi Beta
Kappa Society OF Harvard University.
form a hitting introduction to his able
address. His remarks regarding cor
ruption OF the suffrage" should be
thoughtfully weighed by every patri-
otic citizen He says:
Representatives OF vast accumula-
tions Of property, guardians OF great
trusts, individuals profiting by the op-
portunity offered here for suddenly ac-
quiring fortunes and even those of US
who have no fortunes. have not hesi-
tated 10 give whatever money is needed
10 be applied TO the purchase Of the
electorate, and, when necessary, OF the
representative bodies, elected by them.
Our municipal governments have long
been a by-word Of kissing. because we
decided we could make money by cor
rupting them.
We have given freely to assist in
elecung persons known to be ready to
betray the sacred trust OF the people,
in order to put the spoils Of such be-
trayal In our own pockets. Many State
Legislators have become equally objects
OF contempt and derision Then these
coriupting influences have not hesi-
tated to lay their hands upon The Ma
tiOnal Legislature, until ab last so
callous have we become that, II the
case / am about 10 imagine occurred, ]
venture TO assert that no earnest pro-
test would be made by men Of our
class against its communication.
Suppose an ambitious man, desiring
to obtain the only success now deem
ed important in American life, should
set himself 20 the work Of making a
large sum OF money. and, having sue
ceeded beyond his hopes, he looked
around to see what other distinction
was open to him, and should decide
that he would give himself most pleas
ure by debauching the electorate OF a
State and thereby securing a seat IL
the United Stats Senate?
Suppose also, that he had SO far i'm
bibed the present American spin IL as to
feel sure there was no need fcr secrecy
in these operations. but rather a sub.
ject OF legitimate pride, and that only
a minority Of the legislators Of his OWL
party stood between him and the reali.
zation of his desire but that that mi.
nority proved incorruptible and, con
tinuing bavely to stand for the honor
OF their State. succeeded In defeating
the success Of such debauchery-w would
their conduct be received with the ap
plause il deserved?
Evening journal., 1901-07-02

The city solicitor has notified Judge
Churchman OF his appointment Of
Phillip L. Garrett as his assistant Coun-
ell is thus notified that its action in
electing that officer is 70 be contested.
We do not presume to anticipate the
construction the court will put upon
the law involved, but 1t would be an
ebsurdity TO suppose that It was seri-
ously intended to make the assistant Of
our law officer a person Of the opposite
political faith. AS longasmen make 20
litical capital out OF office, 80 long
must a chief be allowed to name his
assistants, for his is the responsibility
Evening journal., 1901-07-02

'DidJa hear OF that kerosene cure fer
Ekeeters?" asked a Jerseyman Of The New
/ York Sun reporter in the ferryboat
The Jerseyman had just slxilfully fiat
tened out a fine specimen Of the insect as
1t was about to pierce his trouser leg, and
after holding 1t up and admiring its re,
pride OF his State beaming in his eyes, he
was prepared to make conversation. The
about the value OF kerosene in keeping
down the mosquito pest
"Well, say" said the Jerseyman. there
sin't nothin' in it-not n thing The skceter
/ likes kerosene ile. He thrives on it, an
kin prove It right here. Yessir, within Ave
mile of this here ferryboat there's skeet-
ers nner'n this. Hvin' an fattenin' and
multplyn' in their millions, all on kero-
sene lie.
Ever hear o. Bayonne?" asked the Jer-
seymsn. well, that's right 10y here an
that's where I'm stoppin' with my
mothers sister Sue while l see Moo York
city.
| well sir, II was a Saturday when I got
to Bayonne by this very ferryboat an
the trolley road. an it was one Of then
damp, muggy days. As soon as the car
got near Bayonne l could smell that the
air was full of that lie an smoke an
says: That's good; no skeeters.' w,
ihave few 'skeeters up our way an
though they're a State institootion, so tc
speak, an no State In the Union has finer
l amt partial to 'em. But we hadn't gone
half mile inter Bayonne before / see
ia gone wrong If l wanted to escape the
pesiSy things.
Honest, the 'skeeters swarmed. They
lain't 'skeeters in fact. They've lived OF
that keroseny atmosphere till they'r,
birds. The feller runnin' the car had tw,
lhandkerchiefs round his head an 50 has
the feller as took the fares, an then
things got EN- through that
THE passengers was lSnoclxln' en- dowi
with their hats an stampln' on EN- to XII
em-a good whack only dazed 'em-an
the folks on the sidewalk was battin' zen
of with tree branches to make a wa,
through EN- All the porches OF III,
houses longside the trolley tracks ha,
iclose wire nettin' up round 'em so folk
lcould set out on their piazzaes, an TN
doors in the nettin' had springs to 'em I,
hake 'em shut quick an heep the thing
out. Say, you'd eughter have a hiler plat
suit made an go down an see it,
Evening journal., 1901-07-02

from India has already begun. The
coal is found over wide areas
Two OF the three sons Of the late Ad-
mlral Raphael Semmes, Of the Confed-
crate service, have been judges on the
Alabama Bench for the last twenty-five
years The other son is a practising
lawyer The two judges have been
much interested in street railroads.
Stranger (at big hotel)-I notice you
fee the walters DO you get better ser
vice?
Regular Guest-No.
stranger-Then, why do You do it?
Regular Guest-SO they won't spill
the soup down my back.-From the
Recollections OF Mrs. Minnie f. Leo.
San Francisco's largest suburb, Oak
land, obtains its electric force from a
stream $50 miles away. Experience
proves that long-distance transmission
OF electric power is a success in every
way
The army allows about 33 600 pounds
of food a year for fifteen men, but in
the Arctic regions people eat at Least a
quarter as much more. 1t costs SO a
month more to feed a man in Green
land than In New York
The Bushmen. or low-grade Hotten-
tots, on the plains OF South Africa.
have a language which has been
proved by GARNER to be a close ap-
proclamation to That of the higher apes
1t consists OF Kissing, clicking, and
grunting sounds.
Kansas Is the kingdom OF wheat
No other State approaches It. This
year It will lead out with 100000, 600
bushels of Spring and Winter wheat,
the climax even in Kansas.
II suppose" said the admiring father
to his daughter just before graduation
day. THAT there are very few branches
OF human learning in which you do not
feel well informed"
We'll" she confessed. gently, there Is
one subject on which l have some
doubts. / don't quite know what to
wear. r."-Washington Star
THAT Mr. Flagg from Boston seems
to be very attractive"
"Yes. ! think he must take me for
the constitution the way he sticks to
me. e."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evening journal., 1901-07-02

Amt seen as many slSeeters as they be
this Summer fer over twenty years" re-
marked the sage OF the Hockensack. as he
filled his corncob pipe with dog s-leg to-
bacco, lighted it and proceeded to raise a
smudge through which no mosquito could
penetrate.
ITS the only thing that'n keep EN- of n
ye." announced the sages oracularly, from
the cloud Of smoke which enveloped him.
Some people pin their faith to pennyr' val
lie, but, laws, that Jest serves to at.rack
the critters. They smell the lie a long
ways off, an that tells 'em that there :
somebody as don't want to get bit Now.
nachully 'skeetor 'ud rather bite some
one as don't want 10 be bit than ono that
don't keer; that's slSecter natur as well
as human. People allus take more trouble
to git in whar they amt wanted, an o.
do 'skceters.
Then there's another thing about
Evening journal., 1901-07-02
This Dog Is a Boozer

George +. Robinson. saloon keeper in
Tenth street between Orange and Shiploy.
has 3 dog that gets staggering drunk. The
animal is a spaniel. black and curly. with
a quick eye and a sharp bark. He has
more than ordinary dog sense, but must
have his beer During these hot days he
will 80 behind the bar and protest against
an Lecr sold until his little mug is filled
with the foaming hop juice. lie has been
known to get SO drunk that he hardly
could navigate, but he never refuses a
drink
His master has but 10 say, Joe, do you
want a beer?" and the sagacious animal
viii lick his chops and become anxious
Mr.. Robinson can put a note and some
money into an envelope and send the dos
20 the store for cigars or tobacco. The
errand win be performed with dispatch
Joe never has been known to touch whis
key. gin or soft drinks, but he is love-
OF Stoeckle's beer.
Evening journal., 1901-07-02
De G. b Stone STOCK Market

"Rastus. chile. who is this hcah Mlstah
Jonnie Addick hearn 'em talkin bout
so much7"
why honey he's de gemmen what done
come down to save de State; dats what
Mlstah Frankie Lee says, an ! guess
dat's bout de size Of H. You see, dis
heah Mistah Addicks lives In place dey
calls Claymount, dat's sommors near Bos-
ton, reckon. cause dey do say he spens
most OBJ his time waterin' stock, an he
couldn't do dat cf dem cattle was in one
place an him In anudder."
"Dey do say he makes a right smart
hbhin out oh dem stock oh his 1 hearr
a feller de udder day say dem stocks was
wild cats but ] doan know. Mebbe they
is, an mebbe he's agwine TO self 'em &C
some m'nagcrie."
''Well, what do dey mean. chile 'bou
sellin' dem ON de curb stone?"
We'll. Mister johnnie has all de mill
nnlmules I'm de cages long de street an,
dar he sets all day scllin' 'em out Some
times he gifts sebenty-ive cents an some
times eighty, but yu see its all clar profit
fur dey costs nuthin."
well, Rastus, how many ub dem ami
mules does you spose RIarster Johnni
had TO sell TO pay dat little ngse
last lechun?"
Now, so way chile so wayl You win
mems am too curious altogeddcr. DO,
told me 20 say muffin bout Il. an I ain
lgwine TO, but, honey, Marster Johnnie Ad
dicks am a gcmmen fer sure, an dey an
no flies on him"
Evening journal., 1901-07-02
Manned SixtY-fye Years

Mr.. and Mrs. Ezekiel Hum ceie-
brated the sixty-fifth anniversary of
their wedding on Saturday in the old
home Of the IIunn family, Wild Cat
Manor, near Dover The celebration
was held under the shade OF a lnam-
moth tree planted by The bride and
groom on the day Of their marriage IN
1886. Just beside this big tree stands
a smaller one, also a fine imported
roe, planted on the wedding day OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezekiel HUM, I'd. Ezekiel
Hunn, Sd. was a participant in the fes.
tivities. The only invited guests were
the daughters OF DR.. +. w. Cooper, Of
Camden, who also represent a long line
OF Kent county settlers.
Mr. Hum is 80 years old and Mrs
/ HUM is SS.
Evening journal., 1901-07-02
STORIES OF THE PESKY MOSQUITO
WHICH COME FROM FAR AND NEAF

From Phoenix, Arizona, comes this
mosquito story. For ten days
an immense swarm OF mosquitoes has IN
tested San Gabriel Mexican village near
the foothills OF the West Range OF the
Sierra Madre, 100 miles south Of Nogales.
Word has just reached here that the in
socts have driven the entire population
into the mountains. There the people have
built large fires with which to keep away
the mosquitoes.
The swarm came from a swamp between
the village and the mountains. The In
sects were attarcted by the moist irIi-
gated soil near the settlement. the swamp
having nearly dried out According to a
letter received here. the mosquitoes were
nearly as large as wasps. They settled
down about the houses ana many people
We're badly bitten. One woman and two
children died from blood poisoning.
At other places In Mexico the unusually
wet Spring has caused serious trouble
with the mosquito. an Insect heretofore
nearly unknown In that country. In sew
eral places along the Yaqui river swarms
OF them have attacked camps and pueb-
los, and IL Is believed there that the mos
quitoes are responsible for an epidemic OF
smallpox which swept over northern Mex
leo this Spring.
The country further north has also suf-
ferod severely from the mosquitoes. The
water In the Colorado river was far ont OF
Its banks for several weeks, and since IL
mas receded the ranchers along the bottom
lands and the miners who are dredging
the river sands for gold have been almost
driven from their work by the swarms OF
insects.
Evening journal., 1901-07-02
ANNOUNCED
ENGAGEMENT
Mr.. Gawthrop's and Miss
JaekSon's Is of Interest
Other Social Matters 70 interest
10 Wilmington Fo.x s.31 Their
Friends

Announcement of the engagement 9l
Miss Mabel jackson. daughter of tEc
late Job jackson, to Charles Gawthroi
was made at an informal dinner given
by Mr. GawthrOp in the Universits
Club, Philadelphia, on Saturday night
Mr.. GawthrOp's guests upon the Occa-
sion were: Sterling Thomas, Fred
Kurtz, Victor B. WoJlley, Harry kurtz
Sidney Winchester Robert Pennington
Martin Walker Chester Gibson and W
LG LONGS
Evening journal., 1901-07-02

Few persons know 1t. but 1t is a fact
nevertheless, that a mosquito can be
caught without any sort of trouble" said
a man who has always manifested
a deep corner In anopholes culex. and
all the other winged pests belonging 10
the tribe. 1T is the easiest thing in the
world to do
Two things are absolutely necessary in
order to make the capture. The mosquito
must be allowed to light on ones body.
Then he must be allowed TO unsheath his
lablum and begin his boring for oil. blood
or whatever his appetite may crave. When
the mosquito gets into this position he
is absolutely at the mercy Of the fellow
whose corpuscles he is seeking to rife.
one may make prisoner Of the MOSQUITO
without stirring a handor moving a muscle.
How? Simply quit breathing. sit stiH and
hold your breath The mosquito. with all
the force OF his wings and legs could not
break away from the spot where he had
sunk his beal, and the only remaining
thing to do would be to slip ones finger
up under his wings. get good. firm
grip ON his back and then swat him in
the head, or slay him In some other way.
The method is very simple when we
come to think of It. While we breathe. OF
course. tho pores OF the skin are kept
open' If the body Is I'm n normal condition.
This condition, Of course. Is Of great aid to
the mosquito, although his lance is prob
ably keen enough for him to break into
a corpuscle without this assistance. When
we stop breathing the pores close, the
holo In which the mosquito has showed his
beak contracts and IL is impossible for
him TO break away
Evening journal., 1901-07-02
BrandywIne Wants 10 PLAY

The Brandywine, second team. would
Ike to arrange two games for the
Fourth Of July with any team in OF
out Of the city IL would like to hear
from the Wilmington Athletic Club
and also THE Highland Club. Brandy
wine, second team. will have the fol
lowing players; J. Gill, catcher; J
Bowman and w. Beck. pitchers; r
Wardell. shortstop; c. Hunt, first base
A. Botthrel, second base; ID. Cowan
third base; w. Hunt, left field; p
Hates. centre field; r. Mitchell, righ
field. Address an answers to w. T
Hunt. No. 2l1 East Twenty-secon,
street, city.
Evening journal., 1901-07-02

A local sheet which thinks Addicks
has been grossly slandered, assumes a
complaisant air. and asks, what of il?
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Grant
and Garfield were also subjected to
abuse. The argument is along the lines
of the following hypothesis; all good
men are slandered, Addicks has been
slandered, therefore he is a good man
The writer OF the above might have ap-
piled the logical process TO himself
with a pleasing result. We are TO hav,
new hall OF fame" in which th'
Ciaymont statesman is to have a niche
Evening journal., 1901-07-02
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK
If Read Before Supper it Will Aid Your
Digestion There is Nothing Put
In II to LuII You to Sleep
Conductor Reports in rhyme

Railroad poets are not so rare but that
the Delaware road can afford one. 1t is
said that the following report was handed
In by a well-Snown conductor, explaining
to the trainmasfer Why his train was late
"rhe WIND was high,
The steam was low,
The train was heavy and hard 60 tow.
The coal was poor and fun of slate,
And that's the reason "i5" was late"
Evening journal., 1901-07-02

A strike has been inaugurated among
The mechanics Of certain steel mills be-
longing to the great trust, which may
spread to all Of their works. In that
event, we should have battle between
capital and organized labor on a gi
gantic scale. Each, when employing
all its resources, is mighty, and alsC
relentless.
Evening journal., 1901-07-02
CROSBY
& HILL
Cos GOT and 600 Ma rket ST.
Wednesday,.

Millinery at half price.
All kinds of untrimmed
Hats half-price.
Handkerchiefs at half-price,
Laces at half-price.
Underwear at half-price.
Mems Outing Shirts at
half-price.
Ladies Waists at half
price.
Fancy Lawns at half-price.
Silks at half-price.
Boys Swimming Tights at
half-pricc.
Hosiery at half-price.
Collars near half-price.
Get better acquainted with
our Shoe Department. Every
visit you make the more you
will like it.
1000 yards of Fancy Lawns,
balance of a manufacturers
stock, from 10c. to 61lc. a
yard.
Evening journal., 1901-07-02
slntioner 10 CIose EarIr

Julian B. Robinson has inaugurated an
early closing movement among the sta
TONERS of the city, he having announced
that the store No. us Market street will
be closed on Saturdays after 1 o'clock
during July and August.
Evening journal., 1901-07-02
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

India is rapidly becoming an i'm
portant factor in the coal market. The
output last year was nearly 40 per
cent in excess OF that of the year be-
fore. and a still further increase will
be seen this year. Expectation Of coal
Evening journal., 1901-07-02
Mrs. Berger Is Improving

here to-day that the condition Of his
daughter. Mrs. Frederick Bart Berger,
who is IN with typhoid fever in Bos-
ton hospital, is improving. She passed
a comfortable day yesterday, and is
conscious.