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Evening journal., 1901-08-10
OUR CITY GOVERNMENT

Almost every branch OF government
OF this city and county Is under grave
euspicion. TO put Il mildly The
charges on every lip include inefn-l
cheney. If not venallty One OF the
difficulties arises from multiplicity
OF machinery. AT every nesting of the
Legislature Wilmington is All the mercy
OF a body Of men largely from rural
localites-men who understand littiel
Of the requirements Of city govern
ment, and who are not acquainted with
the peculiar needs OF Wilmington. Al
clique from this city with a political
or personal pull goes down to Dover
and secures legislation vitality affecting
all our interests.
But it does not stop there. Whining
ton is included within the bounds of
New Castle county, and oftentmes has
to meet the conflicting interests of the
rural members II means a system OF
double taxation, and multiplication
of officers
Then in our city itself, there is an
unnecessary division of powers and
duties. We have a Council and a
Street and Sewer Department, and the
work that might be done by one body.
is divided between two; and. besides.
offices are multiplied. Council. if prop
erly selected, is competent to legislate
for the city, without any auxiliary
help. The Street and Sewer Depart-
ment ought to be merely a committed
of the city legislature.
There was a grave mistake made
when the trainers OF the new Constitu.
ton failed to create new county out
OF the city OF Wilmington. II would
have given three rural counties as op
posed to one city, and Wilmington
could then have had her proper rep
resentation in the Legislature withou
detriment to anybody. With count,
and city lines the same, government
would have been simplifed. and a sys
tenn Of taxation put into effect whereof!
every cent raised would have gone t.
the municipality.
AS it is, a new charter is imperative
but it should be the work of experts
and those who have the welfare of tn
city at heart. One thing is desirable
TO decrease the number Of offices, tina
expenses may be less, and the contro
centralized. There has been entirel
too much legislative juggling as tenn
porary expedients, and this is respon
sible for a part of the trouble in bot
city and county. A division of powe
means an extension of salaries and {
leakages.
We should like to see a non-partisa
committee composed Of able and disir
terested persons appointed by som
method-men who would command n
spect and whose recommendation
would be accepted as flnal-to draft
new charter and submit it to the me-
Legislature for legal enactment Sue
a committee might perform invaluab
service by investigating, as far as
powers would allow. all the branch
Of our city and county government
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

lawsuits which seemed to be imperil-
ing the existence Of the company The
lawyers advised securing a list of
shareholders. but the firm was not al
lowed to get the list from the gas COM
panys transfer books. Holders OF
over six hundred thousand shares Of
stock OK the gas company responded to
the advertisement. the circular says.
The shareholders are asked to keep the
firm advised of changes in their ad-
dresses until the lawyers have finished
an investigation and have made a re-
port. 4
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

THE Evening Journal goes by mall into
almost every postonice In the State. IL
Is delivered by carriers In Newark. New
mort. stanton, Elsmere, Edge Moor, Mar
ehaliton Falkland, Aorklyn, liockessin,
Dover. Niddletown, Smyrna, Clayton, Cam
oan. LAUREL Seafurd. New Castle, Della
war CITY. Milford, Georgetown, Harring
ION Delmar BrdFeVllle, LeWes, aud
many other towns 10 ls on sale az an
Union News stands, al Stand No. 1. Broad
Street station Philadelphia, and az Chea
Ter. IL is on file at several OF the reading
rooms on Young Pier. Atlantic city.
and on sale az the news stands near the
exposition grounds, ia Bumalo.
Persons gong away for a week or longer
can have the Evening Journal mailed to
them daily Tor cents week
Evening journal., 1901-08-10
MANY SHAREHGLBRRS RESPOND
Holders Of Bay State Gas Stock to Keep
Content & Co. Posted

II. Content & Co., of New York, who
advertised recently for addresses OF
Of the Bay State Gas Com
pany, have issued a circular to the
stockholders, saying that the advertis-
ing was done by advice of Hoadly,
Lauterbach q Johnson, counsel en-
ployed to examine into the numerous
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

A news item this morning tells of a
woman losing a diamond pin at the
pier at Atlanic City valued at $4,000.
This is an illustration Of how shoddy-
ness is made 20 pay It's price. A gem
Of such value might be in place on GER
tain occasions, but at a crowded sea-
shore the wearing Of expensive jewelry
marks a want Of taste. as well as the
want Of sense.
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

The Democrats of Philadelphia and
Of Pennsylvania have paid an incalcu-
liable price as the cost for the Demo
cratic traducers. who have been in the
pay OF the Quay-Durham machine while
assuming to lead the Democrats in
their conflicts against the Republicans
The loss in prestige of a minority bal
ance wheel and in popular respect for
the organization has ben immeasur-
able it has logically brought about a
general disintegration and demoraliza-
ton in the Democratic ranks of both
city and State-Philadeph Times.
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

A society has been formed in Vir
ginia to do away with spurious mill
tary titles. We learn from its protest
that not every member Of the Confed.
crate army was colonel This is
news, indeed.
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

The Independent Democrats of Pei.n-
sylvania are making heroic efforts to
show that the Quay organization
doesn't own the whole outfit, but from
present indications It looks as though
they would have a hard road to travel
The Ryan-Donnelly gang OF leaders in
selling themselves doubtless regarded
The transfer as including the whole
party.
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

sumed that he knew whereof he was
speaking, another contemplated sourcel
.of revenue has slipped away from US
and the law on our statute bookl
amounts TO naught
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

Chicago University no longer has a
monopoly of strange stories of men and
animals. Columbia has come to the
front i'm the person Of Professor Thorn
dixie, who says that the mind Of the
monkey resembles mans and that If
monkeys had the same chance as men
they might have as good minds. and
that any way they are entitled to be
classed with men mentally This is
news We have long been accus-
toned to the Darwinian theory that
man is descended from the monkey,
but the missing link" has never been
found, although Professor Haeckel has
gone in search of it or him-we do not
wish to be too particular in the matter
of ns.-Philade,phia Inquirer.
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

Some newspaper interviews are
made up by the reporters questions
and refusal to give information
Morgan's stereotyped remark is: 81
have nothing to say" and Skaters:
Il decline to reply" These sandwiched
in between reportorial queries, may
make a column.
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

stain put upon the fair name Of the
Commonwealth. What the South
needs IS more governors like Chandler
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

The appointment of Robert P. Ed
wards as an election commissioner is
ideal. No one can possibly take excep-
lions TO his selection, unless they are
swayed by narrow partisan motives,
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

Georgia evidently doesn't endorse
Tillman's views Of lynching. The
governor OF that State called out the
militia TO protect negro accused of
criminal assault He had a proper
trial and was sentenced to be hanged.
Thus the law will be yindicated and no
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

Mrs. Nation, freed from Jail, starts
ont Immediately on lecturing tour.
The American people like to listen to
someone of proved ineligibillty
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

. Johnny-Look at the elephant NOV
ing his great big fins. mammal
Mamma-Those are his ears. dear
What use has an elephant for fins?
Johnny-Huhi 1 guess he can use
'em when his head swims. can't he?
The children Of a wealthy widower
ALWAYS object to his second marriage
Evening journal., 1901-08-10

Even a liar respects veracity-in the
other fellow.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-16

for some more. l accommodated him
right in the mouth, too, and one of
his big white teeth flew into splinters
that whizzed up into the air.
Il suppose you'd have perspired, as
they say in polite talk. | didn't have
time to get pore open, for luck was
on my side and | was only few yards
from a live oak. | was young and
pretty quick and swung myself in a
jiffy onto big limb. | felt a rip in
my pants as | whlrled over and, after
gettin' well out of reach. | felt there
and there was three or four Sits six
inches long where his claws had just
missed my casin'.
II crawled along to the trunk of
the tree and began to wonder how
was to get the rife up. Old Clubfoot
was there with his big paws clawin'
down bark only two feet from my
toes and tryin' to get up. His breath
felt like steam out of a locomotive,
and his eyes would almost have done
for a headlight. he was so mad. |
had seen mad bear before, when they
had foot caught in a trap. but
never saw such ragin' fury as this old
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-16

IF you will only pack things in
small boxes says the woman who
knows how TO move, you will have
the men who move you in a compare
lively beatifc state of mind. Books.
for instance. II is strange, but every
woman who has books TO move imme
diately gets the biggest box she can
find for them. Books are heavy any
way, and big boxes are liable to break
with their weight, and 1t Is almost inn
possible to move them. They will fit
just as well into small. square boxes
in which packages Of starch or oat-
meal have come, and they will pack
into the moving van better and the
men can handle great numbers of them
with little trouble"
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eating your SON in the highest lines OF
art"
There was a strange joy in the faith
er's and mothers heart as Mr.. En-
strom expressed their gratitude.
Now, my young friend. what do
you say?" continued the stranger.
Would you like to work hard and do
great things for the world and for
art?"
"Yes. sir" replied Ralph. smiling.
"lf you think | could become an ar
tist."
Surely, my lad. I not only think
so. but know you will realize my
wishes II you consent to try"
That day Ralph pledged himself to
all that is good. true and beautiful in
art, and in after years another name
was added to the roll of fame.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-16
THE Ji0oER's JOURNEY.
Pestiferous Little Insect Is Travelling
Around the World.


The very small species of the flea,
commonly known as the jigger, whose
native home is tropical and subtropi-
cal America, set out in 1872 to cir
cumnavigate the world and has now
half completed its journey. His ar
rival in India and Madagascar Is al
most simultaneously reported. On his
conquering way he has badly fright
ened many barbarous tribes by his
propensity 20 bore through the skin
and find lodgment under it, and many
villages and sometimes whole districts
were abandoned by the natives dur
ing his journey across Africa. In
September, 1872, a sailing vessel from
Brazil dumped a quantity of sand bal
last on the beach at Ambriz, a little
historic importance from the fact that
the jigger crossed the ocean in this
sand and II is believed to have been
his first introduction to foreign terri
ory. His rate of advance across Az
lAca depended upon the means of
transportation at nahu, Tor the JlSBef
will not hop when he may ride. II
was thirteen years before he struck the
caravan route to Stanley Pool, and
then he journeyed quickly and com
eortably with the porters In the freight
5ervice TO that starting point Of the
gpper Congo steamers which carried
Linn half way across Africa. Twenty
years after his arrival in Africa. the
iigger appeared on the shores Of the
Victoria Nyanza and six years later he
aas hopping along the sands Of Zan-
zibar island, The jigger was thus es-
tablished in 1898 at the busy mart
whence many vessels sail for the East
indies and Oceanica. 1t was predicted
that he would soon invade India, and
sure enough his arrival at Bombay,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-16
Remarkable Tale OF q West-
ern Hunter.
Especial letter.

NDUfNldl iatiAtlsi
Old Bill Ellis. famous hunter OF
the Rockies. has rare stock of in
teresting hunting stories and he never
tires telling of his exciting expert
ences on the chase. His favorite tale
is the one dealing with his ride astride
big grizzly which he had wounded
and made fighting mad. The story usu-
ally begins as follows:
Did you ever ride n bear? No, |
suppose not. Lots of folks haven't.
But Old Clubfoot packed me one dag
in great shape. That old serpent
us-s to range these hills. and il there
was anything he liked 1t was lead. He
was a regular travelin' lead mine. He
was so dangerous | never hankered
after his pelt, but one day | nearly
ran over him and he came for me,
so that there was nothin' to do but
shoot. fed him some lead right in
the gizzard and all he done was to
gulp as il 1t was good and come
right on with his mouth wide open
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-16

eyes at the awful way monsieur had OF
sweeping his fingers over half the sheet
and smearing over some of his most
painstaking work.
Just as ! told you. my son" said his
father. "It is these high standards in
everything that make close application
the rule and not the exception"
We'll, Joe says do better work than
he did when he began" said Ralph,
with returning confidence.
Very well, then. do your best, my
son. and you will come out all right
The boy had had poor schooling in
that little southern town of Saluda.
But Mr.. Enstrom was considerably
artistic in his makeup and the chill
dren. more or less, inherited their fa
theirs quick aptness OF parts. Ralph
was decidedly more of a genius than
his brothers. There was little he did
not try to make n copy Of even to
making off-hand speeches of his mother
at her kitchen work, of his father In
the field. and baby in his sand-bank
Most of these were quite recognizable
portraits. so the boy had grown up with
this one idea uppermost. What Joe
Mlllwood said had great influence with
him. and one day after nearly a years
study under Monsieur Gerano, he sur
prised his father by saying he was go
ing to compete for a prize. "Yes, faith
er. Joe says | can do It, and what he
says means something"
"A prize for what" inquired Mr..
Enstrom.
well, just you see for yourself y
said the boy with great assurance, as
he spread before his father a sheet Of
the illustrated World.
Mrs. Enstrom was all attention while
her husband read aloud; "A prize of
one hundred dollars for the best ORR
! ginal sketch in charcoal This offer
is made for the encouragement of art
in our young people. Only those un-
| der fifteen years OF age are eligible to
the competition. Work TO be submit
ted before Nov. 3Oth. 1895, to A. r. L.,
Herald once, New York"
"Well, my son, this is a chance to
show what you can do"
From that day on, for three success
sive months. Ralph had but one idea,
Joe and Ralph became great friends
No one but father and mother and Joe
were taken into the boys confidence
Joe gave him one of the best window
lights in his den and became his critic
until the drawing was finished and
sent along with the work of the other
competitors. 1t was a long, weary
waiting for the decision that would
appear in the columns Of the Illustrat
ed World. Several names were whis-
pered around in the Art School as the
ones most likely to win the prize, ant
Ralph almost settled down to the be
lief that he had made a mistake In
trying to compete.
Three weeks from the time when al
the drawings had been sent in, there
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whittier he had been brought by
coolies returning from Africa, is now
reported. lie Tour du Monde says he
may be expected in French Indo-Chi-
ma at any time and that he will evil
IDENTIFY Invade the whole of Southern
Asia. and letters from Nossi BE, in
northwest Madagascar, report his adj
vent there and on the adjoining is
lands, where he is flourishing and
multiplying in the sandy soil We
may next expect to hear of this perse-
vering and successful traveller among
the Pacific islands. and all regions in
or near the tropics seem destined to
make his acquain .ance.-New York
Sun.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-16
The Young wife. Social Duties.

To simply live alone, with no provi'
sion for the qualification of the social
instincts, is apt to prove too severe a
strain upon the reserve forces of even
the happiest marriage. There is some
excuse to be made for the man who
seeks society outside Of the home
wherein no thought is given to social
pleasure. while the wife is apt to grow
petty and personal, and so less attrac-
tive as she shuts herself away from
intercourse with others. This drop
ping out is very easy, but even when
prosperity comes and large social func-
tions are possible it is too late to gain
that most valuable possession. friend
ship, which Is entirely Independent Of
financial success. To have and TO hold
a place in the social life of the world is
not only the right, but the duty OF the
young wife who desires to have a hom
in its tr''est and best sense.-Helen Jay
IN LaG. ls' Home Journal.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-16
t1E TOOK 4 RIDE ON BRUIN

scamp had when he found was Just
beyond his reach and the trunk OF
that tree too straight and smooth for
him to climb
Just as | began to think of Sun
day school hymn suitable for n saved
sinner, | felt a bite Then there was
another and another and somethin'
crawlin' up my sleeve and on my
neck and up my ankles and more bites
by the second, and the smell of ants
gettin' mighty powerful Then you
bet | did perspire in no time l had
to git down. and that mighty quick.
too. or I'd have been dead and inside
tlrem ants in half an hour. There was
no time to lay out any fine plans, for
the ants bit worse and worse and came
thicker and thicker So | ran out on
big limb and the bear followed me
out there and looked up and showed
his big white teeth. My hat dropped
and. as he pounced upon IL, fell on
the limb and lit on his back. was
scared, but so was he, and the way h.
lit out was caution. lie started fast
enough. but when | got good grip
with each hand into his wool. dug my
heels into his nanks and hollered Git
out o. here. you son OF gun!' he
shot out like one of these rifle balls
you hear tell of that gather speed so
fast that when we went under the
first tree | didn't have time to unload
him and catch onto limb and swing
up again. as | had meant to. In about
half a second somethin' gray went
a-swimmin' around on all sides with
thousand quails a-whizzin' squeal-
in and dartin' around my head. and
the durndest rattle you ever heard. IL
sounded as II the lightnin' had struck
the pantry Of the giants and busted all
the crockery and turned the flies loose.
II might a been a rock pile We went
| through, but ! wasn't particular
enough to get off to look Just then
saw a couple OF brown spots ahead,
with somethin' behind that looked like
the tail of a coyote, and then two
streaks of brown went past MS from
in front, but they fell behind so fast
| couldn't tell. but I rather guess they
was coyotes.
"Just then there was flash of
green and then a regular cloud OF 1t
swimmin' around me, an such a rip
pin and tearin' of clothes an the aw-
fullest smashin' an crashin' of brush
an scrapin off of my skin where the
clothes had been, an all at once |
come to a dead stop so fast that IL
turned me upside down. AS soon as
| could get the blood out of my eyes
enough to see. found myself in one or
these great big mountain manzanitas
with my heels a-lookin' at the sky
an not burned rag ON me but bit
of court plaster had on back of one
ear. / kept still for second, expect
in thunderbolt or somethin', but the
coast was all clear an the sun a-smil-
in as only our dear California sun can
smile. with the birds all a-singin and
not an ant or derned thing in sight
to bother anybody. Just then | heard
someone holler, Get out of here, you
son of a gum 1t made me jump, but
1t sounded so natural like it set me to
thinking, and burned if 1t wasn't my
own voice-just arrived.
"oh, yes, he done pretty well for q
lame bear, but what sport I'd a had II
I'd only had my spurs on"
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came by the mornings mail a letter
to Raiph's address, and it read thus:
"The original drawings in competi
tlon for the prize of one hundred dol
lars, as advertised in the illustrated
World, for the best original sketch by
any boy or girl under fifteen years OF
age. having been submitted to and due
ly examined by three judges, | herein
announce the prize to have been
awarded to Ralph b. Enstrom for his
original sketch of The Farmyard' En-
closed find check for one hundred dol
lars, the amount Of the prize offered.
Respectfully,
Abraham X. Lesslng.
March /, 1896"
The surprise and JOY of the whole
family was at its height and again
there was ring at the door. A
stranger confronted Ralph.
II am looking for a lad by the name
of Ralph b. Enstrom," said this gem
tleman. "Have | come to the right
plaee?'
THAT is my name" said Ralph, eX-
citedly, as he waited>upon the strang-
er in.
And | am Mr.. Lessing," continued
the gentleman, smiling. by way of in
PRODUCING himself to the family. And
have come 20 find out what more
can do to assist the lad who has tried
so hard to think for himself, and to
make his hand DO the bidding Of his
brain"
In the conversation that followed
he explained the circumstances of his
own early life; the desire he had 10
follow art. but how he was bafIled by
the care of a widowed mother and pow
erty. And now, Mr.. Enstrom, for the
prosperity | have had, and for the love
OF what was debarred, / ask no other
return than that you viii allow me TO
use some OF tic lneans that kind
fortune hes followed me with. IN edu-
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-16
Tho virtue Of .he Orange.

For years the hyglenlc qualities Of
the orange have been recognized In
feverish disorders; and of late they
have taken the honors as antidotes to
biliousness and other gastric com
plants Doctors affirm that they con-
tain all the salts needful for a healthy
condition of the blood.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-16
NAME TO FAME.
(By Mary woodward weatherbee.)

ALPH ENSIR KUN
was a Virginia boy
born in the little
village Of Saluda.
When the day
boat from Norfolk
Z o r Baltimore
stopped at Urbanna
to leave her small
cargo Of oysters,
and to take on her
live freight o (
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-16

ogden (at Hello, old chapi
Going on pleasure trip?" Wabash
(sadlyl--"No; I'm going to st. Louis. -