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Evening journal., 1901-10-07
NEWSPAPER OPINION
Echoes on the Yacht Race


Well. IL Is all over. Never in the his
iory of yachting were there suoh glori-
Gus races. Two giant sloops modelled
pretty nearly alike and rugged almost
identioally. with the single exception
OF a more lofty mast ON THE Shamrock,
fought 1t out 10 a finish Friday with
the result three straight for Colum-
bia. Sir Thomas Upton, OF course, is
but he need not be sad.
He has the hearty sympathy of every
sportsman in This counhry, and, as he
Is duobtless a religious man, he may
say, like Timothy. when he leaves this
country with the good wishes OF all.
The time Of my departure is come.
have fought the good fight. I have fin
ished the course. New York Sun.
Columbia has proved herself the swift
est racing craft ever designed II any
enc thinks he can improve upon her
model HE is welcome to make the trial,
though 1t would be difficult to offer
him encouragement or h.ope Of success.
New York Tribune.
In Sir Thomas Americans universally
agree they have met the faires5 and
most gallant sportsman and most amia-
BILE opponent that has ever crossed the
ocean. If ever il comes our turn to be
defeated we can only hope tlhat the
representatives Of the United States
will bear defeat with NO less grace
than he has. We shall hope to see him
back again before many seasons with
another challenger. Philadelphia
North American.
Americans naturally rejoice that an
other triumph has been won by Ameri-
can designers. but they recognize in
the challenger, its gallant skipper and
crew. a worthy competitor, who gave
the Yankee craft "a hard rub" Tlh,
races and THE outcome leave no heart.
burnings, and the entente between
the United States and Great Britain
has been strengthened. Columbia's hon
ors were fairly won, and the fines
tributes 10 her superiority will come
| from across the water-Philadelph
Ledger,
VIII Sir Thomas try again? Let u
| hope that he will, although, as he i
reported to have said. there seems Il
be little use. unless he can get al
| American designer to ccntrive boa
which Will be superior to the yacht
built in the United States. Who ca
say that he would not get a peerage
he finally triumThed? The King. VIII
creates peers I'M England, is himsel
one OF the bost and most enthusiast
3 yachtsmen in Europe.-Baltimore Sun.
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rhe Ingatheing


Fair autumn wounded by the Frost
kings spear
Pours forth her blood upon the sumac's
head.
And tangled woodbine shows stain Of
as If deer death-stricken thence had
And left this trail to guide the hunter
near.
A haze of purple chokes the humid air
And clings smoke-like against the
drowsy hill.
The shallow river babbles like rill
The ring of merry harvest ecythes is
still
And bursting barns reveals the treas
ure there.
Like Indian wigwams on the stubble
fields
The sere brown cornstalks pitch their
peaceful tents,
And torseled ears CLEAN gold through
the rents
In shriveled husks. In clumps beside
the fence
The golden rod its ieweled sceptre
wields.
= AfW itAA' halHifH AOl Nlit ilNtl IitlAH
Where purple asters toss their ragged
crowns.
The locust's shrill falsetto leads the
sounds
or myriad insect chOristers In mounds
or wind-blOwn leaves along the ORCH
ard path.
The grain uprising from the steady
fling
OF heavy fails upon the threshing
floor.
And merry whistling from the open
door
Proclaim the happy harvest home once
more,
With all the joys that well-filled gar
ners bring.
Nora Piper Wood, i'm Chautauquan
Magazine for October.
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MONDAY. ooToREn Z. ID0I
rRnsInENT AM nELAwAne

The Sunday papers continue TO pub
lish stories containing speculation on
the political situation in Delaware. and
various guesses as 10 1ho attitude Of THE
President regarding the recognition ofI
the two factions IL may be said that
these articles have no basis of news,
and contain only dhe product CT the
Imagination Of certain correspondents
President Roosevelt was suddenly
thrust into tine great position Of re-
spcnsibiity. and his vast energies have
been devoted to a mastery Of the poll
icy Of his inustrious predecessor, and
20 a study of the situation necessary toI
a contlnuance Of that policy And while
HE is met a man TO shun minor Details
even Though they may be unpleasant
yet he has had no time TO take up care
fully The Delaware matter.
He is informed OF the situation, how
ever. just as he knows Of the political
conditions OF every State, and considl
erng the record he has made. and the
sentiments he has uttered, no good
Republican has any cause to- fear THAT
his aadtude will be unfair to anyone.
We are very sure that when, by APP
pointments, he expresses his opinion as
to Delaware. II will be I'M keeping with
the highest party traditions and aspir-
ations
ereisalways atendency when great
political organization is triumphant
fer parasites to cling to Il, and under
the rrctense CT loyalty, to sap it's
strength This is always true Of any
dominant party. and 1t is true OF Re
publicamdsm. If the virtue or the or
ganization is such that these foreign
elements can be cut off, healthy com
ditlcn results. 1t is a fact Within the
lxncwledgetof every well-iniormed man.
that in a number Of our great States
there are persons In partial control OF
the party machinery who are inimica
Ito the best interests of the party They
have NO desire for good government
and. therefore. are not in the true
sense Republicans.
or course. tlhey raise their hands t.
heaven and protect their loya.ty, but
this is cheap, alahough TO THE average
mind IL is not convincing. The great
party Of which Mr. Roosevelt is the
head has had wonderful record. II
began it's existence as a body militant
TO iieht for principle, rather thar
spoils. 1t Gas gene from success 20 sue
cess because men have had conhdenc'
in its wisdom and it's virtues. There +
not the slightest doubt tlhat under III
vigorous, cultured and honest leader 4
will retain all that has made its pas
glorious. and all that will make for fn
ture honor and success.
Evening journal., 1901-10-07
utle DCitznship

From the Baltimore American.
Seth Low. in declaring that If elect
ed mayor of New York. he will hold
himself responsible to no one, and not
even to any party, but strictly to the
people. has set a high standard OF
municipal public service, but one
which all who know him will believe
him to observe II he is elected. The
feeling of a public official that he is
responsible to the people, as Mr.. Low
SAYS. and to the people alone, is a prac-
tical pledge that he will do his duty
apd act for the best interests of the
general public, whose business affairs
he is called on to administer. With
this feeling strong and active in his
mind. he will conduct the public affairs
of a community as a careful business
man conducts the affairs Of his office,
and he will do it on strictly business
principles.
But unless the people. too, share
this feeling they will have no right to
expect IL In the men they elect to pub
/ lie offices. A man who made duty his
guiding principle and looked on him
self as the public's employe, bound in
I law. honor and conscience to give the
best possible service for his salary
would be out Of touch with the com
munity over which he was placed un-
less the public regarded him in the
same light. held the same high stand
ard and gave him hearty support in
his honest endeavors. There always
has been. and there always will be, Z
class who try TO turn all public inter.
4 ests and moneys to their own SelfSl
:, advantage. When this class ceases [,
exist either the millennium will hav,
/, arrived OF human nature will have be
come perfect. But this class is limited
and hourishes only by grace CT tn
great general public.
, If The people want good government
Evening journal., 1901-10-07
THOUGH THESE NIGHTS ARE
FROSTY, FLOWERS STILL BLOOM

October IS a month of fruit rather
than of flowers. but there Is at least
one wild blossom that we shall find in
perfection this month, and of all
Flora's train it is one of the quaintest.
This Is the sneezeweed, which revels in
the alluvail soil along the margins Of
streams, and is readily recognized by
the little round balls of central bloom
surrounded by circlet of dropping
yellow rays. A side view Of this bios
som reminds one Of a tiny straw hat
with the brim pulled down all around.
IL is a lover of cool weather, almost
rivaling the garden chrysanthemum in
this respect, and may be found bloom
ing even in November. Its very un-
poetic name is derived from the fact
that the dried flowers and leaves pos
sess the property of inducing violent
sneezing. On this account the plant
has a place in medicine, for some Of
the Ills that flesh is heir to are re-
lieved by good, honest sneeze OF two
rightly timed.
After a long summer spent in the
comparative obscurity of commonplace
green, our democratic friend, the poke
weed. has donned the imperial purple,
and is making a brave show in fence
rows and by the borders of woods. It's
robust stems and branches are full to
bursting with THE rich color, which
has flowed down the mid-rib of the
leaves and overrun into the blades.
The branches are now loaded with
their racpmcs of hlack berries the
crimson juices of which we priced as
children for the manufacture of what
we were pleased to call red ink-a most
illusive fluid the only virtue of which
was that it cost nothing, for it would
keep no trust repOsed in it and would
fade in a short time quite Off the paper.
The poleweed, like THE enterprising
American that it is. has even invaded
Evening journal., 1901-10-07

good officers. and a public service
which gives them their moneys worth
of taxes. thoy must keep selfish fingers
cut OF the public treasury and selfish
interests cut Of the public contracts
by electing the proper kind Of men,
and lending all their powerful force Of
public opinion to keep the predatory
class down. To do this they must take
as much interest in their public busi-
ness as they do in their private affairs.
They must attend more to politics and
to the character Of those who control
political affairs. They must discharge
the duty Of registering and faithfully
voting in all elections. no matter how
irksOme or personally uninteresting
the duty IS. They must make them
selves familiar with the various issues
which arise from campaign to cam
paign. and bring as, much thought and
intelligence to bear upon an election
as they would to an important contract
or investment in their private lives.
Evening journal., 1901-10-07
They Jusr Laugh


Ex-Attorney-Genera Miller recently
told this story. which is thoroughly
enjoyed by dne narrator:
when President Harrison invited
me to become a member of his Cabi-
net" he said, Il determined to visit my
boyhood home i'm Indiana before going
to Washington. l had not been in the
town for twenty years. At the rail-
road station l was met by the village
hackman, who knew me when ] was
a boy He greeted me as if had left
The town only the day before. On the
way to the hotel in his ramshackle
'deep-sea-going' hack / said:
"Well, William, what has happened
since l have been here?'
'Nothin' he replied.
William / continued. I've beer
chosen a member of the Presidents
Cabinet. What do the neighbors say
TO that?
Nothin.' he answered, they just
laugh"
Evening journal., 1901-10-07

Europe, where 1t has become natural
lied in the basin of the Mediterranean,
and where the thrifty natives have
found a use for it in the adulteration
of wine. It is a plant full Of energy,
as is evidenced by its still blooming
although borne down with fruit and
Jack Frost like a sword OF Damoclea
hanging over it's head. New Eng
nnders know II under the name of
earset, which is a rather more digni-
fled term than poke, although both
names appear TO be incomprehensible
TO our philOlogists.
The word poke is perhaps of Indian
origin, but the plant which we know
specifically as the Indian poke is OF
quite another family, being a rank
plaited-leaved weed of swamps and
rcw grounds, the leafy stems of which
are topped in early summer with great
pyramids of dingy yellow flowers
Indian poke is quite poisonous. a fact
we'll known to the red men, who, it Is
said. sometimes turned the quality tC
account in selecting their chiefs-tht
candidate who could imbibe most oi
the poison and survive being regarded
as born to leadership.
The caterpillar pest this season has
been the means of illustrating one oI
the wise provisions of nature against
accidents to the LEAKAGE of trees. Il
we examine a branch OF a tree after II
has putt on its foliage in spring we shall
find that it bears numerous undevel-
oped buds. If the season be norma
and no mishap befall the expanded
leaves these buds remain dormant
like Uncle Remus' redoubtable tal
baby, staying still and saying nothing
But when, as has this year been this
case with so many trees, the foliage is
stripped before its time by the worms
the reserve buds are called into action
in spite of the seasons being far spent
and, opening, fiji up the gaps with re
endorsements of green.
Evening journal., 1901-10-07
AMENDMENT in
DIVORCE CANO.
EpiScOpalian Bishops AdOI
Clause by One-SidOd Vote
Committee TO Make Final Report J
daV-SundaV Services Of Great
Interest

San Francisco, Oct. THE Ho
of Bishops of the Episcopal church
day will take up the remaining amer
ment to the constitution. AS soon
this question shall be disposed OF,
bishops will take up the report of
committee on marriages and divoi
The committee has reported, by a v
Of IL to l, in favor of amending
canon of the solemnization Of ma
mony, by adding the following I
tion:
No minister shall solemnize a n
riage between any two persons uni
nor until by inquiry he shall have ,
isfied himself that neither person
been or is the husband or the v
of any other person living, unless
former marriage was annulled b
decree Of some civil court Of con
tent Jurisdiction for cause exiXing
fore such former marriage"
The committee in offering
amendment does not discuss the q
tion OF the remarriage of divo
persons, nor refer to the belief
by many in the church that an II
cent party in a divorce, obtained !
cause OF adultery, is entitled to III
riage again. The minority rel
which is signed by Frank II. Mi
suggests that the following provis
added to the proposed amendment
This shall not apply to anyone
ducing a certified copy of deere
divorce on the ground of aduIter.
which he or she is found TO be
innocent party by a court Of col
tent jurisdiction" n
This report is one Of the prin
bones of contention in the pre-
general conference.
In the house of deputies TO-DAY
discussion Of DIR. Huntington's an
ment to the constitution in regai
special forms of service to be re
by canon for certain classes of
gregations, not in full comm
with the church, will be continue
Bishop Potter, of New York, pI
ed in Grace Church yesterday
delegates who are attending tn
ennial conference. He spoke of
titude OF the church in relation I
problems of modern life, and sh
the necessity for individual salv
before others could be fayed. B
Whitaker, of Pennsylvania, pre-;
at st. Luke's Church.
Right Rev. Alfred Willis, Bish
Honolulu, has arrived here to
the convention. He comes in res
TO an invitation from the churc
thorities, to discuss the change
risdiction which the annexatio
Hawaiian Islands to the United
makes necessary.
Bishop Willis went to the Hay
Islands 30 years ago, under ap.
ment from the English church
was ordained in 1872 and immed
afterward left for his new field Of
His 80 years of service has been
ed by a gradual increase IN
strength and power Of the Ah
Hawaiian church.
Evening journal., 1901-10-07
Roosevelt and the Schools

A New York man found himself in
Oyster Bay, l.. l., the other day, bowl
ing along the fine bit of roadway turn
pike THAT runs close to Theodor
RoOsevelt's country house.
Talk about the President being pop
ular out Vest" grunted the driver
"I'll bet it amt a circumstance to the
way he's popular in this town of hisl
An. do you know how he done it.
Sent his children right along to dis
trict school with our'n- Then we seer
he was the right thing-uo airs, just q
man."
Evening journal., 1901-10-07
RnsseII Sagels RargaIn

The elevator man in the Western
Union Building In New York is solely
responsible for this: Russell Sage was
going up to see George Gould the other
day. While in the car a messenger boy
offered to sell the elevator operator a
neat looking single-bladed pocket
knife he had found for twenty-five
cents. The elevator man did not want
to buy. Mr.. Sage asked to see the knife.
"I'll give you twenty cents for it,:
that's all it's worth. said the put and
call mult-millionaire
"Gee!" said the boy. Say, you don't
want no bargain. do you? Some peo-
Evening journal., 1901-10-07
man MAN AND THE APE

wouldn't II be rather surprising II
the Darwinian Theory Of the Descent
of Man should be overturned, and we
should come to believe that the ape
descended from man, and not man
from the ape? There is a report that
Professor Ernst Haeckel, WHO for 50
many years has championed the Oar
winian theory. has changed his views
and now declares that the apes are the
degenerate offspring OF human beings.
Scientifically the question may be inn
portant, but sentimentally, there Is
little difference which conclusion is
reached. According TO this new idea
either the apes were our progenitors
or we were theirs. 50 our kinship is es-
tablished. Ascent or descent, the painfu
fact remains uhat cur degenerate cousinl
have habits net emitting them TO goo'
society. and they still cling TO thu
vicious habit Of attaching themselve
TO the limbs Of trees by their tails
Therefore. scientists may take thei
own course. but as for us We do no
believe it would be in good form I
recognize these cousins, no matter 1
what manner they may be related t
us
But when such questions arise th
human mind is not TO be denied il
rights OF speculation. and ordinary e,
perience suggests that the theory thi
the monkey is a degenerate offspring
man. seems TO have foundation f,
reason. How often we see tendelcil
developed in men which suggest
Evening journal., 1901-10-07

The Evening Journal takes some little
pride in the efficient news service il
has given its readers recently, and1t is
becoming apparent to the public that
we have methods of covering import
ant events, which produce results. 1t
may not be amiss TO recall that the
ndws OF the awful tragedy at Buffalo
was given TO the people OF Wilmington
by US two hours before any other paper
had ih We are very modest, and the
members of our stan have been selected
largely with regard to that quality.
but we would like to ask, what was
the matter with our service regarding
the boat races? In addition to our
regular press dispatches. we made ar
.nangamnts to have the bulletins sent
over long-dlstance 'Thone. and the re
suit our readers saw in the paper. Om
contemporaries also did well, the
Morning News and Every Evening
service was entirely acceptable.
Evening journal., 1901-10-07

Commuters are hoping that the
agitation in favor of a fve-cent fare
from this city TO Wilmington will end
in something more than talk. The
President King had his way the fare
would be reduced on purely business
grounds If The rate were reasonable
no doubt any number of people would
come over here from Wilmington to
live. We trust the railroad people will
see the wisdom of cutting the fare in
two. New Castle News.
Evening journal., 1901-10-07
THESE ARE ODD BITS OF INTEREST
GATHERED HERE AND THERE

pie needs nickels morenI do, reckon
but it's a go!"
And Uncle Russell smiled over his
bargain as he placed a dime, a nickel.
and FIVE pennies into the hand of the
yOungster, who knew nothing of the
personality of the man he was trading
with.
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falling away from the ideals Of their
fathers. This is especially true ut
times in politics And we wonder,
now that the retrograde movement has
begun. how many generations before
the descendants Of such people VIII be
oapering and grinning in cages. OF
course. even then they viii have their
purposes. since amusement is n neces-
sary feature. and doubtless they will
retain certain OF the characteristics Of
their human ancestors, which will be
shown by the tendency 20 chatter
ebout nothing, and TO constantly ex-
tend the paw to receive contributions
from generous spectators. 1t may even
be that the change viii be for the bot
ter. and that the process OF degeneracy
will serve the race a good turn, because
In a cage such creatures are harmless.
Evening journal., 1901-10-07

TIE public must not think that re.
fern is slumbering because the Com
mittee Of Fifty is saying little and Civ
ing cut nothing for publication. That
is one indication that It is doing the
exact duty assigned to II The fifty men
composing it are men Of reputation
and character, and in due time they
will be heard from. Meanwhile they
! are i'm need OF funds for legitimate and
necessary work. II the people Of this
city are as much interested in reform
as their past attitude indicates. they
will support their committee with con
tributions Of money. Let us suggest tha'
no one should be regarded as entitled
to criticise any lack OF vigor en- th'
part Of the committee. who neglects t,
Evening journal., 1901-10-07

The program at the Pam American
Exposition on Delaware Day, will in
clude speeches by Governor HUM and
Secretary Of State Layton. There
will be ether attractions, but 1t Is
Thought that a mention of these nea-
cures will be sufficient to draw a
crowd. There may be ether speakers of
note. although at this writing we are
unable to say whether Senators Alice
and Abbott wiz make addresses.
Evening journal., 1901-10-07
RrookIyn erIdae strona As

New York, Oct. THE eng
experts appointed to exam
Brooklyn bridge found that tn
ure is now practically as s.
when first completed. They
mend that it be strengthened
count Of the increase in the Mt
heavy teams that cross it. 7
dent to the suspension rods
to wind pressure.
Evening journal., 1901-10-07

The late Bishop Whipp-e, the famous
Episcopal missionary Ito the Indians
was man OF strong physique, and in
early life his work was generally car
ried on by means Of long rides over the
plains, when he would sometimes sleep
in the open and see no white face for
months.
Evening journal., 1901-10-07

A certain Wilmington editor is much
perturbed over a report of hog cholera
in Kent and Sussex. We think his UNI
easiness is unwarranted, fer the disease
he breads may not reach New Castle.
Evening journal., 1901-10-07

contribute some amount to help It
prosecute the work The members
cannot be expected to give their time,
and to also put up the funds.
Evening journal., 1901-10-07
Too Late to Save suleld

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. John
Turner, of Rock Mill, Ala, O.
instructor in the cardlng and s.
branches of the textile DEPART.
the Georgia School Of Tech
committed suicide last night by
morphine. Before taking th|
Turner telephoned one of his
that he was about TO end his
help arrived too late.
Evening journal., 1901-10-07
Pittshura'e Naw "EIeval

Pittsburg's Nqw "EIeVatcd" ?
Pittsburg, Oct. THE Pc
mia and Fort Wayne trac
Joined yesterday over the ]
waited structure on the Liberi
side Of the new Union statioi
o'clock trafiic was suspend
1000 men were set to work
7.20 train No. 10, the Chicago
passed over the new elevate
Evening journal., 1901-10-07

President Roosevelt as a speaker
varies a good deal in the matter of de-
livery. Some times he speaks very
rapidly, and this especially when deep
ly moved. But generally he speaks
very slowly, choosing his words with
great care.