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The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
WAS A GREAT TONIC.
Its Introduction Increased Central
Americas Death Rate.
1t Was Called "Webster's Coffin vnr-
nish''-A Curious Tale of One of
the Lost Arts in Compound
ing Medicine.

"You never heard of Webster's cof-
fin varnish!" exclaimed the little,
swarthy man in the group of Sunday
afternoon loungers in the st. Charles
corridor to a New Orleans Times
Democrat reporter. "Well, it's plain,
gentlemen, that you've never been in
Central America; leastwise not in
'95, when the varnish made its reputa-
ton. Its mighty scarce now, and |
doubt whether you'd pick up a
single bootle between Belize and
Bocas-" But what was the stuff,
anyhow" interrupted one of the par
ty, impatiently. 1T was supposed to
be liver regulator" replied the lit
tie man; shut the principal fact posi-
lively known about it is that it in
creased the mortality of the coast de-
partment of Honduras 80 per cent. in
two months. The story is this" he
continued, lighting fresh cigar.
"'Bill' Webster was trader in a
small way, and used to take down
merchandise on the coasters and swap
it off for bananas or rubber or any
thing else that offered. In the spring
of '95 he got hold of q big lot of liver
regulator of various kinds, put up es-
pecially for the Central American
market. You see. there is big tar
if on straight whisky down there,
but as the climate is mighty hard on
the liver, most of the little republics
let in patent regulators free. The
consequence is that "A good many drug
houses in the United States make
special brands of liver medicine for
that particular trade, and when a
man down there wants to be friendly
and sociable he asks you to take a
swig of regulator with him. The for
mulas of the popular brands vary
somewhat, but the general effect is
all about the same.
"Well, as / was saying" the
swarthy gentleman went on, Web
ster got hold of big assorted lot o.
Central American liver regulator anc
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

fact that man does not understand
her."
I'm glad to hear you say that"
said tine Aggressive Woman, instantly
losing some of her aggressiveness and
speaking in a conciliatory tone.
"Yes; man shows an utter lack of
just plain, rudimentary knowledge of
the SEX" went on the Masculine Gym
ic. '"Take the subject of trailing
skirts, for instance. He sees in it a
menace to health, and he endeavors
to remove the danger by showing how
dirt and disease germs are gathered
up and spread. He condemns it in
strong language, and resorts to argu-
ment and reasoning. oh, it is funny,
very FUNNY"
"What should he do?" demanded the
Aggressive Woman.
"What should he dol" repeated the
Masculine Cynic What should he
fashion! Why, he should advocate it.
of course. He should call meetings
and commend it most earnestly. lie
should even discuss the advisability
of passing law prohibiting the use
of walking skirts and rainy day skirts
on the ground that they are immodest
and injurious to health. That's what
he should do. Don't you suppose
know what happens to man when he
tries to pass judgment on woman:
raiment?"
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
SPOOKS IN GRAVEYARD.
Dead of Long Ago supposed to Lurls
In a Deserted Pennsylvania
Cemetery.

Near Milton Grove, Lancaster county,
Pa. is deserted graveyard, oyergrown
with rank weeds. The fence around
it is falling rapidly into decay. The
neghbors call the place haunted and
1.-The children hesitate to go past it in
the day, while at night only the BRAY
est will venture near the place. In the
graveyard are five mounds marking the
&only graves left. the other bodies hay
6ng been disinterred and taken away.
HIN each one of these graves lies the
Body of person who died violent
Edeath.
~ For over ITO years the crumbling
kgravestones have told the stories Of
}how these persons died. In the first
kfrave lies all that is mortal of the wife
Spf one John kinsy. In 1878, according
to the tombstones on which the inscrip
Hon is still legible. Kinsley came home
&nd found his wife hanging to tree.
'he lonely forest home had driven her
10 suicide.
81 Next is the grave of Flana Doty, an
ID ged recluse, who was burned to death
E3n her cabin
MI Jonathan Fissel, who was buried in
9dhe next grave, was said in his day to
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
poTHUNTER'S SCHEME.
Caught Ducks with Hooks, hut
Quarry Flew Away with Line
and Can't BE Taken.

The Chicago Chronicle asserts that
South Evanston duck hunters and low
ers of fair sport are looking with guns
for the man who baited long line
and set it on the lake front to catch
ducks or geese when they came ashore
at night not long ago. Men acquaint-
ed with the habits of game birds
around the lake declare that they
roost on the shore during the night
to rest, and the following story is
said to be true:
Some one aware of the habits of the
lake geese set long line with over
so hooks fastened to it along the
shore, anchored to stick driven into
the sand. Every hook was baited and
the line extending along the shore
for several hundred feet left for its
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

wisest and most sedate crony among
them.
Five years ago, writes New York
World correspondent, he rescued child
who had fallen in n well by going down
and climbing back by the help of rope
and the projections of the wall. No
body was present but the drenched
child, who told the story.
Charlemagne was also IA great favor
itc at the Children's hospital. There he
spent hours playing in different wards
With infinite Kindness. His funeral was
attended by the whole population.
Only one other French city possesses
monument erected in memory of an
animal by a loving public This is Mon
ltargis where there is bronze dog. cit
ed in ~ guide books as the Montargis
| dog. hfter his master had been muir
dercd the dog fought the assassin all
the night, fencing him in vacant lot
and preventing his escape. The dog
was mortally stabbed and both he and
the murderer died from their wounds
next day
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
ON TUESDAY,
THE29th DAY OF JANUARY, 1901,
at2o'clock, p. M,

he following described real estate, viz:
All that ,ertain lot or piece OF land with the
buildings thereon erected Known as No. 1902
6ennet, street, situate in the cit, OF Wilmington,
sloresaid, bounded and described as follows to
VT:
Is. ginning at a point on the easterly side Of
emmett street at The distance { I seventy-tive
feet four inches northeriy from the hortherly
side of Tenth street; thence easterly parallel
with Tenth street and passing through the mid
die OF the division wall between the huu.e on
this lot and the house adjoining ON the south
seventy feet ten and ohenstif luches to POINT on
the westerly side OF All allies iiye feet woe, lun-
Iii G parallel with Bennett street. snd connect
ing with another alley three ieet wife, running
parallel with Tenth street between Bennett
street and Church ssieet; thence northtrly by
the first mentioned aAey side twelv, teet tUur
inches thence westerly parallel with Tenth
street, and passing through the MIDDLE Of TIE
division wall between tine house On this lot aud
the mouse adjoining on the north. seventy ieet
ten auu one-naf inches 10 a point Iii the said
easterly side OF Bt nnctJ street. and thence thee
by southerly Twelve feet t,,uf ncneS u the pat
OF beginning be the contents thereof what they
may, with the free aud u interrupted right, use
and privilege OF ssid alleys IN common wi h
Others entitled thereto forever. Un5.r and sub
ject, nevertheless, to an equitable share of the
costs, charges and expenses OF keeping said
alleys in repair
sliced and taken in execution as the property
oil Lou SC b. Spring and James spring, mUrlgagur
and terre tenants. and to be SOLD b,
SAMUEL A. MCDANIEL, sheriff
Sleitf's Office, Wilmington Deiaware JaLu-
airy IL 1901.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
REGISTERS aORDER.
EGISTER'S ORDER,
III Registers Office,
New Castle County, Del

ID EGISTER'S ORDER.
III Registers Office,
New Castle County, DEL
Decembar 18th, 1900.
Upon the application of security Trust and
Safe Deposit Company Administrator cum ties
tamento annexo of Martin Shaughnessy, late of
Wilmington Hundred, III said county deceased.
it is ordered and directed by the Register that the
Administer, e e. a.. afore aid give notice of
granting of Letters of administration upon the
estate of the deceased with the date If granting
thereof, By causing advertisements to be posted
within Iorty days from the date OF such Letters
in six Of the most public places Of the County of
New Castle, requiring all persons having de-
mands ag iinst the estat to present til same, or
abide by an act of Assembly in such case made
and provided; and also cause the same to be in
serted Within the same period in the sun, news
paper published in Wilmington, Del. and to be
continued therein three weeks (e. o. d.
Given under the hand and seal of the
tsc1 Register aforesaid, at Wilmington III
ISL New Castle County aforesaid the day
and year above written.
CALVIN W. ChOSSAN, Register
E0TICE-Notice is hereby given that Letters
of Administration were i'll due form of law
granted unto the undersigned, GU the twenty
eighth day of December, a. D., 1900, and that all
persons having claims against the estate OF the
deceased must present the same duly attested
to the said Administrator C, t. a., OH or before
tire twenty-eighth day of December. 1901, or
abide the Act of Assembly in such case made
and pr vided..
Administrator C. t a.
Address, Wilmington, Delaware.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
He Had a Fellow Feeling.

H A Baltimore dentist had in his en-
Ploy a colored boy whom he called
chocolate. While the dentist was
+ Hone in his office one day the boy
Suffered and said: doctor, was you
Eisiting at Mount Vernon place
|ast night ?" The doctor was surprised
1T the question, but answered that he
|Eas, and supplemented the answer
by asking how Chocolate knew he was
fhere and why he had asked the ques-
bon Chocolate grinned and replied:
HI knowed you was there because !
was visiting lady at the same
house,"
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

took it to Honduras on speculation.
When the ship arrived at port, how
ever, he learned that new tariff
schedule had just been adopted, slap
ping 30 per cent. duty on 'medi-
cines in bottles, but only two per
cent on medicines in bulk, put up in
kegs or barrels As bad luck would
have it there was only one empty
barrel on the whole vessel, while the
consignment of regulator was OF at
least dozen different brands: but
there was no time to deliberate over
the matter. and Bill proceeded to
dump it all in together. The stuff is
made on exactly the same principles
ANYHOW he said, .and little blend
ing won't harm it a particle So he
loaded up the barrel, paid the light
duty on bulk regulator and empty
glassware and rehottled the mixture
as soon as he got ashore. under the
name of .Webster's Eureka Tonic
Now comes the strange part of the
affair. The regulators were all I'M
loubtedly about 95 per cent. whisky.
but the other ingredients differed.
and that blend must have produced
some brand new chemical compound.
ANYHOW, Webster's tonic turned out
to be the widest nose paint any hui
man being ever put under his vest.
One drink of it would make the quiet
est citizen in town jump straight up
in the air and howl like a catamount,
and two drinks would make him fight
a, circular saw. After that he was
liable to scalp his grandmother or do
ANYTHING else eccentric that hap
pened to come into his mind. As soon
as the peculiar properties of the stuff
became known it enjoyed an immense
run, and for two or three weeks times
were livelier on The coast than they
had been since the Mosquito rebellion.
Then the supply ran out and Webster,
who had been rapidly getting rich at
| ten dollars a bottle, gold, made a
desperate effort to duplicate the mix
| ture, but he couldn't do it. lie sent
4 for all the different regulators on
the market and experimental for
| months and months, but he could
| never exactly hit the right proper
tions, and at last the poor fellow died
Of a broken heart. He had only two
bottles of the old original left in
stock, and they opened those for the
1 pall-bearers. The result was they
Lad five funerals instead of one, and
that's how the tonic got its name OF
coffin varnish.' Since then plenty OF
Others have tried to find the secret
added the little man, getting up, "but
they never succeeded, and it's got to
be a kind of tradition, like the lost
mine If anybody could strike the
right combination he'd make an enor
nous fortune in less than six months
He'd need u steam yacht to carry
away his money"
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
Proposals for Police Uniforms.

Proposals will be received by the Board OF Po-
ice Cummi. siOneis until Thursday, January ~.
1901, at p, m, ior furnishing aud making about
elghty-f ur suits OF Police clothing for summer
wear. divided as follows One double breasted
ffuck coat san; two single breasted frock coat
suits; ten auube br, asted SACK coat suits win
chey OILS on arms; seventy SINGLE ieAsted high
cut sack coat suits one vest and two pair II
"a falcons 10 each suit Color 10 be good indi-
20 b.ue; all WOOL standing The tat, Coats 10 be
lined with good black Itaiian co h; sleeves to re
iued with GOOD English sateen; palitai oons and
vest to be mace with good trimmings and TO be
strong aud ssryiceable.
Also about seventy five helmets ard ABOUT
twelve summer caps same as ordinarily worn l'y
pJics 70 ces. k4cn bid must be accom- anied
Dy samples.
The beard reserves the right to reject any or
all bids. For further in1uI nation apply to
EUGENE MASSEY,
Chief Of Police
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
STATUE FOR AN APE.
49,. The Pet of the Town of Gren-
obIe, France, because He Saved
a ChiId's Life.

rio municipal council of Grenoble
- yoted a large appropriation to
a~cct 4 bronze statue of the famous
ohimnanzee Charlemagne. who has just
Siod here. He was brought to Greno-
hle hy Explorer Marvotte, and for nine
,oars had enjoyed the freedom of the
lawn, being allowed to enter every
Nome and to help himself to anything
IN the vegetable and fruit shops.
cbarlemagne, who was perfectly
tame dressed like a laborer, though he
|nreferred to travel on all fours. He
h .ed TO sit with the card players in the
|,,fes or by the fishermen at the river
hank by the hour, looking to be the
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

prey about II o'clock at night, while
the hunter retired to the bluff to
watch for prisoners. 1t is asserted
that during the night so many birds
were caught on the hooks that they
succeeded in pulling the stick from
the sand and all the imprisoned ducks
flew away into the lake for nearly a
mile. In the morning they were seen
swimming around. all fastened to-
gether with the line and suffering
severe torture, as the hooks inyari-
ably stick in the birds Threats. An
attempt was made to go after them,
but the heavy sea prevented the cap
ture. Experts say the birds will all
die. as release from the hooks is i'm,
possible.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

have been pirate and to have assisted
7n the burial of treasure and his death
v said to have been caused by some adj
&enturers who tried to torture from
him his secret.
n Frederick Kissel's bones lie under
ALLEN gravestone that relates the story
40 his murder by Indians.
XII In the last grave is a man who was
xilled in the early Indian wars. His
3ame was faded from the grayestone
Mind the manner of his death is only
Known by tradition
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
TO END THE NUISANCE.
How the Masculine Cynic Would Cure
the Fair Sex of Wearing Long,
Trailing skirts.

When the Masculine Cynic dropped
his paper and began to laugh bolster
ously the Aggressive Woman natural
ly looked at him with suspicion. The
fact is, says the Chicago Evening
Post, her aggressiveness has been de-
veloped by his comment.
"Another fling at woman, sup
pose" she suggested.
"Not at all. not at ALL" he answered
pleasantly. 81 was merely thinking
of the foolishness of man. Woman
is all right; the trouble lies in the
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

"A poet has said that there are songs
in the silence" remarked the young
man who carries a music roll.
"Yes," answered Mr.. Blykins. 1.-THE
trouble is that so many people refuse
to let well enough alone and insist on
dragging 'em out. "-Washington Star.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

Plugwinch--So you've come to an
swer my advertisement for a janitor,
Ell? Are you married?
Applicant-Yes, sir.
Plugwinch-Any incumbrance?
Applicant-Didn't / tell you was
married ?-Harlem Life.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
An Acquired Taste.

81 believe man can adapt himself
to anything. Take married life, for
instance"
"What of that?"
"Why, I've got so that living beyond
my income is a positive pleasure
Brooklyn Life.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

Nothing of the Kind.

"Doubtless," said the intellectual
guest at Mrs. Gaswells reception,
"you think, with Agassiz--"
"Certainly not. Mr.. Longonlore'
exclaimed the hostess, with a bright,
vivacious smile. Il think with my
d!"-Chicago Tribune.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
PETITION FOR DIVORCE.
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, IS, THE STATE OF
Delaware, to the sheriff OF New Castle County,

NEW tiASILE .!OuNl1, IS, IHE STATE Ot
Delaware, to the sheriff OF New Castle County,
greeting:
Wher as Lavina A. Broughton by
her petition to the judges OF our ourer-
ior curt, filed in the office OF the Pro-
thoDotary OF said Court i'll aud for New
Castle COUNTY. for the cause of com
SEAL pain Their III alleged, has made appi-
cati II to our sad Judges that a decree
may be pronounced diss living the mat
riaae existing between the petitioner
an William BrCughtou
We therefore command you as you were here
t"fore commanded. that you summon Wi liam ).
Broughton tnat he b, and aul ear before the
Judg, OF our said Court at the next term thereof
to be held i'll Wilmington, oil Monday, TIE
ourth day of february mex to answer the al
legaGons OF the said petitioner, Layina A.
Broughton, according 10 tn ct of Assembly
IL III such ease made aud provided an also u
do and receive what the Court snail then and
there CONSIDER concerning him III this behalf as
to the Couit snail seem meet and co sstent vita
the provisions OF the said act of assembly.
And have you then there this writ.
Witness u & Honorab Chas. b. Lore, Esquire.
at Wilmington, the INST day of January, A. D.,
nineteen hundred and one.
VICTOR wooLLEY.
Prothonotarv
issued December 10th, 1900.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

The incorporate use of tea and cof-
ice produces results as real as those OF
drunkenness. Total blindness is often
the result of excessive coffee drinking,
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

Sally Gay-Wally Softsmith is a
yreat fiatterer. isn't he?
Dolly Switch. yes, he always talks
IS if he were debating an epitaph for
pne's tombstone..-I
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
Holding Their Cotton Crop.

The owners of cotton in the south
show little inclination to turn it loose
at present prices. In Columbia. Ga,
there are in the neighborhood of 20,-
600 bales in the warehouses.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

He--I think, on the whole, we would
better break off our engagement.
She-So do I. But you should give
me time to look around.-Puck.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
His Degree of knowledge.

rs Scipio Jones ignorant?'
Ignorant! He's ignorant enough
o be school trustee. Chicago Rec
ii
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

of all
o. the n
oHend the lties of he exacing.
in
owlc kadde
Nv which SATUlt
A LONDON BY ARNOLD
of
EUROPE
compendium of phase of
in reading atter o
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
ON TUESDAY,
THE 10Th DAY or JANUARY, 1901,

the follow.Gc ,!-s"lboc. cal estate, viz:
A II that certain lot, piece or parcel of land
with a tNo.s DRY brick dwelling thereon erect, d
situate in The city of Wilmington aforesaid
bounded and described as follows 10 wit:
Beginning AT the iateIst ctioa of the westerly
side of franklin street with the southerly side 81
Linden street; thence along said side OF Linden
street westerly seventy Sven feet TO the eastern!
side of three leet wide aliey leading mo LIN
tem street; thence along said alley souther'y
and parallel with Franklin street sixteen feet to
a stake; thence easterly parallel with Linden
street and lassng through the middle of TIL
division wall between this and the adjoin ae
house on the south seyeuty-seven feet TO tht
aforesaid westerly siac Of Frankl lin street, and
thence thereby noitheriy sixteen feet to the place
vi beginning, be the contents thereof what the!
may. WIKI the free USE and privilege of tint
abO ;e mentioned three feet wide alley III com.
mon with Others entitled thereto forever.
Seized and taken III execution as the property
If Mary Bolen executriX of Patrick Bolen, &c
ceased and 10 be sOlu by
SAMUEL A. MCDANIEL, Sheriff.
Sherih's Office, Wilmington, Del&wale. Janu-
iry H. 1901.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

SHERIFF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF A WIKI
of LeVaii facas. TO me directed, will lie
exposed to pubic sale at The Court House on
MarGet street between Tenth and Eleventh
streets III the tity OF Wilmington, New Castle
county and state OF Delaware.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16

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How to get the Atlas.

Forward subscription 50 cents S62 to
Office The Atlas
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the LEDGER
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The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-16
SHERIFF'S SALES.

SHERIFFS SALE-BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT
of LevaIi Faciss. TO me directed. will be exposed
TO public sale at the Court House on Market
street between Tenth and Eleventh streets in
the city OF Wilmington, New Castle county,
state uf Delaware