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The Florence daily tribune., 1901-02-20
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The Florence daily tribune., 1901-02-20

w. Z. NanEeville's Human
Hearts" is captivating entertain
ment and one fellow can take his
best girl to see without blushing
The advance sale commenced to
day at Davies drug store.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-02-20

Or. Yard makes specially OF
all kinds of dental work. 103-tf
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-02-20

The members of S. Adams
Guild will meet tomorrow after
noon with Mrs. w. E. Mitchell on
East Second street
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-02-20

The Florence q Cripple Creek
railroad company is laying the
third rail on its road between the
yards and the Santa Fe track. 1t
looks as though the Santa Fe com
pany intend building the new de-
pot on the site of the present
Cripple Greek depot. 1t is gener-
ally understood that the two COM
panies are one and the same.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-02-20

Everything is working in good
shape at the Ocean Wave mine.
The strike has been declared off
and fifty miners have resumed
their duties. Twelve company
hands have also returned to work
Whether the Colorado Fuel & Iron
company's strike is declared off or
not Florence will not suffer from a
scarcity of fuel as long these mines
continue working
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-02-20

Paints and oils at Jansen's.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-02-20

A new invoice of elegant spike
belts at Proctor & Co. 42tf
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-02-20

Gold house numbers on glass
wood or metal, at Jansen's, JOB
East Main. B-m2.
Evening journal., 1901-12-26
She Had a Bet
Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
For a week or two before the late
election" said a Detroiter the othel
day. my wife seemed to pay more
than usual attention to politics In
fact she surprised me by asking ques.
tions touching on the situation. and
when ] tried to find out what she was
driving at she simply put on a know
ing look and lhad nothing to say. The
morning after election | got up fully
an hour ahead Of time to see the paper
las / had a little wager on the result
was too late My wife had the sheet
and her face was fairly beaming as
she looked at the returns. l expressed
my astonishment at her interest, and
she replied:
81 didn't want to say anything to you
till ! saw how things came out; but ]
had a bet on the election"
You don't mean it?" l gasped in as
tonishment
But l do / had a IS bet with Mrs
Baker, and OH, I'm SO tickled l don't
know what to do It's my first bet
you know"
And was your candidate elected?" ]
asked as soon as l could get my
breath"
Il guess not"
WAS he defeated2"
IL think so"
"Then what tickles you?'
why HE came within 5000 of being
elected Just think of 1t, Richard. II
he could have got 5000 more votes he'd
have gone in flying and I'd had money
to burn, and none of the women
around here would have dared to bet
with me againl I'le bet you that the
very next time l make a wager my
candidate won't be beaten by over A.
'0O0l"
Evening journal., 1901-12-26
THE AFTERMATH

Christmas is over. and our tasks are
again resumed. For a moment we
hesitate In taking up the threads
which were dropped, but in few days
we shall be wearing the same old
fabric with our wonted zeal Everyone
who has enjoyed the season will tell
the same story: the happiness Of
others has been the chief element. In
a few days the Christmas trees will
be down. the wreaths be consigned to
the ash heap, and the children will be
back in school. but the bright spot Of
Christmas. and the lessons ii taught
will not fade. even through the crowd
ing years
There are certain ideas which it may
not be inappropriate for us to ponder
this day after The poor and friend
less. the widow and orphan, were
pretty well taken care of yesterday
The children had their candy and toys
and many rejoiced in Christmas cheer
who have been too we'll acquainted
with hunger and want. AT the thought
of Christmas our pocketbooks came
out, since we were determined that
none should suffer on that day of days,
These, too. have taken up the threads
of existence-the same dreary monot-
ony of fighting for food and shelter,
May the spirit which animated so
many of us with the feeling of a COM
mon brotherhood not altogether dis
appear through the months that are to
come-the months when the icy hand
Of winter is upon us.
Getting back to business, the mer-
chant is apt to contemplate with some
satisfaction his sales. and feel that a
season OF comparative leisure must en-
sue. But his more progressive COM
petitor is not satisfied with idle clerks
and haWen counters. There is always
something to sell which the peopl,
want and buying may be encouraged
by the inducements of good goods ant
close prices. One great business firm
Of Philadelphia acts on the motto
that the season when business is slacl
is the time for the heaviest adverus
ing. The merchants of that city havl
inaugurated a system Of special sale
during January and February, and on
merchants would do well to think owe
this idea. In order to keep the trad
here, our neighboring city must not b
allowed to offer inducements which w
cannot discount
Evening journal., 1901-12-26

duced in the toy world. The luxuries OF
the bali room, the utilities of the kitchen
and wardrobes of the wealthy are all To
be had in miniature, and TO visit play
room is to see ourselves as the toymaker
see us. The child Of three decades ago
was content with hairless rocking horse
and Noah's ark in which the goats were
scarcely distinguished from the lambs
but now the modern boy demands that
the horse shall have hair and a gait of its
own, and that the maker of toy arks
shall vie with nature in the creation Of
animals. As for dolls, when one remem-
bcrs the creature of rags and tags which
FIRST issued out of that dell chaos, the
family rag bag and compares her with
the finished wax maiden of today, who
lacks nothing but soul, and does not
differ in respect from human prototypes,
one is convinced that this is, indeed, n
world Of progress. or course dissolution
arrives 10 the inhabitants of toyland more
quickly than it does TO those who live in
the real world, and it is a question
whether il is worth while spending much
money on what is destined to be so speed
lily destroyed. But, judging from the
growing variety of toys and the increas-
ing number Of buyers this question seems
to be answered in the affirmative.
Evening journal., 1901-12-26
RIDING IN CHINA.
Using the Donkey, the sheiitEu ana
the WheelbarrOW.

Using the Donkey, the shcHt1u and
the WheelbarrOw.
Here comes a gorgeously clad lady
riding n donkey, her husband by her
side. She rides straddle legs, but round
her is drawn an embroidered petticoat
displaying all It's beauties when riding
her face is painted and powdered, her
lower lip is one large daub of vermil-
lion, and her wonderfully dressed hair
is shining with grease and gum. She
wears no hat, however hot the day,
but she carries n fan or an oil paper
parasol, and she looks very glum as the
barbarian passes, for he is not sup
posed to see her, though very probably
she stoOps and chatters to her lord and
master once he is well out of the way.
Next there comes a shentzu-that is,
long chair with a hood hung between
two mules walking tandem fashion.
Sometimes there is another gayly dress
ed woman in it, sometimes magis-
trate or other grandce, but oftonest Of
all come the shrieking. creaking wheel
barrOws, the universal vehicle of Chi
ma.
The wheel is in the middle, and there
is n seat on either side. and the way
those tortured wheels cry out is ex-
cruclating air is full of the sound
The Chinaman cannot be prevailed up
on to grease them. In the first place
he is economical and would not waste
the grease, and in the next he looks
upon a silent wheel with suspicion
"Would you have him going like a
thief? he asks plaintiyely.
Nevertheless these wheelbarrows are
the only wheeled vehicles, and a cody
viii wheel two men and their baggage
easily. The bishop Of northern China
declares he has travelled thousands OF
miles on n wheeTbarrow.- Empire Re
view.
Evening journal., 1901-12-26

ment does not contemplate revenge
but is a method of protecting the
public. All right-minded men will
sympathize deeply with one who has
suddenly changed from a position of
trust and power, into an inmate of a
penal institution. But there is no other
alternative.
There is only one thing that can be
done consistently now; every office
and every department must be investi-
gated. If there is crime, it must be
punished; If inefficiency, it must be
made known; If integrity and eff
cheney. the people will be rejoiced to
know IT, The Attorney-General has
done well. but he still has a great
work to do. Let all citizens give their
hearty support.
Evening journal., 1901-12-26
OF DELAWARE
INDIANS SEEK ANNUITIES

Descendants Of Delaware Indians
living in Philadelphia and vicinity
have forwarded a petition to the In
dian Commission at Washington ask
ing recognition Of their claim against
the Government for share of annui-
ties and lands granted to the Turtle
Tribe in 1908. as compensation for re-
linquishing their tribal lands. The
petition is indorsed by about 1SS per-
sons claiming descent from the Della
wares, and they have formed a Society
of Descendants of Delaware Indians,
Franklin II. T. Jones, of that city, is
chairman of the advisory board, which
is conducting negotiations with the
Government. and he is hopeful that
the survivors who have banded TO-
gether to urge their claims will con-
vince the Indian Commission Of their
title to Government beneficence.
FAMOUS CHIEFS GREAT GRANDSON
Tall and of athletic build, with regu-
lar features. bronzed skin, and hair of
inky hue, Mr.. Jones possesses all the
distinguishing characteristics of the
Lenni Lenapes, from whom he traces
his descent His Indian name is
Nedowaway, and he claims to be the
eat-great-grandson of the famous
Turtle chieftain Nedowaway, who was
a signer of the Conestoga treaty in
1918. NedOwaway had in his posses
sion many documents signed by Will
liam Penn. with whom he had deal
ings. This great chieftain became dis
possessed Of much land by what is
known in history as the Walking
treaty or Long Walk, and it is partly
on this transaction that the claim of
the Delaware descendants is based.
The 1SS persons who compose the
society are all residents of Pennsylva-
mia. and claim to bel descendants of
a part of the Turtle tribe that was
never transported to the West, when
in 1908. the Government,n recognition,
of the tribes surrender Of its lands,
bestowed tracts on the Missouri and
annuities upon the entire tribe. There
We're then about 800 members of the
Turtle Tribe entitled to share in the
Government reparatiOn, and of these
700 We're conducted to their new hunt
ing grounds by Isaac Still, a celebrated
Delaware leader. of much education
Evening journal., 1901-12-26
WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Depends upon the name.
SCOTS Emulsion is a name
that has value. Maybe it
doesn't mean much to you
but to the consumptive W
has been strengthened and fat
tened, to the sickly children
who have received good health,
to the weak mothers. and
babies who have grown strong
Ito these SCOTS Emulsion
means something.
To all Of them it has meant
an easy and natural return tc
health.
Wellsend you little to iry ifyou like
SCOTT & BOVINE, ~ Pearl sEss, New. York
Evening journal., 1901-12-26
How CHICAGO FIRM
HAYDLES BIG NAIL

This story illustrates the carefully
planned system of the big Chicago
house Of Sears, Roebuck & Co. for
handling the 10000 letters received
daily:
To do this and to fill the orders con-
tanned in that mass Of letters. a small
army of men, women, boys and girls
is employed, and the correspondence
itself is attended TO by 1O9 dictators,
each debating to the graph0phone,
while nearly that number of type
writer's transcribe the letters from the
graphOphone cylinders.
Shorthand is almost done away with
some heads Of the departments having
stenographers, the rest Of the dictators
using the graphOphOne exclusively.
Sears, ROebuck & Co. do not re-
ceive their letters from the ordinary
pOstman. Immense wagons somewhat
similar to the large mail wagons used
by the POstOffice Department are en-
plOyed dn bringing the mail from the
postoffice in the mail sacks.
1t is received in the mail opening
department of tine company, where
/ forty girls are kept busy opening the
letters and giving them the prelimi-
nary sorting.
This consists in taking from them
the money, and marking on the letters
THE amount of money contained in
each and the shape in which it was
lreceived-check, money order, cur
lrency or stamps.
Even the opening of the envelope!
IS done by machinery, an emery whee
Arrangement grinding the ends Of the
envelopes, thereby opening about 200
in a very small fraction of a second.
Here also the letters are separated
from the orders. The orders are enter
ed on the record sheets and sent to thi
various departments to be filed Thl
LETTERS are sent to the mail sorting de
lpartment proper where fifty womel
Evening journal., 1901-12-26
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK
Props and the Pistol

There are "a number Of Wilmington
people who know Henry Miller, the
actor, personally, and there are hun
dreds OF others who know him in a
Theatrical sense, as he is a favOrite
here and always draws large houses
He appeared here a few weeks ago in
his new play, darcy of the Guards
and scored a big hit. He later opened
an engagement in New York, and all
the critics there wrote up his play in
a complimentary vein. The following
story is told apropos of the play in
New York:
One of the important points in
darcy Of the Guards" is the single
pistol shot which wounds the hero in
the third act. and, as at one perform
ance ait San Francisco the pistol miss
ed fire at this critical iurcture Mr..
Miller is rather nervous over this
business" and has especially charged
his property man to be sure that the
pistol is I'M order for New York
In the midst Of a quiet scene during
a recent rehearsal, when several read
ings were being tried to find which
was most effective, a quick, sharp de-
onation came with startling sound
from the directionof the property room,
which is back and beneath the stage
Mr.. Miller. terse with anxiety over
the work in hand, shouted: Some
body tell Props to stop trying that
pistol during rehearsal
A.l was quiet Immediately and for
twenty minutes the rehearsal progress
ed without interruption Then once
more came the sound Of firing from
the property room.
"Confound it," cried Mr.. Miller,
springing to his feet Cant anybody
stop that fellow? He's entirely too
anxious I'm THE only one here enti-
tied to indulge in anxiety"
A member OF the company went to
the property room and serenity once
more reigned. But it was only tempor-
airy. for the rehearsal had scarcely
begun again before enother explosion
came from the same quarter.
'I can't stand this-'Props' come
herel" called Mr.. Miner, excitedly,
Props" came to the front OF the
stage.
"What do you mean. sir said Mr..
Miller, by continuing to fire that
pistol when have told you repeatedly
to stop it?"
81 didn't fire no pistol, Mr.. Miller ~
said the astonished man.
Didn't fire the pistol? Why, /
heard you three times, and so did all
the company"
But the pistol wasn't fired" dog
gedly persisted Props
That with do, sir You are discharg-
ed. exclaimed Mr.. Miller.
Just then an explosion much louder
than the others, was heard, and
Props" with a triumphant grin, said
There, Mr.. Miller, that's what /
was trying to tell you. It's them bias
ted mean them blastings in the Tot
across the street"
oh" said Mr. Miller smiling, as he
remembered the huge excavations in
Broadway in tire vicinity, 81 suppose
we can't discharge the contractor. and
the blast has discharged Itself. Very
we'll. Props Your explanation is sat
icfac Glory -
Evening journal., 1901-12-26

have to make good the expense out Of
their own pocket.
One of the most profitable products
of Bulgaria is the oil or altar of roses,
which amounts to more than S1,000,0 900
annually. The town of Shipka, where
was fought the decisive battle of the
Turko- Russian War, on the 7th of
July, 1877, is the centre of the rose
gardens.
The Welsh language seems to be APP
preaching extinction. At a recent
eisteddfod at DOlgelly one of the prin-
cipal speakers stated that in 1871 as
many as 1,OO6.10 persons spoke Welsh
but in 1891 the number had fallen to
OIL, $50 a decrease of 95,S11, though
the population had meanwhile in
creased.
1t seems that girls. as well as boys,
of Reykiavik, Iceland, have contracted
the habit of smoking cigarettes, and
the allows any adult man or woman
who finds a boy or girl smoking to
give the young offender a sound
spanking, and to seize and destroy any
cigarettes found in his or her posses
sion.
Evening journal., 1901-12-26

read the letters, ascertaining the wants
of the writer's.
After this sorting, the letters are
sent to the various departments, which
are indicated by special slips attached
to the communications.
A large mum Der of these letters are
requests for catalogues, and in order
to answer these form letters are used.
Those not calling for catalogues go
into the hands Of the correspondents
in the various departments. who get
them ready for answer.
Here the letters are answered, the
correspondents or dictat0rs using the
talking machine" in preference to
stenographers. Every half hour the
graphophone cylinders are collected by
boys and are taken to the
graphOphChe department. where type
writer's transcribe the answers.
These answers are then taken back
to the correspondents with the original
letter. who read them and check them
for corrections, and then send them
to inspections of correspondence who,
in turn. pass On them in order to in
sure accuracy and neatness
After this they are sent to the mail
ing room and made ready fer the
mails. A carbon copy is kept of each
letter and these are filed by States.
This, in brief. is the system pur-
sued by this firm in handling the
great amount of mail received daily
1t gives. however, but a general idea
of the method employed i'm all depart
ments of handling these letters.
There are hundred different de-
partments. and each one has system
of it's own. and to enter into the vari-
GUS ramihcations and details would
take too mudh space.
Not many concerns. particularly
those in Wilmington. would need a
system so extensive.
Evening journal., 1901-12-26

and ability. The journey westward
was made by the tribe in detachmentsl
and covered a period of several yearsI
Stills death ended the migration|
and about 100 members of the tribd|
were left in the East. These peOpld
were Ousted from their lands in the|
vicinity of this city and had to shifd
for themselves Some wandered away|
while others remained near their old
hunting grounds, and from the latter
the members of the Association of
Delaware Descendants claim their de-
scent The Delawares who settled i'm
the West became, under the protection
and announcement of the Govern
ment. very wealthy. After a great
deal of research the descendants of the
Lenni Lenapes in the West have been
located. There are about 95 who are
known to be of the race and they are
worth not far from S3OOOOO0.
AS under the treaty with the Gov
ernment in 1918. the entire Turtle
tribe was to share in the division Of
new lands and the allotment of an
nuities. the descendants of these mem
bers of the tribe who We're left behind
claim to have a clear title to money
and lands that their ancestors should
have received.
HARD LOT OF WANDERERS
The wanderings of these Delawares
and their forlOrn condition make a
pathetic story. The territory which
they had to give up under the treaty
extended from Wrightstown, in Bucks
county. back to the Lehigh river and
included more than a quarter million
acres of rich land. Under the direc-
tion of one Benjamin Chambers the
survey provided for by the Walking
Treaty was carried out BY this
treaty the Delawares agreed to cede.
in return for a consideration. as much
of their land as a man on foot could
traverse in two days. The surveyors
covered about Sc miles in two days,
an impossible distance for men on
foot. and even entered the territory Of
an adjoining tribe that was not bar
gained for in the treaty
Mr.. Jones has been in communica-
tion with the Indian Commissions for
several months and through his efforts
the descendants of Delawares in the
West were traced.
Evening journal., 1901-12-26

The Union Traction Company. OF
Philadelphia, has raised the wages OF
all its conductors and motormen
The company did this once before
without solicitation or compulsion,
Last week there was an effort on the
part of certain agitators TO inaugurate
a strike. but this failed. Now the
company voluntarily increases the
wages. For a corporation which has
everything in its power this is a
rather remarkable proceeding, and es-
tablishes a precedent which might be
followed by other concerns. with profit
to all
Evening journal., 1901-12-26

Two Cabinet changes have been an
nouncea, and the places which will be-
come vacant will be filed with strong
men. Henry c. Payne, who will sue
ceed Mr. Smith, is regarded as an able
and honest man, and one who will be
in entire accord with the PRESIDENT s
policy Governor Shaw who is to sue
ceed Secretary Gage. is regarded as
one OF the ablest men in the West.
Evening journal., 1901-12-26
SILAS OLDFIELD DISCOURSES
ON CHRISTMAS AND POLITICS

Then Gale Layton speaks up and says:
well, sometimes down Sussex when we
git tired of reger fare we visit neigh
bors hen roost and appropriate what We
want" Mister Addicks laffed. and said
l spose. Gale you think we should swipe
the bird of freedom and put hit onto our
ballot. Gale said that he was man of
some penetrashun. So next time we are
goin TO vote the Regular Republican
ticket with a eagle perched at the top. 1t
will make us feel Mise for spell. but l
spose hit win war off.
Mister Addicks is feelin purity good
because President Roosevelt discharged
Charles Emory Smith who had the givin'
out of all the post Offices. He says he
went down to Washington and said 10
the President; This hear man Smith
must gO." and by George, he went Then
the President says; who's your manw
and Mister Addicks says. Mister Pain"
And the President says. Its a go and
he done hit then and THAR. / guess may
be now I'll git chanst to carry some of
that rural mail. It's Mise to-iaye so much
infooence with a President, and Mister
Addicks says that none NV us must read
the Philadelphy Press but confn our
literarie persuits to his Wilmington paper
what he owns. He needn't be afeard, be-
cause literatour aint our game.
/ wisht had been to home on Crismus
but 1 can't work the Pennsylvania rail
road like | can pollyticks That's why I'm
agin it. spose that little turkey gob-
bier that You named Gale has quit his
noise and struttin and that you had him
cleaned and baked; that's Mise, and hope
ne didn't give you the stomach-ache. /
guess hes putty tough but maby he had
some meat on his bones and wasn't all
gobble.
Yours with New Years greetings,
SIIlAS OLDFIELD.