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Evening journal., 1901-12-27
There WINS n Tale TO IL.

The girl ct the music counter has
some funny experiences. For instance,
the other day a well dressed woman
hustled up to the music department of
a great store and said in a loud voice.
"Have you got n piece of music called
The Crocodile's TailT
NO madam" answered the clerk.
1--WE have one called
"But you had 1t here last week.
saw it," she interrupted. 1T is from
The Burgomaster' and want it to-
day"
"Are you sure that is the name of
iti' asked the clerk.
"Yes, that's the name. l remember II
distinctly. Are you sure you haven't
got itf"
1--WE have one called The Tale of the
Kangaroo from 'The Burgomaster,'
volunteered the clerk, and after some
hesitation on the part Of the customer
"The Tale Of the kangaroo" was sold
New York Herald.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
FAKE News
From the Boeton Advertiser.

From the Boston Advertiser.
During the Spanish war, when there
was also a war between the rival ex-
ponents of yellow" journalism in
New York, a smart trick was perpe-
trated by which one paper induced its
rival into lifting a fake dispatch,
which contained lin the form Of an
anagram) a deliberate confession of
the theft. The paper which perpetra-
ted the hoax was so oyerioyed at hav-
ing caught its rival that It made much
Of its own sources of exclusive infor-
nation. That it has such. may be
frankly admitted. 1t has lately pub
lished an exclusive dispatch" from
Boston, describing a municipal cleo
tion in this city. On the day when
that dispatch was printed the Boston
newspapers themselves. and even the
voters and the city officials. were ig-
norant that any election was held.
II is basely limited that no such cleo
tion was held on that day, and that the
dispatch was made up in New York OF
elsewhere. before the event actually
occurred: that the graphic descrip-
tions of the way In which voting was
going on, and the leaders OF this or
that party We're encouraged were
marely fake" news, written and
printed with the idea Of making the
countrymen in New England towns
and smaller cities believe that an
afternoon" New York newspaper
could reach them as quickly and could
have as timely and as fresh news as
their own local newspapers. The
faxed" dispatch was printed on the
wrong day. at all events and instead
of impressng readers with a eonvic.
ton Of the enterprise Of New York
newspapers. II convinced those readers
OF very different quality.
The yellow" journals of New Yorl
have made strenuous efforts after sucf
fashion to convince the people OF
rural New England that a New Yorl
newspaper with news from twelve L
twenty-four hours old is better read.
ing than a New England newspaper
with the latest home news. Wher
news dispatches" have TO be cooked
up so long in advance to gain an ali
OF timeliness and even then are print
ed on days when the news" is simpl,
and piainly a fake" it is hard TO SCI
what the readers of such papers gaiI
by allowing themselves to be bunkoe,
\ In such easy fashion.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
NEW WSpAPER OPINION
Nearly Thirty-six Laborers

From the New York Press.
The permanent committee OF thirty
six appointed to deal with all labor
disturbances on behalf of the indus
trial department of the National Civic
Federation nominally contains only
twelve representatives of labor, but In
reality IL contains much larger num-
Der of laboring men than of any possi-
bic antagonistic element. Senator
Hanna, Presidents Schwab, Nreeiand
Chambers. Galloway Nixon, Ripley
and Marks have been leaders of the
strenuous labor life: Bishop Potter
Archbishop Ireland, President Eliot, Of
Harvard: ex-Comptroller Eckels, and
John J. McCook. not TO mention others
in the list. are labOrers. Il is quite
time to get rid of the silly fiction that
nobody is a laborer who does not do
manual work The work of the think
er. the executive the leader OF men, Is
as truly labor as that of the carpenter,
the stevedOre. the iron mOulder, or
the steyedore. even though ii calls
different faculties into the highest ac-
tivity. II this were not 80 such
labor leader as Samuel GOmpers would
have ceased to be a suitable represen-
tative of organized labor when he stop
ped making cigars. and John Mitchell
would have become nominally a capi-
talist when he last threw down his
miners pick.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
SINGULAR sMAxIMse
old Time Rules For.the Table ,bysfhe
German Poet Won ZfrIxIer.

That our ancestors were. not so.well
managed, as we areiis evident from the
following rules, whichiwere laid down
by Tommasin jvon zirkler, a German
poet, in regard to the conduct Of a host
and his guest at a dinner party. These
singular maxims were recently un-
earthed and have now been reprinted:
Every host should take care that
his guests have enough to eat and that
they are not served with dishes that
they do not want. In return the guests
should behave properly and should be
satisfied with whatever is placed be-
fore them.
"A guest should not eat all his bread
before the first dishes are served, nei-
ther should he eat with both hands nor
drink nor talk when his mouth is full.
1T is not polite to turn toward ones
neighbor and to offer him a winecup
from which one is still drinking.
zone should not eat greedily and
hastily, as though the dinner had been
paid for, neither should one take any
food from his neighbor's plate In q
word, each person should accept what
is offered and ask for nothing else.
"When there is some one on the right
hand, it is permissible to eat with the
left hand.
"While one is drinking the eyes
should be steadily fixed on the wine
cup.
1T is improper to place ones hand in
n dish while another person is taking
some food from 1t.
zone should always have the hands
clean and the nails cut short, as other
wise those persons who are eating from
the same dish are likely to become dis
gusted.
"A guest should never put his ell
bows on the table, neither should he
chatter all the time nor clean his teeth
with a knife. fe."-Chicago Herald.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

II may be good policy TO hold the
meetings OF the Police Commission In
private. but when the conduct OF an
officer Is under investigation a private
hearing must necessarily meet with
criticism. People will wonder what is
transplring. and those most imagina-
tive will manufacture certain evidence
which will be echoed on the streets.
The American people are constitution
ally opposed to star chamber proceed
ings, and If this investigation could
have been public there would have
been less opportunity for criticism.
The people think they have a right to
hear the evidence and will not be salts
fd by decision reached without this.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
Ihev Escaned the Rice

1t is not often that a bride and
bridegroom escape the embarrassment
and discomfort which the rice and
gum shoe throwers create, but there
recently was q well-knOwn telegraph
operator who succeeded in eluding
these tormentors.
After the wedding ceremony had
been performed, a pleasant Southern
tour was planned. At the same time II
was decided to send the newly-mar-
ried couple of in a shower of rice. The
groom cautioned the bride to not re-
veal the time of the departure Of the
train in which they were to be car
ried to new and interesting surround
ings while enjoying their honeymoon,
but the crowd of young folk made a
pretty shrewd guess and were at the
F.. w. & b. railroad station about half
an hour before the time that the bride
and bridegroom had intended to leave.
He heard il and decided to 90 to the
Delaware avenue B. g. o. station and
take train there. Fate again pre-
sented itself, for the train was half an
hour late and he knew that the crowd
would discover that they had been
duped and soon would be swarming
into the station pelting him and the
woman he had sworn to protect.
! He told his trouble to the ticket
agent. who being a married man sym
pathized with him.
IF you don't mind the expense you
can call a cab and drive to Landlith
whore you can catch an accommOda-
tiOn train" he suggested.
The words hardly left the agents
lips before the bridegroom had his
bride in cab and was speeding away
i towards Landlith. They had hardly
got out of sight before the mob of ric,
throwers rushed into the station. They
were met by the ticket agent, who in
Quired whom they were looking for.
"Ohl you want to see the newly
married couple? My good people,
have seen them. They were here, bu
by this time they are speeding ava,
towards Baltimore
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
The nirnI Gnrl1Ins.

Once upon a time a gorilla was in
love, and while he delayed his proposal
a rival appeared on the scene, gained
the affections Of the one he loved, pro
posed, was accepted and soon married
her.
A year passed, and the disappointed
lover called on his successful rival
while he was swinging on a hickory
limb, with a crying baby in his arms,
and silently listened TO his wife scold-
ing him for some fancied breach Of
household regulations.
"That was a narrow escape" he said
as he turned quickly in his tracks and
hurried away.
Moral-Delays are dangerous for the
other fellow.-New York Herald.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

Those Roosevelt boys are destined
TO grow popular II they keep on in
their interesting career. Archie, who
is attending the public schools, is get
ting kept in occasionally for those lit
tie infractions which endear the
youngster with an active mind and
animal spirits Archie was questioned
the other day by an aristocratic old
lady as to whether many Of his play
mates were not rough and uncouth.
The reply was truly Rooseveltian:
MY papa says 6he spoke emphati-
cally. that there are tall boys and
short boys. and good boys and bad
boys. and those are the only kinds Of
boys there are"
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

There is every reason for supposing
that John Lynn will resign his office
of Levy Court commissioner. In that
event heGovernor will be called upon
to appoint his successor. Naturally the
will have number of names to con-
slider but it will be comparatively easy
to select a good man, one who VIII
honestly serve the people. Under the
circumstances the people will not be
satisfied with mere political appoint.
ment. but ask for man of character
and ability The Evening Journal ex-
poets to be able to commend the ap-
pointment.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

There appears to be very little reaS
son for the City Auditors refusal to
approve certain bills of the Water
Commission That department of our
government has conducted its affairs
with due wisdom. economy and hon
esty. We hope that the desire for re-
form in our government will not be
construed into a desire on the part Of
our people that all expenses, necessary
or otherwise shall be cut out. The
commission spent a certain amount for
pipe. and it does not appear that the
bill was Objectionable in any way. An
other item was for counsel fees; this
too. seems to have been necessary, as
the commission is not required to fur.
nish its own legal advice gratis. Then
comes the bill for fitting up the ole
Federal Building. The use Of tha
property the city has practically free
and the commission is not expected {,
occupy it without furniture. Let III
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
,m Justice Brewers Address

From the Philadelphia Record.
Justice Brewers inspiring address
before the New England Society last
night was another of his optimistic
messages to his fellow citizens. Mr.
Brewers views of American life and
progress are the result of the broad vi
sion which is not prevented from no
tlcing the good of the whole because
the evil and the ugly lie is exposed.
Speaking of our relation TO the rest of
the world he said truly enough, that
there is no danger from a foreign foe;
nor need any other nation fear the
United States. which is founded upon
the principles of exact justice, and is
now bent upon maintaining them in ac-
cord with the simple but sufficient
precept contained in the golden rule.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
wby snow Is Not BIaci. or RED.

why IS the snow white? Is a Ques-
tion frequently asked. Because black
snow would be dangerous; so would
red or yellow. These are warming
up colors." and they change the suns
rays TO heat Such snow would soon
melt again and prove very poor pro-
lection. But white snow throws back
the sunlight in just the form in which
It receives It. snd thus the snow can be
long on the ground. Throw dirt on
the snow and its dark color quickly
makes it eat its way in whenever the
sun shines on it. After a snowstOrm.
once let the horses feet mingle the
dirt of the road with the snow and
sIeighing VIII soon be over-Professor
S. G. Schmucker in Ladies' Home
Journal.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
LcnIous RIYnIs cannot tu

Jealous Rivals cannot turn back
the tide. The demand for DR.. Agnews
little Pills is a marvel. Cheap to buy,
but diamonds in quality--banish nau-
sea, coated tongue. water. brash, pain
after eating. sick headache, never
grippe. operate pleasantly. 10 cents
19. 100 doses. 25 cents.
Sold by Miller Drug Company and n.
B. Danforth.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

The Republican thinks that our mer-
chants should capture the trade OF the
down State Delawareans" and supply
them with everything pertaining TO
their existence" including air, water
and sunlight, we presume.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
He Didn,t ThinIs So.

"Do you believe all geniuses are ego
tists?"
mo. Look at me. Ever since 1 can
remember l have kept myself back by
placing too light an estimate on my
importance and ability."-Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
Proud of the boy.

Doctor-'Pears to me laik de boy dun
got acute indegeshun.
Aunt Lucy (smiling through her tears
Oats it. doctahl Dat boy, sick er
well. dun eb'ryt'ing cutel-Judge.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
ZOO nor HIs BusIness.

"But they say" remarked the patron
che has n good head for business"
Nonsense" replied the barber.
'"Why, he's absolutely baldw-Phila-
delphia Press.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
No Screaming.

Gladys-Were you alarmed when he
kissed yOui
Ethel-Dreadfully
Gladys-And did you scream?
Ethel-Oh. MOI 1t was a still alarml
Puck
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

discriminate between expenses that
are legitimate and necessary, and
those that are not.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
Irnr .sMnIh.1NG :coMMIrrnno

THE "SMELL1NG COMMITTEE"
The Citizens Committee has demon
strated It's right TO the confidence Of
the people OF Wilmington Early after
its formation the decision was reached
to conduct the work with the necessary
privacy 1t asked THE people TO sus-
pend Judgment and to rely upon it
without question, and promised in
time to produce results.
The results are becoming apparent,
and justify the confidence which was
imposed in 1t. The Accomplishment
has not deemed the advice and the evi-
dence furnished by the committee AS
impertinent, but has evidently well
coined It's help, just as he is glad of as
sistance from any quarter
There is now a demand that the
work shall go on tin the whole system
OF our municipal government shall be
purged. That this Is the intention of
the committee, as well as of the Attor-
ney-General, there is no doubt An
either official is under Indictment, and
the case win be heard soon; mean-
while evidence is being gathered which
win doubtless reveal the fact that
criminal conduct in office is not con-
fined TO one or two persons. Keep the
good work up. Personal friendship
must not stand in the way. Politics
must play no part The credit Of the
county and municipality is at stake
and we must make condition under
which public robbery will be impossi-
Bile.
The Smelling Committee so called
is discovering the cause OF the baC
odor 1t should be Loyalty supported
by every good citizen There is an en-
couragtment that consists in words
and an encouragement that consists IN
contributions of money. Let ever
citizen who desires an honest and eco
nomical government his apprecia
tion OF the work Of the Reform Com
mittte by contributing i'm both ways.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

One of our contemporaries says;
"The people were astounded to learn
on Tuesday afternoon after 4 o'clock
that John Lynn had been sentenced to
pay fine of $4,000. serve one year In
the county workhouse and pay all
costs in the other ten indictments
found against him" Yes; but they
wouldn't have known It at that time
had they not seen it in the columns of
the Evening Journal. the only paper
which published It that day.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

4 To be sure. faint heart never won
fair lady. but. on the other hand. dis
cretion is seldom sued for breach of
promlse.-Indianapolls News.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

posed ROAD 10 the Delaware and erect
ing a great wharf there.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

George ]. KlOberg is home from New
York,
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

Hoax-"What do you think of this
scheme for getting sugar from beets?'
Joax-"lts no more than fair. Just
think Of all the beats that get sugar
from us"
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

There are now twenty-three chapters
of the Anti-Treating Society in the
United States and Canada with a
of 5000
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

Entered at the Wilmington postofflce AZ
second-class matter.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

What's the matter with Ezimark2"
"Oh. he's complaining that his lot is
very hard" Same old cry, eh?"
We'll, in this case he's justified. He
bought a farm without looking at It,
and now he find it's all rock"
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

In great attempts It is glorious even
TO fail.-Longinus.
Evening journal., 1901-12-27

Levity in behavior is the bane Of all
that is good and yirtuOus. Seneca.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30

From the Los Angeles Times.


In August, 1874, I was a boy of fifteen,
working with my father on the farm in
Northern Illinois. One afternoon he had
just climbed on load of straw he had
been pitching up to me, when heard a
rattlesnake on the ground near by After
looking down few minutes, we discerned
him in the stubble, about twenty feet
away, just coiling, ready for defense or
attack. In those early days 1t was con-
sidered almost a religious duty to dis
patch every venomous creature of that
kind, so plentiful were they on the prai-
ries 1 was about to get down from the
load for that purpose, when I thought
of the little dog Penny. He was a slender
little fellow of the proverbial ''yaller-
dog" species, but had a great reputation
as a snake killer. So l whistled for Pen
NY who came running, in cheerful re-
Spouse, from the house. Being directed
and Kissed on, he soon discovered the
snake, still darting out his tongue and
giving forth warning with his tail We
had fine view from the load
Penny approached cautiously, first on
this side, then on that, till he had gone
round the snake several times, always
finding him ready for a fatal blow in any
direction. Suddenly he stopped still, and
turned his head to one side in serious
eontempla ton. 1 think if he had had
finger he would have scratched his head
just back of his right ear in search Of
an idea. After a few moments rehec-
tion his plan seemed formed. He stepped
back a step or two, made a bound for
ward, towards the snake, and snapped
at it with his teeth, coming very close
to 1t. but not touching 1t; then bounded
back as quick as a flash. The snake
struck out his full length, and very fierce
ly, but he was not quick enough. Penny
had lodged him. The snake. of course.
was now Strengthened out; and the dog.
springing SO quick you could hardly see
him, caught it in the middle of the body,
and, giving it one quick, violent shake.
dropped 1t on the ground, completely
stunned, so that 1t was only a moments
work to seize it again and shake it into
many pieces. 4 90
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
DISCOVERY OF A NEW ANIMAL.
Head of a Tapir, Neck of a Horse,
Ears of an ASS md BODY of nm Nv


Ears of an Ass and Body of an Ok.
The English journals contain accounts
of discovery that has just been made
in the vast equatorial forest which ex-
tends in Africa, between Ouganda ana
the Congo. of an animal until now un-
known, or at least considered as disap-
peared for many centuries. II is no doubt
the famous antedeluvian helladoterium,
which Inhabited Greece and Asia Minor
in the prehistoric periods and of which
nothing was known except by the study
of some fossil remains.
1t is certainly a very strange animal
The head of a tapir, neck. of a horse,
ears of an ass body of an ox-these are
its characteristics But what is most ex-
traodinary is it's co,oring. The forehead
is a bright red; a narrow black band fol-
lows the nose and around the nostriIs.
The ears are also bright red, also the
neck and the shoulders with dashes of
crimson. The legs and the paws are
striped like those of the zebra with spots
of orange on the lines. No front teeth in
the upper jaw, the animal being rumi-
nant The tongue is very mobile and ex-
tendble, like that of the giraffe.
This mixture of horse, zebra, ass, OK
tapir and giraffe is called by the natives
okapi. 1t lives in couples in the forests
of Itouri and on the banks of the Sem
Tiki. Stanley had heard of it, as is seen
by a note in his book.
Sir Harry Johnston, governor of Eng
liSh Ouganda, was commissioned to
search for the strange animal. He re-
ceived much information about the I'M
known beast among the natives whom he
visited. Many warriors wore the skins
or fragments of the skin of the otxapi.
At last NJ. Ericsson, Swedish officer in
the service of the state of Congo, sent
hunting some native, soldiers, who brought
in several of these animals.
The skins and the skulls will soon be
placed in the British Museum. No doubt
measures will be taken to prevent this
curious cerature from becoming extinct
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30

OF all the unaccountable superstitions
that prevail, the most unaccountable. per-
haps, are those that relate to bees.
Throughout the North of England. and
especially In rural Yorkshire, the belief
is firm that bees always know in advance
when misfortune will befall their owners.
Whenever, therefore, they hum in a GER
tain low, disconsolate fashion, the owner
of the hive II true Northerner, has
never a doubt but that disaster is at
hand fog him or his. II there be illness
in a house in Yorkshire an anxious watch
is always kept on the hives. One by
one the members of the family will creep
down the garden to see what the bees
are doing. IL they are found to be at
work as usual, quietly gathering honey,
1t is held to be a sign that the patient
will recover; but If they are buzzing
around in state OF unrest, then it is
known there is danger. And weeping and
wailing begin at once IL they seem in
clined to desert their hive, or that is
the worst sign of all--the sign that there
Is no hope of recovery. If in that part
OF the world the owner of a bee hive
dies. some member of his family always
goes off AT once TO tell the bees. Tile
messenger kneels down by the side of
the hive and whispers in at the door,
John Metcalf'--or whatever the persons
name may be-"John Metcalf is dead. and
/ am come 10 tell the bees" He-or more
often Il is shc-repeats the words three
times, aud then hastens back 10 the
house for a piece of Grape must be found
and tied 10 the top of the hive before
sunset. II the bees are not told of the
death OF their owner, with due ceremoney,
too, or II their badge of mourning be not
hoisted at the proper time. they will all
die within a month-so. at least. 1t IL
firmly believed.