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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-01

MAI MAKE cHBApEn POSTAGE.
One Cent for Letters May Follow Reform
On Seoond. Glass Matter

One Cent for Letters May Follow Reform
IN Seconds Glass Matter.
Postmaster General Smith has signed
three orders amending important
particulars three postal regulations
affecting second. class mail matter. The
changes will effect sweeping and radical
reforms in the department practices
and methods of treating this class of
matter. 1t is announced as the belief
OF the department officials that the
reform will make one-cent letter postage
possible.
The first order amends section GIG,
which Is the general definition, so as
to exclude from the second class publ
cations which have the characteristics
OF books. This amendment is in these
words:
Periodical publications herein re-
ferred to are held not to include those
having the characteristics Of books, but
only such as consist of current news
or miscellaneous literary matter, or
both, not excluding advertising, and
CONFORM to the statutory character istics
OF second class matter. .
The second order amends section 2Sl
IN several particulars, the principal one
being that publications, the subsorip-
lions to which are not founded on their
value as news or literary journals, and
which, by the general use Of premiums
or other considerations In the form OF
chances to win prizes, to induce sub
scrlptions 10 effect circulate at an
parently a nominal rate, will be ex-
cluded from the second olass. The
essential paragraph of this is as folowa !:
The subscription price must be
shown by the publication, and when it
appears, from the contents or from the
extrinsic Inducements offered in COM
bination with it, that the circulation
OF the publication is not founded ON it's
value as news or literary journal. and
that subscriptions are not made be-
cause OF such value, but because Its
offers of merchandise or other con-
sideration result, in effect. in its cir
cuiation at apparently a nominal rate,
such publication does not come within
the requirements OF the law for accept
anoe as seoond-rate matter -
The third order amends section 2Ol
SO that unsold copies or second class
publications may not be returned at
tine pound rate to news agents or to
publishers. An explanatory statement
given out at the department regarding
the order says: -
= The action of Postmaster. G General
smith is regarded rs highly important.
IL is evidence OF the purpose of the de.
partment to administer the law as IL is,
strictly and properly, and that abuses
wherever found will be eradioated.
Loose and Indifferent Interpretation
heretofore is responsible for the loss of
many millions to the government. 1t is
believed that when the effect of the
changes Is thoroughly established many
postal improvements will follow, and
one-cent letter postage will be made
possible.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-01
A WHITE DINNER.
The Coolest Decoration For n SUNNI
Table.

The Coolest Decoration For n Summer
Table.
Philadelphia Record.
A novel and appropriate affair for
warm weather entertaining is a white
dinner" A recent one was effectively
arranged thus: The background Of the
feast was perfected by liberal use of
soft white muslin draperies throughout
the diningroom. Windows, mantel
shelves. buffet, table and sideboard were
hung with Swiss cotton Grape and silk,
all embroidered 10 white floss, There
was heavy white drugget spread, and
the furniture Of rattan was unoolored
In the midst was an immaculate table
gIitteriDg and snowy white from end to
end, the light was softened by huge
silyery white silk tissue moths. The
rich, white cloth. tall porcelain candle.
sticks and wax candles, the low crystal
flower bowls and bonbon dishes were
deliberately trimmed with garlands of
white jessamine.
Great clusters of Bride roses, wbite
carnations and white poppies lent
beauty and fragrance to the dazzling
scene. The confections we're colorless
French novelties, and almonds, frosted
with salt The COURSES were served on
pure white porcelain. This glass was
unlimited and the silver FURNISHED TO
reflect the palest figurs. ~
kClams and cream OF celery SCUM were
followed by fish dressed with white
sauce, and 80 on through list Of
delightful entrees, including breasts of
chicken hidden in mushrooms, cauli
flowers smothered in cream, Roman
punch introduced in the ohalioe of a
lily, and salads in beds of crisp celery.
Wines, bread, cheese aud ices cores.
pond to the prevailing tone OF the
dinner.
Decorations may be varied to suit the
taste il the one idea of snowy white
ness prevails, and even the favors must
take the came general tone, and,
although it may aeem difficult at first
to provide attractive variety for an
elaborate course dinner, take comfort
in the thought that such dinners are
not In keeping with the demands Of the
season. Simplicity 10 the menu and
the manner OF serving, with delightful
sense OF GOODNESS and daintiness and
refreshing novelty will make this little
warm weather dinner one of. the most
unique and appropriate Of the season 8
entertaining.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-01

The body Of Arthur L. Colburn,
who, with his two daughters, Ida and
Annette, Capt. r.. R. Flint and Franz
Eckport, seaman, was drowned by
the capsizing of the yacht Venitzia ia
q squat off Greenwich, Conn, July
18th, was recovered Saturday Afternoon
by DIR. Robert Taylor and Capt. j. Il.
Peck. They will get the reward of $500
offered by the family for the recovery
of the body.
The body was picked up at almost
the exact spot where the yacht was
Lost. A rope was fastened under the
arms, and the body was towed ashore
and removed to the morgue
The Identification was complete. la
the GOAT was found a mileage book in
the name of Arthur I. Culburn, and
the game name was written on the vest
of the drowned man. A large sum OF
money was found In the GOAT pocket.
Aside from the fact that the body was
swollen it was in a good state OF
preservation.
A. ). Mcintosh OF New York tool,
charge of the body and had 1t shipped
to Delaware City. The body reached
Wilmington on the TO- Is train Sun.
e"J hioihihEs OhoOttuhpE De ns WliSOD
transferred it to Delaware City
trolley car, there being no Sunday
train TO Delaware City, and it was
taken to that place. 1t was thence
conveyed 20 the Colburn residence,
between Delaware City and Port Penn.
The funeral took place at 2 O'Clock
Monday afternoon. Services were con
Quoted By Bishop Leighton Coleman
and the Rev. W. j. Hamilton, rector
Of Christ Episcopal Church. Delaware
City. The bishop was at Monmouth
Beach, N. j., when the message
reached him of the finding OF Mr..
Colburn's body. lnterment was made
at st. Georges cemetery, where the
daughters, Ida and Annette were
buried last Tuesday. Messrs. Case,
Brown and Malcolm of Philadelphia,
Theodore T. CLARK. f. Motive, Capt.
Eugene Reyhold. james II. CLARK and
DR.. Frank Belyille were the pail
bearers.
Mrs. Colburn sustained the shock
better than was expected.
Mrs. Sprankie, with her husband
and son, will remain at her mother IS
home for some time. The terrible
ordeal through which Mrs. Sprankle
passed is beginning to tell on her
health.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-01
WHIT BEcoM Es or conKs.
How They are Gathered and TO Who
a.t.t

-
How They arc Gathered and to Whom
81 They Are Sold.
What becomes of the pins?" is on
old and unanswered question, bu,
"What becomes of the corks ~ admits
of q pretty com plete reply. Cork ID
one OF the most indispensable articles
yet, useful as 1t is and harmless as Ii
appears, it is made q means of danger
to health by trade competition. Not
that anything noxious occurs in the
original growth or preparations fol
market OF the corkwood, or ever in this
process OF oharrirg the surface and
closing the pores by extreme heat,
which is said to give the elasticity and
ftexibility known 10 the trade as
NERVE. . When II comes on the
market it IL without any deleterious
qualities. 1t is after the cork, 10 its
finished state, has served it's pul pose
IN the neck OF bottle that it begins
its degenerate course, says the New
York ost.
A cork once drawn, and the bottle
and contents disposed OF, ia thrown
away generally as waste, especially in
private houses, though 10 the liquor
trade they are OTTER preserved for sale
to itinerant dealers, who purchase them
Tor q trifie. These which are thrown
away gravitnte to the ash and garbage
barrel, the dump or the gutter, and
possible the sewer. From these odorus
and offensive receptaclns, as we'll as
from behind the bar, they eventually
reach the bag OF peddling collector,
and are all placed In one mass, to un-
dergo the process of so called ''cleap-
ing" which makes them appear to the
unframed eye as good as new, and
prepares them for sale to the economi-
cal bother. of wines, liquors, PICKLES.
OF what not. who mas a strong eye to
the main chance. Tho oorlSs look all
right, and secure the bottle ne we'll as
new ana clean ones would; so, even If
there is little poison or worse in
them, what dues it matterP thinks the
careful dealer.
Thousands of ocrks float about the
coast, and thousands more, which have
been thrown out from passing sbips,
mingle with them, and are finally cast
on shtre. where they are collected by
the agents of the dealers ana shipped
to the city to he oleantd and sold.
Nothing will really clean them, but
they can be whitened and bleached
by the action OF powerful acid, and
this Is what is done. The ecids used
are chiefly sulphuric and muriatio or
bydroch!orio. Vitriul is also some.
times employed. The trade is quite a
large ono. and is said to be very profita-
BILE, many having grown rich at it, and
carrying on big establishments. with
agents at all main points. 1t IS con-
Quoted mostly by foreigners, and has
representatives in nearly all the cities.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-01
Railroad Zines.
PHILADELPHIA AND READING
Il RAILWAY Wilmington Divsionl
rlrnn IN hln In eifent Inne .hth. TOOL

DHlLADELPHih AND hha DlN0
Il RAlLWAf. tMllmlngton ,llYslunl ,,,,
Time Table IN effect June 2pth. llpl
Trains leave Wilmington rTehcn sue wt., s.'s-
tom for ElsInere Junction. Mpntchanin Mil,s.-
thur Guyencourt Gnnogue, Cossnrt. Chedd's
Ford Junction, Pocopson. West Chester Empree-
willie Mortonville Coatesville and intermediate
stations, daily, except sunday, ny 100 O. M, a'ln
2.i5 and l56 p m, sunday only, at sos d. M,
2.l5, 4.bO p. m.
For Maynesburg junction. Springfield and In
termediate stations, daily except sunday, ~ d.So
a. m. ala and $50 p. IN. sunday only, NJ sub a.
M, 2,l5. 4.j0p. m.
For Joanna. Birdsboro Reading and interme'
datc stations, daily, except Sunday, ~ Is2 o, M
and ais n. IN. sunday only atS06 o. m, 2i1 p. H.
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-01

The Various Reasons Given by the Women
sf5 Members.

The Various Reasons Given by the Women
siS Members.
New York Evening sun
The views of the different club.
women as to why they want a club
house are eloquent testimony as to why
such house does not already exist. A
more varied collection OF views upon
any subject has rarely been presented.
Its a regular harlequin set. Each
clubwoman wants the house for a
different reason each organization has
its own architectural axe to grind, and
each reason, as each axe, conflicts with
every other. 1--WE want q beautiful
little writingroom; We want art
treasures; We want a place stocked
with the treasures of literature, says
Mrs. Russell Sage. ''We want cock
tails, says Miss Adele Fielde. 1--WE
want large lecturerooms, in which to
entertain poor girls with lectures and
concerts, /" says Mrs. Clarence Burns.
1--WE have, first of all, to make the
house fashionable, says Mrs. st. John
Gatfney we want place where mem
beers can meet and talk and have after
noon tea at moderate expense, says
Mrs. j. Woolsey Shepherd. "The
patronage of out-of- town clubwomen
must be secured says Mrs. Dimies
Il. s. Dennison. 1--WE must have a
recreation and games department, -
Mrs. Frederick Nathan. I'VE must
have spinster suites, MRS. Somebody
Else. We must have men, Mrs.
This-or- That. 1--WE must exclude
men, Mrs. The-O Other. And so on in.
definitely. If all these needs and
desires can be concentrated into one
enterprise, it will be a wonder. Surely
SO many divergent interests were never
before gathered under one roof save in
the case of an insane asylum.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-01
THE rAvIsnIxe HAyDn BnonIEr


A Chemical Reaction That Astounded a
Mediterranean,
Harvey sutherland In Ainslee's.
'Ths facetious chemist took an
ordinary cotton handkerchief and
soaked 1t la nitric and sulphurio acids.
Then, after so long time, he took it
out and rinsed it carefully so as to
remove the free acid. 1t looked then
like any other cotton handkerchief 1t
went to the washerwoman, who put 1t
through all the waters that handker-
chiefs go through, hung it out on the
lrle, and took " in again when it was
day. She spread 1t out on the ironing
board. put the hot iron on it, and 1t
went away. There was flash, pun
of smoke, aid then--no handkerchief,
not even the ashes of one. When you
consider how frightened the poor
washerwoman must have been ut such
goings en- in the broad, open daylight,
how worried she must have boon lest
the gentleman should think she had
stolen his handkefchief- for she was
an honest woman | make no doubt
whatever, at least as far as cheap
cotton handkerchiefs were concerned
and, OF course, she thought no
wouldn't believe her when she told
him what had become of it, you will
see at once that this ia really very
tine joke, indeed, and ought to have
been 10 Die Fliegende Blatter.
What happened to the handkerchief
was what happens to the manufacture
OF Runcotton. The sulrhurio acid takes
the water out of the cellulose and the
nitric acid makes an arrangement
whereby certain amount OF nitryl
gets to take the place of it so that
when fire Is applied IL all burns at
once, Starch is the same thing chemi-
cally as cotton, same proportions of
carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, only the
patterns, SO tc speak, of the nolecule
is different, and out Of that law abiding
box OF white grains at this moment in
the left-bRnd corner of your kitchen
cupboard, madam. could be made
enough nitro starch to wreck your
happy home while you are saying
jack Robinson The molasses Jug is
just as potent for destruction, and an
explosive is now marketed that is
made from straw, nitrated in the same
way as cotton. or course, YOU have
heard that glycerine. which Is so good
for ohapped hands, can be turned into
the most powerful explosive known by
the same combination of acids. 1t is
SO powerful that it has to be diluted
with infusoria earth, each tiny particle
OF which, long years ago was the shell
Of little animal that never dreamed
1T was going to assist in torpedoing an
oil we'll. 1t gems to me a queer use
OF this terrible destructive that 1t
should be medicine, heart
sitmulant. II anybody is DESTROYS of
getting headache, without gay
evening to precede it, he has only to
taste a tiny drop of the yellow,
sweetish, oily liquid, and he will
think every baat of his heart Is a
whack OF sledge- hammer ON the back
of his n6ck, ~
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-01
For New York.

Express, weekdays, $40. 400, 440, 500, 5.1s, 650
1900 noon, 1885 Limited si.Go and sill p. MI
lao. *2co. 500, $50, 400. 800 $3.50, 600 702,
Is. 05 and 1000 p. m. and 1902 night. Sundays,
ll.i2 q. M. sI230 1885 %2.s0, 400 (liinited,
1ill, 62o, 800. 6.s5 7,o2. 'so5 and 1000 p IN.
For Boston, without change, 1850 a. m. week.
days, and 8.0b p. m. daily.
For Sea Glrt, Asbury Park, Ocean Grove and Long
Branch, 4o5 $50, s.2l a. M. l2.27, 2.e2, $50 and
AZ P. IN weekdays, 600 p M Saturdays only.
SUNDAYS tstops at Interlaken for Asbury PARK,
o.. S3l a. IN.
9.0e a: M, 1900. noon. s.b2, 500 (Lambertvile
and EaSton only, weekdays and 70l p m.
daily Buffalo, 200 a. m, 1900 noon. weekday
mount Pocono Special" 1908 p. m. Saturdays
only.
WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH.
For Baltimore and Washington. $50. 40. 1872,
1920 ll23 and 133a. M. #l2.36 sL13. 3.l3. 3.2l
3.IS, 446 5.25, COS 6.20 s6.55. 1871 D. m. and
1920 night, weekdays SUNDAYS $50 40. 9.l2,
70 and ll.3sa M, tils ais. $40, 4ie, OBS.
6.O5. s6;55 1871 p M and l2.20 night.
For Baltimore accommodation. 9,l2 q. M. 2,2o
snd i'oi p m. weekdays; BOZ and lisp M
Atlantic Coast Line. Express, ii.ssa. m. and i2.21
Southern Railway. Express. sos and o5s p. m.
daily.
scaboard AIR Line Railway ''Florida and
Metropolitan Limited" $50 p. M daily. Ex-
press, $50 O. m, daily.
FS u n nhu western haiim1y, TOT MeuphiH"f
~ New orleans 90 2; m. DAILY: ~.
Snesaape M ohlo halfway ENpress' LOO a. i-
For ia az tl y 9ssst ,,a No,,c,,, IN 1so NJ,
'IreeEdars' II o. :, y, de ally A'''4o'A'
FOR ATLANTIC CITY. a4tt
LEAVE BROAD STREET STATION via Delaware River
bridge. express, 400. $40 a, m, md I'll, LA
and IA ?. m Sundays, 500 and 80 a. m. and
al and ia p. m. s1t s4.,
LEAVE MARKET STREET WHARF. express 500, So,
1000 a, m. 100 Saturdays only, and 10 500.
$50 $50 mnu;es) 400 100 miIiutes), 800 $50
minutesl, 5s and 500 p. m. wcek-days, sun
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-01

Fancy stockings in bright colors are
one Of the fashions of the season, as
we'll as those of open work Isle and
silk in all black and white, the shoes
being cut low enough to show the de-
sigh. Tho lace striped stockings or
the plain striped are the best, in solid
colors. In black there are few de.
signs with lace mednllious which are
exceedingly beautiful, but 10 the bright
colors checks are more popular. The
polka dots, white or black, are also
a.nong this new designs, and the new
shade of blue 10 apparently as fash iona
bic in stockings as in gowns. To wear
with white gowns the fad is to have
white stockings, but 1T ia a fad that is
not greeted with enthusiasm, for the
feet and ankles always look larger IN
white than 10 nny other color. The
shoes are made with rounded toes and
common -seuae heels, which. however,
are much higher than they have been
recently. This. of course, dues not an,
ply to the shoes worn for walking, golf,
or bicycling. These still show the low,
sensible heel. The slippers have very
high heels and rather pointed toes. =
Harper'H Bazaar.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-01
MARRIAGE LAWS.

Blessed is the bride on whom the sun
shines.
Never read the marriage service
entirely over.
A bride should use no pins in her
wedding clothes.
There is an old superstition against
May marriages.
Deoemher 3lst is q favorite wedding
day in Scotland.
A bride must wear nothing green
that color Is emblematic OF evil.
10 change the name and not the
letter is change for worse and not for
better,
In Yorkshire the cook used TO -Four
hot water over the doorstep after the
couple had gone to keep the threshold
warm for another bride.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-01

There are several devices that NAV
be used TO cool the air during the dig.
days" writes Maria Parloa, in the
LADIES' Hume journal. "a modified
form ot the Tsttie employed in India
for this purpose could be made ia any
country house. On frames like thos,
used for window screens tack enough
narrow tapes to make support for a
thick bed of grass. Now cover with
long grass fastened to the frame by
sewing with Irvine. These screens
should be placed in the windows and
kept wet. The air passing through
them is cooled. A garden syringe NAV
be used to spray them with water.
Three or four of these screens will do a
great deal toward keeping the air in
the house coul and fresh. A SIMMER
screen may be made by covering a
frame with coarse flannel. which should
be kept wet. Ii is not SO effectire as
the grass screen, and the flannel dries
more quickly than the grass A still
simpler device 10 ty have wet flannel
over the ordinary screen, wettiuR the
flannel from time to time. Some Of the
moisture may he removed from the
atmosphere by placing large Iumps Of
quickiime in earthen bowls about the
rooms"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-01
From Fireman to railway rre.,dent.

From Fireman to Railway President.
~ wish you'd tell Inc how you
Mr.. Greatsinger leaned back in his
chair and looked at the ceiling, He
had Just been elected president of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad Com.
day, twenty years after starting AZ a
fireman on another road. ''It ism u
always easy 10 tell how things are
done, " he said, "but you may be sure
OF this much: 1t was no accident that
was promoted, and it WINS no pIoce of
luck, as people sometimes think
There is general disposition to call
the results of a mans earnest STRIVING
and endeavor, the labor of years.
LUCK. This is Ridiculous. No man
ever accomplished anything permanent
without lots of hard work, and the
young fellow who starts out with the
hope OF winning through LUCK IL sure
to fail. and to fail badly. We all rise
STEP by step, and every man must
carve his own steps for himself. Sonle-
times the stone is hard for carving, hut
the man who oaryes most diligently and
persissently has his steps ready first,
and so he rises above the others who
carve at intervals and take long yaoa-
tions. l certainly do not want 10
appear egotistical, but simply honesty
requires me to say that have always
believed 10 working hard. Don't You
consider this sufficient explanation OF
how i did itf' INLAY Success. =
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-01
THE HALrlsInErE FASHION.
Due to the Fair Golfers-shirt Waist
Men Not in General IJse.

Due to the Fair Golfers-Shirt Waist for
Men Not in General Use.
With summer half over it is easy to
pick out the distinctive dress fads
which have marked the season, SAYS
an exchange. For women the one thing
which distinguished this summer from
Its predecessors was the half sleeve
fashion. The origin OF the half sleeve
can be traced to golf, where the feminine
shirt waist, rolled up to show a dimpletj
elbow is one of the features of the
game. The fac got beyond that, how
ever, and in the country places this
year the shirt waist was rolled nm
whether the wearer was going polfipe
Or not. Very naturally, the regular
dress made with half sleeves, although
never strictly fashionable, has followed
and is extremely popular. 1t can be
noted, too. this year, that despite a
thousand efforts by the terror stricken
drsssmakers to kill the shirt waist
(they pronounced it dead after tbe
summer OF 1880 this popular garment
still remains Indispensable to woman q
wardrobe.
The shirt waist for men, however.
although its use was urged for bygienic
seasons, and shirt waist makers tried
thsir best to produce a garment which
would look we'll, has not come into
general use, and the chances now seem
against its doing SO. In the week when
the Thermometer was over 100 for
sageIal days, men walked along the
streets with their coats on their arms.
but az soon M the mercury dropped on
went ths coats again.
For men the distinctive fad this
summer has been the wearing OF tbe
, Panama shaped hat. The effort to pet
away from the round English style.
made for many years, was this time
finally successful.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-01

Put in saucepan one quart of. milk,
with quarter of pound OF grauu-
lated sugar, one teaspoonful of vanilla
extract, or any preferred flavor. and
one teaspoonful of good butter; when
at the boiling point add half pound
OF vermioolli. Cook 20 minutes, re-
move from the fire and cool. Add I'd
the vsrmicelli two whole eggs, mix
well, and lastly four tablespoonful OF
whipped cream. Mix again. Butter
q quart mould, pour the vermicelli IN
IL Put the. mould in deep pan half
filled with hos water. Bake in hot
oven for % minutes. Put round hot
plate over the mould aud turn the
timbale out. Serve around it a hot
marmalade of fruits. the aind to sui.
the taste. -Hsrpvr's Bazaar.