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Evening journal., 1902-06-11
CURIOUS FASCINATION THE CIRCUS
EXERCISES OVER THE MUL LTITUDE

The circus has come and gone and it
took with it, or sent, rather, by Adams
Express, sixty-five money sacks,
amounting to thousands of dollars
But nobody in particular cares, for
each individual contributed only a
small amount to that sum. so why
should he? 1t all goes IN a lifetime,
acooruing to the old saying and every
body seemed to have a good time, and
judging from the hearty laughs that
.resounded around the big tents, it was
money well invested, and several thou
sands of people in Wilmington
and its vicinity, in the nature of
things, should be a little bit fatter to-
day.
1t lis curious what a motley crowd a
circus attracts. The high and low, the
rich and poor, white and black, the
fashionably attired woman and her
backwoOds sister rub elbows and the
lack of ill-nature and the bon conn
arade displayed are in amazing con-
trast to the pettiness and complain
ing Of most all other large gather
ings. It doubtless is due to the larky
spirit which seems to pervade every
thing and everybody.
There never was a bigger crowd at
any circus in Wilmington than thai
which attended the Main show Every
seat, general and reserved,N was occu-
pied and persons were seated about in
the grass. in some places, ten deep
The unbounded confidence of human
nature and its Indifference TO grave
danger never was more strikingly H.
Illustrated than in the calm self-forget-
! tulness Of that great crowd. Still
had there been one cry of alarm, there
would have ensued a stampede il
which lives and limbs must OF neces
sity have been sacrificed.
Why is 1t that a woman will take
baby in arms to a circus? The poo
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nird. Arc Like human beings.

Canaries. like human beings, vary
very much ~ character, some cocks be-
ing so indifferent and idle that they
will let the hen do all the work of
building and rearing. while they them
selves sit and plume their feathers.
Others, again, are perfect gentlemen in
their manners, waiting on the hen with
q quiet courtesy and seeing fhatall she
requires is at once brought to her.
Again, the hens vary in disposition,
some hens behaving in a quiet, modest
way, attending 10 their young ones
with regularity, while others are in a
constant state Of chatter with their
husbands, pecking and arguing with
them every time they go near. Thus
we-see that these little birds have their
tiffs and domestic quarrels, not unlike
ourselves.-Chambers Journal.
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To cure the stammerer.

1t is said that stammerers rarely il
ever show any impediment OF speech
when speaking in whispers. On this
fact a method of treatment has been
advocated, which is as follows: For the
first ten days speaking is prohibited.
This will allow rest to the voice and
constitutes the preliminary stage of
treatment. During the next ten days
speaking is permissible in the whisper
ing voice, and in the course Of the next
fifteen days the ordinary conversations
al tone may be gradually employed.
Evening journal., 1902-06-11
NEW SPAPER OPINION
Reducing the Army
the PhiladelpIhia Bulletin.

From THE Philadelphia Bulletin.
In issuing through the War Depart
ment an order reducing the regular
army from 1900 to $1,000 men, the
President has taken a step which de-
serves commentator.
The American people are naturally
and wisely reluctant to see the ma
tional military establishment increased
beyond the limit OF absolute necessity.
This is a peaceful republic, and the
popular sentiment which holds that
the regular army should be kept at the
lowest possible figure and that the
military should be vigorously subject
ed to civil power is sound and whole
some
For several decades we got along very
we'll with an army of $4,000 men. 1t
may be impractlcable TO return to this
minimum. in view of the responsible
tiles we have assumed in the Philip
pines and the large number of trained
artlllerymen required for garrisoning
our seaboard fortifcations. But every
soldier not actually needed should be
released from service at the earliest
date.
Incidentally. the Presidents order
will cut down the expenses Of the gov
ernment by some ten millions year
This is All amount worth saving, even
for a country so rich as the United
States. #tEEg
Evening journal., 1902-06-11
STRIKE INVESTIGATION OVER
Commissioner Wright Had Two-Hour
Conference With ope@tors.


Conference With Operators.
New York, June 11.-Yesterday af-
ternoon Labor Commissioner Wright
had two-hOurs' conference with Pres
ident Bear, of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad; President Olyphant,
of the Delaware and Hudson Company,
and President Truesdale, of the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western Rail-
road. Mr.. Wright said that the books
had been opened and he had secured
all facts and figures, and now had suf-
ficient information Of both sides, which
would probably not necessitate his go
ing to the coal fields. He declared the
investigation as practically over. He
said he expected to hold no more con-
ferences.
Commissioner Wright Will make an
official report to President Roosevelt
The report will touch at the root OF
the difficulty and viii explain the
''real causes" leading to the great in
dustrial conflict, which causes have
been jealously guarded by both sides
Mr.. Wright will not make any sugges
tions or recommendations.
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little thing certainly is not able to
enjoy it, and the lights, glitter and
noises are enough to dazzle it's mite
of brain. No wonder it howls and
yells Justify, as one did in front of
the reserved seats night before last.
Its cries subsided only when the
mother. who was a pretty little coun-
try woman, had eiveloped both her
self and it in the folds of an ample
shawl.
The elephant is not particularly
common animal, yet there is scarcely
a man. woman or child who has not
seen several. In view Of this 1t is in
teresting TO note the attraction which
Ae huge animal has for the individual.
No matter how rare and curious othe,
animals may be- the larger crowd In
variably collects about the elephant
There is q fascination in his great
Hopping ears, his little bright eyes
his crafty trunk, his unproporionate
tail and even in his clumsy monde.
script feet Lives there a mortal with
soul so dead that it has never thrilled
with the JOY of feeding peanuts to an
elephant-either of throwing them
into the cavernous depths so accom-
mOdately displayed or of having that
snaky snOut gently crawling over ones
palm?
In all DrOpriety circus managers
might put the inscription over the en-.
trance to the tents: "All Those Who
Enter mere leave Care Behind.
Anyway, duh care seems to fall. iaway
as by magic. The clown and his an
tics are greeted with merry laughter
the daring Of the men and women OF
the trapeze is regarded with delicious
hot and cold thrills; every wondrfu
feat is aDDlauded with right good will
and one usually departs feeling thai
ones money has been well spent Th'
icircus is a great Institution. Long ma,
IL thrive. Ellen Orr.
Evening journal., 1902-06-11
AoWTHE cHINEsEIoEsRRAsN
Peculiar Practices .Intvogue-In the
Celestial Kingdom.


1t is one of the peculiarities Of the
Chinese that, while they have develop
ed elaborate PHILOSOPHERS, none of them
has led to any confidence in the uni
formity of nature. Neither,th people
por their rulers Have any fixed opinion
rs to the causes of rainfall The plan
in some provinces whena the need OF
rain is felt is to borrow god from q
neighboring district and petition him
for the desired rain. If his answer is
satisfactory, he is returned to,his home
with every mark of honor;t otherwise
he may be pnt out in the sunias a hint
TO wake up and do his duty. A bunch
of willow is usually thrust into his
hand, as willow is sensitive to mois-
ture.
Another plan in extensive use is the
building Of special temples I'm which
are wells containing several iron tab
lets. When there is a scarcity OF rain,
a messenger, starts out with a tablet
marked with the date of the Journey
and the name of the district making
the petition. Arriving at another city,
nt@lluNc a SUN VI iipntR anu 10 dllOM-
ed to draw a new tablet from the well,
throwing I'm his own by way of ex-
change. On the return Journey he is
supposed to eat only bran and travel
at top speed day and night. Some
times he passes through districts as
greatly i'm need Of rain as his own.
Then the people in these places way
lay him and, temporarily1borro his
tablet, get the rain intendedaf for anoth-
er place.
Prayers are usually made in the fifth
and sixth months when the rainfall IS
always due, and limit of ten days
is set'for their effective operation. I'm
der such conditions rain usually falls
during the prescribed time. When the
prayers are in progress, the umbrella,
among other objects, comes under the
ban. In some provinces foreigners
have been mobbed for carrying this
harmless article at that time.
Evening journal., 1902-06-11

This is a progressive age. Yester-
day a new restaurant wac opened in
Philadelphia on a new plan. Instead
of taking a seat at the table and wait
ing the pleasure Of the disdainful wait
er. only to hear him shout your hum
bic order for the edifcation of the null
titude. you now drop a nickel in the
slot, and the dyspepsia-inducing article
appears. No longer are our ears 70 be
assailed by cries Of Draw one in the
dark" and Ham in the pan-make Il
twol" The busy man may now silently
order his own poison. and in a twink
ling it appears. There is an opportlD
nifty for further ingenuity here Anti
dotes in the form of dyspepsia cure
might be served on the side. and I
restaurant making the innovation
would be popular. The writer has il
mind a young lawyer whose lunch dur
ing the summer daily consists OF
Evening journal., 1902-06-11
WE'LL. HARDLY

let MS pause a moment and take our
hearings. This political question with
propositions and counter propositions
promlses to become 50 elaborate ana
involved that 1t win require diagram
for its solution. From the state COM
mittees of the two parties it has passed
temporarily TO the county governing
bodies To date it is about as follows:
The Republican Committee of New
Castle county recently made propo-
sition to the Union Committee for
common primaries. This should not
have been refused as it would have
Deen applying to the county what cer-
tain cnes have been urging We should
apply to the State-mayority rule. This
county in its affairs is a separate and
independent body, and if the will of a
majority must govern as a matter Of
equity and right, It should be applied
here. Why was it refused? The per
sonal organ Of AddiclSs says the Union
Republicans are in a majority here.
If so. It was a splendid opportunity to
enforce their great principle, and at
lne same time win a victory. But the
CountyCommittee chose to declare That
it had abrogated its rights, and that
the State Committee had all power in
the premises.
This having been accomplished, tho
Union committees of Kent and sus-
sex came forward with tenders Of COM
mon primaries. True, there is a saw
ing clause in which an early answer
is requested in order that the mat
ter may be referred to the Addicks
State Committee Now the State Com
mittee has lull powers in the matter OF
county affairs, OF It has not IL the
county committees have turned over
their rights to the State Committee
then il is an impertinence for them to
make any proffer. The Republican
committees have not ahrogated their
powers to any other body and they are
NnAAlltA ~ hlOm MhAAM hNN1 10 ANelRn
sible before accepting or rejecting
any proposition.
Furthermore, these committees, we
imagine. will stand by the principle
that each county has the right to man
age its own affairs. The county COM
mittees will never surrender their
powers and pregauves to the State
Committee, and that body will not ask
a. "A majority of the voters Of the
. State are in New Castle. and they will
not submit to have their affairs Jug
gled with by a few Addicks leaders il
Kent and Sussex who wish to serve
personal ends at our expense. In Stat'
anairs the Republicans Of all complex
ions must seek an agreement, an,
the voters OF each county must decide
for themselves their own questions.
Evening journal., 1902-06-11
soERs AND BRlToNs REJOICE
,Burohers Have Unfavorable Opinion OF
Allies, But Praise Americans.

Burghers Have Unfavorable Opinion OF
Allies, But Praise Americans.
Pretoria, June 11.-Boer commandos
arriving here bring reports of fresh in
stances of determination between the
Beers and the British troops. The sur
render of a commando at BalmOral,
Transvaal, was followed by a big
"sing song" The British soldiers sta
toned at the block houses between BAL
moral and Pretoria in some instances
held up the trains and proffered coffee
and tobacco to their late enemies.
The Beers generally hold unfavor-
able estimates of their foreign allies,
except the Americans, whom they de-
clare to be crafty and great fighters. A
prominent commandant said: "All the
Germans are fit for is to give horses
sore backs"
Evening journal., 1902-06-11
Nothing to Conceal

From the Chicago Tribune.
Being unused to the ways of busi-
ness, Mr. Puggins, when he went to
the savings bank to deposit his first
$500, was surprised at the searching
questions asked him by the young man
behind the railing as to his ancestry.
He answered them all, however. and
then volunteered a little further in
formation.
MY mother" he said, with dignity,
had a wart on the end OF her nose
and parted her hair a little on one
side My father had a squint in his
left eve and had lost a front tooth.
He was fond Of horses, took snuff. and
walked with a slight limp and large
hickory cane--if anybody should ask
you"
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a standstill. The fires are out in the
thousands of coke ovens that have
heretofore illuminated the New river
valley, and from all indications the
situation will not be soon improved.
At mass meetings held at Glen Jean
the strikers decided to remain out in
definitely, unless the operators meet
their demands. There has been no yio-
lence along the Chesapeake and Ohio
yet. and operators believe there will
be none
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glass of milk. two deviled crabs and
a plate of ice cream. For such cases
a physician should be in regular at
tendance. The modern restaurant
should have an orchestra to mark the
time, and customers could expedite mat
ters by a drill. which might be as fol-
lows: One, drop a nickel in the slot;
two, push; three, bite; four, swallow;
five, get out.
Evening journal., 1902-06-11
WEDNESDAY,. JUNE IL. 1902

WEATHER INDICAHoNS.-roday;
Partly cloudy to fair, with showers In
the north portion. Tomorrow FAIR
with variable winds.
Evening journal., 1902-06-11

1t is hardly possible that any human
remedy for this terrific violence of
nature will be discovered. but it is in
the line Of getting better understand
ing of the seismic upheaval. which is
a result much to be desired. II is
more to the purpose to investigate this
sort of thing than it is to find the
north pole; and the danger is sooner
over.-Lowell Courier
Evening journal., 1902-06-11
LIE Soil coAL sTRIKE
Nearly All Men Out and Business at .
Standstill In New River District.

Thurmund, w. Va, June 1.-THE
strikers succeeded yesterday in tieine
up almost every operation in the New
river district. Not 100 miners out OF
5000 were at work on Loup creek, and
not a single car OF coal has been sent
down that branch. All the Chesapeake
and Ohio shifting crews in this field
have been laid on, and business is at
Evening journal., 1902-06-11

Ten freshmen Of Swarthmore Col
lege have been suspended. In a spirit
of innocent fun they bound and gag.
ged two sophomores and hid them in
a barn until II suited the freshmen tc
release them. Then the faculty had
an inning and the result was a reluct.
ant parting with ten freshmen Under
these circumstances the students may
well ask who lis to govern our colleges
anyway? Is the inalienaIble right OF
the college student TO be tampered
with? What are We coming to if fac
ulties are to insist on abrogating the
students prerogative to run our insti-
tutons of learning2 or course, if these
men outside OF the college should take
two men off the streets and subject
them to the same treatment the sophie
mores suffered. they would be boarded
awhile at the expense Of the county But
college students are beyond the laws.
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Not 10 blame.

She-Saturday is our silver wedding.
Don't you think we ought to kill the
pig and have a feast?
He-Kill the pig? don't see why
the poor animal is to blame for what
happened twenty-five years ago."-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
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tinguished members Of her faculty. In
his selection Princeton chooses for the
INST ume a man not a clergyman for
president. and those who have follow
ed Professor Wilson's career feel that
no mistake has been made.
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Arranging tor Transfer

Attorneys for the American Packers
Association are arranging for the
transfer of the various canneries lo-
Gated along the Eastern Shore and in
New Jersey. There are sixty establish
ments. -FM
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A wax IN KiII

Fashionable Doctor tout for a days
shooting) - Never saw such luck.
What's the matter with the birdsY |
can't kill one of them!
Host-Writc 'em prescription. doc
tori
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CAUGHT AT RANDOM

A Chinese official recently entertain
ed the foreign officials at Shanghai
with dinner consisting of 1876 courses
Two women have conceived the idea
of utilizing a houseboat for the sale
of light refreshments on the Thames
at Windsor.
If all the land planted in corn in the
United States this year were massed
the area would exceed the British Isles
Holland and Belgium combined, or
four-ffths Of the area Of France or Ger
many.
1t is a Shock to the senses to realize
THAT Booth Harrington is the proprietor
OF doughnut factory.
The biggest balloon ever made was
by German named Ganswendt, about
twenty years ago. Its capacity was
10000 cubic yards. 1t weighed twenty
one and one-half tons and would raise
three and one-half tons into the air.
Want to buy a secondhand auto
that has only been in use a week? Good
as new?"
"Better-everything breakable about
It has been broken"
The United States Board on Geo
graphic Names has reversed its deci-
sion of January -, 1897, with regard to
the spelling of Bosphorus. 1t now de-
clares in favor of "BOsporus," which
II asserts is in conformity with the
more prevalent usage.
A factory inspector at Halifax says
that when he became inspector he
made a point of endeavoring to dis
cover an attendant of joiner's plan
ing machine who was in possession OF
| all his fingers. He was FIVE years be-
fore he became across such a man.
The remark which was made by an
educated Hindu at Calcutta when ask
ed what would happen If England
should withdraw from India, would ap-
ply to the Philippines: Go into a
geological garden, open the gates and
let out all the lions, tigers, and hy-
enas, and you would see what would
happen"
Authority for the formation of volun-
lteer corps was first given by the Brit
ish War Office forty-three years ago.
Swalecliffe Church, Kent, England
has a communion chalice which dates
back to the time of Queen Elizabeth.
Struckoyle (showing his art collec
,ltion)-"Ain't that bull-fight picture {
beaut? I paid an artist $1,000 to pain
that for me to order"
Cutting-"Welll Well It is surpris
ing what some men will do 70
money!"
An application for the use Of one o
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well TO keep in mind Their reasons
for great deliberation may seem i'm
Dortant, but their delay is withhold
ing inestimable benefits from ciyili-
zatiOn.
Evening journal., 1902-06-11

West Point is celebrating the centen-
nial of THE Military Academy, and
there is occasion for all the compli-
mentary remarks made about the in
stitution. In the century of its exist
ence ii has been worthy of all esteem,
and has Justified all the expenditure
of money. Other countries have Their
military schools, and in most cases
each country has several each being
devoted to the study of a special
branch of the service. West Point,
however has contented itself with the
general scope Of military knowledge
leaving specialization for the graduate.
In all cases of emergency, while we
have had cause to be proud of our vol
unteer officers, and while many of
them have risen to high rank, yet we
depend upon the graduates of the
academy; and in the course of a hum
dred years they have not disappointe
1fC
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Today a battle royal takes place at
Harrisburg; either the machine which
is backing a clean man for governor
will win. OF a candidate with an un-
savory record who appeals TO The
voters. will carry on the prize. 1t is
a peculiar state of affairs.
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1t is stated that when the husband
is, younger than the wife the offspring
ds-m6resapt to be girl than boy.
Evening journal., 1902-06-11

Anyone attending a Spiritualist Sc
ance in Bohemia is liable to a fine OF
$40, according 10 a decree which has
been issued by the Governor of The
lprOvince.
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SILVER

NICKEL SILVER.
Next thing to the sterling
NEGEr ABLE DISHES,
MEAT PIIATTERS,
TEA SETS.
TRAYS,
MUGS, etc
@. f. Rudolph,
Market and Fourth SITS.
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Read the Evening Journal for all
the latest news. IL. i,st5ssff.elxiX
Evening journal., 1902-06-11

An application for the use Of one OF
their public baths for baptismal pur-
poses has been refused by Edinburgh
Town Council.
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Struckoyle (showing his art colle'
|tion)-"Ain't that bull-fight picture
beaut? I paid an artist $1,000 to pair
that for me to order"
Cutting-"Welll Well! 1t is surprii
ing what some men will do fC
money!"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-29
TIE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP
ALL NIGHT LIGHTS
They VIII be Furnished Free by the
Light Company.

Last evening Superintendent W. R.
Morrison Of the Wichita Railroad and
Light company went down TO Mayor
BIcLean's office and handed him the fol-
lowing letter, which he had just re-
ceived:
Tort Wayne Ind, April %. 1902.
Mr. ". R. Morrison, Superintendent.
Wichita. Kansas:
Dear Sir: In view Of the number Of
conventions and fraternal meetings to
be held in Wichita next month, and in
asmuch as none of them are of a char
acter to yield material profit TO any in
terests, I wish you would tender TO the
mayor and council if they see fit to
accept it, street lighting service after
I o'clock a. m. until such time as all
respectable people are presumed to be in.
Furnish this additional service without
extra charge Yours truly.
(Signed) IS. /. NELSON"
After reading the letter Mayor Mclean
told Mr. Morrison that he appreciated
this favor and he had no doubt that the
city council would gladly accept the extra
service. He said that the service was
rendered until all respectable people were
presumed to be in. Th respectable peo-
pie of this city are out all night when
It IS necessary 10 take care Of a big con-
ventiOn and lie supposed the electric
lights would burn al night.
The people of this city VIII appreciate
this generosity of Commodore Nelson. 1t
would be incouvenient to have the lights
out after I o'clock a. m. If some of the
conventions were still in session at that
time. which might happen. Wichita is
preparing TO entertain all the cOnYen-
tons royalty and the all-night lights will
be Just the thing and it vii make the
crowd feel kindly toward the company
that Is furnishing IT.