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Evening journal., 1902-04-03
Gas Works, April 2. 1902.


My dear Lauray: I've bin moralizin'
considerable lately, and / think I'm
gettin' to be a filosifer. Hit pears TO
me that the ornryer / git the moar I'm
satisfide with myself.
| don't no whether I should be glad
over that, or go and hang myself
ust to lay awake nights thinkin' about
all the things / have did but now
turn in with peeceful smile and feel
cOnltented, and dOnOt keera durn wheth-
er l have busted the ten command
ments er not.
Why l have saw fellers who would
fly uD and get sl1ittish about buyin a
vote er two. settle down in a yeei' or
so to a steddy pace and never switch
a tail. no matter what load was put
onto them.
They was one feller I ust to no who
allus went to Sunday school and hol-
Tered the lOudest in class meetin'.
Well. he jined our little crowd, and
lhe got into the politicle nastiness up
to his eyebrows. and l spOse you
think he give up all the goOdy-goody
grand-stand play?
Not much, Lauray, we don't work
hit that way. We sed to him, you
stay rite where you air. Talk to them
Sunday school boys and lead them into
the strate and naTer path that leads
to Addicks, and in experience meetin'
exercise your vOcle organ till people
think you're about to soar, and then
when you preach politicle rascality,
folks will think hit is a part of yore
religion"
So he done hit, and you ort to heer
him holler when he comes to givin'
his spenence. OF course some people
gifts onto him, but he asks EN- to be
dharitabel. and to jedge not. You
see we kin shet their mouths that
away.
Well, we made our reply to the
blamed Reglers this week. and she's
a daisy Walter Hayes and Gale la
tun swet a lot afore she was dun. but
when she appeered, / declair she made
the Declarashun OF independence look
like thirty cents. Walter furnished the
law and Gale furnished the words, and
nit was a CRATE combinashun.
When she is billed down, she means
Addicks for both of them phases in
the SENT. cause, as Gale says that's his
inalcenable rite That's the stuff, and
hit makes my busum swell TO think
that | belong to this CRATE and glcry-
us Republick WHARF every man is as
good as every body else. and a dern
site better
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
y. NJ. c. A. PLAYS PING-PONC
Game Arrived Yesterday Other Events ia
the Association

Ping-pong has made its appearance
at the Y. NJ. c. A.. and the members
are infatuated with the game. 1t ar
rived as a present from the directors
yesterday and was at once seized upon
and kept in operation until late last
thing. Handball also is attracting
much attention from the members,
and the teams are practicing for the
tournament on Saturday afternoon.
The indoor athletic games are now
nearing an end,and the final sports will
take place on April II. The first three
men scoring the highest number of
points will receive a gold and silver
medal. with the new design of the
physical department impressed on
them. The new emblem consists of
triangle circle supported by wings.
Preparations are now being made for
the outdoor sports, and the first game
of the season will take place in May.
The association has received an invi-
tatiOn to take part in the sports of
the Washington branch of the Y. M. C.
A., and it likely will accept. During
the month of March SS7 men used the
gymnasium.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
DRPRW AMUNRS \
rHB SENATOR
Remarks on OleO Bill GreOte.
With Laughter
Followed Bailey, Of Texas, Who o.
posed Measure, Abiding to His
''YOuIh and Beauty"

Washington, April 3.-Discussion O
the oleo bin IN the senate yesterda.
was enlivened by two or three brigb
passages between senator's. Mr.. Bailey
of Texas. concluded his speech in on
position to the measure. occunvint
most Of the time devoted by the sen
ate yesterday to the bills considera
tion. His argument was brilliant ano
at times eloquent and attracted the
careful attention of senators on both
sides Of the chamber and of the occu.
pants of the crowded galleries.
He was followed by Mr. Depew in a
bright and witty speech in support of
the measure. Mr. Depew matched his
wit with that Of Mr. Bailey on the sub
ject OF the American girl, and the sal
lies of the two senators were greeted
with shouts of laughter, both on the
floor and in the galleries.
Il forgot for the moment" inter.
iected Mr.. Bailey. "a recent occur
renee in the life of the senator from
New York. CT I should not have made
the allusion. Laughter
"And but for that occurrence" re-
torted Mr. Depew, laughing as he
spoke II should have left a younger
man TO come to the defense of the
American girl. It was the senator's
youth and beauty (great laughter)
which astOnished me when he made
that remark. If he had been soured
and disappointed in love, or if the
sex had treated him in some way that
would lead him to remark about it
like that. | should understand him.
But no one can meet the senator; no
one can see him socially or in his
grave and dignitied position, no one
can see his photograph on Pennsyl-
vania avenue without recognizing that
his geniality. his happiness, his elo-
Quence. have come because the Ameri-
can girl has admired him and loved
him. (Long continued laughter.) And
he never ought to have gone back on
her by saying she is fraudulent
specimen of living oleomargarine. b"
(Laughter)
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
A MODERN JuGGERNAUr

The days OF the juggernaut have
been revived. and the dwellers Of our
large cities are spending a good part
OF their time and a deal of their ner-
vous force in lodging vehicles which
seem bent on their destruction. The
bicycle and the charging trolley car
came in about the same time. and each
reaped it's harvest Of death. The wheel
craze died a natural death, and is now
at It's normal. but although the trolley
car remains we have learned to allow
for IL in our calculations. and can cross
the streets Judging our distance to the
fraction of an inch.
Now the automobile sees an opening,
and comes to make the terror of mod
ern pedestrians complete. II charges
down crowded thoroughfares at pace
that Is anywhere from twenty to sixty
miles an hour. and II an old woman or
a child gets in the way and is scat
tered along the road, it is regarded as
an annoying incident We would not
raise our voice to check the progress
which is shown in this form Of loco
motion. but 1t should be remembered
that streets and roads are not mere
speedways for tho accommodation Of
any animal or vehicle to perform an
tics. and annihllate distance.
Look backward a few years TO the
tt,,,, ,,,t,o,, ,rhanIu,en fhrongpl every
street and lane. and we remember that
the fellow whose time was the least
valuable was always the "scorcher.
The youth in variegated sweater who
had no objective point, always rode
like mad. while the man Of business
took a more sedate gait. The same
truth Is repeated in the
action OF the automobile.
Many riders have no business,
other than to attend pink teas, and
even those who are men of affairs, take
the plebian trolley ear to business in
the morning. and then in the after
noon when the cares of the Office are
laid aside. they harness the modern
steed and indulge in the elation of
seeing her 60" There ought to be a
speedway of a hundred miles leading
from every city upon which bicycle
scOrchers. unruly horses and automo-
biles might indulge in gO-as-you-
please race. with no one to interfere
at the mix-up.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
COMMANDER TO VISIT
Charles Hayward Will Cali on Knights Of
St. John aud Malta

Charles Hayward, most eminent
grand commander of the Knights Of
st. John and Malta, will make tip
to New York on Saturday on official
fer THE lodge. He is prepar-
ing for his annual official visit TO all
of the encampments in the United
States. lie has divided the different
cities he will visit into districts, al
lowing two weeks to each. His first
trip will extend from this city to To-
rontO, Canada.
On Tuesday, Wilmington and Moriel
Encampments will entertain Alpha
Encampment, OF Chester, in Eden Hall.
The visitors will arrive in this city
on the p. w. & b. railroad at 7.26
O'Clock All of the Sir Knights OF the
city are invited to be present. The
Committee on Arrangements is com
posed Of c. II. Collins. S. w. Taylor J.
r. Fitzgerald, and Charles ID. Bird.
An event that is attracting much
attention in the order is the tourna-
ment Of the military department in
Arion Hall, Brooklyn, on April 10. Mr..
Hayward will review the prize drill
and will award the prize. A banquet
will follow.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

Here are some rather odd things
the first OF their kind / have ever
made. said a ieweler as he laid upon
a cloth of black velvet a number OF
silver and gold buttons, into which
were set small diamonds, pearls, sap
phires. opals and emeralds. They are
electrical push-buttons, he explained,
and they are to be used in a country
house that one of our milliOnaires Is
building Push buttons, you know,
are coming into wider and wider use.
Tho dwelling of the rich contain 80
or 60 of them nowadays. And as a
consequence OF their profuse appear
ance everywhere architects are giving
a good deal of care to their designing.
These six buttons. for instance, that
arc to go i'm a white and gold drawing
room. are. you see. OF silver, studded
with Opals and they are to be set on a
plate of onyx in silver frame. They
viii go well, don't you think, with the
drawing rooms delicate and pale deco
ratiye scheme?"
II seems but little short OF the mirac-
ulous to have the hidden history OF
ones life read so perfectly by utter
strangers. but the means by which they
make it appear that they do so is not
entirely palmistIy which. regarded as a
science. has little part in Gypsy fortune
telling. Romantics gather every pos
sible bit of information about the in
habitants of the neighborhood where
they happen to be sojourning, by ju-
dicious questioning of servants and
neighbors. and hoard the treasure in
their marvellous memories. Add to
this the fact that their naturally keen
powers of observation have been train
ed for centuries to read characters and
life-history from the face, that certain
generalities always obtain with certain
types OF hands and faces. that general
facts may apply to anyone's past his
tory. and that only what comes Ia
pass" is remembered out of the mass
of information given one, and you have
the key to their appearant, uncanny
knowledge of past and present.
The oldest man in Wellington, Kan
sas. is l.. d. Chaddon. justice of the
peace. He is "a years old. His wife
is rs. and they have been married sixty
years. He was ehummy with Rosco'
Conkling and used to go squirrel hunt
ing with him. He says he never tool
a drink at a bar in his life.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03

Edward Everett Hale is eighty years
of age today. and he viii be rendered a
reception by his Boston friends. repre-
senting every creed and political be-
lief Sometimes old age has it's COM
Densations. Dir. Hale has been not
only clergyman and a man OF letters.
but student Of affairs and an actor in
the great drama of his country's prog
ress During that strenuous time when
this country was engaged I'm deciding
a group Of questions, such as slavery
and States rights. Dr. Hale became a
national figure. He was never regard
ed as a radical-at least not for Bos-
ton-but many Of his utterances ere
ated enemies. But time has softenet
all asperities, and DR.. Hale is enjoying
a serene and honored old age with ,
consciousness that most Of his llfe1
work has been well done.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
Let Him Build It

From the Smyrna Call.
Mr.. Addicks latest idea is to build a
stone wall about the State. There may
be opposition in some quarters to this,
but we don't see why there should be.
II he has the material and the money
to pay for It's construction and can Sc
cure the right of way all around the
Commonwealth from the States of
PENNSYLVANIA and Maryland, on the
shore lines and from the United States
Government on the seas highway, let
him build. He had better invest his
cash in that direction than in some
others The returns. too, might be
more visible. After he has had his
wall completed he could at least sit on
H. That's more than he could do with
that Senatorial seat of '95, which he
and his managers swear he bought and
paid for However. even with the GER
tainty Of having a legitimate place to
roost when the thing is done, wen
bet a harmony proposition against a
nickel that Addicks will not employ
imported dagos to build that wall.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03

the State to be supported by the uniN0
factions IN the General Assembly and
elected to the United States Senate
Under this plan the Union Republi-
cane could name one senator OF their
own faction from Kent or Sussex. and
by presenting TO the Regulars the
names Of ten Union Republicans from
New Castle they could necessitate the
selection OF one OF their adherents from
the upper county. The fairness of the
offer Of the Regulars Is apparent Il
amounts practically to the acceptance
of two Union Republicans for the Sen
ate. with Addicks eliminated, however,
AS might have been expected, the
Union Republican Committee, which
appears to be held in the hollow of
Addicks' hand. has rejected the propO-
sitiOn, and has made a counter pro-
pOsal that the two factions shall unite
upon Addicks and any one to be named
by the Regulars. 1t will be perceived
that the motto of the Union faction is
"Addicks or nothing" while that of
the Regulars Is Anything but Ad-
dicks" But for the sordid ambition
of Addicks. Delaware would have two
Republicans in the United States SEN
ate. Should he persist in his dog-in-
the-manger policy. there is a POSSIBLE
ity. il not a probability. that the va
cancies in the Senate will be filled with
two Democrats.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
81 OLDFIELD ON INALIENABLE RIGHTS;
HE DISCUSSES ADDICKS' PROPOSITION

To ketch the fellers who has not
cut their eye teeth we said they was
more than twenty-One thousand good
Republicans in this Stait. all of them
bein' eligibel for senator and ought to
have hit; by guml That mite let me
in. only it was jOak.
We don't want the inalyanable rites
of freemen abriged, by guml Every
feller has the rite to go TO the SENT,
and to free licker. and we have the
rite to make the other fellers do as
we want em to.
Now we want Mister Addicks for
senator Some says; why don't you
git a Republican," but that don't jar
'us none. We don't keer eff hes a Re
publican er a cannibal, SOS he puts up
The spondulix. | clame that hits our
inalyenabel rit to have the dern Reg
lers come in and help us.
The Reglers put up ten men frum
Kent and Sessex. and says they; now
you put up a list from Moo Kassel. ."
Oh, no. you don't. Who air these ten
men? All native Delawareans. They
.aint one Of 'em that ever was in the
gas bizness they aint none that ever
lived in F'iladelfy, Boston, Moo York,
DArizony and Claymont all to onct We
has to import our senatorial timber,
and we have got a peach, and his
naim is John Edward Addicks.
We air goin' to vote fer him fer ten
years, and if he's gone to ware his
crown by that time, then we'll vote
for his disembodied speerit. l tell you
Delaware is Ourn hear and hearafter,
now and forever, one and inseperabeli :
l got moo SCOT of close this week
and a plug Of terbacker. and the uther
day when the aggergashun met / had
a free feed and sOmethin' to wash hit
down. The flag was out that day. Lau-
ray, but I'm Altered hit cost Mister
Addicks $780,
Well. Lauray, we're feelin' rite
happy. OF coarse we don't expec to
Ielect Mister Addicks senator; if we did
THAT would give us a skeer. But he
thinks he'll land hit, and as long as we
can keep him in that noshun, we can
continuer to milk the old COW. If he
should git out, some of us would be
up agin it for our next meal. We're a
workin him, Lauray, and a-tellin' him
he's a bigger man than julius Caesar,
which is rite, cause that gentleman
has bin some yeers ded.
| hOaD the boys is gettin' the plowin
dun fer corn, cause if things should
bust up I'll be back hoam, no moar to
roam. YOre lovin husband,
Silas Oldfeld.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
ADDICKs AN oBsTRUCrIoNIsr

The Addicks reply 70 the Republicans
is thus interpreted by the Philadelphia
Ledger:
]. Edward Addicks remains the dis
turbing element in Delaware's Republi-
can politics. He cannot be chosen to
the United States Senate himself;
therefore. he prefers that the State
shall remain with no representation in
the Senate. This is a fair statement OF
the present situation. Seven Of the
Regular Republicans in the General
Assembly submitted to the Union Re
publican (Addicksite) State Committed
the names of ten men. nearly all o.
them adherents Of Addicks, from th'
counties OF Kent and Sussex, with th'
request that the Addicks faction shOul'
select one OF these and with the prom
Use that the Regulars would ratify sucl
selection. The proposition also com
pretended the selection by the Uniol
Republicans. Of ten names from New
Castle county. from which the Regu
lars pledged themselves 10 make
selection OF one man. the two Repub
lioans representing both sections 0
Evening journal., 1902-04-03

There is aprOpO sitiOn 10 elect
two 4. y. Senators from Della
ware; IL Is refused. Whys He
cause Addicks cannot be one
OfIhem. There are two vacnn-
Cies 20 he filled; why is not one
senator electedl Because Ad-
dicks must be voted for for
both places. There is "a split i'm
the Republican party. WIyi
BecRuse Addicks refused 10 al
low one OfIis four folIOSverS 10
join fifteen Republicans i'm the
election Ofa Senator. AddickS
controls a number of leaders
in his course Of rule OF ruin.
Nhys Because me has given
them the proper inducement.
The Regular Republicans wifi
fight This tilI dOOmsday, Wbyi
BecRuSe they are freemen.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
Buildln' a stons Wall

I'm buildin' a stone wall, Caleb,
Around this little State;
With gas pipes runnin underneath
And a beautiful copper gate.
It's to keep the wolves outside, Caleb
And my cattle all within,
I'm buildin' a stone wall, Caleb,
To corral ysur klth and kin.
NV cattle that cost me so dearly,
Must never go wander astray,
I'll keep them fast in the corral
And feed them awhile on my hay,
And then they'll be led to the slaughter
And happy and grateful will be,
To the fellow that skins them, dear
Caleb.
Especially If that fellow is me.
Bill Parsons.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03

One of the most cold-blooded and
revolving crimes of modern times was
committed in Philadelphia the other
day. A negro butler finding that he
was about to be apprehended for GER
tain wholesale thefts determined on
revenge He coolly shot his mistress
and her little child, and then called in
the other little girl and shot her also.
Then he put on his best attire and
sought to escape. Before such deprav-
ity the law stands paralyzed The
brute may be hanged but the punish
ment seems inadequate. It is a sad
commentary on humanity that such a
terrible crime can be possible.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
NEWSPAPER OPINION
Ignoring the Main Facts

Ignoring the Main Facts
From the Washington Post.
In The latest issue of his Commoner.
hditor Bryan goes" for the reorgan-
izers-the Democrats WlhD desire TO
unite Tho factions OF their party on a
conservative platform. His voice is
still for war and in his lexicon De-
mocracy and 10 to 1 are synonyms He
opens this latest attack with this scrap
OF ancient history
The Chicago platform was not the
work Of Mr. Bryan on of any one man.
While tho silver plank WIS copied
from uhe Nebraska platform, It was
adopted by Democratic primaries.
county conventions, and State conven-
tions. and it was so adopted before any
large number of Democrats thought OF
Mr.. Bryan being candidate. The Ne
braska silver plank was not copied
because Nebraska had adopted It. but
because IL expressed what the Demo-
cratic party wanted to express"
Conceding all Of that to be true, what
Of Il? What has IL to do with the pres
ent situation? No fair-minded man
denies that the Chicago platform was.
at the time Of its PRONUNCIATION, a fair
expression OF the views Of a
majority of Democrats. II was Just
what Democratic sentiment had been
leading up to for years. But Mr.
Bryan finds it,convenient to ignore the
reaifirmation Of that platform at Kan
sas City in 1900 Why? Simply be-
cause he knows that long before 1900
came around an overwhelming major
ity Of Democrats had changed their
minds as to 16 to /. and wanted their
party to leave THAT dead and malodor-
GUS issue quite alone. Mr. Bryan
knows that the delegates of a major
ity of Democrats at Kansas City voted
against that reaffirmation in spite OF
his ultimatum. This is why he goes
back to Chicago and 1896. He and
everybody else who knows even a lit
tle about politics knows why he. as
the nominee OF the Populists, felt con
strained to force 16 10 into the plat
form of 1900 against the views of a
majority Of Democrats. Il did not then
express what the Democratic party
wanted to express" but was indispen-
sable to a continuance OF the COM
bine-the alliance with an organi-
zation that accepted 1G to 1 as a fair
compromise between sound money and
liITedeemable paper Even Prince
David. of Hawaii, by whose deciding
vote Mr.. Bryan was enabled to over
ride The Democratic will at Kansas
City, may be supposed to know what
Mr.. Bryan so conveniently ignores.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
A BREATHING SPELL.

If the consumptive could
only keep from getting worse
it would be some encourage
mcnt.
SCOTS Emulsion at least
gives tired nature a breathing
spell. The nourishment and
strength obtained from SCOTS
Emulsion are a great relief to
the exhausted system.
This treatment alone often
enables the consumptive tc
gather force enough to throw
off the disease altogether.
SCOTS Emulsion brings
strength to the lungs and flesl
TO the body.
1 Send for Free sample
iscQTT g BOVINE. Chemists, go Pearl ST., n. y
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
OLD POINT COMFORT. RICHMOND
AND WASHINGTON, D. c.

Leave Wilmington, Saturdays, April y
and 26 and May 10, at 11.0l a. m. Rate,
S3I for round-trip, including railroad
fare. transfers, .stateroom Washington
to Old Point Comfort, one and one
hlaf days board at Hygeia Hotel,
Old Point Comfort, one and one quar-
ter days board at the Lexington Ho-
tel, Richmond. and two and one-hali
days board at the Ebbitt or Riggs
House, Washington For itinerary
and full particulars, write or apply tc
III. A. Miller, p. A. Wilmington, Del.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
Deafness Cannot he Cured

reach the diseased portion of the ear
There IS only one way TO cure deafness,
and that Is by constitutional remedies
Deafness Is caused by an infamed condi-
tion Of the mucous lining of the Eusta-
chian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have a rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing. and when II is entirely
closed deafness is the result. and unless
the Inflammation can be taken out, and
this tube restored to its normal condi-
tion. hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by ca
tarrh which is nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness Caused by Ca
tarrh) that can not be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure Send for circulars. free.
+. J. CHENEY .& CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family pills are the best.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
Fourteen More Appeals

For the benefit Of workmen who can
not get TO the office during the day,
.ClerlNof Council Hamann will have
the assessment books open from TO 8
and to 10 p. m. on Saturday. Four
teen appeals were received by the
Board of Appeals yesterday.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
Woman Dying in the Street

Chester. Pa. April S.-Mrs. Mary
Dolphin. rs years old, was found yes
terday lying in a pool of blood on
Fourteenth street and died soon after
being admitted to the hospital. Her
nose was broken and there were cuts
and bruises on her face, supposed to
have oeen received in falling. Mrs.
Dolphin was returning from a visit to
her daughter. and was lying on the
sidewalk for fully an hour before being
discovered.
Evening journal., 1902-04-03
OLD POINT COMFORT, EA.-POPU-
LAR TOURS VIA BALTIMORE
AND OHIO RAILROAD.

Leave Wilmington, Saturdays, April
l2 and 26. and May 10. at 11.O1 a. m
Rate. $14 for round-trip, including
railroad fare, transfers in Washing
ton. stateroom going and returning on
Potomac river steamer, and one and
three fourth days board at the Hygeia
Hotel, Old Point Comfort.