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Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01
CASE NO. so,s11.
c. z. Boies, Dealer in Grain and Feed;
Address, sos South Water Street,

c. z. Boies, Dealer In Grain and Feed;
Address, sos South Water Street,
Akron, Ohio-Cured in 1856.
Mr.. Boies says: Ever since the
Civil War have had attacks of kid
ney and bladder trouble. decidedly
worse during the last two or three
years. Although l consulted physi.
clans, some of whom told me l Uas
verging on Brights disease. and l was
continually using standard remedies,
the excruciating aching just across
the kidneys, which radiated to the
shoulder blades still existed. AS might
be expected, when my kidneys were
in a disturbed condition there was a
distressing and inconvenient difficulty
with the action Of the kidney secre-
tions. A box of Doan's Kidney Pills,
procured at Lamparter & Co.'S drug
store, brought such decided
change within a week that continued
the treatment The last attack, and it
was particularly aggravated, disap-
peared."
Cure Confirmed Four Years After.
Four years later Mr.. Boies says: In
the spring of 1896 l made a public
statement of my experience with
sDoan's Kidney Pills. This remedy
cured me of terrible aching in the kid
neys, in the small of my back. in the
muscles of the shoulder blades, and
in the limbs. During the years that
have gone by ! can conscientiously
say there have been no occurrences Of
my old trouble. My confidence in
Doan's Kidney Pills is stronger than
ever, not only from my personal ex-
perience, but from the experience of
many others in Akron, which have
come to my notice"
A FREE TRIAL of this great Kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Boies,
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price so cents
per box.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01
THE OUTPUT OF WHISKY
How Seductive Fluid Is Manufactured
in North Carolina.

in North Carolina.
so this is the only liquor distil-
Iery in all these mountains?" re-
marked the visitor to a little noun
tain settlement in North Carolina, in
a tone that was half questioning.
'It do be-" said the mountain whis-
ky-maker.
How much do you turn out in n
day?" asked the stranger.
wall, l reckon we makes along
about twenty gallons a day"
"And is that all the whisky that's
drunk in these parts?"
"Say, you be-ent no revenue sharp,
be you?" he demanded suddenly.
'"Cause if you be. l amt got nothin'
to say. pays my taxes, as ever one
knows, an that's all there is to it."
After a time the stranger persuad-
ed him that there was no Interior mo-
tive in his questioning, and the old
man explained the whisky situation.
81 tole you this was the only sill
around here, an so it is-the only one
that pays a tax. But" he continued,
"eyerv old woman in these mountains
has a copper kettle in which she boils
her washing. Every old woman has
a lid that fits the copper kettle tight
ly. and that can be fastened down
They boil clothes in them on Monday,
and they boil whisky in them the 9TH
er six days of the week"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01

glowing with clear. white heat. In
the center of the heap lay the head.
These parts were all that were left
of the countess save the heap of ashes.
Two tallow candles that had been
blown out and left on the table were
found to be melted, the wicks remain
ing, which clearly proved that they
had not been consumed in the regular
way. Nothing in the apartment had
been injured in the least, but every
thing-furniture tapestry, bedclothes,
etc.-was literally covered with a pc
culiar damp. sootlike substance. Ar
ticles in the dining room adjoining
were also coated with the substance.
While the countess was not addicted
to strong drink, she had for years
daily bathed her body in camphorated
spirits of wine. According to Bian-
chini the mystery of the countess's
death was never satisfactorily ex-
planned.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01
Pin-Making Industry.

There's a pin on the sidewalk" :"
said the statistician, but don't bother
to pick it up, for 5000, 100000 new
ones will be made this year, and
what's one pin among so many. Tke
pin," he went on, 'is an interesting
subject 1t is older than civilization,
and 5000 years ago it was made in
more beautiful form than it is to-day
Then only the wealthy could afford
pins, but now we can all use them.
This is because they ar1 made by
such an ingenious and intelligent ma
chine. Into it's mouth a coil of wire
flows, and out of the other end comes
the pin completed save for its plating
and polishing. The plating is mere
matter of a bath; the polishing a mere
matter of dry shampoo in revolv-
ing barrel of sawdust Even the
packing of the pins in papers is ma
chine work This year there are close
upon fifty pin factories running busily
in America, and their sales will ag-
gregate about $3,250,000.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01

but his intended victim had caught
both horns in two chubby hands and
was holding fast. 1t was the arena
scene from "Quo Vadis" in miniature.
The mother rushed to the rescue.
She arrived in the nick of time, for the
lad was commencing to weary and
could not have kept his grip much
longer. Upon being released, however,
he Strengthened himself stockily and
brushed his palms against each other
with a fine bravado.
"You were just in time, mamma"
he observed seriously. "If you hadn't
come when you did I'd killed the
blankety goat" The boy didn't say
blankety, by the way, but the remark
was made in such a matter-of-fact tone
that mamma" was unable to restrain
her mirth, and so he was spared a
thrashing-New York Times.
Every man has his limit and some
men have two or three.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01

mails, were not only cut in the rock,
as is usually the case with such rep
resentatives, but were painted in sew
eral colors and give some evidence of
artistic skill. There are eighty pic
lures, of which forty-nine represent
bisons of various kinds The pig
ments used, which are shades of red
and brown. have been found, on
analysis by Moissan, the eminent
French chemist, to be ochres mixed
with minute fragments of transparent
silica.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01

No one would ever be bothered with con-
stipation If every one knew how naturally
and quickly Burdock Blood Bitters regn-
lAtes the stomach and bowels
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01

"Whenebber a man gibs me whole lot
OBJ advice" said Uncle Eben, II can't
help s'picionin' dat II his 'pinions was so
valuable he'd be busy somewhar' else
countin' money"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01
Ancient Picture Gallery.

A picture gallery that dates from
tho stone age has been unearthed in
a cavern near Eyzies, France. The
pictures, which are of prehistoric ami
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01

able to do anything at all for you. Dys-
peptic-( -(gloomily)-No; guess 1 need a
constitutional amendment.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01

A woman will forgive a man any
thing except his failure to admire her.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1902-02-12
TINE peoples DEMAND

The city OF Wilmington wants the
best possible lighting for her streets.
She wants all contracts to be award
ed openly and after due consideration.
She wants the best light for the least
possible money and for THAT reason is
interested in an open discussion Of all
propositions before contracts are
awarded.
She wants 10 pay full value for what
she gets-nothing more, nothing less.
she win turn down any proposition
involving a steal, whether that be in
the form requiring us to pay VOC much
or in the shape Of an ostensible gift
We want a good light; we demand
that the terms of any contract shall be
reasonable, and we will tolerate no
Juggling on the part Of conscienceless
acoundrels.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1902-02-12
THESE ARE INTERESTING LETTERS
FROM FRANKLIN'S DAUGHTER

In the vast store of rare and valuable
curios owned by Colonel j. Harry
Rogers, of New Castle, there is a fine
portrait. one in water colOrs, of the
daughter of Benjamin Franklin, who
was a frequent visitor to Wilmington
and who made scientific experiments
from the roof of the Old Academy.
which stood in Market street, in the
DAYS when the city was young. The
picture shows a stately beauty dressed
IN the attire of a century or more ago.
The cOloring is exquisite, despite the
.ravages of time, and the features per-
feet Miss Franklin afterward was a
Mrs. Bache. That she was a bright
and pleasure-loving woman is shown
by the letters she wrote TO her father,
who was then minister to France, at
the time when the British occupied
Philadelphia.
IF l was to mention the prices Of the
common necessaries of life" she wrote,
1T would astonish you. / should tell
YOU that | have seven table cloths Of
my own spinning, chiefly wOve before
we left Chester county; it was what
we were spinning when you went.
find them very useful and they look
very well. but they now ask four times
as much for weaving as they used TO
ask for linen. / am going to write to
cousin Jonathan Williams to purchase
me linen for common sheets. They
really ask me six dollars for a pair of
gloves and / have been obliged to pay
fifteen pounds fifteen shillings for a
common calamanco petticoat without
quilting. that / once got for fifteen shil-
lings ! buy nothing but what I really
want. and wore out my silk ones be-
fore I got this.
The present you sent me this month
two years | received a few weeks ago;
It's a prize Indeed Il came open,
without direction or letter sand has
come Through three or four hands.
have received six pairs of gloves, nine
papers of needles. bundle of thread
and five papers of pins. The last per-
son to whose care they were given left
them at a hairdresser's. with directions
not to send them to me until he was
gone Their being all opened makes
me suspect have not all; what l have
received makes me rich. / thought
them long ago in the enemies hands.
The prices of everything here are so
much raised that it takes a fortune
to feed a family in a very plain way:
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1902-02-12

A little child on a sick bed lay, and to
death seemed very near,
The parents pride and the only child
of a railroad engineer:
His duty called him from those he
loved. that home where light
was dimmed.
While tears he shed to his wife, he
said. III leave two lanterns
trimmed.
Just set a light when ] pass tonight,
set IL where IL can be seen,
II our darling is dead, then show the
red: If she is better, show the
green.
In that small house by the railroad
side was the mothers watch
full eve.
She saw a CLEAN Of hope in the feeble
smile.
AS the train went on. on the midnight
air there arose a prayer
Thank God, the light was green.
Samuel Stockton
Lambertyille. n. J.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1902-02-12

a pair of gloves dollars, one yard of
common gauze "a dollars, and there
never was so much dressing and pleas
IRE going on; old friends meeting
again. the Wings in high spirits and
strangers Of distinction among us"
In another letter the frivolous little
lady writes the following passage
which gives an idea of the measures a
minister plenipOtentiary to a new
country should take to insure the popu-
larity of the nation ne represents. 1.-THE
minister was kind enough to offer me
some fine white flannel, and has spared
me eight yards. | wish to have it in
my power to return him as good
which | beg you will enable me to do
shall take great pride in wearing
anything you send and showing it as
my fathers taste
81 have been dined at the minister's
and have lately been several times in
vited abroad with the General and
Mrs. Washington. He inquiries after
YOU in the most affectionate manner
and speaks of you highly. We danced
at Mrs. Powells your birthday, or
might l should say, in company together,
and he told me it was the anniversary
Of his marriage; it was just twenty
years that night"
Franklin did not approve of the dis
sipatiOns of which his daughter wrote,
though they were mild in comparison
with those in which other citizens in
.dulged. He replied: Il was charmed
with the account you gave me of your
industry. the table cloths of your own
spinning, etc, but the latter part of the
paragraph, that you had sent for linen
from France because fax and wearing
had grown dear alas that dissolved
the charm. and your sending for long
black pins and lace and feathersl dis
gusted me as much as If you had put
salt on my strawberries. The spin
ming. see. is laid aside and you are to
be dressed for the ball. You do not
seem to know. my dear daughter, that
of all dear things in this world, idle
ness is the dearest. except mischief ,"
BY the foregoing 1T may be seen that
DR. Franklin did not scruple to repri-
mand his daughter married woman
though she was. and the mother of a
boy and girl, the latter having two
teeth and being able to sing and dance
and makes faces tho She cannot talk
except the words no and be done which
she makes great use of.
Ellen Orr.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1902-02-12

This is Abraham Lincoln's birthday
Il is fittingly celebrated in the schools
and by the cessation from business of
many OF our people Lincoln, in the
light that the years have shed upon lids
character, stands forth as "a most con-
spicuous figure. The animosities which
followed the Civil War have passed,
and even in the South, the first martyr
President is mourned as one who was
lat heart her best friend.
When nature starts out to make a
great man. she is not choice in her ma
terials; any clay is good enough for
her purpose. In the life of Lincoln this
is exemplihed. None was poorer,
none had a humber parentage Yet he
demonstrated in his whole career those
qualities which ennoble humanity, and
allow MS to admire the race. He illus
trated the fact that the greatest quail.
ties are the homeliest. He was patient
sympathetic and eminently sane. NJ
malice ever entered his heart, anC
,lsophistry could not pierce his shield
In the growing years men have learn
ed to love and revere mis- memory.
Lincoln represented the virtues o
the early Republican party Il was al
Organization to which manipulatioi
was foreign. Never was there a NOR
earnest band OF patriots, inspired b
!, nobler aims. Lincoln represented a
This. and the only question he aske
: was, us it right?" Now and then theT
! is a political incident which suggesi
that we have forgotten our ideals. an
n that trickery and venality are regarde
!, as superior weapons, but in the end r.
& lpublicanism triumphs as it approach
Il the standards upheld by Lincoln, al
If it ever goes to ruin. it viii be b
10 cause it ignores the eternal veriti
~ underlying his conduct.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1902-02-12
WILL INSTALL HYDRAULIC SYSTEM
Captain J. I. Thompson Will Develop Gold
Mine

Local stockholders Of the Kenross Gold
Mining Company are interested in the re-
cent purchase OF seventeen additional
acres of ore land by the company. Cap
tain James r. Thompson left this city
last evening TO superintend the installa-
ton of hydraulic machinery in the mines.
Mr. Thompson goes on the Southern Pa
cifc road and viii not return TO Whining
ton for some months. Including the new
purchase the company now has $40 acres
in the Whiskey Slide district of Gala
veras county, California. 1t is said to be
a valuable property in the central mining
district and adjons the Salvatore mine
whose owners recently Struck it rich
The Salvatore company has refused $780,
600 for its land. Il has but two lodges
while the kenross claim has twenty
eight In the same district a Pennsyl
vania syndicate owns 1900 acres and d
operating two paying mines with by
draulic system.
Many persons who have become &C
quainted with Mr.. thompson since III
has been in Wilmington are sorry tina
he has gone West.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1902-02-12

There is a reported agreement be-
tween England and Japan whereby the
integrity Of Corea and Of China are to
be preserved. This Is meant to check
Russian aggression in the far East, and
is 70 those countries what the Monroe
Doctrine is to the South American re-
Dublics Japan has never forgotten the
manner in which Port Arthur became
Russian territory and has been untir-
ing in her efforts to prevent a further
Russian advance With England as
her ally the status quo may be main
tanned indefinitely.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1902-02-12

Count Leo Tolstoi. the writer and re-
former. is reported to be dying. The
whole world will follow the reports Of
his condition with sympathetic atten-
ton. He has done a great work, while
holding what the world believes TO be
errors. His theory that
The man Of wealth and leisure should
descend to manual labor. actually pro-
ducing his physical necessities, is re-
garded as visionary. since the tendency
of the race is away from drudgery. But
in religion and in politics the old man
has shown a courage that is refreshing
Few men are prepared to live all theil
theories. but Tolstoi is an exception
even though to follow them required
his living the life of a peasant. He
has written great things. and undoubt
edly has voiced great errors, but zeal
honesty and genius have dominated
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1902-02-12

then he could aiarass the legitimate
company to his hearts content It
wouldn't result I'M two independent
companies. with cheaper gas. under a
system of competition. On, no; IL
would mean further dicker to sell out
and gas mains would be laid only to Sc
cure that end.
Then comes the offer to furnish the
city gas for street lamps free Of cost
when the mains shall be laid. Now
doesn't that look generous? But please
remember that the proposition comes
from Addicks, and form your concm-
sions after mature deliberation We
may wait for ten years for these mains
TO be laid: meanwhile the city must
have light. Or for the purpose Of
bringing the rival concern to terms,
one or two mains may be laid, and along
these gas may actually be furnished ac-
cording TO the prefer But, how long
would it continue. and what guarantee
have we that the tender would be made
good? None. whatever There is only
Addicks' personal word.
But for a moment, let MS consider the
as having been made inI
good faith. Let us suppose that Ad-
dicks has reversed all his past methods
in such matters, and really intends toI
supply the whole city with gas, and to
light all the streets free of cost Shall
We accept It? If we do. we shall illus
trate how city may lose It's self-re-
spect and take a bride. openly offered,
and openly accepted There is no pos
sibility of deception. Addicks wants to
be senator, and TO crafty his ambition
has instituted a system of influencing
men which is our shame Now he
seeks to corrupt a great city by osten-
sibly making them q gift, when that
gift has several strings, one of which
is the lining OF his own pockets. and
the other is the votes and support OF
the people.
No man, and especially no man like
makes such a prefer without
a personal and selfish motive: and in
his case that motive is not far to seek
The city Of Wilmington is not a mendi-
cant; eIhe does not stand in her rags
and with open palm seek the charity
Of every passerby. She pays for what
she gets. and the people are willing toI
go into their pockets for all necessary
expenses. individuals may lose all self
respect and exchange their honor for
aims, but this city, as a corporation,
has not sunk so low. Presently we shall
have a subsidized church and shall bel
a proposition to lease our
public schools. if the voice Of THE Sc
Queer is TO be needed.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1902-02-12
son OF C. B. PRETTYNAN
DROWNED WHILE SKATING
Unfortunate Lad Broke Through lee.
aUd Was Dead When Assist
ance Arrived

Boyd, the 10-year-old son of Charles y
Prettyman. of Dover. while skating ON
lake near that town this morning fell
through the ice and was drowned.
Several persons were skating on the
lake at the time but before they could
offer assistance the unfortunate lad had
drowned. His body was recovered later.
Charles b. Prcttyman. the father of the
lad, is chairman of the Finance Commit
tee of Grand Lodge. A. o. L. W.. in
session ina this city. He received a tele-
gram conveying the sad news shortly be-
fore II O'Clock and left on the l1.O4 train
for Dover.
resolution of sympathy was drafted
by the Resolution Committee and will
be acted upon this afternoon.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1902-02-12

Judge Pennypacker. Of Philadelphia,
has knocked out the Public Opinion
party by deciding that il shall have
no place on the official ballot The
organization. II such It may be called,
was conceived in the brains of machine
politicians. The purpose was to take
from the strength of the independent
organizations by inducing dissatisfied
voters who were opposed to the ma
chine to support the new party, and
thus divide the opposition. It was
ruled off the ballot on purely legal
grounds. however.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1902-02-12
SMOTHER A COUGH.

You can smother a cough
With your hand but you can't
.ure it that way. Some medi-
ines only smother coughs.
SCOTS Emulsion cures them.
Old coughs and deep-rooted
,oughs can't be cured until
he inflammation which causes
hem has been replaced by
healthy tissue.
That is exactly the kind o.
thorough work SCOTS Emql-
sion does. 1t changes the
entire nature Of the throat and
lungs 50 that there is nothing
to cough about.
send for Free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, 400 Pearl St. \. Y
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1902-02-12
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK
thought He Was Working Passage

thought He Was Working Passage
Although it happened last summer
it is a pretty good joke on Congressman
L. Heisler Ball He is interested in the
Peoples Railway Company and on this
occasion he was coming in town on
a summer car and was amusing himself
by throwing the switch lights. A small
boy was sitting on the car near the
Congressman. He knew that the man
was not a conductor and wondered
why he was so prompt and active in
throwing the lights
When nearing the town the boys
curiosity got beyond his control and he
said:
Say mister, are you working you're
passage?"
Dr. Ball hasn't thrown switch
light since.