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Evening journal., 1903-01-08
PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS for the collection and re-
moval OF garbage and offal within the
city OF Wilmington.
Sealed proposals will be received az the
Council Chamber. City Hall, until Thurs
day evening. January s. al z 20 ofclo,ir
for the collection and removal of aii oar,
Dase and offal IN the city Of Wilmington.
Tor the term OF three years beginninp
February !. 1909.
The city. viii be divided into four dis
trlcts, as follows.
First District-Ail that part OF the CITY
east Of Market street and south Of SIKH
street
Second District-Ail that part Of ths
cHy north Of Sixth street and east of
Market street
Third Dastrict-All that par. Of The city
west OF Market street and south OF Sixth
street
Fourth Distracs-Ail that part cf shs
tity west of Market street and north Of
Sixth street
Specifications and blank forms OF bid
WIN oond accompanying the same can
pe had az the office OF the Clerk OF Coun.
All proposals shall be accompanied bv q
bond with approved security In the sum
of I've hundred dollars. contitioned fof
the good faith OF the bid
The successful bidders win be REQUIRED
70 give bond tn the sum OF two thousand
dollars for the faithful performance oi
the contract
Address all bids 20 the Mayor and Coun.
Gil OF Wilmington. marked. Proposals
for Collection and Removal Of Garbage. .
Council reserves the rfrht 10 reject an,
or all bids.
BY order Of the Council.
GEORGE a. WILLIS,
Chairman cremaiory Committee
attest: William L. Hamann. Clerk OF
Council. js-5t
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
"And stfl they gazed.
And still the wonder grew
That one small head
Could carry all he knew"
The Kind OF a piece NJ Was.

One evening at a social function
where Sarasate was among the guests.
young violinist had the bad taste to
play one of Sarasate's compositions
with variations Of his own creation
The latter were Inappropriate and in
artistic and Jared upon the ears of all.
The performer ended his work and
made his way TO Sarasate. doubtless
expecting word Of recognition OF
praise. Sarasate said nothing. and the
player finally asked, Il hope you recog-
nize that piecey'
Certainly" Sarasate promptly re-
piled; "it was piece Of impudence."-
San Francisco Argonaut.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
KEENER THAN MANKIND.
Illusions That Deceive Men Have No
Effect Upon Animals.

Its a singular fact said a man In
the show business. that illusions, as
we call 'em. don't fool animals. I've
seen that proved over and over again.
A few years ago had what is known
as the Mystic Maze at the Nashville
exposition. II was simply small room
filed with mirrors, so arranged that
you seemed to be IN a narrow corridor,
full OF turns. 1t was very puzzling.
and / used to get lost in It myself, but
Il never bothered my dog a moment.
He would run through it from end to
end at full speed and never bump
against a mirror.
Il saw something on the same line
in Frisco not long ago. A friend Of
mine had an illusion called The
Haunted Swing You get in what
seems to be an ordinary swing, hung in
the center Of a good sized room, and the
thing begins to move. 1t goes back
and forth and finally clear over the top
that Is to say, it seems TO. What
really turns around Is the room itself.
The swing stands perfectly still. 1t IS
good Illusion, and when the room is
revolved rapidly there never was a
man who could keep his head in the
swing. 1t seems as IL he must certain
ly pitch out and If the motion is kept
up he gets deathly sick. But pet cat
belonging to my friend used to lie on
the edge OF the seat and never turn a
hair, no matter how fast the thing was
worked.
"The elder Hermann told me that
animals were never deceived by false
table legs, built up with looking glass
es and used in stage tricks. They al
ways passed around on the other side.
l guess they must see better, somehow,
than men."-New orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
WHOLE TOWN
PETS SQUIRRELS
No Shooting Permitted in the
Vicinity Of Village of Bran
dywine Manor

Brandywine Manor, Chester county.
has an immense colony of grey souir-
rels but no shooting Is permitted near
the village. The crack Of gun in the
vicinity will bring a half-dozen per-
sons to the scene within a remarkably
short space of time.
The squirrels are the pets Of all the
residents of the little place.
There is story connected with the
animals. A number of years ago the
late William Rettew, who resided in
the village, discovered a number of
squirrels in the garnet over his house
land cared for them. Then he became
imbued with the idea Of protecting Ali
of the animals in the vicinity. In tba
garret he arranged neat nests for them
and fed all of them which came and
soon had large number. These he
cared for and they gradually estab-
lished homes in the trees in the sew
eral strips Of woodland near his home
The worst enemy OF the grey squirrel
is the red one and Mr.. Rettew began n
war Of determination, which he kent i'm
until the time of his death. Then his
son kept up the work and today there
are hundreds Of the grey squirrels in
the woods for a mile around the VIII
lage, but few red ones. It is the bound
en- duty Of every resident to kill a red
squirrel wherever found.
During the summer the animals NAV
be seen playing about the trees in
every direction and they are found in
the house of the residents at FREQUENT
intervals
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
SHE RAISED THEM.
A Georgia widows Recipe For
bringing Up Her Sons.

OeorRia WIDOWS Recipe For
bringing Up Her Sons.
During a visit to the army camp in
Savannah General Joseph Wheeler was
entertained by party Of northern men
at the De Soto. When. in the good hui
NOR Of after dinner cigars, one Of the
men said laughingly:
"How IS it, general, that the sleepy
farms Of the south produce such whirl-
wind fighters in such small packages 2"
'Wen, gentlemen" said the little gen
eral putting at large mans cigar II
believe I'll have to give you the answer
an old cracker woman once gave me
when / asked her a similar question
Not many years ago had occasion to
make a saddle journey through the
pine barrens Of Georgia, where most
everybody Is a cracker and mighty
shiftless. One day, however, 1 rode
into little community that showed
such signs Of thrift as to be quite out
Of keeping with the general character
of the barrens, I do assure you, gen.
tlemen. 1 rode up to a cabin where a
gaunt old woman stood in the doorway.
and asked her who owned these little
farms that were so well kept
"'That farm on She left belongs to
my son Jabez,' said she. and the next
one to my boy zalim. and the next to
my lad Jason, and the next is my boy
Potiphar's place. and
Hold on, sister, said I. How did
you manage to raise such fine lot Of
boys way off here in the woodsY
WAL, stranger she answered, 4
am a WILDLY woman, and all had to
raise 'em on was prayer and hickory,
but raised 'em powerful frequent -
Philadelphia Post.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
RAcksLIpINe INDIANS.
Unsuccessful Attempts to Convert
Them In Early Times.

Unsuccessfui Attempts to Convert
Them In Early Times.
In a report to the classis Of Amster-
dam on the state Of religion in the New
Netherlands in 1857, Rev. Johannes
Megapolensis and Rev. Samuel Drisins
made the following somewhat discour-
aging statement in regard to the eff
forts to convert the Indians. 1t Will
be noted that the conclusions arrived
at by the reverend gentlemen in the
first sentence of the extract were in
the nature of q prediction which has
been completely fulfilled:
"Of the conversion of the heathens,
or Indians, here, we can say but little,
nor do we see any means thereunto
until by the numbers and power Of our
nation they are subdued and brought
under some policy and our people show
them a better example than they have
hitherto done.
''We have had one Indian here with
us full two years, so that he could read
and write good Dutch. We instructed
him In the grounds Of religion. He also
answered publicly in the church and
repeated the prayers. We likewise pre-
sented him with Bible In order to
work through him some good among
the Indians. But it all resulted in moth
ing. He has taken to drinking Of bran
dy. He pawned the Bible and became
a real beast. who is doing more harm
than good among the Indians. Al
bany Argus.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
balloons In n storm.

Mr.. Carl E. Myers, the aeronaut, In
discussing the question of aerial navi-
cation, points out one great advantage
Of the ballon over the aeroplane. The
latter cannot stop or hover in the air
and If caught In a storm may become
helpless.
The balloon. on the other hand, while
1t cannot go against the wind, is safe,
even in a tempest, provided no effort is
made to drive it in opposition to the
air current Even in high wind the
balloon seems TO the aeronaut to be be-
Gained.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
CLOCKS OF BYeoNE DAYS.
Curfozftses In the Museim Of clock
Making village.

Making Village.
In the town Of Schramberg In the
Black Forest district Of Wurttemberg,
Germany, where one Of the chief In
dustries is clock making, there has
recently been established an interest
ing museum Of timepieces. The col
lection displays the gradual develop
ment In the making of clocks for many
centuries.
Among the curiosites are many of
great historical value. There is an
alarm clock constructed in the year
1850 for the use of travellers. In form
1t resembles a lantern and the interior
is designed to hold a lighted candle.
The candle is slowly pushed forward
by a spring which also controls the
mechanism of the clock A little pair
Of shears clip the wick of the candle
automatically every minute to regulate
its light. The lantern is inclosed with
movable slides, so that the sleeper is
not at first disturbed by the presence
Of light
The alarm is set by inserting a peg
in the second dial plate. When the
required hour arrives, the alarm Is
sounded aud at the same time the
movable slides fall, flooding the room
with light.
Among the curiosities is a japanese
saw clock. The clock itself produces
the motive power by descending q
saw formed strip of metal, the teeth OF
which operate the wheel Of the clock
work. In another Japanese clock the
hand is attached to weight, which
sinks once in "a hours. The time is in
dicated by a hand on the perpendicular
scale Chicago Tlmes-Herald.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
Rnther Adhesive.

what a stingy fellow old Hardrocks
Isl BY George. I'd hate to be built
that way"
What makes you think he is
stinsyf"
Il don't think it. He proves it every
day! DO you know that old curmud-
geon is so stingy that he goes out to
lunch early before his appetite comes
ON, so he can save money? It's a fact.
I've been watching him. Chicago
Times -Herald
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
rhe conrt,s Comment.

A Georgia justice Of the peace, re-
lates Case and Comment, once took
upon himself to charge n jury as fol-
lows: Gentlemen, this is n case which
has been tried by me before, and de-
cided In favor Of the defendant" AS
the jury took the hint and found for
the defendant. just as the Justice had
done before, although the evidence was
overwhelmingly in favor Of the plain
tlff, the higher court refused to let the
verdict stand. It also commented as
follows:
"a justice Of the peace is generally
q man Of consequence in his neighbor-
hood He writes the wills, draws the
deeds and pulls the teeth Of the peo-
pie; also he performs divers surgical
operations on the animals Of his neigh
bors. The justice has played his part
on the busy stage Of life from the time
Of Mr.. Justice Shallow down to the
time of Mr. Justice higgins. Who has
not seen the gaping. listening crowd
assembled around his honor. the JUS
tice, on tiptoe to catch the words IF
wisdom as they fell from his venerated
lips2
"And stnl they gazed.
And still the wonder grew
That one small head
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
1T RAINED MeTEoRs.
A wonderful Display That WAS seen
b, Only one Man.

A Wonderful Display That Was Seen
by only one Man.
Strange the papers didn't say any
thing about the great seismic disturb
ancc and shower OF meteors the other
day" remarked Walter Scott Hobart
at the club one afternoon. 1T came
Off while | was down at my place at
San Mateo You know ] have been
taking boxing lessons for some. months
to reduce ilesh and it has worked like
a charm. It's good sport, too. and,
though say It myself I'm pretty clev-
er with the gloves now. Had an in
structor come down three times n
week. and we had some rattling bouts.
I can tell YOU
"But II got to be rather slow after
awhile The man had taught me about
all he knew. was up to all his
tricks. and he simply couldn't touch
me. / saw I'd have to get a more
scientific instructor, and told the man
as much one afternoon. broke 1t to
him gently, of course, but l let him
see I knew he wasn't IN my class
Inc poor ltlloW WIS sill bIohtu up
and l felt so sorry for him that l said
we'd put on the gloves anyway for one
last go.
1T was then that the extraordinary
cosmic phenomena I mentioned took
place. / had just put up my hands
ard was getting ready 70 show him 4
trick or two when the world seemed to
bump into something hard and Jared
me clean off my feet. At the same
time 1t ran into a rain Of meteors that
made the most brilliant pyrotechnic
display | have ever witnessed.
Somehow It didn't seem TO affect
the professor much, for when recov-
cred from my surprise he was bath
ing my head and murmuring some
thing to the effect that he guessed the
young guy wouldn't be so gay now for
awhile / have decided TO keep him
on until the cosmogony gets a little
more settled."-San Francisco Argo-
naut.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
DeIiehts Of KnowIedre,

81 suppose you get a great deal of
pleasure out Of scientific pursuits"
said the young woman.
Il do" was the grave rejoinder
When a man is a scientist he can go
about the country as much as he
pleases shaking hands with people
and reading papers before societies
without being accused Of having ambi-
tions to be a presidential candidate."-
Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
His sristnke.

s A parrot in remote English coun-
try district, escaped from its cage and
settled on the roof OF a laborer's cot
tage. When II had been there a little
time. the laborer caught sight Of 1t.
He had never seen such a thing before,
and after much gazing In admiration
at the bird with its curious beak and
beautiful plumage he fetched a ladder
and climbed up It with a view Of Sc
curing SO great n prize. When his head
reached the level OF the top Of the
roof the parrot Topped a wing at him
and said, what dye want9V
Very much taken back. the laborer
politely touched his cap and replied
Il beg your pardon, sir; thought you
were bird.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
Prenarinr New Ordinnnce

City Solicitor ID. ] Relnhardt is pre-
pairing an ordinance prohibiting the
sale of cocaine and other similar drugs
without a physicians prescription.
This action was taken at the request of
the law and police committees Of City
Council and it is expected that the or
dinance will be passed as soon as it
has been considered by the committees.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08

Washington, D. C.-Personally Con-
Quoted Tour, via. Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad
Leave Wilmington $40 p. m, Thurs
day, January Is. Rate, including all
expenses, 50 for the round trip. Ex-
penses include railroad fare, transfer
to hotel and two days board at Wash
ington. AS these tour parties are lin
tied to the available hotel accommo-
dations, and as reservations are made
when tickets are purchased, those in
tending to become members should
register at once. For booklet and full
information, write or apply to B. & o.
ticket agents, or H. A. Miller, 7. P. A.,
Wilmington, Del.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
LICENSE APPLICATIONS.

NOTICE., JOHN SOFIA, the tenant
and occupant OF the house situated at
Fourth and Scott streets, I'm the Twelfth
ton. county Of New Castle and State OF
Delaware, In compliance with the re-
Quirements Of the acts OF the General As
sembly In such case made aud provided.
do hereby give notice that I shall apply
In writing to the Court OF General ses-
sions Of the State Of Delaware, IN and
FOR New Castle county. on
Monday, tho "a day Of February,
A. d. 1902. being the next term
or said court. for a license for said house.
as an inn or tavern, for the sale therein
Of Intoxicating liquors IN less quantities
than one quart, TO be drunk on the
premises and the following re-
spectacle citizens OF said ward, at least
twelve Of whom are substantial freehold
ers OF said ward, recommend the said ap-
plicaidon, viz:
Franz Gengelbach. Michael Long
John +. Daley, James c.. Mccoy,
Hermann Erb, Edward McHugh,
j. b. McCauley, VIM. G.. Haagee.
w. III Gengclbach, Richard schmidt
James Morgan, Karl Hingor.
David Pickcl, jacob Stcigor.
William Toy w. II. Greenwalt,
Joseph Kelly c. A. BOeck
Georee SENT, 'Nm. G.. Taggart,
Frank Comi, James II. Dillon,
Alfred r. Ryan. John still.
Patrick Daley, Horace Bradley.
Peter Ford,
jest JOHN SOFIA.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
A simnle Fire rxtinruIshcr

In German varnish factories an easy
way to extinguish burning pan Of oil
has been found in the use OF a fine
meshed wire net. As soon as this'cov-
ers the burning surface the iron wires
conduct Off the heat so rapidly tnat the
gases can no longer fame. II Is the
principle OF the Davy safety lamp and
might be employed in various ways to
extlnguish burning gases.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
nnr In the.ned.

A Russian remedy for insomnia is to
have a dog sleep in the room, and pref
erably in the same bed. 1t may be
through a sense Of companionship. or
one Of security. or 1t may act sugges-
lively; at any rate it is said at times
TO prove Of value when other means
fail.-PubfS Health Journal.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
RECEIVERS SALE.

BY order OF the Chancellor OF
the state OF Delaware the re-
ceivor OF the Georgetown Hosiery Com
pany will sell at public sale on Wednes-
day. January 2l. 1908. at 2 oclock, p. m.
at the plant OF the Georgetown Hosiery
Company. situated on Thirteenth street
near Lombard In tho city OF Whining
ton. Del. al, the personal property, ma
chnery. goods and chattels OF the said
Georgetown Hosiery Company, consisting
mainly OF machinery, shaft1ng. office fur
nlturc and white and mixed yarns.
THE FQUITABI.E GUARANTEE AND
TRUST COMPANY. Receiver.
saulsbury. Ponder & Curtis, Counsel.
i5-till20
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
The sun Is BIue.

Professor S. p. Langley, secretary OF
the Smithsonian institution, says;
IF we could rise above the earth's
atmosphere. to view it. the sun must
have a decidedly blush tint to the max
ed eye. The proper color of the sun is
blue-not merely blush, but positively
and distinctly blue"
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
Streets Hard on Hnrse.

Horses had a hard time Of IL on the
streets this morning. Many fell. but
no accidents Of a serious nature we're
reported. The surface Of the streets
was Ike glass and the toughest
shod horse had a very difficult thing of
It in maintaining his equilibrium.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
snnI.es charm nnd ISlm a norne


Abram Robeson near Grantsburg.
Ind. while hunting a stray horse
which had been missing for two days
noticed n large black snake. which re-
treated toward a cave formed by an
overhanging ledge Of rocks in one of
the high bluffs surrounding his pasture
field. His horse was found lying In
this cavern, but covered by what look
ed to him like n mountain Of snakes. so
numerous were the reptiles. Robeson
fed TO his house and secured his shot
gun, with which he returned and open
ed fire until his cartridges were ex-
hnusted After the battle he counted
the bodies Of 4l3 snakes lying around
and over the body OF his horse, which
was dead. while many reptiles escaped
IN a wounded condition. He believes
that his horse, which was a magnid-
cent animal, weighing 1000 or more
pounds, had been charmed by the rep.
tiles so that he was powerless to es.
cape.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
Struck by Trolley Car

While crossing the street at Third
and Monroe streets last evening.
Thomas Alexander. CT No. Ills West
Third street was struck by car No. &c
of the Wilmington City Railway Conn
pany and slightly injured. His in
juries were dressed at the Delaware
Hospital and he later went home.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08

NOTICE. The annual meeting Of the
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance COM
pany Of the State OF Delaware" will be
held al the office OF the company, No. S83
Market street, Wilmington, on Monday.
January ~. 1903 at 10 o'clock a. M. at
which time an election for five managers
TO serve three years, and one manager 90
serve one year. viii be held, and the pre-
mlulns on an policies viii be payable. six
per cent. interest on an balances OF mem-
bers amounting TO s. and upwards will be
paid. The agents OF the company are
authorized 20 receive the dues OF members
and to pay them their interest
W. A. LAMOTrE. Secretary.
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smart WiIIie.

Il hate to see a man part his hair in
the middle; il is so effeminate."
COB, / don't know" retorted Willie
Walnut, =" manly man always takes
a woman's part. kansas City Star.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
Its Disadvnntnre.

Il don't value success In life as high.
ly as ] used TO-"
'Why notT'
After people have won fame they
have nothing TO look forward to-
Chicago Record.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08

There Is Biblical proof OF the fact
that gloves have been worn 5000
years The first mention Of them is
made in the book Of Ruth
Evening journal., 1903-01-08

The finest. purest and most nutritious
animal jelly known IS that made from
elephants tusks
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
HoTIcE-ELEcTIoN
. nv. 49,

NOTICE-ELECTION.
The National Bank OF
Wilmington and Brandywlne,
Wilmington. Del. Dec. l3 1902
The annual meeting OF the stockholders
OF this bank vial be held at the banking
house. on Tuesday, January rs. 1908. be-
tween the hours Of - noon and d. m.
for the purpose OF elecung dlrecrtors 10
serve during the ensuing year.
... CALEB NJ. STEWARD.
uHi~lJAa Cashier.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
Purser Of DUTY

William ] Frederick. purser on the
steamer BEandywdne. is OFF duty and
during his absence Clarence ReyDold
Il filing the position.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08

The actual cost OF making the Suez
Canal was e24,150, ,0Oo.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08

The Tihetan highlands Of Asia
have an area OF 10000 square miles.
and range from 1900 10 $1,000 above
the sea.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08

London policemen patrol 24i5il
miles Of streets.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
For SALE.
FOR REM.

FOR RENT-suite OF FIVE offices, third
floor Heat. light and janitor SER
vice Charles G. Kurtz. 10l1 Market
street Opposite Court House.
FOR RENT Furnished room. 'front.'
ing Delaware avenue. with all mod
ern Improvements. Address L. f.,
Evening Journal Office. janS-4t.
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WANTED.

WANTED rent small oface. ADJ
dress. G, Evening Journal. ianS-St
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BOARDING.

MAN AND WIFE or two men. can be
accommodated with board IN private
family. nicely-furnished room. all con-
veniences centrally located; references
exchanged. Address +. W. w, Evening
Journal OFFICE d30-tf
Evening journal., 1903-01-08

ELECTION.
Central National Bank OF Wilmington.
december 49, 1902
The annual election for directors OF thie
Dank VIII be held at the banking house,
on Tuesday, January l3 1907 between fhe
hours OF 10 o'clock a. m. and II O'Clock
III. p. RuMFORD Cashier.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08
NOTICES.

ssOTICE. The attention OF sportsmen is
called 10 the expiration Of the open
Season for shooting quail and rabbits
December 81. ANY person found killing
this game during tho close season Will be
prosecuted 10 the fun extent Of the Jaw.
The Delaware Game Protective Associa-
tion J. DANFORrH BUSH
2tw-tfi Secretary and Treasurer.
Evening journal., 1903-01-08

The First National Bank
OF Wilmington
Wilmington. Del. Dec. l3 1902.
Ine annual meeting Of the stockholders
o. THIS bank VIII be held al the banking
mouse on Tuesday, the 18th day OF Janu-
ef}, lsoS. between the hours OF 3 and
tors no serve for the ensuing wear
p1'-'li' HENRY BUSH. Cashier.