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Evening journal., 1904-08-29
"BIG QUARTERLY" OBSERVED
Crowd Of coIored People Was Smallest
That Ever Attended Like Affair.

Without any particular demonstra-
ton and with less people than was ever
known to attend a like affair, big
quarterly" passed off quietly in this
city yesterday.
There was none Of the old-time en-
thusiasm about the occasion and the
day was spent by the younger negroes
i'm promenading French street, while
the older ones held their services in
the A. NJ. E. Church and the tent in the
rear
The Rev. #. II. Skinner conducted the
services which began at 6 a. m. with
an old-fashioned lovefeast.
Sermons were preached during the
day by the Revs. Skinner, Webb, Potts
and Weker, the latter of Norristown,
Pa. Services in the basement of tho
church were conducted by the Rev.
William Rector, of st. Pauls A. U.
Church, South Wilmington. As soon
as the services were concluded there
was a rush to get out of the city and
by 10 o'clock nearly all were gone eN-
cept those who were required to wait
for the u O'Clock train on the Delaware
road.
big Quarterly" which in former
years was the mecca for the white pop
ulation. seems to have lost favor and
lcomparatively few were noticed yes
terdav. The whites who did promen-
ade along French street were for the
most part children intent on seeing
amusement from the odd attire OF some
Of the colored folks.
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
Rehoboth House Party

Special to The Evening Journal
Rehoboth, Aug. ga house party at
The Poplars here this week includes
Miss Annie Macklin OF McNeytown,
Pa: Miss Bacon. of Laurel; Miss Eliza
beth Fleming. Hayes Wilson, of Dover;
William Lawton, Jr. OF Wilmington;
Miss Brooks and Mr. Jackson, of Ball
timore: Mr.. Chase and Miss Chase Of
Philadelphia: Harold Glen, OF Middle
town: Walker Minlin, of Dover; George
salisbury OF Denton, John Sheldrake,
of Harrington. Joseph TruNton and
Miss Truxton. Of Georgetown, and
Frank Harrington, of Mckinney, Pa.
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
DEAD,

MORAN.-In this city, on the 25th inst,
Mary Moran, widow Of Thomas Moran
Relatives and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from her late residence rs W. Ninth
street on Monday morning at $50
o oclock. mterment at Cathedral Cemetery
High Mass Sacred Heart Church
KENYON.-In this city. on the oath inst.
Robert, son of Harry and Mary NJ
Kenyon, aged months.
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral from the
residence Of bis parents, 2l9 East Front
street, on Wednesday afternoon, at 3
O'Clock. Interment at New Cathedral
Cemetery.
Evening journal., 1904-08-29

iiaoyang.
The Russian losses to date are stated
to be about 1900 The Russian bat
teries inflicted heavy losses on the Jap
anese.
Nothing has been heard here regard
ing the reported cutting Of the railway
south Of Mukden, but the fact that an
unusual mass Of kilograms are arriv-
ing some of which were filed late on
Sunday night at Liaoyang, seems todis-
credit the report. Had the Japanese
destroyed the railway they doubtless
would also have cut the wires.
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
Coming Lewes Wedding

Sueclal % The EVenlng JOurnaI
Dover. Aug. PA notable wedding
which will interest the pilots Of So
ciety al Lewes win take place IN the
Lewes Methodist Episcopal Church on
September g. Charles II. Learned, Of
Jersey City. Is the bridegroom-elect
and he win lead to the altar Miss Dor
othy Edwards. of Lewes. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Edwards.
Evening journal., 1904-08-29

Nine Taken From Oil Fire Ruins.
Antwerp. Aug. 29.-The fire in the
oil tanks near here is now practically
ended. Nine bodies have been recov-
cred, and several are still missing. The
loss is estimated at 100000 gallons
aud the damage at nearly S2,5OO,O0O.
Evening journal., 1904-08-29

Farmers in the vicinity Of Wilmington
are greatly annoyed by the number Of
petty thefts that are constantly occurring
about their places. In many instances
men as well as boys deliberately walk into
their orchards and truck patches and hll
bags and baskets with truck and fruit.
carrying them of. II such proceedings do
not cease summary Justice may be dealt
out 10 the offenders
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
Gas Explosion Kills Two.

Knoxville Tenn. Aug. 29.-An ex-
plosion Of gas in an iron furnace OF the
La Toilette Coal and Iron company at
Ia Toilette. Tenn. has resulted in the
death of two men and the serious in.
jury Of one other.
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
win Post Franchise Notices.

The necessary notices for franchise
will be posted this week by the Otto Gas
Engine Company. These notices will stand
for thirty days and then the concern will
make the necessary application for a
franchise.
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
NOTIFYING JOINER JURORS
Sheriff summonins Those Who Will
Witness Execution.

Sheriff sudham is engaged at present
in sending out notices summoning jurors
TO appear at the hanging Of John Joiner
which takes pace on Friday next at the
county workhouse.
The names are drawn from a box con-
tanning names of thirty men from New
Castle county, twelve Of whom will wit
ness the execution. Sheriff Stidham has
served so far all but a few Of the tweive
names necessary.
Evening journal., 1904-08-29

Annie NJ. Rothwell. colored. one of
the big Quarterly" visitors i'm this
city yesterday, was arrested in French
street while promenading in that
thOroughfare for stabbing a woman at
Odessa a few weeks ago. She man
aged TO keep away from the authorities
with ease. but "a great longing to at
tend the Big Quarterly" led TO her
arrest. She Will be taken TO the scene
of her crime.
Evening journal., 1904-08-29

George C. Pfeffer was arraigned be-
fore Magistrate Francis 5. Bradley on
a charge of trespassing this morning.
and fined s. and costs. The charge was
preferred by Bernard J. McNey. chief
of the Brandywine Park police.
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
DOINGS IN A
SOCIAL WAY
Returned Prom Camping

Lawrence A. Gipp. Fred Ewing, David
J. MacWiluams. Leslie /. Pyle Hugh J.
Macvilliams and Frank r. Morton re-
turned from n two weeks camping trip
at Bettorton yesterday. They entertained
tho people Of the hotel with singing and
rraphophone concerts and gave a private
hop. They al enjoyed the trip Immensely.
The camp was known as Camp Harmony
and the campers as the Smiling Six
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
BASE BALL.

WILMINGTON a. A. VS..
Games Called at $50 p. m.
Wednesday, Harrisburg.
Thursday, Harrisburg.
Friday, Penn Park.
Saturday, Penn Park.
Admission, 20 cents; boys, SC; ladies'
rec Grand stand 10 cents extra TO all.
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
Sorrow For His Family.

There Is much regret expressed FOR the
unfortunate position IN which Walker has
paced his wife ana three small children.
He ls but twenty-eight years of age and
if convicted OF the offenses with which
he IS charged has a long term of years
staring him in the face
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
Warrants Sworn Out.

After having his sons wounds dressed
John Langston went to the office Of Mag
istrate william Terry and swcre out war
rants against Walker charging him with
assault with intent 10 commit murder.
and with pointing a deadly weapon. A
charge of assault with intent to kill was
also sworn out by Palmer, whose wounds
are Tut superficial
Magistrate Terry at once teiegraphed TO
Constable Cleaver az Delaware City TO
place Walker under arrest setting the
time for hearing al o'clock this morn
ing, but at the hour neither prisoner nor
prosecutors put IN an appearance and the
Justice was compelled TO continue the
case.
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
IRATE FARMER
SHOOTS BOYS
Continued from First Page.)

with muttered curse and reloading his
gun Walker turned and went back to the
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
Life Was Endangered.

Life Was Endangered.
How Langston escaped with his life is
a miracle and IT Is due possibly solely to
the smailness of the shot used, No. 10.
Immediately after he reached his home
he went to the office of Dir, David Stew
art. who made an examination of his
wounds Dr. Stewart found, upon exam
ination that twenty-one grains Of shot
had lodged I'm the young mans body
scattered about as follows: one in the
forehead over the right eye; two in the
chin; three in the throat; six in the left
arm; two IN the left knuckle four in the
left breast. nlSr the heart; two in the
abdomen; one in the left thumb. The To-
cation Of these wounds would seem to in
dlcate that either Walker intended to
kill the young man or was wantonly reck-
less as to human life.
After an examination Of the wounds DR..
Stewart treated them antisepticaly and
removed two grains of shot from the neck
and four from the left arm. These had
penetrated just beneath the skin. The
/ other grains are imbedded to the depth of
half an inch and no attempt was made TO
remove them. as the physician does not
believe any serious complications will fol-
/ low uniess the unforeseen occurs. Several
grains of the shot removed were hattened
| by the impact against Langstons body.
Evening journal., 1904-08-29

TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
FOR SALE. CHEAP-SiDE-BAR GUTH-
lie buggy. in good condition.
FRANCIS II. HOFFECKER.
auge9-m,ts,-6t Room 4. Law Psdgl
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
"A School Is What Its Teachers Make It."
Do You Believe That d?

And has business college, medical
technical school" who
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
Stop That Cough

with cartmelrs Vinegar of Tar
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
Experts in What They Teach.

What would you think of medical school, whose head
experience in the Practice of medicine2
Evening journal., 1904-08-29
Theory is One Thing---Practice

Ifyou wished to be doctor, would you get carpenter
nothing about the practice of medicine, teach you?
Or would you get of the experienced doctors 20
Then why not apply the commonsense principles
Why not get a thoroughly competent bookkeeper and
teacher teach you bookkeeping and senographc work.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-03

none left now. and the old King must
1--we on and rule the world
= Do you think that | could bear the
great MESSAGE asked a low voice
Ii was woman
YOU said the Sun You are
weak and not brave and strong like
the man, og mighty like white tiger,
or swift Ike the eagle What could
YOU do, when they have faiIed1'
Let her try said Spring And
she formed another green cup and
kissed II aud gave II to woman
Woman departed full OF fear She
did not run like the man or sing like
the bird But, since she was afraid and
humble, she prayed
And She plodded over long roads till
she nearly fell with WEAKNESS She
climbed mountains and was faint She
passed by abysses that filled her soul
with terror With bleeding feet she
tr0d the white plains that lay before
the palace in the Peaked Mountains.
Inch By inch she forced her way
against snow and hail, and every time
1t swept against her face she cried
with pain. For The woman was not
brave like man
But weeping and bleeding. she came
at last to the palace where the sad
old white King sat waiting And when
the woman appeared in the portals
with the green cup, all the gray geese
and the white crmines set up a cry
that echoed through the world 1t
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-03
HoW to Play the Game

he reached an old pirate fort the place where his
boat was
In the meantime Bill Smith had stumbled on an old
barracks under the palmettos while Peter Brown found
himself a long stretch of bleak land terminated By
immense granite grotoes.
Rock, and fearing with true piratica jealousy that
Fuego might have found the treasure elsewhere ha.
tened desperately n search OF him. He got lost ami
finally. after passing a large lake and hurrying over
rude bridge he reached the edge of a marsh where hc
ran plump into Bill Smith
True to his training Panatella once drew his <nie
and Bill Smith who objected seriously 10 being killed,
took 70 bis heels and ran back to his boat
Old Panatcla went across the island, whoopng for
his pal Juan Fuego. As he reached the summit of low
superstitous brain led him to believe that this was
sign 50 he decided to hurry and get Fuego and then
return to the marsh
Fuego had cut across the bamboo sprinlled lowland
by this time, and had come upon an old stockade which
had been pirates store house Just he reached it,
strange noises approached from three directions and.
by another of the regulation piraucal condolences.
Panatea Bin Smith and Peter Brown came running
around different Of the soekade and the
same moment
OF course each one thought that the other three were
1.-THE ghosts OF dead and gone pirates hauating that
Icrumbug old building hidden in the gloom o. the jun
GLE So the four treasure seekers ran for their lives in
different directions
They leaped aboard their boats and never returned
to look for the treasure
For all the rest Of their lives, Bill Smith and Peter
Brown in New Bedford, Mass and Maduro Panate.a
and Juan Fucgo in Matauzas, Cuba, would sit by the
hour and spin the strange yarn and gradually they
proved the story till they told Of whole armies Of pratt
cal ghosts that had attacked them and driven them away
after desperate fighting Tins the treasure left 10
this day.
Yet at some time Of their stay on the island Of
them had been wonderfully near IT,
Which one was it? And where is the treasurer
You can and it by following the treasure hunting
plans given here
Cut out the Tee-totum its adjustable arrow (to be
fastened with pn) and It's four charts IF four play
the puzzle game, two must be pirates and two sailor
men
Each player selects his corner Of the board and his
little boat Then Of the players twirs the arrow
When it stops parallel he places DDS chart b.
tween the two lines coiucidng with the number lie
search for all he IS worth being his task to find
place the island from end q that parallel to
the other-north to south soath to nori-where the
chart. fitting concealed Ines will make sack OF gold
No player may go outside the limits OF his parallel
If a sailor spins parallel already occupied by
pirate vice versa, fight follows and the PLAYER first
that parallel go back 70 his boat and begin all
over again al the proper turn Two sailors or two
pirates occupy the parallel the same time
each searching along for the treasure until their time
At The Teetnum makes necessary to ind other fields
OF cndeayor.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-03

ing winds with their brave breasts
Swift and straight they sped over the
great oceans and the white land; and
at last they gathered in mighty hordes
where the green plant stood There
Sat a girl beautiful and gentle, with
bright hair and eyes th7t were the
only blue thing, in all the world. for
the sky wa, NOT blue then, bot gray
and dark
Clamoring from tie mighty throats
rose the message OF the sad old King.
waiting for his deIiverance in the dim
north.
AT the sound. there was flash as
Of iar-otf white fire. That was the
Sun. waking Up and rubbing his fam
ing eyes The white beam icil on the
girl and said Rise, little S0ring 1t
is time, and you are called to rule the
earth"
The girl arose and there was a
sound as ii all the little waters had
begun to leap and splash
What is that asked the wild
geese.
That is laughter" said the Sun.
Ely and tell your King that you have
heard the first laughter in all bus
world =
Swiftly al they had come, ihe great
geese arose and sped northward to
their King The girl stopped and
picked a long, thick green leaf from
the plant that had sheltered her She
formed it into a deep cup and kissed It.
How shall J send it to old Win.
teri she asked the sun
Send il by man, said the sun He
is tall and strong and will bear 1t
true.
Go, oh beautiful man, said
Spring But beware how you lolter
on the way, for you bear a great mes
sage"
So man took the green cup and ran
toward the north His heart leaped
within him and his soul was full Of the
pride Of his errand.
u am the only one III all The world
50 brave and faithful and strong as to
be trusted with the great message,
ne sang as he ran. q am man and
Spring loves me
He ran far and fast But when he
reached Asia, and climbed among the
bearded mountains, deep IN the holes
where there was no snow he saw
CLEANS 81 yellow
What is this strange color in the
Mhnc wnrldt1 aid The man III ]
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-03

% Id Captain Davy Squd one OF the most
\ prosperous pirates OF his time. He sailed the
~ South Seas at period when an industrious pi-
rate who was willing to be called a. All hours
Of the day night sure to make his fortune he at
tended to business strictly.
Old Captain squd atendedso strictly to business thatit
was proverb among the other pirate ships that his
crew was the hardest worked lot Of pirates in the pro-
ession
So happened that after year or two OF cruising,
the Gentle Duck which was the name Of the long, low
and rakish craft owned by Captain SQuid was loaded
down SO heavily with gold silver and gems that man
could have washed his hands in the sea by stopping the
tniest bit
However nobody aboard the Gentle Duck did it All
the pirates the kind OF people who run away from
home at an early age to become robbers, and they
had stopped washing their hands at the same time as
they had stopped learning the multiplication table which
was almost at once
The heavy load on the Gentle Duck worried Captain
Squd so excessively that he couldn't sleep nights for he
feared that he might actually have to leave treasure
in the next ship for lack Of room in his own
So, one fine Easter Day he sailed TO famous Easter
Island in the South Pacific Ocean and buried it, He did
this because the fashion among pirates, and Cap
tain squid was an ardent reader Of the Pirates Own
Paper which was an authority the latest styles.
For the same reason he made map Of the island
Over it he drew longitudinal lines and these drawn
IN such way that, II the map laid down on the
island in the right soot the lines would ct other line
that had been marked out rock and land. And
when the lines on the island and the lines the map
were joined they would present perfect picture Of
bag Of money, with mark and all on it-and There
lay the treasure
Then old Captain Squid cut the map into four pieces
and hid it away. And, of course, after time. be
hanged. which was another fashion much prevalent
among pirates in those days
After many years two Of the pieces Of map came into
possession Of two honest saiormen OF New Bedford.
Mass-Peter Brown and Bill Smith And at about
the tine two retired pirates, Maduro Pauates
and Juan Fuego, found the other two pieces
By enc Of those strange condolences which are tho
nrfang symptoms Of pirate stories. the sailors and the
pirates started for Easter Island the same time and
landed there the day, the pirates side ami
the sailors on the other
OF course. they were all in a mad hurry to find the
proper spot and they curTied of without even waiting
for each other
s. happened that Pauateia and Fuego got sepa
f4ai wandered here and there. and at last the
Foo o! Stecpie Rock. where Panatea began search
IeesTisAy for lines Fl his map But he failed. and
fuego impatienty hurried through bamboo grove uH
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-03

were not bearing the great message, /
would surely stop and see this thing.
/ For ! am strong and brave"
He stopped and looked And then
he went a little nearer. And almost
before he knew il. he was descending
deep into the crevices in the mountain
and had the yellow things in his
hands. At once his green cup turned
bright yellow and he cried out i'm
amazement and fear Then he saw
that his hand, were yellow, too.
And he knew that he could not bear
the great message
So he taved IN the mountain, with
the yellow things. which were grains
OF Gold, and It was to De many. many
long days before man could come out
OF Asia and be white again. And ever
since then hc will forget a grea, mes
sage al times when he sees The yellow
gold in the earth,
When man did not return, the sun
said Make another sup. little Spring,
aud send It by white tiger He IS
strong and herce aHd will speed tor
you.
White tiger took the green cup and
bounded away full OF pride But he
had not gone TAR before a white deer
sprang heedlessly into him How
dare YOU run into me cried white
tiger y DO You not know THAI am the
bearer ot the great message: And
with one blow Of his white paw rs
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-03

Of the sad old King bad torn away
Just a tiny corner OF cloud and was
looking down slyly.
"Oh, beautiful sky!' cried the little
bird Il know that should not stop.
but must look at YOU and sing just
a moment
And it sang. The green cup felt TO
earth, and became blue as the sky So
did the little bird. That is why the
buebirds always come ahead of
Spring now and why the iris is so
blue and beautiful early in the year.
There Is none left now, little
Spring, to bear the great message, p
said the Sun sadly, and It's beams be
came pale and watery, because a tear
stood in each flaming eve. There is
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-03

gloomily on dead trees and watch the
sWamps ever since
Alas" said the Sun Little
Spring, we have sent our strongest and
bravest Who can bear the message
now.
Let me try" cried a little bird very
small and dainty And Spring gave it
a cup.
OF flew the messenger, twittering
with JOY and pride Il went on and
on, past the mountains where man
had stopped, past the place where
tiger had failed. past the swamp Of
tile eagle But when it was far north
it saw bit Of bright blue high IN the
air That was where the blue KY
impatently waiting for the deliyerance
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-03

was like glaciers rolling headlout
into the sounding sea; it was hkc
ayalanehes shivering their silver
masses in the valleys below, il was
like the southern storms that break the
ice; It was like grinding bergs an1
SCATTERING foes
That is the cry that rings around the
world every year now, and when men
hear it they say; Winter is breakap
up
The old white King arose With y
glad face and reached his wrnklcd
hand out for the green cup He
pressed it to his face and inhaled tha
smell OF the growing thing. And u
"a moment il turned white-ynoW
white
So the Easter lily became white
And whenever the world is waiting
for great message all things arc well
il woman bears ii.
JULIUS MULLER.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-03

~ HIS was IN the long days Wher
only winter was in the world
l. White and sad and cid hS
sat in his gray palace in the
Peaked Mountains, which men call
Spitzbergen now. In his cold court
were the wild gray geese ready TO SO
forth as his herald and cry his com
mands from the gloomy skies with
mournful trumpet peals, and the white
ernines that fitted over the moonlit
fields OF ice like moonlight themselves,
you are the King Of tie world
cried the wild geese each morning, sa-
luting him, you are the Lord OF the
Ice and the Snow said the ermines
humbly,
"Alasr said the old. sad King
"Alas ! am the King Of dead world.
And I am the Lord Of the ice and
snow that kill all things
He tossed his great silvery beard,
and snow whirled over the sea and the
land. He sighed, and his sigh went
forth as tempest
"Ab, said tho old King, the
world Is dim and still. ! would that
Il laughed and were bright. Is there
meme ia all my world that can bring
lest 10 me- Oh, geese, and you, my
faithful crmines. long for the Sun
which is my death For | am old and
weary"
Lord ol the Snow" said the eldest
ermine, 4 have looked over the rim
~ the white world And far, far be-
low saw the sun, but it is pale aud
geak. Its beams cannot reach 70 your
palace
King q the world" said the great
cst gray goose. "lar, far away child
has been born that they say will bring
YOU deliyerance, From nay high
places in the air saw i once, and
where it lay ! saw a green plant hang
ing over it. And | heard a tale that
when the child was ready to release
you from your long vigil, the green
plan, would be sent to you as a
token"
Go, them said the sad King, go,
then. oh my heralds. and cry aloud
that am weary and would rest. Call
to the sun and the flowers to rule the
world in my place"
AT once there was thunder in all
the air over the Peaked Mountains.
That was the beating Of the wings Of
the obedient geese. And like wind
ing horns sounded their cry We
Iearl We hear"
Swift and straight they drove their
great wedges 70 the south, beating
aside the SHOWS and cleaving the cry