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Evening journal., 1905-12-11
By Edgar Allen Poe.

nakedness Of his designs, he arrested
and overawcd attention. If ever NOR
tai painted an idea that mortal was
Roderick Usher. For me at least-in
the circumstances then surrounding
me-there arose out of the pure alb
stractions which the hypochondriac
contrived TO throw upon his canvas an
intensity of 'ntolerable awe. no shadow
of which felt / ever yet in the contem-
platlOn of the certainly glowing yet
too concrete rsveries of Fuseh
One of the phantasmago.ic concep-
tions of my friend. partaklng not 50
r,gidly of the spirit Of abstraction, may
be shadowed forth, although feebly, in
words A small picture presented the
int rior of an immensely long and rec.
tangular vault or tunnel, with low
walls. smooth, white, and without in
terruption or device. Certain acces
sorry points of the design served well
to convey the idea that this excavation
lay at an exceeding depth below the
surface of the earth. No outlet was
observed in any portion of its vast ex
tent, and no torch or other artificial
source of light was discerniDie, yet
food Of intense rays rolled throughout
and bathed the whole in a ghastly and
inappropr ate sp endor
/ have just spoken of that morbid
condition of the auditory nerve which
rendered all music intOlerable to the
sufferer. with the exception Of certain
effects of stsingad instruments. Il was
perhaps the narrow limits to which he
thus confined himself upon the gultai
which gave birth, in great measure L
the fantastic characte- Of h S perform
ances. But the feryid facil5ty of hil
imprOmpius could not be so accOunte'
fog. They must have been and were
in the notes. as we'll as in the words
of his wild fantasias lfor he not un
frequently accompanied himself viii
rhymcdverbal improvisations) The re
suit Of that intense mental collected
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
Prizes Ror DeIaware GfrI

The fourth annual defamation con-
test at Swarthmore College for the
Andrew G. Poason Prizes was held in
Collection Hall on Thursday evening.
The contest was interesting and so
close that the marks Of the judges
showed a difference of only one point
between the winners of the first and
second places. The first prize Of thirty
bhve dollars was awarded to r. Leslie
Ryder. Of Swarthmore. Pa. The Sec
dnd prize of fifteen dollars was award
ed to Nellie G. Davidson. Of Milford.
IYel Honorable mention was made OF
the defamation of Mabel Vernon, of
Wilmington, Del, owing to the fact
that her grade was within two points
Of the winners. The contestants and
their subjects were as follows:
affairs in Cuba" (John NJ. Thurs
ton), T. II. Dudley Perkins. Moores-
town, n. J.
Charles Stuart and the Burglar
May Champon), Mabel Cheyney. Me-
dia. Pa
Scene from "Richelieu" (Bulwer Lyt-
toni. r. Leslie Ryder, Swarthmore, Pa.
The Child Wife" (Charles Dickens),
Lois Torrance, Norristown, Pa.
Father" CRoy Rolf nGson), Nellie
G. Davidson. Milford, Del.
Jean Vatican and the Bishop" CVic-
tor Hugo), Mabel Vernon, Wilmington,
Del.
At the recent meeting Of the Associa-
tion Of Colleges and Preparatory
Schools of the Eastern States and
Maryland, President Joseph Swain, OF
this institution. was elected -presi-
dent of the association.
Evening journal., 1905-12-11

son would thus probably be the last
should obtain-that the lady, at least
while living, would be seen by me no
more
For several days ensuing her name
was unmentioned by esther Usher o.
myself; and during this period | was
busted in earnest endeavors to allie
viate the melancholy of my friend. We
painted and read tOgether-or | listen
ed. as If i'm a dream, to the wild i'm
prOWsatiOns of his speaking guitar.
And thus, as a closer and still closer
intimacy admitted me moro unresery-
ediy into the recesses of his spirit, the
more bitterly did | perceive the futil
ity of all attempts at cheering a
mind from which darkness, as II an in
herent positive quality, poured forth
upon all objects Of tht moral and ply.
sical universe in one unceasing radia
tion of gloom
/ shall ever bear about me a mem
ory of the many solemn hours, ! thus
spent alone with the master Of the
House of Usher. Yet I should fail in
any attempt to convey an idea of the
exact character of the stud es, or OF
the occupations in which he involved
mo or led me the way. An excited and
highly distempered ideality thew 6
lsulphureous lustre over ali. His Ions
improvised dirges will ring for ever in
my ears. Among other things, | hold
painfully in mind a certain singular
Ipervarsion and amplificatiOn Of the
wild air of the last waitz of Won Weber
From the paintings over which his
elaborate fancy brooded, and which
grew. touch. by touch, into vaguenesse.
at which / shuddered the more thrill
ingly, because / shuddered knowing
not why;-from these paintings tyivii
as their images now are before mel
would in vain endcavor to educe more
than a small portion which should liz
within the compass of merely writer
words. By the utter simplicity, by th'
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
MIDDLETOWN
Some Items Of Interest in the Busy
Little Town.

Some Items Of Interest in the Busy
Little Town.
The contents Of the grocery store Of
Nice and Cooke, corner Main and Cass
streets were sold on Saturday to John
b. Cooke. who later sold it to ID. c.
Pleasanton.
The ladies' Of the Century Club Will
hold a sale OF collars and cuffs and
other fancy articles in the club room
tomorrow afternoon.
The extra services at the Presbyter-
ian Church have closed after a week
Of very successful meetings. The Revs.
McElmoyle, Of Elkton. Md, Rowen, OF
Newark, and Hallett of Odessa, were
present, and assisted the pastor, the
Rev. +. II. Moore, in the services.
Leon DeValinger's grocery store,
corner Broad and Main streets, is open
after having been closed for several
weeks.
The Society OF Christian Endeavor Of
the Presbyterian Church will hold a
business meeting tonight in the Sunday
school room.
Evening journal., 1905-12-11

ness and concentration to which have
previously alluded as observable only
in particularly moments of the highest
artificial excitement The words of one
of these rhapsodies | have easily re-
membered. l was perhaps the more
forc!bly impressed with It as he gave
it, because. m the under or mystic cur
rent of its meaning, I fancied that, /
perceived, and for the first time, a full
consciousness on the part of Usher, of
the tottering OF his lifty reason upon
her throne. The verses, which we're
entitled "The Haunted Palace" ran
very nearly, II not accurately, thus:-
In the greenest of our valleys,
BY good angels tenanted,
Once a fair and stately palace
Rad ant pa acc-reared its head.
In the monarch Thoughts dominion
II stood there,
Never Sesaph spread a pintOn
over fabric half so fair.
Banners yellow, glorious, golden,
] Oh US ipbA hlh iAoal anu HbM
] (This-all this-was IN the olden
Tine long ago)
! And every gentle air that dallied,
In that sweet day.
| A ong the ramparts plumed and pallid
A winged odor went away.
III
Wanderers in that happy valley
Through two luminous windows
saw
Splits moving muslcally
To a lute's well-tuned law,
Round about a throne, where sitting
porphyrogenel)
In state his glory well betting.
The ruler Of the realm was seen.
Nv
And all with pearl and ruby glowing
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
Social and PersonaI Notes

Mrs. George Painter OF Baltimore,
Nd. is visiting her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Winslow, in New Castle.
Miss Madge Chelsey Of this city left
on Saturday for an extended visit to
Richmond, Va.
Mrs. r. c. Carrow. OF Camden. has
been visiting in this city and Philadel-
.phia.
Mrs. William Waller. Of this city, has
.been visiting at Camden.
Leslie Baird has been visiting at Har-
'rington.
Miss sarah Pyle has been visiting
Mrs. John Mendinhall, Of Newiort.
Miss Alberta Jones' Of West Grove
is visiting in this city.
Misses Eta NJ. Tash and Belle Hind
man, who have been visiting i'm this
city. have returned to their homes at
Colora, Nd.
John Streets. of this city. is the guest
Of George Stephens at Chesapeake
City
Mr.. and Mrs Motion r. Pepper. OF
Georgetown, have returned home after
a visit here.
Carroll Tyson, OF Woodlawn, who has
been visiting here. has returned home
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Owens and son
OF Perryville, have been visiting here
Miss Florence sheppard, Of thic city
has been visiting Miss Hanna NJ. Kirk
of Rising sun
Charles Beebe. OF this city, has beer
visiting relatives I'm Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. TAFT, Of Phila-
dephia, spent Saturday and Sunday
with friends in this city.
Evening journal., 1905-12-11

He admitted however, although with
hesitation. that much of the peculiar
gloom which thus afflicted his could
be traced to a more natural and far
more palpabe origin-to the severe
and lOng-continued illness-indeed to
the evidently approaching dissolution
OF a tenderly beloved sister-his sole
companion for long year-his last and
only relative on earth. "Her disease. -
he said. with bitterness which can
Inever forget. would leave him Chin
the hopeless and the fraiD the last of
the anciet race of the Ushers." While
he spoke, the lady Madeline (for so
was she called passed slowly through
a remote portion of the apartment, and,
without having noticed my presence,
disappeared. regarded her with an
utter astOnishment net unmingled with
ldread-and yet found it impossible 10
account for such feelings. A sensation
of stupor oppressed me as my eyes fol.
lowed her retreating steps When a
door at length closed upon her my
glance sought inst'nctively and eagerly
the countenance of the brother.-but
he had buried his face IN his hands
and / could only perceive that far
more than ordinary wanness had over
spread the emaciated fingers through
which trickled many passionate tears
The disease of the lady Madeline
had long baffied the skill Of her physi
Clans. A settled apathy. a gradual
wasting away of the person, and fre
quent authough transient affections OF
partially cataleptical character, were
the unusual diagnosis. Hitherto she had
steadily borne up against the pressure
Of her malady, and had not betaken
herself finally to bed; but. on the clos
ling in of the evening of my arrival at
1.-THE house, she succumbed (as her bro
ltae- told me at night with inexpress
! lihle agitation) to the prostrat'ng power
lof the destroyer. and learned that
the glimpse l had obtained Of heR9er
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
Mr.. King Has a Bride
spocIal b The Evening Journal.

opvcIW 70 TIC LNenns JOurhaI
Georgetown, Dec. n.-County Commits
sioner John r. King, who was thought to
be 100 much absorbed in public life to
have any social engagements, is the hero
of romance. For nearly year. or since
March ., 1905. Mr.. King has been bride
groom. as on that date he married Miss
Maggie May Calhoun. at the residence Of
the Rev. Harry Taylor, pastor OF the
Among the public men of Georgetown, It
was whispered that Air. King had a
sweetheart, but nobody dreamed that she
had been his bride since last spring. MI.
King is a merchant Of Georgetown and
Mrs. King is a daughter OF Mrs Harriet
G. Calhoun also Of the Sussex county
scat
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
The Fall Of the House Of Usher
Edgar Allen

SYNOPSIS.
While passing through a dreary tract of
country I found myself within view OF
gloomy building-EOuse of Usher / can
compare the scene presented to me to no
earthly sensation. Nevertheless / proposed
10 myself sOjOurn of some weeks in this
mansion, the proprietor. Roderick Usher
being one OF my boon companions in boy
hood. I entered the Gothic archway Of the
hall. Upon my entrance Usher arose from
a sofa and greeted me with a vivacous
warmth. He entered at some length into
what he conceived TO be the nature or
his malady-a mere nervous auectloh'
To an anomalous species of terror /
found him a bounded slave. Il shall
perish" said he, Il must perish in this
deplorable folly Thus, thus, and not
otherwise shall be lost. dread the
events of the future, not in themselves,
but in their results. | shudder at the
thought of any, even the most trivial
incident, which may operate upon this
intolerable agitation of soul. i have
indeed no adherence of danger, except
in its absolute effect-in terror. In
this unnerved-in this pitiable condi-
tion-I feel that the period will sooner
or later arrive when / must abandon
life and reason together in some strug-
Elt VIII tue sim iAAeAhteHAAf A~+AAN-
learned, moreover, at intervals, and
through broken and equivocal hints,
another singular feature of his mental
condition. He was enchaned by GER
tain superstitious impressions in regard
TO the dwelling which he tenanted, and
whence. for many years, he had never
ventured forth-.n regard to an infiu.
enca whose supposititious force was
conveyed in terms too shadOwy here
to be re-stated-and influence which
some peculiarites in the mere form
and substance of his family mansion,
had. by dint of long sufe-ence, he
said obtained ever his spirit-an ef-
feet which the physique of the gray
walls and turrets. and Of the dim tarn
into which they all locked down, had
al length brought about upon The NOR
ale Of his existence.
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
DELAWARE CITY
Fort Dupont Soldiers to Join Pennsyl'
vania State constabulary.

Sergeant Tinney and Musician Ayres
of the Coast Artillery, Fort DUPONT, have
received their appointments TO the State
Consiabulary of Pennsylvania, and VII
report for duty on the 18th instant. These
appointments ana that OF Sergeant Has
kett cover an those soldiers from Fort
DUPONT who took the civil service exam
nations for the positions, and al passed
with excellent averages. None of the men
know as yet to what town I'm the state
they will be appointed
Messrs Harry Hail. Charles Bowen.
Walter Scott, Joseph slddons and Franl,
Hendrickson. of this city. left today for
Savannah, Ca, where they will engage
in the fishing business during the winter.
expecting to return here about the begin
ming of April, 1905. Mark Irons. formerly
OF this city. but now residing in savan-
nah. is In charge of the party They will
leave Philadelphia tomorrow about five
O'Clock. via the Philadelphia and sayan-
nah Steamship Line. A farewell dinner
was rendered the party by their friends
last evening.
Despite ;he cold weather of yesterday
the trolleys carried quite a number OF
visitors TO this city
John r. Cook of this city was severely
cut on the band while installing the new
steel lockers in the Barracks at Fort Mott
last week. His wound was dressed at the
hospital at the fort, and he is now ablC
TO be at work. Tho same day that Mr.
Cook was injured his son. John. was also
hurt while playing at school and fractured
q rib.
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
The Eternal Struggle

Don't have outstanding ears when
you can wear an ear harness at night"
said the beauty doctor advising all tho
ladies' who wanted to be pretty.
Don't have aches and pains when
YOU can keep well. Remember that
lcarelessness makes more invalids than
hard work.
Don't overdress, hut try TO suit your
dress to your STYLE ana remember that
dress makes or mars the woman.
Don't be sloppy In your style and
don't wear clothes that are shabby.
Remember that a rundown heel spolls
any foot and that n bad skirt braid IS
a social sin.
Don't wear a big hat n you are a
little woman; don't try TO dress out OF
proportion to your stature.
Don't imagine that you are pretticr
than you are.
Don't walk too rapidly FOR 1t de-
stroys grace.
Don't hurry and don't worry
Don't. il you are a woman with a
sad face. try to look still sadder; chirk
lup; smile; make your mouth into a
lCupid's bow; force yourself to look
animated; try to be expressive with
your eyes; a sad, wan face never won
out In a beauty contest.
Don't. II you want TO be an attrac-
1--we woman, talk too much. Cultivate
the habit of silence. II Is the prcttiest
habit a woman ever had
Don't gush, and don't try to be ef-
lfusive. Learn the pretty. even tone
(which Is liked In society and talk low.
l1his doent mean TO whisper. But &c
means to speak so that you can be
understood.
Don't gesticulate Don't make
motions with your arms and get red
in the face. BE quiet and be natural
That is the best thing in the beauty
struggle"
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
For a Christmas
House Party

Arrange the house so that a room or
section shall represent a season. In
the Spring room have the decorations
branches with peach and apple bios
SONS Qormed or paper and wired on)
and spring flowers violets. tulips, jon
quils, etc. These can all be OF paper.
For games in this room have n flower
hunt. Give each guest the first letter
Of a flower and have him hunt tho let
ters which finish the word Cut the
letters out Of different colored card
board, making them as small as you
lplease. First put a coating OF mucilage
on the back on the sheet OF cardboard.
Conceal the letters about the room. As
soon as the guest finds his flower COM
plete, he goes to a table and pastes
the word on "a card which he has and
takes the first letter OF another flower
The one who gets the longest list OF
flowers receives a favor.
In the Summer rooms have the
lhostesses wear summer gowns and have
IL decorated as for "a garden party, with
shrubs and flower beds and seats. Have
Lemonade or fruit punch served under
"a small gay canopy made OF a Japanese
umbrella. In this room have parior
croquet, tennis and archery contests.
A baseball bulletin on the wall adds
TO the summer effect.
In the autumn have autumn leaves
and fruits. all OF which can be obtained
IN the artificial forms. Have dancing
in this room, the orchestra wearing
"Rube' costumes and milixmaids serv-
ling cider from a barrel with tin cups.
In the winter room use the Christmas
decorations and have series OF
christmas tableaux or q short play
1.-THE Cricket on the Hearth" condensed.
At its close have Christmas tree
wheeled to the centre Of the stage and
Santa Claus give out the gifts which
should have original verses with hits
lon the guests nftarhal TO nanh.
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
Fashion Hints

The pretty handbag is "a marked fca-
ture OF the toilet.
quarter empire coats.
A small fortune is represented in
some OF the FUR sets.
A green-and-blue mar0bou boa, worn
with green dress, was unusual
and striking.
The long coats are bedccked with "a
bewilderlng array OF little buttons from
neck TO hem.
The paddle stole. with long ends slune
into each other on the shoulder, is an
innovation.
A trim, well-ntting turban is the
favorite hat for morning wear Tip
tilted brims and feather are left FOR
afternoons.
A lovely necklace for young girl Is
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
To 60 to Dakota
Special to The Evening Journ.

Special TO The Evening Journal.
Dover, Dec. 1.-Afiss Mena Benn, the
Dover girl, who has experienced the life
of a ranchman in the Dakotas, will leave,
North Dakota, where they will make Their
home with Mrs. Benns sons, who have
been successful as ranchmen and cattle
dealers.
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
Another Hard Luck Story.

Charts stein. of No los Pike street.
New York. told a pitiful tale TO the
police yesterday. clad in oilskins. the
youth. for he is hardly Of age. arrived
here early in the morning. and after
wandering around the city, finally
struck the City Hall He said he was
employed by a negro in Baltimore to
work on an oyster boat and claims that
he was worked eighteen hours a day
and was fed on nothing but bread, mo-
lasses and grease.
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
CoIoniaIPie

Cook one pint OF cranberries ana one
half pint seeded raisins in one quart Of
water until the cranberries are tenders
then add one pint Of sugar and cook un-
IN almost Of the consistency of marma-
lade; remove from the fire, add one table,
spoonful vanilla extract, one tablespoons
ful butter; turn into a pastry lined dish
and bake untll crust is cooked; cool. then
pipe lattice work with whopped cream.
placing split blanched almonds between
the diamonds.
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
Coming Weddings
Special to The Evening journal

Special 70 The Evening J0urnal
Dover, Dec 1.-two weddings OF special
interest to Kent countians viii be that
10 be celebrated at Canterbury on Thurs
day evening and another at the country
home OF McIlroy NJ. jackson, near Har-
rington. on December %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph farrell OF Canter-
bury have issued invitations for the we'd
ding of their daughter, Miss Gertrude IL.
Jarrel. TO George l.. Biggs on Thursday
evening. The wedding OF December %, will
be that Of Miss Aneta Fleming Lynch to
William A. Griffith. Both live near Far
minGton.
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
Braided Coffure

School girls are adopting a style OF
hair dressing introduced by a leading
that the family photo
grapher OF several years ago COM
memorates. The front hair is waved in
natural fashion, there is a parting that
loses its way under a light nun and two
long braids are crossed at the back and
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
MARYLAND PENINSULA

Charles E. Kirby, who sued Chester
town Council for 500 for a dog killed
by the town bailiff. lost his case.
Ephriam Dill. of Chestertown, has
sued for a divorce from his wife, Min
ME e. Dill, on the ground of desertion.
Captain S. r. Wheat, of Rock Hill,
has been taken to a hospital for treat
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
Amateur Dramafics

Amateur dramatic perfOrmances viii
be one of the features of Wilmington
society plans this season if the plans
OF recently appointed committee
recently chosen mature.
There is a vast amount of local talent
both tried and untried which can be
called upon to further a successful sea-
son.
The committee I'm charge are Mrs. l..
C. Nandegrift, Mrs. Robert Pennington.
Miss Rissell, Mr.. Charles NJ. Curtis and
Mr.. Christopher L. Ward.
II is their purpose TO inaugurate a
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
No More Long
Bodice Points

Tho long-pointcd waist-nne is disap-
pearlng. New gowns from the supreme
dress authorities show short, round
waist with long skirt lines from the
belt down; whereat the naturally short
waistcd woman-who has been hard put
10 IL TO draw her bodice down into the
unconscionably long lines prescribed
viii rejoice.
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
TOWNSEND
Wilmington Gunners Find Game Very
Scarce in Appoquinimink.

David Dangle, OF Wilmington and
William Greer. a farmer near here.
were out cunning for two days but
reported that they could not find any
game They returned from their trip
on Saturday night.
James Carton of this place, is the
champion pork raiser Of this section
this year. A few days ago he killed
three porkers. the combined weight Of
the trio being 1884 pounds.
Evening journal., 1905-12-11

Was the far palace door.
Through which came flowing, flowing,
flowing.
And sparkling evermore,
A troop Of Echoes whose sweet duty
Was but to sing.
In voices of surprising beauty,
The wit and wisdom of their king.
But evil things, in robes of sorrow,
Assailed the monarchs high es-
tate;
(Ah, lct us mourn, for never morrow
Shall dawn upon him, desolateD
And, round about his home, the glory
That blushed and bloomed
Is but a dim-remembered story
OF the old time entombed.
And travellers now within that valley,
Through the red-litten windows,
see
Vast forms that move fantastically
To a discOrdant melody;
While, like a rapid ghastly river
Through the pale door,
A hideous thiong rush out for ever,
And laugh-but smile no more.
well remembered that suggest ons
arising from this ballad led us into a
train of thought wherein there became
manifest an opinion Of Usher, which
mention not so much on account Of its
novelty (for other men have thought
thusl, as no account of the psrtinacity
with which he ma nta.ned It. This
opinion, in its general form, was that
Of the sentence of AL vegetable things
But, IN his disordeeei fancy, the idea
had assumed a more daring character
and trespassed, under certain condi
tens. upon the kingdom of inorgan.za
tion ! lack words 20 express the ful
extent or the earnest abandon OF his
persuas on. The belief, however, wa'
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
WOMEN AS THEY PASS

IA chain OF enameled daisies, set in
nligrec
Hats OF hydrangea blue. emerald
green and strawberry pink are not az
AN unusual ia this giddy age.
White linen skirts with white blouses
are being worn an winter indoors.
Evening journal., 1905-12-11
WiII Initiate candidates.

Members Of Washington Lodge X OF
p. viii initiate about twenty candi-
dates for the order this evening Fol-
lowing the initiation there viii be a
banquet and entertainment.
Evening journal., 1905-12-11

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