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Evening journal., 1905-12-26
BASEBALL.

"rom Reilcy who was supervisor a
umpircs In the Connecticut League. was
elected mayor OF Mcriden last Tuesday.
Tom is also newspaper nrm.
sThcro is no doubt but that tho anna
tours OF this city viii have big league
the coming season.
IAN interested in baseball should re id
The Evening Journal You win be sure OF
finding facts.
'Noihing doing in the Tri-state until
after January 4.
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
WALKING
Can a. Business Man Walk 5000 Miles
Year2


on the first OF January 1903 con-
ceiVed the idea OF walking 5000 miles be-
fore the expiration OF the year. The
object was not to achieve any unusual
feat nor 60 accomplish amy conspicuous
performance. writes w. Afford Green.
in Outing. The underlying motive was.
rather TO insure a plan by which reg
ailar and systematic exercises could be
obtained.
To travel this distance IL was neces-
s3ry TO cover an average OF fourteen
miles "a day. Now. fourteen miles for
days walk IS wen within the compass
or the ordinary man. But an OCCASIONAL
walk OF this length is one thing. the
Sustained effort. day after day through
out the year. is another.
Let me answer the question placed az
the head OF this article by saying that
ot the end OF the year / had completed
"A distance on foot OF 5205 miles. or a
daily average OF fourteen and one-Quar-
ter miles. The stipulated 5000 miles was
finished on the 10th OF December. but
am additional POO miles were covered in
order that each OF the ffty-two weeks
of the year might claim an average dis
lance traversed OF 100 miles.
@tt out upon my enterprise with the
knowledge that it was incumbent upon
me to maintain a daily average of four
teen miles. ana I made it a rule. when
practicable. OF keeping above the aver
age. so as TO have something in hand to
meet the emergencies which We're all
most certain TO arise That they did
arise was shown by the fact that for
fifteen days in the year, owing TO sick
ness. lameness and railway travelling
no walking whatever could be INDUCED
dn. The inability to utilize these fifteen
days was equal TO "a loss OF over 2Ol
miles. Ii viii therefore be-seen that. un-
der the circumstances nained il was
3mperative on many occasions to exceed
the distance Of fourteen miles day ir
order 10 preserve the average.
At the beginning of any walk ms
weight was l92 pounds "a street clothes
while at the end OF H my Weight was
11S pounds. This loss or fourtecn pounds
was in every way acceptable The avoir.
dupois lost was only redundant weight
and 1 felt as a result. more active
stronger ana harder Ia the matter OF
health. l felt decidedly better thin
had done for several years
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
Hnrdcnfnw steel.

In hardening. bright steel should not
be exposed naked TO a FIRE or fame
II may with advantage be placed in a
covered box containing hone dust or
animal charcoal In some other form. or
another plan Is 70 smear soap all over
the article 20 be hardened Watcr or
oil is the medium generally selected
for plunging The article in to cool t..
Petroleum is recommended IL extra
hardness is desired. Eiihcr mercury or
salt water win give great hardness. but
the steel is rendered brittle. oil Is the
best medium FOR hardening steel If
toughneSs is required.
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
with LIE SHOOTERS.

club held a practice shoot at the grounds
yesterday.
'Thc shoot for the State champ.onsh p
between Banks and Richardson down for
Dover on next Monday should be wa.ni
argument.
'Thc trupshootcrs and amateur margs-
men orc having a field day at Dover this
afternoon. The Kirk trophy Is being con-
tested for.
'rhe Wawaset Gun Club and the Dover
Gun club viii shoot team race ut Dover
ON Monday.
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
405 Market st. 4O4 Shipley ST
sELF.pEFENcE.

aJack O'Bsien says he viii not fight a
negro.
sold Peter Maher knocked a man out
in Philadelphia last night.
eAnd now Fitz has lost his wife.
f"Actor' jack O'Brien now.
sJack O'Brlen has engaged Jack VIII
liams for a sparring partner
oAs soon as scrapper reaches the top
down goes the negro.
Terrible Ike writes the Evening Jour
nal that he is open TO meet either Young
Honcyman or George Davis at any weight
or any place.
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
AUTO NEWS.

The American Motor League invites all
who 20 to the Automobile
Shows at New York ON January Is to 20.
TO attend the League Convention. which
takes place during She same week. Re-
duccd rate of fare have been secured fr1m
AN railroad lines. covering the entire wcck
and many now members are now Joining
the League. Secretary +. a. Egan, VAN
dcrbht Building, New York. will send
fun information.
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
WINTER TOURIST.

Tickets to Florida via Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. Very low rates for the
round trip 10 ali the famous resorts OF
Flor.ca. Georgia. the Carolinas. Nassau
and Havana. now IN effect. Tickets on
sale daily until April 80. 1906. Full
Information nom B. and o. Railroad
ticket agents. Ciiy ticket Office. S04
Market street. Wilmington. Del
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
WILL GREET THE GOVERNOR
Officers of National Guard and Chief
Executives staff to Make New
Years Call,

at noon on January /. the members
OF Governor Preston Lea's military
stan and officers Of the First Della
ware Infantry viii call on their chief
TO convey the New Years greeting.
The officers win meet in the New
Century Club parlors at 11.30 O'Clock
Tor that purpose.
The members Of the Governors staff
MN wear fun dress uniform. ana the
officers Of the $ational Guard viii ap-
pear IN dress uniforms with side arms.
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
WILMINGTON CLUB SHOOT

The Wilmington Gun Club held a
well attended practice shoot yesterday
afternoon on their grounds at Front
and Union streets Although no great
shooting took place an had an enjoy
able time. The scores wera as fol-
lows.
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
Called III. u,,W.

81 see" he said "that coal has gone
up again"
"TIas it," she replied.
"And they're raising rents" he CON
tinued
Well she exclaimed. harlng I'd. "if
you wish to have our engagement bro
ken off say so. I always hate to have
people beat about the bush in a case
Of this kind"
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
s RI. STATS

The Holiday rush is now over. anl We
take this opportunity to extend 10 our
their liberal support. we shall always en-
deavor by strictly honest and fair dsal-
ing4o merit "a eoutinuancc OF the same.
we wish an q bright happy and pros
porous New Year.
But Notwithstanding the great demand
for al kinds of goods, our regular large
and attractive lines o. -eso
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
Another Refor,,cr

Stella SO You are really going to
marry old Nlllyuns. had no idea
you were mercenary. Maude- I'm not.
| am going to marry him to reform
him. S'clla-Rcfor,n him, I didn't
know he had any had habits. Maude-
Yes he has one. HIS friends say he is
miserly.- -Chic1~a Nou-s
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
New Pilot commissioner.

Alfred ID. Poole Of this city has been
appointed q member Of The Board OF
Pilot Co2n-ssioaofs by Governor Lee
Tor a term OF i've years. Mr.. Poole suc-
cecls Thomas G.. Marshall.
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
Satisfaction.

do you know that your attentions
weary me?"
do they. indeed7 l was beginning
TO feel that had failed TO make any
impression whatever Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
Luoouragine.

HeOust accepted You say you we're
never. engaged before? She-Yes. He
How is that2 I thought all women al
ways had three or four engagements.
She (grilelessly) - Well. presume
shall too. You see. this Is the first
chance have had.
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
Shot at. Broke.
A Wawaset PrnetIoe shnot.

The Wawaset Gun Club boys held very
interesting pra-tce shoot yesicrdly af-
tcrnoon. Ben. McHubh carfieI or the
honors. The scores are as follows.
Gnn. A ll.--.l-.
Evening journal., 1905-12-26

Beware so long as you live OF judg-
ing people by appearances.-La Fon-
taine.
Evening journal., 1905-12-26

Grace-So he said my costume was
heavenly. oh?
Ethel-Not exactly. lie said it was un-
earthly.
Evening journal., 1905-12-26
Moths Won't Eat
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floor stains; 9Th and Madl-
son.
Evening journal., 1905-12-26

Physician-lou shouldn't eat between
meals.
Patient--I don't. doctor When I start
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-29

boot which was chopped in small
pieces. Other daring spirits produced
q gunny sack and committee of
abating nuisance mounted to the roof
of the Italian dining car.
In the front end of the coach was the
stove. which had straight pipe lead
ing from the fire up through the car
roof. Into this pipe the committee
poured the minced gum boot and then
plugged the pipe with the sack. In
stantly the flavor of overwrought cod
fish faded away like the dew of the
morning, and the Italians would have
done likewise had they seen the ghost
of a chance. Wreaths. spirals and
streaks of dark purple smoke fioated
from the car windows until the heads
of the strangling Italians blocked those
openings Two of our men guarded the
front door with knives. The rear exit
was so effectively barricaded on the
inside that the frenzied inmates them
selves couldn't open it.
Stray flashes of the cremating gum
boot penetrated the rear coaches. but
the outcasts climbed to the roofs. and
thus diluted the main current with
fresh air, while the penned-up Italians
spluttered and gasped in the fumigating
oven. Both sides of the car were
draped in garlands and festoons of url-
happy creatures, hanging from the win
dows, ard it was said half dozen or
so fell off and never were heard OF
more. ! learned afterward the Italians
expected the stuff in the stove to blow
up with fearful carnage, and, coming
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-29
T1l4, ron and OFF the Bread Wagon
Beand Hard Luck Tales Dones Hob
~~Az=- TdnmNNMa5 By Charles Dryden

from a bomb building race, this fear
buffaloed the whole crowd. There must
have been dago or two from Paterson
N j., in that bunch. In time the gum
boot calmed down and the surviving
Goldfish fiends fell back into their car
pale, sick and exhausted The gum
boot was beautiful ideain a way. for
the remainder of the trip the tourists
in the forward car stuck to cold vict-
uals.
/ never care TO criticize the likes and
dislikes or the eating habits of my fell
low beings, but, honestly, in this in
stance l feel the dagoes got all that
was coming to them, and got ii hot.
Gum boot, properly applied. is one of
the best disinfectants / know of for
shopworn Goldfish. Try 1t some time
To my notion, the Italian rapidly is
supplanting the Digger Indian in this
country. You seldom see him without
his pick and shovel. This observation
has no special bearing on the fish story.
but couldn't help wedging 1t in as a
delicate little bon mot Besides. l get
every line looks good to me.
Thus, and in other harmless ways,
did the outcasts, Mr.. Jones and myself,
beguile the days of weary travel. We
ate, slept, breathed and had our being
on the cushionless seats, which were
harder than the pale blue benches at
the circus. At Ogden all hands took a
change of venue to those openwork,
peeka boo cattle ears. fitted with back
less benches. The cattle had but
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-29

the future kicked the beam he would
be the sole survivor to mourn the death
OF our Institutions.
About the time that j. Worthington
was ready to give UP in despair ard
retire to his humble cottage at Lenox 10
pass the remainder of his days in soil
tude and peace, healthy reform
movement was launched in the more
or less adult village where he did busi-
ness. The man who was on the ticket
for district attorney, and who was re-
sponsible for putting the ticket on it's
feet was an ambitious young lawyer,
about ten Years out of college. with an
aversion to the overproduction of con-
versation ard fondness for hard
work. In his opinion the only way to
do thing was TO roll up your sleeves
and do it. Afterward you could bal
ancc your books and find out whether
it paid or not At trst sight this ris-
ing Napoleon of politics and ]. Worth
ington Grinderface were due TO occupy
the same pew. Their ideas seemed to
be twins in every respect. The candi-
date informed the dear public on every
possible occasion that if he was elected
he would enforce the laws as he found
them. and j. Worthington, in the back
ground, raised a constructive cheer and
told the young man that he would
pray for his success.
The good-and generally bunkoed-
people were inclined to look on the
whole matter as joke at first, but as
the game progressed and the candidate
grew ever warmer on the trail of the
law breakers, opinion became general
that he was a good thing and might.
safely be pushed along. If it was a
joke it was just as well to finish it Off
in good style; any way, the candidate
was putting up a good fight and de-
served to have look in. So when elec-
ton day came, and afterward disap
peared, as all days do except the cne
when that pronlissory note falls due,
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-29
By NJCHQl AS. S.~
: s-- NFMOo

ing hard and contemplating vengeance.
In the course of time he discovered that
he was not the sole sufferer under the
new regime. Many of his confreres in
the real estate business were up
against the same game and the direc-
tors of the street railway lines of the
city were astounded at the information
that an effort was to be made to collect
back taxes from the lines aforesaid.
Such All outrage was unheard OF!
There was weeping and wailing and
gnashing of teeth in more than one
dignified and highly respectable. brown
stone front in that city when it was
learned that the malicious District At
torney had had the temerity to apply
the opprobrious epithet of criminal TO
the conduct of men with incomes that
ran into five and even six figures. Such
a state of affairs could not be tolerated
and there was a gathering of the mill
lionaire clan which boded evil for the
said attorney. To be sure, the rail-
roads paid their taxes and j. Worthing-
ton and his brothers in misery paid
their fines-the jury baked at sending
such dignified elderly parties to jail
but when the next election came round
the young District Attorney learned
that for reasons which the Executive
Committee We're not at liberty to state
it was deemed advisable to leave his
name off the ticket. The free and SOW
ereign people wondered for few days
and then forgot all about him and
voted as they were told. ]. Worthing
ton and his comrades are still doing
business at the old stand and still fore
see the ruin of the republic at frequent
intervals.
If the District Attorney accomplished
oIr ,I,tl 1,n tv1 <Nfr loo a
has given us an opportunity to illus
trate the old and far-reaching truth
that it makes a heap of difference
whether we are ordering shoes for our
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-29

which would have taken half my capt.
tai, we walked out of Leadville. over
MCsquito Pass. $4,000 feet in the air,
pack-laden and bucking a blizzard. We
were sixteen hours reaching the valley
on the other side of the range, half
dead from cold and fatigue. There We
encountered q wandering woodchop-
per and his boy bound to Denver by
wagon. The party camped that night
in deserted log cabin and the wood
choppers hauled us through to Denver
in the course of a week. Then the
willy Jones unfolded his scheme, which
was nothing more than pair of fine
JOBS in a railroad construction camp.
l kicked on that, having had one ex-
perience in a Texas swamp, but Jones
assured me on his honor that Idaho
was all dry land. He had been there
and knew. The Oregon Short Line
was building from Granger. Wyo., on
the Union Pacific. to Umatilla, Or, on
the Columbia River. In that wild and
desert region good men were scare,
and Jones said they needed US.
The Short Line Office at Denver gave
up la aborars passes to American Falls,
Idaho. on the representation of Jones
that we were expert drillers and blast
ers of lava rock, bridge builders, mule
skinners, and what not. / bought
tin cans. and we pulled out for Idaho
in special train of four condemned
cars jerlled along by one crippled
freight engine. Our party comprised
4eO se.sct outcasts, from all parts of
the world, including 100 Italians
jammed like angle worms In the for
ward coach. The exclusive company
in the three remaining cars was made
up of condemned railroad laborers. tim
horn gamblers on the pork. jimj jams
socialists escaped conVicts, horse
thieves. few Turks and one Creek,
murderers, embezzlers, wife, -beaters.
alimony dodgers. plain buns and Mr..
Jones and his financial backer.
l saw plenty of bottles, but not
single cake of soap in the entire cara
van. However, my chaperon said it
was al right and that we soon would
be there. At that, liked the prospect
better than the ice cream parlor at
Mudville. There always is variety and
some spice to be found in humanity in
bulk
1t was pretty cheesy going for
while after lsaving Green River juno
ton, wyoming. During the stop at
that classic flag station the Italian con-
tingent, proving in an alley behind
the grocery, found box Of quaran-
tined salt Goldfish. This edible at it's
best is. not a thing of rare and fragrant
perfume, and wAen the dagoes set
about boiling the Goldfish in the for
vard car, with the train in motion, the
waited odors melted the trailing out
casts 70 murder. The fish fiends saw
thu avengers coming and barricaded
their car door. but that did not bottle
up the symptoms of hot dinner One
fe1 tile outcast contributed rubber
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-29

recently finished their journey, though
no one informed us of that fact. Again
l spoke to Mr.. Jones about our gem
that in two more days and nights he
would produce Idaho, as per agree
ment. To prove he had a kindly eye
and mind focused on my welfare, the
versatile Jones whitfield me a wooden
spoon, with which to partake of Boston
beans direct from the can. When not
otherwise employed, i wore that spoon
in the upper left-hand pocket of my
vest. The spoon was the only personal
ornament | possessed, being at that
period a plain and unassuming youth.
One week from the Denver getaway
our swine special paused abruptly at
American Falls, owing to the absence
of any more track. The Falls marked
the outpost of civilization in that direc-
tion. The few inhabitants lived in
tents and caves with canvas roofs.
Having neither tent nor car. Mr.. Jones
and pre-empted patch of tall weeds
with fuzzy tops. Once more tackled
Mr.. Iones regarding the giddy sport of
railroading in the remote West. Jones
made a brutal retort about me being
cheap knocker. Maybe / was a good
thing, not, to buy him beans and blan-
kets for the doubtful privilege of be-
coming a castaway--to inhabit the
earth like a prairie dog minus his
burrow.
Next week / mingle with the Nor
mons and wallow extensively in the
desert sands of Idaho.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-29

Charles Dryden.
At the time this outburst of family
solicitude blocked my chosen career /
was earning $12 week IN a Chicago
foundry and paying my monthly dues
into the union. Still. that wasn't good
enough for me, so one day in midwin-
ter the author of my being came on
and yanked me back to Mudville. He
had, he said, secured for me a position
mot JOHN the village ice cream par
Tor. where l was to work for nothing
and learn a genteel business. Note the
difference between job and a position.
At the former l made two dusty dol
lars per day; in the latter / wore a
clean smile and laundered shirt, with
the prospect of pulling down something
like $S a week in the misty future. In
fact, l was slated TO become regular
dude.
There wasn't much doing when
hutted into the higher life as depicted
in country ice cream foundry in win
ter. 1t would have been more con-
genial tending the lobster stall in a
city fish market. The Arctic soda
fountain, which had thirsty Polar
bear climbing the North Pole for a
glass of sparkling sarsaparilla at the
top, was swathed in gunny sacks, and
the ice cream freezer was frozen fast
to the sidewalk in front of the parlor.
However, they let me turn the peanut
roaster, sweep out the shells and
monkey with the kerosene lamps.
Three weeks I clung TO this genteel
situation like man afloat in deep
water with a shingle. while my dinky
competence amassed in the foundry
coarse and uncouth place-dwindled
softly.
This is the limit and then some l
said to myself, after which l borrowed
S15 from an opulent clerk in the
Pants Emporium and sidestepped
Mudville in the night without issuing
any handbills regarding my move
ments.
The first stop was at Omaha. the
theater of social and industrial tri-
umphs two years before. There was
no one in the old shop l knew save a
son Of the former boss. His father,
he said, was running a gigantic shop
at Leadville and wanted vast quan1-
ties of molders. The son was going
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-29
FABLES FOR TIE FOOl LSri

that he was named as one OF the poSsi-
ble defendants because it had been dis
covered that the titles to two or three
Cf the TEMPLES OF chance were in the
name of ]. Worthington Grinderface.
He was Mortified that q mere official
should have so little regard for the dig
nifty and social position of Grinder
face, and fastened to assure that per-
son that he was making a serious mis-
take He informed him also that there
was q deep and wide gulf fixed between
sitting behind faro table and rak1ng
in the coin and owning the house IN
which said table is operated and COL
lecting the rent therefor. The former,
he declared, is gambling and should be
prohibited; but the latter is business,
and no one should interfere with pri-
vate business under any circumstances.
The District Attorney regarded Mr..
Grinderface with a cold and glittering
eye for a moment or two. Then he in
formed him that as long as business
men rent their property for illegal pur-
poses they must expect to be claSsed
with the lawbreakers whom they
shelter. This astounding heresy was
followed by the statement that it had
been discovered that the tenement
house law was being broken into little
bits in several of the most disreputable
tenements in the city, some of the
worst of which were owned by a GER
tain J. Worthington Grinderface,
against whom proceedings of a serious
and unavoidable nature were about to
be begun. When J. Worthington made
his stock reply to this that no officer
OF the law should interfere with private
business, the District Attorney made
answer that no private business could
be allowed to interfere with an officer
of the law and that If any apoplectic
gentleman with shady real estate in
vestmerts got in the way he was likely
TO be hurt.
j. Worthington went his way breath
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-29

ing gave Mr.. Grindarface more pain in
the region OF the moral sense than to
see small boys playing bail in the
streets or dogs samboling in the park
without muzzles or some other vicious
and unDrinciDled offender against the
law of the land pursuing his nefarious
ractices. AS for Sunday baseball and
the automobile that fiyeth ~ at mid
night he was wont to grow exceeding
ly black in the face and choke up with
emotion whenever the subject was
mentioned. Those were the tendencies
which foretold the downfall Of the re-
public the strawS which showed which
way the wind was blowing. 1t is un-
necessary to add that MI. Grinderface
was on the downhill side of sixty and
that he always wore light gray gaiters
and a white vest with little blue dots
in it. He wore other clothes also, but
the Cnes we have mentioned are suffi-
cient for purposes of description.
j. Worthington was firmly convinced.
as we have intimated, that he ruin of
the Government was impending unless
something could be done to inoculate
the rising generation with greater re-
spect for law. Too often citizens
seemed disposed to regard law in the
same light as the ordinary five-dollar
bill OF cOmmerce-no good to any one
until it was broken. After breaking,
the period of usefulness, in both cases,
is usually very brief and very much
checkered. In feeling tones Mr.. Grind
erface would allude to the cor
ruption that was rampant in
legislative, executive and ju-
dicial circles. AS long as men in such
positions were willing to allow offend
ers to commute their sins for gold the
future of the nation was trembling in
the balance. From the manner in,
which J. Worthington delivered him
self of these profound thoughts you'd
have concluded that he was holding
the balance all alone and that when