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Evening journal., 1905-12-09
DELAWARE CITY
Sergeant Haskett Secures an Appoint
ment in Pennsylvania State
constabuary.

Mr., Mrs. and Miss Hemphil attended
the wedding OF their niece. Miss Cor
nelius, who is we'll known in this city,
in Philadelphia yesterday.
Electrician Sergeant Leonard Haskell
of Fort DUPONT, has been appointed a
sergeant of the state Constabulary of
Pennsylvania, and viii assume his new
duties as soon as he obtains his dis
charge from the army. The many
friends of the sergeant both at the
fort and in this city were pleased to
hear Of his appointment. Several other
soldiers Of Fort DUPONT expect to get
their appointments to the Constabu-
larry I'm few days.
The deer which was captured after an
exciting chase yesterday has not been
called for and is still in charge of its
captors, Bowen Brothers of this city.
1t is supposed that the animal was a
pet OF someone's, and the owner is ex-
pected to call for it shortly.
The feast of the Immaculate Concep-
tion was observed to-day in st. Paurs
r. c. Church. Mass was celebrated at
s o'clock by the pastor, Rev. j. /. Me-
Sweeney.
Evening journal., 1905-12-09
By Edgar Allen Poe.

whole mansion and domain there hung
an atmosphere peculiar to themselves
and their immediate vicinity-an at
mosphere which had no affinity with
the air of heaven. but which rocked up
from the decayed trees, and the gray
wall, and the silent tarn-a pestilent
and mystic vapor, dull, sluggish,
family discernable, and laden hued
Shaking off from my spirit what
must have been a dream, I scanned
more narrowly the real aspect of the
building. Its principal feature seemed
10 be that of an excessive antiquity
The discoloratiOn of ages had been
great. Minute fungi overspread the
whole exterior. hanging in a fine tang
led web-worS from the caves. Yet all
this was apart from any extraordinary
portion of the masonry
had fallen. and there appeared TO be
a wild inconsistency between IT'S still
perfect adaptation of parts and the
crumbling condition of the individual
stones In this there was much that
reminded me of the spacious totaiity Of
old woodwork which has rotted for
long years in some neglected vault
with no disturbance from the breath Of
the external air. Beyond this indica-
tion Of extensive decay, however. the
fabric gave little token of instability.
Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing OBJ
server might have discovered a barely
Derceptible fissure. which, extending
from the roof of the building in front,
made its way down the wall in a zigzag
direction, until It became lost in the
sullen waters of the tarn.
Noticing these things. rode over a
short causeway to the house. A ser
want in waiting took my horse. and I
entered the Gothic archway of the hall.
A valet. OF stealthv step. thence con
lducted me in my silence through many
dark and Intricate passages in my pro
lgress 10 the studio Of his master. Much
that I encountered on the way con.
trihuted ! know not how. to hcightcn
the vague sentiments of which 7 have
already spoken. While the objects
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NEWARK
Pretty Little College Town Now Has
Water.

An interesting meeting of the New
Century Club was held this week.
Among the important papers read
were one on "The Nile" by Mrs. T. r.
Wolf. a description of the cities of
"Thebes and Memphis" by Miss Anna
Springer, and "Redeeming the Soil by
Irrigation, by Mrs Edward Richards.
One night recently the club was enter
tained by Mrs. McCutcheon at the as
sembly room at Delaware College.
While visiting in Egypt last winter she
took some interesting photographs.
These were shown by means of a ster-
optican.
Next Monday night a meeting will
be held in Council room for the pur-
pose Of organizing a Board of Trade.
It is believed that such an organization
will do much to advance the interests
of the town.
On Thursday evening a social was
given in the parish house of St Thorn
ass Church. 1t was a very pleasant
affair. Mr. Charles G. Blandy read a
humorous selection on Unions while
number of young ladies' sang several
melodies. About $50 was realized.
William B. Hall, aged rs years, whose
death occurred early in the week near
| Wilson's Shops, was a member of
Hiram Lodge. No. 25, A. F. A. NJ, Of
this town. The members attended his
funeral on Thursday. lnterment in NJ.
e. cemetery in this town.
esterday the water was turned on
ofrm the new pumping station south
of town. 1t was a great success. An
analysts of a chemist shows that the
water is pure in every repect The
pump was kept going all day, allowing
the water to pour through the pipes to
clean them out. Now the town is as
lsured of an abundant supply of the
very best water.
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more than to the orthodox and easily
recognizable beauties Of musical
science. / had learned, too, the very
remarkable fact that the stem of the
Usher race, all time honored as it was.
had put forth at no period any endur-
ing branch; in other words, that the
entire family lay in direct line of de-
scent, and had always, with very trif-
ling and very temporary variation, so
lain It was this deficiency. | consid-
erred, while running over in thought the
perfect keeping of the character Of the
premises with the accredited character
of the people, and while specializing
upon the possible influence which the
one, in the long lapse of centuries,
might have exercised upon the other
II was this deficiency perhaps of collat-
eral issue. and the consequent unde-
Waiting transmission from sire to son
of the patrimony with the name, which
had at length so identified the two as
to merge the original title of the es-
tate in the quaint and equivocal appel
latiOn of the "HOuse of Usher -an
appellation which seemed to include.
i'll Aut DtlhuS vi lut HtdoahAAe VIM N'NN
it, both the family and the family
mansion.
have said that the sole effect of
my somewhat childish experiment.
that of looking down within the tarn-
had been to deepen the first singular
impression There can be no doubt
that the consciousness of the rapid in
crease of my superstitiOn-for why
should / not so term it?-served main
ly to accelerate the increase itself.
Such J have long known, is the para
doxical law of all sentiment having
terror as a basis: and il might have
been for this reason only that, when
again upifted my eyes to the house H.
self rom its image i'm the pool, there
grew in my mind a strange fancy-a
fancy so ridiculous indeed that | but
mention 70 10 show the vivid force of
the sensations which oppressed me.
had so worked upon my imagination
as really TO believe that about the
Evening journal., 1905-12-09
The Fall Of the House Of Usher


During the whole of dull, dark, and
soundless day in the autumn of the
year. when the clouds hung oppress-
lively low in the heavens, l had been
passing alone, on horseback, through a
singularly dreary tract of country, and
at length found myself as the shades
of evening drew on, within view of the
melancholy House of Usher. I know
not how it was-but, with the first
glimpse Of the building; a sense of in
sufferable gloom pervaded my spirit
| say insufferable; for the feeling was
unrelieved by any of that half-pleasur-
able. because poetic sentiment, with
Which the mind usually receives even
the sternest natural images of the des-
olate of terrible. | looked upon the
scene before me-upon the mere house,
and the simple landscape features OF
4 the domain-upon the bleak walls
upon the vacant eye-like windows
upon a few rank sedges-and upon a
few white trunks of decayed trees
with an utter depression of soul which
I can compare to no earthly sensation
more properly than to the afterdream
of the reveler upon opium-the bitter
'larse into everyday life-the hideous
dropping Of the veil. There was an
iiciness, a sinking, a sicl1ening of the
heart-an unredeemed dreariness of
thought which no goadingof the imagi-
nation could torture into aught of the
4 sublime What was it-I paused to
/ tthink-what it was that so unnerved
me in the contemplation of the House
K of Usher? It was a mystery all insolu.
BILE: nor could ! grapple with the shad-
owy faneies that crowded upon me as
I pondered. | was forced 10 fall back
upon the unsatisfactory conclusion,
that while, beyond doubt, there are
combinations of very simple natural
objects which have the power of thus
affecting us. still the analysis of this
power lies among considerations be
l.onl our depth. u was possible. I re
fected. that a mere different Arrange.
lmsnt Of the particulars Of the scene
Of the details Of the picture, would be
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down; and for some moments, while
we spoke not, | gazed upon him with
a feeling half of pity, half of awe.
Surely, man had never before so terri
bly, altered. i'm so brief a period. as had
Roderick Usherl Il was with difficulty
that ! could bring myself to admit the
identity of the man being before me
with the companion or my early boy
hood. Yet the character of his face
had been at all times remarkable. A
cadaverousness Of cOmpl5 XiOn an eye
large, liquid and luminous beyond com
parison: lips somewhat thin and very
palid, but of a surprisingly beautiful
curve; a nose OF a delicate Hebrew
model, but with a breadth of nostril
unusual in similar formations; a finely
moulded chin, speaking, i'm its want of
prominence. of want of moral
energy; hair of a more than web-like
softness and tenuity; these features,
with an inordinate expansion above
the regions of the temple. made up alto
gether a countenance not easily to be
forgotten. And now in the mere exag-
geration of the prevailing character of
lutSe ltdlu-tSs anu OF lut- SAplto9iNii
they were won't to convey lay so much
of change that ! doubted to whom !
spoke The now CHASTITY pallor of the
skin, and the now miraculous lustre of
the eye, above all things startled and
even awed me- The silken hair, too,
had been suffered TO grow all unheed-
ed. and as. i'm its wild gOssamer text
ure. Il foated rather than fell about
the face. could not, even with effort,
connect its ArabesQue expression with
any idea of simple humanity.
In the manner Of my friend J was at
once struck With an incohe-ence-an
inconsistency: and ! soon found this 10
arise from series Of feeble anl futile
struggles TO overcome an habitual
trepidancy-an excessive nervous agl-
tation. For something of this nature |
had indeed been prepared. no less by
his letter than hy "reminiscences of
certain boyish traits. and boy conclu.
sions dpduced from his peculiar physi
Evening journal., 1905-12-09
American E1uBerance.

A prominent English statesman who
visited this country a few years ago
was talking with friends about the na-
tional characteristics Of Americans and
gave it as his opinion that the western
er is the most truly humorous Of the
citizens of the United States.
why said the Brlton in explana-
tion, "a relative Of mine who frequent
ly visits the States for purposes OF
sport tells me that he was entranced
by the reply made to him by the pro-
prietor of a hotel in Nebraska when he
asked if there were any quail in the
vicinity.
"'Quailr exclaimed the proprietor.
4 should. say so! Why, they've got to
be a regular nuisance round here. My
cook complains that she can't throw a
piece Of toast out Of the window with
out four or five fat quail fighting to see
which shall get ON itg" Woman's
Home Companion
Evening journal., 1905-12-09
GEORGETOWN
Marriage Licenses Issued by Clerk Of
Peace in Sussex County.

Marriage Licenses Issued by Clerk Of
Peace in Sussex County.
Clerk of the Peace James II. Wright
issued marriage licenses this week to
Samuel NJ. Baker and Nellie Wilgus
of Lewes and Rehoboth hundred; L.
NV. Ryon of Wilmington and Anna
May Belts of Georgetown: William
OFT and Bessie Shockley of Broadkiln
hundred; James A. Brasure and Eliza
beth l.. Lynch, Baltimore hundred.
Register of Wills ID. j. Layton
granted letters of administration this
week on the estate of John T. WSler
late Of Seaford hundred, to Winford L..
Waller; on the estate of John S. Webb
late of Cedar Greek hundred, to Har-
riett e. Webb on the estate of Robert
]. Davidson. late of Dagsboro hundred,
to Delbert B. Davidson, on the estate
of Sarah B. Lewis late of Lewes, and
Rehoboth hundred, to Ella c. Virden;
on the estate of Elias Carmean, late of
Indian River hundred, to Henry l..
Barker; on the estate of Luther J. Nc
Cabe, late of Baltimore hundred, to
Lille Lynch.
Alonzo E. Hudson, who has been en-
ployed at Farnhurst for several years
has resigned his position there and
will open a grocery store in Dover
about January 1st.
Robert Windsor Of this town, has
Evening journal., 1905-12-09

sufficient to modify, or perhaps to ami
hilate, its capacity for sorrowful inn
preston; and, acting upon this idea,
/ reined my horse to the precipitous
brink of black and lurid tarn that lay
in unrufied lustre by the dwelling, and
gazed dOwn-but with a shudder more
thrilling than before-upon the re-
modelled and inverted images of the
gray sedge, and the ghastly treestems,
and the vacant and eye-like windows.
Nevertheless, in this mansion of
gloom | now proposed to myself a so
joun Of some weeks. The proprietor,
Roderick Usher, had been one of my
boon companions in boyhood; but
many years had elapsed since our last
meeting. A letter, however, had lately
reached me in a distant part of the
country letter from him-which, in
its wildly importunate nature, had adj
mitted of no other than a personal re-
ply. The Ms. gave evidence of ner-
vous agitation. The writer spoke of
acute bodily illness-of a mental dis
order which oppressed him-and of an
earnest desire to see me, as his best,
and indeed his only personal friend,
with a view of attempting, by the
cheerfulness of my society, some allie
Walton of his malady. It was the man
ner in which all this. and much more.
was aid-it was the apparent heart
that went with his request-whch al
lowed me no room for hesitation. and
II accordingly Obeyed forthwith what |
still considered a very singular sum-
mons.
Although, as boys, we had been even
Intimate associates, yet l really knew
little of my friend. His reserve had
been always excessive and habitual.
was aware. however. that his very an.
cient family had been noted. time out
of mind, for a peculiar sensibility of
Temperament displaying itself through
long ages in many works Of exalted
art. and manifested of late in repeated
deeds of muniiicent yet mObstrusive
charity, as we'll a. in q passionate de
voiion TO the intricacies. perhaps even
Evening journal., 1905-12-09
LAUREL
Items Of Interest to People Living in
Sussex County.

Items Of Interest to People Living in
Sussex County.
Justice Clapham issued marriage
licenses yesterday TO Captain Marcy
Phillips and Fanny E. Freeny and TO
Granville Roberts and Lizzie Dashiell
Tho annual election for town com
missioners of Sharptown resulted IN
the sc 'ection of Messrs. s. S Cooper
p. r. White, W. ID. Gravenor w. r.
Elliott and Z. n. Cooper who succeed
Messrs. Walter C. Mann. j. p. Cooper,
J.. o. Adams. c. J. Gravenor and NJ. II
Bennett who have served for two
years.
he Christmas market held by the wo-
men of ST. Philips Guild, closed last
night after three very successful even
Iings The net proceeds were $780,
Mrs. George w Wiley returned to-
day from a visit with Wilmington
friends.
Mrs. Leon Hurley of Seaford. has
been visiting her sister Miss Emma
Sirman.
Mrs. C. E. Davis is spending the
week it'll Philadelphia friends.
Glenn Otwell Is seriously Ill with
pneumonia.
Miss Cora schaffer Of Westminster,
Ind, is the guest Of Miss Laura Thorn
ison on Central avenue
Ira Adkins of Whitesviile. and Miss
Lilly Hill of Delmar, were married
Wednesday evening at Sussex parson-
age by the Rev. George E. Wood.
Evening journal., 1905-12-09
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanac for 1000.

their purchasing any time. The early
birds generally get the pick of things,
and clerks have more time to attend
TO the wants Of patrons now than they
will have when the rush sets I'm.
The other reason given for the abb
sence of Christmas shoppers is that
people have no time. Most Of the shops
are running nights until o'clock, and
outside OF Saturday night the help
have few opportunities to visit the
stores Some of the mills have been on
an overtime schedule since last sum
mer, and a few have put on night
gangs. This Is somewhat unusual for
this time Of the year, and shows how
good business is. The merchants should
reap the benefit of this. and as soon as
the people realize that Christmas is
coming the trade viii set in IN earnest
Evening journal., 1905-12-09
BRIDGEVILLE
There Will be Many Movings in the
Sussex County Town.

Scarlet fever is prevalent in this
town. Little Theodore Wiley who has
been seriously i'll with the fever is be-
ginning to improve. \. S. Smiths chill
dren are also convalescent.
Revel Bozman a we'll known black
smith and wheelwright of this place
was married recently to Miss Jennie
Stevens also of this town. After a brief
welding trip they will reside near the
railroad station.
Not for several years perhaps has
there been such a general moving as
there will be at Bridgeville and vicn-
ity this new year. People are already
beginning to take advantage of these
sun shining days to get established in
their new homes before the witer
weather sets in. WAGONS and furniture
vans can be seen at most any time
moving the household goods from one
street to another. Renting houses have
been i'm great demand this fall and
there are still a number of renters
who do not know where they will go
at the end of the year.
Colonel and Mrs. J. r. Nandenburg
who are spending the winter in Fiori-
da had an adveture some time recently
which they will probaly remember for
soma time. The hotel at which they
were stopping was destroyed by FIRE
1T was night. and they barely made
their escape from the burning build
ling.
/ Dealers in holly and mstletoe re-
lport that article more plentiful than
was at first expected he water in tn,
swamps and branches If this section
is lower than for several winters pre-
vious owing to the comparatively dry
weather.
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around melville the carvings of the
ceilings, the sombre tapestries of the
walls, the ebon blackness of the floors,
and. the phantasmagoric armorial tro-
phies which ratified as ! strobe, We're
Dut matters to which, or to such as
which, I had been accustomed from my
infancy-whlle I hesitated not 10 ac-
knowledge how familiar was all this
still wondered 10 find how unfamiliar
were the fancies which ordinary
images were stirring up. On one of
the staircases ! met the physician of
the family His comtenance. I thought
wore a mingled expression Of low cum
ming and perpexity He accosted me
with treDidatlon and passed on. The
valet now threw open a door and ush-
cred me into the presence of his mas
ter.
The room I'm which ] found myself
was very large and lofty. The windows
were long, narrow, and pointed, and ct
so vast a distance from the black
oaken floor as 10 be altogether mac
.cessible from within Feeble CLEANS of
.cncrimsoned light made their way
through the trellised panes, and served
TO render sufficiently distinct the more
prominent objects around; the eye
however. struggled in vain to reach the
remoter angles of the chamber, or the
.recesses Of the vaulted and fretted
ceiling Dark draperies hung upon the
walls. The general furniture was pro
fuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered
Many books and musical instruments
lay scattered about, but failed to give
any vitality TO the scene. felt that
b.eathed an atmosphere Of sorrow. An
air of stern, deep, and irredeemahle
gloom hung over and peryaded all
Upon my entrance, Usher arose from
a sofa on which he had been lying al
fun length, and greeted me with a vi
vacious warmth which had much in It.
at first thought. of an overdone cor
diality-of the const aimed effort OF
the ennuye man of the world. a gance
however al his countcnance convinced
me Of his perfect sincerity. We sat
Evening journal., 1905-12-09
MIDDLETOWN
The Rev. Albert E. Clay Called by St.
Anne's Church.

The Rev. Albert {. Clay Called by st.
Anne's Church.
The vestry of st. Anne's P. f. Church
has extended a call to the Rev. 9lbert
Edward Clay of Foxburg, Pa, to the
rectorship Of the church.
DIR. W. f. Barnard has just had built
one of the most modern chicken
houses in this neighborhood, and has
Purchased a number of thoroughbred
fowls. A number of other persons in
town are making a success Of chicken
raising, among them being Charles
Schuman with white wyandotees, Wal
ter easten with Buff Orphingtons. John
o. Jolls with Columbian Wyandottes,
and Charles P. Cochran with Rhode
Island Reds.
Edgar Clayton Of near here has a
fine flock or Brown Leghorns.
The Rev +. II. Moore will preach at
Armstrong; Chapel at Armstrong S
Corner on tomorrow afternoon at 2.30
O'Clock
Evening journal., 1905-12-09
SHOPPING SLOW
Holiday is But Little Over Two Weeks
Away.

Holiday is But Little Over Two Weeks
Away.
Although many of the merchants
have already prepared for Christmas.
the holiday trade is slow. Two
reasons are assigned for this. One
is that people do not realize how near
Christmas is Thanksgiving this year
came a week later than usual, and the
time before Christmas is that much
shortened. Few seem TO have noticed
the fact, and when people stop to think
of IL, they will probably be surprised
to find that Christmas is but a little
over two weeks hence.
Most folks viii be tempted TO leave
their purchases to the last week. cans
ing more trouble to themselves. but
also compelling the clerks in the stores
to do two weeks work in one. All of
the merchants are now ready to ac-
commodate the wants of the Christ
mas shoppers, and people can begin
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thousands OF Testimonials.
rh. Anllnultr % roolbaI:.

If it is not the oldest game in the
world football is notsfar from IL But
It has never been a game IN which puny
nations played. The Greek game was
originally called pheninda, or feinting,
later it was called episkyrus, epikoinos,
and lastly harpaston, under which
name It came to resemble football The
Roman game was follis and was less
rough. There was a center runner In
harpaston, around whom the game was
fought out One side was given the
ball; the other side chose center. The
side with the ball stood some distance
back from a line on which the center
runner was posted, and at signal the
bail was thrown past the middle man.
Players could be held back from secur-
ing the ball in any way, though the
Greek youths had no rush formation,
never seeming to have learned the val
ne OF team wOrk.-Outing.
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cal conformation and temperament.
His action was alternately vivac,ous
and suilen. His voice varied rapidly
from a tremulous indecisiOn (when the
animal spirits seemed utterly in abcy-
ance) to that species of energetic con-
cision-that abrupt, weighty, unhur-
rled. and hollow sounding enunciation
that leaden, selfbalanced and perfect
ly modulated cultural utterance which
may be observed in the lost drukard,
or the irreclaimable eater of opium.
during the periods Of his most intense
excitement.
II was thus that he spoke OF the
object of my visit. of his earnest de-
sire TO see me. and of the solace he
expected me to afford him. He entered
at some length into what he conceived
TO be the nature of his malady Il was.
he said, constitutional and a family
evil, and one for which he despaired to
find a remedy-a mere nervous affec-
ltion, he Immediately added, which
would undoubtedly soon pass or. It
displayed itself in host Of unnatural
sensations Some of these. as he de-
tailed them, interested and bewildered
me; although perhaps the terms and
the general manner of the narration
had their weight. He suffered much
from a morbid acuteness Of the sen
.ses: the most insipid food was alone
'endurable; he could wear only gar
ments of certain texture; the odors of
all flowers were oppressive; his eyes
were tortured by even a faint light;
and there were but peculiar sounds.
and these from stringed Instruments.
which did not inspire him with horror.
Ito be Continued Monday
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been appointed telegraph operator at
Stockley station.
Henry Stoeckle. living near Piney
Grove, butchered two hogs Monday
that weighed 932 pounds.
The extra meetings in the NJ. p
Church have proved a success. There
have been 81 conversions.