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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-08-18
RIds Eor RazIna RuiIdIna..

At tho Office Of Captain Lewis r.
Garard. Delaware City yesterday after
noon, the following bids were opened for
the removal Of twelve buildings at Fort
Mott n. ] Merit w Fowler, $l7,7so-5o;
John =. Taylor 7.6f7; Harry c. Clark.
Si7.ss5: John G. Evan, Sis99o. Edwin C.
Reynolds. Ss.soo The contract viii be
awarded shortly.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-08-18
BLACKBURN-LANeFORD FIGHT
They Will Battle for Fifteen Rounds
at LeipervilIe Tonight.

The Blackburn-Langford fight before the
Leiperville Athletic Club at Leipervine.
Pa, tonight, viii be an important event.
The men are scheduled to battle fifteen
rounds. Blackburn is the champion vel
ter weight Of Pennsylvania and Langford
the recognized champion Of New England.
The men viii box at catch weights.
Both will be over $50 polnds and both
have trained strenuously. The winner
VIII be entitled to the championship
honors in his class, of Pennsylvania and
New England.
The fight Will be held under canvas.
Leiperville is a short distance above Ches-
ter and is easily reached by trolley cars
from this city.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-08-18
VOODOO DOCTOR
HELD FOR COURT
Sold Charms to Superstitious
Women for Five Dollars
Each
PRISONER CLAIMS TO Be HlNDOO

Charged with obtaining money under
false pretense. Tombie vansandallm.
who processes to be a Hindoo. and who is
alleged TO be 'voodoo doctor was ar
raigned in City Court this morning and
was held IN 500 ban for the Court OF Gen-
eral Sessions He entered a plea OF guilty
and In consequence. hearing was not
gone into
A number OF women OF the tenderioin
district were In court ready TO testify
against the handsome dark skinned Hn-
doc. The most Of them had purchased
charms TO change their luck. as one OF
them remarked The terms were so cents
or whatever he could get. on the delivery
Of the lucky stones" and the balance
to oe paid IN nine days. The price OF n
charm was s..
EXPERIENCE OF ONE WOMAN.
Pearl Rudolph was called as a witness
against the Hindco. but before she could
relate her dealings with the alleged WOO
doc man" Judge Cochran announced that
inasmuch as the defendant had pleaded
guilty 1t would be unnecessary 20 80 into
the merits Of the case before him. and
consequently held the prisoner for the up
per court The Rudolph woma nafterward
told a reporter for Tho Evening Journal
that she bought a charm from Vangan-
danum. the price 10 be paid being s.. she
gave the Hlndoo so cents on the delivery
of the charm and was to pay him the
balance $3.50 nine days later Yesterday
morning she said. the prisoner came 10
the house and said he must have the bal
ance Of money due on the charms he Rad
sold there by IL o'clock. The money was
not paid him and he was later arrested by
Patroimen Pierce and King on tho
coast"
Tomble appeared on the street wearing
fantastic turban and the negroes who
had heard OF him as "voodoo man.
one capable OF curing disease. bringing
about good fortune or bad. and IN league
with his Satanic majesty. stood In awe Of
him. His charms we're not of the cheap
kind. 81 or s., but the price Of each was
s. delivered on small payment, but tho
balance had 10 bee forthcoming or some
thing doeful would happen TO the holder
OF the charm. who failed to cough up.
The charms are made of red hannc
coverings and contain humane hair sew
eral stones. powdered sulphur, a powdei
with sweet smelling odor and other ar
tlcles Of similar nature. They are suppose'
TO overcome ON evli omons- to destro'
e bad luck end 10 keep away disease. q
well as to bring good fortune to the pos
SCISSOR.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-08-18
Poles for Peninsula canneries.
snecial 10 The Eveninc Journal.

Dover. Aug. 1S.-A large number Of
Poles are being employed in canneries
on the Peninsula. They take the place
Of negro help and work steadily from
morning to night. They will also work
extra hours when called upon during a
glut OF fruit. Yesterday a carload OF
the foreigners arrived at Cheswold
having been engaged by Proprietor
Frank Preston OF the cannery there.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-08-18
CAMP TRUSTEES TO MEET
They Will Receive Financial Report
Of Recent Meeting on Aug. 20.

The trustees Of the Brandywine SUM
meet on August 20 for the purpose of
met on August 26 for the purpose OF
receiving the report Of the finances of
the camp-meetirE, which ended last
Monday.
The camp grounds are now almost
deserted. the cool weather causing
those who remained after the close of
the meeting to go to their homes
Superintendent Perry and his assist
ants, however, are stin on the grounds
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-08-18
PREACHER NOT DISMAYED
Special to The Evening journal.

7oUtCIdT 70 IHt tlNtHIHb JVUfHdI
Smyrna, Aug. 1S-The failure Of the
Rev. c. A. Brawn, colored, to secure
permission from Town Council of
Smyrna, to erect a tent for the pur-
pose of holding missionary. services, did
not deter him in his work. The Coun-
ell did not grant the permit because
of the action of the Attorney General
in suppressing the Friendship camp
meeting after the recent fatal riot.
The missionary then purchased four
building lots from ]. Henry Jefferson
for s400 and is now preparing to build
a church. He has already secured
thirty-six members.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-08-18
LEWIS ROOMAN IN TROUBLE
Charged With Acting Improperly To.
ward Yaung Girl.

Charged with acting improperly
toward Florence Hollis. a 17-year-old
girl living on East Sixth street, Lewis
Rodman, young man, was a prisoner
in City Court to-day. The case was
continued for two weeks at the request
Of Assistant City Solicitor Rice.
It is understood that the girl is con-
fined to her home and for this reason
the hearing was postponed.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-08-18
shenhsrds Of RathI.hnm.

Welcome Lodge No. 3 Shepherds Of
Bethlehem will give AN annual excur-
sion to WASHINGTON Park tomorrow.
All Of the Shepherd lodges Of the city
are invited to join The last boat will
leave Fourth street wharf for the park
at seven o'clock. returning by moon
light.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-08-18
Mr.. shOckley's Poems.

ITTTT7TT . IT" = VIII" "TT7'7 777777
Dover, Aug 1S.-William Penn
Shockley. the we'll known lawyer Of
Dover. has just published his first
book of poems. 1t is entitled Forest
Leaves" and has been largely sub
scribed for .-.roughout the state. The
book contains many poems Of local
import. written upon the peculiarities
and natural advantages OF Kent and
Sussex counties. and of the picturesque
Delaware river and bay.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-08-18
High Prices For Peaches.

Dover Aug. 1S.-Peaches are being
shipped as high as $3.50 a carrier in
New York and Boston. Three car
loads Of canteloupes are being ship
ped from Clayton eacn day. They
are selling for SLIP crate in New
York and S1.50 in Boston.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-08-18
MINOR cAsEs.

The following cases were disposed Of
Preston l.. Dewey drunk and disordorly.
s.; Robert Armstrong and Joseph Culver,
two young men, vagrancy, 60 days each;
Charles Barone. John Barone and Cooper
McGinnis three boys charged with tress-
pass. dismissed; Fred schoolmaster, as
sauit and battery. continued until next
Tuesday Peter HeclSer, a boy. assault and
battery on another boy. continued untin
next Tuesday; Brownstone sezapanslSi. as
sault and battery, continued until next
Tuesday; George Hayes and Charles
Blake, both colored. charged with keep
Ing a disordcrly house. continued until
Tuesday.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-08-18
ONE O'Clock QUOTATIONS.
from Scott & Co.

from Scott & Co.
irnal. Copper Co.. 80. -. ..... SsH
merican Sugar Refining ... e. I44X
tch. Top. and Santa Fe Com. Se4
.ch. Top. and Santa Fe. -ref.. Io4
.ooklyn Rapid Transit -. -. 693S
altimore and Ohio ... -. 80 It3H
hhada Southern ... -. -. -, 7IH
hicago Ct. Western ... -. :. AK
hesapeaEe and Ohio -. .. 81
licago and Alton -. -. -..., 30
hicago and Northwest ... -. ar
ii. Nil and st. Paul Com ..... ISsN
ock Island Com -. .... =. "a
ock Island Prfd -. -. -. =. 79N
lie ..... -. -. ........- ass
1st pfrd -. e. -. ss54
inois Central ... ..... 49,. III
buisville and Nashville 80. -. I4eX
etropolitan Street Railway =. I2s4
etro. Security Co.. e. -. 80. S3
\ anhattan Cons -. ..... ...... I67
A ssouri Pacific ..... -. .... 100
b.. Kansas and Texas. pfd 80. 7oM
4 Y. Central and Hudson -. .. 154H
Y. Ontario and Western -. IS
4 Prfolk and Western Conn. SsN
y cifc Mail -. ..... 80. .... 4sH
4 ma Railroad Co -. .... I4sA
Il ople's Gas $500. los
# aiding ..... -.... ia
y 1st pfrd -. -. -. -. os
Il End prefd 49,. -. -. oas[
a Navarro and Hudson 80. -. 2t1H
uthen Pacific -. 80. Ok
uthern ky- Com -. -. -. s5X
8 xas and Pacific -. -. SO
nn. Coal and Iron CO Sc. -. eoH
ion ifc Com -. 49,. Is5N
n ;. steel Com --. -. -. 49,. 56H
'oash Oom .-' g.. --.,-.... ak
aoasn ftrd ............ AK
stern Union go. ...,.. g.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-08-18
TIE WEATHER.

Tomorrow promises to be
fair to partly cloudy, slowly
rising temperature. Sunday
partly cloudy.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-08-18

on the good work for
Glazed Kid.
Keep right a fter it.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-02-03
OFT of the Judges Hands
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

wife is like condemning each to life
Of torturing servitude. There is but
one remedy; that is to grant a decree
Of divorce; and to this end my client
asks that she be allowed the custody
and care Of the children. This agree
ment is mutual between the two"
The attorney went back to his seat.
The two little boys yawned in uni
SON, and each gazed apologetically into
the pale face Of the mother. This
time she did not smile at them. Her
mind was busy with other things, and
she with difficulty suppressed a sob.
The judge removed his glasses and
carefully wiped them with the corner
Of his big silk kerchief 1t was evil
dent he was wavering between two
convictions.
During the long silence none in the
court room saw a thin column Of
smoke creep, as noiselessly as a reptile,
up the stairway and enter the CORR
dor. 1t kept close to the door, and
glided up the aisles between the rows
Of empty benches. When it crept be-
meath the bench where the woman
and the boys sat little puggish nose
gave curious sniff, and the ominous
silence was broken by the childish re-
mark:
Mamma, 1 smell smoker
"Firel Firep' came a loud, startling
cry up the stairway.
The judge closed his book with
start thrust his glasses into his vest
pocket and looked about him dazed,
Mortified. THE building is on hre,"
said he in alarm; I'VE had best make
our escape to the lower floor" AS he
skurried toward the door he uncon-
sciously picked up one Of the boys.
The attorney snatched up the other,
and in a moment they were down the
stairway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sprigsbee sat mute, as
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-02-03

lower fight. The hot breath Of the
flames scorched his face, and tiUm
below he could hear the shouts and
yells Of the fremen.
you'll never make 1t this Yayp' he
heard someone cry. "Go back to the
other stairsV But he was deaf to the
warning cry. He wrapped the wom-
ans cape about her face, pressed her
closer and rushed on. For a time, an
age it seemed to him, he was wading
through a furnace of fire. He closed
his eyes, leaped, and fell headlong into
the arms Of two big fremen. A mo-
ment more and he was in the refresh
ing air, safe, with his burden still
pressed close to him.
He lay her down on the cool grass
and famed her white face with hiS
hat. He believed he had never seen d
sweeter, prettier face than this. He
raised her head on his arm, and she
opened her large blue eyes.
Where are little Tom and Harry 2"
she asked feebly.
Here we are, mamma" And four
youthful arms clasped her neck.
"And you, VIII, you won't leave me
for while, viii your l feel so weak
and faint"
mo, my dear, shall never leave
you"
BLESS you for those wopls, WILL
my love-"
Their lips met in long, quivering
kiss. The incompatible had become
compatble.-The Housewife.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-02-03

II not yet awake to tnelr peril. Then
Sprigsbee ran for the door and was
confronted by a stihing column of
black smoke. The court room was on
the third floor, and he gained the first
landing in safety. AS he turned to
the lower stairs he suddenly thought
Of Mrs. Sprigsbee, his wife-ah, yes,
his wife; the thought brought a smile
to his hardened face. But the smile
passed quickly, and in its stead a look
of horror, Of fear, Of anxiety came, not
for himself, but for the woman he had
thoughtlessly, cowardly left in the
court room.
He whiried on his heel and dashed
back up the stairway, three steps at a
bound. Mrs. Sprigsbee was running
about the court room frantically, aim
lessly when her husband entered. "Oh.
where are my children, where are my
boys2" she walled in agony.
'grhey are down. They are SAFE
Sprigsbee cried and took her by the
hand. Here, come with me. We
must get down instantly"
NOAANAn WIS AdluL ana weak
from long suffering suffering that he
himself had brought upon her, and
now, as he gripped the delicate an
gers in his own, Sprigsbee realized 1t
all. She could but slowly descend the
stairs, in spite Of his efforts to hurry
her. The smoke rolled up in murky.
choking gusts, and the sharp, inces-
SAINT cracking of flames came from
below.
I'VE must go faster" Eprigsbes cried
desperately.
The woman tried to increase her
pace, but could not The raging smoke
blinded her, stined her, and before the
nrst landing was reached, she fell IN
q swoon.
sprigsbee caught her In his arms He
was surprised to find how light and
fran she was. With his burden press
ed elOsa b him, he dashed down the
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-02-03
BIBLE WRITTEN IN rs.

Mu1tip1es of This Figure Recur signiA.
cantIy in New Testament.
The phenomena of the figure Z and
its multiples, occurring in the New
Testament, have been touched upon
by Ivan Panin, a Russian student Of
the Bible, who for a number of years
has made his home at Grafton, Mass
This significance of the seven" group
will not be lost even upon the super
stitious who are outside the pale Of
scriptural points, and, as Mr.. Panin
has shown them, their relations Of
their groupings to the first eleven
verses of the New Testament must
suggest that they were scarcely
chance.
For instance, in these first eleven
verses of Matthew, the vocabulary con.
sists of forty-nine words, or seven sew.
ems; Of these words there are twenty
eight, or four sevens, which begin with
Vowels, and twenty-one, or three sew
ems, which begin with consonants.
This distribution by sevens be.
tween vowel words and consonant
words justly might have been deemed
accidental but for the fact that of the
forty-nine words forty-two Of them ars
nouns-six sevens-and seven are not
nouns" is the comment of the writer.
OF the forty-two nouns there are
thirty-hVe proper nouns, or FIVE sevena,
while seven are common nouns. OF
the thirty-1ve proper names four sew
ems are male ancestors of Jesus and
seven are not such. Not only then IL
the distribution of the forty-nino
words Of the vocabulary by seYens as
between vowel words and consonant
words but also as between the parts
Of speech"
As further and absolute proof that
these phenomena of the seyens are net
accidental Mr.. Panin points out that
the forty-nine words Of the vocabulary
show fourteen words that are not used
but once, while thirty-fve Of them, OF
nye Sevens, are used more than once.
His conclusions after an exhaustive ar.
rangement Of the "seven" features are
that "Not even the choice of the Ian.
guages in which the scriptures were
written was made without marked nu.
merical design at the threshold OF the
subject"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-02-03
Buttons out OF Fruit seeds.

In Central America there is a fruit
producing palm which has quite meta
morphOsed the button business and
formed the nucleus Of one Of the most
important industries. The seed Of this
fruit contains a milk that is sweet To
the taste and is relished by the ma
lives. The milk, when allowed to re-
main in the nut long enough, becomes
hardened, and turns into a substance
as hard as the ivory from an ele-
plants tusks. The plant which pro
duces these nuts is called the ivory
plant. Most OF the buttons used in the
United States, whether called iyorv.
pearl, bone, horn, or rubber. come
from this source. The ivory plant il
one Of the wonders Of the age and
is rewarding It's growers with vast for
tunes. The nuts are exported bv the
shipload to big button factories. from
which they issue forth in every con-
ceivable design, color, grade, and elias
sification Of button.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-02-03
HeaIthx'uI Optimism.

A certain lady had met with a serl-
GUS accident which necessltated a varv
painful surgical operation and many
months confinement to her bed. when
the physician had finished his work
and was about taking his leave. the
patient asked, doctor, how long shall
l have to lie here helplessP "Ob
only one day at a time" was fbe
CHEEKY answer; and the poor sufferer
was not only comforted for the mo.
ment, but many times during the sue
ceeding weary weeks did the Thought
"Only a day at a time" come bacF
with its quieting influence. We thJnk
it was Rev, Sidney Smith who recon.
mended taking short views" as 4
good safeguard against needless wor.
~; and One far wiser than he said,
Take, therefore, no thought for tho
morrow. Sumcient unto the day e ~
evil thereof"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-02-03
Rent Radium by The Hon.

When one reads Of the consldera BILE
use that is being made incidentally OF
radium 1t seems hardly credible that
80 much can have been made Of so
little. The amount procurable in Lon
oon to-day is considerably less than
grain Consequently, as only a limited
number Of medical men can have an
opportunity Of utilizing this weird
chemical, it is suggested that chem
lists should follow the example Of one
OF u eir number, who has obtained
small tube containing five milli-
erammes OF radium bromide, and hires
u out ar $3.50 an hour. This is surely
me strangest Development of modern
pharmacy.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-02-03
Absorbing 10 hin FnII-

A young Japanese compositor en-
ployed on a Japanese paper in New
York was riding downtown in a Citv
Hall train the other morning. He was
engrossed In his morning paper. and
paid little attention to the other mas.
sengers.
But fresh-lOOking young man who
sat next to him, and who had been
eying him all along, suddenly asked:
What sort Of 'nese' are you, any
wayf A Chinese or a Japanesei"
The little Jap was not caught nan
ping. Quick as a wink he replied:
What sort Of a key are you, any.
Wayl A monkey, donkey, or a Yam
keep
Inc fresh young man had no more
70 say and left the train quickly when
the City Hall station was reached
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-02-03
JoMEs.s REcITATIoN.


He Had a Wonderful Memory and
Brought Down the House.
Ladies and gentlemen" he began,
I'm going to give you recitation. It's
its called The Schooner Horatius.'
No, 1 mean The Village Rock No,
that isn't it. It's How the-the
Blacksmith Kept the Bridge 1 mean
lists a thing by Longfellow, you
know; that is, think it was Tenny-
son!'
1.-THE Boy Stood on the Burning
Deck" whispered Blake, loud enough
for him to hear.
Eyes, that's It," went on Jones.
Then he fixed his eyes on a point in
the roof and blurted out in jerks and
starts, as the odd lines came before
him, the following effusion;
The boy stood on the burning deck,
He-he stood upon his head,
Because his arms and legs were off,
So he waved his arms and said
My name is Norval On the Gramplan
Hills
The village smithy stands;
The smith, mighty man, was-was
wrecked,
On the pitiless Goodwin Sands.
And by him sported on the green
His little grandchild Wilhelmine;
Teh doctors had given him up, sir,
The darling of our crewl
And-and the cheek of Argyll grew dead
ly pale,
And we rushed for the signal rockets.
Lets fire them quick" we cried,
And the good Abbot of Aberbrothock
plunged headlong into the tide.
Then who viii stand on either hand and
keep the bridge with me?
On board the schooner Hesperus that
sails the wintry sea,
l, with two more to help me, will bold
the foe in play,
For / am to be Queen Of the May,
mother; I'm to be Queen of the
May.
When it was all over, and the roars
Of laughter had subsidized, Jones rushed
off the stage and hid himself for the
rest of the evening. And the memory
of his famous recitation is still an
evergreen one in the annals Of the
school, Tit Bits.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-02-03
The wooden Indian.

Behold the wooden Indian,
Who stands outside the door.
And guards, with frown and Ratchet
The old tobacco store.
He never beat a grocery bill,
He never told a lie,
He never took longing look
At bourbon, fizz, or rye.
Behold the wooden Indian
A mass Of oak and paint;
he never made a crooked move.
In faith, he is a saint.
He never bought a stack Of chips
And sat into a game;
He never rushed a chorus girl.
Or firted with a dame,
Behold the wooden Indian,
Who, on the other hand,
Was never known to help the Door
That fill our glorious land;
Who never heard the piteous CRY
OF him who starved alone
Who never gave a hungry dog
So much as one small bone,
Behold the wooden Indian
And clay is much like WOOD.
Who never did a bit Of harm.
Nor yet a bit Of good.
His family Is not extinct
In fact, one often meets
A lot Of wooden Indians
A-walking on the streetsI
Milwaukee Sentinel.