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BUILDERS TRIAL TRIP.

Associated Press Disnatcn nv special Wires
Philadelphia, Pa, April 4.-The pro-
tected cruiser St. Louis, built at the yards
Of the Neafe d Levy Ship and Engine
Building Co. of this city sailed today for
the builders trial trip Under the con-
tract, the St. Louis must reach a speed
OF 20 knots per hour.
The government trial will be made later.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04
RAILROAD MEN LAID oFE.

Special coHesuonasa,r evrv fvanng
Georgetown, April A. Orders have been
received here by the ioremen of the section
gangs employed on the two divisions Of
the d., NJ, q " railroad 20 lay off all the
men so employed, until further notice.
The orders did not state for what purpose
the men we're laid off.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04
New YORK Markets.

Associated Press Dlsuateh uY onecat Wires
New York, ApFii t.-Flour rcoeipts, 1885
barrels. sales I 100 barrels Firm Tut quiet
Wheat receipts 1900 bushels sales, 10000
bushels, strong May, so.<as6 l-l6ci july, oia
84isci september, g. &c,
kye. nominal,
Corn, receipts, 5,7S5 bushels. option market
was dull ana without transactions.
Beef, firm
Pork, firm: mess, sI7 25aflL5o
Lard firm. prime Western steam, S. S60asa6A
sugar, raw. firm; fair renning, i'3la8 Lice,
Centrifugal g5 testa i7-32al loldo Moiasses sugar
2 70 8la2 la-i6ci refined quieti crushed s5. t0i
powdered, 81 a0i grauulaieQ, A.iA
Petroleum, steady. refined ali ports, tiobatLG Co
Clfee. quiet, No. RIO, l-ldr.
Aolassrs, trm; New orleans, aoa5sc.
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s12o.ooo FIRE AT PONTIAC.

Associated Press DispaIcn by special Wire.
Pontiac, Mich, April 4.--Firo early
today destroyed the buggy and wagon
factory OF. r. ID. Scott & Co. and seven
residences, occupying half block, causing
q total loss of Sl2O,O00. The loss on tho
factory is 100000 In addition several
cars on the Grand Trunk tracks were de-
stroycd
The fire is believed 10 have been Of in
cendinry origin. No one was injured,
although the families occupying tho
burned houses were compelled TO make
lustv exits.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04
WILL NOT STAND FoR REELECTION.

Associated Press Dispatch bv Special Wires
New Haven. Conn. April 4.-Ihe dec
lnation of United States Senator Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew TO stand for reelection to
the Yale corporation was announced to-
dav az the office of the secretary Of the
university
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04
CONTROL OF THE NITRATE ouFPUF

Associated lress Dis a .ch by Special Wires
Santiago, Chilli April After long
negotiations, which AZ times were critical,
the nitrate interests have successfully
Organized for the control Of the output
of that product.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04
Nsu Lnnomotire Hnrn

One Of the engines Of the Philadelphia
& Reading railway, used on the main
line. was in this city this morning. The
engine has the engineers cab over the
forward part Of the boiler and is different
from the locomotives in use in this city.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04
Girdles and Belts cleaned for Easter.

For this week only We will clean all
kinds OF girdles and belts that are brought
10 our office, for half price. We are doing
this 70 have you remember that we have a
dry cleaning and dying department in
connection with our laundry, Manhattan
Laundry Co.. S06-S0S King streets
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04
An AERoNAUT MIssING.
The Balloon in Which He Made an Asosn-
sion Found on Long Island.

sion Found on Long Island.
Associated Press Dlspatch ov speaiai Wire,.
New York, April 4-The balloon in
which Paul NocQuet a sculptor, made an
ascension Yesterday, was found at 10
o'clock last night on Jones Beach, on the
south shore Of Long Island. Capt. Austin
of the liicsaving station reported today
that the balloon had apparently landed
on the beach. where Il had been dragged
along some distance in the sand. Tracks
about the balloon seemed 10 indicate that
the aeronaut had survived his fight. Near
the spot where the balloon was discovered
there are a number of cottages and sham
ties, to any one Of which Nocquet may
have gone for refuge for tho night, II he
alighted safely. The crew of the Jones
Beach lie-saving Station were out today
searching for any further traces Of the
missing aeronaut
The balloon wa- last seen at dusk yester-
day, when il disappeared In an easterly
direction over Long Island, and friends Of
Nocquet feared that he had been carried
out TO sea. Members Of the Aero Club
express the belief that Nocquet had made
n successful descent, with the aid Of his
parachute, before the balloon reached the
seashore,
A later report from the captain Of the
Jones Beach Lifesaving Station told Of the
finding Of several buttons in the car on the
beach. On the sand about the balloon
were scattered several newspapers and
other articles from the car, the newspaper
having been taken along 20 be torn up anc
cast out while the aeronaut was taking the
direction of the wind.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04
Mrs- ID P. Rnrnardls condltlon.

Mrs. Daniel p. Barnard, who was seri-
ously injured several days ago, as the
result OF fall down stairs, was slightly
improved today.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04
Twelfth Ward commlttaa 10 Meet

The committee appointed at meeting
Of the citizens Of the Twelfth ward TO
devise plans for improving the streets of
that ward will meet tonight at the office
OF DR.. Horace Bradley
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04

Washington. April 4.--The Navy Dc
partment today received a cable message
from the commander Of the Potomac,
the tug with the dry-dock Dewey, as
follows.
Tuesday, p. m, latitude AS, longi-
tude I5.45-The Potomac has been into
Malta and has sailed for Port Said.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04
GEN. BLANoo DEAD.

Associated Press Dispatcn by special Wires
Madrid. Spain, April 4.-Gen, Blanco,
former governor-general Of Cuba, died
this morning.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04
THE pRY.DooK DEWEY.

Associated Pres Dispatches ny Special Wires
Valetta. Malta, April 4.-The United
States dry-dock Dewey and her conveys
bound for the Philippine Islands, passed
here at noon today and reported all well
on board
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04
Tho Acme Of Perfection in N Eyeglass

is the Shur on ] make ths style up H.
a special guard; for comfort It cannot ,
beaten. Cubberly, S2l Market street.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04

Acting through the pores upon the sources
of Inflammation Glenn's sulphur Soap
promptly relieves the burning, itching and
other annoyancea caused by Salt Rheum,
Scald Head, lmpetigo, Eryuipelaa, and
other skin diseases and ultimately removes
every vestige of them.
Hill'H instantaneous Hair Dye Is safe as
wall IA epeedV.e
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-04
aludertaRrrs.

James T. Chandler,
Undertaker and Embslmer,
214 West Ninth Street.
1..t.rb,,,a oonnactfoua
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Associated Press Dispatch By special Wires
New York, April A-The stock market opened
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LAUNCHING THE LlFEBOAT.

At last modern invention has be-
gun to grapple with the task of
bringing the primitive method of
launching a boat from a ships side
at sea to a condition more worthy
of the twentieth century. The pres
ent system, clumsy in fine weather
and one of deadly peril in storm,
when alone the launching of the
ships lifeboat reaches its highest
necessity, has been described as ga
disgrace to marine engineering" NJ.
Welin, a Swedish engineer, has
made an effort to remove the re-
proach. His apparatus, which has
been subjected to many practical
tests, has a hinge arrangement in
the "chocks." The drawing of a
bolt sets them free and permits the
boat to glide outward, while there
are horizontal arms to keep the boat
from crashing against the ships
side. As passengers and crew can
be got into it before it leaves the
davits, the boat can be got clear i'm
mediately upon touching the water,
which removes another of the great
dangers of shipwreck.
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Itaiy's Wolf Hunter.

A modern Nimrod, a hunter of
the old school, has just died in Italy.
For half a century he made wolf
hunting a business which kept him
in comfort and left a margin for a
"rainy day." Wherever there was a
wolf to be destroyed Luca Chiaretti
was called in, and many were his
savage encounters and many the
scars left upon his body as wit
nesses. His left hand showed the
marks of some terrible rips, sustain
ed in executing a royal commission
from the present kings GRANDPA
ther, the Victor Emmanuel of his
tory, so long since as 1875. 1t was
his ambition to capture the beast
alive, and he closed with it for the
purpose, but the wolf got his left
hand in its jaws and tore it so furi-
ously that with the manned hand
still between the animals teeth he
had to shoot it with his right.
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FINGER RINGS.
They Arc Circles of Sentiment With
Histories Centuries Old.

They Arc Circles Of Sentiment With
Histories Centuries Old.
Old as sentiment itself is the
ring. Among the Italians of the
sixteenth and seventeenth centu-
ries it was customary for women to
give to their lovers rings which con-
tanned their portraits. These rings
were in the forms of two clasped
hands, in which a hidden spring
concealed the picture.
Another quaint custom of the
long ago was that of breaking
ring for betrothal. Such rings were
fashioned for the purpose, being
made of two twin circles, and were
called gimmal rings, from the word
gemelli, meaning twins.
A ring Of pure gold she from her finger
took,
And Just in the middle the same there she
ouOth she, Gas token of love you this
take,
And this as pledge will keep for your
sake"
The gimmal was also a favorite
wedding ring for many years. Dry
den thus describes it in 'Don Sc
bastian::"
A curious artist wrought 'em,
With joints so close as not to be per-
ceived,
Yet are they both each others counter
part,
Her part had Juan inscribed and his had
Zayda.
In the modern fondness for rings
Is seen a survival of the barbaric
love of display, of superstition and
of sentiment. The habit of loading
the fingers with jewels, which Sene-
ca condemned in his day, saying,
"Our fingers are loaded with rings,
each joint is adorned with precious
stone" is still in favor with a class
IN whom the baFbaric instinct is not
yet exterminated, while many a
modern belle would like to wear, as
did the Expresses Faustina and Do
militia, rings which cost 5000, 900
and 100000. And she does often
wear, as did her Roman prototype,
"sardonyxese, jaspers and emeralds
on the joints of her fingers"
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BOOK NOTICE.

Smiley's Manuel of American Liter
AZURE. BY James B. Smiley, A. NJ.
Assistant Principal of Lincoln High
School, Cleveland, Ohio. Cloth,
16mo, 1886 pages, with portraits
Price, so cents. American Book
Company New York, Cincinnati,
and Chicago.
The aim of this little manual is to
open the way to a more extended
study Of the masterpieces of Ameri-
can literature. The treatment is
biogra phical rather than critical, as
the intention is to interest beginners
in the lives of the great writer's, and
thus to encourage a freer and less
mechanical study of their works. AL
though the greatest space has been
devoted to the more celebrated
writers, attention is also directed to
authors prominent in the early his
tory Of our country. In a brief chap
ter mention is made Of few writer's
whose books are enjoying present
popularity. Suggestions for reading
both with reference to each authors
work and along biographical lines.
appear at the end of the chapters. At
the close Of the manual there is a
list Of general reference books help
full to a more critical study.
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HUMoR OF THE HOUR



when de middle and de prognostic
sail yO', muh friends" said good old
Parson Bagster in the course of re-
cent sermon, don't extemporize wild
'em. Don't 'pologize for de faith dat
am in yO, but dess give 'em de word
de plain, unsophisticated word wild de
bark on! On'y deSs yiste'd'y, down by
de postofice, 1 locks hawns wild a
prognostic-one O. desc yuh half edu-
Gated yaller nuisances OATS pulled up
like toad fraugs uhkaze dey think
dey's most white-and he wanted to
'spute about de Holy Scriptures. He
don't b'lieve dis, he don't b'lieve dat
and he has grave doubts about de
tudder. l dess Glars puh th'oat, /
does, and says l:
Little man, down dar, how old is
yo'Y
" 'Twenny-fo' yeahs, sah,' says he.
'Uh-huh! says /, dess like dat. 'Uh-
huh! YO' has been in de business Of
doubtin' de Lawd and his works for
twenny-fO' yeahs, is yO'? Well-uh, de
Lawd has done been uh-runnin' de uni
verse twenny-fo' million yeahs and den
some, and does -yo' reggin, little man,
dat newcomer like yose'f knows mo-
about the operation of de great and
mighty oataplasm of creation dan de
Creator hisself?
''Well-uh, and 20 dess ort to seed
him crumple up and crope off! OATS
dc way to do it, muh bruddren and
muh sistahs! When de prognostic sails
yo' give him de word and give it to
him loud and coa'se! De choir will
now vOciferate. tom P. Morgan in
Woman's Home Companion.
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ELECTION AND THE
DRAINAGE SCHEME,
Fit Myers Press.

In spite Of the extraordinary effort
that has been made for several
months past throughout the state to
create public sentiment against Gov.
Broward's plans to drain the Ever
glades. he seems to retain a wonder
ful hold on the people, for the expect
ed revolt against him did not occur in
the primary. 1t is true some gains
were made in the Senate by the anti
drainage people, but not to the ex-
tent that they had hoped for.
Lee County has been looked upon
as the county most strongly favoring
plans to Drain the Everglades. be-
cause she is deeply concerned in the
question. It is not so much the cues
ton OF retaining overlooked lands
with the people OF this county, as the
protecting OF the richest stretch of
land in Florida. lying for miles along
the CalOOsahatchee, which can only
be successfully accomplished by the
opening of drainage canals and per-
manently lowering the level of Lake
OkechObee.
Judging by the large vote given to
Senator Harris in Lee County. who
1t is well known, is opposed to Gov.
ernor Broward's present plans to
drain the Everglades, it might be rea-
soned that the people Of Lee County
were themselves opposed to the
scheme This, we do not
believe, however, is the case. While
Mt. Harris was known to be against.
the scheme, the two other Candidates
had not expressed themselves on
this point. and therefore the people
had no means of knowing whether
they favored or opposed the plans. AS
2 matter Of fact when the Key West
fight was taken up by the people of
Lee County, all our coUntys interest
appeared TO be lost sight Of and vot-
srs were Influenced one way Or toe
other by the printed matter sent
through the mails. and by the person
ii solicitation Of the friends of the
The fight on the drainage question
IS really only just begun. The contest
viii now be waged over the adoption
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BURR MCINTOSH MONTHLY.

Following along the line of recent
issues, the cover of the June number
poTtrays in colors the famous actress,
Sarah Bernhard
Among the portraits of famous peo-
pie are those of Bishop Potter Victor
Emanuel, Dowager Duchess of MARI
borough, the late James E. Bailey the
King Of Circus Men: Jean deReszke,
Bessie Abbott and Jacoby of Grand
Opera fame; Elise Janis, Ida Con-
Guest, Mabel TaIiaferrO and Virginia
Harmed of the stage. The color work
il this issuse is particularly striking
and the number contains the second
in the series of caricatures. this time
Sarah Bernhard being the subject.
The panoramic form has very fine
pictures Of San Francisco and VeSU-
vius, both before and after the earth
quake. Special subjects of peculiar
attraction ara the Times Building,
New York: the Wheat Pit in New
York, the first photo of this famous
place ever taken and a number OF
unusual landscape views.
This number, which is on sale at
all news stands. is quite as attractive
as the April and May numbers which
were said at the time to be the best
issues of the magazine ever pub
lished.
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The Search for
the North Pole.

The departure of Walter Wellman,
the Washington Correspondent of the
Chicago Record Herald, for the north
pole calls to mind the fact that an
other polar explorer. is already among
the ice fields Of the north upon the
same mission. The Mobile Register
in mentioning the trip just undertak-
en- by Mr.. Wellman has the following
to say about the Peary expedition:
Under the auspices of the Ameri-
can Geographical Society, and fnan-
cially assisted IN the Undertaking by
Morris K Jesup. Peary left this coun-
try last July in a specially construct
ed steamer, the Roosevelt, with the
intention of again seeking the pole
and he announced that. while the
entire trip would probably occupy
fourteen months. he expected to send
news home about the end Of May.
Peary's programme contemplated a
start about February /, on sledges,
from the northern point of Grant
Land, SO degrees north, and the time
that has elapsed should have brought
him back to Cape Sabine last week.
The ice between the pole and the
point where he expected to commence
his sledge journey begins to melt in
the latter part Of May, and, as dis
indignation begins at the south end
first, it is imperative that Peary
should return to Grant Land not later
than May The distance to be COW
cred on sledges is given by the
Geographical Society at 493 miles.
Peary has made five such trips across
ice for greater distances, and did not
anticipate any difficulty on this part
OF his Journey. His only fear was
that the progress of his steamer
through the $50 miles between Cape
Sabine and the north of Grant Land,
would be delayed by inability to find
open water.
Commander Peary's friends are
confident that they will soon receive
a message from him. and if he has
succeeded in reaching 80 degrees
north ahead Of Wellman, he deserves
the honor Of the discovery for the
pluck and determination he has
shown.
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CYPRESS WOOD.
Instances Where It Has Lasted Over a
Thousand Years,

Instances Where It Has Lasted Over a
Thousand Years.
The cypress is a VIGOROUSLY slow
growing tree, and its wood is just as
VIGOROUSLY durable. 1t is capable
of not only resisting the action of
the weather in a manner totally diff
ferent from all other woods, but is
wholly uninfuenced by immersion
in water over long period of years.
1t has many curious chemical prop
critics, which hold its fbers and 9TH
er constituents together so indis-
solubly that the ordinary changes
which break down the tissue of or
binary woods are in the cypress
wholly resisted.
Instances are known where the
wood of the cypress has endured far
more than 1000 years, leaving it
still in a solid condition, subject
only to the attrition of the ele-
ments, such as the gradual wearing
away one sees in exposed rocks. In
the lower valley of the Mississippi a
species of cypress is extremely
abundant. And in New Orleans
some years ago, while some men
we're excavating a trench, a cypress
stockade was found which was
erected in 1880 by the French as a
protection against the Indians.
Some of the pieces measured twen-
ty-one inches in width, with thick
ness of about twelve inches, and,
though it had been buried for so
many years, it was in perfect condi-
ton when exhumed, even the tool
marks being still clearly visible.
By a series of experiments ex-
tending over many years it has been
found that the cypress wood endures
the varying conditions of green
houses better than any other wood.
Greenhouses exposed to all the vi
cissitudes of heat, moisture and
changes. of temperature show the
cypress timber used in their con-
struction to be practically unchang-
ed after more than fifty years Of
use, and, being sufficiently tough
for the purpose, it is probable it
will come more generally into use
for building where a wood of great
resistance is required. Many old
doors made by the early Spaniards
In America are still as serviceable
as ever, although exposed to a most
trying climate.
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or rejection of the constitutional
amendment to be voted on in the gen
eral election in November, which If
adopted would make 1t constitutional
Tor the Drainage Board to levy and
collect an per acre tax in the drain
age districts, and to give the Board
the power to cut canals, etc, for the
reclamation Of overlooked lands, etc.
The people should study this amend
ment carefully, and if found to be
what is needed shoulal vote for it,
otherwise it should be rejected. and
an effort made to secure fair and
lust law.