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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1906-12-12
Tuesday. Dec. 18Th, 1900

at ~ Q CIuIk q. II,l
No 1-Store and 10-roomed dwelling
house northwest corner Of Seventh and
Bennett streets. This store has for many
years been rated as one Of the best stands
in Wilmington and Is only put on the
market for the purpose Of closing an
estate.
No. 2-Store and dwelling house at S. W..
corner Of Claymont and Lodge streets.
Good location for general grocery store
No. 3-Two-stOry brick tin roof dwell
ing house, No. 1870 East 18th street.
No. 1.-TWO. 2-story brick dwelling
houses. Nos. 1926 and 1928 East 18th street.
Terms Of sale win be made known by
George A. Elliott.
Attorney to Effect Sale
diet
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Fell Through Trastlo

Fell Through Trestle.
William Ashton stepped from a P..
i. & w. train at a small station below
Newark and foll through a trestlc de
tumbled twenty feet 20 the ground and
when picked up Il was found both hips
and one arm We're broken
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CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
FOR GALE.

FOR SALE Several display tables
made Of golden oak. strongly built and
hshed with heavy brass trimmings; can
be used as a dining room table. kitchen
Hb,e. or can be turned into book rack
or the library; also suitable for store
lecpcrs display table; very cheap. Apply
Appincott x Co., basement n28-tf
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DUBLIC SALE

OF VALUABLE STORES AND SMALL
dwelling houses, at the County Court
House. Tenth and Market streets, Will
mington, on
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REMNANT STORE
Fine Wooden Dress Goods Remnants.
JOHN r. THOMAS.
SOC King Street.

BOATS AID LAUNCHES.
LAKE ENGINE. COME SEE II RUN,
write for Information.
e H. LAKE, v
Bourse Bldg, Philadelphia Pa.
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NOTICE.

'ENTRAL NATIONAL BANK. OF WILL
MINGTON, DELAWARE.
ELECTION.
Wilmington, Del, Dec. 10, 1906
The annual election for directors of this
snk, will be held AZ the blnlzing-house
% Tuesday. January 8, 1907, between the
ours of 70 O'Clock ndon and o'clock
p m.
dio-i5inc II. p. RUaIFoRD. Cashier.
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WEBER UPRIGHT
PIANO
ALL NIANAN T = ID
HOWARDVINcENT

. $50 y. SIXTH ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
Established IS years.
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THE WARLlkE MOROS.


An inotdinate military eoheeit is Il
dominant quality of the Moro. To him
there is but one measure of defeat to
wit, humiliation IL beaten, he ex-
poets nothing less; II he meets less, he
has saved the day perhaps Won vie
tory. They are all of one profession -
arms. As children their first toys are
wooden arms. their first instruction the
play of the sword ana the spear What
ever else rs men they may be-priest,
farmer. robber. pirate, merchant, law
yer-thpy are always first. soldiers.
For u young man to lose his creese
means to lose his right to marry, and
1t Is the desire of all To die ereese in
hand In fear OF loss they sleep on
these precious arms or with them tied
to the body. For the same reason their
cannon are kept dashed To timbers In
their houses
Firearms, indeed, are their main dan
ger With civilized people II they see
the opportunity thereby to secure such
arms, Moros can never resist the temp
tation to rob and murder To get them
they will risk ALL lose all aud never
whmper. 70 them without the best
arms death We're preferable. Major L.
l.. Ballard In Metropolitan.
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THE REAL VALUE.
ow All Literature Is Contained In q
Few Great Books.


Young people must every now and
then hear II said or see il @ritten that
VII the real value in literature can he
put upon small shelf that is To say,
the really important part of all that is
written is contained In very few
good books. all the rest being either
unlmportant or different ways of say
ing the sanc things that have been
said before The statement, of course.
Is not true ii 1t be taken literally.
There ar certainly MANY hundreds,
perhaps thousands. of books that con
tain original thoughts os experiences
that are truly valuable; but. generally
speaking, the best part of all that has
been written is to be found In few
volumes. To understand how this Is
possible we must remember that near
ly all rules are the same rs other and
simpler rules. In arithmeti, for eX-
ample. the whole science consists of
only four simple ways of treating num-
bers. We can add, subtract. multiply
to numbers The rest of the book IL
only the working out OF these four
rules; thus all of the arithmetic could
easily he put into little page that
one could carry in the vest pocket
All behavior. all right living Is also
set forth IN Il few simple laws. These
Illustrations will show what is meant
by saying that all literature is contain
ed in a few great books. The Bible
and the works of a few famous poets
and essayIsts contain all human Wis
dom, and these are within the reach of
every purse st. Nicholas.
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CARE OF CANARiES.

A piece of cutie bone Is needed al
ways. aud now and then lump of
sugar.
Guard the cage from draft from cx-
posture to cold at night and also from
too much heut
Canary seed principally should be
given. though now and then a little
rape seed IL beneficial.
DO not use ii painted cage. The bird
will peck the cage more or less, and the
paint thus imblbed Is very injurious.
The larger the cage the better II Is
for the birds, and II not new II should
be scalded and well dried before put.
ting them into IT,
Avoid frightening the birds in any
way. II is very easy to have them
know you and welcome your coming.
but they do not like to be handled
The cnge should bee thoroughly clean
ed every morning placing piece Of
clean brown paper, not newspaper, on
the bottom. Perches should also he
washed daily
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GREEK COINS.


How the Anciepts Tested the Parity
of the Metal.
The first coins OF gold and silver that
have come down To us are NOW dated
ns Il rule In the time of Groesus. who
lived about the middle of the sixth
century Il. &.
It may readily be imagined that
mere lump OF gold. supposed 10 be Of
II certain weight, would be subject to
skeptlesm unless It were guaranteed
by some recognized authority. So. in
order 10 save rewelghmg and testing
at each transaction, these ingots or
coins were stamped with the anthorita-
tive mark of n prince or state. SO
stamped they become the true coins
I'm spite of the fact that, contrary 10
modern custom, they We're not ut all
regular.
But. In spite of the guarantee that
might be afforded by the mark of a
state or prince, we find the Greeks
applying certain tests TO determine the
genuineness of the currency offered TO
them Plating was easily detected by
1ubbing the suspected coin with some
sharp instrument. At other times the
touchstone was used. One which was
| known MS the "Lydian stone Was sup
posed to reveal Il proportion of foreign
metal as small as II barley corn IN a
slater. Another test, In the ease OF sill
yer. was to polish the coin and then
breathe on IT, II the moisture quickly
disappeared the metal WIS pure. Yet
another way TO detect alloy was to
heat tho coin or coins on redhot Iron.
II the metal was unalloyed II remain
ed bright, if mixed with other sub
stances It turned black or red accord
ing as It was more or less impure
oliver $. Tonks in Chautauquan
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FINGER FELONS.
There Are Three Varieties of These
Very PRihfuI sores.

very fhtntul sores.
4 felon. or Whitlow. IS an iuhamma-
zion of the hand or finger. usually Of
the last joint of the finger Its impor
lance varies with the seat of il that is
to say, with the portion of the hnger
Involved II may affect the skin ouly
the tendons or sinews or the hbrous
covering Of the bone the periosteuln.
a superficial whitlow, where the In
Illumination is confined to the skin. may
be extremely painful. but otherwise it
Is not Il very serious matter Hut this
cannot he said of the other two forms
In the tendinous whltlow pus forms
in the tbrous sheath surrounding the
tendon. and unless the Inflammation
quickly subsidies or the matter is let
out 10y the surgeons knife the puS
may hurrow down through the sheath
into the palm of the hand and result In
permanent crippling of the member.
The third variety-called 10y ply
sicians the subperiosteal-is that in
which matter forms beneath the mem
brane which covers the bone As this
membrane is tough and inelastc the
tension due To the increasing volume
OF matter becomes very great aud gives
rise IL throbbng maddening pain.
The relief afforded by II deep cut into
this inhamed finger. right down Ia the
bone, is magical although the cut
hurts This Is the only treatment for
this form of felon and the lneiSIon
should be made early. for II Ii Is too
long delayed the bone will he killed
aud diScharging sore viii remain
which will later nccessitate surgical
operation even II II does not result In
the loss of the last joint of the finger.
The superficial whitlow does not
usually call for such radical treatment
A clay poultiee often affords great re
lief This may be made by making Il
paste Of clay previously sterilzed by
baking In II very hot oven and adding
glycerin 10 prevent too rapid drying, or
the clay may be obtained ready prepar-
ed In the drug store This protects the
finger from injury, keeps 1t cool and. If
applied early enough. may prevent the
formation of matter When once pus
has formed, however. no matter what
the variety of the felon, the safest plan
OF treatment Is To cut into the inhamed
finger aud give exit To the confined
parts. Youths Companion.
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Dnffodll and asphodel the latter. ac-
N0rdng to Homer, covered the meadow
haunted by the shades of departed he
r0es-are etymologlcally the same. Old
time EngIishmen confused the two
plants. which are quite different. and
it was reserved for later generations
10 restore It's true spelling Ia the true
asphodel aud restrict daffodil. with its
mysterious 3D." to the flower now
known by that name. Formerly 1t
WAS "afodlle." and the ID Is various
~ explained as being Il childish inser-
ton. like the "'l"' In Ted, from Edward,
or as representing the French "heur
danr0dillc' or the English It'll afro
ollie" ihe definite article or as the
final IA of "and" In such II combna-
ton rs "fennell and affodll"
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Butchers are the worlds best weight
guessers. The butchers difficult trade
gives him skill In weight guessing
that IL almost Incredible 1t Is eou
mOnplace thing In II meat shop 10 see II
butcher seize hold of II huge red round
of beef and slash of with II great knife
-four pounds just, or two and Il half
pounds just, or six pounds just. ac-
cordlng to the order The buyer of
meat wants TO get the weight he asked
for, no more and no less, and he wants
this weight In one piece, not Ia one big
piece and two or three. little ones. 10
satisfy the buyer the butcher has been
compelled to acquire extraordinary
skin In Judging Just how much II Ger
tain portion of II round of meat weighs
and Ia cutting Off that portion smooth
ly aud accurately Cincinnati En-
qulrer
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The head waiter of u famous New
York restaurant said the other day;
"A few nights ago, after having
charge of very large dinner. | started
for home. My way led me through
West Seventy second street, where.
late as IT was, saw a little girl only
a few years old sitting on the lower
step Of a private stoop crying and
sobbing as II her heart would break.
| stopped to ask her what was the
matter, and she told me that she had
got lost uptown, that she knew where
she lived = In Sixteenth street = and
that If she only had ear fare she could
get back there. Being In hurry, !
gave her quarter and started to pass
on
The moment the kid got the coin
she jumped up and ran away around
the corner like lightning | never be
fore saw any one disappear so quickly
1t daWned OH me mt once that had
been dead easy OF course she was
simply well trained little actress and
had taken the quarter to her father or
mother, who was In hiding near by
It's an outrageous shame that little
child should he trained up In that
way. New York Post.
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A very interesting account Is given
Of the strange customs of the Bed
ouins Of the Sinai peninsula In Lord
Cromer's report On Egypt and the Su-
dan. IL man kills another In time Of
peace the relatives OF the murdered
man, beginning from the father TO the
fifth generation. have the right to re-
venge or pardon against the receipt Of
"blood money" This latter IS fixed at
forty-one camels. If the murdered
man was of the same tribe az the muir
derer the latter or his near relatives
have to give girl In marriage to one
Of the victims relatives without re-
ceiving the usual dowry. When she
gives birth TO child she is free to go
back If she chooses. In the latter ease
the marriage must be renewed and the
usual dowry paid Five camels may
be substituted for the girl.
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THE GooRALs OF POLAND.



obstinate and QuarreIsomc.
The character of the goorals has
nothing in common with the humble
peasants OF the low country. In their
good qualities and faults they rather
resemble the proud noblemcn of Po-
land. They are Niyaclou9. honest. hos
pitahle aud full OF pride, bravery and
chlNalry. on which one may always
count But their defects are grave.
OhSttnaey aud duarrels lead them of
b'u 10 bloody tights. the lack Of thrift
Is frequent among them and superstl-
ions haunt them at every step. They
love nature aud ia their songs praise
their gigantic peaks. spruce forests
and the clouds and rain. They build
their houses facing Tatra. which they
constantly observe and consult about
weather conditions \ goor.d cnnnot
live without his mountains. aud II he
sometimes leaves them inconsistencies
viii soon bring him back.
They are very religious but their
| Christian faith Is mixed With old su.
perstitions, and the Roman Catholic
rites are mingled with weird. often
very picturesque uSages which have
their origin IN the old Slavonic pagan
ism SO. for instance. on st Johns
night Sobotka is celebrated by bornlng
bonfires ON fields and hills and by
dancing, It feStIylty which In pagan
times was held ON the summer solstice
In honor of Sviatoylt the god of sun,
fire and love
ON Easter holidays from every house
various kinds of food are brought into
the church To he blessed by the priest.
or the priest, accompanied by sexton.
goes 10 the house. where on II dong.
white covered table cake. eggs and
venison await his blessing. This Is
called swioconc. The table remains
covered With food for IA weclslto await
all friends OF the house that may
come.
The Polish tongue amoug)th noun
talneers has pleasant. soft Sinhectlons,
aud their dialect resembles the old Po-
lisl OF the fifteenth or sixteenth cen
fury The picturesque and practical
costume OF the gOorals consists of II
coarse linen shirt fastened with Il brass
brooch; serdaS. whichNis II sleeveless
shecpskin jacket of II reddish color,
richly decorated with applique orna-
menls OF eolored leather and sill, en-
hroiderY aud lined with fur; tight tit
ting trousers of coarse. whitsh, home
made wooleu cloth. and n cloak called
tsuhu. Worn usually over one shoulder.
\ blaels felt hat shaped like muSlI-
room and soft leather SuIglals tperpca|
complete Il costume that weighs from
thirty five IL thirty eight pounds. but ia
a good protection against cold and the
rain which IN these regions Is frequent
for twenty days In II month are nj least
drizzly w f. Rcndu In Century.
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Seeing snakes Is n common expert
ence with the inhabitants OF India and
one uneonneeted with any suggestions
Of bIbulousness. An English nurse
tells of II little boy who lived in the
next bungalow TO hers and had his
bread and milk every day on the
veranda sitting In IL chld's high chair.
one morning, hearing him talking and
Growing 10 himself apparently, she was
paralyzed ON looking out To see him
gently tapping the head of a cobra
with his spoon. saying, Naughty
naughty" The sInlke was drinking the
milk ont of the bowl. paying no heed
10 the child In that mysterious coun
try the snakes may he heard rustling
across the XerundaS and have an I'M
tidy habtfof shedding their skins any
where.
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e uout. corr.ct,u ,,,,. anus,

me poitt, CorftCteu the nttIst.
We'll, | got near enough TO II for
the schooner TO understand what is
wanted You just enjoy yourself and
don't worry. Lord, but | wish you
really knowed what Il nose this craft
has got for smcllin' out other boats and
tmngs, One night was comm around
Sandy Hook in such darkness that !
couldn't see my hand before my face.
| didn't know whether the Hook was
five rods or five miles on | left II all
to Sal. and what did she dor Why,
she smelled her way along and went
ashore SO high and dry that | got off
without victim my feet. Show me
another craft that can do the trick.
No. sir, You needn't worry one least
bit I'll hit that house boat inside OF
another hour IL the wind holds"
Aboard the Colonial Dame all had
gone we'll. She had been lowed down
To the bay and anchored. The sculptor
felt that the game was In his hands
aud WAS determined to win. He
counted on moonlight night. ripping
waters, wavelets softly tunking against
y
the soft strain OF music floating over
the waters from some summer resort
where sandwiches sold ut 10 cents
each. The fog came and blotted out
the moonlight. 1t was too damp to
sit ON deck. and the artists sister ac-
companled them down I'm the cabin.
and his suit did not advance. At 10
on the waters with all ON board retired.
AT about that hour also the captain OF
the Merry Sal was saying To Harold
Strong as they walked the quarterback
together:
Yes, sir, the Sal has got Il hose on
her. and there is really no use for me
to carry compass. I've told her to
smell out TINT ere boat of yours, and
she's adoin' It, Pm reekonin' she'll
hit II within fifteen minlts. Why, |
could turn In right now and feel that IL
that boat OF yours IL anywhere on Prin-
cess bay the Sal would hit her with
in
The Sal hit her Whether she was
guided by Providence. the hunk head of
a young man or by her nose may never
be known, but as matter of fact she
suddenly crashed into the Colonial
Dame and cut her down to the waters
edge.
There were shouts and screams and
yells of confusion. 1t seemed for
moment as II all ON board the house
boat must be drowned, but luck was
with them, The tide had gone out and
there We're only three feet Of water
under her keel. the crew of the Sal were
active ON the bows of their craft, and
the artist went overheard Mt the first
crash and tished around until he found
the right party and then saved her IN
sopping, hut unlnIured state lie
also magnanlmously extended n saving
hand t. his rival and To his future
mother in-law. and as he plotted them
TO the sandy Jersey beach and counted
heads to find all present and accounted
for lac was hniled from the departing
schooner with.
We'll, good night. young man. l
told you the Sal had nose on her and
would hit this 'ere house boat In the
darkest night and you see | am a mari
ner who speaks the truth Good night
all. Take the Merry Sal when you
want schooner with smeller on
her"
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OLD ROMAN NAMES.
The Peculiar system That Was Ia
Use by the Nobility.

The Peculiar system That Was In
Use by the A"hiit'y.
The noble Romans We're peculiar in
their system Of nomenclature They
had the praenomen, the Aomea ana the
cognomen. The first of these disiu-
guished the individual ana WIS eaui1a-
lent TO our Christian at haptismal
name. 1t was usually Indicated by a
single letter. as \. for Auius, or by
two letters. rs Ap for Aprius. el three,
as Ser. for Servius. The uoH0n was
distinctive of the gems or elan and has
no corresponding appeilati1e among rs.
The eognomen was placed last aud des-
ignaied the familiac, precisely answer
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II has been proved again aud again
that boy without sister Is much TO
be pitied; that n girl without brother
IL To he condoled with. And why? Be
cause the mutual society improves
both. The boy beaches the girl to be
wider minded, less petty and narrow,
more manly physically, and, above all,
TO understand something of the OPP
poste sex. Again. the boy Is hun
dredfoid nicer for having sister. He
conhdes hls little scrapes TO her. and
she, with her gentle Unborn goodness,
helps hun and advises him TO avoid the
pItfali again.-Tondon Queen.
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Efforts We're continually being made
In England to keep down the number
OF inns In the reign Of Edward /.
there We're only three la the whole OF
London Even In 1862 no more than
forty We're legally permitted In the me-
trOpolls. now spreading out It's bound
aries GA every side. York might have
eight, Norwich, Exeter and Cambridge
four. Bristol six and oxford three.
These regulations must have been set
at nauoht in IA very wholesale manner.
for hair Il century later there were 400
"houses Of calf In that part OF London
known MS the city and no fewer than
twenty -four clustered round coyent
Garden. In medieval oxford 1t was
ruled that no "Victualer" was eligible
for the office OF mayor and this term
Included an lnnlleeper
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origia.of OK Taii soup.

During the irelgn OF terror In Paris
Ia 1893 many Of tho nobility were re
duced 10 starvation and heggary. The
abattolrs sent their hides fresh (to the
tanneries without removing thel tails,
and Ia cleaning them the tails Swere
thrown AWAY. One OF the noblelbeg-
CARS asked for tail, and 1t waslwlll-
ingly given to- him He took 1t TO his
lodging and made what lsJ now ia
nous the first, dish of OK ftail soup.
He told othersfof his good, luck, and
they annoyed the tanners soimuchs THAT
a price was putSupon them.
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Taking all the ordinary foodstuifs,
the one which would best fulfill the re-
qulrements Of life and strength would
be substantial slices OF whole meal
wheaton bread. eaten with crust and
spread with good butter Practically
all the constituents necessary for the
support Of life aud the building up Of
tissue are contained In this food II
has the further advantage of being eX-
tremely satisfying If fresh milk or
buttermilk We're drunk with 1t an al
most complete diet would be obtained.
80 fur rs the mere sustaining Of phys
Teal health and strength was concerned.
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This Is the way George Henry Lewes
once characterized Thaekeray and
Dickens IN the way of service to II
friend: Dickens. he said, would not
give you n farthlng Of money, but he
would take no end of trouble for you.
He would spend whole day. for In
stance. In looking for the most suitable
lodgings for you and would spare him
self neither time nor fatigue Thacke-
ray would take two hours grumbllng
INDIGESTION and hesitation in writing a
two line testimonial. but he would put
his hand into his pocket and give you a
handful of gold aud bank notes II you
wanted them