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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24
ANTI-pASS ORDER TRAGEDIES.
New YORK lime. wa.hlngiou special

New York Times Washineton Special.
The burning question Of the hour con-
tinues to be the withdrawal of the free
pass Today Major Mcdowell. clerk of
the House, walked up to a group Of Repre-
sentatiVes with his chest thrown out and
an air of sublime heroism, and said inn
pressively
To-day l have done my duty as an
American citizen ] went to the railroad
station. reached into my pocket, and pro-
duced the price for a return ticket to
Pittsburg. / call upon you to witness that
l have done this thing. ! received the
ticket, he continued, putting his fingers
into his waistcoat pocket, "and here it.
here it-why, where the dickens is that
ticket ?"
It was not there. Being unused to car
rying tickets, he had lost il.
Major Mcdowell was consoled for his
loss by the relation Of a sadder story, and
here il is:
Robert j. Wynne. x-Postmaster-Gen-
eral and Consul-General to London. went
over to New York the other day. While
there he lost bis return ticket. He posted
into the ticket Office and dug up $3.50 for
a single to Washington and started back
in an acrimonious temper
lie stopped off at Philadelphia, and
when he was ready to continue his Journey
to Washington he found that he had
again lost his ticket. He was the picture
OF fury as he stood before the gate, search
ing all his clothes Finally his fingers
closed on a ticket, and he drew it out 1t
was a street car ticket Of the kind used on
the Washington trolley cars He had
taken it over to London with him. carried
it all around the British Isles and brought
it back invariably finding il in his pocket
when he was looking for something else.
When Mr.. Wynne's eyes fell upon this
unlosable nuisance his rage knew nc
bounds. lie took the trolley ticket and
tore it into inhnitesimal portions. Then
he produced his cash and found that Il
! amounted to $3.50. He tried to get the
ticket agent to give him a four-dollaI
ticket to Washington, but he man was
obdurate. At last. in a forgotten pocket
the Consul-General found a quarter and
| bought a ticket.
As the train was coming into Washing
| ton Wynne submitted to the luxury Of a
brush by the porterand generously handed
out tip OF Is cents lie got off the train
and boarded a street car. When the con-
ductor came around for his fare WEnne
felt for his change and found he had given
1t all to the porter. Then he felt for the
ticket and remembered that he had torn
up the only one he had
Mr.. Wynne, who is stout got off the
car and perspired prolusely all the way
| up to the Willard Hotel II is predicted
that this anti-pass order will yet lead tc
a bloody revolution.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24
HEALTH MORE VALUABLE
THAN GREAT WEALTH
The Road to Success Has Been Discovered
by New Plan.

Ahc ROAD TO success Has Been Discovered
by n New Plan.
Good health is at the foundation of bust.
nese success and personal happiness. Men.
and women too, for that matter, in thi,
age of fevcrish business and social activit,
are too apt to neglect the thing that bring,
and preserves good health.
u almost needless to state that good
digestion Il the basis Of good health and
that good teeth are essential TO good dires.
tion. 10 therefore becomes matter ol
permanent importance 10 everybody that
the teeth be preserved.
There is no excuse for bad teeth II people
will only act in time and have their teefh
looked after regularly. That is the object
OF the New Method Dental parlors M
6lOl6 Market street. For one dollar a wear
they keep the teeth of any client In perfect
condition. They use only the most up-to.
date scientlhc dental methods and place
them nc the disposal Of everyone.
10 is simply teeth insurance-the same AZ
you would insure your house. One dollar A
year Is trifing investment compared IA
the amount OF service and benefit the client
derives.
The best service is given, absolutely main.
less, by the use Of new anesthetic for
extracting purposes, far superior 10 gas. n
has the advantage Of leaving no unpleasant
after effects and also causes no suhocatino
sensation such as is experienced when gas
is administered. Il can be given with per.
feet satisfaction 10 children as we'll as
adults The new anRsthetic operates 40
quickly that the patient does not realize
he Is taking II. Two or three breaths and 4
peaceful sleep ensues. This Is but one oi
the latest advances in dentistry adopted
by the New Method Dental Pariors.
We can give you amnlA reference as To the
character Of the work at the New Method
Dental parloIs
Mr.. Daniel Humphries, manager Of The
lyceuin Theatre, will bs glad 10 hnswer
inquiries. Our clients who insure their
teeth tol 81 year can call as often AZ
they please TO have their teeth examined
Just 10 mako sure they are sound. n there
are any indications Of decay, we I'm the
cavity at once. We keep the teeth clean,
which is most necessary precnution. Re.
liable financial agencies and publications
viii endorse "a, II you desire II. Remem-
Der the cost for one year, to have youI
teeth kept In perfect condition. Is only one
dollar.
The Mes Method" Dental parlors are
located in large looms at 6l0ia Market
street, Wilmington. The Office hours are
from a. M. 10 s y. m. and p. m. to ). 3,
p. M. daily, aud 40 a. m. to 3 q. M. sun.
days. The Offices are in charge of DR.. q.
h. trasieI.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24
Anti-Bribery Pledge!

| do hereby soIemnly promise, on my sa.
cred honor, that will not, directly or ind.
rectly, pay, offer or promise to pay; contribute
or offer or promise to contribute, any money
or other valuable thing as a consideration or
reward for the giving or Withholding vote at
any general, special or primary election to be
held in this State and will not, by the use or
promise of money or other valuable thing, or
otherwise, cause or attempt to cause any Off
Ger OF election or registration officer to violate
his official duty, or by like means influence or
attempt to influence any person to be regis
tered or abstain from being registered; and to
do all in my power to enforce the provisions
of the Constitution and statutes of this State
against bribery.
Representative Dist No
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24

latter, and once is heavy hand falls upon
them, or once the danger OF such a vista
tion becomes imminent and the vile crime
will not be committed
Moral suasion and pity for the vote
sellers; the law for the vote-buyers. Thus
may the crime OF election bribery be
driven from Delaware.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24
10 NEW z.
James Ravenscron.


Clean. crisp, innocent V
Fresh from the mint,
Sent forth in this hard world
To do your stint,
II makes me rather sad
To see you go,
For soon your name will be
Tainted" know.
You'll pass through divers ways
And crooked deals,
And wicked avarice
VIII dog your heels.
Likely enough twill be
Your wretched fate
With grait-besmirohed notes to
Associate.
You may be held in some
Trust pirates thrall
Till there is left you no
Honor 20 all.
Then you'll be ostracized
BY people good;
Condemned for others sins,
Misunderstood.
You could not even be
Given away
For service with the just;
You'd have to stay
With ouicast cash, and all
Your days be spent
Under a ban, despite
Your good intent.
Lila.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24

The Philadelphia "Ripper' bin. a
measure designed 10 deprive the
mayor of Philadelphia Of much of his ap-
pointing power, which was passed by the
gang Legislature Of Pennsylvania in regu-
lar session, was repealed by the same
Legislature, in special session, yesterday.
This is an indication that the defeated and
Inundated gang is really desrous of in
viting some measures Of public confidence
by enacting reform legislation.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24
Game rrotcotiop.

AT a meeting of the Game Protection
Association for Talbot county. Nd, held
in Easton yesterday, the following Of
hcers were elected for the ensuing year:
Col +. Carroll Goldsborough, president
J. Harry Covington, first vice president
William H. Myers, second vice president
II. Clifford Morris, secretary; Edward b
Hardcastle, treasurer; Mackenzie Colds
borough, John Winder Henry, NJ. Thigh.
man johnson and Alfred T. Warner
executive committee. A number of new
members were enrolled.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24
nu.lne.. nnn.e 10 hr sold.

On account of the death of William VIII
con, ir., 60 has been decided to sell the old
ee tuoiished iron and steel business of Mr.
Wilson, at tho southeast corner of Third
ana ohipley streets. This ID one of the
oldest hardware houses In the city. having
had successful career from the time III
was established, mnny years ago. George
5. Capeile Is executor of Mr.. Wilson, Is
estate and is looking after the matter.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24

The delay OF President Roosevelt in
making the appointment Of postmaster
for Wilmington is regarded as significant
and also encouraging. by the friends of
Postmaster Heald President Roosevelt
once made an alliance with Addicks. but
soon got tired Of il. Is he getting tired Of
his alliance with Alice is the question.
Certainly il isa more Disappointing COM
panionship than with Addicks.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24

A new Railroad Rate bin. known as the
Hepburn bill, is to be favorably reported
70 the House OF Representatives. If It
shall be accepted. the fate Of the Esch-
Townsend bill, which was put through last
session, win be doomed. and the railroad
rates fight will begin an over again. in the
House of Representatives. Then the
senate will hold up the new House bin.
and there will be no railroad rates legisla-
tion.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24

According 70 a Washington special to
an administration newspaper. President
Roosevelt, yersteday, in conversation
with a caller, expressed the opinion that
this country could whip Japan in naval
combat. Well what Of Il And whv
should the President of the United States
discuss the question of war with a country
with which we are at profound peace
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24

A true heroine was revealed yesterday.
IN the action Of the i6-year-old girl who
saved two trains ON the Northern Cen
tral Railway from disastrous wreck. Her
prompt and heroic performance will no
doubt be appropriately rewarded.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24
courha neonme rrlrhtrnl.

From neglect. At the first warming note.
resort to Hale's Honey of Horehound and
Tar. The cough is Immediately softened
and controlled, and the cure is speedy.
Sold by all druggists.
MinuteE
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24

The constitutional Democratic party
in Russia has declared in favor Of a mon
archial form of government What's IN o
name. after an
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24

Once used always used AN drug
gists sell DR.. Wand Headache Powders.t :
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24

Inc IHIl W0rId Almanac and EncYcIO-
pedia is a tabloid library of reference. It
fits the pocket both in size and price and
there is more solid fact and figures in its
ESQ pages than in a whole shelf full of
costly encyclopedias That is why the
voluminous publications are "shelved. 4"
The almanac buyer carries his reference
library in his pocket II is q peoples
book for the man who cannot afford a
library display and for the man who can
afford it, but wants practical knowledge
quickly 10 is not written beyond. the
understanding of amy man. To see il Is
70 buy itl 10 IS its own hest advertise
mcnti lt is the most active agcnt for the
dissemination of quick ard practical
knowledge ever presented 20 the public.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-24


The Macmillan Co.'S Spring Announce
mont List, out this week, brings word of a
number of important and interesting forth
coming books of which the following are a
lew of the more noteworthy: New novels
by Winston Churchill. Owen Wister. Eyer
ton Castle and Eden phllpotts; the
biography of "Lord Randolph Churchill, "
by Winston Spencer Churchill; the first
volume OF DR. Henry G. LEAFS "History Of
the lnquisition of SPAIN" Napoleon and
His Time the new volume in the Cam
bridge Modern History: "rhe Garden.
You and I hy Mabel Oscood Wright.
author of "Ihe Garden OF a Commuters
Wife, "lhe Life of Animals" " by Ernest
lngeroll; "laWy at Home Travels by
Edward Everett Hale; e-Raphaehtism
and the Pro-Raphaelite Brotherhood, by
W. Holman Hunt; Iennyson's "ln Nc
moriam, with authors Notes; "Ncro, bv
stephen Phillips; "lhe Development of
Shakespeare as a Dmmatist, by Prof.
George Z. Baker, the first volume Of "Ihe
CyclonWdia Of Agriculture. edited bv
Prof. l.. II. Bailey; "rho Bitter Cry of the
Children 'by John Spargo; "a Living
Wage hy Rev John A. Ryan: "Mars
and It's Canals" by Percival lowell
"lhe Manufacturer of Mine,n by Paul
Pacottet, translated and enlarged by Prof.
+. It. Bioletti; Wireless Telecraphy and
Telephony 10y Prof. Domenico Maz-
zotto; and "lndia, by Flora Annie Steel,
author of "Qn the Face Of the Waters
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-01
CII1LDREN's CRIMES

Children's crimes are recognized Nv
crlminologists as large and Important
branch Of criminology. - The common
est of children 8 crimes are arson, steal
ing and trsin-wrecking, and the rarest
is forgery. ,.. =. -. ri. 80.
Arson, in the country especially, is
very frequently crime. of childhood.
Country children set fire to haystacks.
barns and sheds in order to see the
great bright flames leap. skyward.
Children commit arson, in a word. out
of love of fireworks y.
Children often wreck trains. Some
times they do this from reading about
romantic train wreckers. More often
they do it out of curiosity. They pile
DISTRACTIONS on the track to see what
will happen. They have no idea that
anything very serious will happen.
Children, of course, steal good deal.
h hhs best yes +S Of men ard women, looking
many q theft. Stealing is natural.
Children now and then murder. Their
motive is always jealousy. Thus, IN
Vienna, q boy Of 10, jealous Of his
brother and sister, who seemed to be be
more petted than himself, killed both of
them, and then took his own life. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-01

marry into a. swagger family. He
therefore gave my father the choice of
either compelling me to marry the girl
or going to state prison himself 49,.
Why, it's like a novel!' gasped
Mary. ~-
"TI told you he was a hero as soon
as he asked for cold vituals,' answered
Title. 20 ... -
l." think of the situation, ladies!
My love was sworn to Marie, and yet
unless I married girl with pale-blue
eyes, a turneed-up nose and a chin with
dragged down from it's high position
and disgraced forever. Father and /
talked for hours. and hours, but we
could see only the one way out of it.
Late as was the; hour " hen he got thru,
| went off to the house ..ofa the iceman
to see if I coulda not melt his cold
heart. I found i itt&ooff different material
than his, ice. u ItgTreWz colder all the
time. instead of melting: He utterly
refused to recede from his position.
When said thatS$the blow would kill
Marie. and me; he; offered to make the
price of our ice 30Meents a hundred
for the next season,gbut that was the
best he. would 5do.s1s.s! t3f: :.ss& ..t.
- s, Base villainl missed Mary. s%= s.
i. "'sSordid wretch! 1ahissed Tillie. %;s,
,.a Fs'E:It was a terrific strugglle between
love and duty, but:aduty. finally pre-
walled. After being In bed for: a smonth
with brain fever sent for the iceman
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-01
The Story Told
by Moonlight

"Late one afternoon, when I was
making a farewell tour Of the state Of
Ohio, - began the dilapidated gentle
man.. after a long inspection Of the toe
peepin1g out of rent in his shoe, 81
turned aside to ask for bite to eat
and lodging at a comfortable farm
house: I found that the place was
owned and occupied by two old maid
sisters and run by hired man.. Both
females were over. forty years old and
typical spinsters = TO look at them you
wouldn It think they. had any more ro-
nance in their souls than rail fence.
I don It know whether i was the first
dilapidated that had come along for "a
month, or whether they thought I had
seen better days. At any rate, I was
given a good, hearty supper; by the
hired girl and told that I could. make
myself comfortable on the new mown
hay in the barn. z..zs! ~; II,
" I helped the hired man to-milk and
do UP the chores, and when I went To
roost I did a bit Of singing to myself.
It was one of the finest moonlight
nights you ever saw, with the nightin-
gales whooping it up for all they were
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-01
Curios and Odd titles:
AWFUL BILLS

The doctors, before the formal
monthly session Of the medical society
opened, talked about the bill for $25.!
600 recently presented to the estate.o
a dead millionaire by A. famous sphysi!!
clan. NJ -. 49, 8. l.ff5S1i - J ri
"a big feeY said an an eye specialist.
. Yes; its was q big fee. There are
men who, working ten hours r day
their whole lives long, don t carr SO
much money At the same time it
was not; historically speaking, a big
For history tells us, with an; en- |:
vious licking Of the lips, that there
have been far bigger fees. sss19 .t5
For instance, DIR. Thomas Dimsdale.
for vaccinating the Empress Catherine
II at st. Petersburg, got 100000, and a
pension OF 81 800 a year for LIFE J, Z, S
Dr. John Butler wents,to India and
performed the operation Of slithotomy
on six rajahs. Each rajah paid him
Professor Zacherine of Moscow, got
$75,oOo for two days attendance on the
father OF the present car
"Dr. Gale Yowski, the ophthalmolo-
g1st, went to Teheran to attend the
shah OF Persia s son. His fee wac
$3o,ooo, with travelling expenses and
:. "When the king of England, before
his accession, was seriously i'll at Sand.
bingham, DR.. William Jenner pulled
hin him thru. For this he was paid $50.
oOo, and made a baronet to boot.
Sir Morell. Mackenzie attended the
rather OF the German emperor in his
last 1liness-a cancerous affection of
the throat. On the emperor's death
Pr MoreA presented bill for $780,.
900 that was paid without murmur. ;,
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ord orroo5 - -: L r.
ms daughter right over IN his icewagon
aha we e., were marrled, ana the forged
cn e 1 MAS given to father to tear up
Nov, Wnat. NOBLE son, whispered
1u ~ .ZE,"..-..
no,o al W M a.; a heroic sacrlhce! whis-
pe teeA 1 1,Iaei, ,o4 ,.,,,
s+rona ~ "Teh lateI, wren Vn L was a little
Sssionger, WroCe TO MARIE. There were
aoo pages OF 1oolscap, but L can recall
every nne ana word. hid nothing
! to1d her how it WgE rae9lntched my heart,
o ouI snat, !here was nope, ahead. In the
ro;1S OF year IL would put rusty
Ia naii y alouhu Wners my vile must step
1n In and anu meet 1er death by lock,
an ~. en zen Wahia: ny 20 france and
n nqhg ty w. received no
IggplX:to g, 1Y4le 15esfT, from Marie.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-01
BOUTONNIEREs' REVIVAL,

"Buttonhole bouquets, I understand,
will be fashionable this winter.O said
a. valet ale 49,: " A A! very good thing, that,
"When / was valet to Lord Aflolnb-
us Loftus-Mr. Astorbilt weaned me
away from his lordship by offering. dou::
PIE money--buttonholes was quite the
thing, and Lord Adolphus paid Broad
way florist $40 week to keep him SUP
piled regular. This, by the way, was
during Lord Adolphus' unsuccessful So
Journ ere 'eiress uniting. >- -
1.-The florist sent a fresh buttonhole
every morning for day wear, and a
fresh one every evening for nj int wear.
They were lovely, costly things. |
used to return them to the shop when
Lord Adolphus had finished with them
they were still, you know, as good as
new-and the florist give me 20 cents
apiece for them.
THAT is why want to see the but
tonhole revived. There is money in +
for me and my confreres.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-01
WHY NOT?

Rossetti, the poet-painter, was once
visited by an Indian prince, who said
to him: .'''
~ wish to give you commission
to paint a portrait. of my. father.'
Is your father in London?"': asked
Rossetti. -.
emo; my father is dead" rep]ied the
oriental. ~. -. :
"Have you some photographs Of him,
or any portrait -
"We have no portraits Of him of any
kind '-.'.
Glow can I paint portrait of him,
then?' asked the artist. cit is i'm
possible! I could not think of attempt
ing anything so absurd.''
"Why is it absurd?' demanded the
Of julius Cesar and Hannibal and john
the Baptist, and yet you have never
seen any of them. Why can you not
paint my father?''
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worth, and perhaps I became bit SEN
timental, I had sung Annie Laurie
and two or three other old songs when
the hired man came out to the barn
and notified me that Tillie and Mary
wanted to see me on the veranda
Those were the names of the two old
maids: When [ appeared before them,
hat in hand, Title, who was the eldest,
I'VE heard you singing, and didn It
know but; what you would favor us
with something. ". d.. !
IT replied that I was always happy
to oblige, and piped up with Nellie
Gray and followed it with sOld Black
joe. When I had finished my piping
Mary said:
are not what you seem. We believe
you have been a gentleman in your
time. Would you mind telling us how
you came to be. IA wanderer9'
1t is a painful subject, ladies, but
you have been so kind to me, and the
evening is SO full Of sentiment that [
will relate my story. When I was IS
years old [ met the beautiful daughter
Of the Countess d 'Charny at Newport.
the countess and her daughter were in
America on a visit.
Title, didn It I say that he had
been in love some time9' queried Mary.
Yes, and I said I rather thought
so myself: Let him go on
Marie was the name Of the
countess daughter, and I shall not at
tempt to describe her graces. We fell
in love with each other at once, and
her mother and my father appeared to
encourage the idea. She was but II,
and Of course we did not think Of mar
riage at that age. We could, pledge
each other, however, and we did. After
two months she sailed for home, and
carried my heart with her. On the day
she sailed began sending loving mes
sages by cable, and she must have
found at least fourteen Of them when
she landed
8 Had I ever been loved that way!'
There is time for both Of us yet, !
replied Title.
!. For two years we correspondent
by every steamer, and kept the French
cable hot with messages. My father
had limited that ] could marry when I
reached the age of 20, and / was count
ing the days, when he called me into
the library one evening and announced
that / alone could save him from a
felon IS cell. He had forged the name
Of an iceman to a check for $3.50, 900,
and lost the money in Wall street. IT
was but a trife to the iceman, but he
had daughter whom he wished to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-01
FISH THAT CLIMB TREES.

.'There are fish that shoot, fish that
fish, fish that can't swim,'' said the
nature student, & but I didn It know Till
l visited Tongatabu that there was a
fish that climbed trees. :,..- E...Sl7Ty.G !
''They have in Tongatabu a. small
octopus, or feke, to give it its native
name, and this creature frequently
comes out of the sea and ascends a
tree exchanging the water. On be.
ing disturbed, it drops from the
branches back into its proper element
In the far Pacific isle of Tongatabu
the natives are fond Of octopus flesh
and 1t is no uncommon thing to see a
tree in the hope Of finding a fsh
among the branches.N -.