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Personal and Pertinent

Among begging letters recently received at the
Office of a benevolent society running thus
This unfortunate young is the only Of
widow who childess and his earnings maintain his
aged father brothers whose sole support
The secretary Of the society the margin
epistle the following
THE circumstances Of the evidently eXag-
ted."-Royal Magazine
Boston children sometimes credited with vast
of knowledge. but twelve -od girl
city apparently neglected her opportunities trav-
cling circus putting up its the environs OF
Boston, when young girl approached the leopards cage
put her hand between the bars stroke the animals head
and a result BADLY scratched and bitten
one OF her companions hurried home 70 tell Of the
accident and concluded htr story with.
Oh mother do you suppose Annie win have leprosy
nowg"
Another story is told cf elderly woman also Of
Boston, who tod her nelghbor that suffered
from gasritis for nearly year. that the only wav
that she could account for it that the sitting
coal stove leaked in dreadful way.-youihs Com
Evening journal., 1908-10-24

candidacy for the governorship. on
the record before us on this issue there
was no other action consistent for us
to take.
/ shall write another letter for pub
lication later. giving our reasons for
endorsing Mr.. Andrew c. Grays can
didacy for attorney general. In that
letter both Mr. Gray and Mr.. Davis,
his opposing candidate, viii be studied
relatively in the light Of the facts re-
garding them that we considered would
enter into the kind of service that
each might be expected TO render in
office. Thanking you for the space in
your valuable paper for the publication
Evening journal., 1908-10-24

News of the friendly feeling between Japan and
the United States as a result of the visit of our
fleet to the Eastern wshers must be crushing
blow TO Hobson and the other war worshippers.
They had it all figured out that the trip of the
fleet meant hostile demonstration on the. part of
the United States against Japan, ani that the
movement would be so considered by the Mika-
dos subjects. But Just the reverse has happened.
The dispatches this morning say that the friendly
feeling is so great that the Japanese cabinet will
be forced by the people to "fee OUT the Amer-
can Government with respect to proposal for a
treaty
Evening journal., 1908-10-24
Saturday, October "a, 1908.
STATES FINANCES.

r OR some time Democratic speakers and
\ writers have been giving out reckless
statements attempting TO show that the State IS
bankrupt and that this county is not much better
off Only by the return of the Democrats to power
they saw. can remery be found for these condi-
tions 1t is well that Mr.. Sparks and Former
Senator Ball should puncture these air bubbles
that have been tossed around for the purpose OF
deceiving the voters.
AS Mr. Sparks points out, the State has not
been impoverished by the Republicans and GER
tain il is that the outgoing Republican admins
tration has been highly commended by some OF
the critics that are attacking the party ad-
minstration of the affairs OF Delaware.
The tax commission was appointed because the
States sources OF income were unstable owing TO
the fact that large revenue is received from
uhartering corporations. It was also thought
proper that the States system OF taxation should
be overhauled
AS sample OF Democratic mismanagement,
Mr. Sparks recalled that only few months ago
bond issue created during the days OF Demo
cratic domination had TO be refunded because no
preparation had been made Tor taking care OF the
loan.
In his speech Mr. Sparks said what is well
worth repeating lie shows that the State has
net total assets of S7I7,77o4I over all Liabilities,
and Of the treasury he said:
No, my friends, it is not empty, nor is
the State treasury box empty nor VIII It be
necessary Tor the state to issue lndeinnlYlnS
bonds to banks for duplicate certificates OF
stock which cannot be found. This has oc-
Cured in the past when, in addition to this,
it was the fashion, as in 1880 to issue bonds
for $4,000 to cover current deficits again in
1901 a temporary loan in 1906 of 100000; in
1907 "a sale OF S245,ooo to refund an issue OF
$I2oooo
The present administration found bal
ance upon entering office of SSe,525oS
There has not been a bond issued through
out the term Of Republican rule for any pur-
pose whatever other than TO refund the debts
incurred by previous msmanaged and eN-
travagant Democratic administrations; or TO
be expended for purposes for which they had
something TO show, viz ono OF the hnest
farms in the State, located at Newark sta
ton: a magnificent building at Farnhurst,
and a school bond refunded which does not
enter into this recital.
The balance in the State treasury January
= 1907 was $6IS4246 January IS, 1908,
S76QI463; the balance January /, 1909. iully
S1ooooo and with this condition existing
that the real estate owners of Wilmington
and the State should be at all excited for fear
OF an additional tax imposed for State pur-
poses is worse than folly.
These figures carry their own lesson and show
The failure OF the Democratic effort to place the
State in the light of an extravagantly governed
community.
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Notes and Comments

The idea OF summer weather blooming out Just when
YOU had laid your summer clothes to rest in the moth
halls-Baltimore sun.
II IS when college student finds himself in hospital
that he realizes perils of being mollycodde-
Wilkesbarre Tmes-Leader.
The baseball season viii go out and the buck
wheat batter come in-Wilkesbarre Times-Leader.
After he has hammered his thumb nail few times
II is easy for feel that he really has not the
time to nail down the hall carpet-Syracuse fost-
Standard
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Resnectfnlly
A Renlv to Mr. Pnst.

Editor THE EVENING JOURNAL
In reading THE EVENING JOUR-
NAL the other day I hesitated long
enough to read a few OF Mr.. Posts de-
ductions OF what the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor Is comp, sed Of and the
duties of the members thereof
Now If Mr.. Post is looking for liter
airy fame or oratoricai acknowledg-
ment. why not apply TO the speakers
bureau OF either the two dominant po-
litical trusts, and possibly thereby
save considerable advertising money
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Mr. perIekson Returns Thsnka.

Editor THE EVENING JOURNAL.
I wish to extend my thanks to eacb
and evsry one who so ably assisted
when my barn was burned on TIA
morning of October %. cannot speak
10 them personally, but hope to reacn
them through the columns Of your
valued paper. Wm H. Derickson,
Marshallton. Del. October "a 1905
Evening journal., 1908-10-24

The local option elections in Ohio are on
continuous show plan. Here in Delaware every
one after the strain of the campaign, was glad
when it was ended One election was sufficient
for awhile But in Ohio first one county and then
another is voting. and there is a succession OF
thrills Most of the counties that have voted have
been carried by the "drys," but the "wets" say
their stroneholds are vet to be heard from. The
maiorities in many of the Ohio counties have been
surprisingly small.
Evening journal., 1908-10-24

The nomination Of Mr.. Scott for presidential
elector by the Democrats does not hitch very we'll
with their cry for reformation in the management
of the affairs OF the county. Mr. Scott was
leader of the extravagant Democratic Levy Court
and the Democrats evidently approve OF him, as
he is named for one OF the honorary positions on
the marty ticket
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OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENTS
The United Publishers Association

The Puhllshers Bulletin, official organ Of the UNITED
PUBL IS1iERS ASSOCIATION prints the toloWlnBs
hTTfE WiI.AfI NGTON EVENING JOURNAL has a
Tuaranteed circulation more than lo2O daily which mas
been verified by examination
The examination made by Mr Arthur kopps, ooo
eral OF the association. who onefs 70
Of his own money and under'ake 20 prove tnet ts ~ n
ING JOURNAL has the largest paid circulation OF any P
printed 10 Wilmlngton.
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Will Learn Later.
Baltimore American.

A government cmploye IN Havana stole
si95.0oO from the treasury. lie simply took
out the cash bonds from the safe. The art
LOT abstraction is still crude and primitive
In our new dependencies. Artistic and
safer methods OF annexlng public and pri-
vate funds viii come with more experience
of our American ways.
Evening journal., 1908-10-24

Although the name of Judge John p Elkins. OF
PENNSYLVANIA. was mentioned in the Hearst
Standard Oil letters, the resignation OF Judge
Elkins, as demanded BY several of the Philadel-
phia papers, has not been forthcoming And il is
not likely TO be-
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Republican We can see how the money of the
court has been expended and there need be no
burning Of the record books, as was done by the
Democrats.
Evening journal., 1908-10-24

In Cleveland. Ohio, the women have the right
to vote at municipal elections, and they are pre-
pairing TO exercise that authority. Although the
school election does not take place for year,
many women of the city arc already registering,
so as to avoid the rush. and a large vote of women
NAV be expected
Evening journal., 1908-10-24
Peoples Column

Anonymous communications for
tho peoples column will not be
printed Names of contributors TO
the column win not be printed. but
must be furnished THE EVENING
JOURNAL as an evidence Of good
faith on the part or the contributor
Evening journal., 1908-10-24

The football heroes will soon be able TO resume
the centre of the stage. In few days the curtain
will have been rung down upon the political
actors for awhile at least.
Evening journal., 1908-10-24

DO you want to buy a wedding pres
ent? Think OF a rocker from the new
j. & J. n. Harman Company, 40 King
street.
Evening journal., 1908-10-24

The American fleet at Japan has been given
rousing reception. The cordiality between the
Japanese and the Americans ought TO dspel the
war dreams of some excitabe Americans.
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of this letter, am very respectfully
yours.
S. NJ. Morgan.
Dover District Parsonage. Dover
Del, October %.
Evening journal., 1908-10-24
Is Not For BRYAN.

Editor THE EVENING JOURNAL.
VIII YOU please give prominence to
the following statement in the columns
of your paper? / am not now, nor
ever have been an advocate of the cleo
tion of Bryan TO the presidency
Neither am acting as secretary of any
colored organization advocating the
same.
Respectfully,
Isaac w. Howard,
Principal of Laurel Colored Schools
Laurel, oct 20.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-02
The "Gasn Was Prepaid.

~EVerybOdy'S Magazine: The self
made millionaire who had endowed the
school had been invited to mak the
opening speech al the commencement
exercises. He had not often had a
chance Of speaking before the public
and he was resolved to max the most
Of it. He dragged his address out most
tiresomely, repeating the same thought
over and over. Unable TO stand it any
longer a couple Of boys IN the rear Of
the room slipped out. A coachman
who was waiting outside asked them
if the millionaire had finished his
Gee, yes" replied the boys, but he
won't stop"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-02
Boots But Little Worn.

Baltimore American: Il saw former
United States Senator William M.
Stewart, Of Nevada, in Washington the
other day, and l noticed that he still
clings to boots, the only footgear he
has worn ever since his early man
hood said r. C. Bixby, of Denver, at
the New Howard.
Nowadays you will not find one
man in 5000 who wears boots, unless II
be in mining camps or u on the cattle
ranges Of the West. Ny memory goes
back to the time when even in the
old settled states Of the East boots
were in as great demand as shoes, and
BOYS Of from s to Is years, especially,
gloried in them. ReColleCt the first
pair that your parent bought for you
the kim with red tops and brass
trimmed toes, and how proud you were?
well even In our section boots have
about gone out Of ordinary use, ex-
cept among the c~owpunChers. The sty,
lish cowboy still disdains shoes. He
has his boots made to order, Of the
finest calf, with heels much higher
than fashionable danes insist upon
and for which he is taxed not less thar
S16 a pair"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-02
SUBDUES INTRUDER
WITH her HATPIN
Mrs Mary vacquIz Sits on Him
in Hallway With Weapon
Pointed ut Throat.

New York, Special: With a hatpin
captured a burglar she found in her apart
ments, at 1907 Third ave. The Intruder
made a desperate resistance until Mrs.
VacquiZ held the point OF the pin against
his throat, when he consented to await
the arrival Of the police.
Having left the house on q shopping
trip, Mrs. Vacquiz remembered, about
twenty minutes laSer, that she had for
gotten a cake In the oven, and Tetraced
her steps. As she reached the fourth floor
she noticed the outer door to her rooms
had been forced.
At the same instant a man sprang from
a corner and attempted to pass her. She
screamed and caught at him, narrowly
escaping a blow he aimed at her with
a heavy Jimmy" Throwing her arms
about his body, Mrs. Vacquiz, a powerful
woman, pinned the man against the wall
and continued to call for help. By a
sudden effort he loosened her hold and
floor. Mrs. VacQuiZ retained her grasp,
catching his coat tails, At the bottom
the burglar stumbled and fell, whereupon
Mrs. VacquiZ sat on him, Drawing a
long pin from her hat, she pressed the
point against his flesh and dared him 10
move.
Taken to the East Fortieth street police
station by a policeman who had been sum-
moned, the prisoner said he was LorenZ
Gilmore, but refused TO give al address,
Several articles found on him were iden-
tilted by Mrs. Vacquiz.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-02
AN INTERESTING
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT
Any Child Can DO 1.-THE Result L.
Almost Like Magic-Useful Too.

Anything in the nature Of a chemi-
cal experiment is always interesting
and usually educative. Here is a sim
pie experiment which any child al
perform and which Is instructive in a
very practical way: Get a bit Of
White Lead about the size of a pea, a
piece of charcoal, a common candle in
a c~andlestick, and a blOw-pipe. Scoop
out a little hollow in the charcoal to
hold the White Lead, then light the
candle, take the charcoal and lead in
m hand and the blow-pipe in the
other, with the large end of the blow
pipe between the lips blow the fame
Of the candle steadily against the bit
Of White Lead on the charcoal and If
the White Lead Is pure 1t will present
ly resolve itself into little shining glob-
ules of metallic lead, under the intense
heat of the blow-pipe, leaving no
residue.
If, however, the White Lead Is adul-
terated In the slightest degree, it will
not wholly change into lead. So, II
will be seen, that this experiment Is
not only an entertaining chemical dem
Onstration, but also of practical use in
the home. White Lead Is the most i'm
portant ingredient of paint. 1t should
be bought pure and unauthorized and
mixed with pure linseed oil. That Is
the best paint. The above easy expert
ment enables any one to know whether
the paint is the kind which will wear
or not.
The National Lead Company guar
antee that white lead taken from a
package bearing their dutch. Boy
Painter trademark will prove abso-
lutely pure under the blow-pipe test
and to encourage people to make the
test and prove the purity of paint be-
fore using 1t, they will send free a
blow-pipe and a valuable booklet on
paint to any one writing them asking
for Test Equipment. Address National
Lead Company, Woodbridge Building
New York City.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-02
FURIOUS HUMoR ON CHILD.

itching, Bleeding Sores Covered
Bodybuilding Helped Her-Cuti-
curn Cures Her In Five Days.
After my granddaughter Of about
seven years had been cured of the
measles, she was attacked about a fort
night later by a furious itching and
painful eruption all over her body, es-
peclally the upper part Of it, forming
watery and bleeding sores, especially
under the arms, of considerable size.
She suffered a great deal and for three
weeks we nursed her every night, u.s.
ing all the remedies we could think of.
Nothing would help. We tried the
Cuticura Remedies and after twenty
four hours we noted considerable i'm
provement, and after using only one
complete set of the Cuticura Remedies,
in FIVE consecutive days the little one,
much 10 N Joy, had been entirely
cured, and has been well for a long
time. Mrs. F. Ruefenacht, r. F. D. No.
3, Bakersfield, Cal, June % and July
20, 1906"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-02
The Evolution of
Household Remedies.

The modern uatanf medicine busi-
ness il the natural outprowth of the
old.time household remedies.
In the early history of this country.
EVERY FAMILY HAD IT'S HOME
MADE MEDICINES. Herb teas.
bitters. laxatives and tonics, were to be
found in almost every house. compound.
ed hv the bonsewife' sometimes assisted
bv the apotbecarv or the family doctor.
sueh remedies an picra. which was
aloes and ouassia. dissolved in apple
brandy. Sometimes a hon tonic. made
Of whiskev. hons and bitter barks. A
score or 3 Of popalar. homemade
remedies were thus compounded, The
formulate for which were passed along
from house TO house. sometimes written,
sometimes verbally communicated.
The patent medicine business is a
natural outuruwth from this whole
aome. old-time custom. In the begin.
ninp. some eutarurising doctor. i'm
pressed by the usefulness of one Of
these homemade remedies. would take
il nm. improve Il In man WAYS, manu-
facture it on a large scale, advertise it
mainly through aimanacs for the home,
and thus it would become used over a
large area. LATTERLY THE HOUSE
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-02
Tale Points a Moral.

Brooklyn Times: Marshall Geer, the
chairman of the floor committee of the
New York cotton exchange, was con-
graduated the other day on the superb
order that his committee maintains.
we do 1t by working together" said
Mr.. Geer. I'VE could accomplish moth
ing otherwise. Not to work together is,
you know, a disastrous thing. ] remem-
Der the time Of the bicycle craze. ] set
out, n hot August afternoon, on a
tandem with a pretty girl. There was
before US a stiff 80 mile spin.
Well, ! worked like a galley slave
that afternoon. The perspiration sim
ply rained off me. ! could hear my
oVerworked heart beating thunderous-
ly. My face was a kind of blush red.
But the girl kept beautifully cool.
"And at our rides end, as / leaned
the machine against the hotel porch,
she touched one OF the pedals delicately
with her forefnger and said:
by the way, what are these little
twirligigs for?'"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-02

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition Of the mu,
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube Is in6amed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, Deafness Is the result. and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to It's normal condl.
ton, hearing will he destroyed forever nine
cases out Of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which Is nothing but an infamed condition
Of the mucous surfa ces.
We will gi"e One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness (caused by Catarrh) thai
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
#. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, O..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take balls Family Pills for constipation.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-02
Four Water Color Pictures Free.

Four Water Color Pictures Free.
To introduce 40 Mule Team" Boraxo
Bath Powder, to the greatest number
In the shortest time, that all may be-
come acquainted with its qualities MS
a toilet, bath and nursery necessity, the
Pacific Coast Borax Co. has secured
the exclusive control Of a series of four
beautiful water color pastels, size 14h
XII inches, printed in ten colors of the
softest and most beautiful Of flesh and
flower tints. So artistic are these pic
lures, that II they were obtainable In
the shops, they would readily sell at
$1.00 each. The Pacific Coast Borax
Co. offer them free. For full informa-
ton how you can obtain them free, ad-
dress a post card to Pacific Coast Bo-
rax Co, New York City.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-02
SIG AN ACRE WAS REALIZED
On a Crop In Western Canada Last
Year-AnOther Farmer RealiEes
&22.0O per Acre from His Wheat

On a Crop In Western Canada Last
Year-AnOther Farmer RealiEes
$22.5O per Acre from His Wheat
Crop.
Charles Mccormick, Of Kenville,
Manitoba, writes:
During the season of 1907 l had
100 acres In crop on the s.. w. quarter
Of section Is. township 80, range 81,
west of the Principal Meridian, West
ern Canada, yielded as follows:
Eighty acres at % bushels per acre,
which l sold for 80 cents per bushel,
and 20 acres oats yielding 60 bushels
per acre l sold for IS cents per bushel,
so that my total crop realized $1,000.
From this l deducted for expenses of
threshing, hired help, etc, $500, leaving
me a net profit on this years crop Of
v e 81, 1900"
Thomas Sawatzky, of Herbert, Sas-
katchewan, says:
THE value Of my crop per acre OF
wheat is $3.50. l threshed 1850 bush
els OF wheat from 70 acres, and was
offered 80 cents a bushel for it; oats,
Is acres, 500 bushels. and barley, 5
acres, 80 bushels. l do not know If I
have been doing the best In this dis
trlct, but I know If all the farmers
were doing as well, Western Canada
would have no kick coming as far as
grain growing is concerned; and l fur
Their say that If you want to put this
in one Of your advertisements, this Is
true and l can put my name to it."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-02

Lieutenant Shackleton, the young
South Pole in a motor car. lie intrepid
and humorous said a New York
~geographer. 'At a dinner In Iieuten-
ant Shackleton's honor / once heard
him say, with a humorous glance to-
ward several grizzled explorers whose
lives had been passed in looking for
the North pole: After all, who was
this Columbus that we should make
such a fuss over him? Surely, gentle
men, Columbus vas an overrated man.
The task he performed was an easy
one. Why, he discovered America the
very first time he went to look for
H."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-02

A party of American tourists in a
hotel in Germany discovered a new con-
tribution to English as she is spoke"
The building had been recently wired
for electricity and under the bulbs in
each room directions were posted in
French, German and English. The Ger
ma was irreproachable, the French
nearly so. The English read as follows:
T open n shut the Tightening cleo
trical one is requested to urn the right
hand. On going TO bed it must be
closed. Otherwise the Tightening must
he Daid"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-02

could not stoop with
out a sharp pain. 1t
was just as bad when
l tried to get up from
a chair. l was Ian
guild and listless and
had much pain and
trouble with the kid
ney secretions. This
was my state when l
hogan with nOan'S
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-02

J. Pierpont Morgan belongs to 35
clubs, and his membership dues figure
yer $1,000 annually. August Belmont
is d member Of "a clubs, and ChaunCey
M. Depew belongs TO 80. Perry Bel
mont has membership in 30 clubs,
George Gould in Il, John Jacob Astor
in q, and Willie X. Vanderbilt, jr., in
1S. Many men belong to a dozen or
more