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Evening journal., 1908-12-28
GRAND OPERA HOUSE

"The Pickpockets," is the name OF
the new c. NJ. S. Mcclellan play which
is being depended upon to end the
series Of disasters that have camped
on the Arnold DAILY trail for the past
few seasons. Mr.. DAILY appears I'm this
new play at the Opera House, matinee
and night, next Friday, New Years
Day. IL is a play dealing with finance
and the great problem now confront
ing the nation. the proper station in
our economic life OF those able. by
means of gift or instinct, to amass
for themselves that symbol Of wealth,
money. The title it will readily be
seen, is metaphorical. The play in
wolves "A serious theme. yet il has been
the tim of the dramatist to win for
himself the distinction of making his
points and arguments felt by means
OF dramatic action alone. The stage
delneation is said TO be up to the high
standards usually maintained by the
plays producers, Messrs. Lieber & co.
No part stands out above the others
as a "star" part Quite as important
as Mr.. Daly's are said to be the parts
interpreted by Katherine Kaelred a
young Norwegian actress and Charles
a. Stevenson, who ranks among the
best of our native artists.
1.-THE Angel and the OK" which
comes to the Opera House on Wednes-
day for a matinee and night perform
ance is said to be strictly moral and
up date in every respect The au-
thor has striven to give the public
something different from the ordinary
blood and thunder melodrama with
which our stage is over-run. The
secret OF its success lies I'm it's sim
plicity and beauty of tone and its clean
sentiment
One of the stage stories that will
ever remain strong and true to thea
! ltregoers is Uncle Toms Cabin" which
will be given at the Opera House on
! Tuesday. matinee and night. wher
every one who has the opportunity OF
witnessing this perennial favorite viii
/ acclaim it as one of the best presented
/ by any company. Time. effort and eX-
/ pense have not been spared I'm its stag
! ing or selection Of cast and tho minut-
est detail has been carefully consid.
cred.
Evening journal., 1908-12-28
SPARROWS HAD A
CHRISTMAS TREE, TOO

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Dec. 2s.-A
Christmas tree for sparrows was a fea-
ture OF the celebration in this place.
when Mrs. James Mowen, who feeds the
birds Of her locality every day, placed
a large cedar tree in snowdrift in her
yard and decorated il with pieces of
cake, bread. meat and other things for
the birds.
1t is said at least 500 sparrows got a
portion OF the food during the day, and
a nearby baker did a rushing business.
The home birds seemed TO have invited
all those witing a distance Of many
blocks and tho yard was a busy scene.
the tree being almost torn down by the
birds.
Evening journal., 1908-12-28
nonr siste Trnlis~...-


Editor THE EVENING JOURNAL.
There is a demand by the citizeni
Of this State for the development OF
its resources. A traction road is need
ed running down the Kings Highway
TO awakensfrom their sleeping Ietharsy
such towns as ST. Georges, Odessa
Smyrna, Frederica and many Other
places along said highway, and the
only way to obtain the required de
mand Is a community of interest ana
mutual protection for all our citizens.
Therefore let our citizens urge upon
the Legislature the necessity of such
a utility whereby such communication
will awaken public sentiment to gigan-
tic development of our commercial and
agricultural interests. The Kings
Highway calls for sixty feet Why
not devote fifteen of It for the benefit
of a trolley as an incentive for the
furtherance Of such an enterprise
which would very much cheaper the
cost and expedite the work and lend
encoura cement 20 those who woul,
lend their means. Let us get out OF
old railroad prejudices into a broader
sentiment of prosperity. The idea oi
100 miles Of fertile land being at tho
caprice OF the Delaware Railroad diets
tion is not i'm keeping with thoughtful
prosperity. With such a road hun.
dreds of enterprising citizens woulC
come among us and and buy and di
vide up our large farms. and add muct
to the values and commercial intercs
of each community.
am an advocate Of an income tax
II is not right that the land should
be so heavily incumbered for taxation
while there is at least fifty millions q
stocks, bonds and mortgages and Othe
securities immune from taxation. lie
everyone bear equity in Taxation
Everybody. rich or poor, should fee
an interest and pride in their Stat
and pay a reasonable amount for il
maintenance,
George w. Ingram.
Middletown, Del, Dec. 2S.
Evening journal., 1908-12-28
Chatty Stories Of the Day

Patrick Jones' New Yorks superintendent of school
supplies was talking dinner about corporal punish
ment.
Corporal punishment in schools IS more" he said
'and that is good thing. Undeniably though. many
hoy showed wonderful pluck.
Il remember boy named Bill Bill brave fellow,
doing miserably day I'm a geometry recitation.
Now, sir said the schoolmaster savagey, for the
last Time what is the Of the hypotenuse Of right
angled triangle equivalent tog
" It's equivalent a lckn' fer tne sir There's the
club, said Rill."-Boston Herald.
Evening journal., 1908-12-28
pr. KeIIoaa TaIks 70 Men.

The Rev DR.. II. w. Kellogg, Of
Grace NJ. +. Church, spoke on THE
Message of Peace" yesterday after
noon at the mems meeting under the
auspices OF the Y. NJ. c. A. in the
Garrick Theatre. An excellent pro-
gram was presented by the Irma Quar-
tet. of Philadelphia. Owing TO the ILL
ness Of +. <B. Tibbetts. secretary. the
injecting was in charge of Mr.. Lunk
assistant secretary.
Evening journal., 1908-12-28

the Ways and Means Committee that in advo-
eating protection for products in which their
constituents interested they had the most
cordial support of their people.
The spirit of cooperation among the Con-
gressmen held responsible for home protection
will bring tangible results when the action of the
Ways and Means Committee on the big sched-
ules becomes known
Evening journal., 1908-12-28
THF AVENUE

At the Avenue Theatre all this week
Friday and Saturday. the Avenue
Stock Company will offer Hall Gaines
famous play "The Christian" This viii.
be presented with a carload of special
scenery and the version used will oI
that Of Liehler and Company, the own
ers of the play. The Avenue Company
is capable and will give a fine pro-
duction.
Evening journal., 1908-12-28
Fear Rabies From Pets Bite.

BALTIMORE. Dec. 2S.-Henry
Beasley. a farmer. of Keller. Va. is
undergoing treatment for the preven-
tion Of rabies. He was bitten on the
hand while fondling his pet dog. The
animal was beheaded and its head
sent to the Bureau of Animal Indus
try, at Washington, where an exami-
nation. it is said, disclosed the fact
that the dog had hydrophobia.
Evening journal., 1908-12-28
Gas Victims Are Recovering.

Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Glacklin,
who were overcome by gas at their
home, No 220 Madison street, on Sat
urday, are convalescing and their COM
plete recovery Is expected. The physi-
clans who attended them say the
couple had a narrow escape.
Evening journal., 1908-12-28

A New York prophet declared that the world
would come to an end and yesterday was fixed
as the time Prophet Spangler and his followers
were to be translated to the planet Mars. The
high priestess with her relatives and baby in
gocart marched to the sacred mountain from
which thev-were to be lifted But, alas, the end
did not come. The crowd that had gathered to
witness the cermony saw dog fight and the po-
lice are searching for the prophet. This is a
bad time for predicting
Evening journal., 1908-12-28
Has Pretty Christmas Tree.

Patrolman Charles Morrow. of the
police force. has one Of the prettiest
Christmas trees on the west side Of
the city. Many persons have called at
his home No 1906 West Sixth street
to see Il.
Evening journal., 1908-12-28
cermans ceIeTrate christna..

The DeIaWare Saengerbund and tho
wilmington Turngemeinde held
Christmas festivals last night, the
former in German Hall and the latter
in Turn Hall. Many gifts were pre-
sented 70 the children of the members
At Turn Hall a play was presented brF
the senior ladies' class under the su-
pervision Of Physical Instructor Doel-
Evening journal., 1908-12-28

Dover wants an appropriation for dredging
ST Jones river, and as one OF our Senators lives
in the state capital the chances for securing the
appropriation should be excellent.
Evening journal., 1908-12-28

Miss Eleanor A. Shulz. Of Washing
ton. d. c., is visiting Mrs. John f.
He'll. at No. 1903 Clayton street this
CITY
Evening journal., 1908-12-28
The United Publishers Assassination

~ The Publishers Bulletin, official organ OF the UNITED
PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATIONS, prints following:
THE WILMINGTON EVENING JOURNAL has a
Euaranteed circulation Of than 10000 daily which has
been verified by examination"
The examination made by Arthur Koppeil gem
@rnl OF the association who offers $1,000
P bis money and undertake. 70 that the EVEN
ING JOURNAL has the largest paid circulation OF
per printed In Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1908-12-28
Merrv Xmas in one Block.

In every house excepting two en-
Monroe street between Fifth and SixtA
there is a Christmas tree. The treo8
are illuminated at night.
Evening journal., 1908-12-28
Peoples Column

Anonymous communications for
the peoples column will not be
printed, Names Of contributors TO
the column will not be printed. hut
must he furnished THE EVENING
JOURNAL as an evidence Of good
/ faith on the part or the contributor
Evening journal., 1908-12-28
oFFIcIAL ENDORSEMENTS

The Association
Of American Ad-
Z vertisers
The Association Of American posed OF al me
Advertissrs (Nsw York City) has Of this country
examined certified the circulation he Association
Of this publication Only tho figures Of smt u
circulation contained IA its report 10 is examination
guaranteed BY the Association. at any moment;
TeessSa" s.., $$$,,.4 :.':::i: ;S$;:
No 1l2. has been
->->->-N~ Issued 10 this
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05

It is interesting to know how GER
tain flowers got their names. Many
were named after individuals. For
instance: Fuchsias were so-called be-
cause they we're discovered by Leon
ard Fuchs. Dahlias were named for
Andre Dahl, who brought them from
peru. The camelia was SO called for
a missionary named Kamel, who
brought some magnificent specimens
or the flower to France from Japan.
He called it the rose of Japan, but his
friends changed 1t to Camelia. Mag
nolias were named in honor of Prof.
Magnol de Montpelier, who first
brought the beautiful tree to France
from America and Asia. Because they
trembled with the wind is the meaning
of Anemones. The Latin word to
wash is lavare and lavender received
its name because the Roman put the
flowers into the water, when they
washed, to perfume their hands.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05

ling that name on their face didn't
make them SO. Have we not all seen
one story shacks with a sign up read
inS Grand Palace Hotter But that
sign didn't make the shack palace
any more than printing the word Reg
uIator on the face OF two-dollar
clock makes that perfect timekeeper.
So / have long since ceased to be mis-
lead by the word Regulator.
For that matter may we not find In
jewelers. windows, where Of all places
you would expect to find clocks show
ing the correct time, clocks that are
minutes off? / never rely on clock
simply because see it in jewelers.
window,
@Nor do | rely on the barber shop
clock. nor on any of the many clocks
that find in many semi-public places
and least of all do / rely on clocks
found in homes; for clocks are as vari-
GUS and as irresponsible as men.
"And now am coming to the real
point Of what want to say. There Is
one sort of clock set up in public
places upon which we should be able
to rely with absolute security, and that
Is the, clock that is set up by busis
ness man in front of his place Of bust
ness
Now there is a clock that really
ought always to be kept in perfect
order and keeping perfect time. For
does not this man place it there to at
t1act attention to himself and his
goods for his own profit? Does he not
thereby expect to derive benefits from
| the public. and should not the public
be able to rely upon receiving a reclp-
rocal benefit from him? Does he not
| thereby substantially say that what ne
has to offer is good and worthy of at;
tention, and is it not reasonable to
suppose that he invites our confidence
i in his clock as well as his goods?
"And would you not suppose thaE
the most commonplace considerations
of selfishness would prompt him to
keep that clock always in perfect or.
| der. to confirm and increase for his
own profit the confidence that he in
vites? You'd think SO, wouldn't you1
But how many clocks are so?'
Il infer from what you say, said the
TRANQUIL man waiting for his train to
/ whom these remarks had been made,
chat YOU have trusted some public
clock somewhere and SO missed your
train"
your inference is quite correct"
said the hot and indignant man, and
what said to you as to the penalties
that think ought to attach to this
crime Of failure to keep public clocks
in order is only a brief limited, short,
condensed, mild abbreviated, attenu-
ated and expurgated statement Of
what think the penalty really ought
to be. What would do if could to
the man guilty Of this crime wouldn't
care to say
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05

fess and snake your face? IN, you
.ain'p neNer had no case, boy. Jim
aint your name, you sey9 You amt
Jim Crawford, but Frank Sanford,
and happened along about the time
the explosion occurred. Lad, didn't
they find the giant powder in your
bedroom? Isn't there 30 and more
people in this town identified you?
You own brother came all the way
from Omaha to disown you, and then
had to ADMIT you You've~bee1 iden-
tifcd by your own photographs and
ID prints and measurements in
theSSt. Louis penitentiary, and that's
sursT than the gospels, jim. An your
own dog Identified you in the court
room. Jim lad, I've never had to
swing a man but he owned up to me
before he died. I'd hate to send you
into eternity with lie on your lips
The good old man apbled away AZ
last, shaking his head over my OBJ
stinacy Well, | was prepared to die,
but never, while the breath was In my
body. would admit that | was the
! desperate they claimed me to be, Per
haps /, too, had been In the jury
box, would have convicted, Yet there
was one person who still believed in
me through all, since the first day Of
my Incarceration and that was Mu
riel. the sheriff's daughter. She &C
conpanied her father the following
morning when he brought me my
breakfast. and gave me great bunch
1 of roses.
"Fsank, dear" she whispered, as the
old ihan turned away from my Gel
door, Il trust and believe in you.
l-ram rau're not Jim Crawford. bu
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05

would not make such a punishment
mandatory; would leave something
to the discretion Of the Judge and jury
but would make the penalty cumu-
~lative. For instance, would have the
law so read that after a man had been
found four times guilty Of this crime
he must be> hanged or electrocuted
four times, with no escape, and | don't
know but what would both hang and
electrocute him.
For can conceive of no higher
crime than that of a man who sets up
clock in public place and then fails
to keep 1t going correctly,
Understand me clearly. do not
refer now to clocks In church steeples,
on which / never rely; they may be
right and they may be wrong. Nom
inally they are supposed to be looked
after BY the sexton, but really they
represent the congregation. a divided
responsibility; and on anything for
which the responsibility is divided you
can never rely. The church clock goes
its own sweet way through the week
with nobody to look after It, and 50 on
it 4 never rely.
''Nor do permit myself to be misled
by tower clocks, which, like the church
clocks, may be right and may be
wrong. You might think that the
tower clocks would Be looked after
scrupulously BY those who owned
them, but up SO high, 50 near the sky,
and though looked at daily BY many,
they seem sometimes to be quite over
looked and forgotten by those whose
business 1t should be to keep constant
watch over them; and have learned
by experience not to rely on tower
clocks.
And | have long since ceased to
rely on clocks simply because they
had the word Regulator printed On
their face / have known such clocks
Aa.Aa Usre model tirnekeepers. bat nut
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05

my love. And I'll save you, FRANK,
I'll save you"
| surmised from what direction the
help Would come, and my next inter
view with Muriel confirmed my sus-
picibns.
Frank, dearest" she whispered,
"your friends are going to make jail
delivery at midnight. And when
you're In the east again and safe from
all danger you must send me word
somehow and will come to you.
And i'll wait patiently for months and
months, or years, If need be; for !
know you are innocent, Frank, and
shall love you always"
1t was might Of horror such as !
have never known The suspense, al
WAYS the suspense; the silent night,
broken BY pistol shots, the battering
Of logs against the prison doors; the
cries that resounded through the stone
halls like rife fire; the long, eternal
agony Of doubt--and then my rescu'
ers. masked men, brandishing their
guns like torches, bursting into the
corridor to free me with the keys
which they had taken from the old
sheriff, who stood In their midst, help.
lessly protesting all this was like the
phantasmagora Of dream until at
length, coming to my senses, I found
myself seated upon the swiftest horse
IN Cobweb. leading mare packed
with necessities Of life wherewith tc
cross the desert
/ thrust my feet sxuItantly inside
the stirrups Of wood; pressed my
knees against my horses banks and
gathered the snafEie reins between my
fingers. Then, casting one glance
backward, / saw Muriel's dark eyer
fixed upon mine lii love such AZ had
not before come to me.
She had trusted he as few women
had done. could not leave her tc
oat out her heart through the months
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05
a S5 I. 8 I 10 m
o. Id N 'T ITY
By Harold Carter.

GulllN.
! heard the verdict of the jury in
differently; brgced myself against
1.-The rail and waited for the exordium
of the judge. In that supreme mo
ment I felt that ! alone dominated
he courtroom, Every face among the
spectators was turned on mine in hor-
ror. The senile Old foreman was pull
ling his beard, and his lips moved; I
knew that he was nttering prayer.
Then the Judge commenced his
speech had been justly convicted
of a dastardly crime, he said; ! had
crept by night into the bedroom Of the
millionaire sheep owner and blown
aim into eternity with a bomb AS
Tor my defense Of mistaken identity.
that was too contemplate to require
notice The cowardly cattlemen's or
ganization which had. he did not
doubt, inspired and hired me, might.
| for the moment, have escaped justice.
But the law, though slow, was sure;
HIT would track down their leaders as
| 1t hadstracked me down. could have
40 hope Of D reprieve, and he recon-
mended me to spend what short time
remained to me In making my peace
with God.
Men under sentence Of death seem,
leyen to their jailers. to have atoned
already FOR their crimes ana sins. For
1.-THE first time since my Imprisonment
began the sheriff evinced compassion
ate pity toward me AZ he int beside
|me III my cen that night
O. h~wY IA began. why not con
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05
coIored Laborers FaIIInas.

Northern farmers who hope to profit
by the influx of colored laborers from
the South have much to learn. In the
South the colored man generally lives
in rented cabin or in o44e provided
by the farmer on the place. He sell
dom eats at the big house kitchen. He
looks out for his own washing, mend
ing and gives his employer very little
trouble. He will not work alone, Meth
er will he do good work in company
with others unless watched and direct
ed hY a white man
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05
CRIME OF THE
CLOCKS
Man Who Missed a Train FFees
His Mind About a Com
mon Nuisance.

Il am firmly convinced" said the
man who sat swabbing his face in the
railroad station waiting room, hot and
indignant because he had missed mis-
train, shat the man maintaining in
public place a clock that does not keep
time ought to be found guilty Of f.
lonious misdemeanor. If not of some
thing worse, and punished, If thar
were possible, with penalty iR~snHe
measure commensurate with his crime
4 am not sure that would ham
him for the first offense-at least !
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05
Tuherc1losIa Gern1a n Rutter.

The danger from tuberculosis germs
In butter is pointed out in publica-
tion Just issued at Circular 127 of'the
bureau Of animal industry, United
states Department Of Agriculture
This circular reports experiments
made BY DR.. &. 9. Schroeder and WI.
u. Cotton at the bureau experiment
station. Butter was made from the
mix Of tuberculosis COW, and after
being kept for different lengths Of
time II was inoculated into more than
fifty guinea pigs in order 70. deter
mine how long the germs live and
retain their virulence Al butter With
TIE exception of ave that died prema-
turely from other causes and one that
was killed, ali the guinea pigs died cf
eeneralized tuberculosis, and the one
that was killed was also found AFFECT
ed,
The results Of these experiments
nrove roncIusIveiY that tubercIe bac-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05

until 1t looked Ike jewelers. snow
window
"And that's the story Of the Cann9f
Corn Mine and the Little Toe Lode in
the mining camp Of Corncob. OF course
you've heard Of the enormous wealth
Of this property. Here's little
sketch map Of it, which also shows the
claims | have staked out all around II.
I'm Offering just few shares to close
friends Of mine, simply for develop
ment purposes. It's the chance Of 4
lifetime
'Did Cand bury that toe? NcS
much! He had 1t set in silver any
wore it as watch charm for While
The last time saw him he said he'd
given it to his wife"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05
Girl students Win Aonors.

The thirteen honor students in the
class of rs graduated this year from
the College Of Liberal Arts of Boston
university are all women. Because
they have attained the highest rank
during the four years Of their college
course all 13 will become members
Of the Phi Beta Kappa. This society
has a similar record in the University
of Missouri, where all five Of the mem
bers added to its roll last year were
girls
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05
Graromatlcally SPEAKING.

He-Cap you explain to me the diff.
ference between shall" and "will?"
For example, if say: win. you mar.
rv me?" should you reply, II shalT' on
will?'
she (coldly)--I should reply; u
won't. Hcme Herald.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05

iii may live anEr rstGln their viru-
lence in ordinary salted butter praeti-
cally four and half months, or even
longer, and they give new evidence
of the danger from the use Of tuber-
culosis cows for daily purposes,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05
Elsewhere.

The City Man-And what do you
thinl Of L1 4on?
The MAJ ON Klondike Why, /
unought 1t mining town when l
lirst STRUCK Somebody's digging In
sTery strel he Sketch.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05

and wears or doubts ana nopelessness.
] could not 60 to freedom with a lie
in my heart such as ] could have car
ried to the gibbet. | leaned over my
saddlebags and whispered to her:
"Girl am Jim Crawford"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-08-05

There goes q man who made 2 for
tune writing poetry.
.Wh- WHAT
enc Fm rot joking iIe wrote TEN
der verses 10 romantic young
heireas,