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Evening journal., 1908-06-09
ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTING.

HE elaborate preparations for getting news
u on the jump from the convention, which
have kept the White House attaches busy on for
mer campaign years will be lacking this June
Instead of making extraordinary efforts to get
the news even in advance of the newspaper re-
ports the President will this year maintain an at
titude OF apparent indifference.
There will be no long-distance telephone con-
nection established between the White House
and the hall in Chicago where the delegates are to
register their will; neither will the Presidents
staff Of telegraphers have loops running into the
auditorium or anywhere in the immediate vicn-
ity.
From all outward appearances the President
will nottake any more interest in the affair in the
city by the lake than the ordinary private citizen
If he gets any telephone calls they will be obliged
10 secure connection through the usual course Of
procedure, and if they wire him they'll have to
call a district messenger boy and send the tele-
gram prepaid at their own expense
The President believes that it is all over but
the shouting
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
Tuesday, June 9, 1908.
CURRENCY REFORM.

tn commencement exercises of the Goldey
Il Commercial College always attract men OF
national reputation and their remarks are worth
hearing
Senator dupont last evening was noted inquire
AT the commencement, and at the informal recep-
tion that followed. the senator spoke on the im-
portant question of currency. Colonel DUPONT
evidently is not in love with the Aldrch-Nreeland
measure as few are, but he regards 1t as TEN,
porary makeshift-about the best thing that eou'e
be done under the circumstances lhere was
business furry and a demand for currency legis-
lation To be sure, this demand subsided as the
financial stringency was relieved, but the impress
sion fingered that Congress should do something
in the way of financial legislation. That is about
all there is to the currency measure
Senator DUPONT, however, referred to his own
suggestion OF the appointment of a commission OF
men outside of Congress, who should exhaust
lively study the question from an impartial view
Doint and arrive al the best course TO be adopted
With an array of facts collected "by business men
and not BY Bankers only, Congress would have
before it something definite and something SUD-
stantial upon which to work"
There is more sound sense in the remarks OF
Colonel dupont on this question than there IS IN
dozens Of pages of so-called speeches with which
the Congressional Record is loaded.
The senator points out that the matter OF cur
rency should not be left to the bankers alone, but
that the business interests OF the country should
have say in currency regulation. How true this
Is We have been accustomed to sit still and per-
nit the bankers TO make the suggestions and de-
mand the legislation, while the voices of the thou
sands upon thousands Of business men through
out the country who vitally more concerned
than the bankers could be, are silent.
We have no currency system of which we could
be proud In fact it is a makeshift all through
a good specimen of the bungling and self interest
of cliques of hnanciers who finance for them
selves
And the situation will not be bettered until
sensible suggestion such as Colonel DUPONT has
made, and which we hope he will persist in, is
followed
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
Love Affairs of Royalty.

&SNe FNA&tNo ~ NY
King Manuel doesn't see why he
should marry some girl that he doesn't
love just because he is sitting on a
tottering and wabbly legged throne.
One dark eyed little lady who has
nothing to recommend her but her
good looks and her winning ways
strikes him as the proper material out
of which to make a queen.
He considers the blood in her veins
much superior to a good deal Of the
royal blood that has come under his
notice.
He doesn't particularly banker to tie
up with some hatchet faced damsel
old enough TO be his aunt Susie just
to keep tradition from throwinga At.
However, the king is young, and
youth always feels like telling expert
ence to chase Itself. In a few years
he will probably be so subdued and
chastened that he will marry any one
they tell him to and pretend that he
likes It
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
A FIeroe Proposition.

Count Boni de Castellane, who d.
vides his time between raising whisk-
ers and trouble and not very much Of
either In comparison TO the blowing he
loes. is going to challenge the future
husband Of his past wife to a fierce
nd bloody duel. weapons not stated,
resumably toothpicks.
Every time Boni walks past restau-
mt because he cannot afford to go in
Q feels like being real saucy to some
ne, presumably the author of his
'oes.
1t never occurs to the funny little
renchman that he was the architect
his own misfortunes and that he did
job of it Of which from an artistic
tandpoint he has reason to be proud.
The only thing he can see is the meal
lcket before his eyes that isn't there,
nd he gets so furious that he almost
'eels like hiring some one to take a
licking from him.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
DIRECTORS;
CANVASSERS GET
THEIR MONEY

The Board Of Education last night
ordered the thirty-four men paid who
were engaged in taking the census Of
the children of school age, to comply
with the provisions of the compulsory
education law. The men made 299
days, which, at 50 per day, brings the
cost of the canvass up to S59s.
Superintendent of Schools Twitmyer
reported last night that the canvassers
returned the following totals, only
children between Z ami Ia years being
enumerated. White children, between
these ages attending public school,
6.7ss; colored children, s65: parochial
school, 2.72S; private schools l61.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
003 Market ST.
OO2 Shipley ST.
Both Phones.
A Tribute to the Brave.


J. Parke Postles.
And now our hearts are aching
For we've laid within the grave
A soldier true and faithful;
A soldier true and brave.
He was our loved commander.
But he's entered into rest.
And now he'll wear his honors
Up there among the blest.
When the bullets fell around him.
Down at old Fredericksburg,
He Rode undaunted through them
And uttered not a word.
But when he reached the camp-feld
And stood among his men.
The look upon his face. boys,
Caused us to say-Amen.
He was only a young boy then.
But he offered up his life,
For when his country needed aid
He entered in the strife.
He stood close by the fsg, boys,
Fought bravely for his home
And when peace came dpon us
His record was-'Well done"
We shall miss him by our campfire,
We shall miss him by our side,
But boys the waiting won't be long,
Wen soon meet beyond the tide.
And when we reach that camp, boys,
In that land of corn and wine,
The stars that giisten in his crown
Will all earthly gems outshine
Some day wen hear the bugle.
1t viii call us up On high;
May We all like our commander be
And not afraid to die,
And when the taps shall sound. boys,
Ara we enter into rest,
We wi meet our brave commander
In the mansions of the blest
M. c. r.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
THE WAY OF IT.

a FRIEND writes us from the fruit district
Of Delaware: Although the June drop Is
heavy, there IS a prospect for a large yield Of
peaches. But we shall have TO buy new and more
expensive baskets. because the railroad company
has decided not to sheve the cars. There is al
ways something to take money from the farm
ers"
OF course there is. The wealth of the country
IS produced by the farmers and others who take
It from the earth, and the other fellows scheme to
see how much of that wealth they can get into
their pockets
And the remarkable part of it is that usually
the other fellow gets the greater percentage of the
wealth although he expends smaller percentage
OF labor
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
POSTAL CABLE COMPANY
GETS DELAWARE CHARTER
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special 70 THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del. June e-The Postal
Telegraph Gable Company was incor-
porated here yesterday &c operate tele-
graph and cable lines. pole lines and a
general message business. The incor-
porators are prominent officers of tho
Postal Company and the capital stock
is $4,000.
The postal company evidently took
this action of Incorporating in Della
ware TO reserve that name and forestall
any Of the new telephone companies
about to enter the aeld from infring-
ing on that title The company has
been doing business in Delaware as a
foreign corporation, but can now pro-
ceed as a Delaware corporation and
pay the annual franchise tax instead
of the foreign corporation license.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09

The Board OF Water Commissioners evidently
10 not want James c. Van Trump in their em-
ploy. First he was removed from one office and
then placed in another in response to a protest
against his removal The commissioners are re-
ported as saying that there is further need for
the office. But it is remarkable that man who
has served the department faithfully for eighteen
years should suddenly become useless. The abil-
ity Of Mr. Van Trump does not appear to be ques-
toned. So far as the public knows, there has
been no criticism of his work.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
MAN AND HORSE DROWN
Negro Drives Animal Over Dam
Companion Missing.

MIDDLETOwN, Del. June 9-David
CarlSe, a farmer living near town, let
two negro men who had been working
for him have a team to come to town
in Saturday evening. Sunday morning
the team and men still being absent,
Mr.. Clark started out to look for his
horse and found ic about a mile from
home. drowned in the Bunker Hill mill
pond.
The recent heavy rains had washed
away part of the dam near the race
and travellers had been using a tempor-
ary road while the dam was undergo
ing repairs The body of one of the
men was found in the pond Sunday
evening, but the other sull is missing.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
Humor ane Philosophy
THE MENTAL BOOST
BY DUNCAN N. snIrH


IT'S we'll to have philosophy.
1t helps you on your way
To smooth the places rugged
And make the work like play.
You turn to it for comfort,
No matter what the loss,
BY means OF 1t give trouble
A good big double cross.
II helps you in the evening
To put your cares away
And view with some complacenco
The bills you cannot pay,
For when the bill Collector
Talks to you like a Turk
You shed the bills like watep
If you can make It work.
Defiance to the toothache
Quite placidly 1t bids
And chronic indigestion
OF terror partly rids.
It helps a man downhearted
His batch OF blues to shake
And makes him still be cheerful
Although his corns may ache.
For hearts that have been broken,
For bruises Of the thumb,
For pains and disappointments -
Philosophy helps some,
And ever Il stands ready.
The only one safe bet,
The finest and the cheapest
Relief a man may get
Evening journal., 1908-06-09

The faculty of Swarthmore College has finally
abolished football at that institution, and the
games scheduled for the coming fall will not be
PLAYED Members of the faculty say that the
Jeanes bequest, which they will receive if football
is abolished, had nothing to do with the decision
to abandon the sport but it is significant that the
agitation to do away with the game started sim
utaneously with the announcement of the be-
quest
Evening journal., 1908-06-09

Number OF children between these ages
not attending school, 39j Total, 11,04t
The enumerators only found 10320
children between and IA years of age.
making 724 they missed. The canvass
was considered a gooG one. however,
by Mr. Twitmyer.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09

II self conscious, bashful or conceit-
ed people knew how little people really
trouble about them it would probably
make them so mad that they would be
effectually cured.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
FINANCIAL
Name

Central National Bank .....-..-.............
Afulei5 BANK -....-.ss-s.s-.a-.s.s-.-s
First National Bank .......................
Nat'l Bank Of Wilmington q Brandywine
Union National Bank .....-.-.,....-....-....
Equitable Guarantee & Trust Company
Security Trust and Safe Deposit Co..-..-
Wilmington Trust Company .............-
American Nrlcanized Fibre. common ...'..
American Vulcanized Fibre, preferred. ~.
Delaware Railroad Stock ..................
WilmingtoS Gas q Electric Com .......-..
Wilmington Gas & Electric, pfd .........-
Wilmington, New Castle & 6e., BY, cam.
Wilmington, New Castle a. 80, fy-, pIro
wilmington Light. Power a Telephone co
Name bOnoS
American vuicanized Fibre Bonds ......
Wilmington City Railway Bends ........-
Wilmington & Chester Traction Bends. -
Wilmington Gas & Elect. Bonds ..-.........
wilmington, New Castle 3 So. Bonds...'
Oeimarvia Telephone Bonds .............es..
Wilmington Light. Power q TelepAone "
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
Malonev-Harner.

John T. Maloney and Miss Mollls
B. Harper. both Of this city, were mar
ried last night at o'clock in Scott
NJ. Z. parsonage by the Rev. r. h.
Stephenson. The couple were accom-
panied by a small party of friends.
They will make their home on Eighth
street, near Spruce.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09

When a man forgets his own name
sometimes he istn't as absentminded
as he would appear.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
peIawarsan |. Graduated.

II. Ralph Burton, of Lewes, received
the degree of bachelor of laws at the
Georgetown Law School graduation eV-
ercises at Washington yesterday.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09

The Democratic League has elected the Hon.
William Jennings Bryan to honorary member
ship What surprise that this was not done long
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

The man who comes a self confessed
bearer Of good news gets mad If you
presume to use your own judgment as
to whether his news is good.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09

Women try to conceal their ages, but
men don't. They know 1t is hopeless.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09

Alumni Moonlight. Thursday, June
IL, Fourth Street Wharf, 7.45."
Evening journal., 1908-06-09

Industry is the vice of energetic peo-
Pile.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09

WOOdWard&BrO'S
is the place to buy
Paris Green and Slug Shot,
Paris Green Gum and sprsyers,
Binder Twine and Hay Forks,
Bush, Grass and Weed seythes,
"Amerioan" Field Fencing,
Galvanized Poultry and
Flower Bed Wire,
Galvanized Barbed or Ribbon Wire,
No. 8 and No. 9.
csIvanized Fence WIro.
Everything in Building Hardware
Q0S Market ST. ~,
OO2 Shipley ST. '''" '"'"'''
Evening journal., 1908-06-09

s nevspaner IS on sale regularly at every newsstand
IN wilmington and the principal towns IN the 5tate
Dcsawars also at Broad Street Station ana I"Sn'S
y,urth and Chestnut street Station, philadelphia Ia
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
BEFORE GOING AWAY

on your vacation make sure that
your Valuables are safe. Why
tempt burglars or run the risk of
fire by leaving your securities,
valuable papers, jewelry and
sIverware in your home or office?
A Safe Deposit Box in our Fire
and Burglar Proof Vaults gives
you Absolute Protection and the
charge is very moderate.
OFFIcERSs
BenDsmin NleIds, President.
DANES B.CIsrkson, ,VIce-President
John s. S.Rossell, Sec.&Trust officer
&. Scott Townsend, Treasurer
Evening journal., 1908-06-09

THE EVENING JOURNAL uses the United Press News New.
Service, received in its editorial rooms over sps'"
wire.
Evening journal., 1908-06-09

Advertising rates on application. 80
No attention paid to unsigned communications
Evening journal., 1908-06-09
FINANCIAL

Capital Last
Authorized Par Bids Ask Sale
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
MEN THE COMPLAINERS
WOMEN ENDURE MORE PAIN AND GRIEF.
SAYS THE SUICIDE BUREAU

foreigners, uuadaptability. II the case I'm
hand is one of poverty we seek 10 relieve
the suffering Immediately by giving food
and shelter and clothes; then we help
the sufferer 10 find work. If the case is
one Of financial difficulty we give advice
as to the best way to straighten out
affairs and often secure positions for the
unfortunate. II the trouble is dementfa
we treat it as best we can with words
of encouragement and talks on the
/ brighter sides Of things Unadautabilitv
We treat by helping the man or woman
| 10 return home or 10 get into more CON
genial surroundings here in New York.
We had more men visitors last year
than women, Why? 7 don't know, unless
the idea that the bureau offers an oppor-
tunity for graft drew them, or it may
be that men in trouble are more prone
10 tell their troubles than women. 1
really believe that they are. Women are
more given TO suffering in silence, while
men seek comfort in cOnfiding in some
one. / know that the man or woman
who tells you that he or she is going 20
commit suicide is the least likely to do
1t. 1t is the man or woman who is con
templatng suicide who must be watched
During the last year we have had
only one case where the person came to
US for assistance and afterward went
away and did the deed. There may have
been more, but We heard of only one case
and in that one the identification OF the
person as being one who had visited
our bureau was not thoroughly estab-
lished."
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
THIS FOWL is DOMESTIC
THEODORE CHANTTCLEER PLAYS THE
HEN TO A SETTING OF EGGS.

ed such a noisy protest that the hired
man walked away and decided to let
Theodore stick it out.
The hired man waited three weeks for
Theodore TO make good, and when there
were no prospects that the rooster would
increase the barnyard census the hired
man waded into the nest with a pitch
fork and ousted the well-meanng fowl.
He fred the eggs out behind the barn
without the most cursOTy kind Of test.
A day or so later Mr.. Stokes came to
the farm and heard the story of the
double life led by Theodore. lie was i'm
.pressed, and ordered the hired man to get
a dozen Of the Hkeliest Matching eggs in
the neighborhood and give Theodore an
other chance.
When the hired man and Mr.. Stokes
went out to the haymow with the basket
Of eggs they found Theodore watching
beside Plymouth Rock hen who appear
ed to be busy. The fowls were not dis
turbed. and it wasn't long before the hen
hoped off the nest and set up a great
cackling.
The rooster let out a couple Of hurried
crows and then jumped onto the fresh
laid egg and settled back 70 the former
job of trying to hatch something. He
made no great objection when the twelve
additional eggs were showed into the nest
Theodore stuck manfully 10 his job un-
til about a week ago he found himself
the parent of five healthy-lOOking young
chickens. He paid no attention to the ef-
forts Of the hens to renew their acGuaint-
anceship with him as he led the little
brood around the farmyard He fought
fiercely when his bitterest rival. a white
Leghorn rooster, walked up to one of the
little chickens and pecked at it for spite.
After that Theodore and his family were
not mOlested.
In spite of the splendid fatherIy car. he
gave his family two of the chickens
caught cold one night and died of pneu-
mOnia. The other three are now thirty
ing, and if they keep off the road when
automobiles are passing and don't cross
the path of the hired man when he is
sleuthing for spring chickens, they will
grow up and maybe become famous like
their father
The fame of Theodore and his family
has spread to New York, and an invita-
ton for them to join the exhibits at the
Madison Square Garden poultry show
has already been extended. The invita-
ton has been accepted.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

This part OF New Jersey has always
frowned on magazine naturalists and
their tales. and for that reason when
any Of the coast towns really possess
something surprising in the nature line
it is not averse to having the world know
about II. Hence It is permissible to tell
about Theodore, the prize rooster on the
W. L. Stokes farm. and the small but
healthy brood of young chickens he is
mothering. says the Philadelphia North
American.
Some folks may get the idea that Theo-
dore is a mollycoddle and insist that his
name ought to be changed to Percy when
they hear about his being mother TO
his promising family but if they pay a
visit to Theodore's home in the Stokes
haymow they will decide that he is the
right person in the right place. Anyway,
the rooster was named Theodore because
his fathers name was Theodore and not
for the reason you suppose.
Theodore is a gentleman Plymouth
Rock fowl, who never did anything TO
distinguish himself until along in the fall
hired man once thought sufficiently well
of to put under white Leghorn hen,
who appeared disposed to raise family
If she was properly encouraged. She
was in fair way to accomplish her
hopes when she walked across the road
in front of the Stokes farm at the same
time that an automobile went past
The hired man didn't discover for sew
eral days that the Matching apparatus OF
the eggs was missing, and il was a day
or so longer before he found another hen
that was willing to begin where the last
hen had left off. The light Brahma hen
who rushed into the breech covered the
eggs in rather desultory fashion for two
days and IFen deserted the nest.
The discovery by Theodore that the
second hen had proved faIthless led him
TO undertake the molyeoddle job that has
since made him famous around North
Asbury Park. He took formal possession
OF the nest in the haymOW and was miss
ed from the barnyard for two days be-
fore a search was made for him.
When the hired man finally located
Theodore he was shocked. lie made Il
movement to Oust the occupant from the
nest but Theodore bTi5tied up and crow
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
DEPARTMENT STORES MODERN
Term of Recent Origin, but Of Same
Meaning as Variety Store"
Existed for Several Centuries, but
Under Different Names and UndeF
Varied Conditions.

The term department store" is com
paratively new, and is in neither the
Century Dictionary nor the oxford Die
tionary. Exactly what does it mean.
Does il mean anything more than a store
in which something Of everything IS sold
And If so. wherein does a department
store" differ from an old-fashioned va
riety store?'' The term variety store" is
not, singularIv enough, recognized in the
Century Dictionary; yet the term has
been in use in Boston for at least I#
years
William Jackson's Variety store" was
advertised ia the Boston Evening Post
of November q. 176S. Even if the name
was then new the thing Indicated by Il
had been known for years before. IN
many shops Of the eighteenth century
everything was sold, from needles TO ne
gr0es.
Going hack stlll earlier. we find that
as originally used in this country, by a
store" was meant "storchouse' OF
depot" Thus I'm 1893 the Virginia as
sembIy doth assent and agree that there
shall be appointed FIVE stores hereafter
specified unto which the planters shall
be- obliged 10 briuge il all THERE to-
baccoes before the last day Of Decem-
beT' Virginia Statutes. T. 214l
Tn 1854 William Byrd Of Virginia. wrote.
"I suppose YOU Uill have that fully from
Capt Randolph or Henry Harman, with
Tie damage you have Sustained there by
bTeakin open the store" C'VIrginia His
JoTicaI Register" j. ll51 In Tie Penn
syivania Gazette OF January Is. l75l, a
runaway servant man was advertised
and it was stated that "He was sold out
Of this prison by the Sheriff on the oath
Instant, having been try'd for breaking
open the Store of Mr. John Read, out OF
which he stole suDdTy Goods"
In 1910 james Murray who became
later a well-kuown LOyalist in Boston.
wrote AT all Hazards YOU may III up
my store in the same manner as Nr.
Drys with all possible Dispatch t"Let-
ters, page soJ In 1856 Ann Warder an
Englishw0mau Just arrived IN PhiladeI-
phia, wrote we had only time before
dinner 20 go 20 Richard Vauxs for some
purple gloves. He has "A very neat store
much Ike our wholesale warehouses.
only It contains d greater variety cf
goods. PENNSYLVANIA Magazine xviii.
541 In short, department stores must
have been IN existence in this country
for many generations.