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Evening journal., 1909-07-03

Among those who will be missed from City
Council is Mr.. William P. White who, as chair
man of the Finance Committee, bore the blunt
of the hard labor Of Council Mr. White was
always faithful and attentive to his duties and
it is source of regret to his swarms OF friends
that he was not elevated to the position for
which he was a candidate
Evening journal., 1909-07-03

In accordance with custom there will be no
issue of THE EVENING JOURNAL on Mon
day which day will be observed as the Fourth
Our employees are hard workers and faithful to
THE JOURNAL. and its subscribers, and we
are confident that none of our patrons will be-
orudpe them this holiday coming especially as
It does during the heated term Newspaper
workers need rest as we'll as other people. We
wish our friends and patrons and employees a
GLORIOUS Fourth" in every respect.
Evening journal., 1909-07-03
Editorial
Opinion
Republicans Gaining strsnath.

Republicans Gaining Strength.
Dover Republican.
The Republican State organization is
cementing and gathering strength, while
the factional squabbles of the Democracy
are fast scattering the few remaining
embers Of that organization. The outlook
therefore appears mighty good to us.
Evening journal., 1909-07-03
The Tnited pnhIishers, Association

The Publishers Bulletin, official organ Of the UNITED
PuBLIsliERs AssQClAIlQN prints the toleS.N,lngt i.
"TfE WILMINGTON EVENING JOURNAL has q
guaranteed circulation more than 1920 daily which has
been verified by examination"
The examination made by Mr. Arthur Koppel, gen.
efal OF the association who offers 10 wager ~ 900
his money, and undertake that .he EVEN
ING JOURNAL has he largest paid circulation OF any pa
nrLnlnl Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1909-07-03

Oak road leading to the railroad station.
and the road has been greatly i'm
proved. The suburhanites are also en-
joying the benefits of a new bridge
over Holly Oak creek.
Evening journal., 1909-07-03
conel comel

for paints, oils and glass, stails in
all colors. bathtub and wood enamels
furniture and brass polishes. screen
and floor paints
Evening journal., 1909-07-03
Mosquitoes Bother This Editor.
Dover Index.

The extremely hot weather that has
held sway for the last week or more has
not passed over the editor Of this paper,
and the editorial mind is no exception 10
the rule OF general fretting and worrying
about heat and mosquitoes, and our read
ers must excuse US II we are not quite up
to our usual standard
Evening journal., 1909-07-03

The Washington Heights Association is fortu-
nate in securing as the orator for the Fourth OF
Iuly celebration, the Hon William T. Smithers
of Dover. Snithers is a Dover name that has
a good ring about it and we have no doubt that
Reuben Scraggs will come up to expectations
Evening journal., 1909-07-03

Let us hope that the Glorious Fourth will
PASS with few accidents. Let MS hope that It
will not be "Day of Slaughter of the innoeents
as some fear it will be.
Evening journal., 1909-07-03

The return of good tines is evidenced at
Ellis Island. the gateway of America. That for
eigners tn the United States can see plenty of
work ahead for their Europeant brothers in the
resumption of prosperous business conditions, is
proved by the official immigration figures as
given our by the Statistical Division of the
United States immigration Department, at Ellis
Island. In July 1908 only 27.SoS immigrants
landed there while in June 1909, 72,42o immi-
grants landed, or nearly three times as many as
arrived in the corresponding month of last year
June, however shows falling off over May, of
this year when Ioo,3S7 aliens were permitted to
entcf
Evening journal., 1909-07-03

Improve Holly Oak Road.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has laid crushed stone along the Holly
Evening journal., 1909-07-03
OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENTS

The Association
OF American Ad-
vertisers ~ COM
posed OF all the
great advertisers
OF this country
The Association
endorses only such
papers as submit
10 It's examination
At any moment.
and positive proof
must be submit
ted. The accom-
panying certificate
No. ii2. has been
issued 10 this pa
Ncr
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

President Roosevelt declared he
would live most of his time in the
West after his return from Africa.
The Duke of the Abruzzi was
found I'm London, and sketched his
plans for scaling Himalayan peaks.
Lady William Beresford, who was
Miss Lillian Warren Price, of New
York City, died at Dorking, England.
Justice Wright is forty-odd years
old. He is an outdoor man and q
lifelong friend of President-elect
Taft.
d. o. Mills and his daughter. Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid, have arrived in San
Francisco from New York to spend
the season at the Mills country home
at Mill Brae, near San Francisco.
Alec Lior, the piper of North
Muskagon," has a violin which, he
says, is a genuine Stradivarius. In
Civil War time on the Mississippi
River he used to get $50 a night to
play it.
II. II. Rogers has now ordered a
$4,000 pair Of brass doors and a
font for his church in Fairhaven,
Mass, and has given it massive
communion set in memory OF his
Edward H. Hyatt. superintendent
of public instruction in California,
determined TO ask the next Legislat-
ure to provide textbooks for the pub
lie school children of that State at
public expense.
DIR. James A. Craig, professor Of
Semitic languages at Ann Arbor,
Mich, invented a system of short.
hand when a student at McGill Uni
versity. He has used it constantly
for thirty years.
Conrad II. Young, of Omaha,
hunter of big game and crack tennis
player, has been invited to become a
faunal naturalist and go along to
Africa. "Mr. Young's sister," says
the dispatch, "was for some years the
governess of President Roosevelt's
children"
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LABOR WORLD.

A State Federation of Labor will
be formed in North Dakota by spring,
Work on forming a Boston (Mass.)
water front council progressed rap
idly.
The semi-annual convention of car
penters' unions of Massachusetts was
held at Lynn.
Toronto (Can) Council of Women
has established an employment bu-
reau for women.
There were six organized labor men
in the Assembly of the New York
State Legislature.
Though the industry is still In It's
infancy, the mines of India give en-
ployment to Tsp. 900 persons.
Chelsea, Mass, city mems union has
presented its REQUEST to the Board of
Control for the s225 day wage.
Three labor disputes were reported
in Canada for November, 1908, with
loss of time n 5715 working days.
immigration into Canada from jan
nary to August 1908, declined forty
six per cent, compared with the same
period of 1907
A teacher of domestic science la
ments that in large factory towns in
England they have great difficulty in
getting young girls to attend cookery
classes.
In 1882 therewas a ten-hour move
ment among the shipwrights and
caulkers of New England, and several
strikes resulted which proved unsuc-
cessful.
Electricians Union, No. 70, of San
Francisco, has In it's membership the
tallest and the shortest men in the
trade. The former stands six feet
five inches and the latter four feet
three inches.
r.. w. Leonaid, of Chicago, inter-
national organizer of the United AS
ISOLATION of Plumbers, Gas and
Steamfitters' and Helpers Union, will
establish New England organizing
Headquarters in Boston. Mass.
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The Crossroads.


There sits a woman in a lonely place.
Where All-Souls twilight ever
bends and broods:
wfsh hungry hope and fear upon her
face,
She gazes down those dreamy soil.
tudes,
There at the crossroads, peering to
and fro.
Straining her glance athwart the
shadows gray,
Lest any little traveller she might
know
Come by that way.
Tor long, so long, she has waited !;
now and then
A tiny figure looms along the road.
Shy, scarce-awakened from the world
of men,
Seeking uncertainty It's new abode,
And eagerly she stoops, she scans
It's eyes.
Asking some look, some tender
answering sign,
And still she let's it go again, and
signs.
mot mine-O God-not mine!"
But some day. surely. In a golden
hour,
The sweet familiar shape shall be
deserted.
Delaying here and there for berry or
flower,
But drawing ever nearer to her
side,
No need of greeting between child
and mother,
When heart on heart is folded close
and fast
In that one clasp, each blended In the
other.
That pays for all the past!
Pail Mall Gazette.
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chow ulUCH DOES:
+; THEUNIVERSE +;
+; WEIGH /? !
An Amazing Calculation Showing
That Our Immediate Stellar
System Must Weigh a Qua
tfllliOD Times As Much
Is The Earth.

There is a star, known to astrono-
mers as No. 1880 in the catalogue
or Groombridge. upon observations
OF which Prof. Edgar L. Larkin bases
some calculations which illustrate the
appalling magnitude of the figures
With which astronomers have to deal
The spectroscope proves that this
star is moving at the rate of seven
seconds every year; as there are l.
2s6.000 seconds in every circle, this
star takes $4,000 years to make the
circuit of the heavens. It's distance
from the earth is approximately 200,-
100000 100000 miles. 1t is therefore
moving at the rate of 200 miles Sec
ond.
This gives a basis upon which to
calculate the weight of all the mat
ter within its orbit, which would be
the total weight OF the universe II
the star were at the uttermost linn
It's OF space (Which 1t is not, by any
means) The way this Is done is
as follows: If you whirl a stone
tied to string 1t exerts a certain
Pull called the centrifugal pull, which
is the initial speed with which
1t would fly away If you we're to let
go of the string; this centrifugal ten
dency Is equal to the square OF the
speed with which the stone is moving,
divided by the length of the string.
The same is true of the star men
toned SO we must square 200 (the
number Of miles per second at which
the star is travelling and divide the
product by 200 trillions, the distance
OF the star from the earth The
square OF 200 is 10000, which divid-
ed by 200 trillions is one-five-billionth.
This means that If the sun suddenly
came to a standstill 1t would at the
end of one second have dropped to.
ward the centre of gravity just one
five-billionth Of a mile. But as the
star keeps on its orbit, the centrifugal
tendency exactly counterbalances the
gravitation. A stone beginning to
drop to our sun from a distance of
200 trillion miles would move at just
one 30,000,000th of the speed at
which this star is moving; in other
words there are 10000 900 times the
weight Of matter pulling upon that
star as would be acting upon the
stone; therefore the universe within
the orbit of that star weighs 800,
100000 times as much as our sun,
and the sun contains 1913, 900 times as
much matter as our earth.
But these results are based upon
the assumption that the earth is the
centre Of the universe, and that star
No. 1890 is moving around us in
regular orbit. 1t is not known, how
ever, whether it be moving in a
circle or in a straight line. Prof.
Darkin calculates that If 1t be NOV
ing in straight line from an In
finite distance, then the quantity of
matter necessary to impart his colos-
sal speed is $4,000, 100000 times that
of our sun. But there Is an untold
and Unreasonable quantity OF matter
in countless suns further away than
No. 1880 Groombridge, so the weight
of the universe cannot be known.
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so easy or so safe as It might seem:
for should be nipped between the
sand and the sharp gunwale, &c
would almost cut me In two.
THE water was now pretty shall.
low, and hazy yellow with sand. The
bow struck bottom after every wavo.
l must have been under the boat at
least fifteen minutes. My head was
cracking. A heavy hand seemed TO
be COMPRISING my lungs. must
escape while had sense and strength
to do so, or I should certainly .ese
consciousness and drown.
Determined to fight my hardest,
peeled off thin jacket and pajamas,
leaving just my shoes on. wasn't
scared. but 1 must keep clear Of that
gunwale. The boat weighed per-
haps ton. / couldn't afford to be
caught between fits edge and the bot
tom.
"At last I judged the moment had
come. We lifted on a big roller.
Taking a full breath, and sinking
back so that my face was submerged
hooked the fingers OF my left hand
and the hollow OF my right elbow
under the gunwale, and shot my ieet
outward. Before I had got half out
the boat began to sing again.
at was too late to withdraw.
thought of the hard sand underneath,
and gave a last desperate wriggle.
No usel The gunwale caught me
across the lower part of the chest,
and ground my back into the sand.
"The sharp edge cut my flesh. My
ribs cracked. The breath was
squeezed out of my lungs. For one
horrible instant / feared I was to
be cut asunder.
''In a moment the pressure eased.
and the boat rose. But my strength
was gone. / gave one final weak
pull Then everything darkened.
II came to myself on the beach,
with two black fellows rolling the
water out of me. After three days at
the hotel, though lame and sore and
suffering from fever-touch. decid-
ed l must get back to the Cornelia.
But I dreaded those breakers so
much that I offered the best steers
man in Saltpond twenty-five dollars
to take me out safely. Just before
we started, a colored woman brought
down a broken-winged gray parrot,
the only one of my hundred that had
wac ID ashore alive.
THAT time we got through all
right. Safe on board paid the steers
man his twenty-five dollars, and as a
bonus. gave him an old tall hat. That
pleased him more than the money.
He damned 1t on at once; and as the
boat padded off. the last thing I
saw was his black figure at the steer
ing-oar, the old stovepipe tipped
jauntily back on his head."-Youth's
Companion.
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Not strono In rbInklno Role.

A contractor had received a ship,
ment of ton or more of window
sash weights. These weights come
in different sizes and are numbered
1, 2, 3, 4 and so on, according TO
size and weight. The contractor pick
ed up an Irishman who was willing
to take the Job OF unloading the
weights and transferring them 10 a
small wareroom for 81.
you must be careful" cautioned
the contractor. mot to get these
weights mixed up. Keep each size
by themselves in a separate pile"
The Irishman said he understood.
When the 10 b was completed, though.
and the Irishman paid mis- dollar, the
contractor found the man had done
Just what ne cautioned him not 70. He
called him back 81 suppose I'll have
10 give you another JOB now" ne
spoke up, ION account of your bono
headedness BY rights ought 70
make you do this all over again for
the dollar 7 paid you. Get ct II,
though. and sort those things out
again, and I'll give you another dol
lar"
"Pd like to have the Job and all
that" said the Irishman thoughtful
ly. "but II I we're you I'd get some.
body else. I'm all right at digging
or shoveling or lifting, but when II
comes to real headwork I'm not
worth a cuss New York Press.
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A CLAN STRONGHOLD.
Castle staIcaIre once More Belongs
to a Stewart.


After having been out of the hands
OF the Stewart family for more than
a couple of centuries Castle Stall
oaiye (better known as Castle Stall
kerr has been acquired by a member
OF the clan to which It originally be-
longed. Travellers in the Western
Highlands, in sailing up Loeb Linn
he, between Oban and Ballachullsh
generally have their attention attract
ed by the picturesque ruin which
stands on a small island at the mouth
OF Loeb Latch. at the foot Of STRAIT
happin. The island Is close to The
Appin shore, and for long It was
subject Of lamentation that Il and
It's castle should belong to. hereditary
enemies OF the Stewards OF Appln--
the Campbells.
The acquisition OF II by the latter
was the result Of an afterdinner bar
gatn-Duncan Stewart (7th) OF Ap-
pin, agreeing to give It TO the then
Laird OF Ards in exchange for an
eigbtoar wherry. This was In the
seventeenth century, and from then
till now the castle has been in the
hands OF the owners Of the Ards es-
tate-the Campbells and their sue
cessors. But It has now been pur-
chased from Col Macae Of Ards by
a Stewart OF Appin-Charles Stewart
OF AchRra.
Castle Stalcaire is believed to have
been built originally about 1900. II
was owned by Sir John Stewart OF
Appin, who married a daughter OF
Maodougali OF Lorn. About the end
Of the fifteenth century Il was re-
built or altered by Duncan Stewart
ID. Of Appin. for the purpose OF be
ing used as a hunting lodge by James
" OF Scotland IL was occupied
BY James on various occasions dur
ing those diplomatic visits 20 the
Highlands, which nc made ostensibiy
for the purpose OF INDUCING IN the
chase out still more with a view to
ipduepoipg the Highland chiefs and
ne Asres ana turbulent Tribes they
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RED is MANS COLOR.
Once Thought to Cure Disease and
to Ward OFF Bad Luck.

The partially for the color red
may not be mere chance. for 1t has
played an important part in the art
and decoration Of all races of men,
and to it are attached many old
superstitions.
In our earliest forms OF art we
learn that various colors had special
significance. generally in distinguish
ing the sexes. Striking examples OF
this custom are found in Italy, where
red was the insignia of the male and
blue OF the female.
This explains why in the old paint
ings we find the Madonna and other
Biblical women always in the latter
color, while the apostles and mascu-
line saints wore red. Even today in
Rome and some other sections OF
Italy says Harper's Weekly, the spe-
cial color of its sex is pinned to
the dress of the child at the time of
baptism.
There still remain many curious
superstitions concerning this interest
ing color. For instance, a great aver
peasants Of England and Wales, and
often the presence OF person with
auburn" locks is considered unlucky.
When a fisherman Of northern Eng
land is mending his tackle the ap-
proach of red haired individual is
| solemnly believed to presage III for
tune unless the end Of the line or
net is Immediately passed through
fame.
In olden time the efficacy OF red
as a cureall for disease was strictly
followed and this superstition has
not entirely died out. The physician
to Edward H. of England, John OF
Gaddeston. tells us that he brought
about a complete cure for one Of the
royal princes who was suffering with
smallpox by surrounding the sick bed
with various red hanglngs, wrapping
the patient In red blankets, covering
him with a scarlet counterpane and
administering red mulberry wine.
In the west Of Scotland and in the
West Indies II is customary to wrap
a BIT OF red cloth or flannel around
children's throats to ward of the
whooping cough. In the early part OF
the last century a London shop IN
Fleet street sold pieces OF red cloth
to those suffering with scarlet fever,
the supposed remedy lying not IN the
fsbric but in the color.
In New Zealand the house in which
death has occurred Is painted with
this color to keep out the bad spir-
It's, and the path Of the funeral pro
cession Is blazed with streaks OF red
to prevent the demons from follow
ing Even now the Chinese plat
their chiidren's hair with red silk
to ward of tho influence Of evil
spirits.
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AAMv ogsERTloNs DgcaEAss.

One Per Cent. Less Than In 1907 and
Principally White Soldiers.
The campaign in the War Depart
ment against assertions from the
army is meeting with success accord
ing to Adjt. Gen. F. G. Ainswortf,
u. s. A., who stated In his annual re-
port to the Secretary OF War. that
the relative number OF desertions was
less In 1905 than in any other fiscal
year since 1901.
The assertions during the fiscal
year 1908 were 4.5O5. or 4.6 per cent.
OF tho whole number OF enlisted men
In service in the army during that
year. In 1907 the percentage was
Sc per cent, and in 1906 1t reached
the record OF IA per cent. Every
branch OF the service showed a de-
crease In the number of assertions
during the year, with the single ex-
ception Of the hospital corps, where
there was a slight increase.
Boise Barracks. Idaho, enjoys the
notoriety Of having the most deser-
tions Of any post. the number there
reaching 16.5 per cent. while Fort
William Henry Harrison, Mon; Fort
Brady, Mich; Fort Duohesne. Utah.
and Fort d. A. Russell, Wyoming.
proved unattractive in the order enum-
Grated.
Gen. Ainworth points out the sig
nificant fact that of the white troops
f.75 per cent. were reported as de-
serted while only 0.57 per cent. of the
colored men in the service deserted.
1t is pointed out in the report that,
while there was an increase in the
authorized enlisted strength of the
army. there was a much larger in
crease in the actual strength, which
was only 9.315 enlisted men short Of
the authorized strength on Oct. 10,
1908, as against a deficiency OF TO-
b86 enlisted men on oct. Is. 1907.
The total actual strength OF the army.
not including the hospital corps, on
Oct. 10, 1908. was 1916, as COM
pared with 5S.99s year previous.
AS a result of the riding tests or
dered by the president. 10 officers
were placed on the retired list
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COUNTY MUST PAY OLD DEBT.

Money Loaned to Community Later
Taken In Constitutes Obligation.
The Michigan Supreme Court de-
cided that the claim of William L.
Curtis and James r. Wylie against
the County of Charlevoix Is valid.
They will probably be able to recover
now the $1,000 they loaned to the
now disorganized County of Maniteu
twenty-three years ago. The accu-
INFLATED interest is greater than the
principal
Manitou County, embracing several
islands in Lake Michigan, was organ
lied by James j. Strang. who egtab-
lished a Mormon colony at the vii
lage of st. James on Beaver Island,
about 1916, and was widely known az
King Strang." When Strang was
assassinated after bitter campaign
against his religious affiliations, his
followers scattered, and the islands
became a fishermen's community. The
population never exceeded 1000, and
in 1885, during a period OF financial
depression, the county obtained
loan from Curtis and Wylie, who then
conducted a bank at Petoskey. In
1895 the loan remained unpaid. when
the legislature disorganized Manitou
County and attached the islands TO
Charlevoix and Leelanau Counties.
Leelanau paid her share Of the debt.
but Charlevoix demurred. The case
was taken into the courts. where the
Petoskey men won their contention.
Lansing (Mich) correspondence Of
the New York Post
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SAW.

The first essential of good slaw is
the cabbage itself which must be
well bleached ani solid. Then 1t must
be finely shredded and crisped by al
lowing 1t to stand in ice cold water.
Before serving drain off the water.
pour over the dressing and toss up
lightly with a folk. The best dress.
Ing for slaw is made with the yolks
OF -FOUR eggs beaten smooth; add in
turn. and mixing well. two teaspoon.
fuls each of salt pepper. and mus
tard, little cayenne, and one-fourth
oupful OF sweet Dream. Bring three
fourths OF a pint Of best vinegar to
the boiling point, add one oupful OF
buttor, and stir until mixed with the
vinegar; then pour over the egg mix.
ture, and beat thoroughly. Allow
this to get cold before uslng-Amerl.
ca CultivatOr.
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500 A YEAR M ADVANCE.

gcverned-a policy which he pursucd
with much success. For about cou.
pie OF centuries afterward the castle
continued to be a stronghold OF the
Stewards OF Appin.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
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Rellevlna Hls erlsf.

She was sitting listening to the
boy read BLACK Beauty" that won
derful story of horse. He came
to one part Of It. and stopped and
sighed Then he looked up at the
woman and said.
"11l have TO stop now, n you'H ex-
ouse me, Aunt Mat, and CRY . little
while New York Press.