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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-12-08
CROP REPORT
ISSUED TODAY

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
WASHINGTON, Dec. S--The Depart
ment OF Agriculture In crop report
issued yesterday, makes the following
estimates:
. Winter wheat-Newly seeded area
Ts per cent. more than the revised esti-
mated area sown IN the fall Of 1908.
equivalent TO an increase Of 2.44s. 900
acres, the indicated total area being
SO. $4,000 acres.
Winter wheat--Condition on Deem
Der /. s5.s as against $50 and ell on
December LIST. 1908 and 1907. resi- &C.
lively, and a ten year average OF
91.5.
Rye-Newly seeded area IL per cent.
more than the revised estimated area
sown in the fall Of 190s-equivalent 10
an increase OF $4,000 acres. the indi-
Gated total area being 2.155.000 acres.
Rye-Condition on December /, g41
as compared with SIC and s1.4 on De
cember /. 1908 and 1907, respectively,
and ten year average OF 1919.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-12-08
One BUTTON LESS
TO DOUBLE GIFT
Preacher Tells Woman What
Sacrifice Would Mean to
Funds for Missions

NEW YORK. Dec. s-"You know II
you would sacrifice one button on your
gloves you could double the amount
of money given to foreign missions,
and If you would save one carfare you
could triple the amount
So said the Rev. DR.. Arthur T. Pier
son, one of the editors of the Mission
airy Review Of the World, at tho Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian Church, in the
course of the centennial address OF the
New York Bible Society. Dr. Pierson
asked why Christian people did not
give more to this worthy cause.
DIT. Piersan said that the very fact
that the society had lived and pros
pered one hundred years was proof
alone that the Bible was the Word
Of God. He said the Bible let loose
would take care of itself. The dis
senination OF the Scriptures worked
marvels in every country into which
II had gone. There were many in
stances where it had gone without any
man behind it. and yet had completely
changed the lives Of the natives.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-12-08
RIVERS COURSE
WELL LIGHTED
Lighthouse Officials In This
City Interested in Ground
Ing Of Prairie

From charts Of the Delaware River,
showing the location Of the channel
and the range lights which were shown
and explained TO a reporter for THE
EVENING JOURNAL to-day, It seems
hardly possible IN the opinion of local
lighthouse officers for a pilot 10 run a
vessel aground in the manner In which
the auxiliary cruiser Prairie was
stranded on the Bulkhead shoals, below
New Castle, on Friday night
OF the reasons that could be given
for the vessel grounding. one is that
the pilot did not see the range lights
at Cofield Beach in time to make the
sharp turn at that point, or else did
see it but the vessel was travelling
so fast that he did not have time to
safely negotiate the turn.
There is a small red light marking
the turn and this was found to be
burning on Saturday. As nobody had
touched It and II was charged with suf-
ficent gas, it is evident that 1t was
burning the night before.
The range lights. the outside light
being at Coheld Beach, both have
keepers, and it is reasonable to pre-
sumo that both were lighted.
Inc Prairie went Tar out or her
course in trying to make the turn and
pushed her nose into the mud, for a
considerable distance.
The bend which the Prairie was MAX
ing when she struck the Bulkhead
shoals is the most dangerous in the
river. The lighthouse officials here say
that they know OF no light at Goose
Neck bar, such as the newspapers
speak Of. The only lights which the
pilot Of the Prairie had to contend
with were the red light, showing where
TO make the turn in the river and the
range lights, the outer one Of which is
at Cofeld Beach.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-12-08
THE DYSPEPSIA
OF OLD AGE
Strong Digestion and an Adequate
Nutrition Invariably Mean A ksns
and Healthy Life,

Strong Digestion and an Adequate
Nutrition Invariably Mean A ksna
and Healthy Llfes
There Is a process known As nistaa
hollssn going eh constantly IN the
body, and By which the tissues arn
built up, and after having served their
purpose In the physical eeenemy, are
torn down and east OF,
No Icing az The due relation between
waste and supply ID maintained, nutris
tien, and the various Functions Of the
body are continued Bat after middle
life and Ia cid age there GENES a time
Wher waste eaeeeds supply, and when
tbs Various elements which constitute
chs different fluids, tissues and organs
lhs longer hold their due proportion,
and die urineiple OF Life itself becomes
enfeebled, The bsdy ne longer having
pswsf to assiIniists new material as It
'ehee did
AS old age erseps on, ali tile fune-
ltiena gradually faii, ESPECIALLY those
of disestign, absorption and assirnila-
item, and the system Being deprived Of
It's fell quota OF nutFifnent, slowly
wears CUT II the nutritive and de
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There are many cid persons in whose
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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-12-08
GO RIGHT At IT
Friends and Neishbors in Whining
ton Will Show You How,

Friends and Neighbors in Whining
ton Will Show You How.
Get at the root OF the trouble.
Rubbing an aching back may relieve
il,
But It won't cure it.
You must reach the root Of 1.-THE
kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills go right at st;
Reach the cause; relieve the pain.
They cure, too, so Wilmington poo
pie say.
Mrs. Paul Lewis Smith. 100 T. Sew
enth St, Wilmington. Del, says: Il
suffered for at least a year from kid
ney complaint and I finally became
so bad that ] knew something must
be done. If I did any sweeping or
other housework, my back would ache
severely and / would often be in mis-
cry from three days to a week at a
time My back became very weak
and was in a miserable condition
when I read about Doan's Kidney Pills.
! procured a box at Danforth's drug
store and after ] had finished the
contents, found myself cured. I have
had no return of backache since and
out OF gratitude, heartily recommend
Deans Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster AIilburn Co. Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the, name-Doan's-a
take no other.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-12-08
christlans suppsr sueeessfuI.

A correspondent at Christiana writes
I'VE are told by some Of the oldest cit
liens that the crowd at the M. f.
Church supper. on Thursday evening
last, excelled all crowds witnessed at
Chr'stiana for at least, a score Of
years. The above fact alone would
be sufficient proof that the supper was
decided success but besides this, we
learn of other proofs. namely: The
testimonies of those who had the
pleasure of being present and partak-
ing of the bountiful supper, as well
as receiving such friendly greetings
and cordial welcome as our social is
noted for. And last, but not least,
there is the receipts Of the evenings.
Surely upon learning that the net pro-
ceeds equalled sos we would all say
that the sunper was a decided success.
and then add, Congratulations to the
Christiana Social"
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-12-08
Twilight and Evening ben
Christian Endsavor lesson.

Written BY r. c. Trumbower Jr.
In this lesson we have the final strug-
gle OF our Pilgrims. Christian and Hopeful
against the hosts Of this earth. They have
overcome all the obstacles put in their
way by the enemy and now stand at the
gate OF the Eternal City. Only a river
stands between them and this Gate. They
are told they would find the river Deeper
or shallower as they believed in the
| King Of the Tiace" Upon entering the
River Christian loses faith and starts to
sink. He sees the apparitions Of all his
sins and is nearly overcome by the waters.
Hopeful as his name implies, keeps a
brave heart and helps Christian. When
Hopeful reminds him BE OF good cheer.
Jesus Christ maketh thee whole" Chris
tian takes firmer hold and finds himself
all right. From here on they are safe and
are met on the farther side by two angels
This is one part OF life shown In the
book that none of us can escape We may
not have Just the hardships that Christ
ian had, we may not have the same ex-
periences. but we all have the River to
cross. We may not receive any great joys
on earth, but IL we safely cross the River,
We are all rewarded the same. The rich
and the poor. the black and the white, all
are sons Of God and joint-heirs with JESUS
Christ.
As we are nearing this Christmas sea-
son with thoughts OF how Christ had HIS
lowly birth and death for our salSes. this
lesson should come to US with exceptional
emphasis. Except that Christ had come to
earth, been born Of woman and suffered
death on the cross, we could not cross the
River and enter this Celestial City. Only
by our belief IN Him can we safely get
over for without Him we sink. We may
none OF us live 10 see Christ come again
on this earth and hold His earthly court.
but there will be a second coming With
each one of us after the River is passed.
Then we shall be like Him for we shall
see Him as He is. This thought alone
should Ill us with JOY rather than grief
at the parting. We shall see Christ in all
His glory and God upon the Throne In
our lives this earth viii have passed
away, and we shall behold the New
Heaven and the New Earth
Our friends the Pilgrims had TO go
through some pretty hard times before
they reached the river. They had TO over
come sin in a thousand different ways,
and had to be forgiven for the many times
they failed. This school Of experience was
hard one, but no harder than each one
Of us has TO go through. This world is but
tho Preparatory School for the great Col
lego Of Heaven. We must learn our lessons
faithful hero In order TO enter this College.
We all make our mistakes but il we trust
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-12-08

For years beyond our ken,
The light no leaves behind him lies
Upon the paths Of men.
At the time OF death We are released
from our earthly cares and given the
Crown Of Life. Christ said LET tho dead
bury the dead" and while we cannot help
but feel IL deeply. stln we must not let
this interfere with tho work God has
given US. We must live I'm tho present, not
I'm the past, and we will ind enough cares
aud troubles I'm our every day course OF
life without reverting 60 the ones that
are gone by.
We must be prepared to cross the River
at any time. for He cometh like a thief
in the night. II is beautiful sight to SEQ
anyone with certain Death staring them
In the face, perfectly resigned to it and
ready to meet their God DR.. Grenfell in
writing OF one Of his experiences, tells
how he was drifting out 20 sea on foe
Of ice. All hope seemed 10 be gone. lie
SAYS 1T seemed perfectly natural to be
passing through the portal Of life on a
cake Of ice. had nothing to regret eS-
cept leaving my friends" He knew that
there was a crown waiting for him up
above. and although it seemed there was
still lots Of work he could do he knew that
God would not call him until his allotted
task was completed
Dear Lord. help us to live such lives
here on earth that when thy summons
.,r,ee NC shall have dono nothing that
VIC may regret. Give us perfect faith In
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-12-08

wholly in Him there can be no doubt OF
the final result. The temptation that is
easy for one person to overcome is we'll
night unsurmountabie for another. But
the FINAL outcome is the same with all who
lean on Christ. With faith in Him the
waters OF the River will be shallow and
safe. but without Him the waters Will
be raging and we shall be dashed to
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-12-08

hlccc1s
Death, as we term it is a sublime thing
Although the mortal body ceases 20
breathe, & Is not Ashes to ashes. dust
10 dust" with the inner man. When a dear
friend or relative is called away by the
summons OF the Angel, while 1t IS natu-
raj FOR us to grieve, we should remember
that they simply have a higher calling and
in a short time we shall meet them again.
II Is hard 70 part with what IS earthly,
but no one Is called until God is ready for
them. We may not think LIES work is
done, but there Is higher Critic who
knows best quote from Iongfeliow:
Death takes US by surprise.
And stays our hurrying feet;
The great design unfinished lies.
Our lives are incomplete.
But in the dark unknown
Perfect their circles seem
Even as a bridges arch Of stone
Is rounded in the stream
Alike are life and death,
when life IN death survives
And the uninterrupted breath
Inspires thousand lives.
Were star quenched on high
For ages would it's light
sin travelling downward from the sky,
Shine on our mortal sight.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-12-08

For years beyond our ken,
The light no leaves behind him lies
Upon the paths OF men.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-12-08

Scan in powder form is more con-
venient. economical and more efficient
than I'm the bar. Gold Dust. one of the
FIRST and the best examples OF soap pow
der, can be used more economically than
a soap. because the quantity desired can
be measured out and no more used; with
soap the whole cake OF a portion or II
must be put into the water, not only
wasting more than is really needed, bnt
also soaking the rest Of the cake with
water. which does not improve u. IN
deed, some soaps lose much OF their
goodness by leaving the unused part OF
the cake in water.
sired is shaved of, some time Is required
for dissolving it, while Gold Dust dis
solves Immediately; at the same time "
dissolves the hard lime and other salts
making ire water as soft as rain water
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-12-08

thy strength TO carry us across the River.
Teach us the helplessness Of ourselves and
tho reliance VIC must place upon Thee
Prepare us here for higher life where
there shall be no weeping nor sorrow. This
We must be prepared TO cross the River
We ask in Jesus name Amen.
Christian Endeavor Notes.
The city Union held tho usual monthly
meeting Tuesday evening, December z, in
Gilbert Church. The Union is now out Of
debt owing to the kindness Of some OF
the friends.
Hanover c. Ie. Society is arranging for
a supper to be held sometime in January.
Tho proceeds from the Offering at tho
Sunrise meeting on Thanksgiving morn
ing were given 10 the Sunday Breakfast
Mission.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-12-08
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
NEWS

Sunset and Evening star.
And one clear Call for me.
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out 10 sea;
For such "a tide as moving seems asleep.
Too full for sound or foam,
When that which from out the bourdless
deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and Evening bell
And after that the dark.
And may there be no BADNESS OF farewell
When ! embark.
For though from out our bourne Of Time
and Place,
The tide may bear me far,
hope to see my Pilot face to face
When 1 have crossed the bar.
.-Teunyson.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-04
BY IONA GALE

THAT'S just the way Matte would bring her up"
thought Jane, her hand closing the childs why
should Matte bring her up" she wondered then
why shouldn't /?
The poor little girl would be burden to everyone
else, SO James offer gratefully accepted. She
turned Middleton with Evas little belongings her
trunk and Eva herself like little shadow, in her
wake.
With the mornings life began for Jane. She woke to
find the child standing at her bedside and when the
little mouth had been laid on her own, and she
had hidden the little girl dress quickly, that they might
have little time the garden before breakfast Jane
found herself eager for the experiences of the day.
Dear little soul" she said; ." don't suppose she
knows about dryads, or ever even heard of them
Indeed, about with spades ticketed with their
right had been the childs life that she hardly
much knew about fairies. Jane spent long delight
full morning with her in the abor and the baby heart
long denied the food that unconsciousy craved went
out to the strange pale lady who told her wonders And
sraghtaway the little heart revealed to Jane all its poor
little treasure-house.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-04

upon her Jane forgot her disappointment in the chds
inability to share the radiant world OF fancy
Eva had built 1t that Jane tried teach
the little newcomer about the world of that talked
and flowers that understood small Margery turned from
iairies to cats and spent her affection upon animals
and little children
But it might have been that way" Jane told herself
Il have often heard of children whose parents simply
could make them understand all that they themselves
most loved. Margery is no less dear to And
would have loved her just the same"
The I'VE was often on her lips when she was not
conscious of it We must begin think of sending
Eva to school,. she said to herself night and knew
how impatient Rudolph would have been with the pri-
mary teacher who took her B class holiday and
made them pay their railway fare teach them
independence"
Eva shall be under her influence" she resolved
Rudolph would think her impossible
Each of the children must have pink frock this
summer, she decided, Rudolph liked my pink lawn
And once The Clement children must
here much. They do not always tell the truth, and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-04

we can't accept their English! don't know what Ru-
dolph would have said
At first she used smile sadly when she caught her
self in these apses but gradually the plural became with
her habit of thought Gradually, too-as she taught
Eva to read Saint Guido" and Bevis and the books
that Rudolph had read her, and she how
eagerly the little girl received what best in both
stories the fancy possessed her tina. somewhere Rudolph
the children. They both knew his pcture it had al
ways stood in James and they both came to call
it by name. as they did that of Judge HasseL W.
dolph almost real personality to the children
as Jane herself.
So the days until Eva ten and Margery was
six and Rudolph had been Paris for ten And
that summer, years from the June of his coming &c
Middleton Jane did hear that the Great House was
at last to be sold That she did hear, either that
Rudolph coming to Middleton to arrange for the
sale was not remarkable, for in Middleton knew
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-04

"Why weren't there fairies in mamas house," asked
Eva in perpleNity.
/" There were, DEAR" answered Jane
An dryads in the apple trees an the tree where the
swing was?"
'Yes, everywhere"
"Oh" said Eva pitifully, and poor never,
never knew"
She's dom splendid. bringn' up that little thing"
Middleton's admiring comment.
This concensus of opinion what inspired Middle
Jane the hour of its necessity when the
young minister suddenly died. and left his motherless
little daughter alone Though there had been those who
fan to mother the little girl when the lacked
a mistress, one seemed willing the
responsibility So they turned to Jane Was there not
in her heart and her house for one more?
why not," said Jane, after her involuntary refusal
first; IS why not?"
So Eva found sster-a chubby unimaginative little
thing but wistful of tenderness that lavishng
COPYRIGHT.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-07
A MAN OF LUCK.

The Story Of the Test by the Eastern
Kings Minister.
A king once said to a minister. do
you believe in .luck?"
Il do" said the minister.
"Can yousproSe 1t 90 asked the king.
Eyes, I can
So one night he tied up to the CELL
ing Of q room q bag containing peas
mixed with diamonds and let in two
men, one Of whom believed in luck
and the other in human effort alone.
The one who believed in luck quietly
laid himself down on the ground on
his blanket: the other after a time
found the bag and. feeling in the dark
the peas and stones. ate the peas and
threw the diamonds to his companion.
saying. There are the stones for your
idleness.''
The man below received them in his
blanket.
In the morning the king and the
minister came and told each man to
keep what he had found. The man
who believed in. trying got the peas
which he had eaten; the other got the
diamonds.
The minister then said, "Sire. there
may. you see,sbe luck. but 1t Is as rare
as peas mixed with diamonds. so lei
none hope to i've by luck"-An East.
ern Fable
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-07
COSTERM oNGER.

The Word In Former Times Was
Spelled "Ccstard- ,nonger."
The word costermonger Is now used
Of an itinerant fruit seller. It was
formerly spelled costard-monger and
in this form appears in Drant's "Hor-
ace" to translate the Latin word
''pomarius."
Literally 1t means costard seller. cos
tard being a kind Of apple. the name
OF which Murray connects with coste,
q rib.
Some etymologists connect 1t with
custard. assuming that the pulp of ap-
pies was used m preparing this deli
cacy, but there its no real reason for
this. since the ~cuAtard apple" men
toned in Dampier's Voyages" 16o9,
is quite different fruit from the mid
die English .costard.
Some connsN it.also with "costard.'
the humorous name for. a head-''Take
him over the costard with the hilt Of
thy sword" (Shakespears). BUTT seems
more probable that the head was
called after the apple than the apple
after the head.
The termination "monger" simply
means a dealer or trader. as in fell
monger and npnmonger. and is de
rived from the Anglo-Saxon word
''mangiaa." to traffic or barter, which
is akin to the Latin mango" deal
er who sets OF aud polishes up his
wares.-LondOn Standard.