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Evening journal., 1909-09-20
Personal and Pertinent

is the American characteristic 10 make best Of
everything and TO put smiling front in the face OF
faes hardest blows said Prof NJ Rutherford the
University of California at the Stafford.
IL have thought that In this regard Americans were
exceptional OF the richest humor in literature
Is founded on this trait A fow days ago as / came
East the Southern Pacific In passing through for
lorn looking town in the desert heard two con-
vcrslng the train stopped for water.
"Good-by Bl,' said one. I am leaving this burg with
Just pair pants and another thing on earth
"You are lucky, old PAL replied Bill. that's more than
anybody else took away from here"-Baltimore
American.
John G. Johnson. Philadephia's famous lawyer was
discussing drunkenness from the legal point Of
the smokeroom of the Rotterdam
NO" said Mr. johnson smiling, "the law doesn't take
the eccentric view Of drunkenness that prevails amoug
hard drinkers.
"a drinkers view OF drunkenness Is very odd
once knew a who had been by several wit
ncsses snoring large beer and a small whskey
in a saloon. This man. though he not drunk
II only he said. fatigued with drnkin."-Chl-
cago Journal.
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
POLLY PICKLES
PITS TO GAMBOL
One Of Joseph Hart's Big Acts
at Garrick This Week

"Polly Pickles Pets" is an amusing
conceit from the fertile brain of Joseph
Hart and 1t catches successfully the
spirit of the hour. the fad OF animals
on the stage. 1t is an elaborate
vaudeville extravaganza that appeals
to the grown-ups as we'll as children.
Polly invades Petland and finds all
her lost pets there, including a baby
elephant, a cat, dog, Teddy bear, lot
of Buster Brownies, and last, and
most amusing of all. a parrot. The
impersonations of these pets is Won
derfully and well done. This act comes
TO the Garrick this afternoon, heading
a list of attractions that is articularly
strong. Volta, the man who so far
defied electric currents. is to be a
feature OF extraordinary interest.
Volta does many seemingly impossible
things. He is a veritable human stor-
age battery and electric sparks flash
at his finger ends the same as from
two crossed wires at the top OF a tele-
phone pole. He takes enough cleo
triclty into his body to put three ordi-
nary men out Of business and yet IL
apparently doesn't phase him. Mr.. and
Mrs Jos. Bowling, Florence Trevellion,
the comic opera star, and several other
high-class features go to make up a
very attractive array of vaudeville
this week at the Garrick.
Evening journal., 1909-09-20

Gle Sans warships will anchor in the harbor.
Baron Loudon, the minister from Holland to the
United States, will participate in the ceremon-
les.
Wilmington is assisting the thriving little town
with great future at the BrealSwater, and Baron
Loudon will be entertained Hospitality while in
this city. City Council also has extended finan-
cial aid and Wilmington has shown generous
spirit in cooperating with Lewes 1t is to be
hoped that large delegation OF residents from
Wilmington and other parts of the State may find
It convenient to go to Lewes on Wednesday for
the Hudson-DeVries celebration.
Wednesdays celebration will be as peaceful
as the early occupation of Delaware was
tial. Hudson landed at Lewes on August 28,
1909, and went from there TO New York, and the
metropolis will celebrate that historic event be-
ginning this week. His narratives about lower
Delaware 50 pleased the people in Holland that
DeVries organized his expedition of thirty-three
men which landed and settled in Lewes, then
called Swanendael. He established Fort Ohlandt
there. He returned to Holland, but the colony
he left behind was massacred. A second eXpedi-
ton settled at Lewes. Then began a long series
of conflicts between the Dutch, the English ana
the Swedes for the possession of the settlement.
The English finally triumphed. This left Della
ware part of what became to the English, New
York In June, 1902, it became the three lower
counties OF the Penn territory, and another inter
esting fight took place, which resulted in the mat
ter being settled in the English courts. And here
is where the crucial point came to issue, for the
state had another chance of becoming part OF
ANOTHER state. The test was between Lord Balti-
more and William Penn for possession and Lord
Chancellor Hardwick, Of England, decided
against Baltimore. Had it not been for his deci-
sion against Lord Baltimore, il is probable that
| the state would have been three counties OF Mary
land when the final combination was made.
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
Monday, September 20. 1909
CONTESTS UP FoR REVIEW.

w It'll the convening of Superior Court this
W week, the Democratic advisers aud mcm-
bers of City Council may grope their way from
darkness into daylight as to the Second Ward
contest by which they attempted to oust City
Treasurer Howard ID. Ross and City Council
man Walter Rash from the Offices to which they
were elected The taking of certiorari proceed
ings in behalf OF the Republicans the Democrat
ic Councilmen seek to oust has becouded the
situation that the actual dispossessing OF Mr.
Ross and Mr.. Rash of their positions has been
held IN abeyance, and the Democratic Council
men have been awaiting whatever judicial de-
termination may be made when Councils action
Is called up for review on certiorari proceed
ings.
The Democratic Councilmen have contented
themselves with allowing Mr. Rash 60 sit in
Council his name being retained on the Coun-
Gil roll despite the protest OF Councilman Demp-
sey. Most hi The Councilmen acting advice
from Democratic lawyers wish TO brook no con-
tempt of the Court that granted the writ of
certiorar and arc bdng their time until judi
cial review can be taken but Mr. Dempsey seems
10 pin little faith on the Court intervention
In this respect Council seems TO have adopted
the wise course in not complicating further the
situation over the contests. In anticipation OF
the review OF the proceedings and testimony talk
en- before Council the Democratic Councilmen
have been revising and framing the Council
minutes to suit their fancy and to smooth over
the discrepancies that appeared in the record to
be passed upon by the Superior Court
Council has authority TO pass upon the quail
ifcations for membership in that body accord
ing TO the law and the very right OF the mat
ter" It seems from provisions extracted from
the city charter and its amendments, and ques-
ton that may come before the Court on review is
as 10 whether the ousting action Of the Demo
cratic majority in Council was according TO 'the
very right of the matter" in the face of some of
the questionable testimony adduced on which
the Democrats counted out votes polled and re-
turned for Mr.. Ross and for Mr. Rash
1t will be well to have the situation cleared up
soon, as il is now affecting the city's credit and
cloaking in doubt many of the acts of the mu-
nicipality The announcement that prospective
bidders for municipal bonds for the Water De
partmcnt regard the situation that has developed
over the contests as of sufficient importance to
impair the validity and title OF bond issues indi-
Gates how the Councilmanic contests have be-
clouded the situation, Council has needed this
warning in its financial program
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
Chatty Stories OF the Day

A young New York broker OF conviyial habits fell in
with old school friend who had gone the road.
Whenever you're In town up and bunk with
me-" urged his friend they separated. mo matter
what old time Il is II Pm not there just ahead
make yourself al home III be TO turn up before
dEybreaiI"
Soon after this the salesman arrived In about
midnight and remembering his friends invitation sought
out his boarding house. There only a dim light
hivkerng In the hail. but he the bell nfu pull
Presently he found himself with a landlady
OF grim and terrible aspect
Does Mr.. Smith live hsre7" he faltered
"ie does" snapped the landlady "You can bring him
right in!"-Philadelphia Record.
Miss Daisy Dmple found love letter that her father
had written to her mother In the hacyon days their
courtship.
Daisy read the letter mother substituting her
own name and that OF her sweetheart
Daisys mother raved with anger and stamped her
foot In disgust and forbade her daughter have any
thing TO do with man who would write "such nonsen-
sica stun TO girl.'
Daisy then gave the letter 10 her mother TO read
The house became suddenly quiet that she could
hear the dies walking across the ceing-Judse
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
With the Paragraphers

announced that upon his tour, President TAFT
will talk OF tariff law and explain that he
satisfied with the Payne law. He may talk but when II
making a law Aldrich win act-Louisvie
Courier- Journal.
It would hardly be surprising any time read
thai those record breaking liners had met
ncrself going Observation-Disclosures Union
The invention OF odoress whisky is claimed by
Tennessee be brought 20 the attention OF the
who insists going out between the ac.s
theatre.-Washington star
Hudson may sail up New York bay. but he'll find
ground broken the Battery for monument TO Yer
razano." These older explorers have settled their
controversy in 800 years-New York SUM-
The state public opinion the controversy over
Pole discovery is partly illustrated by an in
cident at Fort Worth Texas whore Cook man whip
pei a Peary and arrested by neutral police
nonNew York World.
Taft is now accused Of being a free-trader. That
suspected when he signed the AldrchPasne Tariff bill
Philadelphia North American
Now there s TO be battleship Arkansas, people
might as well get used pronouncng IL though the
last syllable spelled saw Philadelphia Ledger.
When Seattle announced that IL would hold
position the city promised extraordinary event. That
the Exposition will end with debts paid and money
hand than redeems the promse.-Philadelpha
Ledger.
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
Mr.. HUKIlL TALKS
OF hOASE GARCIA
Editor THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Editor THE EVENING JOURNAL.
Rodney House. Lewes. Del, u.sO a. M.
September Il, 19Oe-Hav ng a few m nu.ts
to myself before going back to Milford to
claim what is left Of Garcia, the magni-
hcent sorrel horse which 1 SO proudly
drove down Market street on September
c, ] don't want 10 be forg ytten. BY this
and other means 1 want to keep in touch
with the people Of the upper county and
Wilmington In particular. where 1 clam
to be a citizen, and where, / am proud 10
say, 1 have a modest and happy home. I
have had time, though under stia.n of
complicated business engagements, to re-
feet, take account OF stock and to think
how nicely j did not succeed i'm my expert
ence at our late county far with what I
considered a pair Of beautiful horses.
Now, do not propose to throw stones
at or stick pins in the county fair asso-
cation, as an association. for somo OF
them l know personally and l am 81 gat-
ly acquainted with others, all OF whom.
have treated me with the greatest court
esy and the highest respect whenever /
came IN contact with them. one OF them
did me and my horse Garcia the compii-
ment to say. "Wei, II you are going to
enter him viii not enter my mare in that
class" all OF which 1 highly APPRECIATE.
And now, / want 10 explain. procured
those horses Tor a spec al purpose no ways
connected with the fair. I entered then,
only because / had them on hand which
afforded me the opportunity Of goirg into
the fair knowing that had an unu ually
fine looking paid OF horses. SO admitted by
all whom I have heard express an opin-
ion. Not being accustomed to attending
county fairs, and more particularly un.
acustomed TO entering anything for exhi-
biton, I knew / must lean on my friends
to steer me straight. threw myself Oh
their mercy. When the c'ass had entered
my Garcia was called out for inspection
I appeared on the scene and figured
around-the track. where the balance OF the
cass were preferring to keep I'm the rear
as I had a high spirited horse and was
only an amateur driver I was given my
position in the bunch (five. think by MT
Martin, whose duty II was to do so. and
] waited. All the others one by one were
sent up the track TO show the gait and put
the last finishing touch before the final
judgment. All but myself had been n
dividually interviewed by the committee
and ordered back TO the stable. Not the
slightest attention was paid 10 me or my
entreaties as TO what they wanted me to
do. drove from the humiliating pred'c ca
ment IN disgust and not In a very pleasant
frame Of mind Mr.. Martin was the only
Evening journal., 1909-09-20

Reports of the Agricultural Department at
Washington show that the soils Of the United
States are not wearing out as some have feared,
but that we are producing larger crops to the
acre than formerly. This is accounted for by
the fact that cultivation is better, fertilizers
intelligently used, and better system of rotation
of crops is practiced. More intense methods of
cultivation are being followed There is no dan
ger that we shall suffer from lack of land in
this country. We are, at but the beginning of
intensive cultivation and improvements in our
agricultural methods may be expected right
along .
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
Call For Investigation.

MlIford IhrOnIcIe.
The charges preferred by cx-Cougress-
man Handy. Of cruel practices at the Fer
rls Reform school at Wilmington, call for
prompt investigation, and swift puni h.
ment should they be substa tiated. Mr..
Handy In givlug the matter bic ty made
his statement, plain, specific and in such
concrete form, that the trustees should
be able to run down any or al who may
boys win resort TO any suberfuge to build
up a case which viii reflect them as mar
tyrs. or get those who have the care. or
punishment OF them, into trouble;-but
this is a public institution and It is due
that even false accusation shoyy be
run out and be clearly proven. Let the
facts be laid bare.
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
LEwEs TO CELEBRATE.

EWES expects to do itself proud on We'd
nesday to commemorate the landing there
Of Hudson, the explorer and DeVries the Dutch
settler. DeNries and his colony from Holland
founded the first Dutch settlement in what IS
now Delaware at Lewes, and it really PLAYED
an important historical part in the territory that
later became Delaware. 1t is fitting that a mon
ument should be unveiled to mark this historic
settlement, and the patriotic citizens of Lewes
who have laborcd so successfully to bring about
the observance are deserving OF the utmost COM
mendation To be sure, the committee is handi-
capped by the lack of funds, and will gladly well
come at this late day any contributions to its
finances
The last Legislature placed the States stamp
of approval upon the proposed monument unveil-
ing and celebration by appointing a comission to
cooperate with the Lewes residents but aside
from appropriation of $500 made by a prev
ious Legislature toward defraying the cost OF
monument no financial aid has been given by
the State The citizens OF Lewes added to the
fund received from the State to furnish a more
pretentious monument.
Governor Pennewll has come to the fore by
ordering the Organized Militia of Delaware to
Lewes to participate in the celebration and the
military along with many civic organizations will
make a creditable pageant in connection with
sAe unveiling ceremonies. while fotilla OF IN
Evening journal., 1909-09-20

naked eye, aided by a telescope. We
said nothing about seeing the visitor
Wednesday, even though our photo
graphic plates showed it, because it
was partly obscured by a small star,
and we could not be certain.
Thursday morning about 3 o'clock
Professor Burnham again saw tho
comet and again the camera, manipu-
lated by Oliver ]. Lee, picked up the
comet. This time there could be no
mistake.
THE plates. which were taken with
"a two-foot reflector. showed the comet
as a faint fuzzy patch, slightly elong-
ated, in the southeast II is about five
degrees distant from the star Gemi-
norium in the predicted position"
Halley's comet. according TO the sci
entists, will not be visible to the naked
eye without a telescope before next
spring. The sighting Of it with the
eye through the telescope is considered
great feat.
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
Editorial
Opinion
Thirty Cents a Day.

lNlTA1 SeHAo . Aclt
Delaware Republican.
our esteemed contemporary the Della
ware state News. commenting on our
statement that a Repub lcan Levy curt
cut the price Of prisoners board down to
twenty-five cents under a Republican
sheriff, while a Democratic Levy Court
promptly ra sed It to thirty cents for a
Democratic sheriff. goes of on a tangent
about a Republican sheriff overcna.gmg
for tramps.
OF course this furnishes no valid ex-
cuso Cor the action OF the Democratic
Levy Court. nor does the state News at
tempt to Justify this act on. And II might
have been as we'll had the Delaware state
News not recalled the days OF the tramp
harvests in Kent.
Il brings us back TO the good old DEM
ocratlc days when Democratic Levy
Courts, Democratic sherifs, Democratic G
justices OF the peace and Democratic con-
stables held sway In Kent and Giaft was
King. IT was the custom in those good Old
days to load up tramps by the car oad at
Wilmington. Dover constables would 20
10 Clayton TO meet the consignment. and
there would be regular morning parade
up Loockerman street 10 Dover jail Al
most a daily occurrence was this. and the
county paid board bills, constables and
justices fees-thousands OF dol,a sand no
questions asked II was sad 70 recall those
davs
Evening journal., 1909-09-20

Make note now to get Ely's Cream
Balm If you are troubled with nasal ca
tarrh, hay fever or cold in the head. It
is purifying and soothing 10 the sensi-
tive membrane that lines the air-pas-
sages. II Is made to overcome the dis
ease, not to fool the patient by a short,
deceptive relief. There is no cocaine or
mercury in it. Do not be talked into
taking a substitute for Ely's Cream
Balm. All druggists sell 1t, Price soc.
Mailed by Ely Bros, &c Warren street,
New York;
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
COMET SEEN
WITH NAKED EYE

CHICAGO, Sept 20.-For the first
time in "A years. Halley's comet has
been observed with the naked eye
The observation was made by Prof.
S. W. Burnham. of the Yerkes Observ-
atory, at Lake Geneva. on Wednesday
and Thursday morning.
cured
This announcement was made by
Prof. Edwin 3. Frost yesterday:
Professor Burnham was the first in
America 10 see the comet with the
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
Peoples Column

Anol ymous communications for
the peoples column win not be
printed. Names of contributors 20
the column viii not be printed. but
must he furnished THE EVENING
JOURNAL. as an evidence Of good
faith on the part or the contributor
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
JUDGE CONRAD TO
ADDRESS MEMS CLUB

The Mems Club of Trinity Parish
will hold its annual meeting this
evening, on which occasion Judge Con-
rad has consented 10 make an address
to the members. The organization has
not been active during the summer
months. Many OF its members have
been kept together through the efforts
of the Baseball Committee, which ar
ranged a series Of interesting games
for the Saturday afternoons during the
summon
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
Eirnt pax conference.

A Friends First-day School Confer
ence was held at Kennett Square on
Saturday at which addresses were made
by George B. Miller. OF Wilmington;
Anna Belle conard, OF Philadelphia, and
others.
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
snnator Reed Aaain operated on.

state Senator S. Il. Reed. of Ellen
dale, is In Philadelphia where he has
submitted to another operation for
cancer OF the face. His brother David
E. Reed, Harry Reed and Howard An
derson have been up to see how he is
getting on. His wife and daughter arc
also in the city with him.
Evening journal., 1909-09-20

man that ever said one word to me or
gave the ightest attention
Now, that was no doubt a county fair,
but am not willing to admit that got a
fair shake.
William Andrew Hukill.
Evening journal., 1909-09-20

Too bad there isn't more time for the Delaware
Automobile Association to arrange for a sociabil-
ity run to Lewes on Wednesday to participate in
the Hudson-DeVries celebration parade. 1t
would be productive Of good in many ways.
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
comsl Come!

Come always to James NJ. Bryan
for paints, oils and glass. stains in
all colors, bathtub and wood enamels,
furniture and brass polishes, screen
and floor paints
Evening journal., 1909-09-20

According to dispatches from Washington,
Commander Peary, the pole seeker, has been de-
tailed for many years on full pay to "make OBJ
servatons' Of meteorological and other conditions
on exploration. Well, Peary has been "mak-
ing observations" about Cook recentlv
Evening journal., 1909-09-20
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