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Evening journal., 1909-12-20

Closing quotations from F. D.
Laekev & Co., Bankers and Brokers,
members Philadelphia Stock Exchange
sIs Market street. Wilmington, Del.
Evening journal., 1909-12-20
Kennard g. Co.
Store open every night until Christmas.
Reliable FurS

Whether you buy Furs of rs or someone
else, you should make your choice from some
house in whom you have confidence, certainly
from someone who has fixed place of busi-
ness and is likely TO be found in case any de-
feet is found in them. To one who is not an
expert, Furs are calculated to mislead you.
.Furs bought of us carry the fullest guarantee
as TO quality and in every instance can be
depended upon to be as represented. Our al
ready large stock has been greatly increased
to-day by new arrivals.
All the newest shapes in Scarfs and Muffs
are shown in all the leading Furs.
We call particular attention to the line of
Fur Coats; consisting of Russian Pony, Cara
cul, Siberian Squirrel and Fur-lined Cloth
Goats.
At $50 we are showing guaranteed Black
Pony Coat 81 inches long.
Evening journal., 1909-12-20
To the Children Of WiImlnqton.

Any good child can have the privi.
lege 20 write to me until Christmas and
tell me what I shall bring them. Ad-
dress all mail TO OLD KRISS.
7lS Market ST.
American Toy Co..
Evening journal., 1909-12-20
DEATHS
Mary E. Smith.
Clara Gardner,
Estella L. Maoklin.
A. L. White, Jr.
Annie E. Scarborough.
William 4. Rutler.

William 4. Butler.
SAIITH-In this city, on December is
Chandler and Sarah Z. Smith, aged
years.
Relatives and friends are invited to 40
tend the funeral services at the resi-
dence Of her mother, No. 10 Pine street
on Tuesday afternoon, December 21, n
O'Clock. lnterment st Riverview Gene
terry.
GARDNER-In this city, on Decembe
10. 1903, Clara Gardner, aged l6 years
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited TO attend the funeral from thi
West Second Street on Rednesday % morn
ing at o'clock Requiem mass at 81
Paul's Church. Interment in cathedra
Cemetery
NfACTIiN-In this city, on Decembei
~. 1902 Estella L. Macklin, daughte
of samuel S. and Rachael a. Bakre' II
Relatives and friends Of the family ar
invited 20 attend the funeral services a.
her parents residence. No. $40 Eas
Seventh street. on Wednesday afternoon
yiSsasOs private al I5iiiv Isiivverbmrook' m cesSmetery
WHITFIELD this city, on Decemper aotn
1909. A.. L.. Jr.: infant son ana \.
and Rebeecs White. ,,r,,,ats
lSCARBOROJGH-In this city. on De
cember l9. 1909. Annie r., wife OF Rob
ert II. SCARBOROUGH. ,,..,
tend the funeral from her late residences
no. AZ East Third street, on Wednes
day afternoon az 2 o'clock. tnterment al
Silvcrbrook Cemetery.
BTTLER-In this city, on December -
1909. William X, son OF Mary and thl
late JEFFERSON Butler, aged % years:
Relatives. friends and members OF thu
Union Fire Company, are invited to at
tend the funeral from the residence q
his mother. No. $40 Reed street. on Wed
nesdav morning at 10 o'clock. Requiem
mass at St Pauls Church. Interment al
l cathedral Cemetery.
| Nr,fTcEBATrER-In this city, on De
kember 18th. 1909. Mary e, wife 81
| Charles A. Neueebauer and daughter q
ida T. and the late Captain George w
Powell IN her 32nd year
Reiatives and friends OF the family an
/ inxrited 10 attend the funeral services n
/ The residence of her mother. No. ai6 Eas
/ Seventh street. on Wednesday afternoon
1 at Rivervlew Cemetery.
Evening journal., 1909-12-20
Kid Gloves

During the hurry days right before Christ
mas you can select with safety for gifts one or
more pairs Of Kid Gloves with every assur-
ance of their being acceptable. Our stock now
is very fine and complete as to colors, style
and qualities.
Cape. Glace, Pique, Suede and Mocha. at
,S1.oo, S1.2s, $3.50, SI65, SI.75 pair.
Evening journal., 1909-12-20
ACCUSE BOY OF BICYCLE THEFT

ACCUSE BOY OF BICYCLE THEFT.
Joseph IIinsd, 10 year old boy to-day
was taken into custody by tho police on
a charge OF larceny OF a bicycle from Wal
ter Reed.
According to Reed he left his bicycle
standing in front Of his home on last Fri
day and when he went to look for II a
short time afterward It was gone. While
coming down Market street this morning
Reed recognized a bicycle in front Of the
Postal Telegraph office as his and hurry
ing over to the police station reported the
theft Of the wheel and where it could be
found. Martin Newell, a messenger, told
the police that ISinski had given him the
bicycle and the arrest Of kinski followed.
Evening journal., 1909-12-20
KNOWLES MINISTER,
TO SAN DOMINGO

President Taft sent TO the Senate to-day
the name OF Horace G. Knowles, Of Della
ware, for minister resident and consul
general to the Dominican Republic. which
IS tho island OF san Domingo, near Cuba.
The position pays $4,000 a year and has
been filled by Fenton r. McCreery, OF
Michigan
Mr.. Knowles was appointed minister TO
Nicaragua by President Roosevelt shortly
before his term as President expired, but
Mr.. Knowles, because OF the trouble in
Nicaragua never assumed his duties there.
Evening journal., 1909-12-20

TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION
EoR s1IEcsfE fEfNSekT PIANO, At :
y sacrifice IL sold At once Address J.,
o. Box I'll, Newark, Del. ID. & A. Phou,
81. Dcc20-St- Dec2I- cod. .-8spks
Evening journal., 1909-12-20
Timely Hints

Quick choosing is now the duty OF the hour;
few stores anywhere are better equipped Tor
quick service than here;' convenient arrange
mcnt of stocks makes it easy to choose.
Large showing OF Necl1wear, Muffers,
Scarfs. Shell Goods, Toilet Articles, Fancy
Goods. Leather Goods, Silk Hose, Silks,
Dress Goods, Linens, Blankets, Down Quilts
Spreads Aprons, Silk Petticoats Sweaters
and Waists.
Evening journal., 1909-12-20
SINES & WEIGH

Florists
Designs Of All Descriptions
Cut Flowers For All Occasion,
Open Evenings. Both Phones
9th Street, Near Tatpall Street.
IN MEMoRlAM.
In memory Of John T.. Mcdowell, win
died December 90, 1907.
a Friend. NJ n.
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Lee at Appomattox.

Men who saw the defeated general
when he came forth from the cham
ber where he had signed the articles
of capitulation, say that he paused
moment as his eyes rested once
more on the Virginia hills, smote
his hands together, as though in
some excess Of inward agony, then
mounted his gray horse, Traveller,
and rode calmly away, says recent
writer.
II that was the very Gethsemane
of his trials, yet he must have had
then one moment Of supreme, II
chastened, Joy. He rode quietly down
the lane leading from the scene Of
capitulation he passed into view Of
his men-of such as remained OF
them. The news Of the surrender
had got abroad, and they were wait
ing, grief stricken and detected, upon
the hillsides when they caught sight
of their old commander on the gray
horse. Then occurred one OF the
most notable scenes in the history
Of the war. In an instant they were
about him, bare-headed, with tear
wet faces, thronging him, kissing his
hand, his boots, his saddle: weeping.
cheering him amid their tears, shout
ing his name to the very skies. He
said: Men, we have fought through
the war together. / have done my
best for you. My heart is too full
to say more"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-12
THE BLACK DUCK.
Many Dangers Await the Young of the
Adirondack Visitor.

Adirondack Visitor.
An interesting summer resident Of
the Adirondacks, says the New York
Sun, is the black duck. Those per-
sons who have fancy for moving
through the innumerable small
streams Of the lake regions now and
then come upon little families Of
these birds, usually a mother and
from six to ten ducklings. At the
first sight Of an approaching boat
the mother gives a warning quack
and the little ducklings dive and dis
appear in the bush at the side Of the
stream. Now and then a man clever
enough to guess where the diving
ducklings are likely to come up can
catch one in a landing net Mostly,
however, the downy little chaps pop
up at a safe distance and scuttle in
to the brush, where they are effect
ually hidden as young partridges in
the blueberry thickets.
When the ducklings have disap-
peared the mother duck proceeds to
play her instructive maternal wiles
upon the intruding stranger. She
swims lamely just ahead Of the boat
or fiutters along for many yards as
If with a broken wing until she feels
sure that her little family is well out
Of harms way. Then she, herself,
seeks safety in flight.
The other day a canoeist in a mar
row stream came upon a mother
duck who displayed a variation Of
her accustomed tactics in the pres
ence of an enemy After her young
had disappeared she rose and made
large circles around the canoe at an
elevation Of twenty or thirty feet.
While she was thus busied a hawk
discovered her and evidently thought
her conduct suspicious. The mother
duck also discovered the hawk, and
as she circled she uttered warning
cries to her brood that kept the
young safe under cover.
In early summer when the young
black ducks are still small the brood
is larger than 1t is apt to be by this
time of year. The TACT is that the
mother black duck les a great many
maternal cares and embarrassments.
There is a widespread taste in the
wilderness for young ducklings. The
whole little family sleeps on the sur
face OF the water in shadows where
boats are not apt to intrude and
where the young are safe from Prov
ling foxes There are, however,
aquatic enemies: a hungry trout
might take fancy to a duckling's
foot, and there are big turtles that
could drag down a half grown duck
ing or perhaps even the mother her
self. The young are never safe in
the daylight hours from hawks until
the time comes for their late au-
tumn flight southwark. The black
duck Is a good table bird. but man
is the least dangerous enemy of these
little families Of the lakes and
creeks.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-12

would be in vain. will content my
self with reporting his case to the
general"
Meanwhile, may ask you to take
me homer" said, quaking, woman
like, after the danger was over. "A
special Providence must have sent you
to my help. How can I thank you?"
His eyes dwelt again with an over
mastering look on my face.
Thank me-" he murmured, "for that
which not for my life would I have
missed? Hush! Let us not speak Of
It! We must wait little till the
storm passes. You have nothing now
to fear. That rascal will not come
back"
1 leaned against the wall, draggled
and colorless. He stood near by, still
breathing those short, agitated
breaths. We waited in deep silence.
Presently the rain began to subside.
May not we venture forth now?" I
asked at last.
He made an asserting gesture.
We shut the shanty door and went
out to the horses.
AS he stretched forth his dark,
handsome hand to help me into the
saddle, and my own, ungloved and
trembling, touched 1t, an electric shock
seemed to flash tingling over me.
Faint and piddy. I leaned against
Whisky.
"Paulette!"
Around me pressed his swift, fierce
arm. I was drawn breathlessly back
against his heart. He bent low over
me.
dark face upon mine, II love you'll"
(To be Continued)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-12

kept in the field, and doles issued the
troops whenever available. But two or
three months often elapse. in such
circumstances, without Tommy receiv-
ing penny Of the pay due to him,
and private soldiers returned from
South Africa with as much as e120
each to their credit
With pay lists, receipts and miscel-
laneous accounts getting lost In the
post, or burnt or captured by the enc
my, and with thousands Of men de-
tached from their regiments or passing
backwards and forwards through the
base Of operations, 1t Is no wonder
that the direst confusion existed, and
that thousands of pounds were paid
away in mistake beyond recovery.
The proposal Is now that Tommy
shall carry his own little pay list on
active service with him, all payments
being duly entered thereon and not q
penny being paid until the book Is pro-
duced, and can show a credit balance.
The pay of army officers is ar
ranged by what are called army
agents. They are In reality army
bankers and comprise three great
London firms, who receive credit d.
rect from the war Office for the
amounts due to officers under their
charge, and then notify the latter that
they may draw to the amounts speci-
fed. Their premises In the West End
consist of a perfect net work Of offices,
apportioned to the different regiments.
each under a chief accountant and
clerk, and, at certain periods Of the
year, are invaded at all hours Of the
day by officers in muftt who present
their claims, have them examined and
initiated by the accountant, and then
proceed below to draw the needful
cash.
The complicated and ingenious sys-
tenn is said to be one Of the most
perfect of its kind In the world, See
ing that the accounts Of all the ever
changing officers Of hundreds Of regi-
ments are kept and money sent all
over the world, with scarcely ever q
financial slip Of any sort.
The officers allowances-such as ex-
ira duty pay, command pay. Colonial
or field allowance, ETC.. are paid by the
district paymaster through the adtu-
tant Of regiment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-12
cIRcUsEs.
Old and New and the Greatest Draw
ina Card.

Old and New and the Greatest Draw
ing Card.
Before the one-ring days and going
back a few centuries, the circus was
represented in the person Of a mounte-
bank, q thin-visaged, clean-shaven
man who hitched his trapeze to the
sturdy limb Of village oak and did
feats to the ill-concealed amazement
Of a people who respected God some
what, but the devil and his black ma
gic a great deal more.
A long and high jump this-from
mountebank to modern hippodrome,
from q man who lived under his hat
to q tented city which houses as many
as $4,000 people in one day and reg
ularly furnishes food, shelter and
transportation for 1000 more, to say
nothing Of hospital, a postofice and
a commissary where one can purchase
almost anything from a postage stamp
to a suit Of overalls, writes William
Allen Johnston in Harper's Weekly.
The big show today is as highly
specialized and OBVIOUSLY organized as
is our greatest business institution.
Its maintenance costs a thousand dol
lars an hour. Yes, it's a long jump
from the mountebank; but, after all,
things haven't changed so much in
some ways.
A man who was running trick
pony and dog show last year added
a thriller to his programme in the
way Of a dangerous flying trapeze act.
To the delight Of his pockets, but the
intense disgust of his trainers soul, the
door receipts almost doubled. He had
two men at the door one night who
asked the outgoing crowds which part
Of the show they liked best-the rick
animals or the acrobats. They an
swered as one, "the acrobats!"
Danger-danger to other human
lives and limbs-that's the drawing
card, after all, excepting only the chill
,dren who are too young to be CORY
minded and who find most delight In
the clowns. We grownups like the
"thrillers"-the more deadly the bet
ter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-12
PAYING THOMAS ATKINS.
Tho British Army's Extensive Finan.
eiaI Machinery In Operation.


When it is said that something like
e 100000 are disbursed to British troops
every day Of the year, 1t will be recog-
nized that pay day in the army re-
auires very extensive machinery to
carry things out without hitch, says
Answers.
Each company pay sergeant forms
estimates every week Of the amount OF
cash required to pay his men; these
are passed to the orderly room clerk,
who summarizes them, then dispatches
them to the station paymaster. The
latter places checks for the amounts
stated to the credit of the respective
companies in the regimental bank.
He notifies how much Is due to each
man, and all the company pay SER
zeant has to do Is to mark up daily
pay and mess book and supply the
paymaster with particulars OF all
changes affecting the pay Of his men.
Estimates for men on the staff, garri-
son policemen, schoolmasters and
schoolmistress, etc., are prepared and
submitted by the orderly room clerk
to the district paymaster who issues
checks direct.
The station paymaster audits all ac-
counts and claims and transmits them
to the war office for final audit
Every effort is made to keep casn
balances as low as possible. A mar
gin of only s10 is allowed on the
months working If pay list contains
less than $50 accounts, and only EGO
may be owed the paymaster II more
than $50 soldiers are dealt with. A
station paymaster's cash balances ev-
cry month must not exceed e10 for
each subaccountant, with a minimum
of G100; and the limit for a district
paymaster is one-fourth Of the total
expenditure included in the account.
BY these means 1t is hoped altogether
to avoid over payment and irrecovera-
BILE losses.
On active service the machinery Is
naturally apt to get dislocated. In
the past 1t has been the custom for
all pay lists to be kept at the base
Of operations, rough book only being
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-12

CHAPTER Xv-Continued.
By Eta w. PIERCE.


sibyl arose. Her mother had not yet
offered her a caress. She waited
moment In vague expectation. but
Mrs. Arnault turned her face from her
tall. handsome daughter and closed
her eyes.
Come" called Rebecca, and led the
way out into the passage, with the
young girl following sadly after.
"You will be glad" she said. stand
ing on the threshold Of the room pre-
pared for Sibyl, and shading the light
so that it struck redly across her stolid
face-"you will be glad, before you
have been a month here, that we left
YOU so long at st. Catharine's."
What do you mean?" demanded
Sibyl. rs my mother mad?"
aThe same as she has been for
years." answered Rebecca Hardin.
Sibyl grew pale.
THAT explains ALL And my father?
No one has ever mentioned him to
me; but surely have father, living
or dead?"
Dead" replied Rebecca, in her hard,
cold voice. He parted your mother
from her own people, for she was born
a Jewess. He broke her heart Never
speak of him. And now, goodnight.
You are tired, see, and sorrowful-go
and rest"
The next moment Sibyl stood in her
deathly still chamber. alone.
"A Jewess!" she shuddered. From
that taint in my blood, then. / take
my tar black eyes and hair"
She went to her window, drew back
the drapery therefrom and looked out.
Wash! wash! At the foot Of the long
garden she heard 1t again-the great
heart-broken sea- 1t seemed calling
her like a voice from some lost stage
of existence, familiar and yet strange.
With her sad, proud face bowed on her
hands she listened. All that she had
so long yearned for was now gained.
She had reached home-she had found
her mother; and yet, with that mourn
full sea sounding in her ears, and an
intolerable pain and loneliness and
disappointment tussing at her heart
she now stretched out her arms to the
darkness and to those sad, washing
waves with wild despairins cry.
"Oh, 7 am lost and alone!" sobbed
Sibyl. Lost and alone!"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-12
GHOSTS IN COUNTRY HOUSE.
Two Seen In One Evening at Sir
Georoe SitwelPs Place.

TWO 000U SuO ~
George SitweIps Place.
Two ghosts have been seen in one
evening at Renishaw, the residence
Of Sir George Sitwell. near Chester
field, says the Pail Mall Gazette.
Renishaw is an old house dating
from 1926, and more than one
ghostly legend is associated with 1t.
Sir George, who formerly sat In
parliament for Scarborough, is
great antiquary and q good sports
man. He was instrumental in cap
turing spirit" at the London head
quarters for the spiritualists In 1880.
Lady Ida Sitwell is the sister Of the
present Earl Of Londesborough.
Sir George Sitwell's story appears
in the Daily Mail as follows:
Last Saturday two ghosts were
seen at Renishaw. Lady Ida had
been to Scarborough to attend the
Lifeboat Ball, at which she sat up un-
til o'clock in the morning, and had
returned home that morning. After
dinner the party Of SKI was absent
for a few hours-sat in a drawing
room upstairs, Lady Ida on a sofa
facing the open door.
Looking up after speaking to
friend on her left she saw In the
passage outside the figure Of wom-
an, apparently a servant, with gray
hair and white cap, the upper part
of the dress blue, the skirt dark.
The arms were at full length and
the hands clasped. This figure NOV
ed with a very slow, furtive, gliding
motion, as If wishing to escape no.
tice, straight toward the head Of the
old staircase, which removed 20
years ago.
Lady Ida called out, who's that?
Who's that?" then the name OF the
housekeeper; then to those who were
nearest the door, Run out and see
who It is; run out at once" Two
rushed out, but no one was there.
The others Joined them and search
ed the hall and passages upstairs
AS they were coming down one
of the party, Miss R., who was lit
tie away from the rest, exclaimed:
"I do believe that's the ghost"
There, in the full light of the arch
way below, within 20 feet Of her,
Just where the door Of the old ghost
room used to stand until removed
1t to put the present staircase In Its
place, she saw the figure Of a lady
with dark hair and dress. lost in
painful thought and oblivious OF
everything about her. The dress
was fuller than the modern fashion.
the figure, though opaque, cast no
shadow. 1t moved with curious
gliding motion into the darkness and
melted away at or within yard OF
the spot where doorway, now
walled up, led from the staircase to
the hall.
There is no doubt that these figures
were actually seen as described.
They were not ghosts, but phan-
tasms-reversed impressions OF
something seen in the past and now
projected from an ouertired and an
excited brain. In both cases the Gu
rious gliding movement, the absence
of shadow, the absolute stiffness OF
the figures, which moved neither
hand nor head and hardly seemed
to breathe, point to that conclusion.
Such an experience goes far toward
solving the ghost problem. Ghosts
are sometimes met with, but they
are not ghosts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-12
GEORGE GLOVER, SON OF MRS. MARY BAKER EDDY, WHO
MAY REOPEN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS


Glover likely When this
that Edds
this
client
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Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1909-07-29

Ladies, Childre MS and Mems
hose worth from u ID to lScts
going , for IS cents.
Ladies ready made waist,
worth from 75c S1.2S, go at
39c to 69c.
Ladies Fancy Embroidery
and worked 2-piece wash suits
worth from $50 to e. m
1000 during this sale uL'ou
Chiffon Panama skirts en- no
worth $3.50 go at uL'oU
Panama Skirts worth emo
from $3.50. $50, 20 at uhoU
One lot Of Men soc ties ~
in all shades go at az
Men 25c Ties 90 at ~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-03-26

ing days of 1908. For every soul that
went out at Lisbon two were quenched
in Sicily and Italy and 5000 more
were added for good measure.
Another point of interest, especially
for those who cherish the venerable
superstition anent the unluckiness of
the number 10, is the discovery that
there was a disaster on every thir-
teenth day of the month for the first
seven months of the year. The rec
ord was started on January Is, the
date of the Boyertown theater fire. A
month later there was a boiler ex-
plosion in Pennsylvania, followed in
March by an avalanche which took IS
lives in Siberia. April Is saw flood
the same day in May similar disas-
ter was responsible for the loss of
10000 people. while AZ people died in
a cyclone in Louisiana. June Is a
dynamite explosion took nine lives in
Winnipeg, and on July 13 AZ lives
were lost in storm off the coast of
Spain.
Another curiosity is discovered in
connection with the highly-useful ele-
vator which has made possible sky
scrapers. While it is fairly common
to hear of accidents in elevators, few
people realize what heavy toll it
takes on life. In the United States in
1908 108 people were killed and 81
injured in elevator accidents.
A significant feature of the list is