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Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1910-12-28

HARRISBURG, Pa, Dee. ss--The
merits Of the commission plan OF
municipal government formed the
principal subject Of discussion At the
annual convention here today Of the
PsnnsylvaIs League Of Third Glass
Cities. The meeting wss attended
BY the mayors and ether oGeisls OF
numerous cities tlrsseAsut The state.
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
A UsefuI Reminder.

An NJ. r. who In his magisterial
capacity periodically visited a private
lunatc asylum told the story Of a
man Of some position in the legal
world who went to see a patient who
had occasional lapses into sanity. The
patient made great impression on
his visitor as a we'll informed. healthy
minded gentleman and was assured
that his case should be inquired into.
On leaving. the grateful patient
cOurteously conducted his morning
caller to the front door. affectionately
pressing his hand at parting.
"You won't forget what I've told
you" he pleaded. with tears in his
voice.
NO" responded the visitor. turning
round to descend the rather long flight
Of steps.
Il don't think you will" said the pa.
tiept dreamily. "but lest you should
you know
And, lifting up his foot. he gave the
unsuspecting. defenseless visitor
kick behind that sent him spinning
down the stairway and sprawling on
the gravel.-Pearson's Weekly.
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
POST-LENTEN
SEASON NIGH

with the close Of the Lenten season
maids and matrons Of wilmington will
once more resume the social sayeties.
Easter Monday will be featured by two
dances. The Monday evening dancing
GLASS win give their last dance OF the
Series in the New-Century Club and ar
engagements arc being made FOR the affair.
srs. Goorsc A. Elliott, one Of the patron
csscs ,has been spending some time in tie
south. but viii return home on Saturday
on the samo evening Mrs. T. Coleman
DUPONT win give dance at her home
80. sos Broome street for her daughters
Misses Ellen and Alice dupont The dance
win be for tho younger set on Tuesday
evening Mr.. and Mrs. Henry B. Thomp-
SON win give dinner dance at the VIII
mington County Club for their daughters,
Misses Mary and Katharine Thompson
Dinner viii be served al o'clock, TO be
followed by dance
Miss Mildred Belts will give a dance at
her home. No. 12n Gilpin avenue. on Fri
day evonine, April /. on Wednesday Mrs.
William G. Coke will be tho hostess at a
luncheon at her home. NO 1905 Broomo
street ON Thursday, April 2 Miss
crota Barksdale win make her debut at
a. dance TO be given at the New-ceutury
Club
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
M. E. PASTORS GO
TO NEW CHARGES

Preparations TO move are being made by
tho ministers transferred by the NJ. t..
Conference. The Rev. DR. A. S. Now
bray, former superintendent OF tho Will
mington district and who has been APP
pointed to Smyrna, will move there next
Wednesday. Tho Rev. L. L. Hofecker, of
Dover, appointed to succeed Dr. Mowbray
here. will begin his work as district SUPER
intendent next week. The Rev. r. X,
stephenson win remove 20 Dover from the
Easton district next week and DR. Morgan
win assume the pastorate at Mt. Salem
and Dr. Macnchol will assume the pas
torate OF Asbury early reXt week.
Dr. Mowbray will vacate the district
parsonage on SATURDAY and will be 4
guest of the Rov, E. w Greenfield OF
siivorbrook FOR a few days before re-
moving 10 Smyrna Dr. Mowbray Will
preach in siyerbrook Church on Sunday
morning. silvorbrook's congregation Will
give Pastor Greenfield reception Oh
Tuesday night
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
CITY GETS
FREE LAND
Several Gifts Made to Council
Through William P.
Bancroft

City Council last night passed resolu-
tions accepting certain tracts Of land
for park purposes as gifts made
through William r. Bancroft. The
land is situated as follows:
First. The land bounded by Fourth
street. the right Of way OF the B. and
p railroad, Sixth street, and a new
street extending from Sixth street 10
Fourth and 100 feet Of Bayard ave-
nue..
Second. The land between Bayard
avenue and Union street, and extend
ing northerly from Sixteenth street
about 1872 feet.
Third The land bounded by Lover
ing avenue. the present park land
Shallcross avenue. dupont street and
the new right of way Of the B. and p.
Railroad Company.
Fourth The land between Rockford
Park and the Brandywine and extend
ing from near the Rising Sun road
to near the Rockford dam; also land
on the northerly side Of the Brandy
wine near the creek, and for a short
distance bordering on it, extending In
some places back from the creek sew
eral hundred yards. and extending, If
IL shall be practicable, from the pres
ent North Brandywine Park to near the
Rockford dam.
The mayor is authorized to execute
a deed for the ground.
re- fl, oMhUsch, ,GnMa, ,oFvra op
Evening journal., 1910-03-25

would result in a dlminution Of the
power Of enjoyment.
The philosopher did not have long to
wait for a test as to the soundness Of
his reasoning. In Switzerland he met
young lady who was travelling with
her mother. The girls name was
Fredrica Smith. She took to Donald
at once, and Donald returned her pref
erence. There was another considera-
tion. Mrs. Smith and her daughter
appeared to be rich Since his good
time period would have bloomed and
decayed on his return to America it
might be well for him to marry
Fredrica. The young lady was will
ing, and their troth was plighted.
Mrs Smith was not a business wo-
man, so she consented to a provisional
engagement until their return. when
Mr.. Hatch would be expected to pre-
sent his credentials to her husband
Donald WINGED at this. but hoped for
the best. He had nothing to lose and
all to gain. There would be no need
for him to make it known that he bad
spent the money which would have
enabled him to support a wife. He
could assume a bold front and say, Il
have only my strong. arm to enable
me to take care of your daughter. but
by industry, honesty and perseverance
I hope to keep the wolf from the
door" II this did not make an i'm
preston sufficiently favorable to en-
able him to get the girl. well. philo
sophically considered. his condition
would be no worse than it was before
he met Miss Smith But unfortunate
ly love and philosophy will no more
mix than oil and water. Despite his
reasoning the young man felt uneasy.
The Smiths Travelled in first class
style. and Mr.. Hatch. though he was
coming to the end Of his funds. was
obliged while with them to spend q
proportionate amount. He remained
with them as long as they remaineC
abroad and when they returned came
over in the same ship with them. II,
had come Of age while abroad anc
found bis Inheritance ready to be paiG
him. or. rather his creditors. on hi
arrival he issued Il circular lette
to them e'"''"'- .''' pr""nrtinun
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
GIFT BY FORMER
DELAWARE MAN

A gift of $4,000 has been made TO Mid
dlebury College, Vermont. contingent on
that institution raising 100000 by next
June. by Ex-Governor Of Vermont John
c. Mccullough
Old residents OF Newark will remem-
ber Mr. Mccullough as a student at Della
ware College. He was born in Pencader
hundred IN 1885. lie was graduated at Del
aware in 1855, taking first honors. He is a
cousin Of Mrs. Agnes Miller, OF Newark,
There are monuments of Vermont mar
BILE placed by Governor Mccullough a few
years ago over the graves OF his Welsh
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
WHATHE WAS
FITTED FOR
BY NATHAN HARDY
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.
By NATHAN HARDY

Donald Hatch was to receive a small
fortune on attaining his majority.
Young people are impatient. and Don
aid wac no exception to the rule. His
palms itched for his Inheritance that
he might spend it at once.
He went to the president Of the --th
National bank. told him that he de-
sired to finish his education and should
be obliged II he would advance him
some money. The president declined
to do so on behalf of the bank. but
told him he would let him have the
amount he desired on his own account
Donald signed a note. received the
money and proceeded TO "blow 1t in"
A few weeks after he had made the
FIRST loan he went to the president for
more. telling him that he had finished
one course Of study and wished to
take another. The president. too busy
10 look into the matter. furnished
more money. and Donald sent it after
what he had received before. In this
way he got away with considerable
means and six months before attain
ing his majority concluded TO make az
large a raise as possible and 90 abroad
When Donald sailed for Europe with
5000 in his pocket he had borrowed
about twice the amount Of his inherit.
ance. His object was to have as good
a time as possible. then return and go
to work like other men. There was a
certain vein Of philosophy in him
which led him TO take this course. He
argued that the time to enjoy money
is when one is ycprg- ~ a-'--
Evening journal., 1910-03-25

sum amounting 10 90 per cent Of their
claims would be paid them. the rest
to remain till he had made it.
It had been arranged that he should
call upon Mr. Smith at his house five
days after his arrival to ask for the
hand Of his daughter and present his
credentials. He wrote out a speech
full Of vim and modesty. which he
thought would sound well. and COM
mitted It to memory. On the appoint
ed evening he made his call. He was
met at the door by Miss Smith with
an encouraging pressure Of the hand
and left by her at the door of the IL
brary. where her father was waiting.
When the two men stood face to face
for few moments there was the 81
lence of the tomb Mr. Smith saw in
Mr. Hatch the young man from whom
that morning he had received a note
Offering to pay him so cents on the dol
lar of the amounts he had advanced.
Mr.. Hatch saw his principal creditor
The two stood regarding each other
intently.
"Fool!s exclaimed Mr. Smith.
"Which-you or II" asked Donald
imperturbably.
Mr.. Smith continued. TO stare at him
with an expression into which some
thing of admiration was entering.
"IIl tell you what you do" said the
president. with a sudden resolution.
"Come round 10 the bank tomorrow.
and I'll let you have another thou.
sandv
what forr asked the suitor. aston
, ished.
"Wall street. Go down into that re
gion where there have been so many
shining lights. and in time you will
! outshine them ALL When you have
shown what you can do there come
back. and il Fred still wants you she
may have you"
Mr.. Hatch showed what he could dc
within three months. He failed for
100000 and tucked away $4,000
Then he married Fredrica.
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
DAYS OF REST FOR
VETERAN RAILROADERS

Lewis B. Woodward has been forty-one
years with the Delaware Railroad Conn
pany. George Hastings Of New Castle.
entered the employ of the company when
fourteen Sears old. lie has filled every po-
sition on the road from water boy 10 pas
senger conductor and will shortly retire.
having reached the limit
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
PLUMMER LOSES
DAMAGE SUIT

tn Superior Court yesterday afternoon
q jury brought in verdict Tor tho de-
PENDANT In tho case of pmmmcr VS.. Col-
Inns. Piummor sought TO recover damages
for false arrest claiming It was malicious
prosecution. Collins said he acted on tho
advice Of his counsel aud believed he had
probable cause for swearing out the war
ran. for plummers arrest
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
Camden Man Arrested Here.

Special Oficer David Wardle and De-
tective Marcus Carroll of Camden, n.
j.. yesterday arrested Frank Williams,
an Italian. who is wanted in. Camden
for loscrtion
Williams agreed 10 return without
rcquisitlon papers and was taken back
to Camden.
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
Insano Man Goes to HosnitaI

James Hutton aged 81 years. who Gre
ated excitement in his home at Third and
Shipley streets on Tuesday evening. was
taken to the State Hospital at Farnhurst
yesterday. He was adjudged insane by the
physlcians who examined him.
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
win Discuss Street Innprovements

Senator George w. Sparks, president Of
the Street and Sewer Commission was
present at the meeting Of City Council
last night and thanked the members Of
Council for submitting lists of streets IN
their respective wards which need inn
proving. At his request next Tuesday
night was fixed for a conference between
the members OF Council and the Street
and Sewer Department
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
AIfr.d 3. Moore J candidst..

Alfred B. Moore, Of the firm Of Glib
bons and Moore. real estate dealers.
has decided 10 become a candidate for
representative from the Third district
on tho Republican ticket Many of
his friends have called on him and
at their solicitation he decided to be-
came a candidate.
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
sen psIaware Road sioek.

A sale of 100 shares Of Delaware
Railroad stock, which is $25 par and
is guaranteed per cent dividends by
the Pennsylvania Railroad, was made
at $40 share at auction in New York
Wednesday.
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
Nem cIty PaNnoIl sxster.

City Councilman John J. McMcGovern
introduced an ordinance in City Coun-
ell last night providing for a new pay
roll system for city employees under the
jurisdiction OF Council 1t was re-
f@rcd 70 finance and law committees
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
Enaaaement Announced.

AIR and Mrs. William ]. Kimble an
nonnces the. engagement Of their daugh
ter, Miss Josephine Kimble TO William
r. oliver. Jr. Both are Of this city.
The marriage will take place in April.
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
-MlnstreIa to EntertaIn.

A minstrel company composed OF
twelve Wilmington girls will give a
performance this afternoon and to-
night at Irankford. Del Tomorrow
night they vii play az Selbyville under
the auspices Of a secret society.
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
Fined for cru.Itv 40 Horse.

Magistrate Cox. at Middletown, yes
terday fined a colored man 50 for
cruelty 70 a horse, the charge having
been preferred by Frank Stout agent
for the S. p. c. A
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
ProbIom for PouItr-, Raiser,,

irwin B. Whiteman, son Of the
mail man, is trying to solve a ques-
tion, says the Newark Post He has
a bunch Of homing pigeons, and among
them is a pigeon that never laid an
egg. yet. she persisted in setting on
nest so he put two bantam eggs
under her. She set faithfully and in
due time Matched two as nice little
bantams as you would wish to look at,
which he is raising by hand. The ques-
tion is who is the mother Of the ban
tams. the pigeon that hatched them
or the bantam that laid the eggs?
Evening journal., 1910-03-25

Bishop kinsman at ST. Miehaers.
Bishop Kinsman will give an ad-
dress this evening at ST. Michael's
Church at s o'clock.
Evening journal., 1910-03-25

Dance. Shellpot Park. Saturday evening
March 26th. Ladies, 10c. Gents 25c.s
Evening journal., 1910-03-25

Read THE EVENING JOURNAL.
Evening journal., 1910-03-25
Your Easter Headwear From Here Means SatiSfacti

ancestry at welsh Tract Graveyard. near
Newark.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-02
THE STOMACH.

Its Power to Resist Its Own Gastric
Juices Is a Puzzle.
One OF the greatest questions dis
turbing the minds of Psychologists
both past and present is that of the
stomach's digesting powers. 1t is
asked why the stomach does not digest
itself 1t is well known that gastric
juices have the power to digest the It's
sue of which the stomach is made.
One of the things actually manufac-
tured by the body, secreted IN the
glands near the stomach and poured
into it, is hydrochloric acid. power
full agent that will eat up almost any
thing. Why ii does not eat the stomach
up is problematical.
1t is known that stomach from q
dead animal or man can be digested
by living man. 1t has been found
out also that when man is Killed
accidentally and his stomach is in the
process of digesting. If the body be
kept warm. his whole stomach will be
digested and possibly. too. adjacent
organs. as liver. pancreas. etc. From
this it was argued that the principle
of life" kept the process from going
on in a living being. Subsequently.
however. this was proved to he untrue.
a living frog was put in an uncon-
scious condition and his leg inserted
through small hole in q dogs
stomach. the dog being alive and well.
II was found that the frogs leg was
wholly digested in the process. al
though living So the last reason con-
ceivable was proved incapable of ex-
planning the phenomenon.
About the only conclusion left is that
the stomach does gradually actually
eat Itself up. but that it is being con
stantly rebuilt. However as this ex-
perimentNjs hard TO perform and rs no
results ha ye so far been announced In
this direction, we are left in state of
absolute ignorance, and all we can do
is 10 be devoutly thankful 20 Provi-
dence that our stomachs do not digest
themselves except In the ordinary
course OF human evGnts.-Lawrence
Hodges i'm New York Tribune.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-02
TIME FREIGHT CARS
Traced by Hourly Reports the Who.s
Length Of Their Run.

a freight car Is essentially common
property. II has TO 20 from one line to
another In the course OF its business.
1t has TO carry loads from Jackson
vile. Fla, TO Spokane. Wash; from
Phoenix. Ariz., TO Augusta, Me. IL ali
the freight cars in the United States
were owned by one big company and
II that company charged the railroads
FOR the exact amount of use which
they made OF each car the situation
would theoretically be more reasonable
than it is today
But In any case the wanderings Of
freight cars will always entail an enor-
nous amount of labor with pen and
pencil and telegraph key and typewrit-
or and long distance telephone, writes
William Hard I'm the Technical World
Magazine.
The modern hunter OF freight cars
Is not satisfied with knowing where
all the cars on his own lines are Mt tho
end OF each days run. Modern bust
ness life has become so rapid that In
the case of certain kinds Of freight It
Is necessary TO know just where each
car Is every few hours. This kind OF
freight IS called time freight.
Ordinary freight Is dead freight.
Time freight consists only Of certain
materials These materials run alpha
betically all the way from asbestus.
through cranberries. egg case filters.
Ink. peanuts and varnish. down to
zinc. All cars i'm time freight trains
are reported by telegraph from all d.
vision points.
You can stand in front OF big board
on the wHll-It is like the board I'm n
stockholders Office except that IL has
little holes In it-and watch the prog
ross of the cars in II time freight train
from point 10 point. AS the kilograms
come in the pegs are moved from hole
TO hole. If you started IL carload of
varnish from Chicago to Omaha last
night you can come in today and see
Just where that car Is. You can watch
1t all the way to Omaha on the board.
1t Is II cruel humiliation for the
freight car 1t used to be II wild stray
animal. but now II Is tanned and do
meSticated. Just as we now have mu-
nicipal lodging houses for tramps. so
we have telegraph record boards for
freight cars. Pretty soon nobody will
be able TO escape from the authorities.
Ii is only occasionally under modern
methods freight car tracer has to 60
out and bring it home by force
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-02

sugar plantation, the cornlelds. the
melon patches, the blue grass and
limestone, the peach orchards the
tobacco, the apple, the orange the
grapefruit, the fix, the great grazing
grounds, and breeding places of
horse, hog and cattle.
1t is Representative Ransdel. of
Louisiana, who voices the new call.
lie adds up from the States East and
West the 100000 sturdy farmers who
within five years past have crossed
the northern boundry OF the republic
looking for new 6omes. These were
the best blood and Drawn OF our
land In the wealth they took away
we have contributed millions to our
Canadian neighbors. And the South.
ern States would gladly have furnish.
ed homes TO every one OF these emf
grants. while still having room and
ready welcome for sturdy foreigners
coming to our shores.
1t is the new South phi(h speaks
here. but with all the pride OF the
old South in its resources, climate
and stock.-New York World.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-02
ROTTEN OF COURSE.

The Sioux City Journal prints the
following comment on the Republican
situation i'm Iowa:
I'm a nutshell. the issue to be de.
cided is whether Iowa is still repub
lican state. There has been q revolt
In the party just as there was in
1896. II is based on the theory
mat the leadership Of the party has
Deen rotten. The acceptance of this
theory must m~~7 the admission
mat the party record IN recent years
has been against the public interest
Iowa must choose between Taft
and the republican party and Cum.
Minis and Dolliyer and the democrat.
ic party The country is looking 10
Iowa TO correct the mistake of Ind.
ana"
Now as matter Of fact the party
record in Iowa is just about the
same as in other republican states anr
they are all admittedly rotten. wcst
Virginia is no exception. Putrefac.
ton permeates the fabric Of state
whcreon Republican rule prevails
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-02
Money and Happiness.

1t is not the mere accumulation OF
money that hurts men. II is the sacri.
hces they are willing to make for
money. 1t is the desire to abandon
themselves to unwholesome self-gr ali.
hcation; to become walking appetIteJ.
to lose all obligations OF self re-
straint. all obligations for laborious
days and temperature nights-this is
what persuades philosophers that the
root OF evil is money. For without
labor and selfmortifcation and the
requirement of that strength. both
moral and physical, which comes to
him who has learned TO say mo" to
his own appetites and his own de-
sires. there is no true greatness. no
advance to those higher levels OF
character and spiritual discernment
which mark men off from one anoth-
er as they mark men off from the
beasts of the field.-Pittsburg Press.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-02
WICKED RENOI

Several of the ultra righteous pa.
pers are throwing some seventeen
different kinds of compton fits over
the lost and ruined condition of Re.
no. Among them are the Richmond
Times-Dispatch which deposes and
says:
special correspondence from Reno
report that the town is wicked and
happy. The authorities have taken
the lid Off and have announced until
july .. when the crowd vanishes. CIV.
cry man in Reno can be as wicked as
he pleases. The authorities will not
interfere; gambling will be uncheck.
ed' drinking will hardly require n
Incense, roulette wheels may stand on
the street corners.
Inc spectacle of a whole town civ
en- over to gambling orgies is a nat
lonaI disgrace. Reno may b. wicked
but 1t should not Haunt its wicked
ness in the face OF the Christian
people. 1t may propose to brace up'
for the future, but il should not ahan.
don itself in the meantime. Besides.
IL VIII not matter very much what
Keno does after the fight. It's work
VIII be done, its shame will be com.
plete."
Now If the lid was ever spiked
down on Reno to any alarming extent
these same special correspondent,
nave been the first to discover If
and yet Reno is just as orderly inst
as law abiding as the average Ameri.
can city of its size. We doubt very
seriously if the holy city of Richmond
is one whit better than Reno. or even
as good. When Reno wants its toddv
1t walks in at the front door. at anv
hour OF the day or night and gets #
and does not sneak in at the side
entrance, or order its booze by tela.
phone sent up to the house Like
wise 1t CANDLES in the open. We ad.
INIT that both drinking and gambling
ne wrong, whether done in secret or
IN the open, and one form is Just as
Dad as the other as far as uitima+o
ehects upon the individual are con.
cerned, but it super'rdIceg tired
ness to hear the pot bsrating the Kit
tie on account of its complexion.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-02
Just Joshes
Misplaced RAPTURE.

To show the absurdity of Sweed-
enborg's ideas, the preacher drew a
graphic account of the supposed
Sweedenborgian heaven, with beati-
full fields, fine horses, COWS, etc. In
the midst of his glowing description
one of the sisters went into raptures,
and shouted: Glory. glory, glory!"
Hold on there, sister," said the
preacher, you're shouting over the
wrong heaven! success Magazine.