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Newark post., 1911-08-09
THE CARNIVAL

THE carnival is over. 1t has
been many a day since such a
spirit of enthusiasm and good viii
has been shown in Newark. Al
though weather was against the
boys, everybody seemed to take It
with a good will and carry out tire
determination to make the affair
a success. Fire Chief Wilson and
his associates deserve much credit
for the interest aroused. The
town has really outdone itself and
those who were inclined to speak
disparagingly of its success are
now warm in their praise. Aside
from the surprising financial Sue
cess, it has been clearly demon
strated what. little enthusiasm.
can ACCOMPLISH The movement
has had the most generous and
loyal support of all the citizens. in
congratulating the management
and all who have so generously as
sisted in this, Newark's greatest
carnival, we cannot refrain from
saying of this hearty co-oDeration,
Il told you So" and hope that this
striking illustration of Our ability
to do things, when all lend a sup
port, will only serve as proof for
this same cooperation in other
OF the towns affairs. What would
happen if this last weeks spirit
were to be displayed in a Board of
Trade, or in the work of the Cfvlc
Committee? Simply this: New
ark would take her rightful place
as Delaware's leading and most
beautiful town. Her remarkable
growth of the last ten years, far
exceeding any other town in the
State, has been made in most part
by individual enterprises without
public sentiment and support. She
has simply grown in spite of her
self. With her advantages and
some OF. last weeks enthusiasm.
none can realize what progress we
can make.
The Fire boys have shown us
all what can be done and the citi-
zens have generously responded.
We now suggest that the Hose
Company have, as an additional
feature, a committee on a Greater
Newark.
Newark post., 1911-08-09
Private Sale.

The household goods of DR.. Sypherd
will be sold at my storage rooms at pri-
yate sale.
KITCHEN UTENSILS OF ALL KINDS
POTS, pans and skillets, 1 aluminium
water kettle, / wash boiler, wash tubs,
1 full sized enamel and brass bedstead
l three quarter size enamel and brass
berstead. / ga mattress, 1 cot and pad,
coal stove, 2 chiffoniers, 2 library ta-
bles, ] refrigerator, feather pillows, 6
dining-room chairs, 9x12 Ingram rug,
lot of mating, lot of odd chairs, 1 wash
stand, l wooden bedstead, / folding wire
spring. l extension table 1 card table, 2
pair bed blankets, 1 bed spread, 2 lamps,
lot of glassware.
These goods have only been used a
short time and are in good condition.
r. T. JONES.
Newark post., 1911-08-09
THE Wilmington FAIR
Every Effort Being Made To Make 1t
Best Delaware Has Ever Known

Ii the great Wilmington Fair,
to be held at Gentlemen's Driving
Park, August 29th, goth and 3Ist,
is not the greatest the State has
ever known, it will not be the fault
of the management. From pres
ent prospects only one thing is
needed an dtl1at is favorable wea-
ther.
The race entries indicate some
great speed events. The purses
amount to $1,000, and the entries
include not only many of last
years contestants but a number of
new horses yet to be heard from
on the local tracks.
One hundred dolalrs has been
offered by the State Board of Ag-
riculture for the resident exhibi-
tors who win the largest number
Of blue ribbons in the fair. The
prize is divided into our classes:
Exhibitors in the Women's and
children's departments are in the
first class, exhibitors in the live
stock departments will compete
tor the second portion, poultry
will compete alone for the third
portion and the fruit, vegetable,
grain and forage will be allotted
the remaining SIS.
The silver cup offered by 7
Coleman DUPONT and the county
prizes of SIS each for the largest
number of blue ribbons won by an
exhibitor in the fruit, grain and
forage, vegetable, horse, cattle
poultry, sheep and swine depart
ments and the three county prizes
also given by Mr.. dupont for the
ebst bushel Of corn from each
county have done much to stinu-
late the interest of the entire State
in the 1911 fair.
Splendid free attractions, toge-
ther with California Franks Cir
Gus which will show two days of
the fair will give plenty o: alrlus.
ment to the visitor. California
frank carries fifteen carloads Of
paraphernalia and his street par
ade compares very favorably with
the parades of the larger circuses.
The dog show on Wednesday will
be another interesting feature and
is bound to be a success if early
enthusiasm is any indication. The
Y. w. c. A. will have charge of
the restaurant again and attrac-
tive lunches will be served at mod
crate cost during the week.
The Wilmington Free Library
will have an attractive innovation
in the shape of a miniature library
with reference books, daily papers,
time tables and competent clerk in
charge to look after the wants of
Newark post., 1911-08-09
Farm Bulletin

A neat bulletin issued by the
Agricultural Department of TIE
College is just off the press. 1t is
in the form of a 3-page folder con-
tanning an account of the courses
offered by the Agricultural De-
partment.
Of special interest, just at this
time when criticism has been SO
rampant, are the notes on Horti-
culture and Agronomy.
SIN the orchards the paintings
consist of commercial areas Of ap-
pies and peaches and variety
paintings, of pears, plums, nectar
ines, cherries, grapes, currants
and gooseberries; representing a
total of four hundred and ninety
five varieties of fruits"
In the Department of Agron-
orny there are five hundred expert
ment plats. The Department in
Animal Husbandry is we'll equip
ped and upon the completion of
the Dairy House, this work will
rank with most State institutions
in the East.
The bulletins will be given away
at the Fairs during the coming
season.
The printing was done by the
Whittingham Press.
Newark post., 1911-08-09
SINCLAIR AND THE WORKHOUSE

WHATEVER the public may
think of Upton Sinclair and his
writings, it must be admitted from
his letter to Secretary Ball of the
Workhouse, that he can be calm
and courteous, and is thoroughly
capable of expressing a criticism
in the deliberate manner becom-
ing citizen who observes keenly.
and is fearless in voicing his con-
victions.
We know nothing of the person.
ality of Mr.. Sinclair. Not being
sufficiently informed on the work.
ings of the Arden Colony, we will
not express an opinion on the re-
cent sensation. The authors
writings to us are what could be
termed good, bad and indifferent.
But this we do wish to say, tl.at
he is keen observer and his IS
hours in the workhouse have given
to the public suggestions for good
that no one can deny.
His letter shows no spirit of re-
sentment-it merely makes sug-
gestions for those less fortunate.
He is in accord with the new
science of penology-that crimi-
nal is in most cases victim
OF uncomfortable circumstance and
environment ,and that convict
is the result of mis-directed en-
ergy. His letter merely shows an
interest in the welfare of his fell
low men, desire to help society
and sympathy with the reforma-
tive method as a means toward
this end.
His remarks on our prisons as
being notorious are undoubtedly
overdrawn, but the suggestions
regarding the sweat-shop, court
yard for exercise and fresh air, sill
ent system, and lack of vegetable
food are all most worthy of con-
sideration. There has been con-
siderable talk of the sweat-shop
and it's resultant tuberculosis also
o. the horrors of the silent system
in vogue. These are relics of the
past. In punishment, today, we
think not only of the crime and
the prisoner, but also of the So
ciety in which he is perhaps sent
out to play part. With the
benefit OF society in view, we arr
using the corrective method more
Newark post., 1911-08-09

and the retributive idea less. Any
thing we can do for the criminal
while imprisoned that will tend to
better fit him to play the mar
when released, not only benefits
him but makes him better able to
serve society. And, too, anything
that we DO that tends to make him
less fit to play his part as respec-
table citizen, or less able to do
the physical work to acquire l.ls
daily bread, is an additional bur-
den on the State and a danger to
society at large. This newer idea,
of not SO much Furnishing the
crime, but relieving the tendency
for crime. is both humanitarian
and, protective. The corrective
idea has possibilities of making a
man who is not a confirmed crimi-
nal not a burden on the State, but
a man who produces his keep and
thereby aids not only his fellow
men, but reduces the economic
waste.
Sinclair's suggestions are worth
while and the management which
has so successfully raised the
standard of Delaware's prisoners,
as in the case of the Workhouse,
will, no doubt, take them in the
spirit in which they were sent-by
a man who, whatever else you may
say of him, loves men.
Newark post., 1911-08-09

THE individuals who speak
slightingly OF the College Farm
are lowering themselves in the
public estimation. The farm and
the agricultural work is part o:
the educational system of the
State and claims to be only a part.
If, however, the line is drawn
closely the citizens of this State
will place the laurels there instead
OF those who are STOPPING to cri-
tlclze its methods and be1ittle its
influence. The man who fails to
recognize this, either fails to read
the Signs o fthe Times, or is run
ming great risk for his own pre-
servation.
Newark post., 1911-08-09
A Home And No, Rent

If you would like to own your
own home, or save your money,
buy a lot on North avenue on in
stallment plan of $500 per month.
No interest and no taxes till paid
for. Why pay rent all your life
when you can own your own
home? Call and talk the matter
over with T., F. Armstrong.
Newark post., 1911-08-09

fair visitors with the hope OF Sc
curing new borrowers for the lib
rary.
A special train will leave Viii
mignton on Wednesday and
Thursday at us p. m. over the
Delaware Road for Clayton and
intermediate points.
Newark post., 1911-08-09

"IF the time ever comes when
the courts of this country inter-
pret the laws in harmony with ig-
norant public sentiment, famed
into flame by uninformed and ig-
norant yellow journals, it will be a
sad day for this Republic"
Newark post., 1911-08-09
NOTICE
To Taxpayers OF
Pencader Hundred

The taxable residents of Pencader
Hundred, and all persons liable to pay
tax in said Hundred, are hereby notl-
fed that the Taxes for the year 1911 are
now due, and the undersigned tax col
lector for said Hundred will be at
SUMMIT BRID6E.-JuIy 25th, August 2sth,
September 26th, October 24th, November
2lst.
10 To II A. NJ.
kIRkWooD-Ju|y 25th, August 29th, September
26th, October 25th, November 21st
2To p. M.
DAYETTs MllLs-Ju|y 26Ih August 23rd, Sep.
tember 27th, October 25th, November 2sth.
10 To IL A. M.
BRyAEs sT0RE-Ju|y 261h, August 2ard,
September 27th, October z5th, Nov. 18th.
ITO 4 p. M.
GuSG0W-JuIy 9Th, August 31st, September
18th, October 26th, November 30th.
2 To p. M.
Tax bills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector,
or by sending written communication
enclosing stamps.
Extract from the Laws of Delaware,
governing the collection of taxes of
New Castle County:
D6 Section 3-That on all taxes paid
before the first day of October there
shall be an abatement of five per
centum. On all taxes paid before the
first day of December there shall be an
abatement of three per centum. On all
taxes paid during the month of Decem-
Der there shall be no abatement what
ever. And on all taxes unpaid on the
first day of January, five per centum
thereof shall be added thereto.
JOHN T. WRIGHT
Collector Of Taxes Of pencader Hundred
Newark post., 1911-08-09

IF the time ever comes when
the courts, through fear of public
clamor, tanned into existence by
undertaking reporters, render de-
cisions not in, harmony with the
Newark post., 1911-08-09
THE NEGRO AND REAL ESTATE

IN A request to Golfers Week
ly to say something about the ac-
quirement of real estate by the
negroes, George r. Brown, Secre-
tary of the Board of Trade of Lit
tie Rock Arkansas, says:
The negroes on the farm are i'm
proving steadily. Yesterday we
had a call here from Dave Nelson,
sixty-eight years old, who owns
eighty acres of bottom land-cot-
ton land--sixteen miles from Lit
tie Rock. He is worth about ten
thousand dollars, and is a fine far
mer but the point | want to bring
out is that this year he is bring
ing in his first years crop OF FL
berta peaches in addition to cot
ton, and these peaches will aver
age four bushels to the tree. Nell
son is as black as the ace of spades,
but is good farmer and good
citizen.
In an editorial from the New
Orleans Item, this suggestive par
agraph appears:
~ he negro is with us, without
his consent or ours, by force of
circumstances lying far behind us.
AS an ignorant, unframed, undis-
clpllned element of our population
he has not been a success. School,
ing, discipline and encouragement
III good tendencies may improve
his condition and ours"
This is the case, not only in the
South, but everywhere. Here in
Our own State, those communities
where the colored man is working
the soil, acquiring his little plot OF
land, is where he is rendering the
best service 20 himself and becom-
ing less repulsive to those Of the
other race. Not only must we
give him a chance but word of
encouragement In the country
is where he thrives best and lives
to his highest point of usefulness.
He does not, today, need the help
ing hand so much as he does a
kindly word. This will not only
act toward his good but react 10
our benefit. A better recognition
on our part of good work perform
ed will cause a greater respect on
his.
Newark post., 1911-08-09
Life Insurance

| represent one of the best Life Insur-
ance Companies, The National Life In.
surance Of Montpelier Vt.
When thinking of Insurance have a
talk with me before placing your insur-
ance elsewhere.
GEO, D. KELLEY, JR., Newark, Del.
Newark post., 1911-08-09

law and with precedent, but in
harmony with public clamor, it will
be sad day for this Republic
Newark post., 1911-08-09

BOY WANTED.-Wanted boy
10 years of age to work in Hard
ware store. H. B. Wright Co.
Newark post., 1911-08-09

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WANTED-A first class carpenter.
Steady employment. Apply to
The Continental Fibre Co.,
Newark, Del
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WANTED.

STORAGE-For Rent: One large room
for storage-dry and airy. Apply, David
Crime, Newark. Phone 73-A June TIT
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FOR RENT.

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FOR RENT-Second story Of my
warehouse. j. P. Wilson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-03-05
Tho ha jahs of :-Bustar.

The rajahs of Bustar are hybrid fajputs, claiming to be of the family Of the moon, and have reigned in Bus tar for between five and six hundred years. The family bears the name of Rathputty, and every year the raiah has to sit on the rath at the festival of the Dusseerah wearing the jewels of the goddess Dunteshwarre. the tutelary goddess of the state, which are brought from Dantawara temple for the pur- pose.
 Save for the jewels he is clad only in wreaths of flowers" says a writer in the Wide World, land when we saw him he looked very solemn-al- most ashamed of himself-as he passed us.
 Tn connection with this ceremony there used to be a brutal custom of dragging the rath, a huge sort of jug lgernaut car weighing many tons, over the bodies of live buffaloes, often only partly killing them.
 'This horrible practice was stopped by British officials"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-03-05
A Famous Vine.

In the Cumberland Lodge portion of the royal gardens at Windsor there is a vine, known all over England as the Cumberland Lodge vine, which is shoot of a still older vine which grows at Hampton Court, but the shoot has far outdistanced its parent in dimen- sions and productveness. In England grapes are generally grown under glass, and the Cumberland Lodge vine has great glass structure, 120 feet long by 20 wide, all to itself. Growing with astonishing luxuriance the vine spreads itself over roof area of 2, 400 square feet and bears annually a crop of approximately a thousand hnge punches of the finest favoref' crapes These grapes are frequently d on the royal table. and the subje,. who is presented with a basket of them con siders himself highly favored. The shoot from which the great wine has grown was planted in 1775.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-03-05
AlAoend of Mount Omi.

Mount Omi. on the border between western China and Tibet. has the loRg est staircase in the world. On top of the mountain there stands a Buddhist temple, around which gather some of the holiest traditions @f that religion and which is made Mecca to the Chinese. To facilitate the ascent 0f its slippery sides some 10000 steps have been cut in the mSuntain, foa1n- ing sing.e flight. up which the p1l- grim tolls. Because of Cts inaceessi- bility few Europeans have ever visited the spot, but number of travellers have ascended the stairway and are positive that 1t Is mo legendary myth. There Is . legend that in earlier times the pilgrim vas forced to ascend the mountain without artificial aids until the monks conceived the plan of re- qulring every pilgrim who would gain especial benefit of Alis journey to cut | aingle step
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-03-05
The FilIaI Chinsmsn.

Many examples of Chinese tilial piety strike the occidental reader as ridicu- lous. There is the famous story of Lao Laitsu, which Mir. l.. k. Johnston repeats in his Lion and Dragon In Northern China" Laos parents lived to such extreme old age that he was himself a toothless old man while they were both still alive. 'Concetv- ing 1t his duty to divert their atten- ton from their weight of years and approaching end, he dressed himself up In the clothes of a child and played about in his parents presence with the object of making them think they were still a young married couple con- templating the innocent gambols of their infant son."
 A similar case is that of Wang P'ou, whose mother had an unconquerable dread of thunder and lightning. When she died she was buried in a mountain forest, and thereafter, when a violent thunderstorm occurred, Wang P'ou, heedless of the wind and rain, would hurry to her grave and throw himself to hfs knees. "I am hero to protect you, dear mother" he would say. "Do not be afraid"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-03-05
jndispensable.

Three camels presented themselves at the dock where the ark was tied up, whereas but two animals of s kind had been called for.
 "One of you fellows will have to step aside" shouted Noah very per .emptorily.
 But the three ships of the desert smiled knowingly.
 IT," said the first of them, "am the camel which shall pass through the eye of needle sooner than rich man shall enter the kingdom of heaven"
 IT," said the second, lam the camel which so many people swallow while straining at gnat"
 "And I,' said the third and last lam the camel whose back was bro ken by the last straw"
 Whereupon Noah, perceiving that posterity could i'll spare any of these and would be lost for illustrations without them, graciously made an ex- ception in their favor-Puck.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-03-05
Makinn . 0unatook.

A party of men were out hunting. and an old woodsman who was with them broke his gunstock in some way or other. It was just about nightfall when the accident occurred, and inas- much as he was very anxious to do some shooting early the next morning he decided to fix up his shooting iron. Finding a walnut fence rail- he set to work. His only tools were an ax and a big pocket knife. All night long he labored vigorously at his task. and by morning the gunstock was finished and back in place and worked like a charm.
 "How did you do it?" asked one of the number. greatly surprised
 "Very easy" was this old hunters reply. "\o trouble at all Just get a piece of wood about the size and kind that you want and then whittle away all that you want whittled away When you have all the wood cut off that you don't want you have a gun, stock. ."-Kansas City Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-03-05
Exclusive,

At Atanavangelistc service at G2asgow the preacher at the end of his address cried, ''Now, all you good people who ,mean to go to heaven wdfh me. stand ,1p" With a surge of enthusiasm the audience Rprang to its feet. aM but aa old -Scotohman in the front COW, wko sat -stiil. The mortified evangelist wrWng his hands and. addressing him. said, "My good man, my good man, don't you want to go to heaven?"
 Cleer and deliberate came the aA- swer. "Aye. Awm gangin, but no wi a pafcwonally conducted ,pairty! James Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-03-05
Cliff of Natural GIasG.

A cliff of natural glass can be seex atn Yellowstone park. It is half mile long and from 150 to 290 feet high. the material of which it consists being as good glass as that .arttfcially manu- factured. The dense glass which forms the base is from seventy+fve to !kundred feet thick, wikle the slpper portion. having suffered and survived many ages of wind and rakny has natu- rally worn much thinner. Of course the color of the eliff is not that ofsnat- ural .glass-transparenta and 'whfte-but is mostly black and in ssme places mott5ed and streaked with br0wndsh red and shades of olive green aRd brown.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-03-05
THE ELECTROSCOPE.
instrument by Which the Presence of
 Electricity Is Detected.


 The electroscope is an instrument for the detection of electricity. Ii depends for its action on the principle that bodies charged with like electricity re- pei, while those charged with unlike electricity attract each other The ordi- nary pith ball suspended on 8 silk thread is the simplest form ol the in- strument.
 The most common type of electro scope is that devised by Bennett in 17S1 and known as the gold leaf cleo troscope. It consists of two strips of gold leaf or thin aluminium foil sus- pended from the lower extremity of a conductor within a glass bottle or jar. The upper end of the conductor ter inmates in q ball or plate fin case the instrument is to be used as a condens- ing electroscope. If body charged with positive electricity is brought near the knob of the electroscope the mega tive electricity will be attracted to the knob and the positive repelled to the leaves. which diverge. If now the fin ger Is touched to the knob the positive electricity Is drawn off and the leaves collapse. while the negative electricity is held bound. Removing the charged body. the leaves will diverge again, charged with negative electricity. In this case the instrument can be used to determine the nature of a charge of a body brought near 1t, as with posi- tive charge the leaves will collapse and with a negative charge spread farther dpart.-EXchange
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-03-05
A Good Sleeper.

Talleyrand used to tell an extraordi- nary story of the impassiveness of Louis XVIII. When he was minister of foreign affairs a courier came to him one evening bearing unpleasant news. and he therefore postponed the communication of 1t to the king till next morning. when he explained that he was afraid the hdinss might have disturbed his majesU's sleep. The king replied: Nothing disturbs my sleep. as you may see from this in- stance. The most dreadful blow of my life was my brothers death. The courier who brought this dreadful news arrived at 8 o'clock in the even ing. For many hours was quite overcome, but at midnight I went to bed and slept my usual eight hours" The story is told by the Duchesse de Dine, Talleyrand's niece, in her mem. Oirs