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Evening journal., 1916-05-19
PROPOSALS.
Observation-Disclosures TO
Milmington. pelaware.

4
- BIDDERS.
Wilmington. Delaware.
Sealed proposals win be received for the
city Of Wilmington, Del by the Board Of
Water Commissioners at their Office, vii
mingtOn Del, until . =. NJ. on Friday, June
.. 1916. for the construction OF a z ID mil
lion gallon reservoir, TO be constructed ON q
site at Rodney and Eighth streets, in the
said city.
The work includes covered concrete res
er,oir about 25O by 270 feet, and to contain
q depth Of about 16 feet Of water with gate
house and piping A shelter house is TO be
erected over the reservoir. and portion Of
The reservoir roof is TO De covered with as
phalt paving.
Bids must he accompanied by a certified
check In the sum OF $4,000. The time for
completion of the work is June l. 1917.
Copies Of the plans and specifications Will
be ready for distribution on May TO- 1915.
and may be obtained from Geo W. Fuller,
Consulting Engineer, 10 Broadway or from
the said Board Of Water Commissioners, upon
deposit of $50 which viii be refunded IL the
plans and specifications are returned in good
order.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids By order OF
THE BOARD or WATER COMMISSIONERS
EDGAR NJ. HOPES, Jr..
Chief Engineer.
Attest: Mahlon Belts. Secretary.
mayl5.l7,19.
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WaNrED -oLD PICTrREs OF NEw
York c-g tu American rfiet send
lN01 ana rrire address Wal,
evening ionrral OHre marra.ef
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At REDUCED PRICES.
PUBLIC SALES.


/ DUBLIC SALE-sATURDAY. MAY 20 AT
Il Guarantee Storage House. Third and
French streets. commencing AZ 1880 A. NJ
Household goods. consisting OF bedroom, par
Tor. diningroom furniture. carpets and rugs.
chairs. tables, stoves, gas ranges and other
articles. mayls-2t.
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TRANSPORTATION
PennsgrOve Ferry

Winter schedule: Leave Wilmington $50,
100, 500, 300 1000. 100 A. NJ, IL
500. 500 1000 and 1900 P. NJ.
Leave PennsgrOve tbs. 500. 900, 1000
100 A. NJ. 1900 noon 100, 2.15, 800
400. 500, 900. 700. 300. 100 p. ". and
12.45 A. NJ.
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VXvOMAN FOR GENERAL HoUsEwORK !;
w family OF two. After Thursday. NO.
1919 Rodney ST. mayt7-3t
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WANrEDI,NIDDLE-A,GEp GEL, w WHITE oh. OR
No. 71s French 81. apr25-tf
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slOC QUART PURE CALrFoRNIA
yO Wines at Max Keil's. no. 500 East
fourth street. mI2tf
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CutrL H0rsE BrgGsrow Oh PART
a ho1lr rfHir fte-cfnf un- on narhg
~ srtlrhf address Wce.
tterIna 7olruaf maFI9-lf
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HELP wANTFD-HALF.

EooD HOME FOR GOOD. HONEST. N.
- dusirious colored boy. Apply us
French ST. apr25.tf
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xYANrFD-LABORrRS APPLY AT
once. Freihofer's New Bakery, Penn.
sylvania avenue and Lincoln street. Ask
for Mr. Hill. apr2e.f
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REAL ESTATE For SALE.

EOR SALE-CORNER PROPERTY, CON
dition first class s rooms and bath
Apply on premises, No. COL Rodney street.
mayl 2-eOd-tm.
Two STORY BRICK HOUSE, CORNER
4 property. front and hack porches. 7
rooms and bath. severed, $1,000. $1,000
Stewart, No. 110 Tatnall st. april 1o-eod.1m.
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NrANTED-NIGHr SHORT ORDER
W cook. Holts Restaurant, , East
Fourth street mayl6.it.
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NVANrED-GIRL FOR HoUsEwoRK.
! " two in family mo- washing or IRON
ins j. & s.. Phone. t22sJ. may1s-2t
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XXANTED-FoUR BOYS TO WORK Ar
plumbing. No. 916 Orange street.
may17-3t
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WHITE WOMAN OR GIRL FOR HOUSE.
w work in country John Jewell Mar.
shallton. Del may17-3t.
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4 IL ROUND TAILOR WANTED NEW
and repairs fteady. good pay i.alli.
New Castle. inayts.3i.
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Alto STORAGE.

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CTORE YOUR CAR WITH US-FIRST-
- class mechanics oni, We guarantee
satisfaction; prices reasonable. Palace
Garage, No li9-f21 French St. apr27lm.
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STORAGE

DOsENBLATT's STORAGE HOUSE. 40.
IL 6l1 West Front street, successors to
Messingers S. Clean light ventilated rooms
Call for rates mayi sim.
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HELP wANTED-FEMALE

30 49,
WANTED WAITRESS. APPLY 2ai
w King street may19-2t.
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xHYtNTFn--l ore CaR-ETs To CLEAT-
~ ffrrare rooms fnr rert 81 81 sd
a. % rrr nrrft Boa rtrras GEo. 3.
itfG Cn- ar. 1Lrf Orttre 81. fst2l-ff
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NOTICES

AFTER THIS DATE ! WILL NOT BIZ
y responsible FOR any bills unless con
trartrd by myself Andrew J . Palese. 40.
$40 kae Niutn So may16-3t
NOTTCE-CHARLEs g. HURLOCK WILL
- disronfinue the second hand department
20 Die furniture business until further no
fire. hut VIII continue selling new goods
--i fhe small quantity ~ $1,000 worth
~ rugs Hc has ieft e. greatly reduced prices.
Csarlrf 3 Hurork 9TH and Poplar streets.
fhe largest -uE merchant IN Delaware.
rrrrr q
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NXrANTED-GIRL FOR HOusEWORk.
w g4l Spruce street mayl0if
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FOR SALE.

IVoR sALE-BICYCLE AT A SACRIFICE
05o Nandever avenue. mayi9-lt
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RIAL EsTATE FOR RENT.
APARTMENTs WANTED.

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CMALL APARTMENT; FURNISHED;
- one. two rooms; bath kitchenet "
Bell IO11 Tainan street may16.1et.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
The Averaging Hand" Washington Post. ]

When DOC" Waterbury, known as a confidence man of parts in many quarters was apprehended in New York city he breathed the first sigh of relief for ten years I'm glad of it. said "Doc," as he pleaded guilty Every time I step from a railroad train Or walked up the gang plank of a steamship I fully expected to walk into the arms of a detective Can you imagine what that means if kept up for ten years?'
 We can. This confession includes the high, the middle and the low. The most profound of the uninspired re- fiectors on that mixed condition which constitutes a human being had a few words to say of the conscience that makes towards of us all. Holy Writ adds that the wicked flee where no man pursueth. Given the accepted idea, one is able to violate a code that prevails elsewhere. It were use- less to talk of the tender conscience of a moonshiner when raided by a revenue agent or appeal to the senti- ments of a tried and true follower of the only prophet when the fate of a dog of an infidel weighs in the bal ance. We understand both. Rut we know as we'll that on an accepted point of conscience either is as vuI-
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
Shall We Buy Good Will3
(Waterbury Republican,

Hamilton Holt of The Independent tentatively suggests taxing ourselves to raise $1, 900, 100000 dollars to lend to the belligerents to help repair their damages after the war. This as substitute for present preparedness plans. He points out that the return of ten millions of unjust Boxer indem- nifty to China some years ago made the United States the best beloved na- tion on earth in the hearts of that people.
 MT. Holt says frankly that all Flu rope hates us. In the circumstances then, will not his proposed offer he taken as an effort to buy peace and good will? Can it be done? Ana how is such a fund to be allotted be- tween such nations as are willing to accept it? Germany, for instance, has no physical war damage to date at least none that can be repaired by a loan.' If no portion of the war dam age loan fund were allotted to Ger many, would not the entire loan be- come unneutral during the period of exhaustion and recuperation that will be called peace?
 MT. Holt does not oppose prepared ness completely. In fact, he recog- HlLeS luS IdIl lllat IL lIldy U6 IOICou upon us. He depreciates a policy of safety first at a time when Europe is slowly bleeding to death and we are prospering because of her agony. But if peace brings an era of renewed pill ing up of armaments at any cost, he recognizes that we must at last enter the grim race.
 Is 1t not possible that the United Cto+ac bv king avi6ent itc Ui11{p ness, If necessary, to plunge on war preparations in advance of the event, will discourage any such race. This will be the only country in the world, at the end of this war, that will be able to pay a rich indemnity and if We are hated as much as MT. Holt says, 1t will be easy to find a cause for a quarrel with us. If we are even half way prepared when peace comes, there may be no quarrel. Foreign nations have a tremendous respect for the U. s. treasury if 1t has a chance to get working. Any general staff will concede that a successful invasion of the United States must be a quick raid that catches us unprepared.
 The present modest proposals for preparedness will give us navy small in view of our coast line and a regular army about the size of Bel gium's or Serbias before the war. Can this be overriding it?
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02

student will find not a little evidence to support such an assertion The professor continued to instruct the young men as follows:
 Tt was only by accident that we won the Revolutionary war, and we could not hope for thIs again. Fortu- nate was it for us that the English government was then in the hands Of the stupidest officials that England has ever had
 Also he picked out some of the glaring faults or frailties of our na- tonal heroes. Not a bad thing to do, by the way. It lends interest to the study of history by making the per- sonages seem human. Young men are not particularly interested, usual ly, in demigods. A good many teach = CTS of history in our colleges are striv- ing to do this very thing, to teach his tory, not pleasing mythology. But why not a history text that would paint the shades and shadows as well as the high lights?
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
Seab0rne Traffic Plays
 Game of Hide-and-Seek

for all boats seeking to bring their cargoes to the Central Powers and unload at a northern port. over the narrows waters of the sound, the railways of Sweden connect with those of Germany by way of Den mark. The Swedish railways, also. connect with those of the German system over the narrows. western arm of the Baltic. by way of Trelleberg- Ruegen.
 "On the water of the Kattegat and Skagerrack. the Norsemen got their training. Here, they learned to have
 a friendly feeling for the sudden gale, madly broken seas, and dan- gerous rocks. Storm winds frequently
 lash over these waters. and. together, with the numerous islands and shoals,
 spice navigation with a generous
 pinch of danger. The climates of the islands In the Kattegat is very healthy, and many sea- baths have been developed among them. The island natives are mostly fishermen, and some of them boast descent from Viking kings. The cod, herring, lob ster and oyster fisheries in these wa i ters are important The eastern shores are steep and rocky, while those on I the west are mostly low.;'
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02

nerable as the little blue-eyed Sunday school teacher who interpreted Eze- kiels mysterious vision of wheels within wheels as meaning We must be good and love the Lord, be good and love the Lord!"
 This conscience Is a terrible thing. Mark Twain, who never scoffed at the true, had his word against the artif- cial The advice of that sage was to spank recalcttrant conscience. The trouble is that it can't be done. Mistaken early training has wrought the undoing of more than one prom ising "crook." There is a feeling that Doc" Waterbury was afflicted with pious parents. Either that or he suffered from a too vivid imagination. The old man in Emersons tale told the child, Tn the dark you'll never find anything worse than yourself" 1" Poe's story of 'The Telltale Heart" covers the same understandable ground. Men think to escape. But the blood of an innocent Abel always cries from the ground. The sole re- lief is found in the kindred truth that for a Cain though doomed to wan der on the face of the earth, there is a mark placed upon his brow that he shall not be hurt beyond his en- durance
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
A WORD OF WARNING.

Henry D. Estabrook of Nebraska, publican nomination for president, is skating on thin ice, if the report of his speech in Hartford Monday night as printed in the press, is correct. MT. Estabrook is reported as having made the statement that the nine judges who constitute the supreme court are chosen for their pre-eminent abilities sometimes. MT. Estabrook's S mean ing is obvious, nothing less than slur at the selection by President Wilson of Louis D. Brandcis.
 We do not know whether this sort of stuff goes" in Nebraska but some one should remind Mr. Estabrook that it doesn't in Connecticut. The Nut meg state will not be deceived by the yelled insinuations of one who says he is a candidate for president. Com ing from man who would be the suc- cessor of the present occupant of the White House, the statement is strange ly unbecoming and indelicate.
 With the exception of a few, the people of Connecticut are with Pres ident Wilson heart and soul in his present trouble, maintaining the equilibrium of a nation, and any et- forts made by self-apponted candl- dates for the presidency to cast lnsln- uations on his motives in other mat ters will not be received kindly. Politically, the majority of Connectl- cut citizens do not agree with Wood row Wilson but MT. Esta brook should be informed that we do not allow our politics to interfere with our pa triotism His was an unfortunate sadly lacking in humor
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02

robins will come again and the little boys and girls will put on their merry colored raiment and romp and play on the greensward, and everything will be lovely and everybody will be happy. Oh it will be wonderful; and all be- cause the groundhog did not see his shadow today. So you see how much we have to be thankful for in this It is happy Candlemas snow or no snow. that does not let the groundhog see his shadow.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
Mir. Schiff on the Tariff. (RridpepOrt Farmer

Jacob H. Schiff is among the pros porous, prominent and wise republi- cans who perceive that the tariff has become a fetish in America, that it has been given place out of all pro- portion to it's importance, and that the time has come when American political discussion must take into account the real facts of national life, the things that count.
 In recent address MT. Schiff said:-
 Standing here on holy republican ground, I say without fear or favor if you renew in the next presiden- tial campaign the tariff agitation of the past, if you threaten the country and show it you want a renewal of special privilege and high protection, the people will have none of it. The people have learned; the WOrkmen and the farmers have learned, and they cannot be misled any longer. 1 do not say that because l love the republican yarty less, but because I love 1t more.
 The language is recommended to the attention of Senator Mclean, who, by way of criticism of the efforts of President Wilson, was not too mod
 
 eign goods are more dangerous than foreign foes," nor to condemn the president because he speaks to the people of our relations with Europe, instead of our relations to a high pro- tective tariff.
 If time. ever has been when na- tional affairs ought to be treated in a spirit of understanding and com mon sense, it is now. If there ever was a time when barriers should not be put up against foreign trade, 1t is this time.
 The trouble in America is not that we get too many foreign goods, but do not get enough; not enough dyes, not enough rubber, not enough Of many other comm odities.
 Americas difficulty for years to come will be high prices created here, by a scarcity of commodities, which scarcity will be occasioned by the enormous European market. If in telligent men found a real source of worry in the trade situation which they do not-except the worry at tendant upon producing goods fast enough-it would be as to the best way of limiting shipments to Europe. A country may. under certain cir cumstances. send out more goods than it can get paid for and more than it can spare.
 Certainly this European trade can not be successfully carried on, for long, unless Europe has something to send in return. She can send her gold and she can return the Amer ican securities owned by her people. Gold and securities will soon be gone. The resort must then be to an ex change of goods without which no trade. and especially no internation- al trade. can long endure
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02

Washington, D. c. Feb. 2-"Sea- borne traffic for Germany and Swe- den has played difficult game of hide-and-go-seekf for a year with the blockading cruisers of the entente al- lies in the waters of the Kattegat, the waterway between the North sea and the Baltic sea whose importance has been greatly enhanced by the war;" begins a description of this route just prepared by the National Geographic society. The narrows of the Kattegat. moreover, form an excellent ground for the lodging of friend and foe for thousands of is- lands, some barren, some fir-clad, some cultivated, break the surface of the strait into a horizon almost as uncertain as that of a hilly landscape. ' 'Kattegat lies north and south, between Sweden and Denmark It connects north in sharp elbow with Skagerrack and south with the Baltic sea through the sound, the Great Belt and the Little Belt. The length of the narrows is 15O miles, and it's extreme width is about 90 miles. This channel. before the war of lesser importance for German trade, has become the chief seaway
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
REJOICING IN ROWLAND.
Stock of Castor Oil Bean is Getting
 Low, and Supply is Cut or.
(San Francisco Chronicle. l

tSan Francisco Chronicle)
 Those youthful days of trouble, 'When fcller needs friend" are about to be ameliorated in one vital instance. The castor bean Is getting scarce.
 Castor oil is made from the castor bean, which has it's main habitat somewhere in the purlieus of Bom- bay. Yates & Co.,, who have agreed to supply the municipal departments with pure castor oil during the pres ent fiscal year at $1.14 a gallon, no tified the board of supervisors of their inability to fill acquisitions and asked to be released from their contract.
 The firm stated that the three principal producers could not furnish it on account of the war and that each had markets, but had been un- able to obtain them
 And here and there might be heard in childish treble:
 'Oh, Skln-nay! Skin-nay, Ma couldn't get any more castor oil"
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
A Deserved Escape.
(New Haven Journal-Courie

(NeW Haven JOurnaI-COurier.D
 Members of union labor did a fine thing Thursday when they gave up a part of their daily wage toward meet ing the court fine imposed upon the Danbury matters. Had they ignored the plain bligation which was theirs, they would have been shamed by the spectacle of these matters losing their homes and bank savings. These men were the soldiers in a common. cause and gave battle under the counsel and direction of their constituted leaders They were fighting not more for them selves than for the cause of union labor, and, when it was found that they were guilty of unlawful acts it became at once the duty of their fel- lows everywhere to share their pun-
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
What Do They Mean?
(Bristol Press. ]

Statesmen are given to making ora
 cular utterances. 1T was born on farm" said Governor Holcomb the other night. II was born on a farm" said Congressman Oakley in congress day or two ago. Interesting, of course, but what does it mean? Do they imply that by that net farmers are under lifelong obligations to them for the distinctions and the favor con- ferred, or do they intend to suggest a certain superiority of acumen which led them early in life to abandon ag- riculture for the far more profitable cultivation of things in fields politi- cal? VIII they kindly explain, .,
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
DEMOLISHES DEMIJOHN.
Mayor Got Blow lon Head For Fui1-
 ing to Reward Singer.
(New York Herald.)

(New York Herald.)
 The question now arises, Is it polite to break a demijohn on the head of a New Jersey mayor?
 Mayor Westbrock of Midland, N. J., and some friends were seated in a closed automobile on board the ferry boat when Harry Kimberly, an un- speakable tenor, who lives and prac- tices at the Gotham Hotel, on the Bowery, burst into song He sang "Oh, Dry Those Tears" in his wet test style and followed up this mad ding melody with My Hearts To- night in Dixie" Those present real ized that nothing but the presence of his voice in Europe would do them any good but inasmuch as he was ac- companied by two young men who looked as If they might hit anything once almost every one contributed when the hat was passed.
 When the collectors got to Mayor Westbrock he stated that he had heard no singing and did not care to support any tenor voice financially The young men in few well-ar- ranged sentences made 1t clear that unless MT. Westbrock brought forth COlHS or specs they would pull the ferryboat from under him.
 No man can rise to be mayor of Midland Park if he can be intimidat- ed and Mr. Wcstbrock explained that unless the young men vanished di- rectly they were likely to reach Man haitian on separate stretchers. He slammed the door of the limousine, and took from seven to seventeen puffs of long, black perfecto. Then the door was opened, the demijohn crashed upon the derby and pompa- dour, respectively, of his honor and the door, as well as his eye and the incident, seemed closed.
 Barytone deckhands gathered about the singing assassins and a new Great Push, larger and greater than the old. developed forthwith.
 Much later the mayor complained before Magistrate Barlow in the West Side court, that life on the ocean wave between here and Jersey has become one of frightfulness
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
History.
(New Haven UniOn.) )

Why not an iconoclastic history of tories are written to find large sales. They strive to please. They picture the Revolution as comfortable folkS would like to have .t remembered. They paint many of our national fig ure. heads as spotless heroes, almost super-hllmans. Some they make ideal supermen.
 They deal lightly with very many of our great evils and glide comfort ably over some of our gross errors, in- justices. and corruptions. They do not paint a true picture. Of course a history that did not do these things would be an uncomfortable book for snug people and would not appeal to the masses It would not be a good magazine premium.
 It would not be best seller" by any means. However it would do lots of good if judiciously edited and care fully compiled. There is plenty of auth hentic data. For a starter, the prospective author might with profit re-read his American Revolution" by Lecky.
 Professor Edward Charming of the departm ment of history at Harvard told his students the other day that Americans are and always have been the most unpatriotic people on the face of the globe" That sounds harsh and will be apt to start an agi- tation in the cerebrum of some people but upon Impartial investigation the
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
SUNSHINE, NO SHADOW, NO
SORROW.

Our little friend the groundhog is aying home today securely en- snched in the bosom of his family. D will not even venture out of doors,
 cause the snow is getting too deep him and he has no overshoes. berefore he will not see his shadow Id, according to rural tradition, if does not come out and see his IRdow there will be an early spring. kyway, if little Mister Ground sg did come out of his terrestrial Suse, how could he see his shadow Ben there is no sun shining from Ss heavens? Br-r-r-r, it is a cold, 8d day for the groundhog. and we ae glad it is, because if he ever came 8 and found this glorious sunshiny Sy he would retreat to his subway Bort for six weeks, the while his 8ends of the outer strata were hav- all sorts of disagreeable weathe-. 7W it is only matter of a couple I weeks or so that he must hang &,und his family fireside, and then Zen the present snow storm has
 2ared away he will come out If Hing. And with him will come tEe 81shine and the flowers. And the