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KJLA1VAJUEC «HATE JOURNAL, 1STA IllASHCI»
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, THURSDAY, ABRIL ai. 1802.
NEW SERIES'—V OL XU-NO. 451
CDNSQnOATXD T883.
31)
IR. BAYARD IN BALTIMORE
Ils Address to the Studonts
of the College.
iOUND ADVICE TO YOUNG M. D.'S.
lotting Into the Realm of Pro
fessional Duty.
the Graduates of
. Tlio
'. II«yard to
e College of Physi
cian» and .Surgeons, Hnltlino
Medical and Ktirgleal Science To-itnj
- The
Tho closing exercises of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, were
eld Thursday. The most interesting
vent of the day was tho address of
Becretary of State Thomas F. Bayard ...
the graduating class. He was introduced
to the audience by May
din part:
'•Lord Chatham remarked, 'confidence is
a plant of slow growth.' We have the
Counsel of B
•* 'But still kne
only
Latrobe,
d,
C i p.impthlnK
ell to ony.'
Yet it is certain that a life of distrust is
the most wretched imaginable, and thut
advice could be given to those
about to undertake n responsible p
affairs than to encourage
adopt that detestable saying,
friend
enemy.' Such counsel would convert
into a slave of
poison society,
chicfest pleasures. Better
sei of Mrs. Norton, and
you reel,
Ye
•very
if hu
day be y<
d deprive life of its
jeopt tho
•• Wive c
y mortal bro
all tho good that in thine o
cheerfully as honest prudi
st to his proffered hand's pi
induced as a member of
hath pt
eilvg-tay.'
of the
•self
VI
confidential professio
to you as physicians, the other confidential
cluss. 1 propose we shall get out of t tic
realm of trade into the realm of profes
sional duty. Duty which is horn of oppor
tunity and can only be measured hy its
opportunity to advance the prof«
medicine and surgery beyond the confines
of a mere lechnicul pursuit, und place it in
the highest level of public usefulness and
dignity.
r 'Day by day tho
thought and invention hastens the ass
victory of mind ov
moral senti moms ov
s of relign
nf
:h <
ed
d of the
both, and the pro
is steadily tending to
orals. Gradually
be afraid of the truth, tuku
vl
•ith
learning
what shape it may. A new truth thrown
into the calm, stagnant pool of accepted
beliefs alarms the quiet circle with its dis
turbing splash and troubles the placidity
and easy comfort of ignorant c
the calm surface of well-settled prejudice;
whence tho remark of an Irish judge, I
don't like to hear two sides of
always confuses me.'
d
■
•ERIE NCR.
"I am conscious of my presumption in
attempting even to illustrate the
and evil conseq
entrance of
inedief
risdom
of opposing the
fight in the practice of
und surgery, yet the lessons of
experience are bo valuable and so plainly
|tnught hv the cotnpleio revolution anil
Bwceping'Changi-i which have taken place
in thfe just half century i
surgery that I cannot avoid a short refer
to show
n ce«led.
t
■
to Sr
1 that breadth,
of them. They go
ot narrowness, is n
"In his lecture <>u the 'Border Lines of
Medical Science.' «leliverod 31 years ago by
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, wo find hi '
rejoicing over 'our improved hygiene
' simplified treatment,' instead of 'violating
j the instincts of the sick, .staying those in
stincts?' How lie deuo
of slow poisoning called '
istration,' and cites approvingly Dr.Tuley's
assertion that 'the lancet is a weapon that
slays annually more than the
Dr. Gallup's declaration that 'op
»reparations bus d<
ury that it has rendered benefit.'
ces that systc
•dical aiiiuiii
d,'
:s the i
extract from Dr.
Ji
ver.' tiie advice to pert
•t ailing ti
take five grains of b
two of aloes, twice a week with half a pi
of decoction of sarsaparilla, every day for
u period, to preserve health and prolong
lite. It may be purdnnuhle i'
quire what Dr. Jobnsi
would havo prescribed for disease if this
«hod of continuing health.
Robert Hroithey relates that in his 'primi
physic' John Wesley prescribed
'quicksilver, to be taken by the
the amount of one,
till the desircdVfcffect
winch it might be inferred'tlmt tho'desired
effect' was to weigh down the patient in
lus bed.
"In the fall of 1817 the eyes of all
LÄ»;
living in discontc
old king and an unprincipled prince
Agent, afterwards George IV. The hopes
f good men rested upon the daw
hen the Pri
Bwesent the count
■'ho stock exchange
pill, with one
lay
It
th
r
fro
the Print
of England. Thu people w
1er
blind and
»f a
charlotte should
affected hy
calculated thataprm
isè the lands 2J per
would send them up
The course of medical
f ;ical treatment to which this
ady was subjected seems almost
incredible. The custom prevailed of lower
ing the organic strength of the mother
by bleuding, aperients and low diet, and
this treatment was pursued for months.
The unhappy mother breathed her last
tho birth of a son, who, if
would have bee«»
feign of Great Britain. The chief
physician, Sir Richard Croft, lied from life
'. by Buicido on the following day.
«1 it w
only
prinye
, whilst
t least ti per
nd s
five hours a
he hail
"The two branches of the
. 1 tion and cure have merged and e
' » their functions. The lawmaker, in .
,1 by the professors of medicine, nas brought
. the aid of sunitary legislation to enlarge
I the beneficent urea of scientific discovery.
I The results of the purification of air. water
j and earth have checked aud bullied
of j
dud
y*
diseases that heretofe
mankind in crowded citie«. The pro
live influences und principle of v
? ., ttam the discovery of specific bacteria in a
0 gre. » variety of diseases promises iuuuu
ulty from suffering in some of its most
frightful forms—even hydrophobia, llow
important is the part assigned in this great
drama of human affairs to the co gnate use
ft/gess of the optician
surprise
unknown to fame mav prepare
odern warfure is i
mient. of chemis
"W1
try
I J revolutionize
V known, but it is guessed and ev
Is for tl;o belief th
irtutl
that there
the great clush of armies, in expectatio
illious of
\
/hich
I straining in the leash, will he decided by
some new, silent, smokeless and destruc
tive agency,
sistible ana
rill be irre
whose p(
therefore admitted as conclu
] sive. Fervently let us hope that bloody
I arbitraments muy he rendered useless by
I the acceptance of logical results, and,
the luiiguuge of General Sheridan, thut
by the progress in tho discovery of destruc
tives 'war will eliminate itself,' and peace
able arbitration will rule the world. With
such a retrospect, a better estimate of the
responsibilities and iuliucnce of the medi
cal profession and its cognat», branches of
\ science can be formed und its t. ue iniport
and «Jignity can be estimated.
"The secrets of the mind as well as of
the body must be disclosed to the physi
.'iiuse must
i revealed ami trusted to the honorable
custody of the doctor. Under such circum
stances tho physician learns the true
nobility of his profession. He can moke
dan. To effect u
!>•
»!
proclamation
acred, and if ho ev
voice, it ii
The still i
of the service ho 1ms
hears
d then, but
all voice of gratitude.
applauding
not always,
SALVATION A IC AI V ILOUTIW.
A Public Prayer Menti
at Fourth and
Market Kti net» Stopped by the Poller.
A squad of the »Salvation A«*my halted
Fourth street lust east of '.Market.
7.40 lust night week, and opened
services in it spirited manner.
ith red-trimmed blue unife
like number of
scuttle bonnets. Th
jingled tambourines
kept a dismal
rending I
A largo c
to the m
almost on Market
o interest. A by
kneeled down in tl
abo
There -,
four
coal
of tho wi
d «I
of the
I pi!
drum.
•d quickly gathered to listen
•eting
affair of
1 all
dusty street while
prayed fervently. Another
I the
rus sung.
one «.f the
by
a young soldier
mnd the
sung
told how he had reeled
of Wilmington in drunken disgrace tw
o. but had since been rodeumc
d
mrs ug
l wanted to draw ull other sinners into
the fold.
The entire hand, with tambourine
drum
l
pnnimeut, ne
in, "There's »Sunlight i
d another
g a lively
My Soul,"
cxliî
h
•hen Police Serges
ay through the crowd. Advancing
•tain, ho quietly told him the
band would have to move on, as the crowd
s interfering with busi
iwlmt of a nuisance.
W
I es worth pushed
to the
they attracted w
ness and wus s
The exhorter finished and the b
stead of
Oh Leave M
But tho sergeant didn't leave. He waited.
And when, after the appealing hy
other exhorter started to talk, ho
further proceedings short by a per
emptory command for the band to march
:e. Tho captain began to ex
postulate, but was promptly s
told that if be did not immediately
jsted. This settled the
d the command to fall into
ediutely given,
hall," shouted
1. i
ray, sang "Leave Mo,
ing
ended,
'ay
eized and
he would bo
In
id
clt was
id
/ith hi
to the music of the
tue soldiers,
they trumped
ay mg
of the spectators thought it was
slmine to breuk up the
•ting, but Otll«
d hy far the majority, held that tho se
geant's action was proper. At such public
st he opt
that is likely
a nuisance.
!..• ui.
ml
obstruction and
M ETJIOOIST PROTESTA NTS.
Adjourn
I lie Mi
I Conference
«1 Assignment
The Maryland
Conféré
j of the
n session
ed finalIv
Methodist Pr>
at Pocomoke i ... .
yesterday. The statistical
that the conference district had 1.434 pro
ers; 18.8(31 members; probationers
received during tho year, 1,952; »Sunday
schools. 253: officers and teachers, .3,348:
scholars, 21,029; conversions in schools
and congregations. 2,281; baptisms. 1,787;
rnber of appointments, 2IW; churches,
25)3; parsonages. 7(3; Sunday-school papers
taken, 17,107; value of church property,
$1,055,330; amount of debt, $91.554.
Among the assignments of ministers for
the ensuing ye
IL S. John
Ch
:h, i
\ Md.
idjo.
bat i
.j tho following:
J. E. T. Ewell; Barren Greek,
son; Cambridge, I). W. Austine;
J. M. Yingling; Cecil. A. W.
(
Mather; <'ontreville, S. B. Trcdwuy; Chesa
peake, Jesse Shrcve; Chestertown, D. L.
Greenfield; Clayton, G. F. Farring and C.
W. McCalliater: Concord. W. A. Crouse;
s; Crumpton. C. H.
rue. J. F. W
infield, J. M. ilol
iittletun; Chilien«
len;
Durci
G. W. H add a way; !>.
•r, R.
Easton, J. M. Sheridan;
K. McCuslin;
F
kli
i; Krodprica, F.
N I
. Del.. L. A. Bennett;
: ( iirdietree, »S. D.
q Gtxirgetn
G
Mol
onwooiI, B. F. Kindlt
liar
iiigti >n. J. E. Nicholson; Hurlock
edy ville,
Island, H. (J. Cushing; i.
•; Kts
I». Lewis; Kent
•I. J. W. Kirk;
il »sic. J. A. Wright; Milton,
illiainson; Newark. Luther R
v.
Newmarket. R
Sullivan; I'ittsvillo,
moke Circuit, W. W. White; I'<
City. Hugh L. Eldordice; I'owelvill
J. L. Straughi., Î _
Ruwlandsvilte. J. W.
Scuford,
Ewell;
A. J.
!
j. c, w!
nice
Avery
Do
s; Salisbury, W. II. Stove
" nson; Snow Hill, J. II
, Dorsey Blake; Susse
Walker; Talbot, Alnnzi
B. P. 'JVuitt; Wilmington, B. F. Jester; I
J. Drinkhouse, editor of Mu/iwiist Pr<
N
13. F. Be
Salem,
G RIEF A T G It Fit It'S CORN ER.
Til
ir Shooter» I
With th
laj
Cl
Special t
ie«> of
and .(ournal
»I Friday
The snow
April Hi.—(
r<»ught"an r, s(
s of weather.
»f the
beautiful clc
clubs
orning was folio
,and the
ed by
hi
gunning
.
Chiymont Citih—Out of 15: Willium
Knight. 10; Ciraugo M. »'nsev. »: Willi:
Cloud, 12; W. 11. Daiizeuhnk
Bird, (3; Jesse Hoopes, 7; Robert Butler
>«1, 9; Willium G. Ver
William Suddard Cnscv, 9; total, 81.
Grubb's Corner Club—i
Tho
of 15 ;
T. Bird, Jr., 10; Alfred Harvey
torvoy, (i; Mark Pierce, ii; Willie
10; Sergeant E
5; Cant. Newto
ib. 9; Kobe
t*i
. Ii. Hi
•ieh
Vs
cc, 7; total.
(33
The Chiymont Club won the day by 18
oints. In the eon test befo re this one tho
d did
irubb's Corner Club won the da
ving over it. Tho Ch
sidorablo
.
ed the joke this time
ih
g the challenge of the Clay
lie Grubb's Corner Club had
it
lui», tl
i of
crowing
in of tho letter, L»
il feathers'shot
bird had
•steniuy. I
ther such contest
't he u feather left.
E NEW VENT
ItY CLUE.
Tho Site for tl Club Ho«
S «sleeted
id
minting Plans
d.
At tho
ueting of tho N
Eden Hall, ..
ciiied to purchase
•lectcd hy th
Clul
ïk,
cal
site lor a club
house. 'I'll
1 i
31
orklc,
)f Delaw:
he .south si«!
on Dela
d 1 11 deep. The'building
authorized to secure plans
it ted at the next
oeting.
I 1 ; « •
e commute
duyth, Miss Madge Hilles
«1 Miss Annie T.
es Mrs.
Clement. B. .
'anby. The building
Mrs. Willi:
\r
>mpn
sey. M
Elizabeth Memlinhall, Mrs.
ffnith am
Mrs.
rott,
d Mrs. Edith Canby.
Mrs. Li
»on of tt;o Deaf
Oanili.
«/»ntlrni
'a Church
Bishop Cole
zoning
of «leaf and dunil
last
a
did:
on.' n Tho Vtiv
lar
y to the mutes for
• adult. The Rev.
Tho
J. M. Koehler,
this di«
.1
Charles E.
tho bishop
l the s
ts administered by
v Mr. Koehler. Bishop Coleman
ldress. Tlio service w
very impressiv
Flection of Trustees.
Church has elected Robert II.
Jones, James Barker and William D. Grif
fith trustees, each for a term of three vears.
aud John W. Lawson, Jr..
ear. Bcott Church has eleetcii Elisha
II. Fowler, Lewis B. Dickerson and An
drew Harvey trustees, each for a term of
three years.
llnnov
KENT COUNT* /'ARME IIS.
An Address ou "}
Col. K. AI. Hell
pep Husbandry" by
t Washington— Talk
Taxation and the Tariff.
Special Comwpondm
•».April 14.—The regular monthly
meeting of the Kent County F
fctitut« \vi 8 held in Grunge Hall, Felton,
yesterday afternoon and was well attended
about 290 of the representative farine
the county being present. Thomas B.
Coursey.t he president, was unable to attend
and preside and the vice-president, .1. J.
Kosa Idled the chair and called the
ing to order.
Col. K. M. Bell of Washington delivered
ldress on "Sheop Husbandry"
routine business lmd been disposed of.
Mr. Kosa opened the meeting by stating
that the rate of taxation was too high and
credited it to such work us was done by
the lust Legislature in allowing James L.
Wolcott 2ft per cent
about $10,000 from the United Stat
eminent. The time for the al'terno
already occupied mid the institute did
discuss the subject. J. Alexander Fulton
agreed with Mr. Rosa, and Haid the high
the talk of the Stale, lie
moved that the next meeting, to be held in
May, bo set aside for the discussion of tax
ously carried and Mr. Fuit
eted to open the subject..
A preamble and resolutions, the former
nllurling to the formation of the Sugar
offered by Mr. Fulton and
adopted. The resolutions were :
Revived , That the
tetto und Journal
ii*' ut
art er
ners InBtltuto of Kent
>osnd of und
pro»«
partit s wtthu
nipt of tho sugar reUuerie» of
onrich thoiiibolveH lit die
* people at large und denounce It
impudent outrage upon
ost unjust
liiiqulloi
tho l ull
high
Congre»», now in s
•* the assault * ■*
h mml i
I
onopoly by i
t a copy or the foregoing preamble ami
Iguocl by tho president of tho iu
Uu
grades or kind.
slililtn a
d
id
ill
•th
that Uiey pre»«ut
bodies to bo read a
Also that a
publication.
Col. R. M. Bell w
delivered his address
bamhy." The speaker is a practical man
in nil brandies of sheep raising, having
been for a number of years engaged i
business und his talk wus a very intcrc
and instructive
explained the keeping of sheep in
1 summer, the care of the same
that they might lie most healthy and
profitable both in the quantity and quality
of their wool and meat. He next
took up the different breeds and described
each. On the whole ull in attendance and
who heard the address of the colonel will
be greatly profited in whac he
vid'-d they intend to go into the slieep
raising business and u number have us
■•.I
I>r
o ;furu
led the press fur
*py
next introduced
"»Sheep H
ui
hu
Mr. Rose suggested that there ought to
be a veternarian stationed at the experi
ment station at Delaware College, who
would render assistance to the farmers in
•ose of a sick horse, «fcc.
W. T. Case presented a bill of $ino to tho
institute for expenses in attending the last
session of tho Legislature, as per instruc
tions from the institute. The bill was laid
the table.
A. N. Brow
offered tho following,
mich was adopted.
Whereas. The I.ogtslaturo
no act appointlug -:on
Iasi
miss'ioners
o whole mibjert of
vestlRa
mu! MUtifuit »
of
p
fully, m e deeply
I
WilEHEAH. The
ill as the faring
• to
the
n of
mid
idiou;
HhouM bo ro
therefore
«/. Th
Aloxunder Fulton b
d is
ouip)
nstttulo
•«•I
Bald
■mtulsslon, und u
lu n Just and eqn
nk
ay
u tion uf
u public
cd by
ixt place of meeting will bo in
» third Wednesday in May,
ual election of officers will
Tho
Felton, o
when the ;
be held.
CRICKET FIXTURES.
leid Club's 1.1st <»f
The
<Jrleket
Deli
The following schedule of cricke
atch
tinged for the Dela
. A
Tub Building,
has been i
Tiro Field Club for this s
ing wus held in tho Po
Philudolphju,
h
rom the Field Club w;
st, Jr., and H. L. Tatnall, Jr.:
IL K.
Urinnhi
May 11—Tioga L, at Westmoreland.
May 14—Morion 1L.
May 18—Belmont. 11., at El
Els
Mav 28
untown IL. at Elamere.
Ma'v 30—Decoration Day—Haverford
College, L,
J
11—Haverford College I., at Jlaver
ford.
25—Germantown IL, nt Manheim.
July 2—Baltimore L, at Balt
September .*3—Belmont TL., at Els
über 10—Melrose I., at Oakland,
aber 17—Philadelphia II.,
sahickon.
October l—Tioga L, at Elsinore.
VEN FIXTURES.
June 18—Haverford IT., at Etemere.
July 4—Melrose !.. at Etemere.
July 9—Riverton J., at Etemere.
July 1(3—West Chester L, at West Chester.
July 23—St. David's !..
July 30—Oakland 1., at Klsmere.
August (3—.St. David's I., at Els
August 17—Oakland I., at Frankford.
August 20— Riverton !.. ut Riverton.
August 27—West Chester I., at Klsmere.
Edge wood.
2.8—West Chester II.
at West
Chester.
j 8—Haverford IIL, at Etemere.
June 15
June 29—Belmont IIL, at Etemere.
July 13—Belmont 111.,
July 20—West Chester II.,
The few open «1
/ill probably be tilled
•lies. Tho schedule for the f
eleven will bo filled out by correspondence
later und will be published.
Haverford HI..
Haverford.
Elmwood.
Etemere.
/ith the first eleven
/ith vote
s' I list ullat ion.
»'rand Master James F.
stalled the following
uni Lodge, Jtehukah Degree,
1. it. *). F„ lust night week : N. (î.,Mra.
Géorgie lluber; V. G.. »Miss Mollio Mol«;
IL H., Mrs. U. M. Burton; IL S. X. G., Miss
Gcor glan na Worth; i,. S. N. G., Miss Laura
»es Simpson;
arr; IL A. S.,
S.. Miss Sadie
«I«l l « il«»«
District Deputy
Brice and staff 'i
officers of Na«»
V. Collins; Warden, Miss Agi
Conductor, Miss Rebecca Mi
Miss No
11 über; L. A
Mtnpson; R. S. V. G., Mrs. M
L.B. Y.G., Mrs. Ella IL Wilkins; Chap
Bierce; O. (J., George i'.
Edith E. Worth.
• A. Pierce:
Ilobbs; I. G., Mis
After
elect
Htreot
fral
successful attempts to
ary, tlie Board of
/cr Directors decided ui»on
the selection of F. B. F. Miller to till the
Willi;
1er of the steam roller fora
.•hurge of »Sew
/as instructed to
White whs
3-elected c
T.
(.balk lev flat ton .... .
bids for'furnishing iron pipe tor tue new
/er on King street, near the Brandywine.
itirorniul
street
discussed, in
jveral matters relating
manner
The Women's Literary Union of Port
land, Me., has unanimously elected Mrs.
Harriett Belt Htevens as its «telegate to the
•ting of the Federation of Women's
Clubs, to bo held iu Chicago. May 11th to
13th. Mrs. Stevens went us delegate of the
New Century Club of Wilmington three
years ago, when the federation w
of formation.
pro
CITY COUNCIL'S SESSION.
Interest—The
Kxtru Appropriation i
Water
ch Asks for Funds.
City Council held Thursday evening a 1ft
minutes' session, during which a small
quantity of routino business was trans
acted.
ile city treasurer reported a depositor
9(51.32 in Union National Bank to the
credit of the city. He also reported
the following receipts : From Cqllec
Mitchell, 6320, city and school taxes fo.*
d $150, similar taxes for 185)1; fr<
Administrator Mcidoy, $575. city
taxes for 1801; fr«
building inspector's fees during March,
Ructions made last month
by the ehief of police; from the depository
bunks HI .5 », interest.
The city
ness of the
the building inspector
"olice. The collections
Il L
d school
Auditor Billany, $<'<1,
1 5130.50.
litor certified to the eorront
s of t he city treasurer,
d the chief of
f Chief Black
'd, consisted of dog tax
$122 und shew license
i.
epo
minting
minting to $8.50.
Mr. Magee presented a communication
Witch fire company, notify
ing Council of its reorganization and ask
ing for an impropriation of $3,000 next
fiscal year. The communication
furred' to tho finance committee and the
committee on fire comitanies.
Mr. Colton presented a communication
from George R. Townsend «fc Co., agents,
asking for the refunding of $2.67 capi
tion tax paid by Frank Pcnington. a
resident. The petition was referred t
finance committee.
dation offered by Mr. Murray, di
•ting the clerk of the registry bureau to
report to Council monthly nil transfers of
real estate recorded at said bureau, w
adopted.
Wt
fro
the
A
A
(finance introduced by Mr. Colton,
appropriation to
the customary
providing for
pay interest, was given
readings and referred to the finance and
law committees. The amount to be appro
priated is $2,75-1.83 and is the balance of
the interest due this fiscal
$100,000 loan issued last August for the
Street and Sewer Department. When esti
es of the appropriations for this fiscal
appropriation for this
extra
the
de
Interest was overlooked.
A FIVE MINUTE
_ FROLIC.
Street Enjoy
u Squealing Little
ItcsiriciitH of Shlplej
citing C'
Porker.
All tho uncarning increment of citizens
Shipley street, between the Delaware
House stables and Fourth street, and a
considerably larger number (if others, who
.ore dragged into the moment's rollicking
un simply because they could not resist
ddonly transformed,
about 3 o'clock p. m. yesterday week, into a
hooting, yelling mob, through the sudden
appearance of a squeaking, nimble, pink
bodied little porker, not live weeks fro
its mother's side, which, evidently astray,
raced down the street with ait excited mob
of boys alter in. It was exhilarating to See
with what nimbleness the little quad
j effort to catch .
ies posted themselves at every six
feet, with open arms, in order to pick him
up. Ho dodged them all with a slippery
ease, piercing the air with his treble
squeaks of delight a
utter biped, lie ri
side to side of the street,
as he
the attraction, we
upcti
him.
ronled e
i.
he vanquished biped
the gauntlet from
slowing up
d then charging
like u (leer past the next. Each victory
was hailed with delight by those already
vanquished, as they nicked themselves
red-faced uqd muddy, from the grimy
enemy,
up.
et.
At length niggie met a foe worthy of his
steel in a detachment of city cross!ng
rs, who, scenting tho battle from
d nothing loth to lift their bowed
their tedious task, braced
pairs with brooms and hoes
etched across the street, a supposed im
penetrable barrier to the further progress
of Chartes Lamb's table favorite. But the
suckling cleared the broom and hoe obsta
cles just as if he were a steeple-chaser. In
a boastful moment, however, the little
.-«■p
uf:
ft
s fro
t lit: nisei
rascal halted to gaze hack along the long
line of beaten and discomfited
At that crisis a quick-witted
himself all fours on the panting little
taken hack squealing und
kicking up Shipley street, the cap
captive cheered all along tho ri
laughing
thro
»»rker, wh«
by the
sideuts.
d-besp»
All TSijfht i
A promine
Tread Hill.
resident of Klsmere had
ce in searching
rather a singular exf
for :
bon
Sunday
earn a..
•k. He returned to his horn
day night,
ing on going to the stable to sec
1 that the
I",;
lato St
d the follow!
f«»
issing.
Alter inst
eluded th;
•-bio during tho night,
ituting search he hud about «•
horse thief had visited his
ben i
ed
to him to go up into the upper
stable. Imagine his surprise on
»f the
there
anding in a
»st dead from exhaustii
1
e«ro
imal
iglectcHl
3 lie ..
he tread mill almost 24 hours.
work
day,
grim
to rein«
mained i
ve tho tired
imal
I ■; ,
Electric poles are being erected only
one side, tho south, of the
street railway. They will he strung along
brackets thus doing away with the
• Ninth
iet. No
announced yet as
:nd of the Ninth street
determination has 1»
to how tins caster
it way will
of rail to bo
s the puv
ï com mené
; omise between that
Hat rail. It is the same as that
l is considered a
î and the
Iff'
Bro id
ray, New York, :
good one. A sample is in the possession of
the Street and Sewer Depart me
groove is sufficiently narrow to prevent a
carriage wheel slipping into it. 'I he inside
Hange is about halt uu inch lower than the
outside.
. T
onnl Bank at Hi
At a recent meeting held by the citizens
of Hockessin und vicinity tho advisability
of organizing a national bank was discussed
«I a committee
plans looking tow
a permanent banking instiluti
The meeting appointed n cum mitte«?
d the hitter will report at
» meeting to be held on Thursday, April
21st, at 2 p. m.
!» pointed n» formulutc
l the establishment of
there.
the
the wedding of Albert
d Miss May Armitagu Fiiirlamb,
•hich take place April 27th, at V p. m.
the resilience of the bride's father, Wil
li. Fairlatnb, No. 8U7 West Eighth
Joffcri
li
lu the c
•ase of Anna E. Litzenberg, aged
/bodied at No. 1107 Cade street
injuri
Thursday
ing around
Heald
Sparks issued a c
Caleb M. Shewn rd,
National Bank of Wilmington and Brundy
, will be married April, 28th, at 0 p.
»«• Miss Irene .Simmons, daughter of
Samuel (». Simmons. The
be solemnized at the residence of the
bride's parents, No. 3u»8West
The following sales
at the co
orphuns ci
Gurvcy, one lot 39x80, Rodney sir«. «
Fifth, to H. H. Ward, $8()U; three lots were
withdrawn; No. 8 Mechanic street, estate
of Martha Campbell, 12x69 feet, to Patrick
Rooney, $810. Two other properties were
withdrawn.
Ralph A. Frost and Miss Charlotte Mabel
Iluldwin, both of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
secretly married February 22d last, i
Washington, D. C. The marriage has i
been announced. The groom is leas tl
21 and the bride is 18 years old. The
married while at school. Tho
is the daughter of the Rev. S. L. Baldwin,
D. D., secretary of the American Meth
odist Missionary Society. Dr. Buldwin has
many acquaintances iu Wilmington Con
ference.
fro
ived in pluy
Twelfth and
Wednesday, Coro
i Heute of d«*alli.
cashier
bon-tire ne:
f the
«« will
iet.
tho order of the
Mo
liu
up
bilde
DR. WILSON IN NEW YORK
Denial of the Alleged Oppo
sition From His Church.
THE CONGREGATION DELIGHTED
His First Sermon Impresses
Thom Favorably.
Congregation Makes
Kmpliatle Denial of Some Slumler
Assei
Editor Gazette «£• Journal: A sensat ional
port w
the Sm. and Press of
New York, yesterday, assailing tho Rev. J.
A. B, Wilson, D. IL, recently transferred
to the New York Conference and stationed
at the Eighteenth Street Church by the
unanimous invitation of the committee.
The article set forth that Dr. Wilson w
having trouble and tho church was divided
about nis coming.
The truth is, that though many names
were presented to them, they rejected all
and were so urgent for his appointment
thut they requested the bishop, if he could
not send them Dr. Wilson, to leave the
church to he supplied. The whole ofli
3 church are enthusiastic.
ciary
On Saturday night before his first i
they gave him an official reception by
the official board, at which lie was assured
of their entire unanimity, und they then
and there pledged themselves to stand by
ldm. The enthusiasm was at white liait
on the Sabbath, and all declare that the
congregations were larger than they have
been for five years. Tho parsonage is
ing thoroughly renovated, and they
araiiig Ur. Wilson until it is complétai,
all liis friends know that the most
enthusiastic reception ever accorded any
en him, aud that after the
fullest knowledge of his persecutions in
the Wilmington Conference and of his
heroic work t here.
A Mr
I
I.
an is being g
the Congregation.
, April 15th, 1892.
New Y
ANOTHER KMPI
Editor Oasettc A Journal: In the New York
article re
Press of to-day the
appears
ferringto Dr. John A. B. Wilson, lute of
Wilmington ('(inference, which does
him and to the official
the
injustice
board of the Eighteenth Street M. E.
Church, this city, who :
him.
associated with
Let
say regarding said injustice that
cordially
last .Saturday
evening, by the entire official board, every
member of which promised to stand by
him in his new work aud aid as much
he, cou M. And the entire congregation
and community, as far as I can learn,
wish 'the doctor a successful pastorate
here * Yours, rcspoctfully,
Rev. David R. Perry,
301 W. Fifteenth street, New York.
New York, April 14th, 1892.
DELIGHTED
pastor w
than was Dr. Wilson (
TIIKIR NEW PASTOR.
A minister of this citv
. questioned at
Thumday by a representative of
The Gazette concerning a rumor thut
Dr. \Vilson had be
congregat ion in Now York and in reply ho
stated that he did not believe the story'had
any foundation in fact, for, said he, "1
a member
rho writes
locked out by his
hayjj just received a letter fror
of Eighteenth Street Church,
that Dr. Wilson preached there last Sun
very large congregations and tho
are delighted with him."
day t<
people
PLEASED WITH OR.
VILSON.
lllm a Cor
New York Methodists Gave
dial Welcome.
The New York Press Friday said :
tele in the
o the Rev. Dr. John A.
was assigned to tho
Eighteenth Street Methodist Episcopal
Church at the recent conference, lias
created quite a stir among the church
members.
"We know little about his record in the
Wilmington Conference," said Trustee C.
S. Benedict, in the presence of several
other trustees yester
every assurance t hat i
factory. He
highly
tire c
church,
keep him as our pustor. We
him to a
Tho publioatioi
Press in reference
B. Wilson,
i,
"bu|
eetly satis
s p
.'ounuended
s by Bishop F «
»flicial board, as w<
, are unanimous in the desire t<
•ill suppor
ss, and the e
II as the
hi >le
I
Stac Georgo H. Brc
: "Tho
following telegram was sent to Bishop
Foss April 8th, four days after the ap
pointment of Dr. Wilson to our church :
?. D. Foss,
ISish
lltrijord, ,1/j*«.; W
. 1 .
U.
îV'Æ
uto Wi'll
lilf'tlOI
to 1
rned
»! I
oroughly
tiutle.l w
uppolut
h »1
do,
ouM
uni.it
vlii.ii wout
, but liupo
. We Hlinll )».» 1
dll allow no changos to bo
do.
Inasmuch as Bishop Foss appointed Dr.
Wilson to the Eighteenth Street. Church at
the request of the official members of tho
church who have since
pressed their satisfactio
would se
of the same, it
• of justice to Bishop
Foss, Dr. Wilson und tho church that this
fact he known.
FATHER RI.'
.1/ IN G IIA M 'S TO t It.
lie Will .Sail
Q
on llio
Stemner Majestic, April
The Rev. Father Bormingham, pastor of
St. l'auTs R. C. Church, will sail for
F.urope on hoard the steamer M
April 27th, next, at 4 p. m. Hew
and the
: 11 ,
KH
Queensto
Paris. Leaving there he will j'
Sourdes in tho south of France, and if«
that place will return ngai
/ill also visit Naples, and will spend s«
in Sweden. Switzerland, Scotland,
r and Ireland. He will also visit
Ruine and be presented to the
will sail for home ah
During the past week ov so tho parish
of St. Paul's parish have been
•retly at work collecting a hands«»,
purse for their popular priest, which th
•y to
He
Et.
Septe
»•ill 1
tokei:
by them. The trip
scut to him
f the est î •>*
is departure as a
vhich he is held
Europe is but the
of the famous bishop's contest
inaugurated by Bishop C
ago in which so much '
fested at the time. Tlio winner the c
test was the Rev. Father Ely
Mary's R. C. t'hurcli, who coliectol
Father
of St.
$13,900 toward the e
Bormingham succeedc.l i
of $10,000. and as a
ti
Bisho
scelle
«led tliut he,
is d
i», should
Father Be
Europe.
hi
lingh:
St. Paul's Church for a period of live ye
goorl in tho e
been past«
of
i he has .1,
■I.
rol;
d has increased the
fr«
! of the largest iu tho ci
: the
. The erect,io
Li hr:
j Hall at
d the forming of a
ost ««f $10,000,
bership of .'300 persons, is but the result of
his labors and tho good he has dono iu
m with the ch
■ii.
ugo tho bright, brainy, aggro:
had reason to believe that,
known as the "Me
whose n
organization,but o
comluct ing u place where the card tuble and
liquid indulgence formed the chief pas
time for the members. Late one night
Father Bcrmitighain visited the so-called
social organizati
Sunday m
Socials," received a thorough scaring at
the hands of the priest. The result of the
club's disbanding was indirectly due to
Father Bermingham's vigorous warfare
against the organization.
organization
>e Social Club,"
Madison street
plishing little good
•ntheother hand wi
, and
St. Paul's Church "Clubs
the follnwi
S
A It A Illicit AS A DETECTIVE.
ne a
K the
Papers
the past week Frederick II. Rilbiber,
the enterprising barber at No. li East Sixth
street, who is also an influential memh
of the Natural History Society of Dehi
!, 1ms been missing the morning
papers from the step in front of bis estab
lishment and all efforts to discover the
TMcrpetrutor of the deed proved unavailing.
The newsboy solemnly declared that he
deposited the papers upon the stoop regu
larly every morning, and Mr. llilhiber
had no reason to doubt the young
>rds.
The papers continued
, but
snppcnraiM e of Ills Moral«
V
disappear, now
:e Mr. Hillibnr
'io arose
died for
breakfast table,
missing,
who was
the disappearance of the
rukcall night
rhose lusts
was unable to say. As s
regularly every
id se
as . 1
the papers to peruse at t
he to find the pap
At lost he resolved
sponsible for
papers if lie lmd
.
do so.
Thursday morning he arose early and
went into the barber shop and took à posi
tion near the door. It. was scarcely day
light. He peered softly through the glass
door and eagerly scrutinized each passerby.
The newsboy, true to his word,came event
ually along and deposited upon the step
three* morning papers und passed on. Tho
barber remained at his place of conceal
ment, and in u few short minutes hisdiili
•e was rewarded by the discovering of a
-grown lad stealing the papers from
door-step.
The good barber was out of the door in
instant. He had detected the youthful
paper thief at last. Without cither hat,
it and shoeless, the fleet-footed burlier
pursue»! the now throughly frightened lad
into the street, gaining upon h
step. "Stop, paper thief, he cried at the
top of his voice. But what few citizens
there wore on the streets
the morning only stood still and watched
the lively chase, without showing any dis
position to apprehend the youthful fugi
tive. The barber pursued the lad as far as
Eighth and Taluali Hire
ialf
■
that Ik
1 the chase and returned ho
orning his papers w
the doorstep.
j. Next
undisturbed
r COUNCIL FINANCES.
Estimates »Mad«
Through
the Figm
Lust Year Are Short
voidable
Show Itiihi
■ ■
MK-liku Mau
Public attention hits he
directed to the
dition of City Council finances through
the announcement that there
shortage by June 30th of about $2*3,000.
The city treasurer's report to Council of
sh in bank March 31st was $51,600.15.
Council's unexpended appropriât in
thut date was $78,022.75. This would
ill be a
at
leave
unexpended appropriation of uncol
lected taxes amounting to $27,000 in round
numbers. The
levy of 1891
course inclusive of theallow
would leave n
thereabouts, But. they
reryone
supposing the city's tax
:ted, this of
lee for errors,
credit balance of $1,000
's tax collections.
> not all cr
in
the year of that levy. At any
figures indicate a pretty close balancing
between the estimate of 1891 and the
actual expenditure.
It is true that the Water Department
paid in $18,000 in excess of what Council's
estimate ($25,000) arranged for. But :
offset to this additional and improvised ex
penditures which could not be considered
at tho time of the 1891 estimates have been
presented and paiUJor ty., veR1 . j,' or j n .
stance, two police commissioners $1,000;
nine patrolmen (at $7(50) $(3,840; to
tective.-', two .State and two eitv, 83,(300,
then the addition of $5,0.50
hausted police department expenditure for
varied incidentals. Then, i
tion, there is the interest oi
the street «and sewer appropriation,
$2,750 which is due. Lust Council could
not include the interest in its estimate,
because the important question existed at
the time whether the grant would be for
$100,00() or $200,000. It
•ouhl be. Council's c.'
salaries was the same as last ye...,
provision for additional salaries being
made as the sum of $3,500 w * '
and that
de
left
/as doomed
ot'al is all good
nt all be at hand
•y deficit
borrow from
for
abundant for any
The uncollected
money, although it will
To meet the tempi
the city will probably have
the bank.
CHARGED WITH It UROL A ItY.
Arrest of Luke Nuyl
This City for
;/!•
CheKlrr
The .
bold robberies porpet
the borough of West
tding the series of
and ulx
id i
Chester f
i state!
mths ago,* is, it i
Rood
authority, about to be
.•eeks detectives have bee
»Ived. F«
hard at work
until recently have
getting u clue to the p
the case, but
!dud in
f the ci
»!
they sue
d
McVoy wc
d
(» look
11
vith cc
fie burgh
plicity i
o he Luke Naylor, who is Uno
the
time here.
As soon
have done
as the arrest
Witeil
Detective J offerte of Wes
tide by
d McVoy Thtusday
t Chester was
î to this city. The officer
left lor West (.'bester
ing. The robberies
Detect i
lc
the 4.55 trt
that ev
of which the p
/ith
complicity occurred in West Chester in
December last. Among the goods taken
were about $400 worth of dress goods anil
go quantity of jewelry. The plunder
brought to Wilmington in wagons, it
ill
is said, and froi
to Philadelphia
« forwarded
•he
/as disposed of.
«»f the
ies had made .a
confession of the burglaries In which he
accused Naylor with complicity in the
crime.
e Jefferis stated th:
sedof the robh
S UCCESSFUL AXG L EUS.
o Fishing
A Brace of
Bela
o City.
A party of police
tey, »Sergeants Wlmn
lames T. Scott and
1 fro
Ke
dHtuiirt, OtIC
the bay Thu
•essful day's Ii
n "tlle
Iroi
ing
The officers
do q
with tho hook and line, despite the fact
that the fish were apprised of their v
beforehand
usually the case. Tho fish <
dy guardians of the p»*t
pally of the niko family, of
than several dozen were
thr«
d did not bite as freelv as is
pttired by the
vhich no 1«
caught
d
I lie bank.
u upq
Kersey especially distinguished
himself by capturing a good-sized eel. such
as only abound in tho waters of tlio canal.
cd over to House Sergeant
Whnnn for safe keeping while the indomi
table captain went angling for bigger fish.
Meantime Captuin Francis and Sergeant
Stuart contented themselves with sc:
ing a school of tadpoles along the river
bank, while Officer Scott was diligently at
work some dis
This w
ents later all of fishdn
A few
astir. This
Officer Scott's line becoming entangled ii
e strange substance in the butt«
the canal which he insisted was Noah
Benson's missing bend. Rope
for the mysterious object failed
his declaration.
of
The Massachusetts legislative committee
harbors ami public lauds Friday rc
S orted a bill to incorporate the Cape' Cod
iaritime Canal Company with a capital
of $5,000,(XX). The canal is to bo con
structed from Buzzard's hay to Barnstable
bay. and the state is to issue bonds to the
amount of $3.000,000, in exchange for
bonds of the company to a like amount, to
aid in the coastructien of the caual.
AFTER T/IE ELECTION.
Mayor-elect Iferbct Takes tlie Onth of
Office—Otlu
leers Swot
P Nkw<
dJournal
;)ondunca <
iTTiK, April 14.—Frank E. Her
bert last night took the oath of office
.......j. of this city before Janvier. The
oath was administered in the presence of
two representatives of the press, Every
spondent being the first
4 r. Herbert ns mayor. The
ide no charge for his
BVE!
gratulate M
to Of
squi
have tho honor of
swearing in the ehief executive. The latter
at once proceeded to the office of ex-May
Munson', where he was gi
books and chattels. 'Ph
grainlated his successor
said he wus pleased
charge of the
jx-muy
his election,
d Mr. Herbert hoped that ho would he
s successful as his predecessor during his
office. Mayor Herbert the
riltnan Frazer and Ktchell's,
elected on I'uesday, and after
ard he administered the oath to City
Treasurer Ferris and City Assessor Dal by.
. :il met for organization with
the election of W. A. Vickery chairman
and Edward T. Deakyne secretary. The
election «»f permanent officers resulted in
the choice of Thomas Frazer president and
Jumes C. Jamison clerk, Mr. Kraz
eeived four votes to one for H. L. McKee,
and Mr. Jemlson
E. L. Wilson. Tho city collector will be
ebos
|
( •<
ho w
jeived four
r<
the next
Her
letiug. . —
bert will present hiH police appointments
before council at the »May meeting. Mean
time the »resent force will hold over.
Frank E. Herbert, the
years of age and the
Treasurer Willi
public and cot
und at present is a
of Trustees of the Poor. Mr. Her!
the »State. He will
May
, is
:ond
Herbert. Ho is notary
:er, insurance age
•mber of the !»'
r«i
well known all
hold the office for three y
Thomas Frazer is a prominent
This is his second tor
rehaut,
as president of
William J. Etchells is
the Tri
City council i*
Democrats and
imerin tendent of
II .
r»w composed of four
Republican
follows:
ru«
s Frazer, William
A. Vickery,
Harry L. McKee and Edward T. Deakyne,
Democrats, and William J. Etchells,' Re
The new council
. The city treas
mildly,
iring
rill hold
office for
and assessor are elected
Henry A. Dennison, the
her of council who was defeated for
election, served the city will» honor and
credit and goes out of office with the good
wishes of every true citizen. Mr. Dennison
during his term made himself thoroughly
acquainted with municipal affairs
ual interest in all matters per
taining to the welfare of the city.
Of Mayor Hanson, the retiring mayor,
too much praise cannot be given. The
city has certainly been greatly improved
in a moral sense during nis term, and all
of this was the direct result of his stern but
impartial decisions.
took
MORE ELECTION
ECwlSTRARS.
Appoint
ent» for Now
stlo County,
f tho City of Wilmington.
.Special Correspondence of Every Evening.
Dover, April 16.—Governor Reynolds
yesterday appointed the following regis
of election for Newcastle county,
which about completes the work for the
.State except the city of Wilmington :
Brandywine hundred, East—Samuel W.
Hanby; alternate, Thomas I. Bird; South—
John ;
North—John W. F
min F. llaley.
Christiana, North—James McClafferty;
alternate, George Mclntire. West—Henry
F. Carpenter; alternate, Benjamin
Highland, North—Jeremiah 1
Gilt!
.
v; alternate, i nomas l. uirci; houtn—
Shaw; alternate, J. Atwood Weldon;
; alternate, Benja
Haley.
Highland, North—Jeremiah H. Cody;
alternate, Humphrey Lvnch. »South— F.
A. Sturgeon; alternate. John W. It. Kill
Marshallton—WillWm J. Arm
rong; alternate, Thomas McCtlllen.
Mill Creek. East—Charles G. Dempsey;
alternate, Charles H. D. Bedford; North—
Edward C. McCarty; alternate, Willi;
Haggerty; West—William A. Morris«
alternate, Willard E. Whiteman.
White ("lay Creek, West—Joseph T.
Willis; alternate, G'loment L. Steele; ('
trill—Bayard Widdoes; alternate, Willi;
II. Simpers; East—George W. Curriuder;
alternate, Robert Armstrong.
Pencador, East— C. II. Salmons; alter
, Jr. West—William
R. Rees; alternate, William R. Wilson.
—George W. Eckles;
alternate. Giles L;imbson. West—Patrick
,/; alternate, Sumue 1 B. Miller.
South—Bennett F. Lancaster; alternate,
.•I 1'. Roberts. North—Robert R.
j. Richard T. C
Ne
.'aalte, E
McGr<
Morrison; alternate, David MeCov.
Red Lion, East—John T. Cheairs; alter
e, William It. Bright. West—.1
Jray; alternate, James Garmon.
tcond «listriet— John A.
, l'urnal J. Lynch. First
G. Armstrong; ultor
, Georgo W. Polk. First district,
t—E. R. Cochran; alternate, Abram
Vandegrift. Second district. East— F. P.
Vunheckle; alternate, John W. Carrow.
Appoquinimink, East—David Wells;
termite, George Wiggin. West, John
ato, R. L. Truax.
alt
district. East—John
Wes
Blackbird, East—Andrew i
;, James I., Duvid. West—
l'clt; alternate, James Roberts.
Dr. E. II. McCabe w.
for Baltimore liundred.Sussex county, und
Joseph Dawson, alternate.
/en IL Nickerson, administra
John It. Fisher, yesterday sold 85 a
land sit uated in West Dover hundred, to
John liehen, .Sr,, for $330.
Spear; alter
- Joseph V
as also app
fo
THE ». ('. T. U.
Closing Session
t»r the
-An Old Bn n ii«:
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Special Corrospoutlonee ot i
s. April 14.— 1 The closing
ix county
Christi
A .t
!.:
the î
of the
Wo
held yesterday. Devotionul opening services
:onducted hy Mrs. 11. L. Bullock of
Elmira, N. Y. The speaker of Tuesday
g. Mrs. Jennie L. Creamer, the
/ly-clccted president i
ho modes of work and raising
the several unions
the chair. Ro
money for the
of the county w
The "question
number of queries o
pithily
ade by the delegates.
i.
opened
«I ;
Bullock.
oral subscriber.
the I
!/nn(
procured. The
mal sc
i. A colic
d adjourn
•ill he held in Ge«
for th
cut
d.
/era! banners displayed w
old style silk one. made m tho v
A
OUI
1840 bv hulics in Sea ford, this e
a Fourth of July Sun _
ion that year in that town. The
d
!
se«l ii
dn
Is 4x3 feet in size, of white sali
1 beautifully embroidered. (>m two
pillars tho words, "Water is Our Drink."
i in the centre, "Ours is a Noble Euter
jribed in gilt with 13 gilt
■ n
ly lot
by the present owner, wh
sides in Philadelphia.
» the
Oilil Fell«
District Deputy
latlon.
and Master Janies F.
ailed the following olli
I
cers of Oriontul Lodge, 1.
Newark. Thursday : Noble
cording'
•>. F., «•«
id. A. L.
ones; Re
v .. es H. Hayes; Right
Noble Grand, S. B. llerdnian;
Support to Noble G
I; Conductor, JL J.
James Jefferis; Outside
•ets; Inside G
Right Supp«
ble; Left Support
Vic
Grand. J. B. J
t, S. A. J.
w
I bert; W
den.
• 11 ;
iraml, William M.
1. W.
H. Kelly; Right »cone Suppor
: Left oce
. Tin
er. Job
followed by :
Lock
Supn
hart. The installation* w
collation.
The Postal Guide for March
161 postal appointments in Delaware,
increase of 12 over the year 1889; there
2 postmistresses in this State and the
spelling of Ficldshorough, New Castle
county post office is changed to Fieldsboro,
/ s there
THE TRAVELER IN GALICIA
In a Strange Land and Among
a Strange People.
POLES UNDER AUSTRIAN RULE
The Great Artery of Galician
Life and Commerce.
A Might
glifare Fully 700 Miles
'lth Tnrv
lu
•ngtl. Co
Traffic--The St
Shepherds and
Goatherds of tho Tatra Range.
Special Correspondence of Gazette aud Journal
, March 31.—There
ialicius. Euch of these in
their peasant life possesses great interest to
the traveler. Spanish Galicia, comprising
tho north-western provinces of Pontenedra,
Lugo, Coruna and Orenso, will ever hohl
for me the most tender recollections. Its
Ggllcgan folk are the bravest, most patient
and loyal in all the world. They love their
rugged mountain land with so passionate a
devotion that they will suffer untold priva
tion and even death bqlorc they will give
it up. They become the "Gallegan dog"
servants of all .Spain, Portugal und Italy
for half their lives, bearing inconceivable
contumely, sacrifice and suffering thut
they may finally come back
dreary crags
glens to the ownership of a little cabin,
liny patch of land, und the to them blessed
right to luv their b»
died, i
hefi
r
two E
their
d wild and almost sterile
in the t
have labored, sacrificed ant*
precisely the s
e them. They
a {Spanish
attempt their enslavement.
The other Galicia is less tender end wi
of its aspects. It L __
bly more sombre and tragic.
Poland.
one remembers the history of
tient Poland; its line of wi
..amc way, lor ages
are dumb folk, but not
onarcb, bus ever dare«
leed
It is Austro
Ev
B
splendid
Christianity
literature; its kingly t
d unrewarded victories
Turks; its greut
lernt 1 medieval
umimoners and its
d the final treachery of
jpeated
dismemberment and parti
Poland by Russia. Germany and Austria;
with tlie horrors of a hundred years of in
surrection, murder, slavery anil despotism
that followed.
It is all too horrible to dwell upon. Aus
tria's portion out of the Polish murder and
rapine, Galicia, comprises
.'30,000 souare miles, bounded north and
ast by Russia, on the south by Hungary
and Bukovinu, and on the west by Pruss '
and Austrian »Silesia. Fully six' million
souls occupy this area.
Of these about two and a quarter mil
-, Kusniaks—interchangeably called
, Ruthenens and Rutheniaus.
J shall cull Ruthonians in these
papers, and who are of Russian stock und
tongue. A million and a half are Jews.
The remainder ar.e about equally divided
between Austrian and Russian Germans.
of polish
g and
l Polos
old
a of
Russ!
wh(
st the entire nobility
extraction and
living people. The peosa
and Ruthonians. It w
readily s
A1
; country lov
/ill theref
that nearly the entire
of Galician
Polish Jews and Germans, the former
greatly predominating. To illustrate, this
ancient city, whose population does not
:ee«l 5u,(X)0 souls, contains 28,000 Jews.
Lemberg, commercially the leading city of
Galicia, has (30,000 Jews among its lOu.QOQ
people. And 1 have the word of a friend,
nt of Kolomea. that
habitants of the latter
i> •
habl
•ns and cities
a Canadian
among the 28,00) i
city more than 21,000 are J
Practically then, Austri
-id.
Galicia pre
-the Polish
who, while
•ro slavish
ts for study four class
l Kuthcnian peasantry
theoretically free
than slaves; the ancient Polish nobility
who are either rich and great enough to
live almost regally in Berlin, Loud.,
home-loving e
ush tu live
eihiiig attar
' their
up
the simple
d pu
Count Tolstoi, not ve
them; the Jews who
peasant
as all busi
ia rchal
r to the north of
rially own both
il master body and soul,
affairs of every i
and the military who relentlessly
rol the
Austrian rule «
Poland, which for
century a
all
I
all.
arc of falle
tho first
juarto
»f
■■
he Ru
the north, lias had the»
plunderers
barbaroti:
to escn|»c the clung of
the sabre, the jingle of the spur, the chal
lenge of the sentry and the almost into,
''ruble insolence of the omnipresent sol
diery.
iquities. It
is still i
posj.il»
»I
Tii
i formed tyrants
turriage
• » 1 ' y
rail
siatiou.
They «log thu'str:
rvhitte ;
They ne
hotel
.- -again,
ith imperturbable effrontery. They enter
the home at will; and by their godless pres
cnee sully every sanctuary and pointe
t shrine; while sp
illing among all ch;
, merchants, a
j tnick—
> in the guise of
sans, lab«
officiais,î
pcusunUrnnd comprising
•than one twentieth of tho
other n
tire population—that the very uir is said
"»• '"iT' in Galicia.
pile all this the Austrian Poles of
live liu I'arailisa i
ml
with
iles north of the citv,
in Russian Poland. The electoral refor'
law of 1873 gave the (ialiei
elections to the Vienna assembly by distrie
thus breaking down the ohl èlunirish
' mal Polish interest. Tho
has wisely encouraged agricult
hoir i
government
tirai reforms
emulative spirit betwee
ivo Poles and Kutlieui;
small I»
aud many
German agricultural
tong other sensible things
mo thing should be first
every farming
he world—built roads that will
(luriiig qualities
England
it bus done the <
d best done i
itinity 1
/ith tho
finest to be found
England.
Indeed i
Ne
wandering through Galicia, I
aiu, hut that 1 would count
tho greatest
to the peasant
these grand Galician
of all blessings of all ti
l'oles. Their general direction Inis been
1 by the course of the great chain
mountains which lorius tlio
boundary
»ads
guv
Carj
in;
liungari;
indary on the south,
in the south-east corner of
/er against wild and
abia and wilder Muldavi
• of tialician life and
begins. Thence to the nortli-cast it
i through Kolomea, which has
IL!:«
d B
Liai
J'
Iv
being
;w Galician
Thence, through tho
into the valley of the
Stanislavoy,
»ertj, the
tin
of operations iu ti
iolda.
»I«
vail
niches
•«> it bears north to 1
of Gal
rin
ral and great es
the Carpathians
1 to the west and passes through this
Polish capital, ami thence
rinds lik
t ■ »
M
ighiy thoroughfare, fully 70T»
length, are all the great
»aiicia; ami despite lier
railways which '
ral tel with it.
.. "f the goo
tho "circles ot Galt
other, the rude pn
Bessarabia, the cattle fr«
/hich reach
Austrian abbattoirs. the willow carts of
fancy wares from Austria to. Russia, und
all the innumerable aud utinanmble goods
and wares which are smuggled into Russia.
Many highways equally vy:ll built run
purailcl with this mam artery for shorter
distauces. Three great road's intellect it
from north to south.
on this
English miles i
d fro to this
1*
■ I
hich
•ith each
of Moldavia and
a t ho great
German amt
PPM
One in the east runs