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\ VISIT TO RUSSIAN JEWS Bab's Studies of Their Habits and Home Life. EAGER TO BECOME AMERICANS The Odd Things Found in Their Book Shops. Sad-fnred W Htilèons Ulg«— n—Prayer Ci iu tali Child wie onde -Al Atone ont Huy Hath Juki IU lie III Israelltlsli l'r Special CV.rroRpilnnonce of Gazottn and Journal Now York, Oct. 18.—I got oil the c in the way a woman always does, step ping toward the buck rather than the front, so that she risks breaking her neck, and I was in Now York, busy, bustling, wide-awake New York. 1 walked two blocks and I wi where? under the government tho C theatre posted • in English, neither w I looked at it « I discovered that it w markable jargon called "Yiddish," and thon I realized that 1 w of the Russian Jew. It is said of him that, when he first comes to this country, he walks in the gutter and takes off his hat to every man he meets, but that i he promenades on the sidewalk and bows to nobody. That is a bit of ex aggeration ; but the Russian Jew is here, not by tho tens or fifties, but by the thousands, and ho is going to lie a powerful factor in tho land. Here in his New York ho have made a little Russia -and yet, he is eager to be United States. Jew, he lines work, but if he be the guiding star of a push cart, or back of a trayon which shoestrings are peddled, he enough to put his children in the pub lic schools, nnd is most, eager to tell you, by movements of his hands, and with many shrugs, that, while he doesn't understand you, his oldest son will. thought, at first that I w f llis Majesty dvertisemont of a the ei The nt Russian ; twice, and then in the In onths' ti , ho sei to fitizeu of tho Unlike the German •t put his children to TI1K EWI81I SABBATH. Tt. is 4.30 'clock. The dark-eyed, dark haired maidens are running f the bake shops with fresh spiey ing cakes, the hath houses are full, children are being bathed and curled anti perfumed and dressed in their best, for although the three stars not yet visible, everybody is getting ready for the Sabbath. Just Sabbath is of ell i the importance than usual, because the Feast of the Taber nacles is being celebrated. With a double escort, an artist friend and old chum Isadora, L climb up four flights, go through a hole in the roof and behold! there is arranged a tiny wooden house with palms laid over the top, while inside is a table all spread for the Sabbath feast. The seven branched candle stick ready to bo lighted, tho silver spice* boxes so clous in their fine artistic work, while around are the highly spiced cukes and all the goodies only known t< the Jewish housekeeper. To delights of Jewish cooking known, but I have been told by g. •ts that for wonderful cakes cooked fish no people in the world compare with them. the the l Well o go after seeing the littie of th*» day, to house erected in hr »t the first b be doesn't to the Jewish mother. He who at her death, will say r her, something that her »rough tf not do, and no matter ho ago, he is „ in bright blue plush, d. how he is « fin he ! ilr is thi for w shabby just now. 1 he looked bite silk shirt, ajl the other little boys, a si Nobody is so poor that ho h fresh dress for the Sabbath, all tho men are in extra frock coats and high silk hats, 1 look at a group of the front of tho i •ieil I Ik hat Nearly long black ling in 1er if the t from the Si. , ( it his long skirted Ri Jew, forget about ■h trivialit the Th all alike i ith liffere Thi . . . , you the •f being tired beasts of inpiv burden, and yet if you can man make them understand and say thing about being glad that they >'!'■ and tin to gloat « the .. free." And so •hf r knew it, that slavery they •d list have bee imnetbing The chan I hat think, v« nad 1 tri Nc in th« y, but wbi •d h Frei •h el, that these ignorant Oh, make! What «I writ? Wlmtilo What do istak kuow ■ I' Arabic? The •lu st*' Hold slioestrinuH , to -ill ti s of f hi : fro of bu thi nt tl - lal. but Lest I d, Hioriti ed 01 •h. h.,- his doubt it. I T •I}" book shop with ■ Tin nt sei I t is to Sabbath, l. mat « d. .1 Hi 1 til I© »k. II of •k ill of : The ■I all of TI best .f the F languagi •ii : 1 1 all ..f th>* Kuh* In isket in a pile of photo graphs OOKAPUR KUTI J. FACES. -nd the daugh • that pilot» ' >k who t 1 er - tho hou they are ."''si',!: that of - f hi pi ' 1 ti picked 1 si it Elisha Be Abuyah ■le id: "Ti •h 1 .* h ed who 1 oj ith h bov To g in ink upi \*mI win re to may he ti be lik.i i h old 1 blotted •<l that 1 paper. ' She t heart f ti ati » this w So lived n- the nict -f ■ ful f; •h a f. jllMI th«* st paint! he pile Mi °L " ; 'ny >f him sf : "Ti i Rat ib I'.. Judah «.f Kephar who "To what •e comp learncth froi Iren? Tonne •ateth r grapes, and drinketh the pi. ik f : and to at fr« ir : I'ti A* ho f"* grapes and d •bis fnmtl for h i comparisons dimv that. Hern ullcsficks, the I wanted to buy oue, oh, at cheil nr. *■< badly, but tbore wasn't money enntiffh in Now York to indues these Jewish women to soil Anythi . r — ..... „ orr the Sabbath day. Her© wue praying shawls with curio knotted fringes, some of silk and so oC cottou, and if looked closely at mi waiting for the eynftgoü der many of the black coats tho edge of the Bilk t ha to open, could bo shawl. CUSTOMS OF JR WISH WOMEN. Of the women it must be said, that while they they kindly in their manners, <t beautiful. Their faces are wprossibly sud, and tho married es disfigure themselves with tho hideous wigs with whiph. according to tho law, they cover their own be tiful locks so. that, having a husband, they inav appear lovely to Oceasionally matron pins other iv, h very economical front piece and ties a silk handkerchief Over her hair, but, generalizing, Iho Russian Jew coals her black locks tinder the unmis takable long-haired wig. That these in great de d is proved by the her of shops advertising them, either in Yiddish of these further prov that let out building alone there floor a wig Hebrew, and that a few 'omen remain unmarried is I by the number of shops ending dresses. In . on the first aker, on the second a rabbi, who specially advertised some thing about marriages, i bath, and above that aker. who, for a small sum, wou! it the Hebrew maiden to appear white satin frock, a veil and orange bit •bile above dress !"■ ï It 1 If •erytiling could bo done the law in this one housi according to *. The bride could have her pro-marital bath ; she could then ding gown c< got the wig of the inatro out, ami fr« •end and assume her wed down and be married, her way that time forth look like Looked at fr< artist, it the ust bo standpoint/ of rather hard on the husband to have to vile wigs all day long. oo tho M KU U Y CIIILDUKN AIIOUND. It is strange to « . how the blonde type c 1 put my hand nng the chil reepa out. the head of a child dr rn long blonde hair was in tight .I she looked up in * uignificent brown t\ : and if before I had y doubt of the parentage of the livine Sarah, that would have decided t under playing ring, just do, curls, y face ith the >st 1 have ovi .I it. The little ones who do stand English ! your child and 1 1 need of -hat a w Id, that children's games all the e. And whether they tho ring walks around, of King William or tolling of "Mary, Mary, quite con trary," whose garden was so wonderful, or whether, as thoso little people were, they are singing unknow in known to me. bee lerstand Hebrew, the idea is alwav », and tho middle, maiden ho best likes. And goes on, and there is •orld the are singing about that famous I words, that I do not tho young gallant stands in the small the game NEVER MAID at least in Russian Jerusalem, »t polite, for I stand d stare peculiarly orthodox gentle_ _ think he must be the "Maggie!." His und very glossy, and peculiar curl at each •do. just above his lovelocks. rhito silk from tinder d Isadora tells me that tho t only their prayer shawls, but their shrouds, when dal service; and this made by a dark eyed Rachel, or Myra, and given hiH marriage day. in one part of odd ing sheets are kept v are of fine linen, hroidored, and one d ono for at coat i extra long, his hut has a glimpse that coat, very orthodox w thoro is si shroud has lieei Leah, The England tho w for the shroud. Thu hemstitched ©member that I e is the wife. tho husband mnder if this liko ninny others, i «•tie, that hat •' - wish brethr baths, a custom, odilied from „ ./here there_ d everybody seems to be get ng scrubbed for tho Sabbath, virions thing, hut !«• against his mvi - w; but he must tell it, nc »« I stand staring at the IwMlore tells me of the J ew • to E VI It i lobody enjoys a people like*the »t you. So bath sign •ho w h ing along on the afte nimmt Day, and friend, ion before n stopped "ho, win* I hod along, sere fig, I Heav 'h sake, >. I missed my bath last ye great feast." r "' liefere the The orthodox Jew i ill find if you pick up vt read the Old Testament. • Bible ... , B is curious ' differently they loon at the Old ament from the way M, K poc ' Test We do. TO , Esther learned Hebrew is a questh. the book of .Job hadn't i thousands of years L heard of, and in India. tl •h* that it w . been k Moses before I like th •ling to peoplf each No ^ ork, an old Jewish bury if led by shops. chant thought he could i»uv y ti g um 1 which •ich d th bio; but tho Port i' ugucae .!■ •d it laughed i hi « face, and •Id h 'f •nough • V : to induce th the l "f their f ay fro Ku lie a pawnl to *• of 1080 iiltlo Hi Ivor spien : put f»n the table for thich the ment Day to they feel that they are , He w Sabbath f \tf smell tl.ii hough ho w id mo a '•'Sticks of solid sil ler d they have . .. . . 12, ypars. They family relic, and tho Hob II derful set fit ie, "Mr. V : ill: couldn't et these. ■ s whoown he ie nnough .. . .t. The elmg to those belongings thut thmr forefathers. Y«m wonder I have nl! th u, for thev arly hut mnoy, they will take thou, . J j iÄ'amf ! ' !' n Hlwavf "irtarfl and will alwuys lend m they are not red« I i icd, 1 niiuuiec I Jewish nd spices shop m, ! The i"t bu 1 . fo ill lmon - 1 . hut, instead sh get: he vhola. I then n all th ndsthem " that me 1 and for t! h p I r . tar I got 1-11 Wo ha. I ©d and. behold! \v»* V.l-.l 1 ish foi miles. * long that I st; I ha. I he .1 F I a newspaj ' ! knew ••I «»ut of Jerusalem, m I whined. "Ladv. New York ; when a give mo ? walk thri „over boon ai-i i „ 1 ^. ™t virtue. , Ku„sian Jcnv ie hi (,-rmit liorerveiii | j0oKe d at citizen, he ambitious for 1 •ing. _ I car: in a throe hours' 1 lern T hml The great i ruble, for ho is hi Id reu« au( l h I hat he attracts © English, ihn I does • Portuguese, br n. , English Jew i. i, ,, refined the Portu | more highly broil, anil the . reach more quick-witted, but the Russian hua a dogged determination that comes from having been Ill-treated that is going to nmkc him a power, and r HR DKSEltVK.H KKCOGNETIOK. When I got home that night 1 found that I possessed, as tributes given to a guest, Hist, a Mezuza, which is on my doorpost to drive away any wicked spirits. Then a package of motzes, which tasted very good with a glass of wine. No, it wasn't a glass of wine; it was a glass of shrub—I won der if you ever tasted that? And it was found in a wine more curious nnd delightful wines and liquors than the Gentile gourmet over dreamed of. Then 1 had a prayer book, und I 'ffefttl this: "May He bless, pre serve and guard, aid and extol, magnify and exalt on high, our sovereign Tady, Queen Victoria, whose glory bo hauend. May the Supreme King of Kings in His mercy prolong her life, and protect her. deliver her from all - f ami trouble und loss, subject nations to her sway and cause her foes to fall before her: nnd may Bhe pros per in all her undertakings. May the Supreme King of Kings in His mercy inspire her heart and tho heart of afl her counsellors and representatives with tenderness to act kindly toward us and toward all Israel. In her days and in ours may Judah be succored and Israel dwell in safety and a Re deemer come unto Zion in accordance with God's gracious will: And let us say, Amen!" 't that a beautiful prayer? I thought as I road it that in addition to everything else, tho English Jew say it hecauso greatest among her counsellors, highest, among men during the Victorian reign has stood an Eng lish Jew • •'here there were I LOUD BRACONBFIEI.D. But the Russian Jew making Amer ica his country, puts in that prayer the nanioof the President of the United 1 thanks' his God that he is . Do you? If yo Jerusalem d try and get the story of his life before ho enme to the country where every man hus a right to worship God he pleases and all men stand equal in ttie sight of God and in the sight of man. When 1 think that States a free go into Russian look at those faces to tell y don't, a day, matter may attempt is true of our »local quicken in —. glad and thankful, Id stand beside the Russian ynagogue and be joyful because among those free to politico to degrade us, that thi country, I feel the my v and I c Jew in the with him live and to worship and I they please, i Bab. SHE GOT THE Ji The New Wot P n Her « ir nt Applying for a situation. A young widower i districts, with a young child, advertised for a housekeeper, the re quirements being that she should be 30 years of age and a Protestant and must have a knowledge of music anil know how to ride a bicycle. He offered to pay $2 per week to the applicant who proved satisfacti pile ing from Bear Station: My dear sir : f apply for the place. And promise to stick to the Protestant faith. My age it is thirty: My hair it is black; I cun bake, wash and clean Every corner and crack. of tho rural :ontly Among the re ed was the follow rhich ho re A child I c And think it a treat. At riding a bike I never beat. A knowledge of music, That's easy enough: When 1 rattle the hones, You will think I' And the offer you Not money enough. * Just give he stuff, u trial; in a while 'll come up with a raise I hut'll cotise Y ilc. ■ Reel id The following real estate have bee transfers lorded at the Registry By Patrick Neary and wife to the Broome Street Improvement Co., property at Lancaster avenue and Franklin street; by James A. Hart and wife to William M. Byrne, Poplar street between Fifth : by James A. Hart and wife to William M. Byrne, property at Fifth und Walnut streets: by Sarah Sweeney to William M. Byrne, property on Ben m-tt strei t near Eighth ; by .John Far ragher to tho Hartmann A Fohrenbach Brewing Co., property on Fourth street between Pine and Spruce; by the I'ranklin Improvement Co., to Isaac M. and Watson B. Lendemain, property on Sixth street, near Franklin; by Charles Ji. Ruth to William S. Hilles, property on Chestnut street near Adams: by William Modhold and wife to .lames B. Gihney, property cock street near Lover! as Garvey and property Fourth ï am ï Mail ing avenue; by -ife If. the Wil Savings Fund Society prop erty «.n Curlett btreot near Spruce* L J. Foil Ik to Alfred S. Elliott, i if -between Pop! Th Ingto property and 'coml st II otM, \Va.?Ho| I* r Nnw>t. Friday. Tho fine blade h» Wo«t Cl. .. irse belonging to «»f this borough, which Wednesday night fro alleged as a case of poisoning did not die from that cause at all but attack of inflammation of the The poison was supposed to have been administered in Wilming ton, Del., from which place the horse had been driven, but there Enos Seeds, died hat fr« bowels. •ts pointing to this. To se as to the death of tho ittle all imal yesterday made an , . at, Veit's fac tory and found it to he due to Inflam 'd the bowels. The mate to the •hich died is aii right again, .. attack of the samo trouble. l.illbtH Dr. C. F. Oat autopsy tho romai mail ■ ht it having KtiDUiiy-Nulionl Anntv«raarv. Tho first anniversary of the afternoon Sunday-school of the Church of the Redeemer was celebrated Friday|night. Nearly aii tho members and muny friends were present, '['he exercises, hieb consisted of recitations and sing nig by the scholars and add re k Mason w •ports of the officers of the school to by Superintendent F t ernst ing. , The r showed ttyp condition be encouraging. The school started a mil membership and it has grown wonderfully. A good building fund has been raised. The members of the school wero treated to refresh menst. year ago with a me Hr* eluynil Train I ()n account of the breaking of the eccentric of engine No. 222 49, I*. W. A B. Railroad, Thursday af ternoon, at Eddystone, tho train was delayed an hour and 35 minutes. When tho engine came under the shed at, the station here and was being backed down toward the roundhouse entire eccentric fell out truin No. th N. B. Danforth. .Second and Market greets, and the Miller Drug Co., 402 Mar« I * £,;l ,r eet. druggists, recommend John Magnetic Oil, the great, family paln •>r, internal ami external. $1 size SO u. .'iU-cent size 25 <:«uts. | BOUND TO WED. They Could Not Obta Couple Walke«! Bight Mile« to tlia Mlnis t*r'» and W lha Bpeulàl Correspondence or Gazette and Journal Bridget'Bin, Oct 19.—John Boyd anil Mias Lizzie Porijohn, both living here, had arranged to be married in Seàford on Thursday night, lloyd triod to secure a livery tbam to drive to Sea ford but all were engaged. This did not dismay the couple and at 9 o'clock at night they started on a walk to the tpwn, a distance of eight miles. Reach ing the home of the reverend gentle man, they found he had retired for the night, but he soon dressed and at mid night married the couple. Then they walkod four miles to tho homo of friends and spent tho night. ChrUt'.an llruicuvor .Services. Arrangements ace being made where by the delogUtes to of the Young People Christian Endeavor will go out in groups and conduct devotional meetings at factories shops and stores. Sunday morning, October 27th, the pastors of at least 20 Wilmington churches will preach on some topic connected Christian Endeavor work. In the after noon there will bo a meeting of the convention at 3.15 o'clock, when tho Roy. Merrjtt Hulburd, D. D., will .In tho evening there will bo an address by the Rev. G. Chapman Jones, D. D., Pittsburg. The mooting will close with u consecration service, in chargo of Iho State President, tho Rev. S. B. Meeser, at which time a message will bo received from each society. Kuhn of a Suit. The fine and costs imposed in the tho Board •as sued by the Board of Health, amounting to 845, will bn pHid at the next meetiug of ho school board. A member of that body stated tho State convention Societies of niRko LL. D., of municipal court of Education, which oently Saturday that the matter may yet be carried to tho upper court, some of the members being of tho opinion thut the health board is exer cising undue authority. The school over which the contention arose, No. 3, hus not yet boon connected with a it is not likely that any - 'll be done be newer, thing in that direction fore spring. Pastor Terry The Rev. T. E. Terry, pastor of St. Paul's M. E. Church, who has been taking a two months' vacation, resumed his pastoral duties Friday night, when h« conducted the weekly pray The exercises were deeply interesting and the attendance was large. The lecture room handsomely decorated with palms, ferns, cut flowers and autumn leaves and above the chancel, in letters of fire, was tho word "Wel come." At the conclusion of the vice Mr. Terry was given an informal reception, during which he was warmly welcomed. An Old Swindling Trlrk. A stranger came to this city Fri day and swindled several merchants. He went to stores and asked for 85 and 810 hills for change and when they handed him he seemingly put them in relopo, anil remarking that he few cents short he put the volopo on tho counter and went out, saying that ho would get the balance of the change and return immediately. But he failed to c tho envelope was opened it to contain^ only a newspaper clipping, the bill hating been deftly retained. Texas Fever Id back and when found Centreville, Md., Oct. 18.—A suspi cious disease has attacked the cattle of William Watson, who lives near Centre vile. Two have already died, two more apparently affected. fatally ill and 14 others The symptoms resemble those of Texas fever. Mr. Watson has summoned the State veterinarian to investigate the cases ami expects him Friday. As yet no other cases have boon reported. Should the disease spread it would bo a serious blow 1o farmers, many of whom have already lost hogs from cholera. ni; of ■ Ronil ConirtllMion, The commission appointed at the last term of court to laying out a road in Brandywine hun dred met'this morning at the office of George Lodge. Tho cost of property taken from each person cost of u bridge and the expense lu lay ingout the mad was found to be about Tho commission will report at the November term of the General Sessions court, after which the matter will go to the Levy Court Commis aloners. •ortaln the cost of tho line, tho 82,000. llte Oxford Hallway. The Board of Trade of Oxford, Pa., has taken hold of the project to build electric railway from that place to Wil mington. On Tuesday tvo engineers and others went and at the bo the proposed route 1 meeting held that evening, I pledged to aid tho project. Fontpoiieiuffitt of Argument. Argument on the objection to the re turn upon process in tho case of the S. S. White Dental Co., of Philadelphia vs. the Wilmington Dental Co. of this city, which to have been heard in the United States circuit court Satur day, him been post|H>ned for a month. p I Invitmloi clinad. The Rev. Ijouifi 1*3. Barrett, D. D., presiding elder of tho Wilmington din trict of the Wilmington M. E. Confer sent to Dover Friday a lottor invitation to become pas tor of Wesley Church of that place next conferunce year. PU Iteul Kutute TrauKfor. The transfer of property on the west side of King street north of Eighth, by Samuel N. Stneltz and wife (by sheriff) to William Beadenkopf, was recorded at Registry Bureau Saturday ruing. The consideration was $1,200. Saindia s<> The pacing stallion Baladin in Philadelphia Friday to William O. Thompson of Borwyn, Pa., for 84,400. Baladin has a record of 2.05%. Hu nr y W«tter«o Peter B. Ayers has secured Henry Watterson to lecture in the Grand Opera House on January 16th, 1896, for the benefit of du Pont Post. Hold to .s,l„„k. LOCAL DKEVITIEX. A. S. Reed has been elected a di tor of tho National Association of Builders. Fred Brady of Middletown will bo married November 6 th to Miss Grace Day of Atlantic City. Register Cooch has granted letters of the estate of Mary Jane Quinby to Bayard Dorickson. Hugh C. Browne and Miss Ethel Parvis, tho former of this city, will bo married at Middletown Novomber 6 th. J. Morton Dillon, sub-railway mail clerk on the Philadelphia & Norfolk to, has been appointed as a regular P An express train coming from Phila delphia to Wilmington Friday aftor noon struck a cow at Thurlow and killed it. administration clerk. I'OR to VS HAND STORM. nimm Through It I« Raging with lire South lliikoU and 1V«a St Paul, Minn., Oct. 19.—Reports from 20 towns in South Dakota and Western Minnesota indicate that the greatest wund storm ever known in thoso soutions was blowing for many hours yesterday afternoon. Tho weather has been four wooliB and the wind very dry for blowing early in the day at 23 miles an hour, gradu ally increased until at 8 o'clock in tho ovening it was blowing at from 48 to 53 miles an hour, and there was such a furious storm of sand that it was im possible for pedestrians to bo out. Renorts lato lust night has begun snowing at a number of E oints. At Brown's Valley there han eon a drop in tho temperature of 30 degrees in tho last six hours. At Ellendale the temperature dropped 40 degrees during the day. say that it J> ON R A F BN WONT TA LK. Ho Arrive« tho oth Hide, Hut Ha« Nothin* to Sav Ryde, Isle of Wight, Oct. 18.—The steam yacht Valhalla, owned by Mr. Joseph Frederick Laycock, und having Lora Dunraven on hoard, arrived here from Newport, R. I., this morning, having left the latter place on Septem ber 28 th. The craft anchored close to the Royal Yacht Squad 9.20 a. m., and she was boarded by a small brigade of inter viewers 'desirous of obtaining direct from Lord DunrAven his version of the disappointing races for tho America's Cun. Ho said in substance: " I have no statement to make subject. What I would say has been well threshed out of Club house at about afterwards a the during tho fortnight I stayed in America after the M'KINLKI \AKUN VP. it«« Ti Will* to Thrnwliic Hie Switch. Paulina, O., Oct. 19.—Just after leaving Vanwert, O., last night, tho special car of tho Ohio Central linos in which wero Gov. McKinley, Gen. Buahnell, Republican candidate for Governor,Railroad Commissioner Kirk ley, Hon. A. B. Holcomb, Hon. Frank S. Monnott, Hon. Urban II. Hester, Col. William Gal try jumped tho track at the switch thrown off by some the switch as the c and others. ndrel shifting passed. hurt. A bystander says a man changed the switch just specinl reached it and then ho away. No r Day«. Guayamas, Mexico. Oct 18.—The British bark Sharpshooter Capt. Watts which l*ft Kanin, Chili, July 1st, for San Francisco with 700 tons of nitrate, struck u hurricane August 0th in lati tude 11 degrees north. She was partly dismantled and drifted for (»4 days. 1 was yesterday towed into this port by tho Mexican steamer Oaxaca, just she was about to strike The captain, his wife, three children and 11 men are well, though they suffered severely from lack of water. Stvly She the :ke, I A Handsome Muskegon, Mich., Oct. 19.— Charles H. Hackley, tho wealthy lumberman, who haB made several munificent gifts to tho public, last night announced gift to the city Board 830,000 to be used in building a normal training school for the boys and girls of tho city, also donating 85,000 per year for providing instructors. At his death Mr. Hackley stitution with $100 pay its futuro instructors. ubllc School« to the of Education of will endow the in 000, with which to w Millionaire Mackay. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 19. - John W. Mackay, Jr., who was killed in Paris on Thursday, was the oldest son of tho bonanza millionaire, John IV. Mackay. Tho deceased was about 25 years of age, huving been born at tho Grand Hotel in this city in 1870. Ho and Clarence, aged about 23, wero tho only children of the millionaire, tho Princess Colonna being a step daughter. III« I.n«t Securities liecovered. Topeka, Kan., Oct. 19.—State Bank Commissioner Breidemhal received word last night, through officials of the Rock Island Railroad Co. that his satchel containing 8120,000 of tho lurities of the defunct Fort Scott recovered ut Denver. Bank had bn Trainmen found tho grip in the cur where he had left it, and reported tho find at Denver. A Car DurnlUd. Electric oar No. 52 jumped the track at Eighth and Orange streets shortly after 11 o'clock on Friday, and g/nnt difficulty was experienced in replacing it on the rails. At that point a sewer iH being constructed and tho ground Is soft. Planks were put under the wheels und with the assistance of another et,, the belated one wus restored to the rails. ftxploiton. plosion at Dillard's mill north of here, killed George Johnson, colored, engineer, mortally wounding a man named Park, and J. W. Jackmar, prominent (armors, and badly injurnd six others, whose names are not known, some of whom may die. Tho mill wus demolished. Havoc C:m««d b.f Moll Tex., Oct. 19.—An of^ boll AinliRiiador flnyiiMl to R«« Onn Trials. London, Oct. 18. - -United States Am bassador Bayard in the guest of Lord Charles Berosford to-day on tho occa sion of the gun trials on board the battleship Magnificent. Mr. Bavard will bo the guest of George.]. Goschen, First Lord of tho Admiralty the launch Victorious ut Chatham to morrow. Two Dm d and Ponr Ruiuuad. Quincy, 111., Oct. 19.-Whilo out in a sail boat yesterday, A. J. Millor, ex mayor, and Henry Clay of Canton, Mo., wero drowned. There wero six men in the bout when it capsized by the wind. The other four, after being in the river hour and a half w rotcued. The old story of Prometheus is a parable. Prometheus intimacy with the gods. F he stole flro and gave it to men. F this sin ho was bound to tho rocks of Mount Caucassus and vulture set upon him. They only ate his liver. This grew again as fast ns it was eckod away. Are bis sufferings to o imagined? Take a modern interpretation of tho parable. Them is no cooking without fire. In cooking and eating tho mis chief lies. The stomach is overtasked, tho bowels become clogged, they cannot dispose of the food that is gi Tho impurities back up on tho livor. Then come tho vultures—the torments of a diseased liver. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is more than equal to tho vultures of dyspepsia and Ur kindred diseases. There vj need of suffering from dyspepsia than there is of hanging one's self. Sold by all medicine dealers the world on terms of the them* DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH ARRESTEO. Ho Was Scorching rough Contrai Park on Ilia tllcyole and a Horrid Policeman look Him In Custody. New York, Oct. 18.—The blotter of tho MacGown's Pass tavern sub-police station, in Central Park, boro this fj.try to-day: Arrested by Officer Michael J. Sweeny, Duke of Marl borough, 23 years old, resident of Eng land ; no occupation, single, temporary residence, Plaza Hotel ; charge, viola tion of park ordinance. Reprimanded and discharged by Roundsman Ryan." i hue briefly and officially is recorded tho arrest to-day of tho young Duke of Marlborough, who is to wod Miss Con suolo Vanderbilt, nauco which forbids wheelmen from riding faster than eight miles an hour in the park, or from coasting down hill. The duke did not know to is when he swung his feet over tho handle bar and went sliding down tho road to 104th street. Officer Sweeny overhauled tho young nobleman, in forming him that he was under arrest. Said tho duke. "This is an outrage, of Marlborough. How Thoro is un ordi a avo chase, the Duke dare you insult me in this unwarranted manner?" Offloor Sweeny thought the voung was imposing upon him, an<3 flip pantly replied : "I don't give a d-who you are." Tho duke exhibited his curd, but was compelled to accompany tho officer to tho station, which ho did under pro test. He said thut ho I $ ignorant of the law, and offered to pay any fine that might be imposed. After hearing both sides of the case, Roundsman Ryan told tho duke that he had boon cloary guilty of violating one of tbo park's most stringent rules, and with a few words of caution, released him from custody. The duke refused to be in terviewed to-night, but his secretary said that, he regarded the proceeding as a gross outrage. ftlnyule Club's The Wilmington Bicycle Club will be one y the entertainment committee of the club is mailing arrangements to cele brate the event in a proper manner. There will be a parade early in ihe ovening and later a reception will bo held at the club house. A number of clubs in other cities will bo invited to participate and it is expected to be the biggest social gathering of wheelmen ever held in Delaware. l \ , old November 15th, and Did Not <io Abroad. A gentle letter who w Europe. is ill at a hospital in Now York and that he ilia not go away from this coun try at all. The gentleman to homo the lotter was addressed was requested to see Wilser's wife and try to induce her to go to New York to visit hor hus effort to get her to go, but, it iB Haiti, sho refused. city Friday from Frank Wilser, supposed to have gone to The lotter stated that Wilser in thi Ived a band. He made Make Yu If wn B umonla, bronchitic, •nt coughs and colds. _ _ ._!«» blood is kept pure, rich and full of vitality, the uppetito good and digestion vigorous, wltn Hood's Sar saparilla, tho If you would typhoid fevor Ills attack the toi find •t«t p I h. foothold blood purifier. liver Ills, constipation, ok huAdacho. Hood's 1*111« cut biliousness, Jauitdlc Cashier J. R. Colean's embezzle ment from the State Bank at Fort Scott, Kan., is reported to bo fully $50,000. The Ann Arbor Railroad Co. on Fri day filed a mortgage for $7,000,000 in favor of the Metropolitan Truet Co. of New York. Rev. Henry Scheib on Friday cele brated tho 60th anniversary of his pastorate of Zion German Lutheran :h, in Baltimore. Frederick Awe, Sr., Frederick Awe, Jr., and John Schmidt on Friday died from the effects of noxious gas, inhaled while they wore digging a well in Mil waukee. In New Orleans on Fri lay night Rico Mill B, formerly known yeranee Rice Mill, with other build ings was destroyed by tiro. Loss, about 8300,000. The Emplro Cordage Co.'s large twine mill in Champaign, III., was destroyed by flrn Thursday night. The loss is 8100,000, with insurance at about $90.000. Cb Ei four blocks in the town of Crede, Col., on Friday morn ing, and destroy ed $150.000 worth of property. In Juno, 1802, the whole town ept burnod. Sixty stores, 20 dwellings, two churches, two bank buildings and Odd Fellows' and Masonic Halls in Blan* Friday. cbes|or, O., were burned Loss about 8150,000. An unknown burden, w ihooner, of 200 tons sunk by collision with the schooner Gypsum Queen Monomoy Station, Mass., on One man was drowned. Tho steam barge Otegn of Cleveland, O., took fire at tho dock at Green Bay, Wie., Thursday night, and was de stroyed. Second Engineer John Drew jumped overboard, badly burned, and wus drowned. , near Friday. St. Casimir Polish Catholic Church, in St. Lxiuis, w •kod Thursday night by dynamite. Tho church had been abandoned for a new edifice, although all the docorutions and pic tures remained. Thomas St. Clair and Haris Hansen hangod on Friday, at Ran Quen tin, Cal., for the murder of Morris Fitzgerald, second mate of the Ameri can bark Hesper, on tho high seas, January 13 th, 1893. The centennial celebration in Fort Wayne, Ind, w Thoro w represented tho warfare between the Indi lowed by of modern methods of attuck, Ac. A trolley car, whilo descending a hill, Thursday night, in Burlington, Iu., got beyond the control of motorman, and jumping the tracks, was completely wrecked. The car was filled . to ended Friday night, two sbum buttles. Tho fi I : I and old settlers. This was fol oxhibition by tho militia S the with passengers, all of whom more or less seriously injured, Mrs. E. C. Segner perhaps fatally. E FOREIGN NOTES. Capt. von Stabenracht of the Bavar ian army, who was recently arrested in France on the charge of espionace, had letters in his rooms, it is said, showing that he corresponded with the Germun Chancellerie. At the dedication of tho monument to Emperor Frederick III, on the battle field of Woerth, Friday, En William said that "Germany had the will and the power to keep Alsace Lorraine ueder all circumstances. " It is reported in London that the memorandum which Ambassador Bayard presented to tho British foreign office on tho Venezuela question em bodied a definition of the Monroe doc trine, asserting tnat the United States regarded the acquisition by Europoun powers of territory on the Americun continent as a menace to republican institutions. iV. both S THE ARBOR BAY EXERCISES The First Celebration Proves a Grand Success. PATRIOTISM AT THE SCHOOLS Many Public Speakers Make Addresses. Toucher« nnd Pupils All Onr the City Take Active Interest In Appropriately Cele brating; rim Occasion Kntliuala«ra—A New Epoch iu School History. Filled with Public The first Arbor Day celebration in Wilmington, which took place day, will long be remembered by the teachers and scholars in tho public schools, as woll as by thousands of parents and friends of tho educational institutions. The day dawned bright, and the hearts of the children were light. They had anticipated the occa sion for some time, and had made considerable preparation for it. As it became known that there , Arbor Day celebration the teachers and scholars and members of the Board of Education began to make preparations. The members of tho School Board and the teachers knew at once what was best to be done, and they set about instructing the chil dren, who quickly grasped the idea and co-operated to make the occasion a success. It was a decided success and the gentlemen who conceived the extremely gratified, the hardest workers in making Fri $ ion to be idea Ouo of the preparations baugh, est workers in making Dr. J. W. Crum whoso motion, at a meeting of the School Board, the day was set Ho labored had his fellow apart for the purpose, diligently and soon he I members in tho board as enthusiastic he. ihe teachers know the meaning of Arbor Day, but few knew how it should bo properly celebrated. The father of tho project, as well as the other members of the School Board, were plied with questions, which were readily answered, and it took but a short time to enlighten teachers and pupils as to what course they should pursue. l At each school there was speaking \ . or more prominent persons, who familiarized themselves with the sub ject, and who evidently found great pleasure in eulogizing the day ana ad vising tho boys and girls. With many of the speakers the occasion appeared liko a holiday, and some of them, in fact most of them, were patriotic in' their addresses. Tho speeches had an excellent,effect on the pupils, and im-* planted in many of them patriotism such as they had never felt before. Old Glory was very much in evidence. , Most of the schools had musical and literary programmes, and in some in tho oxnreises occupied greater part of the afternoon. Several schools celobrated in the morning. As would naturally be expected, the High School led in the celebrations/ The great feature of tho occasion ivai tho masterly address by Prof. Roth rock, commissioner of forestry of I'enn sylvania. Thoro was a good attendauco and his remarks were highly appreci ated. After the speaking by the pro fessor a pleasing programme was given by the scholars, a feature of which was the planting of ivy vines on the Eighth and Adams streets side of the buildiug. In the evening tho professor delivered an interesting lecture at the school. The exercises at tho other schools were interesting and meritorious and reflected credit V **>■ - teachers and scholars, while the members of the Board o( Education and speakers who kindly volunteered their services are also de serving of commendation for making tho occasion a success. SPORTING MATTERS. Walter Foster broko the world's quarter-mile record, at Napa, Cal., covering tho distance in 24 3-5 seconds. The members of the Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia decided oi Friday tosend a team to England in the spring. Prof. John II. Clark, backer of Charley McKeever, is ready to back him against Horace Leeds for 81,000 $2,000 ut any time. Bert Oliver, bay stallion bv Ash Wilson stak land Wilkes won tho 2.25 pacers, at Lexington, Ky., on Fri day. Best time, 2. BM*. Tom O'Rourke, Champion Dixon's manager, offers to meet 'Kid" Lavigno at 133 pounds weigh in at the ringside. 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