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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3,1898.
VOL. 1. NO. 341.
Later Life of Mr. Bayard the
Victory of Greatness
Over Weakness.
Bin PREMONITION OF DEATH
Belief Among Friends in Washington
That His Conversation and Writ
ings on Spiritual Views
Portrays His Sight
of the End.
From a Special Correspondent.
Washington, Oct. 2.—Now that the
great Delaware statesmen, Mr. Bayard,
I is buried, there has appeared among liis
old associates in the Senate and those
[whose contact with him while he sat at
IMr. Cleveland's right hand in the Cab
gjnet meetings led to the intimacy of
■friendship, a studied recollection of his
■life since his return from England.
I The drift of mind and the expressions
■of thoughts occuring therefrom, which
■characterized the man since that time
■have appealed to members of the Senate
lisho were his colleagues, and to those of
'the diplomatic corps and the admin
istration who knew him.
Accruing from all these thoughts of
Mr. Bayard and recollections of his
-characterization since his return to this
^country lias come the suggestion
■Government circles that during the laBt
Mix months Bayard had a premonition of
■eath.
■ Firm is growing this belief among
Bhose wlio were his colleagues in the
■oniideration of state; among those who
■Fere his social associates; and among all
■is friends at the National Capital. As
■Fas expressed by one national statesman
Boday. "Mr. Bayard's life during the
Bast six months was the triumph of en
Buring will power over death; the
Biumpli of greatness over weakness."
■ Mr. Bayard lived during the last sev
■al months by sheer control of his
Rental powers. Life glowed in the in
Bellectual will of the man while that will
Hved in a dead body.
| The thought ior the suggestion made
Iby those who knew him in this city, is
■supported and in fact emanated from the
■subject on which Mr. Bayard talked,
l wrote and dwelt during the latter part of
Ijhis life—the spiritual life.
E In conversation and in letter Mr. Bay
Bird continued to apeak and write of this
tiubject and many who now turn to cher
Kshed lc'ters received from him see
[plainly written the premonition of death
| which he had.
| Henry MacFarland finds an inspiration
[tosav: ,
I "Mr. Bayard's love for fine poetical
■expression of spiritual ideas was not
■more marked than his pleasure in sliar
Eng tile verses of this kind that he found
■with his friends. I suppose that many
Ef them when they read the hard words
Bn the cold type of the newspapers which
•told them that thev would never see his
|face again in this world must have taken
nut of their treasures the message 1 which
Hfr. Bayard sent them after ho returned
England in the large page or two
i lie had had privately printed,
ing Whittier's exquisite poem, 'At
it,' in English and in a Latin version,
g with a personal application to him
I that I read again the preface which
wrote before the verses. It is headed:
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"at east."
11 'I shall be satisfied, when 1 awake,
th Thy likeness.' Psalm XVII. Then
nee in the original Greek the line
im John XI, 12:
* 'Lord, if he sleep he shall do well.'
id then follow 'hose words of Mr.
yard's:
' 'These verses of Whittier and the
tin rendition by an eminent English
lolar and divine, are printed together
recognition and furtherance of the
trained affinity which attests its ex
pnee so unmistakably in the hearts
n minds of men fed upon the same
jals—who, though separated by the
■ad Atlantic,
"speak the tongue
,t Shakespeare spake; the faith and
morals hold
ich Milton held,"
>se standards of morality and religion,
ocial and political duty are the same.
'Between such men flows silently a
ng current of sympathy and mutual
wet which it is the duty of all who
e at heart the welfare of both nations
ten clear and unobstructed.
ffiThe incident which caused this im
■ occurred in England in November,
■when the yenerable Dean of Llan
Htbe very Rev.
^■n—was lying, as he supposed, on
■hbed.
H found in these lines of Whittier
^Bniolatiim that, when, to his sur
Hpeemerged for a little while from
^Bow of death, he caused several
copies to be printed and distri
Mnoug his theological pupils. The
[^■Montagu Butler, D. D., Master
College, Cambridge, received
^Kl)ean (his old Harrow Master)
i^Kesc copies, and added the Latin
||^Kdiich ho lias kindly given his
to be reprinted here.
M^KVaiighan died in October last,
|i^Bhristiaii*worlil mourns liis loss,
f K{> mourn most who knew him
lip?/ T. F. B.
PHly been ashort time since Mr.
MflHjting to a friend whose friend
'■ttd valued while yet in the
Ell^^Med from Milton the follow
Charles John
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ten's hand or will, nor bate
opu; but still bear up and
icFuiiand truthfully por
ritual man in Mr. Bayard
writes, in the Philadelphia
terybody who came in con
i for any length of time
ilized in some degree that
/
he was a spiritual rather than a material
roan, but he never wore his heart upo
his sleeve, and even men who knew him
for many years did not always get
glimpses of what lay beneath the surface
of his life. Even the most cynical poli
tician or the roost blase society roan
recognized in Mr.Bayard that "unbought
grace of life," in'roanner and conversa
tion, which was his best inheritance,
more in his own estimation than his
famous name, the unique political dis
tinction of his family, his high social
position or his own well-won honors,just
as everybody who knew him realized
that he' was a faithful churchman who
never allowed anything that he could
change to keep him from his church at
tendance."
On another occasion just after again
taking up his residence in this country
Mr. Bayard addressed a quotation to a
former colleague in the Senate (and
lie unfrequently wrote without
quotation). This time he remarked:
"I know not where His inlands lift
Their fronded palmB in air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care."
n
some
Whittier.
Whittier was Bayard's favorite poet
and it has been said since the great
statesman's death how appropriate were
Whittier's words as applied to the close
of Bayard's life.
"When on my day of life the night is
falling,
And in the winds, from unsunned
spaces blown,
I hear far voices out of darkness calling
My feet to paths unknown.
"Thou, who lias made my home of
life so pleasant,
Leave not its tenant, when it walls de
cay;
0, Love Divine, 0, Helper ever present,
lie Thou my strength and stay.
"Be near me when all else is from me
drifting—
Earth, sky, home's pictures, days of
shade "and shine—
And kindly faces to my own uplifting
The love which answers mine.
"I have but Thee, my Father! Let Thy
Spirit
Be with me then to comfort and up
hold;
No gate of pearl, no branch of palm I
merit,
Nor street of shining gold.
"Suffice it if—my good and ill un
reckoned
And both forgiven through Thy
abounding grace—
I find myself by hands familiar beckoned
Unto my fitting place."
DR. EDWARD BROOKS
ON WOMEN EDUCATORS
Says There Are Many Reasons Why
They Should Be on School
Boards.
The selection of women on Boards of
Public Education lias proved to be a
successful step in many cities. Their
value as members of the Board of Educa
tion of this city is being considered by
the people of this city, and in tlieo pinion
of mauy prominent citizens has already
been acknowledged.
Dr. Edward Brooks, a leading edu
cabjmjjdthe author of many text books
auji works of public education, believes
women are useful members of school
boards and advises their election to the
same.
Dr. Brooks is superintendent of the
public schools of the city of Philadel
phia. In speaking of the women as ed
ucators he writes:
Phii.adelpiiia, Sept. 30, 1898.
Editor of The Sun:
My Dear Sir:— There are a few women
serving on the School Boards of Phila
delphia and they have been found very
serviceable. They take great interest in
the work, and are full of enthusiasm in
regard to their duties. I can see no ob
jections to having some women on our
School Boards, and many reasons can be
given in favor of it.
Very truly yours,
Edward Brooks,
Superintendent public schools.
QUICK RAILROAD WORK.
A Washington Man is Supplied
With a Special Train in Four
Minutes.
Paul Johnson of Washington, arrived
in this city yesterday morning at 3
o'clock, and went down the Delaware
road to Easton on a special train.
What Mr. Johnson's great hurry was
about could not be ascertained. The
Delaware road officials fixed him up a
train and sent him on his way four
minutes after his arrival in Wilmington.
The special train was in charge of Con
ductor Ellis. _
Fine Work of Art.
J. D. Chalfant, the artist, lias com
pleted a study in still life which is a fine
illustration of artistic excellence. The
subject is a flint lock pistol of the olden
time, hanging on a nail driven into a
shutter. Every detail of shutter and
pistol, every light and shadow,is painted
with startling distinctness and only the
knowledge that the work is actually a
painting makes one refrain from feeling
it, to see if it isn't "sure enough real."
Mrs. Harry Stoeckle living.
Mrs. Harry Stoeckle is lying danger
gerously ill at her home, southwest cor
ner Fifth and Adams streets, and is not
pected to live throughout the day.
Mrs. Stoeckle a few months ago com
plained of feeling unwell, and l)r. Wil
lard 8pringer was called in to attend her.
Upon his arrival ho found that hIic was
suffering with a cancer of the breast,
from which an operation resulted. Since
the operation Mrs. Stoeckle inis been
growing weaker and weaker daily, and
now death is expected at almost any
moment. _
Cards are out announcing the wedding
of George C. Hutton and Miss Mary E.
Hayman, on October 26th.
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Congressman Complains of the
Inactivity Among Demo
cratic Leaders.
MR. NEARY AND MR. BIGGS
These Are the Men Whom it is
Claimed Are Centering Their
Work and Legislative Candi
dates and Deserting State
Nominees.
That Hon. L. Irving Handy doubts
re-election to Congress from this state is
demonstrated by a remark that he made
to Gen. John 1'. Donahoe on Saturday
afternoon.
He and the general, who is running
for representative in the Fourth district,
this city, were in a carriage together and
the conversation naturally turned on the
political situation in Delaware. After
both had given a brief resume of the
question on hand, Mr. Handy turned
to the general and said, "I wish you
were still chairman of the committee in
this state, for if you were I would have
no fear of my re-election to Congress.
You were aggressive and paid strict at
tention to all political matters brought
before you, and for that reason you were
one of the most successful chairmen who
ever had that honor conferred upon
them."
By this statement Mr. Handy showed
that he had very little faith in the man
ner in which the present campaign is be
ing conducted. He did not say positive
ly who was to blame for this condition
of affairs in the Democratic party, but it
is presumed that when he made hi* re
marks he was thinking of the present
chairman of the Democratic State Cen
tral Committee, John Biggs, and the re
spective county chairmen, including
Patrick Neary.
It is stated that Mr. Handy has full
cause for complaint and the allegation is
made that neither of tho gentlemen
named are exerting themselves towards
securing a Democratic majority in the
stale on November 7 next.
Both of them, it is contended, have
been unusually quiet and inactive
towards insuring the success of the state
ticket and all their efforts, it is said,
; have been devoted towards carrying cer
; tain representative districts in the inter
ests ot United States Senator George
Gray.
It is alleged that they do not care
whether or not the nominees for the
other offices are elected or not as long as
they secure a majority in the next
Legislature and they are therefore giving
their united attention to this end.
Both Messrs. Biggs and Neary, it is
said, are hopeful of a "reward" in the
near future, providing their scheme is
successful, and whilst Mr. Biggs is now
in favor of the re-election of United
States Senator Gray, two years hence he
expects to aspire for a similar office, and
secure it, too.
From present indications it looks very
much as if they would be doomed to dis
appointment, for if Mr. Handy is posi
tive of this treachery on their part, he
will undoubtedly treat them to a dose
of their own brewing and beat the repre
sentatives whom they desire, if it is
No Mure Trading Stamps.
A large number of the retail grocers of
this city will stop giving trading stamps
witli purchases on and after October 15.
This no doubt will be sorrowful news to
many people who are collecting these
stamps, but at a meeting of the Retail
Grocers' Association one evening last
week the stamp question was the topic
of discussion by the merchants, and it
was decided to cease on the above date,
as groceries are now being sold at prices
that do not allow the discount which the
trading stamps require. The Grocers'
Association does not include all the re
tail grocers in the city, but nevertheless
they control the grocery trade and feel
satisfied that within a month they will
have compelled every dealer, both large
and small, to stop the practice.
The Grocery Clerks' Association will
hold another meeting this evening in the
Humphrey Building, for the purpose of
electing the officers nominated at tne last
meeting.
The object of the association is to co
operate in the early closing movement.
the
Cars For London Railway.
Cars tor a London underground rail
way company have been completed by
the Jackson & Sharp Company, of this
city. The cars are of American design.
There is only one compartment for pas
sengers in eacli car, and there are both
cross and longitude seats, with an aisle
extending the whole length of the cars.
The motor and trail cars differ in con
struction.
There is a compartment in one end for
the motorman, and the balance of the
car is for the passengers. Each car will
seat fifty-four persons, and there will be
seven cars in a train.
The current is supplied by the three
rail system that is becoming so popular
in this country. When finished and in
operation the road will stand as a monu
ment to American ingenuity and skill.
Miss Roberts' Home Kindergarten.
Mies Virginia Cadden Roberts opens
home kindergarten at No. 903 Gilpin
avenue todav. The opening of the fall
term finds a'well-arranged kindergarten,
ready for the reception of a large num
ber of pupils. Miss Roberts was grad
uated at Friends' School in the ki nder
garten class of '98.
Bridge Over White Clay Creek.
The Schuylkill Bridge Works, of
Phoenixville, I'a., will construct an iron
bridge over White Clay Creek. The con
tract wbb awarded them by the Levy
Court.
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FAMOUS MANDAMUS SUIT.
Superior Court to Sit In Kent County
Today and Hear Celebrated
Cases.
Walter H. Hayes and II. II. Ward
have all the records prepared in the man
damus case of the Union Republicans of
Kent county, which they will bring be
fore the Superior Court at i(s session in
Dover today.
The counsel state that the case will be
pushed to its fullest extent, and a de
cision one way or the other will be in
sisted upon.
The main point for the court to decide
is whether the recent act of the Legisla
ture seating the Democrats, when the
election returns showed Republicans to
have been elected overthrew the true re
sult.
The Republicans brought] proceedings
to compel the election officers to issue
the proper certificates, but the court at
that time decided that this could not be
done for the reason that it would first be
necessary to compel the board of canvass
to meet and properly canvass the re
turns. This was then done and the
board met as reauired.
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On Friday last, Chief of the Fire De
partment George \V. Sasse, attached his
signature to the deed of transfer for the
sale of the property owned by the fire
companies of this city.
In consequence of this the respective
companies, nine in number received
their proportionate share of $6000 on
Saturday evening.
The Washington Company with their
share will pay off the indebtedness
against them and have a few dollars re
maining in the treasury after this
j one '
This is the onlv company in the city
that can then claim that tliev are free
)| e ljP ' •
The Democrats then appealed the case
to the Superior Court. No time had
been fixed underthe constitution fora
meeting of this court, and so the case
could not be heard in time to accomplish
much. In the meantime the constitu
tional convention met, seated half of the
Democrats who claimed to be elected
and half of the Republicans who were
elected, adopted the new constitution
and adjourned.
These offices are no more. The legis
lature seated the Democratic candidates
and with the exception of the one sens-'
tor, who held over, the terms of all the
members have expired, as the legislature
has adjourned sine die. The Levy Court
of Kent county has been remodeled by
the General Assembly, and the members
named so that there is no chance of un
seating the Democrats in that body.
Governor Watson, who was in office at
the time, refused to commission the
Democratic candidates for coroner and
sheriff on the allowing made by their
certificates from a part of the board
canvass and the old officials are holding
on until the present time.
SIGNED THE DEED.
Chief Sasse Attaches His Signature
the Bill of Sale-The "Washy's"
Condition.
SESSION LARGELY ATTENDED.
Many People Gather at Meetings
National Local Preachers' As
sociation.
The National Local Preachers' Associ
tion, which is holding its forty-first an
nual meeting in the Asbury M. E.
Church, this city, met again yesterday.
At 9 o'clock, a prayer and praise ser
vice was held, being in charge of Rev.
George F. Kline of S. Easton, Pa. It
was attended by a fair sized gathering,
but the sermon at 10.30 o'clock, which
was preached by Rev. George Jones of
Philadelphia Conference, the little
Sunday-school room was crowded to its
utmost, it being the largest gathering
that ever congregated in the little edi
of
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it
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fice.
At 1.45 o'clock the usual Sabbath
school was held, and at the same hour
in one of the class rooms holiness meet
ing was held, and in charge of Rev. Wil
liam Lambright of the Baltimore Confer
ence. A sacrament of Lord's supper and
love feast was Held at 3 o'clock,in charge
of Rev. John R. Wright, D. D., presi
dent of the association. The gathering
at the meeting was equally as large as
the one which attended the preaching in
the morning.
The services at Asbury M. E. Church
last, evening was attended by a much
larger congregation than anv other servi
ces ever held in this city. The Christian
Endeavor meeting at 6,30 o'clock was in
charge of Rev. John R. Wright, Jr., of
Washington, D. C. At 7.30 o'clock Rev.
C. B. Steman, of N. Indiana Conference,
preached a fine sermon, after which re
vival services was held during which
time several souls was saved.
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An Actor Saved His Father.
B. S. Spooner, of the Spooner Opera
Company, is suffering from injuries
ceived in a fall on the Opera House stage
Saturday. Mr. Spooner fell from a lad
der on which lie stood fixing some elec
trical appliances. The fall was fully
twenty-five feet and it is only due to Mr.
Spooner's son, R. H. Spooner, tliat the
father is living.
Young Spooner saw his father falling
and at the risk of his life rushed to a
point directly under the ladder, thereby
enabling the father to strike on the son's
shoulder instead of landing on the stage
floor.
The contact was terrific and both men
were injured badly. Dr. George Quinn
is attending fattier and son and they are
gradually improving.
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Daughters of Eriu.
A branch of tho Daughters of Erin lias
been formed in this city. The meeting
for that purpose was held yesterday at
St. Joseph's Hall, on the Brandywine.
The Daughters of Erin is a ladies' aux
iliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
and has grown to be a powerful organi
zation. The local branch organized with
a large membership.
Two Battalions of Delaware's
Fighters Will Return to
This City Today.
MAY ARRIVE HERE ATI O'CLOCK
The Government Has Ordered Colonel
Ainscow to Feed the 550 Re
turning Soldiers at Pyle's
~ Cycle Academy This
Evening.
The Delaware boys will be home to
day. The trains conveying them back
to the "Little Diamond State" will leave
Camp Meade about 9 o'clock this morn
ing and will arrive in Wilmington about
one o'clock.
The boys will get a good, square Dela
ware meal at the government's expense,
for Colonel A. L. Ainscow has received
an order from Uncle Sam to give the 550
Delaware soldiers a supper at Pyle's
Cycle Academy this evening.
As published in The Sl-n last Saturday
morning the soldiers after having spent
the campaign in camp and anxious to
get to the front, will be mustered out of
the service this afternoon and evening at
the state armory, Twelfth and Orange
streets. They will not be discharged
until they have undergone a physical
examination, which examination will
take place at the armory thirty days
after they are mustered out.
The soldiers will then be given their
final discharge. Practically their term
of service wilT expire when they are mus
tered out, but the government wishing to
reward them they will receive the
month's pay for the thirty-day furlough.
Major E. Van A. Andrews and Lieu
tenant W. A. Alexander, of the Fourth
United States Artillery, and Captain D.
E. Settle, all of the regular army, have
been in this city since last Friday, wait
ing to muster out the returning soldiers.
The mustering officers were at Middle
; town for several days, until the govern
I raent decided to muster out in Wilming
! ton instead of Camp Tunnell.
' There will be fifty of the boys retained
as guards to the armory until the general
j discharge of the two battalions.
There may be some demonstration
j made in honor of the boys' return, but
the time is so short that the plans for
their reception may not mature,
Parents, wives, sweethearts and friends
wifi be at the French street I., M. & B.
station to welcome the boys, and many
of the citizens of Wilmington will be
there out of curiosity to see how the
boys look on their return from govern
ment service as warriors,
There may be many members of the
two battalions who have preferred garn
is eon dutv and remained with the bat
talion that will be sent to Cuba and
many of the members of the assigned
battalion may have preferred to leave
the service and come home. It is under
stood that the government allowed them
to take their choice in the matter.
The boys think they have had a hard
time of it daring the' war. One day it
would be reported that they were to go
to Cuba, the next day would have it
that they were to go to Manila and
finally it was rumored that they were to
go to Savanah and nothing turned out as
reported.
Their life of expectancy and inactivity
in Alger Camps made them restless and
at times this restlessness gave their offi
cers considerable trouble and caused the
boys to spend time doing police duty,
chores around the camp or maybe lan
quish for several days in the guard house
and pay a heavy fine.
Had they known that their military
career would have been spent in camps,
it is doubtful if the same number of
men could have been persuaded to enlist.
Many of them have expressed them
selves in the above manner when home
on furloughs. They say that their regi
ment was ignored by the government,
because the government did not know
what a fine regiment Delaware had put
in the field until they were seen to go
through their drill at Camp Meade.
Then they were honored by President
McKinley and complimented by regular
army officers, who took them to be
regulars by their faultless drilling and
fine military bearing.
Many experienced soldiers say that the
First Delaware Regiment of \ olunteers
would have made a record that Delaware
would have been proud of had they been
allowed to go to* the front as they de
served.
They were among the first to respond
to the call of their country and more
than doubled the quota of men as com
pared to the showing of other states.
It is not officially given out yet when
the balance of the Delaware Regiment
will go or where it will be sent.
of
Appeal for Financial Aid.
Olivet Presbyterian Church lias ap
pealed to the New Castle Presbytery
for financial aid.
The matter will be brought to the
attention of the Presbytery at its semi
annual meeting which will bo held in
Newark next Tuesday, October 4.
Quite a number of the old members of
Olivet have taken their letters to other
churches.
Broke State Record.
At the bicycle races held at Harrison
burg, Va., on September 29th, tho Brad
ford racer won everything in sight. The
five mile handicap, the one mile open
and the state record all fell victim to
the speedy Delaware wheel. This speaks
for itself.
Successful Perch Fishermen.
Charles Ed vards and Davis Streets
returned yesterday from Bush river.
The men ' have been fishing, and the
number of perch and large sun-fish tliat
they brought home with them was evi
dence of a successful trip.
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terests of the Diamond State in the
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The contest will continue until the
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Send in your ballot and help win that
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Have you noticed the rivalry between
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No candidate is able to hold the lead
long. The voters are alive and energetic
and their favorites are pushed up the
scale quickly. The number of votes re
ceived yesterday was large. It made sev
eral changes.
A letter left at the office by a promi
nent citizen of this city reads as follows:
Editor of the Sun:
Dear Sir:— There lias arisen in my
mind a question as to whether it would
be just the tiling to elect a United States
Senator by popular choice. The Repre
sentatives are thus chosen and there!:
represent the people directly. There is
never so much 'harmony as when a
known force is balanced by a known
force of equal magnitude. The Senators
are selected by the several Legislatures
and virtually represent the government
of the several states. As such they are
on hand at Washington to hold in check
the representatives of the people and pre
vent legislation which might affect the
rights of the several state governments.
I favor the present plan of election. I
do, however, favor the senatorial con
test of The Sun. Let the people give ex
pression to their choice and also their
opinion as to the proper mode of electing
United States Senators.
Very truly yours,
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Taken Sick With Cramps.
James McHugh, of 1138 Walnut street,
was taken with the cramps last evening
on Front street. The man was nearly
drawn double with pain and went into
the French street patrol station, where
he was allowed to lie down on a lounge,
and one of the patrolmen gave him some
medicine. In a little while he was
easier and was taken to his home in a
cab. __
Floral Tributes Not Stolen.
The statement in one of the local
papers of yesterday to the effect that the
floral tributes on the grave of Hon.
Thomas F. Bayard had been stolen
Sexton A. D. Vandever
is denied,
took charge of the flowers until
yesterday morning and then placed them
above the resting place of Delaware's
distinguished son.
The Small Ad.
It takes more skill and thought to pre
pare a good advertisement for a small
space than it does for a large one. And
yet a great deal of advertising power
may be got out of a single inch, if a good
head-line is secured, plain clear type is
used, and if it is surrounded by a pretty
and appropriate border. It is, of course,
evident than nil advertisement of this
kind is suitable only when the articlo
advertised does lint require very much
to be said about it. A one-inch adver
tisement is plainly out of the question
when a complicated piece of machinery
lias to be explained and illustrated.—«
British Printer.
Injured in a Collision.
While riding liis bicycle at Riverview
Park yesterday morning, Robert Hince,
colored, collided with another wheel
man, and in tho fall that lie sustained,
had his chin cut. He was taken to the
Delaware Hospital, where hie wound
was dressed.