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Love's Failli.
From
that the
and tell
should oo
birds
Had lost their voices; that the flowers
more
Gave forth soft odors; that for lack of dew
The glass blades drooped at dawu time
that the shells
Had left the ocean's shore, the pearls its
bed;
That frost and fruitage had congeniel
grown,
That the loBt sister of the Pleiades
Had roappeatcd in Taurus; that the
Had wheel'd its golden ohariot to the
north ;
I should come and toll mo this, dear
lovo,
I might bBlisvo him. but if one should
If
most
terial
gress
geons
oauses
a
that
nually
which
the
per
the
able
about
of
If
come,
false; why, I should
Aud tell
yon
stand
With folded arms, aud dart thro' him a
glance
Bo keenly edged with scornful disbelief
That back he would recoil like April
clouds
Before the advancing
The mantle of his wrath to oover him.
theory
tific
aud call upon
most
voted
"its
fects
The Pul Unir Down Policy.
old as the
It is a principle of law,
scienoe of jurisprudence, that the plaintiff
iu an ejectment suit must recover
strength of his
him to attack and tear down the title of the
adverse climant and occupant. This is a
principle of universal application in tho af
fairs of this
things, win on their own tit' es. They must
succeed upon their own merits. They must
build up upon their
never raises himself by pulling others
down, never makes himself by unmaking
others. Ruins do not make the foundations
with
the
the
title. It will not avail
is
ly
along
able
under
id. Men must ever, i
all
foundations. A
for
to
Irish
damp,
they
not
and
for peruamout, safe structures. The stately
building stands solidly, not upon the crumb
ling ruius of other structures, but upon
republics have
ly quarried rock. No
been builded upon tho ruins of Greece
Rome. No
civilizations have arisen
upon tho shattered and decayed civilizations
of Palestine and Egypt. The fairest, broad
est and richest civilization of all ages have
arise
the youngest continent. The
publio of this better
brightening for all the people, has bceu built
up iu the
fions. The fabrics of reputation
that endure, staunch and fair,
not on shattered prospects and ruined hopes,
but upon merit and accomplishment.
The man who seeks success over the ruins
, of these times
■
world and upon ne
nd fame
builded
is
state
but
has
up
away
first
the
of others may sometimes injure those whom
he assails, but he never permanently helps
himself. He, indeed, seldom has the satls
—- fiEthn. of hyfficFlng» more thin teu&orary
harm or partial defeat upon anyone else.
The policy of trying to rise by putting dawn
is tho policy of conscious workness, of
stealth, of pretense. The
it in business, in professional life
e who per
iu poli
\ tics must move through the darkoued aud
devious ways of intrigue. He must operate
through the blight of falsehood. He must
resort to the secret th'iust of ineiuuatiou and
the cowardly stab of slauder. He must be
come, indeed, the
And when lie fails,
assin of character.
later he will*
■an and miserable a failure it is! It
sooner
how
is a failure, without hope or cheer. It is
of character, of reputation, of self
the lo
respect. There is nothing upon which to
build.
once
a
Thoso w ho in the competitions and strife
of lifo adopt the policy of reliance in self,
the policy of strength and courage, may fail,
but there will be left honor and hope and
self-respect. With these there will be the
resources for new efforts, for braver fights.
Gone to Denver.
a
Mrs. H. II. McDanel and Mis. Julius
Tues
Sheppard left this city for Denver
day last, to join their husbands who pro
ded there some weeks since.
These ladies took advantage of the elegant
vestibule train of the Baltimore and Ohio to
Chicago and through the courtesy of Mr. I.
L. Loomis, the general passenger agent of
the Chicago aud Rock Island road, teats
were secured for them, iu advance, iu the
luxurious parlor
Kansas City. Mr. T. P. Vaille, of Philadel
phia who zealously looks after the interest
of the Union Pacific in the E*st telegraphed
his office at Kansas City end reserved a
section iu their elegant sleeping coach for
the benefit of those ladies from Kansas City
to Denver.
Modern railway travel îb ivdeod a luxuiy
when supplemented by such atteutii
extended by Messrs. II. A. M lier of the
Baltimore aud Ohio, I. L. Loomis of the
for
of that company, to
ply
to
iu
Chicago and Rock Island and T. P. Vaille
of the Union Paciiio, to the patrons of their
ads.
respecta
Free Sleeping Cur.
eooud class
To patsengers purehasiDg
tickets to Pacific Coast points via Baltimore
and Ohio R.'R for trains leaving Philadel
phia, Wilmington, Baltimore aud Washing
ton, D. C.— Sept. I Itb and 20th, Oct. 0 h aud
23ul. The number of tickets on each ti ip is
liuiteito twenty-five so
should make application at
P. sseugcr Agent, B. & O. Central Building,
Baltimore.
Mr. II. A. Miller, Ticket Agi ut, B. & O.
R. R. Wilmington, Del.
that passengers
to D. Bride,
Crushed Hopes.
wer do y
"Ami what
make to u*y
appeal ?" ho asked as he kuelt. at. lier feet.
"James, I will bo frank with you," she
murmured.
"Ob, speak," he implored, "and relieve
me from this agony of suspense !"
"Then let.
"Why not?"
"Because J.
support a husband."
say it oaunot be."
s, I do not feel able to
Do nr t ask anotber to do what you would
not be glad to do under similar circum
stances,
life
The Ravam-N of Consumption
From the Chicago Journal.
Among the many international congresses
recently held in Paris, perhaps that which is
most far-reaching in its possibilities of
terial benefit to the human
gress of medical men and veterinary
geons for the consideration of the nature and
oauses of phthisis, or consumption. Paris is
a long way from Chicago, but the scourge
that is computed to cause 10,000 deaths
nually in Paris is exactly the same aH
which brings mourning to the homes of
countless American familes and to many on
the shores of Lake Michigan. Pulmonary
consumption causes about ono-fourth or the
mortuary lists of all nations. The total
number of deaths in Chicago during 1887
15,409, of which 1,352, or more than 8
per cent., were caused by consumption of
the lungs, and, so far as statistics are avail
able upon the subject, the proportion is
about the same iu many of the great cities
of the Union.
the con
a
is
her
that
her
a8
Physicians practically agree upon the gorm
theory of phthisis, and one of tho most im
portant aims of modern science is to discover
something that shall kill this germ, in scien
tific phraso a "germicide." The French
Congress, composed of two hundred of the
distinguished specialist, has dc
iuvestigation of phthisis,
most
voted itself to
"its contagious character, its origin, its ef
fects
domestic animals whioh furnish
to
do
meat, the conditions that favor
with milk
the progress of tho malady, its hereditary
nature, and any positive curattive mode of
treatment."
o agreed that the disease
Scientific
is essentially hereditary, and that in some
elementary form it prevails much more wide
ly than the publio suspects. It is well es
tablished that the peculiarly variable climate
along the shoies of the great lakes is favor
able to a development of the germ which,
under other conditions, might give no sign
for generations. Certain portions of
foreigh population are peculiarly susceptible
to this malady. Many Scandinavian and
Irish people who arrive here in a state of
robust health, soon break down under the
damp, northeast winds of spring and fall,
though in the summer and winter mouths
they seem restored to normal health. Na
tive-born Americans are less liable to pul
monary affections than any other dass,
though the reasons for this immunity
not clearly defiued, as it is not yet known
whether it is change of climate or ch..nge o«
habits that creates such bavoo among the
foreign-born population.
Physicians are agreed that the germs of
phthisis cau be transmitted through milk
and other food, and one of the important
in
phrases of the subject at present is the p
sibility of the disease being directly
municated from one person to another. It
is suspected that an individual iu a low
state of vitality may contract phthisis from
iu tho advaucod stages of that disease;
but the fact has not been established. Os
culation may carry tlie tubercular bacilli iu
atoms of sputum on tho lips. No specific
has been discovered, though hyperphos
phates of lime and soda, employed to build
up tho tissues which have been wearing
away around the tubercular cells, have in
many instances produced admirable rot-ults.
Immediate change of climate upou the very
first apieuauce of the disease is tlie best of
known remedies. Iu the secoud place, there
should be no return to the climate in w hich
the disease lias been developed.
the results of tho luter
Fiance will be awaitid
to
Fi
many
national Congress ii
with profound iutoreBt, and it is hoped that
once again that great nation may inaugurate
a revolution which shall relieve the world
from anotiier of its monstrous scourges.
J. E. I,«»well
Religion.
'T fear that when when
selves in the amusement of going without
how
iudulg
not, perhaps, aws
a religion,
much we are sustaiued at present by
of religious
that,
to think—
all about
enormous
feelings and religious convictions,
whatever it may be safe for
who have great advantages, aud have
been brought up in suoh a way that
tain moral direction has been given to our
character—I do not know what wuuld be
for
come of the less favored classes of
kind if they undertook to play the same
game.
"Whatever defects aud imperfectness may
attach to a few points of the doctrinal sys
tem of Calvin—the bulk of whioh was sim
turn
hieb they
bo live
i lit. nit
bore
.*a;t
'ho, but for
this planet ton
live
tliis globe, where
'hrist had uot gone and
•y anil rootrily possible, it
will then be iu o;der for the «kcpFc.il liter
ate to move thither aud there ventilate their
. But so long as those men are depen
dent upon the religion they discard for
ply what all Christians believe—it will be
found that Calvanism, or any ism which
claims an open Bible and proclaims a ciuei
fied and risen Christ, is intiuitoly preferable
to any form of jolito aud polished skepti
cism, which gathers as its votai ies the de
generate sous of heroic ancestors, who, hav
ing boon t ained in a society aud nduoated
iu schools, the foundation, of which
laid by men of faith aud piety,
aLd kiok di
the ladder by
have climbed up, and persuade
without God, aud leave them to die
hope.
"The worst kind of religion is
gion at ail, and these uicn, living iu
aud luxury, indulging themselves in
unaunt of going without religion,*
be thankful that, they liv
the gospel they neglect has tamed the h
lines» aud ferocity of the
Christianity might have long ago eaten their
carcasses like the South Bea Islanders, or
cut off their heads aud tanned their hide*
reli
is
»ay
iu lands
like tho monsters of the French Revolution.
When the microscopie search of skepticism,
whioh had hunted the heavens aud sounded
to disapprove the existence of a
Creator, has turned its attention to humane
society, has found a ph
miles square wher > a ileeeut
iu deconcy, comfort aud security,supporting
and educating his children unspoiled a id
unpolished; a plaoe wh< re age is reverenced,
infancy respect id, mar boni ros pected, wo
mauhood honored, and huma > life hi Id in
find suoh a
the
due regard: when skepni
place ten miles rquare
the gospel of
cleared the way, and laid the found iti-»
aud made dec
to
for
is
the
the
every pi iviledge they enjoy, they may well
hesitate a little before they seek to rob the
Christian of his hope, and humanity of itp
faith of that Savior who alone has given to
that hope of life eternal which makes
life tolerable and society possible, aud robs
death of its terrors and the grave of its
gloom.
Too Nice for.Use.
A
The love of pretty things is, or should be,
a part of every well organized nature. It
is a credit to a woman that sherries to have
her house look pleasanter aud more home
like than that of her neighbor. Let her be
laudable. Lot
Ho
had
indulged in any ambition
in male attire throwjcold water on
her intention. L3t her paint pictures and
elaborate pottery, and iuveut something
by way of mantle ornament, and don't
sneer at her owls, aud her Japanese f
and her long necked decorated jugs aud
bottles- Be good-natured and admire them,
a8 you ought to do.
The poet tells us that ''Home is not mere
ly'four square walls," and ho roeau3
infer that home is a plaoe where tbore ar
sofc chairs and sofas with tidies
backs—tidies done in outline stitch, and
tidies painted aud ombroidered, and banjos
with birds painted
and a quantity of other things that go to
mako up tho furnishing of a modern house.
We have never a word of fault to find
till it
to
the
them, and banners
the
do
ing
be
with this decorative spirit; let it
has had a day: but
to our sisters who are mistresses of houses
do not, for pity's sake, mako your fancy
articles too ni
do want to say
for use. For tbero is noth
iug moro distressing than to be obliged to
live iu a house where thiugs aro uot
pected to bo used. Where is tho sense in
having mirrors and pioturcs oovered with
gauze which gives them such a ghostly ap
dearanco that ouo feels as if ho were iu a
channel house, with the sheeted doad of past
goneiations all arouud him?
Where is the use of having rugs so deli
cate that they rauct be laid wrong side up,
and every one must walk gingerly around
thorn! Why, we would a great deal rather
have theold iron-clad rug of our grandmotli
_ and warranted to stay right thoro every
time yon put your foot ou it.
Tidies now aro not made to protect chaire;
they must be turned back before one sits
down. Embroidered table scarfs would be
ruined if a healthy man should lean his el
bow upon them when he is reading the pa
Oh
in
ter
the
per.
e uo to put your foot on;
made to fill up the vacant corners
Footstools
they
in the room, and all tho female portion of
the house would be shocked if you should
plant your No. seven on them. E
made
ohairs,
slender and decorative
fiud,
that it is hazardous to sit down
them;
c.-rk
'ibiorv' Tt
and the artistic
bo spoiled iu three weeks of such use as a
live family of grown persons would make of
the
them.
wheu Le comos home at night
take o.unfort
A
wauts a placo where ho '.•£
aud rest,
He wants to stretch out
II et himself out fr
restraint,
a couple of
chairs, if lie feels like it. Ho doesn't want
bis mind disturbed by tlie vis*o
to ha
demoralized tidies ».ml Hi ip-wrecked fi
ture.
>f
Comfort is what
Heaven kno
abioad. A hoi
all want at l.i
get enough disci
should be
foit
place whore
sit the furniture and tl t; belongings
generally, as it plea.ms him. If he wants
to rock in the rocking chair, he ought to he
able to do
in
ithoufc being reminded that
ice for that kind of
the carpet if
ereise.
Oh,there is nothing like having things lor
use and using them ? We hi
know, only
aud sofas, aud tables, and carpets will bo of
aod comfort to us, and it is best t<> get
go along.
?. so far
file to live where chair*,
• bappiuers :
Bo let the women decorate
they please,
but givo
house whore there shall be nothing admitted
that is t
a living living r
,-ery
fice for
SLEEPING AFTER MEALS.
A Widespread lull Mistaken De>ief ltewt
Hie Drain.
Tliere is a widespread superstition, cher
ished by the great majority of tho people,
chat to sleep immediately after they have
taken food is to endanger health, to favor
the onset of apoplexy, etc.—a super* tition
based on the assumption that during sleep
the brain is annually congested. There is,
doubt, snob a thing as congestive sleep,
but during normal sleep tlie brain is anemic.
When a porsou has takeu a fairly abuud mi
lundi or il.uner tho stomach demand n
special influx of blojil wherewith to i
plish its work of digestion; uo org.
more eas iy comply with that demand than
the brain, which, when in full activity, is
suffused with a maximum arnouut of tlie
vital flu'll.
But a derivation of bio *d from the bruin
to the stomach c.»n only tako place, except in
exceptionally full blooded aud vigorous per
the condition that the cerebral func
tions be meanwhile partially or wholly
any people after taking
lisposcd for mental ac
not a few long for sleep. Tue already par
tially amemio braiu would fain yhld up to
the stomach a still further supply of blood
and yield itself up to refreshing «deep. Do
ing so it gaiuw new strougth; meanwhile di
gestion proceeds enuigetically, and s mu
agim equipped to c iu
tiuuo m full fore * the battle of life. But
superstition, the child of ignorance, inter
venes, declares that sleep durit g <1 gestion is
dangeiou8, admonishes the would beslcepcrs
to struggle against their perilous inclination,
aud, though lelliug them that after dinner
they may sit awhile, as.su r. s them of tlie
adage, "after supper walk a mile."
The millions of its victims continue,there
fore, the strife to wlfioh it condemns them,
and ignore the suggestions offered to thorn
by tho lower auimal*,who have always prac
ticed the lessons of sound shysiology by
sleopîng aftor feeding whenever they are al
lowed to do so. Hence tbubumau braiu aud
it human stomach of such victims contend
for
or
Hence
pClldcd.
diunee feel
a
id
in
a
body and min 1
with each other during the digestive pro
the brain, impelled by superstition, strives
to work aud dem mis blood to
k with,
while the stomach, stimulated by its con
tents, strives to carry on it* marvelous chem
istry, and demands an ample supply of blood
for the purpose. The result of the struggle
is that neither is able to do Its work well;
the brain is enfeebled by being denied its
natural rest during the digestive process, and
the healthy function of the stomach degener
ates into dyspepsia.
the '•'•Elder Brother*' by
Hr. Tnlniage.
A Hern
of
city
It is said that the Rev Dr. DeWitf, Tal
mage's recent visit to the Southern Chau
tauqua, near Atlanta.Ga., netted hin $1,200.
Ho delivered one lecture and preached one
sermon, for which he got $600 each. It is
also said that President. Kiser offered Mr.
Talmage $100 to remain over aud preach
next day but that ho declined the offer as he
had engagements to fill in the wost. Ilis
text for the above mentioned sermon
from the parable of tho Prodigal Son—
"And he was angry and would not go in."
The discourse
"in
in
dovoted to the elder
or
the
brothor aud the following i
have to toll y
senior brother of my text stands for the
pouting Christian, Whilo there i
congratulation within doors theJievo of my
text stands out side, the
extract.
that this
Ouce moro
much
of liis
Mr.
mouth drawn dowu, looking
erable. I
he felt—mis
glad that his lugubrious
physiognomy did not spoil the festivity
within. How many pouting Christians are
there to-day—Christians who do not like
the music of our churchon, Christians who
do uot like .the hilarities of the youug—
pouting, pouting; pouting at society, pout
ing at the fashions, pouting at tho newspa
pers, pouting at the church, poutiDg at the
government, pouting at the high heavens !
Their spleen is to large, their liver does not
•k, their digestion is broken down. There
two emits iu their-ca&ter always
be well
and
let
uot
it
to
pplied—vinegar aud red pepper.
that mood ! Stir a
Oh ! come away fr
little saccharine into your disposition.
Whilo you avoid the dissoluteness of the
son, avoid also the iracibility and
youug
petulance and the pouting spirit of tho elder
son, and i
braces for the returned prodigal and coaxing
ifcato the father who had
ids for the spenetic malcontent.
Ah ! tho face of the pouting elder son i
put before
tho radiant aud forgiv^ig face of.the
father. Contrasts are nfighty. The ai Fists,
in sketching the field of Waterloo, years af
ter the battle, put a d
the canuou. Riphael, i
toous, beside the face of a wretch put the
face of a happy and innocent child, Aud
the sour face of this iracible and dis
of
for
will
for
and
might better
in older that
in the mouth of
of his car
gusted eldor brother is brought out in order
may better under
that, in the contrast,
stand tho forgiving and radiant face of God.
That is the meaning of it—that God is
au^ it is sorry, to
tako him clear back; to • ta cr him back for
aud forever aud forever; to take him
back with a loving hug; to put a ki
parched lip, a ring on bis bloated hand,
easy shoe on his chaftcd foot, a garland
his bleeding temples and Heaven in his
soul. Oh ! I fall flat on that
get down into the
to rise until the
in
■cy! Come,
my brother, and let
dust, resol verl
Father's forgiving hand shall lift us.
Oh! what a God
have ! Biing your
doxologie*. Cortie, earth and Heaven and
Cry aloud. Lift tho
palm branches. Do you not feel the Father's
join in the worship.
ound your neck V Do you not feel
Father against
! Sur
breath of yi
your olieek? Surrender, younger
render, elder son ! Surrender, all ! Oh! go
in to-day aod sit down at tho banquet.
Take a slice of the fatted calf, and after
ward, when you are seated with
the
hand
the hand of the returned brother aud the
other baud in tho hand of tho rejoicing Fa
ther, let y
pliug of the cymbal aud the mellow voice
of the flu'e. "It is n.eet that
erry, and bo glad, for this thy
brother was dead aud is alive again; and
was lost, aud is fourni."
heart boat ti
to tlie clap
should
rake
Driving Oi
Hie « «Il I eine
Immigration is coming with a resistless
tide. Ex-Governor R >utt.
of the great
cattle owuors of tho west, when speaking of
how tho ranges
tied, recently said: "The
to Nancy and the baby."
tion of the coming of this great tide of i
by
rapidly set
n
is
in
to
Do
di
mu
iu
But
is
tlie
by
al
aud
list give way
Tho Hist indi
aR
migration waR manifested by cattlemen put
ting up wire fences aud inclosing vast ar
of lai d. Tlfis sufficed for a time, but immi
gration still continued, aud then after much
litigali ii the courts said: "Tako dove
felloes." As the cattlemen occupied
these great
befi
to have any value for agricultural purposes,
it is uot strange that they should have made
the de termined fight they have. The plow
in tlie old "American
Dosuil" aud tho old ca'tle trails are being
turned into farms. The east can hardly
realize the wonderful chmgos that are tak
ing plaee. Within twenty five years the
buffalo, which used to roam theso plains by
the ti*ns of thousands, are almost exiinct.
>
a oeutuiy
ever thought possible for them
a quarter
share now gli.ste
Tlie great herds of tin
plac
ittle kings took tho
», bu* now tho cat tio ranges
f the bii
arc being turned i
What will be tl.
fir.* The general iin
e cattle, but
is. The public domain will
all be taken, which
on is that, thui
II be
•Vill necessitate the
dividing ami subdividing of thegrer
The result will
aud without lo
herds,
atural way
but rather with j refit. As
am
a bee
the grazing
the greater tlie nee
are circumscribed
•tv for winter feeding
kind of feed that
stock for tho
of alfalfa, sor
d the production of soi
readily prep
ket. Such feed o. *ns
will
lmy, Johusiii
Rh
es of
do in
parts of western aud southern Texas prickly
pear (a species of cacti) is beiug largely used
with cottou seed meal or oil cake, wi h
which it is c'aimcd cattle may be easily fat
tened. The beef from animals thus fed is
said to be of a most
flavor.—Deliver Cot respontlenee.
issu*, oil cake, ru
fa
>ts,
clii
. quality and
The steal
i Republic
■il',
int il fuill.ui
sstve Wednesday ua
her passengers to the Breakwater, without
extra oharge.
ry
with,
con
er
of
I*ay tlie Man Doing the Worn:
Daily Republican,
The manner in which Judge Walter Cum
mins has acted has left this city in
unfortunate predicament. Had he before
leaving the city sent his resignation to the
governor it might have saved considerable
trouble, and possibly some litigation. Ac
cording to the act of creating this court the
appoint the judge, but
wry
governor
power except the general assembly
move him. Another section provides that
of sickness, absence, Interest
proceeding, or any inability
of the oity judge, the associate judge of the
Superior Court, resident in New Cattle
county, may either perform the duties of the
city judge or desiginate in writing
suitable person to discharge suoh duties."
provision made for
"in the
in the cause
There is however,
paying this judge pro-tern the salary at
tached to the office. We do not, however,
believe that it was the intention of the
should be requested
legislature that any
or required to perform the duties of the po
sition without pay, but still this is exactly
the way the matter stands at present. If
correctly informed, Mr. Lynam per
formed nil the duties of the offne for a
er
in
in
a
month or moro without receiving a cent for
made out in
Mr. Cummins' name and await his order.
We presume that Mr. Turner is in the
Mr. Lynam, and we are
all the checks
same position
certainly opposed to it. If .Judge Cummins
cannot be removed until the legislature
hope that council will moot this
venes
matter in a bold aud fearless manner, aud
and have the checks drawn in favor of the
man that does the work. Then if Mr. Cum
mius feel* himself aggrieved in not being
paid for work which ho does not perform,
let him enter suit for the money. Wo do
uot believe that a jury oould be found who
would give him a vordiet, and if there
it would be bettor for the city to pay the bill
to perform the highly re
than to ask a
sponsible duties of the office without pay.
The Grand Work of tlie "Morning
News."
Tho generous rospoose given to the appeal
of the Morning Nem i i behalf of the cyolone
sufferers is most credible to tho humanitar
of Wilmington. Tho amount asked
for although apparently large has beeq
raised aud will be jelously applied where it'
will most advantage those
overwhelmed by the waring elements.
The Morning Nem is to be congratulated
for its zeal iu the relief of tho distressed
and the citizens of Wilmington
commended for the promptitude with whioh
they hî
ratifies.
suddenly
to be
pressed their substantial sym
Personal.
Dr. II. R Wilson, the author aud scieu
ti8t, has reBigt ed the pastorate of the Uni
tarian Church and will permanently reside
in Denver.
Brandywine Summit Camp Associa
tion.
Tho trustees of the Brandywi
Camp-meeting Asrociati
jearned
Summit
ill hold
ad
Uui
M. E. Church,
'ting in
Fifth add Washington streets,
September 31. at 1 30 p.
and settle the accounts fi r the y ar. They
will also settle the date for camp next year.
Monday,
to have reports
The associatif
y prosperous
looking forward to marked
condition ami
improvements for next year in the way of
better water supply and regulation of horses
and carriages in the woods.
A New Mctlioil.
Tho question of preserving fruits, vege
tables and meat from decay has been
that bus cost
great deal of study and
>uey in the way of experimenting, but
the problem seoms to have been solved by
tho ozone process.
A représenta» i
of thiR paper
invited
Mar
by Mr. W. P. Voshell, coal doaler,
ket street above Ninth, to examine a jar of
peaches which
method
preserved by this
August 18th. The fruit was then
ripe and mellow, ready to eat. It has re
tained ils oiiginal condition up to this writ
ing. The peaches are in a glaRH jar and
be lifted out and examined and appear to be
aR good
The process
fruit, vegetables and meats
be applied to alf kinds of
ith equal
cons. Water can bo impregnated with ihe
ozone and whole tomatoes pi iced in it will
as desired. Tho expense
a large Rcalo tho work
î dollar pnr ton of fiuit.
keep as
triflling I
dono for about
Tho lady who i
have spent a largo
think« that her hopes are
amine the sample.
be
the patent is said to
in perfecting it and
fully realized.
Call aud
The Y mug Men's Temperance Uuion
gave an excursion ti Augustine Pier
Tuesday last, a very good crowd
us Among the features of the day
A vury fine time
notoxi
with
base bad ami bathing.
had.
represented.
Tho Wilm
ras ably
Tho gospel
fust Thursday evening in September.
jetings will
the
I eu
Til« Republic's Trip to Gape May
Tlie handsome i alace stiamer Republic
offers t > F o public a most pi« asant tup by
water.
It
rift-going,
ell-equipped
trip to Cape M «y is .t day's ox
of
in
h
is
eursion to be long ret
the Delaware ii
euihuitd.
The ride
do
ami bay is doUgl.
fill, while the hours Lha
may be sj eut
rho beach at Capo May or iu bathing iu the
cool waters of the ocoa
e fruitful iu
id invigorated spiiits. Every
•veil health
Wednesday and o
alterna
j Buudayathe
o the lumo
Republic extends its trip
Delaware Breakwater « ithout ext.a charge
the usual stop being
ry
uadc at Cape May.
ud trip
The faro for the r
but
dollar.
"Clayton and Vicinity.
"en route"j
Very few flies find time to board
the 3.50 P. M. train as it speeds
South-bound over the Delaware Di
vision from Wilmington. Thisjtrain
always leaves the latter station in
light running order and promptly to
the minute. Generally, the passen
gers are made up of persons who
having spent the day shopping, eith
er in Wilmington, Baltimore
adelphia, have an opportunit}' by this
train of connecting with their lateral
roads and thus be able to reach home
that evening. This together with
the morning North bound express, is
of the greatest convenience to those
not wishing to stop in the cities over
night
Pliil
DOUBLE STEEL TRACKS.
Almost imperceptibly another
thread of steel is being stretched
along this road to accommodate the
enormous increase in the volume of
business done. Before the comple
tion of the New York, Philadelphia
and Norfolk R. 11. from Delmar to
Cape Charles, none of the staple pro
ducts especially truck, found their
way North from the South other than
by the Virginia Midland R. R. via
Washington, or by the Norfolk
steamboats and the Chesapeake to
Baltimore. Now by the short cut
across, which the road affords togeth
er with the admirable train service
given since its completion, the exten
sive early truck farms of the South
can pour their products into the great
cities of the sea board with the quick
despatch never before thought of.
Without enumerating them the
stations along this division compare
in artistic floral decoration favor
ably with any elsewhere on the great
Pennsylvania R. It. system, which is
saying a great deal.
"division headquabtets."
We made the run down pleasantly
from Wilmington to Clayton in about
an hour, which was fast enough for
, this mile a minute business may
do for Pres'dents who have more
than one life to lose, next November;
but ours is all we have. So we got
off and registered at the hotel Stoeckle
fust at ilia station In nur oaso, tho
"Wi-di was the father to the thought'
or very soon Mr. Armstrong hacThis
in a light phaeton taking a spin ov
the near by country, fortified however
with a good supper. We passed the
farms of Thos. and David Rees on
the west and admired the perfect til
liage each is brought to, and as an
aid to this, the neatly trimmed hedge
row one drives through in tiiis sec
tion greatly aids a favorable opinion
being formed. We next bore South
and East, and saw the fine fruit
farms of Robert Hill, Edward Lap
ham, A. L. Hudson, Jr., and the
Anthony Bros., and drove into the
hotel yard just as night threw her
mantle over the earth, and pinned
it with several million stars. Next
•nitig, after breakfast we took a
troll through the town and noticed
a number of line residences surroun
ded with beautiful grounds, promi
nent among which were those of Su
perintendent I. N. Mills, Aubrey
Yandever, Harry Smith, ,1. B. Book,
A. Sevil, T. Holliday, and a number
of others whose names we could not
learn. The new M. E. Church is
looked upon as a little gem, here,
being tasteful and entirely free from
debt. Mr. Aubrey Vandever re
ceives considerable credit for bring
ing about this happy state affairs,
by tireless energy, with his charming
ffability of manner. It is easy to see
since Division Headquarters has be
come established here, that the future
of this once obscure railroad town is
of the highest. As an augury of this
the town has obtained acts of incor
poration, lias commissioners elected,
taxes levied and assesed, and im
provements of a permanent nature
constantly going on.
"A FEE I' INTO DIVISION HEADQUARTER»"
Was accomplished through the po
liteness of Mr. Joseph Whaley, the
efficient usher of the building. Before
entering, we noticed that the large
and slightly irregular building before
us was designed with especial refer
ence to ample ventilation, aud abun
dant light. A wide hallway in the
centre divided the different offices,
the first of which is the
a
" DKSPATi 11 Kit's OF F II E."
On the first floor in change of Mr..
Daniel Mackey, with ten assistants.
Here at tlie different telegraphing
instruments are seated the working
staff of operators, receiving messages
tiers fr
the line t«» Delmar.
During a heavy fruit season when
the road is crowded witfi flying trains,
if the least mistake should start away
from one of those silent buttons, the
grave responsibility attached to this
department would become their ap
parent. Cool heads and steady hands
must scrutinize the line from end to
end, to avoid the dire catastrophe of
two maddened Appolyons trying to
pass each other on the same track.
and giving train
Wil
«ln
lgl<
From here, impatient conductors
eager to finish their run, are held in
check miles away, until the wheels
of their cal's begin to rust—or the
other train heard from. From here
issues the imperative order to the
startled train men on a freight at
Delmar to make the run to Wilming
ton with but
stop. Through
storms of rain or snow, or Bhadowing
fog, the decree s issuing from here
are frought with significant impor
tance. Being obeyed without ques
tioning they are all the more irrevo
cable. Bidding good-bye to the de
spatehers office we enter the adjoin
mg
"TRAIN MASTER'S OFFICE"
In charge of Mr. B. Murphey, with
J. B. Book assistant. Id this de
partment trains are made up aud
stalled as the business of the road
may demand. These trains in either
caso come under the despatched con
trol while in transit. This is an ad
mirable arrangement, as it simplifies
the running of the trains, and to a
certain extent divides the responsi
bility.
UP SrAIRS
Is located the engineers depart
ment, in charge of Mr. L. W. Alli
bone with four assistants. Here are
projected all the plans belonging to
thedirision; switches, curves, bridges,
buildings, aud all improvements what
ever are looked upon in embryo in
this department. Levelings, calcula
tions of cost of cubic feet of dirt to
be removed, are first made here and
determined upon. The work of this
department is best seen upon the
roadway in accurate curves, and a
puzzling labyrinth of connecting
switches, together with the rare
skill that adopts means to an end.
Leaving this department we meet
Mr. Whaley on the landing, who at
• request shows us in the
"mainentance of way department"
In charge of Mr. J. Mahoney and
three assistants, Mr. A. Hoffecker,
chief clerk. Here we find out all
about the repairs to the road bed
proper, and the array of section men
required along the line to make good
the constant wear and tear of the
heavy Uaius hourly passing
This supervising must be continual,
or the whole road may be likened to
a chain with one weakened link.
Hence at times, the office of super
viser is no bed of roses. We pay
brief visits to the master carpenter,
foreman of locomotives and accoun
tant's offices, and cannot but admire
the admirable system in which every
thing is conducted, at the same time
wo become greatly enlightened as to
how work is done at division head
quarters, to make easy a business
which is far reaching iu results, and
at the same time one that is simplified
to the most minute details by a series
of controling checks. On our way
down stairs we pass on the left the
office and parlors of
SUPERINTENDENT mills
On whom everything depends;
While road operations go along
smoothly and without jar, you can
see at any time Mr. Mills moving
quietly about headquarters conver
sing pleasantly with whoever he
may chance to meet. There is no
mistake however, wheu an emergen
cy aris s the firm determination
shadowed in that Grant like head.
How many Delawareans know that
the quiet, unobtrusive man, who
superintends their safe carriage up
and down this state when they travel
on his road, had in years agone, the
destiny of this whole republic in his
grasp, on more than one occasion.
The friend of Lincoln; the strong,
and loyal Unionist, who throttled
treason in Baltimore iu 1860 by
sending the troops by way of Annap
olis and that saved the Capital at
Washington, before the burned brid
ges at Baltimore could be replaced.
Then afterwards when the magnifi
cent army of the Potomac was hur
ried to the front over his road while
he w as master of transportation at
Ilavre-de-Grace and belongs now to
the history of the country, and recalls
another fact, that there yet live other
heroes of the war beside those who
w'ore shoulder straps.
"a lucky place."
During certain portions of the day
Clayton presents an animated ap
pearance. The arrival and departure
of trains on the Delaware & Chesa
peake R. R., Kent Co. R. R. and
N. Y. P. *fc N. R. R., the hurrying
to and fro of passengers; the puffing
of locomotive darting Iron) one track
to another, making up their trains;
the busy bustling groups around
headquarters; all give indication of
life, energy, and a clear-thc-traok
style of doing business. Over in the
fruit shippers offices, the Messrs Hill,
Moore and Hudson, anticipate a
heavy scasou's work.At this point is
located The Fruit Distribution head
quarters, as also a branch of the,
Fruit Exchange—and here we take
North bound train gratified with our
pleasant trip. J. B. S,
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