er)»: . “ oned for it. - clean berth on its account. ”it. v“ "414. ”III-71'9“. w for, cts. ' 5.01.0 By ALL DEALERS. -‘v—v .TE HIM os'r. Delaware Still Clings to phe An- cient Institution. It Is Used as a Means of Preventing Criminals from Outside Locating ‘ in the State—An Effective Remedy for Crime. The present law relating to the, whipping post in Delaware is that “the. punishment of whipping shall be. in- flicted publicly, by strokes on the bare back well laid on." It shall be done' by the, sheriff or his deputy, or by a constable. The whipping post and pillory shall be in or near the jailyard of each county. “’0an are exempted. from whipping. The whipping of minors is left to the discretion of the court in each case. \Yhencver cor- poral punishment is apart of the judg- ment, the day for its execution must be fixed in the sentence. Whenever a convict, at the same time, receives several sentences of whipping, the court shall so graduate them that un- der all of them he shall not receive more than 00 lashes, nor stand in the pillory more than one hour. \Vhipping is inflicted as a punish- ment- for the following crimes: At- tempt at poisoning, mayhem, highway ' and house robbery, setting fire to offi- ces, vessels or stores, burglary, lar-' ceny, embezzlement, making forged plates, obstructing railroad tracks, etc. The pillory is generally added as a further punishment, or else fine. or imprisonment. “But why,” asks the outsider, “since whipping was abolished in the linited States laws in 1893, and even in the navy in 1850, does Delaware cling so fondly to it? Is she wiser than the rest of the country, or simply more uncivilizcd?” Well, it would be hard to explain, tothe average out- sider, whose idea of the whipping post is made up of a tortured prisoner, a gory cat-0’-nii:e tails, and a mob of. brutalized spectators, the‘casy-g-m ing indifference of the average Dela- warean about the whole thing. The large majority of the citizens of Dolo- ware, indeed, have never so much as. .sceu the. whipping post, and those who have, have never been heard to com~ plain of any brutality in connection with it. "he movement for prison l't- 31: now active in the state, has no i; :i.':‘-.;na't.ion for the whipping post; flies on overcrowded cells and idle ‘ as far'greatcr ”cusses .. t. Han-y would approve, in— deed, an exit '33-011 of the. punishincul. so as to include the. minus of piizc— iIg‘lithg, cruelty to children and ani- mals, and wife-beating, now punishar ble only by fine and‘ iizipilsoniucni. The reasons fei‘.this general acquics cues are rooted in (1) the past history of the state, (2) its geographical posi- tion, and (3) the conservative charac- for tor of its inhabitants. They may br briefly stated as folks-as: 1. Delaware has z '3 s: hL-l a. large free negro jopulatiou. how, fize it.» pro is given to pefit larceny and iv; does not greatly inind being i1;‘.pri;;-- in some, cases he hm: been known to. commit petty oii‘cnscr- at the. approach of winter, with The avowed desire of getting a home in jail until spring. This tendei'icy can be successfully combated only by corpor- al punishment, which he does not like, and avoids it’ possible. The whipping post has solved this problem forlhrla- ware justice during the past, and its ' \alue is established until some better substitute can be devised. 2. Delaware is a small agricultural state, lying between the large cities of Philadelphia. and Baltimore. It is :1 natural haven of refuge for criminals from bothcities, and would be overrun with thieves an small offenders if the quality of Delaware just-ice was not bitter to their taste. The whipping post is an abomination to the criminal from outside. Ile gives the state :1 One gang of bank burglars did select Wilming ion as a field of operations some years ago. They were caught and soundly whipped. They had 11% difficulty, be- ing experts, in breakingbut of the old fashioned jail at Newcastle after- wards, as easily as they had broken in“ to the bank; but the whipping rankled in'their minds; and they left on record their determination never again to enter the state where “gentle men in their‘lin‘e of business were whipped like slaves.” Whereat all Delaware chuckledl—Priscilla Leon'- ard, in. Outléok. x ‘. 5 . Old Westphalian Coal Mine. ' ' At Siege‘n’, in Westphalia, the 400th anniversary of the opening of the Eisenzecher' Sug' coal minewas cele- brated recently. It was begun in 1405 as, an open working; its main shaft is , “now 1,500 feet deep, and is to be sunk -. scan another 300 feet. , p. p .. . . - - c 'SClENCE AND INDUSTRY. the Krupp company. employed in the manufacture of artillery and iron ma- ‘chinery. It is said that this company has on its payroll about 19,000 laborers. —-0ne of the most remarkable inks know to the chemist is made. of a prep- aratiOn otprussian blue in combina- tion with nitric and hydrochloric acid. The writing done. with this ink has the singular property of fading when ex- 'posed to the light and recovering its color when taken into the sliadecr placed in perfect darkness. _ -Salmon packers on the Pacific coast are a trifle disturbed over news brought (here last week from Petro- paulovski that the Russians are arrang- ing for the establishment of several large salmon and herring canneries along the.‘ Siberian coast. When the trans-Siberian railway is completed I the product of these canneries is likely to be a considerable factor in European markets. ——Large tracts of sand wastes are. now being reclaimed along the Welsh coast. Series of parallel fences are put up seaward, closely intervvoven ,with wires and furzé‘, and spaces between these are filled with earth and road- scrapings. In these various trees, such as sycamore, willow, pine and alder, are planted, while the ridges are sown -with gorse and broom seed and planted with bricr. ‘ —Mr.v “'ilckcns, of Vienna, has. found that two pure-blooded English horses transmitted the color of their coat to their progeniture in 586 cases out of 1,000. When the parents are of differ- ent colors, the offspring are almost always of the color of the mother. With Arabian horses the facts are more strik- ing still. The white‘color of the coat of the mare was found to be clearly transmitted in 729 cases out of 1,000. In other cases there was a more or less marked mixture. «The soldiers and workers of the white ants (Termcs), are, as a. rule blind, with no traces of eyes; but a species has been found in South Africa, the workers and soldiers of which t ordinary ants. In their habits they resemble harvesting ants, in cutting grass and carrying it into holes in the ground. Dr. Sharp thinks this species may be allied to the Termes viarum of Sincmhman, whose soldiers and work- crs possess eyes. avoid the bright—colored caterpillars as a rule. And this seems almost to have become a second nature. for a jackdaw, which had been raised in captivity and had had no experience in judging the edible qualities of caterpillars, was ob- served to regard the brilliant eater- pillar of the ligure-of—eight moth with suspicion and aversion, although it eagerly devoured dull, plain caterpil- lars placed within its reach, When it. was driven by hunger to attack the other it finallyrefused to eat it, giving plain evidence that there was some— thing distasteful about the prey. VlRGlNlA’S LUCKY STONES.- Curious Crystals \Vhich Tradition Says Came from the Tears of Fairies. The queer cross-shaped crystals of silicate that are known to the inhab— 'ilants of Virginia as fairy stones have long puzzled the most noted geologists of the world. Just why silicate should crystllizc is the first problem that con- fronts them, and the second is why the crystallization should always assume the form of a cross. It is only in one part of Virginia that these stones are found. Patrick county Virginian has sent to some friend or "‘ ‘ .i‘; for a Spot-iii'ieu, for they are supposed to be a lucky stone. ' .llli‘:l“..i.', no see-lf-rcspchlug citizen of . r-rfuion will be found with a rabbit‘s-a Vet-f in his possession nowa- days, and he must have :1 fairy stone for a mascot. The legend which gives these little crystals such a reputation "for luck is not only old, but is quaintly beautiful. ' \‘v’lien the cnucifixion took place the fairies of that particular section of Vir- . ginia were overwhelmed with grief, and their tears in falling crystallized into tiny crosses. For 11::iiiyj,*cursltzcluii‘y stones have been. the particular mascm :3 of Patrick county ciiizeus, and it was only by accidentlhat the fame of the emblems has spread. ' A fcw‘months ago a certain Col. Prop— pcr went into the mountains of that county on a prospecting tour, and while there put up at a farinl‘. use. He no- ticed that all thc‘pcoplc about the place were wearing irregular cross-shaped (significance of the custom. Ile secured one, and within a few days struck a bonanza. ‘ poured in \Vashington, his studs, cuff- buttons and scartpins all made of fairy stones. Congressmen and even grave senators badgcrcd him. for a mascot, but only a favored few secured the cov- eted lucky stones. The, fairy stones are scarce, and are found after diligent search in the beds of the streams, along the dried-up channels of brooks and Sick . 0r Bilious. Headache Cured by Taking Awarded . _ . , Medal and Diploma » At World’s Fair. Ask your'nruggist for Ayer‘s Sarsapa'rilla. —-Thc largest individual emplbyer is ' have eyes and work in daylight, like - ——Experiment 5 have shown that birds. is the favored locality, but almost every . crystals, and on asking found out the- Shortly after the gallant colonel ape BRIDGEPORT, .‘ THE D. M. Read. COMPANY. DAINTY ’DESIGNS lN SILKS AND DRESS GOODS. Are brightening what would otherwise be the ‘blue month’ of the year; with a cheering disregard for the pee ul iariti es of March weather._ Spring fashions have blossomed in earnest. ' Newest . thoughts, latest styles and -most, popular col- ors for youthful tastes and matrouly judgment all find their ideal at our counters; real interests which concern the pleasure and profit of every woman who appreciates the satisfaction of buying the best and prettiest for the least money. 0 ur assortments have never been excelled. ' The proof of value is in the Carpets are claim- ing the attention of spring ho useoleau ers—carpets, o i, l. cloths, linoleums and mat- lingi; with plenty of proof that they’re the best and (elmapest. Made and laid the quickest and cheapest. w arm 9, l was t, it is next door to an im- possibility for us to describe all the new varieties in Lace ()urtains this season latest, :xclusive and dainty effect-s. Here are j 1st a few: Fish Net, ruffled edge, $§32.<-l0 a Pair. Novelty Net, l'ull lace edge, $2.50. Bobi- uet Lace, lace edge, $3.75— sell'rutiie ; ud lace edge, $4.50 —~i‘utrlcd edge and insertion, $743.0 “self ruffle, cluny edge, edge and inser— . Brussels, $3.00 a Pair. li‘ish Point, White and. corn, 351.50 to $10.00 ; wide range of styles. Tainbour, $3.00 to 351000-11. Pair. Nottingham, L500 (.liliftu’ent style, in l..>e-..,::.ti i . effects—nia- weave, fish net styles, re. and. «lush as novel— 0 '1 -- ‘N I v‘ 1.. With -‘—.)’3.ti 3vl99~110n1 V“ I ‘3...” v 1 a _ h b ILL). U0 T ? .lacliets and Sepa- r. to Skirts some of thejacln ct." stunningly lined. All Of‘ them ueutcrl looking outfits, the '. soleucs AND INDUSTRY. —A 50-foot granite shaft, ‘the long- est piece of granite ever taken out, of a, quarry in (Vermont, was quarried .il. Barre a few days ago. . —-Cats can smell even during sleep. When a piece of meat is placed imme- diately in front of a sleeping cat’s nose the nostrils-begin to work asthe scent is received, and‘an instant later the cat will wake up. .—-—“Instead of colds coming from at- mospheric changes, as people general- ly suppose,” says a noted physician, "they generally originate, in my opin- ion, by breathing impure air. Ninety- nine per cent. of what are termed colds are nothing more nor less than the poisoning of the mucous membranes by bad air.” —-Orange growing in Arizonais de- clared to have passed the experimental stage, and will become an important industry in the territory. This year’s crop in the Salt river" valley, where most of the experimental groves are situated, is large and of excellent qual- ity. The Arizona. oranges ripen some- what' earlier than those in southern California. —Seventy thousand tons of the stern and rock-bound ceast of Maine ,wcre shipped from two quarries alone last year. The total amount of gran- ite shipped away yearly reaches an astounding figure, and the geography of the Maine coast is being considera— bly changed by the cutting out and shipping away of islands of , granite and not a little of the mainland. ' —Last year 25,115,903’ fewer cigars were made in the United States than in 1894, and 8,358,380 more pounds of smoking tobacco was manufactured. During the yearthere were manufac- tured in the country 4,160,915,? 3 cigars, 3,768,911,677 cigarettes, 256,160,- 505 pounds of tobacco and 11,705,414 .pounds of snuff. There was an increase in the output of cigarettes by 435,767,- 077 over 1894, and a decrease of 477,- 120 pounds in the amount of snuff man- ufactured. ——Mixtures of air with less than 7.7 per cent. of acetylene burn complete] y to water and carbon dioxide, according to M. Le Choteller’s experiments, re- ported to the Academic des Sciences; with between 7.7 and 17.4 per cent. of acetylene the products consistof water, carbon monoxide and dioxide. and hy- drogen; with a. larger percentage of acetylene, free carbon and' unburnt acetylene are found. \Vith oxygen mixtures containing between 2.8 and 03 per cent. of acetylene will catch fife with air; the limits are 2.8 and 65 per cent. In tubes these limits are nar- rowed down, till in tubes of one-half a millimeter or less it is impossible to propagate a flame. FAMILY ARITHMETIC. A Connecticut Mathematician and His Queer Freak. The strange names bestowed upon helpless children by their .parents have formed the subject of many amus— ing stories. ’ In a Connecticut town, some years ago, there lived a peculiar couple who selected the names of their children apparently with a. view of ed- ucational exercises. There were l-l children in the family, and they were named for the numerals in regular order, beginning with “One." The father was locally famous as. a mathematician and during the early years of his children they had a daily tuition which seemed extraordinary to their playmates, who were pro- vided with everyday names. “Three and Four go out to the wood- box and got your mother some kind— lings," the mathematical father would say, appearing before a group of his nilint‘rical offspring. Three and Four would keep on play— ing ball, or whatever game happened to be engrossing their attention, but a diminutive person who commonly zinswered to the name of “Seven” was sure to drop his play, and start for the woodbox. One member of this family, who re- joiced in the cognomcn “Two,” lived to attain considc 'able distinction, and the record of some of his achievements and successes is preserved in the town history, together with a short account. of the various sums in addition, sub— traction, nn'iltiplication and division which his father devised from the material afforded by his children, and in which the youthful “Two” played an important part. The Xear-Sightcd Vfoman. What a curious manifestation of van- ity it is which prevents a. near-sighted _‘.‘.'Olll‘dll from wearing glasses. One such woman was a. member of a party that. took a trip over the Rockies. Sh .heard the others (~'Z‘-Zlflilln1llig over the. beat:- ties of the landscape through which they were passing. Not wishing to be l..chindhan<’l: “Look! look there!” she presently exclaimed, “isn’t that exquis- ite? What a picturesque ruin!” The "picturesque ruin” turned out to be a stable or a b‘arp painted with: “Use Pain’s Painless Plaster, etc.” Uiidc-' terred by one such. error sac raved in ecstasy over the loveliness of some “stunning woman,” until a. kind-heart- cd companion checked her by pointing out thatthe fair one was an antique guy with a Wig—N. 1:. Herald. An Elizabethan Tomb. A superbly rich Elizabethan tomb is left to us in Boreham church, Essex. This was erected to the memory 01 .Thomas Radcliffe, earl of Sussex, lord Chamberlain, and knovvn as the stern opponent of Leicester. Three knights in martial costumes lie on the tomb slab, one of which is his son and the other his grandson. Walpole incident- ally states that the earl bequeathed £1,500 to be expended on this tomb, and that his executors agreed with a Dutch sculptor, Richard Stevens, to ex- , ecute his part of the work for ,£ 292 12s 8d. The earl and his son were first. buried in the Church of St. Laurence Poultney', in the metropolis,and then removed to Borehamat the, instance of ‘the grandson.—-Cornhill Magazine. A Simon’s Sronr. Not The Proverblal Sailo’r’a _Yarn. An Old Salt Speaks in 'NorWa-lk. . The life of a sailor has many ups and downs. The hardships of the man who sails the bully deep are not appreciated by. the land lubbers who know notwhat it isvto struggle with the elements to keep above water, 'it takes brawn and muscle and .good constitutions, to stand it. While men, even the hardiest when they return from nautical life find the exposure has left them With a. legacy, as a constant reminder of the past; And .often . when a Jolly Jack Tar is relating an eXpei’ience the back that has carried him through it all is burdened with a far heavier burden. Our representative had a pleasant chat the other day with just such a man. sale: for thirty» years. Thos. Cooney. by name, a Norwalk citizen residing at No. 73 Harbor'Ave. he has also held the posmon of dockmaster for ten years and to add to the difiiculties he has had to contend with, he fell from a tree when a boy striking a fence. This accident left him with back trouble and the life on the water with its hardships added their share until he found backache was more or less a steady thing, coming on from time to time. Like most people, he did not understand that it came from the kid- neys, but reading that Dean’s Kidney Pills cured backache he got a box at Hale’s drug store and was surprised to find how quickly they acted. Why, says Mr. Uooney, they simply cured me and you may be sure I have a good word for Daun’s Kidney Pills they have done such good work for me. I shall be glad to tell anyone about it who Wishes to know. Its like a case of mistaken identity. Mr. Cooney did not realize that it was kidney ache, and that his kidneys were injured, not his back. That. exposure had simply increased the kidnev ‘com- plications. It's easy for Dean's Kidney Pills to care such cases. For sale _by all dealers. Price 50 cents or mailed by Foster-Milburu 00., Buffalo, N. Y.’ sole agents for the U. S. It your Geuler tells you that. some- thing else is “ju:~t as good” and Doun’s Ointment for dives, Pin WL rms, Itch- ing Piles, or other itchiness oi the skin, tellhimyuu want the original. It is, 833; neverfailing. J. D. Jennings. Q ’ UNDERTAKER Q Knight. street. opposite Street £8.1qu; Depot NIGHTBELL AT OFFICE I Piano Lessons. BS. GEORGE W. BRADLEY d h of the late Wm. B. Nash.) 23:75. “Edaffii and satisfactory instructions on the Piano at her home No. 193 main mreet ~ DAVID . W RAYMOND Funeral Dream? and Emlalmer Residence. Mahackemo Hotel 399Washiugtcn Street 'tcuth human.“ ‘ a a. ‘* $7. 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