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Middletown transcript., 1891-04-16

Miss Flo Gootee, one of the most
popular young ladies of Smyrna, died
at her home in that town, at s
o'clock Thursday evening of typhoid
fever, after an illness of two weeks.
Iyears of age.
Middletown transcript., 1891-04-16

MAILS CLOSE GOING NORTH 7.s4, 11.16 a. m
l.12, p. m.
MAILS CLOSE GOING SOUTH s.5s a. m. and
7.30 m.
Middletown transcript., 1891-04-16
The
Taste

excellent sample of what
is to come, must have
made you feel uncomfort-
able in your heavy cloth
ing. 1t did make many
feel SO, and they imme-
diately took the remedy
and We're cured. We have
the rem edy here, and lots
oft, in the shape of Suits
and Overcoa is of Spring
weight. Have you tried
a dose? If not try it and
you will feel better.
Your boy wants a Suit,
and you won't be able to
find a better assortment
to choose from than here.
If you are a lover of the
stylish for your boy look
at the nobby Refers,
Fancy Sailor and Little
MILDLY" Suits which are
on our tables. They are
worth a look and will be
shown gladly.
Middletown transcript., 1891-04-16
PENSIONS.

TTENTION 9Th and 9Th Regiment Della
II ware Volunteers. You are all entitled
to Pensions. A claim filed is like an invest
ment. See, or write without delay to ca
who will give all advice necessary trey
charge. aprla
Middletown transcript., 1891-04-16
THE MARKETS.

CORRECTED WEEKLY RTl
Steamer No. 2, I05G0RN -
Tim othy Seed ZOO Yellow
Clover Seed, per ID s1z
MIDDLETOWS2SsAist@ 2sA t'lss
CORRECTED wERssT
Eggs, y doz
Butter, % h
Lard, n H..
Potatoes 9Rbasket
Chickens q y
Middletown transcript., 1891-04-16
For Sale.

A LARGE lot of green house sash suit.
II able for hot bed or green house pur
poses. The sash is in good order and well
made. Will be sold cheap. Apply to G. +.
BRADY or CUTHBERT GREEN, Middle.
town, Del. aprl6-tf
Middletown transcript., 1891-04-16
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

Town Notes.
: The report that Ex-State Treas
urer Herbert had purchased the
Opera House at New Castle proves to
be untrue and without the least
foundation, and just how it first
originated is mystery.
He never plays cards,
But his manhood he sinks
In that cesspool OF gaming
Called TiddledeWinks
Middletown transcript., 1891-04-16

hand a very fine 10
|tatoes raised in Hol
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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20
Her First News.

Among the uninjured passengers in
the Ravenna disaster was a young man
a New Yorker, who had been on a visit
to a maiden aunt living in a western
city. She was a devout Christian, and
had been much concerned over certain
worldly tendencies in this her favorite
nephew. On the day of his departure
she had especially pleaded with him to
renounce the mammon Of u~nrighteous.
ness, alternating her prayers with ner-
vous fears over his coming journey.
When the young man got out of his
car after the collision, considerably
bruised and shaken up, he realized his
aunt's anxiety if she should read of the
accident, and rushing to the telegraph
office wired her the emotional message.
Thank God, I'm saved
The dispatch was received before any
tidings came of the casualty, and the
gentle soul supposed that her nephew
had suddenly came to a realizing sense
OF his spiritual condition. and much re-
joiced thereat she wrote a long letter of
grateful congratulation to him, and told
the happy news to her little coterie Of
intimates before she discovered her seri-
Gus mistake. Her Point of View in
New York Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20
How Pomades Are Made.

The transforming of flowers, once
grown and picked, into marketable per-
fumes and pomades is not an affair re-
quiring great skill. You can do the
thing yourself on a small scale If you
have a garden. Take a frame like a
window sash, holding a single pane OF
glass; wash the glass carefully and cover
both sides of it with a thin layer of
grease made of two parts of lard and one
of tallow. Pick off the petals of a lot of
roses and v%iolets, throwing the rest of
the flowers away, nld lay them over the
grease. Have a dozen such frames thus
prepared and stack them up by laying
them evenly on top of one another.
Thus you will have a series of closed
chambers, each containing a layer of
flower petals between a floor and a CELL
ing of grease. Fat or oil of any kind
has a strong affinity for perfumes, and
SO the grease absorbs the smell of the
violets or roses. Put in fresh petals
every day, and at the end of two or three
months the grease will be intensely i'm
pregnated with the odor of the flowers.
Scrape it off the glass and then put it
in alcohol. The latter has an affinity
for the perfume even stronger than that
which the grease possesses, sc it will
quickly absorb it from the grease, and
upon pouring the alcohol off into an
other vessel you will have exquisite eau
de cologne Star.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20
How a Coat Of Tar Feels.

People who read of tarring and feath-
ering know that the punishment is a
very unpleasant one, but few imagine
how terribly painful and dangerous it
is. In Wyoming | once saw a man who
had been tarred and feathered, and al
though he fully deserved the discipline
/ could not help plying him. Hardened
tar is very hard to remove from the skin.
and when feathers are added it forms a
kind of cement that sticks closer than a
brother. As soon as the tar sets the vic
TINS suffering begins. 1t contracts as
it cools, and every one of the little veins
on the body is pulled, causing the most
exquisite agony. The perspiration is
entirely stopped, and unless the tar is
removed death is certain to ensue.
But the removal is no easy task and
requires several days. The tar cannot
be softened by the application of heat,
and must be peeled off bit by bit, sweet
oil being used to make the process less
painful. The irritation to the skin is
very great, as the hairs cannot be disen-
gagged, but must be pulled out or cut off.
No man can be cleaned of tar in a single
day, as the pain of the operation would
be too excruciating for endurance, and
until this is done he has to suffer from a
pain like that of 10, 900 pin pricks. Num-
bers Of men have died under the tor
ture, and non who have gone through
it regard tar and feathering as anything
but a most fearful indiction .-Interview
in st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20
How an Indian War Was Begun.

The Modoc war of 1872, in which SC
many valuable lives were lost, was be-
gun by the advance of half a troop OF
the First cavalry. This force rode up
to the Indian camp. dismounted and
were standing to horse, with probably
no thought of being murdered or of any
serious trouble. 1t is reported that while
the officer in command was talking to
the chief a rifle was discharged by an
Indian, either accidentally or as a sig.
nal, and that instantly thereafter firing
on the troops took place and a number
were killed and wounded.
The Indians, about sixty in number,
taking advantage of the confusion
among the troops. retired to their strong
hold in the lava beds, numbering every
white man en- route. In this strong
hold they defed the government. mas
sacred a commission composed of prom
inent men sent to them in peace. and
withstood the attacks of 1900 soldiers
for months, and until both food and wa
ter gave out.-Colonel E. V, Sumner in
Century.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20
Handy to Have Around.

Among the conveniences, almost ne
cessities, kept in the pantry by every
housewife, are pieces of blotting paper,
a bottle of iodide of potash and a solu-
ton Of starch. This is most fortunate,
because ! read in the paper today that
after the passage Of an electric storm a
good deal of ozone is left sneaking around
behind the stove, in the cellarway, up in
the garnet and SO on. With the articles
mentioned lying handy on the pantry
shelf, all n has to do to detect this
ozone is to make a compound Of the
iodide of potash and the starch solution,
and then dip the blotting paper in the
compound. If 1t turns blue 1t Is ozone.
II it doesn't it's just as well. Detroit
Free Press.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20
Value of the Kangaroo's Tail.

So important is the k~angaroo's tail in
his rapid progressed that experienced
hunters with guns are accustomed to FIRE
at the point where this a~ppendage joins
the body, when, the tail being disabled
for its Office of balancing, the animal is
as effectually stopped as if hamstrung.
Hit elsewhere, except with a rifle bullet,
or at point blank range. the kangaroo is
pretty likely to get off.
One popularity of the kangaroo is
that. after being started up, he very
rarely swerves from his course, through
which popularity he is easily "potted'
by hunters, who conceal themselves
while a mar on horseback drives the
herd toward them.-Boston Journal
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20
New Seagoing Vessel,

The ''whaleback, of which SC much
is said in nautical JOURNALS, is either a
barge or a steamer, as You please, the
name indicating the peculiar shape. As
a lake or ocean steamer it will, say its
promoters, almost abolish ~seasickness,
and as a barge it will reduce the cost of
towing one-third or more. Captain Alex
ander McDougall, Of Superior, Wis. is
the inventor, and there are already eight
cen "whalebacks' on the lakes. with a
total tonnage of &c, g00. The deck IS
rounded as is the bottom. and they come
together convex near the water line, so
there is little rolling. -
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20
An Old Custom in Durham Cathedral.

A curious custom, and one which we
believe is in existence at the present
time at Durham cathedral, is for the
choristers, clad in flowing white robes,
to ascend the tower of the cathedral on
the eve Of the feast of Corpus Christi
and sing the "Te Deum." This cere-
mony is performed to commemorate the
miraculous extinguishment Of a fire on
that night in 1929. According to the
legend the belfry was struck by light
ming at midnight while the priests were
engaged in prayer, and although the fire
ragged for several hours the bells escaped
injury. This, it was said, was owing to
the special interference of the incorrupt-
ible st. Cuthbert, who was enshrined in
that cathedral.-London Tit-Bits
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20

A Learned Blind Man.

Blind men in Japan sometimes distin-
guish themselves outside their regular
occupations. One was a famous Ego
player, and it is recorded that, having
beaten a prince at the game, his antago-
mist, in a fit of jealous anger, killed him,
and was himself executed for the crime.
Another was a famous author, and com
piled a valuable repertory of information
in 635 volumes. The blind also practiced
usury, and acquired much unpopularity
from the harsh way in which they
treated their debtors .-London Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20

John Sherman, oldest member in
length of service Of the United States
senate and avowedly a candidate for an
other term. was born May 10, 1923. at
Lancaster, I. In 1851 he was elected to
the Thirty-fourth congress. the first in
which the Republicans had a majority
Of the house, and was reelected three
times, but did not serve the last time.
having been chosen senator from Ohio
early in 1861. He has lived over fifty
years in Mansfield. o. and in 1874 he be-
gan law practice there with his brother
Charles. In 1913 he was married 70 Miss
Celia Stewart. Except for a term as
secretary of the treasury i'll President
Hayes cabinet he has been in the senate
since lsh1- -
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20
fOR LIGHT

rhou, God. who knowest oil my memories
The dreadful days of torture and of tears,
The shame, the agony of those cid years.
The duplicating sobs on Bonded knees,
The drinking of the cup whose bitter lees
Were poison-nauseous and like flame that
scars
Thou plying God of all the infinite spheres,
OF ever merciful and just DEGREES,
Now help me, that | know what path be right;
Now comfort me if right seem cruel wrong,
Though with bruised heart | turn to face the
night,
Or. choosing honor, life seems long, SO long!
Dear God. but lead me till | grow more
strong,
Uphold me in my darkness-give me light.
Cecil Charles in New Orleans Times-Dem-
acrat.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20
The Maid BIusled.

When Mr.. David Dear (winner of the
queens prize at Bisley) was a law stu.
dent, he once attended an sat home"
On the servant asking his name, he re-
piled, "David Dear" The girl blushed
and said, Eyes, yes; but what is your
other name, sir" He assured her he had
no other name. But it was of no use,
the servant knew better, and announced
him as "Mr. ,David.n1@ -sNz
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20

academy, After FRANCIS c. HENDRICKS.
serving awhile as clerk in Rochester he
removed to Syracuse and began business
on his own account. He amassea a for
tune and became active in politi ;. hav-
ing held various local offices, served two
terms as representative in the legisla-
ture and part of one in the senate, when
he was called to the coilectorship.
rxT~
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20

sPansy' is the pen name of Mrs, G. R.
Alden, a lady who has written many
short stories with a religious tone and
edits a child's paper called Pansy. She
is a pleasant faced, brown eyed lady Of
middle age. and is doing a large part of
the religious teaching at Chautauqua.
For sixteen years she has been working
on a life of Christ, recently published
under the title of the prince of Peace.
She considers this the elimination of her
study and life work.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20

ordinary accountant al set down the
figures, and a add much larger mum
bers as fast as the fastest writer can set
them down. He also has a strange
power of quoting fractions animals, and
is the happiest egotist Oh earth-perhaps
the only man in the world who is per
feetly satisfied with himself in every de-
fail
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20

L asset was sue
ceeded by Hon.
Francis c, Hen
bricks. state SEN
ator from Onon-
daga county. He
was borni King.
ston n. Y. Nov.
%, 1884, and re-
eeived his edu.
cation there and
at the ALBANY
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20

man ; strength
were concentrate
ed in one hand he
would b~ephysic-
ally what Rube
Fields mentally.
He can neither
read nor write
and does not
know a figure;
yet he can multi
ply numbers run
ming into trillions
faster than an
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20

In n of the best known London res.
taurants the walters are said to receive
more than $500 a week in tips. The
railway servants of England receive
about 81, 500, 900 every year in this form
from the British public.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20

The Chinese lay down bamboo rods
for young oysters to cling to, and give
them no special attention. When a fair
number are mature, they pick up the
rods and carry large and small to market,
without separating them from the rods.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20

The precise words. of Coming events
cast their shadows before" occurred to
Campbell in a dream. He awoke and
found himself repeating them aloud,
and afterward used them In "Lochiel's
Warning" a minor poem Of much merit.
-Philadelphia Ledger
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20

We consume in this country about
100, 900 900 pounds of prunes annually.
OF this amount California produces
about II, 0o0, 900, and the remaining 49,
600, 900 pounds we import from Asia and
Europe.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20

Four counties in nlinois-Douglas,
Moultrie, Coles and Edgar-supply a
large proportion Of the worlds stock OF
broom corn-narely, about 1000 tons,
valned at 81 .000, 900.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20
New York's Collector.

After Il month as collector of the
the port Of New York. Hon. ]. Sloat
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20

The case Of Rube Field, of Hazel Hill,
No, is a puzzle 10 philosophers. If all a
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-20
DO you A A
w. H. COMPTON. WooDSToWN.

NOR SALES desirable building lots on
C Spring Garden street, 81 feet front by 100
deep, Apply TO F0GG & HICKMAN. 6-26 II
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-15
ELEcTElc POWER CONTRACTORS
AZ rush Forward Their WOrk-No Trouble
About the Trlenhuue polcs.

~ -
40 Push Forward Their worE-No Trouble
About tile Telephone Poles.
The Electric Light Commission wres.
tied last night with the accepted bids
Oh the electric power house. The sue.
Sessiu! bidder was the Wheeling Min
iag and Manufacturing Company,
which bid slO,925 OH tho power house,
and the Nandoru Company, OF Cleve.
.aad, which offered to put up tho struc.
sun,l iron work for 81 400. A bond OF
M'OVS Will be required from the Wheel.
ns Mining and Manufacturing Com.
4he chairman was instructed to re.
yusst tile commissioners OF the electric
EESSht bonds to advertise them for sale,
me wheeling Mining and Manutactur-
i@g Company is required to finish the
ouId'ng by November 10. The con-
factors Tor the structural iron work are
.,gquired TO finish the construction OF
MelF work by November /.
4here was some discussion about the
;Scent action otthe Telephone company.
r. puIhng up poles on Twenty-flfth,
rTeAtF-sixth and other streets. Il was
S1esaoned whether this action might
aSl interfere with the erection OF The
Wy w. poles. MIR. Wolf, manager, it was
e eSiel' had diselaimed any intention of
embarrassing the electric light commits
, Jo" ana was willing to accommodate
'u' city to the extent OF lending his
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-15

Great interest is being manifested in
the great lot sale which will take place
at Moundsville September 90 and "a,
Shrewd business men realize the fact
that Moundsville is going to increase in
population rapidly, and that an invest
ment in lots there is bound to yield
large profits. The demand for lots for
actual building purposes is already
great and steadily increasing. Works
that will give employment to 1000
people are already in operation, build.
Ing or contracted Tor. This will bring
an increase in the population OF from
three to five thousand, and every one
knows what this means to q small city
The company has a list OF about two
dozen other industries that desire 10.
cation here, and q number Of them will
be located before spring. The lot sale
by tho Moundsville Mining and Manu-.
featuring Company will take place Sep
TENDER % and p, when a rare chance
will be offered to investors, large or
small, on easy terms.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-15
IARTTN's FERRY.
Politics Warming up-Pcrsonal Gossip
Church and other NOWs.

EOAlhlCs
Church and other NoWs.
Hon. j. S. Burrows, of Michigan, will
positively address the people OF Mar
tins Ferry at the Opera House next
Friday evening week, September lB.
He is one Of the best speakers in the
United States and will draw q large
crowd.
There. was meeting Of the official
board Of tho First NJ. 4. church last
evening to close up the business OF the
church for the past year. Sunday was
the last day here for Rev. ]. S. Winters.
Chairman C.L. Weems, of the Repub-
lican County Committee, was in town
Yesterday arranging for the Burrows
meeting, on his way to Caldwell, where
his house was burned on Sunday.
Capt. Lorenzo Daniord will address
the Republican club next Saturday
evening. The mere mention OF this TACT
will I'll the hall.
Miss Annie Davis returned to her
home in Cleveland yesterday, after q
pleasant visit with friends OF this city.
Mr.. Henry ]. Sommerhill returned 10
his home In Cannonsburg yesterday,
after a delightful visit here.
Luther Lewis and Thompson Kerr
left yesterday for Columbus to attend
the Ohio State University.
Rev. ]. S. Winters leaves to-day to
attend the annual conference, which
assemblies at Akron.
Mr.. William Crumbley, Of the county
road, is visiting his brother and friends
at salineville, ..
l.. Spence, George Spence and A. b.
Gilmore attended a law suit Mt Mounds
vile yesterday.
Mr.. Jesse Williams, of jefferson coun-
ty, is visiting at the home OF a. D.
Newiand.
Frank S. Davidson will play "old
Farmer Hippins" at the Opera House
tonight.
Mrs. Sarah Richardson is the guest Of
her daughter, Mrs. George Barr, Of the
orchard.
Mr.. Thco snodgrass will accompany
Rev. /. S. Winters to conference this
week.
Miss Ella Inglebright is entertaining
Miss Bertha Wilson, OF Short Creek.
Gas being short, the Elson Glass
Works did not get on yesterday.
Mr.. S. F. Dean moved into his new
residence Yesterday
The Republican Senatorial convention
will be held to-day.
Council will meet tonight.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-15
.-,,r ,rK1ynEY BUTTON.

Invention Cienriy Proven
! 'lni'' ,T"oy nrO of American Tin
Plate. ,,,.,,,,,,
To-, s.. % On last Thursday the Pittsburg
i, a,n nrbIished lengthy story under
' gr head lines, concerning me S ana
s.a'' .8erican Tin Plate Mckinley But
Ny . ,sc sale OF which has been enormous,
'o e., u. .r 5.i, was headed "McKinleys
-. i W. Pntton" and dated Bellaire, o.
Welsh bI''V written in Bellaire or sent
j va, ,h at city, and nearly every WORD
Iy IA. ,'' and the author knew ms Wne sa
'1' .nt h The fake alleges tnat , InGse
pc zen. ~ we're manufactured IN Wales
bni'D y,,,. clerk gave the snap away TO a
st' ~, ~ soying the buttons como 70 me
iriehu, 10; ~ al packages, bearing the
u oIIEi mint OF the Welsh manu-
burnt. .,r at at swansea, Wales, and not q
l n.y.. worth of American mAIeFlm VI
i I i put on them etc. ,,a;,. Tho
W.T. II The author and a retraction,
Tai4 V, IL Il brief contradiction, a por-
els'' II rwhich appeared the next day.
i u, ;G',sahood is being extensively con-
iia c In by the Democratic papers, which
a aa".;5er it good politics, and kepnD-
E S;.1n napers are requesting a statement
Of the facts r,.,,;.s nil, sneol for
themselves;
'' T,ts DIV personally appeared before
i,bn :. Cochran, q Notary Public,
Nv i,r The county and State afore-
u W.: Wv lain ". Crooks, who being first
IND IND worn, on his oath says: Inc
u u.",,,,,o,,t appearing in the Pittsburgh
i Nv. ~ september 10, 1891, and other
i| later, in which it is alleged that
i5e Mckinley button being sold by me
in Dvm,"oriact,ired in Swansea, Wales, OF
WD '' tia, is absolutely and utterly
false. ,,,,foo.,rol for
Won in Inc United States by the Column
bil Novelty Company, at l4S and l4o
I'm street, New York City, OF Amer.
con lin. by American workmen, and not
ora n ilcsc buttons WAS ever in Wales,
C; ti in the manufactured or unmanu-
;,c,greI state. The only portion OF the
Ia 1rticlc which comes near the truth
j.,he intimation they are having n large
s,s Ten thousand Of these buttons
wore manufactured for me this week,
ami still the demand is unsupplied.
These buttons are my own, and the Re
publican State League or the Repub-
ham State Executive Committee have
nothing to do with them.
nj, my candid judgment this button
Is having thoimmcnse sale tits, because
i i typical OF the great industrial
question now before the American peo-
n, for solution and a telling argument
in favor OF American industries.
have repeatedly demanded Of the
Poi the name OF the author OF this false
article that may prosecute him, but SO
FAR they have failed to respond.
JONI w. Crooks.
subscribed and sworn before me by
John ". Crooks this 18th day OF Sep
;rmbcr, 1891. JonE S. Cochran
Notary Public.