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QUAINT AND CURIOUS SAYINGS.

Many of our common sayings, so
trite and pithy. are used without the
least idea from whose mouth or pen
they first originated. Probably the
works of Shakespeare furnish US with
more of these familiar maxims than
any other writer, for to him we owe
+" All is not gold that glitters," !" "Make
a virtue of necessity" " Screw your
courage to sticking place. (not
point), "They laugh that wiz" /" This
is the short and long of it." Com
parsons are odious," (" As merry as
the day is long," A Daniel come to
judgment, y" Frailty, they name is
woman" and a host of others. Wash
ington Irving gives us The
Almighty Dollar" Thomas Morgan
queried long ago, What will Mrs.
Grundy say 2" while Goldsmith
answers g Ask me no questions and
I'll tell you no fbs." Charles Pinck-
ney gives i" Millions for defense, but
not one cent for tribute" First in
war, first IN peace, and first in the
hearts of his fellow-citizens" (not his
countrymen), appeared in the res.
olutions presented to the House Of
Representatives, in December, l790,
prepared by Gen. Henry Lee. Thos.
Tasser, a writer Of the sixteenth
century, gives US It's an i'll wind
turns no good" " Better late than
never" g Look ere thou leap" and
"The stone that is rolling can gather
no moss" "All cry and no wool" is
found in Buffers Hudibras." Dry
den says None but the brave de-
serve the fair" "Men are but chill
dren of a larger growth" and
4" Through thick and thin" I" When
Greeks Join Greek then was the tug
of war Nathaniel Lee, 1902. "Of
two evils l have chosen the least" and
g The end must justify the means
are from Matthew Prior. We are in
debted to Golley Cibber for the
agreeable intelligence that Rich
ard is himself again. johnson tells
us of (" A good hater," and Mcintosh
in 17O1, the phrase often attributed
TO John Randolph, Wise and mas
terly inactivity" Variety's the
spice of life" and "Not much thu
worse for wear,' Cowper. Maj
proposes, but God disposes," Thoma
Attempts. Christopher Marlow'
gave forth the invitation so often re-
peated by his brothers in less publ,
way, " Love me little, love me long.
Edward Coke was of the opinion tina
"a mans house is his castle" T'
Milton we owe "The paradise 0
FOOLS" {" A wilderness of sweets" AMI
Moping melancholy and moon
struck madness" Edward Youn
tells us /" Death loves shining mark
and +" A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
From Bacon comes knowledge Ii
power" and Thomas Southern re
minds us that PHYS akin to love,
Dean Swift thought that Bread
the staff Of life" Campbell foun
that /" Coming events cast their shad
ows before" and IT'S distance lend
enchantment to the view."
f think of beauty is a joy forever"
from Keats. Franklia said: Ge
helps those who help themselves
and Lawrence Sterne comforts
with the thought: +" God tempers til
!. wind to the shorn lamb"
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Pa Fosters Srratagem.

can tell you story ABOUT Ohar-
lev Fosters father that illustrates the
fact that there is nothing obtlse or
dense about the Foster family" Mr..
Mahlon Chance said the other day, as
with a group of well-known men, ne
was talking of the new Secretary of
the Treasury.
The incident occurred good
many years ago, when the new secre-
tary was boy and lived with his
father in their Ohio home. A dispute
had arisen over the location of
stretch of country road. Some wanted
it laid out in one place and others
favored different route, and a few
wanted third line. After good
deal of discussion, the County Com
missioners met at Tifin and named a
day when they would decide just
where the road should go. They said
that thev wanted to examine the two
principal routes, find out which was
more travelled, and select according
ly.
Charlie Fosters father was inter-
ested in having the road go in a Ger
tain direction. The night before the
decision was to be made be resolved
on stratagem.
Hitch up the oxen,' he said to
Charlie, and 60 down TO Neighool
Sawyer's and get his yoke; we have
business tonight
"Charlie asked no questions, and
in one hour three yokes of oxen, eacf
drawing a heavy sled, stood before
the Foster homestead. Then began
procession backward and forward OF
the strip Of road upon which Mr.. Fos
ter wanted the Commissioners to liz
1t was kept going for hours until tn
tracks were hammered hard. Th
cattle were then unyoked, and tn
!, Foster family retired.
Next morning the Commissioner
looked at the two proposed routes.
took them only few minutes to deter
, mine which track had the most travt
and the road was promptly located o
the line of the Foster procession OF th
. night before" IN. Y. Times.
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the end of which Dave held up a
knotty, emaciated hand, and ezclalm'
cd :,
Well, Abe, you old scamp" -,
Jones threw aside his club with
savage energy, muttering as he went
back towards the road:
You're two of the confoundest,
dad-blastedest old eejits that ever
was !"
An hour later Dave and Abe part
ed, each walking gingerly and slowly
towards his home.
On the next Sunday, when they
met at the little Westinghouse, they
looked sheepishly at each other ana
said simply:
"How d. ye do ?"
They never played again.-Maurlce
Thompson in Century.
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In a little seven-by.nine room, in
one of the upper stories of the old
New York Tribune building, many
years ago, frequently saw man
with very round bald head and a
fringe of nearly white hair under his
chin. He sat at desk which was
almost on level with his shoulders.
He was somewhat careless in his
dress, and being very near-sighted,
he leaned down upon the desk, des-
cribibg almost the segment Of circle
in the lines as he wrote. This was
Horace GreelY, the founder and chief
editor Of the Tfibune.-April st
Nicholas
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There is a yery general and ancient

There is a very general and ancient
impression that big men, in choosing
wives, prefer small women. At first
glance this would appear to be true,
because the number of big men with
little wives is certainly in an over
whelming majority as we see them.
In the five years / haYe held my office
l have learned a thing or two through
the Medium of the marriage license
office, and it is my impression that it
is not that big men prefer little
women, but that little women prefer
big men, and it is the experience of
the world-wise that what woman
wants and starts out to get she
generally captures.-Globe Demo
crat.
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DEGIsTER's ORDER.
n, RE0IsTER's OFEICE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL,

DEGISTER'S ORDER.
n RE0LsTER'S OFEICE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL,
JANUARY 80, 1891.
Upon the application OF Thomas
II. Gilpin, Administrator of Sewell Green.
late OF st. Georges Hundred, in said
county deceased it Is ordered and directed by
the Register that the Administrator aforesaid
give notice OF granting of Letters OF Admins
tration upon the estate OF the deceased, with
the date of granting thereof by causing ad-
yertisements to be posted within forty days
from the date of such Letters in six OF the
most public places of the county OF New
Castle, requiring all persons having de-
mands against the estate to present the
same, or abide by An act of Assembly IN
such case made and provided; ana also
cause the same to be inserted within the
same period in the Middletown TRANSCRIPT,
a newspaper published in Middletown. Del,
and to be continued therein two months.
Given under the hand and Seal OF Ofiice
of the Register aforesaid, at Wilmington. in
New Castle County aforesaid, the day and
year above written.
JOHN K. BRADFORD, Register.
NoTIcE.-All persons having claims against
the estate of the ceased, must present the
same duly attested to the Administrator on
or before January 80, 1892, OF abide the act OF
assembly in such case made and proY1dcd.
THOMAS H. GILPIN,
Administrator
Address: Middletown, Del. Feb 5 I'm
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LITTLE LIzETTE.

.s littJe Lizette was out walking one day,
Af,ired with great splendor in festal array.
She met little Gretchen, in sober hued gown,
With a basket OF eggs. trudging on TO tne
town.
q Good morning Good morning!" cried
little Lizette;
;. " o,, baven't been over to visit me yet
Come over and live with me always pray
For IH, have no sisters how many have youf"
a Ne;n.n answered wee Gretchen. Lizette
cried, " All. me
7 bave 70 pretend have sisters, you see.
Rnt m trv as 1 will, can't make 1t seem true.
And I have no brothers. How many nave
you? 2"
!. Nein y answered wee Gretchen. s'Nine P'
echoed Lizette;
:. WIN Won are the luckiest girl have met!
And have Won baby ut home, tell me noWY"
s. Nein. - answered wee Gretchen, ana maoe
droll bow.
Then fingered Lizette by the roadside that
To watch uaSh the wee maiden go trudging
+. Nine brothers, nine sisters, nine babies to
oh Psii wish 1 was Gretchen ~ sighed little
nKstherine Lhi S. Aicorn in st. Nicholas.
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The biggest story of the season
comes from Lincolnton. Mr.. W. L.
Murray, who is merchant of that
place, says that while he was soldier
in Virginia he came across farmer
who, had just housed a crop Of pop
corn, and pretty soon after the hands
had left the crib it caught fire and
every grain of the corn popped, and
very soon the whole plantation was
covered with the white corn. A mule
about % years old, which was in 2
barn nearby, saw the ground covered
with white corn, and, though the
thermometer registered 9Oo IN the
shade, the mule froze to death, think
ing that it was terrible heavy snow.
Atlanta Constitution.
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.Keen Il Ont of the Paper

Keep it out of the paper is the
cry which the local newspaper pub
Usher daily hears. To oblige often
costs considerable, though the party
who makes the request thinks the
granting scarcely worth saying
" thank you" for. A newspaper is a
peculiar article in the public's eye.
The news gatherer is stormed at be-
cause he gets hold of one item, and is
abused because he does not get
another. Young men and often
young women, as we'll as older. per
form acts which become legitimate
items for publication and then rush !, to
the newspaper Offices to beg the
editors not to notice their escapades
The next day they condemn the 5 same
paper for not having published
another party doing the same thing
thew were guilty Of, forgetting, ap
parently, their late visit to the print
ing office. The subscribers expect te
read the news, and there is Away
wonder when, for charity's sake, a
item on the street and in everybody
mouth is not found in the next issu,
of the paper.
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The Snring Medicine.

The popularity which Hoods Sar-
saparilla has gained as spring medi-
cine is wonderful. 1t possesses just
those elements of health giving, blood
purifying and appetite-restoring which
everybody seems to need at tins
season. Do not continue in a dull,
tired, unsatisfactory condition when
you may be so much benefited by
Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t purifies the
bload and makes the weak strong.
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cStlistellaneous 9du's.
Grover c.,
Record 2.40 trial, one.half mile, LILO
at Baltimore.

GROVER @. is an exceedingly handsome
dark chestnut, l54 hands high, full black
name aud tail, black points, pro ominent and
nIear ewes. wide nostrils. he IS closely built,
veil 6oned and muscled and shows his
breeding in every point /; has wonderful en-.
durapce and is sure foatgetter, Is levei
baaded and is a race horse. will be limited
to thirty mares.
GIT EDGE registered number -;
reeord 9'44I. Bred by H. c. Hess
md raised on his farm near Snow
s1lit sso1llitaire, Ire. 2.ss;: Barney Lyndon, 25l Ben
Hoit trial 22S; Blooming Rose, X mile as
three year old in liz. Lyman. record 2.25H
Sired BY Bay Chief, record 2.40 to wagon
sire Of Charley Carroll, 2.36, and Napoleon,
I'onis Napoien, sire OF Colonel Russell, 2.25sz:
Gray Chief, 2.24s4; dam ky Tom Brown,
thoroughbred. Dam OF Gilt Edge, Belle
Jackson, trial to wagon, 2.4O; pedigree un-
traced.
RERMEDA foaled in 1868, bred and
raised by Joseph Cleaver OF Port Penn, Del.
Her dam was by Young Montreal by WOODS
Basnaw her first dam was zIea, g tnoorSongn- Stan
third dam was Flora thoroughbred, sire was
Bucyrus, by American Eclipse fourth dam
sage Brown out OF Imported Valentine, O
Thoroughbred !; Il fth dam Vanity, by Rlnalds
n thoroughbred; sixth dam was Creeping
Kate out of Governor Ogle's Oscar seventh
dom Caroline, thoroughbred eighth dam,
Flora, thoroughbred, by Bayazett.
TEpMs-Twenty dollars (s2O) for season,
wfCh return privileges. Cash, or note Tor III
months at time OF service. For further par
ticulars, address GEO. Ii. HOUSTON,
Mt. Pleasant, DEL,
Or REYNOLDS TURF EXCHANGE,
m123m MlodletoWh, Del.
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. wor,d,s Fair romance.

Last Monday, just week ago,
Miss Cora D. Payne, the lady man.
ager from Kentucky, disappeared
from the Worlds Fair headquarters.
She lett a note to the other ladies,
stating that she had been called home
on important business and would re.
turn in a few days. The ladies paid
no particular attention to the matter,
as Miss Payne frequently visited her
Southern home and returned without
anything eventful transpiring. When
Miss Payne put in an appearance this
morning, however, the ladies put
aside their apathy, for she was no
longer Miss G. Payne, but Mrs. Alfred
Jackson. Mrs. jackson was not
dressed in the gala attire of a bride.
Her toilet was even quieter than
usual. It was SO quiet that it excited
suspicion.
dHave you lost any relatives 2" in.
ouired Mrs. Bullene of Missouri, soli-
citously.
Mrs. jackson did not reply at once.
She Just blushed and looked down at
ther desk. Mrs. Bullene repeated her
question in loucer tone of voice.
Still Mrs. jackson seemed not to hear
| il. and acted in timorously preoc-
eupied manner. "I do believe that
| Miss Payne weut away and got
married." said Mrs. Bullene to another
lady manager.
Then a vocal sparring match took
place between the ladies. Mrs. Jack.
son denied emphatically that such
was the case, but her color was so
high that she betrayed herself.
Finally, driven to bay, Mrs. jackson
confessed that she was Mrs. Jackson.
Miss Payne came from Kentucky
last fall, when the woman's commits
sion met, and evincing a likely inter
est in the woman's branch of exposi-
tion work, she was asked to remain in
Chicago and identify herself with the
5 Chicago headquarters. Her hus-
band was at the time stenographer
in Director General Davis's office
, He is a smooth shaven, round-faced
young man, with peculiar manner
) of speech, but it was the hesltatlne
manner of speech that won the lady
- manager from the South. Every
$ morning they walked to the office
e together, and every evening they
were seen to depart in company.
They never knew each other before
the first session of the woman's cem-
mission. jackson was sent to take
q stenographic report of the meeting
. Miss Payne had just finished making
a speech. The confusion was great a
i the time and Jackson could no
) catch all that she said. As she seat
! ed herself he went quietly over to he
+ seat and asked her politely to repea
y what she said. Their eyes met, an
e it was then that Miss Payne felt he
first sensation of love and Mr.. Jack
in son lost his heart.
er Things progressed nicely until tn
= time for the marriage came, and
A. was then Miss Payne suggested de
of ception that was executed admirabl.,
1d Instead of going home she went wit
A her husband that was to be to Londol
er Canada, where his parents resided
is and there the marriage ceremony ws
ID performed. :. !,
vn Mr.. and Mrs. jackson will reside
Il. Chicago, and Mrs. jackson will con
ct tinue to represent her State in the ez
es position.-Chicago Mail.
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". S. EETHERBURY,
MIDDLETOWN, DEL.
CAPITAL, s5OO.OOO.OO.
SURPLUS. s5o.OOO.0O.
Security Trust and Safe Deposit
Company,

5l9 MARKET ST., WlLMlNGION, w DEL.
MONEY UNEMPLOYED or waiting Investment
can be made to earn you Interest If deposit
ted with this company.
INTEREST PAID on deposits OF money as 1ol-
lows per cent on deposits payable on de-
mand, by check, same as banks; 2A per
cent on deposits payable after 10 days
notice 3 per cent on deposits payable after
80 days' notice. Special rates for large sums
to remain for year or longer,
SPECIAL ATTENTION given to the accounts OF
Ladies' also to those of Executors, Admins
traitors. Trustees Guardians and Receivers
The Company acts by authority of law as
Executor, Administrator, Guardian, Re-
ceivcr and Agent, and executes trusts OF
every description.
Correspondence solicited and full informa-
tion furnished concerning any branch OF
the Company's business, Satisfaction guar
anteed. Send for pamphlet.
BENZ. NIELDS, JAS. B. CLARKSON,
President. Treas. Sec.
TT q. ROBINSON, JNO. s. ROSSELL,
Vice President Trust officer.
BENJAMIN Nields, Jos. H. Chandler, NJ D
Henry c. Robinson, ]. Davis S1sler,
Phillip Plunkett, William NJ. Fielo,
James A. Hart Charles E. Fritz,
Henry II. Dure Archibald A. Capelle,
VIM. p. Bancroft. VIM. Il. Br1nckle
VIM. J. McClary. SamuelG G. Simmons,
may1-ly
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Spring Announcement +!
hardware. Cutlery, &c.
pannes Stoves. &c.

o,,d oorunInte line of Hard
ia ,,,,.o ond a rntierv and shall at all times
aim to keep my stock complete.
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Mr.. Bingo--" met a polite ticket
agent to-day"
Mrs. Bingo-" Where was he?"
Mr.. Bingo-" In dime museum.
Judge.
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AS- The Gauze Door Range in which ! a, am
making a drive is a complete stove. pssh,i aIli
are rich and Juicy. Call and see the above
named stove.
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Coal Holds, Shovels, &c,

es Coal Hods. Shovels, Pokers, Zinc. stove
Boards. pine Elbows, Dampers, Collars, AM
and large stock of all kinds kept IN u his'-
class hardware, stove and tin store
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ag Any article in Tinware that nave no.
in Stock am always prepared to make ~
short notice; | also give prompt aCtehlioii
to repairing OF Tinware.
Iextend an invitation to the public IN
friends and patrons to call ana examine my
stock and prices.
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Paints. Varnishes, &c.

RE Ready-mixed Paints in any quantlty
Walnut, Cherry, Mahogany and Mapie, e. oi
stain, Varnisncs-Coach, Furniture anu III
ishing in any quantity.
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Mi.xoursslr.

- 49, - ~
but there is no other remedy lor SICK
|headachs dizziness. constipation,
!.biliia - ni6lleeFe q regular,
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Roofing Snouting, &c.

Roofing, Spoutlng, &C.
As- Roofing. spouting and all kinds of tin
and iron work, and repairing OF neaters'
cook and coal stoves ut short notlce. 1T
pairs furnished tor any stove maze, OF WHICH
give special and prompt attention.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14

posed. This space communicates with
the outer air by means of the small
hole in the surface. This opening de-
serves careful notice. The same thing
is seen on every leaf, but in none is it
SO complex as here, and this is the
moro remarkable since this is about
the simplest plant in which we find
such breathing pores at all
Now let us look at the tiny umbrellas
which bend above the green sheet. A
moments observation shows among
our specimens two kinds. In one the
stalk supports n shicld-shapcd plate; in
the other the. dainty parasols already
mentioned. What docs this mean?
Why, simply that one is male and the
other female. The shield will be found
to have number of flask shaped cavi-
ties opening on its upper surface, and
large enough to be detected with the
naked eye. In these are cases contain
ing minute particles which act the same
part as the pollen of the higher plants,
fcrtilizing the germ cell. Unlike the
pollen each little grain is endowed with
the power Of motion, and like Il minute
animal, after escaping from it's case it
swims through the water to the germ
cell.
For this last we must look to the UNI
brclla. On the undcrsidc of each rib
near the center arc flask-shaped parts,
each having an open neck and bearing
germ in its interior. This is fcrtilizcd
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
Manufacture of Cellulo!d.

The substance known as celluoid con-
sists usually of dissolved paper, although
cotton or other vegetable fibcrs may be
used. In the manufacture tissue paper
is treated with nitric and sulphuric
acids; the product is then washed and
camphor added. The mass is then
ground. Coloring matter is now added
and the mass is made into paste with
alcohol; it is then pressed and broken
between rolls. The finished mass is very
plastic and may be nodded and pressed
into any desired shapes, drawn into
tubes, etc. All the cclluloid articles sold
in the United States, and in fact the bull,
of all that arc sold the world over, are
the product of an American company's
factory. The output OF the company
last year was valued at one million five
hundred thousand dollars
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
BArrrsr,,cuuRoH WALLS SPRUNG,

But the Architect Says There Is No Dan
ger In tho Building.
The walls of the new First Baptist
church have sprung about two or three
inches. On each side about the confer
of the wall, and near the caves of the
building, the effect is most perceptible.
1t has been known to the architect
ever since the roof was put on that the
walls hao sprung, but passers-by began
10 notlce the defect only in the last few
days.
Nearly everybody who passes admires
the handsome structure, with orna-
mental pressed-brick front and stone
trimming, Yesterday most of them
were sig bting along tho walls on the
north and south sides. Tho heavy but
tresses were sta nding out at the top,
and the cornice presented the appear
anco of Il bow.
TINES reporter saw Mr.. w. NJ.
Dunlap, city engineer, yesterday and
asked his opinion in reference TO the
possible damage to the building. Mr..
DUNLAP said he had been requested Il
few days since to eS anime a crack in
the tower, caused by the settling of an
arch, but he had not paid much atten-
WIN w ehS WILLS. I1c 1t q
serious matter if allowed to stand, but
thought tho walls could be brought back
by means of truss rods.
Mr. ol}ottinger, the architect of
the building. said there WAS absolutely
no danger in the walls. They welu
built while the air was frosty and damp
and were yet green when the heavy
roof was raised. The settling of the
roof had caused the walls to spring few
inches in the center, but they were as
firm and secure as if standing straight.
The construction of the roof made it
impossible for the walls to spring any
further, and no power can be brought to
bear that would draw them in position
again.
Heavier buttresses may be built to
the sides If tho building committee
have any doubt about the safety of the
walls. An architect is making an ex-
animation each day, and has not found
the least perccptible difference since
the roof was raised
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
AN INTERESTING PLANT.

Tho Habits and Growth OF tho Com
paratively Unfamiliar Llverwort.
During one Of my tramps last sum-
mcr l ran across spot which was
carpctcd with an unfamiliar plant.
For space of several feet the ground
was covered with n sheet looking some
what like hugo lichen, except that it
was bright green. Gathering lot Of
it brought it home for study, and for
year it grew in box on my study
table. Let us join for aeminutc in see
ing what we can learn from it.
The appearance of the sheet may be
seen in Fig. l, where it will be noticed
that it is composed of numerous
irregular branching strips. The under
side is often purplish, and it is attached
to the soil by IL multitude of delicate
root hairs. With hand lens or even
with the naked eye, ono can sec that
the surface of tho frond is divided off
into diamond-shaped spaces, and in
the center of each of these is darker
spot with Il hole in it. Cutting through
the frond we find that each space rep
resents an air cavity among the green
lcells OK which the membrane is com