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Middletown transcript., 1891-06-11
parsonal Mention.


= Mrs. T. E. Hurn is visiting friends
in Chester, Pa.
= Miss Mabel Parvis is the guest
OF friends at Ridley Park.
= Miss Laura Willis of this town,
is the guest of Miss Jennie Causey OF
Milford.
Alexander Evans of Elkton,
visited friends in Middletown this
week.
Mr.. John Gilpin of E1kton, spent
Sunday with his brother, DR.. 7. n.
Gilpin of this place.
Herbert J. Smith, formerly Of
this place but now Of Philadelphia,
visited friends here on Saturday.
= Miss Myrtle Houston left yester-
day for visit to her sister, Mrs. John
M. Naudain of Baltimore, Md.
: Miss Lydia L. Price Of Philadel-
phia, spent few days of the past
week with friends and relatives in
Middletown.
= Mrs. A. L. Moreau and daughter
of Freehold, N. J., who have been
visiting friends in town for the past
week, returned home Tuesday.
- Mrs. Stewart Thompson and
daughter, Miss Anna, of Philadel-
phia, are the guests of Miss Anna
Freeman on East Main street.
= Horace M. Vineyard, who has
been with NJ. L. Hardcastle for the
past six years, will leave Saturday
night, and after taking a few weeks
will leave for Philadelphia.
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You Can't Make Them Think So.

We see by several of our exchanges that
towns on the Peninsula have been buying
a column or so of "boom" in the New
York World. Now, if the merchants of
said towns had invested the same amount
of money with the papers published in
their own villages, they would have done
more for the towns-and their own benefit
in the way Of a boom than they can possibly
receive by the investment in the World
Princess Anne Marylander.
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Davis Bros. have on hand very fine lot
of early Rose seed potatoes raised in Hol-
ton county, Maine. They are able to sell
at prices which are satisfactory because
they bought at first hands.
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The wilmington Sunday Star

can be procured from news agent W.
W. Wilson every Sunday morning.
1t is the only Sunday newspaper in
State. Get a copy next Sunday.
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"Atlas" and 81 wadswort h /" Paints are the
best therefore, the cheapest.
G. E. HUKILL.
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Ladies', Mems, Boys and Children's Ten
mis- Oxf ords at S. M. REYNOLDS & Co.
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Ladies', Misses and Children's Oxford
Ties and Opera Slippers at S. NJ. REYNOLDS &
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Church Directory.
MIDDLErowE N. Z. CHURCH.

MIDDLETowE n. Z. CHURCH.
Rev. N. III. Brown, Pastor.
Preaching every Sabbath at 1870 q. m. and
7.3O p. IN. Sabbath School every Sabbath at
p. m. Alfred G. Cox, Superintendent.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at
7.S0 O'Clock. The class meetings are held as
follows Sunday, a. M, NJ. d. Wilson,
Leader; Monday evening as 100 O'Clock two
classes, W. H, Moore and John B Roberts,
Leaders Tuesday evening at 730, led
by the pastor Wednesday evening at 100
O'Clock two classes, Rev. Alfred Smith and
Alfred &. Cox, Leaders. The seats are
free and all are welcome.
FOREST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. Francis II. Moore, Pastor.
Services held every Sabbath morning at
1890 O'Clock, and every Sabbath evening at
7.30. Sabbath school will be held every Sab
bath morning at 9.l5 O'Clock. Harry Ellison
superintendent. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday evening.
Services at Armstrong; chapel the first
Sabbath of each month at 2.30 p. m.
ST. ANNE's PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
Rev. j. Beers, Rector.
Divine Service on Sunday mornings at
halt past ten O'Clock and in the evenings at
halt past seven. Sunday-school at O'Clock
4 n the afternoon.
Services Friday afternoon at o'clock.
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THE MARKETS.

The place to buy your Shoes is at S. NJ
REYNOLDS & Co.
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Daniel Hartnett's Dusky Sweetheart.
Timothy Hartnett, a well-to-do
farmer residing near Marydel, came
to Dover Tuesday night at midnight
and swore out a warrant for the arrest
of his son, Daniel, on the charge that
he "is insane.'' The warrant was
served at daylight, and Daniel is now
in Dover jail.
Daniel is stalwart, bright looking
chap about II years of age and shows
no signs Of insanity. After his arrest
it leaked out that the father had him
locked up because he was determined
to marry rather good looking
mulatto girl named Jennie Sudler,
whose parents reside on a little place
adjoining the Hartnett farm. For
long time the parents of Daniel have
noticed growing intimacy between
him and the mulatto girl but all their
expostulations have been in vain.
When the elder Hartnett arose Tues
find on the kitchen table an open
letter from Daniel, addressed to him,
which the son stated that he was
" determined to either marry Jennie
or die," and that he should marry
her in a day or two. A search for the
youth found him at the negro's cabin
with his fiancee. His father induced
him to return home with him, and as
he got him there he locked him up
in his room and came to Dover.
Daniel swears he will elope with
the girl as soon as he is released from
jail and the maiden also states that
she will stick to Daniel.
The laws of the State prohibit inter-
under a penalty of 800 on
each of the parties as well as on the
minister performing the CEREMONY
P Philadelphia Record.
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House for Sale

TUE STORE AND DWELLING combined
on Main Street, near the depot, now occu
pied by the undersigned. Excellent site fol
good business location.
jan2s6m MRS. THOMAS MASSEY.
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For Sale.

A LARGE lot of green house sash suit.
n 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.. II.
BRADY or CUTHRERT GREEN, Middle
town, Del. aprl6-tf
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For Sale.

A BRICK DWELLING AND STORE at
II tached, situated ON the corner of Main
and Scott streets. Location most desirable.
be sold on reasonable terms, as the under
signed expects to leave the State.
m12 tt Apply to D. L. DUNNIHG.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-07-18
a FIGHT.
ON THE ROAD }
9Th day out, {

ED. TRlDUNE-The caravan is exper-
fencing = great feeling Of relief, and
faces which yesterday were grim and
determined, are to-day wreathed in
smiles. by tho slick vancouver of
doubling OH our trail. have thrown the
deer off scent, and danger from that
The historic times. [volume] (Lawrence, Kansas) 1891-1891, 1891-07-18
Electric Light and the Eyesight.

1t Is quite the fashion for doctors to
discuss the evil effects of the electric
light on the eyesight and all sorts of
paragraphs are going the rounds of the
daily press describing the injuries to
their sight that people have suffered
from the use Of the incandescent lamp.
There would be very little of this talk
If people would only use little COM
mon sense in the matter. Many think
that because an incandescent lamp does
not give out much heat and will not
SINCE their whiskers or their hair they
must have the lamps right under their
nose or half foot away from their
eyes and directly level with them.
This sort of thing would be injurious
even with a glow-worm lamp. if there
Were such things. Incandescent lamps
need to be properly placed and shaded
SO as not to cast their rays directly on
the eyes and If these very simple pre-
cautions We're carried out there would
be no need for the silly talk about the
injurious effect of the electric light on
the eyesight - Electrical Review.
The historic times. [volume] (Lawrence, Kansas) 1891-1891, 1891-07-18

DR.. Henry Highland Garnet, of New
York, was appointed by President Gar
field to succeed Hon. John II. Smyth
of North Carolina, and died in few
months after reaching his post.
President Cleveland sent Charles III.
j. Taylor to succeed him, but he soon
resigned and Moses Aaron Hopkins was
appointed He died within few
months, and President Cleveland of
fered the position to Prof. j. G. Price,
of North Carolina, but he declined it
with thanks, and then E. E. Smith of
the same state was appointed.
He pulled through all right. Presi-
dent Harrison recalled him and sent
Hon. Alexander Clark who has just
died, and President Harrison now has
an opportunity to appoint another VIC
tim of Liberian fevers Who is ready
to be offered up as sacrifice for his
country's sake? With all its perilous-
ness, there are men who are ready to
accept, among whom is Rev Z. Z.
Smith, who is anxious to again repre-
sent this government at Liberia.
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s.. 500 worth of tools at his own

fully 50, 500 worth of tools at his own
expense.
The result was glorious victory for
the race, though the hostility of the
whites to this intrepid leader was at
times dark and ominous, at one time it
looked like blood would be she'd We
next find Mr.. Quincy laboring to secure
the labor of the New York dock, where
the large steamers plying between Gal
weston and New York, load and unload.
This dock, in cotton season, employees
nearly 500 men, paying them from forty
to fifty cents per hour. This work the
whites held exclusively. A colored
man under no circumstances could get
work there. Again Mr.. Cuney's efforts
met with seemingly relentless opposi-
ton, and bloodshed was imminent His
best and closest friends advised him to
desist. The f1ercest and most bitter
invectives were hurled against him, his
life was threatened, and destruction of
all he held dear. These violent demon
STATIONS of mob law always found him
the opposition. His keen sense of
right, his loyalty to the best interests
of his race and his utter fearlessness,
marked his conduct in every phase of
the bitter contest. But he was victor
ious, and to-day Mallory wharf en-
ployes solely colored workmen, who
draw annually nearly a quarter of
million dollars for their work.
When the affairs of Galveston became
badly managed by the dominion of
rings and the better element rebelled
against such misrule, it was to Mr..
Quincy they turned to for relief. He ac-
copied the nomination and was elected
alderman, and the ring was broken.
This, perhaps, is the only instance
in history where colored man was
called upon to protect the commercial
and political interests of city the size
of Galveston. We point with pride to
such men as Norris Wright Quincy, they
are true noblemen.
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after him, it's just like Waiting to lively
music. Then again, no man OF the race
has as perfect command Of invectives
as Fortune, and he uses them with that
same dash and brilliancy and rapid
grace, peculiar alone to Fortune. Then
comes Editor Smith, of the Cleveland
Gazette, how distinctively different from
the other two. Smith is plain, blunt
and writes just like a pile-driver put
ting down stakes, that is, he hits hard
and telling blows.
There is no redundancy about Mr..
Smiths writing, no pleasing dash, just
an attractive simplicity, vigorous
bluntness, sort of Ben johnson style.
Quite trio Price, Fortune and Smith.
You can read after Price at any time;
you seek Fortunes dashing emanations
ayidiously, and Smith is always read
able. E r
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if not naturally inferior to the Anglo
Saxon, that he is dangerous factor in So
ciety and isn't susceptible to the ar eliOr-
atiDg powers Of education and wealth,
that all Negroes are alike and deserve tbs
same treatment irrespective of their groth
in literary pursuits or moral accomplish
ments. Gradyism has done more to stay
the tide Of racial reconciliation than
any other mortal since the days of Henry
Clay.
Virginia, Missouri and Texas are lead
ing the South in educating the Afro
American. Universities and normal
schools are well endowed and supported
by these states. The Both general assem-
Of Missouri very recently appropriated
$25, 900 for an industrial school to be run
In connection with Lincoln College, JEFF
ferson City, Mo.
1t is evident, however, that the gospel
Of Jesus Christ will produce some saving
efficacy which will eliminate much of the
Infamous dogma that now hinders the full
freedom Of an oppressed people. The
world moves and the conditions of success
and failure changed. Kossuth once said
"Bayonets think. The Negro is begin.
ming to think" Whatever the environ
ments OF the South may be, the Afro
American should contend intelligentIy
for the right and make his home there. He
is tine backbone Of southern wealth. The
history of the race will be made south of
MasOns and Dixons line. A large numoer
Of the plantations formerly owned by
our masters are now the real estate prop
erty OF the ex-slave. There are hundreds
Of Afro-Americans in the South worth
from $50 to $500, 900 each. What is need
ed to make this element felt is system
and organization. Stay there until the
Lord says "come up higher" We verify
believe IL the South would refrain from
politics generally and devote themselves
to getting homes and education, the mill
lenieum wonld dawn upon the 5000, 900
ere we would say "Amen.'
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tenacious men the race possesses. Few
Afro-Americans in public life, spending
their energies and genius for the eleva-
ton of the race. have so thoroughly
demonstrated the power of individu-
ality as has Norris Wright Quincy
Unlike many of our great men of the
race, his public life has entered very
largely into the industrial and political
history of southern state His emf
nent abilities, his genius. his training
school and his achievements are dis
tinctively southern.
Mr.. Quincy was born May 12, 1876, on
a plantation near Hampstead, Waller
county, Tex, and there in his native
state he has spent his life. Mr.. Quincy
is man with courage of his convic-
tions, and when the races interests are
at stake, no obstacle is too great for
him. and in the face of danger, fear is a
word not found in his lexicon
Perhaps the best illustration of his
zeal for the race, his undaunted cour-
age in face of danger, and his inflexible
will, which stamps him as born lead
er. was the triumph of colored men at
Galveston in their effort to be employed
on the docks there.
Hundreds of vessels for years had
been coming to Galveston, mostly
in ballast, and year after year
would take millions Of bales
of the feecy staple to domestic and
foreign ports The work of slowing
away this cotton, in the holes Of the
ships was the labor entirely OF white
men, who earned from six 20 eight dol
lars per day.
Because of the strong prejudice
against them, the colored men accepted
the injustice Of the situation and bent
their necks supinelv to the yoke, not
withstanding they were fifth of the
city population Mr.. Cuney saw the in
justice, and in the face of the strongest
opposition. and under the most irving
and difficult circumstances. organized
he negroes into Screwsman's Associa-
hon. and purchased for the association
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A HAPPY THOUGHT.
How Mr. Pens Surrounded Little 0Fsn'
NAUTICAL Difficulty.

| How MIR. Pens Surrounded Little GFAm-
NAUTICAL Difficulty.
Hardware dealer Ito new book-keepsf
who Is on trial. Mr.. Pens, / have just
sold the last tailor's goose we have IN
stock-telegraph to Iron a Co for .
dozen Immediately. and let's see how
quickly you can hustle them through,
now.
The new book-keeper. dnnoccntlyl,
Yes, sir, I'll send the telegram at
once
lie takes up a block Of telegraph
blanks and writes:
Iron & Co, New York. Freight a.
Immediately twelve tailor
And here he stopa
He chews his pencil. twirls his wntch
chain, unbuttons his vest. cnrls his
mustache, hunts for dictionary. and
writes such words as these on q scrap N
waste paper:
~ tailor-geese
IL taiior's geese
IL tailor-gooses
IL tailors' goosc
IL tai
Now he begins To mop his forehead snA
look at his watch-when all Of > sud.
den he smiles a large-sized smiIe. ard
loses no time in taking a clean blank.
and writing some words which seem 10
please him greatly.
About an hour later the order CLERK
OF Iron e. Co, New York. fiIes the To-
lowing order.tclegram:
Iron Il Co., New York --Frsig&
Us Immediately one tailors goose and
eleven others
Lead a So
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THE NEW SOUTH.

1t IL said that there is rev south the
old one having passed away.
Henry w. Grady the dead orator who
was the most brilliant son OF the confed-
crate region, made new dress Of golden
orations with which 10 shroud the unre.
generated masses OF the ''sunny South. !"
Mr.. Grady was the teacher Of new gen.
Grafton and champion OF q policy design.
ed to create new ideas. The pulpit, the
press, the orator and the statesman all are
advocating his doctrines and following
his. We believe him to have been an
apostle. inspired by keen intellect, pa
triotism-the vast resources OF wealth In
the domain OF the South and her seeming
unbounded prosperity on sea ard land.
Nor was this visionary dream. But
what OF the new South In fact Is it's NOR
al standard faisedy have murder and vice
ceased? are Its citizens made safe one
and all.
These questions when truely answered
Will little less than wildly describe the
old South. The Inexhaustible resources
Of the Sonth-iron mines, cotton, rice and
tobacco-are diversified. Millions Of
dollars having been invested there during
the last ten years. Mills and factories are
sending forth joyful noise from valley
and hill.
In this respect the social and economic
interests OF the North and South are
alike. The Afro-American however, ID
barred out from the civilizing influences
of that rich country. IL is openly Taught
that he Ii mentally and materially efficient
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A CONDITION, NOT a THEORY.

One day this week, white gentle
man said to me, '1ook here, colored
men don't understand the tariff, do
they?"
He asked in brusque manner, with
sort of take-it-for granted air. His
style rather nettled me, but / gave no
outward appearance of this fact, but in
calm, methodical manner, answered
him with the query, do your" NV
query, to him, was so audacious and so
sudden that, to use slang parlance, he
was ''queered" for second. When he
recovered, he hesitatingly answered,
''yes."
''Then," said I, quickly, explain to
me why high protective duty fails to
protect"
'Oh!' said he 'of course / have not
studiously entered into all the details
of the tariff"
OF course he had not neither has
ninety-nine one-hundredths of the
voters of this country. The average
man, white or black, does not under
stand the tariff thoroughly, and even
congressman who make minute study
of the problem, find the labyrinths of
of this vexed question,
very unsatisfactory.
The Afro-American's interests are
identical with the white mans when 1t
comes to tariff legislation, but the Afro
American finds the problem of duty to |
our race of more vital interest than |
1uty on raw or manufactured materi- |
ais We have little time for economic
.heorizing. We have our races inter
ests to solve.
It's an actual condition that confronts
Is, not theory. "LARPH."
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HE COULDN'T FOOL THE sAsY
ANTH HI W AhEs
Kansas City, Kan

In Consequence He Made 10 q Rule Never
to Attempt to DO So.
No, can't stay any longer, he said.
with determination.
What difference does an hour or so
make now?" asked a member of the
party. Your wife Will be in bed and
asleep, and If she wakes up she won't
know what time it is"
Quite right. Quite rightm he re-
turned Il can fool my wife most any
time as long as / get home before
breakfast Why, I've gone home when
the sun was up, kept the blinds shut
lit the gas, and made her think that il
was only little after twelve.
But gentlemen, can't fool the
baby. l can make the room as dark "a
Iplease, but it won't make the baby
sleep a minute later than usual and
when she wakes up hungry it comes
pretty close to being morning and NV
wife knows it.
Gentlemen" he added as he bowed
himself out, II make 1t q rule 10 get
home before the baby wakes It's the
only safe way. Chicago Tribune
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MORAL BACKBONE.
A Necessary Adjunct to "A Successful course
In Life.

A Necessary Adjunct to n Successful Courae
I'm Life.
Without a stiff moral backbone a
sound condition of the mental orraniza-
ton is impossible. Yet this essential
element of mental stability il rather
rare. Weakness of the moral spine IL
in fact much more common than disease
of the material vertebrss 1t Il a sad
disability and works an infInity OF mis-.
chief Those who are afflicted by il not
only wrong themselves through its In.
huence, but also infiict serious evils mn
on society. They lend money which In
some cases they can iii spare, 70 persons
whom IT does not benefit; become 20.
curity for people they do not know and
are mulcted IN the amount of the omar
antee; recommend as worthy az coma
denee OF others men in whom they have
no confidence themselves, and are dis
honored by the conduct of their uro-
teges; bestow places on individuals
they do not esteem: live in a manner
which neither their conscience nor their
taste approves and all this because thev
nave not strength enough in their moral
SPlnes TO bear mp against the pressure
OF Importantly and temptation.
Where there Is natural tendency 70
this kind Of weakness II should b.
checked TN early life. for il rapidly grows
worse BY indulgence. ''He has had an
III education" said the elder Bru.n.
who has not been taught 10 DENY
peremptory negative at the right time
has saved many multitudes from ner3i.
non. A weak assent at che wrong time
has been the ruin Of millions N Y
Ledger.