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Middletown transcript., 1891-09-03

schools, and present vouchers for prop
er expenditure of the same. The
county suDerintendents shall have no
power to authorize or deputize other
person or persons to discharge their
duties in connection with said colored
schools; and any money expended for
colored schools by such agent, deputy
or other person shall not be allowed the
county superintendents in settlement.
SEC. l3. That from and after the
passage of this act the Governor of
the State shall be member Of and
by virtue of his office, president of
the State Board of Education 10 lieu
of the president of Delaware College
as now provided by law.
SEC. IA. That none of the provi-
sions Of this act shall apply to the
city of Wilmington.
SEC. Is That any laws or parts
of laws inconsistent herewith be and
the same are hereby repealed.
SEC. 16. That on and after the
passage of this act the annual school
meeting shall be held on the last
Saturday of June in each and every
year, instead OF the first Saturday of
April as now provided by law, and
all school commissioners, clerks,
directors, or trustees now in Office
shall continue in Office until the last
Saturday in June, A. D. 1892, when
vacancies shall be filled in the same
manner as they now are at the annual
meeting.
SEC. II. The time for assessing
and, levying taxes for any purpose in
each district or consolidated or incor-
porated district or districts in this
State shall hereafter be in the month
of July in each and every year. COM
meucing in July, 1892. The time
for the execution and delivery of the
collectors warrant with a duplicate
of the uncollected assessment list
shall be on the tenth day of August in
each year or as soon thereafter as
practicable, commencing, as aforesaid
| on the tenth day of August, A. D.,
1892. Between the determining OF
the rate and the tenth day of August
in each year, as aforesaid, each tax
able shall have the privilege of pay
ing the amount of tax assessed against
him, less the abatement, as now pro-
vided for by law.
SEC. Is. That on and after the
year 1891 the annual settlement to
be made with the school committees
by the Auditor of Accounts shall be
between the first day Of September
and the first day of December in each
year, due notice of the time of settle.
ment to be given by said Auditor.
SEC. 10. That the terms Of the
present county superintendent shall
be extended until the second Tues
day in July A. D. 1892. and there
after their successors in Office shall be
appointed for the term of one year,
commencing on the second Tuesday
in July A. D 1892.
Passed at Dover, May 13. 1891.
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SHE SIMPLY COULDN'T.

She could sing and she could play,
She could dance from night It'll day,
She could while the hours away,
So tits said:
She couldn't skute and she could paint
She could play the patron saint,
But she couldn't and she wouldn't
Make bed.
She could walk eight miles q day,
And play tennis charmingly,
Flirting In a eaucy way,
Little scampl
She cou Id drive ana play baseball,
She could make stylish call,
But she couldn't and she wouldn't
Clean lamp
She could swim and she could row,
She could always have beau,
And I'm sure that we all know
That she was shy
She could laugh and she could prance.
She could play game OF chance,
But she couldn't and she wouldn't
Make pie.
She could etch and write q book,
She could vanquish with look
She could win By hook or crook,
confess
She cou Id scold and she could f1out,
She could cry and she could pout,
But she couldn't and she wouldn't
Make q dress.
She could talk of church affairs,
But new naught OF household cares
Still I'm sure that none compares
With sweet MAJ:
Even If she couldn't bake
Bread and pies Hffd angel cake
She en- nraptured and she captured
A rich man
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1t is worry THAT Kills.

It il not the work, but the worry
which kills. There is no tonic for the
body like regular work of the mind.
though this is unfortunately not
often appreciated or not allowed by
the physicians to whom anxious
mothers take their growing daughters.
There is nothing so sure to steady the
nerves of the fretful +. and excitable
child as regular school work in the
hands of real teacher. Many
child who is celebrated tor dangerous
fits of temper at home becomes entire.
IL transformed under the influence Of
such school till her nesrest relatives
would not recognize her if they should
ever take the time and the trouble to
visit the school room. I do not mean
school-room full Of competitive
examinations, of marks" and Of
irrevelant inducements to make the
child commit to- memory o mass
of unrelated and undigested facts
II mean one where, without any
inducement but the natural desire for
knowledge. which is all sufficient with
any American child if it be rightly
directed. you find steady and well
ordered labor, without haste, though
not without rest, and honest, thorough
and pleasurable work. We may
learn q lesson from this-for it is no
theory-of the effect Of regular work
on our tired nerves, and wise shall We
be if we apply it. Even the most
consistent homeopathic physician
could not object to this kind of tonic,
though he would tell you, and truly,
that tonics are worse than no use for
overworked nerves. From Harper's
Magazine.
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PRICE, 8 CENTS.
possibility of Mechanical Fight.

Above us in the great aerial ocean,
stretching over all lands, and Offering
an always open way to them, yet .
way that has never yet been thus trod-
den. Can it be that the power we
always. lacked is at last found, and
that it only remains to learn to guide
it?
Let me, in answering, compare the
case to that which would present itself
if the actual ocean had never been
rtraversed because it was always COW
cred with fields Of thin ice, which gave
way under foot, which indeed permit
ted vessels to be launched and to hoat
but which compelled them to move
wherever the ice drifted. Such vessels
would resemble our balloons, and be
of as little practical use; but nov sup.
pose we are told The ice which has
always been your obstacle may be
made your very means Of transport,
for you can glide fast enough, and ex-,
periments will prove not only how
fast you must 90 to make the ice bear,
but that it is quite within the limits
Of your strength to 60 with the re-
anisite sneed y All this might be true,
and yet If no one had ever learned to
skate, every trial Of this really excel-
lent plan would probably end In disas-i
ter. as all past efforts tofy have done.
Indeed, in our actual experience with
the air, men have come to the same
kind Of wrong conclusion as would
have been reached in supposing that
the ice could not be trayersed, because
no one had the strength to skate,
while the truth would be that man has
plenty of strength to skate, but is not
born with the skill.
The smile is defective so far as it
suggests that man can sustain himself
by his unaided strength on calm air,
which believe to be impracticable !;
but it is the object Of these expert
ments to prove that he has now the
power to sustain himself with the aid
ofsengines recently constructed, and
by means indicate as soon as be has
skill to direct them. :,
If asked whether this method of
fight will soon be put in practice, ]
should haye to repeat that what has
preceded is matter of demonstration,
but this is matter Of opinion. Ex-
pressing, then, a personal opinion only
/ should answer, Yes. Il is hard
ly possible that these secondary diff
iculties will not be soon conquered by,
the skill of cur inventors and engi-
neers, whose attention is already
beginning to be drawn to the fact that
here is a new field open to them, and
though | have not experimental far
enough to say that the relations Of
power to weight here established for
small machines will hold indefinitely
large ones, it is certain they do 80 hold
at any rate far enough to enable Us to
transport, at speeds which make us
practically independent of the wind,
weights much greater than that Of
man. Progress is rapid now, espec-
tally in invention, and it is possible
it seems to me even probable that
before the century closes We shall see
this universal road Of the all-embrac-
ing air, which recognizes none of
mans boundaries, travelled in every
direction with an effect on some Of the
conditions of our existence which will
mark this among all the wonders the
century has Sc en-. Secretary Of the
Smithsonian Institution in the Sep-
tember Century.
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Nothine Green About Him.


He was an elderly man, probably 90
His whiskers grew in little tuft like
Uncle Sanl's, straight out from the
point of his chin his linen duster was
evidently the same he had purchased
to attend the state fair several years
ago. He came out to the front end of
the depot and, gazed around in be-
wildered fashion, up and down and
across the street, and half dozen
cabmen rushed for him headlong.
"Cab, sir? Cab, sir? This way"
"Any part of the city, sir; nice cab!"
"Take you to a good hotel, sir, for
a quarter 7"
One had his grip, the other the um
brella and the third had him pinioned
by the ample folds Of his duster. just
then well.dressed man who had been
watching the occurrence approached.
and waving the cabmen aside, said !:
"Where do you want to go, sir I"
He recovered his grip, umbrella and
breath first, glanced up at the man,
grinned sardonic, rural, spasmodic
grin, and as he gripped his belongings
and backed off remarked sarcastically:
"That's none of your darned BUSH
ness. You'd like ter know whar /
come from, too, wouldn't ye? An eff
my folks is all well, an how the crops
are? Mebbe you know somebody
down in our town an an used to play
on my farm when you was a boy I
Speak out, amt l right? Ant my
name Smith an don't I remember
Hiram johnson and his boy Dick that
run off to Californys An don't | re-
cognize you? Yes, guess | do, an
eff you don't git right out'n hyar tar
nal quick I'll call the perlice, | will
I know yer didos I amt been in In.
dianapolis five times for nothin' an
don't take the papers Jest for the crop
reports. You git now, quick"
but / assure you, sir, you are mis-
taxed. / don't know YOU and don't
want to. only thought"
lu0uSub AnO w Coen S"SSA5
or play lottery, or buy green goods.
ehY Whar's your pardner? Anti it
pretty near time fer him ter show up?"
/" | tell you. sir, you are mistaken.
am in the employ of this railway,
and Just thought / might save you
some trouble with those cabmen.
Now go on, and if you do get buncoed,
why don't say it wasn't your own
fault" and the irate young man retir.
! ed up stairs to the company's Offices.
The agriculturist winked the other
eve in admiration of bis own shrewd-
ness, and, calling cabman, said
"Young man, you. take me to the
building; that's whar the Universal
Investment Company is, ant it!
They advertise to pay $lO0 in six
months on a 81 week put in, an,
begosh, I'm goin' ter buy some shares,
Their better n county bonds"
| +. The hnrenshoa crab chaws ifs fond
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CHAPTER 6S. VOLUME XIX

SEC. /. That Section 8, Chapter
369, Volume Is, Laws Of Delaware,
be amended by striking out. the words
"and fifty" in the seventh line Of said
section and that said section be fur
ther amended by striking outI the
words "and twenty-five" in the 9Th
line of the section aforesaid
*NorE.-This act 81 amends the
law previously in force as to provide
that the several school districts in New
Castle county and Kent county are re.
quired to raise only one hundred dol
lars by tax TO entitle them 10 draw
their dividend from the Stat te School
Fund.
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The Reason why.

A Leo minister housekeeper, while
looking over some old letters of her
great-great-grandmother ran across
the following:
DEAR, Coon JoHN-We shall have
to put off our marriage. mother is
making such an awful fuss about it.
don't want to q bit now we are pub
lished but I have TO. She says you
amt old enough and | don't know
anything, and then there is 80 much
expense about it. Now, John, Just
think oft. MY dress will be only,
nine shillings ($l.50), and my new
calf-skin shoes would do. She SAYS
you shan't marry me until you can
keep two cows Of your own. Father
is willing and says he viii give us
the sheep. but mother says he shan't,
and you know she always carries the
day. Darn iti ] wish she could not
have got married herself. Nov, John
let us stick to each other. / shall be
eighteen in abeut ten months more.
Now, you hold on, won't you, John !?
Come Sunday night with the gray
hpr< and shay, and We will ride .ont
and talk iBsovsr. MxRx.
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How Tired / Am

How often do we hear men and
women exclaim how tired I an" "
as they go forth to battle with the
duty and labors of the day. They
little dream of the cause of all their
apparent physical discontinue. They
never think that their debilitated
feelings come from the want of neces-
sary and proper hours of sleep. They
never think Of the fact that sleep
obtained two hours before midnight,
when the negative forces are in opera
tion, is the rest which most recuper-
ates the system, giving brightness to
the eye and glow to the cheek.
School teachers, whose duties are not
only perplexing, but debilitating by
confinement in over crowded school
rooms, constantly breathing poison
Gus atmosphere. are known To become
pale, languid and fretful, but it is not
all from the conditions referred to.
They sit up until II o'clock or, per-
haps, and 2 A. M, very often, read
Ing some sllly, nOnsenslcal mover, anu
get very little rest when they finally
retire for the night.
The difference is marked in the ap-
pearance of person who habitually
retires at 10 o'clock, and one who
sits up until after IL. The tone OF
the system, SO evident in the COM
plexion, the clearness and sparkle Of
the eye. aud the softness of the
features, are, in a person of health,
kept at concert pitch by taking
regular rest two hours before II
o'clock, and thereby obtaining the
beauty of sleep of which this regular
ity is the parent. 1t cannot be con-
tradicted that there is heaviness Of
the eye, sallowness of the skin, alb
sence of that glow in the face which
renders it fresh in expression and
round in appearance, that readily dis
tipguishes the person who habitually
keeps late hours. Young ladies, take
this advice.
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A MARROW ESCAPE.


On the second day after our arrival
in Krasnoyarsk we narrowly escaped
getting into what might have been
serious trouble as the result OF an un-
expected perquisition in the house OF
the acquaintance with. whom Shama-
rim and Peterson were staying. This
acquaintance, it seemed, was under
suspicion, and late in the evening,
during the absence off two young
men from their quarters, the police
suddenly appeared with orders to
make house-search. The search
was duly made, but nothing Of a sus-
picious nature was found except the
two locked trunks of Shamarin and
Petteson. In reply to a question as
to what was in them the proprietor OF
the house said that he did not know,
that they were the property of two OF
his acquaintance who had stopped for
few days with him on their way from
Irkutsk to st. Petersburg. Upon be-
ing asked where these aoquaintances
were, he replied that he did not know.
that they usually went out after din
r1er and returned between eleFen and
twelve O'Clock. After brief consul
tation the police officers decided that
as they had no orders to search the
personal baggage of the house owner 8
guests they would not force the locks
Of the trunks, but would merely cord
and seal them so that the contents
could not be tampered with and leave
them until morning.
When Shamarin and Peterson re-
turned to their quarters about mid
night they found their trunks corded
and sealed SO that they could not be
opened. In one of them were many
letters from political exiles and con-
victs in Eastern Siberia to friends and
relatives in European Russia Letters
describing my investigations and the
nature Of the material that was COLI
lecting and asking the friends and rel.
atires in European Russia to cooper
ate with me-and a photograph Of
myself that had given to Shamarin
with dedication or inscription on the
back that would reveal to any intelli-
gent police officer the intimate nature
Of my relations with political convicts.
What was to be donei To break a
police seal under such circumstances
would be penal ofense, and would
probably lead to imprisonment and an
investigation. To leave the letters
and photograph in the trunk wonld be
to insure their discovery and confis-
cation on the following morning, and
that might create very embarrassing
situation for me, as well as for the
authors of the letters and their friends.
The two young men finally concluded
to make an attempt to get the trunk
open without removing the cords or
breaking the seals, and as the letters
and photograph were near the bottom,
and as the lid could not be raised even
if the trunk were unlocked, they de-
cided to take out part of the bottom
and afterward replace it. By working
all the rest of the night they succeed.
ed in getting out one Of the bottom
boards, obtained the dangerous letters
and photograph, put the board back
without disturbing any of the seals,
and when the police came in the morn
ing stood by with unrufled serenity
and saw the trunks searched. Oh
course nothing more dangerous than a
hair brush, and nothing more incrim-
mating than hotel bill, could be
found. George Kennan, in the Sep
tan,ho, ronfnrv
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The enormous crops of peaches and
every other variety Of fruit this year
have created a boom in the manufac-
ture of fruit cans, kettles, and all
kinds of canning utensils. Manufac-
turers say they had prepared for a
heavy trade, but the demand is great.
ly in excess of their expectations, and
they are unable to keep up with. the
orders still pouring in. The canneries
are getting peaches for five cents a
basket, and the peach growers now
claim that the season is a disastrous
one because the crop is SO large and
prices 80 low, and because they have
not facilities to ship their products
anyhow.-New York Sun.
Middletown transcript., 1891-09-03

MONEY UNEMPLOYED or waiting investment
can be made to earn you Interest II deposit
ted with this company
INTEREST PAID on deposits of money as fol-
lows per cent on deposits payable on de-
mand, by check, same as banks; "a per
cent ON deposits payable after l0 days
notice 3 per cent on deposits payable after
30 days. notice. Special rates for large sums
to remain for a 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-
ceiver and Agent, and executes trusts OF
every description.
Correspondence solicited and fullinforma-
tion furnished concerning any branch OF
the Company's business, Satisfaction guar
anteed Send for pamphlet.
BENZ, NIELDS, JAS. B. CLARKSON,
President. Treas. See.
II. @. ROBINSON, JNO. 8. ROSSELL,
Vice President. Trust Officer.
BENJAMIN Nields, Jos. 81. Chandler, NJ ID
Henry C. Robinson, J. Davis Sisler,
Phillip Plunkett, William NJ. Field,
James A. Hart. Charles e. Fritz,
Henry +. Dure, Archibald A., CGpelle,
VIM, r. Bancroft. VIM. r. Brinckle
VIM. J, McClary, Samuel G. Simmons,
mayl-ly
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Ranges. Stoves, &c.

So The Gauze Door Range in which am
IN aking a drive is complete stove. Bak-
cooked are r1ch and juicy. Call and see the
above named stove.
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To Provide Free Text Books for the
Free Schools of the State.
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For Sale.

A BRICK DWELLING AND STORE at
Il tached, situated on the corner of Main
and Scott streets. Location most desirabIe
The property is in first-c lass order and will
be soldRon reasonable terms. as the under
signed expects to leave the State.
ml2tf Apply to d. L. DUNNING.
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Coal Holds, shovels. &c.

a. Coal Hods, novels, Pokers, Zinc,
Stove Boards, Pipe Elbows. Dsmpers,
in a tirst-class hardware, stove ana TIN
store.
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House for Sale.

THE STORE AND DWELLING combined
on Main Street, near the depot. now occu
pied by the undersigned. Excellent site fol
good business location.
jan2s-sm MRS. THOMAS MASSEY.
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-.
Special Announcement.
Hardware, Cutlery, &c.

T HAVE a full and complete line Of Hard.
i ware and Cutlery, and shall at Ill tiihes
aim to keep my stock complete.
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Paints, Varnishes, &c,

a~ Ready-mixed Paints in any quantity,
Walnut Cherry, Mahogany and Maple oil
stain, Varnishes-Coaeh, Furniture and Fin
ishing in any quantity.
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Lamps. Agate-ware, &c.

ar make a specially in lamps, lamp
goods, agate-ware, EJapanned unware ana
pressed ware. e1
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as- Any article In tinware that have not
in stock am always prepared 20 make az
81 ort notice; also give prompt nttentlon
L., repairing in Tinware.
1 xtciid an invitation to the public, my
friends ana patrons to call and examine my
stack and prices.
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Roofing, Spouting, &c.

&sr Roofing, spouting and all kinds OF tin
and iron work, and repairing OF heaters,
cook and coal stoves at short notice. Re
pairs furnished for any stove made, OF wnicn
/ give special and prompt attention.
Middletown transcript., 1891-09-03

The horseshoe crab chews its food
with its legs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-09

Several years ago Chamberlain & Co..
Of Des Moines. Iowa, commenc d the
manufacture of cough syrup, believing
it To be the most prompt and reliable
preparation yet pro uced for coughs, colds
and Group; that the public appreciate
true merit, and in time it was certain to
become popular. Their most ssnguine
hopes have been more than realized. Over
three hundred thousand bottles of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy are now sold each
year. and it is recognized as 'the hes,
made" where ever known. Is will cure
a severe cold in less time than any other
treatment. For sale by Hsriz & Balm
sen. druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-09

Do you know that you can
buy a chimney to fit your lamp
that will last till some acct
dent happens to it?
Doyou know that Macbeth S
" pearl top "or "pearl glass "
is that chimney?
You can have it-your
dealer will get tiff you insist
on it. He may tell you it
costs him three times as much
as some others. That is true.
He may say they are just as
good. Don't you believe it
they may be better for him ;
he may like the breaking.
Pittsourg. GEO. A. MACBETH Co.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-09
LEGAL.
A ENACTMENT NOTICE.
STATK OF ILLINOIS.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
In the circuit court OF Rock Island county. To
the May term A. 1891.
Robert G. Jewett, W. Cassius c. Hartman and
Sanford +. Hartman.
Public notice is hereby given TO the said Cassiu.
c. Hartman and Sanford r. Hartman, that q wit
OF attachment issued out OF the Office Of the
clerk of said Rock Island county circuit court
dated the seventeenth day of January A. ID. 1921
in the suit OF the said Robert c. Jewett aud
against the estate Of the said Cassius G. Hartman
and Sanford f. Hartman. for the rum Of One
Thousand Five Hundred and Fifty dollars
81, $50 COZ, directed TO the sherf Of Rock Island
county. viii b said writ has been returned ex-
ecuted; now therefore unless you, the said San.
ford F Hartman and Cassius c. Harimsn shall
personally be and appear before the said Eock
Island county circuit court. or before the fret
day of the next term thereof. 10 be holden at the
court house in the city Of Rock leland. IN said
county, on the first Monday of MAY A. ID. 1921,
give bail and plead TO the said plaintiffs action,
judgment will be entered against you aud In
favor OF the said Robert C.. Jeweti, and 90 much
Of the property attached may be sufficient 70
satisfy the said judgment and eost-. will be sold
TO satisfy the came.
Rock Island, Ill, Jan. -. 1891.
GEORGE W. GAMBLE, Clerk.
JACKSON & HURST, Plaintiffs Attorneys