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Middletown transcript., 1894-06-23
Ghe Middletotun Granstript
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER

OFFIcR-MAIN AND BROAD STREETS,
MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE.
MARY F. BURRIs, EDITOR.
Middletown transcript., 1894-06-23

STRANGE how so much that is
Democratic requires investigation.
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HOLLAND" the Philadelphia Press
New York correspondent has stirred
the Senate more than anything in the
last 25 years.
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Wife How people gaze atmy new
dress! 1 presume they wonder if I've
been shopping in Paris. Husband
More likely they wonder if I've been
r ,bbing bank.
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That "tlIeIe are moIe Mays to kill a
dog than hanging" is proven by the
manner in which MI. Cleveland is Try
ing to make Congress obey his request,
not to enter upon any financial legisla-
ton al tbs session. rhe bill providing
for currency commission which shall
spend six months in investigating the
subject before submitting lis recon-
mendatlun TO Congress, is Mr. Cleve-
lands scIt me t" prevent action upon
any financial bill, and the administra-
tion influence is being nstd to gel it
favnrabl, repolttd finn the Heuse
committee on ia, king aud Currency.
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Our WOnan'S
.....COIumn
How to Keep Cool, and How to have a
Good complexion-Hints to Grad
yates.

are several
excellent ways
of keeping warm
during the sum.
mer. Constant
consulting the
thern m g t er,
ceaseless wav-
ing of a fan. the
consumption of
numerous iced
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She (fiercelyJ-A man who commits
bigamy ought to be hanged. He-To
be sure. Put him out of his misery
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THE Sons of Delaware in Philadel-
phia will please accept our thanks for
visitors ticket to their handsome new
quarters in the BetZ Building.
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"My travelling bag" said one VIC
man concisely, will hold easily a
night-gown, my tooth and nail brush,
comb and clean collar or two And
And here I am informed by this au-
thority," she held out her fashion
magazine, that in order to travel
respectfully must carry in addition
jar of cold cream, a bottle of toilet
vinegar, Turkish towel, washrag,
a towel, my own soap, a piece of
chamois, salts, aromatic tooth wash
a few orris tablets, some ammonia or
borax, couple Of almond meal bags,
a powder puff, an atomizer of diluted
cologne, writing materials and fresh
waist. And yet men think that the
real problems of the universe rest on
their shoulders"
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MIDDLETOWN, DEL, JUNE %, 1894.

E,tered at the Post Office as second-ciass mater
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One Democratic Senator to make
an explanation was Ransom, of North
Carolina, who confessed, after the facts
had been ascertained by newspaper
men, THAI his son, who is his committee
clerk, had been speculating in sugar
trust stock. 1t is not possible that Mr..
Ransom would have ever said anything
about it if the Senate investigating
committee had not in Difference to
general public demand examined every
Senator at present in Washington, &C.
ing alphabetically throughthe list. Sen
ator Quay surprised nearly every body
when he testified that he had been
speculating in sugar stock; that he had
perfect right to do so, and would
whenever he felt so inclined. The
greatest interest is felt in the testimony
of Senator German. His replies to
most of the questions asked were par
ticularly adriot, and left his question
ers little wiser than they were before.
But the word of a United States Sena-
tor is no better than the word of other
men and nobody is compelled to believe
they tell the truth, the whole truth, etc.
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HINTS TO THE GRADUATES OF '94.
You know all that there is to be
known, of course. Still it may be
just as we'll for you not to attempt to
sail boat unaided, or to swim in un-
known waters, or to ride unfamiliar
horses in the course of the summer.
When on your summer wanderings
you meet famous scientist or pholo-
logist, remember that it is your duty
to tell him of the latest results of re-
search in his particular field. He will
hold you in grateful memory for your
interest and kindness.
Be sure to have each member of
your class inscribe her name upon her
photograph. This may seem cold
blooded now, but in two years you
will have forgotten most of your fellow
students-which is awkward when you
wish to levy demand for wedding
presents.
DO not make bonfire of your books
in the exuberance of your joy in be-
ing through with them Sell them to
the next class and buy ice-cre I'm soda
with the proceeds.
Do not loudly asserverate your be-
lief that the girl who received more
graduating bouquets than you bought
them herself. Such course will throw
SUSPICION on your own floral offerings.
Don't promise every girl in the class
that you will write to her during the
summer. OF course you will, but let
the epistles come as sweet surprise |
to some of the girls.
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1t is reported that a number of Sena-
tors are swearing off from tobacco and
alcoholic drinks. What it is still more
important for them to abstain from.
however, is sugar.
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WHERE, oh, where is the Cuckoo
now? IT'S said he has given away before
the cross examination.
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A Supary Accident.

Extracts from the great book on life in
Washington. The Autobiography of a
Senator"
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THERE is such thing as over doing
a thing, even "rare days in june"
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If Mr.. Sill, the man who gave the
fist information (for which he received
several thousand dollars in cash) that
the Carnagie Companies were not prop
erly carrying out their contracts with
the government for the making of ar
NOR plate for war vessels, is not one of
the greatest liars of the age the Car
magic companies, instead Of being fined
a few thousand dollars by Mr.. Cleve-
land, should have have been made to
refund every dollar received for
botched work and to have forfeited
their contracts. Sill has been here for
several days testifying in the inyesti-
gaticn that is being conducted by the
House Naval committee. The most Of
his stimony can be verified, as he
specifies every piece of bad armor that
was delivered to the government, and
as it can all be got at and examined
and probably will be in course Of time.
The odd part of the business is that Mr..
Cleveland knew all about this mans
testimony when be set aside the decis-
ion of Secretary Herbert in this mat
ter and himself made one very much
more favorableto Carnagie, who evi-
dently knew whose interest he was
serving when he publicly endorsed the
Wilson tariff bill in its original form,
before going to Europe for an indef-
mite stay.
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The explanation fever is no longer
monopolzed by the Democratic Sena-
tors. Representative Richardson, Of
Tennessee, had very bad case of it,
when in reply to the charge of local
paper that he had been using his posi-
tion as a member of the House COM
mittee en- the District of Columbia to
speculate in real estate, he explained
by saying that he had bought some real
estate on speculation, which he sold to
real estate agent, without know
ing that it was purchased for street
railway company which had bill be.
fore the District of Columbia COM
mittee. and that it was a mere coinci-
dence that he (Mr. RichardsOn) hap
pened as member of that committee
to report bill favorably to the House,
which that railway company was very
anxious to have passed, just four days
after the sale of that real estate. Such
condolences ale dangerous to public
men.
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He Gpa, Notwithstanding stirs
within me. She (calmly)-Why don't
you drink filtered water.
Middletown transcript., 1894-06-23

"Boss" CRoKER's health failed very
quickly. Hence his trip to Europe.
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The sensible woman goes away from
home for few weeks at least once a
year. She needs the relaxation and
the family needs to get rid of her for
time to be able to appreciate her
worth. Seeing new places and new
things brushes up the mental forces
and stimulates the ambitions, all of
which have run down in the hum
drum round of housewifely duties,
which are confning and exacting.
Then, too, many a woman who has
gone away from her home thinking it
a narrow life she was living and her
horizon circumscribed has come back
glad that she has a home to come to
and that it is so much better than
some that she has visited. We get
our ideas OF values only by compari-
son, and often cheaper our own be-
cause we do not know how rare a
thing we possess.
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A nice womah doctor said the other
day: "Oh, these girls! they are al
ways coming to me piteously complain
ing that their skin has no color, and
that it is not even clear white, but
pasty and gray. l have given them
advice and advice, but it seems to Go
no good. They will not follow direc-
tions. l will tell you what they ought
to do; maybe you can impress it on
their minds. Now, see that sallow-
faced girl eating candy Her face
will be pasty as long as she thinks
sweets are better than roast beet, cake
more delicious than potatoes and pre-
serves to be given the preference to
healthy soup? She upsets her stomach,
and then wonders that her face, which
is the thermometer of her stomach,
should change as it does. To get a
clear skin she must eat properly, ex-
ercise well and keep her temper in
good order. A clear white skin may
be perfectly healthy, but pasty one
not. There is not a bit of sense in
recommending wash to clear, for the
trouble lies below. Visit your doctor
and follow his instructions to the let
ter, for he knows your weak points.
Live properly, take plenty Of exer-
else, sleep in a cool, well-aired loom
and dress comfortably. My word for
it, you will be different being inside
of month, unless your ancestors are
to blame for Inherited ills.n
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That afternoon l wrote to my brok-
ers, telling them to deposit the S247,
000 to my credit. Then L discharged
the second nirl. The dignity of my
great office must be upheld. Il Buffalo
ErDress.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-01
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

The recent reduction in price OF
aluminium has called renewed atten-
ton to the possibilities of the use of
aluminium-bronze castings for pur-
poses in which the strength of forged
steel without its liability to corrosion
are essential. Its price should now be
not much above that of ordinary gun
bronze.
Every good cook is careful to dis
pose at once of the water in which
meat has been washed. Only a very
few hours are necessary to change it
into a foul-smelling liquid if the tenn
perature is suitable. This change is
due to a little plant called bacterium
termo. A drop of this putrid material
under the microscope reveals many
thousands of them, acting under a pecu-
liar vibratile motion.
Queen Victoria speaks ten Ian
guages fuently. The queens grand
daughter-in-law, the German empress,
is also clever as a linguist. She's u
prised her guests at a recent court en-
tertainment by talking Norwegian to
one of them who came from that coun-
try. She plays the violin very well,
and when she and her husband manage
to get a quiet evening together, they
generally devote it to music.
81 nave read somewhere" said an
early riser, that we don't eat hash as
much as we did, and 1 have no doubt
that is true, but we must still eat some,
for l hear occasionally, as 1 take my
morning stroll, issuing out of base
ment windows the familiar sound of
the chopping knife-a sound, / will
add, not unpleasant to me, for while
hash may not be an extremely fashion
able dish, l am free to say that good
hash / like."-N. Y. Sun.
-Dvorak's negro symphony, which
is made up of negro melodies and which
he wrote while rusticating last sum-
mer at the little Bohemian settlement
at Spillville, Ia, has been enthusiast
tically received in London. The great
composer says that in all that relates
to melody and to temperament the ne
groes are natural musicians, but that
it will take many generations of cul-
ture to develop their intellects to the
point of approaching the higher and
larger forms of music.
Daniel Webster once sat for his
portrait to the late G. p. \. Healy and
the senator's remark when he surveyed
the completed picture became one of
the artists favorite anecdotes in after
years. 81 think" said Webster, as he
looked at his counterfeit presentment,
that is a face l have often shaved"
Healy found Andrew jackson a disa-
greeable and unwilling subject and
he compensated himself by painting
Old Hickory with absolute fidelity to
nature, not CLOSING a single defect.
The portrait gives Jackson an ugly,
savage and pallid face.
Sometimes a man who wants to
stop a street car snaps his fingers at
driver or the gripman. 1t seems
y though the gripnan would be ex-
s*perated by that, but he doesn't ap-
to be. Some people lift a hand
high in the air and hold it there, and
ONE people wave an umbrella or a
ane; but the great majority of people
ave discovered that for all practical
imposes in stopping a car a toothpick
as good as q fence rail. All that is
ecessary is to catch the drivers eve.
t isn't necessary to shove a house on
he track in front of him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-01
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

The childish miss resents a kiss
and runs the other way; but when at
last some years have passed, it's differ
ent, they say.
How doth the little summer girl
Employ with great dispatch
Each moment Of the passing hours
To make another catch.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
-"Mydear," said a fond wife, ''wher
we were engaged I always slept with
your last letter under my pillow
And l." murmured her husband, 81
often went to sleep over your letters"
An Edged Temper.-O'Kief-"How
did Bill contract that terrible habit of
s~wearing?" McEll-'He shavcs him
self, and his wife has corns and there
is only one razor in the house,
Brooklyn Eagle.
Overheard in the Chicken Yard
Il don't see, Chickabiddy.' said the
bantam, why you stand up for that
spring chicken. He's awfully tough.
You're not his mother" mo. but he's
one of my set" said Chickabiddy.-
Judge.
-Beauties of Advertising.-Fair Wis
tor-"So You have really decided not
20 sell your house?" Fair Host-'sYes.
You see, we placed the matter in the
lands of a real estate agent. After
'eading his lovely advertisement of our
property, neither John nor myself
'ouid think of parting with such a
wonderful and perfect home. Pitts
rurgh Bulletin.
During the rehearsals of Romeo
ind Juliet" at the London Lyceum,
Mrs. Stirling, who is the most venera-
Die of actresses, took occasion to re-
mark that the nurse was not necessari-
y old, that she should be represented
Is middle-aged, etc, and she appealed
10 Mr.. Irving. MY dear Mrs. Stir
ing" said the manager, with delicate
attire, you may make the nurse just
IS youthful as you can"
-Ferocity.-Spatts-'I tell you.
Wally Weams is a perfect demon when
he is awoused!!' Sapsmith-'sIwantah.
know" "Yaas, bah Jawve, he is! The
othah night he came home unexpected
" and caught Algy Spoonah kissing
his wife, and flew at him like a tigah.
He stwuck Algy in the mouth with his
glove thwee times, bwoke his umbwel-
"a andcwied that he hoped to goodness
1t would vain veal hahd as he was 60
ing homer "My stahrsm-Truth.
A well known professor of archeol.
ogy at Harvard was recently'talking
with a junior about the wonders of this
land. 81 wish you could
see our town of Pokerville, professor"
said the youngster; sit is a most inter
town-only twenty years old
and with fifty thousand inhabitants"
'Ah-yes-very interesting, no doubt"
replied the professor, dryly; "but,
strange as it may seem, 1 should my
self prefer a town fifty thousand years
Did and with twenty inhabitants"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-01

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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-01

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The morning call., 1894-12-15

guard had captured Talienwsn at A. NJ
without single loss. The same morning
a German man-of-war came to the bay and
carefully observed these movements. to-
Gether with the British nan-of-war Severn.
In the evening the Japanese went out to
The sea, leaving behind at OdeDgao. just
behind the signal the fourth flying
squadron. On the 8sb. al A. NJ. the Y o.
shino and Tskacbiho left for Port Arthur.
The mouth of which they passed twice or
thrice. They saw the United States man
of-war Baltimore stationed outside tho
port. They returned the same day. That
night the whole squadron anchored in
Keel Bay. On the 9th transports entered
Talienwan, and went up 10 the pier at the
west fort of Hoshang. Thus Taliewan
became a Japanese possession. AS the
torpedo department had fallen into Japan
ese hands there was no danger of mines,
and the squadron came into the bay in the
evening.
The morning call., 1894-12-15

wan Is naval port next in importance TO
Port Arthur and Wei-hai-wei. There are
three forts on Hoshang-tao which juts out
IN The middle of the bay. The central fort
has two 21-cm. and two 15-c.m. guns.
while the east and west forts have two 24-
c.n. and two 81 en-. guns. The Hwang-
shan, southwest of Laokswtow, possesses
two 24-c.m. and two 12.c.m. guns, and the
Seuheashan fort. northeast of Hoshang,
is furnished with four 15-c.m. guns. Ii
was therefore very strange that there
should be no firing in reply from
such strong fortress. At half-past
8 A. NJ. the main and first flying
squadrons advanced into the bay, and at
10:07 o'clock the Hashidate fired several
three FOUNDERS at the signal-tower and
and the barracks. a telescope, at this
time, revealed TO the astonished admiral
OF the feet of a line of soldiers in black
caps and black uniform on the central fort
of Hoshang-tao, who certainly appeared
to be Japanese troops, and a careful in
spection also showed The japanese flag
futtering from the flagstaff on the fort. 1t
was then plain that the cannon heard
early that morning had been fred upon
those forts The steam-launches which
had been sent to destroy the torpedOes
gradually approached the forts. which,
however, did not fire upon them. The Jap
anese occupation of the forts was now GER
tain. The YoShino's launch had arrived
at the shore and Cfficers were seen coming
down from the forts to the launch,
while others left the launch for the
forts. Thus, the army and the navy
formed a junction at II "a a. NJ The
but the torpedo captain of the Hashidate
and sub-Lieutenant Seki OF the YoshinO
landed ana went into the enemy's torpedo
department. From the returned launch it
was ascertained that the japanese advance
The morning call., 1894-12-15
GRANT LAND.
Move Against the Central Pacific
Railroad Company.
No Patents TO Issue for Sections
Believed With Reason to
Contain Minerals.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Representative
Caminetti Today INTRODUCED a bill proyid
ing tor a commission to examine and class-
ily all unpatented lands within the land
grant and indemnity grant limits of the
Central Pacific Railroad in California
with special reference TO the mineral
or non-mineral character of such lands.
and to reject. canceland disalow any and
all claims or filings heretofore made, or
which may hereafter be made by or in
behalf Of the railroad on any unpatented
lands IN California which upon examina-
ton shall be classified as mineral lands.
Three Commissioners are to be appointed
for the Marysyille district and three for
the Sacramento district, and one of the
commissioners for each district shall be n
practical miner aud resident of such dis.
trict. They are to receive compensate
at the rate of $40 per day and shall hAug
power to administer oaths and take tsg l.
mony. All unpaten ted lands IN the gsal q
shall be deemed mineral which prior to
the acts passage have been located or paf-
ented as mineral lands, or which
have or probably will have markat
value by reason Of the minerals which
they contain. or which show such indIca-
tions of deposits of valuable minerals as
would induce miner to spend his time
or money with a reasonable expectation of
finding mineral in paying quantities., or
which, from their geological formation or
location in well-defned mineral belt. or
their situation or propinquity or relation
10 known mineral lands, are or prob
ably will be available for mineral.
Where mining locations have heretofore
been made or patents issued for mining
ground in any section OF land this shall be
taken as prima-facie evidence that the
forty-acre subdivision within which it is
located is mineral land; provided, that the
word mineral" where 1t occurs in this
act, shall not be held to include iron or
coal. No patent or other evidence of title
shall be issued or delivered to the Central
Pacific Railroad Company for any land
until an examination and classification
shall have been made, and such patent or
other evidence of title shall only issue
then to such land as said company shall ba
entitled to.
Nothing contained in the act shall be-
construed as recognizing or confirming any
grant of land or right 10 any land by the
Central Pacific Railroad, or as waving
any right on the part of the United States
to claim for forfeiture of any land grant
heretofore made to said company. Ten
thousand dollars is appropriated to carry
tha act in t0 affapt