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Middletown transcript., 1895-03-16
Bucklen's Arnica Salye.

Tie Best Salve in theworld for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped hands
Chilblains, Corns, land all skin Eruptions
and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price 25cents per box. For sale at DIR.
Vaughan's Pharmacy.
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"See here,' said the editor of the
Plunkville Bugle to his new reporter,
''you neglected to refer to the proprie-
tor OF the Silver Star restaurant as a
genial boniface' in your article speak
of him yesterday, and now he threatens
to sue me for my board. You may do
for large cites all right, but you amt
on TO Plunkville yet, not by a heap"
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Nervous People

And those who are all tired out an6
have that tired feeling or sick headacL
can be relieved of all these SYMPTOMS by
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, which give
nerve, mental and bodily strength and
thoroughly purifies the blood. 1t also
creates a good appetite, cures indiges.
tion, heartburn and dyspepsia.
Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy
in action md sure in effect. Csc.
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A professor wrote paper entitled
"Ancient Methods of Filtration" )"
which was advertised as "Ancient
Methods of Flirtation." He was
chaffed by lady friend on the mistake.
"Oh' Professor. do give us your lecture
on "Ancient Methods of Filtration. -
"Ah, Miss" Unanswered the professor,
who was bachelor, "that lecture can
only be delivered to single auditor at
a time, and must be illustrated with
experiments.
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time let the General Assembly wipe
the iniquitous law off the statute books
FOR ever. Ifleft longer it may become
a thorn In the side Of Democracy. Let
it be repealed. Elect Senator. 1
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calling the Fifty-frst, or Reed Con-
gress, the .'billion dollar Congress.


gress, the 'blllion dollar Congress.
= - M ~
I Senator Plat, before leaving WASH
ington, bad afew words to say which
should interest everybody, and particu-
larly Republicans, 'The public is apt
to expect" said Mr.. Plat, "too much
from the Republicans in the next Con-
gress. The next House will be RepuE-
lican, but we shall not have Republi-
can majority in the Senate and there
will be Democratic President. We
shall be almost as powerless for the
promotion of action in the next Con-
gress as we have been in the last one.
The opportunity for Democratic mis-
chief has passed, but that is all. Little
can be accomplished until after 1896,
when we hope the Republicans will be
in power in all branches of the govern
ment."
Is Secretary Gresham COW ard, or
"a? This question is being asked
by many who believe that Mr.. Gresham
is guilty of neglect of his sworn duty
in not notifying the Treasury depart
ment that Germany, France and other
continental European countries are
unjustly discriminating against Ameri-
can products, in order that the law
which directs that 10 per cent. shall be
added to the duties on all goods coming
to the United States in vessels flying
the flag of any nation which shall
discriminate against our products.
The law is clear; and to most people
the discrimination against us is equally
clear, notwithstanding the contrary
claims set up by European diplomats.
The Treasury department cannot i'm
pose the retaliatory duty until officially
informed by the Department of State
that the discrimination exists, and it
seems that Secretary Gresham will not
do that. 1t is said that he has inti-
mated his fear of retaliating and that
he favors accepting the thin excuses of
the several European governments for
shutting out American products. 1t
is not surprising that "Oh, for one day
of Blaine at the head of the State
department" should be so frequently
heard these days.-Elect Senator.
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81 want to get collar fer my hus-
band," said the hard-faced woman,
"and l declare have plumb forgot the
size. gener'ly buy all his collars and
ties fer him, too" "AhP' said the
astute clerk. "Then you probably
want about thirteen and a half or
fourteen" "Yes, that's right, but l
don't see how you gussed it so easy ?"
"Oh, I have noticed that a man who
lets his wife buy all his haberdashery
for him usually has a neck of about
that siZe."
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HoW,S ThiSi

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by HALLS Catarrh Cure.
Efficiency & Co. >, Props. Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Drug
gists. Testimonials free.
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brand new book by Rev. Francis E. Clark
Pres'd of the United Soc'y of Christian En-,
deaNor Inc best chance to make money
work. A good agent in this vicinity can
earn 500 q month. a5-Distance no hindmnce.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, March 18th, 1885,
A decidedly sensational proposition
was made and discussed at WASH
ington dinner party which was attended
by ten gentlemen, among whom were
several who rank as leaders in the Re-
publican and Democratic parties in
Congress. The proposition came from
a Democrat, and was in substance that
the Republican House should as sooD
as it assemblies, either in extra or regu-
lar session, adopt resolution for the
impeachment of Mr.. Cleveland, te-
cause of the written and verbal con-
tract made contrary to law with that
foreign syndicate for the sale of bonds.
The source from which the informa-
tion comes makes it impossible TO use
names. The proposer of the scheme
stated very candidly that his party
would stand much better chance in
the campaign next year with Steven
son as President than it will with
Cleveland, and said that if all the Re-
publican and Populist Senators would
pledge themselves to vote for impeach-
ment he would guarantee sufficient
number of Democratic votes to make
the necessary two-thirds to impeach.
No promises were made by the Repub-
llcans.
The fellow with esteem" reasons
why Mr.. Reed ought not to become
Speaker of the House has again turned
up in Washington. But his reasons
are quickly turned down. 1t is set
tied to the entire satisfaction of the
Republican members of the House of
the Fifty-fourth Congress, and also to
that of the Individual most directly
concerned, that Thomas B. Reed will
receive the nomination of the Republi-
can caucus and be elected Speaker of
the House, and it is altogether proba-
BILE that at this very moment Mr.. Reed
is thinking about the membership of
the House committees.
Representative Henderson, of Iowa,
the ranking Republican member of the
House committee on Appropriations,
completed and made public day or
two ago digest Of the appropriations
made by the last Congress and compar-
ing them with those made by the four
previous Congresses. The totals were
as follows: Forty-ninth Congress,
STAG. .342. 1851 Fiftieth Congress,
$s17, 1868, $3.50 !; Fifty-Arst Congress,
s9SS, All. .1s3. "a; Fifty-second Congress,
81, ,027, ,104, ,547.92; Fifty-third Con-
gress, $500, 1886, ,691.04.
1t will be seen that the last two
Congresses, both Democratic, made the
largest appropriations, and there should
really be $21 1886, ,764 added to the total
appropriations made by the last Con-
gress, as that is the amount that must
be appropriated to pay contracts author
ized, and Mr.. Henderson estimates that
insufficient appropriations for public
printing, pensions, ETC., will necessi-
tate deficiency appropriation of at
least S4, 100000 by the Fifty-fourth
Congress. The last two Democratic
Congresses were both billion dollar
Congresses, the first in the history of
the country, although the Democrats
made National campaign by falsely
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MIDDLETOWN, DEL, MAR. IS, 1896

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your subscription 10 paid.
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Jacob Reeds Sons,
CHESTNUT ST, sl6-0ls- -s9O-922. PHILA

CHESTNUT ST, 9l6-9lS-9O92. PHILA
Overcoats, Storm Coats,
Mackintoshes and other
special comforts for hard
weather, very strong values
in Overcoats and Storm
Coats, $40, $12, SIS and up
wards. Mackintoshes from
S7.5o up. Boys Winter
suits from $3.50 up. Over
coats and Cape Coats from
$3.50 up.
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eRATEFuL-coMFoRTINo.
EPPS s cocoa
eREAkFAsT-suPpkn

by thorough knowledge of the natural
laws which govern the operations of digestion
ana ahe d nutrition, and by careful application Of
1 tne nne properties OF well-selected Cocoa. Mr..
Epps has provided for our brea kfast and sun.
per delicately favoured beverage which
ma may save us many heavy doctors bills. 1t Is
uy tne yuolcious use of such articles Of diet
until ~ strong enough to resist every tendency
70 disease. Hundreds of subtle n.aladies are
tn,oating t, around us ready to attack wherever
q fata shaft by keeping ourselves we'll forth
ned with pure blood and properly nourisksd
Irame'-Cfuit Serrice Gozetie,
Made simply with boiling water or milk.
Sold only in halfpound tins, by Grocers. la.
nelied thus: JAMES EPPS 4 Co., Ltd, Ho-
moeapathic Chemists, London, England.
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How to Spice Food.

No other Nation uses condiments to
the same extent as the Chinese. Com
pared with the American, the Chinese,
in this particular, are far more ad-
yanced in refinement and have higher
knowledge. An American uses lib
eral supply of mustard and pepper,
and corrodes his stomach with violent
acids. whereas the Chinaman chooses
his condiments not only from the
point of view of delicacy OF flavor, but
also from that of therapeutic etti'
cheney, as is shown in the liberal use
of ginger, saffron, and other roots OF
medicinal virtue.
BE always boils horseradish. black
and red pepper, and mustard, thus re-
moving nine-tenths of their fiery prop
critics, and reducing them to deli
cately pungent paste, suitable for all
sorts of meat.
They cook tomatoes with orange
iuice and stewed lemon peel, and i'm
prove the favor of insipid fish with
boiled lemon peel. Vegetable gelatine
is procured from the leaves of the
water lily. This is used not only for
it's intrinsic merits, but for o coloring
substance in varying shades of green.
They also employ lime water largely
in cooking. particularly for persons
whose systems are deficient in lime,
and in foods which grow in dry
and sandy soil. York Dispatch.
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Another artistic frock is of pale blue

Another artistic frock is Of pale blue
organdie muslin, sprayed with forget
me-nots. The skirt has four fiounces,
each edged with valenciennes. The
full, pufed sleeves are tied with blue
and white ribbons, and more ribbons
are used for shoulder bows, sash and
streamers.
Cycling dress is getting brave. 1t
use to be gray, to avoid showing dust,
but now it does not hesitate to be red,
because it is no longer the badge of
an exercise, but of fashion. A pic
turesvue cycler in Central Park wore
q green tweed skirt, with white shirt
and leather belt, cuffs and collars.
Her red serge blazer coat shone out
daringly with it twinkling gold but
tons. To this she added red serge
knickerbockers and soft red felt hat.
She had red ribbons tied to her wheel,
and she looked as if life was good and
June the best of all months of the year.
Less snowy, but quite as novel, may
be, was green cloth cycling suit, with
white silk blouse, all frills and hufiness.
Over this came green Figaro jacket,
faced with white, and belt and neck
tie Of tartan red and green. No skirt
at ell was visible, but the knioker-
bockers were so full you wouldn't have
known the difference until you got to
the knees. At the knees they stopped,
and tartan stockings took their place,
helped out by soft cycling shoes.
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Something About Potatoes.

In the Western grange there was
recently an animated discussion on
the asserted fact that there are but
few potato blossoms compared with
the number seen half score of years
ago. Many of those that open almost
Immediately fall off, and in some
localities such thing as apotato seed
is rarity.
It has been questioned whether the,
potato bug is responsible for this state
of things, number of farmers arguing
that this insect had exercised some
deleterious effect on the plant and
interfered with its blossoming capa-
bilities. While it is barely possible
that the potato beetle may have had q
certain amount of influence in the
matter, it is unquestionably the fact
that potato blossoms are growing
fewer every year, and are liable to
cease almost altogether, and that for
very good and purely scientific rea-
SONS.
It is an axiom of nature that what
ever is not required is gradually
eliminated. Having apparently no
use whatever for seed and having no
attention paid to it, the potato has
evidently become of the opinion that
it is not worth while to waste any
strength in producing it. The entire
attention OF the farmer is concentrated
on the tuber, and for this reason
nature is turning all her forces toward
the roots. In many localities potato
tops are not nearly as strong and rank
growing as they formerly were. The
whole trend of nature is usually in one
direction, and, failing to have seed
product appreciated in the potato, she
bends her energies toward the de-
velopment and increase of the roots.
This is a much more plausible and
satisfactory way to account for the
disappearance of potato blossoms,
and is, in addition, purely scientific
one.-New York Ledger.
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p1ouE AND DUCK SUITS.

In thicker cottons, says Harper's
Bazaar, pique is the favorite in white
and colors alike, the tan colors being
made up in tailor fashion, with a short
blazer and skirt to wear with white
shirtwaists. Extremely plain white
pioue suits, entirely without trim
ming, and made in tailor fashion, are
considered good style, and others have
merely o row of open-patterned lnser-
tion let in the large square collar, anu
perhaps around the blazer. Others
have a round waist with blouse front,
box.pleated IN fl ont and black. The
trimming is sailor collar of pale blue
pioue and white stock with Paquln
points of blue. Large pulled sleeves
of white pique have the close lower
part of blue. The skirt, nearly SIX
Yards wide in six gored breadths, has
no lining, and istrimmed with broad
bias band of pale blue, the belt also
being of the blue pique. A short
blazer of white pique has three large
pearl buttons each side OF the open
front, to correspond with three other
buttons placed on box.pleat beside
the front breadth of the skirt. A large
square collar is on the blazer.
Fancy duck suits in white ecru and
dark blue are made with short jacket
of Etor length, or else s blazer that
extends six or eight inches below the
waist-line. There is no lining IN the
Jacket or in the gored skirt, which Is
about four yards and half wide.
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CASHMERE WORN.

The information that cashmere Will
be highly favored will be received
with satisfaction by many women.
There are few fabrics OF its kind more
dressy looking when stElishly made
ND than silky French cashmere. DELI
cate women select even for summer
wear fine sheer wool gowns II prefer
ence to those ot cotton, and II the
material is all wool and never so light,
if can be cleaucd crce and again and
appear as dainty a:ll fresh as tic pref
test OF cotton gowns before washing.
There is a wonderfully attractive
amount OF t!:Ic beautiful wools now
manufactured, the range embracing
French vcili@g, camel's hair, chna-
dah, tricot c.o.A, crepGn, E"arietta
cloth, fayc,;a, many v9:ieti2s Of serge
and English diaSoaa!s, Kc;'bcr bison
anl pilot cloth, ciall!e, carme!ite,
crcpalire and molsseliae lc la:ne.
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Contaeion in School Wraps.

DR.. Chaplin, of this city, believes that
one of the most active sources OF
spreading contagious diseases among
school children is through their outer
clothing. The garments come from all
sorts of homes, and are usually piled
together whether wet or dry in an un-
ventilated place, that makes an ex-
cellent incubator for disease germs, es-
pecially those of diphtheria. In some
cities where school buildings are
crowded this same clothing Is some
times hung in the schoolroom itself, or
the wardrobe-room where it Is placed
is used for an extra recitation-room.
There should be q room for wraps that
Is thoroughly ventilated, and a place
where they can be dried in wet wealth
er.-New York Evening Post.
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Cripples Were Healed.

Judge Austin, of Hilo, relates some
interesting experiences of his own
while Secretary to Princess Ruth in
1854. At that time she was the Gov
erness of Hawaii.
He had been appointed Secretary,
but with orders from Kamehameha
III. that Keelikolani should never in
terfere with his work. In that year
there was large gathering of the ma
tives at Kailna, commanded to assem-
BILE by her in order to explain to the
people the tax laws and to enforce the
payment of taxes. A large lanai was
provided, in which the meeting took
place, and she proposed to address
them.
It was the unwritten law that the
very old and infrm, all cripples and
incurables, should be exempt from
taxation. The natives were unwilling
to pay taxes, 30 they prepared for the
meeting.
Many who were young men and in
the best physical condition came in,
appearing to be doubled up with dis
ease. Many used stats and walked
with trembling steps. Some walked
slowly, trembling at every step. Some
held up leg and appeared to be Grip
pies. One enterprising native ap-
peared on q stretcher, carried by four
of his companions. When the assem-
bly, opened it appeared like hospital
without a well person in it, and it
numbered several hundred. The
Princess made a brief address, and
WAS followed by their Secretary, Judge
Austin, who told them that all present
would have to pay taxes, as there was
nothing the matter with them.
At once there was q commotion.
The men who were doubled up
Strengthened themselves out. The
coughing stopped. The men with
"game" legs moved about quickly.
The man who came in on a stretcher
got up and made speech to the
crowd, showing that he had a very
poor opinion of the Government. The
stats were flung aside. In few mo-
ments q fine, stalwart body of men
were seen taking the mountain road
and moving off with perfect ease, and
the lanai was Uttered with the debris
of the materials they had used in max
ing themselves apparent cripples and
infrm. Pacific Commercial Adver-
tiser. n
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Seamless Boats.

There is a growing demand for the
seamless boat, which seems to be able
to stand any amount of rough work.
This boat is pressed out of an ingot
of steel and shaped by hydraulic
power, and it fulfills all the require
ments of an ordinary boat in re-
markably ingenious manner. 1t is
claimed for these boats that they Will
last twice as long as wooden ones,
that there is less danger OF their cap
sizing, and that they are less liable to
be affected by changes Of climate.
The method by which the seamless
boat is constructed is larger applica-
tion of the method which has long
been used in this country for manu-
featuring cooking utensils and other
articles of small dimensions.
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Primitive Bone Skates.

In Holland, where skating was first
introduced centuries ago, the sport
had its bone age before its iron OF
steel one. 1t was customary IN the
thirteenth century for the young men
to fasteu the leg bones Of animals un-
der their feet by means of thongs and
slide along the ice, pushing them
selves by means of an iron-shod pole.
The date of the introduction of metal
lie skates is not known.-New York
Advertiser.
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FASHIONS REALM.
THE NEWEST FANCIEs: IN WO-
MANS WEAR.
Valenciennes the Fashionable Lace
Of the Misunderstanding Nov
elites in Cyling Dress-A
Black Chip Hat.

IOR little while you can use
H valenciennes, says New York
V fashion letter to the Chicago
Record. It is the fashionable
lace at the moment, but it is so cheap
that nothing is more certain than that
it won't be the fashion very long.
While the fancy lasts, however, it is
lavished upon everything unsparingiy.
The summer blouse is all valenciennes.
I was looking yesterday at q white
taffeta waist that belongs in the trous-
seau of June bride. The back of it
was plain, but the front was laid in
tiny tucks, between which were set
rows of narrow insertion, edged with
valenciennes that stood out in frills.
The big sleeves were tucked and lace
garnished in the same fashion, and
there was white silk collar all a-hut-
ter with lace rufflings.
A white lawn dress is another sum-
merry example. It has skirt eight
yards round, with three lawn rufaes at
the bottom. The top rufae is headed
with valenciennes and all three are
footed with it. The waist is trimmed
in dainty fashion. Two rows of valen-
ciennes are run together, to make o
tiny ruche, and five rows of ruching
are thrown over the blouse, bretelle
fashion. Little rosettes of lace are
perched upon the shoulders like but
terhies.
For summer evening wear novelties
are showing their heads OIL every hand.
A pretty cresm-colored silk, figured
with roses, is cut with skirt almost
ten yards round. The low bodice is
of white tulle, with a great bow of
black velvet on the left shoulder.
There is a very narrow black velvet
belt and the sleeves ore tulle cascades.
Garlands of roses catch up the drap-
cries.