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Grapery, Veterinary Replies, Farm Ques-
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iAestic Economy. and summary of the
News of the Week. It Market Reports are
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paid to the Prospects of the Cro7s, as throw
ing light upon one of the most Important Of
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It is Literally illustrated, and contains more
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we EXAMINE EYES 81 ISL
NASAL
GATARREz

LOCAL DISEASE
aud ia the iesaliOfc1lds
and sudden ciimitc
changes.
Il can be cured by a
pleasant REMEDY which
Is applied directly into
the nsstrils.
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TIRED sALESWOMEN.
Employers Should Be More Con-
siderate Of Their Eealth.

Interesting Statement BY a Young Lady
in Brooklyn.
In the vast retail establishments Of
large cities, many women are en-
ployed as saleswomen.
Men formerly held the positions that
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The bonded debt of Philadelphia il
$52,75s,s45 and the assessed valuation
is s769 .93o. $40. '--
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5zo-To all new Subscribers Jor 1896. bay
ing in adyance noe. we will send the paper
WEEK. Z, tram our RECEIPT Of the remit
tame, 10 January zst, 1890, WITHOUT
CHI .RGE.
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Freight received on wharf in Philadelphia on
sailing day. mill u hour before leaving time.
TUESDAY, APRIL Z, NO PASSENGERS WILL
BE CARRIED
The Steamer has lately been remodeiled and
chinery put To-. greatly increasing ner speed. ard
has been thoroughly overturned and made as good
as new in evey pariicuia,.
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Persons wishing 10 visit the city teiiher to-
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vey delightful aud pleasant,as they will get TO
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COLD

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Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
OLD SUSSEX.

The armyworm is doing much damage
to the fields of millet about Bridgeville.
4 A farmer near Milford picked eighteen
tomatoes from his patch that filled a bas-
ket, some single ones weighing nearly two
pounds.
Ground for the snew M. E. Church at
Georgetown was brokeniT thursday the 117th
anniversary of the date upon which Fran
els Asbury, the founder of Methodism on
this Peninsula, preached his first sermon
in the town where the church is to be
built. The new edifice will be one of the
finest on the Peninsula outside of Wilm-
ington and will compare very favorably
with most of the churches in that city.
The building has been needed for long
time. The work will be pushed forward
to completion as rapidly as possible.
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
MY MARYLAND.


Mr. Harry Lewis died in Elkton on Sun
day, after brief illness of typhoid fever
He was in his 43rd year.
The tax-rate of Chestertown has been
fixed at twenty cents on the 500. The
rate in 1885, was 80 cents and in 1894, SO
cents.
The Republicans of the second Congress
ional district re-nominated Hon. VIM. B.
Baker, Of Aberdeen, for Congress on We'd
nesday, the nomination being made by ac-
clamation and with cheers
The Talbot county commissioners have
paid Mrs. Annie Lee 81 900 in satisfaction
of judgment obtained by her against the
county for injuries received by her from a
horse she was driving breaking through a
bridge across public road.
Over 5000 pheasants and other fowls
which are said TO have cost $1,000, have
been poisoned within the past month on
the Thousand acre preserve of the Bowley's
Quarter Ducking Club in Baltimore County
Two colored men are under arrest charged
with the crime for maliciorsness against
their employers the members of the Club.
In controversy that occurred at Prin-
cess Anne Monday night over the payment
for telegram the agent, Thomas Young
attempted to put Tazwell Jones, livery
man, out Of the building. Jones drew a
revolver and fired six shots point blank at
the agent, two Of which took effect, one in
the hip and one in the abdomen. There
is some hope of Young's recovery. Both
men are well connected and prominent IN
the town.
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
WANAMAKER'S. ..
PHlIADEIrHIA, Monday, Sept. I, 1895.


PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Sept 4, 1896.
Blanket buying time is here.
Nine Septembers ago we.
proved our ability to sell blank
cts cheapest in late summer.
Now it's as natural to forestall
blanket wants as to have the
coal bins filled. We've made
other trade-startling innova-
tons in the blanket business
we've introduced honest
blanket selling. Lying labels
have no place under this roof.
co." on a blanket label was
meant to convey to the pur-
chaser heidea thatthe blanket
was ten quarters of a yard or
90 in. wide-but, alas |! the
yard stick proved that the la
bel was a misguide. We in
troduced labels that told the
actual sizes in inches-and
we never state blanket sizes
in any other way. We have
no monopoly on inches and
other blanket labels are
marked in inches now, but often
it's the same old "1o-4" fab
rication merely multiplied by
nine.
Blankets were never so
cheap.
From the best American
blanket makers-and America
makes the best blankets
we've gathered such blanket
goodness as will appeal to
every housewife. On a few
lines prices are the same as
those quoted just year ago |
we broke the record |
in blanket. value-giving, but
many lines are cheaper now
than. then, and we've seen to |
it that the standard of excel |
lence has been raised in every |
line of blankets produced to
our order. Fresh, clean, good, |
luxuriant bed clothing! Stocks I
are at their best. Prices are
at their lowest right now.
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
Kent County Nominations.

The Democratic Convention of Kent
County was held at Dover on Tuesday and
the following ticket was nominated: Sher-
iff, William Virden. Jr., West Dover;
County Treasurer, Joshua M. Arthurs,
Kenton; Coroner. W. Fl. Beathards, Mil
ford; State Senator, Samuel Meredith South
Murderkill; Representatives in General
Assembly, R. H. Wilson. East Dover; Jo-
seph II. Hopkins, West Dover; Leander s.
Hopkins, South Murderkill; Charles NJ.
Adams, Mispillion: James A. Martin, Mil
ford; B. A. Hazel, Duck Greek; William r.
Davis, Kenton Levy Court Commission
ers-James s. Truax. Duck Creek; James
A. Clifton, East Doyer;rJames A Frear,
North Murderkill;lJohn c. Gruwell, South
Murderkill; Waiter L. Jones, Mispillion.
The nominations for members of the
constitutional convention are Duck Creek,
Wilson T. Cayender; Kenfon, DR.. G. G..
Harmonson; Little Creek, DIR. Edward F.
O'Day; East Dover. William Salisbury and
R. R. Kenney; North Murderkill, Dr.E. w.
Cooper; South Murderkill, John Schab-
binger: Mispillion, Louder L. Sapp; Mil
ford, DR.. Nathan Pratt; West Dover, Dan-
lei V. Hutchins.
The County Central Committee is as fol-
lows; R. Y. Wallen, William Hardcastle,
A. G. Sevil, John Taylor, George A. Mil
lington, John II. Jones, E. T. Cooper, Will
lam Virden, John D. Hawkins, John C.
Dill, William g. Hadesty, Peter K. Mere
dith, Albert Harrington. A. H. Cahall, J.
D. Hill and T. P. Richards.
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
CURRENT EVENTS.

Maine will have a state election next
Tuesday the results of which are awaited
with unusual interest.
The Arkansas election on Monday result
ted in Democrat victory, that party claim
ing the State by $1,000 majority.
Ex-senator Henry B. Payne, of Ohio,
died Wednesday in his seth year He was
the father-in-law of ex-Secretary W. G.
Whitney.
llSenator Thomas H. Carter, of Montana,
has written letter urging the Montana
Republicans to support the st. Louis pla t.
form, and vote for Mckinley and sound
money.
DR.. VIM. M. Swindells, editor of the
Philadelphia Methodist and a prominent
minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church
died at Ocean Grove on Wednesday, of
pneumonia. He was 81 years old and
leaves wife and four children.
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
MORE ABOUT WHEAT.

On August 22nd, the TRANSCRIPT
gave some figures upon the wheat crop
Of this country and its consumption.
It showed that the people of the
country though the population had in
creased some 40 per cent. consumed
only as much wheat in 1894 as in 1877
and they paid over Sis, 5,000,0 900 more
for their bread stuff in the latter year,
wheat then averaging S1.17 per bushel.
The average citizen ate SOL bushels in
1877 but because of the hard times the
average consumption by each individ-
ual was only 3.41 in 1894.
1t seems to us that this is an appeal
to open the wills of the country, as
Major Mckinley suggests, instead of
the mints. The people who work eat
and the people who eat buy the far
mers' products, and having work they
can afford to pay for it. 1t is not free
silver but the open workshop that offers
better times to our agricultural inter-
ests. Along the same line of thought
is the following from the "St. Paul
Pioneer Press":
"Five-sixths Of the farm products of
this country, exclusive of cotton, are
consumed by our own people. How
seriously a period of depression re-
duces the home demand for breadstuffs
is seen in the effect of the panic of
1893 on the per capita consumption Of
wheat in the fiscal year from July /, 1898
20 July 4, 1894. In 1892 the per capita
oonsumption Of wheat in this country
~ s. d bushels; in 1898, 1856 bushels,
and ID 1884, 3.41 bushels-a difference
of 1G0, 900 coo bushels Of wheat con-
sumed in this country in 1892, as COM
pared with 1894. That is to say, there
was a home demand for 150, ,000. 600
bushels less IN 1894 than in 1892, chiefly |
because x TIE reduced ability Of our
neople 10 buy and consume 1t. !"
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
Captain Sparks, Body Found.

As Mr.. James Watkins was on his way
from E. N. Island to Rock Hall last Sunday
to deliver yawl boat to Capt, Hoffman. he
found the body of Capt. Clum Sparks, who
was drowned off his vessel last week in
Chester river off Kent Island wharf. Mr..
W. towed the body ashore to Mr.. Bennett
Wilson's and notified the Coroner, and the
relatives. The remains were towed ashore
face downward, and as it was turned over
the dead mans pocket book was seen ly-
ing on the sand. In it were found $3.50 to
5000. The money was handed over to the
brother of the deceased, who arrived dur
ing the day, and took charge of the body
and conveyed it to his late home The re-
mains were considerably eaten by crabs
ChestertoaDn Tgunscript
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
AGENTS WANTED $40 TO 500
A DAY.
LIFE of MCKINLEY
land HOBART.

Republican Candidates for. President and
Vice President, by Robert P. Porter, the noted
World, and intimate friend of McKinley for
twenty years. Absolutely the.only authentic
Life of Mckinley published. For more than
that has received the endorsement Of Mai.
Mckinley and his most intimate friends. No
book equal to 1t as seller. Everybody wants
the book published at McKinley's Home.
Porter's book sells at sight. Readers will
accept no other. A gold mine for live, active
workers; Our agents are clearing from $40
to do as well. This is the opportunity of your
life The highest commission paid. Order
Outfit Now. Send Zoe. (stamps taken) as an
evidence of good faith. which amount will be
refunded with agents first order, If it is only
for one book, making Outfit Free. Books on
Act quick or while you are waiting others
will.cut you out.
THE N. q. HAMILTON PUB.
3699 Arcade, CleveIa
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

Candidates Tunnel and Handy gave ouI
this week their letterslef acceptance.
Col. Lamont, Mr.. Clevelands Secretary
Of War, has signified his intention of vet.
ing for Palmer and Buckner.
'Addicks is not spending the money that
he was expected to and the s'boys" are
getting shaky. What has become of that
great campaign their county committee was
going to run? 1t don't somehow seem
to materialize.
Hon. VIM. J. Bryan, the Democratic can
didate for the presidency, will speak in
Dover at the Fair grounds on Monday.
September, 21, being the week of the Fair,
and in the city of Wilmington that even
ing. 1t is expected that he will draw i'm
mense audiences.
Now honest, you who think Mr.. Addicks
has so much business sense and ability to
make money, do you really think he Is
fool enough to throw his money away,
when he knows, if he believes what his
leaders say, that he can not carry a county
in the State. You must have mighty
poor opinion of his good sense after all, if
you do."-Susser Republican.
The Addicks people on Wednesday en-
dorsed Messrs. E. G.. Bradford, w. C
Spruance, NJ. B. Burris, and Elias N. Moore
Of the Republican ticket for the Constitu-
tional Convention. They nominated also
Walter FL. Hayes, d. P. Barnard, Thos, J.
Haddock, DR.. s. G. Ebert, Spencer Cham
der, and George B. Money DR.. Elbert is
a colored man: At the primaries on Sat
urday, Stephen NJ. Downey was nomina-
ted for the State Senate and D. f. Stewart
for Representative in Wilmington. In one
ward Stewart received $50 more votes
than were cast by the Republicans at the
last election. Benz. Lockerman was nom
mated in Appoquinimink and Robert B.
Simpler in Blackbird for the General As
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
REPUBLICAN GLASSES.

The writer of Republican Glasses il
the SUNDAY Star" is always vigorou,
and interesting. Many of the readers
Of the TRANSCRIPT will not agree
with this writer in his letter in the las
issue of that paper but it is not neces-
sary to agree in all points but in the
essential: What is to be the result Of
corruption in politics ? Read the fol-
lowing from Republican Glasses and
consider the question:
There are still some innocents
abroad in the Republican party in this
city who believe or hope that Addieks
means to Garry Delaware and do what
ever by way of conciliation or other
wise is necessary TO carry the 55tate.
Some of these foolish dreamers will go
to see Hoffecker and Willis on We'd
nesday evening, and they may in other
ways give encouragement to the mad
ness and worse than madness which
characterizes Addicks' policy to-day.
But they will be fooled in the end. Ad-
dicks has no idea Of carrying Delaware.
His sole purpose is to elect the legis-
lative ticket Of Kent and Sussex
counties in order that he may get an
election from them to the Senate. To
elect his eight men in Kent and eight
men in Sussex he will do anything,
make any trade, dicker with anybody,
defeat the Mckinley electors or try to
elect them, support Bryan and Sewall
or spend tens of thousands of dollars
to defeat them. In short he wants to
go to the Senate and he does not care a
pin for anything or any one else. He
will do now precisely what be did on
May 9th, 1896: Unless he can get the
Senatorship he means to prevent the
success of any other Republican on the
ticket. He means to get his pound of
flesh or -"sink the Republican party
IL, 900 fathoms Deep" That is what
he wired ex-senator Washburn of Min
nesota, he would do, and he will, if he
can. Every, man, therefore, who in
the least degree supports him or any of
his dollar candidates is helping Addicks
to smash the Republican party in Della
ware.
For that reason John T. Dickey has
made deal with Addicks. OF course
Dickey expects to get more than merely
success for his party in this county out
Of his deal with Addicks. He means
to go to the Legislature and make a
great deal of capital out of it. How
he means to make that capital will be
given after tion in due time. Several
Of Addicks' workers in this city are
into the deal, for they, too, hope to
make something out Of the trade. It |
Is far-reaching scheme and Thomas
n. Stayton, whom Dickey has slated
'or the State Senate, is into it up to
iis neck. Indeed be went in up
% his eyebrows one night re-
,ently or he would not have made |
his remark to the man who is at |
he bottom Of it all: "Mr. Tea. |
! You throw out few more bottles
'ou can have the whole State of Della
vare.' That was witty and appli-
;able at the time3but it was not true. |
conspiracies can make Demo-
ratio nominations in this county, just |!
$ politico-religo conspiracies can make
Democratic nominations IN State CON 1
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
Try AlIen,sFoot-Ease.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feel swollen and hot,
and get tired easily. If you have smart
ing feet or tight shoes. try Aliens Foot
Ease. 1t cools the feet and makes walking
easy. Cures and prevents swollen and
sweating feat, blisters and callous spots.
Relieves corns and bunions of all pain
and gives rest and comfort Try it to-day.
At druggist or shoe stores. By mail 25c in
stamps. Trial pacakge FREE, Allen 8.
Olmsted, Leroy N. Y.
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
INTERESTING FIGURHs.


In these times every voter should
give due consideration to the use OF
abuse he may make of his ballot. This
is true at all times but more especially
at the present when there is SO great
business depression and people are
seeking the way to prosperity. Party
should be laid aside and every elector
should enter into a quiet discussion
with himself as to the best use he can
make of his ballot. The TRANSCRIPT
believes in the policy of Protection.
OF course that policy may be abused
and presumably has been abused as has
most good things in one way or another
by some people, but that does not prove
that Protection is wrong. The man
who eats more of a good dinner than
he needs, making himself sick, is an
evidence only of the existence Of the
human pig-it does not discount the
qualities of the dinner which others
ate with SO much enjoyment and bene-
flt. We have just two lines of interest
ing figures from the official treasury
statements to which, we invite atten-
tion. They are:
Debt Paid, IS65-'o3 $I.747,3oI,S7S
Debt Made, Is9s-'96 26z,s29,63o
What does this meanp It means
that under the Protection system of
government, by Republican legislation,
this country paid in less than thirty
years about three-fourths Of the great
war debt. We believe the figures rep
resent that proportion though we have
not the statistics at hand to verify it.
Under the same system the debt would
have been fully paid before the close of
the Nineteenth Century. But the
other figures!
The 1852 millions of dollars represent
not debt paid but debt contracted, an
increase in the public debt. under the
stTariff for Revenue only" laws of the
present Administration. Under the
one system the country was paying off
the debt at the rate of five millions of
dollars month or over sixty millions
a year. Under the other system the
debt has been increasing from seven to
eight millions month, difference
between paying five and increasing the
debt seven, making difference of
twelve millions month, though at the
present and for sometime the expen-
ditures over the income have been
much greater than this. Is there not
a lesson for the people in these figures.
We have no desire to be partisan.
We like to be fair. We think the
figures speak for themselves as to the
merits of the systems and in a great
we attribute the present finan-
cial condition of affairs to the change
in our tariff laws. We submit these
figures to our Democratic brethren and !
invite an expression of -opinion from
[bem upon them. It certainly is not |
desirable to increase the public debt,
md in what way has the Wilson bill |
'ailed to meet the expectations of our
friends? Republicans opposed it's
passage because they did not believe it |
would meet the demands, and it has
lot. We shall gladly publish any ex-
'lanation made by our contemporaries
ince it is the truth the people. now
eek.
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
OfJ,o Rrvan-

Otho Bryan, son-in-law of the late Rev.
Vaughan Smith, died at his home near
Centreville, Md. on Monday, of typhoid
fever. He was farmer and native resi-
dent of Queen Annes county His wife.
nee Miss May Smith, formerly of Middle
town, and three children survive him. He
was ~ years O Id.
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
White BLaukekc-

- gEttC 4(CtSLhCLO
s1.25 a pair-White Blankets, size
72xS4 in.; weight 81 lbs.
s2 pair-Heavy large-size Blankets,
70xS0 in; weight, ~ lbs.
S225 pair-Sightly Blankets, cotton
/. warp. size 6OxS0 in; weight, 4 lbs.
$3.50 a psir-Large warm Blankets,
wool filling, size 70xS0 in; weight,
51z lbs.
1926 pair-Full-sized well-fnished
Blankets, pink, blue or red borders,
size 72xS4 in; weight, 5 lbs.
1915 a pair-Fine quality well-made
Wool Blankets, pink, blue or red
borders, size 72xs4 in; weight, 81
lbs.
1878 pair-Extra large Blankets,
wool filling on cotton warp, size
76xs6 in; weight, 6 lbs.
$5a pair-Fine soft large size Blankets,
pink, blue or red borders, size 7SxS6
In; weight, 6 lbs.
s7.s0 a pair-White Blankets, strictly
all-wool filing on light spool cotton
warp. pink, blue or yellow borders;
size 7sxS6 in; weight, pounds.
The special "J. w. No. i"
pure WOOL fllllng On lgnt
spool-cotton warp
Single-bed size, 6oxsO in, So a pair;
AZ lbs.
Three-quarter-bed size, 72xs2 in, 81 q
pair; 511 lbs.
Doubled bed size, 76xs6 in, $3.50 a pair;
7lbs
Extra large size, s2xs6 in, $3.50 q
pair; 8 pounds.
Scarlet Blankeks-
$2.75 pair Pure wool fast-dye
Blankets, 6Ox75 in; weight, lbs.
$3.50 pair - Pure wool fast dye
Blankets, 60xs0 in; weight, lbs.
$3.50 pair = Pure wool fast dye
Blankets. 70xS0 in; weight, ~ lbs.
s4.25 a pair Pure wool fast-dye
Blankets. TOKYO in; weight, lbs.
IS a pair-i'nre wcpi Il; t-dye Blank
cts. T6xS6 in. w.-i.-t,. q lbs Extra
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12

large.
$50 pair Pure wool fast-dye
Blankets, 78xs6 in; weight, 8 lbs.
Very fine stock.
Graz Blankeks-
s1.35 a pair-Good strong Blankets,
free from grease and that will give
good wear.
$3.50 a pair-Very slightly gray Blank
cts, well made. 72x84 in; lbs.
&.75 pair Sanitary-gray Blankets,
made from clean washed stock, COX
80 in; bs.
$2.75 u r,ir-Strictly-all-wool Silver
gray B.aakets, 60x75 in; lbs
$S.25 a pair--Sanitary gray Blankets,
made from clean secured stock, 66x
50 in; Az lbs.
$3.50 a pair-Strictly all-wool Silver
gray Blankets, 70x82 in; S lbs.
"a a pair-Extra large Sanitary-gray
Blankets, 74x84 in; 81 lbs.
IS pair - Silver-gray Blankets,
strictly all wool, 74xS2 in; ~ lbs.
John WANAMAKER.
Middletown transcript., 1896-09-12
Unclaimed Letters. :.

List Of unclaimed letters remaining in
the Middletown post Office which can be
had BY saying they are advertised
Miss Marian Camor. Miss Cockerilie, Mrs..
Susie Williams and 4. + Summers.