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Middletown transcript., 1896-10-17
THE OUTLOOK.

The hay crop Of England and Wales
is very short.
The yield of cranberries is reported
to be very light.
The state of Texas has suffered sew.
erely from drought.
There is lively demand for pigs,
due to abundant supplies of pig feed.
1t is now said that the 1896 cotton
crop is short one. Cotton seed meal
will be higher.
The oats crop though large was
much damaged in quality by unfavor
able harvest weather.
We have reason to believe that the
yield Of potatoes for 1896 will not meet
anticipations.
The onion crop, especially in the
east, is lighter than last season and
prices are likely to be higher.
Hog cholera is reported from var
ious western sections, but the disease
has not yet become general.
Immense quantities Of June and July
butter are stored in the large cities
awaiting better market.
All signs point to serious shortage
of the worlds wheat ciop, but the
grain gamblers keep prices lower than
the situation would seem to justify.
The West has ''corn to burn'' and
will burn it too. With coal at $9.75,
and corn at $5.35 per ton, as it is in
some sections, corn is the cheapest fuel.
Besides furnishing heat and comfort to
millions Of farm animals, it is likely to
cheer and warm thousands Of firesides
the coming winter.
The apple crop in Europe is reported
q failure. There is a prospect of
large export demand for choice winter
fruit. The crop in western New York
is said to be larger than ever before
grown. The crop of Canada also pro-
misses to be enormous. The crop is
large in New England and Michigan,
and indeed in all the country north Of
the 41st parallel; below that line we
have not heard Of much fruit.
Feeding cattle are in demand and
have been for several weeks. The same
is true OF stock hogs. The prices are
therefore higher than the market for
fat animals will warrant.
The Southern corn crop is much
smaller than last season. Instead Of
having 100000. 900 bushels to sell,
these states are likely to buy 100, ,0OO,-
900.
Indiana in some sections has been
flooded and the farmers In river bot
toms have had their crops totally des-
troyed.
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Today 1t requires 81 ounces Of silver
to purchase 1 ounce of gold. II we coin
ed silver at 18 to 1, therefore, we would
be forcing ON ourselves a dollar Of q
purchasing power or debt paying power
Of but little over one-half the present
dollar Of our currency, all its dollars
being kept up to a value Of 100 cents
each by the existing gold standard.
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Are you insuredi Free coinage would
cut down the value Of your policy one.
half by making the policy payable in 80
cent dollars instead Of 100 cent dollars
as now. Have you any money in bank3
Free coinage would reduce the value Of
1t one-haH for the same reason. Do you
draw pensioui Free coinage would
diminish the value Of it one-half again
for the same reason. Free coinage
would take away one-half the value of
all the money you received.
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AN APPLE ORCHARD FROM SEED.

AN APPLE ORCHARD FROM SEED.
A very interesting story is told by
the Hampshire Gazette of the exper-
fence of E. F. Miller of Haydenyille in
securing an apple orchard from seed.
Twenty nine years ago the seed were
planted from which came the stocks
afterwards grated into 75 Baldwins,
Greening and Northern Spy Apples.
He continued this work until be has
now 1400 apples trees set, most of them
the past 12 to IA years. Last year he
he set 300 Baldwin trees, all grown by
himself from seed, and top grated
when they became high enough to form
top. The trees set ten years ago are
bearing q few apples. Those set 12 or
IA years ago are loaded. He will proba-
bly, have $50 barrels of Baldwin apples
this year, besides some of other va
rieties. fr. Miller sets The trees 39x
40 feet, which gives plenty of room to
grow. The apple crop thus far has
paid all the labor Of clearing the old
pasture in which the trees were set,
and the cost Of setting and fertilizers.
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If you intend to take up plants for
winter bloom keep the buds pinched
off, and week or two before pottiDg,
with sharp spade cut down on all
sides Of the plant about the size Of the
pot you intend to I'LL. This will lead
the plant to put forth new roots inside
the ball of earth to take the place of
those cut of, and when lifted it will
have active, working roots.
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A melted silver dollar is worth

A melted silver dollar is worth only
So cents. 1t is worth 53 cents because
it contains 53 cents worth of bullion,
which has the same value after it is
melted as it had before. It is not worth
any more than 50 cents. because the II
cents worth of confidence which it con-
tained before it was melted has been
destroyed. Free coinage means the de-
struction of the public confidence in the
American dollar. It means O So cent
dollar instead Of the 100 cent dollar
we have now.
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open MN. Instead Of Mint..

I believe that it is good deal better
to open up the mills Of the United
States to.the labor Of America than to
open up tho mints Of the United States
to the silver of the world. d.-William
Mckinley to Ills Old Comrades in Arms,
at Canton, Aug. 12.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

Middletown Council, No. 2, Jr. o. u. A. N.
Meets every Monday night In McWhorter's
Hall at O'Clock.
Union Lodge, No. s. A. r. & A. M. Meets
first Tuesday OF each month in Town Hall.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 9, /. 0. o. r.
Meets every Thursday night in McWhorter's
Hall at O'Clock.
Damon Lodge, No. H. K. OFF. Meets every
Wednesday night In McWhor4ers Hall at
O'Clock.
Major John Jones Post, No. "a, G.: A. r.
Meets every Friday night In Reynolds Build
ing at O'Clock
Welcome Conclave Heptasophs, Meets
every second and fourth Friday night in x.
Of P.Hall.
Union Lodge, No. 6, A. o. u. W., meets every
ID and 4th Tuesday night in McWhorter's
Hall.
Lord Delaware Circle, no. 18, Brotherhood
OF the Union. Meets 1st and Sd Friday, Nc
Whorter's Hall at SD. m.
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"Good money never made hard
times" says Major Mckinley. No less
felicitous is General Harrison's peril.
nent declaration that prospects Of Re-
publican success at an election never
created alarm.
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No. a Nation Of Glasses.

After reading one Of Mr.. Bryan's
demagogic addresses 1t is reassuring to
turn to Mr.. McKinley's statement that
1--WE are not nation Of classes, but Of
sturdy, free. independent and honorable
people, despising tho demagogue and
never capitulating to dishonor. ''-Bos--
ton Herald
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Clouds if soft, underlined and feath-
cry betoken fine weather. Deep, un-
usual hues in the sky indicate wind or
storm. More delicate tints betoken
fine weather.
We often see corn-cobs lying around
farm buildings adding to the air Of
"clutter," and slowly rotting, when
every one should be gathered up for
fuel. They make quick, hot fire for
summer use, and answer every purpose
for cooking. They should be used as
far as they will go, and save the cut
ting of valuable trees.
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A SCALE OF WAGES.

The United States both in wages and
in the integrity Of its financial system
is at the head Of the nations of the earth,
and there the intelligence and patriot
ism Of its voters propose to keep the re-
public. Here is a scale showing the
wages per day now paid in various coun-
tries and in the United States:
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BELnONT, price SIS

The Belmontis standard wheel and just as
good as any $4,000 wheel on the market.
Equipped with all modern improvements,
wooden handle bars, barrel hubs, pneumatic
saddle, any tire you wish and any color Of
enamel you wish, All wheels made to order
and delivery guaranteed within six days Of
order. / am agents also for the Rambler,
Cleveland, Robin Hood. Maid-Marian, etc. If
you want good wheel at the right price,
come and see the Belmont I also keep on
hand o supply Of good secondhand wheels
ranging in price nom $500 to s4S00 Lessons
in riding cheerfully given to purchasers. All
wheels purchased OF me win be kept in repair
prone year. Call and examine price lists Of
great bargains In secondhand wheels, of1ce
next door to r. b: .:Watkins' store on Main
Street. -
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This 10 year to Gloss that question 1.-THE
Mee silver question) forever. II can be no
determined this year that It viii never pre-
SAINT itseh again In your Lifetime or mine.
A sweeping and impressive majority
against the combined opposition win do
u And nothing also Will. Not bare ma
!oriey, hut mighty one, placing the par
y Of national honor in control Of every
D1snoh OF the government, viii do ii. Any
ehing sort Of that Will leave the question
20 further dispute. Let rs settle once for
AZ that this government Is one Of honor
and OF law and tkll tEeitaer roprdiation
nor laWlessness can flni root In onr soil
cr Hive beneath our Die.
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A bicycle costs 5000 in free silver
Mexico. Here is a little object lesson
that people who ride bicycles can prob
ably master without any further eeaeh-
ing,
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A debased currency has never yet
benefited any country, but it has been
the means Of bankrupting several coun-
tries.
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Ex-P President Harrison hit the nail on
the head when he said that "the first
dirty errand that dirty dollar does is
to cheat the workingman.
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Half Fare to Washington, ID. G. ana
Return.
On account of the Annual Encamp ment
of Union Veteran Legion, to be held at
Washington, D. c., October 14-17. the B.
& o. r. R. will sell excursion tickets to
Washington at one fare for the round trip
from all points on its lines. From Pitts
burg. Wheeling, Parkesburg and points
east thereof tickets will be sold October Il,
13, and IA, and be valid for return passage
until October 25th inclusive.
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One Of the points to be kept in view
Is that there would be no silver party
but for the silver mine owners.
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Kellex,s a. so For sa.so.

80 DAYS SPEc1AL.-For 80 days only, we
offer you the following bargain lot of
strictly pure and standard goods; quart
bottles pure California wines (sherry port
catawba, blackberry and Rhine), one quart
bottle pure rye whiskey, five years old)
and one bottle extra quality champagne.
and the whole lot. Z bottles. goes for $3.50
the honest market value Of which is $3.50.
No other house can give you 90 much
value for your money. as the one and only
reliable, Family Liquor Store OF James A
Kelley. 8. W. Cor. Tenth and Shipley Sts.,
Wilmington. Del.
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Adjust the tariff on wise and rea-
sonable basis and then give the country
q rest is the sensible advice of Mr.. Ho-
BARI.
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Of Interest
To Farmers
HOUSE THE CORN FODDER.

HOUSE THE CORN FODDER.
Corn fodder loses great deal of it's
feeding value by exposure through the
winter weather. There is loss Of
material from the effect of wind on
the leaves and water soaking of the
lower part of the stalk. Weatbering
has the same chemical effect as over
ripeness in hay. The flesh-forming
matter becomes less digestable and
wastes by change, while the harden
ing process renders the other food sub
stances less subject to the action Of
the digestive fluids of the animal.
Enough food material is wasted in
this way in ten years to pay off the
mortgages on many farms.
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BANKS.

Peoples National Bank.-President, G. w,
w Naudain Cashier, Geo. d. Kelley Teller.
w. G.. Lockwood. Bank Building on East
Main Street.
Citizens National Bank.-Presiden Joseph
Biggs; Cashier, John 8. Crouch; Teller, IL.
Darlington. Bank Building on South Broad
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OnSQlllDtiOn
AND ITa Gun

And IT9 CUX0
To THE EDITOR ~ have an absolute
remedy for Consumption. By its timely use
Thousands Of hopeless cases have been already
permanently cured. So proof-positive am I
of its power that consider It my duty to
ssnd tuo bottles free to those Of your readers
who have Consumption, Throat, Bronchial or
Lung Trouble, if they viii write me their
express and postofice address. Sincerely,
Z. a. SIOCuM, II. c., Is3 Psar1 st., Hew York
~ The Editorial and Business Management of
this Paper Guarantee this generous Proposition,
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Reduced Rates to Washington, d. c
via Pennsylvania Railroad.
The National Encampment Of the Union
Veteran Legion will be held at Washington
D. c., from October IA to II, and for that
occasion the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has arranged to sell excursion ticket $
to Washington and return from all sta
lions at single fare for the round trip.
The tickets will be sold on October 12, Is
and A. and will be good for return passage
until October Is, inclusive.
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'The best Is none too good for me, !"
should be the motto Of every voter with
regard to money.
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The Bryan bicycle has q punctured
tire, and the air will all be out Of it BY
November.
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Mr.. Hobart's letter Of acceptance will
bear reading several times
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rIiddietown Directory !.
suNrcTpxI oFF1cERs

President--G. w. W.. Naudain; Secretary,
w. 8. Letherbnry; 3. 8. Holten, Charles 81.
Howell, Geo. ". beverley.
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ALL AROUND THE FARM.

Sheep should never be allowed to
drink stagnant or impure water.
Throat worms, liver fukes. and other
beasts OF that kith and kin are often
introduced BY the bad water route.
A dairy writer says: In purchasing q
new COW, regard NOT only her breed
and lacteal characteristics, but the
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{ Nothing the. matter with Maine-just
D Republican earthquake
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Hoods Sarsaparilla purifes the blood,
overcomes that tired feeling, creates an ap-
petite, and gives refreshing sleep.
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q. L. TOWNSEND, Jr.
Bicycle Agency
49,. ODESSA, DEL
NJ

Come and examine my stock Of Bicycles
before purchasing. Don't pay $4,000 for q
wheel until you have seen our famous
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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Volunteer Hose Company, meets drst FRI
day night Of each month in Hose House.
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Bryan.

He secured the nomination
At the silver convocation
BY tho fcrvid sgitation
or his chin.
He has Travelled through the nation
And disturbed tho population
By the loud vociferation
OF his lungs.
Since Vormont's late demonstration
He IS making bis migration
To his western reservation
On his cur.
With the whole conglomeratiou,
Popocratic aggregation,
HowlinJ dervish collocation,
Blowherd crank sanalgamation,
He will view the situation
At the campaign's termination
On his back.
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Our Won1an's
.....Column

=
he said she hadn't
t ! me to keep
house hygienieal-
ly, nor to care for
her children as all
the dictates Of
modern science
demand that they
should be cared
f0r She said si,e
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MIDDLETowN. DEL. OCT. II, 1895.
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Auctioneeri

am prepared to call sa1es OF Real Estate
ana Personal Property-Be glad to give prices
81 reference to any that are going to make .
- D, r. HUTCHINSON,
asrx.ts Townsend, Del.
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A free vote WON'T help tree silver.
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Chicago Tribune

Free silver means free trade Suppose
you could pay tho duties with a 80 cent
dollar. You would reduce the protection
you now have almost one-half. Don't, my
fellow countrymen, be deluded. No mat
ter how much money we have in this
country, there's only one way to get It,
and that's to give something for 1t
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No Easier to Got Silver.

II we had mints in every state Of the
Union and in every county In every state
and the silver Of the world was brought to
these mints, ae Is proposed by our political
opponents, silver wouldn't be any easier
for you to get than 1t is now.
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The Laborer Can't Wait.
The capitalist can wait on his dividends,
but the workingman can't wait on his
dinner.
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stand by Our Courtss

There r. another thing that we propose
to do. We propose to stand BY the courts
Of the United States They have been
moro than once our sheet anchor In time
Of trouble. the tribunal that has protected
the weak against the: STRONG and that has
bean unfn1 uenccd. by wealth and I'M
swervcd by passion. We propose. In .
word. to stand BY our FREQ ipstitutions-
grand, noble institutions they are, where
eveey young man has 4 chance Ia the race
q hfe-and we spurn the suggestion that
ehese 30 GLASSES n the Unitsd 6taseG
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o. M. PROVOST, General Manager.
]. 3. WOOD, General Passenger Agent.
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The Amerfcan Policy.

The American Policy.
am one Of those who believe that the
American workshop should be protected 90
far az possible from the foreign workshop
to the end that American workingmen
may be constantly employed and 60 pro-
tected, too, a. to be employed at American
wages
Capital and Labor.
Labor is indispensable to the creation
and profitable use Of capital, and capital
increases the efficiency and value of labor.
Whoever arrays the one against the other
is an enemy Of both.
Our Heavy Loss From the Wilson Law.
The decrease in our exports Of Ameri-
can products and manufactures during
the first Is months Of the present tariff
a. Contrasted with the exports of the first
l6 months Of the tariff Of 1890 was $780,
868, $50. The excess OF exports over Inn
ports during the first 10 months Of the tar
IL Of 1890 was $213, 972, 0o8, but only $56,.
768, ,6e3 under the first Is months Of the
tariff Of 1894, a loss under the latter Of
e167, ,214, 846. The net loss in the trade
balance Of the United States has been
e1o6, ,963, COT during the first l5 months'
operation OF the tariff OF 1894 a. compared
with the first Is months Of the tariff Of
1890. The loss has beep large, constant
and steady at the rate Of 31S, 100 900 per
month. or $500, 900 for every business day
Of the year.
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for. She said she
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-02
A Constant visitor.

Pain Is a constant visitor OF persons
troubled with chronic rheumatism. This
departure, and not renew his visits If n
writ or ejectment Is served upon II
through the agency of Hostetter's Stom-
9cn Filters, the most efficient blood
requirement and. anodyne to
twinges known to medical science. No
testimony. In Its behalf is more positive
ana conclusive than that which proves
us efficacy In rheumatic complaints, 1t
Is also ~conspicuously eficacious for ma
iarial; nervous. bilious. d%yspeptic and kid
sleep. and is particularly useful to inva-
IDS resovering from exhaustive NAL
and those suffering from q lack Of vital
stamina, find 1t highly beneficial. Give
1t a persistent trial. No medicine used
can be expected to achieve lasting re,
suits.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-02
Govornor EInghcs refused To v,co,o

Washington. April 1.-The Interior De-
parament authorities upon. receipt of a
teiegram from Secretary of State Bruce
OF ~Arizonn. hat Governor Hughes re,
tusee 20 Vacate his office, to-day sent
men:
Lewis c. Hughes, Phoenix, Arizona:
you nave been remove from the Office
OF Governor of Arizona. The President
u4rects that you turn over the office
to the Secretary at once"
Charies NJ. Bruce. Secretary of State
of Arizona, Phoenix:
MI. HuShes has been removed as Gov
ernor. The President Directs ,tho, ro,,
take Possession of the office as actin~
Governor under he law. ~
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-02
ANOTIEE FIR FATAL AFFAIR.
A Saw MiH hotter ESpfodcs killing
Two Men aud tnjurin- 1ihcrs.

Cincinnati. o.. April 1.-The boiler of Il
portable saw mill exploded on the Wood
vile pike. four miles north of Milford,
at 10 O'Clock this morning. Two men
were killed and three injured. one Ca
tally and the other seriously. The dead
are: w. r. F~itzwater. e. nest Martin.
Fatally Injured: Fred Groves, spine
injured.
Seriously Hurt: Hiram Fitzwater, leg
groken; Aqu!lla Fitzwater, left arm
broken nj side injured.
The cause of the explosion is unknown.
The bodies of Fitzwater and Martin
were torn into fragments and the flesh
was strewn over a distance of nearly
1000 feet. Legs. arms and other por-
lions of the bodies found were hanging
to tree tops.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-02
NEwAKK's err no MISS BAnrov
To Spend Less for,E aSter Flowers ana
Send Moro to Armenia.

New York, April 1.-The Armenian Re-
lief Association to-day cabled 5000 to
Miss Clara Barton. through the Con-
stantinople Committee, being the
amount raised by citizens of Newark.
n. j., at q mass meeting held on be-
half of Armenia In that city. 1t Is the
largt0t collection raised. at any one
meeting.
a cablegram just received from Mr.
w. w. Peet, the Secretary of the Con-
stanttnople Committee, says: 1--WE
nave a quarter of n million people on
our lists In seventeen distributing cen
tiers. We must buy seed to secure flu
ture harvests and daily rations must
alos be kept up to save the people from
starving. h urgency is extreme"
The New York Woman's Auxiliary of
the Armenian Relief Association has is
sued an appeal to the churches, asking
that the money usually spent for flow
ers at Easter be appropriated for the
relief of the starving Armenians as a
more acceptable Easter Offering.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-02
An Ice GorseIn Mohawk River.

Utica N. Y, April IAN ice gorge
formed in the Mohawk river about a
mile west OF Fort Plain this morning
ana since IL o'clock no trains have
passed hat point. The cast-bound pas-
senger track was pried up by ice driven
Under IL by the current to a height of
from one to -four feet for a distance of
rom lou TO 200 feet. The other tracks
remain In place, but for nearly q nuare
ter of a mile the water flows over them
In great volume. The West Shore tracks
are being used by the Central between
here and Albany to-day.
In this vicinity the water of the Mo-
hawk has lowered a few inches TO-DAY.
except where set back by gorged ice.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-02
EXIT MARCH.
meteorological Versatility
Evokes Admiration.
That
New York SUM-

Honest effort, however humble, mis-
directed or fruitless. ought to be patted
on the head, and get an honorable men
ton. As the month of March Is about
to be discharged. 1t is a favorable time
TO say that the present bearer of the
name is worthy OF the family. No hat
ter or March hare ever was as mad as
this March has been. He ranged with
the versatility of genius from snow in
thunder and lightning. He has been
like Il rugged Russian bear
one day and he has worn a linen next
and the next he has been full or macken-
toshes; and has carried d lightning rod
for a stick. His Thermometer has rang
ed. from summer heat to colder than n
Reform Club celebration. He has pro-
duced more WING than could be turned
out by u Populist convention grated
on a Goo-Goo club. He Is n wonder and
a credit to his race: but nobody is in
dispensable.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-02
The Amlericnn Tohncco Con,nnnx.

New York, April 1.-The American
Tobacco Company held it's annua meet
ing to-day. These dividends were de-
clared: . per cent on common and 9
per cent. on preferred stock, and 20
per cent. on scrip.
President Duke was too busy to see
a reporter, but in answer to n written
question. he sent out the statement
that no meeting had been held between
the representatives of the Eastern and
Western competitors and the directors
of his company and that no change had
taken place in the situation.