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Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18

George-Eh2 You got engaged last
night? Gus, my old, my dear friend,
tell me how you did it.
Gus Really, l hardly know myself.
Couldn't help it. Just like falling
downstairs. I was on the edge of a
proposal, she gave me push. and there
1 was engaged.
swell l haven't had any such exper-
ience. Every time 1 try to start my
knees knock together, and my teeth
chatter, and my tongue cleaves to the
roof of my mouth. I've tried dozen
times to pop the question to Miss De
Pink, ard slumped every time"
"And did she let you slump?"
"Yes."
You are counting the wrong girl"
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18

pie of jacket, or ths displaced fold OF
cloth skirt, and the silk petticoat
with its rufflss and lace trimmings,
that show every now and again when
milady gets into her carriage. or runs
up the steps Of a brownstone front. /
like the faint odor Of violets that you
notice when you pick up her glove,
veil or fan, and the clean look Of her
well-kept hair and hands, for an up-to-
date woman is a dainty creature, de-
spite her tailor m..des' and knicker-
bockers, and manish little affectations.
The gods see inside, said the Eastern
artisan as he finished the interior of
his vase with tire same care that he
bestowed upon the exterior; and it is
precisely that which admire about
the women nnw days-the evident
dain in-ss If their b-l,ugiugs."
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18

several counties, and the word has
lean passed from him along the line to
take everything.
At the meeting Of the State Central |
Committee in Wilmington last Monday
the Addicks faction asked that they
BIZ accorded representation on the pri-
mary election boards in New Castle
county, assuming that without such
representation frauds would be perpe-
trated, whereby Mr.. Addicks would
suffer. A majority of the committee
were not willing to officially recognize
a faction or to assume that fraud was
imminent. and so voted the propo ST.
tion down; wheral pm the Addicks 9
contingent assumed to be very indig-
nant and to declare that the minority
we're not accorded fair play. This was
bluff carefully prepared by the Ad-
dicksites. They knew that such a
proposition would be voted down, and
simply introduced it, that being denied
they might make factional campaign
on the plea that fairness had been re-
fused them in New Castle, and for
that reason ID y would take everything
in Kent and Sussex if they could. To
charge assumed unfairness In New
Castle would be made an excuse for
real unfairness in thel0wer counties.
In proof of The fact that the action
mentioned was only bluff and an
excuse, it is only necessary To mention
the Addicks campaign AS formulated.
and announced s0me two weeks ago.
In a letter to two of his trusted lieu
tenants in Kent and Sussex counties,
Mr.. Addicks wrote that lie wanted the
six delegates To ST. Louis, the nominal
ion of The Legislative candidates in
Kent and Sussex THAT he mi9ht be
elected S+na or. He also asked for
the mra1ber If The N3iianal committee
h.r Delaware ami to have The namiug
uf tlle Congressional aud Guberna-
Material catniida es. He did not ask
fer the members OF The Levy Courts
and the c0rstables aud collectors to be
appointed by those bodies In case of
success. These may have been over
looked OF taken for granted.
Que of the lieutenants to whom these e
demands we're addressed, demuired t,
compliance because they were too
swee. ing. He thought such take
all plan was poor policy, in that it did
violence to fairness and 10 al represen-
tatior. These views were presented
to Mr.. Addicks with tile suggestion
thai hs bad asked too tnueii and what
was impossible. But Mr.. Addict
stated that he must have just what he
had asked--no n ore aud no less; be
was to furnish The money and his de-
mands must be complied with.
Comment would seem almost unnec-
ssary Nel0s and Ad sartisel.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18
Eciton!

ECftOnl
You may puzzle long time over that
word before you tell how to pronounce it.
Take the last end first and read backwards,
and you have the familiar word notice.
Thus 1t might puzzle you to learn that
"Yrevoscid Lacidem Nedlog" cures incipient
consumption and all scrofnlous impurities
of the blood, and is o sure remedy for piles,
skin affections and all complaints due to de-
ranged liver. Take the right hand end OF
your title and read backwards and you have
the "Golden Medical Discovery, the IA
nous preparation Of DR.. Pierce. OF Buffalo.
Get hold OF disease by the right end. Don't
wait till the undertaken is the only man that
can do any nything. HG. N. d. cures consum-
ption, lung scrofula, when taken in the early
stages Of the disease
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18
May Christians Dances

Bob Burde.te answers this question
in his usual unique fashion: inlay a
Christian dancep OF course he may.
He may swear, and lie, too, but it would
not make him a better Christian.
Surely, Christians. you may dance, but
dancing will never identify you as a
Christian. What puzzles us is that
you ask the question so often. Christ
ians who don't dance never ask it. Yes,
Christians, dance if you can't live
without it. Join hands with Salome,
Herodias, and Herod, and circle to the
left. But don't be surprised if you are
mistaken for goat. That is the side
they are on" THE Religious Herald.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18

editorial; mind that lucid play upor
the words "minority'' aud "opposine
parties.n The editor pretends not to
understand these words in this rela-
tion and yet the vote on this resolution
proves that there was a minority" I"
and opposing parties" in the State
Central Committee. and that these
| words were the only ones which rightly
described the situation. And ye', ..
shade of the absent Sperry, the Morn
ing News" controlled by Washington
Hastings, declares that members of the
State Committee shall not use tinse
Irds in writing re ,oli.ims, becau %
they contain an iin.,li:s ia tlss WI,
par i.s ar. II tax. pc. III ile rl5c II.
aiif not IN ai,-rs Ut TIL st,na pr ""
What a ,;iiiaffil aat'y - 1T 1sn-
suagr tar i.2 B.ls ltaak IT this,
The resolution wts presented in an
,buaxiilis way" ro !, hat 4 wonderful
refinement Of speech and manner have
THESE best -peaple-politicians Come?
Here is another sample of informing
News" word. visiting. 1t says:
The State Committee had no power
to act in the premises, and the vo ing
down of the rule Was merely equiva-
lent to declaring that the committee
had no right-tn act.
This is to say, doing thing is
equivalent to deciding that one has no
right to do it.
The fact is the committee decided
that question. It acted. The molten
was entertained, debated and decided
by vote, and under such circumstances
negative decision is equivalent to
declaration of the right of the body
considering the question to decide and
act affirmatiyely. The only way by
which the question of the resolution
could have been disposed of to make
the disposition an equivalent to declar-
ing no right act. would have been to
have declared it out OF order; had it in
definitely postponed, or had it with
drawn by the mover. The fact is the
du Pont- Bradford Higgins element of
the committee declared emphatical ly
that they were not in favor of fair play
and honest primaries in preparing for
the coming State campaign. They
have endorsed the declared intention
of their friends in Wilmington to con-
frol the State Convention by fraud il
possible; and the Morning Neaos. which
only few months ago advised the de-
feat of the Republican party if
the DUPONT Bradford Higgins coterie
did not control its nominations,
endorses and excuses the declaration
against fair play and honesSy.
This is the situation and there can
be no possible misunderstanding about
it. They have rejected the overture
for peace. This issue is now squarely
joined. Mr.. Higgins's friends have
again said 'sthere shall be no party
success which we can prevent except
that contingent upon Mr.. Higgins's
control of the party;n and the old eight
is on. There is but one way out now
and that is to fight it out. There is.
very littls doubt now about
the control of the State Conven-
tion. It will not be dupont Bradford
Higgins Convention. Now that the
scheme has been uncovered the people
may be trusted to take care of the con-
vention-they have no misunderstand-
ing about it, State Seminal.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease. requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for the list of Testimonials. Address
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
@~Sold by Druggists 75c.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18

s.Yes," said the gentleman with the
pea-green neckwhiskers, "the fellow at
the table next to me ordered soft
boiled egg, but the cook left it stay on
the fire seven minutes"
s'And what did he do?n asken the
gentleman with the wooden shoes and
the papiey mache "bald wig"
"He took it hard.''
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18

Tired people are tired because they have
exhausted their strength. The only way
for them to get strong is to eat proper food.
But eating is not all. Strength comes
from food, after digestion. Digestion is
made easy with Shaker Digestive Cordial.
People who get too tired, die. Life is
strength. Food is the maker of strength.
Food is not food until it is digested.
Tired. pale, thin, exhausted, sick suffer
ers from indigestion. can be cured by the
use of Shaker Digestive Cordial.
1t will revive their spent energies, re-
fresh and invigorate them, create new
courage, endurance and strength, all by
helping their stomachs to digest their food.
1t aids nature, and this is the best of it.
1t gives immediate relief and. perseverance,
permanently cures.
Sold by druggists. Trial bottle 10 cents.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18
THE ADDICKs CAMPAIGN.

any one has
held q doubt Of
Mr.. Ad d i c k , s
making ano the r
campaign in Del
aware, he need
doubt no longer
on that score. Mr..
Addicks has eau
cused lately with
his friends in the
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18

.his' VIA IL Wanted - He |
si>i, It ~rie iimr that all the world
lives lover.
S.le-Wh,p
lie Because you're all the world TO
me.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18

"Maw," said the little boy, Johnny
is such mugwump that | don't want
to sleep with him any MORE"
IA mugmumpP"
g Yes, mamma. Didn't you tell me
that a mugwump was some one who
would not take either side2 And that's
the way with Johnny. He always wants
to sleep in the middle of the bed.'
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18
Aucfioneerl


am prepared to call sales Of Real Estate
and Personal Property-Be glad to give prices
Or reference to any that are going to make 3
D. r. HUTCHIsoN,
! gee ~ Townse I'd. Del
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18
Our WOnan's
.....Colurnn

Y interesting dis
cussion on man.
aging q husband
is being brought
out in the Tia
dies Every Sat-
urday." The fol-
10 wing "How to
cook IIinl' from
an Iowa lady will
interest both the
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18
The Fight
Ills On
Shall 1t be .sAddicks or Nobodys''-The
News And Advertiser vs..
The estate Sentin l.o
There Is ssNo Misun-
derstandIng'' says
the Latter.

,SPITE the state
m ent of h g
Morning N 10 5
10 ihe contrary.
tll.ie Ia no mis-
understanding AS
t., the recent &C.
ti.n uf the r.
Iuislican : atr
ftnslrttS .inini :
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18

Denoc. ats are tying to persuade
Senator Ilsll to once more become the
Democratic candidate fer Governor Of
New York, but Mr.. Hlll has such
vivid recollection of the drubbing adj
minis.ered to him by Gov Norton that
he isn't inclined to regard the matter
at all favorably.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18
Washington
......Letter

!. CLEVELAND
has paid suffice
lent Difference to
those Cuban resi-
olutions to ask
Spain to accept
the mediation Of
the U. S. in ne
g diating with the
Cuban in surn-
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18

Women who allow letter to rem ain
unanswered are rs discourteous as
though they refused to reply to q spoken
question.
You may rest assured That the big
man who is = tyraDt over the few en-
lpIoyes in his charge is the meekest of
slaves before his little wife at home.
Agatha-"C Charley is tickled with his
new moustache isn't hap,
Marie es. but with sly blush)
not half rs much as / am. =
"What like about women's dress
just now is its suggestiyeness of the al
tention that is paid to the nnder side
OF thiDgs,n remarked masculine
critic. II like the pretty Innings that
one cstchea ! glimpse of under the rip
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18
A MODE HUSBAND.

A NUDE HUSBAND.
Newwed-nThes biscuits don't
taste much like those my mother used
to make.u
Mrs. Newwed-"I try SO hard to
please you, Fred"
NeWwed-s'Who said you didn't
please me, darling? 1t my mother had
the knack Of making such biscuit rs
these, my father might have lived
twenty yals hhktr ll.al iip did,
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18

Senator Cullom denies very en-
phatically that he has written or in
tends to write letter Withdrawing his
name as candidate for the Presiden-
tial nomination, and Sen ator Quay's
friends make the same denial in his
behalf.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-05-13
Table Manners For Children.

Drink from the cup-never from the
saucer.
Teaspoons arc left in the saucer
not in the cup.
Little children only have the nap
kin arranged as a bib.
Making a noise either in eating anc
drinking, is vulgar.
Always cheerfully defer to oldc1
people and to guests.
Eat slowly and do not fill the mouth
with large quantities.
Eat the food served, or quietly leave
it on the plate without remarks.
Avoid drumming with the finger:
or the feet it is the heights of i'm
politeness.
If in doubt at any time as to wha'
is proper, follow example of others Of
more experience.
Never unnecessarily handle thu
dishes, or in any other manner exhibit
nervousness or Impotence.
Do not feel obliged to %"clean W
the plate especially do not make
laborious display of doing so.
Do not ask for any particular par
of a fowl, or similar dish, unless asked
your preference; in that case Away:
indicate something, and. if there BIZ
really no choice, designate the portion
which the host can most conveniently
render scryice.-Good housekeeping.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-05-13
Tie Snake Caught Him.

IT come in on my way to the train
to tell you Of a queer snake story up
our way" said the farmer.
"Isn't it a little early for snake
stories?" suggested the snake editor.
eyes, for this years crop, but this
one is a last years one that [ just
found out about yesterday. You see,
last year I had a hired hand on the
farm that I never seen till the day he
asked for work. I needed a hand
purity bad and I took him right in
without q word, except to tell him
that if he got drunk Id turn him of:
He said he WASH a drinkin' man, and
he went right to work in the hay field.
He wasn't the best worker I ever
hired, but he was steady, and we got
along all right till the fourth day he
was with me. That day I was in the
barn and 1 heard a yell, and | run to
the door and seen my hired man fyin'
around the field as if the old serpent
himself was after him. When he seer
me he headed my way, and as he went
past me I could see a short, stumpy,
notified snake hangin' to his leg at
the ankle. He few around the barn,
yellin' at every jump, and [ took
after him and caught him in a clump
of woods about zoo yards from the
barn, where he had dropped, plumb
tuckered out. When | got to him the
snake was gone, but the marks Of teeth
were on his leg, and hustled to the
house and got a quart bottle of liquor,
I keep for snake bites and other
household purposes, and soon had him
loaded down to the guards. He was
sober by next mornin' and all right,
and the day after he went to work
again. He staid with me a month
after that and left after 1 had no
work for him, and I tell you that IN
the four or five weeks I had him that
snake caught him the same way SIX
times, and to save our necks we could
never find the snake. Sometimes II
would nab him by the hand when he
was workin' in the weeds, and some
times it would catch him in one place
and sometimes in another, but il
would always hang on, and he would
run and yell, and me after him.
"Now for the queer part said the
visitor, taking a final squirt. "Ihe
other day 1 was grubbin' out that
clump of bushes and, by hockey,
seen a snake, and before it could move
I stuck my grubbin' hoe through ii
and dragged it out, and, durn my but
tons, come to look at it, it WASH
nothin' but a rag snake, painted. !
carried it up to the house, and as soon
as my boy seen it he whooped anc
said it was the same snake that had
been feedin' on my hired man all last
harvest, ard I reckon the boy wa:
ripht - JInsHin1tOn Star.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-05-13

his beautiful grafton at it's dedication,
said: "Where is he? Where is the
man who in this selfish age has done
this thing? Has his modesty hidden
him from the public gaze? Colonel
Scott, stand up and let the people
look upon you and see what manner Of:
man you are"
Just so we would say to Mr.. Rouss:
"Come down here and let the South.
see you face to face. Stand up before
US and let US see what manner Of man
you are" Thousands Of. waiting
hearts will echo the sentiment that.
has prompted him to do this thing.
At last the South will have Mecca to
which her pilgrims can 60 and feel.
that the cause, though lost, is recog-
nized, and its memory lives without q
faint Of treason. BILL ARP.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-05-13
- Why is a prosy preacher like the
middle of a wheel 3? Because the fell
lows round him are tired.
How to Treat n Wife.
From the Pacific Health Journal.

FROM the IUcyc Hedth journal.
First, get a wife /; second, be pa.
ticnt. You may have great trials and
%pcrplexities in your business, but do
not, therefore, carry to your home a
cloudy Or contracted brow. Your wife
may have trials, which, though of less
magnitude, may be hard for her to
bear. A kind word, a tender look,
will do wonders in chasing from her
brow all clouds of gloom.-To this we
would add always keep a bottle OF
Chamberlain Cough Remedy in the
Louise. 1t is the best, and is sure to
be needed sooner or later. Your wife
will then know that you really cale
for her and wish to protect her health
For sale by Hill Bros,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-05-13
HnW's This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case f Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
I'VE. the undersigned have known FL. Cheney
for the asst Is years. and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fnan
cially able to carry OUT any Obligations made by
their firm
WEST & TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, D.
WALrIHG. KINSAN Il MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken internally. netting
directly upon the blood aud mucous surfaces 81
the system, Testimonials sen! free. :.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-05-13

After the people dropped the
old-fashioned idea that the earth was
as "hat as a pancak"' they did not
Immediately grasp the globe of spher-
ical idea as it is applied to worlds.
The people of the time of Columbus
believed that the earth was a body
shaped like a top or cone, the surface
rising from the north to the south.
There are seyerals letters written by
Columbus and still in existence which
90 to prove that such was his con-
ception of the shape of the earth.
The top-shaped idea of the earth
seems to have originated with one
John Blauvis about 1479 and to have
Immediately become very popular.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-05-13

- 1t is currently whispered that
Mrs., while cleaning house. asked
her husband to nail up some j. He
refused. She looked # at him, told
him his conduct was without III, then
beat him with her "a" until he saw
M. He now lies in a ,tose state and
may soon be a fit subject for disc. A
man must be an 4 his life in that way,
and put a . to his existence.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-01-25
A Mater of Opinion.

A gentleman was greatly surpris-
ed and pleased the other day at the
reply lady gave to the question:
"Do you plant Vick's Seeds?" Her
answer was: IL always plant Vick's
seeds in the front yard, but we get
cheap seeds in the back yard, which
| know is a mistake"
1t pays to plant good seeds, and
we advise our friends who are think
ing Of doing anything in this line
to send 10 cents for Vick's Floral
Guide for 1896. This amount may
be deducted from the first order.
James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N.
Y, are the pioneers in this line.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-01-25
More Surveying.

The La Grande Orc Co. has had
Chalmers & Gould, the Reno sur
veyors, at work on some of it's
ground this week. They have been
surveying for the proposed dith
from Lake View to Gold Canyon
which will be in the neighborhood
of Is miles in length, and have al
so been laying out site for dam
in Ell Dorado Canyon. That this
company means bushes there can
be no doubt. 1t has good piece
of property, and is going ahead in
conservative and systematic man
ner to develop it, and SO far has
made quite little business for the
surveyors and Lyon county, having
turned several hundred dollars in
to the county in the way of fees
for recording, etc. Such enterprise
and disposition on the part of the
company to give it's money chance
is commendable, and it is to be
hoped that the promoters of the
enterprise will soon meet with the
deserved financial success.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-01-25
Two Lives saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas. of Junction City. Ill.
was told by her doctors she had Consumption
and that there was no hope for her. but two
bottles of DR.. Kings New Discovery complete.
ly cured her. and she says it saved her life
Mr.. Thomas Eggers. 1S9 Florida street. San
Francisco, suffered from dreadful cold. ap.
preaching Consumption. tried without result
everything else then bought one bottle of DR..
Kings New Discovery and in two weeks was
cured. He is naturally thankful. 1t is such
results of which these are samples, that prove
the wonderful efficacy of this medicine in
Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles at Flaws.
Regular size soc. and ST.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-01-25
Lively as a Crfcket,

Although in the first instance as sluggish as a
tortoise, the kidneys become as lively as a
cricket when healthful impulse is given to
them with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters pro-
moter of activity in these organs which coun-
teracts tendency to their lethargy and disease.
Inaction of the kidneys. it should be remem-
bered, is the first stage of those dangerous renal
maladies against which the resources of medi-
cal science are too often exhausted in vain.
Peril is forestalled by the Bitters, which averts
Bright's disease diabetes. dropsy, gravel and
the troubles arising from weak bladder.
Equally efficacious is it in checking and eradi-
eating malarial, bilious and nervous ailments,
dyspepsia, constipation and rheumatism. APP
petite and sleep are improved and canvales-
cense fastened by its benifcent action. Either
when health is slightly or seriously impaired,
the value of this restorative and preventive
medicine is speedily made manifest.