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Middletown transcript., 1896-10-10

When large quantities of tomatoes
are grown, and the fruit is allowed to
rot on the ground, there will be many
young tomato plants spring up the fol-
lowing season. They will not be 80
forward as plants from seed, sown in
lighthouses, but they will be thrifty
and hardy for outdoor setting and come
into bearing very nearly as quickly as
the later plants from the hothouse. Fall
sowing of tomato seed is likely to start
the seed into fall growth, as the rains
prevent the seed from drying suffi-
GENTLY TO germinate.
If the potatoes are not tobe dug with
machine, turnips can be grown
among them with profit, and generally
with better advantage than among
corn. Potato tops die down before
frost Injuries the corn, and after the
potatoes die the turnips have all the
plant food to themselves. But there is
another advantage-the string of the
soil required in hand digging the pota-
toes develops plant food and kills many
weeds, besides removing some of the
surplus turnips and giving those who
remain better chance to remain.
Middletown transcript., 1896-10-10
q. L. TOWNSEND, Jr.
Bicycle Agency
-. ODESSA, DEL =.
"

Come and examine my stock Of Bicycles
before purchasing. Don't pay $4,000 for q
wheel until you have seen our "a NOUS
Middletown transcript., 1896-10-10

THE KIND OF PEOPLE FOR FARMERS.
A gentleman and his family who
had for years formed part of our vii
lage society, were contemplating NOV
ing to their farm, says writer in
american Agriculturist. In discussing
the matter, one lady remarked that she
thought it shame for the m to leave
town-they were notthe kind Of peo-
pie to live on a farm.
What kind Of people, pray, are espec-
tally suited to live on farm? Are cul-
ture, education and taste for good lit
erature drawbacks to successful farm
ingp Laying aside the question of
money making and practical farming,
as out side the one thought that I wish
to bring out, and perhaps, too, leaving
the masculine members Of the family
out Of the discussion of this question
Of living on the farm, is not woman
Of taste and refinement, one with re-
sources within herself, the very one to
make happy. beautiful success Of this
same farm lifep
Farhers' wives and daughters are
thrown SO much upon themselves for
companionship and pleasure that they
above all other women should have q
love for the beautiful In artand nature,
and y heart and eye trained to perceive
each lovely detail Of sky and cloud. OF
tres, flower and grass blade. rippling
stream and sparkling dew drop, amidst
and in spite Of the never lending round
of farm work.
The power to appreciate and enjoy
-
Middletown transcript., 1896-10-10

Prune Raspberry Canes in the fall.
Then the patch can be cultivated, or
what is better, plowed out with one
horse plow, turning furrow against
the plant. This brings to the surface
many insect larvae, and thus cuts short
their career, to this advantage of the
fruit growers A furrow is left be-
tween the rows, which facilitates drain
age and puts the ground in better con-
dition for early cultivating than if
treated otherwise.
Middletown transcript., 1896-10-10
Cures

Prove the merit Of Hoods Harsaparilla posi-
tive, perfect permanent Cures
curea of scrofula in severest forms, like
goitre, swelled neck. running sores, hip
disease, sores In the eyes.
Cures Of Salt Rheum, with its intense itching
and burning, scald head, letter. etc.
Cures Of Boils, Pimples, and all other erup-
lions due to impure blood.
Cures Of Dyspepsia and other troubles where
o. good stomach tonic was needed.
Cures OF ofRheumatism, where patients were un-
49, able to work or walk for weeks.
Cures Of Catarrh by e1pelling he impurities
which causeand sustain the disease.
Cures Of Nervousness by properly toning and
J. feeding the nerves upon pure blood.
Cures Of That Tired Feeling by restoring
strength. Send for book Of cures by
Middletown transcript., 1896-10-10
Work and wagcs-Tl,e Tariff.

There aro two things which deeply
and personally interest the workingmen;
they are work and wages They are not
satisfied with irregular work at inade-
qGate wages; they want the American
standard applied to both. They are not
satisfied with steady work and poor
wages; they want regular employment
at remunerative wages, with steady
work; they want to be paid in sound
money; they do not want to lose any
part Of their hard earnings through
poor dollars, and they do not want to
be paid in dollars whose value can only
be asccrtsined By the daily market re-
ports. Whatever work they now have is
paid i'll good money, and no complaint
is made on that score. They are salts
fed with the money, but they are not
satisfied with either the scant work or
the reduced wages. They are satisfied
with the present dollar bill but they
are not satisfied with the present tariff
bill.-William Mckinley to Laboring
Men,
Middletown transcript., 1896-10-10
What the Republican !

The Republican party stands today,
as it has always stood, opposed to the
continuation of an industrial policy
which cripples industry at home, robs
labor of tsrewards and supplies INSULT
cfent revenue to run the government. It
stands opposed to any change in our
financial policy which would put us
upon a silver basis and deprive us of
the use of both gold and silver as cur
rency. Involved in the contest, too, is
that fundamental as to whether we are
to have government by law. The Re-
publican party stands now, as always,
for the maintenance of law and order
and domestic tranquility. ~ William
McKinley.
Middletown transcript., 1896-10-10

Government by Law Must Be Assured.
Government by law must first be as
sured; everything else can wait The
spirit Of lawlessness must be extin-
guished by the fires Of an unselfish and
lofty patriotism. Every attack upon the
public faith and every suggestion Of the
repudiation Of debts. public or private.
must be rebuked by all men who believe
that honesty is the best policy or who
love their country and would preserve
unsuliied its national honor. r.-William
Mckinley in His Letter of Acceptance.
Middletown transcript., 1896-10-10
It Must Suffer No Dishonor.

Our glorious country has suffered no
dishonor in the past; it must suffer no
dishonor in the future The past is &C.
cure and glorious; the present and fu-
ture are our fields of duty and opportu-
nifty. Those who have preceded us have
done their part well. Shall we be less
honest and patriotic and brave in the
performance of our part?-William Nc
Kinley.
Middletown transcript., 1896-10-10
MlDDLETowN MARKETS.

MIDDLEToWN, DEL, OCT. 10, 1895.
Middletown transcript., 1896-10-10

Greatest Sufferer From Debased Money.
No one suffers SO much from cheap
money as the farmers and laborers.
They are the first to feel its bad effects
and the last to recover from them. This
has been the uniform experience of ell
countries, and here as elsewhere the
poor and not the rich are always the
greatest sufferers from every attempt to
debase our money. William Mckinley
in His Letter Of Acceptance.
Our Heavy Loss From the Wilson Law.
The decrease in our exports Of Amer
ican products and manufactures during
the first Is months Of the present tariff,
as oontrasted with the exports of the
first 10 months of the tariff Of 1890.
was $3.50. s58. $40
The excess Of exports over imports
during the first Is months Of the tariff
Of 1890 was S213. .972, ,968. but only
$50, 758, ,62S under the first 10 months
Of the tariff Of 1894, loss under the
latter Of $157.21 845. The net loss in
the trade balance Of the United States
hos been $I96. sss, COZ during the first
Is months operation Of the tariff of
1894 as compared with the first Is
months Of the tariff Of 1890.
+ The loss has been large, constant and
steady. at the rate Of sl3. 1e0, 000 per
month, or $500. 600 for every business
day Of the yenr. - William Mckinley in
His Letter Of Acceptance.
Middletown transcript., 1896-10-10

Few Republicansshave had a doubt
about how the electoral vote of Illinois
will be cast since the meeting OF the
Chicago convention, and those few
have been convinced that Mckinley
will carry the State by an immense
majority, by q. thorough investigation
which has just been completed. So
certain is the result now regarded that
wagers have been made that McKin-
ley's majority in that State will ex.
ceed 200, 900.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02
AN OLD VALENTINE.
BY T. c. HARBAUGH.


Out of the heart of the long ago,
Faded and yellOwed by time, you know,
But cherished still in shadow and shine,
COmeth to me her valentine;
Here is a cOup1et quaint and true:
4"The rose is red,
The viOlet's blue"
And dream in the cleaning soft and low
OF the lass who penned it long ago.
A little maid of bluest eyes
That ever danced meath winters skies;
A rOugish miss whose love was told
To the sound of kiss in mOOnlit void;
But here is the rest of her rhyming true:
Love is sweet
And SO are you,
And boys cheeks flushed at the fnal line
or a rustic SWeetheart'S valentine.
Deep in the past, but dimly hid
Behind soft eyes dropping lid.
Quivered the arrow that Cupid keen
Shot at the Castle Of Might-have-bcen;
And palmer still grows the couptlet true
1.-The rose is red,
The violet's blue
And laughter low, which is half divine
nipples across her valentine.
With cherished thought for the love it
told
/ tenderly open each yellow fold,
And my heart beats fast as it beat one day
In past that Is hallowed and tar away;
l can see the eyes that were deep and blue
Love is sweet
And so are you;
So thought the lass as she penned each
line
And sealed with kiss her valentine.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02

gance, but shutting herself up and re-
fusing to communicate with any one
save her most intimate friends. She
says the republic cannot be overthrown,
and all she asks is to be permitted to
live undisturbed as plain Mrs. Domin-
US.
President Dole has pardoned all the
political prisoners. The wounds made
by the revolution and rebellicn that
followed are being rapidly healed, and
all now look forward to long era of
prosperity in the island.
John R. MUsICK.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02
WASHINGTON AMP HIS MOTHER
Charges That He Was Unfilial Will be
Refuted by General Greedy.

General A. W. Greedy, in considering
"The Personal Side of Washington in
April Ladies' Home Journal, will bring to
bear interesting light upon him as son,
husband, neighbOr, business man, slave
owner (as were nearly all Virginia land
owners in his day., and Christian. With
respect to the charges that Washington
was neither a dutiful nor loving son; Gen
eral Greedy will say:
"~* There seems, indeed, to have been
what may be called an incompatibility OF
temperament, arising possibly from their
possessing strong and similar characters.
- 1t should be remembered that Wash
ington's training in the broad schools of
politics and war threw him not only in
contact with the sturdy, rough humanity
of the frontier, but also with cultured
men Of all professions, while his mothers
life was practically confined to single
Virginia county. - To his mother, whose
material conditions in middle life were, if
anything superior to those of her earlier
years, it seemed no less than proper that
the Colony OF Virginia should settle a
pension upon her for her sons services,
and it took Washingtons directinfuence
to prevent such action being taken by
the Virginia Legislature. Nearly every
vi tHe lHOtueT Is Il tue
hard times and the difficulties under
which she exists, the inference being
doubtless conveyed that Washington
was neglectful OF her. = The determined
old lady. then some eighty years OF age,
persisted in maintaining an establish
ment, and in conducting plantation of
which she was sole mistress, and which
she could not herself manage. At the
same time she considered that her son
was q banker, who could be drawn on to
make good all deficiencies resulting from
thievish overseers, bad management,
and unfavorable crop conditions. These
drafts Washington had met uncOmplain-
ingly for years, and even then sent her
the last money he had in hand. - Ad-
vising his mother to lease her estate and
live with one of her children he offered
her home at Mount Vernon, but as an
honest man and tilial son he stated
clearly the situation and it's alternatives.
In house constantly filled with distin-
guished visitors she must either dress
daily for dinner. or come in her ordinary
costume (Which lis well understood was
not suited for company, to the NORTH
cation OF himself and his wife, or she
must live in her own rooms, which would
be trying to hers There was no sugges-
ton that she should not visit him. On
the contrary, the letter urged that she
should live with some OF her children,
and, if she preferred it, at Mount Yer
nOn."
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02

l pray thee, o God, that l may be
beautiful within.
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Cough, one or two Slight .tfor,, =,
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Short Breathing after exertlon.
Tigbtnsss Of the chest.
Qmek pulse, especially noticeable in II.
evening and after full meal.
= Cbilliness in the evening, followed +,
> Slight ttpsr.
Perspiration toward morning and
Pale face and Iangmd in the morning
Loss Of rifahtr.
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always employ physiciln. wbi,s
I did in this case, but obtained '
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faith in patent medicines. BIZ, ~.
seen Ripans Tabules reoonmers.,
very highly in the New York E,s,,,
1 concluded to give then a trial
After using them for >hort i'm.
l found they We're just what M,
demanded. 1 have never employs
a physician since, which means !,
call and 81 for medicine. ors.
lars worth of Ripans Tabules I,x,, ''
me month, and l would no, \.
without them if it we-c my last dor,.
They are the only thing tina, ever
gave me any permanent relief, 1,,,.
great pleasure in recommending
them to any one similarly affected
(Signed), Mrs. ]. TAYLOR"
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DECLARATION OF BELLIGERENCY
Exactly What it Mcans-Effects and
Possible consequences.

Exactly What it Mcans-Effects and
Possible Consequences.
A declaration of belligerency is
generally announced by proclama-
ton issued by the President, and until
some executive action is taken, Cuba
will not be considered as having a
standing in international law.
The declaration of belligerency will
mean:
That the Cubans will be recognized
as having all the rights and obligations
of an independent State SO far as the
war is concerned, but no further.
That their armies are lawful belllg-
erents, not bandittl.
That their ships of war are legal
cruisers, not pirates.
That the supplies they take from in
vaded territory are acquisitions,
not robbery.
That their captures at sea are good
prize.
That all vessels of the United States
are subject to search by Spanish cruls-
ers and liable to capture if carrying
contraband goods and munitions Ct
war to the Cubans.
That Cuban ports may be declared
blockaded by Spain and all commerce
interrupted.
That Spain is no longer responsible
for the acts of Cubans towards the
United States or its citizens.
That the Cuban Government can
not yet negotiate treaties, nor accredt
diplomatic ministers.
That its intercourse with the United
States must still be informal and unof-
fetal.
That the United States Government
can give no aid to the instruction
lists except sympathy or "moral sup
port"
That Cuba cannot be recognized as
independent unless the Spaniards are
conquered or driven out of the coun-
try.
That the United States cannot re-
woke the circumstances exist under
which it was accorded.
That Cuba gains primarily no more
by the act of Congress than Spaln.-
New York W0rM
pray thee, . God, that l may be
beutiful within.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02

Perkins-Why does Lent last forty
days?
because it takes most women that
long to decide what kind of Easter
bonnet they want. Chicago Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-08
The Second Days Proceedings.

RICHMOND. July 1.-General Gordon
called the convention of the United Con.
federate Veterans to order at 10 o'clock
An immense crowd was present. Prayer
was offered by Bishop Newton and then
the committee on credentials reported
the $50 camps represented by delegates.
Rev. G. D. Lee offered resolution,
which was adopted, indorsing the move
ment started by the Lee camp of Rich
mond, looking to general organization
Of committees of veterans and pledging
the United Confederate Veterans to the
movement. General II. Kidd Douglass
offered the following:
The Uuited Confederate Veterans, as
sembled in annual convention at Rich
mond, ever mindful of their dead COM
rades, wherever they may be, holding In
grateful memory all those who do them
honor. desire to express to the city OF Chi
cago their most grateful acknowledge
ments of the broadminded liberality OF
its people In the erection and conservation
of the lofty monument over the G. 600 OF our
dead, who rest within its protection, and
the boundless hospitality with which IL
received all the confederate soldiers who
attended that dedication. Our thanks are
given without stint to every army veteran,
soldier and citizen of that city who partlci-
pated in that memorable scene. May the
monument they lifted up stand through
the ages as perpetual reminder that It's
dedication Is the final triumphal scene or
the war, commemorative alike OF tne
heroic dead it honors and of the reunited
peace and friendship between north and
south.
The resolution was seconded by Gem
eral Lee and was unanimously adopted.
DR.. J. NJ. Curry made an eloquent
address before the convention. While
he was speaking James R. Hobart, camp
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-08

How AN OLD MAN MAY PRoLoNG
HIS L1FE.-An old man must clothe
warmly. After the age of 60, any
idea of hardihood and of facing wealth
er must be laid aside +; neither the skin
nor the lungs bear cold. Cold is, in
fact, the great enemy of old people,
and it is a fact, if a man of 60 or 65
goes to warmer climate than that to
which he has been accustomed, his
life is prolonged. Warm flannel
clothes should be worn next to the
skin day and night, and there should
be plenty of winter garments. Ifthere
is the least tendency to asthma or at
tacks of bronchitis, two or three folds
of q silk or woolen handkerchief should
be worn over the mouth, and if the
weather be very cold, over the nose
also. Rooms also must be kept warm
for the animal heat in the man past
70 is often deficient, and in very old
people even drinks should be taken
warm, as the sources Of animal heat
are being dried up. Old people will
often like rooms kept at temperature
of 70 degrees or higher, when younger
people are half stif1ed in them.-Her-
aid of Heath.