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Evening journal., 1897-10-06
) TIE TAXPAYERS OF BRANDY
WINE HUNDRED

Tho taxable residents of 3randywine
aundred and all persons liable to pay tax
In said hundred are hereby notified that
the undersigned, tax collector for said
hundred. will be at
Court House. Wilmington. October 23d
and S0th: November 20th, 25th, 9th and
29th, from 10 a. m to 4 D. m
Practical Farmer, October 14th, and 2lst.
November 25th and 18th, from 10 a. m to
4 j. m-
Perrys Hotel, October 18th; November
22d from 10 a. m. to p. m.
And every day between above dates al
his residence except Tuesday mornings.
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STATION G

Amos n Stayton, the retiring field
deputy, yesterday afternoon relinquish-
ed the office for which he had deter
mined to make fight The opinion OF
the attorney-general in the matter set
tied the prospects Of Mr.. Stayton, and
he has gene home.
Evening journal., 1897-10-06

Extract from the Laws OF DelaWaIe
governing the cellection OF taxes OF New
Castle county-Section 80 OF said Act:
Section So. That on all taxes paid peiore
the first day OF August there shall be an
abatement Of five per centum; on all taxes
naid before the arst tay Of Decemoer.
there shall be an abatement 81 three ~
ccSiuln: on all taxes paid after the hrss
dav OF December five per ccutum thereol
Shall be added thereto. ..,-
f1of1actor of Taxes for Red Lion hundred.
POST office. <irkwood. Delaware.
Evening journal., 1897-10-06

At the opening of the Presbytery to-
day the report of the commissioners
sent to the last General Assembly at
Winona, Ind. was given a hearing.
Moderator Miller and Rev. w. F. Lewis
were the ministerial representatives,
and both attended the entire assembly
Evening journal., 1897-10-06
TO THE TAXPAYERS OF CHRIS
A

IIANA HUNDRED.
The taxable residents OF Chrlstiana
\ said hundred, are hereby notified that
the undersigned. tax collector for said
Newport, October 1. 2, 4, 5, 6, Z. s, ., No
vember s. 8, 10, II, 12, 13.
Marshallton. October IS; November Is
Centreviue, October Il, 12 1s, Il, 10, 10;
November !, 2, 3. 4, 8. g.
Lawless', October 10, 20 and 21; Novem-
Der 49, 20 and p.
Toy's, October % and %; November %.
% and "a
Court House, October % and 80; Novem-
Der, 90 &C. q, % and So
Evening journal., 1897-10-06

Extract from the Laws OF Delaware,
governing the collection of taxes of New
Castle county-Section 30 of said Act:
Section 35. That on all taxes paid before
the first day of August there shall be an
paid before the nrst day Of December
there shall be an abatement of three pei
centum; on all taxes paid after the first
day of December five per centum thereof
ehail be added thereto.
GEORGE M'INTYRE,
Collector OK Taxes for Christiana hun
drp0
Evening journal., 1897-10-06
EXTRACT FROM THELAWS OF DELA-
WARE.

70 THE TAXPAYERS OF RED LION
HUNDRED.
The taxable residents Of Red Lion nun ,.,
dred and all persons liable to pay tax IN
said hundred, are hereby notified that the
undersigned. tax collector for said nun
dred Will be at
Johnson's Hotel, Delaware City. Sep
tennber "a, October q, November Y ana ~
from 10 a. m. TO p. m. ,.~
Sutton's drug store, st. Georges, OCTOBER
rs, November % and 80, from 10 p m
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-18
Queer California Soil.

The oil resources of California are
being carefully Investigated by the
State Mining Bureau, which looks for
\ great development some day of the
oil industry along the slopes Of the
coast range from San Francisco south.
ward almost to the Mexican border
line. The recent extensive explora.
lions made in the southern part OF the
State ty W. L.. Watts, of the Mining
Bureau, formed the subject of an in.
teresting popular lecture given last
night before the Academy of Sciences.
The discourse was made additionally
entertaining by q stereopticon display
of views OF the oil wells, bitumin-
ous deposits and petroleum. bearing
regions visited by the lecturer.
One of the views showed an asphal.
tum flow in which were sticks and
stones and bones Of animals. Some
times, the lecturer explained, cattle
lie down in the usphaltum when it is
warm they never get up again. At
other times, on warm days, COWS at.
tempt TO walk through the soft black
stuff, but they stay in it until they are
rescued or until they die. San Fran.
cisco Call.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-18

The Cologne Volks Zeitdng says it
has proof that Emperor William, after
the recent political revelations, wrote
q personal letter to Prince Bismarck,
appealing to him to be patriotic and
to cease his talking of Germany's past
policy. The Prince, in a published
interview, is quoted as saying: 81
feel tired but not i'll My complaint
is WEAKNESS of life. i no longer have
an object in life, and have no official
duties and nothing to see as n spectator
which gives me pleasure. The longer
l live, the longer this will be the case.
! feel lonely, have lost my wife, and
my ons are occupied with their own
business. Husbandry and forestry
have lost interest for me with advanc.
ing years. / seldom visit the woods
and fields, and do not desire to see
them now that l do not ride aud do
not shoot. Politics, too, are begin
ming to bore me-"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-18

India is n very uncomfortable coun.
try. This year is worse than com.
mon. Drought makes every road a
river of dust; other rivers are dried
up. Grain is poor, rs we'll as scarce,
and garden products are sapless. Ii
the traveller eats meat or fruit, he il
threatened with cholera; if grain OIL
vegetables. he is reminded that the
bubonic pest (Which is the fatal cit
tie sickness" Of Bombay chiefly af'
fects vegetarians. Fish is forbidden
by taste as well as by prudence. Mill
must be vigorously eschewed, and
butter is not less baneful. Bread and
ten are both poor in India, and water
is always, dangerous.
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Greece Makes Soap,

Most OF the soap factories in Greece
which number thirty.seven-are to
be found at Zante, some working all
the year round and others only during
certain months. The annual produc.
ton of common soap is about g.
500, 600 okes, OF which three.fourths
r consumed in the country. the re.
mainder being sold to Turkey, Egypt,
Bulgaria, Roumsnis. Austria and the
United States. Altogether the indus.
try employs 4S0 hands, whose wages
vary from three to five drachmas per
day. Native olive oil is used for the
manufacture. For some years past
the Grecian soaps have effectively
competed with. similar manufactures
on foreign markets. they being pre-
ferred to the common soaps manufac.
tured in Smyrna, Mytilene. Syria and
ever in certain European countries.
The annual exports exceed q million
okes. -London Chamber OF Com.
merce Journal.
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When the present war in Cuba be.
gan Spain declared that her admins.
~tration Of affairs in the island was all
right, that no reforms were needed
and that no concessions whatever
would be made to the revolutionists.
Now, however, she comes off her high
horse and offers n large and varied as.
sortment Of Inducements with the
earnest hope that the Cubans may &C.
cept them, stack their arms and resume
their labors in the cane fields and to.
bacco plantations.
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The brutality ofSpanish civilizations
10 strikingly illustrated in what 10
known "a, the bull fight. During the
period bs.wSan April ana Cctcbar Of
last year there we're no less thar -
bulls slaughtered in Span ct . valua-
ton of $500. 600.
In the brutal contests Of the Spanish
prize ring 1000 horses during the same
interval of time we're either killed or
MANNED, while several persons for.
feited their lives upon the altar of this
cruel sport.
These bull fights are not only patron.
lied by the S~panisrds, who attend
themi in great multitudes, but the Gov.
eminent itself lends every aid and en-.
couragement to them which it can
possibly render. The king of the
toreadores, as the hero of the bull
fight in Spain is called, is honored by
the Spaniards almost to the point of
worship, and greater adulation is
heaped upon him than the Empire is
wont to bestow upon its leaders. Dur
ing the recent season the king of the
toreadores earned SCI, 200, or ten
times the salary of the Prime Minister,
while the earnings OF other fighters
ranged from $4,000 to $50, 600. No
other entertainment in Spain nets
such handsome results or appeals SO
forcibly to Spanish pride as the bull
fight.
In the light Of this national trait it
is no wonder that the Philippines are
in revolt and that Cuba, in her eager
ness for q better and purer civiliza-
ton, the one which has paralyzed her
growth for SO many years, has at
length thrown off the yoke of Spanish
despotism, Atlanta Constitution.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-18

A New Hampshire roman has ac-
complished the feat-somewhat diff
cult, nowadays-of doing something
which no woman, SO far as known, has
ever done before. This daring inno-
vator. says the New York Times, is
Mrs. Marilla Marks Kicker, whose
home, when she is not travelling in
Europe, living in California, or prac-
ticing law before the Supreme Court
at Washington, is in Dover, and the
basis Of the second claim to originality
which her friends make for her is the
fact that she has Q Inferred a serious ap.
plication for the position of United
States Minister to the United States
of Columbia. Nobody goes quite so
far as to say that she will probably get
the place, but it is asserted that she
has the support of both the New
Hampshire senators. and that her can.
didaey will be warmly advocated by
wOman suffrage clubs aud similar or.
carnations all over the country. Mrs.
Kicker was born at Durham in 1910.
She was married in 1868, aud has been
a widow for twenty-seven years She
studied law in the offices of Albert G.
Riddle and Arthur b. Williams. In
1890, after = hard fight, she won ad-
mission to the New Hampshire bar.
Mrs. Kicker has long been prominent
ly identified with the woman suffrage
movement. ami since 1870 has often
taken the stump for the candidates Of
tue Republican party.
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Iodine In the Human Body.

II has recently been discovered that
iodine exists in combination in the
human body. It occurs in the thyroid
gland, and may be concerned rs the
essential chemical substance in the in.
ternal secretion of that gland. The
proof of the occurrence OF iodine in
the living structure of animals is OF
great scientific interest and impor-
lance, and is the most remarkable dis
covery made by chemical physiology
for some time.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-18

Colonel Wright, superintendent OF
the census, thinks the statistics Of pop.
ulation given by the last census were
too large ; and lie estimates the total
population of the United States in
1900 as but 81. 900. 600, whereas we
have been calling u present popula.
ton Sin round numbers as 20, 000,-
900. Can we place no more depend.
enc upon the returns of our census
marshals than this?
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Branded With Ice.

At Harvard University some years
ago a great row was made over the dis.
covery that in n Of the societies it
was a custom to brand some of the new
members with a hot iron. by way of
initiation. The Chicago University
students have modified this Spartan
treatment by using ice instead of the
hot iron. Seven neophytes, candidates
for Smell Hall, were b~lindfolded and
put through u course of good natured
horse play peculiar to college boys.
Then one of them, Cleveland by name,
was called forward for the branding
process.
Cleveland had been a candidate for
the '96 eleven, and was anxious to
wear a &c" on his football sweater.
He vas now told that his desire for
athletic fame was to be gratified; that
is, he was to have the sc" branded on
his bare chest. The young athlete
was stripped, his hands and feet wore
tied, and then a hot mustard plaster
II applied to his breast, 81 that he
might become Accustomed to the
heat" Meanwhile he could hear a
hot iron sizzling close at hand. When
the young nan was just in the right
condition of terror the branding was
begun. His tormentors, taking q piece
Of ice, inscribed on his bare breast a
large trigid &C." while the poor fell
loy, with teeth set, writhed in agony.
Six other boys were subjected to the
same imaginary torture. and they all
said that the sensation was painful
enough to have been the real thing
New York Journal.
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THE COUNTY LINE ROAD.
lieved of his watch and all his money
BY GEORGE s. CUTHBERrsoN.

lieved Of his watch and all his money.
A couple Of days following this Of.
fair a we'll organized posse of men,
under leadership of the sheriff, started
out. determined, upon capturing the
highwaymen. Securing the wood for
nearly a week, they were on the poin.
of giving mp, when a rude log cabin
was discovered in a deep ravine.
Here they came upon three members
OF the gang, who, being taken by sur.
prise. surrendered after a slight resis.
lance.
These welcome tidings we're joyiully
received by everybody, but no one
felt more jubilant over them than did
the hero Of this narrative, Robert EN-.
met.
He now believed he would be able
to carry his produce to market, and
return therefrom in safety. Nor was
he mistaken, for a month passed
rapidly by. during which time he
made several successful trips; and, as
a natural result. the carefully boarded
earnings, tucked snugly away in the
old stocking in the tin box under the
loose board in the corner of the
kitchen floor, had become enlarged to
such an extent as to burst from the
confinement of their woody prison.
The day arrived at last when Robert
was to make his last visit to the city.
Thankful, indeed, for his past good
fortune and happy in the thought of
the nearby termination of his labor,
he bade the dear ones at homo fare
we'll, and gaily mounted to his place
on the load.
Justly proud was he of the team of
beautiful prancing colts which, heavy
a proved their burden, pulled so
strongly on the bride reins in the en-.
deavor to cover the ground ut a faster
gait, that it had made their youthful
masters arms ache to hold them down
to q steady pace.
Robert was far on his way when day
lights rosy hues began to tinge the
eastern horizon. The weather was
sharp and frosty, aud the roads like
pavement, 80 hard were they frozen,
and the city was safely reached early
in the afternoon.
Before nightfsll he had succeeded
in disposing OF the major portion of
his load, and what remained was parted
with the following morning.
Quite a handsome sum was gained
from the sale. The coin he carried in
q leatllern pouch in his brooches
pocket, while the bills were carefully
rolled up in a bunch and slowed away
in an inside pocket OF his vest.
When his team had finished their
feed of grain he started out on the
homeward journey. His heart was as
light as the feecy clouds that Aoated
lazily about on the western margin of
the sky. and he hummed a lively tune
as the wagon ratified along over the
smooth road.
II was still early in the day and few
conveyances were abroad and these
were headed toward the city. For the
first ten OF the thirty.four miles farm
houses were numerous, but after that
the country grew gradually wilder,
with settlers homes less in number
and located farther apart.
Arriving within a mile Of the ~forest,
Robert perceived a tall figure rise
suddenly from the ditch at the road
side and walk ahead with slow, hating
movements. As he drew nearer he
could zee . woman. She was attired
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-18
White Elephants.

In Siam elephants roam wild in the
forests, but a royal edict forbids any
body to kill them. Great rewards, on
the other hand, are bestowed upon
any one who is 30 fortunate as to cap.
ture a white elephant.
When one is secured in Siam. it is
fetched to the capital city and pre-
sented to the King. T~henceforth
honors almost royal are paid to it. 1t
is garlanded with flowers and pampered
with delicacies.
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FingerOlOgy

The palmist says that long fingers
are a sign Of refinement. A short,
stubby hand argues a lack of sensi-
bility; a thin thumb, rather small,
denotes weakness. Strength of
character is shown by the thumb as
sorting itself over the other fingers.
II the thumb curves backwards its
owner is obstinate. Tho thin palm
shows q refined, cultured nature. The
thick one o coarse but strong individ'
uality.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-18

A society has been formed in Shang-
hal to counteract the crime of stealing
women to be sold into worse than
slavery, which is alarmingly common,
and on the increase in some parts OF
China.
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Venerable pOtentates.

Queen Victoria, for all her seventy.
seven years, is yet o%vertopped in point
of age by four other monarchs OF Eu.
rops-the Pope, the Grand Duks Of
Luxembourg, the King Of Denmark and
the Grand Duke Of Saxe.W eimar.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-18

1t should be the ambition Of the
Christian to do what God wants done.
His prayerful best Is the best any one
has ever done.
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sIMsTlI gIDEIIM Nlr|
f6rIc FOR N D MAR. },
"Hev Our Bodies Influence Oar D..
Dan. l. e-2l.

1I"9I 'aass al
Mar. 1s. The Nazarites. Mum. VI :,
Mar. II. The Rechabites. Jer.
Mar. IS. John the Baptist. Luke / s,,
Mar. 10. Solomon's opinion. Pro,
Mar. % Paul's opinion. lCOr. IL. 81 \
Sculpture vxRsEs.-Prov. iv. Ala.
70, 80; Pa. cxix. 9; Eek. xviii. 81. sS.' ~
Z. 20; Luke xxi. "a; Rom. viii. Lis 90
II; Eph. v. s.; l Tim. v. ~; Tit. II. 70. \.
y; W.. l-12; l Peter IL II; V. s., 9. ~
LESSON THOUGHTS.
A beautiful rose imparts its syee,D.,,
fragrance to the life-giving air and me-
about 1t; but when, through neglect or 49,
the rose has turned to decay, it cont,ni,s'Y
the air with its poisonous leaves. "a ~
body, pure aud temperate and heal,bv VI
parts beauty and strength to the lile.v,,.I
soul that inhabits 1t; but a pure soul 49,
live in a body that has been ruined with n
temperance and sin. Il
Our bodies are by nature inclined ,,.
every temptation OF the flesh overcome ~
TO the strength OF the will that has copon.s
II. ~
SELECTIONS.
Against some diseases, indeed. inoor,,s
acts as a safeguard. But against The a-J
the soul perfect spiritual health and strs'a \
Is the true defense. ~
An italian painter, at the outse, Of NJ. . l
reef, determined to paint u face TO ~repra..1
the virtue OF innocence. After long sss,'sI
he At length found a little boy with a t,s )
such lovliness and purity that II seemed M
the image OF an angel. He painted the esa3
and hung the picture IN his studio. ~
passed away, and he conceived the lds
painting q companion piece to thi, po.,s
which should represent vice. In a cIo.s
In q prison he found a man upon whose ~
ures sin had written all its degrading ,hs
acters. He painted this head also. and h,
1t alongside the other. Afterwards. in In,
versing with the prisoner, he learned Inv !
had been the little boy who had been ~
ed as the type OF purity. Thus ca,
change even the appearance OF purity \
transform a soul from angelic brirhu1
into the blackness OF perdition.
As It Is not disiufectants that will NJ.
certainly secure one against infection \
a sound constitution, 40 it is not rus
life that will strengthen one agains, tenn
zion, but a strong son.
-
DEEP PRAYERS LIKE DEEP-sEA voYAGya
1t may be your prayer is like Il ship Wild
when 1t goes on a very long voyage. u
not come home laden SO soon. but wha
does come home it has Il richer irsiS1
Mere Coasters" will bring your coax
such-like ordinary things but they that 4
afar to Tarshish return with gold u
ivory. Coasting prayers, such as wepu
every day, bring us many necessares;
there are great prayers which, like thsa
Spanish galleons. cross the main ocean ID
are longer out of sight, but come home lsI
laden with a golden freight. -SpurgeOn
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A TRUE

~ was in England n time" saw \
Moody, land was invited out to dinner. 4
host asked me to drink one and auO,asl
his seven kinds OF liquors. | refused "a,
and again. until finally I saw the YOU
lady sitting next to me beginning to IL u
fused and thick in her words, owing to I
influence Of liquor, and l said, 'Thsh n
place for me- and asking to DO excused
went upstairs. The host was very III
nant, and followed me to fluid ont what I
the matter. I finally told him and be !
You're no gentleman
"'Well, 1don't want to be il | havhl
drunk In order to be one.'"
- a. ---
The authorities OF the Dominion Of Ca(
have presented the Hawaiian gOysns
with 80, 900 young salmon to be pl,s(
the rivers OF the Hawaiian islands.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-18

The number employed in agricul-
ture in Spain is but 4,O33, 49l, of
whom over 800, 900 are women.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-18

~9UW W. ties, for which
reason it is Familiarity known to the
adjacent residents as the County Line
Road" In former days, before the
keen bladed ok and sharp toothed saw
Of the sturdy settler had accomplished
such Q wonderful Transformation in
the appearance of the landscape, both
sides Of the road we're lined for a
number of miles by a dense, heavy
| growth of forest and underbrush.
In consequence of this fact and the
scarcity of human habitations, the
farmers who Travelled over this route
to the city markets located at its ter
mination, found an exceedingly lone
some, cherries ride before them. But
then, the highly remunerative prices
paid for the results of their toll, as
was evidenced by their we'll filed
purses on their return, offered ade'
quate inducements to them to brave
the dangers and disconforts of the
solitary journey.
The dangers to which we refer were
occasioned by n band of outlaws who
had established their headquarters in
this extensive belt of timber.
Startling we're the stories circulated
concerning the bold deeds of this ruff.
fan gang; many were the farmers that
could testify from bitter experience
to the ~veracity of these stories /; and
numerous were the attempts made to
%apprehend and bring the criminals t.
justice. But all to no purpose. The
County Line Road" continued to
possess q reputation SO unsavory that
it struck terror into the hearts OF those
who were obliged to travel its lonely
windings.
Robert Emmett was only eighteen
years of age when his father died and
left him in charge Of their newly set
tied, partially cleared farm with the
responsibility resting on his inexperi.
enced young shoulders OF caring and
providing for his widowed mother and
his two small brothers.
Robert was q healthy, active youth,
with q clear brain and strong, well.de
veloped muscles. He fully realized
the gravity Of his position and cheer.
fully and bravoly went to work. By
dint of earnest, t~ireless efforts, fine
crops of grain and vegetables were
grown and harvested; 80 that, when
in the waning life Of autumn there
came w~hisperings OF the arrival of
clustering winter, the Emmett family
found themselves plentifully provided
with food and an ample surplus of
farm produce which. when sold, would
bring in sufficient revenue to meet all
the expenses incurred in the MANAGE
ment of their farm and household.
But in order that this happy result
might be brought about, 1t was. of
course, necessary that Robert should
convey to the city markets the prod.
ucts, of his summers labor over the
ill-famed County Line Road"
1t was not q pleasant prospect that
confronted him. just the week pre-.
vious his nearest neighbor went on q
similar expedition and returned, tell.
ing . doleful story, having been re.