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Middletown transcript., 1897-04-17
DON'T Forrat That

]. Frank Brinkerhoff, specialist in lenses
for the eye. win again be in Middletown on
Tuesday May the 4th at Mrs. Massey's jew
elry store, where examination for all forms
of defective sight will be thoroughly and
scientifically made. Examination free.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-17
New ia9 BR
Silks IN. IN

New BRIGHTas a May morning
c;IL. this great silk store-with
oilNS heaped-up luxury from
both sides of the sea. No need to
tell of these new, fine things to in
sure their selling-but we are bound
to give our public quick news of in
teresting goods. We've gathered
small lots ofthe finest things, to in
sure their excIusiveness.
Rich Taffeta Plaids, Scotch colonngs, with
canalae weaves Of black satin. So a
yard.
Rich Chameleon Silks with twin dots Of
black and white on a rainbow Of color.
For waists. $1.65 yard.
Rich Moire Velour with stripes Of white
satin an inch apart. For skirts. s1.5o
ayard.
And so we might go on until we
filled half this page. Can't refrain
from just a few more hints.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-17
Irnnlaimed I.attars.

rSst Of unclaimed letters remaining in
tbe M;ddletovn post-offics which can be
had by saying they are advertised;
s.,sb Redden, Sarah 8. Roberts, Alice R.
HalI Susan Griffin, Josid Gesford, g. W.
". Anderson.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-17

Here are navy-blue and white
silks, the choicest patterns gathered
from far and near.
10 kinds Of grenadInes-bIue and white,
S1.25.
Printed Faille Franeaise, blue and white.
Soft shimmering Crepes, blue and white,
big designs and little. 81 yard.
Liberty Satins, closely woven navy blue
grounds with white printings IS styles.
75c.
Shepherds checks, blue and white-in
taffeta, at 75c and 85c; or Louisine, at
SOc and 81; or bengaIine, at sl25
New taffeta silks In solid blue. with white
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-17
VIM. B. Sharp ( Go.
FOURTH and MARKET SIS.
Wilmington, Del.
Special for Saturday.

Special for Saturday.
Victoria Lawns, 25c grade
for 10c per yard, 2 to 20 yard
lengths.
Plaid Nainsook, small pat
terms, 10c grade for SC.
Plaid and Stripe Lawns,
small, medium and large pat
terms, 12ac and l5c. grade for
&c per yard.
Two hundred and fifty yards
Damask Table Linen in five
good patterns, 55c grade for
25c per yard.
One small lot Of German
Dice Table LINEN, grass bleach
ed, soft and good to wear, Soc
grade for 35c.
Five hundred yards extra
heavy and fine wide Irish Da-
mask Table Linen, three
quarter bleacbed. 75c grade
for SOC per yard.
Fifty dozen German Nap
kins good size and quality, fine
damask patterns, $3.50 grade
for $l.O0 per dozen.
About.thirty-6ve fine Covert
Cloth Ladies' Mackintoshes
in brown and grey mixtures,
all sizes except 56-inch, our
regular $3.50 garments, and
will be closed for 2.90.
All we have of black en-
broidered Shawlets, are splen-
did quality, always genteel,
always good and very nice for
elderly ladies. We have re-
duced them as follows.
5 800 ones for 195.
s 3.75 ones for ESQ.
S 4.50 ones for s 3.15.
$50 ones for 4.50.
$1,000 ones for 800.
$500 ones for 500.
$1,000 ones for 1890.
VIM. B. SHARP & CO,
G. W. INGRAM, SIN. ENos
Middletown. Odessa.
Ingram & Enos,
AUCTlONEERS.
Are prepared to call sales Of Real Estate
Personal Property, &C., and guarantee to give
atisfaction.
Can on or address. for terms, &C., either
A u business willreceiye prOmpt 0tten Il on
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-17

stripes, Of several widths. 81.
Printed India SiIks-navy blue and white
LIN all the good wearing qualities. CSC,
DOC, Soc, 75c and 81.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-17
All teachers and friends OF Education
in New Castle County and the
teachers of Kent and Sus-
sex are inylted to take

TAn persons who take an interest In this
column should send their names and address
for enroHment.l
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-17

rHr TRANSCRIPT s1.oO . year.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-17

Hard times have not prevented Massachu-
sets from increasing her teachers salaries.
The men received the past year an average
OF $4,000 per month, and the woman S5O.-
80 per month.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
Moles Are Dangerous.

An exceptionally healthy English
man, aged 81 years, had black mole on
his arm since birth. Three years ago it
was torn by the horn of sheep, but
quickly healed. He soon injured it
again and it enlarged to the size of a
finger-tip. Six months later he again
bruised it and healing did not take
place readily. A few satellites APP
peared. A physician excised the whole
affected area of skin. In five months a
lump appeared in the axilla and was
promptly excised. Soon the surface of
the body was thickly sprinkled with
melanotic growths, ranging in depth,
size, and color. A mole is a potential
sarcoma and on showing the slightest
activity should be promptly and freely
excised.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
HOLD A NET FOR A BEAR.
Brufn Makes 1t Lively for . Couple
of Up-tO-Date Hunters.

The following is vouched for by re-
liable citizen of the locality where the
event occurred, near Disco, IL miles
from Black River Falls, Wis, says the
Chicago Chronicle. The farmers had
been annoyed by wolves and one Of
them found den that he thought
would hold a dozen or more. Four of
them went there with a large fish net,
long tin tube and double-barreled
gun. They had heard of soaring ami
mails from their den by putting tube
In the hole and then shouting through
the tube. Two of them held the net
over the mouth of the den and another
stood ready with the gun, while the
fourth one managed the tube. He gave
fearful screech into funnel fixed in
the end of the tube and after an effort
or two there was rush and growl and
out came black bear as though pos
sessed of nine demons.
He plunged into the net and the two
men and the bear had merry time.
The with the gun didn't dare shoot,
for he could not tell where there was
The net broke and let his bearship
through ard he made for tall timber
at marvellous rate, but the net men
looked very discouraged and 1t will be
a cold day when they try it over again.
The informant was very reticent
aboutRlling who the men were, but as
he hada double limp, his face scratched
and was in the city for new suit of
everyday clothes it looked as though
he knew who helped hold the net.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
HER SECRET.
Actions Speak for Themselves-He
Was willing 10 Read Her Mind.

was Wiling 10 heau her mihu'
For many years the young woman
had called upon Ulysses. She had
brought him numberless packages of
ehoice cigarettes, as well as divers
specimens of the most expensive genus
cigar, says the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
She had repeatedly purchased tickets
for various celebrated prize fights and
after escorting him thither would see
to it that he had plenty of lemon cream
puffs to MUNICH upon during the inter
walls of smuggling. Many and many an
evening had she assisted him in increas-
ing the numerals upon his poor hard
working mammals coal and gas bills,
and she had seen four several sets of
new springs added to the parlor sofa.
But hitherto she had not stood up like
a-er-woman and boldly declared her
love for him and requested to be al
lowed to pay all his expenses in the flu
ture in consideration of his DOMINIC her
last name.
But upon this special evening in
question Ulysses had her dead to rights.
1t may have been the witching golf cos
tune in old gold and baby blue that he
wore or the shy grace with which he
placed his tiny palm in hers. However,
be this as it may, she could no longer
restrain herself, but impulsively threw
her arms about his frail, shrinking fig
ure and drew him tenderly toward her.
As her lips rose from his she lovingly
murmured: "This kiss tells you my
secret"
And Ulysses, as he furtively removed
some cut plug from his mouth, found
an opportunity to observe: "Would
you - you-mina-saying-it-over-
again?"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
- ss;d Deer Blew in HI. Face,

A gentleInan who was fishing on
Seventh Lake, \. Y, few days ago
became tired and sleepy. So he an
chored his boat near the shore in o
shady spot and lay down in the bottom
for a nap. After awhile he was awak-
ened by something blowing upon his
face, and when he opened his eyes he
saw a big buck standing to his belly
in the water beside the-boat and with
his nose close to the fsherman's face.
The gentleman lay quite still, rather
enjoying the situation. About that
time another boat came around the
corner into the little cove, andthe buck
with bound disappeared in the woods.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
Creating an Absolute Vacuum.

An absolute vacuum, or what is be
heved to be one, was recently produced
by Prof. Elmer Gates, of Washington,
by a novel method. Into a test tube
made of kind of glass which melts at
a very high temperature he poured
molten glass which melts at much
lower temperature, completely filing
the tube, leaving no air space. After
melting this inner glass it was par
tally withdrawn from the tube by ex-
hausting the air from the outer side
and allowing it to flow down by gravity,
but not so far but that the end of the
tube was completely closed. 1t was
then allowed to cool. AS no air could
enter the space left by the withdrawal
of the glass it is believed that a. perfect
vacuum was obtained.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
IMPROVED BAROMETER.
Approach Of Storms Signaled by
Ringing Of a Bell
Ingenious and Simple Method of An
nouncing All Changes in the
Weather Novel Weather
Postal Stamps.

An ingenious device for foretelling at
mospheric disturbances has been con-
structed by TIL. Flournoy, awell-known
engineer. NJ. Zenger, director. of the
observatory at Prague, recently an
nounced that all remarkable changes
in the weather, and especially earth
quakes and volcanic eruptions, were
due to solar spots. and such expert
ments as have been made seem to show
that he is correct. Even if we admit,
however, that these spots are simply
gigantic cyclones which appear period
ically on the face of the sun and are re-
produced on our earth, we cannot, ex-
cept in rare instances, have the salts
faction OF studying these spots and de-
termining from them what kind of
weather will be. The plain reason is
because few of us possess telescopes,
and, even if we did possess them, not
many of US are sufficiently versed in
the mysteries of astronomy to use them
properly.
Mr.. Flournoy doubtless recognized
this fact, and then the idea occurred to
him that the ordinary barometer might
be made more serviceable for purposes
of prediction than it has been hitherto.
The barometer, as we all know, is an
instrument or balance which measures
and weighs the atmospheric pressure.
When the barometer falls, we know
that the pressure has diminished, the
cause being the inability of the air to
hold in suspension the yapor which is
about to turn into rain. When the
mercury falls with rush we look out
for tempests, cyclones and other atmos-
pheric commissions.
Guided by those sudden variations OF
the mercury, Mr.. Flournoy constructed
an improved barometer, the improve
ment consisting in a clockwork arrange
ment the object of which is to announce
the near approach of cyclone. The ar.
rangement is very simple. All that is
necessary is to join the small tube of an
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
PRIVATE STREET CARS.
One Of the Recent Developments of
the Trolley Idea.


One development of the trolley-car
idea Is likely to be shown ere long in
the somewhat general fashion of own
iRs private cars. At present few,
though an increasing number, of rich
men own private railway cars. The
expense Is enormous, all things con-
sidered. But a moderate expenditure
will suffice in the case of the trolley,
says the Boston Advertiser.
Only, in little while, street cars
will no longer be propelled by means of
trolley attachments, but their motive
power will be applied from an inside
third rail, or by means of astorage bat
terry, or, possibly, there viii be some
method invented of which as yet the
public has not even hint.
Anyhow, the rapid extension of the
electrically propelled street car sys-
tenn, not only throughout all cities and
considerable villages, but into the sub
urbs and far away into the country, so
that in long time, where population is
even moderately dense, there will be an
electrical car line close to every mans
front door, will supply the conditions
necessary for vast multiplication Of
the number of private cars.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
DID You EVER

Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for
your troubles? If not, get a bottle
now and get relief. This medicine has
Painting Spells, or are Nervous. Sleep
of Appetite, Constipation. Headache,
tone to the organs. 1t you have Loss
rect influence in giving strength and
Complaints. exerting wonderful d.
been found to be peculiarly adapted
to the relief and cure Of all Female
less, Excitable, Melancholy or troub-
led With Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters
is the medicine you need. Health and
Strength are guaranteed by its use.
Fifty cents and 81 at F. Kalteyer \
Sons drug store. D
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13

ceived the novel IDEA of stamping the
reports on all letters going through the
mails. The plan is TO avoid altogether
the use of technical language and .to
make the predictions so plain that any.
one can understand them. This is
clearly move in the right direction.
says the New York Herald. A large
sum of money is spent annually on
these weather predictions, and it is de
sirable that the people shall as far a.
possible obtain the benefit of them.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
A Cold Stove.

A stove has been invented to cool
rooms in summer. Salt, quantity of
ice and a patent chemical are used, and
the stove becomes so cold that if hand
be placed upon it the skin will instant
ly blister. As salt is cheap, the chem
ical not dear, and as the stove can make
its own ice in the oven, the device is
one that will be likely to come into gen.
eral use in warm climates.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
saIutes in China md Japnn.

In China, says the Philadelphia Times,
an inferior on horseback, on meeting q
superior. dismounts and waits until the
superior has passed. In Japan an in
ferior removes his sandals when he
meets a superior, places his right hand
in his sleeve, thus crossing his arms,
aud, rocking himself to and fro, cries:
"Don't hurt me! Don't hurt mel"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
UncrnMned RuIern.

There are many reigning sovereigns
at the present time who have never
taken the trouble to be crowned.
Among them may be mentioned tho
German emperor, the king of Italy, the
king of Spain, the queen Of Holland, the
king Of Bavaria, the king of Saxony.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
Royal Women Are strong.

1t is noted that the women of the
royal families of Europe are, on the
average, much stronger, mentally and
physically, than the men.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
WEATHER PREDICTIONS.

Gan Idea for Stamping Them on Letters.)
ordinary barometer to a tube of equal
diameter, by means of a small com.
municating duct. On the mercury in
the two tubes rest two floats bearing
two metallic rods which are joined to a
system of electric clockwork. One of
these rods is furnished with a metallic
cleat which is placed between two clests
on the second rod.
In ordinary weather the level of the
mercury being equal in both tubes, in
accordance with the principle of com.
municating vessels, the cleats cannot
touch each other, and the clockwork is
silent. When, however, there is a sud.
den depression Cd, the atmosphere and
an approach of a tempest is thus an.
nounced, the lev el is altered, the change
being due n fte narrow diameter OF
the commune ing tube, the metallic
cleats approach other, contact take:
place and the cpectric bell or clock
strikes sharply. Anyone, it is claimed
can in this simple way obtain prompt
and reliable information in regard IL
coming storms.
According TO a French paper the
Washington authorities have long de
sired to make their weather prediction.
more popular. and one of them con
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
FOR RENT.

Building on northeast corner of
Commerce and East streets, 64xS0
feet, two stories and basement, large
hall on. second floor. Apply 10 L.
WOLFSON. 12-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
A short Term.

The shortest period that member
of parliament has represented con-
stituency is two hours. Lord George
Hamilton was reelected as member of
the Ealing division of Middlesex, on
being appointed secretary of state for
India, and the parliament to which he
had been admitted was dissolved with
in two hours after his election.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
GARDEN SEED.

L. HUTH & SON. MARKET sFRHEI
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
Austrian Cities.

Fifty years ago Austria had seven
cities with more than 10000 inhab-
itants; to-day there are SO.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
LINES.

MERCHANTS TRANSFER CO.. On
corporated), 512 Dolorosa street TsI-
ephone No. $50.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
HOTELS.

HOTELS.
MENGER HOTEL. II. d. KAhR-
MANN, Proprietor.
Evening journal., 1897-04-08
POWDER ZOE CANNON.
Mixture That WIN Burn Slowly Is Nee
essar- For Big Ordnance.

tooAl- t1A Asia OEAAA-N~f
The great trouble witt rowder in
cannon was soon found 70 be that it ex-
erted all SIS force too Suddenly, so that
all the sd5in CEalo orr ClC end of tho
gun. When ganpowdor is sen on fire, IL
turns suddenly into gas, and tine gas
needs. about 800 times the space that
the solid powder occupied. Tire explo-
sion of ordinary gunpowdcr is SO sud
den that for moment that part Of the
gun around the powder charge has to
hold the big volume of gas squeezed
down under enormous pressure until the
shot can make start to get ont Of the
gun and make room for the gas. If,
therefore, gunpowdcr could be made
which would burn a little slower, so
that it would not all be burned until
the shot reached the muzzle, the gas
would be more gradually formed and
the strain be distributed all along the
gun. Such powder was first made IN
Germany and was first called cocoa pow
der, because it resembled in color and
general appearance a cake of chocolate.
Its method of manufacture was kept Sc
cret, but other countries analysed the
grains and soon learned to make it even
better than Germany 1t is made partly
by changing the proportions Of the in
gradients, making them about 70 per
cent saltpeter, 3 per cent sulphur and
rs per cent charcoal, but mainly by
using an underburned charcoal, thus
giving the powder its peculiar color.
Thus there arose a division Of gunpow-
der into quick and slow burning pow
ders
1t was net alone necessary to make O
powder which would burn more slowly,
but if possible to make one burn so thai
moro gas would be forming when the
shot got near the muzzle than was
forming when it started from the breech
because there is more room behind the
shot when it nears the muzzle, and i
therefore takes more gas to keep up th'
same pressure against its base.
To accomplish this and to make th
grains lie so that there should DC space
evenly distributed among them to al
/ low the flame to reach every grain a
once, causing all of them to begin run
ming together, grains were made Of reg
ular shapes, and each shape was trie'
to see how nearly it gave the desires
results. Thus there have heen use
round grains, square grains, sphere
hexagonal grains, cylindrical grain
and prismatic grains. OF course It
impossible to make a grain which vii
have more and more surface to bum tn
smaller it gets, so the best result whic
has thus far been obtained is only a
approach to it, and this is obtaine
with hexagonal prismatic grain abor
/ inch high and 1 : inches in diameter
with hole or several holes through j
Lieutenant John M. Ellicott in s.
! Nicholas
Evening journal., 1897-04-08
The Pull OF a Fish.

"What Iwant, said an angler, els q
rigging of some sort to measure the pull
of a fish. If pound fish pulls 3 pounds
8 ounces, l want to know it, and if a
pound fish pulls only 8 pounds 6 ounces
want to know that too A joker wrote
to a sportsman's paper the other day to
tell of an invention to measure the size
of the fish that are lost. That is where
this pull measure machine would be
good too. 1t would have to be self regis
tering, Of course.
Everybody laughs when any ono
says he lost a big one. I've lost fish Of a
size l never dared tell q just because
Of the bad name a fellow gets for tell
ing OF such things. could tell Of 6 and
pound trout in Canochogola lake up
in the Adirondacks, but what's the usei
Why, say, I've seen a trout just
then he remembered himself and began
to talk about a grizzly king fly with a
yellow tail. New York sun.
Evening journal., 1897-04-08
- losT WAs FouNp.

Tho House Number Looked Strange Be
cause the Transom Was Tipped.
II any one had told him he was drunk,
be would not have resented it, but
would have made an effort to maintain
his equilibrium and dignity long enough
10 explain that he was only q little
oozy woozy He realized that he lived
at 2O6 Irvington street, and that bis
residence was on the right hand side as
be wabbled along homeward. The un-
certain light of early dawn, combined
with the blear in his eyes, rendered it
necessary for him 20 stop in front OF
every house and gravely brace himself
against the ratings until he could focus
his eycsight on the number
Finally he identified his house. but
after arguing with himself for a couple
Of minutes he came TO the conclusion
that he was just woozy enough TO make
mistakes possible, so 10 be absolutely
certain he balanced himself against the
front fence and studied the number on
the transom. Instead of 20G he saw 500
He rubbed his eyes and looked again,
but the number had not changed. It
was still 500. Then he wondered how
it happened that he had got on the
wrong side of the street and threo
blocks too far out, made a zigzag across
the street and started back, but before
he had walked three blocks he came to
the end of the street
The weary pilgrim was bewildered.
He couldn't understand it, but getting
his directions shaped his course up the
street on the right side and kept on un'
til he came TO 500 again He studied il
from every possible point of view, oven
trying to stand on his head TO read it,
but it pcrvorsely remained 500
Utterly bewildered, he sat down OF
the steps and waited till a policeman
came along.
''I'm losht." " he explained. II want
or 20 ter 2O6 IrvinRton street.
''This is the place, right here, de
clared the officer.
Cant be- Thish is 500"
"No, it amt It's 206, bat the tran
som is turned over,
The lost was found.-San Francisc
Post