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work on tho Dwight Farms.

According to the Philadelphia Times
the agricultural department of the GEN.
tral branch of the Young Mems Chris
tian association is making quiet bat
great progress on the Dwight farm, at
Downingtown, SO called from its donor,
e. P. Dwight. aud is under charge Of
Rev. ]. e johnson. It has been pro-
iected to answer several purposes among
which is a model farm and farm school
for boys, where they can be taught the
nnly trade that nowadays Is not over
done The value Of the farm school ex-
pertinent to the community lies IN the
fact that II will afford means Of sift-
,ing worthy from unworthy oases In the
Eaily applications sor help received q
ks Christian association Offices from
ag men who claim to be out Of WORK,
less and friendless, but anxious %
king to earn their board.
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Your Prasent Mead

Is pure, rich blood. and a strong and
healthy body. because with the approach OF
spring and the beginning of warmer wealth
er your physical system will undergo radi-
cal changes. ALI the impurities which
have accumulated during colder weather
must now be expelled or serious conse-
quencss will result. The one true blood
purifier prominently in the public eye to-
day is Hoods Sarsaparilla. Its record of
cures Is uneqnalled. Its sales are the largest
in the world. A few bottles of Hoods
6arsaparilla viii prepare you for spring by
purifying and enriching your blood and
toning and invigorating your whole sys-
tenn.
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No. 2s.-Metagram.

There is word of four letters naming
river in the south of England famed for
the beauty of its scenery; also weapon.
Take away the first letter and substitute
others in succession, and the following
changes will appear:
A place for transaoting business
Not the whole
A homely vehicle.
A pleasant addition to your table; very
aCid
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No. s7.-A Hidden Flower.

My first is in dog, but not in cat;
My second in ball, and also in bat;
My third is in plank, but not in board;
My fourth is in shield, and also in sword;
Ny fifth not in day, but you find 1t in week;
Ny sixth is in claw, but not in beak;
MY seventh In tin, but not in pot;
MY eighth in cold, as well as hot;
Ny ninth in fence, but not In wall.
My whole flower well known to all.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

Middletown Council, No. q Jr. o. U. A. M.
Hall at O'Clock.
Union Lodge, No. s, A. F. & A. NJ. Meets
first Tuesday Of each month in Town Hall.
Meets S1 every H Thursday % ~ night tin In McWhorter'a
Damon Lodge, No. Il, K. of P. Meets every
Wednesday night in McWhor9er's Hall at
So'clock.
Major John Jones Post, No q, G. A. r.
Meets every Friday night In Reynolds Build
ing at o'clock
Welcome Conclave Heptasophs. Meets
of P. Hall.
Union Lodge, No. 6, A. o. U. w, meets every
I'd and 4th Tuesday night in McWhorter's
Hall.
Lord Delaware Circle, no. 16, Brotherhood
Of the Union. Meets 1st and Sd Friday, Nc
Whorter's Hall at p. m.
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"Do you pray for your dear teacher
often, Tommyp" asked the visitor to
the school.
"Yes, thir,n replied Tommy the
Truthful, whenever thee whipth me
I pray for the devil to git herI''
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No. sO.-Geoeraphical Enigm

No. 3Us-Geographlcal Enigma
8, Q, 2, 8, the home of bird.
8, 2, /, 8, not wild.
4,b, 9, -, 8, part Of the human body; a
receptacle.
s, 8, ., 8, more felt in the south than
the north.
10, o, 2, 1, large quantity of something
you are now looking at
IA, 6, 8, 8, belonging to most flowers.
6, a, 8, 8, 9, 10, woman's name.
10, 3, 4, 0, trial of speed
1,2,7, 8, Q, 10, one in authority.
2, 8, 6, /, part Of tree; to stop.
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BANKS.

Peoples National Bank.-Presldent, g. w,
w Naudain; Cashier, Geo. d. Kelley; Teller.
w. G. Lockwood. Bank Building on East
Main Street.
Citizens National Bank. President, JOSEPH
Biggs; Cashier, John 8. Crouch; Teller, Il.
Darlington. Bank Building on South Broad
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VAUGHAN'S Pharmacy,
The trade supplied al liberal discount.
Read These Testimonials

SCorT's LIVERY STABLES, May 1st, 1895.
Having used Vaughan's Diamond Condition
Powders in my livery, can heartily endorse
them as giving me entire satisfaction as a
Spring Tonic, Blood Purifier, and Removal
l.. G. SCOTT.
MIDDL TOWN, DEL, May 2. 1896
I can truly say of Vaughan's Diamond
Condition Powders that consider them the
best Horse Powders that ever used. Having
thoroughly tested them on my horses found
they produced the desired results for which
they are so highly recommended.
CORTLAND f. CROCKET.
MIDDLETowN, DEL, Apr. 1896.
f DEAR SIR:-Having used your Condition
Powders found them good for all kinds of
stock. would advise everyone to use them.
G. r. MANLovE.
MIDDLETowN, DEL, Apr. l8, 1895.
have tried your Powders and ind them
superior to anything have ever used
FRANK PIERCE.
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hid dletown Directory.
M1JNrCIPAI; OFFICERS.

President-G. w. w. Naudain; Secretary,
w. s. Letherbury; 8. 8. Holten, Charles 81.
Howell, Geo. v. Peyerley.
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The Baltimore weekly SUN.

The Weekly SUN Publishers all the News
of each week, giving complete accounts OF
all events of interest throughout the world.
AS an Agricultural paper The Weekly SUN is
unsurpassed. 1t is edited by writers of prac.
tical experience, who knows what farming
means and what farmers want in an agricul-
tural journal. 1t contains regular reports OF
the work OF the Agricultural experiment
stations throughout the country, of the pro
ceedings Of farmers clubs and institutes, and
the discussion of new methods and ideas in
agriculture. It's Markets Reports, Poulty
Department and Veterinary column are parti-
cularly valuable to country readers. Every
issue contains Stories, Poems, Household
and Puzzles Columns, a variety ofinteresting
and instructive selected matter and others
features, which make it a welcome visitor in
city and country homes alike.
One dollar year. 1nducements5to getters-
up of clubs for the Weekly SUN. Both the
Daily and Weekly Sun mailed free of post
age In the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Payments invariably in advance. Address
AS. s.ABELL COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors,
Baltimore, Md
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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Volunteer Hose Company, meets drst FRI
day night of each month in Hose House.
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Stop, Look and Listen!
Weare now offering to the public the
best and cheapest line Of

All Of the latest popular patterns and styles
that have ever been offered to the trade.
Employing none but skilled workingmen
and being large cash buyers, with an ex-
perience extending over q period of fifty
years, thereby gaining and actual practical
knowledge of the business. we are placed in
d position to give you more value for your
money than any other house in the city.
You will find that it will pay you to visit
our immense stores an examine our stock
of Ready-Made and Custom Clothing be-
fore purchasing elsewhere. Recollect we
are leaders in our line-others follow-and
that all goods sold by rs are strictly as we
represent them.
Just look at our prices. We offer:
$50 Suits, broken lots, at $3.50 per suit.
$50 Mems Suits at $500, sold elsewhere at
5000.
500 Mems Guperfine All Wool Cashmere
Suits at $1,000 sold elsewhere at $1,000
100 Children's Suits at $1.25, sold else
where at $500.
where at $500.
100 Boys and Youths Suits at $4, sold
elsewhere at $500.
$50 Fall Overcoats at $500 to 5000, sold
elsewhere at 5000 to $500.
$50 Mems Overcoats at So to $1,000; sold
elsewhere at 5000 to $1,000.
1000 Pair Of Pants at $3.50, market value
5000 y
All other goods in proportion.
Samples sent on application and estl-
mates cheerfully given.
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STATE OF OHIO, CRY OF TOLEDO, |

LUCAS COUNTY,
FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of F. J.
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of One
Hundred Dollars for each and every case OF
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use OF
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9Th day of December. A. D.
1885.
A. w. GLEASON,
SEAL. Notary Public,
N0~
Halls Caiarrh Cure is taken internally.
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Send for testimo
mails, free.
j. Cheney & Coz Toledo
o. Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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1y g. o .
No. aa.-Numerical.

No. 22.-Numerical.
The l, Q, g.
May swim the sea,
And there "be glad, as such things be,
While through the tide
or rivers wide
The small 8, 4, s, 9, may glide.
grudge them not
Their peaceful lot;
Against their life lay no plot
Serenely
will work and ply
Ny garden, 4, s. 9, 2, by,
Where corn that's sweet,
Pea, bean and beet
1-23-4E6-7 meet
And every breeze
Shakes bloom from these
l-2s-%5-G-7 trees.
No. 23.-Syncopations.
/. Syncopate a dahlia, geranium,
harebell and honeysuckle and have a
flower indigenous to both hemispheres,
said by Barry Cornwall to be
Fairest where fair ones are.
Q. Syncopate an orchis, a magnolia, moss
and nettle and have genus Of over 30
species, called by Greek poet
Resplendent -, the flower Of flowers,
Whose breath perfumes Olympus bowers.
8. Syncopate larkspur, the heliotrope,
q hyacinth and periwinkle and have a
native of Europe well known In this coun-
try, very fragrant, of which Robinson says:
Each - sends forth its choicest sweet
Aurora's warm embrace to meet.
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Riddle.

Ny head and tail both equal are,
My middle slender as bee.
Whether stand on head or heel
IT'S all the same to you or me,
But IL my head should be cut of,
The matters true, although tits strange,
Ny head and body severed thus,
Immediately to nothing change.
The figure 8,
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No. s4.-sinrle Acrostio.

No. e4.-Single AcrostiO.
/. My first is a boys name.
Q. My second Is q limb.
8. My third Is small bird.
4. My fourth is noise.
8. My fifth is anger.
6. My sixth is an animal.
2. My seventh Is flying toy.
8. My whole Is town in England.
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No. aR-Charade.
crossed my first upon bridge,
Although my first was dry,
And when I reached the other side
My first was in my eye.
My second it would puzzle me
Exactly to define.
Perhaps tits easy to your powers;
'Tis difficult to mine.
Ny whole used with intelligence
A wondrous power will prove,
And II it is but great enough
A mountain it may move.
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As q Means of Forcing Vegetables to an
Early Maturity.
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EnANk I
Hallla Caiarrh Cnra is q

= : q ny % VT 4J1NSHS
o. Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23
A VICTIM OF CURIOSITY.
From The Portland Oregonlan.


A man to whom was given the name Of George
Brown was committed 10 the insane asylum ,py
County Judge Northup, OF Portland, recently me
case IS one OF the most: peculiar that has come
under the attention OF the authorities Tor Ions
time Jailer Resing found the man sitting on the
curb at Third and Stark SITS, and, upon addressing
him with n query 10 his name ana BUSINESS
received in reply torrent of abuse and PROFANITY.
Presenting the man under the influence OF
liquor the officer placed him under arrest on a
charge OF drunkenness. When taken TO the STA
ton the captain as is usual, asked the prisoner
his name The question again oosened the MOOD,
gates of q marvellous stream or profanity, when
could only be Suppressed by placing the prisoner se
was transferred TO the big cell with the other
prisoners and one OF the latter asked MS name
The calm countenance Immediately changed again
and the usual bitter imprecatons or the man were
repeated Each effort OF the officers 10 learn ms
name always resulted in the same outDurst
IIe dnnIly consented to talk and told the oincers
q pecIlIar story He said he was tornented oy
people asking him his name In BROOKLYN, wnero
he formerly resided. he would occasionally come
in contact with man who would ask him MS
name and to avoid these he went West. the hrst
man on the car to speak 10 him was the con-
ductor. who asked him his name When al a
hotel they would always ask him his name. On
the road 1t was the same no mater where ne
eed and 10 crown his torment With the greatest
wrong he was confined In Jail 10 hear the question
repeated AT the County jail he tore his garments
into shreds night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23
A QUEER STORY ABOUT KOCH.
From Tho New-York Medical Record

In an editorial notice Of the new tubercul!n Tho
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal says that
I'm Koch's article as originally published In the
Berlin journal, mention Is made OF the commercial
house charged with preparing and selling the new
products. In short, the new tuberculin has be-
come a proprietary preparation. with exclusive
rights conferred on a certain firm. Koch's article,
I'm n true commercial spirit. was withheld from
publication five months I'll this pharmaceutical
house was ready 10 supply the market; then tho
ncy discovery WAS trumpeted through the secular
press some time before the publication OF the ar
icle and teegraphed abroad with the name OF
the arm favored with the sale OF tho new product
The Berlin medical press and some OF the Paris
medical journals have very properly denounced ne
scientific eminencc"
hne,ness II The charge made by Or. Hans Buch-
ner is true He asserts that the commercial house
,yhich is making Koch's remedy was told BY Ed
ward Buchner all about similar process for ex-
tracing the active principle from yeast. Hs says
ener Medclnisohe Wochenschrif," March %, IN
which he spoke OF Edward Buchners discovery;
and that Immediately the daily press announced
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23

The National Museum has recently come into pos
session of four handsome buffalo heads. which
have been stuffed and mounted and Will be hung
IN tho Museum The animals from which these
heads were taken were shot In the Yellowstone
Park some four years ago by n poacher, who was
caught in his camp. the buffalo carcasses about
him. and he is now serving his term In jail. The
herd OF bunaoes in tho Yellowstone Park has
gradually decreased until now there arc less than
Atty head and the poachers. who seem to have
vorhed their own sweet Will Notwithstanding Cap
tain Anderson's vigilance. are responsible for this
decrease The stuffed buffalo heads bring an enor-
nous price the Government having SOLD TWO,
taken from carcasses shot by poachers, Tor $l5o
apiece and offer constant temptation 10 the out
laws in the vicinity Of the Park. The rigorous
punishment melted out to those VINO nave, beeiI
caught red handed not 10 have deferred Their
fel ows from continuing their nearious profession
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23
HIS TURN AT LAST.

From The Buffalo Enquirer.
He was hard drinker. but poor buyer Those
who had seen him pull the sinker TO inc surface
,estIaed that II was covered with barnaces and sea
grass and fungi Some never saw H.
Accordingly when he died. there was much CON-
ment mostly charitable, but even In death ono can
not entirely forget such characteristics.
When ne had been buried so long that some people
had forgotten him his friend. driving through the
cemetery one day. stopped at his tomb.
1, was fitting square OF marble, plain and taste
full This was the inscription
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23

Koch's alleged discovery and the article In the
"Deutschc Medicinsche WOchenschrift' came out
the following week. bur dated back four and ONE
half months Koch has gone to Bombay to study
the plague but when he returns he may probably
spend a day or two In clearing himself OF these
ugly charges II perchance he can.
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TOOK A FR|GHTFuL LEAP
10y Found Bleeding and Bruised
on the Track.
AN ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE
A Crazy Passenger on the Northern Pa
cifc Cuts Himself With Razor
and Then Jumps From the
Rapidly Moving Train.

Special Dispatch To the standard.
Helena, Nov. lT.-ieorge l.. 10y, a
passenger on No. I, the westbound
Northern Pacific. jumped from the
moving train near Belgrade early this
morning after he had evidently en-
deavored To kill himself with a razor.
He was found lying by the track and
taken 10 Bozeman, where he Is receive
ing treatment for the self-inilieted in
juries with the razor and the bruises
that must have resulted from his awful
leap from the cars. When found he
Was partially conscious and acted like
a crazy man. How serious he Is in
jured cannot he learned here.
Not until the train was pulling into
the yards here this morning was II
learned that during the early morning
there had been an attempt at self-de-
struction on the part Of one Of the pas
sengeTs. The porter Of the colonist
sleeper In which 10y was travelling
made the discovery As this liz the end
Of a passenger run II is customary
when nearing Helena for the porter to
sort and check up the second class pas
sengers Ia see that those whose journey
has ended leave the train. When the
porter looked into the berth where the
night before 10y had retired he was
rather surprised not to see him. The
bed clothing was thrown around In a
careless manner. There was blood ON
the sheets. An open razor that indi-
Gated perhaps murder or suicide
aroused the suspicious Of the porter
and he al once notified Conductor
Dodds.
The latter, who took the train at Bill
Inns haI I aH nj oil
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-11-18
STOCKMEN MUST DIG UP
WILL NOT GET AS MANY PASSES
AS IN FORMER TIMES.
Railroad Men say That Great Abuses
Have Crsp, In Under the Old sys.
tenn of Giving Passes.

Chicago. Nov. 1.-THE Western Joint
Traffic Freight bureau met to-day for
the purpose of considering the restric-
lion of passes granted to stockmcn.
This class of transportation has been
a great demoraiizer of passenger busi-
ness and II WAS AT the instance of
Chairman w. r. White Of the executive
committee of the Western Passenger
association that freight men took hold
of IN. matter.
II was the opinion ~ the meeting to-
day that great abuses had crept into
this portion of the traffic and IL was
decided that measures should be taken
AT once H. cut on In very large
measur. the number ~ passes granted
to stuckmrn. actual and alleged. Moth
ing definite will be done until after a
meeting nf IN. representatives of the
bureau with Mr.. White. who will In
this case act for the Western roads and
report In the passenger men the result
Of this meeting with the freight repre-
scntaiivcs. II IL certain. however. that
there will hc fewer stockmen by far
who will ride on free tickets during the
next year
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-11-18
IN THE HANDS OF The Jury.
tn. Testimony Against 1t. Clair Appears
To I;. Conclusive.

Boise. Idaho, Nov. l7.-Thr trial az
Idaho Guy OF ~. g. St clair Tor the mGr-
der uf John Decker was concluded to-day
aud the case went fo the jury at o clock.
The defense did not Introduce any testi-
mony. Conicuting itself with the reading
~ the affidavit made 10y 81. Clair az the
opening of the ease ON which DE- sought
tp secure a. continuance.
la tGis aiAdaNii he named several psr-
sons in British columbia who would trs-
ttly that ho owned ihr team and Other
property cl1imtd 10y the state To have
belonged 60 Decker. The district attorney
had agreed to admit that ths ~ Witnesses.
n present would testify as ST. clair
claimed.
The testimony introduced by the stats
Srrmcd NrTy conclusive. Aftcr the mur-
der St Clair had property. clothing etc.
IN his possession known 10 b long To
Decker ite had his watch and puIse and
he had practically admitted an. murder.
claiming only that another man and
woman were also como Tnsd In II.
The jury this evening returned a ver-
diet ~ murder I'm the first degree. Ssn-
tcncc viii be pronounced saturday.
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sorH JUDGE AND jury wEpr.
Mrs. Kescham Was Charged with Poisos
ing Her First Husband.

Emporia. Kan, Nov. Ii.-The death In
Chicago OF John n. kctcham. shortly
after marrying Mabel Wallace. the widow
of John walkup. the man for whose mur-
der she was tried here " years ago. r.
calls the sensational ending OF the case.
In which Mrs. walkup's powerful testl-'
mony secured On scquiital just as every
thing seemed Go be- against her. The
prosecution claimed that Mrs. walkup
had purchased arsenic while enroutc 10
Emporia while on her wedding trip. and
that she purchased quantities of the
poison while In Emporia. The sentiment
OF the town was for conviction.
The climax % the case was reached
when Mrs. walkup WAS placed on the
stand. Sh. was very beautiful md well
schooled aud before she finished giving
testimony the lawyers, jurymcn and
Judge wept and the stenographcr's eyes
were blinded so that he could not see 10
write The girl who had been bsfriended
by only one man had captured the hearts
Of an who were not directly interested.
A verdict Of acauittal WIS returned.