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Middletown transcript., 1897-09-04
Didn't Understood .

One of the busiest lawyers in the
Roe building hired new Office boy a
few days ago. He was in the habit of
using rather drastic remarks to his old
Office boy, who understood the boss to
be "jollier" and knew just how to
take him. Not so the newcomer, says
the st. Louis Republic.
One day the lawyer had an unusu-
ally important brief to prepare, and
when he had been interrupted by a
dozen or more callers he jumped up
and exclaimed:
"I'm going to get out of this, John
nie. If any more people come 1 don't
want to see them."
"What shall l tell 'em, "asked john
ME.
"Tell 'em anythingI Tell 'em that
am deadl' shouted the Roe building
man as he slammed the door.
Johnnie took him at his word. He
wasn't brilliant fellow at best, and,
as he was new, he thought the boss
meant just what he had said.
It wasn't three minutes before in
walked lady whomJohnnie had never
seen before. She asked for the lawyer.
"He isn't here any more, /" said john
ME.
''Not here any more?" repeated the
lady with surprise. "Where is heP"
Hes deadl'' blurted out Johnnie
carelessly.
''Dead2" shrieked the woman pite-
ously.
"Yes, ma'am, Dead" reiterated
Johnnie. 'He died this morning."
"Oh mercy, sobbed the lady, and
then fell in faint on the floor.
Johnnie rushed out and called for
help. Two men from the next office
came in. They sent for a doctor and
when the woman was restored to con-
sciousness she asked particulars about
her husbands death. They knew moth
ing Of it, and Johnnie had disappered.
She was taken home in carriage, ac-
compained by one of her husbands col
leagues from the building.
Imagine her surprise when she
reached home and found her husband
seated at his desk in his library prspar.
ing brief.
Suffice to say that Johnnie is Office
boy no longer in the Office of the man
who expects the lad he hires to have a
sense of humor. He sent for the old
boy and raised bis wages, and Johnnie
is looking for place where he is not
in danger of misunderstanding the boss,
to the great distress of his family.
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make one. A common packing trunk
without tray may be brought into
service by providing it with cushions,
thus making very desirable recepta-
Gle for holding and transporting
trimmed hats and bonnsts. The cush-
ions are supplied by making required
number of bags or pockets of drilling,
cret0nne or some thick material and
stuffing them very full of curled hair.
Tack these filled pockets to the inside
of the trunk, finishing the edge and
covering the nails by tacking on cotton
gimp around each cushion, using up
holsters tacks, thus giving the inter-
ior neater and more finished appear
ance.
A small trunk may be made to ac-
commodate at least eight hats by put
ting a cushion at each end of the
trunk. two upon the bottom. two ON
the cover and one upon each side. Sup
ply each cushion with two long hatpins
for fastening the hats securely in
place. Such trunk may be made not
only useful when one is travelling, but
also while one is at home, particularly
when closet room is much needed, by
fitting thick pad over the top Of the
trunk. Cover this with pretty Gre
tonne and have plated valance that
reaches to the floor. Supplied with. a
couple of sofa pillows, this piece of
furniture will prove desirable and con-
venient.
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Our Familiar Foe.

Now that the voice of the mosquito
is heard yet in the land, a few truths
respecting him should be widely dis
seminated, for be has "a mission to per-
form in behalf ofblundering humanity.
A mosquito cannot live in air free
from malarial poison. Untainted air
has the same effect on him as a healthy
community on a doctor. 1t deprives
him of patients and he must go to less
favored localities to practice his pro-
fession.
The lymph, which flows through an
automatic valve when it inserts Its pro-
boscis, contains modified germ Of the
malarial fever, and, according to the
well-settled law of inoculation, the in
PRODUCTION of the weak germ renders
harmless subsequent attack by the
strong germ.
A mosquito will never insert its Ian
Get in a person not susceptible to an
attack of malaria. In this respect its
sense is more accurate than the most
skilled and experienced pathologist.
This also proves, not only its unerring
instinct, but that it never wounds un-
necessarily. Its thrusts are those Of
skilled and humane surgeon, and even
more unselfish, for hope Of fee never
quickens him, nor does the malediction
of his patient deter him In the fulfill
ment of his duty.
Remember, then, that the presence
of mosquito is an infallible sign that
malaria is in the air, and that you are
exposed to it.
Middletown transcript., 1897-09-04
NIAGARA FALLS.

The last two ten-day excursions of the
present season to Niagara Falls via the
Pennsylvania Railroad will leave Phila.
delphia, Baltimore, and Washington on
September 4 and 16. An experienced tourist
agent and chaperon accompany each ex-
cursion.
Excursion tickets, good for return pas
sage on any regular train, exclusive of
limited express trains, within ten days, will
be sold at $40 from Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, and all points on the Della
ware Division, 1910 from Lancaster; $3.50
from Altoona and Harrisburg; 1925 from
Wilkesbarre; $3.50 from Williamsport; and
at proportionate rates from other points. A
stop-over will be allowed at Buffalo, Ro-
chester, and Watkins returning.
A special train of Pullman parlor cars
and day coaches will be run with each ex-
cursion.
In connection with excursion of Septem-
ber 4, excursion tickets will be sold Septem-
ber Z, 8, and from Niagara Falls to Toron-
to, via Lewistown and steamer, at rate of
$3.50 for the round trip, on account of the
Victorian Era Exposition and Industrial
Fair, to be held at Toronto August 80 to
September II. 1897.
For further information apply to nearest
ticket agent, or address Geo. W. Boyd, As
sistant General Passenger Agent, Broad
street Station, Philadelphia. a
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HoW,s This Z

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo. O..
We the undersigned, have known F. J..
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEsT & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Tole.
do, o. WALDINe, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Middletown transcript., 1897-09-04
DO PHOTOGRAPHS LIE.

The old saying that photographs do
not lies must go join the growing hosts
of exploded notions. 1t may have been
true when photography was new and
undeveloped, but the fact remains that
at the present time photographs may
be and are made to lie with great fre-
quency and facility. The methods
by which this result is accomplished
are more various and extensive than
most persons suspect. Retonching in
its simplest form, such as smoothing
ont deficiencies in the complexion, is
well known to everybody, but it is not
SO generally understood that even the
shape of the features may be altered by
skilful work with the negative. Lines
of figure are also frequently changed. A
New York Tribune" writer has seen
and compared the original proof and
the finished picture Of a well-known ac-
tress, famous for her beauty. In the
proof hollows appear in the neck, and
the lines of the shoulders, though grace
ful, leave something still to be desired in
the way of perfect roundness and SYM
metry. The finished photograph sho VS.
transformation. The hollows are
gone, and the Irregularities of the
shoulder lines have become curves of
perfect beauty. 1t is lie, doubtless,
but pleasing and satisfactory one.
So much for the results of retouch-
ing. But there are tricks of posing
which pervert the truth just as COM
pletely. By throwing an object or part
of an object so far into the foreground
or background that it is out of To-
Gus, it may be made to appear Of a size
wholly different from its real proper
tions. The most familiar instance of
this trick is seen in the pictures of
wonderful "catches" Of fish. The
honest fisherman holds the string out
at arms length in front of his body, so
that, compared with himself, his
trophies appear huge. A one-pound
trout passes itself off gayly as a fve-
FOUNDER, and other varieties gain in
apparent size in the satisfactory ratio.
When professional athletics, 'sstrong
men" or prize fighters come before the
camera the same focusing device is em-
ployed. Hercules throws out his arms,
folded well in front Of his chest, and
in the picture the development of his
biceps is almost terrifying in its pro-
portions. If he desires to give promi-
nence to the muscles of his shoulders
and upper back, he stands sidewise, so
as to bring them nearest the lens, and
by manoeuvring and posing little any
part of the body which it is desired to
emphasize may be made to appear well
developed. New Haven Register.
Middletown transcript., 1897-09-04
WORRIED THE LANDLADY.

The Balder twins have been getting
into trouble again. This time it was
with a new clearinghouse keeper
who had bought out the widow Clancy'E
business and didn't know there was q
twin in it. The widow had always
been generous to a fault-her own and
everybody's else-but the new dispen-
ser Of provender had taunt for meas
uring and slipping and keeping tally on
every biscuit that was served. She
saw Harold, the thinnest twin, eating
his supper and the dimensions of his
appetite fairly appalled, her. She asked
who be was and was told that he was
a regular boarder and belonged to the
Balder family, but not word of his
being twin.
"Land sakes |" she said, che must be
hollow from his heels. can never
make any money with such q cormo-
rant as that to feed %
She saw pork and beans, fried hash,
eggs on toast and bread without stint
disappearing under the hungry admin
istration of boys appetite, and she
hurried into the china pantry and took
out a small memorandum book and
began figuring on profit and loss. She
was at it some time and when she
returned to the dinipg-room she ex-
pected to find it empty. What was her
horror to find the boy. with an appetite
had just received an entirely new order
which was being served. She stared
for a moment like one dlsLraught, then
she tackled the boy.
"You must be hungry" she said,
with withering sarcasm.
"You bet am, - said the other twin,
Eugene, as he began to deyour the
nearest dish.
"Young man, you'll have fit of
apoplexy, and won't be half sorry.
Anybody who gorges himself with two
suppers ought to die"
Eugene understood in flash, but he
only said demurely:
swat until I've eaten this one
maybe I won't need any more"
The new clearinghouse keeper went
through the apartments in fury,
looking for the Balders to inform them
that their son was eating himself to
death. The first one she saw was the
boy himself playing checkers with his
father. Her eyes grew round.
''How on earth did you get here be-
fore me ?" she asked.
"Ob, that was dead easy" said Har-
old, who saw the usual complications,
and was happy. 81 came up as soon
as finished my supper"
"But you had just begun all over
again." shrieked the tormented and
perplexed woman, and then Father
Balder came to the rescue and ex-
planned about the twins. But the
awe-stricken head of the commissary
department said that she should sell
out, for she thought there was some
thing Gncanny about the business
Chicago Times-Herald.
Middletown transcript., 1897-09-04

According to celebrated anatomist there
are upwards of 100000 little glands in the
human stomach. These glands pour out
the digestive juices which disolye or digest
the food. Indigestion is want Of juice,
weakness Of glands, need of help to restore
the health of these organs. The best and
most natural help is that given by Shaker
Digestive Cordial. Natural, because it sup
plies the materials needed by the glands to
prepare the digestive juices. Because it
strengthens aud invigorates the glands and
the stomach, until they are able to do their
work alone. Shaker Digestive Cordial cures
indigestion certainly and permanently. It
does so by natural means, and therein lies
the secret of its wonderful and unYaried
success.
At druggists, price 10 cents to $1.Oo per
bottle.
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ENGLISH woE4ey.

The position of English women in
politics finds no parallel here outside Of
the States of Wyoming, Colorado and
Kansas. English women vote on every
question but the selection of members
of Parliament, says writer in Scrib-
ner's Magazine. That right is within
sight. Each of the three great parties
has a woman's league actively working
with it. Its place is recognized, and
certain parts of the canvass, such as
house-to-house. visiting, is largely in
its hands.
This work the political secretary Or
ganizes. She has her district, her SUBJ
committees, her political methods. In
her books as she enrolled the name of
every voter in her district, his occupa-
tion, his residence, his political affilia-
tions. or this individual she keeps the
constant trace. She chases him from
lodging.house to lodging-house. In the
record of two years one restless person
has moved his trunk thirteen times,
yet her finger was upon him. She visits
his wife, pets the children, offers a
recipe for stew, captures the family
confidence, and all to gain or keep a
vote. She holds public meetings once
month, in connection with the mascu-.
line organization, and helps to provide
entertainment, speakers, or perhaps
speaks herself.
Here is a woman nNthe thick Of ma
chine politics, new woman, woman.
bachelor. She is little, demure, cherry
checked, low-voiced. conventional in
manner to the point of preciseness and
with those pretensions to fashionable
costuming that Americans recognize
as English. She could not sufficiently
express her surprise that her position
and her work should appear SO novel
to an American.
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Try Aliens Foot-Fa.a.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At This season your feet feel swollen and
hot,and get tired easily. If you have smart
ing feet or tight shoes, try Aliens Foot
Ease. Itcools the feet and makes walking
easy. Cures and prevents swollen and
sweating feet, blisters and callous spots
Relieves corns and bunions OF an pain and
gives rest and comfort. Try 1t to-day: Sold
By all druggists and shoe stores for 25o.
Trial package FREE Address Allen 8.
olmsted. Leroy, n. X.
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IF YOU WANT TO BE LOVED.

IF YOU WANT TO BE LOVED.
Don't find fault.
Don't contradict people even If you
are sure you are right.
Don't be inquisitive about the af-
fairs of even your most intimate
friends.
Don't underrate anything because
you don't possess it.
Don't believe that everybody else in
the world is happier than you.
Don't conclude that you have never
had any opportunities in life.
Don't believe all the evil you hear.
Don't repeat gossip, even if it does
interest crowd.
Don't go untidy on the plea that
everybody knows you.
Don't be rude to your interiors in So
cial position.
Don't over or under dress.
Don't express a positive opinion un-
less you perfectly understand what you
are talking about.
Don't get in tie habit of vulgarizing
life by making light of the sentiment
of it.
Don't Jeer at everybody's religious
beliefs.
Don't try to be anything else but a
gentlewoman-and that means a Wo-
man who has consideration for the
whole world and whose life is governed
by the golden rule; "Do unto others as
you would be done BY"
Middletown transcript., 1897-09-04
The southern Railway.

THE QUICKEST AND BEST ROUTE 10 ALL
POINTS IN THE sourH.-If you are going to
any point in the South. Southwest, Mexico
on the Pacific Coast. be sure to call for q
ticket via the Southern Railway. Double
daily trains from Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia. enable you to reach almost
every place Of Importance South of the Po-
tomac and East Of the Mississippi rivers
without change of cars, and If you are des-
tined to points in the extreme West or
Southwest, you win find the connections
at Memphis on New Orleans close. Further
information win be cheerfnlly furnished
BY Jno. II. Bsall. District Passenger Agent,
s2s Chestnut Street Philsdslphia, Pa.
Middletown transcript., 1897-09-04

form of crescents, in yellow, red and
black. The black and yellow feathers
are from the Moho nobilis, and the
bird is extremely shy and hard to cap
ture, making the feathers Of great var
ue. 1t took nearly 100 years to make
the cloak, and it is estimated to be
worth 81 100000.
Middletown transcript., 1897-09-04
70 R,rmineham and Memphis.

The SOUTHERN RAILWAY OFFERS THE BEST
sERvIcE.-Ask for your ticket via the South
ern Railway. Two daily trains from Broad
Street Station. Through sleepers and fast
schedules make it the quickest and most
comfortable route. For further Information
write to Jno. NJ. Beall, District Passenger
Agent, 32s Chestnut Street. Philadelphia.
pa
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A Healthy Person.

.''About three years ago ! was taken with
chills and fever which left me very weak. /
tried eyerything1 could think of to gain
strength, but everything failed until be-
gan taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. After had
taken few bottles my strength was en-
tirely restored Charles Fl. stelter, Oxford,
NJ.
Hoods Pills cure nausea, sick headache,
indigestion, biliOusness' All druggists. 25c,
Middletown transcript., 1897-09-04
10 ATLANTA and New Orleans.

THE soUTHERHRAILwAx Is THE SHORTEST
AND REsr RoUTE-Be sure to call for ticket
via the Southern Railway. Two trains
leave Broad Street Station, daily, carrying
through sleeping cars. For further infor-
nation write to Jno. M. Beall. District Pas
ssnger Agent. s2s Chestnut Street. PhiIadel-
phia, 70.
Middletown transcript., 1897-09-04
THE CLOAK OF A QUEEN.

The barbaric queens Of the Hawaiian
Islands once wore what is thought to
be the costliest cloak in the world. The
cloak is now in the national museum
and the foundation Is Of olona, or ma
tive hemp. Stitched to the foundation
with hempen threads are the feathers
Of the native birds Of The islands, the
feathers overlapping and making q
soft beautiful and perfectly smooth
surface. The feathers are put on in the
Middletown transcript., 1897-09-04
Our Wonan's
Column
MAKING A HAT TRUNK.

LAT new inven-
tion, the hat
trunk, has solved
the problem Of
carrying the in
Vulnerable fow-
er and feather
trimmed hats
without injury
to them. 1t is an
easy task to
Middletown transcript., 1897-09-04
Little Raja

was the last of a
long line of POM
pous Bashaws and
Maharajas, the
very flower Of
Aryan royalty,
heir to the re-
gency of Mani
pur and the meas
ureless treasures
of generations,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-30
Not Exactly Right"

Thousands of people are in this con-
dition. They are not sick and yet they
are by no means we'll. A single bottle
of Hoods Sarsaparilla would do them
a world of good. It would tone the
stomach, create an appetite. purify and
enrich the blood and give wonderful
vigor and vitality. Now is the time to
take it.
Hoods Pills are the favorite family
cathartic. Easy to take, gentle, mild.
% cents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-30
Four Lives Lost in q Fire.

New York, April 2S.-Four persons
lost their lives in a fire at No. 1878
Third avenue. Brooklyn. early today.
The dead are Mrs. John Newell and
her two children, aged 3 and years;
also Mrs. Celia Barnett. aged SO years.
The flames began in the lower hall,
and spread with great rapidity through
the building, completely cutting off the
escape Of the Newell family, which oc-
cupied the top floor. When Mrs. Newell
found the stairway burning and the
halls filled with smoke. she threw her
children, Louis aged and John, aged
years, from a window to the street
below where four men held a blanket
to catch them. The children bounded
from the blanket and were killed by
falling on the sidewalk. Mrs. Newell
was afraid to attempt the leap and
was found srffoeated later in her apart
ments. Her husband escaped with
slight burns. On the floor below lived
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnett. They reached
the street in safety. but Mrs. Barnett
ran back into the burning building
to secure some jewelry she had left be-
hind. She was subsequently found in
an alcove room dead and slightly burn
ed. The loss is estima ted at $25, 600.
The fire, it is said, was of incendiary
origin. That many more lives were
not lost, is only due to the prompt ae-
tion of the police.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-30

New York. April 2s.-The governors
OF the stock exchange today expelled
Charles Neukirch. a member of the ex-
change, on charges OF fraud He is a
member Of the firm Of Theo. w Mey-
ers & Co, Of which former City Comp
trolier Meyers was for some years the
head. The ex-comDtroller, IL is said
disposed OF his interests in the firm for
a stipulated sum about three years ago.
The other partner In the firm OF Mey-
ers & 60. Is T.. II. Meyers, nephew
Of Theo. w. Meyers. Neukirch was the
exchange member Of the firm and re-
Gently charges OF collusion with the
notorious +. s. Dean Company were
preferred against them. AT the last
meeting Of the governors the charges
were formally received, and since then
a rigid Investigation has been made.
Neukirch appeared before the govern
ors at today's meeting and SO far az
could be ascertained. made a general
denial Of the charges OF fraud, saying
that the acts with which he was
charged, were only transfer Of ac-
counts" The vote to Sepel Neukirch
was unanimous.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-30
A Remarkable Trial for Criminal A ASSAULT.

Alexandria, Va, April 2S.-James
Lewis, colored man, charged with
outraging Mrs. Ida Reidel, a white
woman several miles below here about
two weeks ago, was found guilty by q
jury at Fairfax Court House tonig'
The death penalty was immedia,ely
imposed. The case has been in some
respects a remarkable one, the con-
deTnned man having been tried three
times in as many days. In the two
former trials the jury found him guilty
of the crime charged, but were unable
to agree on the penalty to be imposed,
eleven men in each case favoring hang
ing and the remaining juryman holding
out for life imprisonment. There was
much indignation among the leading
citizens of the county that the jury
could not agree on the penalty after
finding Lewis guilty.
In the second trail the case was given
to the jury at 1:30 o'clock this morning,
but after remaining out about four
hours they reported their inability to
agree. The crowd around the court
house became very impatient while
awaiting the verdict and threats of
1ynching were freely made. Shortly
before daybreak Sheriff Gordon, by a
by getting possession of long rope
with a moose in it which a man was
just preparing to slip over Lewis
neck.
The lynching of negro in Alexan-
dria last week for outraging little
giarl was regretted greatly by Gov
ernOr O'Ferra1l and he was determined
if possible, to prevent a recurrence Of
such an act in the present case. Ac-
cordingly he ordered the Monticello
guards to Fairfax Court House to as
sist in preserving order and they ar
rived at the place during the afternoon
from Charlottesville. in command of
Lieutenan. Hertzel Wingfield. The i'm
position of the death penalty on Lewis
will, it is expected, relieve the tension
which has existed and no trouble is
probable