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Middletown transcript., 1897-06-12
FIRE INSURANCE,


In the past decade Fire Insurance
rates have been increased in this State
from 100 to 500 per cenLum. There is
no just reason for this except the inor.
dinate greed of the Insurance Compa-
nies and the people should find through
the General Assembly redress. The
Insurance Trust which robs the peo-
pie should be made to disgorge. At the
present time the Agricultural Insur-
ance Company of Watertown, N. Y,
is cancelling its insurance in this State
on farm property because of defective
fire apparatus" as though every far
mer should maintain a fire company or
hook and ladder apparatus to exiting
uish fire. The company is cancelling
policies on sight, subjecting property
owners to loss before other insurance
can be effected. This is an outrage
and the company which does it should
be driven from the State. Those who
have been so treated should write to
the Insurance Commissioner, DR.. Ed
ward Fowler, Laurel, Del, stating the
full grievance. The Commissioner was
himself "a farmers boy" and he sym
pathizes with all agricultural interests.
Write to him so that he may have some
thing to present to the special session
of the General Assembly next Janu-
ary.
But why should the insurance rat 9
be increased so very much when every
thing else has been depressed? Is there
cause for it in the losses sustained by
the lcompaniesp We think not. An
agent told us few days since of a
Company which had cleared the past
year 333 per cent. on business in this
State but declined to continue. Why?
Are there larger premiums elsewhere2
Certainly there is room for other COM
panies with less greed. Let them be
formed, and those who have the facts
as to the increase in the insurance
rates should give them to DR.. Fowler
that he may have full information,
definite and specific, that some remedy
may be found or redress given. The
farmers are the most patient of men,
almost to the extent OF slavery to
others, or they would not submit to be
gouged by every other interest. They
might elect to Congress and to every
State Legislature competent men from
their own ranks who could right their
wrongs, but they prefer to be gulled by
the politicians who stand in with the
sharks. Puck soliloquises:
What fools we mortals bel
OF course these remarks do not ap-
ply to those companies which have not
Joined the Trust, nor to those who do
not use any pretext to cancel policies
on sight. It is the unusual and unjust
taxation by certain companies Of which
complaint is made.
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Beautiful Rook.

The B. & o. r. R. has just issued very
handsome little pamphlet, describing Deer
Park, illustrated with number of very
fine engraviDgs. Copy can be had by sending
two cent stamp to d. @. JONES' Manager,
B. & o. Central building, Baltimore, Md.
Middletown transcript., 1897-06-12
Unclaimed I,ettars.

List of unclaimed letters remaining in
the Middletown post-ofice which can be
had by saying they are advertised;
Laura Ball. Mrs. John Wrassell, Thomas
Hall, Mrs. NJ. e. Deakyne. Mrs. Annah
Cleayer, Mrs. Tilliee Sorhily.
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DRESS FABRICS-cream color
Al-wool Challis, 37h and SOC.
| All-wool Albatross, 37Kc.
Plain MOhairs, SOC to S1.50.
Figured Mohairs, Csc.
All-wool Henrietta, 30c to SIPS
Atwood SergeS, 40c to 81.
Silk-and-wool Novelties, 75c and ST.
Silk-and-wool Lansdown, ST.
The above are the standard stuffs
for graduates gowns, but the queen
of the tribe is the beautiful Silk-and-
wool Lansdown-equal to silk in
richness, and more serviceable. We
keep the pure white and cream
white. 81 is the easy price.
FIGURED GOODS
Many are buying the elegant
French cottons this season. Rich
and delicate printings.
French Printed Organdies, Csc.
French Printed Organdie Raye, 37Kc-
French Organdies, plain eolors, 3Oc.
French Grenadine Raye, 37Hc.
Printed Dotted Swiss, SOC.
HANDKERCHIEFS AND LACES-
Duchesse Lace Handkerchiefs, Csc to ST.
Put up in neat boxes
Pretty ValencienneS Lace Handkerchiefs,
trimmed with edging and Insertion, Csc
to $1.50.
Duchesse Lace Collars, newest shapes
and designs, SO to SIS
Renaissance Bolero Jackets, $3.50 to
S16.50
RIBBONS
Close to half price and endless
choosing. These lots are in the
Millinery Showroom. WHITE RIB
BONS we're thinking of, for gradu-
utes, but these lots include coloTs
as well.
3K in. Gauze Taffeta Ribbons at 1sc a
yard that are richly worth CSC
Taffeta Ribbons, l0c, 15c, &c., zoe, 22c yd.
Moire Taffeta Ribbons, 15e, 1Sc, zoe, 22c
and &c ayd.
Louisine Ribbons, 35c yd.
MISSES WHITE HOSIERY
White cotton, plain, .s5 IS IS
White plated silk, plain, .S5 30 .s5
White spun silk, ribbed, S135
White pure silk, plain, So 40 Sass $27O
WOMEN'S WHITE HOSIERY
White cotton, plain, Csc, 38c
White Isle, plain, 38c.
White Isle, open-work clocks, 38c, Soc
White Isle, open-work clocks and en-
broidered. SOC.
White Isle, Richelieu ribbed, SOC.
White Isle, al-over lace, 75c.
White liSle, lace inStep, 75c, 81, 81. So
White Isle, lace instep and embroidered,
Sl25
White plated silk, Rchelieu ribbed, S125.
White pure silk, plain, 81 and S. so.
GLOVES
The Diana MouSquetaire Suede
2-button length, $500
l6-buton length, $3.50
20-button length, $500
4-button length, $3.50
The Mignen MouSquetaire Kid
12-button length, S25e
1ebutton length, SITS
2obutton length, $3.50
24button length, $375
4-button white suede, embroidered, 81.
The Princess May-4button white kid,
embroidered, 81.
The Burmont- -4-button white kid, en-
broidered, Sl.5O.
The Dauphine button white kid, en-
broidered, SITS.
The ADMINISTRATION length Mousoue-
: taire suede, S1.50.
The Melrose- button length Mousque-
taire kid embroidered, 81. So
Kayser's patent fnger-tipped white silk
gloves, 6-button length, SOC, 75c, 81.
Keyser's patent finger-tipped white silk
gloves, S-button length, ST.
16-buttou length white silk gloves, 75c, 81
and SI.z5
The shoe-man has six hundred
and fifty pairs of satin and kidskin
Slippers that are to be sold at JUSr
HALF PRICE. The lot is so limited
hat Of course you'll need to choose
promptly.
White, pink and blue Satin Slippers that
were s. are now 81. So
White Kid Slippers that were $3.50 are
now SIPS
Bronze Kid Slippers, some with straps,
some plain, that were $50 and s. are
now 81. rs and 81. So
John Wanamaker.
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ALEXIS l. DU POINT SCHOOL BUILDING.
Teachers
Round Table
Conducted by Prof. A. R. sPA1D, Highlands,
Delaware.
All teachers and friends of Education
in New Castle County and the
teachers of Kent and Sus-
sex are invited to take

[All persons who take an interest in this
column should send their names and address
for enrolIment.1
Middletown transcript., 1897-06-12
,sra~elnvffs
4 4 HIGH GRADE / llERCHgUDIsE !:
q 4 4+--AT LOWER PRICES THAN---4 q
: & At Any Other Store 4
7SSSSSGGGeSe

~ NE OF THE REASONS OF OUR GREAT SUCCESS'LIES
IN the fact that sell nothing but High Grade Merchan
disc and sell lower than any other To money
on all purchases the aim of this Because of the
large quantities of goods that handle because SPOT
CASH payments for merchandise because of selling cash
only we can buy and sell for less money than other
This store is so full of good things, SPECIAL BARGAINS
difficult task to select few items advertisements
day there are many specials in every department.
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4 o1O4hEnOl !
Sc Warren St.. Ne

Rev. John Reid, Jr., ofGreat Falls, Mont,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. /
can emphasize his statement. ut is posi-
tive cure for catarrh If used as directed."-
Rev. Francis w. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont.
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This Is Your opportnnItv.

On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps
a generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon.
strate its great merit. Full size soc.
ETv pp0TuEpc
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wANAMAKER,s.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, June 7, 1897.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, June J, 1897.
Our Underwear Sale is not Stop
ping.
The daily crowds are of those
who learn from their neighbors what
is going on here. Gathering nearly
million of pieces, and saving them
for this exposition, has been an
event in the business. A daring ven
ture? Not at all, with our stand
ards of goodness. Where these
goods are made, what they are
made of, and how the work is done,
are the bars that the common, care
less things cannot get over. Every
town is full of "made to sell" stuff.
In three cases out of four these So
called cheap lots are what we have
refused.
Graduates LOTS to be done
OIe.11. o before she's ready
Outflttlngs for the day of heart
throbs and victory - commence
ment. Our helpfulness3 Here is
a grouping of wearable things and
fabrics for the gown-
SILKS
Dainty White Figured Taffetas, 75c from
81 yard
Plain White TaffetaS, fine qualities, 75c.
and 81 yard.
White Crepe de chene, drapes gracefully,
81 yard.
White Broche Indias, a variety of de-
signs, 55c, Csc, 75c and 81 yard.
Plain White Habutai, launders well, 30c
to $1.65 yard. The 30c quality is 27
in. wide. The others (six qualities) are
all yard wide
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OF course these remarks do not ap-
ply to those companies which have not
Joined the Trust, nor to those who do
not use any pretext to cancel policies
on sight. 1t is the unusual and unjust
taxation by certain companies Of which
complaint is made,
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26
THE TOYS OF AN AMATEUR TRANSFORMER SINCE RE

broupht her the commend alton of even
her rupcoumendatory husband. Our prop
erty and utility man, and the juvenile,
BACKED up with burnt cork and olo some
Ethiopian sketches which were wen re-
ceiyed, and l recalled some poetlcal selec-
tions in which l had shone as a schooi-
girl and ''elocuted" them with great nre
and melodramatic intensity.
Besides this gave ''reading" one even
ing from an old scrapbook which MI. y
unearthed somewhere and made great
sensation" By it too. Mr.. C-'s lnstruc-
tions to me on the occasion Of my bios
soming out in my new roles were some
thing worth remem bering and passing
along to others ambitious of success IN
those lines.
'Give ii to them strongr' he said. "Be
just has hunnatural has possible" His
nativity became always more unmistaka-
BILE the more III earnest he was.) "5Owl
hand tear hand roll hup your heyes; the
more hof han niIiot you hact like the
more hartistic they will call YOU"
One of the funniest things about being q
transformer is the intense curiosity which
one seems to inspire when off the boards.
If the general public were only half as
anxious 10 see the mem bers of travelling
company on the stage as they are to stare
at those inoffensive individuals while
peacefully and unobtrusively pursuing
the even tenor of their everyday way,
the pockets of the profession throughout
the county would be better filled than
they are now.
In every town we were stared at and
followed after as if we had been strange
and wonderful ANIMALS escaped from some
menagerie. Not alone did the wide eyes
and open mouths of children and youths
confront US at every turn, but grown men
and women gazed at us surreptitiously
through convenient windows and door
ways, and commented upon our personal
appearance, garments and general de-
meanor as freely as if the blessings OF ears
had been denied US. The general indiffer-
ence shown as to our feelings under such
circumstances was as comical as il was at
times vexing.
Our trip lasted until well into the
spring, and was successful enough to bring
us ali back to san Francisco with bills all
paid, our trunks in our possession and
little money in our pockets. parted with
my kindly panions with feeling of
sincere good will toward each and all of
them. The trip had done me an immense
amount of good, improving my health,
making me familiar with the byways of
our beautiful State and increasing my
knowledge of human nature, and to this
day look back with pleasure upon the
time when locked my writing-desk and
turning my face resolutely away from en-
treating friends and 1.-The conventionah-
ties" forsook the beaten paths of life AMI
went transforming.
CLARA DOUGLAS.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26

tended door until TIL most of the audience
was in and it was considered prudent to
let "a native" take charge, danced Jlgs
and clogs now and then and did "iemale
mpersonations" in way that made
him a prime favorite everywhere we
went. Taken altogether We formed quite
an efficient company, and as we drlfted
about we became very good friends. 1t
was a hard life in many ways, but it was
a gypsy-like kind of ex stence which l
found delightful at the time. We Travelled
by car, by stage and by private convey
ance, through rain and sunshine; some
times we played to good houses; some
times to poor ones, Often, after the cur
tain fell, instead of going to bed we had
TO pack I'D in a hurry to catch night
train; we were walked up at all hours to
suit the convenience of railroad officials,
stage-drivers and stablc-keepers, and 1
acquired the plishment of dropping
to sleep whenever opportunity offered as
readily and soundly as did ever the Little
Corporal himself.
We found many disagreeables on our
travels, but we didn'. fret over them
at least no one but the manager did.
There were draughty halls to play in.
dressing-rooms which were manufactured
out OF sheets and blankets and lighted by
inefficient candles.
There were stages where our side and
back entrances were made of lengths OF
calico suspended from cords stretched
across the building, and one night Mrs.
c., who was standing in one of these i'm
provised retreats hastily changing her
dress for her next appearance Ohe one
dressing-room being at that moment ten
anted by the ''female mpersonator') J.
happened to step upon the lower edge OF
the wing" There was a snap. and down
came the whole thing, giving 10 the de-
lighted audience a tableau vivant which
was certainly the hit" of the evening.
What made it the funnier was tnat Mrs.
c., whose head was enveloped in the folds
of the dress that she was putting on, was
entirely unconscious of her sudden and
undesirable prominence until the garment
slipped down 10 her shoulders and her as
tonished eyes beheld the laughing faces
before her. "Repose of manner was
lacking as she caught up her belongings
and retired to some less public place to
complete her interrupted toilet.
Sometimes we played in the dining
rooms of hotels, ir, towns too small TO boast
the ordinary country grand opera-touse, y
and, in such cases, our scenery was left TO
the Imagination. In such towns, how
ever, "shows" were so rarely seen that a
dollar apiece was readily paid by most OF
the inha bitants for the privilege of be-
holding US under such circumstances.
Ordinarily we played only one or two
nights in a place, but once We were made
prisoners by a steady downpour of ten
days, ana as hotel bills flourish like
mushrooms under such conditions we
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26


wife
together
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War; lin
of the Lincoln the Conederacy.
He
that he would
about oft
advantage
He
honorably discharged returned No
There that
still living but for
Rhod Gunda
While among frequent
with
had nv been made -
the September, ago. ~' ~
The separation had n ceased
memories oil
they
Rhds
occupied by Mrs Arnold
ney had ever
Rhoads filed homestead in TWO wears ago and
take good oft
check
he -'oAA 'N" NNne Ia gradually lost
TWO p Rhads by the supposed to be vno IN
Valley ~ "-i"s' "i1h Denn"
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26

Sits being abont one-half an inch apart.
This leaves the sheet of steel cut into long
strips of half an inch wide, but connected
together every three inches or so. Then
the sheetIs grasped by the same machine
on two opposite sides and pulled apart. or
expanded, SO that all the openings ap-
pear in diamond shape. The sheet then
looks like light wire grating. 1t is now
ready for use in the street.
The earth of the street il then graded
into shape and covered with bed of sand.
steel. over the steel is then laid layer
of concrete. The concrete is tamped into
the meshes of the metal, forming a per-
feet bond. This makes a foundation that
will never give way. Upon it can be laid
asphalt, bituminous rock, basalt blocks,
wood blocks, brick or any kind of surface
pavement desired, the permanency of the
entire pavement depending only upon the
character of the top work.
This manner of repairing hole in the
street with the expanded steel is the same
way that it is used to form the floor of a
building or for support for the roof, in
stead OF using heavy metal or wooden
girders. This expanded-sIeel system is
now being used in the new ferry building
at the foot of Market street, and will re-
pay visit Of inspection from anybody
interested IN the question of how to build
good streets.
CHARLES FREEMAN JOHNSON,
Special Agent of Road Inquiry.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26
PAVEMENT
Bull T
ON A STEEL
ARCH.
The Latest Novel
ties in Road Building
That Are Now Being
ried.

Since the establishment of the Office O.!
Road Inquiry at Washington, under Gen
eral Roy Stone, Investigations have been
made by the Government into the merits
of many kinds of pavements and into vari
Gus questions come cted with the subject.
There are three fundamental ideas now.
adays in nearly all lines of construction
lightness strength and dura bility. These
same ideas are being applied to street con-
struction in the use OF novel COM
bination of steel and concrete for the
foundation. There are over twelve miles
of such pavements now laid in Chicago.
The great problem with all street pave
ments is how to avoid the depressions and
ruts from traffic. or caving in through
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26

known as "am mbuance chasers," and one
or more of them can be found on the
scene of almost every accident.
The occupation of the ambulance
chaser" is rather new one, although the
methods he uses have been used 10 gain
the same ends tor years back. The "am-
buIance chaser" is in the employ OF some
lawyer who makes specially of handling
damage suits.
When an accident of any sort happens
the ambulance chaser" is right to the
front in the crowd which gathers. He
gets the name and address of the person
who is injured. or if the victim is so
badly injured that he cannot give his
name and address the lawyers agent fol-
lows the ambulance to the dispensary,
where he usually finds way to learn
what he wishes.
In few days he calls on the person
who was injured and explains to him
what good case he has if he will sue
for damages. If the injured person has
not sufficient means TO prosecute the
suit, or shows disinclination to do so,
the "chaser" gets in his fine work and
offers to find an attorney who will take
the case and carry it through to compile
ton for percentage of the amount
gained as damages. All this at no cost to
the plaintiff, for if the suit is lost, the
lawyer gets pay. The smooth Chaser
usually succeeds in getting the case on
these terms.-St, Louis Republic.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26

washouts of sewers. TIE holes in Golden
cisco streets demonstrate this. They are
caused by the instability and giving way
of the foundation underneath the surface
pavement All street pavements are laid
on some kind Of foundation, whether it be
sand, brick, stone, wood, concrete or
other material. The chief quality sought
in foundation is that of binding together
in solid immovable mass, rendering i'm
possible any depressioHs in the surface.
The latest method of applying the novel
steel and concrete construction seems to
have solved the difficulty.
1t seems wonderful that a thin sheet of
steel could be so treated as TO have the
strength of heavy beam many times its
weight. Yet such is the fact. By this
method OF laying a thin, light sneet of
steel across street i'm b.dded in concrete
solid immovable crown or bridge is
formed over the entire street. On this
crown the upper pavement is laid. II the
latter work Is properly done there, never
can be depression or rut in the sur
face.
The method of preparing the steel is as
follows: sheet of No. is steel (Which is
light thin sheeD Is slit perpendicularly
in short Sits. say three inches long the
sits running in straight line clear down
the sheet, each new slit commencing about
half an inch from the point where the
preced ng slit ended, and the lines of the
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26
THE REAL CHAN TOY
Tiny Venie Still a Baby but
Yet an Actress

II any one can show me any thing
more absurdly humorous than the little
curiosity which performs within the four
walls of the Alcaz4r, nightly, want a
week of fasting before viewing it. Not
that the song which little Bessie Wells
sings is especial in itself, CIR that there IS
anything new or mirth- provoking in the
airs and motions of The Bowery but it is
chiefly the inoongruity aided by the un-
mistakabIe cleverness of the child that
sends the audience into uproarious laugh
ter.
There is no doubt that the most effective
thing in a play is its child characters.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26

IN her first voath, but possessed of Won
derful skill in "make-up," and she was
perfect treasure as general utility Sne
had been "behind the lights, as she ex-
pressed it, ever since her childhood, and
nothing daunted her. The worst breaks
of her feliow-actors-and "breaks" will
occur in all companies at iimes-were
remedied with a readiness and skill which
were simply astonishing, and her equaDte
temper under the most trying circum-
stances often made me ashamed OF my
own ''spItfre" disposition.
Moreover, the storming OF the manager
when things went wrong never disturbed
her smiling repose of manner Perhaps
the fact that he happened to be her hus-
band and she was used to bis idiosyncra-
sizes had something to do with her Juno
like calm when the lightnings OF his wrath
were flashing about our covering heads.
Be that as it may it is certain that she
never attempted to quiet, console or argue
with him under any circumstances. II he
found a town improperly billed, hotels
unsatisfactory, halls unsuitable, dressing
rooms unendurable or totally lacking, or
any OF the thousand and one aggravations
incident to suca a tip as ours, confront
ing hlm and driving him wild, his placid
spouse would either read novel or in
dulge in a refreshing nap, as circum-
stances directed. untit tine storm was over
and the white winged dove of peace once
more perched upon our banners.
Mr.. C was like the oft-mentioned
little grip who had her hair arranged in
the Edmund Russell style, in that he
could be both livery, very good" or de-
cidedIy "horrid, as he chose. He played
leads" of course, and his running COM
ments Carefully inaudible to those in
irout) on my acting, the rendering of my
lines and kindred things used to torment
me dreadfully before ] became used to
his ways. never saw him ''phased" but
once, and that was when, in the midst of
an impassloned speech one evening, his
false mustache fell off in full view OF the
audience. As it fell dangerously near one
of the tin screened candies which officiated
as our footlights he was forced TO stoop
and pick it up and the wild applause
which greeted the performance absolutely
oVercame him and he blushed like
schoolboy as be retreated behind the
scenes.
Our Juvenile before mentioned was a
long and gawky youth who put up posters
and fetched and carried generally. Being
q relative Of the manager and very much
in awe of him, he naturally came in for
The lions share OF that parsonage criti-
cism, but being as good-tempered as he
was awkward lie seemed to thrive on it.
and was a second edition of Mark Tapley
as far as 'jolIity" under adverse circum-
stances was concerned.
The middle aged individual who played
our villains and old men also put up the
curtains, took care of the properties
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26

early, and the players struggled in. whist
ling, singing and joking.
A friendly spirit was stealing over me =
Outside the world does not make a show
OF much friendliness. 1t is dark mostly
save where the lights stream out from the
swinging doors of some resort and bring
with them the sounds Of jest an laughter,
which do not break bat crush the silen ce
of the heart
Inside the door two deep blue eyes and
a round, rosy, roguish face looked Up at
NE from the shelter of tightly tied bon
net and an overwhelming coat The I'M
ruly locks of light nalr struggled out from