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Middletown transcript., 1898-11-26
The Rev. lrl r. Hicks,

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PROFESSIONAL CARD.-Dr. w. q. Barnard
Surgeon Dentist, Office same location, op-
poaite the post Office. All operations per
tanning to dentistry guaranteed. odontun-
der and Gas for painless extracting.
Mrs. R. H. Matlack, of Wilmington,
Conference Secretary Of the Woman's For
eign Missionary Society IF the Wilmington
Conference. will be present at the morning
service of the NJ. e. Church tomorrow,
making the address Of the day upon the
important work which she represents.
There will be special music. all are invited.
Bulletin No. XII, Of the Delaware ex-
pertinent station, is by Professor G. Harold
Powell, horticulturist, and is about the pea
canning industry in Delaware. It informs
us that the following amounts were raised
and packed in the several localities named:
Town Bushels planted Acres Cases packed
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ODESSA NOTES.

Mr.. Frank Long, of Philadelphia, re-
turned home on Tuesday evening to spend
Thanksgiving with his parents.
Mr.. Stanley Stevens, of Bridgeton. N. j.,
spent Thanksgiving at home.
Miss Lidie Fox returned from q months
visit to Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Mr.. Leonard A. Rhodes and family spent
Thanksgiving Day with mis- parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph A. Rhodes.
Mrs. Josephine Hauly, of Philadelphia
is nursing her aunt, Mrs. EIizl Appleton,
who is still quite i'll.
Miss Bertie Rose returned from Philadel-
phia on Tuesday.
Mrs. T. Courtenav Enos and sons Richard
and Gilbert arc the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph H. Enos.
Miss Bessie Temple is in Philadelphia at
the home of her aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Green.
Miss Bessie was called away suddenly by
the serious Illness of her brother, Clay
Temple.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Watkins and
daughters spent their Thanksgiving Day
with her family at Middletown.
Miss Ethel Mailly, from West Chester
Normal School, is spending her Thanksgiv-
ing at home.
Messrs. George and Delaware Davis are
spending week with their uncle. Mr. Lot
Davis near Milford. They are expecting
some fine cunning.
Mr. Joseph Brown, of Delaware College,
is home for q few days.
Messrs. John and Daniel Corbit and
families attended family reunion held at
the home Of their sister. Mrs. Mary Warner
on Thanksgiving Day:
a large family reunion was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan K. Will
Jams at their home near town on Thanks
giving Day.
The Musicale entertainment given In the
Town Hall for the benefit of st. Paul,s Nj
2. Church was very well attended, notwilh.
standing the incIement weather. The
music was fine and much enjoyed by those
present.
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Total

The grower pays from 81 rs to $40 per
bushel for seed. and gets all the way from
no profit at all TO 500 per acre. The pea
crop can be followed the same season with
corn, potatoes, tomatoes, or millet, or can be
sown to COW peas and then put in wheat.
The latter plan prepares the land in an ad-
mirable manner for the wheat crop. When
the vines are returned to the land, either to
be plowed under at once, or to be first fed
to cattle or swine, and the manure applied,
the crop is a benefit TO the land The bull
letin contains much of value and interest,
and this introduction should induce our
readers to send for it.
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MEss1cK's GROWING STORE.

Messick's store has had another room
added to the already large number of rooms
in the Cochran Block all filled with goods.
There are now eight rooms, the last opened
being the one formerly occupied by the z.
NJ. c. A, the association having moved to
the room adjoining to accommodate Mr..
Messick The classification ofgoods is COM
plete. Room No. dry Goods, Notions
and Drapings; No2-Clothing, Gents Fur
nishings; No. 3-Shoes, Mems, Ladies' Chill
dren's; No. Hardware, Tinware. Agate
ware; Second Floor, No. 5-Carpets, Mat
tings and Oil Cloths; No. 6-Ladies' and
Childrens Coats, Wrappers and Skirts,
Pictures; No. 7-Queensware, Glassware,
Lamps, Fancy Goods; No. 8-Trunks,
Satchels, etc.
The casual visitor to one room has no
idea of the extent of this growing store. A
visit to all the rooms is necessary to under
stand the increase of business in a few
years. If the newspaper man were asked
for an explanation be would give three
Buying and selling good goods for cash;
2nd.-Giving polite and ready attention
to customers; 3-d.-Advertising. There
may be other reasons but these are certainly
among the first.
Besides the proprietor who deYotes his
whole time to the business and Mrs. Mes
sick who renders valuable service in look
ing after certain lines of stock and in the
purchases, there are the following sales
men and ladies constantly in attendance:
NJ. Louis NJ. Barnard, Mr.. w. N. Donovan.
Miss Mary Bolton. Miss Clara B. Wilson,
and Miss Bessie Mccoy. While each has
his or her special department according TO
The systematic classification they can all
serve the public most acceptably in any Of
the eight rooms Visit the slore.
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shake Into Your shoes

Allen'sFootEase, powder for the feet
cires painful. swollen, smarting, nervous
feet and instantly takes the sting out oi
corns and bunioas IFS the greatest com
fort discovery Of the age Aliens Foot
Ease makes tight or new shoes feelsasy, ii
is : certain cure for sweating, callops and
hot, tired, aching feet: Try it to-day. Sold
BY oil druggists and shoe stores. By mail
or 25c. In stamps. Frial package PRE-.
Address, Allen s. olmstsd, L. Roy, New
York.
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FARMING IMPLEMENTS A..

Three farm wagons, two hey / .2g as. on
Deer 81 3deP, one Osborne Binde., tn. e.
drills, two So perior, one Pc ,usylvania: COZ;
,eller, noIse rake, roller, Two 2zhorse olive
Plows, 6wo c-horse Soutl Bend PIows, w,
E ssell Plows, ha7rows. HARNESS
ha"oess, plow harness, lot of brides eoe
collars, one horse kcuIiiva tors, peach bo51
and sp1 ngs, lot of two and three horse {. ee
gr nd 8 one, iaiin bell, and other Articles no
mem oned.
Ten Tons Baled Hay three-quasters Timothl
and one-quarter Cove very fine.
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q,EPMs on sAIE

All 81 ms of 1--WE ,ty dole rs and uDder. Cash
wilt be given to purchaser wing a bankabls
note With approved endorse interest added
rom day OF sale.s No goods to .le jeMovcd
until terms are compiled with.
w. D. BRADFORD.
Shockley & Smith, AuckioneeFs.
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Ladies' Underwear

800 fine ribbed Vests and Pants
extra heavy fleece lined; pants
with French bands; natural gray
and white. 25c per garment.
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THIs Is no cEET1FY 10 an HI whor

THIS IS TO CERTIFY 70 all 20 whom
! these presents shall come, that we Robert
8. Eaird, of the city of Wilmington and
State OF Delaware, and James III McComb oj
Brandywine hundred, New Castle county end
Stale of Delaware, have his day eoiered iuio
limited partnership for the purpose OF
carrying on the trade and business of manu-.
facf uring and dealing in morocco Id OF he.
feathers, and all things tleleunto belonging
or apper! aiming, uncef and by vii tue of the
hereinaft or set forth.
The said partnership is to be conducted
under the pssrtneI snip name of Charles Bal d
and Company, and the general object of {ne
partnership is 10 carry OH the tsade and busi.
ness OF manufacturing and dealing IN mo:-
occo and other le tiess e. nd ali f1iSgs there
3io belonging or appef ming.
The names and resiL ences OF the said part
ners q re as follows: The general p,ltaer of
the said fi n is RobeIt s. laird, living in the
CITY of Wilmington, New Castle county and
state OF Delaware, and the special par,ner is
James @, McComb. OF E. ndvwine Hundred
New Castle county and state OF Delaware.
hat the said JameS G. MeConb, the
speoiai partner, has contIi0u, ed Tue sum OF
IWepty Thousand Dollars 10 the common
That the said partnership is to commence
on me sixteenth day Of November, A. d. one
thousand 1sht bundled and ninefy eight
and is to end on the ff eenth dav OF Novern-
ber. A. D. one thousand eight hrndred and
ninety-nine. -
In Witness Whereof we have hereroto set
our hapds and Eeala at the city OF Wilming-
ton and STATE OF Delaware, this SIX teenth day
oT November, "A. d. one thousand eight hun
dIed and ninety eignt.
ROBERT g. BAIRD. fL,Sl
JAMES NJ. McCOMB, liz, 81
Signed, sealed and delivered 1 Y
In The prese1ce0f
HORACE g. KNQWLE
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Kid Gloves

To get the best Kid Gloves is
always knotty question for
every merchant. We think after
due consideration and study that
Perrins are undoubtedly the best.
We have them in all shades of
tans, states, reds and browns,
with full line of blacks, at 81,
81. .25, $1.50 and S1.65 per pair.
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IL Head Of GOOD HORSES 1
"a Head of CATTLE
One Hols,e n ErlI, . yea1s old.

One Hos,e n Bpl1, Q years old.
Thirteen Mich Cows, some with calf by
These are all good grade cattle. fen head of
two year old and yeerllDg be;Ee S, most of
them with cali, some nearly ltesh.
si- fat hogs acdJ5 sioass (aoouS co lbs.)
These are 10 be sod for cash.
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81 Aeu, SGAlSu anu u6ll lV6iH0
in The presence OF
HORACE g. KNQWLEA.
sYArE 81 DELAWAR!Ell:.

sgAsE Or .I .DELAwAsE.
Be 1t remembered, that on this sixtAenth
day of November, A. ID. one thousand eight
hundred aud ninety eight, personally come
before Rle, Lewis saase, Justice OF the
Peace for New Castle county and stale of
Comb, parties to the foregoing certificate,
known to me personally to be such, and
sevefalsy acknowledge that they signed and
sealed the sald certificate for the purposes
herein set forth, and that the same Is their
and each Of their act and deed.
Given under my hand and seal the day and
yeaf last aioaesaia.
LEWIs HAsSE, EE. 81
novl035 Justice Of ths Peace
Middletown transcript., 1898-11-26
Soiled Kid Gloves

Saturday we will sell about 100
pairs of slightly soiled Kid Gloves
taken from our stock-consisting
of blacks and colors, at Soc per
pair; they are the 81, Sl.25, $3.50
and $1.65 quality. Only one pair
to each customer.
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Suits Our Clothing
e. Department is
Ao1 crowded with
Men Sack Suits for
Busine. S Wear;
SIS to $40, is the range of
prices, all wool, we'll
made serviceable suits for
SIS. Sc. so and $8. Better
tones and more dressy at
$40, $12 and Sis. and
these are the prices that
are so Popular with us.
Finest neat mixed Wors-
ted Suits at $18 and $40,
The new heavy Serges.
in double-breasted Coat
Suits, at $1o, $I2 and SIS.
Coats with wide silk fac
ings. Black Diagonal
Sack Suits, $8 to $40;
Cutaway Suits, $40 to
$25; Prince Albert Suits,
SIS to $25. Don't buy an
Overcoat until you see
what we have for you. .
Closed evenings except
Tuesdays and Saturdays.
JAS. T. MULLIN & SON
Clothing, Sixth and
Hats, Market,
Shoes, Wilmington.
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WIN be served BY making sure Of health
t will be q loss of time and money to be
stricken with serious Illness Take Hoods
sarsapariIla and purify your blood. In
this way all germs of disease will be ex-
PEELED. sickness and suffering will BE- avoid;
q, and your health win Be preserved,
Isn.t This . wise course.
Hoods Pills are The only pills IL take
With Hoods sarsaparilla. priCe a5 cents
Middletown transcript., 1898-11-26

THE TRANscElPr, s1.oO psr year.
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Blankets

Another case of those big fine
wool Blankets at So. 95 per pair,
worth $5. Third shipment of
these elegant blankets tell how
our customers appreciate their
value.
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VIM. B. Sharp ( Co
FOURTH and MARKET SITS.
Wilmington, Del.


Brown, Navy Green, Castor and
Myrtle Corduroys for ladies'
shirt waists and children's coats
-27 inches wide-75c per yard.
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Union Suits

About half the lot advertised
for Wednesday were sold. We
still have a full assortment of
sizes, in both white and natural
gray, 81 grade for SOC. Oneita
make, slightly imperfect.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-06
FIRING A NAVAL SALUTE
TWENTY-ONE GUNS is THE
LIMIT.
How to Address Of1icers-How Boat
Salutes are Given-Displaying Flags
and Playing National Airs.

No salute exceeds twenty-one guns,
and no salute is ever fired between
sunrise and sunset, when the national
colors must be displayed; but it is
also usual not to fire salutes before s
a. IN. Whenever the president is en-
parked in a ship of war flying his flag
all other United States ships of war
and naval stations near which he
passes will fire the national salute.
Side-boys are detailed usually from
the apprentice boys. They stand each
side of the gangway in line, and sa-
lutte by touching their caps as visit
ing officers come on board or leave.
Commissioned officers board and leave
the ship by the starboard gangway.
Warrant officers, naval cadets and en-
listed men use the port gangway.
After nightfall all boats coming
close to the ship are hailed by the
marine sentry or by the quartermas-
ter with the words BOAT ahoy." \
flag officers answers. Flag" com
handing officer answers the name of
his ship; other commissioned officers
answer AYE. Aye" and warrant Of
ficers and naval cadets answer mo,
No." while enlisted men answer
Hello"
Every officer and man, on reaching
the upper deck. salutes the national
flag, and this salute is returned by the
officer of the watch at hand.
Flag officers are addressed by their
titles of admiral or commodore: cap
tains and commanding officers are
called captain" all other officers are
called Mr." and not by their official
titles, though in addressing them in
writing these titles are always used.
The surgeons however are generally
called doctor" and the paymasters
of any grade ''paymaster."
Boat salutes are given by tossing
the oars, which means holding them
upright in the air with the blades
fore and aft; or by lying on oars, by
which is meant holding the oars hori-
ontal as they rest in the rowlocks.
CoNswains of boats stand and salute
when passing boats containing Off
GERS. All officers and men, whether in
uniform or not, meeting a senior Off
Ger afioat or ashore, salute by touch
ing the cap.
When a ship of the navy enters
poIl OF any natlOn where there is
fort or battery. or where a ship of war
of that nation may be lying she must
fire salute of twenty-one guns. pro-
vided the captain is satisfied the sa-
lutte will be returned. The flag of
the nation saluted is displayed at
the main during the salute.
National airs of foreign states hav-
ing war vessels in company with our
own are played by our bands as
compliment.-St. Nicholas.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-06
WAR DEPARTMENT, U. $. A.

PROPOSALS FOR SUGAR-Depart-
ment of California. Office Chief and
Purchasing Commissary, Honolulu, H..
l., September &c, 1S9s.-Sealed propos-
ais, in triplicate, will be received at
this office until II o'clock a. m, Octo-
Der 6, 1898, and then opened, for fur
nishing 10000 pounds, more or less, of
Island Sugar No. 1, required at this
station by the Subsistence Depart
ment, U. S. Army. Government re-
serves right to reject in whole or in
part any or all bids. Instructions
furnished on application at this office.
PHILIP NJ. LYDIG, Captain and c.
s., q. S. Volunteers, Chief and Pur-
chasing Commissary.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-06
"RAINIER."

The Ladies Favorite, the Mems
Preference. Its absolute purity-ma-
ture age-and delicious flavor have
made Rainier Beer a welcome visitor.
It's the queen of all fine beers.
On tap or in bottles at the Criterion
Saloon. Telephone 7S3.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-06
"a aWaiian
e Iectric
Company.

The cleanest, brightest safest and really,
TN Fhe long run, the cheapest and best light
Tor use in the family residence, is the mean
descent electric light. HSafe; nothing could
be safer. A few days ago prominent gen
Aieman of Honolulu came rushing down to
abe office of the Electric Company and said:
solve me figures for wiring my house, and
want it done at once; no more lamps for me.
last night lamp tipped over and it came
50 near setting fire TO the house and burning
6zY children aud | take no more risks"
This is the sentiment of quite a number in
she past few weeks, who have ordered their
bouses fitted with the perfect light
Dust think it over and make up your mind
ahat you want the best and safest light; send
Ror the Hawaiian Electric Company and tell
them what you waLi.
We have complete stock Of everything in
ahis line and have just received lot of the
very latest designs in chandeliers
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07

thing Of the past. Where most Of the
cheap prairie lands lie, the real estate
agents also lie, and a fellow soon finds
out that while he has acres and good
soil, the uncertain and deficient rain
fall makes the raising of any sort Of q
crop u delusiOn Look out for this sort
Out Of the stumps, brush and sloughs
Of the pine-stripped territory of North
ern Minnesota there will be evolved
thousands Of fiue farms, but it means
hard work aud lots of it before this can
be accomplished. In some of the
desert territory irrigation is reclaiming
large tracts, but these lands are hardly
cheapat the price asked when reclaimed
with the added annual water tax. The
best thing in sight from our standpoint
for the young man, is a good farm in
Iowa, to be rented If possible for a
term of years. Ten years, so devoted,
should enable any industrious and
prudent fellow to buy $40 farm.
There are lots of old men with good
farms who want to quit business, move
to town and run for supervisor, who
want just such bright young men to
take their farms, and this is the best
chance We see for these young men.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07

There is q good deal of rot being
worked of by the so.called 'tgood
roads" advocates. Here we have q
statement to the effect that it costs
the farmer SIPS per ton to move his
stuff five miles on our ordinary country
roads. This is foOlishness. Take one
year with another, during nine months
in the year, Iowa roads, as we now
have them, are as good as can be asked,
this period including the dry roads In
the summer and the sleighing in
winter. Most farmers arrange to have
but little hauling to do when the roads
are bad. While we are most heartily
in favor of steadily improving the con-
dition of our highways rs fast as our
resources will permit, we have no use
for the distorted statistics which are
put out-statistics. which II correct,
would show every Iowa farmer on the
road to the poor-house for want of good
roads.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07
Homeseekers' Excursion.

Via. B. c. r. & N. Ry., on Nov. l
and Is, December 6 and 20. On these
dates round trip tickets good 81 days,
will he sold at rate Of one fare plus 81
to all points on this line in Iowa, Min.
nesota and South Dakota, north of and
including Shell Rock and Abbott
Crossing and to Waverly. Tickets al
this rate will also be sold by all agents
of this company to large numbers OF
cities and towns in southern, western
and northern states. For full particu.
lars call on agent B., q. r.. & N. Ry. OIL
address j. MORTON, q. P. & T. A.,
tl2-2O Cedar Rapids, Ia
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07
The Changers Bank.

The comfortable condition of the
Iowa farmer who is out of debt and has
a good farm is hard to equal anywhere
on earth. To such, industry, self
denial and hard knocks have at last
brought a splendid reward. And the
best of it is that he has not used up his
farm in the making Of it, as was Sc
often the case with the poorer soils OF
other states. Our Iowa man practically
owns a bank, whose president is kind
providence, whose directors are the
rain and sunshine Of genial climate,
whose cashier is a fertile and productive
soil, which bank will honor any reason
able drafts which he may make upon
1t and never allow his paper to be
protested.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07

With all due regard for the honored
profession, we still wish to say that it
rarely pays any man to go to law to
right the petty wrongs of life. We
knew of "a well-to-do farmer twenty
five years ago, who got mott IN of
having, and he would sue neighbor
at the drop of the hat. He had one or
more cases at each term of court. He
kept at it until he lawed away his
friends, his attorneys got his farm, and
he died few years ago, poor disap-
poin ed old wreck, in abject poverty.
surely he made a failure of life. Try
arbitration-its better than having.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07
The Man and His Office.

E. {. Bennett says that Mr.. Norton,
the newly-appointed Dairy Commits
stone, will remain q; home and run the
office by deputy. We trust that this
is not so. When citizen of the state
is honored with All appointment OF
this sort, he should show his ap-
probation of the honor by devoting his
whole time and his best energies to the
duties involved. If he cannot for any
reason do this, he should decline to
serve. Mr.. Norton should get out and
around among the people and show
them how he brought dairy of cows
of scrub stock and nameless breeds up
from an annual yield of $50 pounds to
373 pounds of butter per head. He
should make things redhot for the
dirty patron and fellows who sell milk
from the second milking, the town
milkmen whose best COW is their pump,
commission house swindles in Chicago,
fakirs who sell processes for renOvating
spoiled butter and all the nameless
brood of fakes and frauds which would
fasten and fatten upon Iowa's most
dainty product and profitable product.
Not being politician in any sense,
and the appointment coming to him
unsolicited, he is just the man to say
some things that need saying, and do
some things that need doing i'm Iowa's
dairy interests. Go straight to Des
MOines, arm yourself with cudgel,
let the deputy run the typewriter and
lick stamps, leave the dairy and farm
at Cresco with Mrs. Norton aud the
hired men, and become the best dairy
commissioner Iowa has ever had.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07
Every Tuesday to California.

For comfort and economy take the
b., G. II. & N. Tourists Excursions to
California. Each Tuesday during the
winter season Tourist sleeping Car
will run direct to Los Angeles and San
Francisco via this line, Kansas City,
Forth Worth, Texas and the Southern
Pacific Ry-the ideal southern route,
free from delays and snow blockodes.
The time is only four days and the
rate $3.50 per berth from Cedar Rapids
A special conductor and colored por-
ter accompany the car to attend the
wants of the passengers.
Meals served In dining car, or may
be prepared on cooking range provided
for that purpose.
Full Information regarding rates,
berth reservations, ETC., by addressing
j. MORTON, G. p. & Il. A.,
Cedar Rapids, la.
Write for descriptive matter.