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Middletown transcript., 1899-05-27
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Philadelphia, Monday, May %, 1899.
This HaIf-Year VIII exceed
White Sale sales If the
sort. Stocks are greater-and great
buying reflects in lessened prices.
To be sure; muslins are higher now,
but orders were given far ahead of
recent advances.
Here are some price hints of the
underwear-but of course one needs
to fit the garment to the price to
realize the actual good value offered.
We might make price comparisons
we'd rather have you make them.
Pretty garments, liberal in size
homemade, with the tire left out
snd extra plaits and pretty insertions
put in. You wouldn't feel like
spending so much time on the work.
Night Gowns
At 38c-Night Gowns of muslin; Mother
Hubbard yoke Of plaits and insertion;
collar and sleeves trimmed with en-
broidery. Only 3 to one customer.
At 45c-Night Gowns of cambric; yoke
of clusters of fine plaits and rows of
hemsttching; sleeves and neck trim
med with rufne of lawn.
AT 75c-Night Gowns of muslin; pointed
yoke, trimmed with four rows of dainty
Insertion and clusters of fine plaits;
neck and sleeves embroidery trimmed.
Chemises-
At l8c-Chemises of muslin, trimmed
with cambria ruf1e. Only pieces to
one customer.
At 35c-Chemises Of cambric, trimmed
with embroidery.
At 50c-Chemises Of cambric, trimmed
with lawn ruf1e, edged with lace.
At $1-Chemises Of nainsook; neck and
armholes trimmed with lace; ribbon
drawing through beading at neck.
Drawers
At 15c-Drawers Of muslin or cambric;
hem and cluster of fine plaits above.
Only pieces to one customer.
At 35c-Drawers of muslin, trimmed with
neat SMDlO106I1 anu uAC pAd4tSs
At 50c-Drawers of muslin, trimmed with
embroidery and two clusters of fine
plaits.
At $1-Drawers of lawn, trimmed with
deep ruf1e trimmed with lace and in
sertion.
Corset Covers
At 8c-Corset Covers of Cambria; square
neck, trimmed with embroidery.
At 25c-Corset Covers of Cambric; round
neck; neck and arm holes trimmed with
lace.
At 35c-Corset Covers of Cambria; square
neck, trimmed with lace and fine plaits.
Petticoats-
At 50c-Pettcoats of muslin, umbrella
shaped, rufae trimmed with embroidery.
At 75c-Pettcoats of cambric; rufle of
lawn, trimmed with lace.
At $1.00-Pe -Pettcoats of fine cambric;
deep umbrella rufie, with three rows Of
hemsdtching.
CoIored Petticoats-
At 50c-Pethcoats of striped Chambray;
umbrella rufle in good variety of color
ings.
At 85c-Petticoats of fancy plaid sateens,
with deep founce, trimmed with two
gathered ruffles and dust rufhe.
Children's Wash Dresses
At 50c-Children's Short Dresses of nain-
sock; yoke of embroidery; neck and
sleeves trimmed with rufle of embroid-
cry. For ages months and years.
At 75-Chldren's Short Dresses of CAM
brio; cord plaits in yoke, back and
front, rufae of embroidery over shoul-
ders, on neck and sleeves. For ages
months, Q and years.
At $1-Children's Short Dresses of nain-
sock, yoke of hemsttched plaits; deep
rufAe of embroidery on yoke; neck and
sleeves trimmed with EN- broidery. For
ages months, 2 and 3 years.
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-27

Intelligent men from nearly every
section OF the South and West bring
similar reports to Washington con-
corning the loss Of prestige hy Bryan
and silver. Col. P. Lannon, editor Of
the Salt Lake, Utah Tribune, who is
visiting Washington said: THE MS
ardent believers in free silver are forc..d
to admit that the issue is about dea
The trend Of events since '9G has forced
it into oblivion, and however much ve
may adhere to the white metal from
principle, 1t has been eliminated as u
living factor in the politics OF the DIV.
As for Col. Bryan, while many Of L
admire him, it must be said that his
prestige is on the wane. But NJ maj
ter whether the Democrats name Bry u
or some other map, Mckinley is go;ns
to succeed himself.n Col Lannen s,ya
of the case Of Roberts, the pclygan !,
representative.elect: "If his claim L
membership in the HOUSE il ri ctrd,
as it ought to hs, there will b. good
ground for national rtjnicing."
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-27
John Wanamaker.
PEGIsTER's ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL,

March Sist, 1899.
Upon the application of David H. Knots
and Robert 2. Moore, Administrators Of
William 81. Hickey, late OF st. Georges Hun
dred, in said county, deceased, 1t is ordered
and directed by tile Register that the Ad-
ministrators aforesaid give notice OF
granting of Letters of Adminfstra-
ton upon the estate of the deceased.
with the date of granting thereof, by causing
advertisements to be pos ed within forty days
from the date of such Letters in six of the
most public places Of the County of New
Castle, requiring all persons having demands
against the estate to present the same. or
abide by an act of Assembly in such case
made and provided; and also cause the same
70 be inserted within the same reriod in the
Middletown TsANscRIPT, a newspaper pub
lished In Miadletown, Del, and 10 be eortin-
ued therein two months.
Given under the hand and
>l seal OF office of the Register
fsEAL Aforesaid at Wilmington in
t@~1 New Castle County Aforesaid,
the day and year above
written.
CALVIN w CR0SQAN RaaiStar
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-27
Vim. B. Sharp ( CO
FOURTH and MARKET SrS.
Wilmington, Del.
Tailor Made Suits


Tailor Made Suits
| At out half of the reduced
Tailor Made Suits were sold
on Wednesday. A fair assort-
ment of sizes remain at the
following reductions.
The SIS Suits for $3.50 in
blues and grays.
The Sl4 Suits for 5000 in
cadet covers.
The $1,000 Suits for $l4 90
in dark blue covers.
| The $1,000 Suits for $1,000
in pretty dark grey cloth.
New Dimities
Every week brings us new
and beautiful patterns in
Dimities for waists and dresses.
They are exact copies Of the
imported goods at half the
price, l2Hc per yard.
Co1ored Pique
in a new assortment of the 25c
grade which we are offering
for l5c per yard. They are in
dots, stripes and plain colors
of pinks. light blues, lavenders,
navy, black and red.
Remnants of
White Goods
Saturday we will have a lot Of
remnants to be sold at very
low prices of remnants of
India Linen, Victorias, Lawns,
Nainsooks, Piques and Or
CANDIES in lengths Of | to s
yards at half the regular prices.
They can be matched to get a
dress length.
Summer Underwear
for men, woman aud children
at special prices for Saturday.
Mems balbriggaa shirts and
drawers,
37lc grade for 25c.
Soc grade for 371c.
Ladies .,ain and fancy rib
bed vests, and pants,
15c grade for 10c.
1Sc grade for 12ic.
25c grade for tic.
Children's shaped ribbed
vests, Zoe grade for l2Ic each.
Pique Skirts
in all black and 40 to Al in
ches long trimmed with straps |
of the same, $4.00 each, maxi |
ing a very natty suit with a
white waist.
Denim Skirts
in plain blue cadet, one of the
most stylish low priced skirts
to be seen for $500.
Silk Waists
in white taffeta silk, corded
front and back with corded
collars of same, 5000 each, in
sizes 80, 81 and 36.
VIM. B. SHARP & Co
WANTEpI q
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-27
CALVIN ". cRossAN, Reglster.

NoTICE.-Notice is hereby given that Letters
of Administration were in due form of law
granted unto the undersigned, on the Thirty
first day of March, A. ID. 1859, and that all
persons having claims against the estate Of
the deceased must present the same, duly
atkested, to the said Administra tors, on or
before the Thirty first day of March, 1900 or
abide the Act Of Assembly In such case made
DAVID ii. KNOTS,
ROBERT p. no IRE,
Atiar ss. Administrators
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-27
WHSHINGF0N LETTER,
from our Special correspondent.

A. j &
From our Special Correspondent.
PIE i,'ent Mckinley is ..gain on duty
at the White House. Ills two weeks
rest At he Hot Springs appear to have
done him lois Of good, and lie says bis
rheumatic pains havs entirely disap-
peared. His return aud tia Peace
Jubilee. which isto he held this week,
have attracted u number of prominent
men to Washington, for the purpose Of
combining business and pleasure.
Among them are friends of several Of
the candidates for Speaker of the
House. The most interesting news of
the Speakership contest is the state
nent, apparently well founded, that
friends Of Representatives Sherman and
Henderson have made an agreement
whereby each is made thu second choice
of the other, the idea being to make
sure that one or the other of them gets
elected. But Representative Payne,
who is himself in Washington, and the
friends Of Representative Hopkins,
who are quite numerous say they take
no stock In any such agreement.
Representatives Of Aguinald1 have
had another conference with the Ameri,
can Philippine Commissioners and
have been again told that the only way
for the Filipinos to get cessation Of
hostilities is to accept the uucondition-
al surrender terms Of Gen. Otis.
The feeling is general in official cir
cles that the Cuban army has been al
lowed rope enough and that they must
either surrender their arms or refuse to
surrender them at once. II they refuse,
the chances are they will be made to do
SO. President Mckinley and his adj
visers have been disposed to treat these
men very leniently and to humOr their
whims to as great an extent as possible.
without giving them the idea that they
were able to dictate to us, but there is
limit to patience, and by their back
ing and filling and pickering among
themselves, the Cnbans have very near
reached that of the administration. It
is the understanding now that the dis
armament is to begin the latter part of
this week, but there have been other
similar agreements that were not car
ried out.
Senator Kean, of N. j. who has been
in Washington on business, said on a
subject that has been much talked a.
bout recently: "There has been some
effort to cite New Jersey as frighiful
example, because Of the laws which
invite corporations to organizs within
our state, but our people do not syn
pathize with this criticism. We COM
pei the payment Of fee, based on the
amount Of capital specified in the certi-
fcate of incorporation, whether the
stock has been issued or not, and the
result is thatour revenues have increas-
ed this year at least S40O, 900 or $780,
900. The last legislature made gener
GUS appropriations for the blind asylum,
the reformatory at Railway, the equip
ment Of the National Guard and ad-
ditional payment to soldiers from our
State, who served in the war with
Spain. My information is that all of
these extraordinary expenses Of the
State will be met by the fees from cor
porations organized under our laws this
year. You can readily see that the
people who benefit from this influx of
wealth are not apt to be antagonistic.
to those who bring it,
Intelligent men from nearly every
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-27
A Perfect Newspaper

To publish ALL THE NEWS
promptly and succinctly and in
the most readable form with
out elision or partisan bias; to
discuss its significance with
frankness, to keep AN OPEN
EYE FOR PUBLIC ABUSES,
to give besides a complete
record of current thought,
fancies and discoveries in all
departments of human activity
in it's DAILY EDITIONS of
from 10 to IA PAGES, and to
provide the whole for it's pa
irons at the nominal price of
ONE CENT that was from the
outset, and will continue to be
the aim of "THE RECORD"
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-27

Representatives Of Aguinaldo have
had another conference with the Ameri,
can Philippine Commissioners and
have been again told that the only way
for the Filipinos to get cessation of
hostilities is to accept the uucondition-
al surrender terms Of Gen. Otis.
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-27


Witness its unrivaled average
daily circulation, exceeding
10000 copies, and an average
exceeding l45, ,ooo5 copies for
it's Sunday editions, while i'm
itations Of its plan of publica-
ton in nevery important city of
the. country testify to The truth
OF. the assertion that in the
quantity and quality of its con-
TENTS, and in theprice at which
it is sold 'GThe Record" has es-
tabllshed thestandard BY which
excellence in journalism must
be measured
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-27
The Pioneer

one-cent morning ngneWspaper in
the United States, "The Rec
ord" still LEADS WHERE
OTHERS FOLLOW.
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-27
MY MARYLAND.

r.. B. Merritt has transferred a lot
in Warwick to Wilson Merritt, for a
consideration Of $130.
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-27
Colored Pique

in a new assortment of the 25c
grade which we are offering
for l5c per yard. They are in
dots, stripes and plain colors
Of pinks, light blues, lavenders,
navy, black and red.
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-27

Unlaundered Shirts, in eight styles,
with long or short bosoms; some open
front and back; worth 75c to 90c.
They are the equal of any unlaundered
shirts made.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
BREVITIES

Vice President Hobart is in poor
denomination. However bad McKfn-
ley's political health record, he is hor
for another four year,.
A Washington dispatch to The Phila-
delphia Record states that there is a
pressure for snlal notes in spite of the
issue of gold certificates. The pressure
is "acute."
Dom Paul means CHIEF Paul it is
said.
Ex-Speaker Reed writes to his peg
PIE in Maine:
Whatever may happen, 1 IN sure
that the First Maine district will al
ways be true to thep rincipals of liber-
ty, self-government and the rights of
man..
General c. Nee. Reeve. republican.
says:
Herein is where the natives mis-
trusted the Americans. The Filipinos
had many lessons from Spain in the
folly of laying down arms. They were
not able to comprehend the difference
between Spanish and American prom
ises.'
Talk now in Washington Of civil
government for Cuba" And there is
a movement Of the friends of Mckinley
to ''gobble up" Cuba by some shift or
other.
The probabilities are now very
strong that Great Britain will force a
war against the Beers. Might makes
Right. Mr.. Graball has no conscience
when he hungers for the goods of his
neighbor. Another case of Nabob's
vineyard.
The Marine Review claims that now
the United States are third in size of
navy. Great Britain and France lead
them.
Hanna gives notice with emphasis
that he will again hand around the hat
for big contributions from the rich re-
p%ubIicans in 1900. What ballot-stuffing
and voter-buying there will be, and
that, too. by the boastful party OF
high moral IDEAS"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
SOUTHERN NEWSPAPERS ON GEN
WHEELER.

The Messenger has often praised Gen.
eral 10 Wheeler and he deserved IL.
He is a born fighter and he loves on the
smell of the battle in close quarters.
Remembering his faithful. brilliant ser
vices in the great war for the south
and its precious The Messenger
win not detract from his well earned
iaurels, while he amazes his own peo-
pie by his lust for fame leading him
20 engage in the war against h Philip
pines. He won splendid laurels for tine
south, and in Cuba, but he Will not add
20 his real fame by killing ten thou
sand of the Inhabitants he is now war
ing upon who seek 60 be free and inde-
pendent. The New Orleans States
writes in evident sorrow of Genera 10
and many wtho read its editorial VIII
be inclined to weep with 1t.
ALIAS, that the hand of a southern
editor should ever be impelled t. Write
Poor Joe Wheeler" Yet such is the
caption OF the article we print below
from the North Mississippian, OF Water
Valley, Miss. We would rather
nave held the place in the hearts OF che
southern people THAT Joe Wheeler held
before the massacre, called the war of
the Philippines, than to have been com
mander-in-chief of all the combined
armies of the world. But, alas, the
mighty have fallen, and the knightly
Wheeler has become under the mighty
spell Of federal influence a soldier OF
fortune, a swaSh-buckler, to be ignored
by the administration he has courted,
and pushed aside by the incompetent
| general under whose command he has
been assigned"
The M~ississippian says:
"Otd Joe Wheeler fought through the
fierceSt war that the world has ever
| known for four years displaying a cour
| age AND endurance that was sublime.
| for the sole principle Of liberty; yet we
see him now with sword in hand, Strik-
ing dumb the tongues that plead for
liberty and putting out the fire in the
upturned eyes that pityingly pray for
freedom This grizzied old veteran is
| cutting a sorry figure in the Philippine
campaign There is no laurel for him
therefi, whatever his success. =
The Taga1s are a brave race, and what
| ever their capacity for the responsible
tiles of civilization the world must ad-
mire their courage and applaud their
genius and endurance. They are strug-
CLING for an even dearer principle OF
liberty than did Joe Wheeler. They
have struggled longer; the weight OF
the tyranny heaped upon them by Spain
has been greater than any American
has known, and the same political
| power that mad a rebel OF Wheeler Is
waging this war against the brave Fill
ipinOs, and yet, Wheeler, the erstwhiIe
lover OF liberty-the intrepid wizard
of the saddle and rebel leader, at last
offers his life as a sacrifice Upon the
altar OF empire-contributes the tOtter-
ing days Of his infirTnity to the undo
ing of that which he did so well ard
valiantfy in the prime of his life.
Poor Joe Whee1eri"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03

There are a great many agnostics, in
truth. For the most part the prating
infdels who spurn the Word of God and
say they do not believe in the existence
Of Zoe or a Great First Cause are alb
solutely so ignorant of the Bible hat
they could not teach a class of little
children. There are doubters who do
not believe in this or that statement
of the Word of Life. One of their at
tacks is made upon the fact of the
Noachic Deluge. But some years ago
the famous O~rientalist, George Smith,
of England, discovered a full pOetical
account of the Deluge, on tablets in
King SurbanipaTs library at Nineveh,
and it is of great interest. 1t is not
a very ancient account, written 600
before Christ, but it is a confirmation
none the less, and a very great deal
older han the time of the modern in
idels or any documents that they pos
sess. The find of Mr.. Smith was copied
from older tablets in the Babylonian
library. The Babylonian tablets-sucn
as they are-were discovered later by
Pere Scheill, but they are fragmentary.
It is of real Importance, however, as it
contained the story of the Deluge. An
account of it, printed soon after it's
discovery, states that 1.-The most i'm
portant part of all is preserved, the
colOphon, with the date. 1t is dated
in the reign of Ammizaduga, King Of
Babylon; and we know that he reign
ed about 214O B.. c. That is, we have
here a precious bit of clay On which
was written a poetical story of the De-
LUCE, seven centuries before Moses and
about the time of Isaac or Jacob. That
is enough to make the discovery mem
orable We learn positively that the
story of the Deluge was familiar to the
common people Of Babylonia, and
therefore of all the East from Syria to
Persia"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
HE o.Ml-NEl.KLY. MEssIN,.h,

sion. Read the Acts But new Gust
and csservances began. The celebi
ing ef the Lords supper was perfor D.
ed from house to house, and fhe time
was changed to the first day OF the
week-Sunday. John calls 1t above
''the Lords Day" Gradually the Sab
bath was dropped and Sunday twas OBJ
served instead by the Christians. A
careful reading of st. PauIs EpistIes
will show that he warns again and again
that Christians must MOI regard or have
imposed on them oldsritual laws. but
that they must observe the mora laws.
The Lords Day/fs observed by Chris
tians because it is made sacred by the
resurrection of their Redeemer and
God, and in the spirit Of freedom and
in the spirit Of Christian example and
teaching. All through the centuries the
Lords Day-of rest and worship-has
been protected, observed and enforced
by legal enactment. The effort is to
from abuse, while allowing a wide lati-
tude of opinion, leaving each citizen
to hold such views as to him appears
best and in accord with the Word Of
Jehovah. The true Christian must
strive ito keep holy" the Lords Day
in all enlightened conscience as to what
he yves to Him who is both God and
Man, and who gave Himself for his SAL
uofion on1 70 x-hot he ou-oc 70 hiC Col
lowmen and to his earthly and eternal
interests. Preaching in 1895 on the
christians Day Of Rest Rev. DR.. T.
S. Hamlin, of New York city, said, and
it is worth copying:
Il affirm hat patriotism imposes on
us no more urgent duty than to sedu-
lousy guard this day. Cardinal Glib
bons writes in a recent very valuable
sympOsiac on this subject in the hide
pendent: The dissertation of the
Christian Sunday is a social danger
against which it behooves us to set
our face and take timely precautions
before it assumes proportions too for
midable to be easily eradicated.' At a
great meeting lately at Carnegie Hall,
New York city, presided over by Arch
bishop Corrigan, the Catholic speakers
declared hat it was the determination
of their church to stand by the Puritan
Sunday; and the declaration was re-
ceived with ringing cheers by thou
sands. I am sure that every Protestant
will applaud such sentiments and re-
joice to stand side by side with his
Catholic brethren in giving them effect
And in SO doing we must be awake to
one of the chief dangers that threaten
our American Lords Day at this CAPT
tai, viz, Dissertation in our social
usages."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
AMERICAN PRISONERS,
CONTINUED from First Page.1

'arred OF war. but VIII fight for 6ss-
pendence To The last"
The released soldiers alSo say 80 49,
of Independence has taken hrn -
OF the FEipinos and they threatsns =
conauered. to exterminate the An0n-
cans by assassination AGuirabos
seemed popular among AL the teeSe
The prisoners met
The country. they say. L. fuu of r6ch
cropp AL the prisoners have stories
Of interesting experiencss- Those cap
ttred nj Caloocan were marched ahsng
the railroads at night, through towns
occupied by the Americans.
While Agufnaido only offered TO re
,sxa<e the prisoners IN TarFac, there IS
great disappointment at the fact that
T.keutenant GEmore's party nelheA -
arrive.
The Filipino commission does not
arouse great expectations as To the re
suit OF It's visit Major Ortes sah
frankly rC1at they were very crea q
the war. but they decline to cay what
proposals they bring.
The Fylipinoe lunched with Genera
Young nj san Fernando Their quart
ers VIII be at the Orient hotel at Ma
Mia.
Major General Otis and his party eon-
ferred with General Macarthur one
returned 10 Manila
General Bates tonight X Ocuer~s
Wheaton. command n Angeles.