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Middletown transcript., 1899-12-09
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The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is ct least one
dreaded disease that science has been able
to cure in all its stages and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being constitutional disease. re
quires a constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting di-
rectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby destroying the fuun
dation of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constitu-
ton and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers. that they offer One Hun,
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,
%.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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REGIsTER's OFFICE,

REGISTERS OFFICE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL.
November, 10Th, 1899,
Upon the application of Annie @. Taylor
and Martin b. Burris, Administrators OF
William Taylor late of st, Georges Hundred
in said county. deceased, it is ordered and
directed by the Register that the Admins.
traitors aforesaid give notice of granting OF
Letters of Administration upon the estate Of
by causing advertisements to be posted with
in 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 de-
mands 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
to be inserted within the same period in the
Middietown TRANSCRIPT a newspaper pub
lished in Middletown, Del, and to be con-
tinued therein two months.
Given under the hand and
seal of office of the Register
ii aforesaid, at WILMINGTON in
SEAL New Castle County aforesaid,
the day and year above written
CALVIN. W. CRoSSAN, Register.
NOTICE.-Noticei is hereby given that Let
ters of Administration were in due form of
law granted unto the undersigned, on the
that all persons having claims against the
estate of the deceased must present the same,
duly attested, to the said Administrators, on
or before the twenty-ninth DAY of November
1900. or abide the Act of Assembly in such
case made and provided.
ANNIE q. TAYLOR,
MARTIN b. BURRIS,
Address, Administrators.
Middletown, Delaware.
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Vim. B. Sharp Z Co
FOURTH and MARKET Srs,
Wilmington. Del.

Our stock of White
Red and Gray Blank
cts was never SO com
plete and prices never
so low. Coming direct
from the mills insures
the very lowest prices.
Our foresight in buy
ing early allows us to
sell Blankets at prices
lower than they cost
to-day. They are as
follows.
White Blankets, soc, 81,
$l.50. 81, $2.5O, So, s. .oU
1895, $3.50. IS, $3.50,
IS. So. $40, $3.50, SIS
per pair.
Gray Blankets SOC 81,
$3.50, $l.75 80, $3.50 So,
| sos. S.. $3.50 per pair.
Red Blankets, So, $685..
IS, $3.50, So, $40 per
pair.
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of the Just
Smell Szveet. -

The fragrance of life Is
Uigor and strength, neither of
euhich can be found In a per-
son 1vhoSe blood IS fnpare.
and qvhose eOery breath
speaks of internal troubles.
Hoods Sarsaparilla PARTIES.
OtaliSes and eftriches the
blood. gfOes a good appetite
and makes the qveak strong.
Run Down my husband vas ran
dozDn IN health and all tired out. Those
excellent medicines, Hood Pits and Sarsa-
parila. built him up again" Mrs.. H. I.
Mopry. Towanda, Pa.
Mod3. SasdqbdM
lazlzsl slEs:Il11ldU
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uAAbtCAs
CALVIN w. CRossAN, Register.

NoTIcE.-Noti is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary were in due form OF law
granted unto the undersigned, on the First
day Of August, A. d. 1899, and that all
persons having claims against the estate of
the deceased must present the same, duly
attested, to the said Executors, on or
before the First day of August, 1900. or
abide the Act of Assembly in such case made
and provided.
JOHN 8. CROUCH,
FRANKLIN j. PENNINGTON,
Address, Executors
Middletown, Delaware.
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pEGIsTER's ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL,

REGISTERS OFFICE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL,
August lst, 1899.
Upon the application of John s. Crouch
and franklin j. Pennington, Executors of
samuel Pennington, late of st. Georges Hun
dred in said county, deceased, il is ordered
and directed by the Register that the Execu,
tors aforesaid give notice of granting of Letters
Testamentary upon the estate of the deceased,
with tle date Of granting thereof by causing
advertisements to be posted 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
to be inserted within the same reFiod in the
Middletown TRANSCRIPT. a newspaper pub
lished in Middietown, Del and o be contin.
ued therein two months.
Given under the hand and
(1-l seal of office Of the Register
}sEAL Aforesaid at Wilmington, in
t>D@) New Castle County aforesaid,
the day and year above
written.
NAIUTN VIZ NRnCCaN Doc;a+or
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN !!

THIS Is TO CERTIFY TO ALL TO
W whom these presents may come. That
we, Robert s. Baird, of the City of VIII
mington and State of Delaware, and
James @. McComb, OF Brandywfne hundred,
New Castle county and State of Delaware.
have this day entered into limited partner
ship for the purpose of carrying on the trade
and business of manufacturing and dealing
In morocco and other feathers, and all thin IS
thereunto belonging or apperta ming, under
and by virtue OF the laws of the State of Della
ware, upon the terms hereinafter set forth
The said partnership is to be conducted
under the partnership name of Charles Baird
and Company and the general object Of the
partnership is to carry on the trade and busi-
ness OF ofmanufacturing and dealing inmorocco
and other feathers, and all things thereunto
belonging Orappertatnlng
The names and residences of the said part
ners are as follows: The general partner of
the said firm is Robert S. Baird, wing in The
city of Wilmington, New Castle county and
State of Delaware, and the special partner is
James c. McComb, of Brandywine hundred,
New Castle county and State OF Delaware
Thatthe said James e. McComb, the special
partner, has contributed the sum of Twenty
Thousand Dollars to the common stock Of the
said partnership.
That the said partnership is to commence
on the sixteenth day of November, A: d., one
thousand eight hundrer and ninety nine, and
Is to end on the first day of December, A. D.,
IN witness Whereof, We have hereurto set
our hands and seals, at the City OF Whining
ton and State of Delaware, this sixteenth day
OF November, A. D., one thousand eight hum
dred and ninety-nine.
R0BT. 8. BAIRD eall
JAMES G McCOMB t5eal.1
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the
presence Of Lewis s ,sse.
STATE OF DEE AWARE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY.
Be Il Remembered, That
on this sixteenth day of November, A, D., one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine,
personally came before me, Lewis Sasse. q
Justice OF the Peace for New Castle county
and State of delaware, Robert :. Baird and
James q. McConb parties to the foregoing
Certificate, Known to me personally 70 be
such, and severslly acknowlf dyed that they
signed and sealed the said Certificate for the
purposes therein set forth, and that the same
Is their, and each Of their, act and deed
Given under my hand
and seal the day and yea1
last aforesaid.
LEWIS GASSE, Seal
Justice Of the Peace.
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eASSAFRAS RIVER LINE.

FALL SCHEDULE:
In effect Monday, October 9th, 1899.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, leave
Georgetown att 80 o. m; Shallcross, Z Is am.;
Cassidy's, s O0a. M; Turner's Greek, 8 Is a. M;
Betterton, 8 00asm.; Buck Neck, 10 60 a. m;
Gales Wharf. 10 Is m. Returning win leave
Baltimore, Pier l6 Light St., Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays at 10 30 a. m. for the
above landings.
For further information apply to agents at
landings or w. @. EL1ASON, Gen'I Manager,
oct.2s-7t. Pier Is Light St., Baltimore.
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VIM. B. SHARP 4 co.

no, 1851.
REPORT Of the CONDITION of the
NCITIZENS' NATIONAL BANK, at Middle
town, in the State of Delaware. at the close of
RESOURCES.
6psFd. 5psni s9a .ssSEsa and aied sse
U. s. Bonds to secure circulat ion $1,000
Premiums on U. s. Bonds -. 5000
Stocks securities, etc. 6S35
Banking house, furniture, fixtures 1900
Other real estate and mortgages
Due from National Banks (not re-. -
Due sfrHe ro@ agsaes sate Banks and Bakers gSS
Due from approved reserve agents 1882 50
Notes of other National Banks. 1880
fractional paper currency, nickels
LAWFUL sfIEG GIsS; MONEY RESERVE IN 90
BANK, VIZ:
Legal tender notes. 5,jJJ u
Redemption fund with U. S. Treas -''''O
urer Is per cent Of circulation). $3.50 90
5 per cent. redemption fund. 1000 90
Total. ... sslO,5sO 81
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in. ...... $4,000 90
Surplus Fund. 14,500 90
and taxes paid. 4I79 46
National Bank notes outstanding 1900 90 |
Due to other National Banks 1884 AZ |
Due to State Bank and Bankers 1856 A
Individual deposits subject to
check. 13s00O 30 |
Total . ....... sslO,59O 81 |
STATE OF DELAWARE Ice
County of New Castle,
/, John s. Crouch, Cashier of the above |
named bank, do solemnly swear that the |
above statement is true to the best of my /
and belief.
JOHN s. CROUCH, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
sth day of Dec, 1899.
WILLIAM R. REYNOLDS, MP.
JOSEPH BIGGs
Correct-AtteSt: N. j. WILLIAMS, ~ ~I1O
JESSE L. SHEPHERD, Uols'
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Notice-E1ection!
DEGIsTER's ORDER.

DEGISTERiS ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE, fl
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL,
October q, 1899.
Upon the application of Thomas Cattomus,
administrator of John CHM, late of Apo
quinimink hundred, in said county, deceased,
It is ordered and directed by the Register, that
the administrator aforesaid give notice of
estate Of the deceased, with the date Of grant
ing tbs reof, by causing advertisements to be
posted 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 Assem-
bly, In such case made aud provided; and also
cause the same to be inserted within the same
period in the MIDDLETowN TRANSCRIPT, q
newspaper published in Middletown, Del,
and to be continued therein two months.
Given under the hand and
seal of office of the Register
f0@, aforesaid, at Wilmington, in
Seal. New Castle County aforesaid,
'0C' the day and year above writ
CALVIN w. CRossAN,
Register.
NoTICE.-Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration were in due form of law
granted unto the undersigned, on the twenty
third day Of October, A, D., 1699 and that all
persons having claims against the estate of
the deceased must present the same, duly at
tested, to the said administrator, on or before
the twenty-third day of October, 1900, or abide
the Act of Assembly in such case made and
provided. THOMAS LATToMUs,
Address: Administrator.
Townsend. Del. I'm
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- EG1srER,s ORDER.

Hoods pins cure liver ills; the nOnirritating and
only cathartic to take with Hoods sarsaparilia.
Middletown transcript., 1899-12-09

MlDDLETowN, DEL, DEG. ., 1899
Middletown transcript., 1899-12-09

j. F. McWhorter & Son, Middletown, Del.
Dear Sirs;-Your letter received asking m
Separator bought from you in April. VIII sa
would not take three times what gave you fol
grand, sweet butter. When 1 bought the Sepal
40 pounds of butter per week, the first week u
pounds Ca clear gain of 20 pounds. 1t is very
Separator, l am yol
JAl
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-05-11

cognition of one whose hold upon
social position is SO precarious as
that can neither help nor harm
you.
Finally, dare to aspire to any
position or calling within the reach
of any other man of equal ability
with yourself, and at all events,
by your daily walk in life man
fully combat the assertion too
often heard, that men who once
get down can not get up again.
It would be hard to get lower
than a deserter from the army but
the great Herschel arose from
such a fall, and Shakespeare from
the life of poacher. [ might go
on and cite to you hundreds of
instances Of those who, once under
a cloud, successfully emerged into
the glorious sunshine of a success
full and a useful life.
ICH DIEN.
The above was written by a
gentleman confined here and the
Editor of this paper heartily en-
dOrses the sentiment. He has
had an opportunity to feel the
potency of their truthfulness.
Ed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-05-11

THE late strike at Wardner, Idaho,
is a most disgraceful affair in many
respects, and can only tend to
work harm to the cause Of labor.
Whenever lot of fanatical foreign
labor agitators get it into their
uncombed heads that they aid the
cause Of labor by destroying prop
erty or resorting to force in any
way, the sooner they get it knocked
out the better.
In every strike that has ever
been known. where force of that
kind has been used it has defeated
its own ends. Striking will never
bring about any permanent i'm
prOvemelt of the condition of the
wage Garner any way: but it will
come less near it by shooting down
non union men and destroying
property.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-05-11
To the Editor of The MIRROR:

[ HAVE read with no little inter-
est the comments Of the press on
the editorials of The MIRROR.
You are doing good work in dis
abusing the minds Of careless
thinkers of the all too common idea
that the wallis of state penal insti-
tutions confine naught but the
most depraved and benighted.
One reads with mingled feelings
of amusement and disgust, the
expressions of establishment in
some of our country papers that
there should be found even one
inmate of this institution capable
OF giving utterance to lofty senti-
ment, a tender emotion Or a bit of
sparkling wit and humor. The
following extract from a recent
article by the Chaplain Of one of
the state penal institutions of
Michigan is worthy of the thought
full consideration Of these journal
lists, and their readers as we'll:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-05-11

Get the young girls and the
children out of the places where
labor is to be done and get the
men in; and then see that they get
what they earn.
When it comes about that the
laborer shall get what he earns, he
will take care of his offspring,
never fear. When children are
reared in moral healthful sur
roundings, and perjury and want
doesn't stare every laborer in the
face, the cure for crime will have
been started.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-05-11

EVER and anon we see IN the
papers some account of some state
Legislature trying to pass laws to
make s hours a days work. Now,
it is very good thing to have
such law [ am sure; but it would
be very much better if some of
those roaring, ranting Legislators
would see to enforcing the laws
that are already in existance re-
garding the ten-hour day.
Corporations all over the United
States are violating those laws
every day with impunity. The
working man doesn't want new
laws, he wants new conditions of
life.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-05-11
been started

Doctor w. H. WILEY, graduated
from Harvard College in 1874.
Since that time he has been con-
stantly engaged in analytical chem
mistry, and for the last II years
has been chief chemist of the Nat
ional Agricultural Department.
In giving his testimony before the
United States Pure Food Commits
sion, he said that practically every
thing we eat and drink is adulter-
ated. There are factories in the
country he says that devote all
their time and energy to manu-
featuring material for "doctoring"
food, this stuff is known to the
trade as "fllers." It is made Of
ground peanut shells, bark, or
most any old stuff that is cheap.
There is a constantly increasing
demand throughout the country
for this sort of adulteration: and
the laborer pays for it all eventu-
ally.
This is the result of those beauti-
full business principles upon
which our country is conducted.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-05-11

The cause Of crime and it's cure
can never for a moment cease to
be subject Of vital interest and
Importance to all. OF learned and
lengthy papers, and verbose
treaties there is no end, there are
'isms and 'ologies till the brain
grows tired, and long discussions
of heredity and environment till
the poor searcher after the why's
and wherefores gives up in des-
pair of ever knowing just why the
jails and prisons are so constantly
full.
The bulk of all the brains and
money and influence which is
being brought to bear upon the
subject by the different associa-
tions Of the country is being
applied directly to the prisons. It
must be apparent that this can
never accomplish it's object. It
will result doubtless in giving us
great, fine, we'll regulated sanitary
prisons and comfortable airy home
like jails where those good folks,
anxious to get solid with st. Peter,
may come in Of Sunday and sing
and pray; and the sentimental
sisters may unburden themselves
of superfiuous bucket fulls of tears.
but it will never mitigate the real
causes of crime. They lie deep
within the very heart Of the body
polite, beyond the ordinary ken:
and it is there that the cure must
begin. 1t is there that the rene
dies must be applied, and not to
sores on the surface. You would
scorn a physician who tried to
cure syphilis by applying oint-
ment to the liberation on the skin.
He must begin to purify the blood
Just SO! And just SO the cure fol
crime should be applied to the
very hearts blood Of the nation,
and that is the homes of the la.
borer. The sanitation and the
ventilation and the song singing
and the tree planting and the
flower growing should all be done
in the homes Of the working man
The Howard Association, that is
tearing up the earth, SO to speak
and filling the country with print
s. ed accounts of what the differen
countries don't do, should have
it's number multiplied by a hun
dred and it's potency multiplied by
a thousand, and then direct al
their efforts to having children
taken out of factories and off tn
streets and placed in pleasan
homes. And then direct thei.
efforts to making the homes pleas
ant and wholesome.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-05-11

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
In 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man
aged by them. Its objects are to be home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
TO disseminate pathological information and to aid
in dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans self-redemptiOn.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
Its financial support If at any time there should
accrue surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-05-11

sheep than coin has come to Can
ton to reclaim Through what he
calls love) the lost lamb. Now the
only thing that will bother him
is to invent some way that will
protect him from having the wool
pulled over his eyes.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox says that
bachelors are good in more ways.
than one, and therefor they should
not be abolished. I wonder if it
is a fact that Ella is getting old.
A great many women look In
the looking glass thinking that
they see themselves as others see
them.
Old Timer How long you do
ing?"
New Connective years"
O. That's dead easy
N. C.-''How long you doing?"
O. T.-"Oh I am doing life on
the instalment plaintiffs is my
eighth instalment.''
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-05-11
BY THE YELLOW KID.

They can call as many conven-
tons as they think necessary to
discuss the Filipino question,
but if they wish to get at the
naked facts in the matter, they
will be compelled to adjourn and
take trip over the ocean and
visit the people.
A woman has just killed a bea r
with blow from her fist. Now
if she would turn loose on some of
those pugilists, the new woman
problem would advance another
round in the ladder.
The boys in blue that witnessed
the skirt dance at the Astoria
Hotel in New York, which was
given in their honor for the gal
liant services they performed as
members Of the war-ship Raleigh
during the late war, showed great
appreciation of the dancers eff
forts, and one Of the men was
heard to say: "there, is more dress
goods than is in the whole Philip
pine Islands,
Mumps-''I have little rest
now, my wife has gone over to the
majority"
Bumps What majority?''
Mumps- Why, she has bought
wheel and makes a century run
every day.
The little infant that was found
growing in a field after the Kirk
vile cyclone would convince most
anyone that it thought that
things were blowing his way
Visitor Gin Chicago)-"Does
this road lead to the cemetery?"
Citizen-"Yes if you are not
very careful about the crossings"
A bird may not make a summer,
but brighten frog and he makes
many springs.
When a volunteer has been
mustered out, and returns home
only to find an icy stare to greet
him from his best girl, he can
console himself by saying it is the
same old command: Left! Left!
The latest from the South is to
the effect that about five hundred
citizens have organized and are
out on a coon hunt.
Hobo "Say Boogs, I had
a horrible nightmare last night
BOOgS -Nlghtmare, how was
that?"'
H. 81 dreamt I was jar Of
yeast and aworking"
The one great obstacle to sue
cess in gambling among the fair
sex is their delicacy about "strad-
ding the ante"
Since Mrs. Georges acquittal
she has become more popular with
the people than ever. A rich
ranch-owner who has more coin
than he can blow in, and more
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-05-11
n 0 TIC E..

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