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Middletown transcript., 1900-02-24
- EGIsTER's ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL.

NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL,
November, 18th, 1899.
Upon the application of Annie G. 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
the deceased. with the date Of granting thereof
| 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
Middletown TRANSCRIPT 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
- aforesaid, at Wilmington in
SEAL New Castle County aforesaid.
- the day and year above written
CALVIN. W. CROSSAN, Regiser.
NoTICE.-Notice is hereby gi ven thatI ct
law granted unto the undersigned, on the
twenty ninth day of Novembt r A. D. 1889. and
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 ana provided.
ANNIE g. TAYLOR,
MARTIN b. BURRIS,
Address, Administrators
Middletown. Delaware.
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..The Better Part

OF yalor is discretion" and the better part
Of the treatment Of disease is prevention.
Disssse originates in impurities in the
blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla purifes the
blood. People who take 1t at this season
say they are kept healthy the year round.
II y because this medicine expels impurities
and makes the blood rich and health-giyine.
All liver ills are cured by Hoods Pills
25 cents.
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Bismarck,s IRON Nerve

Was the result OF his splendid health.
lndomitable will and tremendous energy
are not found where Stomach. Liver, Kid
neys and Bowels are out of order. II you
want these qualities and the success they
bring, use DR.. Kings New Life Pills. They
develop every power of brain and body.
Only 25c at Vaughan's Pharmacy.
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tion be earlier than either the
others but his desires were over
ruled.
The Union Republican State
Convention will be April 3rd,
primaries, All Fools Day.
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The National Democratic Com
mittee decided On Thursday to
hold their National Convention
II Kansas City on Jkly 4th. The
Populist Convention Is fixed for
May 9th; the Republican Con-
vention will be JuneI 10th.
Mr. Bryan preferred that the
date for the Democratic Conven
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Joseph Stuart, Of Wilmington, has leased
the Truss wharf property at New Castle and
intends starting shipyard there. Only
small vessels will be built.
The N. =. Church at Fredericksburg, Nd,
has raised IS, 900 for building improvements.
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LOAN NOTICEl
THE STATED ANNUAL xEKrHG OF THE
ODESSA LOAN ASSOCIATION.

or ODESSA, DELAWARE
Win be held at the Academy, on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26Eh, 1900.
AT 7eo'CLoCK, p. NJ,
AT which time President. Vice. President,
Secretary and Treasurer will be elected Id
serve one year, and three (S) Directors to
serve three years. Also, at the same time
Stock In the 18th Series Will be for SALE
[. " AsPRaE. ,Jr., Secretary.
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When You catch him. ship to II. couL.
BouRE, Both and Market sts., Philsdelphis
Pa, who always gets the best market prices
and makes returns daily. He gives his
personal attention to all shipments, large
or small. Bear him IN mind when shipping
live stock and give him o trial. Eslabs
iishsd 1881. s-q.aEas
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TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN !
YHls Is TO CERTIFY TO ALL T

HHIS Is TO CERTIFY TO ALI, TT
| W whom these presents may come Tina
we, Robert 8. Baird, of the City Of VII
James z. McComb, of Brandywine hundred
New Castle county and State OF DeIawa re-
have have this day entered into a limited partner
and business of manufacturing and deaiIno
| i'll n orocco and other feathers and all thinqS
thereunto belonging or apperta:nipg, under
and by virtue OF the laws Of the State Of DeIa.
ware, upon the terms hereinafter SET forth
The said partnership is to be Conducted
| under the partnership name of Charles Bair(i
ana ompany and the general object OF the
partnership Is to carry on the trade and busi-
ness OF ofmanuftcturing and dealing inmorocco
and other feathers, and all things therennfO
! belonging orappertaining
| The names and residences of the said no ~
| ners are as follows: The general partner Of
] the said firm IL Robert n. baird Living in the
CITY OF Wilmington, New Castle county and
State OF Delaware, and the special partner lis
James Z. McComh, of Brandywine hundred.
New Castle county and State of Delaware.
Ihatt SAID James e. McComb, the special
partner, mas contributed the sum of Twenty
Thousand Dollars to the common stock of the
said partnership. - 'A'
That the said partnership is to commence
on the sixteenth day of November A ID one
thousand eight hundred and NINETY. nine and
is to end on the first day Of December, 4. D.,
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.
ROBT. g. BAIRD rSeal1
JAMES G McCOMB fSeal.1
Signed. Sealed and Delivered in the
presence of Lewis Sasse.
STATE OF DELAwAREl
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, sS.~
on this sixteenth day OF November a r nne
thousa nd eight hundred and ninety-nine.
personally came before me, Lewis Sasse,
and State of Delaware, Robert i. Baird and
James Q: McConb, parties to the foregoing
Certificate, known TO me personally 70 be
such, ana severaiiy acknowledged that they
purposes therein set forth, and that the SANS
is their, and each Of their, act and deed
Given under my hand
and seal the day and year
last aforesaid.
LEWIS SASSE, ISeai.1
Justice OF the Peace.
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COMFORTABLES
EMBROIDERIEs

of our own importation are
now here and the assortment
contains over 1000 new styles
for your choosing, and in
prices from SC to S5 per yard.
They are of Nainsook, Cam
brio and Swiss edgings, insert
ings, fiouncings, headings and
all-overs with the different
widths to match.
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HOSIERY

AO04GlG L
of our own importations for
Spring has arrived, and we
show a beautiful line of fancy
Hosiery for Men and Women
in all the latest foreign de-
signs and colorings. These
goods are in cotton, Isle, mer-
celised and silk, from 25c to
$3.50 per pair.
SPECIAL
we will sell 600 pairs Ladies
fine fast black Stockings; our
regular 25c grade for tic per
pair.
LAWNS
in over seventy new styles, on
10th white and light grounds
and navy and black; fine quail
tiles at &c per yard.
THIS WEEK
Fall and Winter Gloves half
prices.
Remnants table linen, !
off in price.
Remnants embroidery, !
off in price.
Remnants embroidered fan
nels, half price.
VIM. B. SHARP & co.
Wilmington, Del.
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STATE OF DEE AWARE, |
NEW CASTLE COUNTY. /
NOTICE!
Dissolution of Partnership.

The partnership heretofore existing be tween
under the firm name of Reynolds A Co1pp'
Middletown, Del, has been dissolved by'
mutual consent. I hereby. give notice that 1
assume payment Of all debts of Reynolds a
said firm. l will continue said business as
heretofore under the name OF James n, "a
Reynolds. (Signed) - "'
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WANAMAKER,s,
WANAMAKER's.
Philadelphia, Monday, February 10, 1900.
One Hundred and Eight Thou
sand Pairs of Shoes

at half to twothrds vaue-or to put it another way you
pay half as much again. double if you buy elsewhere
regular prices.
This is the best sale of shoes we have ever hadbeer
sizes and higher grades The bargains are otherwise
bigger than they were last year.
We could put in regular shoes at cost to
make the line of sizes entirely complete but the
entrance ticket into this shoe salehere is not shoe in it
that not considerably less than usual cos-except
that we shall particularly mention.
Every shoe is the leather we bought year
ago we did not have made up until clear what the
styles were going to be-six months ago the earliest
The scope of this sale is:
MEMS shoes, $500 to sos.
Wome1's shoes, 81 to $685.
Boys shoes, 81 to S1.z5.
Girls shoes, 75e to $1.z5. -
Infants Shoes 25e
Wome~'s SLIPPERS Turkish or kni0 SOC and 6oe.
We could not do such thing as this if we had not
established business of and quarter million pairs
yearin New York and Philadelphia stores and if we
had not the confidence of other people who for
another may regularly buy their shoes elsewhere but
who flock by the thousands when say Cae haze
a bargain for 1on.
John Wanamaker
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Delaware 3 College,
NEWARK, DEL.

Twelve weeks course in Agriculture and
horticulture begins Jauuary2. 1900. TUT
ton free. instruction practical. Course
open to all young men with common school
education. No examinatie ns:
For circulars and otl or information write
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10 Head of Fine Cattle

Three of these are now milking; 2 with
calves by their sides will calf by day of
sale; fine yearling Holstein Bull, fine stock.
These Cows are Of choice stock, and are all
good mixers.
n HEAD nF cHnATc.
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FARMING IMPLEMENTS:


One Farm Wagon, in good order; Deering
Binder, nearly new, has cut ..about 15 acres;
Buckeye Binder, in good order; Hamilton
Corn Planter, all in good order Randle Har-
row, in good order; Twin Harrow, in good
order; l Four-horse 90 Tooth Iron Harrow, 2
Three horse, Bissle PIows, good as new;
Champion Mower, in good order; | Hay Rig
ging, In good order; Sulkey Cultivator, in
good order; Iron Frame Cultivators, 1 One
horse Plow, in good order; l Fan, in good
order; l No-top Buggy, in good order; / York
Carriage, in good order; 1Two-horse Sleigh,
Half Bushel, good as new; Briar Scythe, Q
Moving Scythes. l Bickford & Huffman Grain
Drill, all in good order; Three Row Corn
Marker, 2 Barn Shovels, Set of Chain Wagon
Harness, Sets Of Plow Harness, Grind
Stone, Good Work Brides and Collars,
Four-horse Tree, Three-horse Trees, One
horse 1rees2 Two-horse Trees,1 MOL Grubbing
Hoe, 2 Short Handle -Four Prong Forks, 2 Long
Hshdle Three Prong Forks, Spades, Garden
Hoes, Lot of Peach Baskets, 8 MIX Cans, 7 or
s Hundred Heads of Cabbage.
TERMS OF SALE:
All sums Of SO and under, Cash; over that
amount, o credit Of months viii be given by
purchaser giving hankable note with approved
endorser, interest added from day OF sale.
JOSEPH EDWARDS.
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PLAYERS up to Friday night:
DELAWARE CITY.

M. Black takes the place Of N. P. Crouch
Q tournament.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
Fisherman,s Trick.

zone day L was talking fish with a
number of friends" said an old fisher
man, land 1 made a bet that I could
catch more perch than any other man
in the party in a given time. The
crowd picked out the most experienced
fisherman in the lot. and we set n day
to try our luck. The day before the
match 1 got large glass jar, filed 1t
with water and put some minnows In
it. Over the mouth of the jar 1 put n
piece of parchment in which 1 had
made some small holes. Then 1 went
to n point just east of the waterworks,
picked out a likely spot and sank the
jar in the river, first attaching cork
float to it by which 1 could locate It
next day.
I'VE went out for the fishing match
the following afternoon, and l soon
found my float and anchored there.
The other man located a short distance
away. and we began. The perch were
just beginning to run, and in little
while L had pulled in $50 perch. while
my opponent got only "a. Then he
gave up, and won my bet.
81 showed the boys the trick before
we left the fishing ground You can
always in that way make a good catch
of fish that will swallow minnows. The
sight of the bait in the jar always at
tracts n crowd of fish and seems to put
them in good biting humor."-Detroit
Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
Plausible, but Failed.

The cunning of children is well rec
ognized 70 be of very superior kind,
and it is seldom if given a chance that
they cannot inveigle their elders into
seeing things their way. The follow
ing is an instance of where little girl
slipped up on this by not taking into
consideration that her mother had had
enough experience with children to
have an insight into their nature.
The girls birthday was 4 couple of
weeks off, and her parents had told her
that they were going to give her a
handsome present upon that occasion.
She had been counting 1.-The minutes"
for several days. but thinking she
could not possibly await her birthday
without knowing what her present
would be she stole softly up to her
mother and begged her to show her the
present.
"Why, 1t wouldn't be right to show 1t
to you now" her mother answered,
because we want to surprise you on
your birthday"
"Oh. that's all rightw exclaimed the
little one. IN forget what it is before
then."-Memphis Scmitar. |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
Hom. L,fe In Porto Ric;o.

To one unaccustomed to tropical con-
tlitions the furnishing of the Porto
Rican home would at first sight seem
meager, but it is quite ample A short
residence will demonstrate that nearly
500 years of experience with the I'M
pleasant features of life in the West
Indies have been crowned by a sur
vivaI of the fittest in house furnishing
as in other matters.
Austrian bent wood furniture and also
wickerwork and willow ware consu-
tute the main equipment Of the par
lors and living rooms. Upholstered fur
niture is unknown and undesired, little
or no attempt being made at decoration
except in the matter of embroidery and
fine handmade lace work. Hundreds
of yards of crochet work are used in
the establishment of a single canopied
bed. This work is the chief delight of
the Porto Rican housewife.
The walls are for the most part bare,
but here and there painting Of merit
may be seen. The sofa pillow is the
one great feature of the home. 1t is ev-
erywhere, in every conceivable size,
shape and material Ferns of gigantic
size and exquisite formation, as well
as broad spreading palm leaves, are
used to festoon the walls and arched
doorways. Cut fresh from day to day,
they render the dark, cool rooms invit-
ing and attractive. Potted tropical
plants in great variety abound within
and without the house-Harper's Ba-
g
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
A Freak of lightning.

Lightning performed n strange feat
near Osceola, Pa, during the recent
thunderstorm, says the Oil City Der
rick. Three fine cows belonging to a
farmer had been turned out to pasture
in a field on which the new grass is al
ready quite high, and when the shower
came on they gathered together in one
corner under some trees. There is a
wire fence running close by the spot
where they were standing. and a bolt
of lightning was attracted to it and ran
along the slender wires until the cows
were reached, when it glanced off,
striking the animals and killing all
three instantly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
The Best Age For Men to Marry.

Edward Box, writing in The Ladies'
Home Journal on "A Boy For a Hus-
band" contends that mo young man
under % years of age is in any sense
competent to take unto himself a wife.
Before that age he is simply boy who
has absolutely nothing which he can
offer to Il girl as r safe fundation for
life happiness. He is uniformed in his
character, unsettled in his ideas, alb
sOlutely ignorant of the first essentials
of what consideration or love for a
woman means. He doesn't know him
self, let alone knowing a woman. He
is full of fancies, and it is his boyish
nature to fit from one fancy to an
other.
'He is incapable of the affection up
on which love is based, because he has
not lived long enough to know what
the feeling or even the word means.
He is full of theories, each one of
which, when he comes to put it into
practice, will fail. He is q boy pure
and simple, passing through that try
ing period through which every boy
must pass before he becomes n man.
But that period is not the marrying
time. For as his opinions Of life are
to change, so are his fancies of the
girl he esteems as the only girl in the
world to make him happy. The man
of 80 rarely weds the girl whom he
fancied when he was 90" -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
LONDON NEEDS SERVANTS.
Recruiting stations to Be Started In
the United States.

Chicago is to be one of the fields Of
operation in the United States of the
National Domestic association of Lon
don. which is seeking TO furnish the
English metropolis with greatly needed
domestic servants, says the New York
World. Norman \. Lees is establish
ing agencies of the association.
London since last fall has been suf-
fering from servant girl famine" he
said. ''All attempts to supply the def
cheney by securing England and the
colonies have failed. Good results are
expected in this country. because Brit
ish consuls here have stated that they
were being continually applied to by
English girls who had grown homesick
or for various reasons wished 10 return
home for transportation"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
INTERPRETATIONS

We long for peace that is lasting,
We plead for rapture that's rare,
Like fishermen ceaselessly casting
Their nets in the gulf of despair.
We draw from deep waters of sorrow
Dark wrecks OF old failure and fear,
And cut of sea silence We borrow
The storm that will never come near.
Faith speeds past tine footsteps Of duty
And halts at the door ef a tomb;
Thought pierces the source Of all beauty
And returns unto dust-'tis the doom
OF each man child to strive and to wonder,
To plan for some positive gain,
And only find mysteries under
AL life, be it pleasure or pain.
Lo, in realms of the mind there is treasure
For tOilers who dwell in content;
There is truth that no science can measure,
And the fearless are never forspent;
There lie light when earth shadows are falling,
There's reward for the deeds that are done,
Where envy crowned virtues are calling,
Through faith is thy victory WON'T
Charles W. Stevenson in Chicago Record
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
A Dfnerent Ktnd of Man.

A school inspector up Westchester
way was making his rounds one day
and visited a school not a thousand
miles from Mamaroneck- Among the
questions he asked the children was,
what is a Pilgrim
One child said. "a man who comes
to America to be religious"
Another said, "a person who travels
from place to place.
"Well. do that" said the inspector.
"Am 1 a pilgrim"
"Oh, no." said the boy quickly. 1T
meant n very good man."-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
Baby. overplu. of Brain.

"Oh, John" exclaimed the fair young
mother, 81 am glad you're home. I
have been so Worried
why, dear" he asked, whats the
matter?'
Its about the baby. 1 tremble to
think of it. You know they say chill
dren that are too smart never grow
up" 49, -
Yes. yes" he cried; Ego on. What IS
It? Where is our darling? What has
happened? Go on"
John" she said. putting her arms
around his neck and sobbing upon his
breast. 'he said. 'Da, d. today. and he
is only 8 months old."-London Tit
Bits
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
A Story For Pana.

There is a moral in this little story
Of child life.
Mamma" asked little 3-year-old
Freddie, "are we going to heaven some
day"
Yes, dear, hope So" was the reply.
81 wish papa could go, too" contin-
ued the little fellow.
well. and don't you think he. will?'
asked his mother.
'Oh, no." replied Freddie; "he could
not leave his business
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
CAR FARES IN GERMANY.
The Method of Collection and In.
spectiOn Prevents Free Rifles.

The Method of Collection and In
spectiOn Prevents Free Rides.
The chances of evading fares on the
street cars of German cities are very
slight. When a passenger steps on a
car, the conductor Immediately asks
where he is going and then prepares
his ticket, which serves also as a re-
ceipt for the fare. The preparation of
a ticket consists only in detaching it
from block and punching it or mark
ing it with a pencil.
This process involves much more
work than the simple process of ring
ing up the fares, as conductors do in
America, but the task is lightened by
the fact that only a certain number of
persons are permitted to ride on a car
at the same time. The number of sit
ting and standing places is plainly
marked on each car. If car is de-
signed to carry 80 persons, no more
than 80 persons will be permitted on
that car at the same time. When any
thing in Germany is forbidden, it is
settled once for all.
In order that every person who rides
shall get the prescribed ticket inspect
ors are employed who spend their time
in ascertaining whether the conductors
are doing their duty. These inspectors
step into the cars and ask the passen-
gers for their tickets. They note the
number Of the tickets and whether they
correspond with the stubs retained by
the conductor. The clerk who gives
out the blocks of tickets to the con-
ductors notes the number of the upper
most ticket and at the return of each
block collects from the conductor who
returned it as many fares as there are
tickets detached.
The rate of fares varies from 21A
cents to 5, according to the distance.
Small children are carried for one-half
fare, and any one for the sum OF $3.50
may secure ticket which entities him
to ride as much as he wishes for one
month. When a car is full, the con-
ductor displays placard bearing the
word occupied. Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
HandRhakfnn

In the days of knighthood every man
carried a sword and was ready to slash
his neighbor upon the slightest pretext
When friends met, they grasped one
another by the right hand. thereby in
dicating peaceable intentions, as each
one thus gave up to the other his figh,-
ing arm. That is why we shake with
the right hand.-Ladies' Home Jour
nal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
No Cigarette. Mt the Exposition.

Cigarette smoking is not 10 be al
lowed on the exposition grounds in
Paris Niolators OF an order forbid
ding this sort of fumigation, recently
issued by the Partisan chief OF police.
will be arrested and subjected to heavy
fines
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13

That's the way" cried the forger as
sentence OF ten years was imposed.
'all of US great writers are compelled
TO suffer for giving full freedom to our
art"-Philadelphia North American
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13

Whenever a mothers attention is
called to her children, she makes a
dive at them and wipes their noses
Atchison Globe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13

Does the man who worries about
himself ever think that he is worrying
about a thing Of which the world
makes little hottest. Louis Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13

There is something wrong with the
appetite of a small boy who can wait
patiently for his dinner.-Chicago
News. n,-