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Middletown transcript., 1900-03-31
"As wastefu1 as a Barnyard. >


! have estimated that there is ma.
nure enough wasted in the average
barnyard every year to keep from one
to three acres of ground in fine fertili-
ty several years, and farmers with
whom I have talked agree with me.
This is not a matter of saving labor,
either, but is great waste of labor.
The manure should go to the field as
fast as it is made. By this system it
saves at least one handling and does
not waste by evaporation or heating.
The work is by this method mostly
done when there is no rush of other
work.
When the time comes that we can
muster courage to rebuild our stables,
they will be put all In a single line,
with a feeding floor adjacent, and the
stable floor will be of cement, having
a gentle slope to water tight cart that
can be backed under the floor. This is
the only way to save all the manure
and do it at minimum cost. The diff
Guilty with US at present is that it is a
hardship to tear down and rebuild sta
bles that are as good as the old style
calls for. It would pay to do it, though,
right away. Let him who builds anew
look into the case, and he will discard
the old stable without hesitation. "As
dirty as barnyard." The phrase is a
very old one, but it has never brought
about any reforms. The barnyard is
as dirty as ever. Let US make a new
phrase, "As wasteful as a barnyard,"
and then maybe something will be
done, says J. Chamberlain in Orange
Judd Farmer.
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Thinks They Need Edi.;nr

The blue pencil apparently did not
exist In olden times. We have read
ten pages of Marcus Aurelius at a
stretch without understanding a word
OF it. Epictetus is equally hard to
read, Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus
are philosophers without doubt, but
they have style that gives you a
headache. Both need editing. The
man with the blue pencil should get
after Marcus Aurelius and Epietetus.
Emerson's books also clamor for the
blue pencil. Carlyle is another clumsy
writer greatly in need Of the blue PEN
ell OF q good editor. A wise saying is
not matter of faith. Unless you can
see it and understand it it is not a wise
saying.-Atchison Globe.
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SANITARY HOG TROUGH.

other correspondent sends a sketch OF
device for preventing it. He says
The notched board must be high
enough that the hogs cannot get their
heads over it, and they will keep their
feet out. We just drove a stake down
at each end of the trough and nailed
the trough to the stakes. Then we ran
the notched board lengthwise of the
trough and nailed to the stakes. This
will do when you feed in one place all
the time. If you want a movable
trough, make the end boards longer. so
that the trough will not upset. and nail
solid strip to each end, long enough
to nail the notched board to it. Do not
let the notches come down lower than
the top of the trough. We have had
clean troughs ever since we adopted
this plan.
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TO FIRST VOTERS

There is a constitutional pro-
vision which will become opera
tive before the next general cleo
ton is held, of which the general
public maynot be aware, although
it has been published in connec-
ton with the Constitutional Con-
vention. 1t is an educational
test. tbs ''that no person who
becomes Of age or who is natura-
lied after January 1st, 1900, shall
be permitted to vote who shall
not be able to read the Constitu-
ton in English, and be capable of
writing his name"
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Rehoboth Club House.

At a meeting of the building committee
ofthe Rehoboth Club, held last Tuesday in
Baltimore, plans for the new club house to
be erected at Rehoboth Beach were approv-
ed and it was decided to commence
the construction of the building at
once. The plans provide for an ornate two
story building of colonial design, to be
erected on the beach north of the Henlopen
Hotel. The site is considered good one,
as it is Immediately in front of park OF
pine trees. The first floor of the building
will contain reception room, dining room
and large assembly room. On the second
floor, opening on gallery, will be six bed
rooms. There will be a smoking room at
one end of this gallery. The building will
be finished about the first of June and will
cost $4,000
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Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the public to
know Of one concern the in land who are not
afraid to be generous to the needy and suf-
fering. The proprietors of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, have given away over ten million
trial bottles Of this great medicine; and
have the satisfaction Of knowing it has
absolutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and
all diseases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs
are surely cured by it. Call at Vaughan's
Pharmacy, and get free trial bottle.
Regular size SOC and 81. Every bottle
guaranteed, or price refunded.
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1 Daily. sDaily except Sunday.


"a" Stops to leave passengers from yyilpoino.
| points south of Delmar. -0'
'f' Stops only on notice to conductor or agent
| or on signal.
| town and points south.
"Ph stops to leave passer gers from points
| south of Delmar, or take passengers for vii
1 ming and points north. W
New CASTLE AocoMMoDATIoN TRAISs.-Iesve
wilmington u a. m, 235 AT and 6.58 D. M.
| week days Leave New Castle 8. 81, O. 16 II ~
| q. m, 6.37 p m. week days ' 0H
| Express trains leaving Harrington sos a. m
and arriving at 6.s3 p. M, week days run
and Newark. 'eA
BRANCH ROADS.
| DELAWARE, MARYLAND & VIRG1N1A d
| Leave harrington for Franklin City and way
| stations lQ3e m 6.37 p m week DAYS, Return.
ing Tram leaves leaves franklin City $40 a. m. and
Leave, Franklin City for ChiEcoteague wi.
steamer i.z9 p. M, week days. Returning.
leave Chineoteague 40 a. M, weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown
at lO3S a. M, 651 p. M, week days, Returnino
leave LeWes 6.45 a. m. and 3.03 D. m.weeS.
days.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 1898 a. m and
6.37 p M week days. Returning, leave BerIiI,
7.02 m and 2.37 p. m. week days. III
QUEEN ANNE q KENT z. R.-Leave Townsend
5.3l p M. week days Returning leave Cent
vile 726 a. M. and 2.37 p. m, week-davs
DELAWARE CHESAPEAKE r. R.-Leaye C1av.
ton for Oxford and way stations 33s a m. and
5.47 p m' week days. Returning, leave Oxford
6.45 a. m, and 4S p. m, week-days
CAMBRIDGE SEAFORn r. R.-Leave seofo-d
for Cambridge and intermediate stations ii II
m. and I.i5 P; m weekdays, Returning. Ieaye
Cambridge 200 am. and 2.3O p. m. week,davs
CoNNEcTIoN.-At Porter, with NewsrE s,.,
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend. With
Queen Anne's & Kent Railroad. At Clayton
with Delaware Chesapeake Railroad 81,
Baltimore Delaware Bay Railroad. Al HaN1 gao
rington, with Delaware. Maryland & Virpjnio
Railroad. At Seaford, with Cambridge & Sesford
delphia & Norfolk, Wieomico & Pocomots nm5
Peninsula Railroads. Aho
]. B. HUTCHINSON. General Manaps-
]. K. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
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THE COUNTY woRK.HoUsr.

Talk OF Providing That Prisoners
Condemned to Death Shall Be Exc
cuted by the Warden.
With the completion of the county work
house may come proposition to change
the mode of capital punishment in this
county. The reason for this is plain.
Under the work-house law the Sheriff OF
the county will have nothing to do with
the maintenance and care of prisoners As
soon as man is committed he will be
turned over to the trustees of the work
house and taken to that institution. The
jail at New Castle will be discontinued and
prisoners will be wholly in charge of the
work-house trustees. The law provides
that the trustees shall take the power OF
the Sheriff in the care of prisoners and in
their custody.
In case prisoner was sentenced 10 be
hanged he would have to be hanged at the
work-house. There is no provision for
this, but of course it could easily be made.
| 1t would make additional expense, how
ever, for there is no provision for a wall
around the work-house. 1t would cost con-
siderable to erect wall and it would also
take time and trouble to construct tenn
porary enclosure for a hanging. On the
other hand the institution will be equipped
with a power plant and electrocutions
could take place within the institution.
This method would be cheaper to the
county than to make provision for hang
| ings and is also considered more humane
way of disposing of condemned criminals.
the trustees as body. but it has been
thought of by some of the individual mem
bers of the board.
There are some who feel that as the care
of the Sheriff and placed in charge of the
trustees of the work house the execution
and infliction of corporal punishment on
prisoners should be imposed upon the war
there is feeling that the disagreeable
duties should be taken from the Sheriff
along with the more agreeable ones.
In some states the wardens of peniten
tiaries infict capital punishment or there
is some one hired by the State TO do the
work. To make these changes would re-
quire amendments to the present law, but
it is not thought there would be any diff
Guilty in having the changes made.
The contracts for the erection of the
work k-house are now being prepared and as
soon as they are signed and the bonds of
the contractors filed, work on the institu
ton will be commenced. 1t is not thought
the weather from now on will interfere
with the erection of the buildings. 1t is
desired to have them completed as rapidly
as possible so they may be used as soon as
the term of Sheriff Taylor expires. After
the completion of the work-house the old
jail at New Castle will be abandoned. 1t is
not known what will be done with it.
There is a feeling that it ought to be sold
and the proceeds turned over to the trus-
tees of the work-house to enable them to
continue with work on the building. This
however, is matter for the Levy Court to
consider and dispose of as it sees fit.
Let US do your job printing. We will do
it in first class manner.
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Amusement Managers to Combine.

Amusement Managers to Combine.
There is some talk of the managers of the
different opera houses throughout the Pen
insula combining for the purpose of self
protection. The Peninsula has for long
time been imposed on by "snap" theatrical
outfits formed in the cities for the purpose
of raising little money, that the managers
think it is about time to exterminate this
kind of business. Under the agreement
that they will sign each manager will book
his own attractions and, in case the show
is bad, the manager will notify the other
houses, so that they may be on their guard.
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Potnto Planting

Some growers assert that the depth
at which the seed potato is planted has
nothing to do with the distance Of the
sets below the surface. 1t has not ev
erything to do with 1.-THE variety and
the season and the soil are factors-bui
/ am sure depth of planting has much
to do with it. Since have been plant.
ing rather deep I find the digging much
more laborious, says A1va Agee in The
National Stockman. With level cult.
vation there is absolutely no sunburn-
ing Of the potatoes. When the pota-
toes are planted shallow, ridging is
often needed to prevent sunburning,
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A Rather Unfortunate place.

O. Franklin, of the firm of Franklin
Bros, at Harrington, met with seriou:
accident last Tuesday by having his foo
run over by log carriage at their saw mill
This is the third accident that has occurred
at this place in couple of weeks. w. H.
Franklin, his brother, had leg broken,
and James Butler was seriously injured
about the head by getting caught in the
main belt the first day the factory started
about two weeks ago.
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TO go With Buffalo Bill.

Perkins D. Brown, of Smyrna, who has
spent the past three years as soldier,
being with Battery C. 7th Regular Light
Artillery, has signed contract with Buff
falo Bills Wild West Show to take charge
of one Of his light artillery teams Mr..
Brown enlisted with the Government for
three years and his time expired last week.
He starts with Buffalo Bill on the fifth of
A,,r;I
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ADDRESS,
The Record Publishing Co.
Record Building,
PhiIadeIphia, Pa.

AGENTSwANTED-FO "THE AND
Achievements of Admiral Dewey, 1.-THE world s
greatest naval hero. By Murat Halstead, the
lifelong friend and admirer of the nations
idol. Biggest and best book; over 500 pages,
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among me pnnItrX

"Good morning. How do you do this
morningT said the duck, meeting the
hen.
None of your business" replied the
hen. you are no doctor"
A"QuackP squawked the duck angri-
ly.
sThat's what l said," cackled the
Aen.-Detroit Free Press.
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Death of John I. Lee.

John 7. Lee, retired farmer and well.
known citizen of Elktor, died at his home
last Tuesday, after several weeks illness Of
Brights disease. He was in the 18th year
of his age, and up to short time ago was
one Of the most active and most successful
farmers in the section in which he lived
A widow and seven children survive him.
Middletown transcript., 1900-03-31
Red Hot From The Gun

Was the ball that hit G. B. Steadman oi
Newark, Mich, in the Civil War. Itcaused
horrible Ulcers that no treatment helped
for 20 years. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salva
cured him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns,
Boils, Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best
Pile cure on earth. 25 cts. box. Cure
guaranteed. Sold at Vaughan's Pharmacy.
Middletown transcript., 1900-03-31
STATE OF DELAWARE, os.
NEW CAgTIE COUNTY, oo'A
= EGIsTER's ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE,
NEW Castle COUNTY, DEL.

REGfsTER's OFFICE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL.
February, 18th, 1900,
Upon the application OF Edward M.
Vaughan, Executor OF DIR. Horace Vaughan,
late of st. Georges Hundred, in said county,
deceased, 1t is ordered and directed by
the Register that the Executor afore-
said give notice of granting OF Letters
Testamentary upon the estate Of the
deceased. with the date ofgranting thereof
by causing advertisements TO be posted with
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 a newspaper pub
lisned in MiddletOwn, Del, and to be con-
tnued 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. CR0SSAN, Regiser.
NOTICE.-Notice Is hereby given that Let
ters Testamentary were in due form of
lawsgranted unto the undersigned, CT tne
fourteenth day Of February A. D. 1900. and
that al, persons having claims against the
estate of the deceased must present the same,
duly attested, to the said Executor, on
or before the fourteenth day of February,
1901, or abide the Act Of Assembly in such
case made and provided.
EDWARD NJ. VAUGHAN,
Address, Executor.
Middletown, Delaware.
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Better late than never" 1t is best, how
ever, to be never late about taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla to purify your blood. Take it
now.
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10 WHOH IT NAY CONCERN !

llsaafa n no CERTIFY TO ALL TO
vvhofSa these presents may come, That
NE. Robert s. Baird, of the City OF Wil-
minrfou and State of DelaWares ana
James @. McC0mb, OF BrandyWlne ,l ,nlnoLeu'
have this day entered into limited partner
EhiD for the purpose of carrying on Inc trade
and business Of manufacturing ana deanng
In morocco and other leathers, ana Al tnllgs .slg
thereunto belonging or appertaining. under
and by virtue OF the laws OF the State OF Deia-
ware. upon the terms hereinafter set forth.
The said partnership Is to 6e condncted M
under the partnership name OF Cnarles 6alru
and Company and the general object OF the
marin eT0FiIn n to carry on the trade and busi-
ness ofn1anIfacthring and dealing inmorQcco
and other feathers, ana all thlnss Gnefeunto
Belonging orappertaining.
The names and residences OF the said part
ners are as follows: The general partner of
the said firm is Robert S. Baird, living IN the
city of Wilmington, New Castle county and
state of Delaware, and the special partner Is
James @. sMcCOmb, OF HlandyWlne nunoreoi
Newcastle county and State OF Delaware.
That the said James C:McComD, the special
partTieFg 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 hundred and ninety. nine, and
is to end on the first day of December, A. d.,
nineteen hundred.
In Witness Whereof We have herennto set
ton and State of Delaware, this sixteenth day
of November, A. D., one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety-nine.
ROBT. s. BAIRD [Seall
JAMES McCOMB fSeal.1
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the
presence of Lewis Sasse.
STATE OF DELAWARE, o..
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, 90
BE IL Remembered, That
on this sixteenth day of November, A, D., one
thousa nd eight hundred and ninety-ntne,
personally came before me, Lewis Sasse, a
Justice of the Peace for New Castle county
and state Of Delaware, Robert s. Baird and
james @. McComb, parties to the foregoing
Certificate, known to me personally to be
such, and severally acknowledged 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 year
last aforesaid.
LEWIS SASSE, tSeai !
Justice Of the Peace.
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FARM coNvENFENCEs.

Feeding Devices That Are Handy
and Prevent Waste.
Economical and sanitary methods OF
feeding animals, whether they be fewor
many, are some Of the exacting points
of good farming. 'Tis homely saying
that "a small leak will sink a great
Ship and the small leaks of wasteful
and careless feeding may in time de-
stroy much of the profit on the average
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We aim to, and do, give you
the best and most original de-
signs, independent of all other
dealers. as it costs no more to
have the latest and best de-
signs, which is greatly to your
interest. Estimates furnished
on application and visits made
to the country upon notifca-
tion.
GEO. L. JONES,
wiImington. Delaware
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The Sunday Edition

with the Daily, will give its readers the
best and freshest information Of all that is
going on in the world every day in the
year, including holidays will be sent for
$4O0a year or IS cents per month.
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Robert Hardy's
Seven Days
Rev. Charles NJ SAeL
d0n's Latest Story
WILL APPEAR In THIS PAPER
IT IS ANOTHER BIG HIT,
AS FASCINATING AND
DRAMATIC AS
GIN HIS STEPS,"
WILL APPEAR In THIS PAPER

Robert Hardy, wealthy church member, who
is Christian in name only, is rebuked by his
wife for his selfish and unchristian attitude to-
ward several employees who have been injured
and falls asleep upon a sofa. In his dream he
sees everything that is going in the town
about him; his minister discouraged because
of the worldliness of people in the church. and
particularly because of Hardys unchristianlike
conduct; his son gambling and drinking in
saloon; one of his injured employees whom he
had refused to visit awaiting the amputation of
both feet; and his lonely wife mourning be-
cause Of his neglect, He then dreams that he
is carried high above the earth into the pres
ence of the Face of Eternity. The Face accuses
Rim of his lack of Christianity and warns him
that he has but seven more days upon earth
''seven days to help redeem your soul from ev-
eriasting shame and death" Mr.. Hardy awak-
ems greatly impressed by his terrible dream
and believes that it is actually a warning. He
tells his wife and children of his dream, admits
that he has not lived as he should, and declares
that he has but seven more days to live The
clock strikes the hour of midnight and the first
of Robert Hardy's seven days begins, In these
seven days Mr.. Hardy does all he can to better
the physical and spiritual condition of those
about him and exactly at the stroke of mid
night of the seventh day he But It is unfair
to give away the whole plot. The reader is
kept in suspense throughout the story and does
not know whether the seventh day of Robert
Hardy Ii his last until the end.
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The Daily Edition

of "The Record" will be sent by mail to
any address for $500 per year or 25 cents
ner month
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A..
CingIe
standard

only is possible, whether as a test of ex-
cellence in journalism, or for the measure
ment of quantities, time or values; and
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-04-20
A wheat Trsse.

All the farmers of the world In sor
Of international trust to restrict tn
production Of wheat and raise prices
the plan which It 10 hoped to carry into
effect 1T the international conference
In Paris. July 9-16.
1t is proposed to ask the farmers OF
the world to reduce their wheat output
by 20 per cent and not sell bushel for
less than a dollar.
J. C. Hanley. Of st. Paul. executive
agent OF the farmers alliance and In
dustrial union. the national growers
association. the farmers federation OF
the Mississippi valley and the national
grain growers association. 10 the chief
promoter In tn Agricultural trust In
America. Prof. G. Rutland Of the
University OF Freibourg. Switzerland
Is the chief promoter Of the plan In
Europe.
The idea was conceived by these two
men independently. Mr.. Hanley, who
has been Interested In many holdyoui
wheat scheames. 10 prominently 1850
ciated with the Farmers' elevators and
various cooperative undertaking.. Hs
has long believed that II the fArmerl
would only come to IN understanding
- to limiting production and agree tc
sell only when their price could be Oh
tained they could easily master ths
situation.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-04-20

New York, April ls.--Ths rspuhlsaa
state convention was called TO order -
Chairman Odeil a the state commitass.
S-hAtos Eistsfs wss mads temposAsy
chairman and addressed the coavsntjoa,
dwelling at length On the ability with
which the state and nAtionAl govsrnmeats
had been administered.
Lemuel b. Quigx xas made chairman n
the committee on resolutions.
The committee appointed 70 AAms dels.
gates At large To the national rspsshlicaa
convention has decided to report The Sol-
lowing names;
Senators T. c. Piatt and Chauncsy II.
Depew. Governor Theodore Roosevelt anA
b. h. Oiell. Jr.
The platform. ~ Il will b reported -
the convention and probably b. saoptsd,
congrasulates the country that the
pledges On the faith ol which Wuliam
Mckinley and Hobart were elected four
ycars ago have been redeemed"
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-04-20
No Guns II the Court Rosa.
ra~i.e ssr,-k~. I.Asa.

Boston, April 1.-THE Rev. Rockwell
Clancy, q missionary at AllahAbAd, who -
visiting here, Mys:
The condition Of famine stricken India
today is something perfectly awful TO
contemplate. I can not tell anything
abou, the number dying. but when left
BOMBAY last February there were soms
O.. 900 900 people suffering and over 30..
but 100000 were receiving government.
aid.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-04-20

Livingston. Mont. April lsl--Rsv.
Robert Living, ION was arrested By a
sh'eer Of the Uaited States governmeat.
the charge being illegal marrying ol .
couple In the Ye.,owsto0e National park.
A couple from GAllAtin county pessuadsa
Mr.. Livingston to marry them without .
hoense- Mr.. Livingston b nov coaAnAA
in the guardhouse At Fort Yellowstoas,
where he will be held until his trial.