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Middletown transcript., 1903-09-19
SCHOOL OPENS

On Monday morning the school teach
ers Of the Middletown High School re-
sumed their labors, and the children
turned from the freedom and pleasures
OF the Summer vacation, to their books.
The public school system of our school
ranks deseryedly high, and under the
fostering care of an excellent corps OF
instructors will undoubtedly continue to
improve.
The teachers in our school are earnest,
patient and competent, and alive to the
far-reaching importance OF proper ex-
ecution Of the task entrusted to them,
and at this opening Of another school
year it would be well il parents also rec
ognized to the full extent their own part
in the education of their children, and
cooperate in every way possible with
the teachers. They should be particu-
larly careful in securing the regular at
tendance Of pupils, and should strive 20
establish such intimate and confidential
relations with the teachers as will tend
to = mutual endeavor 10 place within
the grasps of the children all the adyan.
tages the school affords
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JAMES THOMAS SHAW

James I. Shaw died at his home near
Summit Bridge on Thursday of last week
after lingering illness of several months
from heart failure, aged 81 years. Mr..
Shaw was one of the best farmers in Pen
cader Hundred, and together with his
brother resided on the farm of Mrs. J. B.
Foard. Mr.. Shaw was wijower having
lost his wife and only child several years
ago. By hard work and strict attention
to business he had accumulated quite a
sum of money, which he left to his rela.
tives. The funeral took place on Sunday
afternoon last, interment being made in
Bethel Cemetery, and was largely at
tended, the cortege being one of the
longest ever seen in that neighborhood.
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CHURCH NOTES

Bethesda Epworth League meets in
the lecture room of the NJ. E. Church
every Sunday evening at 6.45 o'clock.
Everybody is invited to attend, The
topic for tomorrow evening is: ''The
Call OF jeremiah" Jer. 1:4-10. Mr.. w.
B. Hates, leader.
Rev. G. T. Wyatt, pastor of Bethesda
M. E. Church, will preach tomorrow,
morning and evening. Morning theme:
"Trial and Triumph of Abraham's
Faith" Evening theme: "He Could
Not Be Hid" The public is cordially
invited to attend both services.
The Young Peoples Society Of Chris
tian Endeavor of Forest Presbyterian
Church, meets every Sunday evening at
6.45 o'clock. A cordial invitation is sx-
tended to everybody. The topic for to-
morrow evening is: "Why and how we
should bear witness for Christ" Acts
5:27-32. Mr.. 0. M. Matthews, leader.
At regular meeting of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society of Bethesda
NJ. E. Church, Mrs. Mary L. Cox and
Miss Mollie Lyman were appointed dele
gates to attend the Philadelphia Branch
meeting of the w. F. NJ. S., to be held in
Pa, October 9th to 9th.
The Rev. Father Valentine, G. P, will
deliver a course of lectures in Chesapeake
City, Md, on Monday, Tuesday and
evenings, September 2lst,
22d and 23d at 7.45 o'clock. All his
friends are invited.
Rev. G. T. Wyatt, pastor of Bethesda
NJ. E. Church, has engaged Captain
Kemp of the Salvation Army and his
,orps consisting of six to assist him in
,vangelistic work. Captain Kemp has
arge canvas tent 10Ox70 feet. The meet
ngs will begin within ten days although
he exact date has not been fixed. All
christians are cordially invited to assist !
n the good work.
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OBITUARY
JOHN II, HASTINGS

| oohiN H hASI1NIIS.
News was received here early last Sat.
urday morning of the death of Mr.. John
II. Hastings at his home in Kirkwood.
Iiie flrst rumor was to the effect that Mr..
Hastings had committed suicide, but
alter carefully considering the case, those
Who knew him best, decided that his
death was the result of an accident.
de arose early Saturday morning, and
while his wife was preparing breakfast
she was startled by the report of gun in
one OF the rooms ON the second floor.
She hastened upstairs and was almost
Frustrated to find her husband living on
the floor with the right side of his head
almost blown of. The supposition is
that the unfortunate man had decided to
take his gun along with him down to
the canal bridge where he was employed
TO shoot game during his leisure mom-
ents, and while lifting the gun from the
corner where it was usually kept, some
thing came in contact with the trigger
ana the weapon was discharged.
Mr.. Hastings was man greatly be-
loved by many, and during his long SER
vice with the Pennsylvania Railroad had
always been looked upon as most ex-
cellent track foreman. At the time of
his death he was post master at Kirk
wood, and past master of Union Lodge.
No. 8, A. F. & A. NJ, of this town.
Mr.. Hastings leaves a widow and one
son to mourn his untimely death. He
was aged 81 years. Funeral services were
held at his late home in Kirkwood,
tuesday afternoon at two o'clock; inter- |
ment being made in st. Georges Gene
terry.
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Who is Your Tailor ?

VINO IS Your TAILOR ?
Have you ever tried our
Custom Department? --latest
patterns, new Fall styles,
popular and moderate prices,
cut, fit and makeup guaran
teed.. Big line of clothes for
500 and s25 Suits 81, $6 and
IS Trousers. Careful and
capable cutters and tailors
and best trimmings. Spec
ial clothes for $50, Full Dress
or Tuxedo Suits. New
Ready-made Suits are here
for men and boys. New
Hats, new Shoes and New
Furnishings, all for Fall.
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CURRENT PRICES
MIDDLETowN GRAIN MARKET.

MIDDLETOWN GRAIN MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY JOHN W. JoLIs.
Wheat-No. $50 Corn
No. 2....7S Yellow, shelled 55
Timothy Seed $2.65 cob -. 55
Clover Seed ID 10ac Oats ............... so
MIDDLEToWN PRODUCE MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY W. T. coNNELLEE.
Eggs, per doz z......................... "a
Country Butter, per ib................. 2O@2s
Creamery Butter, per b.............. 26
Lard, per ID. ............................ 11@13
Live Chickens, per fb.................. 12915
Potatoes, per basket................... 30@35
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Special One Way Mixed Class Rates t.
Western Points via B, q O, z. r.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany will sell daily until November 10th
inclusive, very cheap tickets to points in
California, Arizona, British Columbia,
Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon,
Texas and Washington. To Portland,
Tacoma, Seattle, San Francisco, Los An
geles and other points in California at
rate of $49.75; to other points proper
tionately low rates. For full particulars
write or apply to Fl. A. Miller, 7. P. A.,
City Ticket Office, Water and Market
streets, Wilmington, DEL, or to the near
est B. & o. Ticket Agent.
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The Old
and
The New

! All cotton summer goods
reduced to cost and below.
{ Summer Hosiery offered
5 at III cents. Sold at Is and
l8 cents.
Tempting prices on all
our lawns, dimities and
white goods,
A big reduction in en-
broidery and insertion.
Winter Goods
A full line of outing fan
mel, canton flannel and fan.
nelette. All colors in daisy
cloth, red, white, cream,
pink, purple, dark and light
blue.
Novelty white good, looks
like silk and much better
fieeced lined, the real thing
for winter from Is to 45c a
yard.
A line of clothing, suits
pants and other coats at
very reasonable prices.
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FOR SALE!

The residence and Office on West Main
street adjoining the National Hotel, now
occupied by Mr.. Julian Cochran and DIR.
d. w. Lewis. For further information,
apply to
s. z. MASSEY,
sep 19-4t Mlddietown, Del.
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Local News.

MIDDLETowN, BEL, SEPT. 10. 1908.
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FALL FERTILIZERS

Stored IN our warehouses by the bag or
ton. Send your teams and orders along.
Prompt attention.
Jesse +. SHEPHERD
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Take It ALI in All.

After careful investiga-
ton many people have
found that the best place to
buy Clothing is at the New
York Clothing House. The
Clothing is the best that can
be produced, while prices
are reasonable and fair.
Here S an example! Black
Thibet Suits for $3.50. The
cloth is all-wool and fine,
will never wear rough or
fade, the Innings of good
quality serge or italian
cloth, just as you like, the
collars on the coats are
hand felled and shrunk in
shape, shoulders well pad
ded, hair cloth front so that
it will retain its shape;;ssfit
guaranteed; either single or
double breasted. S top
around, you'll not see the
like under $40, many stores
$12-here they are $3.50.
Mems and Young Mems
sizes.
And so it is through the
entire line, whether you
want to pay s6 or S16, the
saving will be sure if you
come here.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-07-30
Free Trade and Hard Times.

The Kansas City Star is quoted in
he American Economist as saying:
The resolution which England has
practically reached. Of departing from
Ter immemorial principles of free
rade, is valuable object lesson to
lad beneficial eeffct in bringing to a
lalt those statesmen who We're con-
emplating a drastic Overhauling and
'evisiOn of our tariff schedules. Eng
and is now suffering all the evils of
rec trade. while this country is en-
iOying the advantages of protective
,ariff, and perhaps undergoing some
If its mischiefs also. If pro-
lection causes wealth and trusts, the
converse is also true-free trade pro-
1uces hard times and panics.'
Here is an admission that protection
causes trusts. We need then discuss
only the proposition that free trade
produces hard times.
ProtectioniSts seldom look past Eng
and and delight in contrasting con-
litions in England and America. They
ind day wages considerably higher
here than in England, and they begin
20 crow about the tariff as q means of
axing ourselves rich. They neglect to
observe that laborer here produces
so much more in day that piece
wages here are usually lower than in
England, as James G. Blaine found
when, as Secretary of State. he made
4 report on this subject They also
neglect to observe that because of
free trade the cost of living is lower
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME,
Notre Dame. Indiana,

We call the attention of our readers
to the advertisement Of NOtre Dame
University, one Of the great educa-
ti0nal institutions Of the West, which
appears in another column of this pa
per. Those of our readers who may
have occasion to look up a college for
their sons during the coming year
would do well to correspond with the
President, who will send them a cata-
logue free of charge, as well as all par
ticulars regarding terms, courses Of
studies, etc
Private rooms are given free to stu
dents of the Sophomore, Junior or Sc
ni0r years Of any of the Collegiate
Courses.
There is thorough preparatory
school in connection with the Uniyer-
sity. in which students Of all grades
will have every opportunity Of prepar-
ing themselves for higher studies. The
Commercial Course intended for young
men preparing for business, may be
finished in one or two years according
to the ability of the student. st. Ed
wards Hall, for boys under thirteen. is
a unique department of the institution.
The higher courses are thorough in ev-
cry respect, and students will find ev-
cry opportunity of perfecting them
selves in any line of work they may
choose to select. Thoroughness in
class work, exactness in the care of
students, and devotion to the best in
terests Of all, are the distinguishing
aracteristics of the University Of
Notre Dame.
Sixty years of active work in the
cause of education have made this in
stitution famous all over the country.
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No Use to Go to the Rear.

No Use to Go to the Rear.
During the first four hours Of thu
battle Of the Wilderness the old 9th
Regiment was lying in reserve, but un
der fire all the time. While we were
enduring it as best we could private
named Stevenson looked back at the
captain and asked:
"Say, cap, can l so to the rear at.
ter water"
against ORDERS" was the reply.
Five minutes later Stevens was hit
by bullet, and looking back and hold
ing up bloody hand he said:
Gap, can 1 go to the rear and have
this thumb amputated"
Against ORDERS" came the answer
again.
A comrade bound up the wound as
well as possible and Stevens remained
on the firing line. but not more than
ten minutes had passed when he sud
denly pressed his hand to his. shoul-
der, where bullet had entered, and
hailed the captain with:
Gap, can 1 go to the rear with two
wounds?'
Against orders. Wait till the col
onel comes this way and III ask him. "
The colonel was then riding down to
us behind the lines. In about five
minutes he was up, and our captain
was about to address him when Stew
ems staggered to his feet and called
out:
Never mind, cap. I'm a dead man
and don't.want to go to the rear"
With that he fell over and struggled
for moment and was dead. He had
received a third bullet and it had pass
ed through his body.
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m POLITICS q aaa y
" THE DAY ~


and to disappear in seven years. Be
sides these bounties there was a pro-
tective tariff averaging about S. per
ton or one-half the average American
duty on steel goods. OF course, the
steel industry began to flourish in
ence and stocks br.imfull of water
were put upon the market. Great
earnings We're necessary to pay divi-
dends ON all this watered capital.
Now that the bounties are being seal
ed down some of the steel companies
there are beginning to worry about
their dividends. A big movement Is
on foot to induce the Canadian gov
ernment TO increase the tariff duties
on iron and steel to about the Amert
can rates. 1t is said that the big
infant steel industry will not abide
permanently in Canada unless treated
more literally by the government.
When the Minister of Finance, Hon.
Mr.. Fielding. introduced the bounty
system in 1899, it was practically
promised that the industry would
soon be able to produce iron at SO
ton. The manufacturers claim that
the promising infant has not fulfilled
expectations. but refuse to submit
figures showing exact cost of produc-
ton, which the Premier. Sir Wilfred
Laurier, is mean enough to insist on
having before he is willing to grant
the extra duty to the bowling infant.
Such unkind treatment will surely
drive this infant industry out Of Can
ada. If it will but come to us VIZ
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-07-30
How Another Young Sufferer
Was Cured.
A GOOD BEGINNER.

Man Who Always Worked Hard. but
Never Got Ahead.
what kind Of man Is that Jared
Beals, anyhow? the summer resident
demanded, irritably. HE agreed to
build a set Of shelves in my kitchen,
and do il at once, but I haven't seen
him or heard from him since last
Tuesday. He made a fine start that
day. 1 thought from the way he be-
gan that the thing would be done by
Wednesday night"
The storekeeper chuckled. Eyes.
Jared's first-rate beginner" he said.
"He begins on purpose, as you might
say. Trouble is, he gener'ly ends sort
Of accidental.
You got him to do some carpenter
Ing" The storekeeper chuckled again
and settled down more comfortably.
"WeIl, you might have hired him to
shoe a horse. or play for a dance, or
make your garden, or plaster a room,
or cobble your shoes, or most any
thing. He can do one thing as wells
he can another. He's got slew Of
trades and knacks, Jared has. There's
so many of 'em, We see. that they keep
trippin' each other up.
"Ten' to one somebody came after
him Wednesday morning to-well, to
paint a barn, say-and Jared says to
himself, says he, I've got original idees
on paintin' barns that amt ever had
a chance to put in practice, and bet
there's money in EN- So he'd tackle
that job. Likely as not he was laying
up stone wall Thursday, and it's a
fair chance that he's OF somewhere to-
day doctoring somebody's COW.
Anybody ever tell ye about Jared's
hennery? He started with a whoop
and a hooraw, same's usual, but he
got all tangled up over the question of
eggs and chickens, whether one paid
better'n tother or vicy versy, and
whilst he was takin' contracts to do
all kinds of jobs, and waiting for his
mind to settle. the eggs spoiled and the
skunks got the chickens.
mind ye, Jared's an honest man. and
he isn't a lazy man. either. All is,
he's-he's wabbly. The stick-to-it was
left out Of him.. Seems funny to tell
about it, but it's too bad, too.
"He's got children growing up. and
he ought to be forehanded for their
sakes, but he isn't-and yet he works
hard, always has. He starts jobs, and
somebody else does the finishing-and
collects the pay. He's always going,
but he never gets anywhere. Million
aires don't grow that way, NO, Stree!
Hang to a thing till you're through
with it. says 1, and you'll make money
even at stripping pine-cones to get out
pitch."-Youth's Companion.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-07-30
An Old Soldiers Story.

1t is not often that a man commits
suicide on the field Of battle" said
Colonel Prentiss Ingrallam, author
traveller, dramatist and soldier In sew
en- wars, "either voluntarily or invol.
unfairly, but 1t happens sometimes;
and that 1t did happen once when 1
was a party to it saved my life. My
first experience as Confederate sol
dier was under Van Dorm, In Missouri,
and some of the small battles we had
In the Southwest were about as nasty
fighting as a soldier ever has to do.
belonged to company of scouts,
and early one morning we were sur
prised by a squadron of Federal cav
airy that we thought was on the other
side Of stream we were supposed
to be guarding. think we had about
seventy-flve men in our company, and
there were just about that many Yam
KEGS. They came down on us with a
rush, and while most of our men got
to horse and went at them hot and
heavy, dozen or so of us missed our
mounts, and we formed into little
platoon and faced the foe We had
muskets. the old fashioned sort. with
hammers and when the fight got real
warm we had to scatter somewhat.
Pretty soon I found myself hand to
hand, or rather musket to sabre, with
Yankee on horse that looked to
me as big as haystack.
HE came at me cutting and slash
Ing to kill and murder, and tried, to
shoot him, for had my old muzzle-
loader ready for business, but be was
so close on me that 1 had to use my
gun as a guard. and could not get it
into firing position. 1 tried hard
enough to get it where 1 could shoot,
but he was doing all he could to pre-
vent such a result, and the best
could do was to punch viciOusly at
him with my bayonet when | wasn't
holding the gun up to ward off his
sabre. He had the advantage and
saw that he had, and he came at me
with a wild rush. This time l would
have gone down beneath bis blows,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-07-30
TREE CULTURE IN KANSAS,
Bureau Of Forestry Will Make a Study
of Conditions There.

Bureau Of Forestry Will Make a Study
of Conditions There.
Western Kansas, north of the Arkan-
sas river and west of a line drawn
from Osborne through Russell to
Larned, will receive the particular at
tention of the bureau of forestry this
summer, says the Washington Star. A
study of the tree growth of that re-
gi0n will begin under the direction Of
K. s. Kellogg, Of Russell, Kans., an
agent for the bureau, and will be con-
tinued until fall. In this part of the
State the timber penetrates the prair-
les by way Of the river bottoms, cling
ing closely to these moist lands and
advancing only occasionally to the
uplands.
The bureau will study the tendency
of the trees and shrubs along the water
courses to increase and spread, especi-
ally when protected from fire. and
stock, and will determine what species
are best adapted to planting on those
uplands that contain no natural
growth.
In many places along the streams
where fire and stock have been ex-
cluded for ten or fifteen years are
found thrifty young cOttonwoods,
white elms, box-elders and other spe-
cies which are slowly invading the
great plains.
The low rainfall Of western Kansas
is not alone responsible for the scarcity
of timber. The pine ridge country of
Nebraska grows forests with only six
teen inches of rain a year, while the
treeless regions of Western Kansas
have a precipitation of sixteen to
twenty inches.
Failure in tree planting aside from
natural causes. such as high winds
and intense sunlight, are due chiefly
to the lack of care in planting and
cultivating. and a lack of knowledge
Of what kinds of trees to plant
Such failures have had an excel
lent result-they have given a fairly
good knowledge of what to and what
not to plant, and of the methods that
are successful and those that are not.
1t is partly to increase this knowl-
edge that the bureau has undertaken
its study Of the tree growth of the
State. Timber, fuel, posts and fire
wood may be grown In the prairie re-
giOns; that fact is established. But
the plantations, to be successful, must
be composed of the right species,
planted in the right way on the right
kind of land and cared for in the right
manner.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-07-30
A Difference in Ice.

The difference between manufac-
tured ice and natural ice Is that one
is a live product Of the Creator, while
the other is the dead product of mere
nan and his little machine. You may
lay chunk Of hygeia ice on the pave
ment and leave it there till it melts.
buf you will never see it steam or
give off that live frigidity which is the
essence of ccolth. On the other hand.
try piece Of lake ice and see it smoke
and radiate. 1t lives and dies: manu-
factured ice cannot die, because it is
dead in the beginning. Air is life;
hygeia ice has no air in it; lake ice is
full Of air.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-07-30
Now They Don't Sneak.

Yes" said the newly made bride,
Jack and l married in haste"
"Well. dear" rejoined her former girl
chum, you ought to be thankful for
that"
why so?" asked the young wife in
surprise.
Because" answered the ex-chum, "if
Jack had taken time to think it over you
would be scheduled for the spinster
stakes
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certain, for they fairly rained down on
my gun barrel, but in some Previder-
tial way-for me, at least-for it must
have been Providence, he struck the
hammer Of my musket- with his sword
blade, and the gun went off with an
explosion that threw it out Of my
hands and sent the entire charge
square into the cavalryman's face.
We went down together. both cover
cd with biood-his blood. But only
one of us got up again.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-07-30

AK Your Dealer for Allen's Foot Ease.
A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t
rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching,
Sweating feet and Ingrowins Nails.
shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores, 25c. Sample mailed FREE
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
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SoDorifc.

MY dear Mrs. Sharp" said Rev.
Pondrus-Tawker. why do you not in
duce your husband to come to church
with your
"Oh, 1t would never do in the world
He snores terribly. y."-Philadelphi
Press.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-07-30
Mise Young Man

Did you ever appear before the foot
lightsY' asked the theatrical manager of
an applicant for a histrionical job
Not on your standing room only" re-
piled the would-be star. 81 always listen
for the approach of my best girls vener-
able sire. and manage to disappear be,
fore his foot lights"
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Eearleaa.

do you think 1t would be unlucky
for us to postpone the day Of our we'd
ding, dear?"
She-Nonsense. Why, the last time
l postponed wedding 1 was married
again inside of two years.-Detroit
Free Press