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Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
SEPARATIONS

Why do We grieve at separations? Why
do everlasting faiewells chill our hearts
and the fading away of lost Joys till u
with bitterness?
BE not the slave OF words" says Car
lyle. as not the distant, the dead while
/ love it and long for it and mournfor it.
here in tie genuine sense as truly as the
floor stand on?'
Andarenotall gool experiencesthus for,
ever part Of our lives? Can We therefore
regret or mourn any past joy, any lost
friend? Nothing is lost or gone from US
that We have the spirit and capacity to
appropriate and make our own forever.
1t is not the touch of body that makes
presence. Have we not all known times
when presence in the flesh brought no
nearness, and again when the absent one
seemed unspeakably near in spirit So
not to be within the actual physical
sense, but to be able to appreciate and
love the spirit Of another, is the true asso-
citation and communion. Hence onr
friends need never die. nor need we ever
be parted from them.
Further, in order to realize them truly
we need to be separated from themin he
flesh at times. Else we shall grow to
think them all body and forget that d.
.viner, intangible, unnamable essence
the living spirit, the real sell. Ex.
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
GovERaoR SAYS ADVERTISE

~
Governor Joseph w Folk in addressing
the retail merchants Of Missouri at their
convention at jefferson City, No, Tnes-
day spoke against the maji-order business
and favored advertising in The town
papers. He said in part. We are proud
Of our splendid cities, and we want them
10 increase in wealth and population, and
we also want our country towns to grow.
We wish the city merchants to build up,
but we also desire tile country merchants
to prosper. / do not believe in the mail
order citizen. Ifa place il good enough
for man to live in and take his money
in, it is good enough for him TO spend bis
money. No merchant can succeed
MISUNDERSTANDING IN one way or another.
Patronize our town papers. build them
mp and they will build the town up .a.id
build you up increased trade and greater
opportunities. Do not be afraid that
business il going to be hurt by tile recent
exposures Of wrong doing in the CONNER
cial world. No man who is doing an
honest business can be injured by the
light. All business will be better for the
cleansing process il is guirg through and
for the stamping outoi evil.
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
BOOKS OF GREAT PRICE

When they speak about expensive
books OF recent publication they who
knew refer se the jade lbeekEs III iffooii ffooi
umes, full pages, illustrated in mechani.
cal colors, costing for the edition 81, 800
or for the hundred copies printed $780,
600.
But Librarian Smith of the Avery COL
lection in the Columbia library says that
these books have but minor relative
value to the Audubon bird books, OF
which the library has one of the few
whole sets known to exist together.
They, like the jade books, are full PACED,
but their illustrations are hand colored,
and the only thing mechanical about
them is their text and their binding.
They embrace some three hundred full
page pictures colored by hand from life or
still studies of birds posed after death,
and their artistic value is what makes
them practically priceless.
Audubon painted these pictures in the
forest and fields. He sold them for 81 900
a set. As he secured orders he made re-
plieas of the originals, but SO carefully
and faithfully that it is impossible to tell
which was the first painting and which is
the second. He himself said that in
making the picture of bird he not only
counted precisely the number OF feathers,
but the number OF differentiated colors in
the plumage Of qsill.
lie sold to subscribers in England
about twenty copies and to patrons in
this country less than eight. His book
OF beasts was reproduced in mechanical
colors, and its excellent pictures we're for
the most part done by his children, though
the bears, the prairie wolves, the raccoons
and opossums were drawn from life and
colored by him.
1t would be difficult to place valuation
on the Audubon bird pictures in the abb
sence of any sale of them which would
ix the price in recent years, but il Lii
brsrian Smiths estimate OF them can be
taken the two books could not be pur-
chased for sum less than s., 900 each
and perhaps under a spur of interest,
sncli as a possible sale would create, for
much larger sum.
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
TWO MEN KILLED

James Ward and Edward Grace, both
about So years old and residing in Will
mington, were struck and killed BY a
train on the p, B. & w railroad, cross
ing in the west yard Monday evening.
Ward was killed outright while Grace
lived about tive hours after the accident,
dying at the Delaware Hospital.
The accident occurred near what is
known as the P, tower Of the Pennsyl-
yania railroad. crossing connecting with
the Marsh Road being there, and sell
dom used at nights Ward and Grace
were in a wagon and they we're diving
across the tracks when the train that
leaves French street station at 6. 40
o'clock, sontlbonnd, ran into them.
They were. on the rails before they ap-
peared to realize their danger, and were
unable to get out OF the way when the
train bore down upon them.
The horse was killed outright and tile
wagon was demolished Both men were
hurled several yards aud " hen Ward Was
picked up il was found that his head had
been battered. his legs had ieen crushed
and lie was mangled.
Grace was living when the traianien
picked him up, although his skull con-
tanned several fractures. His body was
bruised and he vas hurt internally. He
was rushed to Che emergency hospital Il
French street stallion and from there to
the Delaware Hospital where be died 1t
9. 50 o'clock.
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
WOODEN LEG WITH s4s4 IN II

The other morning one-legged ped
dIer in New York woke-up and found
that his wooden leg, which he had placed
on chair beside his bed, was gone. He
used the artificial limb which was hollow
for bank, and in if he had deposited
$434. It became known that the man
used the leg for this pupose, and most ex-
aggerated reports Of the amount in it we're
in circulation; and, of course, it was
stolen. A valuable artificial leg is not a
novelty, the most famous being that of
Miss Killmausegg, which wasof solid gold
and which she, like the New York ped
dler was despoiled. But tile most ingen-
uous use to which a wooden leg mas
ever adapted was as a "speakeasy." In
one of the towns of Maryland where tile
sale of spirituous liquor is not permitted
by law, one-legged man had his wooden
leg followed, and III the cavity carried
whiskey. A spigot near the ankle served
to draw the beverage. The man became
a travelling bar. As he walked along the
highways and byways-ti,e latter of
course preferred-he dispensed liquor to
the customers and out OF this illicit trade
secured no small advantage. s.
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
FATALLY BURNED By OIL


While camping near Iiarpef's Ferry,
Va, on "Wednesday pf last week Lee o.
Willis, instru tor Of shop work in Della
ware College WAS 50 badly burned that
death resulted few hnnrs later.
Mr.. Willis with his wife aud two chill
dren we're camped on the farm Of Jerome
Lewis and when tile fatal accident occur
red was attempting to starr a fire with
coal oil when il ignited his clothing. lie
was Is years old, graduate Of Delaware
College with degree sf Bachelor of he.
chanical Engineering Tilisis Tie second
death within the past " Elk of graduates
AT this exhibition alln0tt every State Ia
the Union will be represented In some
Of the class Of ,9z. Ira l. Pierce having
been killed in a dynamite explosion at
Ashland, Wis.
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
TO HURRY REPORT

4 BALTIMORE, July 23d. General Fell
| Agnus, chairman of the Chesapeake an
Delaware Canal Commission, announce
that body will proceed with its task with
out delay, and forecasts the completion o
the work of surveying and estimating al
expeditiously as is consistent with /
thorough ,->ideration of the problems
involved. Tlis is taken to indicate that
the commission will be ready to make its
report, with recommendations, within
six months.
General Agnus' colleagues on the CON-
mission, Major Clement A. F. Flagler, OF
the Engineering Corps of the army, and
Lieutenant Frank T. Chambers, Of the
Civil Engeering Corps of the navy, both
OF whom are now in Washington have
indicated similar desire to accomplish
their labors with as little delay as posi-
BILE. The fact that Major Flagler is un-
derstood to be slated for an important
post in Porto Rico within the next six or
eight months is additional reason for be.
lieying that. the Government has cause
to anticipate that the preliminary work
Oh the canal which is to connect the
chesapeake and Delaware Bays is to be
finished at an early date.
Much data. many documents, reports,
recommendations and survey records of
previous investigations are in the posses
sion OF the Government and will be turned
over to the commission when it holds its
preliminary meeting in Washington this
week, and armed with this information
the board will be able to make greater
headway than il it had to rely entirely
upon the product Of its own initiative.
The commission has been enjoined to
report upon several routes, but it is more
than likely that its recommendation will
favor the purchase of the present canal
and its conversion into tidewater water
way of sufficient depth and width to ac-
conmodate vessels which cannot now
traverse the stream. With such a con-
summation Baltimore aud Philadelphia
will be within as short a distance by
water for commercial purposes as they
are now by rail.
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
AWFUL MESS I'M TIN CANS
Board of Health Analyses Boston Pot.
fed Meats

I
BosroS, Special The State Board
OF Health made public the result OF its in
Vestlgation of canned meats. The board
examined nearly 80 different kinds Of
CAM Ell meat, from every possible source.
as well as the canned meat establish
ments
In general way the results Of the in.
vestigation are favorable to the mannfac-
turers, both in the East and in the West.
but it was found that many of the prep
! ! aratlons contained large Egse ameaat 81 fer
eign matter. OF one brand of potted
ham, prepared by Western firm, the re-
port states:
This was found to consist OF small
amount of normal muscle, considerable
epidermics in large pieces, numerous blood
vessels and nerves and the saliyary gland,
ground to paste. Quality poor, the ma
terial being largely scraps
OF another Western potted ham the re-
port says:
Abundant muscle fiber, considerable
epidermis, much granular debris, some fat
and cornmeal. Quality fair, but mas
much as there appears to be no excuse for
the presence of cornnleal, it must be re-
graded as aduiterated.n
An Eastern potted ham is described as
follows:
Appearance good, muscular fiber
abundant, contains neither epidermis nor
saiiyary gland. Quality excellent. y
A number of the other products, the
board of health states, contain cornmeaI.
The board says:
"Deviled ham is. or should be, ham to
which seasoning has been added. The
majority of deyiled hams in the market,
however, contain added. material which
In no way can contribute to sharp
taste. or, indeed, to any taste. Cornmeal,
for example, adds nothing to the flavor
but it is cheap and enables meat pro-
duct to carry considerable additional
water"
Several brands of prepared meat were
found to contain either boric acid or
borax as preseryative. One Western
chicken Loaf is thus described:
Every little muscular fiber; much con-
nectlve tissue and corn. It is preserved
with either boric acid or borax. The
states that the material is OF superior
quality, having been carefully selected
and inspected according to the law enacted
by Congress March 8, 1891, relating to
the inspection of meats.
The report says regarding conditions in
this State.
"The large establishments were found
to be conducted in all particulars in
scrupuiously neat and clean manner OF
25 smaller establishments only five were
found to be entitled to grade excellent.
The investigation went far enough
to show that local authorities may we'll
give careful attention to the slaughter
houses within their several jurisdictions.
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
CHESAPEAKE & DELAWARE CANAL
The Total Outlay for the construc tion
was $4,S05, 900

The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
which is under consideration by the gov
ernment for ship waterway, has an
interesting history.
Maryland granted charter for its con.
struetion December 9TH, 1899, and
/. subsequently subscribed $50, 600 for 200
shares of stock; afterwards it received 625
additional shares in stock dividends. On
these 1925 shares, which it still holds,
the State of MARYLAND up to 1875 realized
ia cash dividends from tile canal com.
paiiy S3I,57250. j.
The government Of the United States
early recognized the strategic advantage
Of the canal as a. link in some Of the chief
waterways of the country between the
North aud the South, and subscribed
$3.50, ,Oo0to the capital stock Of the COM
pany, The wisdom OF this action was
demonstrated during the Civil War, when
the transportation facilities OF the railroads
proved entirely inadequate, and the
canal was able to render large and impor.
tant service to the United States governs
.ment by Offering medium for the car
riage Of urgently needed supplies, troops
and munitions Of war.
Actual work ON the construction of the
main CANAL was begun ON the 18th OF
April, 1924. Water was introduced on
the 4th of July, 1929, and the official
accomplishment of this great State and
national work was celebrated ON the 18th
of October of the same year, at which
time investigation was opened. Thus,
the canal has now been in operation 7i
years, and during that time there have
been 708, 600 passages of vessels through
its waters, representing magnificent
total of 46,000,O00 ton of merchandise
carried
The business Of the canal increased
until the year 1872, which showed tom
mage of l,SlS.0OO tons. Since that time
the business has decreased, the tonnage
for the fscal year 1905 was onl, zoo, 600
tons. The revenue has correspondingly
declined, as the rate Of tolls could not be
increased to offset the diminished traffic.
The canal is l3s miles in length, Sc
feet wide at water line, at narrowest
point, 30 feet wide at the bottom, 10 feet
deep. There are three locks located at
Delaware CITY, St. Georges and Chesa-
peake City. Each lock is 22O feet in
length and "a feet wide. The total cost
of the work was $4,505, 600, of which
81 ,902, 23S represents stock subscriptions
and 81, 702, $50 bonded Indebtedness.
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
COLLEGE DIRECTOR NAMED

Alta special meeting Of the trustees OF
Delaware College held at Newark Monday
Henry Hayward was chosen director Of
The Agricultural Experiment Station 10
succeed Dr. AT. Neale, who was placed
ii another position some time ago. A
committee Of grangers was present IN the
interest Of Dr.. Neale. but they were un-
successful.
Tie new director, comes here from
the Mt. Herman Agricultural COL
iege. in Massachusetts. He is graduate
81 Cornell University and for eight years
was at the Pennsylvania State College.
IL aiso i1ad ctlHrEe Of the GUibDurn iarls
near Delaware City and the Torbert farms
near Milford. He will begin his duties
vt Delaware College in September He
20 Of tile q votes cast at the election.
1t Is stated that the new director was
chosen By virtue Of his excellent train
ing and record in agricultural colleges,
aud also because he has aknowledge of af-
fairs in this state which wou!d be possess
ed BY no one else who could be chosen
from another state. The trustees believe
he will accept the position and that
he will make an excellent man for the
place.
There is considerable speculation as
to what will be the next move of the
State Grange, which objected to the re.
nioeal Of DR.. Neale and which has init
mated that il intends to take stcl, action
as it may deem necessary to secure proper
recognition of the agricultural branch of
the college. They claim that it has been
neglected, and not receiving the propor-
tion of the funds to which it is entitled :
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
TAKE YOUR PART IN THE GAME

Don't be willing to climb in the band
wagon and ride comfortably along when
you had no part in getting ready for. the
trip. It's poor sort OF man who will
continually accept conrtesies from others
without making proper returns; and it's q
selfish, cowardly business man who viii
accept full share of prosperity which he
has in no way helped to bring about.
Many men will not contribute one cent
toward pushing business or advertising
their town, but they are ALWAYS ready to
profit by the benefits OF other peoples
energy and initiative. Many men will
not eyen bother to vote for better govern
ment-they are perfectly satisfied to live
on in the community enjoying the good
results of other more enterprising mems
attention to municipal matters. Take
your part in the game, help every really
worthy enterprise in your community, be
partly responsible for every move for
ward.
1t is mistaken idea because a bus
iness is already represented in your town
or in the business world in general that
there is no room for another business in
the same line. No one doctor ever pleased
every body, no one lawyer ever won all
the clients, no one grocer can get the
monopoly with housekeepers, no one firm
can do all the business in any enc line.
Competitor is an advantage. II you have
some article in mind. you want to put on
the market go boldly ahead with it al
though there. may be dozen already be-
ing offered. There is only one thing for
you to be sure of, that your articlei is fully
as meritorious as any of its competitors,
and little better, il possible
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
sOME srRAssE CUSTOMS

A very Interesting account is given Of
the strange customs Of she Bedouins OF
the Sinai peninsula IL, Lord Crolner's re
port on Egypt and the Sudan. If a man
kills another in time Of peace the relatives
o. the murdered man, beginning from the
father to the fifth generation, have tie
right TO revenge or pardon against the re-
ceipi Of .blood money" This latter is
liked at Iolty-ope canlels. II the MUIR
dered man was Of the same tribe as the
murderer the latter-or l.is near relatives
have to give girl in marriage to one OF
the victims relatives without receiving
tlls usual duary. When she gives biith
to q Child si.e il free To 90 back il she
chooses. Ii, the latter case tile marriage
must be renewed aud the usual dowry
paid. Five eamels may be substituted
for tile girl.
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
SUCCESS is PURPOSE vlrALrzED BY Toll

. 49,
Reading long article in magazine on
the joyous lives led by many men and
women who live on choice spots abroad,
we have drawn this conclusion That
discontent is wish that is not supported
by work, and that success is purpose vi
talized by toll. There are in nearly all
the beautiful and romatic localities in
Europe men and women who were once
school boys and girls in this country, but
who took up painting, music, literature,
medicine, sculpture, science, worked
heartily and joyously at until they
reached some degree of excellence, and
now live grandly through the force Of
their own culture, says an exchange. Eli
fort wins when it keeps right ahead, and
makes no compromise with bridge, base
ball, Atlantic City or diamond necklaces.
There is not speciality botany, bird
study, microbes. painting, sewage dis
posal, poetry, drama, nerye-culture, col-
versation, mathematics, philosophy
anything good in which q person may ex-
eel, which does not open the door to q
glad and useful life. And, what is more,
excellence in any Of esethings is attain-
able by any young man or woman who
amounts to a Hill of beans. There is
only one condition-loyalty to work.
Every day We hear of some noble young
soul who has kept up the struggle and
won-tliey are wanted here and there
-and they have now only their choice to
make. Fortunate, you say yes. through
much privation and toll But there are
others sitting on piazzas and lolIing in
big armchairs, reading novels, talking Of
scores or.planning peek a-boo waists, who
sigh that no good luck comes TO them,
who are doomed to empty lives and
wishes without wings. OF course, it is
all as natural as cold and ice.
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
ID E.sIsTER's eRIER.
OFFICE or RE1IsTFR on WILLIS


New castle County. Del. Tee. 4.h, 1905
Until the application of Howard A Pool.
Adminlstrator of Clarence Cochran, late of
st. Georges Hundrei, In said county, de-
ceased. II IL ordered aud directed by the
Register of Willis that the administrators afore-
said give notice of granting Of Letters of Ad-
mtnistsatlOn Upon the estate Of the dee asad
with the date OF granting thereof, by causing
! adv ftise nents 10 be posted within forty
days rom the date of such Letters in SIX of the
mos public places of the County of New Cas-
tie, requiring all persons having demands
again st he estate 10 present the same, or
abide by an act OF Assembly in such case
made AMI provided and also cause the same
to be inserted within the same period in
The Midd 'etown franscrIpta newspaper pub
lished IN Middfetown, Delaware, and TO be
continued therein two months
Given underline hand and seal Of
Seal tlIe Re lister Of wills aforesaid at
1 - iTS W Timing ton. In New 'astfe County
KeRaId The dny and year abnve wIitfen.i
FkED Il. BACH, Register of wills.
w EoTIcs-Sosice Is hereby given that Letters
OF Administration were in due form Of law
granted unt0 the undersigned, on the Fourth
day Of iaecember A. ID j and that all persons
having claims against Interstate OF the deceased
must present he same, duly attested. To the
said Administration. ON or before the Fourth
day Of December ls06. or abide the Act of
Assembly in such case made add provided
HOWARD "A. POOL,
Administrator
Address Martin n. Bnrris, Esq Attorney
at aw, Mid iiet0wn. De aware
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28
NoTIcE--DlvlDENDI
cIrIzFN S NArInNAL RaNK.

cIrizFN's National BANK,
MIDDLErewN, DELtwaRE JuLy 81, l9o6.
The Board OF Directors have this day
declarea semi annual dividend OF
THREE f1l PER CEN I. clear OF Taxes,
pavablp 10 the Stockholders on and after
July l4.il. 1916
JN0. s. CROUCH. Cashier.
Middletown transcript., 1906-07-28

Tus TaAsscs.rr. s.. 90 per year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

It's as difficult Il !iiii II fricni rs it "
to lose an enemy.
A luxury becomes IA necessity after
you get used ID it.
Unless You have money 10 lurn don't
try to keep the pot boiling in II poker
game.
It's difficult to convince 81 ilan tiIt
his mol"y is:'t OH II s'irr thiag until
after the racr.
Don't worry ore tr...ss. IL yuli must
worry. pick out something worth "hile,
then get busy.
When ycG have them they ~" n
ions: when other people h. len
they uie decisions.
It's an easy matter to size ~ Il min
a hi dog criwlS under the house ev-
cry time he sees him approaching.
When Il mar t';.s you how you ought
to run your business. just take II look
ut the way he il running his own
Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
"Chnmofsv Skins,

Charles C. Druedling has written an
article in the Journal of Pharmacy on
channels skins. The commercial article
of that name, he says, is really oil
tanned sheep or lamb skin lining. The
supply of skins from the chamois ami
NAL is very limited. Enough could not
be obtained in a year to supply the
United States for more than n single
day. He made special inquiry on a
visit to Switzerland about the annual
crop of the chamois skins and ascer-
tanned that from 5000 to 5000 skins
would be a fair average yearly crop.
This skin is heavier than the skin of
the sheep or lamb, also much coarser.
For strength and durability the cham
OILS skin is preferable, but for ordi-
nary use and appearance the oil tanned
sheepskin lining would in most in
stances be preferred.