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Middletown transcript., 1906-02-10
OUR WOMANs COLUMN
Short Pnngant, ParagraphsGathere Here
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The modern woman doesn't ask for
mucll-simply to go her own way and
take her husband along with her.
II a woman talks too much in Japan
her husband can obtain divorce. Poor
Japan, how ignorant the husbands must
be.
Water makes Mrs. Sarah Mills OF
Oxlen, Utah, sick, so far the past forty
eight years she has drank nothing but
tea or coffee.
4 woman curls her hair and applies
her complexion creams because that is
her need. 1t is her way of making her.
self pretty, just as shaving and brushing
is mans way of making himself present
able.
Tie queerest wedding We ever heard OF
was that of Mrs. Marietta Jelly and John
AIlaine at Kansas City. John turned
out TO be woman and said the reason
she married Mrs. Jelly was because the
woman said she could not live without
her, but when the bride discovered she
had married woman there was trouble
in camp and poor John was arrested.
Kathryn Gray, a servant girl of Pitts
burg, posed as the daughter of the late
Senator. Gray of Virginia aud obtained
money for which she was arrested. Now
she says "To the servant girl who has
good home and is making fairly good
wages, nv advice is: Be content with
your lot Don't be envious of others and
you viii I've hapl y"
.Nfpr the pHrum mia blouse, the tom
.si'itis stitl, II the harsh critics of femi-
nine dress cuntinne to bestew these hid
ems names npon all our favorite adorn-
nients, one sI,udders to think where the
kIastly clIristenings may not lead US. No
doubt We shall lie elring soon OF brain.
fever hats asthmatic wells, and bronchitis
boots and shoes, while the possibilities Of
the customary evening grab Of civilized
femiuinity will open up wide field for
this cheerful kind sof hospital nomencla-
ture.
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THE FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY

Boston claims to be the greatest market
for dressed turkeys.
The South Dakota Dairy Commission
reports that there are sixty-two cream
cries in operation in that state and dur
ing 1905 they paid $S7S, 600 for cream.
New potatoes are beginning to arrive
in the United States from Cuba and it is
claimed they will replace the old potatoes
on the eastern markets in short time.
The genuine, ,full-blood, ,pure-bred, thor
oughbred, scrub farmer never likes high
class stock, fine varieties of fruits, pretty
home, varied bill-of- fare, or improved
premises. To him any old thing is good
enough.
Every farmer ought to know about col
lodion. 1t is just the thing to close up a
cut and keep it closed until it heals.
Will stand washing. Get it at the drug
store. Do as We say; court plaster is no
good in comparison. Never mind if it
smarts little when first put on.-Farm
Journal.
James ]. Hill, president of the Great
Northern Road, declared in recent
speech that Minnesota was not prosper
ing as she should, and that we must rea-
lie that the lumber trade and mines
would never make great state. He said
that we must "fall back on the man who
cultivates the soil.o
The largest farm in Iowa, and no doubt
the largest farm in the world where corn
IL grown almost exclusively, is the big
\ dams place near Odebolt The lO5
men who have been employed steadily
on this farm for the last year have just
finished husking the greatest cornfield
in the United States. IL was estimated
that more than 800, Geo bushels OF corn
were raised there this year. The crop is
all cut and husked from the shock. The
stocks will be shredded for the fat cattle
before spring. Thirty-seven double stalk
cutters were used to bind the corn in the
field this fall. Two hundred mules are
used on the farm.
Wild game, from being forty years agn
the poor mans necessity and one impor-
tant source of his food supply, is fast be-
coming the rich mans luxury. We can
recall the time when ducks, geese, prairie
chickens and fish were such common and
everyday articles OF food that the people
got tired of wild game, whether dead tr
alive. None of the almost endless noult
and variety of wild life then SO common
now Survives save the few migratory wild
fowl, which year by year become fewer
in number and more difficult to shoot.
This condition prevails notwithstanding
game of all kinds is protected by the law
in all the states. The truth is that wild
game, like the Indian, cannot stand civil
ization.
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of white batiste embroidery, with black
satin ribbon tied around the crown, a
large rosette at one side, and streamers at
the back. A rather small shape in Leg
horn, turned up at one side, and with a
Derby crown, is appropriate to young per-
sons, and the small, high-crown sailor,
trimmed with chiffon scarf (also in Leg
horn or chip is very graceful.
% Neapolitan Weaves
are by no means passe and are especially
adapted to the curved brim, which is too
becoming to be reIinqnished. The high
crown (the Derby is special feature
this season, and sometimes appear in pale
hued satin, with brim of chip. 1t is
said that maidenhair ferns will be very
largely employed-massed under the
brim, and falling in long loops and ends.
White wings have gained in favor and are
used on very expensive hats, and quilts
are inseparable from the Ready to wear"
hat. .....= Lucy CARTER.
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sizes of checks in the greatest variety of
fabrics. The smartest are what is known
as overplaids i. e. lines crossing at right
angles over the body color of the fabric
constitute the check.
Parisians Affecting Stripes
In Paris stripes lead among the people
who make styles and no doubt later We
will have stripes adopted here, but for the
present checks are in the greatest favor.
For mid season suits and for travelling
and auto-wraps the rough woven Burling-
hams are both modish and durable.
While lighter weight silks are desired for
costumes the Rajahs are used, They have
a homespun weave like the Birmingham
but are not so heavy.
Thanks are due the Mccall Co., makers
and designers of Fashion, for handsome
illustration shown above. ... .
No Decided Changes
are noticeable inspiring model suits. The
same old story Of the circular skirt, and
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The report of the Philippine Commits
sion just made public shows a decid-
edly improved conditinn in the islands.
Landronism is dying out and there are.
but three provinces that cannnt b. con-
sidered as pacified. Tie Commission as
caught the local officials in Sarnar prac-
ticing the old Spanish formula oi.robbery
and extortion on the natives in regard to
the hemp crop and has brought up theef-
tenders with round turn. 1t was sur
prising how quickly the unrest and insur.
rectionary tendencies OF the natives died
out when the got this taste Of the square
deal.n But it was almost pitiful at first
to see that they could not understand,
why government official should be treat
ing them honestly. However, they re-,
signed themselves to that sort OF treat
ment gladly aud now there is much less
trouble in Samar. The general condition
oil. the islands is much better. They last
exported $2,1OO.0OO more and imported
81, 800, 900 less than previously, the diff
ference being altogether In tile amount OF
foreign rice that they were not compelled
to buy. They saved just 81, ,O0O, 900 to the
islands by raising this material at home.
The currency has been placed on more
stable basis, education aud road making
are improving, ard the future is alto
gether brighter.
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DIRT DOESN'T DARKEN THE HOME

A lady received the following reply
from neighbor in answer to the question
why she allowed her children and hus-
band to litter up every room in the house,
and the sentiment will find lodgment in
the heart of every home-loying person in
the land. "The mark OF the little muddy
feet upon the floor can be easier removed
than the stain when those little feet 60
down into the highways OF evil. The
prints of the little fingers on the window
pane cannot shut out the sunshine half
so much as the ha low that darkens the
mothers heart over the one who is but
name through the coming years. And if
my John finds his home a refuge from
care and his greatest happiness within its
four walls, he can put his boots in the
rocking chair, and hang his coat up on
the floor every day in the week. And if
can stand it and he enjoys it, cannot
see that it is anybody else's business.
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WASHINGTON LETTER


WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 81, 1906.
1t was the old story of shearing pig,
I"much cry and little WOOL" when the
House of Representatives to-day secured
the publication OF the ''unginned cotton
report" from the Census Office. There
was great turmoil made over this mat
ter in advance and the whole system OF
government crop reporting was turned
upside down when Mr.. Crumpacker re-
ported tile resolution calling for the in
formation. Il was information that
would have been made public by the Di-
rector of the Census of his own accord,
mere guess at the amount Of unginned
cotton on hand based on the reparts OF
about half the ginners. When thereport
came to the House the figures were pre-
ceeded by terse statement from the Di-
rector saying that he was merely comply
ing with the demand of the House but
he did not stand sponsor for the figures
in any way. The Speaker took look at
tile statement and refused to have any
thing to do with it either, SAYING that he
had enough information to disburse with
out bothering about misinformation.
The sheet was accordingly not even read
on the floor but was carried off by clerk
to the fiie-room and read. read wrong as
it happened, to the correspondents. They
first telegraplIed the wrong figures and
then had to send correction of them.
Nothing has been gained by this attempt
to make the house of representatives the
medium for disseminating produce gambl-
ing information. The question remains
whether any good comes of this govern
ment dabbling in crop reports anyhow.
Possibly it is just as well, so long as the
public will speculate in crops, either
foodstuffs or cotton, that the government
should collect the statistics and give
everyone measurably even chance at
them. II the government would not COL
lect them, they would be gathered by
some private agency and possibly the
money invested on the Produced Ex-
change would be lost by larger and won
by.a more restricted group than ever. As
the case now stands, the wheat statistics |
collected by the government are neither
SO prompt, accurate nor complete as the
private report of the great Armour clique
in Chicago. Still the government report |
helps somewhat to keep a check on the
private report and if speculation were not |
SO. fierce it might be of some use to the
legitimate trader. But the idea of having |
such statistics dragged into the House
and given out from the Speakers desk,
they are correct or not, is little
bizarre to contemplate. 1t is not likely |
that there will be any more efforts made
in this direction.
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HOW MUCH is SHE woRrHl

Ii man has the misfortune to lose his
wife. and there is no member of the fam
lily to take her place, he b gins to realize
that housekeeper is costly luxury.
Besides, the first expense Of her week
ly earni & there viii be vast differ
ence in the cost OF running the house for,
tout ers nal iIitert st, u any of tie
little economies Of housekeeping. will not
b practised.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
How much is your wife worth to you.
leaving sentiment entirely out Of the
question? Is she worth washing ma
chine, a bread mixer, clothes wringer,
nice, carriage and safe horse, or a few
kind loving words every day?
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THE BAsHFUI MANS VALENTINE
BY ELLEN MANLY

The dearest girl in all the town!
my Valentine" name her;
For, though she's never really given
In words the right to claim her,
The glances Dolly bends on me,
Her smiles, could not be sweeter--
! sometimes fancy, though, see
The same b. slowed on Peter.
For many day I've longed. to say
81 love you, Dolly, dearest;
Bit never can speak the words
That to my heart are nearest
For such bashful man am |
That when, by chance together, s
| always stammer, blush and sigh,
Aud talk about-the weather!
'Tis strange that making love should be
So dread All undertaking,
That just the very thought of it
Should set my knees a-slIaking;
And when try my very best
To turn a sentence neatly,
The few ideas with which 4 m blest
Should fy away completely
sit beside her in tile choir,
We share one book together,
And after service ! slip in
S,ne trite remarks on weather
While walking with her to the door
But waiting there to meet her
Il snre to be that tiresome bore,
That same persistent Peter!
But yesterday, in gentlest way,
She smiled at me demurely.
/ clasped her little hand in mine
She knew Iloved her-sureIy.
In desperate haste / racked my brain
Some happy phrase to borrow,
Then fondly said: "We shall have rain,
1 fear, before tomorrow"
This day of all the year I hoped
The facIs might be propitious
And help my tongue frame my thoughts
In language more judicious;
Or il my words, despite any care,
Should touch upon the weather,
They might suggest that We could share
Life's storm and shine together.
The sweetest girl in all the town!
An hour ago met her
She looked vision of delight
All how can forget her?
Enraptured, at her side l walked,
And really, for wonder,
OF wind and storm l never talked,
Nor mentioned rain and thunder
My bashfulness forsook me quite
The hour for which I'd waited
Had come at last and ardent words
Would soon my case have stated
But when I urged my .eager plea, .
And tenderly would greet her,
She said: give just agreed to be
A Valentine to Peter"
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FRED r. BAuH, Register of wills.
u EGIsrER,s ORDER:
OFFICE OF REGISTER OF WILLS.

OFFICE OF REGISTER OF WILLS,
NEW CASTLE CoU NTY, DEL. Now " 1905
Upon the application of Joseph {. Jols and
John \. JOl1s, Administrators OF John w i.
Julls late of t. Georges Hundred, in sad
county, deceased 1t Is ordered and directed
by the Register of wills that the Administrs-
tors Aforesaid give notice ofgranting Of Letters
ceased, with the date OF granting thereof by
cAusin advertisements 10 be posted withip
forty days from the date Of such letters in six Of
the most public place of the iounty Of New
Castle, r'quiring all pei sonS hav ing demands
against the eS' ate to resent the same Or
abide 1y ,n act OF Ass mbly in snch case
made and provided : and also ausn the same
to he inserted within the same period in the
Middl town Transcript n newspaper publish
ed in Middletpwn, Delaware, and TO be c"n-
tinued therein two mouths.
Given under the hand and seal of
Seal office OF the Registero wills aioTe-
- said, at Wilmington, In New Castle
County afoI esaid. the day and year above
FRED E. BACH. Register of Wills
Nor Cr-Notice is he' eby gives that Letters
of Administration were in due form OF law
granted unto the undersigned, OIL the Twenty
ninth day of November A. ID. lp0l, and that
all persons having claims against the estate
of the deceased must pi resent the same. duly
attested TO the said administrators, on or be-
fore the Twenty-Iis til day of November. 9O6,
or abide the Act Of Assembly in such case
JOSEPH G. IOLLS,
JOHN A. JOLLS,
Administrators.
Address, MiddIetown, Delaware.
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THE FARMERS PAPER

The Suns market reports and COM
mercial columns are complete and re-
liable, and put the farmer, the merchant
and the broker in touch with the markets
Of Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston, New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia and all other
important points in the United States
and other countries. All of which the
reader gets for one cent,
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THE SUN AT ONE CENT
Is The Cheapest High-class Paper IL
The United States

The United States
The SUNS special correspondents
throughout the United States, as we'll as
in Europe, China, South Afzica, the
Philippines, Porto Rico, Cuba and in
every other part Of the world, make it
the greatest newspaper that can be
printed.
Its Washington and New York bureaus
are among the best in the United States,
and give THE SUNS readers the earliest
information upon all important events in
the legislative and financial centers OF
the country,
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A much more humane an d practical
question than the gathering Of crop statis-
tics, is being argued out in committee in
the House. That is whether the cattle,
that are being hauled to market shall be
subjected to more or to less torture before
they are killed. As the law stands now,
cattle in transit to the great slaughter
houses of Omaha and Chicago may not
be carried more than 2S hours on the
railway without stop for food and water.
This law was long dead letter, but in
the past two years it has been enforced,
so far as lie was able, by the present
Secretary Of Agriculture. The cattle men
claim that it does not pay to be SO tender
of their stock in transit and are urging an
extension of the law to So hours. They
have so far won over the Secretary of
Agriculture that he is willing to allow
the extension of the law. But the Hu-
name Societies have stepped in and de-
mand that there shall be either more
frequent instead Of less frequent stops or
else that the cattle shall be transported
in cars with feeding and watering accom-
modations. One solution, if it were
proved that the expense involved in treat
ing the cattle decently we're really pro-
hibitiye, would be to move the slaughter
houses closer to the centres of cattle pro-
duction and thus save the long haul of
live cattle together. 1t is really cheaper
to haul dressed beef than live cattle and
the Big Four make enough on its refriger-
ator cars to warrant putting in the addi-
tional equipment But the greed and
creed of the cattle buyer makes the addi-
ton of even fraction of cent on tile
hundredweight look like almost criminal
waste. There is no doubt at all that if
the Humane Societies had not stepped in
and made the fight that the torture of
slaughter destined cattle would have
been carried exactly to the point where
the loss in live weight would have
balanced the saving in food and handling.
The beef magnate can appreciate inhu-
manity when it touches his balance sheet,
but he is slow to appreciate it before.
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THE W0MAN'S PAPER

The Sun is the best type of news
paper, morally and intellectually. In
addition to the news of the day, it pub
fishes the best features that can be pre-
sented, such az fashion articles, and mis-
cellaneous writings from men and women
Of note and prominence. 1t is an educa-
tor OF the highest character, constantly
stimulating to noble ideals in individual
and national life.
The Sun is published on Sunday as
well as every other day OF the week.
BY. Mail the Daily. sun, So a year in
Guiding the Sunday Sun, 81 The Sunday
Sun alone, 81 q year.
Address
A. 8. ABELL COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors,
BALTIMORE, MD
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% E,5IsTER's oRLER.
oFFIoE OF REGISTER or Wills

New Castle County. DEL, Fec. 4th, i9Oo
Until the application OF Howard A Pool.
Administrator of Clarence Cochran, late OF
st. Georges Hundred, in said county, de-
ceased. It Is or tered and directed by the
Register Of Wills that the Administrator afore-
said give notice of granting Of Letters OF Ad-
minist-atlon upon the estate of the decreased.
with the date OF granting thereof, by causing
advt rtiSements 70 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 ali persons having demands
against the estate to present the same, or
abide by an act of Assembly in such case
made and provided /; and also cause the same
to be inserted within the same period in
The Middletown rranscripta newspaper pub
lished In Middletown, Delaware, and to be
continued therein two months.
Given under the hand and seal OF
Seal the Re lister of Willis aforesaid. at
- Whining ton, in New 'astle County
Aforesaid, the day and year above written
+s FRED K. BACH, Register Of Wills
NoTIcR-No'ice is hereby given that Letters
Of Administration were in due form Of law
granted unto the undersigned on the Fourth
day of December A. d. ls05,and that all persons
having claims against the estate the deceased
must present he same, duly attested, TO the
said Administrator, on or before the Fourth
day of December LOS or abide the Act Of
Assembly in such case made add provided.
HOWARD A. POOL,
Administrator.
Address, Martin B. Burris, Esq, Attorney
at law, Middletown, Delaware.
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the jaunty Eton is re-told, at the same
time, deft touches from the artistic dress
maker, lends varied air, but no positive
novelty greets the eye, except the t'Pony
Coat" which it is hoped will rival the
Eton. The new arrival requires trained
hand in its manufacture, but the latter
can be concocted by any one with ordi-
nary skill and good taste. White serge
is in especial demand, and very
pretty suit sof tlris desirable material,
has skirt trimmed with white silk braid
in basket weave, the .Eton trimmed with
narrower width, and at the front the
braid is Iooped in three clusters at each
side of the front, with circlet OF Rhine
stones on each cluster.
Spring Millinery
Small hats are to be the smartest for the
coming season, and are natty and becom-
ing where the face is not too full. The an.
flat is reinstated, ,and trimm-
ed with wreaths of flowers, and an import
ed example has an immense Tam" crown
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FASHIONS IN NEW YORK

Counters at the fashionable shops
fairly bristle with new materials that are
for the most part very light in weight and
delicate in textures. Cottons rival silks
in lustre and woolens in iexibility and
attractive designs are shown in brocaded
taffeta that will make up impressively for
cerenloniCns wear
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PRICE I CENT |
TAE GIN
Baltimore. Nd
NOW SELLS FOR / CENT, AND CAN
BE HAD OF EVERY DEALER,
AGENT OR NEWSBOY AT
THAT PRICE.

ALL SUBSCRIBERS IN
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, VIRGINIA,
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA,
PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE
And Througl,outthe United States can get
The Sun By Mail At Cent A Copy.
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RO!ya|l |
Baking Powder
Absolutely
Pure
DISTlNCTlVELY A CREAM Or
TARTAR BAKING POWDER

1t does not contain an atom of phos-
phatic acid (Which isthe product of bones
digested in sulphuric acid or of alum
(Which is one-third sulphuric acid) sub
stancesadopted for other baking powders
because of their cheapness.
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Emeure

An especially fascinating fabric that has
just been introduced is known as Effleure.
This,a cotton voilew, oven like all old time
Berege resembles chiffon voile in beauty
of texture and fneness of coloring. It
comes both plain and figured. Some Of
the designs are bold and striking as to
size but so cIeverly shaded that the ma
teriaI is especially elegant in effect though
the pattern is decidedly striking.
Checks in and Stripes Promised
For tailored costumes checked mater
ials are the first choice. All sorts and