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Middletown transcript., 1907-11-30
M. BAN NG,
DEALER III riNE
CERES /!

We are al ready for tile
Thanksgiving and Holiday
Trade, with d full line of
new Currants, Raisins.
Citron, Lemon and Orange
Peel, and everything needed
for mince meat and fruit
cake.
A full supply Of Atmore's S
celebrated Mince Meat now
on hand, which will make
a delicious pie for Thanks
giving or any other day.
We have a large variety of
can goods. Also are carry.
ing a full line of Florida and
Jamaica Oranges. Grape
Fruit, Tangerean, Malaga,
Emperor and Coneor d
Grapes.
Nuts and Candies are now
coming in every day.
A word to the farmer and
butcher - Coarse and Fine
salt inJmostany size package.
Also sage, salt-petre, red,
white and black pepper you
will find here.
Middletown transcript., 1907-11-30
WiImineton,a Murder Case

The coroner's inquest, looking into the
death Of William Moore, who was found
with stab wound penetrating his heart
near Third and West streets, Wilmington,
early on Saturday morning. will be held
to-day by Coroner Callaway.
John Sullivan the suspect, now locked
up in the city hall, was arraigned before
the city court Tuesday morning, but the
hearing was postponed.
The funeral Of Moore took place Tues
day from No. 1911 dupont Street, wher
lie formerly boarded
Z No new developments have occurred in
tile case.
Middletown transcript., 1907-11-30
Santa Claus Headquarters
NORTH POLE
TO NY LITTLE BOYS|AND GIRLS
MY DEAR LITTLE FRIEND :

MY DEAR LITTLE FRIEND
just thought would write you few lines to tell you
that getting everything ready and expect to start
my trip before long.
Since Mr. Roosevelt has been President there are SO
many more little boys and girls than there before,
that will have in my arshp to carry enough
things have many Of my things ahead to Lppin.
cotts Wilmington Delaware, to keep for me until get
there. Then, too, going to send to Lippincotts
whole lot of books with my picture These books will
contain list of all my toys, well as the names of pres
suitable for Mamma Papa, Brother, Sister and the
rest of the family.
of them will be for you In order that they will
know who you are you will have to bring this letter and
vel to them when you go to ask for the book.
When there, want you to look at all my things,
check of the you want in my book, and give it to
your Mamma, Lippincotts tell and then will
know just what to bring you.
1t is beginning to will have to stop writ
ing put my eindeers in the she'd Looking forward
with much pleasure to the time when shall visit you,
am your same cid loving friend,
SANTA CLAUS
Middletown transcript., 1907-11-30

Mems blue, black and brown Scotdh les. These suits
made of the Beaufort Mills material and will
render service equal to any $500 suit, 0O.JU
Middletown transcript., 1907-11-30
a III Ia trades aud iii

81 fIla trades and khe
deception usea iu The nannfau
lure 81 goods We would readily
be converted to the home
trading idea Secondl We
know chat such d condition de-
pletes the working capital Of
our communities and makes Us
depend upon the very people OF
Eastern cities whom we have
patronized We give them the
profits on returning the money
10 Us that we may borrow.
II We are not mistaken the
country at present is on the eve
of the discussion of this most
vital question.
Middletown transcript., 1907-11-30
NoTIcEII

I, ALEXANDER MAXWELL tenant
and occupier of the house known as the
Middletown Hotel, situated at Middle.
town, in Sch0 Di>trici n ~ aid 94.
county of New Castle, anu S.ats nl Deta-
ware, in compliance With the requirements
OF the acts OF the General Assembly in
such cases made and provided, do hereby
give notice that ! shall apply in writing
to the Court of General Sessions OF tile
State Of Delaware, in and for New Castle
County, on Monday, the 9th day Of jan
uary, a. d. 1908, being the next term Of
said Court, for lice lss for said house as
an inn or tavern fnr the sale therein Of in
toxicating liquors in quantities less than
one quart. to be drunk on the premises,
and the following respectable citizens 0f
said School District, at least six af whom
are substantial freeholders of said School
District, recommend the said application,
viz:
W. A. Comegys, ]. B. Messick,
FL. L. Davis, G. p. Cochran,
w. b. Biggs, Joshua Ciayfnn, Jr.
W.J. EIiaaon, w. s. Lstherbnry,
Cyrus Tatman, Geo. Echenhofer,
Julian Cochran, N j. Williams,
j. L. Parsons, Il. Ellis,
Albert Price, John d Gill,
Joseph Gary, Harry G Eliason,
Corbit Vinsard. John P. McIntyre.
ALEXANDER MAXWELL.
Middletown. DEL. Nov Both, 1907.
Middletown transcript., 1907-11-30

IND, suppose we had
bought what we needed of Hassf:
chants In ourimmediate vicinity !
The s25, 900 would stiII bs circns
latfng among Us ard va would
still have our $50. 0o1 active work
ing capital
- The first place there il moth
ing saved By buying away from
home II may seem so. at the
time, bnt IL we understood all
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06

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New-York tribune., 1907-12-22

collars and poked one another in the eye. and
made your sweetheart wonder why she ever
thought she loved you. then they change the
game and start new afflictiQn and you
become a waxwork or something. which is what
1 complain OF. If they all made to so
through it.
"Waxwork?" repeated the family man, inquir
ingly. Let me see. seem to remember that.
Tell me about that, too"
We'll don't mind. ! don't see why 1 should
be the only one to suffer. In 'waxworks, yknow,
YOU all have to go out o the room-uness
you're a coward, afraid o being laughed at
And the towards. they stay behind and plot your
downfall. And then you're let in-in every
sense of the term-one by one. and you find
one idiot stabbing another idiot with a can
die say, or doing Hamlick with an art pot for
the skull And you're taken into their
fdence and asked TO suggest some improvement
that'll make o the fools look bigger
fool than Nature intended-if poss. And, nat
uralIy, you think that here's a chance to get
your own back, so you say, Stick the candle
in his mouth. And then the towards tell you
with your girl looking on and all-that you've
got TO be the TO suck that candle. And you
can't get out of it. And so you take the place
O. the other idiot, and for the rest o the even
ing everything tastes O. cheap tallow. One
laxing a little; "the next idiot they let in will
probably suggest. out o. the kindness of his
heart that you bite the end o the candle off
and suck it like jujube. And that he'll have
to do himself, while you go and wash your
mouth out, and wait till the next idiot comes
along to suggest swallowing the candle. by
which time there are two of you at the whiskey,
trying to get rid o. the waxy taste"
The family man rolled his seat in an &c
stasyA GO on-go on" he wheezed Il don't
supply the refreshments Wen have that"
The youth permitted himself the luxury of
smile.
But they don't always play fair" he went on
gIooming again. Know the game o hunting
the thirnble'? No? Well, had that at my
girls place last year. It's another o. those rot
ten games where everybody-every high minded
person, that is-goes out o the room to catch
cold in the passage while the tat towards hide
a thimbIe where everybody can see it, which
isn't as Irish as it sounds; because, though 1T
can be seen, it isn't. Well, the occasion Pm
referring to, I'd Just been having a real pebby
time playin' 'corks' 'Corks' is game in which
your hands are tied behind you, and then you
sweep the carpet with your nose till you topple
over and fall on it and bend it-your nose,
mean. That's what happened to me- And be-
sides that I'd shrewd suspicion I'd busted a
button off my trousers we'll, that didn't
feel particularly gay to start off with. And
when we went in and began looking for the
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
ON MARS.
Travelling Under Sea - Hunting
artificial animals.

now come to a rather romantic part OF my ad-
ventures. had travelled through the greater part
OF Mars with my guide. and had far kept to
dry land In order. however. reach Il dis
tant part of the planet. had to traverse a huge
ocean. My guide informed that. from what he
could remember OF our earth, the ocean before us
about tho size OF the Atlantic l said that
supposed IL would take about week get
across II. and when my guide translated the
mark for the benefit Of one or two Of our friends
who standing near the atmosphere fairly rat
tied with their laughter.
/ made matters when 1 said that in order
to cross the sea In my country used ships that
foated the water and spent huge OF money
In making machinery 10 shove the ships along.
and then they got lost owing to occasional
storms. one old gentleman talked to for long
time the subject. and my guide told me he
saying that that 4 method OF crossing the
that out OF date by thousands OF years.
l was. therefore little curious 10 what meth
cd the Martians adopted, and | accompanied nv
guide to the docks forthwith. The answer the
conundrum simplicity itself. although like
most simple effects Il involved very extensive
preparations The docks consisted OF nothing
than a huge machine composed Of something
like a thousand massive reels built to revolvc at A
rate of speed that would appear incredible to
The ships steel caskcts. shaped like an
plosive shell and fitted UP with air chamber
The passenger got into this cashet and when he
ready start a telegraphlC message
to the other side an instruction let her go.
The casket then drawn along a cable under the
sea at tremendously rapid rate. and IL at any
time the passenger wanted TO communicate with
either shore he had simply work the telegraphic
instrument just his head.
] travelled across the great Marian ocean in this
way. I to sleep directly got into my ship"
and when l woke up / was another continent
three thousand miles away. l reckon that must
have travelled at the rate OF three hundred miles
an hour. which is pretty quick. even In these days
OF motor and police traps.
One of the first things l noticed when landed
was that the people were of different color from
the Martians 1 had left behind The first Martans
had met were Of light blue color, but the new
my own color possible. When
1 say my color I should point out that as
drift toward middle age / am yellowing up a good
deal, whereas the color / refer 10 is the delicate
pink and white Of my very early youth. Many OF
people also lacked the ability stretch their
arms out any unusual length and their eyes
remained In their sockets all the time. felt rather
glad OF the change myself.
The oversee Martians made quite fuss about
me. Tho first day they held hunting expedition
in my honor and there again I struck by the
different practices of different peoples. ] do
know the name of the creatures hunting
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22

smile, If they rather enjoyed being hunted and
killed 1 a great many of them in the dis
tance; and then. all once. drove OF them.
US.
At the moment the hunt started / trying
to talk with a cheerful little lady. but neither
OF US knew word OF the others language any
thing like animated sustained conversation
out of the question. She pointed TO the advancing
drove of animals and then to her spear. and wnen
she saw that was watching she took careful aim
and skewered the nearest OF them most cleverly.
although the creature must have been about half a
mile away at the time
The lady took up another spear. but just then. I
regret say. l lost my One of the jabber-
wock looking creatures was steering straight for
and 1 bolted Evidently the situation had
something amusing about it; but 1 did not find
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22

thimbe I'm blest If the first thing L saw wasnt t
that very button which somebody had picked up
and wedged in the keyhole. And that upset me
worse than ever for l couldn't help wondering
how long the other button would stand out
against the intolerable strain, and what would
happen if it didn't However, went moonn
about WI the rest. prayin' I'd soon he able 10
find that thimble and sit down But l just
couldn't find it, Everybody else found it quick
and sat down, though they hadn't so much cause
for rejoicn is Id have had. No. There was l.
left all alone with my terrible secret on my
mind and them all laughn and te!lin' me when
/ was warm and when / was cool though
give you my word l felt red hot all the time
except in eye which the draft round the
edge o the door blew into-and 1 soon found out
that that thmble must be somewhere near the
door by the wild encouragement | received to
stop there. At last l gave in, and then some
body grabbed the button and told me that II l
couldn't see that l ought to take TO glasses at
once And I told them that I had been lookin'
for thmble. and they said. More fool YOU!
We explained that we hadn't got a thimble
handy and as there was button on the floor
Well / never heard YOU l said, and I
never. Dear you must be- they said as well
as blind; and silly whispered girls brother.
And then up and told them straight that my
conviction was that all the other rotters had
been lookn for thimbe. too and must have
only pretended to find it, and
.Ah"' .interposed the family man. That's
lust what's the matter WI you, my boy. You
don't take these things in the proper spirit You
argue instead o ioinin' in the fun. whereas the
sensible way TO behave, when people laugh at
you, is to lead the laughter yourself.
"Pr'aps you're right" returned the youth.
But-wel, here's another chouse. You say
I'll try il on YOU. sir You say you'll
play fair. ylInow. If you've heard it before say
Don't be mouldy y'know-" He cleared his
throat. This IS it, I'll ask you three ques-
tions, and I'll bet I'll make you say haven't
Have you heard il before? All right, then. I'll
take your word. Now, ready?"
The family man nodded violently. and winked.
You've been goin' to bed in your boots late
ly.' said the youth
The family man grinned. Yes" he said "and
The youth curled his lip in disgust, shrugged
his shoulders and leaned back. And you call
yourself a sportsman. l s'pose," he said. scorn-
fully, when you know all the time you have
heard it before"
Il assure you I haven't" began the family
earnestly, and then paused-too late.
The youth slapped his knee. Done you in
the eye first timer he yelled.
But sputtered the other, flushing.
My dear sir, remember! You shouldn't argue
your
TIN not goin' TO argue growIed the family
man. But ] must say
"Now. nowl You're not taking il i'll the proper
spirit. y'know. When people laugh at your
That's all very fine,'' stormed the family man.
But
They were left arguing.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22

that till after the creature had gone BY Ihe-i
my interpreter came UP and explained matters
1t appeared that the animals weren't really aii'o
at all. They were simply an ingenious arrahe
ment of machinery and leather. and they stoppea
running and broke down directly their aruncIA'
hides were pierced. 1t against the RUE oi e''0
hunt to spear them at closer quarters than nso
hundred yards. and that was why the youns 'a15
who entertaining did not interfere wne''
I in danger OF being down. she mao ~
wait till the imitation animal was the rsSsi"S~'
distances away.
On our return to the hunting lodge surpii.o
awaited me. / was introduced TO young iaug
who. like myself had only n limited use oi -
arms and eyes Directly she saw me Sne graooeu
me by the whisbers and kissed me seTerai 'iilie ~
and talked with great animation MY ih'eTp'ee
explained to me that she was telling me thal sn0
had decided to marry and wanted 10 INV
whether would prefer tomorrow or the day aiter
for the wedding.
1t was certainly a little sudden. bur as was
not sure what would happen Il 1 SAID WON.
like year two to consider the proposals . - NNss
the wedding for a couple of days later--Munss
Hawson in Pick-Me-up
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
THE LAUGHING STOCK
Il Sketch of Some Forms of Christ
mas Fan.
BY Edwin Pu;h.

Copyright 1907 by the National Press Agency
The r7addy faced, middle aged individual in
the immense ulster, who was obviously a fam
fly man. had observed with startling originality
that Christmas comes but once a year.
And a thunderin' good job. too" said the
saturnine youth with the dappled complexion
Come, comet" urged the family man. You're
young enough to enjoy Christmas. surelye"
mo, L amt: and 1 amt old enough, either,'
returned the youth 81 mean that while I've
outgrown kids games I amt arrived at those
years Of indiscretions when feler can be said
10 be in his second childhood"
II see,'' said the family man, smiling broadly
''c:le women think you're a boy. and the children
think you're a man, and SO you feel you're out
of it both ways? Well. nc doubt yours is rather
an awkward age, when you come to weigh
it up"
oh, p'rhaps I'm older than I look, y'knowp'
uuoth the youth, resentfully.
-Very likely" rejoined the family man, be-
traying some impatience. Anyhow, you couldn't
be younger than you talk and he laughed. y
only wish" he added, that / had as many
Christmases to look forward TO as you have.
Christmas can't come too often for me"
You never know. II might come once too
often-even for you retorted the youth.
Wait till you're asked to so in for spoon feed
Il
out Of il. You'd plead fatness, or something.
Or you'd say that somebody elses limbs Were
younger than yours; and so they'd let you Off
And then you'd just sit around and jeer while
others were put to the torture
You amt exactly polite, young man. But I
suppose politeness is like Christnas-gone out
o fashion, too?'
Polite" exclaimed the youth, very bitterly
"Ahi but If you'd been tied up in a towel and
had cold water poured down your neck L doubt
II you'd be exactly Popular Guide to Good
Manners either"
''Talkin' about some game, are you?'
I'm talkin' about ben' made game of. There's
two of you, and you're blindfolded. and they sit
you the floor, face TO face and give you
spoon each and a basin O water and you have
70 feed one another"
MY aunt that sounds funny. We must have
that at my daughters" chuckled the family
man, RleefuIy. TELL us how it's DONE
..It amt done" growied the youth, moroseIy.
s1t can't be done. That's why you're asked 10
do il. And when you've ruined one anothers
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22

T0E It ] * FNNONEF's
Salvation Army Lass-Give it back 20 the iis'
tie chap, you great bully!
Urchin-I won't. 'E's 'ad 'arf.
S. A. l.-That doesn't matter. Give Il back
Urchin-WeI, I'll give i'm anuder quarter.
S. A. l.-No. IF it's his, give hin, the tot. tio
smaller boy)-What is it he's got, sonny!
Small Boy-Boo! Hoo! My Cigarette!
Punch.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-04-20
Ercn's Hearts in Men,

Once again have the scientists
proved to be wrong. Until recently
it was thought that child could
only live eight CT ten years with
what is known as "a frogs heart"-a
heart with single ventricie to perform
the double purpose CT proDel.in5 the
pure blood throughout the system
and sending the impure blood 10 tie
lungs for publication. II the normal
being these two operations are per-
formed by separate ventricles. In the
course of the post-morten examina.
ton Of man about thirty-five years
old who had suffered from heart dis
ease, in one of the Manchester hos
pitfalls, it was found that he had lived
the allotted span with a heart in all
it's details like that of a frog, except
that It was much larger. 1t is said
that such q case is unique in the
annals of medical sciance.-Dundee
Advertiser.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-04-20
JAPANESE MAY RULE WORLD.
All Christendom May Yet Become Vas
sal to Japan.

Count Leo Tolstoy has written g
letter to Paul Sabatier. apropos of the
latters recent book on the
"Disestablishment OF the Church
in France" in which the
famous Russian a.thor predicts
the possible reduction of all the
Christi countries OF the West to
a stase OF yassaIage 10 the japanese
and other Oriental people.
He bases his prediction urCn the
ground it is only in the Orient that
religion AMI patriotism are synonv
nous. In this letter County Tolstoy
displays all his his oidtime vigor CT
style and clearness OF ideas. He says,
in part:
Religion is truth and goodness, tie
Church falsch0od and evil l tell you
frankly | cannot agree with those who
believe the Church is an organization
indispensable for religion. The Church
has ever been a cruel and lying in
stitution. which, in seeking for TEN.
roral advantages, has perverted and
distorted the true Christian doctrine.
"All the concordats have been for
It nothing but compacts with the
State, whereby the Church supported
the State in return for specific mater.
ial advantages Christianity has even
been simply a pretext for the Church.
l may be told that there have been
and still are in the Catholic world
men AMI women OF holy life, but
answer that these sainted lives are
not dae to the Church but rather in
spite Of the Church.
''In spite of all the efforts OF Church
and State to unite the two prin-
ciples, true Christianity Glove, humil.
ity and kindness) and that OF the
State physical force and violence)
the contradiction has become il our
time SO hagrant that {. solution is
bound to come.
Several symptoms prove this
First, the religious movement is not
confined to France, but exists in all
Christian countries; second, the rev.
olution in Russia; third, the extraor-
binary military and industrial prog
ress which is manifesting itself in
the Orient. in China and especially
in Japan. The present religious move.
ment which is going on not only in
Catholic countries, but in the whole
world. is, I believe, nothing but the
unrest accompanying tie exit from
the dilemma"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-04-20

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