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Middletown transcript., 1909-11-13
NEW YORK FASHIONS


Comparatively Inexpensive but ex-
tremely smart and pretty iFocks are made
from figured or plain nets. These nets
can be obtained in all colors, both light
tihts and dark pastel shades. Black net
especially is very popular for evening
wear. Very often an old elk or satin
frock can be made into an exquisite even
ing gown by making for it an over drapery
Of net in tine same shade. These draperies
are very simple, the skirt very often has
an upper portion heightened by circular
hounce; the upper part as rule is short
in the front--Teaching about to the knee
and slopes down at the back to any de-
sired depth, even to the hem if desired.
The favored trimmings are bands of net
in floss and trimmed. as often
as net, with sequins of gold, silver or
bronze. Occasionally gold braid, cord or
lace are introduced in these net bands
and make charming form of adornment.
Contrary to expectation these trimmings
are not at all expensive IN the stmpte
designs.
Evening Wraps
Evening wraps can be as simple or as
elaborate as one wishes this season. Per-
haps the most expensive Of the really
smart wraps takes the form Of the plain
military cape Of broadcloth. These are
usually unlined and are very pretty in
-ose, pale blue or champagne. A very
tylish and serviceable cape on this order
] Of the army blue trimmed with brass
,uttons Ia militdire and lined with bright
ed.
Fur trimmings are seen on many of the
landsomer wraps Sometimes there is
,nly slight touch of fur, such as out
ming the armhoIe or bordering the collar
nd cuffs and sometimes the entire wrap
Middletown transcript., 1909-11-13
HOW ARROWS WERE POISONED

An old Cherokee Indian recently told
how the Indians Of olden times used to
poison their arrowheads for war purposes
or for killing bears. According to the
Denver Field and Farm, they took fresh
deer liver, fastened it to long pole, and
then went to certain places where they
would find rattlesnakes in abundance.
About midday the Fattlers are all out
OF their dens, coiled up in the sunshine.
The bucks would poke the first rattler
with the liver on the long pole. A rattler,
unlike common snakes, always shows
fight in preference to escaping.
The snake would thus repeatedly strike
at the liver with its fangs until its poison
was all used up, whereupon 1t would
quit striking and try slowly to move on.
The bucks would then hunt up another
and repeat the performances keeping up
the work until the liver was we'll soaked
with snake poison.
Then the pole was carried home and
fastened somewhere in an upright posi-
ton until the liver became as dry as q
bone. The liver was pounded to a fine
powder and placed in buckskin bag, to
be used as needed for their arrows. This
powder wnnId stick like glue to any mois-
tened surface.
Middletown transcript., 1909-11-13
DO YOUR BEST

Every young man has sessions with
himself when he wonders if be is on the
right track. He ponders over his tasks
and seems unable to determine whether
he is cut out for success or failure.
These times come to every young fellow
and discourage often follows. The young
man who does not think about his own
welfare and future is not bound for sue
cess, aud will discover some day that
little introspecIion applied at intervals
would lave been a good thing. Every
fellow who has these experiences should
remember one thing, ami that is that if
be is doing the very best he knows how
in the place be is filling he is doing al
that can be asked of him, and that if he
is doing this and the place is not the one
in which he belongs or where his efforts
will tell for the most, the time will cqme
when the wider opportunities will pre-
sent themselves.
The most important work any man has
to do is that task that is before him to-
day. The future is made up of to-mor-
rows, bat the present is what counts. If
to-day is what counts. II to-day is taken
care of and the end of the days work
shows that you have doneeyour best, per-
mitted no opportunities to pass you by,
you may be sure that you have accom-
plished what you set out for, and daily
are what future sue
cesses are made Of No building was
ever built that stood the test of time and
storm unless the foundation was right.
The builders may have struck sand pock-
cts, soft clay and caveins, but they kept
on and on. and when the foundation was
completed and each piece of work and
each step in the progress OF the work
what it should be, they found the build
irg to be secure and able to stand almost
any strain. The work of to-day is the
foundation of tomorrow. Build your
foundation right and the building is sure
to stand.
Middletown transcript., 1909-11-13
EVERY STAMP 4 BULLET IN THE preHr


NEW York, November sth, 1903. The
American Red Cross has Just made the
annoul cement that the Red Gross Christ.
mas Stamp is s1on to be placed on sale ia
| all parts Of the State. The stamp il Of
an attractive design selected from 1900
submitted in competitions. The Society
has already ordered &c, ,oOO, 600 but il is
expected that so, ,O00, coo will be sold By
Christmas. These stamps will be used.
as "stickers" on. gifts, packages and lei.
ters during the holiday season.
In this State the Red Cross and the
State Charities Aid Association are co.
Operatingin promoting the sale Of this
stamp through their local organization.
The plain agreed upon, is that the Red
Cross furnish the stamps and the neces.
sary advertising matter to the local agents,
who will supervise the sale and receive
four ffth's Of the proceeds to fighting
Tuberculosis in the locality, the remain
ing one-ffth reverting to the American
Red Gross to pay expenses. Mary local.
tiles are seizing this opportunity to start
a substantial fund to be used in fighting
the white plague. Among the cities and
towns reached directly through the local
organizations of the Red Cross and State
Charities Aid Association are:
Albion, Altamont. BaIlston Spa, Batavia,
Boonville, Brockport, BrookfeId, Cam
bridge, Canandaigua. Canton, Carmel,
Cohoes, Cortland, Cuba, De Rdyter,
Dobbs Ferry, Dryden, Dundee, Elleu-
vile, Elmira. Fonda. Fulton, Geneva,
Hornell, MiddletoWn, Oswego, Palmyra,
Rome, Sandy Hill, schenevus Warrens-
burg, Warsaw, Waterloo, Watertown,
Westport. Whitneys Point. White Plains,
Aliens Hill, Clifton Springs, East Bloom.
field, Gorham, Honeye, Seneca Castle,
Stanley, Naples, Binghamton, Hudson,
Poughkeepsie and Syracuse.
The Rochester Public Health Assccia-
ton has already ordered $1,000 stamps
and the Buffalo Association for the Relief
aud Control Of tuberculosis has also made
application. Permission has been OBJ
tained to sell the stamps in all the POST
offices of the country. Newspapers,
bill posting associations. street cars and
are all interested in the sale.
The advertising matter supplied by the
Red Cross includes posters, placards and
attractive publicity circulars. The stamps
will probably not be placed on sale before
Thanksgiving day, but after that time
hey will be available in stationery stores,
lrug stores, schools, churches, postofices
md many other headquarters will be
in the various cities.
Mr.. Ernest P. Bicknell, Director of the
American National Red Cross, states
that in 1908 the Red Gross Christmas
lamps were sold in thirty.fiVe states and
and $l35,OOO to be devoted
olely to forwarding anti-tuberculosis
FORK was the result"
Middletown transcript., 1909-11-13
our STATE LIBRARIES
Written for the MiddIetOwn New Cen.
tnry CIab

Jury StuD
There are fifteen libraries in the State
Of Delaware, only four of them, Whining.
ton Institute library. Dover library, Corbit
library at Odessa and Seaford library,
being free. The State Library Commia-
sion at Dover has sixty-six travelling
libraries. These are loaned for three
months, returned, and other books sent
in their places. il requested. Any school
district may borrow these travelling H.
braries, and Che secretary and librarian of
the commission are glad to give informa.
tion on the subject to any one. Wethink
it is perhaps not generally known that a
public library may be established, and
funds secured. in any school district, under
the law passed on March 3lst, 1903, when
appropriations shall be made by school
taxation. The working of this law was
fully explained by Henry -RidgIey, Jr.,
Esq, of Dover, at the sixth annual meet.
ing of the State Federation of Woman's
Clubs, held in Dover in 1903. The hand
book Of the State Library Commission for
Delaware, is an interesting pamphlet, and
well worth reading. Mr.. Manloye Hayes
of Dover, is chairman, Mr.. 7. N Wilson,
secretary, and Miss Ida v. Culbretb, Ii.
brarian of the commission.
The Wilmington Institute Free Library
is, of course, the largest library in the
state. The constitution for the Whining
ton Institute, as it was then called, was
drawn up in January, 1888. This con.
stitutiOn decreed that any one could be
subscriber upon the payment of forty
then dollar annually, as long |
rs he remained member. In January. |
1894, i was changed into free library, |
when any person signirg an application |
Middletown transcript., 1909-11-13

and having it endorsed by resident oi
the city, might have the privilege Oi
taking out books. At this time the name
was changed from Wilmington Institute
to Wilmington Institute Free Library.
It has several branch libraries, Rockford
Road, Brandy wine State, Peoples Settle
meEt, Woodlawn and West End Reading
Room. It is not state library but is run
entirely by the city, outside of its stocks
and rent dues. They own the building
where the library IS placed, at Eighth and
Market streets, and last year took in more
than $1,000 from rent of other parts of
the property. From the time this library
was made free, Mr.. William B. Bancroft
has made an annual contribution and last
year this sum amounted to $704 GO. In
the spring Of 1908, Mr.. Bancroft offered to
give to the library 200 shares OF Wood.
lawn Company preferred stock, par value
1900, instead Of making an annual pay
ment. From this stock there will be an
income of $1,000 a year. Mr.. Bancroft
gives this money in order that persons
living outside the city limits may have
the use Of the library. OF course gen.
erous appropriation comes from the city.
This library contains 65,000 volumes,
and is especially strong in biography and
American history. twenty-five hundred
OF the best books published during the
year are added annually, and about two
hundred periodicals. are on file in the
reading room. The library is open TO all
residents of Delaware and ell residents Of
other states who work in Wilmington.
There is a-rhildren's room, where there
are 1900 carefully selected books includ.
ing special reference collection used by
teachers aud students in the schools.
The city of WiImii. gton makes special
appropriation for the purchase of books
for the blind, which may be used BY any
blind reader intLe state. The state home-
teacher for the bIind keeps the library
informed If the needs Of blind readers,
and instructs beginners free Of charge.
Books are cent by mail to the blind
throughout the state, and in Wilmington
they are carried to the homes of blind
persons by nian who .is partially bliud,
but who can see vel enough to go about
the city. Last year there we're 402 books
read by the blind.
This library sende collections Of books
all the school buil lings, where they are
ApportioBed to The different rooms. In
the reference room there are over 2. 200
volumes Of eBcy elopedias Inlhe reading
room will be iJuud al she current maga-
lines and papers from al the leading
ities. A speciel effort has been made to
81 books reIating 70 the trades and in-
duasties represented il Wilmington. Mi.
Middletown transcript., 1909-11-13
is edged With fur.
Fashions In FurS :

is edged With fur.
Fashions In Furs
Fashions in furs are yery beautiful
Coat models follow closely the style Of
the cloth garments shown earlier in the
season. Some of the long coats in pony
skin and baby caracul imported from
Paris are slightly bizarra in cut bpt the
models now being made up by the great
New York fur honses, while possessing
all the style Of the French furs, are more
conservative in line and aIso mnch more
becoming to the American axure, Pony
coats are in high favor. They are made
long, in many cases coming down nearly
to the hem Of the skirt and are trimmed
with wide shawl or sailor collars and
fastened by big metal buttons with jew
eled centers.
eealskin Coats
Sealskin aud its limitations, the best Of
which is French dyed muskrat, are enor-
mously fashionable. Caracul is popular
Tor coats and also for neck pieces. Some
Of the most charming neck pieces of this
pretty and useful fur with muffs to match
are shown at the leading fur house of G.
c. Shayne & Co., where ali the very
latest and most exclusive sty les in furs
are seen.
Here also are the most beautiful coats
in dyed Duskrat, both plain and trimmed
with mink or sable or long haired furs
such as skunk or fox.
Esekpieees and MEffs
All long haired furs are popular for
neck pieces. White, black, silkin and
pointed fox skins are especially smart
and are made mp in animal effects With
out being shaped very much, With tile
head at one end aud the tail at Tie other
or perhaps there will be two heads hang.
ing down the back with the tails in the
front.
Mufs are very large and Trimmed with
heads and tails in tile long haired furs,
In the 6ner furs such as chinchiIla and
eruline they are sometimes decorated With
colored embroideries, lace, chiffon or
ribbon.
D. Rdss 4 Son, 2O6 10 Market Street.
Wilmington, are the exclusive sgents fol
Mccall Patterns and Publications, ano
carry in stock over ten thousand dres,
patterns Of tile latest Paris, London ant
New York ety les from which the ladies'
MiddlelOwn and vicinity can supply their
pattern wants immediately ais spopular
prices, 10 and l6c. Mail orders given
prompt aud careful attention.
Mnehlhurcer's Rraad Pies ana nak.
Middletown transcript., 1909-11-13

Muehlburgers Bread. Pies and Cake
fresh daily al M PA1xlaa.
Middletown transcript., 1909-11-13

rHa TRAsscRrrT, sl.OO per year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-08-26

A complete stock in every depart
8ment assures you better selections and
a guarantee that style is correct and
prices lowest possible on first class
merchandise. Our stock would not
be complete if it did not meet the de-
mands in style, quality and price of
the buying public.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-08-26
School Shoes

We have the largest variety of school shoes
for boys and girls ever brought to Leon. Prices
are lower than ever before and we guarantee
every pair to give perfect satisfaction and stand
the hard knocks of child's play. Prices from
SOC to $500. Ask to see them.
Remember we stand behind every
pair of shoes that 60 out of
this house
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-05-01
The Ships Bell Clock.

In its most ordinary form the ships
bell clock is a stout, well made clock,
good timekeeper, contained IN
round nickel plated case six or seven
inches in diameter which is mounted
on a board that can be hung on OF
screwed 70 a wall or bulkhead. The
face Of the clock, the dial, is OF finish
ed steel, and its pointers are OF blued
steel, 50 that with its nickeled case
the whole clock has a metallic, solid,
serviceable look.
Attached 10 a projection OF the board
upon which the clock is placed, out
side the clock and immediately below
Il, Is the clocks gong. with the ham
mers-there are two OF them-brought
down into II on arms extending
through an opening IA the clocks case
and striking on the gong's inner side
II is a sturdy gong two or three incDs
IN diameter, and Il sounds with a
strong, clear, resolute note when the
hammer strikes A. On this clocks
faoe you can tell the time in the usua
way, but the hours are struck as they
airs at So o. a ships bell.-New fori
Sun.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-05-01

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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-05-01
THE FOREIGN LEGION.
A Peculiar Body Of Fighters In tho
French Army.

French Army.
The French foreign legion is a het-
erogeneous organization. 1t is COM
posed Of disappointed men of every
country - political refugees, military
fugitives. In fact, all varieties Of the
worlds restless citizens go to make
up this wonderful mongrel fighting
machine. mo questions asked" might
well be the regimental motto. Each
man signing his bond Of service sells
his soul for five years at the wage Of
/ sou about ! cent per day.
The officers are French, but the men
hail from everywhere and nowhere.
/ Under various names the French le-
gion has existed since the eighteenth
century and was finally constituted as
at presses in 1880. 1t consists OF twelve
battaliOns divided into two regiments,
mastering a total strength Of 1900
men. Eight thousand are kept In the
far east, the remainder serving IN
northern Africa In the early days
the regiments were divided into ina
tional sections" men from the same
country being kept together.
This resulted, however, IN continual
racial disputes, and each company con
sequenty was given a cosmopolitan
composition. Since its formation the
officials have guarded closely against
desertions, and as the legion onl,
serves IN French colonial territor.
where the centers are remote ane
transportation Is difficult a successful
desertion IS a rare feat. ~ Chicag'
News
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-05-01
A pleksns ManuserIpt.

II. y. Dickens, X. c., tells an inter
esting story concerning the original
manuscript OF bis fathers famous
carol" The novelist presented the
Ms. 10 Thomas Milton, an old school
fellow. I'D 1875 Mr. Milton sold IL 20
Fnncis Harvey a bookseller, for 900.
Then a passed into the bands of
George Churchill, an enthusiastic au-
tograph collector Mr. Churchill treas
ured a unul 1872, when circumstances
compelled BIN 10 part with A. After
photographing every page ~ o. d was
sold ~ M Bennett blrmlnRhap
bookseller aud curlo dealer WHO
eyeniualy found purchaser WHO
readily signed D check Tor 400 ior ~
Finally a s-is bought by stuart q
samuel ~ iienflneiou Palace Gardens
for 900 who n said ~ sul fetain tn'
preoloue documenf London 1li'iiis
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-05-01
Cause OF Car Sickness.

". c. Wood attributes car sickness
20 the nystagmus produced by looking
out Of the car windows. Look out Of
car window and observe how
rapidly the telegraph poles fit by.
Each one is seen and invOluntarily fol
lowed by the eye until 1t is opposite,
when the eye shifts to the one follow
ing. This is true Of near buildings.
Objects farther away seem to move
slower. and those very far of seem TO
be almost stationary until the whole
landscape appears to be revolving
round common center. The IN
conscious effort to take in everything
produces Il rapid lateral oscillation Of
the eyeballs, as any one can observe
by watching the eyes Of his fellow
passengers. The eye strain Is enor-
nous and is the chief factor in pro
ducing car sickness. This ccn be
proved by asking a patient who IS
subject to car sickness TO look steadily
at a mirror which is moved rapidly
to and fro or tilted backward and
forward. PIE will Immediately com
plain Of nausea and vertigo. The
treatment consists Of advising TIE
patient to avoid looking out Of the cal
windows and IN giving him 4 grain oi
citrated caffeine shortly before A'
takes the cars and repeating it every
hour as long as there is any tsndenc.
to be sick. The author has been en-
abled by this procedure TO relieve
many auffprore fa01n car sickness
New York Mees>aT Journal.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-05-01
ETIQUETTE.
An Old Fashioned Man Frees His Mind
About Its Absurdities,


whether to eat fish with a fish
knife and fork or a fork and a bit Of
bread, whether to serve champagne In
tumbler or a goblet-it is quite alb
surd to regard one of these courses as
right and the other as wrong and to
admire or despise a person according
ly. The average rule Of etiquette has
nothing to do with courtesy, with
good breeding, and 1t is no criterion
of courtesy or of good breeding"
The speaker, an old fashioned gen.
tleman from the country, knotted the
ends Of his napkin more firmly about
his neck.
Smile at me, nephews and nieces,"
he resumed, because l tuck my nap
kin under my chin. Yet why should
1 spoil my black broadcloth coat with
turkey stains or smears Of cranberry
sauce? 1t is q rule Of etiquette, you
say, that the napkin may only be
placed across the knee-an absurd,
ephemeral rulel
at was q rule of etiquette in France
during the reign Of lie Roi Soleil,' the
great Louis XIV, that when the king
visited sick subject the king, too,
must lie down In bed, on the ground
that 1t would never do for a subject
to maintain a more informal attitude
than his master during the audience.
Louis XIV, visiting the Marshal de
Villars after Malplaquet, lay in bed
beside the suffering soldier in that
way.
Behold the absurdities Of etiquette
and let me do with my napkin what
please" a. New Orleans Times-Demo
| GRAFT
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-05-01

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Nas very angry when he enteneo fhe
village grocery store aud demanded ~
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-05-01

In the matter Of the estate of Ralph
Middleton, deceased;
no ce Is hereby given, that letters
of ID minis gation on fhe estate of
Nclnh Middleton deceased, were
taltod fo Me uf Undersigned on Che l1tn
D.y of March, 1903, by tle PROBATE
.o.F of lla'lo county.
hl persons having claims against
fa.0 estate iIr required to eNniblt ilen
aU.a f.raIoNance al the Office of 81.
~ AeMalan All Elk City Idaho, within
t.U mon.fa after thc date of fae llsi
faNaatol of thls notleo or obey shall
Oe I0r0ft barred.
1n.s8li day VI Narch 1902
"a. a. MCMAHAN,
lIlt Oht, hfmlNIfilaiof
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-05-01
Grangeville- Clearwater Mail.

Grangeville- Clearwater Mail.
Bids are being asked for by the post
office department for mail service of
six days a week from Grangeville to
Clearwater by the way of Harpster,
says the Free Press. According to the
schedule proposed mail will leave here
at 4:30 a. m. and leaves Clearwater on
the return upon the arrival Of the New
some mail, but not later than p. M,
arriving in Grangeville in four hours
and half. This service will be a great
convenience TO the people who are
tributary to the route, It also means
direct connection by stage between Elk
City and the county seat as whoever
gets the contract TO carry the mail will
undoubtedly put the stage on through
to that camp.
The bids are to be opened the fourth
of May and the service viii begin the
first of June, Already two have FLED
bids.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-05-01

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