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Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
OF
APPOOUINIMINK HUNDRED


The taxable residents of Appoquini-
mink Hundred, and all persons liable to
pay tax in said Hundred, are hereby
notified that the Taxes for the year 1910
are now due, and the undersigned Tax
Collector for said Hundred, will be
AT THE OFFICE OF GEORGE n. D. HART,
IN TOWNSEND, DEL,
EVERY SATURDAY,
During JULY, 1910.
From to 5 O'Clock, P. NJ.
An abatement Of per Centum will be
allowed on all taxes paid during the
month Of August.
Tax bills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector, or
by sending written communication en-.
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
GOVERNING The COLLECTION OF TAXES AOF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, SECTION 3, CHAPTER
30, VOLUME 81, LAWS OF DELAWARE As
AMENDED:
Section 3-Tbat on all taxes paid before
the first day of October there shall be an
abatement of five per eentam. On ell
taxes paid before the first day of Decem-
Der there shall be an abatement OF three
per centum. On ell taxes paid during tbe
month of December there shall be no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first day. of January five
per centum thereof shalt be added
thereto.
WILLIAM c. MONEY,
Collector Of Taxes for AppOquinimink Hundred
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
BARGAINS! BARGAINS! i
Here are some OF the greatest bargair

Here greatest bargains you have ever
bought This is the opportunity of your life On account
backward spring manufacturers have great deal
We just bought $1,000
worth of Ladies', Misses and CiIdrers Summer Dresses
Suits Skirts Waists $780, which will sell
you way We have also reduced from 13 to
1-2 price every piece Of goods in store
A Clearance Sale of all the goods begins on
Thursday July until the end of this
month
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
Real Bargains

The articles mentioned below will
positively be sold at ridiculously lowprices
as long as the goods lasts.
Regular Price Sale Price
200 Turkish Wash Rags. ...$ .05 2for Sc
Heavy Muslin Sheets 81x9O, 100 SOC
A lot Of Childrens Muslin
Drawers. Is &c
A lot Of White Baby Caps. .25 1oc
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
MILLINERY

Ladies' aud Misses Hats in all this
seasons shape and colors, in various quail
ties of straws, milans, panama, chip, leg
horn. Also hand made hats, trimmed with
the best silk ribbons and beautiful flowers.
There are hats in this lot for the young,
middle-aged or old woman.
All -. ,,,.lo~ 90 m uo+e Gala ORION co IN
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30


this sale
a
awaiting which doesn't permit
quick
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
Ladies' and Misses Suits,
Skirts. Dresses and Waists

Here are the real bargains and you
certainly must not miss any of them. The
summer has just begun and you certainly
will need one or two Of these pretty, pure
Irish linen or lingerie dresses or perhaps a
nice linen coat suit or separate wash or
cloth skirt to take along on your vacation
or your visiting trip.
Sale Price
$50 Pure Linen Coat Suits. $500
$50 Linen Rep Coat Suits ......... $50
1000 and $12O 90 Lingerie Dresses. 4.50
$50 and 80 Lingerie Dresses. -. 2.98
600 and $500 Ladies' and Misses
dresses, all kinds of materials. =. l.98
800 Pure White Linen Skirts. ...... 1893
1.50 Linen Skirts, all colors and sizes 98
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
MORE CARE NEEDED.

Inefficient management and a care less public make a sorry record for the steam and trolley roads of this country. The interstate commerce commissions last bulletin discloses the fact that fatalities are increasing when they should certainly be decreas- ing. The report just issued, says:
 Ten hundred and ninety-nine per- sons were killed and 22,4s1 injured in railroad accidents in the United States during the last three months of the year.
 This is an increase of 301 in the number killed over the same period of the preceding year, and an increase of 5,645 injured.
 In the same months of 1909 cleo trio railway accidents killed twenty six persons and injured SAP.
 There were 3.206 accidents on steam roads. involving 1.245 collisions, and 1,461 derailments. The damage to cars, roadbed and equipment is esti- mated at $2,733.s30.
 This is & discreditabIe showing for all of us. The rush and the hustle of life need not be pushed regardless of consequences.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22

He had been walking down the ave- nue quite obIivious to his surroundings He was thinking over a business prob lem and his mind was far away. He did not even realize that the sun was shining and the air was soft or that on all the twigs of all the bushes in the yards and on all the branches of the trees over his head there were thousands of little tightly furied green knobs, some just feathering out into fairylike promises of leaves.
 He missed the fat robin that was hopping bu1kily across one lawn and never saw the rugs hanging on a line in another place ready for dusting. The window curtains were down at the house and inside could be seen paper hangers moving about among their ladders and paste. ;
 Suddenly as he turned the corner he was halted, for there was a half dozen small boys blocking the way They ranged from a three-year- -oId in petit coats and with a dirty face to mature youths Of seven or eight One of them was chalking a large circle on the cement walk and the others were telling him how. They all talked at once. The three-year-old set up a
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
Orrine Cured Him of DRUNKENNESS
Her Husband Now Spends His Eve
 nings at Home.

She bought Orrine from the druggist reading the Orrins Free Booklet. In the sooklsr Ths rsss of shs %ars page pa ten % of the Booklet she read the nsa 9o1 tS rssS to all ssee cure. After reading the Booklet she remedy of unusual merit. She decided drunkenness. orrise cured him. Now Orrine helped to purchase the home. keas scsmids shs eo ssss csnai frs sa. crand
 For . number of years we have been saS f9r to bs nsh yond a doubt, that Orrins is a reputable remedy. worthy of recommendation. Attention. @ . mschanic earning s2s5o per week. who had not taken full pay envelope homo for over five years, was indneed beine the % resyuif y r1s Tse %an Secams worth more to his nrm. resolving an aadvancs in pay; and has has purehassed ssci ssSw a hSms fng the msrite eu os orrins Me cannot help but feel that we were most fer tunate when we secured the agency for
 Orrine is prepared in two forms. No. 1, powder, absolutely tasteiess and odorLess. styen secretly ip, in food or for those wo w.h hI o ear eh Orrine costs only s1 box. The guar antee Is in each box Write for Free orrins Booklet Smniled .n plain pss1 5eriea se9ied Build ing. Washington, D. c. brine is for sale in this city by N. D.. SsviR & Son, 11s Main Street.
 They know Orrfne is a reliable and efncacious remedy for drunkenness and they will not offer you a substitute.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
Room for Suspicion

Mr. Editor: send you the following clipping from the Waterbury Ameri- can.
 Candidate Goodwin comes out vigorously in favor of a public utili- ties bill He comes out vigorously in favor of an employers liability bill. However, he stands no further ad vanced than Candidate Lake, who is vigorous for both measures. The last general assembly was also vigorous for public utilities bill, though its yigor was unequal to the task of ac- complaining the measures passage. The significant thing is that the first step of any aspirant for gubernatorfal honors is to declare himself in favor of this legislation"
 This is significant. and, what is more, at such a time as this the voters should have a care regarding entanE- ling alliances. MT. Goodwin is a nephew of J. Fierpont Morgan, and hence the Consolidated road comes pretty near being his uncle. He is not to blame for this relationship, and no one would venture to say that he was a megaphone for either, but there is room for suspicion among the suspf- cious; and what. are we going to do about it?
 A SUSPICIOUS ONE.
 Norwich, April 19, 1910.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22

upon which cherry a bug was balanced, the toad would probably swallow caher- ry and bug simultaneously. In a sim liar manner the robin will occasional ly swallow a wormy cherry.
 From the time it leaves the water and has digested it's tail. for like the frog the toad makes use of it's tail aft CT its usefulness in swimming is pass ed, the toad starts in upon a. meal of a countless number of courses. At times when food is plentiful the toad may stop to rest or sleep, but not for long. The tiny toad which leaves tine water in late June, not much larger than a housefiy, must grow to the size of a plump hickory nut by autumn. Every bit of this growth is made at the ex- peuse of thousands Of small insects and other small fry.
 Therefore, MT. Editor, not to draw this letter out to a tiresome length, I know that the toad Is more useful than the robin. I urge therefore that boys be punished when they kill toads: that men be careful not to crush toads by careless stepping or driving; that lawn-rnowers. hoes, rakes. shoveis, etc, be handled carefully when the life of S toad is in danger. Leading such a meet with fatal accidents often. That he survives these fatalities is a thing to wonder at- That there should be many less fatalities is our duty to look out for. Probably we should get laughed at were we to ask to have the life of load protected by a fine of SIC. Ignorance Is ever ready to laugh
 ALLEN LATHAM.
 Norwichtown, April 19, 1910.
 (Mr. Latham is well versed in nat ways glad to hear from him The Bull iettn has claimed that the service of a dozen toads was almost equivalent to the work Of q hired man.-Ed.)
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
A GOOD BACILLUS MADE BAD.

The claim is made by some distin- suished physiologists that man has mistaken his place in nature and to this is due many of his physical Ills and crises. Dr. Olddeld points out that "mistakfng his place in na- ture, man has been eating more and more meat, and this has had to remain in his body long after it's value was exhausted in the small in testine, and passing into the cecum in the condition in which in dog it would be elected from the body, it must remain in man because it is mixed with cellulose bodies which re- quire more digestion in the ceeum and colon. and it is just here that the appendix is situated and the danger ous disease set up.
 Dr. Oldffeld calls attention to the fact that flesha fowl and fish not only rapidly decompose, but in the decomposition become a suitable soil for the multiplication of just those very micro organisms which set up intestinal inflammation and abscess "The colon bacillus, which is present in all healthy intestines. is a kindly, useful agent when it's surroundings are healthy, but if the contents of the intestines become purulents this gen. tie bacillus changes its nature, and not only where it penetrates the in- testinal walls does 1t carry poison in- to the surrounding tissues, but where it collects in a blind pouch, like the appendix. with fetid contents, 1t be- comes actively virulent.''
 The record has been made that no severe cases of appendicitis ever oc- cur among fruitarians and that surgi- cal operations are not necessary.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
IBE BuLLETIN's DAILY sIoRY
SURE SIGN

friehtful howl as ha was showed out of the crowd
 older boy.
 old and stuck ont his tongue
 You leave my brother alone Bud W1llaamslr shouted . larger boy.
 "Aw. you 20 chase yoursef. said Bud. aWe don't want no babies around here It's for keeps!"
 Nav. t'aint!"
 "Aw, you shut up nowss
 Down on the chaIked circle two boys were arranging something. There was a great showing and pushing, scream ing and expostulafing till Bud Williams won out
 Hey, I shoot frzt." he cried. and. bending to one knee, he Tipped with delft fingers red and white marble at the rondescript ones that were await ing their fate in the circle
 'Yee-owi" one small boy burst out shriHy from an overcharged heart Plainly it was their first game of mar bles of the year.
 Well, dear mel" said the man as fhe came to and moved on with new expression of interest on his face. T believe spring has come-and l never knew Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
eovernor LiIIey Dead a Year.

Succumbing to foe that fs some- times baff1ed for while, but that al- George l.. Lil1ey died in Hartford just a year ago today. He had waged a brave fight. but the grip which disease had on him was too strong to be Saanen shaker thc afI He He was probably doomed investigation in which he played the star and starting part and in which, seeking to- lay scandal bare. he was mercilessly bounded and partly
 Governor Lilley's death, occurring soon after he had entered upon his career in the executive chamber and after a large body of sentiment pre- viously hostile had become friendly. made profound Impression upon the people of the state. His refusal to harbor any grudges against his ene- mics, his fnsistence on letting all campaign animosities and excesses to pursue broad and conciliatory Dpolicy as governor. won public senti- ment and enabled him to command popular confidence. It was his am- gubernatoriaI office and to prove that the black colors in which his personal enemies in his own party had painted him were unjust In striving to serve the people and to utilize the oppor- tunities of his office he didn't spare himself, but the burden which he as- sun1ed was too great for his physical system, already overtaxed. long to bear.
 The programme which Governor Liliey mapped out in his inaugural address and from which partisan con- alterations were eliminated appealed to the public. Many of the things which he wished to have done are still undone. Many of the reforms which he urged are still unadopted. What would have been accomplished if he had lived it fs idle to conjecture. What achievements he would have been able to perform In the public service, and what disappointments would have awaited him, God only knows. After life,s ftful fever he sleeps well, and memory of him is still fresh and fragrsnt.-Hartford Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
coMMERcIALIsm IN POLITICS.

The papers of Vermont are dis sussing still the use of money in poll fftcaz campaigns, and the legitimate and iIlsgitimate use of it is being very thoroughly exploited. The Vergennes Enterprise, discussing the subject, says:
 s-Ths only question of importance is whether or not the expenditure of money has been excessive or illegal. If illegal there is . law and a penalty and if excessive and improper, more laWS ere needed and they can easily be proeuyed if deemed necessary and advfsabla. Ii, as is runsored, Prouty used eo6.ooo. Proctor $5o.ooo. McCul- tough tee.e0o and Doctor Mead intends to uss @1oo ooo--in promoting their respective political interest in the proper way, the way recognized as legitimate. the commercial way. if you pieaDa, they used and are using the game successful methods that have al- ways been used and always will be used. and the publication of campaign expenses will have very little material effect upon the amount of expenditures proper to use in political campaign"
 There Is no doubt that more money can be used in a printers ink, self advertising campaign. at regular space rates in the papers than was ever used an any gunashoe campaign in which barrels were opened and the dough" secretly distributed to "in- fluence" the voter. In a legitimate expense campaign in Boston, did not three candidates for mayor spend SzGc. coo? And candidates for govern ors in our richest and most intelligent states do as bad as this or worse.
 What show does poor man stand for high of1ce if he only has the abil- ity, the capacity and the dignity be- coming the station. if "the dough trough" has nothing in it?
 Back to the simple life is just as good Q political as an economical slo- gan
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
The Valuable Toad.

MT. Editor: The trilIing songs of the toads this evening reminded me that l promised in a letter written for The Bulletin on March 3d to tell why the death of a toad is a greater loss than the death Of a robin.
 But first I wish to say that I am heartily in agreement with what the editor says in his footnote to the let ter in question. It Is most assuredly true that all useful birds should be greatly increased. Our only difference of opinion lies in the question of the usefulness of the robin.
 The tOadS are just crawling from their winter homes and taking the shortest paths for the nearest water hole, and for several days we shall hear their tuneful trills. The females beads with black centers, and then all the toads will make their way back to their garden haunts, there to live a silent but useful life till spring again calls them to their Mecca The bead Nike eggs will soon hatch into tiny tadpoles which dn a brief time will turn to tiny toads. These small toads are the prey of countless enemies and &C., cidents, and 1t is fortunate indeed that each mother toad lays her hundreds of eggs
 The usefulness Of the toad lies chief ly in the fact that he apparently lacks a sense of taste. It seems to matter little what the flavor of his repast be, and noxious insects with vile. colors and viler odors are gathered in by the toad as well as are insect sweetneats. Thus many of the ene nemies of our gar dens and our orchards which the birds will not Tno1est are kept in check by the ugly toad. One can watch the toad eat or one can examine the castings of the toad, and either study wfN convince him of the truth of my previous statements. Among the pests which the toad makes part of his diet is the garden -Slug. a most pernfciOus gastro- pod. This animal ruins lettuce, cab bage, and other tender plants, and it's destruction is of paramount import ance. Then there is the tf1ousand-leg- ged worm, one of the nyriapods, es- pecially julius f1avozonatus, which is so destructive to melons, tomatoes, comes in contact with the ground. It is no uncommon thing to find thirty or more of these worms feeding upon the lower side of a single melon- So far as know the toad is about the only ene- my to Gis crawling pest.
 This myriapod can do an inlfn ense amount of damage. Tn the case of my own garden it is one of the worst pests My bee-flives furnish such easy the garden their home They prefer to live under the hives where it is convenient to pick up crippled bees or aged ones. Of such there are thou sands daily in the summer months and the tOads grow fat. In. the mean time the nnillepeds thrive and multiply in the garden.
 The toad is a perfect antithesis to the robin. The robin loves fruit. The toad does not. To be sure, if the toad happened to pick up fallen cherry
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
A NEW DEFINITION NEEDED.


 According to the census definition, a housewife is a person without an occupation. when the truth is she is a person of so many occupations and long hours that the eight-or ten-hour man has reasen to blush over the long hours and poorly compensated worker in his own family.
 The census bureau will honor itself and the country when 1t recognizes the housewi4o of America as a person of large accomplishments and extraordi- nary patience and skill.
 1t will be remembered that the court does not think that 8 wife has . vocation, but one bright woman made the counsel and the court take her definition Of motherhood as vocation, and if they did not accept 1t, there is little question that the great reading public of the country did.
 That old proverb that "A man3s work is from sun to sun, but a wo- mans work is never done," gave wo- man her faureIs when mans long days were no match for her industry and endurance, and as mans hours have been made less and less hers have known no diminution. The world really needs a shorter hour system which will affect the housewife's time as well as the husbands
 Unmarried women who work as do- snestics now demand reasonable hours and fair compensation; but mother hood cannot find days long enough to completely meet and perform the du- ties which falls to It.
 "A houseWdfe-a person without oc- cupation!" There is need of more sense in the definition department of the census bureau. A housewife in America has more occupations than a Jack-of- -an-trades, and shows her skill by being good at every one of them.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22

sorne Of these taking the shape of cones TOO feet high.
 AS far oack as 57e B. C. we have a record Of the first errptions of Etna. and there were but ten others Tn the four centuries that preceded the com . 1nx of Christ Thereafter the volcano seems to have had its rages at rarer intervals and 1t is not till 116s A ID. that there was an outbreak that i'm pressed itself strongly upon the the medieval indifference t0 loss Of life Then Catania lost 15o0O inhabitants, and just 500 years later ee,o0o more went to their deaths in the ashes and lava
 In modern times the eruption of 1852 attracted great attention because of the veil of ashes that shut out the sun and covered the sea and land for hundreds of miles around the noun . tain. A new Assure two mffes long opened on the east flank of the moun- tain and the flow of lava was phenom- en<elly heavy. In 1864 there was a srnan outbreak and another more vio- IeYt in 1872. Others occurred in 1SS5 and 1692.-Chtcago Evening Post
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
Nit. Etna's Past.

Etna is a giant. It is the largest &C., tive volcano in Europe The circum- ference of it's base is 90 miles and it rises straight from a sea 5000 feet deep 10,73S feet into the air
 The eruptions Of Etna are in scale with it's size. They are not 90 fre- quent as those of vesuvius. but they are more grand and more terrible. Upon the mountain itself they have left tf1eir marks by ouildtng over 200 subsidiary craters upon its summit,
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
A DEFENCE.

The sale of fireworks in this coun- try for the celebration of the Fourth of July has been enormous. the amount of capital invested Is said to have extended into the millions and the business has furnished employ ment for a large number of people. This point has been raised because of the general proposition to abolish the old form of celebration and substitute something new, more sensible and less dangerous. Money ought not to weigh in a case where human life is endan- gered and the business that flourishes only at such expense cannot reason ably be encouraged. There are going to be less fireworks sold this year than last and the amount will continue to decrease until there will be such little demand for them that it will hardly pay to engage in their manufacture. There has already been considerable discussion in favor of prohibiting the making of cannon crackers and other dangerous explosivea-New Britain Herald.
 The reforming of the Fourth of July does not contemplate the destruction of a great American industry. The in dustry itself in pandering indiscreetly and excessively to the love of noise has brought upon the country great afdiction and upon itself the very peril of which they now complain One hundred and thirty cases of lockjaw as the result of blank cartridge firing and the loss of fingers and hands and eyesight because of premature explos- ions of dynamite crackers and torpe- does give evidence that they should be removed from common use by children. When these extra hazardous noise
 1I~ there will be plenty of noise left. It is not a noiseless Fourth which is be- ing agftated but a saner, safer Fhurth.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22

Now they find that Mt. Mckinley has twin peaks, and that last one ex- plotted was not the first, so the first may be last.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22

William Allen White says that his life has been so uneventful that should he ever write his biography that it would read like 9. department store seed catalogue. It would be high coIored, then!
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22

Who the next mayor of Norwich will be depends wholly upon the temper of the people. Would that it depended upon public good sense.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22

Little Tim Sullivan of New York who gave money to the poor of the East Side like a millionaire, left al estate of only $15,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22

A meter which rings a gong when a speed limit is exceeded. and keeps it ringing until speed is reduced, is of fered to automobi1ists. It is not likely to be in popular demand, for it tells too much.