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"REMEMRER THE MAINE"

In q way no less just than when
Remember the Maine" as a
fierce war cry stirred American
seamen to the swift revenge that
in o few months swept the navy
of proud Spain from the seas and
her colonial possessions off the
Western Hemisphere, that same
ringing refrain is once more
heard from the hearts and lips of
the indignant people, demanding
decent, Christian burial and fit
ting monumental remembrance
of the brave sailors who with
their fine ship fell victims to
Spanish treachery and whose
bones for twelve years have been
suffered by their ungrateful
countrymen, to lie ignobly sepul.
tured in the foul ooze Of Havana
harbor.
At a time when the whole ma
ton yearly garlands the graves
Of its heroic dead of four wars;
when everywhere in marble or
bronze, or with stored urn and
animated bust" it keeps green
the memories oflits fallen patriots,
how shameful to leave these brave
sailor lads to rot like common
carrion in foreign waters. Shame
on the brutal parsimony of Cen.
gress. Well do men say "Re-
publics are ungrateful'. Yetonce
again we say Remember the
Maine"
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The State Board OF Agriculture will
make Q tuberculosis exhibit ct the New
Castle County fair the last of August,
and will also exhibit the various vsccines
and appliances used to prevent bog
cholera and other contagious diseases. DR..
Dawson, the Veterinarian Of Delaware ex.
pertinent station, will prepare the exhibit
and will select q COW that has reacted to
the tubercuIin test and have her slaugh.
tered, that visitors may see the infection.
Portions Of tHberCular meats will also be
shown. The purpose Of the exhibit is to
help wipe out the disease that is causing
so much loss to the dairy interests Of she
State. DR.. Dawson is making anti.hOG
cholera serum which proved lass year to
be an effective preventive Of this disease,
and farmers who want to try il should ap.
ply TO the State Board Of Agriculture.
--%O~
THE TRANsCRlHEs 81 90 per year.
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400 Acres

more or less, 80 acres of which is set in
good chestnut timber.
The large ll-room house and outbuild-
ings are all in excellent condition, and
the farm we'll fenced there are also
good tenant houses.
This is unquestionably one of the best
producing Farms on the Peninsula, is
we'll located and in high state of cult.
walton. All farmers living within radius
of ten miles of Middletown will vouch for
the truthiulness of the above statement /;
ia fact ii would be hard to find a farm
containing better soil or producing larger
crops, and if you are looking for a good
investment you cannot find better prop
osition. This farm will average 25 bushels
wheat and go bushels corn per acre, and
the soil has good clay bottom and will
hold any and all improvements put on
it. The ak large fields have good nat
uraI drainage and there is not q foot of
low or springy land on the farm. The
corn tillage for this season will be 80 acres.
This property is situated four miles west
of Middletown, and has a school within a
few hundred yards of the gate, and a
creamery abont one half mile. distant.
Will furnish free conveyance from Mid
dletown station to all prospective pur-
cbasers Sny time previous to day of sale,
if given due notice. The present tenant,
Mr.. John W. Redgrave, will show snyone
over the farm and give all information
desired.
At the same time and place, l will sell
the property on Green street, in Middle
toRn, Del, known as the "Drummond"
property. This house is in excellent con.
dition, being painted last year, has II
rooms, cellar, wood house, coal house,
corn crib, chicken house, stable for two
horses and carriage house, and large
garden. The lot is l00x15O feet, and the
location is the best. Prospective pur.
chaseTs are invited to call and look the
property over. Possession given May let,
1910, if desired.
Terms of Sale
Ten (l0) per cent. of purchase price to
be paid on day of sale; the remainder can
be paid any time within so days from
that day. Cost of conveyance to be paid
by the purchaser.
JOHN D. GILL, Agent,
Middletown, Del.
D. P. HUTCHINSON, AuCtioneer.
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THp STAp,s cRTTLCISM

The editorials Of our esteemed
exchange, The Star, so often pro-
woke our admiration not less by
their courage than by their fine
literary quality, that we reluctant
" characterize the structures OF
its editor onour approval of Sena-
tor Richardson's plea for Gods
name in the National Constitu-
ton, though courteously ex-
pressed as fatuous to a degree.
He wants no God in his. Hear
him! That brilliant galaxy Of
So statesmen and patriots, whose
names were eternally enrolled
in the worlds pantheon of great
souls the hour they were affixed
to the Declaration of lndepen.
dence, which four times invokes
the nameIof the Deity-"were de-
liberately guilty Of religious cant
afflicted with a surplus of theo.
retical religious zeal ETC." So our
own illustrious citizens Thomas
Mexican, John Dickinson and
Nicholas VanDyke, together with
As other famous fathers of the
Revolution from the remaining
twelve states, when they two
years later humbly placed their
acknowledgements to the Great
Governor Of the world in the Ar.
ticles of Confederation, "were de.
liberately guilty Of religious cant
were afflicted etc" And the
Father OF his Country and the
great Lincoln when they too in
serted Gods name in their mes.
sages ETC., were also "deliber-
ately guilty-af1icted etc"
Again, the Conventions of
picked men who formulated the
Constitutions of the forty Com
monwealths composing the Union
when they prefaced those chart
ers with the words grateful TO
Almighty God for the blessings of
civil, political and religious liber-
ties we enjoy etc." were likewise
''guilty Of cant-afiicted etc. AS
also were the millions Of intelli-
gent American freemen who rati-
fed those Constitutions. And
that quick and widespread in.
sistence Of the American people
that "In God we Trust" be re-
stored to their coins, was "mean.
ingless cant ETC."
A comic if not an effective role
is The Stars. Well, since we must
choose between about all that is
distinguished and venerable this
side of the Atlantic since 1875
and the editor Of The Star, we
plead guilty to joining that cant
ing" and "afiicted" majority;
for while in the majestic words of
Douglas, zone and God make a
majority, zone and brother
Bell"-dont.
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OUR BOWS TO EVERY EVENING


THE TRANSCRIPT is pleased Of
course to note that our exchange
the EUery EUening, comedies IRE.
publican success so long as the
prepondering q conditions Of re-
cent years are not disturbed,
etc. Thank you neighhor, we
like to see a man that knows when
he has been licked. For the
sweet bouquets you toss us, "Ad.
mirable advice" "wise admoni-
tion," ETC., please imagine our
bald pate well nigh kissing our
stomacher as we cry "dee-
lighted"
endorse all this admonitory
editorial?" Never. Couldn't ex.
pect you 10 plead guilty to al
your party's manifold transgres-
sions. " "It's ag'in humanitarian
as Natty Bumpo says. Then
after indulging a customary gen.
eralising Crouch against the Re.
publican party, the Euesy EUentnO
observes, Heretofore that party
depended for victory upon the
use Of huge Sums Of money, etc.
Well, to any one who knows
the scandalous past Of the
Democracy in Delaware when
Democrat bid against Democrat
Ia their franchise auction sales,
the above preachmen IS indeed
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STRIKE MADNESS N PaTLADeLpHA

For over q month Philadel-
phia has been the scene of some.
thing very like the civil war.
The Traction Company by de.
iberste violation of its compact
with its employees in settle.
ment of the strike Of last June,
has driven them once more into
asecond and greater strike, which
has already cost nearly a score
OLIVES. hundreds injured, several
millions Of monetary loss to the
Company and many millions to
The general public.
Why these recurrent strikes in
this city, accom- panied by such
mad exhibitions of mob fury and
and popua IL " bursts IT rage and
disorder Boss rule Graft.
~ ara she Hst speak
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SOLD j. F. McWHORTER & SON, Middletown Del
PUBLIC SALE
LARGE
ValuableF3Tn
SOLD BY

The undersigned will sell at the Middle.
town Hotel in Middletown, Delaware, on
THURSDAY. APRIL "A, 10
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FOR SALE!
Very Cheap

Established Painting Paper
Hanging and Picture Frame
business. Must sell quick.
Good paying business $500
Store and dwelling rents for
5000 per year. Address or.
call on
= II. BECK
own Del
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WISE WORDS.
q Physician on Food.

4 physician, Of Portland, Oregon
has views Pbout food. He says:
- have always believed that the
duty of the physician does not cease
with treating the sick. but that we
&c 20 humanity 10 teach them how
70 protect their health, especially by
hygierfc ana dIetetio laws.
'Witb such a feeling as 10 my duty
7 take great pleasure in saying to the
public that IN my own experience and
also from personal observation 1 have
found no 3ood equal to Grape.Nuts.
and chat fnd there ig almost no limit
70 the great benefits this iood VII
bring when used IN al cases Of sick
ness and couyalcsceBco.
TT s. nv experience that no physi-
cal condition forrids q use OF Gsare-
Nuts. re persons in health there is
nothing so nourishing and acceptable
% the stomach, especially at break
fast. TO start tho machinery Of the hJ.
man system on the days work.
Ia cases of indigestion / know that
. complete breakfast can be made OF
Grsqs-Nuts and cream ana I think It is
aot advisable TO overload the stomach
ht the morning meal. / also know tae
great value OF 9fape-Nuts when tne
stomach 10 too weak to digest other
food.
This IS written after an experience
OF more than 20 years, treating all
Kramer Of chronic and acute diseases,
and the ls,ter Is written voluntarily
or ny part without any request fcr Ne
Read me little book. Tho Road 20
We lie" o pigs, There's ? Reason
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REMoDELING PRINCESS GOWN
Discarded Frocks Can Be Worked
Over Into Prevailing Styles
Very Easily.

The princess gown is now SO largely
a thing Of the past that who
have frocks Of this character on their
hands, or, rather, In their wardrobes,
are casting about for ways of remod-
cling them in accordance with the pre-
vailing styles. Here are two good
suggestions, each worked out In the
case of an actual gown.
In the first case, there was a front
skirt panel which extended a little
above the fitted waist line. The great
object. of course, was to give the ap-
pearance of a belt where no belt was;
and this was achieved by the introduce
ton of a large ribbon rosette at each
side, with a loose fold of ribbon to
match, connecting them at the back.
The gown then seemed equipped with
a girdle which was only broken at the
front panel.
In the other frock, the situation was
complicated by the fact that the prin-
cess effect extended upward in bib
fashion, and yet was too high to agree
with even the present empire styles.
The problem was solved by slashing
the gown at the belt in a wide oblong.
leaving only the front, as If 1t were a
skirt panel, and then introducing a
shirred oblong of the same material as
the deep yoke on the blouse Thus
the gown seemed transformed to a
tunic frock, built over the yoke mate
rial. A strap of the skirt fabric, which
had been cut out, was applied over
the shirred material to complete this
effect.
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If you arc ~harooring a skunk On
your premises you'd peter look up
you local skunk law It seems there
are certain things you can't do rela-
tvs to the possession Of &c skunk,
even though YOU are treating him
we'll That is 10 say. you cant go as
TAR as you Ike. We always supposed
the skunk able to take care OF him
sell. bat It seems that tha laws OK
New York have stepped in to as ist
him. Ore Henry Guernsey OF Geaesas
hrs been arrested and fined for having
sAunks n his possession ont OF seq
SON. Hen said he s'p0sed q skunk was
q skunk any old time or year, ard II
ne wanted 10 run 4 little skunk farm
on the SIDE, s'pored Ae had 3 perfect
right to. ael compromised, and let
the sEuEEs 80, bat The a~elgabors, who
are wearing ciooGeB pins cd their
noses, say they visa tbe dunn 3aw
would m.nd is own business -3o7ton
Herald.
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Burden of Homework.

A housekeeping experiment station,
where all of work and worry
saving devices for kitchen and house
hold will be thoroughly tried, is to be
established under the auspices of the
New Jersey State Federation of Won
ems Clubs. It will be the second sta
tion of it's kind, the first having been
for three years in successful operation
in Connecticut, under the management
of Charles Barnard, a retired play
wright, who wrote 1.-THE County Fair"
1t is the intention of the New Jer-
sey ONE to investigate every sort
of continuance for lessening the bur-
dens of homework. Dish scrapers, pot
cleaners, dust rags, suction cleaners,
jelly makers, dough mixers, fireless
cookers, egg poachers and all the thou
sand and n things of the kind which
American ingenuity has devised and
put on the market will be put to the
severest tests before they are recon-
mended to housewives.
1t seems like a very sensible and
useful thing to do. For millions of
women "the woman question" is large
ly a question Of household work,
Whatever makes h~ousowork really
easter Tlll n It's way 10 aa graa,
boon 10 A~ul1anitv as automobiles o.
flying machines.
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Was Getting Monotonous.

A handsome woman who had been
so unfortunate as to find occasion to
divorce not one but several husbands
was returning from Nevada. In Chi
cago she happened to meet her first
husband, for whom, by the way, she
always has entertained a real affec-
ton.
Upon my soul, if it isn't Charlie!"
exclaimed the ex-wife, cordially shak-
ing hands with the gentleman whose
name she had formerly borne. I'm
awfully glad to e you, Charlie!"
Then, after a wistful expression a
come to and been banished from her
countenance, she added:
"Old chap, I've often wondered
where you were and what you were
doing. 1t was too bad we didn't get
on better together. l hope your ex-
perience hasn't been as unpleasant as
mine. I'm sick and tired of mar
rying strangers!"
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AER0PLANE cURLs LATEST
HaIrdressers Are Showing Unusual
NoveIty-Curis Are Small
and Fluffy.

The latest corners in the world Of
fashion which the hairdressers are
showing are the aeroplane curls to
tuck beneath the laces of the new
breakfast cap or under the frills Of
the Theatre Bravolet.
The curls are much smaller and
fuf1er than those which have been
worn during the past year, and they
are pinned lightly at either side of
the face Just to show beneath the lace
ruffle which edges the cap.
Chantecler curls they are called in
Paris, and are worn not only under
the cap, but in a cluster at the back
Of the neck.
They are, however, the only false
hair which seems to be popular, and
1t is said that even these will be dis.
carded after the feminine world has
got used to the idea Of going about
showing the shape of their heads In.
stead Of wearing a haystack.
When you buy the curls be sure
that they exactly match your own hair,
for If they va1y eyer SO little they
lookGalse and spoY entirely the effect
they are supposed to give
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PASTE FEATHERS on HAT
woman Solves Difficulty That has
Caused Untold Annoyance
Court.Piaster Can Be Used.

Those Of CO vao have hats trimmed
wilh the bird wings consisting Of in.
Vulnerable little feathers something
like fishes scales know how these
drop OF and what an unpieasantiy
bald appearance they give to III best
nst trimmings. One woman has sow.
Cd the problem BY pastiug tAem on as
they some OF. They we're black IN
he- ease. and so that the Paste she
used should not show. she parted
them or the back with library paste
on which she dropped black nix and
let it soak liz This same pla can be
followed with any color ink II match
the feather even the %iridescent feath,
ers CAS- these often afe) being usually
easy Is match
another plan is to Use court-piaster,
although this Is possible only with
black and white feathers. The plaster
iaUst be cut IL little stflps and fast
aned 10 back % the cloth foundatie
scT feathers of this sort are a
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THE NEWEST IN HOSIERY
Stockings Beaded Across the Instep
and Up the Ankles are Most
Novel.

The newest hosiery shows many
charming effects. Stockings beaded
across the instep and up the ankles
are perhaps the most novel, while 9TH
ers embroidered in vinelike designs
appear more graceful than those with
the pattern scattered Unfortunately
In an all-over or loose pattern.
A design describing a circle just
above the instep Is new, and there are
innumerable drop-stitch weaves. The
colors are unusually varied and can
te found to match any gown. Some
are Of a most beautiful c~hangeable ef-
feet in silk, while others are so close
ly embroidered that they have a two
toned effect without being actually
woven in that way.
Plain stockings, Of Isle, silk or
gauze, still hold their popularity with
women of conservative taste for all
except elaborate occasions or for
home use with dainty house gowns or
iounging robes.
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!, r { M z M 2 = :
~ Az%
!, for COUGHS = CoLPss
WHAT HE CONSIDERED FAIR
Mr.. OIsen's Offer Must Have Come As
Surprise Even to Persuasive
+ Claim Agent.

Up in Minnesota Mr.. Olsen had a
cow killed by a railroad train. In
due season the claim agent for the
railroad called.
1--WE understand, of course, that the
deceased was a very docile and valu
able ANIMAL" said the claim agent in
his most persuasive claim-agentleman
IL manner, "and we sympathize with
you and your family in your loss. But
Mr.. Olsen, you must remember this:
Your COW had no business being upon
our tracks. Those tracks are our prt
vate property and when she invaded
them she became a trespasser. Tech
nically speaking, you, as her owner
became a trespasser also. But we
have no desire to carry the issue into
court, and possibly give you trouble.
Now, then what would you regard as
a fair settlement between you and the
railroad company"
WALL" said Mr.. Olsen slowly, GAY
baen poor Swede farmer, but Aye shall
give you two dollars. "-Everybody's.
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REST AND PEACE
Fall Upon Distracted Households
When Cuticura Enters.

Sleep for skin tortured babies and
rest for tired, fretted mothers is found
in a hot bath with Cuticura Soap and
a gentle amounting with Cuticura Oint-
ment. This treatment, in the major
ity of cases, affords immediate relief
in the most distressing forms of itch
ing, burning, scaly, and crusted hui
mors, eczema, rashes, infammations,
irritations, and chaflngs, of infancy
and childhood, permits rest and sleep
to both parent and child, and points
to a speedy cure, when other remedies
fail. WORKOUT and worried parents
will find this pure, sweet and econom-
zeal treatment realizes their highest
expectations, and may be applied to
the youngest infants as well as chill
dren of all ages. The Cuticura Rem
edies are sold by druggists every
where. Send to Potter Drug G Chem.
Corp, sole proprietors, Boston, Mass,
for their free 32-page Cuticura Book on
the care and treatment of skin and
scalp of infants, children and adults.
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Completely Pauperized.

Albert w. Hebbard, New York's
charity expert, said at a recent din.
ner:
''The great danger of charity is its
pauperizing effect. This effect must
be avoided, or the recipients will all
become Jack Ranches.
Jack Hanch, on the score Of bad
health never worked, and the pastor
of the Methodist church, a man whose
heart sometimes outran his head, sent
the idler and his family weekly gifts
of food and clothing-supported the
whole crew, in fact.
"a church visitor, after listening to
Jacks complaints one day, said:
eyes, of course, you have had bad
health, we know that; but one thing
at least you ought to be thankful for,
and that is our pastors kindness in
sending you all this bread and meat
and jelly and blankets and SO on.
Don't you think it is good of him to
look after you SO well?"
"'Good of him?' said Jack, impa-
tiently. why, what's he for?"
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ton, he will get a fee of 5 or 6 per
cent of the buildings cost. Then he
may be given more pretentious work,
and SO on, till he successfully submits
plans in a competition, or otherwise,
for some large public or semi-public
institution, and finds his reputation all
made, and his fortune in the making.
Between our Office boy and the sue
cessful architect, however, there Is a
done besides what he has learned in
the office. The time has long since
gone by when an architect, so-called,
simply copied the plan of one house
when called on to lay out another;
for the modern cry is for more elab-
crate and original structures which
require the most elaborate and pains
taking detailed knowledge.
Your boys course of study, which
can be gone through at nights and
will be partly acquired in his work,
will include quite a complete knowl-
edge of geometry and geometrical
drawing, as well as %fEeehand and per-
spective drawing, architectural and
ornamental drawing, pen and ink
rendering, drawing in water color
and from nature, an extensive knowl-
edge of masonry and carpentry, the
latter including ornamental ironwork
and sheet metal work; wiring for
electricity, plumbing, heating and ven
tilating, painting and decorating. Also,
he will have to be able to superintend
the construction of the buildings for
which he has drawn the plans, and
this includes a general knowledge of
all that the contractor does. Also, he
must have studied contracts and the
building permits and laws of his par
ticular locality, as they have to be
conformed to.
These subjects seem a somewhat
forbidding array, particularly when it
is added that the architect has to
know the strength and a~daptability of
every timber or stone or piece of steel
or iron used; but all this is no more
than thousands of successful men
have already learned, and no more
than your boy can pick up during the
course of his work-if he is ambitious
and has unremitting application. Let
me add that he should make his be-
ginning in a comparatively small Of
fee rather than by being one of a
score of employees in a large archi-
tectural company. In the latter he
will probably develop facility in only
one particular line of work, and be
kept at it. In the other case he will
have opportunity to participate IN
every class of work. And it is the
all round man who stands the best
chance of making good in architec-
ture. He can specialize, if he so de-
sires, after he has got a firm founda-
ton. For there are architects who
devote their time and energy ON
churches; others who limit their serv-
ices to skyscrapers; others to stores
and lofts; still others to dwellings,
and SO on, through the entire list of
buildings. But it Is Invariably true
that every successful specialist is n
who knows from A to lizard about
everything there is to know of archi-
lecture in a general way. And this
he had n enough to learn before
he set about specializing.
Copyright, 1910, by the Associated Lit
erary Press.)
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She ProoabIy Could.

Senator La Toilette, apropos Of GER
tain scandals, said at a dinner in Mad
ison: These things recall the legisla-
tor who remarked to his wife, with a
look of disgust: One of those land
lobbyists approached me today with
another insulting proposition
1.-THE wife, a young and pretty wom-
an, clapped her hands. oh, good!'
she cried. Then l can have that sable
stole, after all, can't I, dear?"