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VOL. XXVII—NO. 47.
MIDDLETOWN, DELAWAEE, SATÜBDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1894.
PRICE, 3 CENTS
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LOCAL, PREACUAKS' MEETING.
Thanksgiving
Thoughts
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The New England Feast a National
Celebration — Some Things for
Which We are all
Thankful.
WO hundred and
seventy-three years
since the first
Thanksgiving Dayl
What a story of
faith, fortitude and
gratitude is reveal
ed in the record of
those early days in
Puritan New Eng
land.
How the bright star of hope gleamed
amid the desolation of barren soil and
scanty fields made doubly drear by the ap
proach of winter's chilly breath! and yet,in
the midst of desolation the Pilgrim Fathers
turned with grateful hearts to the Giver of
all good and established our Thanksgiving
day. Could those men and women have
foreseen the mighty country of to-day.
what rapture would have swelled their
hearts! But no prophetic vision was their's,
and if through the dense forest there came
the faintest whisper of future greatness, it
found no response, for sickness, death,
hardship and privation was their common
ft,
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lot.
Our hearts turn back to the Pilgrim
fathers on Thanksgiving day as at no
other time, and from the forests of Maine
to the southern Everglades and treasure
laden California, wherever united families
gather about the smoking board, ten
der tribute is paid to the memory of those
who first planted freedom in the soil of the
new world
The ideal Thanksgiving day is celebrated
only at the old homestead, where father,
mother, sister and brother, children and
grandchildren gather again at the old farm
house home, and while blithe Thanksgiv
ing bells ring out their merry tones, old
fashioned hospitality, peace and plenty
reign. To many of us such scenes are now
but happy memories, but e'en the memory
of them warms the heart with a tender
glow that sends a throb of happy pain to
the very centre of our being.
On Thursday the rovers from far and
near will return to join their family circles;
but there will be some vacant chairs. Some
are in far distant lands, and only in spirit
will they celebrate tbe day. Some have
gone from us forever, and the longing for
tbe sound of a voice that is still makes life
a weary desert even in the midst of holiday
gaity: 'Tis hard to be thankful with an
aching heart. But as a people and as in
dividuals we've much for which to be
thankful. Thankful lor life, and health, for
friends and home. How few prize the safe
shelter of home until the lack of it sends
them out into the busy market places to.
offer their wares to an over exacting and
mercenary public. We've asked a few per
sons to name tbeir special blessing, and
with rational unanimity the first response
is for the results of the election. That alone
is sufficient to fill our hearts with Thanks'
giving. Thankful for everything that is
better than it was; that business again be
gins to prosper, that the industrial horizen
is clearing and business men have some
thing definite upon which to build.
Thankful that Tariff Tinkering got a black
eye on Nov. 6. Some of us are thankful
that Prof. Wilson made a speech before the
Chamber of Commerce nnd that Ambassa
dor Bayard came home to vote. Delaware
Republicans have great occasion to be
thankful.
Middletown is thankfnl that we've had
no pestilences or destrnctive fires, and
while money is scare our credit is good.
Thankful that ourTown Fathers are"agin"
loafing on the streets, and have established
an ordinance to the effect. Thankful for
the many evidences of the paternal Interest
these same Fathers have manifested in the
public comfort and welfare of the town.
Thankful for the water supply we hope to
get from the new well, and for the brilliant
arc light and other luminaries the R. R.
Co., will give us—maybe—at the Station.
Thankful that, thus far, no one has been
killed bj' cars or teams on account of the
Egyptian darkness at the crossing in the
vicinity of our R. R. Stations. Thankful
that in spite of troubles past and present,
the future looks inviting—especially for
women.
The school children are thankful fora
holiday, the epicure is thankful for a feast
and we all are thankful for "Our Country"
and that we live in it now, when the warm
bright sunshine of modem thought that is
• not bound by the narrow confines of sect
or créé 1 dispels the dark shaddows of super
stition and doubt, and reveals more clearly
the beauty and glory of the Christ life.
"Gratitude is the fairest blossom that
springs from the soul'and Liberality grows
on the same stem.
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THANKSGIVING ENTERTAINMENT.
The Program tobo Rendered by Some
of Middletown's Best Musical
Talent.
"The Gypsies Festival," a cantata to be
given at the Opera House Thursday even
ing will present a bright scene with beauti
ful music and a variety of attractions both
novel and pretty.
The characters represented are The Gyp
sy Queen, Fortune Teller, Yankee Pedler,
and a chorus of Gypsies. Miss. Ethel Par
vis takes the part of the Queen, and ail the
other characters are well taken.
The costumes will be bright and fan
tastic, and the woodscene picturesque and
romantic. A tambourine drill will be intro
duced and several charming novelties by
the little folks. The entire cast is com
posed of about 30 persons.
After the program is given the Thanks
giving Supper under the management of
the Ladies Mite Society will be served. Tbe
menu will consist of oysters, Salads, coffee
creams, cakes, candies and fruits. Thc fol
lowing ladies will preside over the tables:
Mrs. William Taylor, Mrs. M. H. Price,
Misses Allie MeKee and Ethel Parvis, Mrs.
Howard Dixon, Mrs. Harry Eliason. Miss
Lou Cox and Miss Freeman will have the
candy table, Mrs. V. L. Culbertson, Miss
Anna Cox, Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Clara Jones
the supply table. Supper will be served
the European plan, order whnt
want and pay for what you get.
Orchestra music will enliven the evening,
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you
Deputy Sheriff.
Sheriff G illis, on Monday appointed h!s
Harry I. Gillis, deputy, Thomas
son,
Giffin, who, has been chief deputy for all
the Sheriff) for 40 years, will be retained.
PERSONALITIES
a
of
of
Little Lines About Men and Women
and Wliat They Are Doing.
—Mrs. James Collins, was in Wilmington
Wednesday.
—Miss Hattie Barnard is visiting frieuds
in Cheswold.
—Mrs. Y. L. Culberlson is speuding a few
days in Philadelphia. •
—Mr. John C. C. Kelley, spent Sunday
with friends in Jersey.
—Miss Mabelle Taylor spent this week
with Wilmington friends.
—Miss Alice Mills, of Clayton, visited
Miss Edith Reynolds this week.
—Miss Sarah Brady spent Saturday and
Sunday at Newark and Wilson's.
Messrs. Victor and Clarence Cochran
spent Sunday with their mother in town.
—Miss Gussie Dunning has returned
home from a protracted visit in Philadel
phia.
—Mrs. William Collins, of Cheswold, vis
ited her brother Dr. W. E. Barnard this
week.
—Rev. and Mrs. N. M. Browne attended
the funeral of Mrs. Wise at New Castle on
Tuesday.
—Mrs. W. E. Barnard attended the wed
ding of Miss Gulie Parrott at Still Pond on
Tuesday.
—Miss Jennie Jones who has been sick
for several weeks, is rapidly recovering her
usual health.
—Miss Verm Alford, of Wilmington,
spent several days this of week with- rela
tives in town.
Mrs. J, C. Alston visited her old home
at Still Pond this week was in attendace at
Miss Parrot's wedding.
—Miss Hamond and Miss Will Beasten
spent Tuesday in Philadelphia noting the
latest styles in millinery.
—Mrs. W. B. Tharp returned home on
Saturday after a very delightful autumn
with friends in North Carolina.
—Miss Lucille Martindale, of Newcastle
made a brief visit to Middletown to-day,
and was the guest of her aunt Miss Hazzard.
—Miss Mabelle Taylor and her brother
Gray Taylor attended the last matinee per
formance of Joe Jefferson in "Rip Van
Winkle" in Philadelphia last Saturday.
—Mrs. John P. Dunning and daughter of
California, who have been spending the
season with Delaware friends, will start for
their home in the land of sunshine (?) to
day.
—Mr. John A. Eliason and bride, of
Bridgeton, N. J. are spending their honey
moon in town, guests of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frazier Eliason. The young cou
ple were married on Tuesday.
—Mrs. William Kates returned home
yesterday after an extended visit with her
daughter Mrs. B. T. Craddock of Phila
delphia.
—Grey Taylor and William Barnett will
be among those to witness the Harvard—
Pennsylvania foot ball game at New York
on Thanksgiving day.
—Among the visitors and de'egates to
tbe W. C. T. U. Convention at Cleveland
were Mrs. N. B. Smithers of Dover. Mrs.
Kate Smithers, of Smyrna, Miss Madge
Hilles and Mrs. Capell, of Wilmington.
—Our townsman William Taylor, took a
brief respite from counting house duties
yesterday, and with two local sportsmen,
went on a gunning expedition for the first
time iu many years. We have not heard
the returns, but presume he kept up with
his record for bringing down big game.
—Mrs. Jennie Walker, byjthe advices of
her attending physicians, was removed to
the Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia on
Monday in order that she might have the
benefit of hospital appliances that her case
demanded. Her malady was of a severe and
unusual character,but the worst fears of her
friends were not realized, and the latest re
ports from the hospital are that she is
much better and quite likely to entirely re
cover. Her removal to the hospital in her
weak condition was very skillfully effected,
and reflects great credit upon her physician
and nurse who made the arrangements and
managed her case.
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CIIURCH NOTES.
Rev. Dr. Fenton, of Palmyra, N. J., will
officiate at St. Anne's P. E. Church to
morrow.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper 'will
be admisistered in the Forest Presbyterian
Church on to-morrow (Sunday) morning.
The Methodist and Presbyierian churches
will hold a union Thanksgiving service
Thursday next, November 29th, nt 11.30
o'clock. The service will be held in the
Fresbyterian Church, and the Rev. N. M.
Browne, pastor of the Methodist church,
will preach the sermon. The collection
will be for the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union. All are cordially invited to
attend this service.
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FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
The Junior Christian Endeavor will hold
its First anniversary on Monday night in
Forest Presbyterian Church. A very pretty
program has been prepared, consisting of
recitations, songs, etc, by the little folks,
who never fail to please, and the exercises
will be very pleasing. A cordial invitation
is extended to all to be presant on this oc
casion.
Rev. N. M. Browne will preach a Thanks
giving sermon to ths Jr. O. U. A. M. of this
town who will attend divine service at the
M. E. church at 10.30 tomorrow morning.
The services in the Presbyterian church
this week have been well attended and the
interest manifested was gratifying to the
pastor and people. Rev. Mr. Proudfit.Kev.
Mr. Swartz and Rev. Mr. Lewis preached
tliis week. Preparatory service will be
held tliis afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The third quartely meeting of the Metho
dist Church will be held one week from
next Sunday and Monday. Rev. R. I.
Watkins of Odessa, will preach Sabbath
morning, December 2J, nt 10.30 o'clock.
Love Feast will be held Sunday evening at
6 o'clock, and Quarterly Conference Mon
day, Decemder 3d, at 2 o'clock. The Presid
ing Elder will be present at the Quartely
Conference.
We are glad to learn that Dr. Reed Presi
dnt of Taylor University, who was in
nltendance upon the Local Preachers Asso
ciation last Sunday, received some hand
some contributions in aid of worthy stu
dends attending that school. He made no
Urgent appeal, but a plain statement of
facts .prompted some benevilent hearts to
respond with material aid. The Dr. made
a fine impression upon his hearers, and will
receivfe a cordial welcome at any time from
the matt? friends made during his late
Visit.
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By
LOCAL, PREACUAKS' MEETING.
Services at the M. E. Church Last Sun
day Awakened a Deep Interest.
Tbe 37th annual meeting of the Local
Preachers and Exhortera Association of the
Wilmington Conference was held in the
Methodist church, beginning Friday even
ing, November 16th. The sermon was
preached by Itev. Dr. Reed, President of
Taylor University, Upland, Md. He gave
a most beautiful and instructive exposition
of a chapter in Ephesians. After the de
votional exercise Saturday morning, Rev.
J. B. Roberts made an address of welcome,
which assured the members of the Associa
tion that a most hearty and cordial reception
was extended by the church and people of
the community. Thomas Mallilieu. Presi
dent, responded in some appreciative re
marks.
The regular program was taken up and
the subjects for discussion were carefully
and intelligently considered, and, though
tbe same conclusions were not always
reached, there was a harmony of senti
ment which indicated a desire to seek the
truth.
The Sunday services had been looked
forward to as a season of deep spiritual in
terest. The Love Feast under the direction
of C. A. Goster, began at 9 o'clock with a
large attendance, and the simple service of
breaking bread was participated in by all
present. The testimonies of the preachers
and others who had been invited to par
ticipate were clear, definite and inspiring.
These, interspersed with appropriate song,
awakened a tide of religious interest that
moved the heart of all who had gathered
at this service.
The sermon at 10.30 by Rev. J. R. Dill,
Irom Phil., ii-1.—"If There be, Therefore,
any Consolation in Christ," was a beautiful
discussion of Christian consolation. The
speaker held the undivided attention of the
audience from the beginning to the close of
his discourse.
The Sunday school meeting in the after
noon was addressed by Thomas Mallilieu,
Mr. Hutton and Mr. Chase. The music was
a striking feature of the occasion.
The early prayer service at 6.30 in the
evening wss one of great spiritual interest,
and was prepatory to the sermon and.re
vival service which followed.
Rev. J. R. Wright, D. D., President of
the National Local Preachers Association,
preached at 7.30 o'clock, taking for his
subject "The Solid Basis for Constructing
Character." The subject was illustrated by
facts from observation and experience
which brought the truth clearly before the
mind in a most impressive manner. The
speaker diew from his late travels in Europe
some beautiful explanations of the truth
taught in his subject. In closing he made
an earnest appeal to the unconverted, and
ths result of the meeting was the conver
sion of one soul.
Dales Methodist Episcopal Church was
supplied in the morning by Rey. Mr. Green
of Newport; afternoon Rev. Dr. Reed, ol
Taylor University and at night by Rev.
Thomas Numbers, of Millington, Md.
This meeting of the Association was one
of deep religious interest and spiritual
profit to all who had the privilege to attend.
a
to
to
so
NECROLOGY,
Mrs. Eliza Wise.
Mrs. Eliza Wise, wife of James A. Wise
of New Castle, and sister-in-law of Mrs. V.
Massey of this town died suddenly Satur
day afternoon, and was buried Tuesday
last. She was a woman of most estimable
character. The funeral was attended by
a large circle of friends and relatives. The
services were held in the Methodist church
under the direction of Rev. V. S. Collins
pastor, assisted by Rev. A. Mowbray
remarks were made by Revs. T. E. Martin
dale and N. M. Browne former pastors.
MISS WILLARD RE-ELECTED.
The "White Life for two" Advocated
In Her Annual Address.
In her annual address before the National
Convention of the W. C. T. U. in Cleveland.
Miss Frances Willard advocated women on
tlie police force, equal suffrage, equal
moral standing, single tax, arbitration,
abolition of living pictures, public
ship of newspapers and scientific cooking,
besides prohibition by law. She said
man overthrew Breckinridge and the Tam
many Tiger.
At the election of officers, Miss Willard
was re-elected president by a vote of 286
out of a total of 300. The election ^was
then made formal and unanimous.
Miss Willard thanked tbe convention for
creating the office of vice president at large,
and nominated Mrs. Lilian N. M. Stevens,
of Maine, Miss Katharine Stevenson, of
Chicago, was elected corresponding secretary
to succeed Mrs. Woodbridge deceased. Mrs.
Clara C. Hoffman, former assistant,
elected recording secretary, and Mrs. Fran
ces Beecham, of Kentucky, her assistant,
Miss Helen M. Barker was re-elected treas
urer.
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A Junior Leaene.
In response to a call from the pastor, the
young people of the Methodist church,
met in the Lecture room on Wednesday
afternoon, for the purpose of organizing a
Junior League. Mrs. Marion Price was
appointed Supperintendent, with Sirs. J. C.
Parker, Miss Addie Hazzard and Miss
Allie McKee as assistants. The following
officers were elected : President, Miss Lizzie
Hopkins; first Vice-President, Miss Carrie
Hallman ; second Vice-President,
Sylvia Moore, third Vice-President, Miss
Blanche Messick; fourth Vice-President,
Miss Mary Holten ; Secretary, Miss Helen
Smith; Treasurer, Miss Jessie Culbertson.
This League embraces all under 14 years of
age, and through this and the Epworth
League the children and young people of
the church may be reached and trained for
Christian work. Twenty-nine names were
given for membership. The regular meet
ings will be held on Friday evening of each
week. A very beautiful nickle plated
badge marked " J. L." will be provided for
every member and a book of hymns, well
adapted for such societies will be
chased. The aim is to secure 100 names for
membership.
Miss
is
pur
CntThls Out.
Send your name and address to the pub
lisher, W. Jennings Demorest, 15jEast 14th
street, New York, with four cents (ether in
stamps or pennies) to pay for the packing,
mailing, etc., and mention that
reader of The Transcript and you will
ceive by return mail a valuable work of
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A Mothers' Meeting.
A Mothers' Meeting by appointment of
the W. C. T. U. will be held Friday. Novem
ber 30th, at headquarters, beginning at 7.30
o'clock, p. m. A special invitation to every
mother of our town is cordially extended.
By order of the President of the W. C. T. U
val,
FLASHES OF SUNLIGHT.
of
Scientific Aspects of the Case of Gas
Addtcks.
Once more we train upon the Hon. Gas
Addicks of Nowhere a curiosity neither
malevolent nor benevolent, but strictly sci
entific. We are interested in him to-day,
not as an explorer anxious to discover his
own whereabouts and proper place of settle
ment, or as the political capitalist looking
after his investments in Kent county and
Sussex county, Delaware, or as the Peri,
patetic Gasman making the roundsxif many
cities, and followed by odorous reminis
cences. We shall consider him to-day in as
enlightened and impersonal a spirit as befits
a study that has for its purpose an addition
to human knowledge.
Why does the Hon. Gas Addicks want to
be elected a Senator in Congress from Dela
ware? We pas3 over as secondary his de
sire to get a return for the money he lias
expended in Kent and Sussex counties in
1892 or at other times. What induced him
to lay out that money in expectation of
getting a Senatorship in return? What
was the causing cause of his determination
to become a Senator? If a middle-aged man
should develop a sudden fondness for sprint
ing or throwing the hammer, and without
any bodily fitness or attempt at training,
should aspire to championship honors in
athletics, he would be regarded as a promis
ing candidate for Chairman of the paretic
ward. If he should give a hundred thou
sand dollars made out of gaseous or solid
enterprises to the University of Pennsyi
vania and then demand to be appointed
Professor of Materia Medica, although un
able to tell a bolus from a foot ball, trained
nurses and experts in insanity would mark
him for their own. If he should try to
drive a four-in-hand, simply because he
had money to spare to buy one, or try to
steer a sixabreast as an eccentric American
citizen used to do in Florence, he would be
sure to turn up in the police courts or the
coroner's office, and he would be guyed or
cursed by everybody on the roads that he
infested. In short, the Hon. Gas Addicks,
prosperous and able to indulge in new avo
cations and amusements, could not go into
any of them heedlessly and without pre
paration; or if he tried to do so, he would
come to grief and to damage, physical or
pecuniary; and he would be regarded as a
triple-expansion idiot, in the bargain. He
could hire competent sailor-men to manage
a yacht for him, but he couldn't get a pilot's
license for himself; and he would butt into
a breakwater, or drop in on Davy Jones
mighty quick if he essayed to be his own
captain and steersman. Of course, we as
sume, for the purposes of argument, that
he is as ignorant of various accomplish
ments that would help him burn his gas as
he is of politics. He could hire persons to
play golf or tennis or the banjo for him,
singers to warble for him, cooks to charm
him into eupepsy, poets to write triumphal
odes in his honor, or in celebration of his
gaseous ubiquity, hardheaded men to drink
for him, pugilists to fight for him, foot ball
professors or Capt. Bebe Anson to kick for
him. Tarai to ride for him, Doble to drive
for him, Edgar Murphy to shoot for him,
perhaps Herbert Spencer to think for him,
but ha can't do these things himself, and
he would make himself very uncomforta
ble if he tried to do them.
Now, whatever the Hon. Gas Addicks
knows about other things, it seems clear
that he has had no time or opportunity to
know what a Senator of the United States
ought to know. Set down in an assembly
of many talents, among men conspicuous
or reasonably proficient in parliamentary
or constitutional law, in the history of the
United States, in various branches of finan
cial or economic inquiry, an assembly of
picked men, what could the Hon. Gas Ad
dicks do? Would he not feel as a coster
monger might who had intruded into a
meeting of the British Association? And
what would the Senate, so proud of its tra
ditions, so tenacious of its priveleges, think
of a man who had made his way to it solely
by a judicious investment in delinquent tax
bills? No doubt he is a collected as well as
a collecting person, but he would have to
have the composure of the Great Pyramid
to be undisturbed and unabashed in the
Senate chamber, should he go there as in
terest on his investment. Or does the Hon.
Gas Addicks mean to hire somebody to
represent him in the Senate, a double, a
wraith, a phantom of gas? At any rate,
the causes that make a man choose a career
for which he has absolutely no fitness, are
worth study. While they are getting stud
ied, we should advise the Hon. Gas Addicks
to begin his apprenticeship in statesman
ship. Let him settle in Delaaware and be
come an inspector of gas meters, or in Mas
sachusetts and become a fence viewer; and
so work up, if he can, to the Senate. He
has begun too quick and too high.— N. Y.
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Mr. Addicks and Ills Monocle.
A Washington dispatch to the Baltimore
Sun gives the following: Should the ambi
tion of Mr. J.E. Addicks, who claims to be
aresideiitofDelaware.be gratified by his
election to the United States Senate, he
will be the only person occupying a seat in
that body wearing a single-barrel eyeglass.
Mr. Addicks visited this city once and im
pressed several prominent gentleman whom
he met as being quite fond of English man
nerisms and dress, He wears his monocle
with ease and grace an# pronounces with
the celerity of a subject of the Queen. He
never discusses politics, he says, but always
agrees with the argument presented by any
one with whom he is conversing. With
Mr. Addicks in the Senate the comic papers
will have ample opportunity for sketches
and for a while relieve the monotony of
the references of Peffer and his whiskers.
phia,
and
have
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For Liquidation.
The failure of the Davis Brothers which
was announced this week, is not an indica
tion of insolvency,but rather a measure for
liquidation. Their assets are four or five
thousand dollars in excess of their liabili
ties and with careful management they
hope to pay their indebtedness dollar for
dollar. The cause of their financial trouble
is slow collections. The members of the
firm have the sympathy of their many
friends here who regret their being com
pelled to close ont their business.
Bayard Welcomed to England.
The Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, American
ambassador to Great Britain, and Mrs. Bay
ard, arrived at Southampton on tbe Havel,
Tuesday, and were giver a most hearty
welcome by the city officials.
tion
at
taking
from
New
York
ing
$2.75;
Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The Masonic Order of Hamtown, wi 1
have a grand parade on Thanksgiving, fol
lowed by a Mass Meeting, sapper and festi
val, which promises to be a great event
among the colored citizens of our town.
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CAPTAIN EMMONS.
BEEWER.
THE HARVARD FOOTBALL ELEVEN.
Three of the best players on this year's Harvard eleven are Captain Emmons,
left end, ex-Captain Waters, right taekU, and C. Brewer, right half back. Harvard
meets Yale November 24 at Springfield, Mass.
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Foot Ball Craze
narvard-PennsTlvanta Game Thank:
giving; Day the Event of the
Sporting Season.
FTER the U. P's
victory over Princ
ton, popular senti
ment seems to be
in favor of Penn
sylvania, and the
Harvard - Pennsyl
vania game to be
played on Thanks
giving day bids fair
to be the most im
portant game of the foot ball season. Seats
are in great demand, and the people seem
to have gone wild over the sport that of all
athletic games is the most repellent.
Harvard meets Yale to-day at Springfield,
and as one of the Harvard men—Brewer—
is said to have been recently injured and is
far from well,there are some apprehensions
for the Harvard team.
The modern maculine youth seems to run
much to muscle and hair, and tbe athletic
performances that are now so popular are
not a very favorable comment upon our
clasical institutions where physical culture
amounts simply to the development of
brute force.
C
^4
Where Women Vote.
The countries of the world where women
already have some suffrage have an area of
over 18,000,000 square miles and their popu
lation is over 350,000.
In Great Britian women vote for all elec
tion officers except members of Parliament.
In France tbe women teachers elect wo
men members on all boards of edutation.
In Sweden women vote for all elective
officers except representatives, also indirect
ly for members of the House of Lords.
In Norway they have school suffrage.
In Ireland the women vote for the harbor
boards, poor law T guardians, and in Belfast
for municipal officers.
In Russia women householders vote for
all elective officers and on all local matters
In Finland they vote, for all elective offi
cres.
In Austra-Hungary they vote, by proxy,
for all elective offices.
In Croatia and Dalmatia they have th
privilege of doing so in local elections in
person.
In Italy widows vote for members of
parliament.
In the Madras presidency and the Bom
bay presidency, Hindoostan, the women
exercise the right of suffrage in all munici
palities.
In all the countries of Russian Asia they
can do so wherever a Russian colony set
tles. The Russians are colonizing the
whole of their vast Asia possessions, and
carrying with them everywhere the "mir,"
of self government village, wherein women
who are heads of house-holds are permitted
to vote.
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TIIE BOWERY ASDEPEW'S GUESTS
Ills After-Dinner Stories Make tlie
Boys Raise the Roof.
Chauncey Depew entertained the Bowery
boys nt the Union League Club, Murray
Hill recently, and after the feast delighted
his guests with a few characteristic stories,
told in his own inimicable style. The fol
lowing is one that made the "boys" raise
the roof:
"There were two old farmers up in Perks
kill, who, on acconnt of the hard times,
had to sell some stock. One said to the
other, "I wonder why horses aresocheap?"
The other said "well, I suppose the trollys
have a lot to do with it, and the bicycles a
lot," and then an old Hudson River Dutch
man spoke up and said : I dont know
nothin' about trolleys and bicycles, but I'll
tell you what made horses cheap. There's
been too many jackasses in Washington the
last eighteen months."
C°I.
has
of
bert,
Secre
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of
Sons
were:
stock
Bank
each;
stock,
at
ware
Pierce's School's Growth.
The growth of Pierce School since its oc
cupancy of the Record Building, Philadel
phia, has been marvelous. The splendid
appointment, the convenience of location,
and the size and strength of the Faculty
have been advanced as reasons. Those
best acquainted with Dr. Pierce's methods
however, attribute the increased patronage
to liis careful mode of selecting instructors.
The large classes admit of a division of la
bor among the teachers, in which cese ex
pert specialists are secured. They have
practised what they teach. The teachers
in Book keeping have come from the
counting house: an active member of the
bar instructs in Commercial Law; skilled
Stenographers are in the Shorthand and
Typewriting rooms, and so on through
every branch.
A
Our Clubbing Rates.
The Transcript can be taken in connec
tion with any of the following periodicals
at clubbing rates named below. Persons
taking advantage of this proposition sere
from 50 cents to $1.25. The Transcript and
New York Weekly Tribune, $1.00; New
York Independent, $3.25; New York Morn
ing Advertiser, Daily and Sunday edition,
$2.75; Demorest's Family Magazine, $2.50.
The
cil
iatory
S.
other
A COLD WATER ADMINISTRATION.
Not a Drop of Liquor to Enter the
Sheriff's Residence.
Sheriff Gillis is a temperance man who
has the courage of his convictions. He
has already made a record that cjmmends
him to the favor of all people of sobriety
and good morals. He has announced that
this will be a cold water administration at
P's
be
be
all
is
the jail,and not a drop of spirituous liquors
will enter his official residence during the
next two years. He put his principles into
practice at the reception on Tuesday night
given in honor of the new Sheriff and fam
ily taking up their residence at the Sheriff's
home. The time honored custom of using
wine and champagne on such occasions was
changed, and lemonade and water were the
only beverages on the Sheriff's bountifully |
spread board. The absence of wines was
tile occasion of some remark, and Mr. Gillis
was very free to express himself on the
subject. The wine closet at the jail has
been emptied of its contents, and a new
order of things is to prevail at the New
Castle Jail.
We would that there were more such
men ns Mr. Gillis in public office.
, Phased I
o receive only two dividends a year, and if I
they are paid with regularity are fully sat-1
isfied. When one, however, can receive |
fifty-two dividends in a year upon
vestment of only three dollars, the matter |
deserves very serious attention. The In
dependent of New York for forty .six
has held the first position among the great
religious literary and family weeklies of the
land.
Fifty-two Dividends.
As a general thing investors are
an lii
It presents features for the coming
year far in advance of any heretofore
offered. It has the leading contributors of
the world, it prints the best poetry, it has
twenty-one departments, edited by special
ists, devoted to Fine Arts, Science, Insur
ance, Finance, Biblical Research, Sunday
School, Missions, Health, etc. The Inde
pendent is particularly fitted for intelli-1
gent people, whether professional
business men or farmers, and for their
families. It costs but six cents a week and
years
n-iro- » , 1 —' j . i
fiftv-two dividends a vear SCF1 ^ reCe " eS
The subscrintinn nripp of Tl t i i
nt is only three dofiirs a vpIp Illd, ; P ®! ld :
rate for any part of a vpnr nr'l° r * '? I
conv will be sent to am- nprân "f a 8amp e
d . PJ ■ _ T1.P T..,!» i Yv /V. d '
The IndeDendent P nni ent T NeW '° rk ^
ye7r$3.25 TaxxscmPT on e
men, I
peninsula notes.
t
° hi .un„ren, t îe veteran stage driver
e ween • on and Lewisville, I'a., has
jus comp e e carrying the mail between I (j
,*, e8 f. P a . Ces . 1 llrtj !" 01le year3 ' During i
a ' 113 mie e las mn-sed but four days, I
an tat on account of the weather. Dur
tug the year 1872, when the epizootic was
epidemic among the horses, and many of
the stage lines of the country were tem
porarily abandoned, he never lost a day.
During these thirty-one years he has
traveled over 190,000 miles.
HASTING'S OFFICIAL FAMILY.
C°I. Lambert, Editor. Gets the Insur- I
ance Commission Plum. ,
Governor-elect Hastings of Pennsylvania
has announced his Cabinet as follows :
Attorney-General, H. Clay McCormick, I
of Williamsport; Secretary of the Com*
monwealth, Frank Reeder, of Easton ; In
surance Commissioner, Col. James H. Lam
bert, of Philadelphia; Adjutant-General,
Thomas J SIewart, of Norristown; Private
Secre ary, Lewis E. Beitler, ot Philadelphia.
Col. Lambert, who will be Insurance
Commissioner, has for several 3 T ears been
political editor of the Philadelphia Press.
He will not give up his newspaper work.
Stocks Sold.
Thomas and B. F. Dilworth, as executors
of the Dilworth estate, sold a quantity of
stocks at the rooms of L. W. Stidham it
Sons Wednesday morning. The purchasers
were: Fourteen shares First National Bank
stock to Hugh C. Browne, attorney, at
Î117.25 each; twenty shares Union National
Bank stock to Thomas Jackson at 176.50
each; forty shares Penn National Bank
stock, Philadelphia, to H. L. Evans & Co.
at $85; one share National Bank of Dela
ware to Joseph L. Carpenter, Jr., at $670.
ard
ing
GOV. LORD, OF OREGON.
A Delawarean who Comes to Honor
Visits His old Home.
Governor William P. Lord, of Oregon,
visited his boyhood home at Camden
cently, where his aged parents reside.
Governor Lord is one of the goodly
number of the sons of Delaware who have
achieved success and have come to fame.
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and
Del.,
A NEW COUNCIL.
t
farm
dren.
this
The Jr. Order United American Me
chanics at Clayton.
The Jr. O. U. A. M. will institute a Coun
cil at Clayton on Monday night.. The init
iatory staff will be furnished by the Mid
dletown Council, with State Councellor E.
S. Jones, Samuel Pitt, Joseph Suydam and
other prominent Juniors for leaders.
DELAWARE CITT.
Albert Messig was In town this week.
Mrs. F. T. Eagle was in town on
day.
Isaac Ubii was in Wilmington on
day.
John Roberts is having his ice-house
paired.
William H. Foard was in Wilmington
Tuesday.
Amos Collins spent Wednesday in
mington.
Miss Annie Hickey visited in New Castle
on Wednesday.
Miss Gertie Sadler is visiting her brother
in Philadelphia.
J. Schunder and F. Brunea are attending
court as jurymen.
Joseph Watson, of Smyrna, is visiting
sister, Mrs. Lindsay.
Charles McMunn has returned from
visit to Philadelphia.
Mrs. Eliza Ogle, of Wilmington, is
guest of Miss Hunter.
Mrs. McClelland, of Germantown, Pa.,
visiting friends in town.
Messrs. Hemphill and Stout are on a gun
ning trio down the State.
Mrs. L. H. Moore, of Philadelphia,
visiting relatives in town.
Mrs. Lena Linn and Miss L. Wingate were
in Wilmington on Tuesdaj'.
Mr. and Mrs. James Jester, of Wilming
ton, were in town last week.
Miss Annie Cliealra is Visiting her grand-1
father's in Glassborough, N. J.
the
Mrs. H. C. Johannes and Mrs. John
. r .
a t w ek"t Yt h" 7 nt m° ™ eIph ,
ast week to attend her brother s 2oth wed
ding anniversary.
who
He I Swan spent Tuesday in Wilmington,
Miss Lidie Brad way, of Atlantic City,
| stopping at the Delaware City Hotel,
that
at
the
into
Mrs. F. S. Dunlap was in Philadelphia on
I Tuesday attending the funeral of Mrs. Alice
fam- Phillips, wife of Rev. H. L. Phillips, form
erly rector of Christ Church. Delaware City,
Mrs. Phillips lias been very ill for some
was time with consumption which resulted in
the her death on Saturday at her late residence
| in Philadelphia,
was
rhyllis Seney, an estimable colored wo
man, died at her late residence in Delaware
City on Wednesday. "Aunt Phyllis," as
the
has
she was invariably called, was well known
and esteemed, numbering many of the
white folk among her friends. She was
a slave belonging to Major Clark and when
married to Joshua Seney, he "bought her
time." Her devotion to her old master's
family was life-long. Possessing a wonder
fully retentive memory she was fond of
I talking about "old times" and "old fam-1
if I ilies," and to some of us it was a delight to
sat-1 hear it all. Four children and the samel
| number of grandchildren survive her, to
| 81st
whom her loss is reparable. She was in her
lii
year.
An enterprising little news-boy Branard
Yearsley, now supplies the town with an
evening paper. The demand sometimes ex
of ceeds the supply.
A Port Penner writes from the West :
"The Republican party has arisen from its
ashes with such vigor, that there is danger
that all the rest will be smothered. We
may now look forward to a season of unex
ampled prosperity." Of course he is a
PORT PENN.
Although the weather is too warm to be
i at all suitable, some persons bave already
k, Hed their hogs, while others are making
arran fl ements to do so - It is difficult to be
: lieve that the thermometer is below zero in
I t,ie W esl . when it is so mild and pleasant
e here. Today is far more like spring than
' autumn > a,ld tlie S™ss is green and beauti
fu1, th ° Ush thc book of natur e " getting
e short ofleaves .
Tliis has been a great year for traveling
merchants and local venders of all varieties
I Democrat.
of goods push their sales as they journey
t from bouse to house. People will buy from
those who sell the cheapest. It is also con-I
venient to have the goods brought to the
I (j oori an( j the trade seems to flourish. As it
i 3 no t always regular, perhaps the local
I market does not suffer materially, and store
bills continue to run up pretty much as
usua ].
BLACKBIRD NOTES.
Mrs. Benjamin Ferguson is quite sick.
Mr. R. C. Brockson was in Dover, Tues- 1
day.
Mr. Caleb B. Lewis, of Chester, is visiting |
his son Purnell.
I Mr . Twcedle alld wife , of CIayton visited
, . , . ,, ,
' f , . I
Mrs - Guessford enterta.ned Philadelphm
I rlen s on e nes
Mr. J. F. Knox is baying up poultry and
eggs for Philadelphia markets.
There was a thin measure of ice on the
mill pond, Tuesday morning. I
Miss Lida Buckson, of Delaware Ciiy,
spei)t Sunday with re i a tives here.
w - „f wiimi,.»ir.„ „ r
^ r ' '' an *' °' Wilmington, spent a few
days this Week with friends - Boning.
Mr. Wm. Robinson, of Wilmington is
visiting relatives at Blackbird Landing.
Mr. Wm. Fowler, of Bristol, Pa, spent a I
few days this week with relatives and
friends here.
James Buckson has purchased a new
steam power corn shelter to use with his |
traction engine.
The carpentering work on Wm. Fortner's I
new house is nearly furnished, and will
soon be ready for the painter. |
Mr. R. C. Brockson has bought the Rich
ard B. Warren estate—one small frame
dwelling with 7 acres of land for #500.
Messrs. James Collins. Wm. Barnett and
Gray Taylor, of Middletown, were down
here on a gunning expedition Monday.
Carpenters are busy on the premises 0 f
James Buckson, re-sbingling roofs, repair
ing his dwelling, and making general im
proyements.
BRIEFS.
—Graduates from Goldey's Commercial
and Short Hand College, Wilmington,
Del., have no trouble in securing good posi
—Wanted, for a family of three
t a t »»j ^
farm near Sassafras, Md., an experienced
housekeeper and good cook, without chii
dren. Reference given and required as to
moral character. Good wages. Apply at
this Office.
on a
Fox Sal*—T en Registered Shops
Lambs. Very cheap. W. Ml
Tow
ä&ÜfH
Sun*
CHESAPEAKE CITY.
Harry Bouchelle was in Philadelphia this
week.
E. C. Biddle has moved his family to
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Alexander Toy is visiting her mother
in Philadelphia.
Mrs. W. C. Karsner spent part of this
week in Baltimore.
Tues
re
WiL
on
Over 100 hogs have been butchered in
town daring the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Byron BoUchelle spent part
Castle of this week in Philadelphia,
Ernest Hoggs, of Norfolk, Va., is the
| guest of his sister, Mrs. John Banks,
Mrs. Eliza Colmary and Mrs. Lydie Davis,
I of Baltimore, were guests of relatives ill
town last week.
bis
Owing to the dense fog on Wednesday
night, the night boats did not reach herd
until late Thursday morning.
A number of our young folks will soon
the I beg ' n to rel >earse a cantata, to be given In
| the Hall at an early date after the holidays,
Miss Laura Coleman has returned from
pleasant visit in Chester and
Pan led by her niece, Miss Mabel White
lock.
is
gun
is
were
a
was accom
A barge was put into the dry dock dn
Saturday last, but as everything did not
work with success they were obliged to
take it out.
Mark Burgett, of the nothern part of
New York State, formerly of this town,
returned to his home on Wednesday, after
a weck ' s sojourn here,
Miss Katharine Ferguson relumed from
John | a v * s 't to Philadelphia on Monday and was
accompanied by her sister, who has been
in a hospital there for several weeks past. •,
Miss Lydie Peterson, daughter of Mr.
, and Mrs. Z. Peterson, and Henri Norris
, ia faoth of this town, married ' '
is
on Wed*
nesday evening at the M. E. Parsonage by
Rev. Wilmer Jaggard.
on
Chesapeake Council, No. 94, Jr. O. U. A.
I M,. have furnished their lodge room with
a handsome brussels carpet. ° This council
is in a flourishing condition with nearly 100
| members on their roll,
in
A large band of gypsies, numbering
about two hundred, passed through town
on Monday and a portion of them
wo- 1 camped near the second bridge, on tbe
I road to Cayotts Corner.
as
are en
Mrs. Francina B. Kibler died on Tuesday
I at the residence of her son, George Kibler
the near St. Augustine. Her funeral took placé
on Thursday afternoon. Services and in
terment at St. Augustine church and
I tery.
of
Bright Siftings Gleanod Front thë
to I Metropolitan Press,
Mrs. Lease is to start a newspaper in
| Kansas to be called the Agitator. Mr,
ceme
IIERËAND THERE.
| Lease will neither defy the Agitator nor
deny the agitation.
Whether or not the President of the
Sugar Trust feels rich enough to
thirty-thousand-dollar trotter, he seems
I able to keep a number of Cabinet officers in
| his private stud.—World,
-1 t> «• . . .. — .
® e " ator Peffer 8 appearance 1,1 Ne ' v York
: "A** ""T™' YTu f,
er3 w dr'awn ^tTenril'n J °.l "f ."Aw
L,:', , f ,, , . ,e ^ !
r 7n, f, p ° f ^TJ ^ ^ PI "
Vori^ lM < ! 1< T' ed |° U l t °f > faSh '°. n "
' 1 1 ' ad th ® cnrlous effect
own a
of reversing tbe meaning of two English
words. The motley hair which hangs two
feet below the Senators chin, would two
years ago, have been described as a''beard"
The word "whiskers" was used to describe
I a growth of hair npon tbe face, and the
distinction was well understood and gen
erally regarded in speech. The ridicule
against abnomally long beards was begun
under the name of "whiskers" and nowa
days the style of face ornament which ML
Pepper flaunts is always described a s
"whiskers," while a close-cropped growth
of hair is called a beard." What were for*
merly known as "whiskers" are now de
scribed by such slang words as'^ideboards' 1
"Dundrearies," and the like. The wearers
of this style of facial ornament have also
come in for general ridicule, and we no
longer see men complacently wearing long
| turfs of hair which extend from their ears
out to the points of their shoulders.—Suit
1
Lady Colen Campwell is to have a paper
of her own in London, and it will be called
the Realm. She is by no means a novice in
journalism, as it is known that for eight
or ten years she was assistant to the late
1 Edmund Yates, editor of the London
World. It became known in time through
| out journalistic Londodthat much of the
successful work on the world was from
Lady Colin's pen. When Edmund Yates
died a number of men interested in the
I newspaper business in London got together
and forme(J a syndicate for the purpose of
backing Mr. Yates's assistant in establish*
i ng a paper of her own. It will be ajournai
0 f the style of the World and Labouchere's
famous journal, and a staff of well known
I men bas been engaged. Lady Colin, after
passing through a trying ordeal in the dU
vorce c ° urt i defeated her husband's efforts
to sever his matrimonial ties but was ob
bliged to earn her own living. She is a tall
women, and was formerly very handsome
but she has recently lost much of her beauty
through persistant attacks of muscular
I rheumatism. She wrote a novel a few
years ago that was a flat failure, and she
then decided to devote the rest of her
time exclusively to jouranalistic wark.-=>
Sun.
Joseph Quiucy takes unnecessary pains
announce * ba ^ he does not care for
°® ce - Mr. Quincy is a Democrat, lives in
Massachusetts and couldn t get an office it
it depends on election.—Kansas City Star;
Gity Derrick.
Mr. Cleveland is a more conspicious ruiri
than the remains of the Chicago Fair.—Oil
If, ns Governor Waite claims, he was de-'
feated by the women, the State of Colorado
made no mistake when itgranted to thenl
tbe r, 8bt of suffrage,
Mrs. Francis Klock woh her race for th e ^
Legislature in Colorado hands down, uifl
Clara Cressinghan and Mrs. Csrrie^HH
were also elected Kepresentarijîîl
Mrs. Angenette M. Pea rey
of Public Instruction. - • j^KÊamlMÊÊËÊÊ
Trotters Bu
The hay loft fl
gtable in Chestadl
™
terooon ur
of corn in
six.hones i
known trot
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