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MIDDLETOWN, DEL., APRIL 28,1900.
another scheme
The Addicks people have or
ganized a "literary bureau
which has been busy this week
sending out "news" to the out-of
State papers. Here is a sample
of the latest which has been fur
nished all the Philadelphia and
other city papers which would
use it. It is given by paragraphs
With comments, viz.—
"Dover, Del., April 23.—The
most prominent Union Republi
cans in the State are authority
for the statement that President
McKinley has offered, as a Repu
blican to mediate between theÜn
ion and Regular Republicans, to
the end that there may be a
single ticket in Delaware. "
' Who are these "most promi
nent''partisans? Why not name
them? It would be rather awk
ward to do, to answer inquiries
of "friends" even.
No one who knows anything of
the situation believes a word of
the assertion here made. Im
mediately) after the recent Union
Republican convention adjourned
Mr. Addicks and Mr. Allee went
to Washington to see President
McKinley, it is said, and they re
turned in a few days, announcing
a recall by telegraph. The "re
call" was a fake, of course, for
effect«
That President McKinley
would be glad to see Delaware
Republicans united, as they
should be, goes without question,
but he has made no "offer" as
mediator. That is not within
the dignity of the Presidential
office.
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He (President McKinley) has
asked, it is said, for a personal
interview with Colonel Dupont
and Mr. Addicks, the rival lead
ers, the Unions having refused to
go before Chairman Hanna with
their grivances."
Is it reasonable to suppose
that Mr, McKinley would be a
party to aid Mr. Addicks in snub
bing the chairman of the Nation
al Committee? The "bureau
writers must do better next time.
"They (Union Republicans)
have represented that the elec
toral vote, as well as two Admin
istration Senators and the whole
State will be lost if they are
snubbed in Philadelphia as they
have been heretofore, and this
plea has moved the President to
offer his services. "
If proof of the falsity of the
statement were demanded it is
contained in the above paragraph.
The President has been coerced,
indeed! No one believes it.
"The conference is expected to
take place during the next two
weeks and should the President
succeed as a mediator the Union
men believe that the election of
both Colonel DuPont and Addicks
to the Senate will be assured. "
It is not the assurance of the
election of Col. duPont that they
seek. It is the original game of
"Addicks or nobody",
foolish are Republicans to trifle
with this pretender!
"The offer of the Union men is
to pitch in and elect the whole
ticket, with a fair representation
upon it, and an equal representa
tion in the Philadelphia Conven
tion, provided that all the Repub
lican Legislators shall go into a
caucus and ballot for their choice;
that the highest man voted for
be selected for the long-term
Senatorship, and the next high
est man be chosen for the short
term."
"Equal representation in the
Philadelphia Convention"! Ah!
That is necessary to life. To re
fuse recognition in Philadelphia
is to kill Addicksism. It is los
ing in every county in Delaware.
The Addicks papers are denying
this fact, but it is apparent hence
their desperate effort to force
their way into the National Con
vention. ' "Pitch in"! That is a
promise of boodle and bribery.
Would President McKinley lis
ten to that for a minute? Will
true Delaware Republicans after
What they have suffered at the
hands of Addicks? Never.
This would almost certainly
mean the election 1 of both 'Du
Pont and Addicks, and there are
said to be enough Republican
friends of each to carry out the
plan.
It has not been two week since
the Addicks papers, foremost
being the "SunT* were calling
upon former Senator Anthony
Higgins with piteous appeal to
join Addicks, "Save the State,
oah! and accept a senatorship
with Mr. Addicks, the "short
term'', the Addicks people al
ways giving away the least de
sirable. This has been their of
fer from first to last. No one
thinks for a moment that Col.
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Pont will listen to the proposi
tion and the Transcript offers
him due apology for the use of
his name in this connection. To
notice the matter such mention
became necessary.
THE STATE AND COUNTY TICKETS.
The Republican National Con
vention has nothing to do with
the formation of the local Repu
blican tickets in this State. If
the Union Republicans mean
what they say, a desire for a fair
division of that ticket, then it
can be elected. It remains with
the Union Republicans to join in
a victory or to assume defeat as
they have done in the past.
Their efforts to force their way
by a half open door, into the
Philadelphia Convention, is des
peration to them, to others it is
ridiculous. It is a final effort for
recognition of Addicks. A few
weeks since a Kent County offi
cial of the Addicks party ac
, knowledged to the writer that if
Addicks does not succeed this
time, the November election,
they will form a Peoples Party,
two years hence,
lieves it.
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And he be
Strange, passing strange! The
Morning News seems to have no
knowledge of the scheme by
which New Castle county has
suffered the loss of thousands of
dollars in costs and fees paid to
mayors of New Castle and-sheriffs
of New Castle county on account
of lodgers, real and otherwise, at
the county jail, and no words of
condemnation for the gross out
rage. It does not even protest
against attempts to perpetuate
the astounding imposition.—
Every Evening.
The Evening Journal in its ini
tial numbers under the new
management shows a vigor and
directness in the discussion of
home affairs that is full of promise
The Republican party of Dela
ware needs to have the naked
ness of its enemies in all their
hideous deformity fully shown
up, and the Journal gives promise
of excellent work along the right
lines.
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By the close vote of 33 to 32
the United States SenateonTues
day stood by its former record
and refused admission to Mat
thew S. Quay upon the appoint
ment of Governor Stone. Sena
tor Kenney was paired in favor
of Quay, the same as a direct
vote for him.
WASHINGTON LETTER
Washington, April 23,1900.
Tbe newest mare's nest discovered
by tbe democrats «as like all tbe rest,
—empty. Tbe Bacon resolution, adopt
ed by tbe Senate, asking for informai
tlon as to extra compensation for army
officers serving in Cuba, will be fully
answered by Secretary Root at once.
It was based on tbe charge that army
officers in Cuba were drawing two sal
aries, one from this government and
one from tbe Cuban revenues, and were
expending mmey extravagantly for ex
penses. Tbe charge was entirely false.
No officer in Cuba has ever drawn two
salaries. Away tack when Secretary
Alger was at the head of the War De
partment, under an opinion from tbe
Attorney General, four officers—the
Military Governor of Cuba, The Mili
tary Governor of Havana, the Collec
tor of Havana, and tbe Treasurer of
Cuba—were alloted allowances to meet
expenses entailed upon them by reason
of their filling those positions, aggregat*
ing about $16,000 a year, and those al
lotments are s'ill allowed, and except
in tbe case of tbe Military Governor of
Havana, a position that has been
abolished, will be continued as long as
we occupy and govern tbe island, and
cannot be reasonably objected to.
Senator Platt, of Conn., one of tbe
last men in public life who would
countenance anything approaching
wastefulness in public money either in
Cuba or at home, fully answered tin
charge of extravaranee by Army Offi
cers in Cuba, when be said on tbe floor
of tbe Senate: "There bae been no ex
travagance. I have bren there. Tbe
public building or palace ae it is called
there was put in shape fit to live io.
Nothing more was done.'"Mr. Platt
spoke from personal obiervation, as be
was in Cuba only a few weeks ago.
No reply bas been received from the
Snltan of Turkey to tbe demand, made
by Secretary Hay, last week, by direc
tion of President McKinley, that be
keep his promises to pay for American
Missionary property destroyed in Tur
key; but a favorable answer is expected.
Representative Hepburn, of Iowa,
Chairman of tbe Committee on Inter
•täte and Foreign Commerce, has
made (be positive announcement that
hie bill for tbe construction of tbe
Nicaragua Canal will be taken up by
tbe House May 1, and voted on tbe fol
lowing day. Tbe announcement was
tbe result of an understanding which
made tbe reporting of « special rule
unnecessary. Tbe fact that mem
bers of ti e House requested that the
bill be conalduMd, makee it certain
that it wiU be passed by an overwhelm
ing vote.
Senator Gallinger said of bis rqaol.ur
tlon, asking tbe Secretary of tbe Treas
ury for a detailed statement of tbe
sums derived from tbe war reveoue act,
tbe receipts from each subject of taxa»
tlon to be stated teparately, which was
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adopted by the Senate :"I don't suppose
that it will lead to immediate legisla
tion, but I am anxious to know exact
ly how much money has been received
under the various'stamp taxes. The
information will not be as interesting
as it might he, because the sam? char
acter of stamps is used for various pur
poses, so that it is impossible to tell
bow manj stamps are placed upoD tele
grams, bow many upon express receipts
bow many upon mortgages, etc. The
beer stamp Is a distinct one, and the
amount can be accurately told. It will
also be possible to inform us bow
many prop ietary stamps of especial de
sign bave been furnished.
The Treasury Department will be
ready to relieve the army officers of the
collection of Customs iu Porto Rico, on
May 1, the date upon which Gov.
Allen will be inaugurated, and the new
law will take eftec*. The joint resolu
tion, allowing military officers to re
tain the civil offices they hold in Porto
Rico, until their civilian successors are
appointed and qualified, which has besn
adopted by Congress, is simply intend
ed to give Gov. Allen needed time to
make proper selections of Porto R.cai s
to fill tue places. The resolution pro
vides that all the appointments shall be
made before August 1, next. The
Democratic attempt to preate an ad
verse sentiment, by criticising tbe pre ;
paratlon by tbe adooinistiation to make
tbe inauguration of Gov, Allen an im
pressive even', has fallen flit. There
are few Americans, even among Demo
crate, who do not recognize the histori
cal importers of the inauguration of
the first civil American (Joyernor of
Porto Rico, as well as tbe necessity,
viewed merely as a matter of policy, of
makiog the event a memorable one to
tbe Porto Ricans.
Secretary Root put a tug in tba ears
of those Representatives who have been
clamporing for tbe establishm Dt of
new army posts in their localities, and
yet opposing legislation for the reor
ganisation and increase of the regular
army, when he wrote, in answer to an
inquiry of the Jiouse Committee on
Military Affairs, as to tbe advisability
of action on a number of bills before
that Commit ee: "It is the view of this
department that no new army posts,
whatever, should be established, unless
tbe permanent strength of tlje regular
army is to be discontinued. We baye
not sufficient men properly to garrison
tbe posts we already have."
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THE PORTO RICAN BILL,.
The following is a summary of tbe prin
cipal provisions of the Porto Rican act,
which goes into effect May 1st :
From the date of tbe passage of the act
the same custom duties are levied on all
goods entering Porto Rico from foreign
countries as are levied on the same goods
entering the United States, save that coffee,
which has free entry into the United States,
is to pay a duty of 5 cents per pound, on
entering Porto Rico. Scientific, literary
and artistic works and books and pamph
lets printed in the English language may
enter Porto Rico free of duty.
All merchandise Goming into the United
States from Porto Rico and eoming into
Porto Rico from the United States shall
pay 15 per cent of the present Dingley tariff
rates; articles of the class which pay an in
ternal revenue tax in tbe United States
must also pay a sura equal to this internal
revenue duty, while articles from the
United States going into Porto Rico mast
also be subjected to any internal revenue
rates of taxation there collected on that
class of articles.
One feature of tbe act, which therefore
seems to have attracted little attention, is
extremely important to the Porto Ricans,
because it will permit them to import free
of any duty nearly all of the necessities of
ilfe. Under the orders which the Secretary
of War had issued, flour, bacon, codfiab,
fresh beef, pork, mntton,rice, bags of sugar,
coopers' wares and wood cut for making
casks for sugar and molasses, machinery
and apparatus for making and refining
sugar, or for other agricultural purposes,
plows, hoes, hatchets, machetes and other
agricultural implements not machinery,
rough lumber and modern school furni
ture, crude petroleum, lime, asphalt, bitu
men, trees, plants and mosses in natural or
fresh state, mineral, carbonated and seltzer
waters, either natural or artificial, root beer,
ginger ale, and similar non-alcoholic bever
ages, and numerous other articles are ad
mitted free of duty and will continue to be
so admitted under the act which says
specifically that "all merchandise and arti
cles enter in Porto Rico free of duty under
orders heretofore made by the Secretary of
War shall be admitted into the several
porta thereof when imported from the
United States free of duty, all laws or parts
of laws to the contrary notwithstanding."
It thus appears that the Porto Ricans will,
ander the new act, receive from the United
States free of any duty all of the above im -
portant articles in addition to those regu
larly upon the free list under the Dingley
law, while on the other articles they will
pay but 15 per cent or three-twentieths of
the regular Dingley tariff rates, and what
is equally important, they may put an end
to the payment of even this small duty at
any time they may desire, since the law
specifically provides that these duties shall
cease as soon as tbe Porto Rican legislature
shall have provided the necessary revenue
for the expenses of the government of the
island.
The duties collected under the act are to
be placed at the disposal of the President to
be used for the government and benefit of
Porto Rico until the government of Porto
Rico shall have been organized, when the
monies collected are to be turned into the
local treasury of Porto Rico. Goods im
ported from Porto Rico and under bond
are to pay only the duty imposed by the
act.
The capital is to be at San Juan. Persons
who were Spanish subjects April 11, 1899,
and who have not elected to preserve their
allegiance to Spain, are held to be citizens
of Porto Rico and entitled to tbe protection
of tbe United States.
The laws and ordinances of Porto Rico
now in force are to continue except as
altered by the act, or by military orders,
and which are not inconsistent with the
laws of the United States.
The law forbidding tbe marriage of priests
and ministers is repealed.
Tbe vessels of Porto Rico are to be nat
uralized and admitted to the benefits of the
benefits pi the United States coasting laws.
Quarantine stations are to be established.
Porto Rico coins are,to he retired, the peso
being rated at 60 cents in the exchange.
Three months after the act takes effect
Porto g&o coins are not to be legal tender..
Property usually pnder the control of 1 the
United States will no continue, and other
properties acquired from 8pain'jrill he ad-'
ministered by tbe Porto Rico government.
The govenor is to be appoi
by the Pres
ident and hold his office for four years,
haying the powers conferred on governors
of territories of the United States) bnt is to
make bis report through the Secretary of
State to the president.
An executive council appointed by the
President and confirmed by the Senate,
consists of a secretary, attorney-general,
treasurer, auditor, commissioners of in
terior and education, and five other per
sons to hold office for five years. The
council is the upper branch of the legisla
ture, five of whom shall be natives of Porto
Rico. The other branch shall be a house
of delegates, to consist of thirty-five mem
bers, elected biennially by the qualified
electors.
Provision is made for enacting legislation
similar to that of other territories. The
judicial power is vested in courts already
established, the chief justice and associate
justices and marshal to be appointed by the
President, judges of the district courts and
other officers by the governor of Porto
Rico. There is also a United States district
court.
No export duties are to be collected, but
taxes and licenses may be levied
On the regular election day in November
and every two years thereafter Porto Rico
may choose a commissioner to represent
the island at Washington, salary, $5,000.
A commission of three members, one a
native of Porto Rico, is to be named to re
vise and codify the laws of Porto Rico.
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The total receipts in the Island of Porto
Rico from date of American occupation to
February 28.1900, amounting to the sum of
{2,592,217.49! divided as follows:
Customs Receipts ,
Postal Receipts > :
Internal Revenue Receipts
Miscellaneous Receipts ,
The disbursements during the same
period amounted to the sum of {2,173,258.51.
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'I HE MAY CENTURY.
4.rpfi n [J the timelier articles in The Cen
tury for May is an essay by Antjrew Car
negia entitled "Popular Illusions About
Trusts." The writer contends that the
popular welfare is increased by trusts; also,
that such aggregations of productive capi
ta) arp qsqally sfiort-ljvet}. "The only
people who have reason to fear trusts," he
says, "are those who trust them." An edi»
torial in the same number entitled "Tbe
Ileal Danger of Trusts," while ^agreeing
with Mr. Carnegie as to the material advan
tages of such combinations, sets forth
wherein they are a menace to the indepen
dent of t|;e individual and the state,
The sense of humor that gave piquancy to
Ricbrad Whiteings' story of social contrasts,
"No. 5 John Street," Is oonBplcuous in his
treatment of "Parisian Pastimes" this
month. In the second and last of hia pro
fusely illustrated papers on "The National
'ßoo' at Washington,"Ernest Seton-Thomp
son, aqtfyor ofl'Tfie piograpby of a Grizz
ly," dwells particularly on the opportuni
ties such a reservation offers to wild ani
fiials )o rçtain the habits of exercise, etc.'
on which their happiness and health de*
pend. "A Word of Warning to Young Act
resses" is addressed especially to would-be
actresses or amateurs who have been daz
zled by the glare of tba footlights and
fancy the stage a royal road to wealth and
fame'. It is an authoritative word, for it is
Uttered by one of the most successful of act
resses, Mis« Clara M° rl> i*- "Significant Igr
norance of the Bible" records entertaining,
ly the results of certain attempts by the
author, President Thwing of Western Re
serve University, to determine to what ex
tent the Bible has ceased to be a book fami
liar to tbe average collegian of either sex.
His conclusions are not reassuring to those
who regard the Bible as the book of books.
The ' Literary Shrine" of which Prof. Wil
liam Knight, the Wordsworthian, writes,
with illustrations by Harry Fenn, is Dove
Cottage, the home of Wordsworth and De
Quincey. Under the modest title. "Leaves
from a Notebook," Thomas Bailey Aldrich
offers a few pages that show him alternately
as poet and proper—or rather as poet and
wit. Adventure is the motive in tbe con*
eluding chapter ofBenjamin;Wood's' 1 "Hard''
ships of a Reptiler"; and something more
than mere travel sketches are to be found
in "Our Friend the Sultan of Jolo," by
Charles B- Hagadorn, "The All-American
Route to tbe Klondike,"by Edward Gillette,
and "The Maharaja's Water Carnival, by
tbe artist-author, R. D. Mackenzie. The
two leading serials—Mr, Morley's "Oliver
Cromwell" and Dr. Mitchell's "Dr. North
and His Friends"—maintain their intereet.
This number of The Century appeals to
lovers of art by its frontispiece portrait of
Wordsworth at seventy-seven and its re.
production of Rembrandt's "Rabbi with
the White Turban"; "Art in Modern
Bridges," by Montgomery Schuyler, with
pictures of famous bridges, actual or pro
posed; Frederick Keppel's paper on Henri
Fantin-Latour, with examples of bis litho,
graphs on musical motives; and Castaigne's
full-page and smaller plates illustrating
"Parisian Pastimes."
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TH E MAY ST. N ICHOLAS.
Governor Roosevelt's familiar face and
figure form the frontispiece of St. Nicholas
*or May, the first article therein being from
his pen—' What We can Expect of tha
American Boy." In this essay Col. Roose
velt distinguishes between moral and phy
sical courage, and maintains that both forms
are necessary to a complete and rounded
character. Incidentally he praises Kilping's
''Captains Courageous" and deplorea bit
"Stalky & Co." In "Daub-o-Links" Char
les Love Benjamin describes a novelty in
artistic amusements; and in "The Enchant*
ed Adjutant Bird" Tudor Jenki tells a
fairy-story of a bird that had the good
sense to refuse tobe turned into a man.
''A Little American Girl at Court,
Louise Bradford Barnum, is a tala of a
truant who was pot lost, as her family fear
ed, but wis hobnobbing with a German
king. The present Mikado of Japan, whan
a little boy, is one of the two characters in
a short story entitled "Watches.for Cakes."
"A Poet's Kindness" is illustrated in an an*
ecdote of John G. Whittier, and a letter
from him, about Barbara Frietchie, is re
produced in facsimile. As usual St. Nicho
las abounds in verses and pictures, and its
departments of Nature and Reading are full
to the brim.
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Many School Children are Sickly.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chil
dren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Chil
dren's Home, New York, break up Colds
in 24 hours, cure Feverishness, Headache,
Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders, and
Destroy Worms. At all Druggists, 25c
Sample mailed fREE. Address, Allen
Olmsted, LeRoy, If y.
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Eureka Harness Oil U the best
preservative of now leather
and the best renovator of old
leather. It oils, softens, black
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on your beet hezteee. your old ber
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will not only 'SOOk nettef Bdt wear
longer. Solde very where In can»-«U
sizes from half pinta to Sve gal Iona.
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Mattings and Fibre Rugs
The new mattings from
China and Japan are here,
ready to make your homes
cool and delightful for the
summer.
More and better than ever
before, Last year we had two
hundred and thirty-five pat
terns; this year, three hundred
and twenty - nine. Twenty
seven different prices, $5 to
I525 for forty-yard rolls.
Great as a show—come, see
it; a native Chinaman will tell
ypy all about them,
But greater to buy—and
this is why
Way back in March 1899
we ordered these 1900 mat
tings. Selected the patterns
—changed them when we
|hppghç yoq'4 !ik e t^e change.
This direct importation en
ables us to sell more mattings
than anybody else, because wq
g3.p buy cheaper and better.
It brings China and japan
to Philadelphia.
The other way of buying
mattings is through a general
importer. If the store find§
what it wants, all right; if it
doesn't, it takes what it can
get, and tries to make you be
lieve it is what you want.
Maybe it is, and maybe it
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And you are never sure you
are getting this year's mat
ting, last year's or the year's
before—the store that sells it,
Isn't sure. And old matting
is dried out and cracks easily.
The Chinese mattings
toughest and strongest—are much the
same in pattern as last year's. The Chi
nese care more for wear than for looks
—and they've been making the best mat
tings for hundreds of years. 35 to 318.
The "Palace" Is the best—no one else
has exactly the same thing; twenty-one
styles, |18.
The "Klang"— equal to most store?'
best; nineteen styles, 315,
The "Luan;" twenty-iwo styles; weighs
50 to 85 pounds, 312.
And so on down to the
Whang"—the most popular;
thirty styles—heavy seamless
matting, averaging over two
pounds to a yard, $jo.
Other Chinese seamless
mattings, $7; and a heavy
joined matting, $ 6 .
Very heavy plain white matting—
weighs 120 pounds, 320,
Narrow warp, or Ningpo white matting,
318 ; another, 310 .
Other of regular warp, 318, 315, 312, 310,
38 and 37.
The Japanese mattings are
the prettiest—this year many
fine novelties. One hundred
and seventy styles.
The best is a white matting
with inserted figures $25, and
on down as low as $6 for a
heavy Bungo.
A bargain. Five hundred
and four rolls of heavy Japan
ese matting. $6 a roll, instead
of $8. Fifteen styles.
Fibre rugs —cool and clean
for summer. Made of twisted
paper. Will they wear? Why
not? They make car wheels
of paper now
Fine new patterns, 75c to 313.
13x30 inches; twelve style», 75c.
33x40 inches; twelve styles, 31.25.
33x33 Inches; twelve etylee, 31.60.
(3x10 Inches; twelve etylee, 32.50.
42x84 Inchee; twelve style«, 34.25.
Ol feet; twenty-four styles, 27.35.
7 feet 8 inches xlO feet S Inches; twenty
four styles, 310.
0X12 fset; twenty-föur styles, 313.
John Wanamaker.
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ing
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cade.
the
10
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pick
1898
cents
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advised
for
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healthy
price
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25c
ELY'S CREAM BALK la a positive cure
Apply into the nostril«. It is quickly absorbed. S>
cent» at Druggists or by mill ; «ample» 10c. by mai
SLY BROTHERS, M Warrfo 8L, New York City
A Frightful Blunder
Will often cause e horrible Burn,Scald.Cut
or Bruise. Bucklen'i Arnica Salve, the beat
in tba world, will kill the pain and prompt
ly hpal it. Cures Old fiores, Fever Sores,
Ulcers, Boils, Eelqns, poms, all Skin Erup
tions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only 25cts.
a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold at Vaughan's
Pharmacy.
"Ihe Noblest Mind
The best contentment has." Yet, however
noble in mind, mo man or woman can
Phy,!C d
P T KiDg
°T D8 e °°? ferera
tfii* purpoae Sick
T"" pure
good Rumors autleruption, and tones up yout
The favorite cathartic is Hood'* Pills. 25c.
Only
Sold
Reduced Rates to Cincinnati via Penn
sylvania Railroad« aeconnt of People 's
Party National Convention.
For the benefit of those desiring to visit
Cincinnati during the session of the People's
Party National Convention, May 9, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell
tickets from all stations at the rate of one
first class fare for the round trip. Tickets
will be sold and good going on May 7 only,
and returning leaving Cincinnati not later
than May 12.
UM.
A
A Wonderful Day in
Boys' Suits.
from
here,
the
ever
Read over this news of
strong bargains, and you'll
know where to save money.
Special for Friday only.
Boys' all-wool Suits of
Blue Cheviots and Fancy Cas
simeres, regular $3 and $3.50
Suits,
two
pat
to
see
tell
1899
mat
we
en
wq
it
can
be
it
$1-95
Vestee and Blouse Suits
with small collar, or with
Sailor Collar, nicely trimmed,
regular $2.50 and $3 Suits,
$M5
Boys' Knee Pants of
strictly all-wool Black and
Blue Cheviots, Corduroys and
and Cassimeres. Sizes 3 to
16 years old, woU w or th 75o,
Special for Friday,
39C.
you
mat
it,
MAX EPHRAIM,
New York
Clothing House,
504 MARKET STREET,
WILMINGTON, DEL.
STORE OPEN EVENINGS.
the
Chi
looks
mat
else
the
two
310,
are
a
Everybody's Magazine For May.
The May number of Everybody's Maga
zine is full of that sugar-coated information
of which its conductors are making a spec
ialty. There is not a dull page in the book,
nor one which sounds "educational;" but
no one can read this number without add'
ing materially to his store of knowledge.
The "Simple Explanation" for the month
describes in plain language the working of
the telephone—"one of the simplest but
most sensitive contrivances known to the
electrical mechanician."
The series of articles on the "biggest
things" in American industries is continued
in this number by a description of "The
Greatest Shipyard in the World."
A very interesting article is a collection
of the experiences of eight or ten promi
nent stage people, telling of that moment
when Opportunity first reached a hand to
them. The article is entitled "The Turn
ing Point in My Career."
"Helping the Cubans to Help Them
selves" is a plain statement of a great
charity, whose workings are not widely
known to the public at large. It treats of
the foundation and operation of the little
ones in Cuba, whom the merciless decrees
of "Butcher Wevler" left homeless, orphan
ed and destitute
The short stories in this number are
bright, original and good.
Total
Total
Total
of
Total
4
Total
Western Wool Values.
Valley Oregon wool has seen some pecu
liar price fluctuation during the past de
cade. During 1890 to 1892 it was bought in
Salem at an average of 20 cents per pound,
ranging from 18 to 21 cents.
From 1893 to 1896 it averaged 101 cents,
the actual price paid by a Salem firm being
10 cents in 1893, 1895 and 1896, and 11 cents
in 1894.
In 1897, Valley Oregon wool began to
pick up in price, selling at 13 cents. In
1898 and 1899 it did even better, being
placed at 16 cents. The same film that
bought at these figures expects to pay 20
cents for the same grade of wool this year.
If Oregon farmers will consider the econ
omic conditions that existed when they got
the low and the high prices for their wool,
they will readily understand that the pro
tective tariff and Republican administra
tions of 1890 to 1892, and 1897 to 1900,
by far the best for the American sheep
grower.
Oregon farmers don't want free wool.
Bryan says: "I am for free wool." There
iOre the Oregon farmers don't want Bryan
or President, or any representative in
either branch of Congress who will vote on
Bryan's side or run on Bryan's ticket.
By
dalla
Lady
the
is
and
most
in
!
three
A Narrow Escape.
Thankful words written by Mre. Ada E.
Hart ofGroton S. D."Was taken with a bad
cold which settled on my lungs; cough set
in and finally terminated in consumption.
Four Doctors gave me up saying I could
not live but a short time. I gave myself up
to my Saviour, determined if I could not
stay with my friends on earth I would meet
my absent ones above. My husband
advised to get Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I gave
it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has
cured mé and thank, Clod, | am a well and
healthy woman." Trial bottles free at
Vaughan's Pharmacy,
Regular size 50c. and |1.00. Guaranteed
price refunded.
S>
was
he
or
That Thobbln* Headache
WonId 1 aick 'y you, if you used Dr.
KiDg ' S New Life Pills - Thousand, of suf
ferera hsTe proved .heir matchless merit for
Sick and NerV0U9 Headaches. They make
pure bl0od #nd st ™8 ner ves and build up
yout health . Ea8y t0 uke Try then f
Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured.
Sold at yanghan's Pharmacy.
Penn
's
visit
People's
the
sell
one
Tickets
only,
later
A First-Class
Investment Security
at Six Per Centum
Per Annum.
I offer to the Investing Public Two Hundred and
Fifty Shares of the Preferred Stock of the
of
of
J. C. PARKER & SON CO
•»
of which the par value is one hundred dollars each,
bearing an annual dividend of six per cent, guaran
teed, and cumulative. This company did a business
of fifty-two thousand dollars last year, covering only a
period of nine months, yielding a net profit, over all
charges and expenses, of Forty-five Hundred Dollars.
The business year was thus shortened in order to
merge the partnership into a corporation, which re
cieved its charter October 13th, 1899.
By placing the above amount of stock, the cor
poration will be enabled to increase its business for
the present year to one hundred thousand dollars.
After the Twenty-fifth of March the company will
occupy its new plant, which, when complete with mach
inery , will cost Ten Thousand Dollars, and will afford
such increased facilities as to double its present capac
ity for manufacturing harness and saddlery.
HARTIN B. BURRIS,
Middletown, Del.
of
to
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24x30 French Plate Glass, Full
Swell Top Drawer. The
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Home Life Insurance Co.
Abstract from 39th Annual Report of Home Life Insurance Co.
of New York. Read it Carefully.
Insurance in force January 1,
1899, 24,275 Policies,
$45,574,381.
Total amount of prem iums received since or
ganization, May 1, I860, $30,997,839.31.
Total amount paid to policy-holders since or
ganization, $20,954,195/27.
Admitted assets held as security for policy
holders, January 1,1899. $10.559,150.87.
Total amount paid policy-holders, and the
amount now held as security for the payment
of their contracts, $31,513,340.14.
Total dividends paid policy-holders since or
ganization, $4,849,536.51.
Surplus on basis of admitted assets valuation,
4 per cent Standard, $1,152,968.02.
Total amount saved policy holders, from pre
^miums paid, $6,002,504.53.
THE HOME is one of the strongest life
insurance companies whether considered in
regard to the quality of its risks, the char
acter of its assets or the proportion of it?
assets to reserve liability,
de
in
to
In
20
FRANK L. CATES, Middletown, Del.
General Manager of Home Life Insurance Company of New York.
The Hambletonian Bred Stallion V|ÇT OR ROY
By Hawthorn, Jr. ; He by Hawthorn ; He by Thorndale ; He by Ab
dalla 15; He by Hambletonian 10, 1st dam Sallie Taylor, by Morgan
Prime, sire of the $2000 match horses of James P. Gray; 2d dam
Lady Sutton, one of the handsome Kentucky bred match mares of
the late Samuel Sutton by George Wilkes; He by Hambletonian 10.
VICTOR ROY
is a beautiful bay with black points, foaled in 1895, stands 16£ hands,
weighs 1200 lbs., fine open gait, very stylish, free and prompt driver,
and is endowed with as much speed as his illustrious size. His size,
weight, color, bone, disposition and pedigree make him one of tjiq
most desirable horses to breed from.
The above Stalljon will make the season pf 190)3 at the home apçt
in the vicinity of the undersigned,
FEE—$12.00 to insure a Mare with Foal, My person breeding a
! number of Mares $12.00 for- a single colt, $22.00for two colts and $30 for
three colts. '
GEO. D. CROSSLAND,st.georges,del.
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MOORE
Equitable bldg.,
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National Union
Wasngton, D- O,