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Middletown transcript., 1908-10-10

aged by some OF the Western States, in.
cluding Colorado and others possessing
any great amount Of what is called "semi-
arid" land. This is where less than 20
inches of rain falls in the course of the
year. The art of dry farming consists OF
working the soil in such manner as to
secure the full benefit of every particle
of moisture which it absorbs. The sue
cess attending this kind OF agriculture
bears out to greet extent the adage that
in agriculture ''the man with hoe can
do more than man with hose. Dry
farming is now successfully carried out
in localities where the annual rainfall is
IA inches, and, it is hoped as more is
learned of it that it will be commercially
possible to utilize lands where the rain
fall is as low as 10 inches.
Experiments conducted abroad have
demonstrated that balloons travelling at a
height of from 600t to 1000 yards could be
hit only once out OF six shots, while they
were absolutely safe at height of 5000
ards. Even when struck, the damage to
the gas bag was SO small that the balloon
was able to continue its journey for hours
before the escaping gas made q lauding
necessary.
The Argentine ant, which has worked
great devastation among the sugar plan
tations of Louisiana, has made its appear
ance on the Pacific coast and active steps
are being taken to exterminate it. This
insect is SO pugnacious that it quickly
drives out the cattle ant, which has some
considerable economic value and which
| is not replaced by the intruder from Ar
gentine. The latter is not only destruc-
tive in itself, but it protects scale growth
and plant lice. The Argentine ant is re-
garded as one of the most injurious pests
which was ever brought into the United
States.
The Baku-Batoum pips line has been
in operation for about year, aud as far
as the mechanical operation OF the line is
concerned it is great success, but because
OF the decrease IN the exports Uf iiffutuii-
mating oils from Bateum, there is not suf-
ficient oil to keep the pipe line and~it
costly machinery continually at work,
and the undertaking is, therefore, not as
remunerative. simultaneously with the
operation Of the line, it was found also
that the consumption Of oil at several Of
the towns along the line had also de-
creased, and after come prolonged inves-
tigation it was discovered that the line
was being tapped at several points and the
oil stolen from the pipe. In some in
stances from eight to ten carloads Of oil
were stolen each night.
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TIE TRASscRIpr 81 PER YEAR.
Middletown transcript., 1908-10-10
Constitutional Amendment

An Act Proposing an Amendment to
Section Is Of Article 2 OF The Constitution
OF the State of Delaware, relating to the
Compensation OF the Members and Pre-
siding Officers of the General Assembly.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the State OF Della
ware in General Assembly met; two
thirds of all the members elected to each
House agreeing1:
SECTION 1. That the following amend
ment be and the same is hereby proposed
to Section Is of Article OF the Constitu-
ton of Delaware
That the word "fve'' be stricken ont Of
the third line of fsaid Section l5 Article 2
Of the Constitution, and the word ten"
be inserted in lieu thereof, and the word
'ssix" be stricken ont of the fourth line OF
Section l5, Article 2 Of the Constitution,
and the word twelve be inserted in
leu th ereof.
RICHARD HoDGsoN,
Speaker of the House.
ISAAC T. PARKER,
President of the Senate
l, Joseph l. Cahall, Secretary OF State
OF the State of Delaware, do hereby GER
tify that the above and foregoing is a true
and correct copy Of House Bill No. BIZ,
entitled can Act Proposing an Amend
ment to Section 15 of Article Of the Con-
stitution of the State of Delaware, relating
to the Compensation of the Members and
Presiding Officers of the General Assem-
bly," as the same appears on the enrolled
bill filed in the Office Of the Secretary Of
State, which said bill proposing such
amendment to the Constitution Of this
State is publ 8 led in accordance with the
requirements of the Constitution OF the
state.
In testimony whereof, have
hereunto set my hand and official
seal, at Dover, this twenty-fifth
[sEAL1 day of July, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred
and eight.
Jos. L. CAHALL,
Secretary Of State
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wings used in millinery this season are
enormous spreading shapes in marvel
ously blended colors. There are innum'
erable lovely greens, grays, amethysts,
browns, etc., entering into the color
schemes.
New Street Suits
While the Directoire mode in its ex-
treme forms has not and never will be-
come popular, it has effected the cut oil
even the conventional taller gown. The
simple gored walking skirt Of the cheviot
suit with a fan shaped panel at one side
and a habit back, or the pleated skirt
with the same shaped panel trimmed
with buttons or even the side trimming
of braid which Stimulates the panel are
all ideas borrowed from the extreme
French fashions. And the semi-fittiDg
coats of the new suits in three-quarter
length, the high collars, the large pocket
fans and button trimmings are from the
same source.
The woman who wears Perrin
Glove is conscious that her hands look
their best and if the shade selected does
not harmonic perfectly with her cos.
sune the fault is her own, for this Paris
make is noted for matching all fashion.
able colorings in the selected kidskin Of
which these Gloves are made.
The Waist Matching the Skirt
This winter fashion DEGREES that un.
| less the waist is white it must match the
skirt in color if not in material. And
this dictate holds good also of the blouse
to be worn with the tailor suit. For this
purpose there is nothing smarter than
satin as so many of the street suits are
satin trimmed. The best shops are show.
ing charming models of this material
trimmed with binding and buttonhole
effects of dark satin. For example deer
tan satin waist is made with tiny yoke
and jabot effect of cream lace. This yoke
is surrounded by rather narrow turn
down collar Of the material. The closins
| is al the left side and there are two rows
OF buttons down the front in double
I breasted effect. Both collar and CLOSING
are bound with nut brown satin. The
sleeves are in the new long closely fitted
/ style and have row Of buttons covered
with nut brown satin running from the
shoulder to the waist.
Lucy CARrER.
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Does your subscription fall due in
October? Watch the label on The TRAN
SCRIPT coming to you and send your re-
mittance. Remember the postal law only
allows US to give you one years credit.
We will appreciate your attendance to
this matter promptly.
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High-grade dental service. Examina,
tion and estimate, free. -Dri ]. Allen
johnson. Middletown. Phone, Is.
FOR SALE-A nnmbsr Of oak iron.
bound barrels and 10 gallon kegs, suit.
able for cider Or meat. BRAeBoN & Co.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-01
Two Memorable Campaigns
OF Days of AUD Lang Syne

HN HE campaign of 1910 was of a very
different character. The excite
Il r1ent was intense and universal,
but it was good natured. For three or
four months the mass of the people
gave themselves up to wild carnival
of political excitement, but there was
in it very little bitterness or brutal
contention. 1t was a rollicking ana
registering campaign; a greet festlVal
of fun and frolic; of singing, shouting
and uproarious good nature. The comic
paper and the cartoon had not yet been
born, but there were all sorts of SUBJ
stitutes in the shape of banners, pla-
cards, comic songs and the like. 1t
was called the log cabin and hard
cider campaign" and it well deserved
its title. Meetings were held every
where, and immense meetings, lasting
several days, were held in CHIEF CEN
tiers. These were attended by vast
who came in wagons or on
horseback and camped out. Mechanics
deserted their shops, farmers LETT their
crops unharvested and all sorts of men
travelled in mighty crowds from place
to place. Great wagons with the log
cabin, the cider barrel and the inVarl-
able raccoon, drawn by eight or ten
horses, filled with singing and snout-
ing men, went all over the country
Never since the foundation of the gov
eminent has there been another such
so fantastic, so spectacular
and bizarre, so wild carnival OF Irollc,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-01
SUGGESTS DISCUSSION OF WHAT
is BEST FOR cITYS GOOD

LOS ANGELES, July 29--[Editor
Herald: In reading the many COM
munications in your Public Letter Box
it surprises me to find that there is ap-
parently no disposition on the part of
contributors to enter into a systematic
discussion of the manner in which mu-
nicipal government is being admins
tered in Los Angeles at present Sure
ly the present system mutt be most
unsatisfactory to all people who give
any thought to such matters.
AS busy as The Herald appears to be
with matters concerning presidential
election it finds time to take up some
of the more prominent evils and show
to the people what Is being done right
here in this city, but l should imagine
that with an open letter box at their
disposal contributors would deal with
actual causes instead of mourning over
effects or worrying about what kind of
laws women are liable to make until
the ladies actually get busy.
Under present conditions the public
has little or no show with the govern
ing body of Los Angeles, but under
a new charter carefully drawn up, or
If it Is too late for that, an amendment
that would practically bury the old one,
we might get together an efficient
legislative body which would admins
ter the citys business for the benefit
of the residents and the advancement
of business interests Independent of
community cliques which seek to stop
or clog the wheels of progress.
what is best for the city's inter-
ests?" HIAWATHA.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-01
AGREES THE COUNTRY CANNOT
RISE HIGHER THAN ITS WON EN-

LOS ANGELES, July 26-[Editor
Herald: T. K. G.. accuses Val Stone
of being fippant, from which fact 1t
seems that he takes himself seriously
He reiterates his charge of feeble
mentality among women, with the
added charge that she has retarded
the advancement of the race. He has
the bad taste to quote a woman as
authority to try to prove his case
against her sex. If his charge Is true
what does a woman know about the
matter anyway? If T. X. G. Is thor
oughly acquainted with the writings OF
Mrs. Humphry Ward he must ind 1t
bit embarrassing to his manly dig
nifty to quote an author who has SO
bitterly excoriated his sex in much OF
her literary work.
The gentleman may honestly believe
the world Is a bowling wilderness be-
cause of the incapacity of Its women,
but has he located the cause OF that
incapacity, or is he dealing with eff
fects? He has made his accusation,
now let him come into court and ar
que his case.
The writer comedies the fact that
the civilization of any country cannot
advance beyond the status of Its wo-
men. But she further contends that
it is men of the mental attitude OF L.
X. G. who retard civilization by pre-
venting the intellectual growth of wo-
men, by all means in their power. re-
garding her chiefly useful, as "con-
tinuer of the race" If such men un-
derstood the irrevokable laws of Gre
alton they would realize that the high
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-01
HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT
MAKE MANS CHARACTER

LOS ANGELES, July 27.-[Editor
Herald: Your excerpt from the Seat
tie Star reads strangely on the same
page that so recently gave us Batch
ford's impregnable logic.
The Star writer very pardonahly de-
scribes as "tOmmyrot" much of the
stuff that is talked on "heredity" for
as Blatchford observes it is altogether
misleading to discuss heredity Tin
terms of human character) apart from
environment. 1t is not heredity or en-
vironment but heredity and environ
ment that must always be reokoned
with.
But now let us see if the Star does
not indulge ina little "tommyrot" on
it's own account. For instance 1t says.
Every man, if he is man at all, IS
master of his own conduct. con, my!
if this man would only read IS atch-
ford's mot Guilty.O Yes" says the
Star writer, master, too, of his own
thoughts, purposes, ideals and every
thing in the makeup of his character
and the control of his life" Such col
ossal ignorance and slovenliness of
thought as is here displayed could
hardly be answered in a whole page of
The Herald No, I don't attempt it, let
him read Blatchford's book; there Is
no other way.
Well, perhaps within the imlt OF
space I might say this: EVERY man
(his will included) is the product of his
heredity and environment; nothing else
enters into the makeup of his charac-
ter. If he be man at all he is mas
ter of his own conduct then means:
If heredity and environment have
given him the power he can master
heredity and environment" Was ever
such thinking" perpetrated since The
world began?
Then the writer says there is mo de-
nying that there is some force in here
dity and more in early environment,
but it (sic) is a force that except in
rare instances may be overcome OF
rightly directed" Now try to follow
the Star writer's mental process and
see what blind alley he leads you
into. Try to imagine mans environ
ment (and heredity) being overcome
or directed" and ask yourself "by
what?" BY what under heaven but
more environment? Thus merrily round
and round we go, arguing in circle
and fancying we make progress. Mr.
Editor, if l were millionaire and could
give away libraries l would fill the
world with them, but for the first yeal
or so 1 would fill the shelves with
Blatchford's books and offer valuable
prizes to all who could prove they had
read them Understandings. Then we
would get down to fundamentals ans
clear thinking.
FRANK F. STONE.
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as this which the Wings carried on in
1910. They swept the country as by a
tidal wave. Nothing could resist such
an onset, says the San Jose Mercury.
The campaign of 1860 was one of no
less excitement, but Of quite different
character. The feeling was very deep,
all pervading and powerful, but 1t was
not belligerent like that Of 1928 and
1882, nor frolicsome like that of 1910.
1t was profoundly serious. Ali sensible
men felt the awful solemnity of the
crisis which was upon the nation. OF
course, the tremendous scenes of the
next four years, with their tloody bat
tlefields, their CHASTITY corpses and their
neW-made graves, were not clearly
foreseen by anybody. But everyone
who had clear eyes in his head saw the
awful peril, and the tremendous results
sure to follow the election. Immense
meetings were held at important cen
ters; the ablest speakers in the land
were heard; glee clubs and marching
clubs were everywhere formed and the
whole people were stirred in their very
heart of hearts. Probably never since
the continental congress did American
men cast their ballots so seriously and
with so solemn sense of the profound
meaning of the act. We have had
many campaigns when public excite
ment was great, but never another in
which feeling was at once so pro-
foundry intense and so profoundly
serious as in that Of 1860.
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est types of humanity cannot be born
of a race of slaves, chattle slaves,
wage slaves or sex slaves. Therefore,
the men (God bless them) who give
free latitude of thought and encour-
agement to women to learn the lessons
that the past centuries have denied
her the opportunity to grasp are ad-
vancing the cause of humanity and
lifting the children of coming genera
lions nearer to the likeness of the Gre
ator. The writer knows the folly of
presenting an arguement to men of
the temperament of T. X. G., but 1t can
do no harm to ask him to look into the
conditions of those countries where the
status of woman is the lowest to be
found in the world; where a man may
yoke his wife with an OK and whip her
into use to drag a plow, the woman
submitting in hopeless misery to the
degradation placed upon her. Do we
find the sciences far advanced in those
countries?
The writer once saw an exhibition of
mans treatment of woman that still
rankles in her mind as typical of the
treatment woman has received
throughout the ages, where the natural
instincts of man were unrestrained. 1t
was at Reno, New, and men witnessed
it and aughed-Anglo-Sax men. A
Ute Indian had harnessed his wife to
a cart and was driving her to Sparks,
three miles. distant. When she slack
ened her speed he flecked her across
the shoulders with a rawhide whip.
The writer stopped an electric car to
go to the rescue of her sister The
only satisfaction granted by the "lord
of creation" were these words: Heap
bad squaw; no mind Injun." So the
noble red man was doubtless graphing
with the problem of woman retarding
the cause of science, and what to do
about 1t, that Is troubling T. K. G.
Adam, the first man, tried to throw
dust in the eyes of the Almighty by
blaming his wife for his transgres-
sions. His sex has ever since tried to
live up to the reputation Father Adam
established. So today T. K. G. asserts
that superstition would be well nigh
dead in the world and the clear light
of science reign in its stead were 1t
not for women" Well, what of the
woman all these years? Why she is
so used to being made a scapegoat
that she comes up serene and smiling
with her face ever set to the future
rather than mourning over mistakes
of the past, and the twentieth century
finds her watching for the rising sun
of justice and equality that the
awakened mankind Of the Anglo
Saxon race will some day grant to its
women. When that time comes her
mental caliber will be equal to the
task of law making.
Let not the heart of T. K. G. be
troubled. If he believes in God let
him also believe in women. for science
and civilization will not perish from
the earth because of her. And free
thought, free speech, open discussion
of public questions are instruments for
Even fitting at wind
mills" is better than apathetic merton,
and leads to higher ground.
MARION MARTIN.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-01
ROADS AND RATES

4 CTUAL construction of the new
"a roads will be in progress by No
- vember. Practically every cent
of the $3,500,OOO bond issue will be ex-
pended in Los Angeles county. Fully
so per cent of it will be disbursed for
manual labor. The money will be
placed in the most active kind of cir
culation, that which is provided by the
wage Garner with the pay envelope.
While the money is in circulation, and
the work is being done, there will be
a constant and perceptible increase of
prosperity.
There will be great activity in real
estate. Many new buildings will be
erected. New settlements will be made
at various points. Ranches which were
out of the way will be ON the way
and their producing power and mar
keting facilities will be so much i'm
proved that their actual value will be
increased greatly.
The good roads will mako this part
of Southern California not only
Weather but more Independent than
ever before. The great revival of in
terest in public highways indicates
something which rateplanning rail-
roads might we'll consider. One of
these fine days, with the more general
use of motor vehicles for carrying pur-
poses and heavy draught work-and it
is bound to come-shippers with good
reads at their disposal will be able
to laugh at the tyranny of rail-
road rates: for whenever the rail-
roads become too ambitious goods will
be shipped over the high roads in auto
vehicles. With this independence
Southern California will gain greatly
in all around efficiency. By the way,
no one has ever yet suggested private
ownership of the highways. Probably
1t is now too late for transportation
magnates to remedy results and condi-
lions arising from this terrible over
sight on their part.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-01
DOODLE DEES

A GREAT deal Of disappointment is
IN being expressed over the failure
IA of the Doodle Dees to produce
goods. It was hoped the Hearst league
campaign would be begun with enthu-
siasIn which would be as spontaneous
as the circumstances would allow, and
would be financed in a manner which
would delight every participant in the
great fight for the promotion of the
interests of yellow journalism. But to
the disgust of the nation the Doodle
Dees have not doodledeed worth a
doodle dee They are at Il loss to dis
cover an object in life. Il mere attempt
to capture political power for the sake
of spoils will attract no self-respecting
voters. Neither will a plot to inter-
fere with the Democratic vote and per-
haps reduce William ]. Bryan's ma
jority. Hearst's efforts to prove he was
followed by representatives of Mr..
Bryan, who tried to persuade him to
support the Democracy, are merely
despairing endeavors to give his
independence league a status in DO
litical society. At present it is a
pariah, an outcast, wanderer, vaga-
bond on the face of the earth, a pelican
I'm the wilderness and an owl in the
desert. 1t is hopeless and friendless.
Nobody can take 1t seriously. II the
Hearst Independence Yellow league
boom begins to run around the streets
of Los Angeles the dog catcher will
get It. We advise 1t to be careful.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-01
GAMBLING

T VICHY, which is owned by the
u French government and not by the
- prince of Monaco, the powers that
be" are as refreshingly frank on the
subject of gambling as the bankers"
of Monte Carlo. Last week some Amer
leans visiting Vichy were threatened
with arrest because they were playing
cards for fun and not for money. This
is moral topsy-turvydom with venge-
ance. The Indignant travellers fled
to Switzerland, where there is no law
enforcing compulsory playing for
money.
This incident shows the extent to
which a community may become OBJ
sessed by perverted ideas, and it is
an apparently extravagant yet actually
and literally true illustration of what
may happen when vice takes the place
of virtue in public and official estima-
ton. We venture to predict that when
the travellers return TO the United
States they will be extra good citizens,
and won't howl any more about the
iniauities of blue laws" and "interfer-
ence with personal liberty"
We have no doubt that II the moral
element of almost any American COM
munity were to become less cranky
Ito use a favorite word of reproach)
we would soon be compelled to form
personal liberty associations to protect
the personal liberty which believes in
doing what is right" and to shield the
women and children Of the nation.
From the absurd manner in which
greenhorns talk one would imagine
that society, If left entirely TO its own
devices, would regulate itself. It might,
in Utopia, but not In U. S. A. or any
other big, healthy country, where hui
man nature is human nature and every
DR.. Jekyll has sneaking partner
called Mr.. Hyde. There must be social
regulation, or the nation will go to
perdition How far this social regula-
ton may be extended is a question
which may have to be answered def
nitely.