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Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION

The Republican State Committee met
in the Hotel Richardson, Dover, last
week and decided to hold the State Con-
vention in Dover on Tuesday April 16 to
select six delegates and six alternates to
the Republican National Convention in
Chicago. Primaries to choose delegates
TO the State Convention will bs held
throughout the State on Saturday, April
Is. State Chairman Edmund Mitchell
presided over the State Committee,
meeting, and we'll known Republicans
from all parts of the State attended. Those
present included State Chairman Edmund
Mitchell, Chairman L. Heisler Ball, Of
New Castle County; Chairman H. H. Bill
lany, of the Wilmington Committee:E. B.
Shurter, member from New Castle County
Treasurer, A. r. Benson, Committeeman
David G. Clark, and Alvan B. Conner, OF
Kent County; Chairman Frank L. Davis
and Committeeman Harry V. Lyons, ol
Sussex County.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16
Seeks AT Cost" Stores

Government-owned departments stores
in Washington to sell staple commodities
at cost to Uncle Sans army Of smployeRl
That is the latest reform that RsprOssn-
tative Berger of Wisconsin, the Socialist
member of the house, has undertaken 70
accomplish. He introduced bill the
other day apprOpriating sl,OOO,0O0 tOF
the establishment of a chain Of stores
to be organized and operated along the
lines of the commissary stores Ia she
canal strip on the Isthmus OF Panama.
The Berger measure asks that the sec
retary of the interior, at the earliest pEae-
ticabe time, establish in the city of Wash
ington, at suitable places, stores for the
sale, at cost price, of staple commodities
to all employees of the federal govern
ment.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS
Alfalfa is an old plants.
New feed add pslatability.

Alfalfa Is an old plants.
New feed add palatability.
Are you using good strain of seed?
Don't allow the sweet corn fodder to
waste.
Peas are strongly recommended for fat.
tening sheep.
Sunlight for little pigs is almost as ee-
sential as food.
Rape is one OF the best crops for tenn
porary hog pasture.
Horses should be carefully handled in
cold, stormy weather.
Late Matched turkeys should never be
used for breeding purposes.
Clean hay cannot be obtained from
soil that is foul with weed seeds.
In broiler raising careful attention
should be paid to the breeding stock.
Sheep ought to be kept because of the
influence which they exert upon fertility.
Keep the brooder houses in a clean san
itary condition and never overcrowd.
More pigs are raised in Pennsylvania
than in perhaps any other state in the
union.
In keeping cows never be without
clover. 1t is one Of the foods essentials to
good dairying.
See that your brood aows get plenty Of
exercise 30 that they may produce large,
healthy litters.
A man cannot work on boiled turnips
alone, neither can a horse work on diet
of straw and fodder.
The matter of spraying and pruning is
important and vital in connection with
the apple growing industry.
Gentleness aud patience are always i'm
portant in the dairy barn, but doubly 30
when handling the Young heifer.
The busy hen is the productive one;
hence she should be so fed as to induce
the greatest activity, if in confinement.
Weighing and testing a cows milk will
never make her give more, but it viii
make her owner appreciate her real
worth more.
Winter dairying provides more care
and better feeding, but it also comes at
time when it is possible to give this care
and feeding.
Keep the hogs well bedded on cold
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
OF
APPOQUINIMINK HUNDRED

The taxable residents of Appoquini-
mink Hundred, and all persons liable to
pay tax in said Hundred, are hereby
notified that the Taxes for the year 1911
are now due, and the undersigned Tax
Collector for said Hundred, will be
AT THE OFFICE OF GEORGE NJ. D. HART,
IN TOWNSEND DEL,
EVERY SATURDAY,
During MARCH, 1912,
From l to o'clock, P. NJ.
Tax bills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector, or
by sending written communication en-.
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
GOVERNING TIE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, SECTION 8, CHAPTER
30, VOLUME 2l, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AS
AMENDED:
Section 3-That on all taxes paid before
the first day of October there shall be an
abatement of five per centum. On all
taxes paid before the first day of Decem-
Der there shall be an abatement OF three
per centum. On all taxes paid during the
month OF Deeembsr there shall be no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first day of January five
per centum thereof shall be added
thereto.
WILLIAM c. MONEY,
Collector Of Taxes for AppOquInimink Hundred
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16

where grace is concerned, and this is why
stains made by neat or salad dressing OF
gravy do not entirely disappear when
treated. with gasoline. The grease has been
eradicated but the -four or like substance
used in the gravy still remains in the
form of solid. Sometimes merely rubb.
ing the cloth between the hands will re-
move this, If not, try brushing with q
clean brush.
There is nearly as much marabou and
feather trimming on spring street costume
from Paris as there was fur trimming on
the finest winter models.
Chinese women of the upper classes
are going in for learning.
Put a scratcher for matches in every
room OF the house, and save the walls.
Paint the vinegar barrel, hoops and al
and save them from rusting off and max
ing mess in the cellar.
1t is time to look through the cellar and
see that there are no rotten turnips, cab
bsge or potatoes to pollute the air.
When you spill hot grease upon the
floor, Immediately pour cold water upon
it. This cools it before it can strike into
the wood.
When dressing poultry do not waste the
feet. Place them in boiling water for q
few minutes and the skin and nails will
come off easily. They make a delicious
bit of soup or ielley.
1t is not natural for childred to snore; if
they do so, take them to doctor to learn
the cause Of obstruction to the free pass
age of air from the nose to throat. The
tonsils may be enlarged, ort here may be
come growth in the nasal passage, or
catarrh of the throat or nose.
II the poor puppy that has been taken
away from his mother to be brought up by
hand keeps you awake by bowling at night
give him at bedtime his fill of warmed
milk and tuck jug of hot water under
his wrappings, and he will snuggle down
beside it contentedly and bequiet.
Drive some strong, pointed irons in the
bottom of your ladders before they slip
and perhaps cost life.
If a man would live contented life, be
must keep on the best of terms with bis
stomach, his conscience and his wife.
1t is better to sell what you can not eat
than to eat what you can not sell.
Look out for drafts under and through
floors. They are the worst kind.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16
CORRECTING HEREDITY

Not so long ago people lived in abiect
fear Of the bogy of physical inheritance,
for they believed that the sins and weak
nesses of their fathers we're visited ia the
most literal sense upon the children.
They thought that the law was an iron
one from which there could be no appeal.
We are now wiser, and happier for we
have found out that in the matter of ois-
ease heredity does not determine our fate
but merely marksan avoidable tendency.
Just as the poor mans son may become
a millionaire, so the sick mans son may
become rich in health and strength, al
though in either case the man concerned
will have to work hard and fight many
battles. To the human being determined
to win the prize of health, the know.
ledge of inherited tendencies o disease
will be in itself an advantage. Being fore
warned, he is forearmed.
A person who knows that his mother
and perhaps and aunt or two have died of
tuberculosis will from the beginning
throw up defenses against that particular
enemy. He will live day and night in
fresh air, eat suitable food, wear proper
clothes, and so live that his inherited
tendency will grow yearly less, until by
and by be is in no danger OF contracting
tuberculosis.
He did not inherit it; he never had it;
and finally, by sensible living he has
eliminated The disposition toward it from
his tissues. Much the same may be said
to those who fear that they have inherited
an appetite for alcohol, which is observed
in some, (by no means in ally of children
of drunkards, and to those who think that
they have predisposition to gout.
1t must be remembered, however, that
Nature is not always direct in her attacks;
she is capable of ofinnumersble fink move
ments aud surprises. The children of the
may find themselves assail-
ed with rheumatism; those of gouty par.
ents may be attacked by tuberculosis.
Vigilance is the price not only of liberty
but of health.
In this fight against inherited physical
tendencies, We not only gain health for
ourselves, but benefit those who are to
follow US. The man who succeeds in
eradicating bis own tendency to gout is
likely to have children still less liable to
the disease than himself and SO on from
generation to generation. 1t is certain
that true wisdom for ourselves as well as
true love for those who are to come after
Us consist in recognizing our physical
weak spots and in making every effort to
strengthen them.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

To clean mirrors dip piece Of soft cloth
into alcohol and rub lightly.
When frying mush, dip the pieces first
in white of egg to make them crisp and
brown.
Emery powder and oil made into a
paste is excellent to clean steel knives.
Scissors will be found much more con-
J venient for shredding lettuce than knife.
To beat the whites of eggs stiff, always
have them cold aud add pinch Of salt.
Bananas and peanuts in combination
make tasty salad. Serve with Dayor-
naise.
Prunes are greatly improved if little
cider is added to the water in which they
are cooked.
Open canned fruit or vegetables and
pour into a dish several hours before they
are served.
A gas stove should be wiped off each
time it is used and washed with turpen-
tine once a week.
Creamed caulifower served in green
shells make dish as tasty as il is satisfy
ing to the eye.
To clean pewter, wash it with hot water
rub it with fine sand and when dry, polish
with leather.
Tie a piece of lemon on a corn every
night for five nights and it will generally
cause it to drop out.
To prevent eyeglasses "steaming" in
cold weather, rub with vaseline and pol
ish with silk handkerchief.
To iron embroidery, the iron should be
applied on the wrong side and a thick
ironing blanket used.
If one needs a door stop and there is
not one at hand a large spool pulled in
position will answer every purpose.
To remove odor of fish or onions from
the frying pan, put in vinegar and heat
until scalding and then wash out.
Ink stains on handkerchieis, ETC., may
often be soaked out in milk, but the sooE-
er they are dealt with the better.
If piece of parafine paper is wrapped
around the knife blade it will cut better
without making it crumble.
For creaming butter or butter and sugar
a perforated spoon will be found more
convenient than fork or the hand.
A baker says that a cupful of liquid
yeast is equivalent to half compressed
yeast cake or a whole dry yeast cake.
Milky tumblers should be washed in
cold water. Putting them straight into hot
water will cloud the glass permanently.
To remove a rusty screw, apply hot
iron to its head for few minutes and
then remove it in the usual way with a
screw-driver. The screw will then come
out easily.
To clean stains from bone or ivory han
dies on knives, rub them with soft paste
made by mixing whiting with lemon
Juice. This should be well rubbed in, and |
then the handles should be well rinsed in |
warm water and dry carefully.
To clean white ostrich feathers, make a
solution Of four ounces of white soap and |
four quarts of rather hot water. Beat this
into a lather with paddle or clean large |
spoon. Dip the feather in this and rub |
it gentle but we'll for FIVE or six minutes.
Then wash in clear water as hot as the |
hands can bear, and shake until dry.
Gasoline will not remove spots made by |
mud, -four or paste. II is very efficient
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16
Canal Will Be Completed d

One Of the biggest things accomplished
by Delaware Congressman in long time
was accomplished by Representative W.
Il. Heald, when he secured an appropriaI-
ion in the River and Harbor bill of $780,
600 to begin work on the Lewes and Re-
hoboth canal. Mr.. Heald now feels sure
of getting the necessary appropriation to
complete this work. The $4,000 is all
that the army engineers can use during
the present year, and when this money is
used up more will be coming. No part Of
this appropriation will be used to pay for
the condemnation of the D. NJ. & V. Rail-
road bridge The matter will be taken
up and money appropriatee when a cut is
made through the railroad company g
right of way.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16

George Schock and John Murrah we're
temporarily blinded when struck in the
eyes with particles of steel while working
in the Harlan & Hollingsworth plant, in
Wilmington.
A straw vote taken in the corridor of
the Hotel Richardson, Dover, resulted;
Roosevelt Is; Taft, 8; Hughes, l; Clark 8;
Wilson, 8; Harmon, 2, and Underwood,
Martin and Douglas each one.
The entire take of shells at SeafOrd, l5O-
600 bushels, has been sold by packers and
is just about half the quantity needed for
the roads so that other material will have
to be substituted in their repair.
Senator George Chamberlain spoke in
New Castle opera house on the initiative
and referendum, being introduced to the
audience by Mayor Richard S. Rodney,
who entertained the Orgeonian.
The real estate and personal property Of
Walter L. Wheatly, bankrupt, was sold
at public sals at Woodland and though it
included cannery valued at $4,000 the
proceeds of the sale were but S2I35.
Having received donation of 10000,
Wilmington Institute Free Library has
been given an extra $1,000 appropriation
by City Council, the city having agreed to
give the library $50 for every $1,000 donat-
ed from other sources.
The entire faculty and student body OF
Delaware College, Newark was inoculated
with typhoid serum by Major William
Marshall, of Milford, chief surgeon of the
Organized Militia of Delaware, assisted
by Drs. H. G. NJ. HolIock, Walt H. Steel
and Charles H. Black.
State Senator Louis Drexler, of Bethany
Beach, Sussex county, aroused much
speculation among politicians by visit to
Newark, where be beId conference with
Representative Everett G. Johnson, can
didate for Congress and ]. Killing Wright
a prominent Republican.
The jury in the suit of Harry G. Whit
nay against William H. Allen and others
contractors who made the cut for the Raj
timore & Ohio Railroad Company at the
west end Of the bridge over the Susque-
hanna warded 1858 to the plaintiff for
damages alleged to have been done bis
residence and ice plant by blasting.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16
Farm for Sale

Evergreen Farm, on the
road from Middletown to Odessa,
containing forty acres, comfort
able dwelling and ample out
buildings, all in good order. The
soil is a loan with yellow clay
subsoil, finely adapted to fruits
and intensive farming. This
farm is in close reach of both
rail and water by a macadam
road. Apply to
MARTIN B. BURRIS,
Middletown, Del
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS OF THE PENINSULA

George Schock and John Murrah we're
temporarily blinded when struck in the
eyes with particles Of steel while working
in the Harlan &. Hollingsworth plant, in
Wilmington.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16

A straw vote taken in the corridor Of
the Hotel Richardson, Dover, resulted; /;
Roosevelt Is; Taft, 8; Hughes, l; Clark g.;
Wilson, 8; Harmon, 2, and Underwood,
Martin and Douglas each one.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16

The entire take of shells at Seaford, $50
600 bushels, has been sold by packers and
is just about half the quantity needed for
the roads 90 that other material will have
to be substituted in their repair.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16

The real estate and personal property Of
Walter L. Wheatly, bankrupt, was sold
at public sale at Woodland and though it
included a cannery valued at $4,000 the
proceeds of the sale were but $2I35.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16

Senator George Chamberlain spoke in
New Castle opera house on the initiative
and referendum, being introduced to the
audience by Mayor Richard S. Rodney,
who entertained the Orgeonian.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16

Having received donation of 10000,
Wilmington Institute Free Library has
been given an extra $1,000 appropriation
by City Council, the city having agreed to
give the library $50 for every $1,000 donat-
ed from other sources.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16

Milford Grange has purchased tive
story building to use as Q hall.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-16

In a fall, Silas Reynolds, of Milford,
broke leg.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-24
PLAYING IN STREETS
 DANGER 10 CHILDREN
AutomobiliStS Want to Keep Youngsters Safe
 From Accident

Automobile owners will probably make a protest to the city agains; children being allowed to play in the street A numter of narrow escapes by children playing in the streets and hanging on the back of moving ye hicles have been reported recently end in order to protect themselves auto owners may ask that a drastic prohibition be laid down and en' forced.
 "Bisbee has the least number oi automobile accidents of any town oi its size that l know" said an auto owner yesterday, but l believe thci the only reason for 1t is the careful ness O. street car, automobile and transfer drivers. Considering .hc narrowness of .Bisbee streets arG roads. Bisbee has neen extremely for tuDate in the matter Of traffic acot dCnts.'
 When children are trying to steal a ride on the back Of a wagon they never stop 10 look behind them but run 10 the right and left of the >oat. Way. There is no way Of tellinc which way they will go next and l believe the time to prevent accidents of this kind is to do it before they happen"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-24
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
 FORM ORGANIZATION
Receive Charter and Open
 Headquarters of the D Order in Bisbee

The Industrial Workers of the World, whose organizers made their appearance in Bisbee several wefss ago, have formed a local of that order here with a membersh of fifty. and have selected headquar- ters. The locals charter arrived yes terday from the head offices of the organization.
 The work of getting the local on it's feet is being done by Organizer Perry, and the organizations creed has been dispensed from a soap box n Brewery avenue. The creed in brief. seems to be, Get what the other fellows got" the other fellow being the cap-i-tal-is-tic like that) class, and its object is 10 apply a block and tackle to the tyrant's foot and raise it from the collective neck of the people.
 The l. W. W. Is directing the strike of laundry workers in New York.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-24
CAPTAIN GREENWAY
 LOSES HIS FATHER
C. and A. Head IS Called Away on Receipt
 of Sad News

Capt. Pohn C. Greenwey left Mon day for Hot Springs, Ark, Following the receipt of a message from rela- tiyes there announc Ing the sudden death of his father, Dr. GreeH~ay, one of the most eminent physicians in that part Of the country. It is understood that no details were given, eXdept that death came very sud denly.
 A. \. Brown, traffic manager of the Fl Paso and Southwestern, and Eugene Fox, general freight and pas. senger agent, spent an hour at War. Ten Monday morning m conference with the C. and A officials on S:e matter of the reduction of freight rates on structural steel, etc. They came up from Douglas, where the party had stopped on it's return trip to Fl Paso, after having visited near. ly every point on the western diy.s ion of the road.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-24
REPORT 0F AUDITOR SHOWS
 COMFORTABLE BALANCE ON HAND
Annual Inspection of Accoun Is Completed and Books and Finances Both Found to Be Satisfactory By Of ficia.

TOMBSTONE, January 22-County Auditor Vaughn has completed his re- pert of the examinations Of the va Iious offices of the county and will present the same to the board al the next meeting. The report shows that in the clerks office there was collect ed in fines from the first of April to December 3l, lyll S754.U0; S3S5O.00 in fees. The expense of the office were Si477.70. In the probate court during the same time the receipts were S2l76S5. of this amount sj62 were for marriage licenses to the number of 2Sl. In the assessors of flee S17405 vas collected as school taxes; $6144 for road taxes and SJ.- 122.36 on personal property taxes, making a total of S26, ,093.94 In the Balance April l, 1911.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-24
MAIL CLERKS CAUSE
 IS TOLD COMMITTEE
Conditions Said to Be De- moralized in Postal
 Mail Service

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-A condl ton of discontent consequent upor demoralization of the mail service ex' ists because of the dissatisfaction Oi mail clerks with their present work ing conditions, according to a state men to the house committee on post offices today by Carl Van Dyke of St. Faul.' Van Dyke is an official Of the railway mail association. For many years he was a clerk in the railway mail service and left the service aft CT a disagreement with the postofi1ce department a year ago.
 There is a lack of harmony be tween men and officials" he said The men complain or unfair treat ment."
 He says the dollar per diem al lowed them for expenses has beer paid for the last year at the rate oi sixty cents on the dollar. He also said a blacklist existed, and that pro motions and demotions are being made in the service on a basis Of de partment "Loyalty@ Disloyalty it is said, Is adherence to the demands oi the majority of the men.
 Wisdom Browne, editor of the rural free delivery journal said carriers should be paid more money and regu' lstions of the department should be changed in justice to the men. On
Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-24
COACH|N Is HELD IN
 DEFAULT s3,0O0 BAIL
Alleged Burglar Will Go 10 Tombstone This
 Morning

John Conchin will be taken to Tombstone this morning by Deputy Sherif Will White. and placed in the county jail to await the next term oi the district court, which will be the first term Of the state superior court
 He was held to the grand jury yes. terday morning at eleven o'clock by Justice Morris High. before whom the preliminary hearings were held Mon day evening. Conchin was held on two charges Of burglary and burla- rlously entering Q house, respectively the bond in each case being set al sl.5O0. He was unable to give bond.
 Conchin stands charged Of making a burglarious entry into the Doyle rooming house in Tombstone can yon. and of burglarizing the trunk of Frank Oliver in his room in Johnson addition rooming house. COnchin had sl5O on his person when he was ar. rested