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Middletown transcript., 1914-03-28
Farmers Institute

DELAWARE CITY, Del, March "a. :
The arrangements for the Farmers
Institute to be held here Tuesday,
March 81, have been completed. At
ternoon and evening sessions will be
held in the fire engine house The
members of the Delaware College Ex-
perimental Station Staff, who will
speak are Professor Charles A. Nc
Cue, Professor Arthur E. Grantham
and Professor F. S. Bills, speaking on
horticulture, agronomy and soils, re-
spectively. DIR. Frederick H. Ston-
burn, of Philadelphia, will speak on
poultry culture at the evening session,
and probably in the afternoon. w. Ed
ward Coale, member of City Council,
will deliver an address in the evening,
on 'fWhat Shall We Do To Be Fed?"
The local committee in charge is JOS
eph N. Reeves, chairman; Stewart L.
Beck, William Beck, Henry R. Higgins
William A. Hagan and w. Edward
Coale.
Prof. Wesley Webb, secretary of the
state grange, will preside at the insti-
tute, which was arranged by him,
under the auspices of the State Board
of Agriculture.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-28
a1DDLETowN, DEL, MAR. %, 1914
DON'T BE A GUTTER

KTANY men fail because they are
4V4 cutters. 1t may be that more
fail for this reason than any other
Whatever the proportion, the number
is too large.
Men can accomplish more than they
ever dreamed of, in most cases. 1t is
mainly question of holding on when
man is engaged in a pursuit into which
his physical and mental qualities fit.
If plants succumbed to every Whit OF
bitter air and shriveled up there would
be no fruits. Nature points the way to
holding with grim tenacity, and, left
alone, the face of the earth is smother
ed in shrub and flower seed.
Wellington did not win the battle Of
Waterloo by superior military tactics,
but by holding on, despite the horrible
and devastation carnage of Napoleon's s
forces, holding on with bulldog tenacity.
Not all may succeed in the same de-
gree, since men are differently consti-
tuted and labor under varying con-
ditions, but a doubling, shifting, yield
ing course leads nowhere.
No sensible man should pursue an OBJ
iect unpreparedly and without purpose.
But it is necessary not only to be snre
that you are right and then go ahead,
but to keep going.
Stick to thing, then, for this is the
method by which, under untoward con-
ditions, most successful men, in all
walks of life, have made good.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-28
PREPARING CROP REPORTS

The crop reporter finds the least diff
fculty, as rule, in reporting on those
crops most largely grown in his own
neighborhood. The facts as to these,
besides coming under his own observa-
ton, are the subject of frequent dis
cussion among his neighbors. He is
therefore, well informed on these crops
and his report, representing his best
judgment, will usually be close to the
facts.
Difficulty is experienced, however,
in reporting on crops grown only to a
small extent in his neighborhood and
with which he is not sufficiently fami-
liar to form personal opinion. In this
case he must depend upon the judgment
of those who grow the crop, and if this
can not be obtained it will be better to
omit making an estimate. The depart
ment will be likely to receive full re-
ports from those sections where the
particular crop is largely grown, which
sections, in the end, determine the pro-
duction of the crop. No attempt
should be made to report crops grOEn
in an experimental way, as the neigh
borhood production will be insignificant
and in the absence of knowledge Of the
normal behavior of the crop, under
local conditions, there exist no means
of estimating the degree of departure
from the normal; that is, the per cent
condition compared with the normal.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-28
lSO Pound Shark

Edward L. Clark of Delaware City,
secretary of the trustees of the poor,
returned on Monday evening from Flor
da, where he spent the winter. He at
tended the trustees meeting at the
County hospital Wednesday. While at
Palm Beach he caught shark weigh
ing 180 pounds. 1t was the largest
caught at Palm Beach this season. A
silver plate is offered to the person
catching the largest shark and if no
larger one is caught by April l Mr..
Clark will receive the trophy.
He also caught an amberjack weigh
ing so pounds, the largest caught there
this season.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Bayard HeiseI spent
two weeks with Mr.. Clark, and he also
had with him Harry H. Clark of Della
ware City, whose cottage he occupied
at Palm Beach.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
AN OLD RECIPE
TO DARKEN HAIR
Common Garden Sage and Sui
phur Makes Streaked, Faded
or Gray Hair Dark and
Glossy at Once.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur. properly compound
cd. brings back tho natural color and
lustro to tho hair when faded, streak
ed or gray; also ends dandruff, Itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make 1t at homo. which is
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we aimpIy ask at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Hair Remedy" You will get n
large bottle for about so cents. Every
body uses this old famous recipe, be-
cause no one can possibly tell that you
darkcned your hair. as 1t does 1t so
naturally and evenly. You dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it and draw
this through your hair, taking one
small strand at time; by morning the
gray hnir disappears, and after another
application or two your hair becomes
beautifully dark. thick md glossy and
you look years younger.--Advertisc-
ment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
aims briefly. There was some at

claims briefly. There wns some at
tempt at oratory. and the chairmans
gavel brought sudden death 10 a period
concerning. boy who was about to
be wrecked at sea- The crowd roared
had been passed that the time limit
held.
L. Lee. Peters took occasion to de-
nounce those who We're attempting to
stab him in the back" by spreading
broadcast tales that he was an en-
ploycr OF nonunion painters. He said
mat no one would dare rise and tell
such story before him. and the APP
pause mat followed showed that the
audience believed him.
Other candidates who spoke were
John j. Mitchell. Lawrence Paul, W. l..
Finnegan. George j. Hooper. A. Y.
shea. Clarence \. Seaton, Harry c.
Glenn. Edgar b. English. T. c. Reasley.
John T. Powers and =. p. Pitcher. Each
asked the voters to choose from among
them those who they thought would
make the best representatives. and the
speeches were marked by the evident
for the other
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
MANOEUVRE CAMP
MAY Be ABANDONED
Mexican Trouble Likely to Pre-
vent Gathering of Troops
at Winchester.
NO ORDERS ARE RECEIVED
Nothing Has Been Done Toward
Preparing Site for.
Soldiers.
NO ORDERS ARE RECEIVED
Especial to Tho Ttmes-Dis

Especial to Tho Times Dispatchl
Winchester. Va. April 25.-Unless the
trouble with Mexico Is of short dura-
ton. 1t Is not expected that any United
states cavalrymen Will be sent to Win
chester this summer to continue tho
new manoauvres mapped out by the
general cavalry board OF tho army,
which were tried out here last summer
for the first time. Although no official
announcement has been mado that the
Winchester instruction camp Will be
abolished or the manoeuvres postponed
nothing has been done In the way OF
advertising for bids for furnishing the
supplies. Ordinarily. preliminary ar
engagements would now be In progress
under tho direction of the quartermns-
tcr's department 1t was learned from
{. reliable source this afternoon that
Il member of the general army staff,
who was in charge of the work of OBJ
tanning supplies FOR last years camp.
brought the matter to tho attention
OF tho War Department recently, but
the authorities there. 1t Is stated, di.
rectcd that the whole question he left
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
Spring Quitting!

mont, making the tender or Washing
tons statue in appropriate style. The
commission now awaiting similar re-
ply from England before proceeding
with It's plans for the presentation.
There is not tho slightest doubt that
the offer Will be accepted. although
the proposal 20 erect the historic
bronze in Westminster Abbey provok cd
criticism from seation OF the Brit
ish press.
The Governor Ia expecting daily to
receive England's written acceptance
OF the gift through tho State Depart
mcnt. in such formal communications
there Is involved certain amount OF
red tape. which accounts for the delay
in tho transmission Of the documents
AS soon ms the acceptance Is received,
tho commission VIII meet and place
the order for tho reproduction OF tho
statue. The molds OF tho statue are
already owned BY tho State, having
been made at the time that Virginia
placed n reproduction OF the celebrated
marble in tho Hall OF Fame In Wash
ington. Tho casting OF the reproduce
ton Will be only matter Of a few
weeks.
Iicutenant-Govern Eliyson, Speak
ei Cox and Clerk Williams have init
mated their intention OF personally oc-
cupyinG their places on tho commission
which Is TO accompany tho statue to
England and turn 1t over 30 the Brit
ish government Tho act creating tho
commission providca that these OIL
Gals. or such persons as they may
designate in their place. shall make
the presentation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
FLETCHER TO ACT
|NSTUART' SSTEAD
Fauquicr Senator Will Take
Part in Presentation of
Houdon Statue.
AWAIT FORMAL ACCEPTANCE
Virginia Commission Will Ac-
company Gift to Great
Britain.

state Senator G sorgc Latham Fletch-
CT, of l'auquier County. has been chosen
by Governor stuart as his personal rep
rcscntative on the commission which
~ To 20 TO England to present to King
George the reproduction of ioudons
statue Of Washington on behalf OF the
Commonwealth OF Virginia. Senator
Fletcher has accepted the designation.
Y he other members or the commission
are: Lieutenant J. Taylor
J-liyson. Spc ikey Edwin J.. Cox, OF tho
House OF Delegates. and Clerk of the
House John W. Williams.
Definite plans for the presentation
OF the statue Will not be made by the
commission Is now awaiting similar re-
acceptance of tho gift Is supplemented
10y formal document. While tho Of
fer was pending In tho General AS
sembly, the state Department made
cable inquiry through Ambassador
Page as TO whether or not such n gift
would be acceptable to tho British gov
crnment. The ambassador replied by
cable that the government would look
upon such a gift with deep apprecI-
alton.
No Doubt of Action.
When the General Assembly adj
journed, Governor Stuart addressed
formal communication to the British
government. through the State Depart
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
OPEN FIELD FOR HOLLAND

Congressman Z. T.. Holland, Of Sur-
folk. representing the Second District
Of Virginia. Is assured n clear field in
his race for denomination for Congress
or any candidate TO avow himself be-
fore tho expiration OF the time limit
fixed by law. General w. w. Sale
chairman of tho Second District Demo
cratic Committee. said yesterday that
the limit for the filing OF notice OF
candidacy has expired, and that no one
but Congressman Holland has declared
himself The primary fee of 1915, paid
BY Mr.. Holland to the State Treasurer,
Will be returned. as there is no neces-
sitv for the holding OF a primary. Mr.
Holland will lie formally declared the
nominee of the Democratic committee
Of his district within 4 few daNs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
ROTARIANS AT CHURCH
Members of Unique Climb VIII Prove
They Arc Good Chnrchmen

They Are Good Churchmen.
=, Tonight will he Rotary Night" ut
tho First Presbyterian Church.
At the last meeting OF the club n
resolution was unanimously adopted
10 attend to-night's service at s
O'Clock, and II Is expected that all
members, accompanied by their fami-
hes, VIII tax the capacity OF the
church. 1t has been announced that
there VIII be special music, and II is
Rotarians can do in church attend
ance affair.
Rev. J.. T.. McFaden, D. D., pastor
OF the church, and Rev. L. y. Cal!sch.
both honorary Rotarians. will be
speakers.
Tuesday night will be Rotary night
occasion Dr.. j. a. c. Chandler. super
intendent OF schools, will deliver an
elght-minute address In behalf of Sc
curing Tor Richmond public library
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
Committee aIeatfnra

council committee meetings schea
uled for this week arc as foYiowa. ~
morrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock tba
Sshm a S,n. on Finance; at s O'clock.
night Mt o'clock, the Committees on
Public buildings. Properties ana Utiif ;
Ties: Mt o'clock. tho COMMITTEES ON
Claims. %
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
physiciaus ynl Hayo m..,,,

mond Academy of Medicine and S,,rg
cry VIII be hold on Tuesday night Sst
$40 o'clock In the Chamber OF Con, :
mcrce Building. Papers will be rese,
by DIR. Alex. G. Brown and DR.. Fred M IL
Hodges. Or. William s.. Gordon and
DR.. Greer Baughman will report twss
interesting cases, 'a' 49, ~ =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
The Weather

Forecasts VirGinia-Showers Sun
day: Monday fair, warmer.
North Cnrolina-GeneraIly fair In
cnst, 1ornI showers In west Sunday.
Monday fair.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-23

certificate issued by the clerk Oh
courts as to the qualifications of a
notary public or of a justice OF the
peace.
Any documents, the stamping 0;
which would make it necessary thai
the state should furnish and afiiX the
stamps are held exempt from the
stamp tax.
Returns of birth, certificates of
death, and certificates of the regis.
trar as to the facts declared concern.
ing birth, marriage and death, are
none OF, them held to be subject t.
the stamp tax upon certificates, -
view Of the fact that these certili-
Gates are given pursuant to state
laws and for a public purpose.
A marriage certificate to be return
ed to any officer 0 fthe state. county,
city or town to constitute part Of a
public record, requires no stamp.
A marriage certificate issued by an
officiating clergyman or magistrate
and given to the parties, if required
by law must be stamped at the rate
Of 10 cents.
SCoSuC1S NCISsIS0SSos
A teachers certificate issued by a
county superintendent of public in
struction or other officer Of a state,
county n municipality, comes within
the exemptions and does not require
a stamp.
No stamp is required upon certili-
Gates Of the sutficiency Of securities
upon bonds.
A certificate of "proof of loss" for
the use Of an insurance company, be-
ing a statement as to the facts anu
circumstances attending a fire, is noe
a certificate requiring a stamp. "
? Certificates required by law whic:.
are made by court officers under the
authority and by the direction of the
court, and, which are necessary t.
give proper 'ellect to court proceed:
ings, are exempt from taxation. !
Z Court processes, such as summons,
writs of attachment, subjoenas, war
rants, orders Of court, ETC., are ex.
empt from taxation. !
Certificates Exempt. ,
~ All certificates which are required
to he given by la~w-national, state or
municipal, require a stamp of 1Q'
cents, except those which are given
strictly in the exercise Of the func:
tions-governmental, taxing or num-.
cipal-of the state or corporation,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-23
COLLECTOR ON
REVENUE Law
James Coffey Answers Some Quer-
les Regarding the New
..." f...
II Stamp Tax.
AfflDAW1S ARE EXEMPT
Nation, States and municipalities
Need Not Pay Any of the
& Taxes.

Aberdeen, S. D., Dec. 22-If any
man in the two Dakotas has been
piled with questions during the past
80 days, that man is James Coffey,
collector of internal revenue for the
Dakotas. Even now, although the
war tax has been in effect for three
weeks, there is not a mail ome III
but what does not contain letters
galore asking whether or not certain
papers and documents require
stamp.
Some Of the more frequent queries
are answered herewith for the pur-
pose of taking off a little of the bur.
den from the collectors shoulders. 1
The question is asked many times
daily as to whether or not persons
or firms having bills. against a mu-
nicipality, county CT state are re-
CURED to place a stTmp upon the al
lidavit accompanying the bill. THE
government requires no stamp upos
attldavits of any character, nor does4r
require any stamp OIL purat (sub-
scribed and sworn toy. i.
Another frequent question asked
Is whether or not tax sales certifi-
Gates should be stamped. The law
says the certificates issued al tax
sales or certificates of redemption
from tay sale do not require a stamp.
Notarial Certificates.
The law requires a stamp ON the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-23
GERMAN MILITARISM-THE OH
~ AND THE NEW. +

No real thing is ever simple, for
simplicity is reached by abstraction,
and this great struggle of the nations
that thunder about the world is made
up of many factors and presents In
Vulnerable aspects Sustaining Ger
man militarism is German patriotism,
a thing one may still honor even
when one considers it to be at present
aggressive and misled. And German
militarism in itself is not simple. We
are fighting against a double-headed
monster. A moiety of it is as old os
old Prussia. The Ju~nker-directed sol
diering and the military policy of
Germany are today extraordinarily the
same as they were in the days Of
Frederick the Great. And a moiety OF
it Is newer than the present century.
This extreme efficiency in the Ger
man organization of material, the
new devices and inventions, the
Kruppism, the Zeppelinism, present
absolutely unprecedented aspects OF
war. The journalistic mind has seiz-
ed upon this duality in its denuncia-
ton of the "Krupp-Kaiser Combina-
ton" And so far as the Kaiser-Jun-
ker side Of the war is concerned, that
head may be counted dead and done
for already. The old swagger, the
prancing monarch, the flags, the
dumb, brave obedience Of the ranked
soldiers, the shouting victories, the
var pictures, these things have gone
to join pixies and chain armor in the
historical museum. The Kaiser now
keeps out of the limelight for fear
Of aerial bombs; the Crown Prince,
having confused his strategy andStol-
en- snuff4bOxes, has passed into q
mysterious obscurity; the. once invinc.
able massed infantry has fallen in
sWathes at riege and Mons and a
score of fights: it. has choked the
Belgian rivers until the waters hive
found new courses: its prestige he's
melted to nothing before the steady
fire Of English "~mercenaries' in onen
order; in FLANDERS it has fed befor.,
Hindu bayonets and screamed at the
sight Of brown faces; the German
cavalry has been ridden through by
the british one t. 4hree: the old So,
d~ierliness of the German. booted ant;
spurred, has departed out Of the
! world. Coming to the fore to replace
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-23

and those certificates, which If they
should be taxed, the burden of the
tax would fall on the government Of
such nation, state or municipality.
Certificates given by an officer not
for public or governmental purpose,
but for private interest, use and pro.
fit, are liable to the tax If they arc
given in obedience to any such law
which requires them to be given
when called for.
If the act performed of the .certifi-
cate issued by the officer is in the
discharge of an official function nee
essary in operating the general ma
chinery of the government, it is ex.
empt.
Certificates of acknowledgment, Of.
deeds and mortgages are not required
to be stamped, nor is the memoranda
UNI on the back of a mortgage made
by the registrar or recorder that the
document has been placed upon rec
ord.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-23
MENTAL HYGIENE
AMONG CHILDREN
Value Of Mental Hygiene in the
Development of Backward
Children. ...a H.,

The duties of a physician no longer
consist simply of the dispensing OF
pills and powders from a pair OF sad
dlebags as in the days of u fathers.
He is now frequently called upon to
give an opinion as to whether a Ger
tain water is safe for drinking pur-
poses, whether a given article OF 1000
Is suitably adapted to the needs OF
the human economy to furnish fuel
and energy to sustain life.
He may be called upon to give az.
vice of a technical nature as to the
sanitary construction of homes aOr
workshops, or advice which calls for
a knowledge Of engineering as in the
drainage Ct ponds and bitches for tho
prevention of malaria. .E., =. j..
In addition to these duties, he may
be called upon to render an opinion
as to the mental status. of an individ.
ual, especially IN cases of a legal ma
ture in which a question arises as to
the mental capacity of a person max,
ing his last will and testament, or
whether al individual was of sound or
unsound mind at the time he is alleg-
ed to have committed some crime.
A further responsibility has been
placed upon physicians as brought out
in an article on Mental Deficiency in
a recent issue of the Public Health
Reports, which deals with certain pub
lie health aspects of mental deficiency
with reference to this condition among
school children. 1t is pointed out that
while school children and Others may
he suspected of being mentally defec-
tive, it will fall to the lot, OF the physi.
clan to make the nnal decision which
will classify these persons as feeble
minded.
The disposition of these cases, that
is, whether they shall be placed in
special classes o. separate institu-
lions, will largely depend on the judg.
ment Of the medical examiner.
Increasing attention is being paid
to the question of mental capacity
among school children in relation to
school work. When a child is found
to he backward in school there win
usually be found some cause for his
lack Of progress and. in determining
the cause it is necessary to inquire
thoroughly into his physical, and men.
tai condition. By this means it may
often be possible. to institute correct
i've and preventive measures which
will decrease the ill-effects of feeble
mindedness and enable the backward
child to reason and to care for him
self. Reasoning power in the normal
person enables him to meet new sit
uations and solve new problems. And
it is this ability to reason and to
meet the various problems, of life as
they arise which distinguishes the
normal from the defective mind. Tbs
new physician must be able to .esti-
mate the varying degrees of detection
in order to advise hygienic measures
that will contribute to their reduction.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-23

It is the new thing, the Industrious
and voluminous German intelligence
concentrated upon war material. The
submarine, the Zeppelin, the greas
gun, the entrenching pillow, must save
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-23

Germany now if Germany is to be
Isaved from the .punishments Of her
aggressions. The old war passes into
the new war.-H. C. Wells in the Jan.
uary Metropolitan
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-23

o. Syversud harness shop, with a loss
of $500. This lis the fourth fire
within ten days.
Tribune Want Ads brine results.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-23

FIRERUG At WORK.
tMa1dan, N. D.. Dec. 22.-That. in
cendiaries are at. work at Mandan, is
the belief Of citizens as the result OF
a fire last night, which destroyed the