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Middletown transcript., 1915-03-13
FARMERS INSTITUTE

The Farmers Institute in the Opera
House, on Wednesday, was largely at
tended by the best farmers in this vi
cinity, and their wives with a good
sprinkling of the public school children
at the afternoon session. Mr.. A. M.
Pollard, Superintendent of the egg-lay-
ing competition at the Experiment
Station, Newark, was the first speaker
and gave minute directions about hous-
ing, breeding and feeding to secure
profitable eggs. Those who want feed
ing formulas can get them by addressing
the station. Mr.. Senc F. Shallcross, of
Odessa, took up the discussion and gave
many practical points and answered
questions.
Prof. A. E. Grantham, Agrononlist,
of the Delaware Experiment Station,
talked in the morning on Soil Fertility,
de .cribing the advantages of drainage,
cultivation, the use of stable manure,
fertilizers and lime.
In the afternoon, Prof. Grantham
went into particulars on corn growing,
advising farmers of this section to make
a speciality of growing corn for seed,
all producing the same variety, thus
making a name for Middletown as a
center, and SO attracting buyers, just
as Laurel is known as a center for
sweet Potatoes and gets top prices, and
just as Bridgeville gets top prices for
Strawberries
DR.. S. C. Mitchell, President of Della
ware College, was greeted with fine
round of applause, when he was intro
duced and pleased the audience so that
the applause was renewed with re!
doubled vigor when he quit talking
Miss Myrtle v. Caudell, Prof. OF
Home Economics at the Women's Col
lege was also greeted with applause and
gave an interesting and instructive talk
on GER al foods.
Prof. Pailthorp showed by charts the
profits of peach-growing on the College
farm at Newark, proving that nitrate of
soda and potash, with spraying, pruning
and tillage will give big crops of fruit.
E. B. Sharpless, of Avondale, Pa. ,
gave an admirable address on co-opera-
tion among farmers in promoting better
methods.
In the evening, Prof c. A Short, of
Delaware College, gave a fine lecture
on Farm Sanitation, and MIR. McVaugh,
of Philadelphia, showed lantern slides
of concrete construction on the farm.
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New Century Club Notes

A very interesting meeting of the
New Century Club was held on Tuesday
afternoon in the Parish House. The
president, Miss Eliza C. Green occupied
the chair. The meeting was devoted to
discussing plans, &C., of the New Club
House, and the very important factor.
contributions for the building fund.
The ladies, as they took a look at the
number present, didn' thave the lightest
hearts, as fewer members were present
on Tu uesday than have been during the
Club year. However, before the close
of the meeting. the splendid sum of
$3.50 was pledged, and the ladies went
on their way rejoicing.
The program for next Tuesday is
Peace" Mrs, Duryea. Washington.
Admission 25c to non Club members.
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LOCAL NEWS

The best steak, roasts, lamb and yea
at w. C. JONES'
Wagons and Dearborns for sale.
j. c. GREEN.
WANTED-BALED HAY AND
STRAW. S. B. FoARD.
FRESH and SALT FISH at my store
at all times. w. C. JONES.
Wagons and Dearborns for sale.
j. C. GREEN.
DR.. Warren S. P. Combs Dentist.
Successor to the late DIR. j. C. Sites.
HIDES WANTED-Theh highest cash
prices paid for horse and cow hides.
w. c. JONES.
Soy Beans for Sale. Apply to
r. A. COCHRAN,
Phone 25O-5. Middletown. Del.
FOR SALE CHEAP. Oak hall-stand
and dining-room table, also walnut bed
room suit and sideboard, Apply to
THIS OFFICE.
The W. C, T. U. of che Pansy Class
will hold a bake at the W. C. T.. u,
reading room, in Blackbird, on Satur-
day afternoon and evening, March 18th.
Every member of Principal Howell's
History Glass ought to get set of the
volumes of Larned's World History
sold by Every Evening for only S198.
A superb work dirt cheap,
HIGH GRADE LEHIGH pea, nut,
stove and egg coal always on hand and
UNDER COVER. BEST GRADE
GEORGES CREEK soft coal.
Phone 5, JESSE l.. SHEPHERD.
FOR SALE CHEAP. Six dining
room chairs, couch, clocks, poultry
wire and other articles.
Mrs, L. c. DooLITTLE,
near Mt. Pleasant, Del.
Read our article on ''Larned's History
of the World"-5 handsome volumes
and big war map for $l.9S and five
Every Evening Coupons It's won
derful bargain
FARMERS-Your Lime orders are
now in season. We offer Run Kiln,
Pulverized, Hydrated and Ground Lime
stone. Highest Carbonate, Lowest
prices. Prompt shipments,
JESSE L. SHEPHERD.
FOR SALE-sEED OATS, GENUINE
MAINE GROWN SEED POTATOES shipped
direct from Maine in Eastman Heater
Cars to Middletown, Del.
Phone 5. Jesse L. Shepherd.
FOR SALE-One car load FANCY
RECLEANED WESTERN CLOVER SEED and
ALsYKE. This is the finest seed money
can buy. Please let us have your
orders early and they will be filled
from this particular car,
Phone 5. Jesse L. Shepherd
Unclaimed Letters-The following list
of Letters remaining unclaimed in the
Post Office, for week ending March 4th:
Mrs. Ida Jefferson, Mrs. Rachel Lum-
bards, Mrs. Viola Morse, Mrs. David
PortiOus. Mrs. Wesley Wright, Misses
Aonie Brown. lrma Harris, Mary Sud-
dler. George W. Clifton, Samuel wilson.
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Club Entertained

The Tuesday Club of Odessa was de-
lightfully entertained at the home of
Mrs. Lee Sparks at luncheon on We'd
nesday in honor of the birthday of the
Club. The table in the dining-room
were tastefully decorated with the Club
colors and the room presented an attrae-
tive appearance. Middletown Club was
represented by Miss Eliza C. Green and
Mrs. j. j. Northrup.
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Surpriss Pnrtv

Miss Helen Jones, of near Cecilton,
Md was rendered a surprise party on
Friday, March 9th. About fifty young
people were present and were most
deligh16. v entertained. RlSfreshmsats
were XII at late hourbt =
4s eompA ties % sa +
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Early Spring and Early Easter
demands an Early Opening. We
have all the flowers, fruit and
feather trimmed hats suitable for
the occasion, to be shown at [. M.
ScOtt's on March 18th, 18th and
10th.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-13

See Mrs. FOgeI's Millinery Open
ing March q, "a and Is. Visitors
as well as buyers cordially urged
to inspect our fine display Of latest
fashions in Ladies Spring Hats and
Costumes.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-13

Spring and Summer display Of
beautiful and exclusive hats, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, March
18th, 18th and 10th, att. N. SCOTS
Millinery Shop.
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1RANscaIFT sl.OQ psr Yeas.
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PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE
coMPosTELA. I'M SPAIN HAS $4,000
INHABITANTS.

Santiago de Compostela, Galicia,
has been for centuries place of pill
grimage for devout Spaniards. The
tradition that st. James the Greater,
son of Zebedee, had preached the
Gospel in Spain was current as early
as the fourth century. According to
one legend, the body of the saint,
after he had been beheaded in Judaea,
was taken to Spain and inferred in
the spot where the Cathedral of San
tiago de Compostela now stands.
This spot was said to have been in
Dictated in the ninth century by a
brilliant star. The enormous number
of pilgrims who went each year to
the place gave to the Spaniards the
popular name of the Milky Way-El
Canine di Santiago. Santiago is a
Spanish form of st. James. The
town, formerly the capital of Galicia,
is the seat of an Archbishop and a
university. It has about $4,000 in
habitants and contains forty-six eccfe-
siastical edifices.
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THE DECAY OF PROFESSIONALISM
PROF. CARVER POINTS TO THIS
FACT AND SUGGESTS A REM
EoY-THE ERROR OF HIS VIEWS
: AND THE TRUE SOLUTION.

OF late the Protestant sects have
begun to realize their utter inefi-
cheney as powers for good. The cry
for Church Unity of some kind among
the diSorganized and conflicting fac
tions has gone up on innumerable
occasions i'm their various organs; and
some steps have been taken in that
direction, leading to congiomeration
of ideas and doctrines difficult to de-
fine. The hopelessness of this task of
regenerating their dying religion, by a
peculiar irony; has at the same time
unconsciously been pointed out by
some of their most brilliant leaders,
who have shown how far Protestant
ism has gone into decay in itself by
logical outcome of the principles Of
the Reformation.
The Harvard Theological Review
fvol. VIII, No. 81 contains an article
entitled, what Ais the Church,"
from the pen of Prof. Thomas n.
Carver, formerly of that institution
and now about to become affiliated
with it once more, in which, both in
speaking of the present condition of
the Protestant churches and in sug-
costing remedy, it is shown how far
that decay has gone. He describes
the Protestant country church Of 40
years ago and of today, and COM
ments on the retrogression which
such a survey reveals. I think he
continues, that there are few persons
who will deny that there has been a
general decline in vigor, though excep-
tioual neighborTloods may be found
which show the opposite tendency.
The investigations OF Mr.. @. O. Gill
prove conclusiveIy that. in certain
areas. this decadcnce has taken
place" ip. 281.1 ..s j
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TEEToTALLERs PROSECUTED.

When Horace Greeley was young
boy back in the early part of the Nine
teenth Century it was not considered
disgraceful to get drunk. Nearly
everybody drank, even children.
When he was 13 years old he decided
never to drink In his g ReculIeetions''t
he says:
"My resolve not to drink was only
mentioned by me at our own fireside;
but somehow became known in the
neighborhood, where it excited some
curiosity, and even stronger feeling.
At the annual sheep washing, in June
following, it was brought forward and
condemned; when l was required to
take my glass of liquor, and, on my
declining, was held by two or three
youngsters older and stronger than /,
while the liquor was turned into my
mouth, and some of it forced down my
throat. That was understood to be
the end of my foolish attempt at
singularity. 1t was not, however. |
kept quiet. kept quiet, but my resO-
luton was unchanged"
Imagine q state of public opinion
where the decision of a boy to sign
the pledge should arouse curiosity
and "even a stronger feeling" i'll
community.
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A new star has arisen in the
Baptist armament. It's light is so
dim. however, that it is not meas
.urable in terms of a single candle
power. The Rev. w. Bradbury
obtained the center of the stage
at a meeting of the Baptist minis
try held III Cambridge, Mass,
last Tuesday when he offered to
his brethren a brand new Apos-
ties Greed. 1t is worthy of it's
author who believes that it puts
into the discard the ancient creed
of Christendom. The most that
can be said about it is that it is
sufficiently vague and indefinite
to satisfy the demands of modern
religion, if any one cares to ac-
.cept it.
. The mere proposal OF a new
Apostles Greed is Indicative Of
the trend of religious belief
among many of the sects. and of
that striving after novelty and
notoriety which is the very breath
of life Of SO many of their social
ed leading lights. We will not
dignity this latest parody by
further notice. Like all man-made
creeds it is only a miserable
scfeed. s ats.e.
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- ( g.. 5r
The most important event of
the week in ecclesiastical circles
in the Province of st. Paul was
the celebration in honor of the
sacerdotal golden jubilee of the
Right Reverend Bishop O'Gorman
of Sioux Falls, an account of
which is found elsewhere in this
issue Next week we hope to be
able to give fuller details. Ow-
ing to Bishop O'Gorman's we'll
known opposition to any tribute
of a personal nature, the celebra-
was confined strictly to the
priests of his Diocese who invited
few intimate friends of their
Chief Pastor to join with them in
paying tribute to his worth and
work.
In the chorus Of congratulations
which the event evokes, The Cath
Ollie Bulletin joins and begs to ten
der. Bishop O'Gorman its SINGER
est best wishes for many more
ears of fruitful labor III the Mas
ter's vineyard.
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SPECIAL PRIVILEGE FOR
PRIESTS.

His Holiness Pope Benedict XIV
has been graciously pleased to
grant to the priests of the Uni
versal Church the privilege of say
ing three Masses on the Feast oil
All Souls. This privilege has
been enjoyed by the priests OF
Spain and Portugal for many
years, but this is the first time
that all the priests of Christendom
may take advantage Of it.
One Of the motives which IN
spired His Holiness to grant this
permission was to offer more eff
cacious aid to the poor souls III
purgatory, especially those who
have entered that prison house OF
hope as a result of the present
war. It is another evidence Of his
paternal regard for those OF MS
children who have sacrificed their
lives on the altar Of patriotism. +
It is not obligatory for any
priest to say three Masses. Oh AL
Souls. He may do so if he
wishes. and it's safe to say that
few will fail to embrace the very
special opportunity thus afforded
them Of invoking the mercy OF
God upon those who have gone be
fore with the sign of faith and
repose in the sleep of peace, !, =,
We have already published tile
official text Of the Apostolic Con
stitution conforming this triple Gel
ebration, as well as the Decree
which accompanies it. But it
may not be out of place to sum
Marie briefly the principal fea-
lures Of this special privilege:
A priest who celebrates thrice
on All Souls Day may accept an
offering for one of the Masses to
be applied in accordance with the
intention of the giver:; but he must
not accept stipend for any other
of the Masses. He is bound te
apply the second Mass by way Of
suffrage for all the faithful de
parted and the third for the inten'
ton. of the Supreme Pontiff. Il
"a priest says only one Mass he
must choose that for the comment
Grafton of all tie faithful depart
led. TIE he says three Masses, ont
of which is High Mass, he shall
select the first Of the three fol-
| the High Mass, and anticipate the
second and third. All the Mass
es must be said IA black vest
ments, unless it happens that tht
Blessed Sacrament is exposed fol
1.-THE Forty Hours Devotion, il
(which case all Masses of Requiem
must be said with vestments Of
lviOlet color and not at the Altar
| Of Exposition. This IS In accord
anee with a decision OF tire Ton
gregation OF Rites. Deer 81
and 1914.
The Holy Father lpncsvs anG
confirms, as far as necessary, th.
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NOT MUCH CHOICE BETWEEN
THEM,

A good many people seem to labor
under the deIusion that beer is q tenl-
perance drink, or at least much less
to be feared than whisky. The Sci
entific American says excessive beer
drinking is even more brutalizing
than whisky. "The most dangerous
class of ruffians in our large cities
are beer drinkers. The very lowest
form of inebriety, closely allied to
criminal insanity, follows from beer
drinking. A beer drinker may be the
picture of health, he may weigh 300
or 400 pounds, but in reality he is
most incapable of resisting disease.
Compared with inebriates who drink
whisky, he is more incurable, more
generally diseased"
The great life insurance companies
make no special distinctions between
the whisky drinker and the beer
drinker.
Observation seems to indicate that
a whisky drinker of the middle and
upper class lives longer than beer
drinker. Among the industrial class
es there is slight, If any, difference,
because your whisky drinker IFS more
apt to be exposed to Indictment wealth
err and other adverse conditions than
your beer guzzler.
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LIND AND CARRANzA.

The erstwhile Honorable
John Lind has put the stamp of
his personal approval on Carran-
za-and who will deny that John
knows what he is talking about?
Did he not spend a few months
in Mexico as the personal repre-
sentative of President Wilson,
and was he not on friendliest
terms with the bandit leader of.
the so-called constituencies,
who is now tire head of the de
facto government iii Mexico? In a
recent interview Lind says: "The
Mexican situation has been solved.
Carranza is q good man and will
form q good government. He
represents the majority of the
Mexican people.
We have no hesitation in say
ing that we do not accept John
Lind's statement at it's full value.
Every one knows how prone Lind
is to make statements OH hearsay
evidence or OH the authority OF
a discredited article i'll an ency-
clpedia. We do not for mo-
ment think that the Mexican sit
uation has been solved, nor do we
believe that CarranZa is a good
man, or that he will form a good
government, or that he represents
the majority of the Mexican peo-
pie.
The appointment of Carranza as
head of the Mexican government
does not help the situation. It
simply means that the factions OPP
posed to him will be cowed into a
semblance of submission by the
fact that the United States Gov
eminent stands back of Carranza,
supplying him and his henchmen
with arms and ammunition, while
denying them to his opponents.
This is no solution of the Next
can problem. Moreover, no man
who has countenanced, if he has
not actually participated in, the
deeds of rapine, murder and UNI
speakable outlawry Of which the
Constituencies have been
proved guilty. can be a good man
and give a good government to
the country-no, not even If he
possessed all the conslHnmate wis,
dom and masterful diplomacy of
the distinguished Ex-Governor of
Minnesota who calls him friend.
1t is too bad that Lind was not
able to accept the invitation of
Carranza's friend. Senator Are
| dondo, to meet his master near
| the border in the state of Coahli-
| Ia" If Lind could be induced to
lgo to Mexico under the Carranza
i regime, he might be able to find
| some trace of his papal bull
among the ruined archives of that
once glorious Republic. Mr. Lind
i should maintain the sphinx like
i silence which so well becomes q
scholar and diplomat OF his stand.
i ing until he has something of rcal
value to give to the public.
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THE MORNING AFTER.

He decided to stop drinking, and
that meant avoiding the club. He
found it very hard at first and very
lonesome, but kept at 1t. Soon he
perceived a new zest in business,
recurrence Of grasp i'm regard to
problems, better feeling all around.
He ended by saying that even now
he feels lonely at times, thinks of
the good fellows at the club laughing
over their cocktails and highballs in
the evening, but he added, and | re.
call the words well: I have all
those fellows dashed to the mast the
next morning, Now, here is what
may be called the punch of the
argument. 1t win go home to any
man who has serious work in life to
do; 1t means money. and many other
things-Te has the drinkers flashed
% The mast in the morning W
Saturday Epenfno Posi-
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1t is well for our readers to re-
member that a decree of the
Sacred Congregation of the Holy
Office, dated June 25, 1914, grants
a plenafy indulgence on the Feast
of All Souls to all the faithful as
often as they visit a church and
pray for the faithful departed.
This Indulgence. may be gained,
under the usual conditions of con-
fession, Communion and prayer
for the Pope's intention, from
midday OH November first, until
midnight on November second,
and is applicable to the holy souls.
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DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
THE MODERN PHYSICIAN AND
ALCOHOL.

John ID. Quackenbos, A. NJ, M. d.,
Emeritus Professor Of Columbia Uni
versity and Fellow of the New York
Academy of Medicine, New Hampshire
Medical Society, American Medical
Association, and American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science,
writes as follows in the Temperance
Cause:
Il have been asked to define the po-
sition of the medical profession in re-
gard to the use of alcohol as a bever-
age and as a therapeutic agent. 1t
is distinctly unfavorable today. Ply
sicians look upon alcohol as a proto-
plasmic poison, and are advising
against its employment where it was
once warmly recommended, as, for
instance, in nervous depression, dy-
spepsia, insomnia and tuberculosis.
We know that alcoholic drinks inter-
fere with digestion, predispose to car
diorenal and pulmonary troubles, and
impair the elimination of toxins Gre
ated i'm the body which are the cause
of gastric acidity, sleeplessness and
general neurasthenia, as well as OF
high blood pressure and premature
arteriosclerosis. Thus the use of al
cohol indirectly contributes to the de-
yelopment of a form of arterial de-
generation designated as hardening,
which is directly due to autointOxica-
ton accumulated by the ingestion of
alcohol. The majority of people over
eat and under exercise. Sixty per-
cent of Americans work indoors at
sedentary vocations, and these drink
moderately as a habit, and oyersmoke
as well, in response to the demand of
system depressed by a superabun-
dance of food that can not be disposed
of, and of unnatural work that keeps
up the demand What these persons
drink to reinforce nervous energy is
itself most dangerous compound
made of crude grain or potato spirits,
or fusel oil, and various essences
| manufactured in laboratories COM
| pound sixteen times as deadly in its
| effects on the brain ard other organs
as is ethyl alcohol in pure whisky.
| And the beer and ale of this country
all contain sulphurous acid and other
adulterants, much of it preservatives,
rendering it antagonistic to digestion
which is form of fermentation, and
constituting it a kidney and liver ir-
ritant which has to be reckoned with
| by the doctor and is taken into seri-
Gus consideration by life insurance
companies. Diseases OF. the kidney
have increased twenty per cent with
the sophistication and improper man
ufacture of beer"
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In a recent letter to Mgr. Tril-
Ter, founder of the Catholic Press
Association for Bavaria, Pope
Benedict commends the work it is
doing and calls for a more extern
sive circulation of Catholic liter
AZURE. After referring to the i'm
portant work ACCOMPLISHED by
this Association in furthering ia
cause SO sacred and so important,
His Holiness says:
It seems to us, therefore, that
nothing is more desirable than
that the number Of those who can
use their pen in a way rich IN
blessings should increase and that
good papers should have q large
circulation, so that everyone may
have every day good reading,
which instructs and warns, and
strengthens and promotes the
Christian virtues.