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Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
copyright, 1915, by the McCl0re NewsE2~
per Syndicate.)
TO PARENTS.

Let me diverge for once from my
policy of addressing young people al
rectly, that l may say a few words to
fathers and mothers.
The selection OF a vocation is usual
ly made either by the boy him5elf, by
his parents, or by both.
theoretically, at least, the parent IS
supposed to be the best adviser Tor his
son, because he has seen more Of him
and should be able to diagnose h's
ability with some degree of accuracy.
While the parent undoubtedly IN
tends to advise the son for his sood, it
is obvious that neither the father nor
the mother is infallible, and that, he
ing human, they are likely TO err and
influence their boy to his detriment.
We are all more or less sWayed by
prejudice. If father, Tor example,
has made a failure OF his WORK, lie IS
likely to advise his son against it,
even though the latter may be adapted
to it. Conversely, if a father has
achieved success in his vocation, he
quite naturally assumes that what he
has done well his boy can do equally
we'll.
The parent often forgets to study
his boy, and he is quite likely to as
sumo that his son is fit for this and
unfit for that.
do not consider that the advice Of
any one person, whether lie is a par
ent or not, is sufficient to determine
the vocation for a young man.
Composite counsel is far Dattor than
individual opinion.
The parent should begin to study
his son when the boy has passed his
fourteenth or fifteenth yeac, perhaps
before; lie should watch him care
fully, talk with him in friendly way,
and bring to his attention he adTal-
tages and disadvantages 2 tie sew
eral callings, especially shose for
which he thinks his son is fitted.
The father should 80 further, ard
consult with his friends, those 1ho
come in contact with his 5oy, taat,
from composite counsel, he ray be
able to advise him more d-fnitety and
more carefully.
To push or to force the 10y into
vocation, without careful Ii ii. bt and
considerable study, is as wicked as It
is to rob him Of his birthr.. 1T.
Thousands upon th0vsanGs oe boys
have been started wrong because Of
self-opinionated fathers, wh), ithout
consideration, forced then So into
vocations against their i1cliaations
and ability.
Many a devoted mother an1 over-
ambitious father, wholly fro1 sell
pride and without any Teal regard for
their offspring, have attem.ted so
coerce him into some prof s3i0l, when
the boy had absolutely 10 liking for It
or ability to practice it. IAey would
have tEeir son lawyer when the boy
would make a good business ran.
They would force him to become a
teacher when he lacked the power to
impart information. They would make
a business man OF a student who
loved his books more than money.
Remember, parents, that ycur boz,
on the threshold of life, IS socn to BE
his own master, and that you have no
more right to force him under your
will than you have to steal his over
coat or shoes.
The boy of today is the man of to-
morrow, and what you 90 with him TO-
day may make or break HIM toner
row.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
BraziPs Wealth in Iron Ore.

Brazil is said to have the largest
k,t9wn deposits in the world of 70
per cent iron ore, practically free from
phosphorus. The state of Minas Ger
as alone is estimated to have 1,500r
100000 to 2OOO,0OO,OOO tons about 300
to 400 miles from the seacoast, and
bodies Of iron ore exist in other states
of Brazil, according to Percival Far
quhar in an address at a meeting of
the federal trade council, New Or
leans. Our eastern mills, says the En-
gineering Record, whose expansion
should take a new phase with our in
creasing export Of steel and steel
products, can use this ore to advan-
tage, as well as Europe, where it will
allow low-grade and high phosphorus
ores to be used by mixture.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
The STAGE EnuIishnan an,

Bancroft, the English actor, brought
upon the stage new type of Janguid
Englishman. Sothern, in his Lord
Dundreary," had represented an Eng
lish aristocrat as an absolutely brain
less idiot. When the arts .ocrat ap-
peared upon the boards he was gen
orally made into caricature OF fatu.
GUS imbecility.
But Bancroft put becare the eyes OF
his audience prescntable IS ell as
real specimen CT a nan Of breeding,
little naughty and 4islaiIiul, IulI o.
absurd airs, but i; ~ IA means : feel,
and always good-hearted.
Of course, the most natorjous exam
pie Of his skill was : Wtree in
"Caste," whose appearance .n6er the
humble roof Of the Eccles family is so
irresistibly comic
He is so entirely a fish cut OF water,
and yet SO affably and pleasantly at
home-a gentleman, in short, Hho is
full of native kindliness.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
Cooperative Movement Grows.

The last International Cooperative
alliance congress, held in Glasgow,
Scotland, in 1914, was composed Of
"a national units, including something
like 10000 separate cooperative So
cieties, with a total of about 20,00O,-
900 members. If each member is con-
sidered to represent family Of four,
the number of persons directly affect
ed by the cooperative movement in
Europe when the war began was about
S0,000,O00, more than the entire pOpu-
lation Of the United States in 1900,
and the value of the business doIe by
these societies was estimated to be
about 100000, ,O0O.-London Times.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
SUSSEX'S GOOD ROADS


CUSSEX County to bond itself for
- S1,0OO,G00 worth Of good roads "
wise Sussex By this wise act it is
presenting itself not one million. but
several millions of dollars with the road
cost, after few years use of it, thrown
in free!
Sussex has over 500, 900 acres of land,
and the day that 81, 600, 900 road is COM
pleted, she can mark up her land values
on very low estimate at least 81, 500,
900.
Again, see what big money saver and
maker a good road is: The yearly inter
est on 81, 900, ,000 worth of 20 year bonds
at 44 per cent. is 1000, or SIS, 600 a
year less than the County has been an
nually paying for the past 10 years for
its wretched mud and sand roads, often
impossible and worth to-day, after an
outlay of $500, ,0O0, little or nothing
more than 10 years ago! In fact, last
year Sussex County threw away $40, 900
on its mud roads
Again, look at the saving in haulage,
to saw nothing of the frightful wear
and tear on wagon, harness and horses,
on bad roads, plus the further losses Of
the farmers time, good markets missed
in winter, etc.
The Delaware Good Roads Association
gives the following estimate Of the cost
last year Of hauling over Sussex County
dirt roads in good condition-tho often
thew are far otherwise:
''Per ton per mile Strawberries,
38c.; sweet potatoes, 35c.; melons,
33c.
With prices as above, the cost over
a good road would be as given be-
low:
Per ton per mile Strawberries,
18c; sweet potatoes, 17c.; melons
12c.
The saving due to good roads would
be:
Strawberries, zoe. per ton per
miIe, or 81 per ton for miles.
Sweet potatoes, 1Sc per ton per
mile or 90c per ton for miles.
Melons, 21c. per ton per mile, or
S1O5 per ton for miles.
There are many other advantages in
building a comprehensive system of
good roads under scientific engineer di-
rection, rather than in piece-meal
fashion, lower cost. better workman
ship, etc., and immediate results to the
whole county instead of 10 or more
years waiting for certain sections.
There are still other great gains to
the financial, social and hygienic well
fare of the entire county that will fol-
low in the wake of such a wise ethod
of public il provement, which our space
forbids setting out.
Finally, The Transcript repeats now
what it has for years advocated that
the whole state should bond itself up to
its eyes to get at once everywhere that
greatest of blessings good modern
roads.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
Russia Plans Biological Station.

The Imperial Academy of Sciences
Of Petrograd is planning to establish
a biological station on the shore Of
Lake Baikal. This lake, which in
places is more than a mile deep, has
not being found anywhere else in the
world. Some of the species are very
.ncient, and are supposed to be vestiges
If the subtropical fauna which existed
in Siberia in the upper tertiary period.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
For Parents to Remember.

Every man who has ever been a
child should remember what he was
when child, what he loved, and how
much he understood, and what he did,
and should remember that his child
is just the same sort of a child.-Ex-
change.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
Work Took Lonuer.

Author-"Why do You charge me
more for printing this time than
usual?" Publisher-"Your new novel
is so dull the compositors were con-
stantly falling asleep over it."-Bostop
Evening Transcript.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
Pretty Familiar,

Professor Fudge-"What do you
mean, Mr.. Jones' by speaking of Dick
Wagner, Ludie Beethoven, Charlie
Gounod and Fred Handel?" Jones'
"Well, you told me to get familiar with
the great composers. Musical Amer.
ioa.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
Seekinn Artificial Ruhher.

Artificial rubber as a by-product of
the manufacture of steel may be a
possibility, as English scientists are
experimenting with its production
from coke-oven gases.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
WhY Concrete Cracks.

Concrete expands in cold weather in
stead Of in midsummer. This is due
to the increase of moisture present in
the cement. During the warm wealth
ez, the moisture dries out.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
All Have Part in Great Scheme.

Despise not any man, and do not
spurn anything. For there is no man
that hath not his hour nor is there
anything that hath not its place
Rabbi Ben AZai.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10

ESTATE OF MARY ?. eTrVEN3
Deceased. Notice is heieb given taas
Letters of Administrator mon ths
Estate Of Mary P Stevens, 'stt Of ST.
Georges Hundred, deceased. wer duly
granted unto Harvey Il. Cooper and
Joseph G. Brown on the Eve en -y-f Eth
day of January A D. 1917, sd iii per
sons Indebted to the said decaase1 arc
requested to make pay 10 tn
Administrators without dsl q. and al,
persons having demands against tbe
deceased are required to exhia.t and
present the same duly prooated 20 the
said Administrators on or before the
twenty-fifth day of January, A. d.
1918, or abide by the law in this behalf
ADDRESS: CHAS. w. BUSH, ESQ, AT
ToRNEY-AT-LAW, WILMINGTON, bel.
HARVEY L. COOPER.
JOSEPH G. BROWN.
ADMINISTRATORS
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His Method.

How is it that you can tell with
out timing him whether O. not a mo-
torist is exceeding the sDaed limit
fixed by your local cr9ina1ce?" IF [
can't count the spckes in ais gosh
darned wheels TE1 pretty sure he's
breakin' the law" replied Constable
Sam T. slackutter, the weli-lnown
sleuth Of Skeedee. And if he looks
like Kansas City feller that's got
the money to pay his fine l know
blame well he. is!"-Kansas City Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-10-26
USES TOMATOES AS WEAPONS
Woman Vendor Also Effectively Bom-
bards kimonoed Customer With
the Scale Weights.

The high cost Of things generally
including -tomatoes-was directly re-
sponsible for the loudest case heard in
the Yorkville court, case rejecting
the difference in shopping tactics to be
observed in various segments of a
large city, says the New York Herald.
Mrs. Anna Saconne was present In
a cerise Kimono and bandages to COM
plain of the commercial tactics of
Mrs. Concetta Fasano, q travelling sales
woman for tomatoes. According to
the evidence. Mrs. Saconne was COM
planning Of the price and condition
of the tomatoes sold by Mrs. Fasano,
when she suddenly received a one
pound weight in the direct center of
the forehead, and was subsequently
bombarded with other weights ranging
from a quarter of a pound to three
pounds, after which a deluge of toma-
toes wrecked another azure blue XII
mono which Mrs. Saconne wears when
tomato shopping.
"Why this?" asked the magistrate
Of Mrs. Fasano.
"She buy @notheeng and talka too
mooch," explained Mrs. Fasano. 'Tf
she joost buEa sometheeng an walk
away, all right, shut up, but she no
buys sometheeng and says averytheeng
ees no good. slappa da face; she
talks. I trow da weight; she talks. I
trow da fruit; she talks. She talk,
she talk, she talk She no buy soom-
theeng; she talk, she talk, she talk.
How mooch?',
give dollars" answered the mag
istrate, and the fine was paid.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-10-26
How the Airmen Fioht.

The pitfalls and dangers which an
aviator must avoid at the front are
becoming more numerous every day.
Anti-uircraft guns mounted on fast
motor cars, chase around the. country
behind the fines and prevent the enc
my airplanes and Zeppelins from re-
naming oyer our territory. This type
of battery was responsible for the Yep
pelins brought down at Compiegne in
April, 1917, and Revigny, in April
1916. In fact this Invention was one
of the immediate causes of the Ger
mans giving up their '..strating" with
zeppelins. The record for. distance and
height in hitting an airplane with this
type of cannon is $4,000 feet in 1.-The
air at 1000 yards distance across
country. A very large crew is re-
quired to: man one of these cannon.
Besides the cannon.a telephonist gets
the report of. the position over which
the German machine is 11yfng.-Carroll
Dana Winslow, in scribners Maya
zine. -.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-10-26

Mrs. Stickitt,> lady notorious for
her saving habits, one morning entered
the doctors office, leading by the hand
a stouter built boy nine years Of age
and of exceedingly healthy appear
ance.
"Well, Mrs. Stickitt," said the doc
tor, who's my patient? don't seem
to recognize his face. Not a village
boy, is he?"
mo, doctor; my nevvy from towns
mot much wrong with him, should
say" laughed the doctor, pinching his
red cheeks.
Its about his appetite, DOCTOR" said
the boys aunt in low tone.
"What?" exclaimed the doctor, star
ing at the well-fed young patient
Surely he doesn't need an appetizer?
Good gracious, no, DOCTOR" replied
the lady, in Mortified accents. Il want
you to give me something to make his
appetite less. He'll eat ME out of
house afore his months holiday is up
If his appetite amt cut DOWN."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-10-26
THROUGH STEEL FOOT THICK
Great Power of the Fifteen-lnch Guns
Now in Use in the European
War.

We hear much and have read more
about the power Of big guns and havoc
they create, yet very few people really
understand the immense power behind
one of these modern engines of de-
struction, writes a war correspondent.
What, for instance, do you understand
by the power of a f15-inch gunT'
driven seven miles away from the wall.
70 inches thick and made of the hard
est steel; then take an automobile and
drive seven miles away from the wall,
Arrived at that point you will find
big gun aimed at the wall you have
left seven miles behind and which you
pull the lanyard. The steel that you
release by pulling this lanyard will
travel through the air the entire dis
lance you have come by automobile
and will go right through the Pinch
steel wall.
The most powerful land guns ever
made are the Gesman howitzers, or
16.5-inch guns The most formidable
steel and concrete forts are cracked
open by these. huge guns as though
they were made of paper. Naval guns
-cannot be developed to the same size
as land guns because 1t is more diff
cult to handle one of these aboard a
ship. For that reason the greatest eff
fective range with naval gun is from
eight to ten miles. The largest naval
gun is the 15-inch gun on. the famous
British superdreadnaught Queen Eli
zabeth, while the German 42centimet-
er howitzer, which reduced Antwerp
and other fortresses' believed impreg-
nahle is the most powerful land gun.
The great guns aboard the Queen Eli
zabeth fire proiectiles which weigh q
ton. The United States, however, now
has guns defending the Panama canal
and New York, which hurl through the
air a mass of metal weighing almost
400 pounds more than the. British SUI
Derdrea1nauCht'S guns.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-10-26
Don't Neglect Kidneys
Swamp Root, Dr.. Kilmer's Prescrip-
ton, 0vercomes Kidney Trouble

1T is now conceded by physicians that
the kidneys should have more attention
as they control the other organs to re-
markable degree and do a tremendous
amount Of work in removing the poisons
and waste matter from the system by
6ltering the blood. -
The kidneys should receive some as.
distance when needed. We take less 'ex:
ercise, drink less water and often eat
more rich, heavy food, thereby forcing
the kidneys to do more work than nature
intended. Evidence@sof kidney trouble,
such as lame. back, annoying bladder
troubles, smarting or burning, brick
dust or sediment, sallow complexion,
rheumatism, maybe weak or irregular
heart action, warns you that. your hid.
neys require help. Immediately to avoid
more serious trouble. -. - "a :
An ideal herbal compound that has had
most remarkable success as a kidney and
bladder remedy is DR.. Kilmerss Swamp.
Root. There is nothing else like it,, 1t
is'Dr. Kilmer's prescription used in pri-
waite practice andsit is sure to benefit you.
Get. "a bottle from your druggist.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents. to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for. a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. Adv.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-10-26
Advice to a Son,

".Well, well, we'll y cried Mrs. Hen
peck. sour son is engaged to be mar
ried. We will write to the dear lad
and congratulate him." ~
Mr.. Henpeck agreed Che dare not do
otherwise), and his lady picked UP her
pen.
My darling boy" read the son,
"what glorious news! Your father
and I rejoice in your happiness. 1t
has long been our greatest wish that
you should marry some good woman.
A good woman is heavens most graci-
Gus gift to man: She brings out all
the best in him, and helps him to sup
press all that is evil. Her price is
above sfubies. :,
Then there was a postscript in a diff
ferent handwriting:
"Your mother has gone for stamp.
Keep single, you young noodle"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-10-26


name Flanders that seems I'M
mediatelv to call up to the
mind visions Of romance, or
chivoIrv. of art and history that are
produced by the mention Of no other
country, unless it be old Venice.
The land of the ancient Flemings
and of those medieval counts VINO
ranked almost as high as kings is
again living It's romance in the bitter
struggle against the Germans. we
read how the people in London heard
the guns roar in Flanders; of how the
great offensive was being launched IN
Flanders, and yet the bounds or
Flanders to the average man are
something of a mystery.
While Flanders proper is nowadays
divided into West and East Flanders,
saws the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
the Flemish peoples of Belgium, who
number rather more than one-halt OF
fhe whole. are in the majority in the
provinces of Antwerp and Ha1nault
also. and in the remaining provinces
they may be said to divide the hoh-
OrS.
These few facts tend to show that
the Flemings are not by any means
extinct, and that those persons VINO
confuse Belgium with Flanders, or be-
| lieve the two names are synonymous,
are not greatly to blame, for they are
only technically wrong.
The Flemings are in origin Ger
manic people. while the Walloons, the
Belgians of the East, are more Celtic
in their genesis. The Flemlngs are
kin to the Dutch, and at one time they
were part of the United Netherlands.
But they have had long and strange
history, and have, during the last l,5OO
wears, owed allegiance to many princes
and countries yet they have continued
to preserve their own language, to pro-
duce their own art and to maintain
their love of the picturesque and the
| simple life.
It is true that the great gambling
place, the seaside resort Ostend, lies in
| Flanders, but it was the late king OF
the Belgians, Leopold, who made that
quiet summer resort what 1t became.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-10-26
81 =. Too Late.

He:was a great pedestrian, but. one
day Ills physical CLERGY seemed to give
out: Weary and, worn and sad. he was
beginning to despair of. finding: rest
and refresllment when a small ways
side house. came into view. The good
lady. of the house executed her com|
mission to supply her visitor with
eggs, toast and tea. 49,
May + open the eggs forssyou.2' tshs
asked, .smilingly. AZ. s<.4.r.:a -. =
/, The Young man nodded assent5 but,
although the shell locked. well enough ;
appearances are often deceptive, AND
that. egg. weuld: not have done credit
s-ter any self-fespectfng Hen. :,
He drew, back his Chair With "a sigh.
-.>@Hasn't it been boiled long enough.
sfr?" -quer1ed the lady =e.:s -r~.:=s
SsS1stes," he repAeA, swRarily but ~
was not boiled. soon, enough :e::s +.
,:-.t-:$ at~ ..St&T So ,.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-10-26

Some years ago more or less de-
termined attempt was made In Elan
ders to pepulariZe the Flemish Ian
men In the. country consented to write
only in that tongue, among them
Maeterlinek and Verhaeren, but it was
not long before the former found that
he was at his best in French, and 81
the Belgian Shakespeare" as he has
been called does all his writing in the
language of France.
Land of Famous Counts.
In the Middle Ages Flanders was a
powerful principally, which, while I'M
der the suzerainty Of the French king.
was virtually Independent. The north
eastern provinces were added to the
Holy Roman empire in the eleventh
century. It, is the land of the Counts
Baldwin. The first of the line, known
as the Iron-armed, married Judith, the
daughter Of Charles the Bald of
France, and obtained the newly Great
ed country as gift from his father-in-
law.
In those days the counts of Flanders
were regarded as the richest princes
in Europe and were said to be far
more wealthy than many of its kings.
Baldwin TX will be recalled as the
founder of the Latin empire in Con-
stantinople.
The cities of Bruges, Client and a
few others at this time were proud
and felt their might, bidding to be-
come free cities, and were permitted
their independence with the suzerainty
of the counts of Flanders. The coun-
try was united with the Netherlands
in the fourteenth century, but CEN
fury later passed to the Hapsburgs.
1t has been in the possession of the
Spanish and Of the French, but in
1880 finally liberated itself from Hol-
land and from France.
Ghents has been called the City of
Flowers and the Soul Of Flanders. It
was the home of Flemish art, and here
was to be seen before the war Van
Eyck's masterpiece, 'The Alteration of
the Lamb" in the cathedral Of St
Bavon. It was here that the peace of
1915, which concluded the War OF
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-10-26
RoIlina .RapldIY.

Tom Moore called on Campbell one
evening, and in the course OF CONVEX.
sation Campbell mentioned a poem he
had just composed and the manuscript
of which he Slowed. to- Moore. It waa
entitled '"rhe Battle:of Hohenlinden."
the last line. of the first verse Of which
read: -. . g,
'sOf Iser rolling rapidly
When Moore was departing he
shipped on the stairs, which caused
Campbell to ask: :asis
& whats that? What's .that?"
." 81, sir, rolling rapidly'' instantly re-
piled. Moore"