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Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02

Fifteen German AirpIanes and
A Balloon Captured.
AMERICANS ALSOHAD LOSSES
After Hammering Hard At Seemingly
lmpregnab!e Wedges In The Ger
man Line, the Americans Can
.ure Bantheville.

American Army Northwest of Yer
DUNN a local attack east of the
Mouse the Americans advanced about
one kilOmeter on three-kilOmeter
front, and the Bots Bultruy, the Bots
de Houpy and the Bots de Belleu are
within the American lines, as also ia
part of the Bots de Wavrille and
Plyon de Traye.
The advance was made after brief
artillery preparation. The enemy's
response was principally with ma.
chine guns, but during the fighting
he shelled the back areas and threw
few six-inchers into Verdun.
The artillery on both sides was &C.
tive over the entire American front.
The Germans were unusually nervous,
owing to the activity of the Americans
on both sides OF the Mouse.
The American artillery laid down
q barrage north of Bantheville, where
the infantry occupied Grande Care
Farm, and the ridge north of Banthe-
vile, straddling the Freya line.
Twenty seven prisoners were taken
when the Americans occupied Hill 27l,
and east OF the Meuse IA Germans
surrendered and number of others
were captured in the woods. Twelve
prisoners were taken in the Grande
Care Farm and % southeast of Aim
oreville.
In the region of Grande Pre- the ex-
change of machine gun and artillery
fire was vigorous, but the Americans
stuck at their task of consolidating
positions despite the attempts OF the
Germans to GUST them. The Germans
repeatedly threw gas shells in the re-
gion of Grand Pre- and heavily shelled
Marcq, St. Juvin and other points.
One prisoner was taken who came
from a German division which pre-
viously had not been identified as op.
Grating on this front.
Washington. - Continued progress
by the Americans on the battle front
north of Verdun was reported by Gen
eral Pershing Enemy positions east
of the Meuse were penetrated and
west Of the Meuse Bantheville was
completely occupied and the American
line established on ridge northwest
of the village.
Fifteen enemy airplanes and one OBJ
servatiOn balloon were shot down in
the course of many combats, in which
three American balloons were de.
stroyed and six planes failed to re-
turn.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02
HOW TO SELECT BEST LAYERS
Methods Outlined to Determine Wn'e"
Fowls Are Fit to Keep for
Winter Producers.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
AS a hen stops laying there Is a
tendency for her to take on fat. This
Is noticeable in examining the pelvic
bones, the two bones which can be
felt as points on either side OF the
vent. When the hen is laying these
bones are comparatively thin and Hex
ible. When she is not laying they feel
thicker and less flexible, due to the
fat which has accumulated there. The
spread or distance apart Of these pei
vic bones Is also valuable indication
of whether or not the hen is laying.
When laying they are wider apart
than when not laying. This spread
can be roughly measured for practical
purposes by determining how many
fingers can be laid between the bones.
If the spread measures two fingers
or less. the probabilities are that the
hen is not laying. while if the spread
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02

Within ten minutes after an appli-
cation of Danderine you can not find .
single trace of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
will please you most will be after few
weeks use. when you see new hair. fine
and downy at first-yes-but really
new hair-growing all over the scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bles the beauty Of your hair. No diff
ference how dull, faded, brittle ana
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with DAN
derine and carefully draw it through
your hair, taking one small strand ut a
time. The effect is amazing-your hair
will be light, fluffy and wavy. and have
an appearance of abundance; an in
comparable lustre. softness and luxu-
rance.
Get small bottle of KnOwlt0n's
Danderine for few cents at any drug
store or toilet counter. and prove that
your hair is as pretty and soft as any
that it has been neglected or injured
by careless treatment-that's all-yOu
surely can have beautiful hair and lots
of it if you will just try little DAN
derine.-Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02
WORTH KNOWING

Pecan shells have been found to con-
tain enough protein and fat to make
them useful when ground for stock
feed.
Ice is said to have been first cut
and harvested for storage in 1908,
from small lake near Cambridge,
Moss.
The duchess Of Marlborough, for
lnerly Consuelo Vanderbilt, has been
candidate for seat in the Lon
dor county council.
Stirr.lps were unknov7n to the an
clients. Stlrrups were used to some
extent In the fifth century, but were
not common even so lats as the
twelfth.
Experiments by Swiss scientist
have demonstrated that tree grow
Ing POLITICALLY in Argentina produces
: better paper pulp than generally EN-
ployed in the United States.
The United States has become one
Of the worlds greatest exporter OF
confectionery. This extends t. all
1arts Of the world now, and am0u ed
IN the year ended June 80, 1911. to
SI.204.1O1.
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constantly inculcated in the mind of
a marine that he must do superhuman
things simply because he is marine,
and that his own conscience will call
him criminal against himself and
his corps if he doesn't.
The first thing that marine appli-
cant gets when he reaches the east
ern training camp at Paris island,
S. c., or the western camp at Mare
island. CAL, is a heart-to-heart talk.
And it's a talk that's a work Of art
a speech that tells of the history of
the corps, from the beginning of the
continental marines in 174O to the
present day. the great things the ma
rine corps has done and the great
things it has stood for. A talk that
tells Of honesty and straightforward
ness and decency and cleanliness.
The Greed Of the Marine.
And then, when the time of prOba-
ton is over and the enlistment COM
pleted, the marine learns this:
Il am a soldier, though not an army
soldier. I go to sea. yet am not a
sailor. I am older than the soldier
of the army or the sailor Of the navy.
fight my country's battles every
where and anywhere-in the trenches
in France, on ships at sea, or in air
planes above. It's all the same.
Il raised the first American flag
on foreign soil, more than a century
ago. 1 carried Old Glory into action
in Tripoli, Egypt. West Africa, the
Fiji islands, Sumatra, Hawaii, Mex
leo, China, Uruguay, Paraguay, Alas
ka, Panama, Formosa, Korea, Mica
ragua, Cuba, Santo Domingo, Hayti,
and now I'm with General Pershing in
France. I carry a punch in either
hand. I'm hard-fisted, three-way
fighting man. I'm a soldier Of the
navy, U. S. marine"
That's the beginning. That's the
thing that sends the real flush Of pride
into the new marines heart. And
when he walks out upon the training
ground and the physical director
parks out an order to seize the hori-
zontal bar and chin ten times, that
new marine does it! He may never
have chinned himself before. His
muscles may ache and twitch and do
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02

strange things afterwards he
raises and lowers himself those ten
times-because he's a United States
marine!
Urged to Better Things.
There's something inside him, urg-
ing him on, telling him that he must
be better, better, better every hour,
every minute. every second of his life.
And when the long hours Of drilling
start, that marine is not only willing
to go the limit-but eager! He's a
marine-he's simply got to know ev-
erything and be everything and do
everything!
Facing him everywhere are signs:
IF You Don't Know You Get
Killed" And the marine knows. He
trains with the naked bayOnet. He
goes out upon the rifle range, and If
he doesn't qualify as an expert, a
marksman or sharpshooter he kicks
himself all the way back to camp, and
sits up nights to dream out way of
making it up in some other way.
Exercises. Training. Work. Play.
They follow one after another in rush
ing sequence. Men box-because the
movements of boxing are similar to
those Of bayonet fighting. They have
pulling up" exercises that
helps one to get in and out of
trenches. Swimming-and the men
even march to the swimming hole
because that develops every muscle
Of the body.
Drill, hour after hour. while SER
geants bark and the man who misses
step is his own worst enemy. Lee
lures, more drill, more work, more
play, more training. In seven weeks
the body and the mind of the marine
are at the edge Of perfection. And
then, while the band plays and the
'left-behinds" cheer, he embarks for
France, via Quantico, there to work
again, play again and drill again. And
not until the moment Of the zero"
when the signal calls for fighting de-
mons to rush over the top, is that
training relaxed for a moment. After
that it's not a question of training
but the results Of it. And Chateau
Thierry and Belleau wood have told
those to the world.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02
Frenchman Invented Zeppelin.

How many people are aware that
Count Zeppelin was not the real in
ventor of the Zeppelin? AS a matter
of fact, a Frenchman, Maurice Chew.
reux, conceived the idea, and it was
from his plans that the first monster
airsbip was able to fly. Chevreux:
who was naval engineer has recent.
ly died; since the commencement Of
the war he had practically lived the
life of a hermit; some say because Of
his grief at being the innocent cause
of placing in the hands of the hated
enemy such terrible machine Of war.
He resided for some years in Germany,
and was employed in the Zeppelin
workshops, and while so engaged de-
signed the six-cylinder motor, by which
Count Zeppelin was able to eventually
triumph over the difficulty Of making
q dirigible airship that would keep up
for hours in the air.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02
BRIEF BITS

Surnames cannot be traced farther
back than the latter part Of the tenth
century.
The five largest counties in Ireland
are: Cork, 1,S3S,931 acres; Galway.
1902, 1862; Mayo, 1,318,13O; Donegal.
!, 100, 26S, and Kerry, 1,159,3J6 acres.
The orange was originally pear
shaped fruit. but not much larger than
cherry, and it is said that its evolu-
ton is due to II centuries Of cultiva-
ton.
The gray buzzard is said to be the
heaviest bird that flies. the young
males, when food is plentiful. weighing
nearly 40 pounds. The bird is almost
extinct.
The Illinois Health Insurance COM
mission, created by the state legisla-
ture, has asked the trade union move
ment Of the state for information on
this subject.
Mrs. Amanda Knight, age eighty.
one, Of Bilerica. Mass, knit one of q
pair If socks for the soldiers in four
hour and II minutes. In a second at
tempt she beat that record by two min
uteS,
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02

Philadelphia possesses the largest
organ in the world. with 232 speak
:rg stops and 1916 pipes.
II. French factory turbines are
driven by water from reservoir on
a mountain 600 feet above 1t.
A good substitute for platinum TOT
electrical purposes is silver, ~ per
cent: palladium, Is per cent, and CO.
talt per cent.
The latest figures show that there
are $500 picture houses In the united
Kingdom, with an annual attendance
Of 1,O75,OOO,OOO.
Private Francis I. Love OF WeD-
SER. Mass, student soldier at the
officers training camp az Newtonvllle'
wears the biggest hat Of any man IN
Cncle Sans army, either at home or
abroad. Private Love is only twenty
two years old and wears size ~
Lar.
From a herd of $50 buffalo in 1909,
t,e Canadian government now has a
rotal of $500 in Wainwright park, all
enc Unnatural increase. This IS goa''
business. At that rate all fear that
the ancient monarch of the Western
rlains will become an extinct species
Is grOundless.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02
Few Songs Of the Sea Secured Public
Favor as Quickly as life on
the Ocean Wave"

The best and most popular Of all
TIE songs Of the sailor boys is Epes
SGrgent's "a Life on the Ocean Wave
The words of this song were written
for Henry Russell, the well-known mu-
SIC composer. The subject Of the song
was suggested to Sargent as he was
walking one breezy, sun-bright morning
III spring on the Battery in New York.
and looking out on the ships and small
craft leaving or entering the harbor.
Having completed the song Sargent
went to the office Of the Mirror, wrote
the words and showed them to his
friend, George p. Morris. After read
ing the piece, Morris said: my dear
boy. this is not song; it will never
do for music, but should like to pub
lish it in the Mirror"
Some days after the publication
Sargent met Russell, who said
"Nhere is that song you promised
me?" Sargent's reply was: i trieo
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02
POULTRY AS WAR NECESSITY
Central Thought Should Be Means Of
Converting Waste Materials Into
Good Food.

The central thought to be borne In
mind in considering the growing Of
more poultry as war necessity is the
fact that the keeping of poultry is q
means Of converting into good food
materials that cannot be utilized by
man, that cannot be eaten by any other
kinds of stock and that, without the
poultry, would be absolute waste.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02
Hard to Sleep in Bed.

Sympathy was offered in London,
England, the other day to man from
the front who would not reach his
Yorkshire home till the next morning.
"Nay, it doesn't worry me at all that.
doesn't the Journey" he said. II shall
do we'll enough in the train. The
trouble is when you've been roughing
at the front that you can't settle down
to a bed. I've slept on cobbles, I've
slept in mud, in a shed, in ditch. but
when l came home for my two blighties
dc you think I could get to sleep? No,
1 felt fair smothered' by the beds"
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02
KING ALBERT THANKS HOOVER,

Says He Saved Belgian Nation From
Starvation.
Washington Herbert Hoover
chairman of the Belgian Relief Com.
mission, received a cablegram from
King Albert on the occasion of the
fourth anniversary of the foundation
of the commission, thanking him for
saving the Belgian nation from starva
ton.
lon this, the fourth anniversary of
the foundation of the Commission for
Relief in Belgium" said the message
my heart prompts me to thank you
once more In the name of all my com.
patriots for having, during four years,
saved the Belgian nation from starva.
ton"
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02

Is greater she is probably laying. In
measuring the spread the size Of the
hens of different breeds with the cor
responding difference in the spread
must be kept in mind.
The distance from the rear end Of
the keel bone to the pelvic bones in
creases with consequent increase in
size of the abdomen. A spread of three
or more fingers in the smaller breeds.
as the Lcghorn, and four or five flu
gers in the larger breeds. such as the
Plymouth Rock. indicates that the hen
IS In laying condition. A spread Of
less than two fingers in the smaller
breeds and less than three fingers in
the larger breeds indicates that she Is
not in laying condition.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02
FROM TEXAS BY AIRPLANE.

Three Aviators Make Flight To West
In Six Days.
WashingtOn.-Using two army train
ing airplanes, three aviators have com.
pleted a flight from Houston Texas, to
Washington. The aviators. Lieuts W.
P. Bancker, c. N. Cone and c. P. Lee,
left Ellington Field at Houston Octo.
Der II and completed the trip in six
days. The flight, said to be the first
between the two points, was under
taken in part in the interest of the
fourth Liberty Loan campaign.
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Noblesse Obliue,

II didn't think I'd live to see it, but
1 have" remarked the old-fashioned
gentleman. you've often heard men
say their wives made them?"
"Certainly."
Yesterday I heard suffrage ora
tor reverse the compliment in favor
of friend husband" Age
Herald.
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DEMAND FOR YOUNG GUINEAS
to Two Pounds in Late Sum-
mer and Fall.

The biggest demand for the guinea
fowl is in late summer and fall. At
this time there is big call in the
city markets for young birds weighing
from one to two pounds each. The
usual method is to place them on the
market unplucked.
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ANIMAL FEED FOR CHICKENS
Bone Meal, Beef Scrap and Tankage
Furnish Good MateriaI-Sklm
Milk Is Excellent.

We can supply the hens with animal
feed by feeding bone meal, beef scrap
and tankage. Skim milk is also excel
lent for laying hens. In cold weather
the milk must only he put out in small
quantities or it will freeze before they
have time to consume it.
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GREEN STUFF FOR CHICKENS
6prouted Oats Are Excellent
Also Relish Cabbage, Turnips,
Beets, MangeIs, Etc.

The hens should be furnished some
form of green stuff when they are kent
up. Sprouted oats are probably the
best, but cabbage, turnips, beets, man.
gels. etc, will be readily devoured by
the hens and will answer the purpose
for green feed.
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Became Popular at Once

NV hand at one and failed. Morris
tells me it won't answer" LET me
see the piece" replied Russell. Rus
sell was so pleased with it that he
went into a music store near by, and
in the back room in a few moments
he composed the music to which it is
nov sung. It at once became favor
lite and very shortly the bands were
playing it and the sailors were sing
ing IL.
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OF Course Not, Ma.

'Why, James Fenimore Jones. you
don't mean to tell me that you were
down town by yourself" shrieked the
Mortified mamma.
ivy Of course not, ma there wuz
a lotta other people down there" re-
sponded James Indignantly.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02
Case Dismissed.

~John," said the new judge, II have
know you for years. l am sorry that
my first duty is to try you for being
drunk. What was your reason, IL any,
for getting drunk?"
ITO celebrate your election, Judge. j."
What could the judge do?
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Gold In the Head"

sons who are subject to frequent ''colde
in the head" will find that the use Of
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
build up the System. cleanse the Blood
and render them less liable to colds
Repe ted attacks of Acute Catarrh may
lead to Chronic Catarrh.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE IL tax.
on internally and acts through the Blood
All Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
$4,000 for any case of catarrh that
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will not
cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
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Great Man Yielded

"What'n you gimme for an interview
with Senator WOmbat?"
"I'll pay you well If you really got
an interview. But everybody knows
that Senator Wombat never talks"
II got an interview, though. l raised
n1y eyebrows and he nodded his head"
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Not Iadylike.

"This vaudeville performer Is sup
posed to be giving an impersonation
of lady protesting to the janitor be-
cause there isn't enough heat in her
apartment"
II understand that much. The plot
of the piece is simple"
"But 1 think there is q flaw in her
fmpersOnatiOn."
II hadn't noticed it."
Eat the end of her remarks she said ::
DO you get meY "-Birmingham Age
Herald.
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TURKEY IS ACTIVE F0RAGER
Fowl Must Have Plenty Of Range and
Chance to Feed on Roughage-
Picks Up Own Food.

Turkeys are active foragers and
must have a chance to roam and feed
on roughage at will. In so doing they
will pick up greater part Of their
food, which is far better for them than
that which is given them, and Is OF
considerable value
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Accounting for the Taste.

'aThose pigs feet I bought of you
didn't taste right" said the fat Gus
toner.
"What was wrong with 'em? asked
the delicatessen man.
Don't know exactly, but they had a
fiat TASTE"
swell, you see, sir. there's been quite
an epidemic of flat feet In town late
IT,"
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Jack Quoting Hamlet)-If thou wilt
needs marry, marry fool.
Mard-Oh! Jack, this Is so sudden.
Speed.

The mysteries of money are
Not easy to unravel.
The dollars won't 20 very far,
But, oh, how fast they travel!
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IRISH STEAMER ToRPEDoED.

Only 10 OF Crew Of Over 80 On Dun.
daIk Rescued.
Belfast.-The Irish steamer Dundalk
was torpedoed in the Irish Sea last
week. Of the crew of more than so
only 13 were rescued. The Dundalk
was owned by the Dundalk and Newry
Steam Packet Company. She meas
ured 1863 tons.
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SENATE PASSES ARMY BILL.

Emergency Measure Carries Total OF
$6,345,523,6 sos.
WashingtOn.-The Senate passed in
record time the $6,000O00,00 900 Military
Deficiency bill, the last important
measure to be considered before the
prediction recess begins. The bill
now goes to conference, with plans laid
for its completion within few days.
The total amount of the bill as ap.
proved by the Senate is $6,345, 523, 688,
q net reduction of $231,977 from the
amount authorized by the House.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02
Shopplno

"Well?
"But it takes a woman to 60 down
and pick out furniture for such an
edif1ce."
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Nicked.

''Old man Flint has always boosted
that he had heart Of rock and now
he contends that Miss Giddigirl has
wounded his affections"
SStono-hrulse. Oh.
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No Lite There.

No Lite There.
Patience Is Peggy living
nOw2
Patrice-Philadelp
us she married yeti"
mot her."
"Well, you know while there is life
there is hope"
But she says there is no life In
Philadelphia"
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Nhen Conditions Are RIGHT

BOarder-Didn't you tell me you
could sleep under blankets at night
In this place?
Owner-SO YOU can, when it's cold
enough.-San Francisco Chronicle.
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FIGHT THE BOLCHEHiKI,

AngIo-British Forces Win, Though
SheIled BY Gunboats
MISUNDERSTANDING and British
forces repulsed heavy attacks by the
Bolsheviki infantry against advanced
Allied positions on the Dvina front
Bolshevik gunboats heavily shelled the
Americans and British for six hours
In counter-attacks the An2lo-Ame.;ca1
troops captured two machine guns, in.
Gicted heavy losses on TIC enemy AMI
captured prisoners.
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Soothe aahv RaahAs

That itch and burn with hot baths Of
Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings Of. Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better. For free samples ad.
dress. "Cuticura, Dept. K, Boston"
Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap
70, Ointment Is and 5O.-Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02
DEFINING II.

why do they call the big waves In
the ocean at the seaside breakers, par"
Because they're the excuse for the
hotels, my son."
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Keep clean inside as well as outside ny takinS
Z eentie Laxative at least cnce week. such as
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02
Keen 1t to Yourself

Keep yoh troubles to yohself," said
uncle Eben; ''meanin' dat if you's got
de grip, don't sneeze in a crowd"
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02

Martin Luther was one of the first
70 advise the employment of women as
teachers.
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Odd.

It's exceedingly odd.
But 1t can't be denied
To have money ahead
You must put it aside
Middletown transcript., 1918-11-02

"Why did you give up your bache-
lor quarters?'
because I'm going to marry dol
lars"
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MISCELLANEOUS TRADES

TO EXCHANGE-L Lot In Central sddl-
tlon for Liberty bonds or OH stock
BoI 2sl. Lebanon, m
no TRApE-sN lots In Britton for a
plano. Phone Walnut 6e2S-R
70 TRADE a Ford roadster BODY Tor a
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