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Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
ParasoIs Back AGAIN.

There seems to lie some indication
that parasols next spring will be res
cucd from the comparative oblivion of
last year and brought back into the
sunlight of popularity which they en-
joycd few years ago. They are said
to he. in more favor with the Palm
Reach trade. and spring buyers are
taking more interest in the new offer
inss. shown usually with spring MILL
ncrT. Sets consisting of parasols, hats
and knitting bags are shown in many
combinations Of bright colors, and the
pergola type parasol seems to be the
most in favor thus far. Backgrounds
Of white and pink seem to be the most
generally used setting for the various
color effects.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
URGE CLEAN DAIRY UTENSIL S
Dirt Is Cause of Production Of Much
Poor Milk, Cream and Butter
Wash Separator.

Much poor milk, cream and butte.
are produced because of dirty uten.
sis. 1t is not necessary that the dirt
be present in sufficient quantities to
be seen by the naked eye in order to
render the can unfit for use.
The .unclean separator is another
common source of contamination. The
separator should be taken apart and
carefully washed and scalded after
each separation. After the separator
parts and utensils have been cleaned
and dried, they should have a clean.
dry appearance and should not be
greasy to the touch.
A greasy coating on the interior of
a milk can will spoil milk or cream in
Il very few hours. 1t doesn't cost any
more to keep the utensils clean and the
results obtained are more satisfactory
in every way.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12

This suit protects from the cold and
eonserves wool. The short skirt, which
is Of beige-coIored wool, extends to the
bust and is met by a deep yoke and
sleeves Of chiffon. The veIveteen coat
has collar and cuffs Of peItry and huge
pockets made from pieces that were
left from the skirt.
was useless to appeal to women to
save wool in the building of their
clothes, under the present commercial
circumstances Of clothes selling. The
great majority of women buy their
clothes. They do not make them ut
home. They buy what they can get,
and they do not know the amount of
material contained in garment.
Therefore, the government made its
appeal for cooperation in the con-
servatiOn of wool to those who make
and design women's garments. At
this meeting it was resolved and rules
were formulated that no man or wom-
an in America would use over AZ
yards of wool in any costume, and
less, if possible.
The response to these rules was
given not only by the dressmakers,
but by the manufacturers. the mill
people, the ready-tO-wear department
stores and private dressmakers. The
decision was far-reaching. 1t is now
up to the women of America to carry
out for the government a continued
process of conservation in wool. 1t |
will not be Il hardship. One will not |
have to face the chas1ns of doubt and !
despair that opened up with the con-
Of food.
All that the women of the country
Ire asked to do is not to make gown
hat has over Az yards Of wool in it,
md it is the appeal Of the government
hat woman should refuse to buy
rom tailor, and a retailer should re-
use TO buy from manufacturer, gar
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
WATER GIVEN MILKING cows
Test Proves That Animals Drink at
Pond or Creek Only Enough to
Satisfy Cravings.

It stands to reason that in winter
the water given milking cows should
not be icy. Many farmers boast of
the fact that they own creeks or ponds
to which their cows have access in
cold weather. And while this saves
work and expense, it is hard on the
cows, though the farmers claim it is
not. If you want to test the matter.
let your cows go to the pond or creek
and drink through the ice. Then,
when you have returned to the sta
bic, carry in water that is not lower
than about GO degrees Fahrenheit, and
see how your cows will go after it.
This proves that they drink at the
pond or creek only enough to satisfy
their immediate cravings and not
enough to fill their bags with milk.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
FIRST-CLASS BULL FAVORED
Associations Are Now Making It Pos
3ibIe for Farmer to Secure Service
Of Purebred Sire.

The owner of large herd of grade
cows can well afford to own q first.
class bull, and bull associations are
now making it possible for the owner
of a small herd to own a share in q
good, well-bred bull. A cooperative
bull association is farmers Organi.
cation the chief purpose of which is
the joint ownership, use, and exchange
of high-class, purebred bulls. If skill.
fully managed, these associations
should be eventually the greatest sin.
gle factor in the upbuilGng of our
dairy herds.
To build up valuable and profitable
dairy herd, careful and intelligent
management must be combined with
selection and breeding. Ill treatment
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
THE DEEP SEA PERIL
By VICTOR ROUSSEAU
Copyright w. ChamU
Copyright by w. G. Chapman

Iand from this end, therefore, he mus
start on the ascent of Fair island
subterranean base.
And this discovery renewed his cour
age. Of course, the others were en-
deavoring to make the ascent, Will,
he had gone floundering in the wrong
direction, downward toward the hear
Of the crater.
He made his way parallel with the
submarines bow, keeping well within
sight of the elusive craft, which would
disappear momAets-ily before his eyc..:
and suddenly appear again, almost
within arms reach. Suddenly he
stopped. He stared a. the oozy floor.
His light had cast his shadow in front
of him.
But that was impossible.
1t was no shadow. 1t was a flat
tened man, a dwarfish figure, ridicu-
lousy. misproportioned, resembling an
image seen in curved mirror. It ap-
preached slowly and uncertainty. For
a moment Donald felt his heart stand
still with fear. It was a nightmare
figure, terror incarnate. A little glow
flashed from its arm. They drew to-
gether.
They stood looking at each other,
peering through their thick masks.
But in that vague medium recognition
was impossible.
Donald saw only the blurred fea-
lures behind the thick glass that COW
cred the face, distorted and twisted
by the refraction. He surmised that
it was not Davies. Davies could have
made himself known by any of a num-
Der of symbols of the seaman's free
masonry. But then, it could not be
ClOuts either.
He caught at the figures hand and
raised it to his sleeve-light. It was
a woman's hand-it was Ida's.
They knew each other. Donald took
her fingers in his, and together they
started on the ascent.
To his horror, Donald perceived that
the water was becoming opaque.
It presaged the appearance of the
sea monsters. They were in this lair,
md this substance was no food, no
olankton that those devils pushed
forth before them like veil, but
material designed to shield them from
he tiltering sunlight.
Donald grasped Ida's hand and
ought his way through the clinging
mass. As he swung his free arm,
lpraised. it struck against a rocky
'arrier overhead. The ooze underfoot
lad yielded to solid rock.
He thrust out his arms on either
ide, and still found rock. He realized
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12

that they were no longer ascendin:
the mountain. but had struck a cave
Donald stood still, rejecting. Die
Ida understand? There was no wa,
in which to tell her.
He was about to retrace his steps
when he perceived, long distance in
front of him, tiny glimmer of light
At first he hoped that it was daylight
But that was impossible.
Ida raised her hand and pointed.
She, too. had seen it, and had placed
the same Interpretation upon it.
AT every step the light grew clearer.
1t was not stationary, but swung to
and fro slowly from side to side, ris-
ing and falling, yet seeming to retreat
slowly as they advanced. Donald
strained his eyes through the mask,
expecting every moment to see the
form Of one Of his comrades.
The light stood still Immediately in
front of them, upon level with Don
AIDS eyes. He leaned forward, put
out his hand toward it.
Suddenly Ida leaped backward,
dragging him violently with her. There
was a sense of sound, or vibration.
rather. like the closing of a traps
jaws. They seemed to snap together
hardly foot from Donald's head.
And he saw suddenly, as if it had at
that moment only become visible, the
shadowy form Of some vast monster
lurking within the recesses of the cave.
1t was one Of the giant forms of
deep-sea life, perhaps holding the same
relationship toward the sea beasts as
tigers do toward men. It might hive
followed the swarm when they as
sembled in the submarine crater. pre-
paratory to their emigration south
ward.
1t was not one Of the monsters that
had attacked the boat, for Donald |
could discern f1shlike body and a
huge head with cleaning eyes, and a
pair OF hinged jaws that CAPPED wide
Is II to search for the prey that had
.l1dcd them.
The light was phOsphorescent lure
lsed by the creature to draw its vic
inns within the cavern in which It
urked. The sluggish monster re-
NAMED Quiescent. and again the lure
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12

appeared, dangling between the jaw!
from the snOut above them.
Donald pushed Ida before him ant
fled out of the cave until he trod upor
the ocean ooze again. And they con
dnued to crawl at the bottom of the
sea. two helpless human creatures, un
believably helpless, while around them
the fierce, predatory swarms sought
their diurnal food.
Donald had found the slope of the
island when the water began to grow
=: thick again.
Presently a p:iosphorescent patch
appeared in the distance. It became
less hazy, it seemed to concentrate.
The ocean suddenly became like trans
parent jelly.
And. facing him, Donald saw the
outline of one of the sea monsters.
visible now and horribly magnified.
The eyes opened upon his own. They
were not currantlike in that medium,
but expanded to the full, great orbs
like sunflowers that glowered on their
prospective prey, larger than the eyes
or any beast created since leviathan
and behemOth.
However, the creature made no move
toward him rs Donald, almost para
lyzed, remained confronting it. He
saw the gorilla form, with it's short,
budding limbs, the trunk of gorilla's
thickness, the narrow flippers, and the
triangular head.
lie felt as some primeval man might
have done when he looked into the
face of the mastodon.
The creature did not pursue him,
but stood, swaying gently, dreadfully
human. Donald snatched at Ida and
tried to run. He tripped and fell.
He dragged himself to his feet again.
He became aware of a barrier between
the monster and himself, which had,
perhaps, saved them. He had stumbled
upon q spiny substance, a corallOid
growth that proved to be the outpost
OF submarine forest. It was a field
of crinoids, the yellow lilies of the sea.
Beautiful plants with branching
arms, they bent and swayed before
Donald's eyes as they drew in the mi
mute forms of life on which they SUBJ
sisted. They were vegetable octopods,
,arnivorous scavengers Of the deep,
which feasted on the small fish that
hey entangled in their waving
branches, and drew by the ciliary
movements of the lining of their ten
acles toward the central stomach.
Donald saw one Of the waving arms
weep down toward him. He tore at
t with his fingers. To his surprise,
he brittle branch broke loose and
ettled slowly in the ooze, there to be-
ome the embryo Of a plant. From
very quarter the tentacles, as if ap-
'rized Of their presence, came swoop-
ng slowly toward them.
Donald saw Ida grusped in their
linging clutch. Madly he tore at the
raceful, shrinking forms, until he had
lOven a wide swath before him, and
he arms, baked and baf!led of their
rey, withdrew. {
(TO BE CONTINUED.) ,
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
clinging effect. so much to be desired
in the newest gowns.
Boudoir Robes,

The dressing gown of corduroy or
velours is no novelty, but it is worn
as much as if it were one. Paris has
stamped with its favor dressing gowns
and all sorts OF bou1oir finery substan-
tial enough to be really warmth giving
and so the vogue for the corduroy neg
ligce continues. Sometimes these
gowns are lined with soft silk. quite
to the hem and sometimes the lining
stops at the hips.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
MAKE DAIRY BUSINESS PAY
Raise All Heifer Calves From Coco
Cows and Keep Purebred Sires-
Have Good Silos.

To make the dairy business pay the
best, raise all the heifer calves from
good cows and keep purebred sires, is
the advice of Wear Brothers of Hi.
nois who speaH from experience. Have
good silos and put all corn raised in
the silo. Have plenty of alfalfa and
clover hay. Cows must be we'll housed
and given plenty of water to get best
results.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
LIGHT FOR WINTER MONTHS
General Health Of Herd and
Affects Eyesight.

The dark dairy stall is more likely
to be in evidence during the winter
months than in the summer, as some
farmers seem to think the barn must
be closed as tightly as possible. Still,
light is not only an essential to COM
Portable quarters, but darkness has
deteriorating effect on tile general
health Of the herd, the eyesight being
affected.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
No Hats Of Medium Size.

At Il recent exhibit of Paris mil
linery it WAS interesting to note that
there were few medium sized hats.
The models were either small and
close fitting or very large and pictur-
esque. the more formal hats being
trimmed with ostrich, while many of
the small ones were Of fur Feathers
are applied in clusters against high
crowns in group effect rather than in
masses or in encircling STYLE and there
is all the chic in the world in the poise
of small feather on big hat.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
Arqentine's Wheat Crop,

Reports from the Argentine state
that weather conditions are ideal Tor
the growth of wheat. The official pre-
liminary estimate is for a crop of 24O,-
100000 bushels. The large crop of
1876 was 173,O0O,OOO bushels, and
the average for the five preceding
years was 100000 bushels. Domes-
tic requirements are about 10000, 900
bushels. The large crop now growing
will be available some time after Janu-
airy ! Il transportation is furnished.
The Argentine oats crops is estimat-
ed at 100000 bushels, or 100000
bushels more than the crop Of 1915, of
which 81, 100000 bushels were exported.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12

with embroidery, not arranged nc IN
previous seasons in round pattern,
but running up and down in broad
band effect and covering the surface Of
the material almost completely. A nov
city is embroidery carried ont in
square designs, arrayed somewhat in
the manner Of cross.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
Velvet Hats.

Velvet hats have returned. A de-
lightful and becoming feature in their
makeup is the almost invariable facing
of a pale tone Of Georgette creme.
which brings out the color in blue or
gray eyes. deepening their color and
making them look larger. When the
lining is pale pink it chimes in with
the tone of the skin.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
Natty SPORTS Rlouses.

Sport or travelling blouscs are SIM
pie and straight, bordered with cotton
fringe. Some blouses of jersey cloth
show Il straight vest Of chiffon trimmed
With the cotton fringe. This vest effect
is admirably adopted to long jacket
in Il contrasting !ona
Side BY side with tho simple blouse
are drassy daaigus entirely covered
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
How Alaska Got Its Name.

The name Alaska is said to have
been given to the whole Of that terri
tory by the Russian traders who first
reached the island of Unlashka. on
the authority Of the natives. who de-
ciared that to the eastward there was
great land or territory which was
called AlGyeska. From this the pres
cnt name o. Alaska ID derived.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
No Time for Debate,

"Jibbes is the kind Of fellow who
never makes move without first ask
tng himself whether or not it will be
good for his health" Il saw him jump
six feet in the air yesterday to dodge
an automobile. Instinct probably told
him what was good for his health,
without his stopping to debate the mat
ter"
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12

New Yorx.-PatriOtic action Is de-
manded Of women in clothes as well as
10 food. There was an important
meeting in New York which con<oli-
dated the cooperation of the trade
with the commercial economy board,
which has its headquarters in Wash
ington. The government knew that it
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
To Keep Pipes Of Furnace Clean

~ NSeF TsPS0 OF TOTn0GS VJean.
In order to recover small articles
dropped through the floor register
grating of a hot-air heating system
without the necessity Of removing a
section of the pipe, mesh gratings may
be fitted into place. No. 6 gauge wire
mesh may be used In pieces just large
enough to fit into the metal box b.
low the register.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
Two Kinds of Scours.

There are two kinds of scours that
affect the young calf-white scours,
sometimes called calf cholera, and
common scours, caused from indiges-
ton.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
Mistake Of Farmers.

Farmers, as a rule, depend too much
upon pasture and do not use enough
Of green feed or grain.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12

and insufficient or unsuitable feed have
made many a well-bred and carefully
selected herd Improbable. All cows
should be well bred and we'll fed. It
never pays to keep COW that does not
pay a fair return for first-class feed
and care.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12

Garget Not Uncommon.
Garget is not an uncommon disease.
especially among heavy mixers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
AIMS OF OPPRESSED ! ARE AGREED UPON
Programme Is Creation of Central Body, Which Will
 Protect All Interests

Washington, September 22.-Representa- tives of the Czecho- -Slovaks, the Jugo- Slavs and the Poles, at conferences Tn Washington during the past two weeks, have agreed upon a programme of aims of the oppressed peoples in Autria-Hun- gary, which has been laid before Presi- dent Wilson. Creation of a new central body of the central European groups which will protect the interests of all of them was forecast in the announcement today of the result of the conference
 Participating in the meetings were Prof. T. E, Masaryk, president of the Czeeho-Slovak national council, which has been recognized by the entente pow CTS as the supreme body of the Czecho- Slovaks; Ignace J. Paderewski. of the Polish national committee, Ramon Dmowski, president of the Polish national committee at Paris, and pr. H. Hinko- vich of the Jugo- Slav council. as well as other representatives of the three groups.
 President Wilson was assured that nor no only had the oppressed nationals witnin AustriauHunEary severally ssreached agreements for the forwarding of their own nationality aims, but also had agreed to uphold the President and the Am~ri- can people in winning the war.
 The President was told that Germany, realizing that unity of these peoples would be blow to Teutonic power and aspfra- tjons, had set her propagandists to work among the Poles in this country In the hope of creating a clash with the other two groups This propaganda has failed. the President was informed, and the Poles are unitedly behind the American government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
SECRETARY BAKER
 VISITS AV|ATORS
|Is Making Inspection and Reports Military Machin-
 cry Working Well

Paris, September 22-Secretary Baker visited the aviation field yesterday and another last night Regarding his visit he made the following statement to the Associated Press:
 T have just completed an inspection of the ports and am now making g thorough inspection of the service of supplies from here and later I am going to the recreation areas and thence to general headquarters.
 T have been in England and return there in week or 10 days. returning again to France from England and will spend sometime with our combatant troops in the American sector after which I will sail for home
 ''Six months have elapsed between time of my two visits to the ports and the service of supply. The progress which has been made in building up the great facilities upon which the subsistence and supply of the army rests Is amazing. From the decks to the. central storage facilities and en- largements have taken place every where on a scale which beggars de- 'scrfptions The promptsess. efficiency and accuracy of the services are evil dent and the spirit of the officers and men is confident and high. Greatly accelerated shipments of troops from the United States have, of course. made heavy demands upon the supply sys- tenn. It has more than met its bur- den.''
 The correspondent of the Associated Press told Secretary Baker that he had been with the service of supply for six months and that once the American officers talked of the Ger man organization. The secretary in terrupted saying. we've beaten it from the beginning"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
BESSEMER's QUOTA

The quota for the Bessemer district, embracing the south end of Jefferson county. in the fourth Liberty Loan drive will be s2.065,ooo. sum much larger than was anticipated by the managers O. the drive, but the committeeman in charge are of the opinion that the sum will be raised. Chairman John A. Snider of the publicity committee, is full of enthusiasm for the advertisement of the drive. The drive will be ushered in at Bessemer by mammoth parade Sunday afternoon, September 29, and every man, woman and child are urged to take part in this pa- rade. It is the purpose of the publicity committee to erect stage on Second ave- nue and every evening to have four-min- ute speeches lsv the four minute men and women, and to have these speeches inter- spersed with representative tableaux that will be conducive to the purchasing also be rendered.
 Capt. William L. Kennedy of Camp Me- Clellan, has been raised to the rank of major, Major kennedys rise in the army has been phenomenal. from a sergeant to a major, in about two years He was a sergeant in Company l., when the Fourth Alabama were in service on the Mexican border On his return to Montgomery he entered the officers training camp at Camp Gordon, from which he received his commission as captain one year ago Major Kennedy is one of the youngest majors in the army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
Large Crowd Expected at
 the Oklahoma Reunion

Tulsa, Okla, September 22.-Carl Hinton, commander in chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans or the United States, arrived here this morning and took charge of the headquarters of the reunion or ganization, marking the official opening of the twenty-eighth Con federate reunion.
 Admiral A. O. Wright, command CT of the Confederate naval vet erans. also arrived today. The first programme will be given Tuesday night, when four governors and Senator elect Pat Harrison of Mis- sissippi will make addresses.
 Rev, J. w. Bachman. chaplain general of the United Confederate Veterans. wired today that owing to i'll health. he would not be able to open the reunion.
 The government is sending two of the crack military bands here for the week. A carload of gov- ernment blankets were loaned the reunion committee. Figures given out by the railroads indicate at least 65,000 visitors will be here 2 during the week.