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REFUGEES IN RICH ATTIRE
e,,,;eh Writer Describes Grotesque
Figures He Saw During me
italian Retreat.

Amid all the chaos of the Italian re-
treat one kept on meeting utterly y"
concruous figures, for alongsloe VI
others road-worn, shabby and dirty u
no clean and well dressed Is to De
grOteSque.
Amid this multitude of haggard' uh-
washed, unshaven, dead beat males'
I noticed two Italian ladies tfeadlng
delicatelv over the rough ballast OF
the railway track. They had naturally
brought with them in that flight the
most valuable Of their possessions
which were of kind conveniently car
ried on their persons. Against TINS
gray background Of mud and rupplsh
and a disbanded army their two fg
ures glittered with a brilliance tnat
would have been conspicuous In the
Rue de Ia Paix.
Heavy sable furs and muffs almost
bowed their shoulders each finger had
two or three rings that flashed IN the
light: round their necks were gold
chains hung with pendants. and yet
instead OF the air Of self-satisfied os-
tentation that might we'll have gone
with display so lavish, they were only
two pathetically little, frightened, per-
picked faces, and an uncertain gait
that did not promise much further
progress along that anklc-wrenchlng
railway line.-G. Ward Price in the
Century Magazine.
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"CARDlFF GIANT" PURE FAKE
HAD lts Origin In Hoax WhIen -
derssood to Have Had TO
Inception at Chicago.

Andrew D. White gives some OF 'ne
particulars Of the "Cardih Olah' -
a book entitled 1.-THE True Stor! ., ,s -
Remarkable Deception" The Caru'n
giant was the huge stone image " :"
man which Farmer Newell OF Cafui,l'
N. Y, claimed to have uneartheu VIII WIZ
digging a well in the autumn OF looo'
After it had been sold to 1olnt-stocN
company formed to exploit the wo'u.-
for show purposes, Barnum trled ~
buy it for his own museum, Dut l''s -.
fer was declined. The Snowman then
had an imitation made, with the resu,'
that two Cardiff giants were on can
hitiOn at the same time, the dup'le".e
being shown to the public as ,l'e ny
and original" Doctor White at'ri"u'e'
the exposure of the fake to Pro1essol
Marsh of Yale; in another account -
was Dr. John V. Roynton OF S!r"' ",,' ;"
N. Y. who laid bare the fra"". :"
original CaIdiff giant was carve. VI
chiseled out of a gypsum block III !"
stoneyord in Chicago and was trane
ported thence by rail and wagon -
Cardiff. According to Doctor "hi'e'
scientists as well az clerg!men
much impressed with the colossal ny =
IRE. DR.. James Hall. state seo'"s',''
issuing a statement in when l'e ~" ~.
scribed the giant as 1.-The most remark
able object brought to lisht ~ M
country" and as observing the "''e"
tion Of archaeOlOgists.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23
SHERIFF'S SALES

SHERIFF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF
q writ of Lev. Fac. to me directed
will be exposed to public sale at the
Court House. southeast corner of
Eleventh and King streets. citv If
Wilmington, New Castle COUNTY
Delaware.
ON SATURDAY.
THE 7TH DAY OF DECEMBER. 1918
at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ,
the following described real estate. viz.
ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel
Of land, with the three story brick
dwelling house thereon erected, situate
at 4O4 East Ninth street, in the citv Of
Wilmington, County of New Castle and
State Of Delaware, bounded and de-
scribed as follows to-wit: Beginning at
a stake on the southerly side of Ninth
street. between Poplar and Lombard
streets at the distance of fifty-five feet
from the easterly side of Poplar street,
thence southerly and parallel with Pom.
lar street eighty feet to the northerlv
side of three feet wide allev leading
into Poplar street; thence along said
alley side easterly and parallel with
Ninth street, twelve feet four inches to
stake; thence nor.herly and parallel
with Poplar street, passing through the
centre of the party wall between that
house and the one on the east, eighty
feet to the aforesaid side OF Ninth
street; and thence thereby westerly
twelve feet, four inches to the place Of
beginning. Be the contents thereof
what they may, with the use and priv
lege of the above mentioned alev in
common forever. Together with the
free use and privilege Of a four feet
wide alley in the rear Of these premises
opening into Poplar street and connect
ing with three feet wide aliev opening
into another alley opening into the
northerly side of Eighth street in COM
mon with others entitled thereto for
ever.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of Norman J. Clark, Admins
traitor of Blanch l.. Clark, deceased
Mortgagor and Norman J. Clark, sur
viving Mortgagor and t. t. s., and to be
sold by
THEODORE w. FRANCIS. Sheriff
Sheriff's Office, Wilmington, Del,
Nov. 18th, 1918.
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DIVORCE
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, IS.
The STATE OF DELAWAR
tn Tho Chor;& aNf No,,, Co.<1o Co,,,<

NEW CASTLE COUNTY, IS.
The STATE OF DELAWARE.
To The Sheriff Of. New Castle County,
Greeting:
Whereas, Bernard F. Fox by his Pc
tltlon to the Judges of our Superior
Court, filed in the office Cf the Pro-
thonotary Of said Court in and for New
Castle County, for the cause of COM
paint therein alleged, has made appli-
cation to our said Judges that decree
may be pronounced dissoIving the mar
rage existing between the Petitioner
and Kathryn E. Fox.
We Therefore, Command You, as you
were heretofore commanded that you
summon Kathryn E. Fox so that she be
and appear before the Judges of our
said Court ut the next term thereof to
be held at Wilmington, on Monday, the
Fourth day of November next to
answer the allegations of the said Pc
tltioner, Bernard F. Fox according to
the Act of Assembly in such case made
and provided, and also to do and re-
ceive what the Court shall then and
there consider concerning her in this
behalf as to the Court shall seem meet
and consistent with the provisions Of
the said Act of Assembly. And have
you then there this writ. Witness. the
Honorable James Pennewill, at Will
mingtcn, the sixteenth day of Septem-.
bef A. D. nineteen hundred and
eighteen issued September q, 1918.
JOSEPH WIGGLESWORTH
Prothonotary.
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NO RUM CONGRESS SAYS

CONGRESS has just passed an Act
- prohibiting the liquor traffic until
the war has ceased and rehabilitation
has been finished; but it is thought Mr..
Wilson will veto the bill.
This seems the more likely since he
has for over a year refused to exercise
the power given him by Congress to
put ban upon Rum during the war de-
spite the well-known fact that Rum is
wholly pro-German and great him
drance to the successful prosecution of
the war;
1t is strange that the Nations presi-
dent should take such an unwise stand
when nearly everybody, his own party
included, is demanding not only war
prohibition but prohibition altogether.
His course has grieved his best friends
In England Arthur Nee in his search
ing pamphlets, 1.-The Flddlers, DE
feat on Victory and 1.-The Parasite. "
has shown that the Government has
p,g-headedly protected the Liquor In
terests there at fearful loss of human
life and war efficiency. These things
show the fearful power of this damna-
bic traffic that can sway kings and
presidents to prefer their vile interests
to those of their own country even in a
time of great national crisis. But, the
time is near at hand when by the fiat oil
the suffering people themselves, this
merciless traffic in the bodies and souls
of men shall forever cease.
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First Victory Boys Work.

Say, I'm wiH to you, all right" n
western Union messenger boy wills.
pered to one Of the directors of the
United War Work Campaign in the
New York headquarters. The direc.
tors desk had only just been moved
N and the work of the big drive had
hardly begun.
I'm onto your stunt" the bow went
on as he swung grimy fist over the
desk; you're goin' to give US fellows
that amt old enough to go to war a
chance to earn an give to back up a
fighter an help win the war. Listen
I'm in on this"
The crumpied S. bill! he dropped m
the desk made him the first Of n mil.
lion boys behind a million fighters"
who are to be lined up as Victory Bows
during the week of the give.
There will be I.ision Of Victory
Girls, too, an 9Very boy and eyery
girl enrolled will have to earn every
dollar he or she gives to the war work
fund.
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HANG THE HUN DEVILS

A LII civilized nations punish private
- murder and robbery, and also 90
80 when these crimes are practiced
upon a bigger scale, numbers plainly
not altering the criminal quality Of
those acts.
To illustrate. England exterminated
the Strangers or Assassins, sect IN
India whose religion, like Germany's
Kultur, was murder and robbery; so the
state Of Pennsylvania, through Pres.
Gowan of the B. and 0. railroad, broke
up, some years ago, the murderous
Molly Maguires remedy in both
eass being liberal use Of hemp.
Now we would like to know why
these later thugs, the Huns, should not
meet the same fate, not for making
war in civilized fashion, but for the
commission of the most awful and cruel
deeds of private murder and robbery :?
Why their acts of wholesale assassi-
nations, rapings, crucifixions Of men,
women and children; their cold-blooded
shooting of the nurse Edith Cavell for
helping prisoners, or of Captain Fryatt
for the. crime of defending his ship
against Hun pirates; why the Smelling
Of life RATS, the enslavement of thou
sands of men and women in Belgium
and France; why the Turkish massacres
of thousands Of Armenians engineered
by German officers; why these and hum
dreds of other brutal deeds of mere
murder, committed by German officers
and men, done deliberately as part of
their policy of ''schrecklichkeit" or
frightfulness why these infamous
deeds should 20 scott free of punish
ment?
If the Kaiser who in cold blood ar
ranged for this awful assault upon the
world, and by his own act forbade any
evasion of the bloody issue when Eng
land, France. Russia and Serbia were
begging a chance to arbitrate the ques-
tons growing out Of the killing OF the
Austrian Archduke and wife; if Won
Turpitz. who devised and carried out
the under-sea boat assassinstions; If
Won Kissing. who as governor of Brus-
sells robbed and massacred its citizens;
if the German officers who engineered
the wholesale Turkish massacres in Ar
menia that slew over 500, 600 innocent
men, women and children; if the kun-
dred Of other acts Of savage cruelty who:
perpetrators are known-if these. MUIR
derers escape hanging. then it will be a
shameful conformation of all these
crimes for the absurd reason that there
were many of them!
No, all these arch-fiends from the
Kaiser down to the common Hun soI-
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TSTATE of John P. Carey Deceased

TSTATE of John P. Carey Deceased.
ANotice is hereby given that Letters
of Administration upon the Estate of
John P. Carey late of St. Georges Hun
dred, deceased, were duly granted unto
Catherine E. Carey on the Twenty
eighth day of October, A. H., 1918 and
all persons indebted to the said deceased
are requested to make payments to the
Administrative without delay, and all
persons having demands against the
deceased are required to exhibit and
present the same duly probated to the
said Administrative on or before the
Twenty eighth day Of October A. D.
1919, or abide by the law in this behalf.
CATHARINE E. CAREY
Administrative.
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SAVE ALL LEFTOVER
f00OS FOR WINTER
Some Ways the Farmer and His
wife Can Help MI. Hoover.

Clean up the corners. Jack Eros
is here and there is still food T. Q. J..
back door waiting for storage. seven
teen million tons mist be shipped
across the Atlantic this year-hhlf a>
much again as we shipped during the
past yes.r-and your pantry reserves
will max ii possible for America t"
fill this order in full. Every pound
counts. Keep everlastingly at it.
Take look around and get III thr
left-overs. There are still pumpkins
and sauaSheS tucked away. melons 70
be preserved or picked. Brine o.:
can them if YOU are too busy to make
them up now.
If WindfallS and cider are to thr hiatt.
a delicious pickle can he made by
cooking quartered apples i'll h"iieu
cider. Season to taste. but add NJ
sugar. The wise woman. if wood or
fuel is abundant. will boil down az
the cider she can get. and bottle ii f"r
syrup. sauces and jelly. 1t makes 4
wonderful jelly with cranberry juice.
What of the late tomatoes: Ripe or
green. they can be put away for viii
ter Or eaten now. What better stretch
err for that expensive bacon than fried
tomatoes?
Tipe tomatoes may be canned.
dried, made into paste, marmalade or
pickles. Green tomatoes may be brln-
ed whole for winter dishes or sliced
and brined for pickles or made into
marmalade. Save them all.
Sorghum is particularly good in til"
buffers and relishes below, but any
other syrup may be used in making
them, or a combination Of sugar and
syrup.
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NOTICE

r. Estate of Joseph R. Heldmyer De-
Aceased. Notice is hereby given that
Letters of Administration upon the
Estate of Joseph r. Hefdmyer late of
St. Georges Huncred, deceased. were
duly granted unto John Heldmyer Jr.,
on the tenth day Of October A. d. 1918
and all persons indebted to the said de
ceased are requested to max payment
to the Administrator without delay,
and all persons having demands against
the deceased are required to exhibit
and present the same duly probated to
the said Administrator on or before the
tenth day of October A. D. 1919, or
abide by the law in this behalf.
JOHN HELDMYER
Administrator
Address
l.. IRVING HANDY, Esq.
Attorney at law
Ford Bldg.
Wilmington, Del.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23
cavite Flashes Time Over Pacific.

Since October ! the radio station at
Cavite. cooperating with the Philip
pine bureau of posts and the Manila
observatory has been sending the time
signals of the 120th meridian east OF
Greenwich at II u. m. and 10 p. IN.
every day, says Science.
For the purpose Of sending time sig
nails, the transmitting clock Of the Ma
Mia observatory is connected with the
rayite wireless station through the bu-
reau of posts. Manila observatory time
signals begin at 1926 a. m. and 9:55
p. M. standard time Of the 12Oth me-
ridian east Of Greenwich, and continue
for five minutes. During this interval
every tick Of the clock Is transmitted,
except the 2Sth, Doth, 54th 55th, seth,
57th. 5Sth and 59th Of each minute.
The situation of Manila in the Pa
rifc makes this service Of the greatest
Importance to the mercantile and naval
fleets that ply upon that ocean.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23

ESTATE Of Katherine w. Vallan-
Adigham Deceased. Notice is here
by given that Letters of Administration
Cum Testamento Annexo upon the
Estate of Katherine W. Vallandigham
late Of St. Georges Hundred. deceased,
were truly granted unto Edward N.
Vallandigham on the First day of Nov
ember A. D. 1918 and all persons in
debted to the said deceased are request
ed to make payment to the Admins
traitor G. T. A. without delay, and all
persons having demands against the
deceased are required to exhibit and
present the same duly probated to the
said Administrator c. I. A. on or be-
fore the First day Of November A. D..
1919, or abide by the law in this behalf.
EDWARD N. VALLANDIGHAM
ADMINISTRATORS c. I. A..
Address
Edward N. Vallandigham
Chestnut Hill,
Massachusetts.
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diers who crucified Canadian and
American soldiers, and nailed babes to
doors, should be hung like dogs.
A FLU" PREVENTIVE

THE grip, or flu, is again in town,
= quite a number Of persons at
tackled, while in towns down the state
many cases have developed, and schools
been closed in consequence Of the
plague.
Why not everybody use means to pre-
vent these attacks? There is no mys-
terry about this dangerous disease. 1t
is simply an invasion of the mucous
membranes of the throat and nostrils
by the microscopic germs causing the
flu, their growth there and then their
greater development in the blood with
the consequent poisoning that brings
sickness and sometimes death
To use figure. Here is plot Of
ground upon which the wind carries the
seeds of weeds. If let alone, these
seeds, under proper conditions Of heat
and moisture, produce a crop, but if
killed, never grow into weeds. Upon
these mucous surfaces of the throat
and nostrils, these minute flu germs
fall, and like weed Seeds. in due time
grow their disease causing crop. Kill
the germs and you escape the disease.
How kill the germs? Doctors have
found that they can be destroyed by
frequently garggling the throat with
Phenol Sodique diluted with warm water.
and snuffing it up into the nose. This me-
chanlcalIy washes away many OF the
germs and destroys the rest. Why not
keep these throat and nostril passages
scrupulously cleansed and antiseptic by
this wonderful medicine Phenol Sodique,
until with the coming Of cold weather
the danger of the plague passes?
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23
STORING VEGETABLES
Method Of Saving Money With Well
Stocked Vegetable Biz.

Cheaper and better vegetables can
Of course be purchased in season from
those who grow them, than in winter
from the stores. Storing your own
vegetables not only saves shipping
space but it saves your winter gro
Gerry bill.
Farmers and others with large plots
of ground find it easy and safe to
store their vegetables in oui-of-do"r
caves. Often they have no furnaces
in their cellars and storeroom' for
fruits and vegetables is easily set
aside there. The town dweller who
has heating plant in his basement
and no out-of- doors space has a prob
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23
HUNS CUTTING HUN THROATS

IUNS cutting Hun threats all over
! / Germany Excellent, let the
good work go on! Let the bloody
minded Hun race glut its tigeri:h thirst
at the threats Of Huns. Let them fight
each other till like the famous pair OF
Kilkenny cats, tied tail and tail across
clothes line, there shall be naught but
the fragments Of two tails left!
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23
To Prevent Mildew.

The careful housekeeper is often
greatly troubled and perplexed by rust
and mildew formations caused by
damp closets. This state Of affairs
can be easily remedied if an earthen-
ware bowl or deep plate full Of
quicklime be placed in the closet. The
lime absOrbs the moisture, sweetening
and disinfecting the damp corners.
Rodents and insects that are likely. to
congregate in such places greatly dis
like the 0dor of the lime. When the
lime becomes slaked it should be
thrown away and fresh supply sub
stituted.-Popular Science Monthly.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23
PAID LOCAL ADS

FOR SALE--Wagons and dearborns.
J. C. GREEN.
FOR SALE-About 300 heads of fine
size cabbage. First come, first served.
C. M. COCHRAN,
Mlddletown, Del.
LOST-One male Poland China hog will
Weigh about 100 pounds. Strayed away
from home last week. Kindly notify
H. d. CONNER,
NIiddletown, Della.
John Heldmyer, Jr., Real Estate
Broker, North Broad Street, has just
received for sale, a large store with
dwelling, and large lot for sale on Main
street. This store is doing very large
business. Call to see me. Also, a nice
residence for sale on East Main street,
near the Four Corners.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23
For Sale

One five passenger Ford Touring car.
been used months, only run 1000
miles. Paint and tires as good as
new. Also nicely paneled and paint.
ed truck body for same, cost $95 new.
Owner has no use for same and must
sell quick. Can be seen at the re-
sdence of Edward Clayton, Black
bird station.
THOMAS w. PLUMMER
R. D. Townsend, Del.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23
For Rent
BOCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies,
when BOSCHEE'S G ERMN SYRUP
has been used so successfully for fifty.
two years in all parts Of the country for
coughs, bronchitis, colds settled IN the
throat, especially lung troubles. 1t
gives the patient good nights rest,
free from coughing, with easy expecto-
ration in the morning, gives nature a
chance to soothe the infamed parts.
throw off the disease, helping the pa
tent to regain his health. Sold by
MIDDLEToWN DRUG Co. Inc
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For Sale

One six hole Corn Shelter, / 17x22 Hay
Press, York Carriages, Rubber
tire Carriages, Family Carriage.
Rubber tires put on carriage wheels
by best process. l 1nvalids wheel
chair Carriages. and Automobiles
painted and repaired.
F. DUGGAN
Odessa, Del.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23
For Sale

Good Ford Truck body will hold 80
baskets. New, been run 300 miles,
worn drive as good as new. Owner
has no use for same.
Apply to
TRANSCRIPT OFFICE
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COMMITTEE ABSENCE
PASSES UNN0TICED
Handling of 'hntrnct'
toe on without Wis
ibie Change.

40, has passed without a.>o,
,,nents in tho matter "r 1u''w"
Mia rcprcsentation AT NASHlhHl"'.
ana while conversations colhnH.
an tho subject II IL evident 'l''
,,.,e has been letting down Cd.
,"rsi,n many men of th" Indt#'0.
,.I1nntiv feeling that present ar
,.,n,,omcnts are satisfactory I'N
,Sta ,S Is nothing further 90 he stH
In,b chalmers and \ W Coop
Ian5 individually representing 'h.
.a,ionpl Automobile Chamber uI
commerce and the Motor a Nsrn
s,,,, Manufacturers association. r.
sregtiyelv. are ia daily ContDr,n."
.,Ith officials rcprcscu'tnu N,uuu.
tr,phhes OF the government lupuU
tnr the war Industries board ion
prartically the same way that tn,.
conferred while acting n- mcwn.a.
Of the former automobile iu1u-trIu
In other words te, U..
,anre Of the committee as -urh
srcmingly has upsscd uuunu.,H
while the relations h,tu,r1 in"
government bureaus are 'hu. -u'
uiug down, however. the l.sN.
persists ia some uuu'.J. |nu
stronger representation BOO mr.uu
bile affairs Is urgently needed tul
sooner or later must come Tn-
view tx based iu part ora tNr .cnI
M e n [. constantly sfr,ugI INruIuw
" hereVer the war manufacturer
program ns whole is concerned
that 10 overcome tho lag iu pruluy.
ton that Is hEing $50 LOUDLY lamont
ed by congress. there is needed 10
greater Capitalization of r,spuuN
bility and "A greater decentralization
OF ACTIVITY.
Lack of coordination Ipiwccu
government departments has been
instrumental In hHmpering such dc
velopmcnts as the standard army
truck and caused wide overlap o'
activities that might hc consolidated
under system OF centralized auth
ority. Tho same lack of ro.ordtnu.
tion has rendered almost wpus.
sihlc the projection Of % unified rep.
resentntion for any Industry. and
kept washington tull of mn"ufA.
turers. salcsmen and engineers,
most OF whom might have been
more profltahivfcngagod n' home.
An important-aspert of the Ntua
ton has been tho dlftcul'N of main.
tanning proper degree of sccroct
concerning programs that. for mill'
tary reasons. should have been given
no publiity. This has been due lu
mart to the freedom With which