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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18
FOR THE FARM AND HOME


Corn is the bane of the farm horse,
as it is also Of the horse doing any
other sort of work, not because of not
being sufficiently nutritious, but be-
cause it makes too much fat and not
enough muscle. The horses muscle
wears away by work as metal wears
away by friction. Fat wears away
under exercise, but its disappearance
in nowise lessons the power for either
draft or speed On the other hand,
well-nourished and yigorously-exer-
cised muscles, without deposit of fat
to keep them company, are much more
efficient for any purpose for which the
horse is kept than when there is load
of fat to be carried. The trainer acts
upon this proposition and works the
fat off, experience having shown that
the muscles, trained down by exercise
until fat accumulations are removed,
fattening foods being mainly abstained
from, gives the best results in the case
of speedy horse. The same rule will
hold good with the work horse, though
modified by the degree in which the
movements of the latter are slower
than those of the former. If the farm
er has only corn for feed then he will
be wise if he make sale of his corn, or
the greater part of it, buying oats in
stead. Lire Stock Journal.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18
The Money Comes From the North.

The Atlanta Constitution says: "The
Louisiana State Lottery is a stupendOus
affair, said a prominent New Orleans
ian. at Is owned by stock company
with 81, 600, 900 capital. This company
has sublet the lottery to another COM
pany for half the net profits. The half
of the net profits have averaged since
1865 from $4OO, 900 to $500, 600 a year,
making dividends on the million dollar
stock of from 40 to so per cent. In seven
teen years the lottery scheme has paid a
clear profit of over $50, 600, O00."
"How much of this goes to charity p
"Just $40, 600 year, which is paid to
the Charity Hospital. This is included
in the expense account.
"What does the lottery pay Beaure-
gard and Early 2"
Each gets salary of 80, 900 year
for watching the wheel turn once a
month"
"The company pays Its prizes regu-
larly p
eyes; the capital prize Of S75, 600 has
been drawn three times in New Orleans
once by a man who squandered it,
once by man who put it in bonds and
retired, and the last time by a man
whose name has never been disclosed
Most of the tickets are sold in the
North -
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18

vvbar Tevis II Redmond, the South Caro-
lima moonshiner, cornered, after Tor eight
years eluding the government oihclaisi was
asked to surrender, he exclaimed;
ssNever, to men who fire at my back
BEFORE he was taken, five bullets hau gone
clear through him, but strange 70 reiate' ~
frot well, in the hands OF rude backWoous
nv the way, it Garfield had been IN the
hands Of A backwoOds nurse, he nlighJ nave
lived A hean OF volunteer testimony against
the infailibillty of the physicians has been &c,
ctimOIating Of late, and people are encourage1
Ia Al their own doctoring more and more. ~
is cbeaneF and quite as certain.
f3efore Detective Curtin, of Buffalo, caught
Tom BailaFd ho covered him with his re
volver Tom saw the point and tumoledi
Joe Goss was covered lew, weeks osV
and ne tumbled, and so did Dan Mace;
Death fetched EN-" with that ureau9 9i
weapou-kidney disease. But they should
have been lively and drawn nrst my ny
could easily have disarmed the monster hau
they covered him with that dead shob- W ar
ner's safe cure, which, drawn promptly, al.
ways takes the prey, 1t isdoubtless true Una, lilae
sporting men dread their enemy more 5l0h
anv mishnp Of their profession ana presume
bly this explains why they as RUE are 50
martial TO that celebrated dead shot.
Redmond was right. No man should SUI
render when attacked in the bask. ne
should draw face about and proceed TO
the defence, for such attacks, so common
among ell classes, will fetch man every
time unless covered by that wonderfully
successful 'dead shot n-Sp0rtsmdFs Ne'0S'
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18


The New York State Prohibition Convention
nominated II. G. Bascom, of Troy, for Gov
ernor; for acknowledgements, W. Jennings
Demorest Of New York; Secretary OF STATE,
Edward Evans, of Tonawanda, Erie county;
State Treasurer Hiram Nandenburg, OF Full
county; Comptroller, Frederick Sheldon,
of Hornellsville, Steuben county; Attorney
General, W. Martin Jones, of Rochester, Mon
roe county; State Engineer-George A. Dud-
lev. of Elienville, Ulster county.
The National State Greenback Labor farty
Convention was held at Syracuse, n. Y. In its
platform the party declares tnat hauOhal
banks be prohibited from issuing curreneyi
their outstanding notes retired from eircula-
tion. and that full legal tender paper money
equal to $50 per capita Of population be Is
sued: that ali property should pay its just
share of public burdens, and graduated IN
come tax be imposed on all annual incomes ex-
coeding $4,000, increasing in ratio until al
amounts bevond $4,000 a year shall be paid
into the public treasury; that this country
should send its surplus products abroad IN
American vessels; that the most Of the public
offices now filed by appointment should be
filed by officers elected by the people.
The National Autobiography and Peoples
National party OF the State of New York IN
Convention at Syracuse, nominated the follow
ing ticket: For Governor, George y. Jones,
of Albany: Lieutenant-Governor, Lyman
I Gage, of Utica; Secretary Of State, George
W. Pinn, of Orange county; Comptroller,
i Nelson S. Shaler, Of Green county; Treasurer,
Allan Wood, of Steuben county; Attorney
General. William B. Gurnsey, Of Chenango
county. The platform adopted declares;
The State resolutions assert that commit
tee should be appointed to regulate railroad
and telegraph charges; that tax laws should be
revised so as to reach all property; that State
prisons be placed on the mineral lands OF the
! State, and the prisoners be employed IN deyel-
oping their resources; that mechanical labor
be prohibited in prisons, and that prisoners
receive liberal wages for all they earn beyond
their cost Of keeping; that all public officials
should receive salaries, aud that their number
and their salaries be so much reduced that
their hours Of labor and pay shall more nearly
correspond to that received by day laborers.
The Massachusetts, Prohibition State Con
veniion nominated Thom,s J. LOthrop for
/ Governor, and for Secretary of State, George
Kempton; Treasurer, Charles b. Traversi
/ Attorney General Samuel NJ. Fairfield; Audi
tor, william Sherman. The platform de-
mands incorporating opposition to the i'm
portation. manufao ure and sale OF intoxicat-
ing liquors as a beverage.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18

OF all enemies the curculio is
perhaps the greatest, and among the
diseases the black knot is well known.
There is also a tendency Of all wild
ones to rot on the trees when brought
into cultivation. Probably no good
plum will be found to be curculio
proof. Nature beats them with num-
bers of trees and quantity of fruit.
This may be a hint to us; but the
journals have thoroughly discussed
this part of the subject, and have at
tempted to point out remedies. The
black knot when it attacks is very de-
structive. A writer in one of the
prominent New England journals
claims that it is occasiOned by poverty
of soil and poor cultivation. This is
mistake, as natural groves of thrifty
wild ones are often entirely killed by it.
The only safety lies in carefully cut
ting out and burning every appear
ance of it, by which means it can be
prevented from doing any harm. In
regard to rotting on the tree, it is
found that some varieties are much
more liable than others, but close
pruning of the trees and thinning OF
the fruit are the most effectual reme-
dies. AS an offset to these difficulties
in growing the trees. its advantages
are that it is tenacious of life, and
adapted to all our soils, whether on
the stiff clays of the high lands or on
the lighter sands CT the river bottoms;
it withstands our hardest winters,
being perfectly hardy, and is as pro-
life as any tree that bears fruit. 1t is
also easily propagated. either by bud
ding, any manner of grating, grow
ing from pieces of the root, or plant
ing the seed.-Fdr0, Field, and
StockmdR.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18

The Country Gentleman. upon the
subject of bitter cream, gives the fol
lowing as some Of the more important
causes
Ragweed in the pasture. This is a
frequent cause just ow,when cows are
fed in stubble or moving lands. The
flavor given by ragweed is Disagree
able, intense bitter, quite different
from that caused by fermentation of
the milk.
Nlildew, but especially the red, spot
ted mildew, which forms upon the
cream in damp cellars, and appears in
spots about the size of split pea.
This is caused by the impregnatiOn of
the cellar with spores of the mildew,
and is very difficult to get rid of. The
only way 1 have succeeded in doing it
is by burning sulphur in the cellar,
which is kept tightly closed for con-
siderable time until the walls are sat
urated with it, and afterwards by
keeping the air dry by means of a box
of freshly-burned lime kept in it until
it is air-slaked.
Keeping the milk too long without
skimming, until the whey separates,
and the cream too long without churn-
ing. Thirty-six hours is long enough
for either, which makes the cream
three days old when it is churned.
Imperfect cleaning of the milk pals,
of the churn, and leaving curd in the
seams or corners. Putrid easeine has
a bitter flavor and very rapidly COM
municates the same to milk and cream,
the cream appropriating nearly the
whole of it.
The farrow condition of the cow or
her advanced state Of pregnancy will
cause this trouble.
Sometimes the addition of as much
powdered saltpeter as will lie on a
silver three cent piece, or about five
grains to a six-quart pan of milk, will
prevent the bitterness, and to give the
COW a dose of two drains a day for a
week will have the same effect. have
found two grains of salicylate of soda
to four quarts of milk win prevent
mold even in a musty cellar. But I
am inclined to think that at this sea-
son the cause of it. nine times out of
ten, is in the feed, especially if it is
aftermath or stubble grass. In this
case the remedy is obvious.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18
A New Dog story.

The Salt Lake Tribune says: Salt Lake
has one of the most intelligent dogs in
creation, as the following story shows
The owner of the dog is also the pro
prietor of a COW. Every morning the
dog is started off to drive the COW to
pasture down near the Jordan. A lunch
for the dog is tied up in paper and fast
ened to his collar. He will drive the
COW to where there is good pasture, and
on hot days will then lie down in the
shadow she casts, moving along as the
COW moves, and thus keeping constant
" in the shade. He does not touch his
lunch until noon, when he slips the col
lar from his head, tears off the paper,
and devours his repast He will then,
with his paws, push the collar back over
his head, and toward evening starts the
COW for home. This story is vOuched
for by several persons who have wit
messed the dogs performance; in fact,
some of the people of the vicinity are in
the habit of watching him every day.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18

To keep flies from the stable sus-
pend cotton waste. pieces Of tow,
sponge, or any other absorbent ma
terial, and keep It moist with common
carbolio acid, which is very cheap by
the gallon, and the odor Of which is
wholesome.
Those who have grapes should be
careful to watch for insects and signs
Of disease. Sulphur should be busted
with the bellows over the leaves in
case of mildew, while lime should al
ways be used freely on the ground
around the plants.
A Maine farmer, whose tree was
burdened with an extra large crop of
apples last season, thinned out the
fruit and cut away some Of the small
branches. To his surprise he secured
a larger crop than ever before, and the
quality was also superior.
An easy method of killing plaintain,
dandelion and other weeds in lawn
is to place little sulphuric acid, with
a stick, on the crown of each plant,
carrying the acid in an open mouthed
bottle with long handle so as not to
touch it with fingers or cloths.
We have seen fowls stagger, unable
to walk when started, and suddenly
fall over. This is vertigo. The lower
lobe of the brain is diseased. To cure
this. give three grains of bromide of
potash daily. You will be surprised
to see how quickly relief will come.
1t is necessary to keep one eye on
the weeds while looking after the
work with the other. 1t is astonish-
ing how fast they grow these damp,
hot days, and unless constantly
warred against. how soon they over
grow everything Down with the
weeds.
The animal that is obliged to COM
pete for its food among the herd and
eat after it has been befouled and
trampled cannot thrive. Give the ami
mails well ventilated, clean and quiet
quarters. Fatten them in the stalls,
allowing them out for exercise, but
never feed them in the yard.
It is the easiest thing in the world
to have horse radish. Plant a few
roots in moist soil, and, like the poor,
it will be always with you. But to Sc
cure fine roots cultivation, manure and
the removal of old stock every spring
are all essential. Don't leave any
large roots for another year, as they
will be worthless.
A Pennsylvania farmer last year
sold over $4,000 worth Of potatoes
from twelve acres. lie fortified with
compost of hardwood ashes and
oyster shell lime, plowed deep. planted
medium-sized, well formed, uncut
potatoes, three feet apart, gave level
cultivation and cultivated often.
From one hill he took forty-nine fine
arge tubers
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18
He Was Not Prepared.

A few years ago the. people of Ger
tain township were about to celebrate
tbe opening of new bridge, and in
vited a Young lawyer to deliver the ora
ton. He had made no written prepare
ton, supposing that a lawyer ought to
be capable or speaking without note or
notice any number of hours, on any sub
iect. in a style of thrilling eloquence'
Therefore, he trusted to the occasion.
He stood out upon a platform erected
near the bridge and began amid the pro
found and attentive silence of his audi
encei
"Fellow-citizens Five and forty
years ago this bridge, built by your en-
terprise, was part and parcel OF the
bowling wildernessm
He paused a moment.
eyes, fellow citizens, only five and
forty years ago this bridge, where We
now stand, was part and parcel of the
bowling wildernessl'
Again he paused
(Cries of "Good Go onpD
II feel It hardly necessary to repeat
that this bridge, fellow-citizens, only
five and forty years ago was part and
parcel of the bowling wilderness, and
will conclude by saying that I wish
wish it was part and parcel of it nowP
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18
A Dream Of scIence.

Appointment mechanical engineer
declares aluminium is to be the metal
of the future, that it will displace iron
and steel, revolutionize the industrial
arts, and, in short, that "the millen-
mum will be the age of aluminium"
The tensile strength of this metal is
much greater than that of Bessemer
steel. A cannon made of it would be
three times as strong as one made of
steel or gun metal. 1t IS three times
as rigid as the best bronze. 1t will
not tarnish, and neither air, nor water,
nor salt, nor acids, nor corrosive gas,
have the slightest effect upon it. 1t is
the best conductor of heat and cleo
tricity known. While it is the light
est of metals, it is suitable for any
thing for which our common metals
are used. For $50 enough of the raw
material can be obtained to produce a
ton of aluminium, which perfectly
manufactured, is now worth $4,000.
Every clay bed is an aluminium mine.
T. material is abundant, and hun
dreds of chemists all over the world
are at work trying to find cheap way
Of producing it. The man that sue
ceeds in this will ring in the industrial
millennium, according to the views OF
the enthusiastic engineer.-Let0istOn,
He. Journal.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18
Did Not Think of It.

General 'Rufe' Ingalls, IS one of the
most unsophisticated men in the army
for one of his experience and position,
that YOU would meet anywhere. We
were in Oregon together some years ago.
He was a great friend of ex-senator
Nesmith, who died recently. Nesmith
was man of power, a remarkable man
in his way, but an odd character. Well,
last year Ingalls, was out in Oregon
again. Nesmith was in an asylum, with
softening of the brain, from which he
finally died. Ingalls, went to see him.
When he got back to town he dropped
in on Governor Moody at the State
House. In the conversation that en-
sued he remarked that he had been out
to see Nesmith. It's an awful shame,
the way the poor old fellow is neglected,
Governor, said the General; why, they
don't even let him have a penknife to
pare his nails. He felt so bad about it
that l let him have mine The Governor
hastily excused himself and rushing to
his telephone called up the asylum Off
cials and told them to get the penknife
away as quickly as possible. Nesmith
had developed suicidal tendencies. But
Ingalls, hadn't even a thought of what
he might be doing in his desire for the
welfare of his old friend"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18
Living on His Father.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer says /;
There are number of men in Cleveland
who paint and powder their faces. ]
know that this is true, for have been in
their rooms and seen them lay on their
complexions. It is very easy to do, and
it makes the boys look charming by gas
light. Still one can see that the stuff is
there. l know one pretty fellow who
doesn't work, because it takes too much
time and makes him tired, who spends
enough money each week in powders,
cosmetics, complexion washes, hair
preparation and brushes, and perfumes
to keep a family of six. And the man
has enough ability to earn his daily
bread if he had to. But he does not.
He practices financial cannibalisrl-
elves off the old man, - as he puts it.
If he were my son I'd take a club in one
hand and a loaf in the other to him for
each meal He should choose between
nv offerings and work. tell him so,
but he laughs languid laugh, and asks
me not to rail at his ''habits, says I'm
not his father, and that he only en-
hances a beauty bestowed on him by ma
ture. couldn't stand such picturesque
impudeneo as that and wandered out.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18

Letters from China represent that France
lost 10, 900 men in the Ionquin campaign, ana
that her losses in money, including the cost OF
building roris, hospitals, aud frontier defen-
~, were g43, 100000, while Chinas losses
we're 600 men and f35, 900 900.
Gen. de Courcy, the French commander
in AMMAN, having asked that authority pc
given him to depose the youthful KING OF An
nam if he thinks It necessary to do so, mas
been granted the fullest libertyof action.
The report that Russia and England had
si0ned the protocol delniling the Russo Al
gan frontier is confirmed.
The boiler Of the Spanish cruiser Castillo,
wing al Cadiz. exploded. The Castillo is the
largest cruiser in the Spanish navy.
"A special dispatch from Calcutta gives
gloomy view of drought and impending fam
inc in the Deccln and floods IN Bengal.
"A majority Of the newspapers in Paris ex-
meet that the strong anti German feehng pro
yoked throughout spain by the Caroilnes alialr
viii result in revolution in that country, as
the neople manifest a hostile feeling toward
King Alfonso and his Ministry for their ac-
tons respecting the German occupation OF
Yam
Count Benomar the Spanish Minister at
Berlin. has expressed to the Governments
Spain's regret at the insult offered 70 Ger
many by the populace Of Madrid and mas
prOmieed on behalf OF his dOFerHmohs tues
The leaders Of the mob shall be punished, ana
that Spain will do her utmost to prevent a
REPETITION Of the insult
Statistics Just gathered show that the pop.
ulation OF Ireland is under i've millions, and
that the number of births and marriages IS be-
low the average Of the previous ten years.
"A party Of moonlighters raided farm
house near Tralee Sunday evening. They
pulled a girl out Of bed and cut on her hair;
They tied two donkeys tail TO tail and burned
them alive. They burned a rick Of hay also,
and stabbed horse to death.
Sir H. D. Wolf, the British envoy, has
asked the Sultan to use his influence to estab-
lish firm government in Egypt, aud thus en-
able England TO withdraw her troops from
that country.
Gen. de Courcy, the French commander
in AMMAN, telegraphs from Hue to Paris that
serious disorders have occurred in Quinhon.
Numerous Christians have been massacred and
a number Of villages burned
The riots between Germans and Czechs in
Bohemia continue and greatly disturb the Aus
trian Government. 1t is feared that Germany
NAV take umbrage at the state Of affairs aud
demand heavy indemnities for Germans in
jured by the rows.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18

A putrid carcass polluting the air
of a pasture will spoil not only the
milk Of the COWS running there, but
also the entire contents of the vat in
to which the tainted milk is poured at
the factory.
Turkeys are great foragers, and will
gather their entire food from the
fields during the summer, at the same
time destroying myriads of grasshop-
pers, bugs, and other insects that prey
on vegetables and grain crops.
There is no better food for young
pigs, after they have learned to eat,
than good thrashed oats. If given dry
and alone, theplgs win chew at them
till they get all tho kernels, but they
will swallow little or none of the
huslzs.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18

Celery Braise mith Grdrg.--Take
six heads of table celery. trim off the
green tops and cut Off most of the
root end; simmer in hot water five
minutes; put them in a stew pan with
enough thick brown gravy to cover
them; add a teaspoOnful of sherry,
simmer ten minutes, and serve.
Succotash.-Boil the corn on the
cob and cut off the kernels; add to a
quart of these one pint of boiled lima
beans; put them in saucepan, add
an ounce Of butter, salt and pepper to
taste, and a pint of hot milk; simmer
ten minutes and serve. Succotash is
an American dish; the Nsrragansett
Indians called it Mstckquatash, or
corn boiled whole.
Puree Of Lima Beans.-Soak
quart of young lima beans two honrs.
drain and boil them two hours in
three quarts of hot water. Rub them
through a sieve and season the water
with a stalk of celery, one capsicum
pepper, blade of mace, salt and one
onion previously Drowned in the fry
ing-pan; simmer half an hour and
strain into the bean pulp. Whisk in
to the soup a pint of rich boiled
cream, and serve with croutOns.
Lemon Pudding.-Moisten half a
pint of fine farina with a gill of cold
milk; add-it to a pint of hot milk and
stir well. Add a saltspoonful Of salt
and two ounces of butter, stir until
quite smooth and thick and allow it
to become cold. Beat together four
eggs, six ounces of sugar, the grated
rind and juice of two lemons and a
dash of ground cinnamon; stir into
this mixture the cold farina, a small
quantity at a time, until used, then
pour it into a buttered pudding dish
and bake forty minutes. Il
may be served hot, but is better when
served cold, during hot weather. T
Cook.