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Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21
The USEFUL suNFLoWeR.
A Number Of Valuable Products From the
Big Bright blossom.


Big Bright Blossom.
Sunfower oil made from the seeds is
in great demand i'll this country. In
Russia millions Of pounds Of the seeds
are raised annually for the oil, ana
large quantities of this oil are exported
from that country.
In the crude state it is used by paint
ers for inside work, hut 1t does moi
quite equal linseed oil for varnish pur
poses. 1t is mixed with most of our
cheap paints and also with many pre-
pared stains. OF late years efforts have
been made TO refins tho oil SO as to sell
in competition with olive oil. In fact,
purified sunfower oil is used quite ex-
tensively to adulterate salad oils Many
consider it equal TO the ordinary grade
Of olive and almond oil for table uses.
It is of a pale yellow color, havorless
and palatable.
In Maryland a good deal Of this oil is
made to supply the Baltimore trade.
After the oil is extracted from the seeds
the residue is made into cakes for cattle
food, and while not so nutritious as the
food made from the fresh seeds it is Of
considerable value. The factories that
express the oil sell the seed cakes at a
merely nominal sum.
In the poorer districts of India and
Europe fair kind of bread is made
from sunfower seeds, and the natives
depend upon it for a steady article Of
diet. Their cattle are fed with the same
diet, only the seeds and heads are chop
ped up together, and even the leaves are
fed to the animals.
The stalks, when stripped of their
leaves and heads, are dried and used for
fuel. One acre of sunfowers will yield
great many cords Of good wood. The
stalks are large, tough, brittle and good
burners A few acres Of such fuel viii
last one all winter.
There are many other uses for sunfow-
ers that the ingenuity Of man has de-
vised, but the instances cited are suf-
fcient to show the sunhower has out
lived its association with a decadent
aesthetic philosophy and become of prac-
teal value if not Of universal use
New York Post.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21
ENGLAND AND SPAIN.
When Thoy Both Wanted to and Neither
Dared Declare War.

When They Both Wanted TO ana NeltheH
Dared Declare War.
Devotion to the queens majesty was
the picturesque form Of an intense pa
triotism, and as the sixteenth century
entered its last decade patriotism be-
came simply hatred Of Spain. Strange
dogs which have never seen one another
before snarl when they meet; they scent
antipathies. Two men will feel an in
stinctive mutual dislike even when the
course of business makes formal polite
ness necessary. So it was with English
man aud Spaniard. The necessities of
politics kept the two courts for long
years on terms Of hollow politeness. 1t
was strained again and again to break
ing point, but neither side could afford
to break it. If Philip were to declare
war, France might remember Old scores
still unsatisfled and the prosecuted
Netherlands would rise for revenge. If
Elizabeth yielded hastily to the pressure
of her ministers or her people or her
foreign allies, she might find the French
listless, the Dutch powerless and herself
pitted alone against the worldwide pow
er and enormous wealth Of Spain, and
then her disaffected subjects would rise
and rally round her rival, Mary of Scot
land.
Each was obliged to play a waiting
game-lying, complimenting prot esting
with war at the heart and peace on the
lips. It was a game which, though con-
genial to the peculiar temperament of
Elizabeth, wore out her ministers and
made Philip a gloomy monomaniac.
Both sides were heartily sick Of it, yet
neither dared throw up the cards. But
while the courts went through the weary
farce, the peoples knew that they were
enemies. There was a sphere far re-
moved from the control of cabinets-the
sea and for years, while London and
Seville were at peace, on the high seas
there was war. The sea dogs" not only
snarled, but snapped. This was their
importance i'll English history. At their
own risk, but with the full cOnnivance
of the queen, they took the Spanish
matter into their own hands and dealt
with it in their own downright way.
Inc tal6s OF tu0lr ubCVs Aept tne ua-
tion from growing dull and tired of the
wearisome policy of the government,
and so forgetful of the great work which
God had given it to do And when the
time came for the vermont masks to be
thrown aside, and Spain and England
looked at one another with the frank
war light in their eyes, the sea dogs were
straightway at the queens service, with
captains, crews and ships, not only ready
but trained for the great struggle
Good Words.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

In France we find that the potato
was placed ON the royal table in the
year 1910, but it was Parmentier, an
apothecary, who really introduced it and
did all he could to get it generally oul-
tivated, though not without the assist
anoe Of the government In 1771 high
prize was offered by the Academy Of
Besancon for the discovery Of new
food which would fill the place of ce-
reals in case of a famine. Parmentier
showed his potatoes, and Louis XVI gave
him 90 morgen of land to plant them
on. When showing the first flowers Of
his potatoes, the king used them as a
buttonhole bouquet, Queen Marie An
toinette had them in the evening in her
hair, and at once princes, dukes and
high functionaries went to Parmentier
to obtain such flowers.
All Paris talked of nothing but pota-
toes and the cultivator of them. The
king said, France will thank you some
time hence because you have found
bread for the poor. And France has
not forgotten Parmentier, for l saw my
self in 1882 potatoes growing on his
grave in the grand cemetery of Paris,
the Pere la Chaise, and 1 WAS assured
that they were planted there every year,
so that his services might never DO for
gotten by Erenchmen. -Jor.rnal Royal
horticultural Society.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

A Star reporter on correspondence trip
had occasion to stop all night in a West
Virginia cabin, where he had boen enter
tanned a year before. The cabin at his FL ST
visit had faced the road; 1t now occupied
a position at a considerable distance from
the highway and faced tho other direction.
When asked about the change, the owner
of the cabin said:
Had ter make It. Dad made seoh fuss
bout it my wife lowed we'd hev ter
move back. 70 see, she never knowed
the ole man in his lifetime, an she didn'
like bein pestered by him 20 var after he
war dead. /"
How was thats'' inquired The Star
man.
'Waal, the house ulster be hyar fore thar
war any road, an when dad died we bur-
led i'm over yonder by them oaks. The
road war cut through an we moved the
house over dad's grave. He never had cut
up none, though he war a great oavorter
when he lived, but when we moved the
house he ulster come every night ter our
bed an try ter sw'ar at me, only he couldn't
talk. L kin O. tiekled- me ter see the-e
man when be couldn' sw'ar, but my wife
kicked erbout 1t, an I moved the cabin
back agin. The ole man hahn come back
since, an reckon he'll hey ter hev his
way; he allus did fore he died, an he hain't
los none O. his uppishness sence. Wash
ington Star.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

It was only year or two ago when
Field played his last joke on George
CASTOR, the big hearted Italian, who is
still in Kansas City and will sit and
read Fields poems for hours. Every
year he seemed to think more of the
singer humorist. When Field Went to
San Francisco, he wrote CASTOR letter,
briefly telling him Of the fact, as we'll
as the timo and train which would find
him in Kansas City. Field would be
stopped over half an hour at that point.
But the worth Of the letter lay in its
pictures. On one sheet the ,humorist
drew q very bad picture of himself 60
ing to the train in Chicago. Over on
another sheet a train was drawing rap
idly toward a station named Kansas
City; while in the foreground was a
very excellent likeness Of CASTOR him
self, trudging stationward with two
baskets, one on each arm, and both
heavily freighted with bottles and cigar
boxes CASTOR took the hint, and the
bottles and the cigar boxes and he were
all there on time. So was Field. Today
CASTOR regards this letter as one of his
proudest possessions. Washington Post.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

Inquiry has been received by The
Spokesman Review concerning the re
suit of an experiment made a few years
ago with European singing birds in Ore
gon. Several hundred were brought over
and released in the vicinity of Port.
land, with the hope that they would
thrive and multiply and enliven the for
ests with their inspiring notes. mclud-
ed in the collection were specimens Of
the slylark, nightingale, thrush and
mavis. The experiment has proved a
pleasing success. The imported songsters
have spread over wide area, and &C.
casionally a few have been seen east of
the Cascade mountains. The climate is
favorable and the citizens of German
birth, who raised the purse to introduce
the songsters of the fatherland, say the
little strangers sing as sweetly here as
in the land across the sea.-Spokane
spokesman Review.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21
rHe pAILY NEwspApsR.
IT'S Developments and Its Worth Excellent
~ Set Forth.

The evolution Of the daily press into
more than newspaper is forced by
public expectation and custom. 1t is to
a majority Of people, at least on this
continent, the sole library. 1t must salts
fy a wider demand than that Of the man
who merely wants to know if stocks
have risen since yesterday or whether
/ Senegambia and Bolivia have gone to
war overnight.
Matthew Arnold said, with a sus-
picion Of tears in his voice, that if he
lived something like 90 years longer
than he expected to, he would probably
be the only man in Great Britain who
would be found reading books. Ho took
an extreme and rather pessimistic view
As a matter Of fact the press has been
largely instrumental in encouraging the
reading of good books, and while it en-
crosses the attention of many millions
of readers to itself the fact Of the in
creasing literary output of the country
and the world refutes the notion that
the public is losing its appetite for mat
tiers Of enduring moment Thoreau. tho
apostle of high thought and individual
lhlLf LUX no CNlt VI lAlt IlltlAlENc NAt-A AAD
recorded and forgotten every day because
he lived apart from men and studied ma
ture. Heit was who cried 'Do not read
the times. Read tho eternities " But he
lived in day when the press was small
Of little influence and sorvile. IN his
own state it supported the demands of
the Shareholders, TO his infinite disgust,
and it was first and last mere record
of the days doings.
But the press Of this day is moro than
a record. 1t is a mirror Of the worlds
thoughts and intentions, a critic,
judge, a guide, friend By many the
news pages are glanced at, and attention
is bestowed on the contents that exhibit
deliberation, research and scholarship.
There is as good writing and as pur-
poseful aud helpful writing in the daily
papers today as there was in the maga-
zines Of the first half OF our century be-
fore. Moreover, it is writing to some
purpose. 1t is not for mere display Of
style, but to accomplish the betterment
Of governments, Of society, Of institu-
lions and arts, to stimulate effort in
right causes, to encourage industry,
thrift, honor and content. The condition
Of the world in our century without the
daily press is unthinkable. brooklyn
Eagle
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21
TO EDUCATE ONESELF.
Zines Along which Young Men Are Ad-
vised 60 Pursue knowledge.


A young man in letter to the editor
Of The Ladies' Home Journal inquiries
the best systematic, course Of reading as
substitute for an academic education,
with the view Of equipping himself for
literary pursuits, and also which books
would be the most beneficial to read
with the idea of preparing himself to
enter tho field Of fiction. To tho query
regarding substitute for a college edu-
cation Edward W. Box replies; GAS a
substitute for a college education, where
it is a matter of choice, Sam not so sure,
since SO much depends upon the man.
10 one man a good course Of reading,
wisely chosen and followed, would be
infinitely more helpful than a college
education, while in the case of another
man Just the reverse would be true.
Some men absorb information more
readily and retain it better under self
training, while others need the compul
sorry force of teaching to impress things
upon the mind. But where a college
education is, for some reason, NOT Access
sible, and a substitute must be found,
then a course Of reading is unquestion-
ably good-none better, in fact.
With respect to the inquiry concerning
a preparation to enter the field of ic-
ton, Mr.. Box considers it difficult to
answer, "since so much depends upon
the particular field OF historical fiction
desired. However, the best reply, per-
haps, is that which suggests the reading
of a number of the best novels dealing
with successive periods q English his
tory from Saxon times to the early part
Of the present century. give list mot
reproduced in this extract which in
cludes typical books by the various mas
tiers of English historical fiction, but it
might be doubled in length several times
over without exhaustiug the available
books Of value in this one field. A like
selection may be made from the novels
treating of different historical periods
severally of France, Germany, Spain,
Italy and other countries Of Europe and
America. The field is almost limitless,
but have begun with the history OF
England, as containing the direct sources
Of American history which need to be
erasped before one can fairly understand
the beginnings and progress Of our own
national life.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21
Turner's Pictures and Their values,

Turner's pictures we'll maintain their
hold ON the public, or at least that part Of
it which can afford to pay high prices. In
ono or two instances slight falling of
has been experienced, notably in the case
Of the well known drawing Of Carew cas-
tie, which at the Heugh sale in 1874
brought l. 100 guineas and declined from
10 guineas In 1886 to 700 guineas in May
last On the other hand the interesting
little view Of Oxford engraved by GOodall
In l84l was done for a Mr.. Ryman of Ok
ford in 1889, and Turner received 100
guineas for it, Its value now has increased
to close on 500 guineas A pair of little
drawings-11k by Is inches-from Mr..
Ruskin's collection, a view Of the lake and
town Of Zug and one Of Aroma, brought
/, 100 guineas and 100 guineas respectively.
The principal Turner's Of tho season Oo-
1urred in the James Price sale, and Of
these tho chief work Of this master was
"Helvoetsluys, which realized in the
Bicknell sale of 1868 what was thon re-
garded as the very high amount Of 1000
guineas In 90 years it has advanced to
9, 400 guineas. Tho Val d AOsta, - which
realized $40 guineas at the Munro sale, in
1875 has gone up to 1000 guineas and
has turned out to be ian oven better invest
ment than the Helvoetsluys. A lumi-
nous and beautiful view Of the Thames
from the garden of a house at Mortlake
brought $500 guineas. The we'll known
pair, "Going to a Ball; San MARITIME
Venice, and Returning From the Ball;
St. Martha, Venice, "a by SO inches now
realized 5000 guineas the pair At the
Windus sale, in 1858, the pair fetched
1, 100 guineas. Nineteon years later, at the
elliott sale, they realized 5000 guineas.-
Nineteenth Century.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

In lecturing to his classes Huxley ad-
hered strictly to business, and it was
rarely that "a matter of levity was intro
duced to give merriment to his listeners
1 recall, in a course of some 20 lectures,
only a single instance of this kind,
when. for some reason (no longer in my
memory, a reference was made to
Cbamisso's "Peter Schlemihl"- book
which Professor Huxley frankly admit
ted gave him more genuine pleasure
than any other in nonscientific htera-
ture. Whether it was the refreshing
franllness of this admission or the fact
in itself that was quoted which on this
occasion brought forth an unbounded
merriment from his students was per-
haps not fully decided for all of us,
but there was no questioning the spon-
taneousness of the applause which fol-
lowed the utterance. And this, as now
recall it, was the only instance Of ap-
plause greeting the lecturer i'll the mid
die of the lecture during the entire
course Of my studentship. Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21
HOW Ne WON.
The stroke Of Genius THAT Gave a Well
Known Beading Clerk His Place.

Known Reading Clerk his Place
One of the interesting incidents at the
onening session of a new congress Is the
Selection Of the reading clerk Of the
house The reading clerk is appointed
bv the clerk Of the house, but candidates
for the place must take part IN com
netitiye speaking contest before the
bonse. John A. Reeve, who was read
inc clerk during Harrison administra-
tion. was a polliician from Cairo, His,
and one of the 5est known characters IN
Washington at the time. Reeve tells this
story:
II didn't suppose I had any show for
the place when it came to the test, y said
he. s'for most of the candidates We're
college men, and some were elocutlon-
lists. while the only elocution I had ever
uracticed was calling hogs in southern
/ illinois, though had been able 90 get
m in political meeting and make the
fellows on the back seat hear me- so |
thought ! would 90 into this contest
anyhow and do my best IN my own
way. But you ought 70 have heard those
elocn:iolists. The way they rolled their
RS and Kissed their SIS and said 'ah' and
| ZIP was q caution Some Of them didn't
talk like human beings and others bad
voices SO rich and melodious you
couldn't hear them 40 feet away
''By the time my turn came / had
sized up the hall and knew just about
where to throw my voice, and deter
mined to make myself heard if did
nothing else. Each candidate had re-
ceived copy Of q honse bill 20 read. !
noticed that the other fellows started
ont this way, oh bill, and SO on. Now
NH is a sound that won't carry, and
Won can't attract the attention of the
( house by grunting 'UhP So when l
started / sung ont in Q loud clear voice
that took them of their feet, 'A-a-e-a-a
billr-Iong "a. They weren't used TO
that. and wondered what had broken
I loose. but it seemed to catch them. l
saw was on the right track, so l went
on singing her out clear as bell and
when got warmed up felt as good as
1 ever did in the hottest speech OF a
campaign.
1.-THE thing they gave me to read was
a terror. 1t had words 10 it as long as
dictionary, hut hurried mp and slid
through them and was doing pretty well
when ] looked down the page and saw a
lot of Spanish proper names Now, !
didn't know Spanish from Apache, but
I was going about 100 words a minute
so without stopping I gave them two
verses of o little German poem l had
learned when boy, and hang me if a
man in that hall seemed 60 know the
difference except Congressman Med
ringhaus of ST. Louis You ought to
have seen him laugh when he heard his
native tongue worked off on the HOUSE.
of representatives for Spanish.
Eyes, 1 got the place, and it was the
long o. and the German poetry that
saved me. New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21
KIN TO H.


A Novel Phase Of the New Woman Ques-
ton on Train.
81 was amused at a woman on a train
coming into Washington from the
south, D." said a gentleman. 1T showed
q novel phase Of the new woman ques-
ton.
cat Goldsboro a man got on the train
with a baby in his arms. A woman fol
lowed, but paid no attention to the man.
The baby was evidently sick, and the
father, a North Carolina mountaineer,
paced up and down the car trying to
quiet the child. Every lady on the car
except the woman who got on the train
at Goldsboro was iDtel rested. Considera-
BILE speculation was INDUCED in as to
the father and child, the consensus of
opinion being that he had just lost his
wife and was taking the baby to its
grandparents. After two or three hours
the woman who boarded tho train at the
same time tho man did spoke TO him,
and he then passed on, fondling the
baby.
"A benevolent looking old lady seat
ed near the woman, curious to know
something about the matter, said:
"'The child seems to be sick.
"'Yes'm
"'I saw you speak to the father. Do
you know himP
"'Orter he's my husban.
"'Do you mean to say that you are
that child's mother and let the baby
suffer that way?'
"'He's jess as able to tote it as be.
He's jess as much kin oft as be, and
the woman turned unconcernedly to the
window, while the man continued to
walk and dandle the child Washing
ton Star
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

"Once, when was publishing pa
per in Seattle, ! convinced a man III a
most emphatic way chat it paid to ad-
vertise, " said an old journalist. He
was a fairly prosperous merchant, and l
had tried for a long time to get him to
insert an advertisement in my paper.
"'Oh, it's no use, he would say. I
never rsad the advertisements in pa
per, and no one eise does. believe in
advertising, but in way that will force
itself ON the public Then it pays. But
in a newspaper - pshaw Everybody
who reads a newspaper lodges the ad-
vertising pages as if they were poison.
"'Well, said I, if l can convince
you that people do read the advertising
pages Of my paper, will you advertiser
"'Of course I will. Advertise wher-
ever think it will do any good.
"The next day ran the following
line in the lightest faced agate in the
Office and stuck it i'll the most obscure
corner Of the paper between a couple Of
Patent medicine ads.
"What is Cohen going to do about it?'
1.-THE next day so many people annoy
ed him by asking what that line meant
that he begged me to explain the matter
in my next issue. promised to do it if
he would let me write the explanation
and stand to it. He agreed, and Iwrote:
He is going to advertise, Of course.
Aud he did. San Francisco Post