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Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

We are asked to state whether in
vcstmcnts in farm lands in the island
OF Cuba would be a desirable PROPOSE
ton. We have never been to the
island and cannot therefore give spe-
cific information. In general way we
should say that until Cuba became an
integral part of the Union there would
be more or less risk. probably more. in
buying real estate there. AS an indie
pendent community like SantO DOmin-
60 or Haiti, insurrectiOnists are sure to
follow each other in regular succession;
there will be little stability and peren-
NAL ructiOn and disturbance; the island
Is sure to run in debt to the limit and
| taxation may approach cOnfscatiOn;
titles to real estate are without doubt
/ very badly involved. and much of the
| soil is of no value for agricultural pur-
poses. If fertile land bearing an I'M
questioned title can be chPaply bought.
it may prove to be good investment,
but no man living on Il western farm
is in position to handle such deal
He had far better buy land near home
which be can get at and knows all
about, even at the high prices now
asked.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
BRANCH ROADS.

Delaware, Maryland q virginia H.. h
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
statious 10 88 a. m. daily ana Il p. ~. week te
dova Returning, train leaves Franklin City
4 IA a. M. week and 1872 pm. week days
Issave Franklin City for Chincoteague VIA
,epmerl 88 D. m. week days. returning
re ChincOteague 4 81 a. m. week days.
Leaves Harrington for Georgetown and
RehobOth at 1898 "A. M, Ola p m. weekdays
Returning, leave Rehoboth BS3 a. m ana z'ol
p. n. weekdays
Ieaye Harrington for Berlin, l0.8S a. m.
ond6I4 d. m. weekdays. Returning leave
Rerlin 9 So n. nj. weekdays and 229 p. M
Oneen Anne 4 KENT R.R.-Leave Towns,
end for CentreVille and way stations. y -
"a. m and OS p. m. week days. returning
ave Cen1revllle 81 a. nj. ana 10 p. m
week days.
Del. chesapeake r. R.-Leave Clayton tol
Oxford and way stations ut rs a. IN. ana o4l
D. m. week days. Returning, leave OXioro
DDS a. IA. and sip. m. week days.
Cambridge & Seaford r. R-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations nj
II II a. m. and So p. m week days ReJuTn
ing train leaves Cambridge ut 90 and 2Si
p. m. week days.
t7oNNRCTIoR.-At Porter, with Newark 4
Delaware City Railroad. At Townse end VIII
Queen Anne'B Kent Railroad. Az Clay
ton, with Delaware & Chesapeake Railroad
and Baltimore 4 Delaware Bay railroad. a
Harrington with Delaware, Maryland & Vir
Rinia Railroad. At SeafOrd, with Cambridge
Il Seaford Railroad. At Delmar, with New
York, Philadel phia & Norfolk, WycOmlc0
POcemoke, and Peninsula Railroads
]. b. HUTCHINSON, General Manag
J.R. WOOD, General Passenger Agent.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
OUTSIDE THE PRISON GATE.
Kind Words That Changed tbs Life
of a Diseharged Convict.

Kind Words That Changed tbs Life
of Discharged Convict.
The following is the substance of a true
story recently told by a gentleman who
had l'een one of the prison commissioners
of the state of Connecticut:
"Somc 30 years ago. when | was pass
ing the state prison at Wpthershcld, / no.
ticcd the gate open and a man come out
| The tears strcamed from his eyes as he
stood perplexed.
"'Where now, my friendY l asked
cheerfully.
al don't know, sir. don't suppose
any one wants me anywhere
81 am walking to Hartford. Come
with me-
1T was a warm day in early May. The
poor convict opened his heart to me and
told me what brought him to the peni-
tertiary 1t soon came out that the con
Wet had made shoes in prison.
4 think | know man. said J, who
will hire you in his factory. and if | We're
in your place | would not lisp a word
about having been in prison
"'You have been kind said the re-
leased prisoner, turning away with quiv-
ering lips. l must say goodhy. ] can
not longer live and lie. promised God
last night in my cell that when | came
out ] would be an upright man and take
the consequences, and ! will keep my
word
"'Forgive me for tempting you at the
outset. said. Come on
Il saw my friend. the manufacturer
and told him the whole story. He had q
little talk with my man and made bar
gain with him. That night just as the
, shop was about to close we three wen
into the workroom.
"'Hcre is poor fellow who was dis
hargcd from state prison this morning,
, said the proprietor. i am going to Civ
him a start in life by taking him into thu
, shop lie begins work tomorrow.
There were indignant gances anon
the men. and one spoke up hastily:
q shall leave if he stays | will no
4 work with any jailhird.'
s every we'll said the employer An
one who wishes to leave will have bi
of his time in the morning.
= "Only the one man who had objecte
- left
"Tcn years later the 'jailbird' was tn
II owner of that mandatory, and the ma
who would not work with him was on
e Of his journeymen.
y "That ex-conyict is now a state sent
tor in one Of the Now England legisli
q lures. He said to me today:
?, 81 tremble when ! think of what Il
- result might have been had an evil ma
instead of a good friend met me outsiI
of the prison door, youths COmpa
Id ion
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
REDUCED RATES TO CLEVE-
LAND.

On account of the Thirty-ffth
Annual Encanpment of the Grand
Army of the Republic, to be held
at Cleveland, Ohio, September 10
to IA, inclusive the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell excur-
sion tickets to Cleveland from sta
tons on its line, at greatly reduced
rates.
Tickets will be sold and good
going September 8 to u, inclusive;
good to return until September S,
inclusive; but by depositing ticket
with joint agent at Cleveland, prior
to noon of September IS, and the
payment of fifty cents, return limit
may be extended to October 8, in
elusive.
For specific rates and further in
formation apply to ticket agents
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

Professor w. H. Lynch Of Mountain
Grove academy. at Mountain Grove. Mo.
is credited with reading more paid for
newspapers than any other man in the
United States. He subscribes for 5S
newspapers, six of them dailips The pro
fessor says: 81 use the newspapers in
my classes. They are the best instru
ment in the world for teaching current
history and geography. The real drama
of life in its varied forms of commercial,
political and social relations must be
seen and learned through the mirror OF
the world the newspaper Every Fri
day morning in the academy is devoted
to the reading of newspapers"
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
DROUGHT WON'T KILL THEM.

One of our noted agricultural scien-
lists states that a protractcd drought
kills off many kinds of noXious weeds.
Here is another instance where theory
gets knocked into a cooked hat by the
actual facts in the case. All weeds.
being indigenous to the country where
they grow, endure adverse conditions
far better than any of the plants which
nre cultivated as crops. We notice
that none of the so called weeds has
been exterminated as n result of the
savage drought which fell upon the
Mississippi valley during July of this
year While it dwarfpd their growth
to some extent, there is not mothers
son of them but will make a good crop
of seed for next year. The squirrel
tailed grass, one of the very worst
weed pests of the west. and purslane
just revelCd in the heat and aridity
while burdocks, pigeon grass, morning
glory, wild buckwheat, sOrrel. mus
| tard. coc5lebur and many others have
made a good crop of seed on short
straw. Tie fact is a man can Learn
more of what is so by using his eyes il
the fields than he can by studying sci
euce out of textbooks.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
REDUCED RATES TO SAN
FRANCISCO AND RETURN
VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

The Southern Railway will sell
round-trip tickets to San Francisco,
Cal, on September 18th to 18th in
elusive, with final limit November
18th, 1901, at greatly reduced rates
OH account General Convention
Episcopal Church. Rate from
Philadelphia $68.25, from Wash
ington S65.25. Correspondingly
low rates from other points. Tick
cts are good going one route and
returning any other direct route.
The Southern railway operates
through vestibuled limited trains
daily with Pullman drawing-room,
sleeping and dining cars between
eastern cities and New Orleans,
connecting at New Orleans with
trains carrying through Pullman
sleeping cars between New Orleans
and San Francisco without change.
Tri-weekly persOnly conducted
tourist sleepers, between Washing
ton and San Francisco without
change via Atlanta, New Orleans,
FL PasO and Los Angeles, leave
Washington at 9.55 P. m, every
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Rate for double berth only $500,
The autumn season is most de
lightful for a trip through the
Southern States, New Mexico, Ari
iona and California.
Chas. L. Hopkins, District Pas
senger Agent, Southern Railway
828 Chestnut ST., Philadelphia, will
take pleasure i'll furnishing all in
formation. 8 10 At
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

II is by no means an extravaganza to
say THAT not less than m average of 40
horses persisted from the heat in every
county in the settled north and west
during the heated period of July. They
persisted on dray and wagon. on har-
vester and mower, by the score, their
owners and drivers forgetting that a
man can endure excessive heat far
better than a horse.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
Wednesdav. Auuust Il.
A Joke ON the comno.er.

There is good joke in Rome at the ex
pense Of SignOr LeOncavallo. That emf
ncnt composer had been commissioned 10y
the Italian government TO write a mass
for performance at the Pantheon Cd the
anniversary of King Humhcrt's death.
but he has composed The work for mixed
voices. whereas for some years past the
employment Of wOmen's voices in church
chOirs has been strictly forbidden IN
Rome. Signor I.eoncavallO was moi
aware Of the prohibition. and his friends
are wickCdly inquiring when was the las
time that the popular musician went Il
church.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
General Macarthur and Staff Arrive
On Transport Sheridan,

General Macarthur and Staff Arrive
On Transport Sheridan.
San Francisco, Aug. 19.-The trans
port Sheridan arrived yesterday from
Manila, bringing General Macarthur
and staff, the officers and 500 enlisted
men of the Fourteenth Infantry Com
pany A of the Battalion of Engineers
262 discharged soldiers, 80 prisoners
SO discharged civilian employees, five
marines and II stowaways. The pris
oners are nearly all shOrt-term men
most. of them soldiers of the Fodr
teenth. Lieutenant Colonel Quinton is
in command of theyFourteenth. A pas
senger on the Sheridan was Captain
S. w. Newton, of the Thrty-fOurth
Volunteers, who took prominent part
in the capture of AguinaldO.
In an interview General Macarthur
said: War has wrecked the R6ilip
pines and laid waste whole districts
The people in many districts have
relapsed into barbarism. The best
conditions prevail in northern Luzon
You may say that the whole territor,
is pacified but not tranquilized, bu
/ it will not be many months before law
and order are observed everywhere.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
OVER TWENTY WRECK VICTIMS,
Paducah Steamer, Struck BY Squall,
Sinks Instantly

Paducah, KY, Aug. 21.-Seventeen,
and perhaps %, lives were lost in the
wreck of the steamer City of Golconda
at Cottonwood Bar four miles above
Paducah, Monday night. It seems that
the most culpable carelessness was
the cause of the catastrophe. A. A
Peck, the pilot, claims the engineer
left his post, and he could not manage
the boat with the engines helpless.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

A pretty story was once told by Sir
Edwin Arnold Of three children of his
acquaintance. whom he asked ut their
bedtime. when about to say their pray
Prs. if they would pray for what they
wanted most. After the two eldest hal
made their requests the youngest. n little
girl knrlt down and. putting her hands
together. SAID. "Drai God love me when
| am naughty. like naIsma."
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

There is much corn all over the corn
belt this year which was so injured by
the Incorporate heat of July that but
a scant crop of ears will be produced
even though the stalks remain fresh
and green. Such corn has special val
ne as fodder and will, if allowed to re-
main growing just as long as possible,
/ store up in the stalks some of the nu-
{ tritive elements which would have
gone to form the perfected ear. So do
not cut this sort of corn too early. OF
course, if the field is fired the sooner it
is cut the better.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
SIEGE GUN EXPLODED.
Private Killed and Several Fatally
Hurt At TARGET Practice.

Junction City, Kan, Aug 2O.-While
at target practice about o'clock yes
terday on Fort Riley reservation, halt
a mile north of this city, a seventeen
1O7-pound shell exploded as it was be-
ing placed in the breech of a section
gun of Siege Battery C, Seventh Ar
tillery, commanded by Captain Van
Duren. Private Watson was killed
three others were fatally injured and
five severely hurt
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
REDUCED RATES TO CHAT
TANOOGA, TENN, AND RE
TURN via SOUTHERN RAIL
XKyAXT

w n
On account of the Twelfth An
nual Convention National Associa-
ton of Letter Carriers at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, September 2nd-7th,
1901, the Southern Railway will
sell round-trip tickets to Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, at rate of one first
class fare. Tickets will be sold to
anyone on August 3Ist, September
1st and end with final limit Septem
Der 10th, 1901.
Through Pullman Drawing-roon
sleeping cars to Chattanooga daily
Dining car service,
Chas. L. Hopkins, District Pas
senger Agent, Southern Railway
828 Chestnut street, Philadelphia
will furnish all information.-S 9 4
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
coNNEcT1oNs.-uan eonnects at ouee

CONNECTIONS.-"a" connects at Queen
Anne with the Delaware & Chesapeake Rwy.
"b' connects at Greenwood with Delaware
Division OF the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore r. II. for Seaford, DelmaF,
Salisbury and points south.
sc" connects at Glendale with the Della
ware, Maryland Virginia r. r. for George
town and LeWes.
ware Division Of the Philadelphia, Whining
ton & Baltimore r. r.
Sundays only: Steamers leave Baltimore
for Queenstown at 500 a. m, and $40 p. m.
BALTIMORE AND QUEENSTOWN.-Be
ginning MONDAY, MAY 9Th, 1901, steamers
of the Queen Anne's Railroad Company will
leave QUEENSTOWN for BALTIMORE at
1885 a. m. and 700 p. m.
RS-For further information apply to
/. W. TROXEL, WIN. ID. UHLER,
: Geu'i Manager Genl Frt & Pass. Agt.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

A dispatch printed in Paris represents
Tolstoi as saying to a friend, after his
late dangerous relapse: 81 seemed TO be
slipping softly but surely into beatitude."
The pain was in coming back to life
This same experience has been remarked
by people resuscitated after practical
drowning.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

"Oh, yes; the Rev. Mr.. Kurves is a
very eloquent preacher"
Il understand that he was once a base
ball pitcher"
Eyes, and fine one"
"Ah! suppose that's where he got
his good delivery. Philadelphia Record.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
Buy and Try a Box TONIGHT.

While you think of it, go buy and
try box of Cascarets Candy Ca
thartfc, ideal laxative, tonight. You'll
never regret it. Genuine tablets
stamped c. c. c. Never sold in
bulk. All druggists, 1oc.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
NORTH SLOPES.

We have never before been able to so
clearly note the advantage of north
slope for orchard, garden. pasture or
growing crop as during the heated term
of the past month of July Wherever
crops of any kind had the advantage OF
tirely escaped damage from the excess.
i've heat and the hot south winds. In
a field of oats the crop was more than
double on the north slope of the field
apples were not baked on the trees and
corn was unin Nrcd.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
THE PEOPLES NATIONAL FAMILY NEWSPAPER

Published on
Thursday and
known for nearly
sixty years in
every part of the
United States as
a National Fam
lily Newspaper OF
the highest class
for farmers and
villagers. 1t con
tains all the most
important gener
al news of THE
ID ALLY RI
BUNE mp to hour
of going to press
an Agricultural
Department of
the highest order
has entertaining
reading fer every
member of the
family, old and
young. Market
Reports which
are accepted as
authority by far
Alers and country
merchants, and 8
elean, up to date,
interesting and
instructive.
Regular sub.
Scription price
500 per year.
We furnish il
with TIE CHRON
ICLE for SIPS pei
year.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

The state of New York will have not
more than 10 per cent of an average
crop of apples this year. Few if any
other growing sections will do any
hotter.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

The condition of the egg business
during the heated term of July was
simply horrible A man never knew
until he opened case whether he had
eggs or chickens.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

Reports come to us of the comb in
the beehives being melted down by the
extreme heat Of July when the hives
were in specially exposed places.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

We note that recently ~ bushels Of
wheat have been. given for one bushel
of corn in KANSAS. This is a poor
trade for the man who got the corn.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

The dairymen will cOncede TO Pro
fessor Koch of Berlin. the eminent bac-
teriologist, the title of Koch Of the
walk" as a result of his recent an
nouncement that tuberculosis cannot
be transmitted from the COW to the
human being through the medium Of
the milk. This theory, If sustained,
will remove a great incubus from the
dairy interests of the country.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

It is estimated that this country will
have 3TJ.OOOOOO bushels of wheat to
spare this year for hungry folk in for
cign countries.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
DYNAMITE KILLS SIX

Fire In Round House Reached Explo-
siVe, With Dire Results.
Little Falls, N. Y, Aug. 2O.-The
Mohawk & Melone round house at
Herkimer was discovered to be on fire
at 1870 last night. Watchman Gilbert
and an engine tender named John
Deck, assisted by residents of the vi
entity and members of the bridge
building gang, attempted to extinguish
the flames. While they were battling
with the fire a large quantity of dyna-
mite stored in the building exploded
with terrific force, killing Gilbert and
Deck and four others,
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

The same day that the lard or Po-
land China hog of the corn belt sold
for SG25 his relative. the bacon hog,
the product of clover. barley, peas and
roots, was worth $7.35 per hundred
weight.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
Social functions will substitute john
nycake for angels food this season.

There will be no corn for export this
year. Every bushel will be needed for
home consumption.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

1t is expected that potatoes will be
served as a dessert this year and will
rank with soft shelled crabs, porter
house steak and terrapin as a high
priced delicacy on bills of fare.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

We have put in fall garden this
week-the first Of ACCUSTOMED rad
ishcs, turnips, onions. and planted
string beans and cucumbers. Will re-
port later on. Drought used UP early
planted gardens with us.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

Nature has been very generous with
the North Dakota and Manitoba cOun-
try this year. and the farmers there are
now harvesting one Of the finest
crops of No. l hard wheat they ever
raised. The price is likely to be good
also. Our northern neighbOrs are justly
entitled to this year of plenty and
prosperity, for last year was a very
lean one
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

"And you say that Jorkins was earee
Of bad case of insomnia by suggestion'T
Eyes; purely by suggestion. His wifi,
suggested that since he could not slecI
he might as well sit up and amuse III,
baby. 1t worked like a charm. "-CShicag,
Record.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

In spite Of all the veneer of civiliza-
ton, upon the possession of which the
American people are wont to pride
themselves, they are a nation of born
gamblers from the ground up. The
dollar to be honestly earned is not in
it with the dollar to be won on some
game of chance, the difference between
the Digger Indian shutting a poker
deal in Wyoming and the Hon. Mr..
Johnson with plug hat, diamonds and
an aristOcratic church membership
dealing in options and betting on a
horse race being one simply Of environ
ment. Sambo playing craps in a back
alley and the sisters of the church raf-
fling off a church crazy quilt are all in
/ the same boX-bOn gamblers each.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

Nothing save an up to date camera
could faithfully portray the express
sion OH the faces of some old fellows
whom we know when corn jumped TO
80 cents and they with two or three
years crops of old corn on hand.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

We note that the manager of a farm
ers' cooperative elevator has gone
wrong by dabbling in board of trade
options, losing all his own money and
a lot of his company money also. The
temptation for men In such positions to
take a dier on some cereal is very
great, and they need not only to be
securely bonded, but also watched.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

Breed is not everything, as is evil
denced by the fact that a carload Of
fatted Arkansas raZorhack hogs sold
In Chicago the last week in July at
$3.50 per hundredweight. Whether
the feeder finished them at a profit is
not known.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
lnailr. eDaiIy exeept sunday.

NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAINS,
Leave Wilmington BIB am, 8O3, ~, aB ~
assn. M week days Leave New castle SOL
~ n "a a m U.4l D.. IN. week days.
Express trains leaving Harrington STU IN. TN
and arriving at $40 p. m. week DAYS run
through solid to and from baluhOre VI"
D.rfar and Newark.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

Nothing is )all wrong, not even our
seeming calamities. The best crops of
winter wheat are where the corn has
been hurt the worst, late planted corn
was benefited rather than hurt by the
extreme heat of July, droughty condi-
tions always promote soil fertility,
which is shown in succeeding crops,
and increased prices for farm products
often offset any shortage of crop. Look
on The bright side and let your neigh
bOrs do the whining.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

The shortest crop of potatoes for
years is in sight for the coming year.
From a common, everyday necessity
the tuber will become a luxury, and
for the first time we are likely to
realize what an important element in
the food OF the common people the
potato has been.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

Steamer connections between Pier 10 Light
Street Wharf, Baltimore, and railroad divis-
ion at Queenstown, Md.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

Foreigners will demand more of our
breadstuffs the coming season than for
many years, and America has the food
with which to supply them, the crop
of wheat in this country this year be-
ing the largest ever produced. Any
ration has Il graft when the whole
world comes to 1t for bread to eat.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

a friend bringrus in a large ear Of
corn. or, rather cob, having only Il
scattered dozen or so kernels set
iregularly upon it and wants to know
what is the troRlble with it. 1t is a
lack Of polarization, the extreme heat
during July without doubt having kill
cd the tassel or stamen of the corn
flower to such an extent in the field
that there was not pollen enough pro-
duced to fertilize the field. There will
be found much such corn this year
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

The partial failure of crops through
the west this season brings up the old
question of the respective merits of
share and cash rent. The tenant rent
ing land for cash and with an oat crop
of % bushels per acre, and fired corn
field, is in a hard fix, and without ex-
ception such wish they had their farms
on Il share rent plan. On the other
hand, the good crops of 1899 and 1900
gave the cash renter the advantage
over the share renter. Taking this sub
ject Of farm tenancy as a whole, we
believe that the share rent system is
the best for all parties. We would
neither let a farm nor hire one on any
other plan.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
QUEEN Anne $ RaiItOad Company.

Time Table In eject Monday, May 9th,
1901 Qeaves daily and Sunday0
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

Educate Your Bowels with 'Casearets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
NC, 25C. II G. O. G. fati, druggists refund money.