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Milford chronicle., 1901-05-31
A STORY OF CHIEF wlLKIE,
His Experience When He Posed rs a
Sherlock Holmes

A short time ago a visitor from a west
ern state entered the Office of Mr.. John
Z. Nilkie, chief of the secret service di-
vision Of the Urited States treasury de-
partment, bearing letter Of introduction
from a common friend. He was accom-
panied by his laughter, a remarkably
pretty girl. The girl had a bad bruise on
her cheek near the corner of the right
eye, and the visitor said smilingly, as
they were leaving: Il didn't strike my
daughter. She got that bruise in another
way"
The chief leaned back in his chair,
holding his brier pipe in his hand, and
looked thoughtful for moment.
Il think / can tell you how it hap
pened," he said. "On the morning of the
day before yesterday she was sitting on
the side Of her berth in the sleeper from
Indianapolis. She leaned over to lace her
shoe, the car lurched and she fell across
the aisle, striking her head on the arm Of
the opposite seat"
The visitor was astounded. "Were you
on the train?' he asked.
'No," rcplied the chief, "but reason
in this way: Personal violence in the
case Of this young lady is Out e the owes
ton. Painful accidents sometimes occur
from colliding with the edge Of an open
door in the dark. but in that case the
bruise would most likely have been on
some prominent feature, like the temple,
the cheek bone or the nose. and not in the
slight depression near the eye You have
been on the sleeper for two days, for you
told me so early in your conversation
here. The bruise is not a very fresh one,
so it seemed almost certain that the acct
dent occurred from fall on the train as
much as and not more than 4S hours ago.
My reasoning is quite simple, you see.'
Both visitors expressed their amaze
ment and took their leave. The father
then went to the Office Of one Of the high.
er officials of the treasury department
and in a straightforward way explained
that he had called to express his appreci
alton Of the chief Of the secret service
Il have just come from his Office" he
said, "and in my short interview I was
convinced that he is the best man who
ever occupied the place."
The official spoke about the matter tc
Mr.. Wilkie the next day, and the chief
told of the visit and of the supposed de-
tective incident.
"But it wasn't clever thing at ALL
said he. "and must write letter to that
man. I didn't think it was going to make
such a fuss. Some friends of my family
came from Indiana two or three days
ago, and I heard them up at the house
talking about a pretty girl on a sleeper
from Indianapolis who fell across the
aisle from her berth while dressing and
bruised her face. When that man brought
his daughter into the office and tolC
where they came from, it just popped
into my head that here was the girl my
friends had been talking about" -Satur
day Evening Post.
Milford chronicle., 1901-05-31
french capture a Chinese Town.

Paris, May ga dispatch received
here from Gen. Voyron, at Tien Tsin,
says that a accommodating party came
upon a walled town Is kilometers
northeast Of Ting-Chau. The town
authorities refused to open the gates,
whereupon the French artillery open
ed fire, the wall preached and the
town taken. One French infantryman
was wounded. Gen. Bailloud is scour-
ing the country with a column Of
French troops and is supporting the
Chinese regulars.
Milford chronicle., 1901-05-31
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder to be shaken into the shoes
1t makes tight or new shoef feel easy; gives
Instant relief to eOrns and bunions It's tn e
greatest comfort discovery of tine age. Cures
and prevents swollen feet, blisters, callous
andsore spots. Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain
cure for sweating, hot, aching feet. At all
druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package
FREE by mail. Address, Allen S. olmsted, lie
Row. N. Y.
Milford chronicle., 1901-05-31

-Ine Gean and chapter Of Westmin-
ster," says Truth of London, care enti-
tied to claim as 'perquisites' every article
which is taken into the abbey for the pur-
poses Of the coronation and that reverend
body reaped rich harvests in 1921, 1881
and 1888. When the queen was crowned,
there was a hand to hand fight, after ger
majesty had retired from the scene, be-
tween Lord Conyngham and one of the
dignitaries for a magnificent silver ink
stand which had been in use, and the
lord chamberlain. who was victorious in
the struggle, hurried out Of the abbey
with the inkstand in his arms and rushed
off in his carriage, accompanied by my
perquisite.'
1T is probable that on the coming oc-
casion there will be a departure from the
old precedent under which the dean and
chapter derived so much benefit and that
Is a matter which viii have to be con-
sidered by the council committee when
the estimates from the various depart
ments come to be overhauled."
Milford chronicle., 1901-05-31
His OccnnnfIon.

Certain occupations do not lend them
selves easily to terse description in TAX
ing the English census. Add to this the
lack of practice in definition and curious
results may be postulated from the cen
sus returns. At the last census one word
was found in the column marked "occu-
patton" Which puzzled s!se authorities not
a little. It was ''gosakokling." After
awhile it dawned upon the officers that
the man earned his living by gathering
and selling cockles-he event a-cockling.' -
Milford chronicle., 1901-05-31
Reduced Rates to San Francisco.

VIA THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
ACCOUNT EPwoRTH LEAGUE CON-
VENTION.
On account of the Fifth Inter-
national Convention of the Ep-
worth League, to be held in San
Francisco July IS to 20, the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company will
sell, July to II, from all stations
on its line, excursion tickets to San
Francisco at greatly reduced rates.
For specific information regard
ing rates, routes, and conditions of
tickets apply to ticket agents.
5-Iz.2t.
Milford chronicle., 1901-05-31

cmder out Of cmld's eye or a splinter
from under his thumb nail. I now enlist
in this army that is going to take the
world for God, and l defy all the evil
powers, human and satanic, to discourage
me. Count me into the service. cannot
play upon a musical instrument, but I
can polish a cornet or string a harp or
aDDlaud the orchestra "
Milford chronicle., 1901-05-31
Reduced Rates to Cincinnati.

VIA THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
ACCOUNT CONVENTION OF UNI
TED SOCIETIES OF CHRISTIAN
ENDEAVoR.
On account of the Convention of
the United Societies of C.
Endeavor, to be held in
July 6 to 10, the p
Railroad Company "
Ito 6, from all stati
excursion tickets
one fare Tor the
These tickets
return passage, 1eavn-
not earlier than July 8,ar ater
than July IA. For specific rates
and full information, apply to ticket
agents. s-17-2t
Milford chronicle., 1901-05-31

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
used by Mother Gray, nurse Children
Hottie, New York, Break up Colds in "A hours
cure FeveKshness, Headache, Stomach
Troubles, Teething Disorders, and Destroy
Worms At all druggists, 25c. Sample mail
New York
Milford chronicle., 1901-05-31
TRUSTEN P. CAUSEY,
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT,
FIRE & LIFE. 0ffiCeWith W.T.. CAUSEY.
MILFORD, DELAWARE.
SAMUEL y. W.TLSO
Funeral Director and EmbaImel

Twenty-Five yenrs experience in the abov
business with the assistance OF my son, John
p. Wilson, enables me to guarantee satisfac.
ton. Everything first class with moderate
charges. Black and white heal IS. Bodies
embalmed or preserved by the USE of ice.
Mems black suits end robes; Iaoies' dresses
and robes chillrens shrOwds always in
stock. No extra charge made for my wifes
services when required. All styles of collins
and Baskets constantly in stock.
Telephone and telegraph communications
promptly answered. No. extra charge for
distance. Five per cent discount on all bills
paid within thirty days.
We ask for an examination of our Furni
ture Department. when needing anything in
this line.
SAM'L. ]. WILSON, MILTON, DEL
Milford chronicle., 1901-05-31
The weighing Of Nations.

And so the spirit Of our American ma
tion is put into the royal balance, and it
will be weighed as certainly as all the
nations of the past were weighed and as
all the nations Of the present are being
weighed. When we go to estimate the
wealth of this nation. we weight its gold
and silver and coal and iron and copper
and lead. and all the steelyards and all
Milford chronicle., 1901-05-31
the concerl
without knowing On,

the concer4
without knowing Tue
so because he knows thoroughly the men
who submit them. 1t has been said with
truth that the most successful men in
these businesses are those who do moth
ing when things are going smoothly and
who do everything when they are going
III.
Instead Of taking away from the free
dom of action Of the men who direct these
concerns modern conditions have added
to their responsibility. The whole sys-
TEN Of trust organization depends upon
making each man responsible for the
work which he directs. So long as he
achieves satisfactory results he is not in
terfered with. It is said, for example,
that the president of the Standard Oil
company never issued positive order to
his subordinates. Whether it is a matter
Of giving employment to a workman or
carrying out deal with a government,
he merely suggests. If the subordinate
prefers to substitute his own Judgment in
the matter, he Is permitted to do so. but
he is held strictly responsible for the
sequences.-Frank Leslie's Monthly.
Milford chronicle., 1901-05-31

DR. WALTER L. eRIER,
- DENTIST,
South Front Street, Opposite Presbyterian Church,
Graduate of Penn. College of Dental Surgery.
Local anesthetics for the painless extraction
administered. All kinds of Dental work
gold Filings, crown and bridge work a
specially.
MILFORD, DELAWARE.
Milford chronicle., 1901-05-31
DR. JOS. C. WILTBANK,
- DENTIST,

MILFORD, DEL, Opposite Central Hotel.
Graduate of Penn. College OF Dental Surgery.
"Algean" and local anesthetics for the pain
less extraction Of teeth - administered. All
kinds of dental wOrk-gold Filings, crown
and bridge work a speciality.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25
Setting an Apple Orchard.

In setting an apple orchard We
would place them at distances apart
of thirty-fve to forty feet one way
and thirty-three 10 forty feet the other
way, being governed by the habit OF
growth Of the variety selected. The
spreading trees like the Greening and
Baldwin will be near enough tOgethe,
when full grown If they are forty feet
apart each way, while those OF up
right habit of growth would not De
crowded IL not more than thirty or
thirty-three feet apart. Yet when both
are set in the same orchard ii Is better
to have the distance about forty feet
one way and then the upright growers
can be placed together in the row. III
1t is desired 10 utilize the ground more
fully, pears peach - plums or ounces
may be set between the apples trees
in the rows. with the expectation OF
having them cut out when the apple
trees had grown so as to need the
space. OF the forty foot space be-
tween the rows about thirty feet can
be used for growing hoed crops while
the trees are young, thus not losing
the use of but one-fOurth of the laud
before the trees begin to pay for that
which they occupy. The fertilizer and
cultivation given these hoed cdops
would also be beneficial TO the growth
of the trees.-American Cultivator
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25
o lNEN by ONE EA IN NM M % R w - " w H

ness, or physical danger from n sudden
| shock.
They haze at Yale, Harvard Colum-
bia and many other big and small col
lcgcs. There is little of it practiccd at
Annapolis. 1t Is anywhere just about
as funny as the spectacle of a big
| bully worrying n little man or stout
! boy torturing n child. Some of the
performances required at West Point
by future defenders of the nation are:
Bracing-Walking about in position
Of a soldier, chin drawn in chest
forced out and palms of the hands
! turned outward.
Chewing Chewing the end Of a rope
or string for hours.
Monkey Climbing a tent pole and
growing like a rooster and chipping like
a bird.
Sammy Racc-Two cadets Dlindfold-
ed, feeding each other from bowl Of
moasScs.
Qualifying - Eating eight slices OF
bread and bowl of molasses or con
suming eighty-two prunes az one sit
| ting
Sweating - Lying in a closed tent
wrapped in blankets and n macintosh
until faint. Cadets often lose from
five to ten pounds in thirty minutes.
Eagling-Sittng down on the toes
ana then rising upon them and sitting
down again-repcat 100 times
These are regarded rs excrutiating
J ly funny. Young Douglass Macarthur
naivcly says:
There are two reasons for hazing-
first. amusement. and second, the de-
sire 10 reduce n mans rough edges. II
is the only way - polish the rough
edges of men who come from the
country"
III some country" chap treated iu
this manner should find II convenient
To break the heads of three or four OF
the city men who think this way, haz
ing might not be SO popular.
Young Booz. IL Is charged. died from
treatment with tohasco sauce by these
gentlemen" OF West Point. Whethe
he did or did not. the very fact tina
such a charge could be brought witt
some foundation of truth well illus
tratcs the nastlness OF hazing and th'
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25
Various Fxpo.ition Crowds.

The Paris exhibition, though some.
times described as a failure, has truly
failed magnifcently. 1t has broken
all records for worlds shows in regard
to attendance. In seven months 90
100000 visitors passed through its
turnstiles, more than double the num-
ber who visited the worlds fair at
Chicago. 1t is interesting to note how
these great shows have grown in popu-
larity. In 1851 G,OO0OO0 people at
tended the great exhibition in Hyde
Park. -Four years later the first great
show in Paris was visited by 100000.
In 1867 Paris drew 100000 visitors,
in 1873 she attracted 16,0O0,00O-an
average of S20Oi n day-and in 1889
the record show up to this year was
visited by 2S,OO0,OOO people. Since the
CRYSTAL Palace was first erected in
HYDE Park in 1851 there have been
twenty-one great international shows,
and the aggregate attendance has
been about 15O,0O0.OOO. They do not
always pay. In 1873 Vienna lost E2.
OOO0.-London Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25
The Transportation of Pollen.

4 matter of Importance TO fruit
growers is an experiment made at
the Vermont Experiment Station on
the transportation Of pollen of fruit
blossoms. There is n general belief
that pollen is transported from tree -
tree by winds or bees. Experiments
show that the pollen is carried almost
exclusively by insects. and that the
wind has but little 10 DO with II. Pre-
pared glass slips were placed in the
plum orchard, SO as 10 be exposed to
the wind from all directions. The
slips were examined with hand glasses
ION April n and %. the wind blowing
five miles an hour. This was at the
height OF the polnatinC season. the
slips being placed at all points. and in
the midst OF the orchard. as well as 10
various distances from the ground
and also close tD tro trees, one slip
being right under a tree In twenty
four hours il had caught one pollen
mass. Some of the slips caught none.
while but few were caught on any.
The experiment was very carefully
conducted and demonstrated that. 50
far as plum trees were concerned. bees
and other insects are necessary for
carrying the pollen 90 The blossoms.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25

mesh ne nwoKe with pain. Now the
veteran says.
Il think that hazlng. as reported re.
Gently at West Point and several other
places, Is brutal. Especially the Drac.
t!ce OF forcing little man 10 fight a
big man should be discouraged. AL
though II is not much worse than max
ING freshmen clean tents and black
boots for Older men. II l. evidence
OF mean spirit for upper class men
10 compel a new man 10 accept dis
advantageous attitude or position. I
believe that all forms Of haZlng should
be stopped"
Cadet HOblon. brother OF Lieutenant
Hobson, was forced to go through n
repetition Of the sinking Of the Merrl-
mac. lie was ordered 10 plunge into
a bathtub and sink small floating chips
Where are youT he was asked.
This Is Santiago HarbOr," he was
expected 10 answer.
What are you doing?" he was next
asked
sinking the Merrlmac" he said. He
was also told to give a "Hobson" to
the trees in camp. He had to 20 to
each treet, put his arms around its
trunk and kiss II.
Some Of the colleges are as asinine
in their hazing sports and as brutal as
West Point freshman sings another
10 sleep with n lullaby and a nursing
bottle. Another has to "scan" the la
bel on a beer bottle. Each freshman
Is put on a table and asked:
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25
Was Long Unappreciated

1t is hard TO realize. says writer In
the Methodist Magazine, when we see
ChamOnix crowded with summer yisi-
tors, how short n time has really
elapsed since 1t was remote mountain
village, consisting of the few huts
clustered around the priory and scarce
ly ever receiving n visitor from the
outer world but in the comparative
desertion Of winter such state Of
things Is easier to conceive. The men
who dared TO venture on the glaciers
100 years ago in search of crystals or
chamois brought back strange stories
OF wild witch dances in those terrible
wildernesses of dragons and monsters
A Geneva professor, Jacob Scheuch'
ger by name, printed in all seriousness
an account of the dragons Of Mount
Blanc. The travellers who came by
chance into the Alpine valleys INDUCED
In none OF the raptures which are SO
familiar to us.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25
GEORGE MASON LEE TAKES WATER BATH
Hazlng breaks ribs. knocks out teeth

Hazing BREAKS ribs, knocks oUt teeth,
breaks arms, weakens hearts and does
several other things for what have
been rightly termed the monkeys" OF
the upper class" Cadet Smith was
dismissed from West Point for hazing
Ulysses $. Grant, grandson Of General
Grant. General Wesley Merritt took
his treatment in his day, and so have
most of the prominent military and
naval men. Public opinion. though,
has driven the practice out of Annapo-
lis. and threatens to change the order
of things at West Point. The colleges
are also frowning upon the practice,
and it seems as If at no distant time
the words gentlemen" and cadet
or college student" might be synOny-
nous. The brayest are always the ten
derest. and the loving the most dar-
ing.-Chicago Times Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25
Co..ack. Ar. Rcmor.ele.. soldiers.

The Russian authorities have al.
ways been aware OF the usefulness OF
their Cossack soldicry in quclling out.
breaks even In European Russia.
Forty years ago these wild soldiers Of
the steppes were sent to Qucll the In.
surrcction in Poland The horrible
butchcry which had cnsued in Warsaw
and other Polish towns forms one of
the blacklist pages In the history of
Russia Only eighteen months ago
the CoSSacks were let loose in the
streets of 81. Petersburg to restore or.
der among the dlsanected students OF
the university. Riding straight into
the band OF students the Cossacks
lashed right and left with their long
cruel reius. )aded with lead. and th,
students were li'erally driven into sub
mission. Paris Messenger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25

hazed in n field was told to jump into a
canal He did so and was drowned.
1t IL the trouble Of all this fool play,
in college or elsewhere, that it invaria-
bly, ends in the killing Of an innocent
man, perhaps the sole strength Of his
family, loved by somebody anyway
Then when the killing is over the cry
goes up under the code of honor"
that there is no hazing, that il was
only sport and that the sport of gen.
tlemcn."
1t so happens, though. that the only
true, honorable sport ever legitimatCly
permitted to any man, can only be
practiced under the glare Of light, be-
fore all men, unmasked and without
recourse 10 brute force or superiority
Of numbers.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25
How the Best Trees Are Grown.

Some fruit growers are of the opin'
ion that the best trees can be had
from seed planted where the trees
are TO grow. and then top grating
them with the desired varieties, dis
turbing the soil as little as possible,
except 10 keep 1t clean. They adyo'
cate that the forest tree thrives be-
cause its roots are never disturbed,
and protection is afforded by the
leaves which cover the ground in win
ter.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25
The Benefit OF Muiching.

Experienced fruit growers who have
tried mulching raspberrles, blackber'
ries and strawberries. In comparison
with rows not mulched, report that the
rows that were mulched gave double
the amount of fruit. They also stood
the drought much better and the vines
and canes were more vigorous. Th"
increased crops more than paid for
the mulchlnG, while one year there
would have been no crops at all but
for the mulch.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25
KIM. n. Drawing Caris.

The most profitable period at tie
Paris Fair was the eight days when
the shah was there. The Kings OF
Greece and Belgium did not greatly
affect the sale Of tickets. but King Os.
car dil. although he dressed like any
other gentleman. lie has 50 many
snowy and fine qualities that he was
the most fetching European king 10
the way OF sovereignty. The man in
the street likes something In the mcdi-
eval or Renaissance feeling. Oscar
would. II King OF France. be a mod
ern Francis l.. who. despite Victor
Hugo, Is still popular. London News
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25

The effect of strong and continual
sunshine on the features is, II seems,
most damaging. A writer in the sgd
ncy Bulletin points out that the women
in some parts Of Queensland are con
tracing a lifted upper lip. This he at
tributes to the fierce Queensland sun
light which causes one to contract the
facial muscles near the eyes In order
TO avoid the glare. The rest Of the
face is, of course, affected by these
muscles.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25
tAs44As4AfsAs+%SS44AAAAAa,
/: HOW MUCH ONE FAMILY EATS. I
-Four People Consume -Four Thousand
Pounds Of Food Ia a Year.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Statistics kept by n Chicago man
show that during "A year his family,
consisting OF himself. his wife and two
daughters, consumed 4Oi7 pounds and
thirty eight varieties Of food. The
family lived under no economical re.
strictlons. and their table was supplied
as Ii has been daily for years with
everything desired by any member OF
The family. For this reason the stats.
tics, religiously kept and accurate TO
the ounce, have been pronounced high
ly valuable by students Of food statls-
tics and medical men generally. espe-
cially since the tables were kept in
casual manner, no influence being ex.
erted either to augment or reduce the
amount or variety Of the daily menu
to which the family had been accus-
toned
The table in gross amounts is as fol.
lows:
FOodstufrs, in pounds. ........... .4Oi7
Eggs, In dozen. n..................1 1l2
Oranges and lemons, in DOZENS. "a
MIX, quarts. ......... .......... 600
Berries quarts. s......... ......... 12J
Apples. bushels. ....... ......... .
The table OF amounts consumed per
day indicate that the human system Is
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25
Combositiou of the Tomato.

The extensive use of the tomato for
the table has resulted in many inqui-
rles concerning its food value. Profes.
sor Harry snyder of the Minnesota
experiment station, presents a series
OF analyses, the results of which are
shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton. OF course the greater part is
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25

and the amusement OF bully" The
so-called sport Is generally excused on
the ground that boys will be boys"
1t Is hard TO defend when 1t is known
that 1t Is practiced without any regard
for mans previous education. his
natural mental or physical sensitive