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Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06

We are requested by n young farmer,
unmarried, to give a few suggestions
regarding the choice of a wife. While
this is not a strictly agricultural topic
1t is still true that the selection of the
right sort Of woman as a mans life
partner in his farm work has more to
do with his success or failure than al
most any other one thing. Still, at the
same time we feel that any advice CIV
en- on this subject is entirely useless,
for it is very rare indeed that people,
even sensible ones, use any sense about
their matrimonial affairs. When Cupid
takes a man in hand, all his other
genii and protecting angels take at
once to the woods and leave him to his
| fate, but flour friend is really disposed
/ to look at this matter from n sensible
standpoint we might say this much:
/ First, the woman selected as his wife
should be herself physically healthy
and come of a healthy family. Too
much importance can hardly be placed
upon this one thing. More might be
said upon this point, but we leave 1t
for our friend to draw his own cOnclu-
sions. Second, a good deal depends up
on just what he wants a wife for. II
he wants a worker, woman to do the
homework after a fashion, do the milk
ing, feed the pigs and help in the har
vest and bayfield,, he had better g
down to Castle Garden and propose t.
one Of the brawny and unspoile(
daughters Of Ceres just arrived from
some foreign country, where necessit!
compels the woman and slavery to b.
connected and where conditions pre-
vent the development Of woman upOl
the American plan. On the other hand
If he wants companion as well as
helpmeet, q wife who will make him
! home in the largest sense, one VIII
. will aid him in a hundred other way
than with her hands-he will be apt
find her among the many schOOlma'am
t of his locality or in some neighbOr
1 daughter who, carefully trained in I'll
: arts of domestic economy, Is her mott
l ers mainstay at the old home. OF
e friend will find this-that the be-
e girls, those who will make the be-
C wives, are not taking up with the fir
j fellow that shows up and very sens
a bly, are preferring to put up with a Iii
of single blessedness rather than OIL
of married misery. Any girl who hi
been well trained by competent mot
\ er, who is kind and helpful to those
Il her own home, who possesses tn
a sense of culture and refinement viii,
- so graces the American woman al
q who is not averse to lire on the far
II will make our friend good wife, pl
u vided there exists a mutual liking.
le he will look out along these lines,
IS will easily find the girl and not ha
l. to go very far either.
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06
GENERAL MARKETS.

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. S.-Flour
steady; winter superfine, S2.15G2SO; Penn
sylvania roller, clear. S2.9OdS.15; city mills,
extra, S2.4Od2.65. Rye flour slow, at S2.65d
$50 per barrel Wheat steady: No.
red, spot, 7Slkq7Ss4c Corn strong; No. 2
yellow, local. 62l2c. Oats quiet; No.
white, clipped, 4112G42l4c.; lower grades,
SS@S9c. Hay in good demand; No. 1 timo-
thy, S15.5Od16 for large bales. Beef firm
beef hams, S1S.5Od2O. Pork steady; family
S17.50. Live poultry quoted at lie. for
hens. 61zQ7c. for old ROSTERS. Dressed
poultry at lie. for choice fowls, 6iAc
for old ROSTERS. Butter steady; creamery
2O1zc. Eggs firm; New York and Penn
sylvania, 1Sc Potatoes firm; Jerseys, 5
q60c. per bushel.
Baltimore. Sept. 3.-Wheat dull anC
lower; spot and the month, 73IsG7SAc
southern, by sample, 6OG74c.; southern
on grade. 69G74c. Corn very dull; spot
59Ad59lac.; southern white and yellow
corn, 6Od6ll5c. Oats steady; No white
/ SS1ad3SAc.; No. mixed 371zG3Sc Ry,
quiet; No. nearby, 56d56lac. No. > west
ern, 57ds71ae. Hay firm; No 1 timo
thy, new S15d15.5O. Butter firm and un
changed; fancy imitation. l7Q1Sc; fame.
creamery, 2Od2lc. Eggs firm and un
changed; fresh, l6z2Gl7c. Cheese firm an
unchanged; large, 1Ohc.
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06

The Boston Transcript. in a recent edi-
torial, says of ''the Y. NJ. G. A. univer-
sity," as it calls it;
"Few people outside those Immediately
interested realize the growth and extent
Of the educational work carried on Ivy the
Young Mems Christian ASSOCIATION,
amounting. rs a matter of fact, - the
functions of national university Of prac
teal teaching, with its branches in every
city of the country. The system of ad.
ministration naturally differs from that
of our public schools Standard courses.
it seems. are maintained by inte national
examinations. Branches from grammar
school to university find legitimate place
"Pupils are Of all conditions and classes
| of men. 1t follows that the classes arc
composed of men already in the whirl Of
life past the schoOlrOom, able to devote
only little time to study, anxious TO dc
| all they can and unwilling to spend time
on much that would be unessentiaL Witt
! 80 subjects taught the courses are Ger
tainly adapted to the special needs of thu
! associations"
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06
Negro Steward and Waiter of Yonk.
ers Golf Club Killed.

Negro Steward and Waiter of Yonk.
ers Golf Club Killed.
New York, Sept. 2.-The bodies of
David Scott and John Stevens, the
one the steward and the other the
head waiter of the SiwanOy Golf Club,
were found yesterday in a room which
the men occupied in the attic of the
club house, which is located on the
outskirts of Yonkers. They had been
murdered with a butcher knife, which
was found on the floor of the room,
and this had been repeatedly plunged
into them, as many as a dozen cuts
being located.
The men were negroes, and Warner
Simms. a colored waiter, is held on
suspicion of knowing something of
the murder, while Frank Huntington,
another negro, who called at the club
on Saturday looking for work, is I'M
der detention.
The police found in the room the
steel portion Of a golf putter. It had
on it blood and hair, and this the po-
lice claim belonged to Simms. The
handle was found down stairs. and
this handle had the name "Simms''
on it. The cash box, which was in
the keeping of Scott, cannot be found.
/ The box contained about $3.50. Simms
says he believes that burglars entered
the house, and after searching below
stairs had assembled to the attic and
tried to rob Scott and Stevens, that
one of them was awakened, and that
the burglar used the knife.
Seven business firms alone empty
fifty-two Goldey College graduates
Write to-day to Principal H GOldey
Wilmington, Del. and ask for new, free
beautiful catalogue. See adv. in THU
paper.
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06
MANEuvERs OF A ReRo
scheme by which He Forced an In
tervievv From Parlzhurst and Ha

scheme by which He Forced an In
tervievv From Parkhurst and Ha4l
The well known Rev. Charles II. Para
hurst of New York make a point Of being
very courteous to newspaper men and Is
always willing to be seen and interview
ed. He sets aside one hour each day to
be at home to callers in general, but to
newspaper men he is at home at nearly
all tiues-except on Saturday night.
That night he devotes to final preparation
and thought for his work Of the next
morning, and his rule has been never to
be at home after O'Clock on Saturday
evening.
In that particular he is like the late DR..
John Hall. who would never allow him
self to be seen on Saturday night. Dr..
Parkhurst is a Presbyterian, and so was
DR.. HAHN fact, they were the two most
distinguished Presbyterian ministers in
the city.
About 10 O'Clock on a certain Saturday
night a report came into a New York
newspaper office that some body of Cana
| dian Presbyterians had taken exception
to passages in a book of Rev. John Wat
son's-Ian Maclaren-and that they even
| talked of forcing the matter into regular
church proceedings against DIR. Watson
/ on account Of alleged heresy.
"Go and see DR.. Hall and DR.. Park
| hurst" said a city editor to a reporter
"and get a full talk from them in regard
/ to this"
The reporter knew very well that the
city editor did not expect him to get thOs,
interviews. but was sending him on Z
"forlorn hope" But he merely took thu
assignment without any comments ant
went out.
He went first TO the house Of DR.. Hal
on Fifth avenue, that being the farthe
Of the two from the Office. He knew tina
if he sent up his card he would merel.
receive message that DR.. Hall could no
be seen. He decided therefore that tn
doctor must be made to feel an interest il
the information that he (the reporter
was to give.
The servant who opened the door recOa
nizcd him as a newspaper man an
grinned. you know the doctor won't Sc
you on Saturday night" she said.
Gust tell DR.. Hall" said the reporter
''that | have news of an intended trii
for heresy Of Ian Maclaren."
The servant took the message and in
few moments the giant form Of DR.. Ha
came hurlying down the stairs.
"What's that about Ian Maclaren2" b
cried.
The reporter told him, and then got
good interview from him in regard TO it.
Then to DIR. Parkhurst's house. Agai
the face Of the servant who had frequen
ly seen the reporter. and again the word
"You know the doctor won't see you {
Saturday night"
But the newspaper man wrote on b
card, TO tell you about a report of q
J intended trial for heresy Of Ian Ma
J laren."
. In a few moments DIR. Parkhurst
! voice was heard. Come right up her
Come right up to my study"
The news was told and the second
terview gained.
. The reporter was back at the newsp
? per Office before midnight and walked
to the city editors desk That tired fac
3 man looked up.
4 Il have been TO see DR.. Hall and I
: Parkhurst." said the reporter.
Wouldn't be seen, Of courseY sa
, the editor.
"Got 'em BOTH said the reporter
a Saturday Evening Post.
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06
Pennsylvania Reduced Rates to
San Francisco.

On account ofthe Triennial Con-
vention of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church,to be held at San Fran
cisco beginning October 2, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell round-trip tickets to San
Francisco from all points on its
line at greatly reduced rates.
Tickets Sept. sold IS to IS, in
elusive, and will be good to return
to leave San Francisco not earlier
than October sand only on day o.
execution by Joint Agent, to whom
a fee of fifty cents must be paid
and passengers must reach origina
starting point by November IS
1901.
The Pennsylvania Company will
also run a personally-conducteC
tour to the Pacific Coast on thi
occasion by special train, starting
September 20 and returning Octo
Der 22. Round-trip rate $I85.
For further information apply t
ticket agents, or address Geo. w
Boyd, Assistant General Passenge
Agent, Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06
MISS EAsrwIcK IN COURT
Philadelphia Woman Arraigned For Al.
Ie1ad REoo AGO Foroerv


London, Sept. 3.-Marie Josephine
Eastwick, CT Philadelphia, was ar
raigned in the GULL Han police courG
yesterday, cnseged with having forged
a railway certificate to the value -
100000 $500 oeO). Sensational evil
dence was presented.
It was testified that she received
an introduction to Mr.. Beeton, a mem
Der of the stock exchange, to whom
she represented herself to be the own
er of securities worth, roughly $780,
900. She said she wanted to buy a
thousand shares of the United States
Steel Corporation as a speculation.
This operation required $1,000, which
the defendant said she did not have
at the time, but expected to receive
it shortly from Philadelphia.
Later, the public prosecutor said
she went to a brokers' office, and aftel
some argument about the smallness o
the purchase, was accommodated witt
five shares of Canadian Pacific stock
Then she asked Mr.. Beeton for LOAF
on a thousand shares of Canadian Pa
cific and sent him the certificate, whicl
she had received from the brokers, blu
skillfully altered so as to read thor
sand instead of five. The forgery wa
skillfully done, but the document Dor
a shilling revenue stamp instead c
one for e1O, which a certificate fo
1000 shares would carry.
Beeton's suspicious were arouse
and he notified the police. The d.
r fendan was arrested on Saturday TIL
receipt .or tie registered letter
which the certificate was sent VIZ
/ found among the defendants effects.
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06
A I,uodins Gladstone.

Young Winston Churchill made a great
hit in the house of commons the other
day with a speech in the debate on the
governments army proposals. Following
in his fathers footsteps. Mr.. Churchill
entered a strong protest in behalf of econ.
Omy and against lever growing military
extravaganza" He created a deep inn
preston by reading Lord Randolph
ChurchilPs letter to the Marquis of Sails
bury on Lord RandOlph's resignation Il
years ago, emphasizing the need of public
economy. 81 am proud to raise the tat
tered flag of economy again." Mr.. Church
i'll said, and, proceeding to point out that
the expenditure for defenses had doubled
since the date Of his fathers letter, b,
asked whether the population had dou
bled or whether the offensive forces o.
other nations had doubled. He argued
that the navy was Great Britain's rea
defense and that the result of the presen
policy would be a weak navy and a use
lessly strong army. Henry W. Wasting
ham, writing in the London News re
garding Mr.. Churchilrs speech, say
| nothing like it has been heard since Glad
stone died, and he predicts that Lor
Randolph's clever son will one day b
premier Of Great Britain.
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06
FEWER BIBLES IN HOTELS.
The Copies Once Found In Bureau
Drawers Now Disappearing.

"For the past six months have been
trying to figure out a question in NOR
ais" said the man Of experience. "Some-
body is on the down grade. Either the
proprietors of hotels throughout the coun-
try are becoming demOralized or their
patrons have slipped a cog, and 1 am try
ing to find out which it is.
1--WE been travelling a good part OF the
time for the past so years, and up to two
years ago | seldom put up at a hotel
where | did not find "a Bible tucked away
in the bureau drawer. But now the Bibles
are missing. never knew until the little
books became an unknown quantity how
much l had come to depend upon them
as a familiar figure in the ever changing
hotel life of a man on the road.
Il don't take to myself the credit of
having read the book whenever I might
and should have read II; indeed, I fear
that there are many weeks at a stretch
when never looked inside it, but some
how it gave me sort of homelike, com
Portable feeling to see copy lying around
in strange house, and for years my first
action upon being shown into a room was
to open the top drawer and see if the
/ Bible was in place. If it was there, and
/ it usually was. / felt kind of settled fol
the night otherwise / was lonesome and
| out of sorts
'These Bibles were provided in differ
ent ways. In some places they were fur
nished by the Tract society, which had
obtained permission from the proprietor
to place Bible in each room of his hotel
but in other places the management tool
the initiative as a stroke of business pol
icy and saw to it that the books were dis
tributed throughout the house.
''Why the Bibles have disappeared
from the hotels is what is puzzling me
Chicago was the first town to abolish
them. 1t gave me quite a shock when
stopped at one of the Michigan avenu
hotels one night and failed to find tn
Bible in its accustomed place, or an,
other place for that matter. | wen
right down to the proprietor and made in
Quiry as to the change My attitude 1
the matter gave the employees the in
preston that l was an evangelist or som
other kind of itinerant preacher, and thei
subsequent treatment Of me afforded tn
other guests no end of amusement an
myself plenty of inconvenience, but, theI
, is no use talking, l really was lost witt
] out the Bible
T "Since then Bibles have gradual
! made their exit from the hotels Of otht
towns, both large and small. l HAY
asked a good many people the cause
: their absence, but nobody seems equal
the job of explaining. Have the hot
managers and the Tract society grow
careless, or do they think that men wi
travel are past redemption and that pU
t ting Bibles in their rooms is a polite al
r up to date way of casting pearls befo
7 swine? OF course there is d possibili
!, that they believe us to be so good tn
we don't need Bibles. but even l. with
my conceit. am inclined to reject ii
theory. New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06
GRANnrArHrR.s WAY.

Conservatism in agricultural methods
is all right up to a certain point, but
we still always like to see a man doing
a little experimenting with new meth
DDS and new things. Grandfather's
way was the best for pioneer cOndi-
tions without doubt, but his way Of
doing things will hardly pay in these
days Of high priced land and high
priced farm labor. A modern farmer
cannot afford to make his own axe
helves. fork handles and bob sleighs
or let his stock run to the haystack
to save the work of feeding it. or make
his own sorghum for sweetning, or have
his own grist of wheat ground, OF
butcher his own meats, or make his
own butter or have his wife make his
wamus and Overalls, for modern ma
chinery and cooperative effort can dc
all these things at so much less cost
The wide awake man will let others dc
all these and many other things and
will devote his energies along the line
of growing better crops and keeping
better stock.
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06
TOUR TO PACIFIC COAST.

In view of the great popularity
of transcontinental travel under
the Personally Conducted System,
as evinced i'll the recent Pennsy1-
vania Railroad Tour to the Pacific
Coast and Canadian Northwest,
that company has decided to run
another tour to the Pacific Coast,
including III the itinerary a visit
to the world-famous Grand Canon
of Arizona in the early fall. The
tour will leave New York, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington,
and other stations on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad east of Pittsburg,
on Monday, September %, and
reach New York on the homeward
trip Tuesday, October ~.
AS in former tours to California
under the auspices of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, a special train
composed of the highest class of
Pullman equipment, will be ulti-
lized during the entire trip. Elk
cellent meals will be served in the
dining cars attached to the train
during the entire journey, except
during the stops at San francisco
and in Chicago. An observation
car will appeal to all who delight
in scenery. Few trips afford SC
great diversity in Natures beau
ties as the one outlined below
Westward bound, the tourists will
pass through the wild slopes oil
the Colorado Rockies, around the
Great Salt Lake, and over the fast.
nesses of the Sierra Nevada. After
visiting all the beautiful resorts on
the sunny California slopes, the
eastward journey will be through
the Arizona desert to the Grand
Canon of Arizona. It's beautie:
cannon be painted in mere words
Magnificent in coloring, awful il
its depths, it stands among the
natural wonders of the world
Thence across the plains to st
Louis, and eastward through Hi
nois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsyl
vania the tourists reach their DIES
tination just thirty days after leav
ing home.
The various transcontiuenta
lines having made low rates on &C
, count of the General Triennia
Convention of the Protestant Epis
copal Church, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company is enabled t.
offer this superb vacation trip a
the low rate of $I85 for the roun,
: trip from New York, Philadelphia
t Baltimore, Washington, or an,
, point on Pennsylvania Railroa
= east of Pittsburg, one i'll a berth
Y and sos for the round trip, tw
persons occupying the same berth
The rate from Pittshurg will be S
: Diagrams are now open, and a
2 the number who can be accommc
= dated will be strictly limited, name
should be registered Immediately
r For further information and de
!, scriptive pamphlet, apply to Geo
l w. Boyd, Assistant General Pas
+ senger Agent, Broad Street Sta
ton, Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06

The telephone in the stage manager
Office at one of the variety theaters was
ringing, and an inquiry was made if the
scene box was vacant that evening.
''How should / know?" brusquely an
swered the stage manager. Enquire at
the box Office" "What is the number?'
inquired the speaker. ''Look in the book
you idiot! ] am not a telephone direct
Ory," was the answer Of the exasperated
manager. Excuse me for troubling
you" came the voice over the wire. "This
is Prince Carl who is speaking" And thC
telephone rang off. The poor manager
gave a gasp and almost tainted away
No Prince Carl attended the performance
that eYeniug,-ChieagO Record Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06
SHEEP RREErs.

We are asked which is the best breed
Of sheep for the farmer who wants to
keep a small flock on his farm. This
question of breeds is so much matter
Of personal fancy that it practically re-
solves itself into the assertion that
there is no best breed of anything. We
may say this, however: Any breed is
better than no breed. The Merinos are
among the hardest of our sheep. They
produce an oily and fine teXtured fleece
and a small carcass as mutton. The
Cotswolds have a large mutton car
cass and coarse, long wool and are es-
pecially valuable as producers of high
priced early lambs. The ShrOpshires
are a good all round breed for the av-
erage farmer, hardy, fair mutton ami
mails, giving a heavy fleece Of good
quality. Stated in another way which
will be readily understood. it may be
said that the MerinOs are the Berk
shires, the COtswOlds the Chester
Whites and the ShrOpshires the Pc
land Chinas of the sheep family.
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06
THE PRICE OF CoRN.

Here is a fact Of interest just now in
connection with the partial failure Of
the corn crop: In 1894, giving only a
half crop of corn. the price touched SO
cents in August and gradually declined
to 40 cents in January. The present
price is going to very greatly restrict
the consumption Of corn, and no one
can be sure that It will touch 60 cents
again before the crop of 1902 is avail
able. We do not want to see any man
get dollar bushel for corn.
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06

The Americana plums are fruiting
very heavily with US this year-a year
crop of any sort Of fruit is a rarity.
Owing to the droughty conditions
which have prevailed and the heavy
load Of fruit carried the plums are not
as large as usual, it being, even with
cultivation and mulehing, difficult un-
der the conditions to insure a normal
development of the fruit. Wyant. De
Soto. Rockford, Hawkeye, StOddart, are
all laden with fruit. Note-We fertilizC
these trees very heavily each year, and
they give a good crop each year as a
result.
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06

CONN ECTIONs.-"a" connects at Queen
Anne With the Delaware & Chesapeake Rwy.
"b'' connects at Greenwood with Delaware
Division of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore R. r. for Seaford, Delmar,
Salisbury and points south.
sc" connects at Glendale with the Della
ware, Maryland & Virginia r. r. for George
town and LeWes.
te'' connects at Greenwood VIII the Della
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 QUEENS OWN.-Be-
ginning MONDAY, MAY 9Th, 1901, steamers
OF the Queen Anne's Railroad Company will
leave QUEENSTOWN for BALTIMORE at
1875 a. m. and 7.00p. m.
RS-For further Information apply to
I. W. TROXEL, VIM. ID. UHLERi
8en'i Manager Genl Frt & Pass. ARt
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06

On one Of Queen Victorias earliest
visits to London she observed to her
friend. the then Earl of Automatic, II
wonder if my good people of London
are as glad to see me as l am to see
them"
He pointed to the letters V. r. woven
into the decorations and said, "YOuT
majesty can see their loyal cOckney
answer, We are.'"
Milford chronicle., 1901-09-06
Pennsylvania Railroad Reduced
Rates to Indianapolis.
ACCOUNT OF SOVEREIGN GRAND
LODGE, I. o. o. F.

For the meeting of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, at Indianapolis,
September 10 to Fl, the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company will sell
round-trip tickets to indianapolis
from all points on its lines at rate
of a single fare for the round trip.
Tickets will be sold September u
to IS, inclusive, and will be good tc
return, leaving indianapolis moi
earlier than September IS nor later
than September %. By deposit
ing ticket with Joint Agent Sep
TENDER IS to %, and upon payment
of fifty cents an extension of the
return limit may be secured, Il
leave indianapolis to October 7
| inclusive.