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Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12
H1REp MRN FoRTY YRARs AGO


The writer forty odd years ago work
ed as a hired hand on a farm. 1t was
tumble out at o'clock in the morning
and the last of the chores done at 8
o'clock at night. Nearly all the farm
work was; for want of modern machin-
cry and appliances, done in the hard
est way. The plows were iron and
would rarely scour. The grass was
cut with a seythe and raked with one
Of those revolving rakes. which were
more calculated to make a man pro-
fame than any tool ever invented by
man. Most Of the grain was cut with
a cradle, the corn planted by hand and
cultivated with a one horse shovel
plOw. The hired man got SO per
month. Viewed from this standpoint,
there is no doubt that the world has
! progressed.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

One hundred and fifty persons gathered
the other night in the parlors Of the Ath-
letic club thought that the exhibition
given by II. N. Pillsbury, when he PLAYED
II chess and 6 checker games, was mar
velous, but they would have opened their
eyes still wider had they seer him the
next morning in his room at the Kimball
House write out the scores for u of the
chess games without referring to any
memOrandum-in fact, he had nothing to
which he could refer. To play 10 games
is comparatively simple when it comes
to remembering about 1000 moves made
the night before both by himself and his
II opponents.
The night Of the exhibition, besides
the games Of chess and checkers, Pills
bury gave several exhibitions in men,
Org that opened the eyes Of the crowd.
One of them was to pass FIVE cards out
into the audience and have six names
written on each card. These names were
then called off, and afterward he told
what name was opposite any number ask
ed for or what number was opposite any
name Several fake names were intro
duced by the audience, but he immedi-
ately detected the trick e''S TX
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

We welcome every effort made In the
line Of sensible and practical cO-opera-
ton, for we believe that there are
large and happy possibilities connected
with the development of this agency.
We would like to know why ten fami-
lies could not cooperate to have the
family washing done, employing mod
ern machinery to do the work; why
the bread for ten families should not
be baked at one place. So done, men
can be secured to do the work, and
when the washing and the breadmak-
ing nre removed from the work of the
average housewife any one knows that
her labors have been materially light
ened.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12
Mob Destroys Reserved Seats In Mad.
ison Square Park.

New York, July 10.-The demonstra-
lions against the reserved park chairs
for the use of which a fee is charged
were continued in Madison Square
park yesterday. A mob several hun
dred strong tok the police by surprise
and began a wholesale destruction of
the chairs at the north end of the park.
The attendant in charge was swept
from his feet and carried down with
his property. The chairs were scat
tered over the pathways. and the police
reserves were unable TO quell the riot
for a time. They charged with drawn
clubs and several men were arrested.
One Of the occupants Of a pay chair
yesterday was Terry McGovern the
pugilist, who called upon one Of the
attendants ito come and collect" The
attendant, however. did not accept the
invitation.
Late last night Park Commissioner
Clausen announced that, owing to the
storm of opposition which had arisen
he would revoke the privilege granted
to Oscar F. Spaet to place pay chairs
in the parks
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12
wright offered Lehlsh's Presidency.

New York. July lO.-At a conference
Of the directors Of the Lehigh Valley
Traction company held here yesterday
It was decided TO offer the presidency
Of the company to Robert E Wright,
OF Allentown. Pa. A formal meeting
Of the directors will be held at Allen.
town today The presidency of the
company was made vacant by the
death OF Albert L. Johnson.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12
Read Upward.
Read Downward.
CnNNErrInNs-na,, connects al an.

CONNECTIONS.-"a" connects at Queen
Anne with the Delaware q Chesapeake Rwy.
"b' connects at Greenwood with Delaware
Division of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore r. r. for SeafOrd, Delmar,
Salisbury and points south.
te'' connects at Glendale with the Della
ware, Maryland Il Virginia r. r. for George
town ana Lewes.
SEE connects at Greenwood W;.h 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 QUEENSTOWN.-Be-
ginning MONDAY, MAY 9Th, 1901, steamers
leave QUEENSTOWN for BALTIMORE al
lO.85 a. m. and 700 p. N.
RarFor further information apply to
L W. TROXEL, VIM. d. UHLER,
5 Gen'l Manager Gen'l Frt & Pass. Agt
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

What is a so called $4,000 violin really
worth in the open market Of the auc-
ton room? asks an English paper. In
London the other day the Sullivan, Suth-
erland, Waldy and Way collections were
offered at one of the guaranteed" sales
The "Strad." owned by Sir Arthur Sulli-
van, which dates from the early part OF
Antonio Stradivarius' best period, before
his powers beESl to decay. was bought
in at 5000, while an undOubted "Strad'
Of 1T14 fetched only $500: a J. b
Guadagnini OF 1880. fully guaranteed
was sold for the moderate price of $3.50
an F. Ruggieri fetched E1O2, and a ia
cObus Stainer &c.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12
a FOunder Of RepubIIeanIam MarrIed

A Founder OF RepubIIcanism Married.
indianapolis, July 10.-Former Lieu.
tenant Governor William Cumback. y
years old, was married at Lapel, Ind,
to Miss Laura Wachstatter, a teacher.
Cumback was one of the founders Of
the Republican party and was famous
In Indiana as a Lincoln elector.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

Old Fashioned Pastor-You observe no
falling off in spirituality in your congre-
CATION. | hope?
Popular Young Clergyman-I think our
congregation has never been rs active In
church work as now. The ladies' ice
cream socials are excellently attended,
and our last rummage sale realized near
~ 1915 for the organ fund. - Chicago
Tribune,
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

The ignorant. dirty. slouchy butter
maker is fast finding that he is out Of
a Job. The man who has taken n spe-
cial training at our agricultural schools
and understands the science of milk is
the man who is wanted to make the
butter. Good butter may be made by
guess, but mighty little nowadays.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12
County Treasurer confesses Robbery

County Treasurer corfesses Robbery.
Minden, Neb.. July 10.-Alfred Nor
lin, county treasurer Of Nearney coun.
ty. was arrested last night on a charge
Of robbing the county treasury and
setting fire to the court house on the
night of June q After his arrest Nor
lin made a full confession and took
the officers to a corn held near his
house, where in box was found S.,
us. Ills total shortage is $i0,011. Nor
lin. at the time of the court house fire.
said he had been assaulted In his
Office, robbed and the building fred.
He admitted tonight that this was
purely connection Of bis own. -
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

The work of many q housewife is
greatly increased just because the fam
lily is addicted to a depraved use of
the frying pan and the baking powder
biscuit. Young lady. if your lover tells
you he wants hot biscuit twice a day,
don't you marry him. The chances are
that if you do he will have dyspep-
STA or Bright's disease before he is 40
and be so ugly you will want to go
home to your ma.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12
RRANCH ROADS.

Dolovrore. MARYLAND " virginia r. r.
leave harrington for Franklin CITY ana way
gfotio,e m re- n. m daily and II p. m. week
dovs Returning, train leaves Franklin CITY
q "a n. m, week and l.S2 pm. week days
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague wa
.aamer) l 80 p IN. week days. helurhlhs'
I've Chincoteague 81 a. m. week Gays.
Leaves Harrington for Georgetown and
RehOboth at 10 81 n. M. 6.l4 p. m. Week-1ayS;
Returu.hg, leave RehOboth b.53 a. IN. ana @oi
D. m. weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, ld.SS a. m,
ord an D. m. weekdays. Returning, leave
PaTlin Sc q. IN. weekdays and A29 p M
Oueen Anne & KenNl R.R.-Leave Towns
end for Centrevile and way stations. y -
q. m. and 3 OS p. m. week days. kelurhlne'
leave Centreville 81 a. m. ana 30 p M
week days.
Del Chesapeake r. R.-Leave Clayton FOR
Oxford and way stations at IS a. m. ana Oh
p. m. week days. Returning, leave OAlofa
655 a. IN. and SIP. m. week days.
Cambridge & Seaford r. R.-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations AT
II II a. m. and - p. NJ week days Return
ING train leaves Cambridge AT % and 255
p. m. week days.
C,oNNECTION.-At Porter, with Newark q
Delaware City Railroad. At townsend with
Queen Annes & Kent Railroad. Al Gay
ton, with Delaware & Chesapeake Railroad
and Baltimore q Delaware Bay railroad. Al
Harm xton,w Delaware, Maryland ~ Nlr-
ginia Railroad. At SeafOrd, with Cam bridge
Il Seaferd Railroad. At Delmar, with New
York, Philadelphia 4 Norfolk, WycOmicO a
Poeomoke, and Peninsula Railroads
J. B. HUTCHINSON, General Manag
J.R. WOOD, General Passenger Agent
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

There has been evolved this year
very distinct and marked advance in
the science Of roadmaking by the use
Of the traction engine as motive pow
or for graders. Wherever tried it has
proved Il most marked success. Why
not 60 one step farther and use the en-
CINE to haul the gravel to make a fin
ished highway? We look to see this
the next step.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

Twelve hundred registered Here
ford cattle have been sold since
Jan. 1 at an average price of $240 per
head. Good cattle have never been in
greater demand than at the present
time. Stockmen are getting on to the
fact that It costs no more to keep
well bred animal than a scrub.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

Or. Hobbs Sparugus Pills cure all kidney ills Sam
pie free. Add Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or NY
me more hay, particularly clover
hay, can be cured under cover-in the
cock, in the field or in the stack or
mow-without damage by heating. the
sweeter, more nutritious and better will
it be. Hot suns, dews, winds and rains
make short work and bad work with
what might be good hay.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

The best thing that is going on in
this country today is the agricultural
and mechanical regeneration of the
south. Out OF the wreck and waste of
war. the old time animosities well nigh
extinct, the beautiful southland is COM
ing to its own-to a time when all its
rare endowment of climate and nat
ural resources are combining to make
1t one OF the fairest countries on earth.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

1t Is quite likely that the fuel sup
plies of this country will undergo a
very marked change should the recent
discoveries of fuel oil prove to be per-
manent in their supply. Oil as a fuel
has many advantages over coal in that
it costs far less to transport it and pro-
duce It, is smokeless and a self feeder
for all furnace work. .-.s.A.....--..
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

While your mind and bodyrest Cas-
carets Candy Cathartic repair your
digestion, your liver, your bowels,
put them in perfect order. Genuine
tablets stamped C. c. c. Never sold
| in bulk. All druggists, Ioc.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

At this season of the year, the last
Of June, house and barn cats are busy
foraglng in the fields and groves. They
are after the young birds, which for
day or two after they leave the nest
are an easy prey for these providers.
We sometimes wonder which of the
two is the bigger pest-cats or rats and
mice.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12
ROOEbeer
DON'T 1 ssG 8 q 8 SR RE

You can be cured Of any form of tobacco using
easily, be made WELL strong magnetic, full of
new life and vigor by taking M0-TO-RAG,
that makes weak men strong. Many gain
ten pounds in ten days. over 500 600
cured. All druggists. Cure guaranteed. Book
let and advice FREE. Address STERLING
REMEDY CO, Chicago or New York. 49,
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12
Church and Creed.

The church is only the outer shell,
which takes on a different form and can
be destroyed, while religion is imperish-
Rble.-President Harper Of Chicago Uni
versity.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

The Chinese win neither eat the flesh
nor drink the milk of the COW. One Of
their pious queries is, How can the
COW raise her calf if man robs her of
her milk" while the American heather
has developed the COW so that she gives
not only milk enough to raise her calf,
but enough to feed his kids besides.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

Glover suffers far less from drought
than timothy or blue grass, as it is a
deeper rooted plant We noted two
fields the other day, one of clover and
one of timothy. on the same sort of
soil and lying adjoining each other.
The drought had been almost cOntinu-
GUS for two months. The timothy was
not worth running the mower over
would not make a fourth of ton to the
acre-while there was a good crop OF
clover, good for a ton and half to the
acre.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

That grade bull should go into the
feed yard. for he will only disappoint
you at the head of the herd.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

We do not see why the ferret might
not be used to destroy the pocket
gopher. Has any one ever tried this
scheme?
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

We note with a good deal If salts
faction that a grain and stock buyer of
a certain western state who for some
time had been menkeyng with his
scales and Offering 10 sell to other buy
ers a device which would make it easy
for the buyer to rob the farmer has
been rounded up by Uncle Sam and
made to ante up $1,000. lie ought to
have been given a chance to have re-
pented of his meanness in the peni-
Tertiary.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

An oil well may spout for time and
a gold mine pay a few dividends, but a
well cared for farm is as permanently
q dividend payer as the sun is a pro-
Queer Of heat.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

You can put it down as a fixed fact
that if the cows commence to shrink in
their milk yield during the summer
months there is something wrong with
their rations.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

NEW CASTLE AccoMMoDATIoN, TRAINs.33
Leave Wilmington Sl8 am, 3.Ui, ~, guy u,
q 5S n m. week days. Leave New Casue o'Sl'
q s3 n "A a IN B4l PIN. week days.
TCxpress trains leaving Harrington o.IU N. I'm
aud arriving at 6.l0 p. IN. week DAYS run
through solid to and from balInhOIe VIZ
porfer and Newark.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

Every farmer should have a flag, big
enough to be seen from the highway,
which he can hoist once in awhile, TO
let everybody know that the flag rep
resents his sentiments and that he ap-
preciates the peace, security and pros
peTity which the flag guarantees him.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

Take It all round, good graham mush
is about as satisfactory a cereal break
fast food as any of the patented wheat
preparations, and for the other cereal
products old fashioned oatmeal still
leads.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

The wireless corn planter has proved
a failure for general use. On some per-
fectly level fields, free from stone, sods
or clods, it has done good work, but
fails where Otl-er conditions prevail
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

Government statistics show that IN
1884 it required hours and "a minutes
to produce a bushel Of corn in mans
labor, while in 1895 the time required
had, by the use of modern machinery,
been reduced to Al minutes and the
cost of this labor had been reduced
from 359A to 1Oh cents.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

To some men a ton Of hay is a ton
of hay; but, all the same, one ton Of
bright, we'll cured hay cut at the proper
season is easily worth two tons Of late
cut storm spoiled stuff which is still
called hay.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

There will always be a whole lot to
be learned about raising a crop of corn
so long as the average man can produce
only 40 bushels per acre, OF about one
third Of a possible crop.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

When a fat hog a year old sells for
$40 in the corn belt, as now, 1t is no
wonder that grangers pose as presi-
dents of national banks. The $50 hog
is in the same class Of wealth pro
ducers as oil wells and pay dirt in a
gold mine, The grunt of satisfaction
given by the hog as he lies down to
snooze is not to be compared to the
grunt Of satisfaction on the part of the
granger as he cashes the check received
for the hog
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

Our attention was lately called to an
advertisement in a daily paper as fol-
lows: Wanted, a good girl to do
housework; wages So per week." This
advertisement contained the only log
lcal solution of the hired girl problem
the offer Of higher wages than have ever
heretofore been paid for this sort of
service. A hired girls trust is in proc
ess of formation. or, rather, an organ
izatlon Of this branch of workers, for
the purpose Of protecting their inter-
ests, just as Is done by the members
of other trades and professions. There
never was so good a time as the pres
ent for women to fit themselves to do
their own work or for people to sim
pllfy their style Of living.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

The average creamery viii disburse
to the farmers which patronize 1t
about $4,000 a year. This sum is
about equal to that which % average
quarter section farms will produce one
year with another Where there is
help TO milk and care for the cows the
dairy business is the safest foundation
for all northern agriculture. and. If
anything. this statement will apply
with more force to the farms in the
eastern than in the western states.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

Economic discoveries have made it
possible for a city to get rid Of its gar
bage by cremation and utilize the heat
so produced to maintain a steam pres
sure Of IS pounds on a modern electric
light or pumping station.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

A lady friend told us the other day
that she was going to set out a straw
berry bed this fall. Don't do it. You
will get a better bed to wait until next
April and then set 1t out.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

Oil bids fair to do more for Califor-
MIA than either gold, climate or fruit
has been able to do. a large section Of
the state seems to be underlaid with
most valuable oil deposits which when
utilized win greatly promote all manu-
featuring interests.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

Foreign nations are willing that
America should feed the world and fur
nish cotton to clothe it, but are most
vigorously kicking when we propose to
furnish them all sorts Of manufactured
goods at prices less than they can pro-
duce them for and of better quality.
1t viii do them no good to kick, for
they are dependent upon us for their
bread and butter.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12
Queen Anne S Railroad COmpang

Time Table in effect Monday, May 9Th
1901 QIeaves daily and Sunday)
steamer connections between Pier 10 Light
Street Wharf, Baltimore, and railroad divis-
ion at Queenstown, Md.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

If you did not set out a new straw
berry bed this spring las you should
have done), you may do something in
the way of renOvatlng the old bed thus:
When the berries are all picked. NOW
it off close to the ground. tSea give it
a good tussllng WITH acorn plow and
drag 1t down smooth, or. If in a garden.
dig a strip of the bed up two feet wide,
leaving strip Of the old plants about
a foot in width. A new growth will
start up If there is sufficient moisture
and make quite fair bed for another
season.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12
'raps for Ladies.
and White Skirts.

THE NEW Always first on
DRESS STUFFS the list Of a sea
sons purchases. No doubt you've
given this Dress Goods matter
much careful thought; SO have we.
Will you kindly compare notes
with us, and see how near we have
come to your conception of what
the new gown ought to look like,
and what it ought to cost. Think
we can pleasantly surprise you.
You can depend upon our doing
our level best to please you in this
important matter of gown choos-
ing.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

Could a man invent some process
whereby the heat and power wasted in
the exhaust of the locomotive engine
could be utilized it would mean a for
tune for him of six figures.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12
Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candu Cnthartin nl1ra combination fnrnrnr

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
lOe, Zoe, II c. G. G. fail druggists refund money
III the past there has been very little
IN common between the college educa-
ton and the farm. In fact, it may be
said that to give boy a college educa-
ton was to absolutely divorce him
from all interest in farm life and farm
work. SO for years the colleges have
been busy turning out doctors, law
yers, parsons. teachers and the like
until the ranks Of all these professions
are full to oYerflowlng. Thousands of
young men are each year finding out
that it is far easier to acquire collie
giate equipment for these professions
than 1t is to find a place in this old
world where they may use their knowl-
edge in a practical way. We wish to
say that there Is absolutely nothing In
harmonious between knowledge and
agriculture. On the contrary, no bust
ness or profession today offers more
inducements to the rightly educated
young man than this of agriculture
Science is doing fully as much for the
farm as 1t is for the factory, mine OIL
laboratory The financial rewards
which follow science and intelligence
as applied to agriculture are as sub
stantial as those in any other line. A
/ young friend of ours who has JUS
/ finished a full classical course at one o.
our best colleges and who has beer
/ casting about for the choice Of n pro
fession told us that after looking thu
field over thoroughly he had made VI
his mind TO supplement his classica
course with an agricultural course o
study and then operate a 800 acr
stock farm upon modern principles
Infinitely wiser is this course thai
wearing the best years of his life ava,
to get a standing and q renumerativ
practice as some lawyer or physician
He said, Il am going to learn how t
raise good stock that will sell for a BIZ
price" Will he succeed? OF course h
will, and there are hundreds of youn
men who would do well to follow hi
example.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

Financiers are wise enough to see
that farm lands situated within the
corn belt are likely to become, if they
are not so already, the most valuable
agricultural lands in the world.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

mere is no better meat food for man
n good mutton. If America would
.ubstitute mutton for the pork which is
eaten by its people, the doctors would
half starve, men would quit pounding
their wives, bottle babies would be I'M
known, the divorce courts would go
out Of business, the term Of life would
be increased, and much of the cussed-
ness of the country be prevented, to
say nothing of trichina and all that.
Still, we never expect to see the day
when the delicious odOr Of roast pork
and apple sass, boiled ham and fried
sausage viii not be enough to over
come any and all arguments why peo-
pie should eat mutton rather than
pork.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

There is nothing a rabbit likes better
in the winter time than blackberry
brush. One winter we covered a lot
of blackberry bushes with straw, and
the rabbits got in among them, and in
the spring there was not vestige Of
the bushes left.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

HEIE y II ItI0IIIUII TIULE tut u
man on the farm If you are
worker and are well tanned up, a.
are quite likely to be, you will Loo
ter dressed If you wear a colored -
er than a white shirt and collar, and .
mind that you let gaudy neckwear
alone White and brown and scarlet |
or purple and brown never harmonic.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

We have received the year book
issued by the department of agricul-
ture. 1t is the most valuable work
ever issued by the department and, to
a limited number. may be procured
through the congressman of your dis
trict.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

"
WOOD, Gen. Passenger Agent.
Milford chronicle., 1901-07-12

> North Milford,