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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08
HINTS ON HOUSE PLANTS.

Dry heat, red spiders and plant lice
are the three principal causes of failure
in the raising of house plants. Plants
will always thrive better in a kitchen
than in a furnace heated parlor for
the simple reason that the air in the
kitchen is moistened by the continually
boiling and stewing. Violets, freesias,
hyacinths, carnations, chrysanthemums
and narcissuses will all do better with
a north window light and a tempera-
ture of go or Go degrees than they will
in a south window, with sunlight and a
temperature of 70 or so degrees. A.
fine flowers Of these varieties as we
have ever raised never saw the sun
light after they were ported.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08
eoY KIdnapper Arrested.

Great Falls, Mon, Nov "A p
year-old boy named Southwick kid
mapped the 6-year-old son of G. w.
Ryan, a grocer of this city, and sent
q note to the father demanding $500
ransom, threatening Injury to the child
if the demand was not complied with
Mr.. Ryan notified the police, who ar
rested young Southwick soon alter the
Ryan boy had arrived at his fathers
store unframed, having been released
Southwick confessed, and declared he
had no accomplices. He expressed NJ
repentance, and said: Il would have
hit the old man for $4,000 if l though
he would have stood Tor it.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08
CLOSED BY DROUGHT
Many Mines Are Idle Owing to
Lowness Of River.
10000 MINERS ARE OUT OF WORK

Unless Rain Comes Soon All the Mines
Will Be clcsed--Acid In the Water
Has Serious Effect On the Indus
trial Plants.
Pittsburg, Nov. 5.-Fifteen mines Of
the river coal combination, the Mo
nongahela River Consolidated Coal
and Coke company, closed yesterday,
and 10000 miners are thrown out Of
employment. The drought is the
cause, and the mines and men Will
be idle until rains come sufficient to
take south the millions of tons of coal
that now longest the Pittsburg harbOr
and the slack-watered pools of the Mo
nongahela river. Every one of the
100000 available boats and barges is
floating on the pools waiting for the
rise that will furnish enough water
for the towboats to take them across
the shallow part of the Ohio between
Pittsburg and Cincinnati. Unless the
rains come before the middle of the
month the remaining mines will be
compelled to close, as by that time
they will have used up their limited
storage space at the tipples. In that
event 1000 additional men will quit
AS a small compensation, about 5000
OF the miners went to work in the rail
} road mines, which are behind in theil
lake contracts.
The drought is having another Sc
rious effect on the great industrial
region OF the MonOngahela valley
: With only a small now Of water il
, the pools from which the mills draN
5 their water. the proportion of su
l phuric acid in it has increased to sue
: an extent that the mills of the Unite
l States Steel Corporation have bee
4 seriously Inconvenience. EXamin;
3 tions of the water at the Homestea
g Steel Works during tae past few day
= have shown that it contains from
to per cent. of acid The result ha
been that boilers have been eaten on
pipes cut and much damage general
caused All mills now use soda as
by carloads, which is charged in IL
water before it is run into the boiler
The cutting away of the forests
the headwaters has made the drough
each summer longer, while the
2 crease in mines, and in the depth
l. old mines, adds a greater flow of mil
" water.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08


wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney. bladder uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form Of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-ROot is not rec
ommendedfor everything but if you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that a special arrangement has
! been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
/ telling more about Swamp-Root and how &c
( find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble
/ When writing mention reading this generou:
offer in this paper and E.9-
send your address to g : 81; a
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing- - ~ ~
hamton, N. Y. The 'sa4zss l slssst. ~ Y
regular fifty cent and Home of swamp-HOOt.
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

Speaking of the tact shown by the
Duke of Cornwall in his present journey,
The Candid Friend says: perhaps he
owes much of his success to the fact that
he has always had at his elbow as coun-
selOr and friend that remarkably shrewd
Scotchman whose career has been one Of
the most remarkable of modern times. l
allude to Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace,
who bids fair to become sort of twenti-
eth century Stockmar. Sir Donald Wal
lace first came into prominence in the late
seventies, when his book on Russia took
the town by storm. 1t was of course pro-
hibted in the country it described, but
the whirligig of time brings its revenges
| and today it is translated into Russian
and actually used as a textbook in the
higher grade schools. Sir Donald begaI
his career long before this book was pub
lished and was favOrably known as phi
lologist and folklorist years before it evel
occurred to him to go to Russia"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

1t has been clearly demonstrated at
the experiment stations that the spray
ing Of fruit trees when in bloom great
ly hinders the work of fertilization
and in many cases absolutely prevents
1t. Then, spraying just. at this time
kills the bees, when the bees and the
bloom should be permitted to carry on
their perfect work
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

CONN ECrIONS.-'a connects at Queen
Anne With the Delaware & Chesapeake Rwy.
1b'' connects at Greenwood with Delaware
Division Of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltim1re r. r. for Seaford, Delmar,
Salisbury and points south.
ac' connects at Glendale with the Della
ware, Maryland & Virginia r. r. for George
town and Lewes.
ne" connects at Greenwood Wi.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 SAC p. m.
BALTIMORE AND QUEENSTOWN.-Be.
ginning MONDAY. NAY 9Th, 1901, steamers
Sffhe Queen Anne's Railroad Company will
leave QUEENSTOWN for BALTIMORE al
10 50 q. m. and 700 p. m.
as-Forfart her information apply to
I. w. TROXEL, WIN. ID. UHLERI
Csn'l Manager Gen1 Fri B Pass. AIT
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

The small sum of 1 cent a day will
feed a native Javanese. while $3.50 a
month will keep his whole family, and
yet we know Of men who get $50 a
month in this country who are always
behind on their grocery bills and who
are eating up this month what they ex-
pect to earn next month. These should
go to Java.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08
rror navored th2' 'i,s ma

- ,sa-s',sl icdleu anu
hohs ard The finest favored mans
p!R,iuced anywhere are from the Viz
gina mountain districts. where the
n'. run wild in the woods the year
rodnd' ana t. .rkeys raised in the woods
are almost as highly favored in flesh
as their wild relatives. The eggs and
flesh Of the common barnyard fowl
would be much improved in flavor
could the hens be kept wholly away
from manure piles and other offal in
which they seem to find delight. II
onions fed to milk cows will faint their
milk, why is it not a bad policy to let
them chew away on pile of horse ma
nure?
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08
sor.n+on,s New Tax law.

Scranton, Pa. Nov 5.-Recorder
Cornell yesterday signed the ordi-
nance imposing a tax on the gross
receipts of gas, water. light, telephone,
telegraph and trolley companies. It
will compel these public service cor
porations to contribute 100000 an
nually to the city treasury, or enough
to pay one-fourth of the municipal
expenses. The ordinance was made
possible by ScrantOn's new second
class city charter, the much-maligned
ripper bill.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08
New Are YoEr KIdnaysg
Dr. Hobbs sparagus Pills cure all kidney ills. Sam
Die free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago OF \.


A significant shipment was made re-
sently-a shipload Of iron ore from
Spain was delivered at an American
port and, the vessel took to Spain re
turn cargo Of steel rails. If this sort
Of thing goes on, there is no question
about the continued prosperity Of the
American farmer.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

A law recently put into effect in Nor
way cOmpels the young lady before
she marries to present certificate to
the authorities showing that she can
cook, sew, knit and embroider. This
ought to insure the getting Of a good
housekeeper when a fellow marries in
that country, but it is an unfair ar.
rangement in that nothing is required
in the man.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08
room AND FLAvOR.

Food greatly affects the flavor Of tile
flesh Of the animal to which it is fed.
Thus turkeys and hogs which live liz
the woods and forage for their rations
Of nuts. roots and mast are very much
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

There has been so much corn cut up
for fodder this year and there will be
so much shredding done that local
surgeons should be prepared to treat
an unusual number of mangled arms
and hands. Or, we will put it this
way-the careless, reckless hand
should not under any circumstances
be allowed to feed the shredder.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

Minnesota is claiming the right to
be called the ''bread and butter" state,
and not without good reason, for its
wheatfelds and wonderfully develop
ing dairy interests are attracting the
attention Of the whole country. When
to these two interests are added those
of its mines and forests, the North
Star State becomes no small part of
the Union.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

Here is another Minnesota item well
worth mention: At the late state fair
there were on exhibition in the fruit
department 2,364 plates of apples, 515
plates of plums and 454 plates of
grapes, representing over POO varieties
Of apples and 100 of plums, and all
this in a state far north, outside the
supposed fruit belt and In a season
when fruit production has been very
! light.
The Wealthy apple, fall fruit in the
latitude of Iowa, when grown in
northern Minnesota becomes a very
good winter apple with just a little
care, illustrating the truth that thu
farther north an apple is grown the
better the quality and the longer i
will keep.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

We note that a farmer in Missouri
lately sold two carloads Of hogs fatted
by him on his farm for as much as his
farm was worth
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

If you will put a root of English or
California violet in five inch pot
half a dozen, say-and set them in the
window of the north parlor and dip
them once a week in water Of a TEN.
perature Of 10 degrees, submerging
the whole plant, you may pick these
lovely flowers in abundance all winter
We know that this may be done, fol
we do it.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

In olden times the husking bee was a
much priced farm frolic. When the
boys found n red ear they were given
the privilege of kissing the girls and so
1t came about that the boys were more
particular than they are now about
fixing the seed corn In the spring Of the
unnr
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

Taking the prevailing price of farm
produce in the central west today
the quality of the soil and the average
yield of crops, every acre Of good farm
land is worth 500.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

The year 1901 gave us the biggest
wheat and peach crop on record ana
a widespread and savage drought in be-
tween to growl about.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

A great change is taking place in the
method of constructing grain elevators,
the bins intended to hold the grain be-
ing built in circular form outside the
power house aud constructed whOllE
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08
FOUND pAsYs BODY IN RIVER
Brains Were Dashed Out and Child
Thrown Into the Water.


Thrown Into the Water.
Pottsville. Pa, Nov. 4.-Coroner w.
]. Mccarthy is investigating a case
of infanticide at St. Clair. which has
reused the deepest Indignation in the
community The murder of the in
FAINT occurred at the bridge crossing
the Schuylllill at that place, the body
being found lying in the bed of the
stream, which is very shallow.
At one OF the corner posts of the
bridge there was pool of blood and
blood upon the post, on which the lit
tie ones brains were dashed out. AT
ter being killed the child was thrown
over a 15-foot wall into the river
Thus far the identity Of the child hai
not been established nor are there al
yet any clues to the murderer.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

One more literary landmark is being
wiped off the map Of London. This time
it is the house in Gerard street, Soho, in
which Dryden died. Even now the pick
ak is at work. The street from which
this monument is vanishing has historical
associations. One house, now used as a
telephone exchange, had Edmund Burke
as a tenant Lord Mohun. the duelst,
and Lord Lyttleton lived in Macclesfeld
House, a residence of Lord Gerard, aft
erward Earl of Macclesield. At the
Turks Head, too. the famous Literary
club used to hold its meetings, frequented
by DR.. johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds
Burke and other great figures. In little
while, however, Gerard street will b'
like any other London thoroughfare, {
thoroughfare and nothing more.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

Vineland, N. j., Nov. 4-Lee Thomp-
son, a carpenter OF this place, has re-
ceived word from Kerryville, Tex,
that he is one of a haf dozen heirs
to an estate worth 100000, left by a
distant relative The information
came through what is regarded as a
reputable law firm Of Kerryville.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRA ira, :,
Leave Wilmington slS am, SO5, aVS, ss ~
65sp.m. week days. Leave New Casue o'ol'
q IA Ia "a a m, Sal PIN. week days.
Express traiss leaving Harrington s.lU IN
and arriving at $40 p. m. week Gays .u ~,
t.ro,,Sh solid TO and from Baltimore via
Pnrter and Newark.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

A hen will lay, all told, about 400
eggs. If well cared for, she will lay
$50 Of these by the time she is eighteen
months old. This explains why it does
not pay to keep old hens.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

We find that the purple branching
aster is much better able to resist the
effect Of frost than are the other varie-
ties of this flower, the purple asters,
Oct. -, carrying a lot Of handsome
bloom and apparently uninjured by the
frost which killed all the others.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

There is something strangely incon-
sistent about the universal prejudice
against the flesh of the horse as food,
the horse being the most cleanly of
al mails and eating only the most
clearly of food, and the greediness
with which the hog is eaten, common
product of unspeakable Offal and filth.
This is something which we have
never seen explained.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

We expected somebody would get
hurt in specializing in potatoes at $1.25
per bushel, and it proves to be large
number of the country merchants of
the north country in Minnesota, North
Dakota ana Wisconsin, who paid the
farmers a big price for their potatoes
with the expectation that the tubers
could be unloaded at a profit on south
ern buyers. These merchants find that
they can only sell at a big loss.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

Educate Your Bowels With Cascaretss
Candy Cathartlc. cure constipation forever
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

He Did Not Believe In Banks.
Cumberland. Nd, Nov. Jacob
Nicholson. who lives near Hyndman
did not believe in banks and kept his
money hidden in his house. Thurs
day robbers stole s4,520 in green
backs. Yesterday Nicholson deposited
in the bank $1,000 in gold. which the
robbers overlooked.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

No land on earth produces so great a
quantity and variety of good things to
eat as America. Nearly every state
has some speciality, and when the
years crop of good things is all Sc
cured the available bill Of fare for the
average citizen is something The finest
which is" There is no question about
the propriety of properly observing
Thanksgiving day in America.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

1t will be recalled that LongfellOw in
his delightful romance Of 1.-The Court
ship of Miles Standish" has Priscilla
ride a snow white bull in the bridal
procession when she is married to John
Alden, and it is worthy of remark that
the poet very wisely puts a ring in that
white bulls nose, by which he is led.
proving that bulls, whether snow white
or coal black, have not changed in dis
position very much in 200 or 800 years.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

It is claimed that cut flowers, If
placed in salt water, will keep fresh
much longer time than if the water Is
fresh and that faded bouquets can be
restored by placing them in brine.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

Some people are worried because the
United States has no official national
flower While England has the rose,
Scotland the thistle, Ireland the sham,
rock, France the lily and Holland the
tulip, there seems to be no unity of
opinion as to what flower should con-
stitute Americas floral insignia. One
of our western congressman once
undertook to get the pansy so named
but he only succeeded in getting
'pansy" hitched on to his name in
stead of the country. The flour which
has made America more famous thar
any other is made at Minneapolis
mostly.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

Stock feeders in the beet sugar dis
tricts of Germany are finding a valua-
BILE stock food in the mOlasses by
product of the factories, mixed with
meal from the heterogeneous cereals. In
Louisiana the molasses has been used
for roadmaking and fuel.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK Z?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know Of the wonderful
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

cures made BY Or.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
caltriumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad.
Iats rAAzfa 1s=f Av,I 4
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

The Gamma roots may be removed at
any time before the ground freezes up
with a good ball Of earth and placed
on the cellar floor and covered with
sand, which should be kept moist.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08
Queen Anne S Railroad Company

Time Table in effect Monday, May 9Th,
1901 LEAVES daily and sunday
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08

Steamer connections between Pier 10 Light
Street Wharf, Baltimore, and railroad divis-
ion At Queenstown, Md.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08
81 ahsolutelY freproof

or cement. So absolutely ireproor
these structures that the eompanieLp
building and owning them do not pre-
tend to carry any insurance on them OF,
their contents.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-08
At Georgetown trains connect with train
70 and froRa + fankiin City.
IN read down North read up.
North.

J.R. HUTCHINSON, Gen, Manager
WOOD, Gen. Passenger Agent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-04
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.
Consular Report Throws New Light
on Its Operation in Australia.


\ Justification of opposition to COM
pulsOry arbitration cam De found i'm
the recent consular report of United
States Consul Dillingham; at Auckland.
New Zealand, ON tn" operation Of the
famous NcW Zealand compulsory ar
bitratipn act Of 1851, with It's amcnd-
mcut of i>j| The current belief
strengthened ny liuttcring articles that
have appeared from time to time, is
that the act il a remarkable success.
Mr. DiiIuahum shows that Sucn Is not
the case,
According go th" provisions of the
act, any uad" organization may
bring before board of cancellation
an industrial dispute If the board
fails to cftect u settlement, the case
may hc taken before the court of ar
hitiation. This is kind of court Of
last resort whose decision may be en-
forced IKE the decision of the SUI
rreme court. In mPliirg its decisions
il has been i'm the habit of inserting
"A PROV islOn that members of trade
unions must receive at the hands of
employers preiercnC" over non-mem-
bers Naturally such preference has
heon denounced as tyraunical, and an
attempt VAS made recently to test It's
validity.
| After hearing the arguments in the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-04
GIVING 0||T.
The Struggle DiSCouraseS Many
a Citizen Of Scranton.

Around all day with an aching back.
can't rest at night
Enough to make anyone give out"
Doan's Kidney pills will give re-
neWed life.
They will cure the backache.
cure every kidney Ill.
Here Is Scranton's proof that this
Is so:
Miss Mary Lutz. of 1910 Sanderson
avenue. says: II used Doan's Kidney
Pills for Il severe pain in my back.
which troubled me more or less since
! was small. 1t annoyed me mostly
after doing a hard days work. such as
ironing. but few doses Of Doan's
Kidney plls soon drove it away. My
brother also used them. and they did
him a great deal Of good"
For sale hy all dealers. Price, ~
cents. Fostcr-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, y.
Y" sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doan'S. and
take no substitute
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-04
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

R"v. Whalvn, of Carboudalr cX-
changed pulpits last evening with Rev.
Thomas dc Gruchy, pastor of the jack
son Street Baptist church.
The social committee of the Electric
city Whorlmen will meet Tuesday
evening at 40 o'clock. All members
are requested 60 be present.
At the morning service of the Wash
burn Street Presbyterian church. Prof.
John Sample spoke on the twentieth
Century Movement of the General AS
sembly Of the Presbyterian Church"
Branch Gal. Ladies' Catholic BcneyO-
lent society, will meet tomorrow even
ing.
Tha Lords supper was celebrated at
the First Baptist church last evening.
Hyde Park camp. Modern Woodmen
of America. will meet this evening in
lVorite hall.
Rev. Dr l.. =. Floyd, a former pas
tor of the simpson Methodist EDisco
pal church. now presiding elder of the
BinghamtOn, y. Y, district, occupied
the pulpit at both morning and even-
ing services and preached two fOrciblc
sermons.