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He Ought to Know.

The story goes that on one occasion
when Speaker Gully Of the house Of
commons was enjoying a brief holiday
in Scotland he was taken to call on
some friends Of his host and hostess,
being Of course introduced to them
only as "AIr. Gully" The old laird on
whom the call was made battered him
self on his wide knowledge Of politics.
and, as i'll luck would have it, he
launched out as to the little known
rights and privileges Of the chair. Mr..
Gully not unnaturally ventured to dis
agree with some of his statements,
whereupon at last the old Scotchman,
with considerable choler. inquired an.
grily:
Might l ask you by what right you
lay down the lawT'
''Well, you see" replied MIR. Gull,
difidently, Il am the speakerF-Lon
don Standard.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

OF Thomas Hardy, the writer Of a
sketch in a supplementary volume Of
the Encyclopedia Britannica says: "He
is a fatalist, and he studies the work
ings of fate in the chief vivifying and
disturbing influence in life, woman.
His view Of woman is more French
than English. 1t is subtle, a little cru
ell, not as tolerant as it seems, thor
Oughly a mans point of view and not,
as with Mr.. Meredith. mans and wo-
mans at once. He sees all that is ir-
responsible for good and evil in wom-
ans character, all that is unreliable in
her brain and viii. all that is alluring
in her variability. He is her apollo
gist but always with a certain reserve
of private judgment His knowledge
of woman confirms him in suspense
Of judgment; his knowledge Of nature
brings him nearer to the unehangine
and consOling element in the world"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20
As the Twig is Bent.

The great problem for the sun.
preston of cruelty to animals NAV
be solved if we turn more from
the corrective to the preventative
stage. That trite saying aptly fits,
You can't teach an old dog new
tricks" There is little hope of
permanent reformation among men
aud women stepped in the habit of
cruelty.
We turn with hope, however, to
the youth and children of our day
for the application of preventative
methods. The spirit that animates
a child to take pleasure in giving
pain to a dumb creature, more help,
less than itself, is the same that
prompts acts of cruelty in an adult
to child.
Some boys can find no better
pastime on summer evenings than
chasing poor cats from place to
place; and this unfeeling play is
often carried to the extreme of kill
ing.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20
Two August Tours TO the Paci
Tic Coast at Greatly Reduced
Rates via Pennsylvania
Railroad.

On account of the low rates au-
thorized by the transcontinental
lines to the Pacific Coast during
the Summer, the Pennsylvania Rail.
road Company, will run two high
grade personally-condncted tours to
the Pacific Coast bv special trains
OF the highest grade Pullman equip
ment. Both tours will leave New
York August 2, visiting Chicago,
Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt
Lake City, San Francisco. Del
Monte Monterey, Santa Barbara,
Los Angeles, San Jose, and Port,
land on the going trip.
Returning, Tour No. I will run
northward from Portland and east
ward through the magnificent Can.
adam Rockies by leisurely daylight
trips, with stops at Glacier, Banf
Hot Springs, and other points, reach
ing New York and the East via St
Paul and Chicago on August RI.
Tour No. ? will run east boun,
from Portland over the Norther,
Pacific Railway to Ciunabar, wher
the special train will be side tracke,
while the passengers make the usua
slx-day trip of the Yellowston
National Park. From the Park tn
route homeward will be via 81
Paul and Chicago, arriving at Ne1
York September d.
Rates from New York, Philade1
} phia, Washington, or any point o
/ the Pennsylvania Railroad, east {
Pittsburg including transportation
Pullman berth and all meals on til
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

tour except during the FIVE days
spent in San Francisco, when Pull
man accommodations and meas
are not provided
For Tour No. I, 500. Two
persons occupying one berth, $3.50
each.
For tour No. ?, $3.50, including
all expenses through Yellowstone
Park. Two persons occupying one
berth, $z3o each.
A preliminary announcement out
lining the various details is now in
course of preparation. and will be
furnished as soon as ready upon ap.
plication to George w. Boyd, AS
sistant General Passenger Agent
Pennsylvania Railroad, Broad St
Station, Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20
To Try Alfalfa.

One of the most interesting ex-
periments to be made by Kent Co.,
Md, agriculturists this year will be
with alfalfa, the great Southern
California crop for feeding cattle.
A series of experiments will be con
Quoted by representative farmers in
different sections of the county with
view to ascertaining whether or
not it will take the place of red
clover. From being one of the sur
est of local forage crops, red clover
has come to be as shy as the peach
and far more uncertain than
other fruits in this section. The
failure of this great land improver
has been a serious loss. Some far
mers claim that the land is clover
tired, while others confess that they
are unable to suggest either a cause
/ or remedy for existing conditions
Mr.. Wing the great clover and cat
tie expert, suggested experiment.
with alfalfa at farmers institute
and the farmers will give the nev
crop a thorough test.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20
!. MlsERs ARE MIsERs.
How the Disease Was Diagnosticated
- ~ Policeman

How the Disease Was DiagnOstieated
By a Policeman.
An old woman was found dead in her |
bed in a little tenement house room on
the west side some time ago, and there
was excitement from one end Of old
Greenwich village to the other. The
neighbor women stood on the curb and
gossiped and wondered about it. Even
the policeman on the beat was interest
ed. There was a reason for the unusual
interest, however-the old woman was
a miscr.
All the women for blocks around
knew the fact, and their ideas of the
sum Of money she had concealed some
where about her miserable room varied
widely. Some said she had $1,000,
which was a fortune to most Of the
poor people, while others were sure
she had $4,000. The policeman heard
the stories and decided to search the
rooms. Carefully hidden under loose
board in the floor he found 500 in
greenbacks. He counted it before a
crowd Of women, and as the sum grew
by tens and twenties their mouths
dropped with amazement.
"She amt had a square meal for a
month"; exclaimed one.
"And look at her clOthesv' cried an
other. ''That tattered skirt was given
to her by a woman whose husband
makes $40 a week"
"She ought to have been ashamed tC
take it." said the third, knowing all
the time she had fortune hidden
away"
, Then they tried to figure out what
reason she could possibly have had fol
being a miser. The general verdict wal
] that she was crazy. "Just plumb datf!
on the subject Of money" was the wa!
j one woman put it.
, But this did not suit the policeman
who was a man of parts and some edu
cation. he had theory on the motive
v Of misers, and the audience was read,
! to listen.
f IF misers were crazy" said be
!. "they would not be able to keep frOr
). stealing money saved by other people
e They would run amuck at the sight 0
e things displayed in store windows, an
Il we would arrest them"
e "Well, If misers amt crazy will 70
tell me why they don't buy clothes an
food and fire with their money! d.
g manded one Of the women. "They kno'
: they can't take the money with theI
d when they go into the next world"
I 'You see," said the man in uniform
q cts like this. according TO the way ~
10 figured it out. You've heard of soldier
% shooting themselves for fear they wei
% going to be shot in a fight. You'N
u known people to poison themselves b
cause they were afraid they were g
ing to die Of some poisonous cancer
n, tumor. It's the same way with Il
h miser. He starves himself for fear
- will starve to death at some indefini
n time in the future; for fear of freeziI
: he permits himself to freeze. The fir
"a thing he knows he's dead. and the su
II fering which he has endured is all
al vain. There's only Que thing to do, al
n that's to spend your money while y,
,is have it and let the future take care
itself"
Then the policeman walked off to t
Oh station house with the old woman
~ savings, some Of which were used lat
~ on to pay for the expenses Of dece
~ burial. The women followed his /
10 uniformed figure with admiring ey,
~ "AIy, but he knows a lot fora col
ov they exclaimed.-New York Tribune.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

Iron and Steel says: "There was COM
pleted at the works of the Pullman
company. Chicago. the finest private
coach ever constructed. 1t was built
to the order Of Charles NJ. Schwab,
president Of the United States Steel
corporation. and will be used by him
in that official capacity. The builders
were not limited in cost, and an esti-
mate is that the expense will exceed
100000. The car is Of unusually heavy
and strong construction, and the finish,
which is in gold plate. is exquisite. 1t
is equipped electrically, and its oecu-
pants can at any time engage in long
distance telephone communication by a
ready connection Of wires. The car has
been named the LorettO. in honor OF
the birthplace Of Mr.. Schwab."
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20
Fate Of the Huronlan.

Montreal June ia letter received
acre from Stillwell Parker, of Headship
Harbor, N. s., states that on June 2 a
bottle was picked up As miles east of
Halifax, containing the following note,
written on scrap Of paper: Steamer
auronian turned over Sunday night in
Atlantic. In small boat IA of us" The
Allan liner Huronian. bound from Glas-
gov for St. John, N. B., sailed from
he former port on February z, and
aothing up to this time had been heard
Of her. although several steamers have
searched for traces of her.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

The Brooklyn Eagle says that within
a radius Of ten blocks Of The Eagle Of
fee there are twelve abandoned church
es. In some instances the buildings
are still standing but are given over TO
other purposes. In one case what was
a sacred edifice" is an auction store,
in another a bicycle rink. in another a
stable. in another a tenement house,
and SO on. In half a dozen cases the
buildings are standing idle, dilapidated'
forlorn, neglected. with signs OF For
Sale upon them. The population III
the same area is greater than 1t mas
been at any time in the history Of the
/ CITY
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

The Canadian Pacific railway will
shortly place the enormous amount of
100000 acres of land on the market
for settlers. While these lands lie far
north and some of them are utterly
worthless. there is much fertile soil,
and all the cereals save corn will grow
q nd do well
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

A flock Of 300 Angora goats bought
by a western farmer three years ago
not only paid their way In wool, or
hair rather, but sold for more money
than he paid for them and cleaned up
an eighty acre tract Of rough brush in
the very finest shape. These animals
will do this every time.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20
pRANoH ROADS.

Delaware, Maryland virginia K. h.
leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
statious 10 33 a. m. daily and IA p M week
daya. Returning, train leaves Franklin CITY
6 90 a. ma. week and l.32 pm. week days.
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague tvia
steamer) "a p. m. week days. Returning,
Ieaxe Chincoteague y a. m. week days.
Leaves Harrington for Georgetown and
r ehoboth at 10 So a. m, IA p. m. weekdays.
r eturning leave Rehoboth 6.53 a. m. ana zoi
p. m. weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, l0.3S a. m.
and 8.l4 D. m. weekdays. Returning leave
berlin o IS q. m. weekdays and 2.2O p. m.
Queen Anne 4 Ken R.R.-Leaye Towns
end for Centreyille and way stations. o u
a. m. and 08 p. m. week days. Returning,
leave Centreville 81 a. M ana % p. m.
week days.
Del Chesapeake r. R.-Leave Clayton for
Oxford and way stations At 81 a, m. and 5.4l
p. m. week days Returning, leave oxford
6.55 a. m. and sip. m. week days.
Cambridge & Seaford r. R.-Deaye Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations at
IL II n. M and 6 So o. m week days. Return
ing train leaves Cambridge al 90 and IS
o. m. week days.
oNNECrroN-At Porter, with Newark q
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend, with
Queen Annes 4 Kent Railroad. At Clay.
ton, with Delaware & Chesapeake Railroad
and Baltimore & Delaware Bay Railroad Al
Harrington with Delaware, Maryland & Vir
ginia Railroad. At SeafOrd, with Cambridge
4 Seaford Railroad. At Delmar, with New
York, Philadelphia q Norfolk, Wycomico a
PocOmoke, and Peninsula Railroads
}. B. HUTCHINSON General Manag
R. WOOD, General Passenger Agent.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

It is only a few men who have the
eye to draw perfectly straight fur
row when blowing or start the corn
planter on straight row. Where one
does do this it always attracts atten-
ton and is quite apt to be an indicator
Of the general style on which his farm
is run.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

We have come to the time when it is
unlikely that anything new remains to
be discovered about the mystery of
milk and the making Of butter. A
more interesting thing than the evolu-
ton of butter making and the dairy
has never been witnessed in this coun-
trv
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

The robins which have been Matched
in the tree on your lawn and which
have lived of the grubs in the garden
and the fruit in the orchard assemble
in vast flockS during the winter in the
cedar swamps Of the south to feed on
the seeds Of the cedars, of which they
are very fond. At this time they are
caught in nets by the thousands dur
ing the night when rOostlng and sold
for about 20 cents a dozen, the poach-
ers making from 81 to So for a nights
work.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

The enormous wheat crop Of 1901 has
been absorbed without any marked de.
probation of price. The short crops Of
other cereals have made this possible,
wheat having been substituted for
corn as a fattening ration for cattle
and hogs.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

The oleo manufacturers have now
before them the difficult task Of edu-
eating the public taste in the line Of
using and liking the uncolored article.
1t is just as good, just as nutritious,
uncolored as colored, and it may be
that in time the popular prejudice
against a white butter substitute will
be overcome and a large market made
for the product.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

We would like to see the agricultural
fairs and associations offer a good, sub
stantial premium of, say, $50 for the
largest value Of crops raised on a small
tract Of land, from one to five acres.
The time is fast coming when the soil
must be worked better and made more
productive, and small tracts cultivated
in competition for such prize would
be splendid object lessons along this
line.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

There is one advantage on the farm,
and it is no small one either, and that
is the impossibility Of there ever being
an organized strike among farm labor
ers. No business could be taken such
advantage Of by laborers as that Of the
farm, and it is fortunate that it is
from the nature of things exempt.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

One Of them drew his months wages
and then went to town and blew his
money in a doggery. When he started
for home, he was full as a tick and.
falling out Of the buggy, broke his
neck. Another one had some trouble
in the shape of another fellow getting
his girl away from him, and he strung
himself up in the barn. Both Of these
men lacked sense.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

We are asked how late in the season
Il is safe to put CRAFTS in trees. If the
CRAFTS have been kept dormant, a good
per cent of them will grow if inserted
even when the tree is well leaved out,
out it is better to do this work during
March and April rather than later.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

Some one says that the good mixer
needs to be a Christian. Maybe that's
so, but we recall the case Of one good
man who for the time being really re-
GREETED he was one as he went through
the experience Of trying to milk a
kicking heifer in hytime, his church
relations preventing him from doing
the subject justice.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

June butter is going into cold storage
at about % cents per pound this year.
nearly 4 cents higher than it has been
for many years.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

When a fat hog sells for $50 and a
fat steer for 500, as today, it is no
wonder there is a boom in farm lands.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

These are the days when the man
who set out a strawberry bed last year
is reaping a rich reward. One man in
about twenty will have all the deli.
clous berries he wants; the other nine
teen might, but won't, because they
won't take the trouble. This is great
waste Of opportunity and privilege.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

Farmers seem to lend a willing hand
to the bears on the boards Of trade by
Dragging too much about the prospec-
tive yield Of their crops.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

There is one thing which good many
readers of these notes might do to their
proft-just sit down and figure closely
whether the cows which they are keep
ing are really paying their way. Weigh
each cows milk, and if it proves that
she is giving less than $500 pounds a
year you can figure out an almost GER
tain loss.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

Hay which win sell for 81 per ton
from the barn next winter Is better
sold from the field when made at 50.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

If abortion appears in the dairy herd,
one of the first things to do is to change
the sire.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

The curse of the mustard follows
close in the wake Of the fax crop
through all the northwestern territory
where fax is grown. 1t is an easy
matter to get farm infested with this
pest and a very hard thing to get rid
nf II
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

Some people will not let a Virginia
ereeper decorate their porch on the
ground that its luxuriant growth cling
ing to the woodwork is liable to rot it..
This is mistake. We have never found
that it had any tendency to do this
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAINS
Leave Wilmington S.18 am, BOB, i.02, and
SIS pm. week days. Leave New Casue e.al'
o.58, 10 so am, Sal PIN. week days
Express trains leaving Harrington S.lO am.
and arriving at $40 p. m. week days run
through solid to and from Baltimore via
- I'm
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

Some farmers are becoming so well
fixed that they think they can afford to
do their farm work with a FIVE hun.
bred dollar team of horses, and it al
most makes play Of the work when
done with such a team.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

A woman gets a big contract on her
hands when she finds that she has mar
ried a man who is bound to have hot
biscuit at least once every day, and the
worst of it is that she is quite likely to
have cranky old dyspeptic to cook
Dor before he is a grandfather.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

There never has been a time when
the simple factor of weight counted
for so much in horse us at pres
tnt. The sixteen hundred pound horse
has a distinct advantage over the
twelve hundred pound horse for all
arm work and town teaming.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

Nature very reluctantly combines
size and good quality in any Of her
products. The largest things Of a Civ
en- type are by no means the best
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20
At Georgetown trains connect with trains
to and from Franklin City.

J.R. HUTCHINSON, Gen, Manager
WOOD, Gen. Passenger Agent.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

We think that we can see the time
near when load Of musty cat straw
will not bring So when It is wanted for
stable bedding or to cover a strawberry
bed. The old granger won't work this
racket next winter.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

So many American farmers are buy
ing land and locating in western Can
ada that it is going to be nip and tuck
which shall be celebrated as a holiday
the kings birthday OF the Fourth Of
July.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

People get aWTul queer notions
sometimes. Here is a lady who was
told that the proper way to start an
asparagus bed was to have a big
trench dug and filed with old trash
broken crockery, tinware and old rub
bers-cOvering this with earth. The
bed was so made and proved dead
failure, as might have been expected.
If she had substituted an old horse or
the cats and dogs which the commune
ty could we'll have spared. the result
would have been very different.
A western granger raised a colt
sired by a thoroughbred road horse.
The youngster shared the rough and
tumble life Of the draft colts in the
cornstalk fields and winter pasture
At three years Of age he was broken
in. in a rural way, to drive, and local
horse buyer. seeing him, got him for
500. Being better trained and fitted
up, the buyer sold him to a city buyer
for $3.50, and the colt was then ship
ped to New York, where he sold at
auction for $1.7OO. Good blood tells.
THINKS CUBA WILL BE ANNEXED
Col. y. L. Williams Says Success Of
Self-GoVernment Is Doubtful.
Springfield, o., June 1S.-Colonel H
L. Williams, who has just returned
from Cuba, where he has been employ
ed for the last two years as government
postofice inspector, says it is a great
problem as to whether Cuba can gov
ern herself now that she has the op-
portunity. His duties as postofice in
speetor gave Colonel Williams the op-
pOrtunity to reach every section of the
island and to study the people and the
conditions prevailing among its in
habitants. In discussing the condi-
lions, he said: Il predict that it will
not be many years before Cuba will be
annexed to the United States. The
island is in a right condition for this
move. The vast majority Of cubans
favor annexation. and it seems to me
to be the only logical solution of the
government problem
Colonel williams paid a high trib-
ute to General Wood for his executive
ability.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

While the Jersey COW is almost GER
tain to be one of the gentlest and most
ladylike Of her kind, every way Iowa
Bile, her mate is quite likely to be the
ugliest little devil in four states.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

Steady work for the bull at the head
Of the herd will not only make him Of
far greater value as a sire. but will
make him orderly and well behaved.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

The nutritive value Of 10 cents worth
OF . per cent milk is equal to % cents
worth of round beefsteak.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

When you milk a COW and fatten her
for the block at the same time, you
will succeed in making the toughest
Of beef We do not know why this is
so, but it's a fact just the same.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-20

Queen Ar1ne's Railroad Company
IN EFFECT MONDAY Ray 10Th. 1902