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Milford chronicle., 1904-07-08
cleveland Went FISHING.

Buzzards Bay. Mass. July o--EA 1-o
President Grover Cleveland spent 'he
holiday on a fishing trip down the pay
with Joseph Jefferson. II Is unu1' 81,
stood Mr.. Cleveland will leave mere Dy
Friday to join his family at sanu-
r.,inh II Il
Milford chronicle., 1904-07-08
rrws CONDENSED
- 40.

& EBWS
susd'y, nav nave contributed
chinese lo1 slocum ,s relief fund, nd
6,1iIIiiI ..,,iI IN the payment yaasi OF 6dm. tine
Z i'ii'l tbs P panama Canal COM
cen oompls,P-l Sss awarded the
coiI'sSf # doctor 5, of laws on
,gss .Ss Navy "a Moody. !, .so |
y. .nf former presidSant. mt. OF bee9 sao
na',g ssiI for false entries IN
books, a.,,5ge. of bennington
Pa,,,ir .nicide by drowning at
Lake Champlaln' uue -
nj health. ,.... Of the
9las' '.las one Of the best-known own
Tl,a1' yo1 in philadelphia dieo
,oring illness.
r11I I of New York was
lax"eD' .f tba National Edu-
,sociation. oss;stont
Io.sph Brigham assISIHn' ReIta
h IIl agriculture, died at Delta
y was visiting.
u d schwab. former president
I'd states steel CorporatiOn'
n as a director
Sl " wbitecomb, of Warren
l,,osd " at Frewsburg. N. "
.os OsI ibe ConewagO creek.
lI5 u owen. manager of the
MON i, Telegraph company at
" WA and his wife were found
i, bome. 1t is believed they
suicide,
saturday, July 2. -
'seo grand jury indicted AZ
4s sor Gambling at the Haw-
2 track. ...s
seodore A. Bingham, who
fred this month, a brigadieI
Inc his head armor knocked
Tetcalf, a submarine diver
led in the Delaware river Oh
,or Marion Butler, of Nortf
has resigned as chairman o
five committee of the Ma
5le's Party.
sitting on the track asleep
-anerief. of Bridseton, N. J,
Al on the West Jersey rail
struck by a train and killed
tuesday, July 5.
iIIiamson Veneer Works, a
Nd. we're destroyed b
linz a loss of 100000.
Quinn. a bookmaker at tn
B. c.. horse races, wa
nd robbed of $4,000 in cash.
I containing two girls wa
the falls in the Merrima
Lawrence. Mass, and bot
wned.
alexander Dowie and b.
Dn host will invade London
fnure. being carried there
gospel ships.
Powell. a rejected juror
spie murder trial at Risir
became insane over the ca.
mitted suicide by shooting.
Wednesday, July 6.
majority of over 400 vot
y. c.. has voted for prOhil
Thompson. of Trenton, N.
ned from the Equal TaXati'
ion OF New Jersey.
N DalFymple, OF NewaT
appointed private secreta
gnor Murphy, of New Jersey
ban Harry Harding, of ST
was iolted under a train
bars at Pottsville, Pa, and
silled.
] James Regan. Ninth Z.
has been detailed to atte
mpment of the PennsylvaI
Il Gettysburg. July 23-S0.
Milford chronicle., 1904-07-08
Live Stock Markets.

Stock Yards, Pittsburg. Pa,
Cattle steady; choice, S6.10
prime, S5.70@6; fair, $4,000
s slow; prime heavy and me-
4 toi heavy Workers, S5.70O
~ Workers. $50; pigs, $3.50
Oughs. S40475. Sheep slow;
eIIaaers, S4.35@4.40; common
i.oOg2; choice lambs, S49E
Milford chronicle., 1904-07-08
Gel Your Berrv Tickets Ready.

The best materials are the cheapest
for berry tickets, and now is the time
to Get them ready before the rush COM
mences Leave your order with the
MILFORD CHRONICLE as soOu as pessi-
be.
Milford chronicle., 1904-07-08
v enaIIY excepl SundaY.

tnAily gDAiy except ouAdAy'
.es,e Wilmington 7.S7, 6.2S am, sos, 4.02
6 5S p.ra. week days. Leave Sew Castle sSi,
b Is. li.ty2 "A m, 2'32, 6.Il p.ilI. week days.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20
SAVED cHILp's LIFE.
Remarkable Cure Of Dropsy BY Dodd's
Kidney Pills.

Eedgwick, Ark, July 1.-THE case q W.
s. Taylor's little son is looked upon by those
in medical matter1 a. one Of the
most wonderful on record. In this connec-
tion his father makes the following state
ment:
Dropsy; his feet and limbs were swollen
to such an extent that be could not walk
nor put his shoes on. The treatment that
the doctors were giving him seemed to Dc
him no good and two or three people said
his days were short, even the doctors tyye
Of the best in the country told me be would
not get better. I STOPPED their medicjne
and st once sent &r bodd's Kidney Pills.
noon and night for eight days; ct The end
Of the eighth day the swelling was al some,
but to give the medicine justice, ] Gave him
eleven more Pills. used thrty:hvs Pills
IN all and he was entirely cured. 4 consider
your medicine saved my child . Me-. When
the thirty-fve Pills were gjyen him, be
could run, dance and ing, wherea. before
he was an invalid in bis mothers arms
from morning until night"
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20
some Potato Experiments.

Potato growers will be largely inter-
ested in the following summary OF re-
suits brought out by some recent ex-
periments Of the Texas station:
Potatoes planted three inches deep
matured earlier and produced larger
crop than those planted four and one
half and six inches deep. Level culture
proved more profitable than bedding
and s'hilling up" the rows. The gray
sandy-clay soil, with gray subsoil, at
Trouble station responded more profit
ably to application Of acid phosphate
than to any other single fertilizer. In
complete fertilizer. potash over six
per cent. was Improbable, while un-
usually large percentages (eight PEI
cent. and 10 per cent? OF phosphorit
acid greatly increased the yield. Cot
ton-seed meal appliedsonly a few days
before planting was too slowly avail
able to prove a desirable fertilizer fol
early potatoes-Midland Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20
CLOSE PLANTING OF TREES.
It Is a Common Practice, But One
Which Inevitably Causes
Loss Later On.

In the setting out Of orchard trees
this spring, the distance apart should
be given more consideration than Is
usually given it. 1t has always been
q general fault, at least in this coun-
try. to set the trees too near together.
We have seen apple trees planted so
close that by the time they were
ten years old their branches inter-
locked and the foliage produced q
semi-twilight below. We have never
seen such an orchard loaded with fruit.
That mistake was made generally 40
years ago. Since that time men have
been coming to realize the fact thai
close planting is very detrimental
to the producing of fruit. First the
apple trees were planted rod apart
Then the distance was increased to q
feet and then to Is. Now our bes'
orchardists are planting their small
lgrowers 30 feet apart and the larg'
Iimbed trees IS feet apart. SOM
planters are even putting their tree
| 40 feet apart each way, especially ]
they are Of the larger growing varie
ties.
In the matter Of pears some varie
ties should be set at least 30 feet apart
while straight growers may be sc
20 and 25. Peaches are not generall
large growing trees and will do wei
If set as close as 20 feet each wa,
Plums should have at least is feet, an
some OF the varieties should have 2
| feet. OF course dwarf varieties OF a
kinds Of fruit can be planted muc
closer than standards. 1t is a mistak
to plant close with the intention {
cutting out half Of the trees. tn
| cutting ont is never done.-Farmer
Review.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20
IMPROVING THE SOIL.
The value Of Leguminous Crops In
Restoring Fertility 10
WOrnOut Soils.


In one Of the year books Of the de-
partment of agriculture, Washington,
considerable space is given to dis |
cussion of leguminous crops. 1t IL
pointed out that modern agricultural
chemists have discovered that legumi-
nous crops are not only consumers OF
available plant foods. but they actually
manufacture the most valuable and
most essential nitrogenous compounds,
using the free gaseous nitrogen OF the
air. This Transformation of an inert
gas takes place through the agency OF
minute, almost infinitesimal bacteria,
living within the tissues of the roots Of
plants of this order, producing knot
like swellings or gals upon them.
Each variety of legume has its own pc
culiar bacterium, on whose presence It
is dependent, and unless its particular
species of bacterium comes in contact
with and infests the roots. the plant
cannot get more nitrogen than could
be secured by the roots of a grass or
| tobacco plant. 1t can then only take
up such nitrogen as is already present
| in the soil in available or soluble form.
If these bacteria are entirely absent
| from the soil, the clover or bean Will
not fully develop unless an abundance
of soluble nitrates are present.
The wonderful dependence of plants
of the clover family upon the minute
bacteria which live within the root It's
sues offers an explanation of the fall
ure of such crops when tried upon soils
not previously devoted to their culti-
vation. 1t has been found by expert
ment In this country and abroad that
such new leguminous crops may be
successfully cultivated by inoculating
the land either with artificial prepara-
tions or cultures containing these
germs, or with soil from field where
this crop has been previously grown.
Good results are also sometimes BE-
cured by treating the seed preliminary
to sowing. BY such an incubation the
weld Of total dry matter has been in.
creased sometimes from tenfold to
thirtyfold. Moreover, It Is found that
there are no gall tubercles formed on
the roots of leguminous crops when
these nitrogen-bacteria are not present
in a soil, and hence there can be nc
utilization of gaseous atmospheric nj
trogen by them.
Nitrogen is the most important plan
food. 1t is the most expensive fertili
ger when purchased In artificial ma
!, nures. 1t is also the most necessar.
element OF animal foods; for when !
is entirely absent, or present In sum
cient quantities, there can be neithe
: growth nor the complete repair o
2 worn-out tissue. Hence, it can readil.
be understood why the abundant GU
e tivation Of leguminous crops is SO NED
2 essary. The legumes are the -onl
J. crops which will, when plowed undel
q increase the total Of fertilizing mate
> rials of the soil.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20
here AND THERE.

You may set It down rs q rule, that
poor weak plants produce poor weak
seeds; while good strong plants pro-
duce good strong seeds.
"A certain farmer Whipped team
of colts for getting scared. Now that
team invariably get scared at that par
ticular place every time 1t passes It
frightened horses should not be whip
ped.
A very light sprinkle is sufficient
10 drive the boys out of the Held anu
from work, but notice that even e
heavy downpour has not the power TO
induce them to quit fishing from the
creek bank or in a boat. -
The annual fiy-season is again with
MS and the premises should be cleaned
up to prevent the Matching Of millions
of these pests. The greatest breeding
Mace is manure, and for this reason
the barn-yards should be well cleaned
up.
AT st. Louis agriculture is given
the premier place among exhibits. The
Palace of Agriculture, which surpasses
in extent all other exhibition struct-
ures, is 1000 feet long and cost over
| half a million dollars.
Shade is as essential to the COM
fort of live stock in the summer season
as food. 1t is just as good economy to
spend few dollars for shade as to pro-
vide a ton of bran--if 1t adds to tne
comfort of the stock.
A balky horse has been starved as
often as any other way by taking up
front foot and tapping on the shoe. tc
divert the horses attention, then let
| ting it down quickly, ani promptly
starting the horse. The whip does lit
tie good.
| Mules come to working age soonel
than horses. A mule two years old
with his mate, will do as much worl
as a four-year-old horse. A mule q
| weaving time is worth $25 to $40 Il
a year and a half he can be at work
and can be sold for SIS to $125.
i --Lettuce-seed is not dif1cult y
! grow and to gather. There are ran'
varieties. and numerous really goo
| ones. When the family gardener get
, | hold of one that Just suits him, tn
hest way is to let few plants go '
! / seed. and be sure to gather the SEQ
when ripe. He caa thus make sur
. Of havine lust the lettuce be want
j | another season,
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20
TWO PAT ILLUSTRATIONS.
In Which the True Source Of Physical
Strength Was Well
Set Forth.

Speaking Of toads, with incidental ree-
erence to other salatory animal life, ~
calls mot attributed to one Of the jus
tices of the supreme court, which ha!
been giving the Washington gossips : good
deal Of amusement of late, sqys the New
York Evening post. He was dining the
other evening with the family Of . dis
tinguished ex-senator, who are noted for
their extrsvagant advocacy of the vege-
tartan diet. Over the delicacies Of the
table, which included pretty nearly every
form Of edible plant life suited 70 the
season, conversation turned upon the T.
miliar theme; and the hostess, sfter Try:
ing in vain to convert her beef-reared
guest by arguments based on the chemical
constituents Of various food, pleaded:
But surely, Mr.. Justice, you must ID
nit that vegetarianism means strength
and agility, when you remember that thu
rabbit. which feeds wholly on vegetables
can make such great leaps through the III
from hiding place to hiding place"
"True, madam" answered the. jurist
gravely, but we must also remember tha'
the minute creature for which naturalist
claim the ability to jump more times IT
own length than any other, belongs b
the class Of pure carnivora."
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20
sEEDLEss ACE IS COMING.
Agricultural Department and Private
Experimenters at Work to
Hasten Its Advent. 81

The early years of the twentieth
century bid fair to be known as the
seedless age. Is may be even referred
to as the period when appendicitis was
forever banished from among the Ills
that beset this flesh of ours. Events
OF the past few months lend much en-
couragement to such a set OF views.
Not only the agricultural department,
hut individual growers themselves are
busily engaged in experiments to de-
velop seedless apples, plums without
stones. grapes without seeds, and per-
haps most wonderful of all. the
Georgia watermelon, seedless, but
luscious. Some of these experiments
have reached that stage where definite
announcement is about to be made In
the case of the apple, investigations
carried on in Colorado have developed
an apple which grows from the bud
of the tree and not from the flower
which has a. little bag or cavity on
the end. like the well known navel
orange, and which Is said to be quite
free from the numerous diseases which
grow up with the apple as the result
of the development of eggs laid on thu
blossoms in the early springtime
This feature of the matter is alonl
worth the most serious investigation
as it promises to effect material saw
ing in every seasons products. Th'
work with the plum is proceeding will
similar favorable results. No an
nouncement has been made with re
spect to the efforts to secure seedles
| watermelons, but those engaged in tn
| work believe that they can demon
strate that their theory Is practica
one. We hope all this may prove true
but for several years more, at leas'
we will have to worry along with seed
in everything, just as our ancestor
did before the flood-Rural World.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20

The greatest density Of population In
the world il claimed for Bombay, and Il
only disputed by Agra. The population
of bombay amounts to 760 persons per
acre in certain areas, and in these SEQ
tions of the street area only occupy
ipr one-fourth Of the whole. II the en-
tire population were massed in the
streets for any purpose the density
would equal s.O4o persons per aero
Indian Engineer.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20
MOMENTUM OF RAILWAY CARS
Al II Was singularly Illustrated In
the Wreck OF . Passengers Traia
At Toledo, Ohio.

The momentum of train of heavy
passenger coaches and Pullmans is
well known to railroad men, but its
potential power is not otrealized by lay
men not initiated into the mysteries
of car construction, says the Chicago
Chronicle. A passenger coach is sew
eral times as heavy as = freight car,
and but little lighter than = locomo-
tive. es @r
The dynamic force developed in the
impact when . train of coaches and
sleepers going at the rate of so miles
uer hour, strikes an obstacle was man
ifested in peculiar manner some time
ago in Toledo, where wreck occurred
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
railroad. Half a dozen cars loaded
with wheat were standing ON side
track, when fast train came plunging
along. The switchman was at the
switch trying to close it, and until
the train was few rods away hoped
to succeed in time to avert q crash.
But he failed and the thousands OF
pounds of steel and iron dashed past
him before he was able to give warn
ing signal.
| Less than so yards from the switch
stood the cars of wheat. Before the
engineer had time to reverse the lever
there was a crash, and grinding and
crunching of timbers. Neither the en-
gineer nor fireman attempted to jump
They staid at their posts, and to this
they owe their lives.
The high rate of speed at which thu
train was running and the heavy
weight behind the engine drove it along
The front trucks became disiodged
and wedging these under the end OF thu
first freight car, an inclined plane wa
formed by the engine, up which th'
huge mechanism ran on through tn
end of the box car. 1t began to burrov
its way through the wheat. By tn
time the engine had reached the fur
ther end of the car, the wheat cars wer
under way, and they started down tn
track. The impact had transferre'
all the momentum to the freight car
and the passenger coaches RENAME
on the track not much the worse to
the collision.
When the wrecking crew appeare
on the scene. sight such as none ha
II ever seen before met the eyes OF tn
) startled men. HALF mile from tn
train of passenger cars was the engin
hidden in a box car. The side OF tn
9 car was there, and the engine, wit
. the exception of the cowcatcher, IL
forward trucks and the smokestac'
b stood quietly in the car, almost hi
den from sight. The top of the ca
was broken down, imprisoning the e
rineer and stoker, but neither OF the
was harmed.
The total damage amounted TO abo'
$500, the small amount being due
the fact that none of the cars left Il
track. The enormous expenditure
energy had been accomplished by for
ing the engine into the car and startaI
the cars down the track. Railroad me
who came to look at the wreck, sa
unanimously they had never seen n
heard of similar freak of engine a
{ cars. The wreck occurred after da
and before morning the wreckage W
cleared away, making it impossif
for photographs to be taken.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20

Several horticulturists In various
PARTS of the country are endeavoring to
evolve variety of strawberry which
will freely fruit in autumn. They take
! variety which has q natural leaning
toward fall bearing enhance, for ex-
amplel, cut on all spring bloom, and
then select for reproduction individual
plants that Show autumn blooming ten
denotes. Thus, in time, 1t is hoped that
a fixed autumn habit" can be bred into
the plants.-Farmers' Voice
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20
TWO HANDY GARDEN TOOLS
Both of Them May Be Readily Fash
ioned at Home Without Loss
Of Much Time.

The illustration shows two tools
that will be found exceedingly useful
and they are easily made by the handy
man. The wheel marker will be found
most useful in the garden for marking
vegetable rows. It is made by taking
an old wheel Of convenient size and
after making holes through the tire
between each spoke set In these holes
pegs of hard wood.
Then make . handle Of half-irch
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20
TWO TOOLS FOR GARDENING.

piece Of board, having 1t about two
and one-half inches wide, and fasten It
to the hub Of the wheel with bolt.
Fasten it loosely 90 that 1t will revolve
easily. Finish the handle with q
strong cross-piece, so that it may be
readily pushed The little tool in the
corner is a homemade dibble fash
ioned from the end of an old fork or
shovel handle and sharpened to the
proper point. This little tool will save
lots of hard wear on the hands.-ln-
dianapolis Sentinel.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20

Grammatical Constructfon.
"You are a fine, strapping boy" said
the visitor.
sPardon me-" said the Boston youth,
who had Just had an encounter with
his father; "you have the tense wrong.
/ am strapped. not strapping."-N. <.
World.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20

A Portland clergyman has lost his
old-time confidence in mankind. There
came to him the other day man who
said he had not had a square meal in q
week. The minister gave him note to
a hotel keeper, saying the man could
have what he wanted, and that he (the
minister) would pay the bill. A few
DAYS later the minister started out to
pay the bill.
"How much do I owe for that poor fel-
lows meal ?" he asked.
"Sixty-fve cents" said the hotel man.
"What did he have that cost 70
much?" asked the unsuspectine min
lister.
"Five beers and Manhattan cock
tail."-Kenuebec Journal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20

"Don't you throw of anything be-
cause of the big holes in these dough
nuts?" asked the new wife of the
baker.
ssTn tell you," scratching his chin,
~eat the doughnuts and we'u make .
liberal allowance when you return ths
holes."-Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20

she Yearned for the Ronantic.
"Why did you leave your last place.
Mary7"
"Oh, just couldn't bear it. The
man and his wife lived very happily
together, and that made 1t so dull and
uninteresting for me" Fliegende
Blaetter.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20

"Why do they keep that old man
around here?" inquired the porter's
friend, superciliously, observing an
aged individual in shirt sleeves. who
sat scribbling at ? desk. whats he
good for?"
Good for about $3,000.00O. you
chump," replied Dennis. scornfully.
"That's the old man."
And such are the eccentricities OF
our language that the friend under
stood without more words.-Washing-
ton Times.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20

a Woman's DiscOvery.
Isabelle-I used to sacrifice myself
for other people.
Belinda-Don't you do It nowf
~No. I've quit It; people seem to
Ike me Just as well, and / know I'm
more amiable and better looking
Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20

The Moke-well, how did Clancy
strike you? :.
The Nick - Shure, an we hoyn't
known each other long enough for thots
kansas City Independent.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20

Losing Glorious Opportunities.
Mrs. Tiff-Why don't you get mar
ried, Miss Prim?
Miss Prim-I am man-hater.
Mrs. Tiff-That is all the more reason
why you should marry How else can
your hatred manifest itself?-N, Y.
Journal. st@
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20

In Richmond, Va, is the church
building where Patrick Henry made
his famous address. The Virginia con-
vention held its sessions in st. Johns in
IT'S, and it was there also that the con-
rention for ratifying the federal con-
stitution assembled. St. Johns has
been connected with many other events
of historic interest. It was built be-
fore the revolution. Another noted
church of the same name is that 10
Gated 1t Clerkenweil, London. It wal
In the crypt of this church that the in
vestigation was made in regard to thu
so-called Cock-Lane ghost, supposed
apparition that was credited with
guarding the regalia in the tower. and
with frightening the sentinels ont d
their wlts-Detroit free Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20

Mr.. slap-What Is the secret of Gildi-
boys success?
Miss Bang Why, he knew girl who
spends thousand year ON dresses.
"Ah. zee; he married her?
Comic Cufa.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-20

The king of the Hellenes delights in
taking recreation in the fields. He can
plow, cut and bind corn, milk cowA
and In short, If necessary, Keep . farm
roing single handed Chicago Times
Herald.