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Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
THE EUCALYPTUS TREE.
In Rapidity and Hardness OF Its
Growth II Has No Equal.

Growth II Has No Equal.
One Of the most useful and wonder
ful of all the trees is the eucalyptus.
1t is predicted by the United States bu-
reau of forestry that within a few
years the different varieties Of eucalyp-
tus will solve the fuel problem, both in
America and Europe In the rapidity
and hardness of its growth this tree
has no equal Five years from the
time Of planting groves raised from
seedlings will yield seventy-fve cords
Of stove wood an acre. Three to five
years from the time of cutting sprouts
that spring from the stumps mature in
to trees that produce more cords to the
acre than the original growth. Repeat
ed cuttings add to the thriftiness OF
the eucalyptus. A period Of twenty
FIVE years will develop trees the size
Of oaks known to be 300 years old. In
some sections Of the southwest where
oak has been nearly exhausted as fuel
the eucalyptus is taking its place.
Some varieties thrive in tropical
swamps. Others flourish in the noun
tain SHOWS far above the timber line.
To every degree Of climate and condi-
tion between these extremes some spe-
cies from this prolific genus is adapted.
Scientists have demonstrated that eu-
calyptus has a wonderful effect upon
,1fr,ofa L'po,,, eou,a oF 4lo sv,-a r,,,,v-
areas Of Italy malaria has been ban
ished by the growth of eucalyptus
groves. This is due both to the tonic
and medical effects of its aroma and
to the trees phenomenal capacity for
absorbing water.
Notwithstanding the latter trait, |
however, some varieties of the blue
gum will thrive on arid plains. Soil |
on which not even cactus will live will
produce great eucalyptus trees.
The genus is invaluable as a source |
of timber The uses it is put to in this
regard are amazingly diverse. In Aus
tralia it is used extensively in the con-
structiOn of ships, buildings, bridges,
agricultural implements, fur
mture, barrels and hundreds Of minor
articles.
Faultless hardwood logs over 200
feet long, u feet in diameter at tire
top and 30 feet in diameter at the base
are hewn from giant eucalyptus.
1t is one of the most durable of hard
woods. This is a remarkable fact
when the celebrity of its growth is con
sidered. In repairing a deeayed pier
Mt Santa Barbara, Cal. it was found
that few piles were perfectly sound.
Examination disclosed that they had
been hewn from eucalyptus trees
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
Reginning of Literntnre.

It was a wintry evening in the sub
urbs of Eden
Cain had written a piece about the
beautiful snow, and now he read it
aloud to Adam and Eve and little Seth
as they sat around the kitchen stove.
Abel came in from feeding the stock
in time to hear the last verses.
'It's very we'll for you" said he to
the author, 'to believe such rot. You
don't have to break the ice in the well
TO water the steers. You don't have to
dig the sheep out Of ten foot drift
You can putter around your garden in
the summer and turn literary indoors
in the winter, and it's all very fine"
Little Seth began to whimper.
"What you need" continued Abel, sis
a literary executor"
But in the fight that followed it was
Abel himself who got it in the neck.
Dangerous it is to jest with art.-New-
ark News.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
Mchriatinn 1srneIites. ;,

This sect, founded in the early years
of the last century by John Wroe, the
son Of a Yorkshire collier, is not very
prominent in England at present, but
it numbers a good many adherents
in America and Australia. The
"Beardies," as they are popularly call.
ed dt is part Of their creed never to
cut their hair or beards), are specially
strong in FitzrOy and Collingwood, two
Of the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
John Wroe died in Collngwood in 1868.
In America Denver is their strong.
hold An apostle from Denver has ar.
rived IN Melbourne with the news
that the end Of the world is at hand
and that all Christian Israelites must
assemble in Denver and proceed in a
body to Palestine. He has met with
some opposition, but eighty-six Of the
Melbourne Christian Israelites have ac-
cepted his message, sold off all their
possessions and sailed across the Pa.
cifc to Denver.-LOndon Pall Mall Ga
gette.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
BUBsLY CREEK.
How n SthEnRnt stream IL Turned
Into Fancy Brands of Lard.


How n stnEnnnt stream IL Turned
Into Fancy Brands of Lard.
There is a stagnant little stream II
the stockyards district of Chicago
which finds its ultimate outlet in the
south branch Of the Chicago river The
packing houses have found this stream
convenient as a sort of cesspOol. Into
It they dump that part of the refuse
OF their slaughter houses which can
not by any known process be utilized
In making up their marketable prod
ucts. This refuse consists mainly Of
| animal matter and as this putrefying
material in the water gives Off gases
! continually which find their way to the
surface scum in the way Of bubbles
the stream has come to be known by
the name of "Bubbly creek" Some
time ago an enterprising German per-
fected a process for converting the
scum into lard. This process is in use
today. Bubbly creek is regularly
skinned, and the resulting product is
AdASg 6Ldue u ldtu,
While speaking Of lard, let us take
another case. A farmer of any expert
ence knows that within a few days or
a week after the appearance of cholera
symptoms among his hogs he is likely
to lose the whole herd. Not unnatural
ly, as mundane things go, his first
thought on discovering cholera is to
rush the hogs to the stockyards and
sell them before they die on his hands.
If any reader of this article should be
in Chicago and if he should visit the
diseased hogs are brought in by the
carload. Those that have died in trans
It are thrown out on the receiving plat |
form, and the living are hurried of to /
the shambles. 1t would be worth his |
while to stand by the heap of dead |
hogs for a little while. If he should do |
this he would observe that the stock /
cars are soon hauled away and that one /
or more box cars are BACKED in by a .
switch engine. The hOgs-dead from .
cholera-are thrown into the cars, and
the switch engine pulls out with them.
Where, the reader may ask, are those
cars going to? Now, there is an OBJ
scure little town over the Indiana line
which bears the imposing name Of .
Globe. If the packers were asked
what they know about Globe they
would probably say that they have es-
tablished rendering tanks there for re-
ducing diseased meat to grease and
fertilizers. They would hardly add that
lard is manufactured at Globe in con-
siderable quantities.-Samuel Merwin
in Success Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
Musical ProdigIes.

The accounts of Master DanewslIi,
who at the mature age of eight has
been conducting a full orchestra at
Bournemouth in a military march Of
his own composition, casually remark
ing afterward that he had written it
several years ago, ''when he was quite
young" suggest a question which is
worthy of more attention than It has
received, the London Chronicle says
Why are genuine musical prOdigies
comparatively common, whereas in 9TH
er branches of art they are practically
nonexistent? We say genuine" the
Chronicle adds, because it is undOubt-
edly the case that while, of course. not
every precocious musician is heard Of
in maturer life, nearly every great mu-
sician has in his time been a prodigy.
One need only instance Mozart, Schu-
bert, Haydn. Chopin and among exec
utants Of today Joachim and Norman
Neruda to realize that this is so. Have
psychologists explained why the genius
Of music should and does awake in the
soul years before that Of painting and
the allied arts?
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
sienatures Of the Future.

The time will probably come when
the natural signature. the impression Of
the thumb or finger tip, will be widely
used for purposes Of Identification. If
the thumb be lightly pressed upon a
surface smeared with printing ink and
then pressed upon clean paper an Inn
preston is obtained which is distincs
tive for the particular individual who
owns the member, No two thumbs or
fingers are alike In the arrangement
Of their multitudinous lines. Each,
therefore, is a seal which is unique
and a seal which cannot readily be mis-
laid or lost. The French police use this
test to assure themselves Of the identi-
ty Of a prisoner, but surely the system
could be usefully extended. A news-
paper correspondent who recently
pleaded for such an extension OF the
thumb mark test stated that once when
abroad he was in great straits for
money, although he held checks for a
amount simply because
he could not prove his identity. If the
local banker had only had an impress
sion Of his finger tip as well as au-
thority to pay all difficulty would at
once have vanished.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
WILL FIGHT THE BEEF TRUST
Independent Packers to Make War On
the "Bia Five"

NiAG 9iH FANNs
Chicago. sIarch 14.-War to the
knife between the big five" Of the
beef combine and 26 firms and cor
porations classed as independent
packers will, it is asserted. begin in
Chicago March 20, when the special
federal grand jury begins its investi-
cation Of the affairs Of the alleged beef
combination. A fund of SS,0O0.OOO has
been raised to carry on the fight
against the alleged beef combine and
set the claims of the Independent
packers squarely before the public.
The largest Of the so-called independ-
ent concerns. Schwarzschild & Sulz-
berger. is concerned in the movement.
The principal plants of the company
are in Kansas City, but a large plant
is operated by the same company in
Chicago and a branch in New York.
The Independent packers are said to
have held meetings in K4nsas City to
devise a plan OF offensive and defen-
siVe action.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
Japan's Emperor.

Describing the personal appearance
Of Mutsuhito. the emperor of Japan. a
recent writer says: ION this occasion
his majesty walked. or seemed to walk,
with a slight stOop. On other occasions
when in his carriage or on horseback
the stoop was not noticeable Yet It in
nowise impaired the dignity of his
carriage. His hair is coarse and black
as the name Of an OrlOff horse. except
ing a tinge Of gray at the temples. and
is brushed well up from his forehead.
"IIis nose large, the nostrlls full. the
lips thick without being sensuous and
the under jaw heavy, convey an inn
preston Of iron determination and te-
nacity Of purpose. He wears a heavy
mustache and thin chin whiskers. Last.
but not least. were the eyes. lustrous.
dark, intelligent and Of piercing keen
ness.
"Those eyes peered forth through
almond Sits from under a high, threat
ening brow. In their swiftly changing
expression they were at once an index
and revelation Of the personality
shining through them.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
IsLenrnnr curnh1e 2

The organizing secretary Of the Mis-
sion to Lepers in India and the east in
forms US that treatment with leprolin,
the new serum prepared by Captain
Rost, 1. NJ. S. is being tried in several
Of the Indian asylums Of the Mission of
Lepers. At Purulia, in Bengal, where
the society supports 600 lepers, three
cases are declared by the deputy san
itary commissioner Of the district to be
ito all intent and purpose completely
cured" Others show less favorable re-
suits. If found to be Of lasting ben
eft the society will adopt the treat
ment in others Of its forty-two asylums
in India and the east. Meanwhile DR..
Wilson OF Miraj, Bombay presidency,
has expressed the opinion that Captain
Rost has made a very great discovery
and again opened the door Of hope to
the lepers.-LondOn Globe.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
WOODS FOR FURNITURE.
Objections to Oak and Rosewood
and WnInut's Day Ia Gone.

Objections 20 Oak and Rosewood
and WnInuts Day Ia Gone.
Some Of the best eabinetmakers ars
chary u working In oak. Really old
and well seasoned oak is hard to geS
and harder to work.
There is no great quantity OF old oae
furniture in the market, and old pieces
that would supply large enough lumbeR
for important work are seldom found
/ New kiln dried oak is uncertain, being
liable to warp and crack.
! Paneled articles can be made Of such
material with some safety. but large,
solid articles are likely to give bad
account Of themselves at the end Of q
winter in q steam heated house.
Rosewood also the best cabinetmak-
ers distrust. This wood has a peculiar.
" oily quality that makes Il uncertain
when glued For this reason rosewood
is used chiefly as a veneer. Thin sheets
lose much of their oil and take glue sat.
isfactOrily.
Solid rosewood furniture Is hard to
find Rosewood veneer is placed upon
cherry or even pine. and ii is not un-
common to find that the pine UNDER
meath has cracked and in doing so has
split the veneer. Such a defect IS
sometimes cured by the use OF paste.
but sooner or later the gap reappears.
Native walnut is no longer favOrits
with the cabinetmakers. This wood
was in effect exhausted a quarter Of q
century ago or more and it is now as
expensive as mahogany and by no
means so beautiful. French walnut Is
still used for gunstocks because Of its
relative llghtness, durability and beau-
ty. Circassian walnut is also imported
and used much in interior decoration.
Chestnut is a good deal priced, not for
furniture, but for wainscoting and for
doors It is sometimes put up in tha
rough with good effect and sometimes
oiled and polished, when it Is remarks
bly, beautiful. considering the cost.
Gulf cypress is used with great effect
in like fashion, and when filed and
oiled it makes one Of the most beautl-
ful Of woods for inexpensive interior
decoration.
Cherry was the old substitute for ma
hOgany, and it is still a favorite wood
with the furniture makers. 1t Is, how.
ever, not easily obtained in a properly
seasoned condition. for proper season-
ing makes II expensive.
The fact is that with cherry, as with
oak and mahogany, the seasoning is an
important element Of cost. The cabi-
netmaker who must sink his capital
for two or three years in wood that is
undergoing the process Of seasoning
finds it hard to compete with those wha
use kiln dried material.
Some of the latter is seasoned in a
very few weeks. 1t looks well, and 70
stands until the test Of changing ats
conditions is applied, when
it shows its weakness.
Mahogany is the favorite wood with
the best cabinetmakers. There Is a
vast amount Of seasoned mahogany to
be had from ruinous old articles made
in the last century, when the rage for
was we'll developed, and.
while the new mahogany is less beauti4
full than the old, purchasers Of furnis
-ure seem to have learned that it IS
worth while to have the new wood well
Washington Post.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
An ndh nm I'D rnre-

Roger Crab. a London character, wa-
gered f1,0OO that he would live for a
year on IS. Cd. and won his bet In
deed. he more than won it, for at the
end of the twelve months he had man
aged to save threepence out Of his
housekeeping money" his expenditure
for food, therefore. averaging just over
3 farthings a week. For this sum even
the cheapest Of ordinary vegetarian
diet-such as lentils. for instance-was
quite out of the question, and he had
to content himself with nettle soup
thickened with acorn flour. pudding
made Of bran and turnip leaves chop
ped together, and so forth. Yet on
this diet Crab not only survived but
actually gained some few pounds in
weight. while as for his general health
he declared that he had never felt bet
ter than he did at the termination Of
his self imposed ordeal.-London stand
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
A Free md Ensr Cook.

A woman tells a story Of the imper-
Thence Of a cook for a short time in
her employ This cook was n native
American, a daughter of New Hamp-
shire. She came armed with the usual
eulogistic credentials. but apparently
she had been accustomed to treatment
as one Of the family like the rural
"help" As soon as she arrived in the
house she began asking a series of IA
miliar and personal questions. She was
answered with civility. but in the end
she reached a point where civility
would no longer serve. Il see you have
daughter What is her name?" said
the new cook Margaret" my friend
answered. Margaret" said the cook.
Dear me! guess you'll have to call
her something else while I'm here, for
NV names Margaret too."-New York
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
Collection BOZ cnrio..

In one of the prominent churches Of
Philadelphia where the weekly offer
ings of the congregation are inclosed in
small envelopes before being dropped
into the boxes. a collection is being
made Of the articles contributed by
the ungodly. and it is already large
enough to form the nucleus of a small
museum. Among the things thus far
found in the envelopes are smooth, mu-
tilated and foreign coins; postage
stamps. exchange tickets. theater seat
checks. assorted buttons, campaign and
other medals, tin tobacco tags, a ciga-
rette, a Washington street car ticket, an
iron ring. lozenges, chocolates. chewing
gum, an umbrella tag. pieces Of iron,
lead and glass; candy, a belt fastener
a milk ticket. an aluminium check
''good for one shave" rubber bands,
matches and blank paper. Altogether
there are over 200 Of these Offerings"
which are ultimately to be mounte5
and framed as a curiosity.-Philadss.
phia Record.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
Church costnmes.

OF all the impracticable suggestions
ever made by man as to what woman
should or should not do one Of the
most amusing is that recently made
by an English writer for all church
goers to wear a uniform costume in
order to eliminate the element of snob-
berry from the exercise Of religious du-
ties How long would it take a mod
ern ingenious dressmaker to evolve an
expensive and distinctive style of sack
cloth coats New York Tribune.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
AMERICAN uNITARIANs.
Their Churches, Ministers. Organizn-
tiOn and Creed.


There are in the United States AGO
churches and 500 ministers that may in
general be classed as Unitarian. The
greater number Of these is to be found
in New England and the least number
in the south. In polity Unitarian
churches are congregational. As rule
they are organized upon the basis Of a
simple covenant or assertion Of pur-
pose Of which the following is the
more common form: I'm the love Of
truth and in the spirit Of Jesus Christ
we unite for the worship Of God and
the service Of man." The American
Unitarian association, with headquar-
ters in Boston, is the one general mis-
sionary body with which the most Of
these churches are affiliated. It was
formed in May, 1925, and, as stated in
fits bylaws, its object is "to diffuse the
knowledge and promote the interests Of
pure Christianity" 1t is presided over
by the Rev. DR.. Samuel A. Eliot son
of President Charles W. Eliot Of Har-
ward university. The national confer
e6ce Of Unitarian and other Christian
churches, Of which the Hon. Carroll
D. Wright, LII. D., is president, was
organized at New York in April, 1865.
It is a religious and fraternal body de-
voted to the strengthening Of the
churches and societies which unite with
1t for more and better w4rk for the
kingdom Of God. 1t is composed Of the
Of such churches as
may be invited by the council, as the
committee which manages the business
of the conference is termed. 1t recog-
nizes the fact that its constituency is
in tradition and pOlity,
and it applies no authoritative test nor
exercises any control, cOnfining itself |
to recommending to the churches which |
are the instruments Of its activities /
such undertakings and methods as it |
Judges to be within their purpose and |
scope The conference meets biennially 4
ut such time and place as the council
may determine.-Rev. DR.. Peter H.
Unitarian. Salem, Mass.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
MINT is OUT OF SILVER
125 Employees Have Been Indefinitely
Suspended.


Philadelphia. March 15.-With the
entire available supply of silver bull
lion completely disposed of and no i'm
mediate indications of future receipts
from the treasury department at
Washington. 125 employees in the
counting and weighing departments at
the mint, mostly women, have been in
definitely suspended
Chief Clerk Norris said that If con-
gress had authorized the converting
of the 100000 silver dollars stored in
the mint into subsidiary coin there
would be no necessity Of reducing the
force. I'VE have simply run out of sill
ver," he said, 'and until the secretary
of the treasury finds some way Of
overcoming the present tangled condi-
tion of affairs l suppose the women
employees will have to remain idle"
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
A Historic Knife.

The German emperor is the subject
Of an anecdote which is certainly sufh-
clently characteristic to appear true.
During one of his forest excursions. on
the occasion Of the visit of the czar Of
Russia, William II. was about to !.ght
his cigar, but found he had forgotten
the knife that he used to cut off the
end. The car was no better provided,
so one Of the forest keepers stepped for
ward and proffered his own.
The emperor used it and then return
ed it, saying impressively: Take back
your knife. 1t is now a historical rel
ic."-London Telegraph.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
FLEEINe from LIE PLAeUE
Town Of 10000 Population In Chile
Being Abandoned.

Valparaiso, Chile, March 14.-Pisa-
qua. A miles north Of Iquique. with a
population OF 10000. is being aban-
doned by the inhabitants, owing to
the fact that hundreds of people there
have died of bubonic plague. Houses
seemingly deserted have been opened
by the police and found to contain
bodies in an advanced state Of putre-
faction.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
$1,000 For consoIenee Fund.

New York, March IA. - A we'll
dressed and apparently prosperous
man delivered a letter containing
$1,000 in person to the messenger of
the United States sub-treasury ~ this
city. It was directed to Assistant
Treasurer Hamilton Fish and con-
tanned a note asking him to credit the
amount to the United States govern
ment. 1t was unsigned.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
Impure MILK Dealer Goes to Jail,

New York, March 14.-As the result
Of a crusade against the adulteration
of milk and the use of poisons as pre-
servatives, which was begun by the
New York city board of health, Henry
Blum, a driver of a milk wagon, was
sentenced to the Tombs prison for 10
days. An inspector of the board Of
health testified that he caught Blum
with 40 quarts Of a liquid that looked
like water, which had been used to
wash milk cans, and that an analysis
proved that it was not even good
water.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
Or. Harper eoinn to Lakewood. N. ]

Lakewood, N. J., March 13.-Presi-
dent Harper of the University of Chi
cago, is coming here to recuperate.
John D. Rockefeller will meet him on
his arrival and has arranged for his
stay here.
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
Girl Dies of Fright.

Norristown. Pa, March 14.-Bessie
Orr died from fright. Friday night
burglars entered her parents home.
The intruders we're discovered by the
girls mother, whose screams threw
the girl into commissions. from which
she suffered until death. The burglars
got away with silverware and clothing
Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
Constable Killed Rv a EaII.

Altoona, Pa, March While laav.
ing a house where he had served a
court subpoena, Constable David
Miller stepped on an icy step. and,
falling, broke his neck, dying instantly.