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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-10-25
New Y0rI.,s poa poIIEe ArrIve.

New York. Oct. 2s.-New York's
dog police, which will be used in
tracking law-breakers on the outskirts
of the city. arrived from Client on the
steamship Vaderland. These new pa
trolmen were five Belgian sheep dogs.
known as the Berger Beige" whose
scent is said to be superior to the
bloodhound and which are trained to
regard everyone who does not wear
a uniform with suspicion.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-10-25
AER0NAUTS IN
GREAT AIR RACE

st. Louis, Oct %. Scattere
throughout Ohio, with one or two il
the vicinity OF the Great Lakes, al
nine of the big balloons participating
in the second international aeronauti
cup race, were still in the air thi
| "wednesday morning. except thu
United States, which landed IL mile!
south of Hamilton. Ont.
The United States crossed the state
Of Illinois, thence across Lake Michi-
gan and Lake st. Clair to the middle
of Lake Erie. when a change OF wind
carried it north into Canada to the
place of landing.
The distance from st. Louis to Ham
| ilton, Ont, on air line, is approximate
ly $40 miles Therefore, the United
States travelled about 60 miles, which
is far ahead of the record made in the
European races by Lieutenant Lahm,
whose balloon won the international
cup by sailing from Paris to a point
in England, 400 miles distant.
Reports OF balloons at various points
in Ohio have been coming in, while
Detroit first sent word of the United
States passing over the Canadian Dor
der
The identity of only five of the bal
looms has been definitely established
Through kilograms dropped the bal
loon America. one Of the three Ameri-
can contestants, containing Messrs.
Mccoy and Chandler, reported from
Marion, Ohio. The message said that
the American would descend on the
borders of Lake Erie, probably near
Cleveland.
The German balloon, Pommern, !
passed over Cleveland. and Pilot Oscar
Erbsloeh dropped a note saying:
Open water ahead. All we'll"
A note dropped at New Augusta,
Ind, near indianapolis, conveyed the
that the balloon passing
VAS the Lotus II, the only English
sntrent
The French balloon, Isle de France,
lropped a message at Columbus, o.
The American balloon, United
states. with Major Henry B. Hershey,
f the United States weather bureau,
s pilot, landed near Hamilton, Ont.
There seems no doubt that the record
made in the race at Paris last year.
% miles, will be exceeded by practi.
ally every balloon. Nearly all the
alloons reported in Ohio have COW
red more than that distance, while
lose on the Great Lakes are more
ian 100 miles ahead Of the record.
All of the balloons have gone to the
asst and northeast. One vagrant car
as reported as passing Waukegan,
l.. just north Of Chicago, and on the
Ige of Lake Michigan.
In the race there are three balloons
America. three represent
g Germany, two for France and one
r England The basket of each bal
on contains a pilot and his aide.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-10-25
Another Football Victim.

Chicago, Oct. Civ. c. Albrecht,
20 years old. died Of injuries sustained
In a football game. Albrecht was
playing right guard. While lining up
after a scrimmage he fell unconscious.
He was found to be suffering from
cerebral hemorrhage, which caused
bis death a few hours later.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-10-25
Sees Eather Drained to Death.

Mahanoy City, Pa, Oct. 21.-Before
the eyes of his son, William Kistle.
SO years old, was dragged to a horri-
BILE death at Gilberton colliery. His
coat caught in the scraper line, and
his head and one leg were torn off.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-10-25
ALFONSO GETS A wgrTlNe

Spanish King In Auto Drops With
Bridge Into this Water.
Manresa. Spain, Oct. hiking AL.
fonsO had a narrow escape from a
serious accident near here In his au.
tomobile the king was going over a
temporary bridge, when the light
structure collapsed under the weight
Of the car. which was precipitated into
the water. His majesty escaped with
Wetting
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-10-25
Twenty-one Workmen Drowned.

Stockholm, Oct. 21-A sailing boat
capslzed in the roadstead at Uleaborg
and q out of "a workmen on board
were drowned.
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
GAMES OF sHARPERs.
Some Of the Methods Used for secur-
ing Money Dishonesty.

Millions upon millions of dollars are
fraudulently taken from the pockets
of the people year after year through
the operation of confidence men. The
schemes used by these men are numer-
Gus. Nearly all are based upon the
fact that the average person is always
willing to take the best of bargain.
During the past few months swim
dlers have been operating in different
parts of the country, and their method,
while a modification of an old swim
ding game, has some new features
worthy of notice. Their usual proceed
ure is to locate farmers who are not
well known to local bankers and loan
men. They approach the farmer and
under pretext of seeking to purchase
farming land, manage in some way to
secure his signature. This is general
ly done by inducing him to write
letter, or to sign some statement.
Once the signature is secured. a ficti-
tious deed to the farmers land Is pre-
pared and this is fixed up in such
manner as to show the seal of some
notary or other officer. Then with
this deed the swindler is in position to
negotiate a loan upon the land. This
game has been successfully worked in
a number of western states.
Residents of agricultural districts
should be continually on their guard
against the signing of receipts or any
kind of contract which may be pre-
sented to them by strangers. Within
the past year some smooth swindlers
have succeeded in securing thousands
of dollars on fraudulent notes. secur-
ing from farmers, who were foolish
enough to take for trial washing ma
chimes. refrigerators, etc, and to give
their receipts for the same. These re-
ceipts turning up later as negotiable
notes.
The writer of checks cannot be too
careful in filling in the amounts. The
favorite methods of the check receiver
Is to insert after the words six"
Seven" eight" or nine" the letter
'y" or 'ty" and change the ciphers in
the check accordingly. Thus 1t can be
seen that a check written for eight
dollars. by the addition of the letter
~" can be made to read for eighty
dollars and the changing of the
amount, II 1t be in numerals. by the
addition of cipher. makes the forgery.
when well executed. hard to discover.
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
HELP THE TOWN.
Some Of the Virtues in Friendly Riv.
airy Between Merchants.

Good. healthy competition and
friendly rivalry, devoid of all spirit Of
hoggishness, is a good thing for any
town. Each and every business man
and property owner in a town. and the
country Immediately surrounding it
should be intensely interested in every
project, particularly should every mer-
chant be active in matters that means
general prosperity for the place. and
which will increase trade for all the
merchants of the town. People gen.
orally like to do their trading in towns
where there are well kept stocks and
plenty variety of goods, and where
there Is sufficient competition as to
assure low prices consistent with good
business judgment. There is little use
for the merchants of a place to blow
and brag about their business. unless
they can demonstrate that they are
delivering the goods" and satisfying
their customers. There is no good to
be looked for by merchants decrying
the goods and the methods of their
brother merchants. There is no more
effective way of killing the business Of
a town than by fostering a spirit of
petty jealousy and of narrow selfish
ness. Wherever such spirit is found
1t will be discovered that trade is be-
ing turned to some other town where
merchants and business men work
more in harmony with one another.
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
BOOM IN BROOM CORN.
NATION Man Gets $3.50 Per Ton, High.
est Price Of Season.

Mattoon. Ill.-There has not been
time In ten years when the clean
up of old stock in the central broom
corn district has been as complete
as 1t is at present.
few scattering lots of choice
brush remain. and this is being eager
ly sought for by the manufacturers,
whose stock. in nearly all cases, is at
low ebb. There has just been made
a sale of 20 tons at $3.50 a ton, this
being the high figure for the season.
though several sales at $125 have
been reported during the past two
weeks.
So far as known there are only two
blocks of choice Illinois stock of any
considerable size remaining in the
central district.
The high price commanded for
brush has been encouraging to grow
ers. canvass shows an increase of
fully per cent. in acreage for the
present year. These figures indicate a
plant of 81 900 acres, as against 10000
acres last year.
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
THE CIGARETTE HABIT.

Shortly after the newspapers print
ed accounts of the cigarettes obituary
the tobacco dealers say they were
flooded with telephone calls from
women, all of whom wanted to know
how much truth there was in the re-
port that the new law was to become
effective. OF course none of the wom-
en- who called up would give their
names or addresses. but the fact that
they called convinced the dealers that
some of the cigarettes that had gone
out ever their counters had not been
smoked by the men who took them
away. The dealers say that compare
lively few women purchase their own
cigarettes.
The beauty doctors learn of the CT
gazette habit as it applies to women
by the presence of the odor on their
customers breaths when they visit
the beauty shops. Most of the women
smokers indulge the habit at night,
the beauty doctors say. SO that all
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
sEEpLEss TOMATOES.
New Jersey Experiment Station Seek.
Ing to Produce Such Variety.

We have but begun to appreciate
what may be accomplished by cross-
ing plants, selecting the best of the
results and heavily feeding plants
with all kinds of plant food. At the
New Jersey station. the horticultural
has been trying to develop seedless to-
matoes by crossing, and he has prac-
tically succeeded. Ordinarily tomato
contains hundreds of seeds. but the
ones being produced at the station
mentioned contain few seeds. and
some of them are seedless. One va
riety has been named the Giant on
account of the very large size the
plant attains. 1t was produced by
crossing the Golden Sunrise upon
Dwarf Champion. and selecting the
best for a number of years. Attempts
to cross this variety with others have
failed.
At the Wisconsin station Prof. Sand
stem has been trying to reach the
same end by feeding the plants very
large quantity of plant food. Most of
his trials were carried on in the green
house, where he fertilized at the rate
of 500 pounds of nitrate of soda. 600
pouuuS Vi VI polaoh anu
900 pounds of dessicated bone per
acre. He found that he was able to get
tomatoes with a smaller number of
seeds than usual, and in some cases
the plants produced fruit having abso-
lutely no seeds. These had to be prop
agated by cuttings, but when they
were grown outside of the greenhouse
they produced larger fruit than inside
the greenhouse.
Much is to be expected from this
kind of work. which If 1t continues
will flood the world with new varie-
ties of plants. says Farmers Review
The tomato is good plant on which
to operate. as 1t is easily propagated
by means of cuttings. Its rapid growth
and great fruitfulness make it pos
sible to early determine results. There
are quicker results obtained because
the tomato as we now have 1t is an
artificial product and so lends itself
very easily to variations. But what can
be accomplished with the tomato can
be accomplished in a lesser degree on
plants less subject to variation. In the
production OF the seedless tomato
great truths are being enunciated and
demonstrated.
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
A CITY ORCHARD.
Good Results One Man Obtained from,
Few Trees.

Ten years ago / was called upon by
an agent who persuaded me to plant
a few fruit trees in my garden. writes
a correspondent of Farm and Home.
Skeptical as l was as to whether they
would thrive. l at last consented to
get a dozen, consisting Of two cherry,
five plum. four apples and one pear.
/ set them out in rows about 20
feet apart, the apple trees 20 feet in
the row and between them a plum or
cherry. This left 10 feet between the
trees, but as space was not plentiful.
l had to economize. The soil was a
clay loan, formerly old pasture and
the drainage was good, the garden
sloping to the east.
Before setting l cut back the brok
en- roots and also cut about one-third
of the top back to some of the strong
est buds. The trees were set upright
in holes, the roots being carefully
spread out and covered with rich sur
face soil. after which a shovelful of
manure was put around and the rest
of the soil replaced.
The garden was then made up
around the trees, gooseberry and cur
rant slips were set between them and
beans, peas and other shallow root
ed vegetables were planted, the soil
being well MANFRED. The trees grew
luxuriantly, some of them making to
feet and each season since they have
continued to grow strong and stocky.
They have been pruned each year
by removal of crooked and surplus
branches and the shortening of some
of the more vigorous ones. but no Sc
we're cutting out has been necessary
The trees began to bear two years aft
er setting and the past season produc-
ed splendid crop. Aside from the
financial results of this investment,
the pleasure received and the infor.
nation gaineu. cannot be counted in
dollars and cents
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
LADDERS FOR PICKING FRUIT.
conveniences for the Orchard Which
Can Be Made at Home.

Ladders of various lengths and
kinds are needed in the fruit orchard.
The first group of pickers should go
through the orchard and pick what
they can reach from the ground, put
ting it in boxes or baskets on picking
stands shown in Fig. l, or in baskets
or bags which they can carry around
their shoulder. In young orchards this
group of pickers will secure large
portion of the fruit. They should be
followed by a second group of pickers
using rigid step ladders to feet
high as shown in Fig. 2. These pickers
can reach all the fruit within 10 to ~
feet of the ground. They will need to
pick in baskets or bags and empty the
fruit carefully either onto a sorting
table or in boxes or barrels to be
drawn to packing shed. The third
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
The Old One Of Richmond, Where
Kings Have Died, Is for Rent.

London.-A rare opportunity OF
leasing an English royal palace is now
offered to any one whose ambition
tends that way. THE old Palace OF
Richmond, which has come into the
market, was formerly part of the roy
al palace at Sheen. once the home of
Anglo-Saxon monarchs. and has his
tory almost as interesting as the
Tower of London.
= Edward Ill. died there in 1877.
After his death the palace was pill
LACED by the servants. Richard H..
with Godfrey Chaucer as Clerk OF
works. added greatly to the building.
and Edward w. settled it on Queen
Elizabeth. At the end of the year
1897 1t was burned down. 1t was re-
built in 1901, and Henry VII. died
there in 1909. leaving it is said. treas
ure of the value of 100000 hidden
in vaults which have not yet been dis
covered.
The last royal person to reside In
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
UNTIoY HoMEsTEAos.
They Are Reproach to the Occupants
and Are Eyesores to Neighbors.

In travelling through the country one
comes now and then to a homestead
where all is untidiness. The thought
forces itself upon the passerby that
the children of this household are
probably ashamed of the home in
which they live and of its untidy sur
roundings. 1t requires little work to
put place in order after everything
has been scattered to the wind, but
the time required does not count
against the results. Even keeping
things picked up is a great step in ad-
vance of not keeping them picked up.
There is a farmhouse situated on
a gentle slope along which runs a
country road, relates Farmers Re-
view. The grounds devoted to what
might be called the home are meager,
while the pasture crowds close up to
the house on one side and a half cut
over piece of timber land on the 9TH
err. On the side of the pasture the
ground Is Uttered with the blanched
skeletons of corn stalks that have been
thrown over for the cattle to pick
over. 1t would have been possible to
have fed these in a place less in the
observation of the passersby. Along
the fence that separates the home
grounds from the pasture have been
thrown broken pieces of farm imple-
ments and even an old covered car
riage was tipped up in one corner
waiting for no one could imagine
what. 1t was beyond all use and all
repair and why it was not put out Of
existence is problem. Perhaps it
was because the metal parts would
not burn and the owner had not had
time to think up a proper solution Of
The problem. There certainly was no
reason for leaving this unsightly COM
bination of cloth, metal and wood here
to the farmhouse.
The grounds of the farmhouse were
not less untidy. Chicken coops were
scattered here and there with rusty
drinking and feeding vessels lying
about. The broods had long since out
grown their temporary quarters and
not solitary hen presented an ex-
cuse for the state of things observed.
The people living in the house had
simply never taken the trouble to
gather together the now useless
things and cart them away.
Untidiness of this kind destroys
much value. 1t is like the fly in the
ointment spoken of in the old writ
lngs. No matter how fine the situa-
ton of the farmhouse, no matter how
many trees and flowers may be about
the home, the presence of unsightly
objects will neutralize large part of
their influence.
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
First Picking convenienees.

group OF pickers will finish the tree
using ladders sufficient to reach the
top. In young orchards step ladders
to 10 feet high will be most useful.
A very convenient form of ladder 10
shown in Fig. 3. The best. strongest
and lightest ladder for all kinds Of or
chard work. recommends Farm Journ-
al. is made of Eastwood, with sides
IN by 3h inches, and hickory or
oak rungs 1 inch in diameter placed
IL inches apart. The sides should be
~ inches apart and the bottom spread
feet helps greatly from tipping over.
Any ladder that must be placed
against limb of the tree for support
is to be avoided as it constantly
breaks twigs and bark. the limbs al
lowing disease and rot to gain foot
hold. In placing ladder 1t should be
placed near the outer limbs rather
than near the trunk of the tree where
the picker must lean outward and be
in constant danger of breaking limbs.
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
Finds s4s.o Lona Lost.

Pittsburg. Pa.-After knocking about
in the letter box of a hotel for nearly
seven years, an envelope containing
two certified checks aggregating $4S,.
900 has been restored to a Cleveland
merchant. who has had $4,000 on de.
post as security for the missing pa
per.
November &c. 1900. A. E. Mas.
ten & Co.. brokers. closed transac.
ton for Cleveland client, who re.
ceived two certified checks. one for
$4,000 and the other for $4,000.
Both checks were lost. and payment
was stopped. By accident the checks
were recovered. The clerk of down.
town hotel found an old yellow en-.
velope in an old desk. The Cleveland
man had addressed the envelope to
himself. dropped it in the letter box.
and forgot all about it.
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
A COED RURAL MAIL CARRIER

to their boxes at certain hours and
they Invariably find their mail.
The fact that Mr.. Matthews changes
horses half way on his route. 1t was
feared. would cause Miss Matthews to
lose time. But it did not. She made
the change in four minutes. which Is
all her father devotes to the work.
OF course, the man at the house where
horses are changed has the animal
harnessed and all ready for hitching
to the cart Miss Matthews was paid
$65 for the months work, as any sub
stitute would have been paid. Her
father also drew his salary.
Miss Matthews is student at
Baker university in Baldwin. She is
taking five-year course. She Is as
sisting in her college expenses by act
ing as librarian in the English library
few hours each day. Miss Matthews
is fitting herself for librarian. She
will leave soon for Baldwin to take
up some special summer work In that
line. She is just 20 years old.
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
Miss Mary Matthews, of Baker, Kan.
Ran a Rural Route.

Sabetha, Kan.-Miss Mary Mat
thews. an attractive young girl of Sa-
betha, is a rural mail route carrier
now. Miss Matthews is a daughter of
J. p. Matthews, rural mail carrier.
Mr. Matthews has one of the best ru-
raj mail carrier records for prompt
ness in the United States. For two
years he has not had a vacation. This
year he took a month OFF and his
daughter is delivering the mail.
Miss Matthews has hardly failed in
an instance to keep up her fathers
record for promptness. Mr.. Mat
thews' mail wagon is at the appointed
house on the appointed moment. with
probably greater regularity than the
average railway train. And Miss Mat
thews has kept this record up. All
along Mr.. Matthews route people go
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
BUGS ovERRUN TOWN.
Lock Haven Has Snakes, Toads and
Worms to Burn.

Lock Haven, Pa.-The plaques seem
to have struck the city. Some days
ago blacksnake was discovered in
the cellar of the Cupper & Nitscha
tobacco house, on Bellefonte avenue,
but it continually eluded its would-be
slayers.
Later a blacksnake. supposedly the
same one. entered the rear door of the
Louis Claster grocery. causing hasty
retreat on the part of the clerk. Miss
Miriam Sykes, who. as might be
imagined was greatly frightened and
fed to the street. His snakeship was
left in full possession for few min
utes and was then shot.
A large blacksnake got away in the
st. Charles hotel, and was found in
the rolled curtain above the transom
over the door. from which 1t was dis
lodged and killed
After the recent rain thousands of
tiny hoptoads appeared on the streets
and sidewalks of the city. They were
especially numerous on Water street.
about the mayors office and attorneys
row.
But a pest far more destructive is
the cutworm. which devours vegeta.
ton. 1t is something over an inch in
length and as thick as lead pencil.
The worm remains under the ground
during the daytime. working on the
roots of the plants. and at night
comes forth and devours the leaves OF
the red beets. beans, cabbage, to-
matoes. potatoes. and even eats holes
into small green tomatoes on the
stalks. 1t is also doing bad work in
many of the tobacco fields.
The Lamar register., 1907-09-04
Girls Solve Man Famine.

Hillsboro, Ill.-A famine in men
which threatened to mar dancing
party here was uniquely solved by the
girls of the town. Fifteen of them
dressed in mems attire and escorted
an equal number of girls to dance.
In the small hours of the morning
they took the young women to their
homes and then made their own way
home alone. 1t is said that similar
affairs win be made feature of the
remainder of the summer social sea-
son, as the famine is permanent. Most
OF the young men have gone to the
cities to make their fortunes.