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Milford chronicle., 1909-07-16
Violation Of Automobile Laws.

Many complaints are being made gen.
orally concerning automobile owners and
others violating the automobile laws oi
the State, and such is very noticeable in
and around Milford. Therefore especial
attention is called to some of the viola
tions which seem evident.
1t lie supposable that every owner of
an automobile has his machine licensed
and tagged, and that proper attention lie
given to the lighting of the same when
used at night, and no murmuring is
heard concerning these initatory requisi-
tee.
The objections or complaints that are
being made in this community are with
regard to unlicensed persons running su.
tomobiles, failing to give proper warning
upon the approach OF teams or failing to
adhere to signals given upon the meeting
of teams; and upon violation Of the speed
limit, especially in town.
With regard to the first complaints,
you are invited to read Section of the
law, which is as follows, especially not
ing the age necessary to secure license
Section 4. No person, except as pro-
vided for non-residents in Section 2,
shall operate a motor vehicle other than
a motor cycle, upon the public streets,
roads, turnpikes or highways of this
State unless he has first obtained from
the secretary of State a license. No Ii
cepse shall be issued to, nor shall any
motor vehicle be operated by any per-
son under sixteen years Of age. Applica-
tiops for license shall be made in writing
upon a blank furnished by the Secretary
of State, and shall contain the name OF
the applicant, his place of residence, in
Guiding city or town, street and number,
and his post Office address, and shall
state that he is over sixteen years Of age
and is qualified to operate a motor vehic'
le. It shall be signed by the applicants
own hand and verified by oath or attir-
nation. Upon receipt Of the application
and a fee Of five dollars, the Secretary OF
State shall issue TO the applicant !i-
cense. The license shall contain the il
cense's name and residence, and the date
and number of the license, and shall he
carried by the licensee at all times when
operating a motor vehicle
With reference to approaching and
meeting teams, Sections II and y will
give the needed information and they are
as follows:
Section IL. Upon approaching any
person walking upon the public high
WAYS, OF horse, horses, or other draft
animals being led ridden or driven, the
operator of the motor vehicle shall give
warning Of his approach and
use every precaution to avoid injuring
such persons or frightening such animals
bringing his motor vehicle 10 a stop,
should such animals appear 70 he un-
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-16
USE SIGNALS OF INDIANS.
Army Experts Adopt Many Ideas Of
the Aboriaines.


Just as the fighting men Of the Unit
ed States army many years ago took
lessons from the Indiafis and from
/ their methods Of warfare devised and
| perfected the system Of extended or
der or skirmish drills which have prov
] ed so effective, so the signal corps Of
the army has followed to a large ex-
tent the red mems methods Of convey
ing information from point to point
where there is not time to string tele-
graph or telephone lines or where wire
less telegraph is unavailable.
AS the Indians since prehistoric
times have used columns Of smoke in
various combinations to signal the ap-
prOach Of an enemy or to transmit
other messages. so the army signalmen
have found most effective what are
known as smoke bombs or smoke rock
cts. The former are fred from a small
mortar, the latter in the same way as
Fourth Of July fireworks. Each when
reaching a desired height, regulated by
a fuse, bursts and liberates a picric acid
compound, which ignites and burns
colOred fires, one after the other, so
arranged IN the cartridge as to convey
a message to those who may be watch
ing for it. These cartridges are made
In sections, each containing its own
different colored fire, and threaded to
screw together in a fraction Of a min
ute
These military fireworks, as they
might aptly be called, are packed in
hermetically sealed cans, much in the
same manner as timed meats, with
the same sort Of thumbscrew attach
ment for opening them quickly. In
This way they keep indefinitely in any
climate and have been found particu-
larly effective inkthe campaigns in the
Philippines.
While the navy does not employ so
complicated a system of rocket and
bomb signaling as does the army. ey-
cry warship carries a supply Of pow
erful rockets, which liberate on burst
ing a series of brilliant white stars for
the purpose of calling attention TO
other signals which are transmitted
by a system Of combinations Of cOlOred
electric lights strung from a masthead
and operated from a switchboard much
on the plan Of a typewriter, called the
Ardois system. But both branches Of
the service employ an odd sort Of pis-
tOl the invention of a naval officer,
which shoots from cartridges stars"
similar to those Of a roman candle Of
any color. The combinations which
can be made in this manner practically
are Popular Mechanics.
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-16
Respeet For Old Age.

"Jonas. did you beat that rug accord
in to orders?"
"No. S'manthy; just didn't"
"Didn't? What's the reason, I'd like
to knowT"
"Cause.- S'manthy, when got it
ont on the line there an saw how
frittered an feeble it was didn [
have the heart to lambaste it. l know
I have a shortage Of virtues. S'manthy'
but l want you to know that respect
for old age isn't one Of 'em."-Boston
Courier.
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-16
manapeable. stoppi

manageable, stoppi engine, if the
occasion requires itittsr II such animals
| (have) had sufficie,t I. ne to pass. In
case Of injury to ptsivo- or property due
! to the operation ot'oh,~ tor vehicle, the
operator OF said ve shall stop, and
/ upon the request epPeo' person injured
or in whose custodn IS IN property then
was, give his name the address, and that
of the owner Of the, but motor vehicle.
Section y Eveoms person driving a
motor vehicle sha request or upon
signal by putting ie hand or other
wise from a pers,,, fdnp or driving q
horse or horses il Her' iopposite direction
cause the motor porie TO stop and re-
main stationary 6otheri = as NAV be neces-
sary to allow saiCbuEede or horses to pass
on. aged
Concerning tn Oliveed regulations, it is
given in Sectiels wa and this section
should be Garrett onlil BAD and observed by
all owners and.. eators for it is the
llAln anu lnos' Irtune. lohaoie Vlolsuoh'
Section "A following rates OF
speed may be tained but not ex-
ceeded. Upon nvp.h Npublic street or high
way vcraoe "1 distan led '1ss are ess 5a5 ,nal al
feet, rate OF =. of one mile in Eve
minutes shall ; n omitted, but not ex-
ceeded, whichyod nFeYer, shall be reduc-
ed to the (ratal uneone mile in ten min
utes at curvfn Of I'd at intersections OF
other streets lad Elighways. Upon any
public street highway where the
buildings art greater distance apart
than one bur feet, at a rate Of speed
OF one mile S~'"' tnree minutes shall be
permitted, ope Ia pt exceeding, but this
rate OF speedjoal be reduced to one mile
in five minui GOS all curves, intersecting
roads, IN desltAlly ing steep bills, and in |
passing othmen ehicles, providing that |
nothing in ire "a sectien shall permit any |
person 10 dInda-l motor vehicle at a great |
eT rate OF 81 vTr,1,s than is reasonable, hav- |
ing regard Z traffic or so as to en- /
danger the " of any person or in |
lure the pr vv.ky Of any person; provided |
further, tn W" btOr vehicles used as am |
balances, EIeqy physicians responding /
TO emergeld, is calls. or motor vehicles |
used by th poisblice, fire department or |
military xing.p in the performance Of |
duty, are ddentpt from compliance with |
the proyis a q Of this section.
The pt leg v for such violations is
found in following section.
sectionmpIe. ANY person violating any
of the prdmonons of this act shall be sub |
ject to a fr5 of not less than ten nor
more tn, Nc twenty-five dollars TO be col /
lected b,.s tnmary conviction before anv 1
Mav0r ~ 'stice of the Peace etc. The /
penaly ing Easing for every ofiense.
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-16
To Make a Hit.

''You send me violets every MORN "
said the beautiful girl.
Il do" responded the ardent lover
SRo matter what the cost"
~Quite so. Now. why not SEND up q
bunch Of asparagus tomorrow instead
II would be just as expensive ana
would make big hit with pa."-Pitts-
burg Post.
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-16
coinq to Law.

The man who goes to law for the
purpose of obtaining satisfaction gen
erally gets so many other things that
he forgets all about the satisfaction If
there is any in it for him.-Chicago
Record Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-16

In adversity It &c easy to despise
ME. The true, brave man is he VINO
can endure to be miserable.-Martial'
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-16
A FATAL FRIENDSHIP,
Devotion of Princess LambalIe
to Marie AntOinette.
SLAIN BY A PARTISAN EOB.

The Assassination of the Princess,
Who Escaped and Returned to Com
fort Her Friend, Was One Of the
Worst Acts of the Reign Of Terror.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-16
LINCOLN COUNTY
FOR IRRIGATION
BIG CONGRESS IN SPOKANE IN
AUGUST ATTRACTS ATTENTION
AND INTEREsT.-OPEN RIVER
ALSO URGED.

Davenport, March 16.-J. w. Bris-
lawn, auditor and clerk of the COM
missioners Of Lincoln county, writes
to Arthur Hooker, secretary of the
Spokane board of control, that the
people OF that district have deep
interest in the sessions of the Nation
al Irrigation congress, to meet in Spo-
kane the second week in August, and
adds they believe the subjects of ir-
rigation, forestry, deep waterways,
reclamation arid and swamp lands,
good roads and the making of homes
on the land will do much to advance
the interests of the state.
He announces that S. S. Shepherd,
Harry Reed and others from Daven-
port will be present, also delegations
from Sprague, Peach, Almira, Wilbur,
Odessa, Creston, Bluestem, Edwall,
Irby, Harrington and other towns in
that part of the state.
1--WE are chiefly interested in an
open river" Mr. Brislawn said, "and
the agitation for the opening of the
upper Columbia by removing obstruc-
lions in the channel is assuming i'm
mense proportions. Petitions are 60
ing forward to Olympia from every
section along the river, and the inter-
est is so intense that meetings are be-
ing held in every nook and corner
where enough people can be gathered
together to make a showing.
Like every new county in COM
paratively new state, Lincoln county
is in the infancy of it's development,
with $500 miles of public roads and
an irrigable area of 1000 acres of as
fertile land as ever the sun shone on
along the Spokane and Columbia
rivers. There are also many other
tracts adapted to irrigation farming
throughout the country"
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OLD MAN To WALK |
ACROSS CONTINENT
EDWARD P. WESTON, FAMOUS Pc
DESTRIAN, UNDERTOOK LONG
HIKE YESTERDAY, HIS 10TH
BIRTHDAY.

New York. March 16.-Edward P.
Weston, the famous pedestrian, was
70 years old yesterday, and signalized
the anniversary by starting on walk
from this city to San Francisco. The
feat will be undertaken in fulfillment
of promise made 80 years ago, when
Mr.. Weston won the Ashley belt, with
a record of $50 miles in 143 hours.
The famous pedestrian told Sir
John Ashley then that he would be
in condition on his 10th birthday to
begin task which would excel his
previous feats.
Mr.. Weston expects to complete his
walk across the continent in 100 days
The distance, as he estimates the
route he will be obliged to take, is
about 1000 miles. He will travel
through Troy, Albany, Utica, SYRIA
cuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Pittsburg,
Columbus, Toledo, Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis, Yellowstone Park, Taco
ma, Portland, Oakland, San Jose and
San Francisco. Following the custom
of his life, the veteran pedestrian and
record breaker will not walk on Sun
days, but will take the seventh day
for rest. He intends to deliver lee
lures at points on the road.
Weston has been a recognized fac
tor in pedestrianism since 1861, at
which time he walked from Boston
to Washington to witness the inaugu-
ration of President Lincoln. He ira
versed the distance of 453 miles in
20S hours. In 1867 he made his first
long-distance walk from Portland,
Me-, to Chicago. starting October 20
and arriving at his destination No
vember %. Two years ago, when
6S years of age, he eclipsed his pre-
vious record by covering the distance
between Portland and Chicago in "a
days and 10 hours. In the late sew
enties and early eighties he accom-
plished many remarkable feats of pc
destrianism. His worldwide recogni-
ton came in 1879, June Fl, when he
covered the remarkable distance of
$50 miles in six days. This was in
London, and his only competitor was
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flour MEN WANT
WILSON REVERSED
FORMIDABLE MOVEMENT on
FOOT TO HAVE HIS DECISION
CHANGED-NO BLEACHING.

Washington, D. c.. March Is "A
formidable movement, the purpose
of which is to induce Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson to modify or re-
verse his recent decision, in which he
held that -four bleachei by nitrogen
peroxide is an adulterated product
under the food and drugs act, is on
foot. Hundreds of letters from mill
ers of bleached flour in all parts IF
the country are being received daily
BY the secretary, asking him to refer
his ruling to the referee board of sci
entific experts to review. In hume
rous instances the communications
are sent to members of congress, and
by them referred to the secretary CT
agriculture without any recommends
ton.
That Secretary Wilson resolut.y
will stand by his decision indicated
by the fact that in his replies to The
various communities lions he declares
that he can see o useful purpos. IN
referring the question of bleached
-four to the referee board.
This body ''e states, is already
ovrerbudeued w.tc important ma :
tiers, and he adds that the courts are
open to thHse who want to appeal
from his decision. 81 am Utterly
opposed to having the peoples foods
tempered with" declared the secre-
tary today. 1--WE want to know that
what we eat Is the pure product"
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Blower" Brown, who had a record of

Blower" Brown, who had record of
542 miles.
When 81 years of age, December
10, 1898, Weston undertook the walk
from New York City to Albany, a dis
lance of 143 miles, starting at 8
o'clock Monday evening and calculat-
ing to reach his destination Thursday
evening by o'clock. Great interest
was taken in this endeavor, and thou
sands of people gathered along the
way to see him. He arrived at the
capitol in Albany more than II hours
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finest quarter-mile cinder track in
the west, and will be complete in
every detail.
1t will cost only $50 for a round
trip ticket from Chicago to the AL
aska-Y Pacific exposition, which
opens in Seattle June 1.
Every one who attends the A.-Y.-P
exposition in Seattle this summer
will have a chance to pan gold dust
from native Alaska gravels, just as
it is PANIED in the golden north. The
visitor cannot keep all that he pans,
for this mine will be "salted."
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Better get your bicycle and sew
ing machine repairing done now than
to wait until later in the season
when the spring rush begins. J. ].
Eyer, 80 Mission street. ***
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Mrs. O'Brien, who served such ex-
cellent coffee at the social says:
Keep the cover oil your Folger's
Golden Gate tin closed tight. The
flavor and aroma is in the coffee
wen you buy it."*As
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Mrs. Beezley of Cashmere came
down to Wenatchee yesterday.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-16

Ferry at Orondo starts Monday,
March Is. "**
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ahead of his schedule, was returned
by train to this city and given testi-
monial in Chickering Hall.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-17
The gwaying skvscraper.

Through the chance of perfect ad-
3ustment IN the way of balance, Of
q row Of large photographs that
hang on a wall OF an office building
down town the clerks In the place
lave q good deal os quiet amusement
With persons who visit the place for
the fTst time. Owing to this bal
ance the pictures are easily sway
ed by the wind that blows through
the open windows and since the Of
Zee force goes In for fresh air the
year round The pictures are never
still. The joke lies in catching the
Eorrif1ed expression On the faces Of
the callers when they get q sight Of
the swinging frames. Then 1t is al
ways explained with due sOlemnity, II
the boss is not around that the sway
ing Of the frames is due to the oscil-
Iation OF the structure. It usually
takes some time for the object Of the
Joke to see the point. Meanwhile hs
has suffered considerable SHOCK
\. 7. World.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-17
Some Valuable Stony.

The Emperor Francis Jose ph owns
the Florentine, which has asI event.
ful history. To the King of Portugal
belongs the Star of the South, valued
at G3,O00,000; while in the Russian
isceptre is the Orlof which once
adorned a Brahmin idol, says Home
Chat.
\ Such stones as these are so large
that they are practically unstable.
No one person is rich enough to pur-
chase them. Again the expense OF
cutting is enormous. The Cullinan
diamond will require at least $4,000
to be spent on it for this alone. Even
then, the gem now 1924 carats, will
weigh some 1900 carats, while the
sections cut away will themselves
form valuable stones, ranging from
twenty carats downward.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-17
THE WINDOW SILL MIRROR.
Rarely Seen in New York But Plenbl'
tiful in Philadelphia.

Every once in a while you see one
Of them in New York but not often
They're commoner in Brooklyn,
but are nowhere seen in the pro-
fusion that you find them in Phila-
delphia. Meaning of course, those
mirror devices people have on the
sills of the second floor windows to
give tip on who is coming up the
street or down the street, or more
important, who is at the front door.
They strike the average observer as
rather provincial in idea because he
thinks instinctively of the shut in
person who's only pleasure is in see
ing who's on the street. But
they're very helpful in telling when
a caller is getting near, so that the
woman of the house has time to
make a hurried toilet and be calmly
waiting in her very best when the
visitor comes in. Also they give 3
chance to sound the net at home
warning to the servants New York
Sun.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-17
LOAF OF BREAD PUT IN TWO
COFFINS.
Half Buried with Wife, Husbands
Grave Now Contains Other Part.

Half Buried with Wife, Husbands
Grave Now Contains Other Part.
BrookIyn.-Adolph Raad, who
formerly lived at No. 110 Luquer
street, was buried in Greenwood
Cemetery, the coffin containing one
half Of loaf of rye bread, the other
half of which had been buried with
Mrs. Raad four years ago. The aged
couple were born in Ludenbach, Ger
many. They purchased a farm In
what is now Flatbush, and as the
city gradually encroached upon their
farm land they cut it up and sold 1t
until they were soon able to retire
comfortably.
There is an old German custom
Of making q wish whenever fresh
loaf of bread is cut On Septem-
Der z, 1904, Mrs. Raad had just
made the customary wish, and was
about to cut a loaf when she dropped
dead. The husband cut the loaf and
put half in his wife's coffin. The
other half was preserved in a tin
box, the neighbors having been in
structed TO put 1t in his coffin.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-17
Singing Pigeons

The queer Chinese change pigeons
into song-birds by fastening whistles
to their breasts. The wind of their
fight then causes a wierd and plain
tive music that is seldom silenced in
the pigeon-haunted cities of Pekin
and Canton. The Belgians, great
pigeon-fyers, fasten whistles be-
meath the wings of the valuable rae.
Ing carriers, asserting that the shrili
noise is a sure protection against
hawks and other birds of prey. AS
a similar protection, reeds, emitting
an odd wailing sound, are fixed to
the tall feathers of the dispatch
bearing pigeons of the German army.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-17
The Gingko Tree.

Studies by Miss NJ. c. Slopes OF the
fossil fora Of Scotland have shown
that the gingkO or maidenhair, tree,
3 native of Japan and China. which
Is cultivated IN Europe and this coun-
try on account OF its remarkable fol-
iags. belongs to an extremely anc-
tent family, OF whIcn 1t is now. ap-
parently. the last surviving repre-
sentative. At one time it seems to
have been widely spread. A singu-
lar fact Is that the fossil specimens
Of the gingko, found In the rock beds
OF the Inferior Oolite series, at Bro
"a. Scotland. are so similar to the
living trees that ct first sight no diff
ference Is apparent. Only an ex-
animation OF the structure OF the
cells reveals q variation.-Youth's 3
Companion.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-17
odd South American Animals.

Many curtaH6 animals haunt the
marshy parts ."SS nth Amsrica no-rn
OF the pampas. Frogs big and fero-
cious, given to making vicious
springs when closely approached; the
eapybara, 8 cavy ''contented with
The bulk OF a sheep; the huge coypu
rat and the swarthy piglike tapir are
frequently seen. Along the forest
margins troops OF peccaries are often
met with, occasionally the jaguaT
sometimes the puma, likewise that
toothless curiosity, the great ant
bear, long in claw, long nosed and
remarkably long tonrued. A famil-
lar object is the great jabiru. a stork
with 3 preference for the desolate
lagoons, where 1t may often be OBJ
served statuesque on one leg and
wrapped in prospection.-Scotsman.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-17
For Pressing Platte. SKIRTS.

Plated Skirts which have been
washed are difficult to press. Time
and expense may BE ssved by having
the york done after the following
method. which is fo- S0Olen skirts
especially: Bsz0re the skir has be-
come badly creased or runpled run
3 basting thread, using short. even
stitches, down The entire ength or
each crease whicF marks the folds
Of the plaits. By this means, after
the skirt has been washed, the pro-
per location OF each leat can read
uy Be determined. and the pressing
done successfully.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-17
made TO ENTOHB 4 TARTAR GIRL
Austrian Mason Goes Insane After
Horror Among Caucasus Tribe.

Odessa.-Peter Kavulitch, an Aus
trian mason, went mad here as the
result Of brooding over being forced
to wall up the daughter of the chief
gain of Tartar tribe in the Caucasus
In living tomb. He was kidnapped
in Baku a month ago, taken blind,
folded into the mountains, compelled
to build the wall around the girl
and then was turned loose outside
BaRu. For a week he led party
Of soldiers in a vain attempt to find
the girl.
The girl was condemned to death
in the tomb because she eloped with
one of her fathers servants. She
was engaged to the son Of a wealthy
Tartar, and all preparations had
been made for the wedding She
was caught with the servant after a
two days chase. and was tried at
family council. 1t was decided 20
build a wall around her and leave
her to her fate. Kavulitch was kid
mapped, and he was taken into the
fountains to ind the whole tribe
drawn up to witness the living burial
Of the girl.
The man protested against the
work. but his life was threatened
unless he obeyed. The girl was tied
hand and foot to a stake. She I'M
plored mercy, but her cries were un-
needed. 4 circle was drawn around
her, and the mason was made 20 fol-
/ low Il with q wall two feet thick.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-17
a Clever Bear.

A noted ethnOlogist observed in
Yionna a bear deliberately making
With his paw, a current in some wa
ter which was close to the bars OF his
cage so as to draw a piece Of float
ing bread within his reach. These
actions of the bear could hardly be
attributed to instinct or inherited
habit, as they would be of little use
20 an animal In a state of nature.