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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-08

Growers OF sweet peas IN a good
many sections had this favorite source
Of fragrant bloom we'll nigh ruined
last season by the green aphides. or
plant lice. These are sucking and not
biting insects. and hence the ordinary
poisons do not reach them. They must
be killed by contact with some spray.
and for this nothing is better than
solution made by sleeping tobacco
leaves or stems in warm water. This
may be applied TO the vines with an
effective hand sprayer. If one treat
ment does not kill all Of the lice. q
second application should be given.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-08
Col. Moore is Harbor Master.

City Council last night elected
EnOch Moore as harbor master upon
the recommendation of the Board Of
Port Wardens. Mr.. Moore succeeds
himself.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-08

Some one claims TO have discovered
that gophers do not like rye and that
a strip of this cereal sown about a
wheatfeld win keep the rodents out
Of It
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-08
PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD
REMINDER BULLETIN
They're flying at Atlantic
Cityl

Curtiss has already given won
derful exhibitions of his COM
plete mastery of aerial navigation
over the ocean
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
will be big days in the Aviation
Meet
Curtiss and Hamilton in Cur
tiss bi-planes, and Broolins and
Coffin in Wright bi-planes will
contest for the speed prize of
$1,000 for a so-mile dash over the
ocean, and for the $1,000 altitude
prize. 4
Ample and convenient train
service to and from Atlantic City
via Pennsylvania Railroad
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-08

Breeders of Jersey cattle seem to be
dividing into two camps over the ques-
ton Of the type Of COW which shall
be accepted as a standard by growers
Of this breed Of dairy cattle. Some.
the minority. contend that the show
ring type-the smaller inland type
shall be adopted as the standard. More
hold that the larger American type OF
COW with the big barrel and udder
the one which makes the best showing
10 pail and churn. shall be the model
TO copy after. Since dairymen keer
COWS for the money rather than the
pleasure there is in the business the
latter type Of COW would seem TO be
the one which will ultimately prevail.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-08

The butter fat and oleo fellows hav0
been having 1t out before congrt@-
sional investigating committee at
Washington the past few weeks. and
at the time of writing it is uncertain
what the outcome OF the hearing will
be. The controversy has been precipi-
tated anew because the oleo fellows
really the packing trust-want the tax
On colored oleo removed so that they
>an realize a still larger profit by sell
ing It under the guise Of butter. The
Dutter men contend. and rightly, that
this is in reality an attempt TO get
money under false pretenses and in so
far works an injustice to their bust
ness. The law in force governing the
sale Of oleomargerine levies a tax Of
10 cents a pound on cleo colored TO
initiate butter. while the tax on the I'M
colored product is but one-fourth of a
cent per pound. the consumer being
allowed to color the oleo after pur-
chase to suit his own taste. While the
high price Of food products is a live
one, It is hardly so live as TO justify
the passage of law which will enable
the packing trust to palm or beef
grease and cottonseed oil on a hungry
public for what they are really not
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-08
Anna hawthorn
The Baby ShOp--InIants OutII,


Three Flannel Bands. I8c $50
Three wool and Cotton
onirts, 25c. ...... Use
Two plain Flannel Skirts.
o9o ...-...... ..---.... .SI.7o
Two Barrows. SI.oo $500
One Flannel Skirts en-
broidered .... 5000. $50
Two Nainsook Skirts, soc .SI.oo
lOne Nainsook Skirt .......75c
One Naiusook Skirt ..-.. .$I.oo
Three Dresses, soc .SI.5o
One Dress 500
One Dress .. ....... So. 90
One Worsted Sack ........ soc
Two Flannel Wrappers,
SOC .......-. ............Hl.O 90
Three Booties. ISc ........54c
Two Pieces Diapering,
SIPS ............ ....S2. 80
One Trimmed Basket $500
Toilet Set 1900. .........S2 5
Powder Puff .............25c
One box Irwin Talcum
Powder ........ .......1Sc
Four papers Safety Pins. 49,. soc
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-08

Mrs. LYDIA 4. Cloud wife of joshua
A. Cloud, of No. 400 1-2 Shipley street,
died last night, aged "a years. =
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
Catarrh Germs
Move Out When HyOmel Moves In

No stomach dosing Hyomei is
made chiefly of oil of eucalyptus and
eucalyptol taken from the eucalyptus
forests of inland Australia, and com
bined with the excellent antispetics
employed in the Lsterian system.
In inland Australia the atmosphere
Is 30 impregnated with balsam
thrown out by the eucalyptus trees
that germs cannot live. and in con
sequence catarrh and consumption
are unknown.
Breathe Hyomei and get the same
pleasant germ killing air as you
would get In the eucalyptus forests.
Hyomei is sold by druggists every
where and by F. w. Bucknam at $l.00
a complete outfit
An outfit consists of bottle of Hy-
omei. hard rubber pocket inhaler
and full instructions for use. The
inhaler lasts lifetime, but II you
need another bottle OF Hyomei you
can get 1t at druggists for only 80
cents at any time. Guaranteed to
cure catarrh, Group, and throat trou-
bles or money back. Booths IIy-
omei Co, Buffalo, NJ Y. 293l
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
@WhO's Who" Statistics.

OF the 1856 persons whose names
are In Who's Who In America" for
1901, just issued, 1858 gave gem
eral educational data concerning
themselves. 1t appears that 8,529 Of
this latter number, or 54.96 per cent,
are college graduates, while 476 are
graduates of the United States Mill
tary and Naval Academies. Those
who attended college but were not
graduated we're 2,049. Only 209 were
educated privately; 81 were self
taught.
Lawyers are 3.081 of the grand to-
tai In the book; physicians, 1,345;
clergymen, 2,035; artists, 623; musi
clans. 1888; persons in technical pur
OF the physicians 1926 per cent, just
under the half, are college graduates.
In the ministry the per cent is 81.22:
In the law, 52.28; among the workers
IN technical professions, 1882 among
musicians, 1896; among artists, 83S
OF the 1856 persons listed. 1881
are natives of the United States; 379
of England; 333 of Germany; 331 of
Canada; 172 of Ireland; 121 of Scot
land. New York furnished 2,970 of
the native born; Massachusetts, 1909;
Pennsylvania, 1916; Ohio, 1,274:
Illinois, 744; Connecticut, 532; Maine,
526; Indiana, SIT. Virginia, New
Jersey, Vermont, Michigan, Mary
land, WISCONSIN, New Hampshire.
Missouri and Kentucky are the other
states contributing more than 800
natives each.
In present residents as listed New
York leads with 1891. which Is 1911
less than last year. Massachusetts
has LII listed residents; Pennsyl-
vania. 1895; Illinois. 1859: District
Of Columbia, 1.107.
The editors of the work call atten-
tion to the westward movement, indi-
Gated by such facts as that Colorado,
with only five natives In the book, has
~ residents. They might we'll quote
California, with 141 natives and 583
residents. In some Eastern and
Southern States the conditions OF mi
grafton are reversed. Even Pennsyl-
vania shows 1916 natives. against
1869 residents. while for Ohio the
figures are 1874 and 648 the wrong
way. Illinois. with Chicago's aid
balances for the residents by 744 to
l.159. New York State, holding New
York city. presents 1881 residents to
1870 natives.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
TripIets In Augusta Mans Herd.

James Duncan, one Of Augusta S
well-known milkmen and the propri-
etor of the Bon-aCord farm on the
Ballard road, has in his herd of COWS
one that has established something
OF record when it comes to the
question of breeding qualities. Thir-
teen months ago this COW dropped
triplet calves and not long since she
dropped three more. In each case
the calves were all healthy and on
reaching the proper age, were sold to
one of the local butchers for veal.
Twin calves are rather common oc-
curence, but when it comes to pro-
ducing three at time and repeating
the performance within q little more
than years time it Is surely little
out of the ordinary.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
HAY CROP FOR MAINE
WILL Be GOOD
COm'r Gilman Thinks IL VIII Be
Larger Than for Several Years.
Apple Crop Light

Hon. A. w. Gilman of Foxcroft.
commissioner of agriculture. was at
the department at the State House,
Augusta, recently, on his weekly
visit, and was busy with the work of
his office.
In reply to a question regarding
the hay crop In Maine he expressed
the opinion that the crop this sea
son would be larger than for several
years. and all over the State. The
grass had, he said, been making great
strides during the hot weather of the
past few days and everything
was looking most favorable in Maine
hayfields. In some places, however,
where the ground was newly seeded
last year and was followed by the
long dry period the crop will be very
light, the greater part of the young
grass having apparently been burned
up, and In all probability new
seed will have to be sowed. The
Hungarian and Japanese millet which
many farmers have been planting
this year, said the commissioner. is
looking very inviting.
The apple crop, he said, in his sec
ton of the State. is looking very light.
In speaking of the prospects for the
potato crop he said that In many
places he found indications of the
planting of bad seed, and that he was
strongly OF the opinion that In many
instances where the potatoes came
badly the seed was hurt between the
time when 1t was cut and that when
1t was planted. Many farmers cut
their potatoes during the wet period
In the early spring and as they were
not properly cared for they heated
and were thus spoiled. In some
places where potatoes were planted
the second time and did not come up
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
$40, ,OOO,O 900 Invested In Automobiles
In Minnesota.

AS the result of farmers buying au-
tomobiles and using them for trips
about their farms and to town more
than 10000 licenses for cars have
been issued in Minnesota this year.
According to estimates made In the
office of the secretary of state, more
than $lO,000,000 is invested In auto
mobiles in Minnesota More than
half of this sum has been put into
cars by the farmers On May /, the
total number OF automobiles In the
state was 1874. Within 60 days, 27S6
additional machines have been IL
censed.
The cost of state license in Min
nesota Is $3.50. 1t Is generally un-
derstood that the next session OF the
legislature will increase this to s. or
$40 as charged In most other states.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
Story of a Colt Won Court Case.

Hon. John p Swasey. representa-
tive from Maine argued a case not
long ago In a way truly characteris-
tic of his homely wit. He rose with
ceremony and with deliberation said !:
"A neighbor of mine was breaking
colt. He sent his boy into the field
where he was to hide behind a ledge
and when the colt came by was to
jump out and say Boot Mounted on
the fiery steed, the farmer drove
down across the field and things
worked to perfection. The boy said
POO In earnest The colt reared
threw his rider, tore the harness into
bits and then trotted VIGOROUSLY
from the field.
Now" MIR. Swasey went on, that's
like this case. The idea WAS fine,
but 1t was too big boo for little
iCrse!"
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
New Work at Colby.

Under the direction of Prof. Morton
C. Mott-Smith, Phi. D.. who returned
to Waterville this week from his va
cation to oversee the work, the Colby
college physical laboratory is under
going a transformation preparatory
to the work of the new shop work
and electrical and mechanical en-
gineering courses. which open In the
fall. A large amount of new ma
chinery is being installed, and 1t is
planned to have everything In readi-
ness by September 20, the date when
the first semester of the new college
year opens.
The preliminary courses to the
course In engineering were given In
1909 and 1910. Many students have
elected the new courses. Colby will At
students to complete course at Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology in
two years or less.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
Oldest Elevator Boy In Maine.

Alfred b. Perkins, who runs the
elevator at the State House, Augusta,
and who is popularity known as the
oldest elevator boy in Maine" cele-
brated his 18th birthday this week.
Few elevator boys are acquainted
with 80 many of the public men OF
the State. AS he often remarks, he
has given them all "a lift" Mr.. Per
kns is proud of the fact that he was
born In the barracks of old Fort
Popham, at the mouth of the kenne-
bee river.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
Fine Snake Story.

The champion snake story of the
season comes from the little village
of Sargentyille, down In Hancock
county. DR.. w. l.. France of that
place was bothered more or less with
ant hills and finally there appeared
a huge one within a few rods of his
house. 1t was as large over as a
wash tub and the doctor decided to
exterminate the pests. Taking his
hoe he began to dig into the mound
where he soon found nest OF snakes.
The deeper down he went the more
plentiful the reptiles became. They
were of the ordinary green variety
with few brown ones and from 18
inches to two feet long. A theca-
tomb was not in 1t with those snakes.
He killed them by twos and fours
and finally by dozens. When the
slaughter was finished he made a
round up and count and found that
he had dispatched 1872 snakes. The
hole from which they were taken
measured three feet wide by two
feet deep, and beneath this was a
bed of boulders. AS DR.. France is
one of the leading men of the town
and as he is the personal authority
for this story there can be no ques-
tion as to the accuracy of the state
ment.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
Maine to Lose Bowd0in Professor.

Prof. William T. Foster of Bow
doin college, who this summer Is
teaching a summer school at Colum-
bia university. has accepted the presi-
dency of Reed institute, college to
be built at Portland, Ore, from q
fund given by Mrs. Amanda Reed and
now amounting to 100000. 1t Is
hoped the college can be opened In
September, 1911. 1t will be a college
of liberal arts and science. Prof. Fos-
ter was born in Boston in 1879. grad
uated from Harvard in 1901, was in
structor in English at Bates college
until 1903 and then took his A. M.
course at Harvard. after which he
came to Bowdoin. He became profess
sor of English and augmentation in
1905, being the youngest full-fedged
professor In an English college at
that time. At the last commence
ment his title was changed and he
became professor of education In
Bowdoin.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
Big Hay Crop.

Hon. A. w. Gilman of Foxcroft,
commissioner of agriculture re-
Gently expressed the opinion that the
hay crop this season would be larger
than for several years and all over
the State The grass had, he said, been
making great strides during the hot
weather of the past few days and that
everything was looking most favor
able in Maine hayfields. In some
places, however, where the ground
was newly seeded last year and was
followed by the long dry period the
crop will be very light, the greater
part OF the young grass having ap-
parently been burned up, and that In
all probability new seed would have
to be sowed. The Hungarian and
Japanese millet which many farmers
have been planting this year, said
the commissioner is looking very In
viting.
The apple crop, he said, In his sec
ton of the State. Is looking very
light. In speaking Of the prospects
for the potato corp he said that In
many instances where the potatoes
came badly the seed was hurt be-
tween the time when 1t was cut and
that when 1t was planted. Many farm
ers cut their potatoes during the wet
period In the early spring and as
they were not properly cared for they
heated and were thus spoiled. In
some places where potatoes were
planted the second time and did not
come up we'll the fields were sowed
over to grass. Mr.. Gilman says that
the acreage Of potatoes In the State
this year will be large.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
Happiest Girl in Lincoln.

A Lincoln. Neb.. girl writes, II had
been ailing for some time with
chronic constipation and stomach
trouble. began taking Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and
In three days l was able to be up and
got better right along. am the
proudest girl in Lincoln to find such
a good medicine" For sale by G. r.
Fogg.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
THAT INTERESTS
HENS AND SAyAh1S
French Sayant Discovers That When
She Begins to Cackle Mischief Is
Meant

When a hen says "Krah-krah-
krah," or anything, she has been In
mischief. according to a recent sci
entific report. says the Kansas City
Star. When she says nothing the
case Is the same, but silence miti-
gates the offense
M. Geraud of Paris, after expert
menting with phonograph and birds
of high and low degree. concludes
that fowls have a language adapted
not only to expressing all the emo
tions of which chickens are capable,
but that they communicate intelli-
gence of interest to one another.
The language of the hen may new
er displace Esperanto as the medium
of cranks and reformers-unless
some benevolent crank undertakes
to reform the predatory suburban
fowl-but a study of hen talk may
interest the gardener. the savant and
the hen.
The French sayant recorded the
sounds he heard In the barnyard, the
garden and in the fields, all under
varying circumstances. and when the
voices were reproduced In the pres
ence of the hen folks the puzzled bid
dies exhibited all the signs of anger,
fear, complaint, caution. curiosity,
affection, and destructiveness A gar
dener, whose little place has been the
scene of the dialogue reproduced, and
who was present at the demonstra-
ton. exhibited signs Of anger, but
none of affection.
Many persons have wondered what
the hen means when she struts about
the yard and sings "Krah-catuk-
catuk." The phonograph has made 1t
clear. Reproduce that sound on the
phonograph and the hens will boldly
attack the most promising cockerel
In the flock; then they will proceed
to make curious marks like the letter
X in any flower bed that chances to
be convenient. The first word of the
phrase is simply an exclamation of in
dignation and defiance. The second
word means Votes for ladies'" and
the third Ia a repetition of the phrase
to give it emphasis. The hierogly-
phics are self-explanatory The
hens of New Zealand and four Am
erican states never exhibit this curl
GUS phase.
"Cut-cut-cut- ca dash cut" means
the hen has just laid, or lied. In the
estimation of one observer, the hen
quadruples the cuts" when she re-
fleets that her effort has merely serv-
ed the purpose of the egg trust, and
there is a tradition current on the
farm of the effect that the cackling
hens sing 'Lay-lay-lay and 60 bare
foot" but these interpretations are
probably fanclful and certainly pes
simlstic.
Reproduce the "weetweet" record
and every broody hen will proceed to-
hover the first hoverable object she
encounters. When a hen sees an in
cubator the first time she utters a gut
tural sound that may be written
"Quh-quah-quah!" The human equiv
alent occurs In some of Sen. Tillman's
appreciations of the party in power,
1t Is quite likely that some of the
sounds, and their effect on the fowls,
have been misinterpreted. 1t Is con-
ceivable that a sayant may have
chanced upon a flock of fowls In the
act of destroying a garden at the
moment that the gardener became
aware Of the spoilation, and In such
case the confusion OF sounds would
produce an unintelligible record.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21

Cars leave Skowhegan for Lakewood and
Madison at 30, $40 $50, 1l.00, ll.30 a. ms
pW 1890 LOO, l.3O, 100, 2.30, 800, $50, AGO, 4.30
k0 500 and 100.
Leave Madison for LAX ewood and Skowhe-
nm at $50, $50, 1890, 1900, a. M, 1870, 100,
fN 100 30, 100, 40, 400, 4.30, 500, 630, 800
100 and 800 y. IN
STEAMER MARGARET R'-Daily Schedule
Lave LAX ewood at 925, 1i.2o a. IN, lao, 4.40,
tNp.m Wednesday and Saturday night
says Lakewood ut 9.45. Leave Fast M MadisOn
Il go 945 a. m, i2.45, 200, 500, 100 p. m
Wednesday, and Saturday night leave last
Madison at 7.30 for Theater.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
improvements Along the Maine Coast.

Among other improvements which
the lighthouse department officials of
this district have In contemplation
will be extensive changes in the
buoyage equipment along the coasts
of Maine, the most important of
which will be an alteration In the
lighting power of the gas buoys sta
toned at various points from Port
land to Eastport. Mr.. Hagan. a
skilled employe of the Pinsch Gas
Company works, New York, has been
Portland for several days and has
already started In on the work con-
templated at the government wharf,
Diamond island. The various gas
buoys now doing service are all to
be taken up and the old burners re-
moved, new mantle burners being in
stalled in their place. From expert
ments already made 1t is found that
the new light besides being more
steady and reliable Is fully one-third
more powerful. The lighthouse tend
er Lilac has already installed one of
the new lights at Witch Rock and
the other gas buoys to the eastward
will be attended to very shortly.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
The Hen That Was Bound to Egg-ce

Some are having fine success In
here" writes the
North Brooklin correspondent of the
Ellsworth American. "Erastus Cand-
age put fifteen eggs under hen,
which recently hatched out seventeen
chickens. This hen was partitioned
OF from the other hens, and the only
explanation that can be given is that
she laid two eggs when she first be-
gan to set"
That hen was bound to eggs-eel.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
Maine Men Lead.

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat re-
marks: "The death of Chief Justice
Fuller recalls the remarkable fact
that at one time in our history both
houses of Congress and the highest
judicial body of the country were
presided over by sons of Maine. Mr..
Frye was president pro tenn of the
Senate. Mr.. Reed was speaker of the
House, and Mr.. Fuller was chief JUS
tice of the Supreme Court. And by
further singular coincidence, all of
these men were graduates of Bow
doin college,"
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
Our Apple Crop Is Not Promising.

Summarizing reports of fruit con-
ditions in Maine, DR.. G. NJ. Twitchell,
president Of the State Pathological
Society, said recently:
THE promise of the blossoming
period Is not continued. No good ex-
planation can be offered though cold
er weather prevailed just at that
but hardly an orchard gives promise
of a fair crop. The absence of bees
is also reported, where last year they
were In evidence everywhere Pests
are not so numerous, as spraying has
been more general, but fungus dis
eases, especially apple scab fungus,
are reported from all sections.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
Maine Longevity Cases Cited.

Maine climate is conducive to long
life and Maine blood Is the best blood
the world over. Maine blood always
tells. In Westbrook, for example, is
Mrs. Julia A. Pillsbury, 88 years old,
who reads and sews without glasses
In Bath, Mrs. M. e. Hodgkins has
PASSED the century mark and anoth-
er Bath lady who Is too modest to
have her name appear in print. is
more than 80. Mrs. Mary Jane
Marston, one of Boston's most sue
cessful business women, who years
ago amassed fortune and retired,
was a Maine girl. the daughter Of
Isaac Mansfield. one OF the first shoe
manufacturers of Salem, Mass, who
retired to Bath and later Nobleboro.
Isaac Mansfleld's wife's cousin, by
the way, was Capt. Billy Gray Of
Salem, who owned fleet of SO ships
but never could make 1t 100 because
one would drop out or under when
the Tooth ship was buih. Mrs. Mar
ston Is as smart at 88 as most women
at 55. Mrs. Marston Is as bell. is
handsome and stylish in her dres,
and of great executive ability. Her
son, Thomas G.. now retired from
business and visiting Maine this sum-
ner, founded the T. II. Marston Sign
Co., of Boston. His father years ago
was a prominent jeweler in Bath and
the Marston family was a wealthy
and enterprising family OF the ship
ping city.-Kennebec Journal.