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Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19

IN 5 tai amount expended for salaries was
las III approximately S14OO0,OOO greater than
two years ago The average annual
p salary has been increased from $3.50
to 1867 for rural carriers, from 1919 to
eCaga, s1,0S2 for postofice clerks, from $1,021
Il 8o,n to S1OS4 for city letter carriers and
: cake from 81, ,16S to S1,1S3 for railway pos
lspresef 4 clerks. Thus a marked extension
iSSIhls the postal service and increased
!, >ens oi bmpensation for its employees have
~ gone hand in hand with a vanishing
Mediaie1S
him & Postal Banks Great Success.
Mrs 13y persistent effort the present Re
1en 5bublican administration secured the
Massage on June %. 1910, of the act
s.,b,to, beating the postal savings system
q;de which is now in operation at practical
she i.ly all the 1850 presidential postoffices.
%, Preparations are being made for its
bis textensiOn to 10000 fourth class post
ne offices. 1t is confidently anticipated
lie that the deposits at the close of the
present fiscal year will aggregate $40,
a 100000 and that the income of the sys-
s,-r,e tenn will be sufficient to pay all operat-
Eyidain expenses.
come Under President Taft the postoffice
serioi department has engaged in an aggres-
pneu sive crusade against the fraudulent
@ io use of the mails. Last year the in
NJ, spectors investigated many cases in
az ivolving the sale Of worthless stock IN
ne slmaglnary mining companies and other
AYE fictitious concerns. There were alto
q Mi gether 500 indictments and 184 cOnvic
"isiu tIons, with but - acquittals. The 9th
be NJ er cases are pending The convicted
e cff swindlers had defrauded the people of
uiuu many millions of dollars.
/, son, Sunday service by employees has
ettisek. w reduced to a minimum, with lit
soyerinJbjection from patrons.
y sro Reforms Under Way
other Improvements have been
visit .ade IN the postal service during Pres
s dent Tafts term Of Office, such as the |
shipment Of periodicals In carloads by
fast freight, which has reduced the
Ntcost Of transportation and expedited
ithe handling OF first class mail. and
ri the consolidation Of the star route and
Ine rural delivery services, so that Il has
Aayebeen possible to establish many pew
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19

SIDNEY FOSTER. 50166 R. 224J{ is handsom,
bay horse, stands l6 hands, and weighs 100 lbs
Individually he is a horse of grand finish and plen
ty OF substance, fine disposition, his blood lines are
the best, the kind that get the money on the race
course. That he will beget speed and grand roaC
qualities there is no doubt, be not only nherits
but possesses these qualities in a worked degree
Out Of 10 starts last year, he was behind the
money once due to accident.
will book 20 approved mares to Sidney Foster
at $500 to insure.
VIII book ~ approved mares to my handsome
year old stud at $3.50 to insure his blood lines
are the best as his great grand sires are four t)
the leading sires Of to-day, Moko, Baron Wilkes.
AlcOulora and Wilkes Boy Where can Won find
two better bred stations and at these prices of
$500 and $500. Their equal are standing on
stock farm, from 5000 to S25O00. Farmers now
is you chance to improve your horses. For further
particulars address.
j. B. DERRICKSON,
Frederica, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
Dr.. Wiley Supports Taft.

Or. Harvey W Wiley. who recently
resigned as chief chemist of the de
partment Of agriculture. when in Gin
cinnati several days ago made the
following statement:
president Taft is the one man who
stood between me and destruction at
Washington When efforts were be-
ing made TO 'assaSsinate me- Taft
proved my only protector He stood
by me. and ! am grateful to him.
hope he will he re-e'erted president
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19

ed in the estimates of the postal ser,
Ice by Postmaster General Hitchcock
two to cover the initial expense of IL
Producing the parcel post on rura
routes and in the city delivery service
respectively, and the third to meet the
cost of an investigation looking to the
final extension of the service to t.,
railways and other transportation lines
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
MINERS WELFARE
CAUSE OF TAFT
Bureau Of Mines Marks Great
Step Forward
SAVES HUNDREDS OF LIVES

Discovery of Danger Of Coal Dust I'm
Portant - Handling of Explosives
Made Safer - Governments Expert
mental Coal Mine.
The saving of many lives annually
the lives of miners throughout the
United States-will be one of the splen-
did results that will follow the estab-
lishment of the bureau of mines. one
of the great achievements in the inter
est of labor of the administration of
President Taft.
The excessive and unnecessary loss
of life in the mines Of this country
was one Of the primary causes for the
creation Of this bureau. For years
hundreds Of miners were killed in mine
disasters, and practically nothing was
done to check the terrible loss of life.
Spurred on by President Taft, an
act creating the bureau of mines was
passed by congress and became effec-
tive on July /, 1910 John A. Holmes
of the United States geological survey
was appointed as the first director
Mr.. Holmes was reputed and certified
to be the best trained man for the
place Obtanable In the United States.
The chief experimental station was es-
tablished at Pittsburgh, where the in
vestigations Of the problems intrusted
to the bureau have been prosecuted so
successfully for nearly two years.
In the year 1907, the most disastrous
Of all years in the American coal mines. /
3,125 miners lost their lives. This rep
resented 4.S6 of men killed for every |
1000 employed. In coal mines In Eu- |
rope less than two miners are killed |
out Of every 1000 employed. AS a re-
suit of the work conducted by the bu-
Teau of mines and the wise use of an |
appropriation of S15O,OOO made by con-
gress, the death rate has been already
reduced to practically One-half what it
was in 1907
One of the notable achievements 0:
the bureau of mines was the demon
stratiOn Of the fact that coal dust In
a bituminOus mine is more dangerous
and deadly than gas. 1t had been the
belief heretofore that gas or fire damp
was the greatest menace to the min
ers, and little attention was given to
the accumulation of coal dust. The
bureau of mines proved to the salts
faction Of the miners as well as opera
tors that coal dust would explode and.
unlike fire damp. carried no warning
with it. The keeping of dusty mines
wet, as recommended by the bureau
Of mines, was found to reduce ma
-erlally the chances Of explosion Of coal
lust
The number Of deaths in the mines
has been greatly reduced as a result
IF the testing Of explosives under the
direction of the bureau of mines. In
The year 1908 the coal mines IN the Unit
I'd States used 100000 pounds of
short fame explosives, and at present
nearly seven times that quantity is be
ng used with greater safety, due to
he cooperation Of the coal operators
md the bureau Of mines.
The establishment of an experimen- /
al coal mine at Brucetown, Pa. il
welve miles from Pittsburgh, is still Y
mother notable achievement Of the b
j.
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
TAFT REFORMS
POSTAL SERVICE
Governments Biggest Business
Now Run on Modern Basis.
PENNY POSTAGE POSSIBLE.

Economy and Efficiency In Administra-
tion Under Hitchcock Mako Cheaper
Postage Rates Imminent - Policies
Should Be Continued.
In thorough accord with the policy
Of economy and efficiency Of the Taft
administration, Postmaster General
Frank II. Hitchcock has put an end to
the annual deficit in the postoffice de-
partment and made possible the serious
consideration Of further reforms and
improvements, not the least important
of which is the imminent possibility
Of penny postage. Many other reforms
that have the support Of President
Taft will be inaugurated this year
Another term OF the Taft administra-
tiOn would place this $24O,OOO,OOO bust
ness institution completely on a bust
ness basis.
At the beginning Of the present ad-
ministratiOn the postal service was in
arrears to the extent Of $17,479, ,77O.47.
which was decidedly the largest deficit
on record. Last year the revenues ex-
ceeded the expenditures by $219,118.12.
The wiping out Of the deficit has
been accomplished without any cur
tailment Of facilities On the con
trary, there have been established 3.744
new postoffices, delivery by carrier
has been provided in 1856 additional
cities, and 2,516 new rural routes. ag-
gregating 6O,679 miles, have been au-
thOrized Meanwhile the force of pos
tai employees has been increased by |
more than 8,GOO, and last year the to-
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
THORNT0N

A Kentucky Jack will stand for season
1912 commencing March 1st, at our farm
in Broadkiln Hundred, z mile from
NAPLES Mill, on road leading TO Draw
bridge. He is a black jack, IA hands
high and will weigh 900, and is one Of
the finest in the county.
TERMS-To insure Sl2. Owner will
be held responsible for the service should
the mare be disposed of before the foal
is born. Call on or address
Charles E. Jones, David w. Jones,
Milton, Delaware.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-08
PLAGUE AND THE PANAMA CANAL.

Every five minutes a shovel man on the Pan
anna canal ioots his little horn. And with that a
scoopful Of dirt is tossed out Of the bed of the
big ditch And with that the plaques Of the East
come a little nearer the gates of New York
BY and by the Panama canal will be
thrown open to traffic. said DR.. Joseph F. O'Con-
nell. in command OF the quarantine station at New
York Then the steamers from the Asian ports.
which now reach US by way Of the Suez canal
when they reach US at all-will come by the
shorter route And that long west coast Of South
America. dotted with plague ports from shoulder
to tail will be in direct communication with the
Atlantic seaboard. And every shipload of stuff
from the Philippine Islands will come direct to
New York instead Of being put on the rails at San
Francisco. And under every hatch of every ship
will be a multitude of strange things and the pos
sibility Of many diseases So we are getting ready
to 90 on watch
The quarantine officers all along the Atlantic
line are doing the same thing From Portland
Maine. to jacksonville they are adding to their
forces and strengthening their equipment and pre-
pairing TO repel boarders In Asia and the Phil
ppines and all along that western coast Of South
America the plague is waiting for ride on two
And yellow fever is spot,ing the medical
map. And cholera and typhus and a dozen other
queer diseases Of which the very names are hardly
known to the homegrow practitioner are packing
their little old -fashioned valises and getting ready
to go touring And any of them would make
heap of trouble If it ever got ashore
But it will not get ashore says Dr. OCon-
nell We will catch it and put il in a bottle.
Our job is to get the bottle ready
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-08
MOHAMMED IN EUROPE.

Adnanople is regarded as the key to Constan-
unople, says the Kansas City Star 1t proved to
be so when the conditions Of possession were sew
cred and the Ottoman Turks were striving for
their footing in Europe
Then IT was Adranople that was first to be
conquercd-first OF the important posts And
when that strong city fell il was believed tnal
Constantinopc could not long hold out Only
the Christian good fortune Of Turkish civil strife
saved the city Of the Byzantine empire for another
hundred years. During that time Adrianople was
the European city of Mohammed
The Turks took Constantinople and definitely
established themselves as a power in Europe only
a few years before another Mohammed sover
eighty was driven out When the eastern PENN
sula OF Europe taken from the Christian Greek
empire in 1853 the Moorish power in the western
peninsula was ending. In l492 the last of the
Moorish kings left Spain
The Moors were dominant, in a least a por-
ton OF Spain, nearly twice as long as the Ottoman
empire has thus far endured in Macedonia From
~ to l492 was the period OF the first Moham-
medan power in Europe. The decline of tha,
power its gradual disintegration the lessening of
its dominion and the quality of the mountain
native folks whose resistance finally overcnme il
arc fairly duplicated in the more recent history Of
turkey and its once subject provinces
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-08

Facing turkey shortage inconsolabe Chicago
will be compelled to lean for solace on the sympa.
thetc bosom Of Grandmother Hen.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-08

Say. Mr.. Manufacturer have you shaped up
those products for the understandable display
The Chamber of Commerce is waiting.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-08
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Entered as second-class matter at the post
office at Amarillo, Texas. under the act Of March
,. 1879.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-08

A marked election result, is that Mr. Taft him
self is tn third party
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-08
TOP O. THE MORNING.

TOP o. THE MORNING
Taft Teddy and the Turk
C. o. r. Get Out Promptly
A marked election result, is that Mr. Taft him
self is tn third party
Waneth in Europe the bloody star and sword
crescent OF Mahomet
And this time tina, obsolete Illinois Cannon
also goes to the junk heap.
Good morning Have you contracted post
offioitisp lis national epidemic
Another dance It's the chicken flip 3"
BUT the society hens not barred
The twenty eighth president might do worse
than to include two Texans in his cabinet,
The Wilson plurality adding machine has bust
ed from overwork Let's talk that all-Panhandlc
Fair.
Booth Harrington. the Hooser author Is going
to marry widow In seach of more novel cx-
perences
Widows OF those five Coloradoans who died
from eating sausage should make the dog catcher
party to the sui,
Haiton Summers cuogizes William Jennings
Bryan the Apostle of Democracy" Mrs b is
evidently the epistle
1t is reported that a search warrant has been
issued for Mr. llles. chairman of the alleged
Republican National executive committee
The kindng wood resulting from the split
ting up of the Republican party is merely feeding
the great national Democratic bonfire
While singing the loud peans of Wilson's gor-
ious victory. let not the work Of the Great Com.
moner-Willam Jennings Bryan-be forgotten.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-08

Taft. Teddy and the Turk.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-08

Waneth in Europe the bloody star and SWORD
crescent Of Mahomet
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-08

C. o. p. Get Out Promptly.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-08

And this time that obsolete Illinois Cannon
also goes to the junk heap
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-08

While singing the loud peans of Wilson's glor
ious victory let not the work of the Great Com
moner-Wiam Jennings Bryan-be forgotten.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-08

Good morning Have you contracted pos
officitsp It's national epidemic.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-08

Another dance. It's the chicken flip
but the society hens are not barred
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-04-19
RASH ALL OVER BABY'S BODY
ITCHED so HE COULD
NOT SLEEP

ION July 27, 1909, we left Boston for
q trip to England and Ireland, taking
baby with us. After being in Ireland
a few days a nasty rash came out all
over his body. We took him to doc
tor who gave us medicine for him.
"The trouble started in the form OF
1 rash and was all over baby's body,
head and face, at different times. 1t
trritated, and he would scratch it with
all his might. The consequence was
it developed into, sores. and we were
afraid it would leave nasty scars on
his face.
"When we reached England we took
baby to another doctor, who said his
condition was due to change of food
and climate, and gave more medicine.
The rash got no better, and it used to
itch and burn at night so bad that the
child could not sleep. He was COM
pletely covered with 1t at different
times. 1t was at this time that my
mother advised us to try Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. After using Cuti-
CuTd oOdp dliu SuIlCul olulluSut LII
about nine months the places disap-
peared. There are not any scars. or
other kind Of Disagreement, and baby
Is completely cured by the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. We have had no
further trouble with baby's skin. Moth
ing stopped the itching. and allowed
baby to sleep but Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment" (Signed) Mrs.
Margaret Gum. 20 Burrell St., RoS-
bury, Boston. Mass. March II, 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere, sample
Of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti-
:ura," Dept. L. Boston.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-04-19
WANTED 1T ALL FORGOTTEN
Wizards Plea for Closed Incident at
Least Had Merit of Perfect
StraightforWardness.

The minister had been invited to
dinner, and 5-year-old Willard was
warned that he must use his Sunday
manners at the table. AS the plate of
potatoes was passed to him. after ev'
eryone else had received helping,
Willard emptied the contents onto his
plate. His mother, blushing, put back
a greater part of the potatoes.
Hog" said the little fellow, where
upon he was Immediately sent to bed
The next morning Willard sat oppo-
site his mother at breakfast. The look
on his mothers face soon told the boy
an unusual atmosphere was surround
ing the family meal, and he became
suspicious that he was the cause.
Well" he said, looking his mother
straight in the eye, you don't need to
get sore about it. You got me, didn't
you?"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-04-19
Convenient Code,

Frank l. Cobb used to be reporter
in Detroit and knew intimately for
mer governor of the state OF Michi-
gan. who was renowned among other
things for his ability as a free-hand
swearer.
One night Cobb was dining with the
ex-governor and his family. A mes
senger came in to tell the host that
one of his pet political schemes had
just been defeated through the bun
Cling of lieutenent The old man
ripped out string of dark blue ones
Now. pa" said his wife. you prom
ised me you would quit cursing."
Marie" said the ex-governor. I'm
not cussing-this is just the way
talkt"-Philadelph Saturday Even
ing Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-04-19

Misunderstood Gator.
The winter afternoon was like June.
and. taking tea under palm on the
lawn of the Royal Poinciana at Palm
Beach, sportsman said:
This morning | photographed in
alligator. My boy. to get him. stripped
and waded into the water up to his
chin. The boy felt about with his
feet in the mud till he found big
gator Then he ducked down. grabbed
the gator by the nose and dragged
him slowly ashore to the waiting
lens"
But" said a girl in white, wasn't
1t dangerous?"
mot Bit
But ! thought alligators ate you!"
mo. no." said the sportsman "Ynu
are confusing the alligator with the
crocodile. The Indian crocodile ears
men and women. but the Florida ALI.
gator is as harmless. literally as
harmless. as cow.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-04-19
The Beautiful Wall That

b more fashionable than wall paper paint and costs
lar less II 10 refined and exquisite In color to
pare with any kind of kalsomine Goes further
the wallis does chip peel rub off lasts far longer
lh Reaufifu, Tinta Comes all ready mix with cold
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-04-19

the believer Is
forgiven Of his
Gins, but that he
is regarded in
Gods sight as
though he had
never S | n n g d
Captain Dreyfus,
the French officer,
was pardoned by
the president Of
the French repub-
lie, and set at lib
erty, but he
S O u G h t another
trial in oroer to
secure justiflca-
ton in the eyes
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-04-19

tor told me to 60 to hospital. I did
not like that idea very well, SO, when l
saw your advertisement in a paper,
wrote to you for advice, and have done as
you told me. l have taken Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
Liver Pills, and now have my health.
eff sick and ailing women would only
know enough to take your medicine, they
would get relief. Mrs. BENZ. H. STAINS
Berry, Route 6. Box Is. Upper sandusky,
Ohio.
If you have mysterious pains, irregu-
larity, backeche, extreme nervousness.
Inflammation, liberation or displace-
ment, don't wait too long, but try Lydia
E. Pinkham' 8 Vegetable Compound now.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has been the standard remedy
for female ills, and such unquestionable
testimony as the above proves the value
of this famous remedy and should give
every one confidence.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-04-19

I. The first fruit of faith Is justifi
alton. which means not only that
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-04-19
Two Smiles.


Ezra Pound, the poet. was talking
at the Authors club. in New York.
about Shelley's cremation.
Cremation, although beautiful" be
said, tends itself to ribald jest In a
way that sepuluture doesn't.
who can forbear smile at the
thought of that devoted young ma
tron, who, her front steps being COW
cred with sleet, sprinkled her first
husbands ashes over them in order
that her second husband might de-
scend in safety"
Smiling himself. Mr.. Pound re-
sumed:
And who could forbear another
smile at the thought of the young
widow on the blustery March morning
who entered her drawing room to find
that the wind had overturned the vase
which contained her husbands re
mains?
"'Pshaw,' she said. now isn't 1t Just
like George to throw his ashes all
over my new Kirmanshah rug!'"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-04-19
NOTHING Lost,

"Mr. Chairman." said the orator,
who had already occupied the plat
form for twenty minutes. amid many
interjections from the audience. mir.
Chairman! May ! appeal on a point
of order? There is really so much
desultory conversation going on in
parts of the hall that it is impossible
for me to hear a word am saying"
Voice from the Back of the Hall
Don't be downhearted; you're not
missing much
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-04-19
Remarkable Bible Verses.

The eighth verse of the third chap
ter of Zephaniah contains every let
ter, including the finals. OF the He
brew language. while one will lind in
the twenty first verse OF the sew
enth chapter of Ezra every letter OF
the English alphabet except The
verse reads as follows: And |. even
|, Axtaxerxers the King. do make a
decree to all the treasurers which are
beyond the river. that whatsoever
Ezra the priest. the scribe OF the law
of the God OF heaven, shall require
of you. it be done speedily."-Youth's
World.