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Milford chronicle., 1912-05-31
COMMENCEMENT WEEK
AT THE ACADEMY

Principle Budd has arranged the follow.
ing program for commencement week al
the Wilmington Conference Academy:
Sunday, June 9th-Baccalaureate SER
mon at 10 30 a. M, in Wesley M. E.
Church; 730 p m sermon to the school.
Monday, June l0th-S p. m, musicale
at Academy Hail.
Tuesday, June 1lth-2p. m Glass Day
exercises, in Academy Hall; p. M, in
Academy Parlors, principals reception.
Wednesday, June l2th-l0 a. m, base
ball game, Alumni VS. Academy team; l
p. m, alumni luncheon; formal opening
of the new gym; p N, graduating ex-
ercises at the Dover Opera House.
Milford chronicle., 1912-05-31
STATE TUBERCULAR DISPEN-
SARIES OF KENT COUNTY DEL

Anyone with tubercular trouble may
have attention free. Free doctor, free
nurse. free medicine. Eggs and milk
furnished free where conditions warrant
it.
Milford, Front and Church streets, II
a. m. to p. m. Thursdays.
Harrington, Main street, 3p. m. to >
p. m. Thursdays.
Smyrna, Commerce street, $50 a. m.
to 11.3O a. m. Fridays.
Dover, The Green, Court House, 3 p.
m. to 5 p. m. Fridays. 3-15 13t.
Milford chronicle., 1912-05-31

nd pence to pence, for wealth
es thence.
Milford chronicle., 1912-05-31
Down Fine.

Nov, Willie" said the superinten.
dents little boy, addressing the black
smiths little boy. who had to come
over for a frolic, well play Sabbath
school, You give me a nickel every
Sunday for six months and then at
Christmas I'll give you a 10-cent bag
of candy. ."-Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
Milford chronicle., 1912-05-31
Should Advertise.

he Should Advertise.
vere fdnent, which has now
.a~ipm 4nking business, wants
IL A sdccess of its new enter
it ought to follow the example
ther banks and advertise in the
papers. says the Burlington Ca)
.eye. The national and state
hes banks have found they can
lie new business by publicity; by
hg the people Of various advan-
to be gained by patronizing
sbanks. The postal savings banks
had the benefit of much prelimi-
announcement in the press, but
roposition is a new one, and
people do not yet understand it.
tus newspaper advertising Of
3cialties of the postal savings
would bring increased deposits
ularize the new business. The
Nllent, through its financial
nts. utilized the press to float its
at bond issues. The same policy
lied to the postal savings system
bring similar desirable returns.
Milford chronicle., 1912-05-31
OvERBS FROM STURGEON.

- be loved, be lovable.
TR hardy. but be not hard.
ID aybes are no honey bees.
7gging away will win the day.
4 ay not with fire nor i'll desire.
iZther's fraud drives sons abroad.
ly not silk while you owe for milk,
maids best dress is bashfulness.
Otter be one-sided than two.faced.
you can't be clever, you can be
o.
tier a good groat than a bank
I lace ngntS up the
Is g when. the devil is
Il Ss econd quarrel. avoid
e in the cradle last
D meet till you've got
.
n pd pence to pence, for wealth
s, es thence.
Milford chronicle., 1912-05-31
VACATION TIPS.

1 your funny stories to the girl
pretty teeth.
at drink on your vacation for
there's a swill there's a sway.
a fashionable vacation. The
N it is the shorter you'll be at
nd Of it. - -.
nTN n close ,,.r 90 mo,,n.
One Of Aver hing, avoid a
an increased
gentle laxativs
Formula on eae
escsor. He win
D0se, one pill AZ
1Eads By the J. g
Milford chronicle., 1912-05-31


Mrs. FrugaI-Look at this box of laundry soap, Anty
Drudge Buying much, got it cheap Isn't that
Economy"
Anty DrQdge-"Economy nothing. You've bought your
self lot of hard work if you that SOAP FesNaptha
saves hard work. does away with boiling and makes
the clothes cleaner. Economy? Well guess not"
Don't throw away the wrapper when
you buy cake of FelS-Naptha soap. Pin
it up in your kitchen en- or g:y laundry where whergG
on the back. They're the whole secret of
the easy Fels-Naptha way of washing-the
modern way.
It's just as important to follow direc-
tionS in washing with FelS-Naptha as it is
in taking medicine Used the FelS-Naptha
way, FelS-Naptha soap will save you time,
trouble, hard work, fuel and money.
Look for the red and green wrapper at
your grOcer'S.
Milford chronicle., 1912-05-31
Commercial Aqe.

e. "It Commercial Age.
woI law 'ell Chapple. the magazine
ful the in an eloquent after-din-
T.or tons in HOughton:
sait VI commercial age. We try
Mai y pr magazines artistic, but, if
sell them too artistic, they be-
~, valuable. 1t is like poor
the MnlWhistler was living in the
law otter in his youth, a friend
he 10 task 0ne day for his idle
9th
wer 1ont you pitch in and paint
n ~ said the friend. Pretty
fats Ononey will be all gone. and
suas t.ee rolls of canvas will be
ef Aing empty there behind the door,
Jas they've been standing for the
q, six weeks!'
whistler. as be lay on the bed
dl1ing his pipe answered lazily:
=apt,g were as long as there's
nIosion canvas, l can sell IT,"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
A PENALTY OF AGE

The tendency Of advancing years to
restrict activity and exercise IL re.
sponsible for the constipated condition
OF most elderly people. The wear OF
years impairs the action Of the bow
els and the digestive organs are more
sensitive to the demands upon them
and rebel more quickly. Cathartics
and p~urgatives are violent and dras-
ito In their action and should not be
used to correct constipation. "A mild,
vet positively effective remedy. and
one that is recommended by phyHi-
clans as we'll as BY thousands who
have used It, Is the compound OF sim
pie laxative herbs with pepsin pre-.
scribed by DR.. ". 3. Caldwell over
thirty years ago and now sold by drug
gists everywhere under the name of
DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin. Or.
Caldwell wants everyone troubled with
constipation to try Syrup Pepsin and
will send a trial bottle, free OF charge,
to all who write for 1t. Address DR..
w. b. Caldwell. 2o3 West St, Month.
cello, Ill. ADV.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
ROYALTY WELCOMES THE
AMERICAN SETTLER
HIS ROYAL RICHNESS, THE DUKE
OF coNNAuGHT, WELCOMES
AMERICANS TO CANADA.

It was q happy speech, that on that
beautiful October day. the Duke OF
Connaught, Governor-General OF Can
ada, made at Macleod. Alberta. It
was an opportune speech, heartful
and resonant with good fellowship.
And. as 1t was specially intended for
American ears, the audience, com
prised largely Of SO many American
settlers in Canada, the time and place
could not have been better chosen.
1t was In reply to an address of vel
come rendered to him at the pretty
city Of Macleod, with the foothills OF
the Rockies as a setting, and the
great wheat fields between, and In
fact all around the place as the fore
ground, that Ills Highness. true to the
best interests Of the country and to
those Of the Americans who choose
to make Canada their home, said In
part:
Il am well aware that among those
whom / am now addressing, there are
a very great proportion who were not
born under the British flag. Most of
these will have realized by now that
residence under that flag implies no
disabilities. All we ask is that the
laws OF Canada should be obeyed.
With this provision every n Is
free to come and go,s to marry, to live
and to die as seems best to him, and
as it pleases Providence.
I'VE bring no pressure to bear on
anyone to adopt the Canadian nation.
atty, for we do not value citizenship
which is obtained under compulsion.
"Our American cousins are welcome
from over the border. Thrice we well
come u Canadian and British broth
ers, who return to the Union Jack, aft
er living under the Stars and Stripes.
History is repeating itself. For
many years hundreds Of young Brit
ishers have sought fortune in the
western States. Time has brought
about a change, and the tide has set
in the other direction, bringing across
the frontier numbers of our neighbors
to whom we are glad to return hos
FATALITIES.
"One Of the chief dispensers of such
hospitality in proportion to It's popu-
lation has, az we have said, changed
its character from an important cat
tie town to q thriving wheat producing
area.
What 1t has lost from the pictur-
esque point of view, it has gained in
the material side, and I wish, in con-
c%lusion, to express the hope that the
prosperity which has evinced itself
here for the past ten years, may con-
tinue undated in the future"
There is nc reason why at a hum
dred places on this %educative, instruct
i've and interesting trip Of His Royal
Highness he might not have express
ed himself in the same terms, and on
each occasion, addressed large gather
ings Of Americans who are now set
tied on the prairies of Western Cana
da Observation-Disclosures
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21

sued the famous Edict of Milan in 313,
by which liberation was EXTENDED to
the Christian religion, he gave imperial
sanction to the first day Of the week.
The Christian church, as a whole. has
never relaxed it's observance of Sun
day as the festival of the resurrection.
although in divers times and places 1t
has obscured this character of the
feast by other and more remote sane
tons.
But 1t was a bold stroke on the part
OF the church in later days to claim
Sunday as it's own to the exclusion of
other interests that are involved in it's
observance. For it must not be for
gotten that, although h Sabbath and
Sunday are Of distinct historical
origin, they are both the expression of
that necessity. imposed on man by
divine law and human infrmities, to
change h occupations, thoughts, in
%terests, and habits of man at least
every seventh day. Otherwise the
man suffers and the race degenerates.
The church, with a wisdom unsur-
passed, was wasterful in its strategy
when it claimed Sunday, the day of CO.
Incidence of historical religious wor-
ship and natural necessity, as the time
over who's entire occupations 1t
might exercise exclusive control.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
Better Than Editing.
From Lippincott's Magazin,

rToIi LtpplHCOll magazine.
While travelling through the west, q
man lost a valuable dog, and immedi-
ately proceeded to the office of the
Hustler's Review in the town where he
was stopping. Entering abruptly, he
said to the editor: I've lost a dog. I'd
like to have O insert this ad for
me.
"Seventy-fi five dollars reward for the
return of a French bulldog answering
to the name of Darwin. Last seen on
Turner's road"
Were Just goin' to press" said the
editor, but we'll ana to hold the
edition for your ad."
After returning to the hotel, the own
er of the dog decided it might be best
to add to his advertisement: mo ques-
tions asked" He returned to the office
to find the place entirely deserted, save
for a red haired youth, who sat gazing
intently out of the window. Where is
everybody" he asked.
Gone to hunt TIL dawg," replied the
lad. without removing his gaze from
the distant fields.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
MAN SAW BLOND
HAIRED ESKIMO TRIRE

the Dolphin and Union straits, that
S~teffenson first got into touch with
the blond aborigines," said DR.. Ander-
son. In the spring of 1910 we lost
most of our dogs while at Cape Barry,
Langlon bay and Franklin bay, where
we had wintered. Steffensson and I
parted company, he leaving with two
Eskimos for the east while I pushed on
TO the Mackenzie delta for supplies.
We met again at Langlon bay in the
autumn of 1910 and he told me of the
queer tribe he had discovered.
In December we started out and
were 81 days crossing 300 miles of he
worst strip of land we ever encount-
cred. First we came on a deserted
snow village and finally an inhabited
village with a population of 40 souls,
Many of the men had light nous
taches and boards, and light hair COW
cred their heads. The eyebrows of
these men We're light and their eyes
Were light. Some of the women-not
all-had fair skin and rosy cheeks. but
their hair was dark, oily and tangled.
There were none of the flat nosed
Eskimos of h true Monaghan type
among these people. Their features
bore the characteristics of the eau
casian race They do not know where
they came from m no one else knows.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21

well and hearty and weigh about
200 pounds. / feel very grateful that
l found Dodds Kidney Pills and you
may publish this letter If you wish. I
am serving my third term as Probate
Judge Of Gray Co. Yours truly,
PHILIP MILLER, Cimarron, Kan.
Correspond with Judge Miller about
this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music Of National Anthem
English and German words) and re.
cipes for dainty dishes. All 8 sent free.
Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
Calumet Ends bad Luck"

Remember when you were a youpgster,
what a trial baking day was? II Mother
was lucky. everything went ~1nely-but If
she had bad luck" her cakes and her
pies and her bread were failures. Her
success in baking seemed to depend al
most altogether on luck"
Nowadays there's no such thing as
baking luck" At least, not in the kitch-
ems of the up-to-date cooks. Simply be-
cause Calumet Baking Powder has smash
ed that old time idea. 1t has made bak-
Ing sure of success. 1t has made mex
perienced cooks able to bake perfectly,
n day after day it is saving hundreds
doing away with costly failures.
Calumet Baking Powder is the purest
baking powder made-and guaranteed not
oniy TO BE pure. but to stay pure in the
twice been officially judged the BEST
Baking powder understanding the high
est awards at the Worlds Pure Food Ex-
positions In Chicago $500 and in Paris
Q912). Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
DR.. Rudolph Martin Anderson,
of Forest City, Returns From
the Frozen North.
CONFIRMS STEPHENSON

San Francisco Special-Corrobarat-
ing in every detail the story of the
discovery of blond Eskimo tribes re-
Gently given the world of science by
Vilhjalmar Steffensson. his partner in
artic exploration, DR.. Rudolph Martin
Anderson, of Forest City, Ia, arrived
here on the whaler Belvidere after Jour
years in the frozen north. He was ac-
companied by Prof. E. Dekovan LET
fingwell, Of Pasadena, Cal, who has
spent three and one-half years making
observations in the vicinity of the
Flaxman islands and surveying and
mapping about $50 miles of the coast.
1T was over OIL the Cape Bexley ter
ritory on the mainland, and on Prince
Albert sound. across to the south Of
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21

A kiss has turned the town of Delhi,
Tex, upside down. 1t has become an
issue In politics. Mayor Walker, who
received the kiss, unaware, says 1t was
inspired by his political enemies for the
purpose of defeating him, If possible.
In his coming race for reelection.
The kiss was delivered in the Delhi
opera house by a pretty soubret in the
presence of a crowded house. n it re-
suited in a sensation the like of which
Delhi has never seen. To make matters
much worse Mayor Walkers wife was
with him at the time.
For years Delhi had stood against the
furies of the elements on a broad, level
range, where he festive tornado finds
Its easiest prey. It a reared it's
droughts. and funnel shaped clouds. 1t
had escaped flood and flame ad fannie.
and famine.
And hen came along that little kiss
and upset the town right away-just
like that.
The OSCILLATION stirred the Primrose
reading class as Ebert Hubbard never
did. The Atheeum club laid aside the
classics for the more timely topic.
Shakespeare's immortal dramas no
longer form the theme of the Friday
afternoon circle. Nj sorority girls
cuss the matter in hushed tones when
they forgather. The ministers avoid
the topic. Families are divided against
themselves.
Discussed Across Back Fences.
Housewives find the, cares an agree
able subject for discussion across the
back fences after they have finished
the breakfast dishes and have run
outside for a little fresh air before
tackling the sweeping and busting.
The mail mans favorite joke now
is to ask the Observation-Disclosures there
is a housemaid-if her lips are on
straight.
The school teachers no longer spank
the recreant youth-they smack him
with a ruler.
The ultra pious fear wrath hovers
near. The old maids-pardon, bachelor
girls-sigh heavily. n sigh again.
There has been some talk OF a mass
meeting Of Indignation. but tina has
been among the hot heads only and
probably nothing will come of it.
But there is no CUB but that the
kiss has shaken the very foundation
Of the social structure. The details
are interesting. s.
A show came to town called "The.
Wizards Eye" 1t was described by
opera" 1t may have been musical.
Possibly 1t was an opera. Doubt has
been expressed in both instances. But
anyway, the how was there in the
opera house and most of Delhi was
there, too.
Mayor Walker was among those
present. He was comfortably placed in
the second row from the stage. Seated
by his side was Mrs. Walker. Around
and about and above them were gath
cred Delhi's beauty and it's chivalry,
and there was a sound of revelry by
night.
The orchestra hit up two or three
stirring tunes, while the popcorn boy
distributed his wares and there was
serenity, mingled with anticipation.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
Stretching II Some.

The men were boasting about their
rich kin. Said one: MY father has
a big farm in Connecticut. 1t is SO big
that when he goes to the barn on
Monday morning to milk the cows he
kisses us all goodby, and he doesn't
get back till the following Saturday"
Why does 1t take him SO long?'
the other asked.
Because the barn Is SO far away
from the house."
We'll, that may be a pretty big
farm, but compared to my fathers
farm in Pennsylvania your fathers
farm amt no bigger than a city lott"
why, how big Is your fathers
farm?"
We'll, it's 80 big that my father
sends young married couples out to
the barn to milk the cows, and the
milk is brought back by their grand
children"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
scoFFERs
Often Make the Staunchest Converts.

The man who SCOTS at an idea or
doctrine which he does not fully un-
derstand has at least the courage to
show where be stands.
The gospel of Health has many con-
verts who formerly laughed at the
idea that coffee and tea, for example,
ever hurt anyone. Upon looking into
the matter seriously, often at the sug-
gestion of a friend, such persons
have found that Postum and a friends
advice have been their salvation.
my sister was employed in an east
ern city where she had to do c%alculat-
ing" writes an Okla. girl. "She suf-
fered with headache until she was al
most untitled for duty.
"Her landlady persuaded her to quit
coffee and use Postum and in a few
days she was entirely free from head
ache" (Tea is just as injurious as
coffee because it contains caffeine, the
same drug found in coffee.) "She told
her employer about 1t. and on trying
1t, he had the same experience.
MY father and I have both suffered
much from ervou headache since I
can remember. but we scoffed at the
idea advanced by my sister. that COT
fee was the cause of our trouble.
However, we finally quit coffee and
began using Postum Father has had
but one headache now in four years,
due to a severe cold, and / have Lost
my headaches and sour stomach,
which I am now convinced came from
coffee. I
"a cup of good, hot Postum is sat
isfying to me when / do not care to
eat a meal. Circumstances caused
me to locate in a new country and \
feared / would not be able to get my
favorite drink, Postum, but / al
relieved to find that a full supply is
kept here with q heavy demand for
it" Name given by Postum Co,
Battle Greek, Mich.
Read aThe Road to Wellville." In
pkgs. There's q reason"
Ever read the above letterf A new
enc appeslrs from time to time. they
are genuine. true, and full OF human
interest. Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
Farms for chudren.

Perhaps the smallest farms in the
world, each four by eight feet, have
been devised by Mrs. Henry Parsons
for the International Children's School
Farm league, and demonstrated in
New York. Each child becomes owner
OF his diminutive farm, in which he
works. grows and harvests seven diff
ferent kinds of vegetables, and these
are borne by him in triumph to his
family. About each farm is an 18-inch
path, which he keeps in order; under
his instructor it becomes a tiny OBJ.
tect lesson in good roads.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
Not Needed.

While a travelling man was waiting
for an opportunity to show his sam
pies to a merchant in a little back
woods town in Missouri, a customer
came n and bought a couple of night
shirts. Afterwards a long, lank, lum-
herman, with his trousers stuffed in
his boots, said to the merchant:
What was them ere that feIier
bot?"
Might shirt. Can I sell you one or
two?"
"Naup, l reckon not" said the Mis-
so%urian; Il don't set around much O.
nights."-Lippincott's.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
Counsel of DESPAIR.

Il want a piece of meat without n
bone, fat or gristle," said the bride,
on her first trip to market. yes.
ma'am,' replied the butcher. 81
would suggest that you take an egg"
Youths Companion.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21

my breath was
short and I had
chills and back
ache. I took the
pills about a year
ago and have had
no return of the
palpitations. Am
now 60 years old,
able to do lots of
labor. am
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
After Dinner Joke.

In the great Pecos valley apple
country Of New Mexico the latest ar
rival is always asked:
What is worse than biting into an
apple and finding a worm"
He Is stumped. They tell him.
Finding half a worm"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
The PURPOSE of Sunday.

George Parkin Atwater. in the AtIantic3
Sunday is a Christian institution. 1t
originated in the Apostolic practice of
meeting for religious EXERCISES on the
first day OF the week in memory of
our Lords resurrection. 1t was a
festival day OF joy and gladness-
an echo of the first Easter. AS such
II continued. When Constantine is
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
More Exact.

I'm afraid Jukes is a regular
rounder."
ooh. no. Jukes is a cry irregular
rounder."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
A Foolish H.h;+

II hear that some people drink gasoline.
Seems a foolish thing to do"
4 should say SO. Why, II a fellow
drank gasoline IL wouldn't be safe to
smoke"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
Marriage may either form ones
character or reform it.

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first mt mn
10 years ago. They regulate and invieorate
stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated
tiny %grnnules. Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-21
TIRED BLOOD
WEAkENS the MEANT

Copyright 1912 Nv the Tonitiyes o.
Heart Weakness is caused BY Tired
Blood which lacks the necessary pow-
err and energy to produce proper mrA.
cular heart action, causing Palptta.
ton. Shortness Of Breath, Poor Circt-
lation, Irregular Beats, Cold Hands
and Feet, Painting. Dizzy Spells. etc.
-nx1rruxrrr These symptoms
WIRIVEN Of Heart Weak
,saet s.ss ness give warn
aSltREUMuuU ing that the
heart is not receiving ~suficient nour-
ishment. We can secure the best res
suits, meeting the demand for tonitixed
blood, by q treatment Of TonitiyeA
taken regularly until the symptoms
described have entirely disappeared.
75c. per box OF dealers or by mail.
The Tonitives Co, Buffalo, N. y.