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Milford chronicle., 1914-04-24
MORE CHICKENS SOLUTION Of
MEAT PROBLEM.

Our friends. the Fegetarians iili
the joke is on the meat eaters and
console themselves with the thought
that Americans will eventually Cd
down 10 a diet Of cabbage, beans. %
tatoes and turnips.
This seems to depend on wheIls
Veopls ~ general raise chickens.
L -: years beef production l1
Stopped so per cent, over 1,4l9OW le,
cattle were slaughtered at inspeela
slaughter houses in that time snoh
age of 7S0OOOOOO less pounds OF OeeL
and meat consumption has droppe
ten pounds per capita in three years
This is ascrlbed to the high price o.
feed. cattle ticks hog cholera alu
other diseases. the slaughter Of cal'e
and the fact that grazing country
being rapidly changed into farms
Some way must be found to oil US
food shortage
Authorities at Washington Iae
pessi1nistic view Of the whole sl'''
ton.
They hold no hope for an increas'u
or adequate beef and pork supply ~
the future. but even say Of pouiuA
There is. therefore, no prospect OF "
crease in products Of this class
greater ratio than the increase IN P'F
ulation." We rather think this sl'E
ment shows our Washington pouip.
prOgnosticatOrs are in the "eepD'
jeremiah class. 49,,
The poultry census on when ~
stake their claim does not rully W
sent the poultry Of the United ss4'g
This farcical enumeration does nv
clude the millions Of fowls anu 'ss
produced in cities, towns ana D'"
Of this country. .,v
1t Is restricted to farms and spV
a poultry population on them %
46s.354, a vast increase, 90 per csu, ns
the whole being chickens. Inc S ooe.
shows farm eggs jumped from i'-
e62. 433 dozen to ,591,911.S7l o q a..
an increase from II dozen to 10 u ~,
en- per capita and the per eapila
year is estimated to reach is dozen,
Poultry products all over the ' S.,s
try are increasing, and we 0elie'e ~,
is the solution Of the meat den'iS oso
Missouri. Iowa, Illinois. Indiana Ne
and Texas made vast au'a4 a
last year and produced 80 per ceD n
the poultry crop Of the eoun''! so.ts
other states get on the same ~ 10
there will be chickens ana esS
burn. si4;r
Farm hens are said to lay ouI 1 ~,
eggs per year, and at this rals ,srT
reach 1891, s11,371 dozen annua
What a vast increase better care 81
better bred hen would make II ~ T-,tej
crop, There were 5,655.753 u iltr,
States farms that reported pOa ,ltr,.
Let these and our professional pOutdo
men and our town hen men Jus ,r,te
. little better. and the vast agra a,ob
# increase will solve the meat
EN- in short order.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-24
EPWORTH DISTRICT

Arthur and Earl Belts have been visit
ing in Milford
Miss Lulu Davis gave very enjoyable
picnic to her pupils at Progress School on
Friday, April 10th, it being the close of
their school for this season.
Cornelius Swain, formerly a resident of
near here, died at his home in Bridgeville
on Thursday, after being i'll few days
with pneumonia.
Mrs. I. L. Willin visited Mrs. ]. c. B.
Hopkins, of Greenwood, on Tuesday.
Fish are not very plentiful, and they
continue to stay at 25c per dozen.
Miss Mildred McCauley is in Philadel-
phia having her eyes treated.
R. L. Tucker made a business trip to
Glendale on Friday.
Sunday School at 2 p. m, preaching at
p. m. on Sunday All come out.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-24
PENNINGTON

A special sermon will be preached to
the ladies of Pennington Charge this
Sunday morning, April 26, in Pennington
NJ. E. Church by the pastor, Rev, Oden
E. James. Everybody invited to attend,
the ladies. Special music.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-24

Mothers you know how hard used be to get suit that
would please you for the boy number Of things demand
ed from boys suit First must stand the hard knocks BOY
gives it Second it must have the style and appearance. Third
the price must not be high In of Elk Brand clothes
for boys we have all those things They will they mt and
the price reasonable We showing styles this spring
the regular Norfolk and the plain front Norfolk back
Mothers come in and let show this handsome line
of Boys Clothing.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-24
ALFALFA.

} fair;
What blossoms bright perfuma Tho
air:
, what plant repays the farmers toll.
ana VIII enrich the wornout soil?
Alfalfa
What is the crop that always oavs
Which may be cut each forty DAYS
Resisting drought, the frost and
heat
Whose roots reach down fun twentv
feet?
Alfalfa!
What grows in loan and clay and
sand;
What lifts the mortgage of the
land;
what crop is cut three times a year.
And OF never a failure do YOU hear
Alfalfai
What makes the swine so healthy
feel, ''''iy
AND never raise a hungry soueal.
Inc wholesome food that never fails
10 put three eurls inio their tails?
Alfalfa
What makes all other stock look
nice,
Ana brings the highest market
price;
what nils the milk pals. feeds the
calf, '0
and makes the old COW almost
laugh
Alfalfa!
eOSSOOOSOOssssoosas.....,
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17
KEEP IN MIND WHEN WRITING
N One Would Be Classed as Wei
come Correspondent These Must
Be Remembered.

Be yourself, strive for the express
sion of your own thoughts, write with
all the force of your personality, and
you will be projecting your mind on
the mind of the friend who is to draw
delight from your letter. Write With
the conscious wish to express truth
fully and well that which you have
TO say, abjure sloyenIy makeshift, and.
just as strongly. the self-conscious-
ness which keeps one eye on the pur-
pose In hand and one on effect.
Remember always that there is the
possibility OF publicity for your let
ter. and II you have malice. cruelty.
or uncharitableness in your mind. az
least see that you do not commit your
feelings to paper. to your possible con
fusing at some later date, when kind
Illness has replaced your former harsh
judgment.
Remembering all these things, you
viii have no need for the services OF
a complete letter writer. Guided by
sincerity and truth. you may proceed
to give your thoughts the craven per-
manence of writing.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17
The Cat In Kitty.

Stroke kitty the wrong way and
she spits. Yet she sleeps In the
kitchen by the fire. What OF 1t. The
very lap OF her mistress has not count
ed with the cat in her. The cat In
kitty is wild to the tip OF her twitch-
ing tail. Watch her-if she hasn't al
ready scratched you--as. crouched
In the grass, she makes her way to-
ward some unsuspecting bird. advises
Dallas Lore Sharp in the Atlantic.
A SILVER runs through you. You can
feel her claws-so tiger-like Is she.
80 wild and savage. so bent on the
kill. Or come upon her at dead Of
night In some empty, dimly lighted
alley. She is on the prowl The light
of the narrow. gulchlike street falls
on her with startling largeness and
marks her silent shadow on the flags.
She moves saeaithily out to the cor
ner, and, well within the shadows,
stops to glance furtively up and down
the open cross-street. But the peo-
pie are al, within the shut doors.
There is no one for her to devour.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17
spIelts.

First, the spirit OF the eighteenth
century is not found In Its letters.
Not modern OF the moderns. not a
progressive OF the progressives. would
wish anything more appropriate TO
the twentieth century than the spirit
OF 1875. But he could not work out
his twentieth century problems by q
list of grievances against King George
III nor by the literal limitations OF
what the eighteenth century reyoiu-
tionists had to deal with.
Second, the spirit OF the eighteenth
century was several spirits. II was
the spirit of Jefferson and Franklin,
and 1t was the spirit Of Hamilton. It
was the spirit Of the radical Declare
ton OF Independence. and Il was the
spirit of the reactionary constitution.
In It's spicy variety. In fact. It was re-
markably like II not identical with,
the spirit of every other century
Kansas City Star.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17
MERELY A Law 0F NATURE
What at First Looks Like > Peculiar
Ity Of Running Water IL Essy
Of Explanation.

Have you ever noticed. when the
water has almost an run out OF the
bathtub. how the light particles on
the surface seem then 20 race out
much faster than the water? As n
matter. OF fact. they are travelling
faster than most OF the water: but
no faster than that on the surface
The reason 10 not far to seek Run
ning water. even IN n river. goes AZ
different rates: but fastest on the top
surface right IN the midie or the
stream. Friction with the sides and
bottom makes the water there 20
more slowly. SO the light particles
on top OF the water In the bathtub.
rush ahead az good rate.
This peculiarly IN rivers II utilized
By boatmen when they have TO 20 up
swift stream; they always paddle
up near the bank. And az curves. as
the water swings outward. they take
the inside bank: for there the water
Il almost still On the other hand. In
coming down. the very center OF the
stream II chosen Sunday Magazine
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

1t is common thing with smokers
for their safety matchboxes to give
out on the striking side before all the
matches are used up. II they will keep
in mind Just one thing. this can always
be ayerted. The safety striking part
is very quick on trigger. and needs
only slight contact, instead of long
scratch. Simply snap the end OF the
match quickly for about a quarter OF
an inch on the striking surface. In
this way the outside may always be
kept fresh and disable. The long scratch
Of course causes the match to ignite
before contact ceases. and the surface
Is actually burnt up.
Some safety matches viii strike on
windowpane.-Sunday Magazine.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

lniskeerach. q small island lying on
Arranmore. on the Donegal coast. aud
having population. OF about ninety
persons. has been almost entirely sub
merged By tidal wave.
Reused By the roar OF the waters.
the residents were able 10 escape with
their lives. but suffered severe loss Of
property. chiefly In regard to their
stocks OF seaweed stacked ready for
kelp-maklng, The tidal wave reached
Arranmore also. but the conformation
OF the land there protected the neigh
borhood from the ravages Of the va.
tsrs
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

Mrs. Catherine Gore. who wrote 20
novels between 1924 and 1861. worked
on strange plan. When J. r. blanche
visited Paris In 1887 he found Mrs.
Gore living In the Place vendome writ
ing novel plays, articles for maya
zines almost every description OF lit
erature flowing from her indefatigable
pen. He says: How do you man
age III? ! asked her. 4 receive, as
you know, few friends at dinner
every evening. They leave me at
10 or II, when l retire to my room
and write till or In the morning
Then ! go to bed till noon, when /
breakfast. after which drive out and
pay visits, returning at 20 dress for
dinner. AS soon as my friends have
departed 50 to work all night again. =
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17
CHANGED THE COLOR SCHEME
Bride Proved Her Resourcefuiness on
the Occasion Of First Formal
Dinner Party.

She was only bride. and this was
her first dinner party. Her husband.
a fire prevention engineer and gradu-
ate OF Boston Tech. vas to bring
home some OF his classmates. In whose
honor the little wife had planned .
red dinner" The candelabra shades
were to be red. She would serve a
tomato soup az the FIRST course. to be
followed by red meat and baked pota-
toes sprinkied with paprika. The salad
dressing and the dessert would like
wise harmonize with the color scheme.
When the guests arrived. however.
they found everying ia yellow. SAT-
from candle shades cast golden glow
over the table. A clam bousllon was
served as the first course. then leg
OF lamb, potatoes Newburgh. an as
paragus salad and lemon Ice cream.
Il thought we were going to have
red dinner. dearie." said tho hus-
band when the guests had left.
1T was this way" the bride ex-
planned After ia got everything all
ready discovered that had only
two red shades ! had half n dozen
yellow ones. and 30 changed the
color scheme 10 match the shades"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17
HELPING Children VIVA rhsIr Lessens

1t ID sometimes a question whether
or not q child should be assisted ia
the preparation OF hts lessons for the
next day. Good pedagogy declares
that the child develops most quickly
who Is stimulated by a problem that
challenges his ability. one that IL not
too easy. one that Is not too hard.
II II Is the former, he IL not inter
ested: whereas, II 1t is the latter. he
Is discouraged. II may be taken. as
a general rule. that It 10 better not
to help child until he has gotten
discouraged and then rather TO help
him to help himself. TO guido him
and let him go the rest OF the way
himself.
A backward child. OF course. needs
more assistance than bright child.
but with him more care Is required In
developing self-reliance: his tendency
Is to become more dependent and his
need OF Initiative Is greater.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17
NOT HIS IDEA or A HusBsND
Herr Professor Was Merely Father In
the Eyes Of His Military.
Adoring Son.

An American professor who. at
sixty, married a woman much young
or than himself says that he never
realized the advantage of his position
until something said by his youthful
SON brought it home to him. The pro-
lessor had taken his wife and children
to Germany to live. After attending
several weddings In high military cir
cles. the children became imbued
with the belief that marriage was
necessarily something where the wom-
an stood up at the side OF handsome
hero with much gold braid and a
sword.
One Of their German neighbors was
mystifled one day to hear the eight.
year-old boy say:
Were going over to America this
summer and when we get back
mothers going to marry an officer and
live In barracks
But, my boy" objected the neigh
Dor, your mother Is married already"
"Oh, no, she isn't"
why. your mother got married in
America before you came here or be-
fore You ever existed at all"
No, mother wasn't ever married.
She never got married In America"
but, my boy, who Is 1t that gives
you home and feeds you and clothes
your"
"Oh. You mean the Herr Professor
He's oniy oiir father "-Naw York
Evening Post.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17
BEST BOOKS TO READ IN BED
Serious Literature Should BE Selected
Novels Too Apt 70 Leave the
Brain Excited.

Why is It that the habit OF reading
In bed It so often condemned Surely
It Is only taking ones recreation in
the pieasantest possible way. and that
Is what we all strive after IL we do not
always attain II.
Taken In the right way II Is an ex-
cellent cure for insomnia. but taken
In the wrong way 1t forms an insidi-
Gus root for that disease.
The fundamental point Ia TO choose
ones bed books With rs much care as
one would expend In selecting a house.
Nobody should read novel In bed
II they wish 10 pass sound. undis-
turbed night. The incidents of ths
story force themselves into our mind
until we become an actor In the tale
itself. and eventually wake with a
brain that has had no rest
Then, again. q good novel Tor for
that matter bad one) tempts Us to
go on reading until we have reached
the end and know the best Cor the
worst.
Then the noxious influence begins
to work. for no person, even the most
clear-headed, can read novel of the
usual length at one sitting, and feel
better in mind for doing SO. Modera-
ton extends to reading as to every
thing else. and those who like to
take their literatuss In gulps ara rare
Iy able TO appreciate It's finer quail
ties.
Ny own opinion is that the best bed
books are those which are usually
classed as serious works" Under this
heading come essays. "reminiscences.
descriptive works aud philosophy.
Exchange.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17
WANTED TO KNOW
Tho Truth About orapa-Nuts Food.

II doesn't matter 30 much what you
hear about thing. It's what you know
that counts. And correct knowledge
IL most likely to come from personal
experience.
About year ago." writes N. x.
man, Il was bothered by indigestion.
especially during the forenoon. tried
several remedies without any perma-
nent improvement
MY breakfast usually consisted OF
oatmeal. steak or chops, bread, coffee
and some fruit.
Hearing so much about Grape-Nuts,
I concluded to give It trial and find
ont II all had heard OF 1t was true
80 began with Grape-Nuts and
cream, soft boiled eggs, toast. a cup OF
Postum and some fruit. Before the
end of the first week | was rid OF the
acidify OF the stomach and felt much
relieved.
by the end OF the second week all
traces OF indigestion had disappeared
and ] was In FIRST rate health once
more. Before beginning this course Of
diet, never had. any appetite for
lunch. but now can enjoy tho meal
at noon time
Name given BY Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich Read The Road to
WelIville.s In pkgs. There's a Ren'
SON
Ever read the above feffrrf A ucss
owe app<nfs fram time 20 time. They
are genuine. trues aud full Of human
Interest.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

A young man walking through a
foreign quarter stopped with an
amused smile in front of a small eat
Ing place. the window OF which had
q sign. Lam Stew" The proprietor,
from his doorway, asked what the
joke was. and the young fellow ex-
planned about the missing % In
lamb" The next day he found that
while the bill OF fare had changed
the spelling lesson had not been for
gotten. The proprietor was now Of
fering "CIamb Chowder." - Every
body's Magazine.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

The Japanese nobleman who adopts
a son for a money payment has to part
with certain percentage Of IL to the
royal Golfers. The royal consent Is
necessary to all adoptions. and though
in bygone ages It was never refused,
modern developments have suggested
to the minister Of finance at the Japa-
nese court the wisdom Of making the
person who wants the royal consent
70 an adoption lin certain circum-
stances) pay for 1t.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

Representative Henry. whose ohjec-
tion to American girls marrying eafis
and counts il weIl-known. said at a
recent dinner In Waco.
Take the Cinderella story. Tho
prince. you viii remember. rejected
the two old aud ugly sisters. and then
the beautiful Cinderella slipped on tho
glass slipper and the young mat made
her bis bride"
Mr.. Henry paused, then he added:
This story il but another proof that
the girl who marries title puts her
foot In IT,
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

Argentina is the foremost South
American country as a market for
products OF the United States. our
sales thereto In the last calendar year
having been SIS 900 900 IN value. com.
pared with ti0.ooo.o0o 10 Brazil and
So .000. 900 TO the remaining ~. coun-
tries OF that continent
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

In the last four years number OF
important nations have adopted the
compulsory use Of the metric system.
Among these are Denmark, China. jar
ran. the five republics Of Central
America Bulgaria Chile Uruguay and
sham.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

Addresses were made by Or. w. 8.
Montgomery, supervising principal OF
the thirteenth division Of the public
schools of Washington, and president
of the board of directors Of the Manas-
sas Industrial school, and by James
C. Chestnut and Charles M. Thomas
Of the Co1ored Normal school. at q
meeting of the Negro Farmers ALL
ance Of northern Virginia, held re-
Gently at the Manassas school. Wash
ington. Prof. G. H. Marlborough, d.
rector of the school, conducted the
sessions.
Reports made by the farmers
showed progress in cutting expenses.
in raising stock. in improving the
condition of women on the farm and
In lengthening the school term as well
as improving the service OF the teach
ers in the rural schools. A committee
on ways and means to aid the con-
structive work of the school was
formed by the farmers. Appeals were
issued for funds to meet current ex-
penses as well as to increase the en-
dowment. The present enrolment Of
Students numbers 135.
The third session OF the meeting
was given to entertainment by the stu
dent body under the direction of
Misses Hershaw and Kennedy, teach
ers In the institutions and graduates
of the Colored Normal school.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

Germany discourages the cutting Of
peat, as the government desires to
convert the moors and boys into ara
Bile lands through proper drainage.
This action is taken because of the
scarcity of cattle and meat.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

Native children In the Alaska
schools under the United States Bu-
reau Of Education become so enthu-
.siastic over the personal hygiene cam
pafgn that they frequently bring their
fathers and brothers to school to have
them put through the clipping and
cleaning process at the hands of the
s4eacher.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

Eighty-four colleges and universi-
ties are represented by the parents
of the students In the present fresh
man class at Princeton university. but
of Its 430 members only 16 say that
both their parents are college grad
yates.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

Notwithstanding the troubled con-
dition in Mexico. 167 new government
schools for the native population have
been organized in the various states,
according to statement on Latin
American republics In the annual re-
port of the commissioner Of educa-
ton.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

One hundred men took part in
municipal game hunt In Platteville,
Colo, to destroy animals which do
damage to crops. In all 1885 animals
we're destroyed, including 10 varieties,
from magpies to muslrats.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

Hello. Mike. where did you get that
black eyer"
Why. o'Grady's just back from his
honeymoon an twas me advised him
& get married"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

Nearly 700.Ooo.Do0 pounds of olive
oil we're extracted from Spanish olives
last year. Much of this oil goes to
italy to be re-exported thence to other
countries as Italian oil.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

In the year 1909. UT establish
: ments we're engaged In the United
States in the manufacture Of paper
from wood pulp These gave employ
ment to an average of s1.473 persons
and paid $50.314.s43 In salaries and
wages.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-17

The education of the negro In the
essentials, the three Rs" and the rest
Of good common school course. to-
has shown excellent results. The negro
makes good farmer. a good artisan.
good man in most trades. after he
has had proper training. Leaders or
the race are proceeding upon the
theory that the best way to break down
the barriers of prejudice is to make
the negro self-supporting. fndustri-
Gus. thrifty. useful citizen. This theory
appears to have indicated itself. Tus-
kegee institute has probably done
more to break down prejudice against
the negro In the south than any other
single agency.
The negro, for his own sake and
happiness, should realize that the pro-
LESSONS do not afford him the same
opportunities as they offer to white
men. The fact is that anything greatly
different could hardly be expected.
The negro has only had half century
of civilization In America, as against
many ages for the white man. Under
the circumstances he has done re-
markably well, but he should remem-
Der that the old adage, the more haste
the less speed" holds good In race de-
velopment as In most other things.
The negro cannot reach the goal OF
the highest civilization and the great
est mental development as a race by
any short cuts. He will progress more
rapidly. more solidly and more salts
factorily II he prepares himself by
going through the same experiences
which have been necessary to every
other race-Chicago Inter Ocean.