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Milford chronicle., 1916-09-01
OBITUARY
DEPUTY.

Zachariah Deputy, died at his late
home on Second Street, South Mil
ford on Sunday last. following a ling
ering illness, aged 80 years, months
and 1 day. Funeral services were
held on Tuesday and interment was
made at Odd Fellows cemetery, by
William G. Powders, funeral direc-
tor. Byron 2. Deputy, a prominent
farmer residing near town, and Mrs.
Henry Ingram, who resided with her
father at the time of his death, sur
vive him.
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-01
Revival SERVICES

At the First Baptist Church on Sun
day morning there will be revival SER
vice in charge of the Kensington Billy
Sunday Trail Hitters' Bible Class" Of
Philadelphia. Among the party will
be J Simpson Still, one of our own
boys who, with his wife. will sing
duet. A special invitation is given
to non-church goers to attend the SER
vice.
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-01
TOMATO MARKET IN MILFORD

The buyers Of tomatoes at the Mil
ford Railroad station have been pay
ing from 20 to "a cents per basket,
and giving the baskets back to the
growers. This continued up to last
Wednesday. when the buyers settled
upon 15 cents per basket as the price
for that day About five cars were
loaded each day at the former prices.
but at the lower price growers found
it just as convenient to deliver to the
canneries locally.
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-01
BENSON WAS INELIGIBLE FOR ELECTOR

It was found that William H. Ben
son Of Dover, was ineligible as a Pres
idential Elector, by reason Of him be-
ing a director in a National Bank, and
for that reason the name Of Col. Wiz
liam d Denney, of Dover, was sub
stituted on the Republican ticket as
nominated last week
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-01
APPLE GROWERS WILL MEET NEXT WEEK

A conference of Apple Growers of
Delaware has been called for We'd
nesday, August 30. the meeting to be
held under the auspices of the Della
ware State Board Of Agriculture for
the purpose of creating a greater in
terest in the grading, marketing and
packing Of apples.
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-01

The Y P. b. Society of Slaughter
Neck will hold a business meeting this
Friday evening Members and offic-
ers are urged to be present for the
purpose Of collecting all dues and also
to elect new officers The meeting
will be at the home Of Mrs Bertha
Carey
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-01
The PENNANT RACE NOW
IS A ONE SIDED AFFAIR

The past week has seen Salisbury,
the Peninsula League leaders, widen
the lead over the other teams of the
league to such an extent that unless
exceptionally hard luck should strike
them they are sure of the penant this
year. Milford had one of the poorest
weeks of the season the past week,
winning but two of the six games
played. This streak at the critical
part of the schedule put the team out
of the running. Seaford has been
playing exceptionally fine ball during
the past week, and has landed in sec
Ond place. After having been drag
ged along for several days with hopes
of better attendance at its games, the
Cambridge team disbanded after the
game of Tuesday while still in second
place with a chance of clinching the
pennant. Milford is now holding the
tailend position. AS the Chronicle is
going to press Salisbury and Milford
are playing on the Milford grounds.
The Cambridge Base Ball Club hav-
ing disbanded, leaves the Milford Club
with two open dates, Friday and Sat
urday. September LIST and End. On
these dates exhibition games will be
played by two teams picked from the
Milford Club and the Caulk Club.
Great care has been taken to have
these clubs as near equal in strength
as possible in order that the fans may
see two good games. The batteries
are as follows: Friday, for Milford,
Knots and Legar; Caulk Club, Davis
and Heller; Saturday, for Milford,
Kane and Mollineaux; Caulk Club,
Davis and Jamison.
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-01
Scores Of the Week.
Thursday

Scores Of the Week.
Thursday
Cambridge 2, Milford 1.
Salisbury z, Seaford 5.
Friday Asi
Salisbury 2, Milford l. 4
Seaford 2, Cambridge O.
Saturday
Milford 8, Cambridge 5.
Salisbury 3, SeafOrd 1.
Monday
Seaford 2, Milford o..
Salisbury 2, Cambridge L.
Tuesday
SeafOrd 4, Milford 2
Cambridge 4, Salisbury 8 (1st camel
Salisbury z, Cambridge cd camel
Wednesday
Milford z, Salisbury 2.
Standing Of the Clubs.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-21

lum and leather bound sides and brass hinges are the delight of the book lover.
 While upon the subject of old vol there is kept under lock and key in ! the basement Of the library a large ! collection Of rare and valuable old Ioilos upon agriculture, botany and other sciences, many of them with hanG-colored plates.
 The periodical division of the library IS an important one, and it's room has especial features of interest. The 2,0OO, more or less, periodicals in this room are so classified that the reader may come and pick and choose at will among the shelves, although they are so listed that an inquiry to the assist ant in charge will enable him to i'm mediately place his hand upon a de- sired magazine. The current numbers Of periodicals are widely circulated among the scientists, some of them going to as many as twenty different offices.
 It Is the aim of the library to con- tain the important, especially the of civilized country. Even Chinese and Japanese agricultural books and peri odicals can be found here. It Is not generally known that the Japanese have 15O agricultural experiment sta tions in their own country, which have yielded splendid results.
 The influence of the library of the Department of Agriculture on the gen eraI welfare of the farming community may at first glance seem slight yet upon careful investigation it becomes evident that this influence, although in direct is great. The value of books to the farmer is becoming more and more evident. It is obviously impossible for the great army of farmers throughout the land to come to Washington to con- suit the library but it is possible for
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plant and animal diseases, depends largely upon the examination and study of the printed observations of other workers.
 been reorganiZed in 1S93 when MT. W. F. Cutter, now librarian of the Engi- neering SOcietys library in New York, was appointed librarian. To him is due the credit of inaugurating the printed cards for the publications of successor, Miss Josephine A Clark, in- Sttuted the cooperative arrangement whereby the Library of Congress prints the cards for the accessions to our library a measure of economy and efficiency, which has since then been taken up by many other government libraries.
 While the head of the main library purchases all books for the use of the department and keeps a complete cata- logue of all the resources of the library, there are a number of bureau libraries which contain special books required for the technical work of the bureaus using them. A large part of the ref erence work is done in the bureau libraries, which are in close touch with the needs of the bureaus.
 Few people have any idea of the importance of the department libraries in the government service. MT. Put nam, librarian of Congress, once said that the Library of Congress, with the group of other libraries maintained by the national government. may be re- garded as the National Library.
 This cooperation presents one of the great lessons of coordination in the work of the federal service. In this interlibrary cooperation there is no competitions; only the reciprocal inter- change of courtesies all along the line, and complete union, based upon a de- sire to serve the people in the fullest degree
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the information stored in the library 10 reach the farmer in an indirect manner.
 
 By sending the books out of the libra fy to the various state agricultural col leges and experiment stations through out the country they are of use to scientists of these institutions who are engaged in solving the agricultural problems of their respective states. When book or periodical which can not go out of the library is needed for use in the work of a state agricultural college or experiment station, a photo stat copy is made of the article or sec tfon desired.
 But the library comes to the farmer mainly through the bulletins of the de- partment. In the preparation of the bulletins and other publications of the department, especially those of direct interest to the farming community, the collection in the library assists by sfv- ing printed opinions and the results of the experience of past Investigations all over the world.
 Said Miss Barnett, in a recent talk: "The aim of the library of the Depart ment of Agriculture, and its main pur- pose, is to aid the investigations car ried on by the department. But we also look at it in a broader light We regard it as the national agricultural ment, but also the state agricultural colleges, experiment stations, the coun- ty agents who are the direct advisers of the farmers, and all who are engaged in agricultural research
 This country is making great strides in agricultural history In 1862 the Department of Agriculture was estab- Asheds ana ln the same year was pass
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melting pot to be converted into Ameri- can eagles or certificate bars, to be credited to the treasurer against the draft which was given to Morgan & Go.
 This gold weighed about 6,OOO,OOO ounces, and it's handling and safe stor- age alone was a hard task. Although passed by the British mint as standard money (the British standard for fine ness is 916.66) it had to be assayed in New York and checked up in Washing ton. It was melted 5000 ounces at i time in crucibles; it was stirred with a mixer resem bling the dasher of an old-fashioned hand churn; but the oper- ators were very careful not to spill drop.
 Some of the molten metal was granu- lated in water, to be used as samples, and cuttings, for the same purpose, were made from the cold bars into which the metal was run.
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 Several shipments approxinating ,O0O ounces each were received and disposed of in the same way.
 During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, there was presented for assay bullion or coin to the amount of $17o,- 00O,OOO.
 The gold production of the United States for the year 1915. according to the estimates of the bureau of the
  nearly $99,OOO, ,OOO, coming from do- nestle mills and smelters. Of this amount California furnished S23,000,000 and Colorado $22,OOO,OOO. Alaska fol- lowed with $17,OOO,OOO; Nevada, with SIP, 100000; South Dakota. Montana, Arizona, Utah, Oregon, New Mexico, Idaho and the Philippines supplied nearly all the remainder.
 In 1915, up to November 1, $345,560,- 900 in gold flowed into this country. Approximately $216,8OO,OOO through Canada; S2S,O00,OO0, from England; $24,OOO, ,OOO, from Australia; $19,00O,O 900, from Japan; $13,5OO,OOO, from South America; $11, ,5OO, ,OOO, from France; $1O,- 100000, from the West Indies. and S6, 100000 from Mexico.
 The exports of gold during the same period were $15,S75OOO.
 The imports of gold in 1914 were S57, 1887, ,OOO, and the exports, S222616,- 900.
 The last statements present the in- teresting economic question: Is the transfer of natural resources-coal, iron, petroleum. copper and the like, and the best of the horses and cattle, pork, lard, wheat and corn-for many piles of gold bars, like those in the San Francisco mint, an advantageous exchange for the people of this coun- try?
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ard, and takes the tests along with the bullion of the coinage. If it does not come out the same as when it entered the muff1e, or oven, something is wrong, and the regular assays must be corrected"
 When the carrier was filled with the packages it was taken to the muf1e, which was heated to a white heat, about 1000 centigrade. Within the muffie were ten little bone ash cupels, shaped something like the cups in a the packages was placed in each of these holders.
 
 It is unnecessary, perhaps, to say that each piece was deposited in cer- tain order so that it would be identified when removed and it's content be com pared with it's recorded weight.
 What takes place within the retort is the fusing of everything in the cupel, where the lead takes all the copper from the gold and the two are absorb silver with the gold.
 During the fusing process one may have peep within the muff1e the copper and lead are passing away, and see in the bottom of each tiny basin an oval mass glowing with all the cOlors of an opal. Care is taken to keep an even temperature in the mUff1e lest the molten gold freeze" or solidify in the process.
 When all the lead and copper are re- moved there remains a beautiful little pellet of gold and silver, and if all the silver be taken away nothing will remain but pure gold.
 Nitric acid, which does not appre- ciably attack gold or platinum, is a dissoIvent of silver, and, therefore, the pellet pressed now into a narrow rib bon and done up in a tiny roll like a carpet, is dropped into a platinum cup filled with nitric acid. The silver is dissolved and collected (for nothing must be lost) and there remains in each cup a tiny roll of pure gold weighing something less than half a gram Gts original weight less the all lOy).
 It is. weighed on the delicate scale and the result compared with its weight before the addition of the sil- yer. It will be 900-1000 of the former weight, if the coin was of the exact fneness. It usually varies slightly from this, and the average of two test ed pieces is taken as the true assay value of the coin.
 * *
 Out of 27O gold coins tested during the past year MT. Dewey found all within the legal requirements; 64 were of the exact standard and PA were within one ten thousandth of it.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-21

1t gives to the world the results which concern the welfare of millions. Some day, when the great structure which is to house the Department of Agriculture Is completed, the library VIII md its place in the administra- Ilon building, which will form the center of the magnificent group. At present the 133, ,000 books and pam phiets comprising this storehOuse of printed knowledge are conveniently placed in one of the new rented build lngs which are temporarily serving the department of Agriculture.
 The librarian couples the first room on the right of the front entrance of the building at 1858 B street south west. It Is a light, pleasant, well fur nished office, with all appointments har- py growing plants and cut flowers. Miss Barnett invited her visitor to roam at will through the series of rooms forming the library, to gain an individual impression.
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 By visible evidence as well as by invisible proof one realizes that per feet teamwork Is the rule among the thirty three assistants who, with the librarian, make the wheels run upon smooth and noiseless tracks in this important branch of the service.
 All the rooms in this book domain have an air of fitness to purpose, con venience and order; an admirable esprit de corps manifests itself, and work quietly and effectively performed is the impression one gains of the es- tablishment. Miss Barnett has a way of inspiring her cO-vEorkers which is fruitful in ample and efficient results.
 The reference room is. one of the most interesting in the library. it's
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-21

The hints coin not only the standard pieces, but at times they also strike off issues for special purposes, such as the San Francisco fair. They are now about to put out a gold dollar for the Nc kinley memorial in Ohio. This is a very beautiful coin, portraying the head of the former President and the memo rial building at Niles, Ohio, his birth place.
 These will be sold as souvenirs at a premium for the benefit of the assOcia- ton erecting the building. Gold dol lars being of small value and not a common coin, they may be held for many years, but eventually most of them will come back.
 The President designates annually a commission to examine and test the weight and fneness of coins which the law requires to be reserved from the output each year for this purpose.
 Last year William A. Ashbroo1, ranking member of the House commit tee on coinage, weights and Sures, was made chairman of this committee, which counted and examined the re- served coins and had them weighed and assayed. They were found to be correct in numbers and of the legal weight and fineness.
 The committee tested the weights and balances, comparing them with sets adjusted by the bureau of stand afuS, ana the greatest dlILerence found was on a weight of 500 ounces and it was only fourteen-ten thOusandths of an ounce.
 This is the formal commission which passes upon the integrity of the coin- age, but for an everyday working check samples must be sent to the di- rector of the mint for examination in the laboratory of the Treasury Depart meut, in Washington.
 Frederic P. Dewey is in charge of this laboratory. He is a sort of ad- wiser in scientific matters to the di- rector, and passes upon such questions arising from the several hints. He is charged with the supervision of United States coins imm ediately after minting to see that they conform with the law.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-21

By different process, almost equally interesting, the silver cOins-dOllarS and the subsidiaries, dimes, quarters and half dollars, are proved by a solu- tion of common salt
 In testing silver it is usual to roll out the whole coin and chop it to pieces, which are mixed up to secure average samples. This is done because for some reason there is a tendency for the silver in an ingOt to draw toward the center, leaving the alloy nearer the surface Of course, this is very slight, but it sometimes makes the run of the metal a little uneven.
 This bureau tested 266 pieces of silver and found them all well within the limit of tolerance which is greater than that of gold, being three one
 Connected with the hints at San Francisco and Denver and with the New York assay office are refineries for quire it; and they, during the past f1s- cal year, recovered as by-products from the metals treated there in copper $37903 platinum, $96.o99o; palladium,
 The platinum, on account of its rar- ity, is worth seven times as much as gold; and is in demand in laboratories because it cannot be attacked by any single acid.
 The dish, basket and buckets used by MT: Dewey in washing the silver from the gold with nitric acid are val ued at $2,5O0; and they could be car ried away in a two-pound candy box.
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 There are now in the hints or the treasUries of the United States gold bullion in the shape of bars, against which gold certificates have been is sued. of the value of $1,69O, 387, ,00O This must all be tested in the same way as the gold coinage to check up the work of the assayers, on whose report the department has purchased the gold.
 Samples taken from every fifth melt are sent to Dr. Dewey's department, which proceeds to find out exactly how much pure gold they represent.
 The past eighteen months has been a busy time for the assay offices, es- peciaIly at New York, due to the enor- nous inflow of gold from Europe to this country, to be exchanged for mules, horses, prOjectiles, rifles, guns and other munitions of war made by Ameri- can labor.
 A single amount, $1SO,OOO,OoO in Brit ish sOvereignS, was presented at the New York subtreasury, through J. P. Morgan &c Go. The subtreasurer, un- der the law, gave draft on the United States treasurer for 90 per cent of this sum when the delivery was made; and the sovereigns were sent to the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-21

provaI of the Secretary of the Treas ury, I purchased 4,375, 900 ounces at an average price of 481a cents an ounce. Today that silver is worth more than 70 cents an ounce-and we have the Sam gets full benefit of the advance through the seigniorage, which is the difference between the cost of theme tallic content of a subsidiary or minor coin and it's face value"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-21

I ed the Morrill, act providing special funds for the agricultural or land grant colleges. In 1887 the Hatch act for agricultural experiment stations helped the cause. The Adams act gave fur ther money and encOura cement to agricultural research, and in 1914 was passed the agricultural extension, or Smith-Lever, act, making the results of all agricultural research available to the farmers through county agents, all of these forming a wonderful net work of agricultural knowledge eX- tending from the department to the people.
 
 we lent last year to agricultural colleges and other institutions outside of Washington many books. Inter library loans have had great increase In libraries in general throughout the country, and every wide awake library today Is finding out what Is available in other libraries. All the libraries in Washington cooperate in this work to the incalculab1e benefit of all.
 "The wagon of the Library of Con gress calls here every day to deliver books which have been ordered and to take back those which have been used From this one library alone our aver age requisition is fifteen books a day.
 Needless to say the library is ex- tensively used in the preparation of the bulletins which go to the farmers. The preparation of statistical bulletins es- pecially those which refer to the crops and markets of other countries would be almost impossible without access to the literature relating to those coun- tries. The identification of useful plants, of weeds and noxioUs insects, of
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-21

center filled with the cases of cards l which tell the whole story of each | book available for use This great Key to the library fits it's lock perfectly, | it is never lost and there is rarely any trouble in it's turning.
 The extensive card catalogue of the library of the Department of AgriCul- ture is not alone a catalogue of books contained upon the shelves of the li- ! brary proper, but is to some extent a bibliOgraphy of the literature and the allied sciences since it contains cards for books of interest to the departm ment which are in the Library of Congress and other libraries.
 If, therefore, a book is not contained in this main library it's whereabouts is l frequently known, and through the | interlibrary loan system which prevails between this and other libraries it Is usually available to the reader. The scientific workers in the department, when they know definitely the special books wanted for consultation, need not necessarily call for them in person. ice are the media by which books are ordered and brought to them, and both are in constant use.
 
 The work of the librarian is splen- didIy compIemented by that of the as- sstant librarian, Miss Emma B. Hawke, whose desk Is in the reference room. conveniently near the card catalogue Beyond the reference room Is the main reading room where the student who is making a prolonged study of a sub ject may read at length and in greater quiet than is afforded by the reference room. Here, too, is kept a collection Of rare and valuable editions, whose an- cient type and crude illustrations. vel