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Milford chronicle., 1916-08-04

Yield IS better than expected from the
earllef results from threshing. This will
s elean several more automobiles for the
/ farmers Of this section Since the Ford
Inacnlnes have been reduced TO s360 every
LiailllSI la OF any capacity can not afford to
pc without an auto. It is cheaper than
NeSspllls a driving horse and carriage.
1orse Races An Auto Three Miles.
Nils' D. A. WilcuttS of near Bowers
niu nau a experience this past week, which
@ sne WIN remember for some time She
va, We uIIElls a spirited and powerful horse
10 camden Camp, and when near Rising
sun, the horse became frightened AT an
automobile which rushed by it. This it
e6ueilIH ~ eI,;5 al 1id not fancy and especially
tHe CLOUD OF dust thrown in its face for
II DfoHe into run, and, regardless OF
MIS- Wncutts efforts to stop him il
soon overlook the automobile and whirl-
ca Dy II. For three miles the auto driver
attempted to pass the frightened animal,
ana only succeeded when the horse he
came wlnded and was forced to respond
70 the effort of Mrs. Wilcutt's to stop it,
who says that it was the liveliest ride
she mas had for many a long day
Roy Pusey and family from Harrng-
Gdt Ion are occupying the Evergreen
Mrs; NJ. Cole and daughter. of Milford.
pave pave Deen stopping at the "Shellbowne'
for the past week.
M and Mrs. Murphy and family from
Milford have been stopping at the fannie
" cottage the past week.
Harry Wright from Philadelphia, has
been guest of W. o. Salevan this week
Mrs. Otto Hoffman, of New York and
David Mills.
Katherine Kennedy of PHILADELPHIA, is
home with her parents for August.
Helen Thompson has returned from a
very pleasant visit to Portsmouth, Va.
Earnest Wilson, of Chester, Pa, has
been a guest of his mother here this
week
Mrs. Ida White, who passes her sum
Iner I4 vacation mere, was called to New
wife. This was a very sad affair They
We're married on the 5th of July and she
was dead on the oath. only three weeks
rom her marriage Claude White is a
Belawarean, and was born near Milford.
Del, and he is now on officer on a
government boat at New York, and is
one OF the youngest men to hold a Mast
ers license from the U. S. Government
ST. Paul.
Milford chronicle., 1916-08-04
BOWERS.
Bio Thursday Next Week,

August Is the ideal month at the bay
shore in Delaware, and the people come
to old Bowers Beach in great numbers
each year for a quiet vacation. and a
good time. The cottages are about all
filled and the hotels are about booked
up for their capacity for the first two
weeks in August.
Last Thursday being the first Thurs
day in the month was known at Little
Thursday" and many were at the shore,
but next Thursday, being the second in
the month Of August, viii be the big
Thursday" and prediction has been made
that ten thousand folk from the surround
ing country, and from the boat lines, will
be at Bowers Beach next Thursday.
1t is then that the political leaders
from all parts of Delaware win gather and
impart or gain knowledge as to the poll
know how the elections win result next
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Pa,chouIi for Moth Prevention.

The fragrant dried roots OF til
patchouli, reports Special Agent Gar
rard Harris. are held in great esteem
in Porto Rico, and it is the general be
lief in the island that when placed
among clothing and in closets they are
a sure preventive OF moths. In tho
earlier days OF the century the per
fume OF patchouli was in great favor.
IL is believed that, IL the properties
of patchouli were more generally
known, there would be a demand for
1t In the United States in preference
TO moth balls. II should have as much
vogue as lavender for putting between
sheets and placing among garments;
and IL II were manufactured or
shredded into finer substance and
sold in small bags, IL would be a de-
cided novelty that undoubtedly would
prove popular. Great quantities OF II
grow wild in Porto Rico, and demand
for it from the United States would
afford employment to many OF the poor
country people. In Porto Rico natives
bring the patchouli TO town and sell IL
in small bundles that retail at two TO
five cents.
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L Legislative Work"

Congressman Bennett of New York
was talking on the floor OF the house
the other day and Ben Hilliard of
Colorado asked him to yield just for
an eentsy-teentsy bit while he asked
a question. The nature OF the ques-
ton does not concern us. but Bennett
replied:
I'm Yankee and so I'll answer the
gentleman's question by asking anoth-
er question" And he did so.
I'm bit OF a Yankee myself" re-
piled Hilliard, land I'll answer the
gentleman's question by asking anoth-
er question
Whereupon Bennett fell back on his
Yankee prerogative and asked still
another question
Thus the thing went on until one of
them got tired and they called it fifty
fifty-with none of the questions an
swered
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SALESW0MAN GOT WRONG TIP
Finally Discovered That Her Customer
Was In Way English and Yet
Not English"

"A well-dressed young woman stepped
on the elevator in one of the DEPART
ment stores and started to make her
way toward the millinery department
from the manner in which the floor
walker stepped up and addressed her.
calling her by name. 1t was obvious
that she was customer whose pat
ronage was sought. She intended to
BUY a hat, she informed the floor
walker, and he escorted her to the mil
hnery department, called for the head
woman and introduced her to the Gus
toner.
Miss Smith," he said, addressing
the saleswoman, this is Miss Hobbs"
And then, with instructions to see that
the customer saw the best in the store
the floor walker departed.
The saleswoman, observant student
OF human nature, was ELUSIVE in her
attentions, but she had heedlessly dis
regarded the name OF her customer.
Miss Hobbs favor seemed to rest with
a plainly tailored hat.
That is an English walking hat"
the saleswoman explained. 1T looks
perfectly stunning on you. 1t looks as
though it were just made for you. Are
you English?"
NO." said the customer absent-mind-
eddy, as she adjusted the hat further
over her eyebrows. My name Is Eng
fish, but"
"Ah, yes, Miss English, ! noticed
that. Are you any relation to Captain
English?"
The young woman, with an effort,
controlled the expression on her face,
and managed to explain to the embar-
raised saleswoman that her name was
not English" but that she had an
English name-Indianapoli News.
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any other part OF the United States.
There IS no doubt, however. that the
crop can be fully as well utilized this
way in other western states in local
tiles which are near large sheep
ranges. When intended for pasture
the field pea is sown alone or with but
little grain, as it is not necessary in
such cases that il be supported BIZ
some more erect-growing crop. Ami
mails pasturing on field peas should be
confined TO one portion of the field by
means OF movable fences, or else a
herder should be employed for this
purpose. If sheep or hogs are allowed
to roam about over the entire field.
they waste great deal Of the crop by
wandering around aimlessly as soon as
their hunger has been satisfied. The
animals should not be turned into the
field until the seed becomes hard.
Lambs will fatten on field-pea pasture
In from 20 to 90 days, and a good
crop will usually fatten from 10 to 10
limbs per acre, each animal gaining
about eight pounds month.
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LOCATE BUILDINGS ON FARM
o1'en Pays to Move Some OF Houses
In Order to Secure a Moro Con-
venient Advancement.

The location OF the buildings on a
farm has great deal to do with the
time 1t takes to do the work. 1t will
OFTEN pay to move some Of the build
ings In order to secure a more con-
venient arrangement. w. C. Palmer
Oh the North Dakota experiment sta
ton tells how this was done on one
farm with the following results: I'm.
der the old plan it required walking
05 miles year just carrying in water.
Under the new plan the water was
piped into the house-no walking re-
CURED. Bringing in the wood under
the old plan required walking % miles.
Under the new arrangement this was
reduced to So miles The trips made
to the machine shed during the year
amounted to 81 1-3 miles; by the new
arrangement 1t was reduced to 11Z
miles. BY the new arrangement the
years trips in feeding the hogs was
reduced 1924 miles and In caring for
the chickens three miles were saved.
The total saving for the year through
rearranging the farmstead was 217 1-3
miles.
1t was found that the time used in
walking these PIT 1-3 miles was worth
S36.74. 1t must be remembered that
1t was not only a case OF walking three
miles, but * was usually with some
thing to carry.
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MIGHTY IN SINEWS OF WAR
u wealth 10 Any Test This Country
Could Stasser Any Hostile
Combination.

II we accept Professor Atkinson
estimate that the Civil war cost S..
oO0,0OO,O00, and remember that the ma.
tional wealth. including slaves, was
placed by the census at only $1s.159..
6l6,O6S in 1860, and at only a little
more than $4,000. 100000 in depreciat.
ed currency even five years after the
war had ended, 1t is seen that the
struggle between the states cost be-
tween one-fourth and one-half of their
then existing wealth.
All calculations as to what wars
cost are subject to grievous and even
monumental errors, Albert w. Atwood
writes In the Saturday Evening Post.
But this much we know: The north
raised nearly $4,000, 0OO, 900 in loans
and the south raised $4,000, 900. 900.
Call it $6,000.00O,O0O actually obtained
for war purposes by the two opposing
sections.
III the north and south in conflict
could spend $6,O00,0OO, 900 on war half
century ago. what could the united
country assemble for such a purpose
today, with ten times the wealth? This
country has a puny, negligible ma
tlonal debt. The European countries
were enormously-almost ruinously-
In debt before they began their war.
some of them with ten to fifteen times
as mucl debt per capita as the United
States. Yet they have already foated
s3o,OOe,OOO,OO0 OF bonds, and the end
is nowhere in sight.
The total aggregate wealth of all
the belligerents is hardly more than
one-third greater than ours. II wealth
is any test this country could stag
ger almost any conceivable combina-
ton that might be formed against il
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China Sales to u. s. Increase

The United States is annually in
creasing it's purchases from Chinese
merchants. Last year was a banner
year for the Orientals engaged in
American trade, their total sales aggre-
eating s33.495,4e7, an increase OF s14.-
45O,427 over the previous year, accord
ing to invoice records of the Ameri-
can consulate at Shanghai
Chinese dyestuff and indigo mer-
chants are reaping large profits from
the sale Of their accumulated stocks,
Consul Sammons at Shanghai report
ed. Some of Americas big purchases
In the year showed the following in
creases: Gold bar shipments. s3.170,-
754; raw silk, s2,s40, los; straw braid,
s301,496, and sleeps wool, s566,067.
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D0UL1M NOIF(
5sS-7<SzsZzS "
Hs&SSSSsSSSSS$ sAU

Sitting hens should be moved at
night.
If you set hens be sure to give them
clean nests and keep them clean.
IL several hens are set in one room.
1t is desirable to confine them in good
nests
Have everything that goes to mar
ket fresh, of good quality and strictly
clean.
No incubator can bring off good
matches unless 1t is surrounded by
pure air.
Ducks are much easier to raise than
chickens, and reach the rooster stage
much quicker.
Hens with little chicks should have
large indoor run when the weather
is cold or stormy.
A lump of sugar saturated with coal
oil will cure In two doses hens that
have eaten maggots.
Sanitary conditions are absolutely
necessary to retain the health and
vigor Of the little ones.
hot
should not be subjected to either a
high or low temperature.
Healthy, strong and vigorous breed.
ing stock is necessary for quick grow
ing, profitable market birds.
Alfalfa or clover hay, soaked in
warm water makes a good substitute
for green feed for the poultry.
For scaly leg in fowls apply a mix.
ture OF sulphur, lard and coal oil three
times a week and 1t will cure them
Why offer for sale small, dirty,
checked or stained eggs? These may
be consumed at home at full market
value.
You can improve your flock and
breed better chicks il you will only use
your best judgment Remember, quail
ity instead OF quantity
Clean out the henhouses and disin-
feet with lime. Build new nests, II you
cannot be sure that the old ones are
made perfectly sanitary.
Eggs for Matching should not weigh
less than two nor more than two and
onehalf ounces. They should not be
as this lowers their vitality.
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GLASS OF WATER
Upset Her.

People who don't know about food
sons with weak stomachs.
Sometime ago a young woman who
lives in Ne. had an attack OF scarlet
fever, and when convalescing was per
nitted to eat anything she wanted
lndiscriminate feeding soon put her
back in bed with severe stomach and
kidney trouble.
There | stayed" she says, three
months. with my stomach in such CON
dition that could take only few tea
spoonfuls OF milk or beef Juice at q
time. Finally Grape-Nuts was brought
to my attention and ! asked my doc
tor IL l might eat II. He said, yea
and commenced at once.
THE food did me good from the
start and l was soon out OF bed and 10
covered from the stomach trouble
have gained ten pounds and am able
to do all household duties, some days
sitting down only long enough TO eat
my meals. l can eat anything that
one ought 10 eat, but / still continue
to eat Grape-Nuts at breakfast and
supper and like IT better every day.
Considering that could stand only
a short time. and that glass OF water
seemed so heavy am fully satisfied
that Grape-Nuts has been everything
to me and that my return TO health
is due TO II.
Il have told several friends having
nervous or stomach trouble what
Grape-Nuts did for me and In every
case they speak highly OF the food
There's a Reason" Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Greek. Mich
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time 20 time. Thev
are genuine, true, and full o. Aunaa
interest.
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more than three stalks and very often
only one or two. The kerbage is pale
green with whitish bloom on the
surface. Each leaf bears usually two
or three pairs of leaflets and is ter
minated by slender, branched ten
drill. The hanging pods are about three
inches long, each containing five to
nine nearly round seeds.
The garden pea is cultivated pri-
marily as a green vegetable, or as a
grain crop for human food; the field
pea is grown for hay or for grain to
feed to animals.
A cool growing season is essential
for the field pea. High temperatures
are much more injurious than frosts.
which are disastrous to the crop only
when they occur just at the period
when the pods are setting. These eli
matte requirements of the field pea
limit its successful production as a
summer crop to the northern states
and Canada and to high attitudes In
the mountains OF our western states
1t may, however, be grown with profit
as winter crop in the southern states.
It's moisture requirements are less i'm
portant than those of temperature, but
other things being equal, it does best
where the rainfall Is fairly abundant.
A 15-inch rainfall in western Canada
Is sufficient to produce q good crop.
while 20 inches OF rain in Kansas, Ne
braska or Colorado is inadequate.
1t Is a common practice in some
localities to harvest the crop by pas
turing with hogs or sheep. This is
done more largely in Colorado than in
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How II impressed Him.

Willie's father was trying to impress
upon him the tremendous progress
in the past so years.
Just think, Willie" he said When
/ was boy there were no telephones.
no electric lights. no talking machines,
no moving pictures. nc X-rays, no
wireless telegraphy, no"
Gee interrupted Willie. What an
awful lot of hicks everybody must
have been!"
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HANDY LATCH FOR cow GATE
Will Not Open Of Itself, But IL Can
Easily Be Operated by Foot
From Either Side.

l have invented a handy latch for
the cow lot gate. 1t will not open of
itself, but it can easily be opened by
the foot. writes Roy Kinnebrew in
Farmers Mail and Breeze. The latch
(D) is held in place by the weight ca.
The footpiece OBJ is bolted through
the center to one of the Stats in the
gate, and at one end to the upright
piece CO.. The piece CO is also bolt
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CLEAN UP ALL IDLE CORNERS
Practice Will Make Work of CuItiva-
ton Easier An Summe-Improve
Waste Places.

When blowing this spring, don't go
around the quilted spots or the bushy
corners or the stumps. Take the time
to clean them as you go.
IL VIII make the work OF cultivation
easier all summer and give you a
chance TO put the idle land to work
or TO begin the improvement of the
waste places Nothing spoils the looks
of farm more than patchy, ragged
fields.
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before
unaountable
Marshall
opening tell
The golden
OF his outlined
twelve o'clock All hands
senate a minute late.
reman has his choice then of laughing which would
laughing pulling
weah ma out n tn next room time to In.
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Burn 10000 Bad Eoos.

One way 10 get rid Of bad eggs is to
burn them. Federal officials set fire
to $4,000 OF them at Washington when
the department OF agriculture pure
food experts declared the eggs to be
unfit for food. The eggs had been
placed in storage In a stable. and were
discovered, then the District OF Co
lumbia supreme court condemned
them
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The American Way.

The Stranger-Why are you driving
the car so fast?
The American-To get to the ferry.
Uater at ferry.)
The American--We have twenty
minutes to spare.
The Stranger know IL. In this
country you will race the car, burn up
gasoline, imperil lives, run the chance
OF being arrested and kill a chicken
to gain twenty minutes for which YOU
have no use when you get them.
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No Objection.

This war is making everything
more expensive complained father.
Il see by the paper that even castor
oil is going up"
That's nothing in my young life.-
said little Johnny. The only time Il
worries me is when it's going down"
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CUTICURA COMFORTS BABY
Suffering From itching, Burning
Rashes, Eczema, etc. Trial Free.

Give baby a bath with hot water and
Cuticura Soap, using plenty OF Soap.
Dry lightly and apply Cuticura ONT
ment gently to all affected parts. In
slant relief follows and baby falls into
a refreshing sleep, the first perhaps
In weeks. Nothing more effective.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. l.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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These parks the enjoy.
Benches
the bautcaon plan and what human delightful
installed lOU0 additional
believes
Colonel
enjoyment
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represents the most interesting part
Of the exhibit OF the treasury depart
ment shown at the Panama-Pacific ex-
position at San Francisco.
Included in the cases are presi
dental medals struck of by the mint;
coins. planchets and bars OF gold. in
dicating stages Of the processes CT
making gold money; keys of the safes
and vaults OF the treasury used from
1774 to the day of the advent of safe
combination and time locks; mutilated
currency redeemed. and a number of
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OF buildings and grounds. when in
formed that Pittsburghs chief OF po-
lice had extended a general invitation
10 all lovers to spoon" in the Smoky
City parks. said:
we do not know what 'spooning'
is here. but the parks OF Washington
are open TO lovers. sweethearts. beaux,
and bellies. and others under the spell
OF the tender emotion
There is no regulation prohibit
ing lovemaking in Washington parks.
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~ NSh'Vh ehat pouy VI SOicuH
he Is apt to have half-suppressed lit.
tie smile on his face, and Rev. Forest
j. Prettyman. the senate chaplain, has
even more difficulty in maintaining the
serious countenance of man about to
lead in prayer.
Here is the way the thing works
out: Along about 1870 Marshall
shifts from his Office In the senate
office building TO his room in the capt.
tol. He lights a cigar and smokes as
he receives any callers that drop in. A
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Now 10 the Time 20 Get Rid az Theee
Ugly Snrta-

There's no longer the slightest need %
feeling ashamed OF your freckies an the
prescription othine-double Strengths
guaranteed TO remove these horneiy spots
SIMPLY get an ounce OF othine-double
otrength-from your druggist and apply q
little OF IL night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
hsNe oegun TO disappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely IL "a seldom
tnat more than one ounce 10 needed TO COM
pieteiy clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
BE sure TO ask for the double strength
othine. as this 10 sold under guarantee Of
money BACK tx IL falls TO remove frecklea-
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Uncannx.

Novelist-How are my novels goingf
Bookseller cent imagine. sir, un-
less it's hoplifters-Puck.
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public
s1OO0oO
tonary With the
Yorkci
Another interesting feature Of display
and
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"Spooning' All Fight in Parks of Washington

PooNNG
the
confesses
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GOOD AS FORAGE CROP
Growing of Field Pea of Special
Interest to Farmer.
Climatic Requirements Of Plant Limit
Its Successful Production as Sum-
mer Crop 70 Northern States
and Canada.
(By II. ". vINALL)

10y II. ~ VINALL)
The field pea is an annual plant
with slender stems two to four feet
high, which stands erect only where
there are other plants to which they
can cling. The plants seldom have
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His Choice.

What is your favorite fiower?"
asked the girl.
"Cauli-" replied the practical man.
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Mint and Treasury Relics Put on Exhibition

VARIOUS activities the United States
recently
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Vice Presidents Stories Worry Senate Chaplain

VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL has story
minutes The
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the
Psi by
on washington Mr. Clark suddenly
misplaced
evening Summoning his chauffeur
mis- walked
absence 1900
be there But no. Mr.
Tor his book Here told
parliamentary OF the house
That's easy said Why
not call up Mrs Mann She
Mrs Mann did
ana OF Phi
so down to the club the speaker
dinner
and without doubt the
The min Mr.
glimpse
to think he had made
and Republican
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JOG cannon. IL Wes intended 70 be
strictly a Republican affair, and the
70 guests. other than Mr.. Clark, were
all members OF that party.
Mr.. Clark. an unexpected, but
nevertheless welcome, guest, appeared
suddenly at the dinner. He had q
good time, and so did the others. How
he became a part Of the gathering, as
told by himself, proved to be one OF
the most amusing after-dinner
speeches he ever told.