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Milford chronicle., 1917-05-18
HARRINGTON

Mrs Garrett Harrington attended
the National PARENT Teacher Associa-
tiou meetings recently held in Wash
ington, D. G.. as the state president
from Delaware. The last meeting for
this season was held this week with
the usual good attendance.
The members Of the NJ. P. Church
are greeting their new pastor with
vile. Pa, where he has been station
ed for the past five years.
Members Of the local branch OF the
". c. T L. are not showing the
proper interest in the meetings held
here. There should be a good attend
ance every time 10 consider items of
great interest AT the present time.
The superintendent OF the Harrington
Union OF the Scientific Temperance
Instruction has not been able 10 hold
q contest this year. The subject
should be given more thought in the
public schools
The people are high in their praise
here Of Miss Elizabeth Jefferson. the
Instructor in the cooking classes.
The knowledge of the canning OF
fruits. vegetables etc. viii prove a
help 20 the members Of this class dur
Ing the present food problems and the
high cost Of living
Mrs. J. ". Sheldrake entertained
Miss Gaudeu, Of Delaware College.
during her recent visit in the interest
Of Domestic Science.
Iomahawk school VIII be kept open
for some time yet. The people of
this district have the education OF
their children al heart and believe in
raising money 10 do things.
Rev. lawson Jump, pastor Of the
Union Corner N. P. Church. preach .
ed a dle sermon for Mothers Day. (
and on Nay 27th viii have for his sub
'ect. Founders Day. or Why I am g
Methodist Protestant.
J 4. Hopkins. president Of the
Levy Court. IS having the roads put
b much better condition.
Mr.. and Mrs H ]. Harrington.
with Gheir children and some friends.
no1ored I Othe homO q Mr.. and Mrs.
E, Wesley Ross, where they were en-
e-talned this week
PlcnIcs were held al Laws and
2edardeld schools on saturday AFTER
aoon, but the picnic a. Prospect was
'al-ed of, although a few were pres
a1t.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Ross have
'ee1 entertaining Wilmington and
Maryland friends.
MSS Amy Hopkins spent the week
nd with Mss Magnolia smith.
MT. and Mrs. Nelson are receiving
on the birth Of 8
hid Mrs. Nelson VIII Be remem-
'ered as Mss Florence W5x.
Nj. and Mrs ElEoo5 Minner and
.er swo sisters have been Sea5ord and
'ederalsburg visitors.
Mrs Joshua smith s1ill continues
cry IL
Mrs Thomas Curtis is visiting rel
1iFes in Illinois.
Circulars have been sent 70 All the
raded schools asking for 3 shorter
eaool term, 50 that the older bovs
an 90 on on the farms to help raise
rops for the future crisis.
For your graduation presents. see
tokes. the JeWeler.
Milford chronicle., 1917-05-18
BRIDGEvILLE.
High School Pupils Make Fine
Records,

hAAu NNuNNA uNAAe MhAG AMt
Records.
/ The following list of pupils. show
( ing the marks and records they have
made in the Bridgeville public schools
is interesting 70 the people Of all the
state. as well as the parents and the
teachers. Of the Bridgeville High
School. The principal John l.
Wentz, in his report says: The stan
dard is-Perfect in attendance and
punctuality, and distinguished in all
subjects. One student has achieved
honorable mention every month dur
ing the entire term since the honor
roll was inaugurated, until the meas
les epidemic of recent weeks kept her
at home one day for illness of herself
We deem her previous high record of
sufficient warrant for the inclusion Of
her name. Il is marked l*). The
Honor Roll for the eighth school
month of the closing school year fol-
lows.
Firs, grade Catharine Hynson. I
Ruby nickerson. Mary Adams and
Mildred Vent
Third Grade Blanche Vandenburg. I
Fourth Grade Thomas Vandenbrug 1
Morgan McAllen and Mildred Dukes 1
Fifth Grade Thelma Davis. Leroy (
Dickerson and May Collinson.
Sixth Grade-Robert Layton, Frank 4
lin Hynson. George RAY and 'Anns
Layton
Seventh Grade -Marguri;e Dukes
and Elizabeth smith
Eighth Grade-Mary ConOway. Es-
ther Hyuson, Dorothy RuoS. kathryn
Hurlock. Harry McIlvajn. Leon Bu-
low and John Anderson.
Ninth Grade Ruth Jones
Tenth Grade Florence IsaacS and
.lilda short
Twelfth Grade Emily Ledenham
and Elizabeth Morgan
The BTidgovillo public schools are
he best in Sussex County. and much
# the efficiency there Is caused By
he excellent facilities which the new
school building, which was erected
few years hack. has gwen for school
work, Ii pays 10 have we'll ventilat-
Il schools, equipped Win the best Of
urnigure The children do better
work have more pride in the school
md as result more pride in their
ZONES.
Milford chronicle., 1917-05-18

Henry Buckaloo and Oscar Harring-
ton.
Mrs Carrie Blockson and Mrs.
William Prouse of Philadelphia are
visiting Mrs Harry Patterson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Taylor of
Philadelphia were guests of Allan
Smith and wife over Sunday.
For your graduation presents. see
Stokes. the Jeweler.
Milford chronicle., 1917-05-18
Ia knIInr Near Rrldre,Ine.

Last Thursday May 9Th. there was
q lively time 81 The farm Of Lewis a.
TyTell near Bridgeville, when a rat
killing campaign was conducted. st
which moro than 100 full grown rats
and numerous baby rats were killed
The real cNterminator OF rats Is com
.hination 81 boy and dog, that was the
means used 60 accomplish the destuc-
ton OF this colony Mr. TyrreN ask
ed his neiEhb0r Charles simmons to
come over and bring his two boys and
their rat doc-and they came accom-
panied by Harry Dic6eCson The
men started 10 remove the floors from
an old building, while the boys ana
The dog attended 10 the rat killing
part Many rats escaped 10 fodder
stacks as their harbor was torn away
but the men persisted and removed
the fodder piles. and the relentless
purspers with the dog accomplished
their destruction. Nj. Tyrreu has
about 500 young chicks close TO where
the rats were found, and this week
will have many hundreds more Of the
chicks, so the rat killing Of last week
can be put down as s very valuable
DAYS work. The colony Of rats had
destroyed many bushels Of corn. now
worth $50 per bushel, and this viii
more than offset the time used IN the
raj hunt. lie VIII have concrete
floors put in his outbuildings instead
Of the wooden 6oors. and hopes 70 re-
move their breeding places by 50 do
ing.
High school Commencement Tonight.
m. .r--o-- =. 81. -r-s s--eas-I- -Ssss I
Of the Briageville High School was
delivered last Sunday evening in the
Methodist Episcopal church, slld 20 I
night, Friday, May 18th, the con-
win be aseld IN the opera I
Milford chronicle., 1917-05-18
IoSt his Purse and sl00.

Alpheus Adams, while shopping in
Bridgevllle last Saturday evening lost
s purse which contained about 500
$500 Of which was money and the bal
ance checks. Il was found by VII
liam Rowe. who returned il 10 Nj
Adams, who was duly grateful 70 get
il back IL fell injo the hands of an
honest man
Milford chronicle., 1917-05-18
Rerry Pickers nemand Two Cents B

The Italian berry pickers who US
ually come 10 Bri3geville and vicinit,
20 pick straw berries. have stated that
they VIII have 70 be paid two cents
per quart, have their railroad fare
paid both to and from the city. and
that their padron, OF boss. shall re-
ceive $50 per week during the season
This IS 8 condition which every straw
berry grower has 70 accusI0m himsel.
to, or let his crop so 30 waste
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great churches where the emperQrs are
crowned, one where they are married,
and third in which they are buried.
Judge Pierce's daughter especially
desired. to take some photographs.
Very strict in Russia anyhow, photo
graphs were absolutely interdicted In
the Kremlin for the reason that lit
was fortress"
Being told that she must surrender
her camera at the door of the famous
tower Ivan Velike, by the ''Kolokol,"
"king of BELLS" the little daughter was
broken hearted. She had wanted to
take pictures from the summit of this
famous tower.
For the city of Moscow is the most
unique and brilliant city in the world,
on account of its picturesque archi-
lecture and diversified. cOlOring.
Walls of white, green, yellow and
blue, with turrets and towers and
spires of green and blue, with the bril-
lance of white stars and churches and
cathedrals with domes sparkling with
silver and gold, present Kaleidoscope
wealth of color from an elevated point,
enough to battle the imagination.
No other city in the world is like 1t.
But to return to the camera: Mr..
Pierce was wearing a French cloak
and when he took the camera out
from it's black leather case and Shout
der straps, he handed the case to the
Russian official. They were accompa-
MED by a guide, and while Mr.. Pierce
asked questions at the summit of the
tower, the daughter took pictures Of
the city. But, alas for the best-laid
plans. When they reached their hotel
they were asked for the camera. They
had been watched with spyglass from
building of guards! The officer was
polite But firm, and insisted upon the
destruction of the films. Mr.. Pierce
declined, asserting that his folks were
American citizens and not German
spies, and had not been taking any
pictures of military armament, and
that the Kremlin was not fortress in
the proper sense after all!
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route, to save cost, already destined to
be enormous. as well as to save time
of construction.
One route was to go round lake,
another to skip certain high points and
still a third to escape certain vast
marshes.
"The Emperor Nicholas, always a
man Of quick decision, looked at the
several plans with interest, but with
no hesitation. He called for his cane,
a straight English walking stick, laid
it on the maps and said:
"'Put your finger on Moscow; put
another on st. Petersburg. Now run
1t from there to there and he drew a
line straight from the ancient capital
to the modern capital of Russia.
"And so it went; through swamps
and under elevations; without a devil
alton, no matter what the obstacle (;
the straightest railroad in the world
and the longest without a bend or a
curve"
without question, Russia" he con-
tinued. as the most stupendOus in
point of interest, as it is in point of
size. The present revolution, over
throwing q monarchy of 1000 years,
and emptying the throne of Catherine
and Alexander, deposing the Roma
noffs after their rule of hundreds of
wears. makes most impressive the mo-
mentous history of that great empire.
"How, with their system of spies,
plots for the dethronement of their
emperor could be accomplished, battles
even the recollections Of a traveller.
Espionage of all persons and places
must have made the Matching of q
revolution an extraordinarily hazard
GUS undertaking. Few people realize
TO what extent this is carried out,
said Mr.. Pierce. And then he related
how the first time he was in Russia
with his daughter, they proceeded one
afternoon to one of the royal palaces
in st. Petersburg, taking a droshky'
the Russian cab.
A little later they made diplomatic
call. taking another conveyance. From
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RaIsacezPPGiSo1l& III
Of FNCZdr5s

there they proceeded to the Hermitage
gallery to see the famous pictures.
"This is one of the wOrld-famous gall
leries, and it is astounding how many
of the worlds great pictures 1t con-
tains. Probably it is not excelled, II
at all, by any except the Louvre In
Paris and the National gallery in Lon
don. For example, it contains more
pictures of Murillo than are in the
entire kingdom of Spain, and equally
in evidence are other old masters.
"It happened to be at the closing
hour, and we had only ten minutes.
Departing again in the droshky, we
went straight to the Hotel de PEu-
rope, where we were stopping"
Upon alighting from their droshky
the Pierces were astonished to be met
at the curb by the porter of the hotel
with the remarks: did you enjoy the
picture gallery, and did you see your
friends, and was the United States
minister at homer" Mr.. Pierce said he
marveled that his movements were so
promptly known, almost before he
made them; and took pains to Ques-
ton his hotel functionary as to how
he knew and why in the name of rea-
son himself and his daughter were be-
ing watched.
With the well-known continental
shrug of the shoulder, raising of the
hands and head to one side, the only
L x1k
The secret service of Russia had a
line upon every driver of droshky
and every porter of public building
and private one, too, and knew ex-
actly what Mr.. Pierce and his daugh-
ter were doing.
Again, in Moscow, the old capital OF
Russia, is located the Kremlin. 1t
is nominally fortress; In reality, only
a walled Enclosure containing the three
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r.
university
field
implements
scientific the
chiefly
reduced by tin manufacturers to
been explained
will be built
when
specified
bungalows
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emperor Of Russia Will
not suffer from ennui
at the imperial palace at
TsarskOe of Selo," said
Henry d. Pierce, a well-known trav-
elor and literary man.
THE place where the emperor and
empress are confined is the so-called
sumper palace or country residence Of
the royal family Of Russia, and is Sec
ond only in beauty, II second it be, to
the famous palace Of Louis XIV at Yer
sailles near Paris. or Sans SOuci of
Frederick the Great near Berlin. Tsars-
koe-Selo is more extensive as a royal
residence and park than either Of the
others. It Is surrounded by great splen-
dor and contains remarkable picture
gallery. The famous amber room Of
Russia Is part of it, respondent with
the magnificence Of amber jewels
which decorate 1t.
Built by Catherine the Second, 1t
was also the rendezvous of literary
people. Pushkin, one Of the literati of
Russia, and many Of the statesmen Of
that country were born in the town
that surrounds the palace.
For centuries literary people have
had entree to this royal palace, where
diplomats and the hoi pollOi were often
If not always excluded. To show the
desire for prompt and easy transporta-
ton to the summer residence, the first
railroad in Russia was the one to be
constructed in 1888 between Tsarskoe-
SelO and st. Petersburg, Is miles
apart"
Building Railroad in Russia.
Judge Pierce told an interesting in
cident in the building of a railroad in
Russia. In the early days American
engineers who had surveyed the line
from st. Petersburg to Moscow, the
first of any length. were differing as to
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Jointly occupying the residence with Hume and his family And
wit weref frequently
handicap would
nbor all working after
the
of pounds of the finest kind of honey in the
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A Bird CAGE.

If you have bird, do let him live in
a beautiful house. A wicker bird cage
is not necessarily expensive, and not
only will your little bird be happier
therein, but surely you and your room
will be happier, too, for this ideal note
of decoration. For it is the details of
room which count most nightly,
and which are so often neglected as
being Of no account. So If you have a
bird, do consider gOod-looking cage.
Exchange.
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The increased employment Of Chi
nese in the mercantile marine Of Great
Britain is resented by organized labor
in England.
1t is estimated that there are prob
ably 1,5OOOOO,OOO cents and 100000
600 fve-cent pieces. afloat in the Unit
ed States, or an average Of II pennies
and five nickels for each person.
The great quantities of wood pulp
that are being used constantly for
newspapers and magazines make 1t
imperative to find substitutes for
spruce pulp.
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that discuss
mobilization
undermined England
should his little
domices Rather
spacious sububanie
"This is time for esthetcism"
will
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Memorial to Key.

James Lick, a California millionaire,
who died In 1876, bequeathed the sun
of 100000 for the erection of bronze
monument In Golden Gate park, San
Francisco, in honor of Francis Scott
Key, author of "The Star-Spangled
Banner" The monument is 90 feet
high. in the form of double arch, I'M
der which a bronze statue OF Key is
seated. The arch supports a bronze
figure representing America, with an
unfolded flag. Key died in Baltimore.
January IL, 1843.
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The Price Of Cremonas.

The advance in price of Cremona
violins within the past twenty years
has been almost incredible. violins
which were in the hundreds at that
time are now in the thousands, and
the advance Is going on steadily all
the time. 1t is the masterpieces
which have advanced the most, as
the whole world seems to be clamor-
ing for the greatest works Of Stra-
divarius and Guarnerius, the two ad-
mitted greatest makers Of the world.
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overtime Pay.

"Pa, what is meant by overtime
payY' Overtime pay, my boy, is the
reward for doing little extra labor,
and there are two kinds" "That so?
What are theyr swell, some men in
sist on collecting their overtime week
ly at a specified rate; and others are
willing to work overtime and take
their reward In q successful future.
recommend the latter course for you. I"
Detroit Free Press.
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CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

Packing apples attractiveiy helps to
sell them for more money.
A drug said to be potent in bringing
immunity from mosquito bites Is ell
Of cedar.
More copper was produced in the
United States last year than in any
prior year in the country's history.
The French are great bread eaters,
their consumption In normal times be-
ing estimated at $50 pounds annually
per capita.
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ne Frank Patrick Gallagher Irish from the tip of head
80 the kicking the Spanards of
fight I'm the
cawed
a Gemanthat all Sure,
I'm bad bet sweet life"
he vas an al
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Usinu His Feet

Chollie-Who in the world did you
take dancing lessons from?
Mollie-Professor Glide. And must
say he didn't complain like you Of my
stepping on his feet.
mo, because you were paying him
for the use of his feet and you're not
paying me-"
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four years ago and found q kn0thole
to go in and out. All during the spring
and summer they made their honey in
long rows of honeycomb which reached
from one sill to the other. The first
year there were only two swarms, and
from these there came two swarms
each in the next year, making six
swarms in all.
The third year two more swarms
from each made grand total Of IS
swarms of bees and the fourth year
two moro suormS from poch made "a
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MUCH IN LITTLE

A talking machine using the usual
records that an Englishman has in
vented has specially designed horn
and compressed air is utilized to ampli-
fy the sounds.
The people of the United States con-
sumo fully twice as much meat per
capita as do the people of Europe.
Dried beans. peas and lentils may re-
place meat In the diet to large ex-
tent, to the advantage Of outdoor work
ers especially
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Ais Baaie Thounh<

victim-What has happened? Where
am I?
Doctor-You have been seriously in
jured In a trolley accident. But chez,
up-you will recover.
Victim-How much?
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TO till the soil has been opened under
the auspices of the National League
for WOmans Service.
The Crawford estate. a plot Of
200 acres at Two Hundred and Twen-
ty-secOnd street, Baychester avenue
and the Boston Post road, has been
donated by George Crawford for this
purpose. Mrs. Mary E. Hamilton,
chairman of the agricultural commit
tee of the league, will have charge.
Mrs. August Belmont is the treasurer
of the committee, and on the advisory
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Worse to Come.

Friends 1t true that your wife
has left you, Enpeck?
Enpeck-Yes, and that isn't the
worst Of my troubles.
Friend-Why, what could be worse9
Enpeck-Oh. she may come back.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15

JurtS up III tue ScIIOOIUOy I1rrru "
picture of the ashes of the captured
city furrowed by the plowman rather
than the pictures which Greater Bos-
ton in wartime have registered on the
plates of the camera.
The pillow is a mighty weapon OF
the nation at war, a nation to which
has been allotted the tremendous task
of feeding large part of the warning
world.
1t is not enough that the farmers
-, tla rrrao+ lands Of tho
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Trainer Left Pets to Fight for Uncle Sam

RALTIMoRE-Wniam T. Mecke trainer Of Lady Aces rats one of the
Baies
Marine He visited Captain Evans the Marine
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Conscience-stricken because of the
small wages he paid his girl employees
while he was in business, d. S. Watson.
a retired storekeeper Of Torrington,
Conn.,. has laid aside a fund of $1,000
to reimburse them.
The thickest tree trunk is said to be
that Of adansonia digitata, called the
baobab Tree, a native of Africa. The
trunks are sometimes more than 30
feet in diameter and the tree never
more than 60 feet high. Strictly trop-
zeal but grown in the extreme south
Of Florida.
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corps recruiting station and following
Il whispered interview, was taken to
the back room, there examined and
when he emerged was proud member
of the SOLDIERS of the Sea-"
Not long after Meickle had proud
ly left the recruiting station another
member of the circus came swinging
down the street, and when he spied
the blue coat of the marine on duty
he hurried upstairs to Captain Evans.
"Who are you, sir?" asked the cap
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Forced to Dispossess Bees From Attic Of Home

authority of bees taking
appoang their
bees settled" the second story of the house
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Training Women Of New York to Till the Soil

NEW YORK-To agricultural
" Columbia
agricultural demonstration college school
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In Me- say books are said to be
most favored as gifts
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A fine brick road now connects Tam,
pa and st. Petersburg.
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Marshal Joffre holding the golden
miniature of the statue of Liberty
which was presented to him by thou
sands of American admirers.
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Nearly All Greater Boston Put Under the Plow

history
fell
barac tedious Latin translation
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ff"HE emperor Of Russia will
not suffer from ennui
at the imperial palace at
= b ,f Coln - Caid