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Milford chronicle., 1921-11-25
GREENWOOD

Many of our citizens go hunting,
and claim they find plenty of rabbits,
but not so many quail.
Mrs. Morris Feldman is in New
York for an idefinite time having been
called there by the illness of her mo-
ther.
Rachel Draper of Wilmington spent
the weekend here with her parents.
Business seems toll growing at the
Opera House this week. Movies on
Monday night. High school entertain
ment on Tuesday night, dancing les
sons on Wednesday night by Miss
Marion Martin and movies on Thurs
day evening. Come out and enjoy
yourself.
William Draper of Chester, Pa, mo-
tored to Greenwood to visit his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Draper.
Otis Jefferson visited at the nome
of C. B. POrters over the weekend.
Many of the people have taken ad-
vantage of the good weather and have
had cement pavements laid IN front
of their properties, which has made q
great improvement in our town.
Rev. Mowbray, presiding elder Oh
the M. e. Church, preacheu mere OH
Sunday morning. The congregation
was small on account of the rain.
Mable Jones has improved from her
serious fall, about ten days ago.
Byron Gibson of Dover was week
end visitor here.
Many farmers are not done husk-
ing corn. and should take advantage
of this good weather so their fingers
will not get cold.
The extra meetings are being held
at the Trinity Church. They had 70
conversions last week.
C. B. Porter and family motored to
Laurel on Sunday to visit Mrs. Sarah
Elliott.
Call "Pettyjohn's' for Drugs OF
Quality" Mail or phone orders. Phone
% Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1921-11-25
MAGNOLIA

Mrs. R. E. Stout, who has for sew
eral weeks been visiting her son.
Floyd Stout and wife, of Philadelphia
returned home on Monday OF this
week.
Joseph Waller of Palmyra, N. y,
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Beniaman Waller, over the weekend.
An automobile full of gypsies was
camped just outside of our town last
Saturday and Sunday.
A large truck proceeding northWard
on last Sunday morning, ran OIL the
stone road and sank so deep IN the
soft muddy shoulders, that it took
the crew some time to get it back on
the stone.
Mrs. Frank Roe met with what
came near being a serious accident on
Friday afternoon of last week. She
was attempting to drive a flock OF
ducks across the du Pont road when
a motor car hit her going at hlSh
rate of speed. She was knocked ten
feet from where she stood and was
cut and bruised quite severely-tho no
homes were broken. The driver stop
ned and rendered what assistance ne
could and then secured a physician.
Mrs. Roe is improving and will soon
be out-we hope with no bad results.
Rabbits and other game seem to be
quite plentiful, and those who like the
sport are out daily with good results
Magnolia is preparing for ana look
ing forward to Thanksgiving Win
much anticipation-although the tooth
some turkey does not seem much IN
evidence.
The supper held by the Ladies Aid
last Saturday evening was decided
success in every way. About SS5 was
cleared and added to the treasury.
Milford chronicle., 1921-11-25
UNIQUE DE MILE FILM
"The Affairs of AnatOP Remarkable
in Every Respect.

III Every 0eSpecl'
Absolutely unique in the annals OF
screen entertainment is Cecil B. De
Miles production "The Affairs of An
atol," a Paramount picture which
comes to the Nixon's Palace Theatre
wednesday and Thursday, Matinee on
Thursday. Ao
Uniuue from the point OF view CT
cast. story, treatment and magnifi-
cence, Jeanie Macpherson wrote the
nhotoplay which was suggested by
Arthur Schnitzler's play. Alvin Wye
koff and Karl Struss, two photograph
ic experts. did the camera work.
The cast is extraordinary. Here IS
the list of all stars: Wallace RED
Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter, Bebe
Daniels, Monte Blue, Wanda HaWiey'
Theodore Roberts, Agnes Ayres, The
odore Kosloff, Polly Moran, Raymond
Hatton. Julia Faye, Charles Ogle'
winter Hall, Guy Oliver, Ruth Miller
Lucien Littlefield, Zelma MaJa, Shan-
non Day, VIM. Boyd, Maud Wayne
Fred Huntley, Alma Bennett ana Ell
nor Glyn, the famous British novellst,
and Lady Parker, wife of Sir Gilbert
Parker. the novelist.
Milford chronicle., 1921-11-25

Call "Pettyjohn's" for Drugs OF
Quality" Mail or phone orders. Phone
% Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1921-11-25
TRINITY
Near BridgeviIle)

Mrs. John H. Gray Who has been i'll
for the past week is slowly improv-
inS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Morris and
daughter, Emma, attended the tune-
raj of Rev. Jones ut Loves Cross
Roads Saturday, November l9.
Mrs. Albert Magee who has been
suffering with a sore arm is able to
go back to his work.
Rcra and Oreland9r Spicer spent
Tuesday with their brother, Otis Spl-
GER.
Milford chronicle., 1921-11-25
LOYAL TEMPERANCE LEGION

The monthly meeting of the L. T. L.
will be held in the Avenue M. E.
Church Saturday afternoon at three
o'clock. Each member is expected to
be present and bring a new member.
Don't forget the hour.
Milford chronicle., 1921-11-25
Public Sale
HARRINGTON, DELAWARE,
Saturday, November 26, 1921,

at one P. M. Sharp
HORSES, MULES, CATTLE and HOGS
A. C. Creadick will have another
bunch of fresh COWS and close up spring
ers. One York carriage, new axes, buck
cts and a lot of new horse blankets,
square blankets, and lot of stock food.
Bunch of household goods and farming
implements.
HARRINGTON SALES co.
Farmers Shed
o2S-1t Harrington, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1921-11-25
HOME WORK FOR LADIES

A list of fifteen firms supplying
work in spare time, sent to your adj
dress for 25c silver Post Office, Box
859, Wilmington, Del. 1tp
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
Chilean Grapes Imported.

An experimental shipment of grapes
was sent from Chile to New York.
with a view of aScertaining whether
market could be found in the United
States for the product of the Chilean
vineyards. The grapes were shipped
In cold storage and are reported to
have arrived in excellent condition
and to have been sold at highly sat
isfactOry prices. 1t is reported that
another shipment is planned as soon
as arrangements can be made. The
experiment is of particular interest,
since it is possible that the exporta,
ton of fresh fruit from Chile to the
United States might become very
profitable, providing shipping facili-
ties were available. Chile produces
fine fruit of almost every variety
known to the temperate zone, and it
ripens during the winter months In
the United States, when the market
would be at its best.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
Machinery Tells Own Ills.

Most of US are, unfortunately, more
or less familiar with the StethOscOpe
which the doctor uses when listening
for the signs of defective action in our
lungs or heart. 1t is not so widely
known that the same kind of inStru-
ment can be employed to detect alb
normal noises in moving machinery
The latest development in this work
shop StethOscOpe, due TO a British en-
gineer. lies in the use of a kind of
telephone receiver in place of the
StethOscOpe rod.
The advantage of this device is that
every bearing and every gear in fac
tory can be fitted permanently with
a receiver and all the receivers can
be connected by electric wires to a
single board in the managers office or
any other convenient spot. BY means
of suitable switches the manager can
examine each bearing or gear in sue
ceSSiOn without moving from the
board. Since abnormal internal noise
is often the first sign of trouble which
may lead to breakdown, this simple
and rapid means of detection is an in
valuable aid to the factory owner
Victoria COlOnist.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
Cool Phones Hold Customers.

The canny manager of a Times
Square drug store has hit upon plan
to get business in this hot weather,
trade which ordinarily was lost, ac-
cOrding to the New York Sun. BY the
simple plan of installing a battery of
electric fans near every telephone
booth he claims he has been able to
keep the stores business up to the
level of the cooler months. AS he puts
it:
when l saw people leave the booths
after hot session of telephOning and
rush to the street for air, / found | lost
business. 1t was q case of complying
with the cardinal principles Of bust
ness: Never let them get away with
out buying something
Most stores have their phones stu
ated IL the closest part of their inte-
riOrs. Artificial air to cool them off
has been an excellent method of per-
suading them TO stay after they make
their calls in GOODNESS and comfort.
The idea paid for itself the first three
hours of operation on one of the hot
test of recent days"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
SPEED OF BIRDS
observations Show Ii Has Been
OVereStimated.
Airplane Travels Faster, but Winged
Creatures Beat 1t in Starting
and AIighting.

Every one surely who has watched
the flight of the swifter birds has made
his own estimate as 10 their speed
The speeds attained by the carrier
pigeon, the duck and the faster of the
sea birds have formed the subject of
endless gueSSwork and inevitable eX-
aggeration. Birds which are incapable
even when at full stretch, of doing
more than forty TO fifty miles an hour.
have been credited with 100 and more.
Now, the fact of the matter is that
nothing is more difficult than TO judge
Of the speed of any object through the
air by mere human observation. Fore
shortening due To perspective alone
renders it impossible TO tell just when
moving object passes above some
fixed point on the ground, and almost
invariably the estimated speed is far
beyond the actual At the present
time the highest observation-disclosures
speed is that of hOming pigeons, some
OF which have reached a speed of 60
miles an hour over comparatively
short distances
But now comes Colonel MeinertZha-
gen, a noted Ornfthologist in Great
Britain, with the statement that dur
ing his anti-aircraft duties in the war.
he trained his men in instrumental
work by making them take Observa-
tiOnS of the flight of birds. These he
collected and then confirmed their re-
suits by instrumental work himself.
He tells us that the speed of birds, as
thus accurately ascertained, is far
below what it is popularity believed TO
be, varying from twenty to forty miles
for the smaller passeres to from forty
to fifty miles an hour in the case of
waderS. Those speeds represent
steady flight; but when a bird is
frightened by an enemy, or when it is
bouncing. upon its prey, it can ac-
celerate greatly for a limited time.
He estimates that for short distance
the swift can reach speed of 100
miles an hour.
The airplane, therefore, has greatly
surpassed the SwiftneSS of the birds
both in its power of sustained speed
and III its maximum speed. From 100
TO 12O miles an hour can be main
tanned by many of the standard ma
chimes, and we know that last year
the racing speed was carried up TO
from $50 to 100 miles per hour. while
recent models are credited TO be even
faster.
Where the birds still greatly sur
pass the human flying machines is in
the matter of taking off and alight-
ing. The seabirds, and all birds in
fact, by changing the angle of Incl
dence of their wings, are able to re-
duce their landing speed at a rate
which the airplane and the seaplane
cannot at present Scientific
American.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
PENS LONG USED
Writing instruments Are of Great
Antiquity.
the Sword-Constructed of
Many Materials.

The pen is one of the Oldest instru-
ments men use. Whether or not it is
mightier than the sword, as Bulwer
LyttOn makes the great French cardi-
nal exclaim in the play of 'Richelieu,"
ii is perhaps of as great antiquity as
the sword. 1t is not as old as stone
headed war clubs or stone axes, but
it seems to date back to the begin
ming of mems knowledge of metals
and their alloys. AS soon as men got
the idea of inScribing symbols on
stones as representing things or
words, they used an iron instrument
which was the parent, or the ancestor,
Of the pen. There were pens of iron
and bronze and reeds, and later the
quilts of feathers.
The Assyrian kings and scribes and
the PhOenecians 1000 years before
Christ proclaimed their dynaStieS with
DEGREES written with pens made from
reeds and feathers. The early Greeks
inscribed their letters with a stylus,
but the later Greeks wrote with the
quilts of geese, crows, hawks and
eagles Pens Of brass and silver were
in use in Rome at the beginning Of
the Christian era.
The stylus with which many of the
Greeks and Romans wrote was some
thing like an iron bOdkin and it came
to be used so often in brawls that 1t
was prOhibited-that is, men were
prohibited to use a stylus. The bod
Ia, LID
a big darning or knitting needle and
Hamlet had that instrument in mind
when he said: "When he his quietus
might make with a bare bodkin."
There are various references in the
Bible to pens. In the Book of Judges,
the fifth chapter and the fourteenth
verse. is this: "Out of Machir came
down governors, and out of Zebulum
they that handle the pen of the
writer In l Kings, the twenty-first
chapter, in the matter of Ahab, Jeze-
bel and NabOth it is written: $50 she
wrote letters in Ahab'S name, and
sealed them with his seal and sent the
letters unto the elders and to the
mobiles that were in his city, dwelling
with Naboth." In the nineteenth chap
ter of Job, the twenty-third and TWEEN
ty-fOurth verses, is this: "Oh that
my words were now written Oh that
they were printed In a book That
they were craven with an iron pen
and lead in rock fOrever!" The eighth
chapter of Isaiah begins, Take thee a
great roll, and write in it with q mans
pen concerning Maher-Shalal-haSh-
baz." In the Third Epistle of John
occurs this: II had many things to
write, but l will not with ink and pen
write to thee
Pens of steel, gold and silver ap-
peared in Great Britain. France and
America about 1900 but they were
very slow in gaining favor. They
were expensive, clumsy and not as
satisfactory as the quill But the
Quill had reached the limit in the
nicely with which it could be pointed
and the gold and steel pens continued
to be improved in their smOothness
and flexibility. The first fountain
pen was patented about 1880 and the
number of patents granted on foun,
tain pens now reaches into the thou
Z sands
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
Power of Radium.

The power of radium TO reveal
things hidden is continually finding
some fresh application: now it dis
closes the secret history of old pic
lures, now it saves the fisherman from
wasting his pearl oysters, showing
him whether or not an unopened Oys-
ter contains pearls. Lately its power
of revealing its own presence has been
made use of, bringing a happy sequel
to what would have been an eXpen-
sive mistake indeed. A tube of ra-
dunn worth f1,2OO was, by mistake,
thrown into furnace. The one ere-
spOnsible, greatly concerned. called
in radium expert. They raked the
ashes out of the furnace and then
sprinkled them with zinc sulphide
The radium caused the zinc sulphide
which had fallen on it to become lu-
minOus, and. TO the great relief of all
concerned, the little tube was picked
out of the patch of light unharmed-
Christian Science Monitor
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
MUSkRAT IN TERRGPIN ROLE
Professor Reveals Secret on Finding
Bones of Fur-Bearer in Turtle
Dish at Lunch.

Only an abSent-minded science per-
son would have put bones from the
terraoin stew into his pocket, instead
of on his plate.
Now, isn't that just like a bone
turning specialist?" said his host gen
tally, turning to the group of servants
whom he was entertaining at luncheon
at a leading hotel, according to the
New York Sun. IF / thought that
you wanted skeleton of one of the
diamond backs, l would have had the
chef save one for you, shell and all"
The science person stirred uneasily
in his chair.
Sorry" he ruminated Didn't
realize 1T. Not a good luncheon trick.
gether, do they? Such remarkable
bones for terrapin stew that l want
ed to study Them
Come, now, speak up, professor,
what kind of anatomy was it? Baby
dinosaur?"
"Oh, no." the professor said. 'Such
terrapin are raised for the market
is considerable quantity in Dorchester
county, Maryland Their fur is also
highly esteemed"
Right then and there something was
started. The head waiter was sent
for, and when pressed for details, said
that he was quite sure that the dia-
mOnd backs had come direct from Bal
timOre. The steward came next
''Well," he said finally, "dO you sup
pose there is enough terrapin raised
in this country to supply all the no.
tells? | should say not"
The bones which the professor had
diSinterred were those of a muSkrat,
for in the county of Dorchester musk
rats are raised in large quantity not
only for their fur, but also as terra
pin par excellence. The dark brown
flesh is not unlike that of the land
tortoise. MuSkrats are clean feeders
when they have chance and before
they are killed for the terrapin mar
ket they are carefully fattened on the
choicest materials. Only recently in
one of the French magazines there
was an article on the diamond back
in which due credit was given to the
County de Dorchester" in America,
for producing such an excellent sub
sttute for costly delicacy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
The lobster's Path.

The special dispatch from New Lon
don which told Of the Noank fisher
man who sold 2,70O pounds of Holsters
for more than $500, thus enabling him
to pay all the expenses incurred last
spring when he started to build pots,
buoys, etc. probably gives only the
first chapter in an interesting story
1t is fair TO assume that the dealer
who reSOld them to the summer hotel
was enabled to pay the expenses he
incurred when he erected his new
warehouse, wharves and office build
ingS last fall; while, 1T may be pre-
Sumed, the summer hotel owner in
retailing them to his guests cleared
off the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. mortgage he
contracted when he added the 10
story marble wing earlier in the sea-
son.-Hartford Comm Courant.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
Rubber for Tires

Nearly 6OO,OOOOOO pounds of crude
rubber were used last year in the
manufacture of automobile tires in
America. Of this immense total
Brazil contributed more than $4,000
600 pounds, the Dutch East Indies an
equal or slightly larger amount, and
the British Straits Settlements nearly
five times as much as either of the
other places named. In addition sup
plies were drawn from the Belgian
Congo, French Africa, Venezuela,
Mexico, Peru and Panama.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
Paper Movies.

Paper instead of cellulOid for movies
is being tried abroad, it is said at a
tremendous saving of expense. and
paper may be used many times with
out wearing away. Such revolution
in cost is desirable, of course, but if
clear photographs can be made
through paper we shall be surprised.
The materials of which paper is made
may be made translucent to ordinary
though the light rays now in control
of men achieve wonders through OBJ
stacles the natural sight of man can
not pierce.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
New Cure for Cataract

new instrument has been in
vented by a Spanish surgeon for the
cure of cataract of the eye by means
of suction. The new method obviates
the use of the knife which makes an
operation so undesirable in the cases
of elderly patients. The former En-
press Eugene was treated by this
remarkable success.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
Political Strategy,

"How did Senator SnOrtswOrthy get
such a reputation for political acu-
menu"
"The senator never. waits until the
band wagon is crowded before he
climbs aboard"
MOP?
when it's about half-full, he
mounts with no apparent hurry and
conducts himself with such dignity
and aplOmb that the late Corners think
he has been there all the time Dir.
mingham Age-Herald.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
Disappointed in Charles

Charley, dear" said young Mrs.
Torkins, Il am sorry about the way
you acted at the baseball game"
You refer TO the fact that l threw
couple of oranges at the umpire?"
Yes. 1t was inexcusabIe. You not
only destroyed some perfectly good
fruit, but you missed him both
times"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
Not Needed.

Secretary of War Weeks said at a
dinner in New York:
Your pacifist is of course wrong
when he declares. like TOlstOi, that
there is no science of war-that SOL
diers are idiots. l heard a pacifist
tell a story the other day.
He said that a surgeon once apol-
OgiZed humbly to man whom he had
trephined. 1t seems that the surgeon
in the course of this trephining oper-
alton had taken out the mans brains
and then forgotten to put them back.
But the man was not at all dis
turbed about the accident. He smiled
and said:
"'Oh, that's all right. doctor. You
forget that | am a general"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
Superstitions About Leeks.

Leeks are supposed to be harbingers
of good fortune in Wales, and when
one finds leek growing on the wall
about the house there is expectation
of some great happiness coming to the
inmates. In Olden times the leek was
supposed to keep witches away
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
Gorgeous Fountain TO

gorgeous OUnIdIn Tor indian GARDEN.
y gorgeous electric fountain has
been designed and built in this cOun-
try for the garden of the Maharajah
of Mysore. India, which will cost that
distinguished gentleman about one
quarter of Il million dollars before il
is completed. 1t was designed by
Walter D'A. Ryan of the General
Electric company. and built by the
latter company. 1t is constructed of
translucent glass lighted from within
by hundreds of electric lights project
ing colored rays. the lamps being hid
den from view. 1t is said to be the
most beautiful electric fountain in
the world.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
Used to That

Ifton-I hear wireless telephones
may be a commercial possibility with
in the very near future.
Prapston-I wor der if the exchanges
will then tell us that the air is busy
London Answers
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-03
No Use for IL.

whats the matter, old chap?
Didn't she return your love?"
That's just the trouble. She re-
turned it and told me to give it to
some other grl."-Boston Transcript
Evening star., 1921-11-22
aFROTH" SEEN ON GRASS
!. PROVES TO BE INSECTS
Scientist States the Small Balls Are
Formed of the Moults of
"Froghoppers."

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, November -.
Probably every one who has walk
ed through meadows in early sum-
mer has noticed masses of froth on
grass stems and wondered at them.
Various fanciful names have been
&iven them, such as "snake-Spit and
Sfrog spit" a few possibly have eX-
amined the "froth" and found in it
an insect. Few others than entomol-
ogists know just what species is re-
sponsible for it. The common notion
that these insects are young grass
AopperS is incorrect
Prof. Philip Garman, assistant en-
tomologist of the Connecticut agri-
cultural experiment station, has
made study of this insect and is the
first to discover and describe the egg
stage.
He found that the curious frothy
balls are made by immature sucking
Insects of the family Cercopidae.
commonly known as fros-hoppers.
They are closely allied to leaf hop
pers. but their life story has not been
told until now.
=. The insect is found to do injury to
xrass; there is one brood each year;
the eggs are laid late in the summer
and fall in the sheath of grass stems
two or three inches from the ground.
The egg stage lasts from PSI to 233
days and they hatch late in May.
=. The spittle glands of the adults are
indicated by yellow spots on the alb
. domen. By taking in air and eNpel-
Ing it under a sticky substance,
ifroth is made which soon surrounds
the insect Moults take place within
the froth until the hopper is able to
'fy, The froth protects the insect
from parasitic enemies