davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
Cheaper Letter Postage.

A New York exchange gives the fol
lowing respecting the new ''postal
notes" and the reduction in letter pos
tage:
After October 1st, 1888, letter postage
in this country will be only two cents
for each half ounce. There is also a
reduction in the charge for postal money
orders, by which the charge on orders
under $40 is eight cents; above $40 the
old rates are maintained.
The old law allows the issue Of no
money order for more than $50, addition
al orders being required for greater
sums. The limit is raised to $100, and
the charge for a one hundred dollar or
der is forty-fve cents.
A very convenient device for mail re-
mittances of small sums Of money has
been provided by law authorizing the
issue Of three cent postal notes. The
notes are in effect certificates Of deposit,
and may pass from hand to hand like
notes or checks.
The notes will resemble a national
bank note. In the centre of the face
appears the name Of the issuing Office
and of the office to which it is sent.
The names of the twelve months and the
dates of twelve years, from 1888 to 1894,
are printed at one end, and at the other
columns of figures representing dollars,
dimes, and cents. The notes are to be
issued for all sums under s..
The charge is three cents for all de-
nominations. The applicant buys the
notes as he would postage stamps. The
postmaster punches the date by year
and month, and also punches the figures
indicating its value in dollars, dimes,
and cents, up to S4.9
The three cent postal note is made
payable to the bearer any time within
three months from the last day of the
month from It's issue, and the signature
of the payee is affixed at the office of
payment.
The notes will be readysfor issue as
soon as they can be prepared They
will be extremely convenient for the
by mail of small sums for
to newspapers, for books and
all articles of less value than S5.
Newspaper publishers will derive great
benefit from this new system
of cheap money orders. The postal note
can scarcely fail to be popular form of
currency.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
A City Of Small Economies.

! A Washington correspondent says
There is no such thing as extravaganza
in Washington-that is, New York or
even Philadelphia extravaganza. Wash
ington is a city of small incomes, small
outgoes and small economies. Some of
the latter are very funny. There is my
friend the prosperous lawyer, who pays
a hotel newsstand five cents a day for
the privilege of reading all the morning
newspapers. If he takes one he pays
the newsman another nickel. There is
my friend his wife, who always secures
deduction on the medicine she buys
by promising to return the bottle. This
lady is also one of number who sell
their old dresses and what not of fixings
to a shrewd old colored aunty in a smart
red and yellow bandana, who in turn
sells them ''on time" to well-to-do SER
wants. A prosperous merchant, whom 1
know, thinks nothing of paying his own
fare when he takes a party of ladies
downtown in the street car and letting
each Of his fair companions do the same.
A street railway President, so they say,
sometimes utilizes his carriage horses on
''the line, and the President of a steam
boat line did, and I think does, save his
board by riding up and down the Poto-
mac on one of his steamers. This is a
town where the leaders in politics, fl
nance and journalism lunch on milk and
pie in a dairy, ride in three-cent cars,
drink fve-cent soda water, and patronize
BARRIERS who shave for ten cents, where
men Of all sorts of prosperity dine for
quarter and refresh their minds in the
evenings at the hospitable newspaper
correspondents offices, which stand open
from sunset to almost sunrise. I sup
pose everybody within 500 miles of
Washington knew all this until saw
that poor SenOr Barca was charged with
extravaganza. Senior Barca would have
found great difficulty in getting the pat
ent medicine millionaires of the East or
the pork and lard kings of the West to
his modest entertainments had he not
been a representative Of ''royalty." He
lived like a Washington gentleman on
his twenty thousand a year. He could
not have lived as New York gentleman
on any such sum.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
MARKET NOTES.
NEW YORK MARKET.

! NEW LOAAA AuAANhIAs
The Wholesale New York market quotations
show;
! S2.0OG$2. .25 per bushel
BUrrRR - New York sold at 2215@23c. for
choice in pals, and 1S@l9c common to good.
Western Creamery sold at 2O@2lc., and the
common Western at l7@loc.
CHEEsE-Factory fancy, 5000; do talr
to good, SG9c
EaGs-Quotatiohs ranged from 24c. for or
dinary, to 2415c. for New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania
Flour = Superfine, S3.2 @s4OO; Western,
s46O@S7.50; extra New York. s46OG9s6.25.
HAY Shipping. 5506Oc.; clover, 0Ogooc',
salt, 60c; straw 50955c
HoPs-New York, -@3Oc.; Eastern, 25@2ic;
yearlings, 20@25c; olds, = a II.
Refined 1880; crude, 6I5@12sc
in bulk; in barrels, S96c; naphtha, 6%c. IN
shipping order, and 1115@12e. in cases.
PoRK-Clear back, $1s.25@S19OO; dressed
WI Wheat A9' = Spring No. 3, -@s1. I5i NIL
waukee, No. 2, Sl.l5; amber, Sl.32@S2.4O; ;
white, .96@$1.l3.
CoRN-Ungraded Western Mixed. 56@63c. !;
Steamer Mixed, 57@6 C. in elevator. 5i15c
delivered; No. 2, 6l@64c. in elevator, Clio
6415c. delivered; White Southern. C de-
hvered.
RYE-state, 76@77c.
WooI-Ohio. Pennsylvania and Virginia,
xxx, 45@46c; Xxx, 42@44c.; K, 42@43c.; No.
/, 45Cd47c.; No. 2, 38Cd)40c.; common, 33g3oc.i :
New York and Western Xxx and x, 39@4513c.;
No. /, 44G45c.
PHILADELPHIA MARKET.
FLoUR-State family. S5. .OO@$5.1-15; rye flour
$3.6215@$3.75; wheat, State, $l.lo@SL2O
amber, SLAB; corn, yellow, &C.; mixed states
6355c.
PErRoLEUM-Refned, 71Sc.; crude &c.
WooI-State and Western Xxx, 46@5Oc.; <
47@48c.; medium. 50D5le.; coarse, 45c.
BOSTON MARKET.
Flour - From S3.OOC0S3.75 for low and
medium. to S5.00@6.U0 for choice Minnesota.
Corn. 6306Sc for mixed and yellow
BUTTER - Common, 1 Ga &C.. Vermont
dairy, 1o020c.; choice creamery, zlgA3c.
CHE-sE-91[@ [@915c.
BEANs-S3. 610S3.65.
HAY-Choice, Si75@SlS
CATTLE MARKETS
BUFFALO - Cattle, good qut.ty, So GOA
$3.50; hogs fair to good. S5 aDs5 60; best
$685.
EAST LIBERTY, PENN.-Bei attic S6,5Oq
S6.65: medium to good, 50. .obi common
to fair, S5.0O@S6.O0; Hoss s'rs. v5o0 q
5000 Philadelphas 10 dJ sheep
s5.250S5.50.
WATKRTowN, Mass e.
@S10.25; extra. in'niy
S7.O0GS77J. s4H -t1-
third quality, T8Ze tna ID 't.1
wool sheep, g1Ipa Tt.t9.
$3.50 spring ea'ssi
69<cta7s -
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

Found IT.-In Mortons blacksmith
shop, in Oneonta, Charles Gibson. was
examining a loaded revolver. The ham
mer slipped from beneath his thumb
and the weapon was discharged. Gibson
looked around the floor to find the ball,
and, unable to find it, he asked Morton
what he supposed had become of it.
''Better look in your leg for it. said
Morton. Gibson took this advice, and
found 5he hole where the bullet entered,
Just below the knee, and the doctors
think they can fnd the ball in time.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

common spoon out of the camp kettles
and no one was ever more careful to see
that the camp kettle was in its place. Il
was not only the superb military genius
which they admired, but his sympa
thy, his affection, his homely brotherli-
ness. There was no pride in him-with
the poorest he was as friendly as with
the most powerful.
With his money he was most lavish,
giving away the whole of his pay to the
soldiers and those of his officers who
were in need. The following tale will
serve as proof of the devotion of his men:
"Skobeleff went to visit transport
Of soldiers badly wounded. One of the
moribunds recognized him. 'Oh, said
he, there is our own one, our Skobelef.
The others heard the name. 'Hurrah,
hurrah 2 they tried to cry out; so weak
and wavering were their voices, it re-
minded one of death more than life.
One of the wounded soldiers who had to
be operated on had both legs and an
arm to be amputated Chloroform was Of
fered. why do you obiect?' exclaimed
the doctors. 4 cannot, replied the man;
rather let me smoke a pipe during the
operation. I cannot take any chloro-
form. I tell you I am a Skobelevets'-
belonging to Skobeleff's division.
Kind as he was to his soldiers, he
could be stern enough when necessary.
Once a working party in the trenches,
assailed by a murderous fire from the
Turks, fell back and sought shelter in
the trenches; Skobeleff exclaimed:
"'Youare frightened. Your
comrades are working, and you are
frightened. Form in rank. They
obeyed. March back to your work,
and that at once. If not, God be my
witness if I do not make you go through
your drill before the Turkish trenches.
You know me. tits enough. They re-
sumed work without hesitation.
His daring exposure was not due to
recklessness or vanity, but desire to
set an example and inspire confidence.
Though, however he exposed himself,
he sought to spare the lives of others:
"Once he went to the front, and,
turning round, perceived a group of his
officers. why are you here?' he cried.
You are not necessary. we will not
let you die alone, they said. He under
stood their strategem, smiled. and re-
turned to another spot.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
The New Road Overseer.

A letter from Virginia says:-Among
the families which have always had a
| share in the conduct of affairs in the
State are the Tylers. President Tylers
/ old neighbors in Charles City county
! tell with great relish how, when his
| Presidential term expired, and he re-
turned to an exasperated Wing cOnstitu-
ency, they made him overseer Of the
roads, as q premeditated insult. Mr..
Tyler, who was a faultless rhetOrician,
accepted in letter full of dignity and
sly humor. He told them it had been
his pleasure as we'll as his privilege to
serve them in many capacities; that
form the time he was first elected to the
Legislature, upon completing his twenty
first year, as their delegate, as State
Senator, as Governor, as their Repre-
sentative in Congress, as United States
Senator, as Vice-President, and rs Presi-
dent he had earnestly endeavored to
fulfill their wishes; and that he ac-
cepted the place as overseer of the roads
rs cheerfully as he had accepted any of
those high offices, and would perform
his duties faithfully. But it was not
long before they found they had caught
a Tartar. He had the whole population,
white and black, out working on the
roads as often as he liked, and a great
deal oftener that they liked; nor would
he accept any excuse, or allow the Gus
tomary Communication in money from the
rich planters. Every one of them he
mustered out on the roads at daylight
whenever he wanted them. he mean
while riding around and exasperating
them by his presence, while he saw that
no man shirked his work. Soon every
road in the county was like turnpike.
Then he began improving the private
roads. His rule by this time had b
come so trying that various plans for
getting rid of him before his term of Of
flee expired were canvassed. But the
ex-P President had been too waryfor them.
He could only be turned out for malfea-
sance in Office, and nobody could accuse
him Of that. So for two years they
never knew when the whole population
would be called upon to turn out on the
roads for hard days work under the
own eye. When his term
expired the laugh was on the other side.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
A RUSSIAN GENERAL.
Anecdotes of SkOBeIeG, who was Beloved
by his soldiers.

The skill, daring, and the care which
Skobeleff took of his soldiers have been
dwslt upon by several historians of the
war and special correspondents. We
can only find space here for few anec-
dotes of a personal character given by
Russians. His soldiers worshiped him,
looking on him as demigod:
zone of his soldiers coming unex-
pectedly on the crowd which blocked
the street opposite the Chapelle Ardente,
where Skobeleff lay dead, on asking,
why this crowd?' received answer.
'Skoheleff is dead = Nonsense, re-
Piled the simple veteran, 'Skobelef is
not dead. He would not consent to die.
It is impossible And so he uncon-
cernedly went his way, confident that
his beloved general was still alive.
He was in the habit, without ever
compromising his dignity, Of mixing
familiarly with his men:
s'He used TO eat with them with the
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
No Rest Day or Night.

In the fall of 1875 my offerings were terri
BILE. was swollen to such proportions that
| feared my limbs would burst l had the
best medical talent obtainabe, and at the
worst stage of my illness, when my husband
and many friends had given me up to die,
the late DR.. John Woodbury. made a thorough
examination of my water, and pronounced
my case acute kidney disease, bordering on
Bright's disease, and accompanied by gravel
and recommended the immediate use of
Hunts Remedy. At this time l was suffer-
ing most terrible pam III my back, limbs
and head, and could find no rest day ornight
for weeks, and was growing weaker daily
until this kind physician ordered me to take
Hunts Remedy. Before taking half of one
bottle / commenced 10 improve, and after
taking six bottles was entirely cured. This
was nearly eight years ago, and 1 have had
no return of the disease. l have recon-
mended Hunts Remedy to others in similar
cases, and it has never failed to cure. l have
also used it for sick headache, and found in
it a sure relief think it the best medicine
made, and cheerfully recommend it to all.
MRS. w. H. STILSON,
No. l6 Tyler Street, Boston, Mass.
April IS 1883
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
ALnst nInnnflctnrer.

complaint, and having been fully restored
to health by its use, can testify to its value.
Daily 1 recommend it to some one of my
friends, all of whom l know have been bene-
fted by its use. Gratefully,
GEO. P. cox
Maiden, Mass, April %, 1888.
He benefits himself that doeth good to others.
Nervousness, debility and exhausted vitality
cured by using Browns Iron Bitters.
A ROOM hung with pictures is a room hung
with thoughts.
Csc BUYS pair of Lyons Patent Heel Sltf-
eners, makes boot or shoe last twice as long
There's a striking difference between labor
and capital
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
AWeII-Iknn,rn Man

Hunts Remedy having been recommended
to me for kidney and liver complaints, pur-
chased some at the Peoples Drug Store 8"
and used it in my family, and found it TO be
a very valuable medicine, and I gladly
recommend It highly to my friends, knowing
it to be beneficial to those troubled with kid
ney or liver disease. Respectfully yours,
ELISHA NOYSE.
63 G Street, South Boston, Mass.
April a. 1888
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

MENslAN's PEPToNIzED BEEF TONIC, the only
preparation Of beef containing it's estire nl,,,s-
fioits properties. It contains bloOd-mahing.
force generating and ife-sustaining properties;
invaluable Tor Indigestion dyspepsia, nerves.
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether ta
result of exhaustion, nervous prostraHon, over
work or acute disease, particularly if resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswel, Hazard
& Co., proprietors, NewYork. Sold by druggists
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

A CONGRESSMAN speaking one day,
Got lame in his jaw, they do say,
With the ache he was tOiling,
But a St Jacobs Oiling,
He said was worth all his pay.
The champion driver Dan Mace,
Who never was cleft" in a race,
Says for cuts and sprains,
And all bodily pains,
st. Jacobs Oil holds the first place,
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
snow Well and sfrOng,''


On. R. Y. PIERCE Buffalo, N. Y; Dear Sir
II wish to state that my daughter, aged IS,
was pronounced incurable and was fast failing
as the doctors thought, with consumption. I
OBJ aimed a half dozen bottles of your "Golden
Medical Discovery" for her and she COM
menced improving at once, and is now well
and strong.
Very truly yours, REV. Isaac n. AUGUsTIN.
discovery sold by druggist.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

RECOVER pa Charley Ross case,
in which Scotch lad was stolen from
a wealthy family, has come to conclu-
sion in his Identification, thirty years
later, in the Buenos Ayres army. On
being restored to his aged parents
he could not speak their language, and
was far removed by coarse experiences
from the refinement to which he had
been born. But they were overjoyed.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

The quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney
Bladder and Urinary Diseases. 81. Druggists.
Trust men, and they will be true to you;
treat them greatly and they will show them
selves great
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

BALTIMORE, Md.-Dr Irwin H. Elderidae
says; 81 would recommend a trial of Browns
Iron Bitters in all cases of aneamic debility
or when tonic or appetizer is indicated"
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

TIE best tnng III prlnt-a pretty girl
in a calico dress.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

AN obstinate man does not hold opinions,
they hold him.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
;, RnnRh nn Rnfa.,l

Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants, bed
bugs, chipmunks, gophers. 15c. Druggists
WE ought not to be proud of well-doing, for
the Judgment of God is far different from the
Judgment of men.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

Ladies are particularly recommended to Try
GAsTRNE for headache, nausea, etc All
Druggists
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

DIR. Sites, Brooklyn, n Y, was cured by
/ DR.. ElmOTe's Rheumatine- Goutaline of very
severe rheumatism and kidney disease of sew
eral years standing, after trying everything
/ else without benefit.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

Full oft we feel the surge of tears,
Yet joy has light for all theytars.
To all whose hair is getting thin,
Our Carboline will keen it in.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

That man alone is worthy Of a woman's love
who has judged her worthy of his respect.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
NC Frazer AxIe Grease

s the best in the market It is the most eco
nonnical and cheapest, one box lasting as long
as two Of any other. One greasing will last
two weeks. It received first premium at the
centennial and Paris Exposituns, also medals
1t various State fairs. Buy no other.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

YoUNG and mddle-aged men, suffering from
nervous debility and kindred affections, as loss
Of memory and hypochondria, should inclose
three stamps for Part VII Of Worlds Dispen-
sary Dime Series of pamphlets. Address
WoRLDs DIsPENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

He that wants money, means and con-
tent is without there good friends.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

MRs. J. c. HENDERSON. of Cleveland. Ohio,
writes: "Thr use of two Of Pierce's Pleasant
Purgativc Pellets day, for few weeks has
entirely cured me of sick-headache, from
which formerly suffered terribly, as often,
on an average, a. once in ten days" Of all
druggists
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

DID you read how Josiah Pitkin, Of Chelsea
vt, was cured of n terrible sore leg, by Hoods
Sarsapalilla. the blood purifier?
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

THERE is nothing in the universe that fear,
except that may not know all my duty or may
fail 70 do II
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
l5arbO-iines

If slander be a snake, it is a winged one; it
flies as well as it ereeps
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

BREyIrY is the soul Of wit, and Jediousnes
the limbs and OutwarddOurishes.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
llRnchn-pnihn.ll 3

Cards are the devils books. BY all means
then let us cut them.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

Wool batistes in checks and white
and black mixtures will be much worn
this fall.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

CHRoIIrHIoN collars and cuffs are cheapest
in the long run. They wear longer than any
other, and you save cost Of washing.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
Gnstrine.

ETERNITY is long enough to make up for the
ills of our brief troubled life here.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

TIs expectation makes a blessing dear
Heaven were not Heaven if we knew what it
were
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

DR.. Graves Heart Regulator cures all forms
Of heart disease, nervo lsness, sleeDlessness.
Some men are known by the company
they-can't t get into.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
airll-IIrnllncln.

TX the worst of times there is more cause to
complain of an evil heart than of anevil world.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

PRIVATE prayer Is your chief preservation
from sin, temptation. and error.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

OwENToN, Ky.-Dr. /. F. Mundy says: "I
have found Browns Iron Bitters one of the
best tonics, and prescribe it frequently.
RATHER be beaten in right than succeed in
wrong.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

USE St. Patrick's saIye, and learn its great
value. One trial convinces
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

For SPECIAL ia tE7 Tor advertising in this paper
apply to the publisher of the paper. U30
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

Horrid yes tits that we must suffer from
disease, but from heart disease, nervorsness
and sleep, essness. DIR. Graves Heart Regu-
lator will give you immediate relief tdou-
sands say SO. 81 rer bottle at druggists.
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

Infalible, ,tasteless, harmless, cathartic; for fe
verishness. .restlessness, worms. constipation. %
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

He's my friend that speaks well of me be-
hind my back
Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31

Mother SWANS Worm syrup.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-05-26

A butcher enters lawyers Office and
asks: "Sir, when dog does any damage
is not his owner responsible9" Certain
ly he ISL" ''That being the case, as your
dog has just carried off a magnificent leg
Of mutton from my shop, you owe me two
dollars" "Nothing could be more just"
replied the lawyer, "and fortunately that
is just the price Of the consultation have
Just given you"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-05-26

A little girl recently went to visit her
grandfather in the country. She is fond
Of milk, but firmly refused to drink any
while there, without giving any reason.
When she returned she was asked: "You
had nice milk there to drink, didn't your"
81 guess 1 didn't drink any Of that milk, "
she indignantly replied. "Do you know
where grandpa got it? saw him squeeze
1t out of an old cow"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-05-26

GET THE BEsr.-lt Is admitted by ply
sicians everywhere, that the Seven
Springs Iron and Alum Mass, made by
Landrum, & Litchfield, Abingdon, Va, is
the best known tonic alternative we have
In use for correcting the acidities Of the
Stomach, Disorders of the Liver, Aztec
tions of the Kidneys and Impurities of the
Blood, Indigestion, Chills and Fever, etc.
For sale at 90 cents and 81 per bottle. Ask
Baker & McMurran for 1t.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-05-26
+Breal1faSt.

HENRY FINK,
General Manager, Lynchburg, Va
JOS. Fl. SANUs,
supt., Roanoke, Va.
A. POPE,
G. p. & T. A, Lynchburg, Va.
@. HOWARD ROVER,
D. F. q Z. A., Hagerstown, Md.
GENERAL OFFICES :-Hagerstown, Md, Nos.
81 and 80 South Tbird Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
andLynchburg, Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-05-26

"Why did General Washington cross
the Delaware on the ice during the storm
Of an awful night'" asked teacher Of
her young class in history. 81 reckon, +"
piped small voice in answer, cit was
because he wanted TO get on the other
side."