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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-07-24
FELTON,


Please allow space i'll your valuable col
uuns for the correction of some misstate-
ments made i'll the letter from FELTON, i'll your
last issue signed M. A very suitable sig
nature for an article so full of Inisrepresenta-
tons III the effort to criticize the Board of
Education the writer says: They have made
a move at last The words Eat LAST was
meant to convey the idea that they had been
negligent in duty, when it is well-known that
as snQu as the Board was sworn in and or
gained, they opened negotiations with the
| stockholders for the purchase of the FELTON,
Seminary, and offered them $4,000, that being
the value placed upon it by E. L. Rice, of
Wilmington, one of the most prominent
architects i'll the State, who came down and
examined IL personally; also a committee of
the most experienced practical carpenters in
this vicinity viewed t,and reported the above
figures as being all the districts could afford
to give, taking into consideration the fact
that it would cost from $1,000 to $500 more
to make it suitable for the purposes of a
graded school, as the second-story ceiling is
]
reader Of this article knows that to properly
ventlate, with low ceilings, is simply an i'm
possibility. OF course, we have fogys both
old and young here, who think all this talk
about well ventilated school rooms is hum
bug, and they know no more about the invig-
Grating effects ofpure oxygen, or the depress-
ing and hurtful effects Of carbonic acid and
other impure gases, than hog does about
Latin and Greek. The correspondent said
they had purchased lot for $500, that cost
only SO a short time ago It cost Mr., Eli
Dehorty, the gentleman they bought It nom,
S432. So that's No 2 for NJ, and wiopper.
All that nonsensical talk about its being a
good place to cultivate German carp, ferry
scows, suspension bridges, ETC., is too tedious
and tasteless to reiterate The facts are,it is
2 beautiful high level piece Of land, contain
ing something less than X acres, within the
limits Of the town, and cannot be beaten here.
Our Board of Education, consisting Of Dr. R.
W. Hargadine, W. W. Cullen, A. Caldwell
H. o. Baynum, chas, p, Wyatt, A. J. Kenney
and Jas T. farrell, are all gentlemen of the
highest moral and business standing. In
this community they received a majority of
two to one Of tic votes cast at school cleo
ton, and parents nor children need have no
fears while the management of school affairs
IS in their hands
aAln also said the basket makers at Hub
bartis & Som factory struck for higher wages,
and had to go back for fear of others getting
their places. They stopped work and asked
for an advance of twenty-five cents per hua-
dfed, which Mr.. Hubbard very kindly agreed
to give, and they quietly resumed work.
Most people here think sAI'' should learn
more of the facts and use less silly sarcasm
before coming in public again.
Builders proposals for the erection of the
new school house viii be advertised for in
few days, so am tolds
Mr.. John Green has greatly beautfed his
by building new front porch.
NJ. NJ. Stevenson has been improving By
adding handsome bay window,
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-07-24
ELLEyBILE.

Mr. Mark Banning buried his two-year-old
son this week; also Mr.. Morgan Williams
lost on Thursday tliree-year-old boy; both
died from dysentery, which seems to be fatal
in every case among the children Of this vi
cinity.
Mr. Theo. Townsend, ofthe Milford CHRoN-
IcLE, and his old partner, Mr.. J. Z. Scott, were
here this week looking up a site for an evap-
Grating factory. They have decided to locate
two of Hopkins machines here for this sea
sons crop of peaches, which will give the
farmers a home market for their fruit. I
would advise those having peaches to sell to
negotiate with them.
The eolored people held large picnic at
New Market last Saturday, where music, dane
ing and much merriment was the order ofthe
day and night
We arc not to be beaten i'll the big snake
stories for yesterday while Mr.. David Reed
was sitting i'll the shade near his mill, he
heard the chickens futter and the leaves rus
tie, and on looking down, he beheld between
his feet a monster black snake which would
measure over three yards in length. Mr.. X,
gave a yell and bound and was almost
frightened into spasns, but no harm was
done.
On Tuesday last while the south-bound
mail was between here and biilinan's Cross
ing the engine broke down, and the conduc
tor was obliged to foot it back here to tele
graph to Georgetown for another engine
which arrived after about two hours.
PAUL PRY.
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COMMUNICATIONS.
NEW YORK LETTER.


On Broad street stands the Stock tx
change, which was erected few years ago
when stocks were booming At that time
$4,000 was paid for a seat, and for what
To enable a man to swindle his fellowmen
with greater facility than it could be done on
the outside of the ring. What else did they
get for their $4,000? Not the scratch Of a
pen; not bit Of paper as big as dollar bill
not a tiling thai they could sell, without pes
mission; thing that could be taken away
from them at any moment without recourse,
b6 the managing committee Of the Elk
change The forty thousand dollars repre-
scented no tangible property; it could not be
seized upon by any legal process known to
tie Law, for it was an intangible nonentity,
myth, without siadoig Or substance, except
as it was given shadow or substance by the
members of the Stock Exchange. Aside
from the extra facilities it afforded you to
rob your fellowmeu, there was an insurance
benefit attached to a membership, which
to the comfortable sum Of thirty
thousand dollars. There are about 5000
Of the Stock Exchange, and at the
death Of one Of tileir number each member
of the Exchange pays $40; this is imnedi-
ately handed over to the widow, If there be
one, or the heirs; and in addition to this, the
exchange allows the sale of the seat, if the
member proposed is satisfactory to the ex-
an1iring committee so that under favorable
a man, even if be pays $40, :
900 for a seat, gets his money back, with in
at least, his heirs or his widow
profit by his investment But the seats that
we're eagerly bought up a few years ago at
10000, can now be obtained for half that
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-07-24

Mr.. BAYARD has taken very high
ground on civil service reform, a
prominent Democratic Congressman
saws: II had a serious talk with Mr..
Bayard not long ago, / warned him
against the policy this Administra-
ton is pursuing with reference to
appointments. l told him that Dem
Oerats had not maintained political
warfare for over twenty years just
to keep their political enemies in
office, and / warned him that if the
Administration did not change its
policy it would become involved IN
a sea of complications. The Secre-
tarv looked me in the face, and
Strengthening up replied: The sea
of complications will be welcomed in
such an issue But Mr.. Secretary
pursued, 'let me tell you that the
Democratic masses, the men who do
the voting and give their time and
money to secure party Success, will
say that if Republicans only are fit
for otIlce-that'i if Il Democratic Ad-
ministration can't find Democrats to
Ill the places-they will quit work.
And they will do it, too To this
Secretary Bayard replied: Then
popular government is a failure, If
a party is to administer government
only to put its followers in office,
popular government is a failure. ,"
If there was one thing more than
another that was needed in our gov
eminent it was civil service reform.
It has been inangurated by Presi-
dent Cleveland and the Democratic
party, and its steady enforcement by
the President and his advisers, mdi-
cate that it has come to stay. Poll
ticians may rant, and talk about "Of-
fensive partizans, md the necessity
of rewarding party workers. 1t is
that those who are to carry
out the parties policy should be in
accord with the party, but this does
not apply to the army Of small post
masters, ETC., on whose shoulders
none Of the cares Of government rest. |
A man is put out as an offensive par
titan, and an offensive partizan is
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EXPRESS.

south-bouHd. Express leaving Philadelphia
II 10 p. M, rms daily and stops at New Castle AZ
70 OS a. M, NiddctOwn Il 81 a. M, Clayton l2.3f
Harrington 1.3S, a. m, Seaford 2.lO, a. m, 70
leave passengers from Wilmington and points
North and to take on passengers for South OF
Demar. oo
North bound. Express leaving Delmar at 2.O6
a. M runs daily End stops at SeafOrd AZ a, m.
Harrington , 81 a. m. Clayton 33I q. M, Middle
town 3 Sc a. m and New Castle 4,23 A. IN. To leave
passengers from Dolmar and point South thereof
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAINS
Leave wilmington Mt G15 a. m. and $50 D m.
Leave New Castle at 1925 a, NJ and 4. sop m.
SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS Leave Smyrna
for Clayton at 7.23, s -, $50, and IL .O5, a. m
1.4i, 4.15, 4. AZ and 743 p. m. Leave clayton ior
Smyrna at 81 8.59, 1903, and 1l.1G a. m, 80
4.2G, ABB, and ia p. m.
CONNECTIONS AT Porter, with Newark &
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend, with
Queen Annes 6 Kent Railroad. AT Clayton with
Delaware & Chesapeake Railruad and Baltimore
& Delaware Bay Railroad At Harrington, with
Delaware. Maryland 81 Virginia ltarOad At Sea-
ford, with Cambridge & SeaioTd Railroad. At
DelmOr. with New York, Philadelphia q Norfolk,
WicOmico 8 PoeQmoke, and Peninsula Railroads
CHAS Z. PUGH, General Manager.
j. p. WOOD. General PASSENGER Agent.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-07-24

put in his place, for if he hns not
worked for the party why is he entI-
tied to reward, what has the country
gained? The fact is, such a numer-
Gus and radical change, as was eX-
pected by politicians, when Mr..
Cleveland was elected, would have
been the ruin of our institutions.
The change of $4,000 ofiice-holders
amounts to a revolution, and no gov
eminent could stand such strain
every few years. The continuance
of one party in power, and the com
parativelv small number of changes
made at each election, has blinded
the eyes of the people to the evils
that were growing up under the sys-
TEN.
President Cleveland understands
the situation, aud before the close OF
his administration he will show that
reform is possible. That it IS not
necessary that every subordinate
officer should be changed at once.
That the government can be carried
on. even if a few of the subordinate
offices are filed by men who honestly
differ from the party in power.
Let men once understand that II
is not necessary to display offensive
partizanship to secure an Office
and they will cease to prostitute
their offices to partizan ends. W.
may even look forward to that pollt
icai millennium "when the office shall
seek the man and not the man thu
Office"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-07-24

Stray leaves from baby's journal.
"After good long sleep | awake
and lie thinking. l look above and
around me; and 1 wonder what all
the things are. Then 1 play with
my toes or put my fists into my
mouth. Light then comes in and l
do not know where it comes from;
often it goes out and l do not see
where it goes. Then Nurssey comes
in bringing one in her hand, but so
different / like to look at it, but
soon my eyes ache; l try to put my
fingers in it, but Nurssey says: "NO,
no; bunny, bunny! She always stops
my doing what l like. When l am
pleased l crow, and that seems to
please mamma and nurse; at night,
however, they behave differently,
and / puzzle my brain to find the
reason, but In vain. During the day
when crow they laugh and pet me,
but at night shey only say, "Hush, y
and rock the cradle.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-07-24

Last Saturday was the hottest
day for nine years. 1t was uncOm-
Portable in the country, unbearable
in towli, and positively uncomfortable
in the cities, where many persons
were overcome by the heat. There
were eleven deaths from sunstrOke
in New York alone. 1t may be eX-
pected that a good deal of sickness
will follow this heated spell, for
there is a conspicuous relation be-
tween high temperature and diar-
rheal diseases. Every rise of the
Thermometer above 800 means a
marked rise in the death rate, espe-
eiaiiy among children. The greatest
care should be taken to avoid diar-
rhea by careful diet, and strict per-
sonal cleanliness. If attacked, call in
a doctor at once, a short delay may
be fatal. Above all, see that there
is no disease breeding accumulatiOns
of filth about your premises. The
towns on the Peninsula have, almost
without exception, healthy situations
and If vhere is much sickness some
body is to blame.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-07-24


A writer in the Presbyterian asks
the question: "Why should children
not be trained to be conscientious,
thoughtful workers, trained to be
able to decide upon life duties for
themselves?" The great trouble
with our system of teaching is, that
children are taught to look upon ed
ucation as an end and not as means.
Especially is this true with regard
to girls. How often do we hear the
expression "she has finished her ed
ucation,n as though some end had
been attained, some great purpose
carried out, when in reality it is the
launching of half finished, rudder-
less boat on the sea of life, its only
hope being that it may drift into the
port ofmatrimony there to be reftted
and, possibly, made of some use.
Why should they not have been
early trained "to be conscientious
and thoughtful workers." and be
launched out into life fully equipped
for a journey to some special port ?
Your son is qualifying himself for
some special purpose; he is to be a
lawyer, a minister, a merchant or a
mechanic; he has definite purpose
in view and every faculty Of mind
and body is strained to attain that
end. How is it with your daughters!
They 90 to school with no settled
purpose, they have an indefinite
idea that they are going to be of
use, some day, but there is no fixed
purpose to act as an incentive. When
their education is finished they are
qualified for-nOthing, and in ma
iority of cases they 60 home and
practise it. 1t is altogether lovely
for mother to have a dozen daugh-
ters to help her with her housekeep-
ing but if ten of the twelve went out
every day to their offices, or places
of business, and gave their mother
one-half the proceeds of their labor
would not the housekeeping be as
well done by hired help, who had
not had an opportunity to secure an
education, and educated workers be
saved for higher purposes. How
much of the Stiffness of wOman's life,
her devotion to dress, quilt-piecing
and fancy work is owing to her hay
ing no distinct aim in life; how much
of the bad influence that her idleness
and folly exercise on young men can
be traced to the same cause. Let
the girls as well as the boys be
trained to work with a definite end
and purpose in view.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-07-24

S. H. NIongar has just finished new show
room sox5o feet, TO be Used in connection
with his carriage business am sorry to say
Mr. NIongar has been confined to his bed
with Rheumatism for several weeks.
The festival Of the Presbyterian Church
Society on last Friday and Saturday nights,
was well attended and was grand success,
notwithstanding each Of the other two
churches had just previously held like en-
tertainments-the NJ p. being the most sue
cessful of the three
The colored camp meeting at Spring
Branch, two and a-half miles from here, to
commence August Sth, should be feast fol
our hacllmen. JUSTICE.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-07-24

In its last issue HarpeT's Bazaar
makes fun of the fancy some people
have for decorating their parlors
with useless articles. 1t thinks that
if woman considers a genuine old
spinning wheel, with It's possible as
sOciations with the youth and fresh
ness of a by-gOne age, an apprOpri-
ate ornament for a modern drawing
room, crowded with bric-a-brac, and
everywhere suggestive of wealth and
idleness; we may wonder at her taste,
bnt we must respect the sincerity of
her feelings. But to put in the par
lOr the unmistakable product of a
Connecticut shop, decked out with
ribbons and notices entirely without
Specification, is objectionable. Here
is a utensil tool, as entirely out of
place as a kitchen poker, so sWarthed
in millinery as to be useless as q tool
and with no claim to be considered
an ornament; and yet it cost forty
dollars and is the envy of half the
owners acquaintance.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-07-24

IN olden time as Saturdays sun
sank slowly in the west, a quiet stole
over the homestead; the patient OK
was loosed from the yoke, the chores
were done up early, clean clothes
were donned, and as the glowing
orb disappeared from view, the
peaceful spirit ofthe Puritan Sabbath
decended on the household. Our an
cestors understood that a season of
preparation was needed for the COM
plete enjoyment of rest; and the
Yearly closing movement" that now
agitates our cities, is an effort to get
back to their worthy practises.
Our life is too intensely busy.
Young and old rich and poor, are all
in whirl. Some are furnishing
the steady power-too steady-that
runs the enterprises of the world.
Great things are accomplished as the
mighty wheel rolls around; means of
providing, accommodation and Of
transportation multiply on every
side; everything is done to econo-
mize labor, and yet the workingman
is as great slave as ever. Nomi-
nally free, he is in reality chained
TO the great spirit Of unrest, the
greedy desire to employ every mo-
ment for pleasure or profit. The
most busy afternoon and evening of
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A Great Discovery.

Mr.. VIM. Thomas, Of Newton, Ia, says: "My
wife has been seriously affected with n cough
for twenty five years, and this spring more Sc
verely than ever before. She had used many
remedies without relief, and being urged to try
DR.. Kings New Discovery, did so, with most
gratifying results. The first bottle relieved her
eery much ,and the second bottle has absolutely
cured her. She has not had so good health for
thirty years" Trial bottles free at Marshall's
Drug S ore. Large size $1.00.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-07-24
Al qeorgelqwa trains connect with trains to and
tFIag stations.



No at Franklin City with Steamer from Chin.
colleague; at Berlin with the W. 4 P. r Il. for
Salisbury; at Georgetown with No, for Harring-
ton; at Georgetown Tuesdays and Fridays with
No. for Steamer for Now York.
No. at Georgetown with No and No. s for
Lewes
No 4 at Georgetown with No G for Franklin
City and Chincoteague; at Lewes with Steamer for
New York Tuesdays and Fridays.
No. and No. at Georgetown with No. 6 for
Franklin City and Chineoteaguo
Nos. 3 and Tuesdays and Fridays at LeWes
with Steamer that leftNew York az 3 p. m, the
day before,
All trains to and from Harrington with trains of
P. W. & B. r. Il. going North and South.
Train Leaves Lewes Station for New York Steam
er Tuesdays and Fridays at 90 p. m.
Steamer Leaves Lewes for New York Tuesdays
and Fridays p. m. arriving in New York early the
next morning
Steamer Leaves New York for Lewes Mondays
and Thursdays at 3.00p. m. arriving In LeWes
early the next morning.
Steamer Widgeon Leaves Franklin City for
ChncOteague at 2.32 p, N. on arrival OF Train No.
6; Leaves Chinosteague at 40 a. m to connect
with Train No. from Franklin City.
THOMAS GRooa, Superintendent.
a. BROWN, Traffic Manager.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-07-24

EVERY hog pen IN Milford was a
nuisance during the past week, and
it is probable that no small amount
of sickness could be traced to them
Other towns on the Peninsula have
risen up and banished the porker,
and it is time that Milford took ac-
ton in the matter. People have no
right to carry on manufacture, IN
town. that would annoy the residents
or endanger their health or prop
city. 1t is no exaggeration to say
that this manufacture of pork does
all three. Nine out Of every ten PIG
pens are an annoyance to somebody
a standing threat to health, and an
injury to property. They should be
abolished.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-07-24
LITERARY NOTES.
NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.

The American nation has a double
birthright, liberty and land. Its lib
berty it has guarded jealousy, but
until very recent years it seems to
have been indifferent to the loss OF
its landed estate and ignorant of the
methods by which it had been dimin-
ished. A veteran legislator, the
Hon. George w. Julian, who has
given special attention to the acts
disposing of our public lands, tells
the story in brief in a contribution
to the North american RericlC for
August. In the same number five
medical authorities discuss the ques-
ton, "Can Cholera be Averted!
Felix L. Oswaln contributes an artl-
Gle on 1.-THE Animal Soul'; and the
Rev. NJ. J. Savage i'm "A PrOfane
View of the Sanctum," brings an in
dictment against the daily press.
There are other interesting articles,
and a chapter of Comments" by
various writer's, OH articles in previ'
Gus numbers.
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NEW YORK TRIBUNE,

One of the most ludicrOus events
during the XLVth Congress was
the conspiracy of number Of very
fat members to secure an elevator in
the Capitol building. 1t cost sew
eral of the gentlemen engaged their
political life. There was Muller, of
New York; Martin, of Delaware;
Heilman, of Indiana; Klotz, OfPenn-
sylvania, and others. Each weigh
ing in the neighbOrhood Of 800
pounds. Naturally they did not re-
lish going up and down the stairs
of the Capitol twenty times a day,
so they said among themselves, Let
us have elevators" A proper bill
was drawn appropriating $500 for
the purpose Of building an elevator
in the House end Of the Capitol.
There was a good deal ofquiet laugh
ter at the expense of the fat men
when the bill was first introduced,
and Il good deal of gOOd-natured
chatting. 1t became law in the
course of the following Congress
and proved the death, politically, Of
at least one of them, Klotz. He was
goOd-natured jolly old fellow,
weighing in the neighbOrhOOd of
800 pounds, and he had been very
eloquent in the support Of the mea-
sure. He was generally liked and
was known rs Santa Klotz. Poor
Santa Klotz, after having secured
the passage of his pet bill, returning
TO his home found himself confronted
with quite a different name, viz,
that of Elevator Klotz. The OppO-
sition paper in his district came out
with large cut representing him in
the act of stepping into an elevator,
and underneath were the words:
"Wouldnt it be wiser for the people
of this district to send some lighter
person to Congress than the present
representative, who requires $500
of the peoples money to ascend to
the halls of the National Legisla-
ture?" 1t killed Santa Klotz.