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Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27
NOTICE-

The undersigned begs to inform
his old patrons and the public gen
orally that he is still in the lumber
business, at the old stand, formerly
occupied by the late firm of Barber
& Minors, where you will find a
complete stock of all kinds Of build
ing materials, such as Framing, Ma
ryland and White Pine siding, Hem
lock barn, and White Pine Of vari-
Gus grades. Flooring, shingles, lath,
doors, blinds and sash of all kinds;
all of which | am offering at lowest
prices. Please give me a call before
buying elsewhere; Yours &c,
GEO. P. MINORS.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27
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To The Public.

Having leased the Slaughter Beach
Hotel and its belongings, ! hereby
request the public and my friends
to visit the beach and continue their
patronage to the same. | propose
to have the managing the property
under my own supervision, and
furnish not only roast oyster and
fish suppers; but have game of all
kinds in season. Ladies will find
the surroundings as pleasant as
under Mr.. Shorts management, as my
object is to make this resort popular
with che people.
E. w. Reynolds.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

New goods daily. More
pressure for space in this de
Partment or that all the time.
Quick, very quick prices on
the older things wherever they
interfere.
Quick prices on the new
things, too. No odds what
goods go for anywhere else,
they go for as little or less
here, quality for quality. That
you know. We are with the
market or below it. More often
below it than any other way.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27
VVanaIllakeF's.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Ian. "a, 18s8.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Jan. 20, 1888.
The retail situation of the day
has three demands. Cold,
Fashions, and Economy draw
at sight.
These divers and contradic-
tory demands of the period call
for a great deal of attention. 1t
seems a paradox that much
current interest in the store
should be divided between
the things for midsum-
mer and midwinter. Furs
and Lawns, Toboggan Sleds
and Ginghams, Skates and
Hamburg Embroideries, Over
coats and Muslin Underwearare
equally in the minds of retail
buyers. To meet all these ele-
ments is our study.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27
An Open Letter.

For THE PUBLIC TO Know:
That | am not responsible for
bills Of provisions for Cedar Beach
Hotel except on my special written
orders, and that Mr.. NJ. Loewen-
helm, assole lessee ofsaid Hotel pays
all such bills himself
II. ROEsHMAN.
MILFORD, DEL, Jan. 5, 1888.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

Ayers Pills are constantly advancing in
the estimation of those who use them. They
improve the appetite, promote digestion, re-
store healthy action, and regulate every
function They are pleasant to take, gentle
in their operation, and powerful in insubduing
disease.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

An interesting item of the report is the
amount of commissions allowed the county
collectors throughout the State and the
amount Of errors returned. The list is as
follows
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27
REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS

As Purity and WhOlesOmeness Ofthe Baking
package Of Baking Powder purchased in the
OF powder degr either alum
phosphes, other injurious substances E. LOVE,
at scientific fact that the Royal Baking Powder pure
H A. MOrE Ph.D."
entirely or
az have Royal Baking which
wholesome
The Baking al
the Vienna Worlds Exposition at
al
chemists, SCIENTISTS Of
Health all
NoTEThe above DIAGRAM Illustrates the
Powders shown by Chemical Analysis
calculated
Of the
ordinary the adyap-
tage of better work single trial Of the Royal Baking
fairnnded
While to be-
ito
to be avoided
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

members, when Auditor Boyce appeared be
fore the committee with the following
account of money received from schools
hooks on hand when sthe present Admins
tration came in. and which they had sold
aud received the following amounts from the
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

The blood is tile source of health. Keep
It pure by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, which
IS peculiar in its curative power.
=, After yainly trying all the various rene
dies recommended for the troubles of teeth
ing Dr. Bulls Baby Syrup gave magnical re-
lief said our neighbor.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

GOVERNOR BIGGs has rewarded an
old whig friend and an ardent demo-
erat of the present day, by appointing
J. L. Heverin of Dover Register Of
Wills for Kent county. Judge" Hey
erin as he is hmliarly called is an
old man, but is amply competent to
fill the position. The appointment
will give satisfaction to the people if
not the politicians; it will have to be
satisfactory to both for they have no
say in the matter even if the appoin-
tee were grossly incompetent.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

Amongother changes. Auditor Boyce sait
he had insisted on a new system of returns o.
fines from justices of the peace It has beer
the custom Of these officers to keep fines and
credit them upon their bills to the levy
courts. He insists that hereafter they shall
pay all fines to the respective conuty treas
ureTs, 50 that they can be kept seperate and
itenized in the annual reports.
1t developed in the reading Of the report
that New Castle county carries the following
assurances: On the almshouse, $4,000 ;
insane asylum, s4s, ,oooi courthouse, $40, 900;
old courthouse at New Castle. $1,000 !:
bridges and other property, $27, 200 total,
sI46,2oo.
Superintendent Ward of Sussex eou uty, Il ii
the settlement Of his book account, has
turned over sr,4o7.7s. and has notes for
S957 80, making total Of 81 sos. IS. Tie
mount alleged to be due from this county
5 s5,oIs.53.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27


THE facts and figures involved in
the Legislative Auditing Committees
Report on the Auditors and state
Treasurer's accounts, which largely
occupy the columns Of this issue ofthe
CHRONICLE, must form subject for
serious Thought by the intelligent
men Of Delaware. Without arguing
the pros and cons of the many ques-
tiOns that come up for consideration
by this slight public ventilation Of the
manner in which the public business
is conducted. we ask in earnesiness
Is the proud boast Of good government
in Delaware reality? Could there
not be better methods adopted for the
economical aud better management Of
public business, in which the people
would have direct control of the oiil-
cials, and not be compelled to submit
to the caprice OF an autOcratic appoint
ing system? The thousands of dol |
lars frittered away in the school book
deal should teach y wholesome lesson; |
lesson that should 50 impress the
voters Of Delaware with its importance
as to induce them to see that every del-
egate sent TO the next County COnven-
ton should be instructed that change
in eur organic law, is above the per-
sOnal question of, who shall succeed
to the seat in the United States Senate
accredited to Delaware. The loose
system of bookkeeping of recent years
has been costly to the State, and for
this reason we hope to see Delaware
come up abreast Of her sister States Of
the Union, and adopt practical laws ,
TO the age in which we live. +
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27
&S. E. MARSHALL.
DENTIST.

DENTIST.
Teeth treated with the new anasthe-ia hvdro-
choric cocain for the painless extracting of Teeth
or filling. Gas administered.
Office in Bank Buiciny Milford. Del
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

Total. ....... e.s,o y
The account thus stands as follows, with
Superintendent Handy Of Kent to hear
from
Bills sent to State Treasurer Herbert by
puo''sliels-'.,. 6,7S0 S5
Received BY State Treasurer from sale
OF books. etc.................... .... 500 9s
Leaving deficit Of .............. ..... 1,ls0 81
Add to this account due State Treasurer
henston. ...-.......-.-.....,,.. ..-... ii.709 oi
Leaves balance due the State under the
administration OF ex-school superin-
tendents. $3.50 Is
A general conversation ensued among the
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27
COMPARATIVE WORTH OF BAKING POWDERS.

JUNIT AIlA I'VE WUh IN Of DAhINU TUWDLNO-
ROYAL absolutely PueD.
GRANTS Alum POwdeo#
RUMFORDs hsh.
HANFORD's, when fresh.
REDHEAD's -
CHARM CAum Powder sEzEzEH
AMAZON tAlum Powder
CLEVELANDSe Sehotwt tz
PIONEER en ErancsoO..
CZAR.
DIR. PRICES -
SNOW FLAKE c1roas - EEzzzss
LEWIS. .............. EzEHEzTsszz
PEARL CAndrws COL.
HECKERs .... EssEsE
GILLET'S .. = Eszg
ANDREWS&CO. "Regal~agz5a
BULK Powder
RUMFORD'S whennOthesh "a
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

''''-''.-'''.' ...- .......-... 81, $50 IS
AS there has been considerable talk ON
this school book subject and the people are
Interested we should like to have all the
nguTes connected with it remarked one Of
the committee, and from state Treasurer
and Auditor combined the following was
given
State Treasurer Herbert has received from
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20

separated and the thin Omelet ran down
his trousers.
Many students find situations as gen
erai man, clerk, call boy and head
waiter combined at some of the smaller
houses in the mountains or along Lakes
George and Champlain.
One man has such position at
hotel much frequented by literary Peo-
pie. His @perq" is small, but being
ripe German scholar and somewhat of
a poet he finds congenial company and
comes away with about $500 in the fall.
Call boys and bell boys receive no
pay except a uniform suit, which, after
taking off the brass buttons, makes q
good business suit. A bright man,
however, viii earn $I25 In the two
months he is out
Clerks receive from $50 TO $40 a
month, but are seldom ~perqed." 1t is
IN this place that some of the scaliness
of the summer hotel business is seen.
You are instructed in the art of making
a man pay all he VIII, and frequently
one man viii be paying double what his
next-dOOr neighbOr is charged. You
must manufacture excuses for not being
able to give the room he engaged and
must promise that he can have it in a
day or two, knowing it viii be occupied
the rest of the season.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20

weather mild But.when I reached
New York found a blizzard bowling
there, and chunks of ice are on my
beard, and snow is In my hair That
blizzard wrapped me round a post,
like some fond clinging vine; 1t tore my
coat all up my back, 1t broke my aged
spine That blizzard beat our north
ern storms, and gave me points on snow,
and If don't go home again, I'm not
an Esquimau." His tale was done: he
slowly rose, and left that humble door:
the snow had melted from his beard.
and flooded all the floor. The citizen
looked on in awe, and marvelled for an
hour; then went out to a grog bazar.
and bought a whisky sour.-Walt Ma
son In Nebraska State Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20
They Asked the Prioe.

State Journal: A few days ago a
Lincoln merchant hung out a canvas
sign in front of his store which read:
"Be sure and ask our prices on shawls.
After a while long gangling man
came along, looked at the sign and
smiled. Then the long gangling man
walked away, and whenever he met a
friend he whispered something in that
friends ear, and then they would both
smile and lock knowing. The friend
moved off and whispered something In
the ears Of other friends, and pretty
soon everybody in town looked wise.
Alter a while the long, gangling man
walked into the store and asked the
price on shawls He didn't buy any
shawls, he merely asked the prices
He had been gone about two minutes
when a grave, dignified gentleman, who
looked as though he might have lost
several relatives lately, entered the
store and asked the prices on shawls.
The information was cheerfully given,
and he went away, saying he would
call again. Hardly had he departed
before an affable looking man accosted
the merchant and asked him the prices
on shaWls. The unfortunate dealer
drew a long breath and delivered the
usual lecture. He gave the same ora
ton to ten men before he realized that
he was the victim of a foul conspiracy.
He kicked the eleventh man out, turned
the hose on the twelfth, and tainted at
the sight of the thirteenth, but when a
party of seven came in at once and
asked the prices on shawls, reason de
serted its throne, and the clerks were
obliged lock up the store and take the
proprietor home
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20
The Co11eeian as Head Waiter.

New York Herald: Throughout the
White Mountains the large hotels have
college students as head and second
head walters almost without exception.
Such position is without its equal for
studying human nature, and one soon
learns how to ''size up" a man by the
manner in which he walks down the
room. The great general classification
by walters is New York and Chicago on
the one side, Boston and Philadelphia
on the other. -Four years of experience
has taught the waiter, and the testi-
mOny of a large number of fellow
IabOrers adds weight to the decision,
that he viii be rewarded for doing all
IN his power for the comfort of the
former couple, but need not exert him
self for the latter. A New Yorker has
a 'dOn't care" air of independence,
shared by his brother the Chicagoan,
and viii pay for all the attention you
show him, while the BOstOnian or the
Philadelphia wears pOmpOus, i'm
pOrtant air, and takes every service as
his due.
A head waiter receives from $45 to
$50 a month as salary; a second head
from $50 to $45 a month. They work
two or three months, and if the season
has been at all good viii come away
with from $500 to $500 clear of all ex-
penses, As for the amount of ''perq"
they receive, head walters frequently
receive S25 and even $50 from one party
who have been at the hotel for several
weeks. No one ever thinks of giving
him less than a dollar. Of course the
position of head waiter is not open to
any one. The place, if not secured by
influence, must be reached after a long
apprenticeship, first as a common
waiter, then as second head. When a
rush of guests from the city come IN
Saturday night the position is a trying
one. A man must be perfectly cool;
no time for mistakes or hesitation He
must know those occupied by regular
bOarders, who are III no case to be
moved; he must know Just where the
vacant chairs are IN order to seat the
transients. A few mistakes IN misseat-
ing VIII cost any waiter his position,
and nothing Is more likely to confuse
ones mind than a mob of 500 hungry
people waiting to be seated. The
~head" must keep the strictest kind of
discipline among those under him. A
waiter on no occasion must smile at or
talk of guests, or otherwise show that
he Is conscious Of anything except or
ders. The little arts practiced by ev-
cry waiter to extort perqT are not
numbered among the misdemeanors.
The ordinary walters are often poorly
fed and as a result all kinds of tricks
are resOrted to In order to get an occa-
siOnal meal Once at Eantasket IN
stealing a plate of poached eggs the
waiter deity placed another plate over
them. wrapped the improvised bivaIve
In a towel, and slipped it under his
vest. In running up-staiFs the plates
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20

in this plight compelled 20 dance
for the amusement of the royal savage.
an the Ashanteo human sacrifices,
however, are not personal. When war
is impending q victim is popged down
60 the ground in the shape Of an x.
stakes being driven through the body.
and the poor wretch being left 70 die ON
the wGrpath by which the invaders viii
have TO travel No native army would
pass such on obstacle; it would turn
back and cut q fresh way through the
forest; and when, in 1874, we pissed ON
unheeding over body SO pegged down
along the road across the Adansi hills.
the priests came out and assured our
men that they were doomed TO certain
destruction. If, after that Ashantee
war, we had insisted on the "customs"
being given up, we should have
only been doing our duty as human be-
1ngs, not TO say Christians. It is as
tOnlshlng how the civilized world. which
processes to have the welfare of the
dark continent so much at heart, can
allow this saYagery to go on unchecked,
and how we who spend so much in cap
turing slavers on the east coast, most
Of whose cargOes are taken over to
Bombay, and become infinitely more
wretched and degraded than they
would have done as slaves to Turkish
or Egyptian masters, can allow such
denominations not very far off from
Cape Coast Castle
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20

New York Mail: Probably nine
tenths of all the gold obtained by man
has been taken from placer deposits,
and our American experience has been
no exception to the general rule, re-
piled an experienced mining operator
in speaking of the past and future of
this valuable production the other
evening. Previous to 1847 our total
gold production amounted to SO, OOO,-
600, but between 1847 and 1887 about
81, 75O, 600, 600 was contributed to our
stock of gold. Of this, nearly three
fOurths came from placer deposits. In
185O-55 we obtained more than $780,
600, 600 per annum in gold from the
placers of California, and almost
nothing from the gold bearing veins.
Now, with an annual production of
$50, 600, 600 about ene-haIf only is from
placers. Our own territory has been
thoroughly explored that no consider
able superficial deposits of gold are
likely to be discovered. and nearly the
same thing can be said of the entire
world
in the northern extensions of our
western mountain ranges in British
Columbia and Alaska there are prob
ably important deposits of gold. 1t is
likely, however, to come from this
region in moderate but perennial
stream, and not in a food. Great diff
hculty attends the working of those
mines on account of the cold, long win
ters and the difficulty of transporting
supplies. Unless the mines should
prove richer than expected there may
be a dearth of gold in the near future.
In the Allegheny belt of mountains, in
this country there are large deposits of
gold, but they are difficult to work.
Still industry and perseverance may
make them pay a profit. Mexico may
be expected to turn out 81 900. 600 a
year, but no more. The west coast of
South America yields little but silver.
Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil
have, on the contrary, always been pro-
ducers of gold. 1t is estimated that
from Brazil alone more than 81 .OOO.-
600, 600 in gold was obtained during
the first 800 years after the advent of
the Portuguese. Colombia and Venez-
uela are now yielding about $4,000, 600
each annually and little more than that
can be expected In the future.
Australia produces about $50, OOO,-
600 a year and we cannot hope for more
than So, 600, 900 annually from Asia.
That viii cever it all. I don't fear that
you and I viii ever suffer from a fam
inc of gold, but unless the North
American deposits are richer than is
expected some one viii suffer"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20
Change Of Sex Alter Tvsntv-Eieht Years.


Change Of Sex After Twenty-Eight Years.
A curious story comes from the town
of Newport, Perry county, Pa, and
that thriving little town is in state of
excitement over the case of man who,
for twenty-eight years, has been known
as a woman in the county, and for that
length of time has appeared in female
attire. Lettitia A. Scott now walks
the streets in trousers, which have been
put on after consultation with one Of
the best known physicians and sur
geOns in the Juniata valley.
Lettitia Allen Scott was born in
Madison township, Perry county, In
small log house, situated in a lonely
and wild section of woodland at
the base Of Peters mountain. There
was no physician present at the birth
OF the child, and the mother, suppOsing
1t to be a girl, gave it the name of Lee
Ultla Allen. When Letitia grew large
enough she was put into frOcks and
aprons and sent to the township school,
where she was always kept In the girls
side, although as she grew older her
disposition seemed to be to associate
with the boys. At Is, when she was a
gOOd-sized buxOm girl, and long dresses
were put on her, Letitia left off rOmp-
ing and began to show more of the airs
and manner Of a woman, much TO the
delight of her mother. who had always
been Oppesd to her bOyish ways. After
this she was never seen in company
with young man, although other girls
OF her acquaintance always had beaux
m cGhnnl
Notwithstanding the fact that she inva-
riably wore her hair cut short, she was
considered everywhere to be a very fine
looking girl. When she reached young
wOmanhOOd. Letitia went out TO work
as q domestic IN various families and
readily learned to cook, bake, and do
all kinds Of household work.
Within the past six months she fire.
quently expressed a strong desire to
put aside her gowns for male attire,
and when the physician whom she con-
suited became interested in the case,
through the constant gossip about it,
she placed herself in his hands without
hesitancy, and by his advice fOrsaking
pethcOats forever, permanently adopted
trousers. As soon as this step was
taken it caused great nOtoriety, and
Lettetia, the "hired girl" was dis
charged by the family by whom she
had been employed. The former Let
tetia Allen Scott, with the bright black
eyes and rosy cheeks, is now the good
looking Mr.. L. Allen Scott. The
physician who caused the change of at
tire and the alteration in Mr.. SCOTS
name, said: "I can assert, without
hesitancy, that he is a man in every
sense of the word. Mr.. Scott is
slightly over five feet in height, with
dark hair and brown eyes set deep in
his head. His figure is well nodded,
and he is 1.-the and graceful in his
movements. He still retains a slight
touch of effeminacy in his speech and
manner. He was shaved the other day
for the first time in his life. Although
his mother was strongly opposed to the
change of attire, Mr.. Scott, who talks
freely of his experiences, says he is de-
lighted to get into mems clothes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20
1Ers. waite Loses Her Diamonds.

A Toledo special says: Mrs. Chief
Justice Waite's valuable diamonds are
missing. The police have kept the
matter quiet until tonight, hoping to
find the lost jewels. She placed them
IN travelling satchel and put the pack
age In the seat beside her. When she
reached the depot on her return home
they were gone. They must have been
stolen.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20
TIE RIFE OF THE ANCIENT 1soUnrAU.

The Ancient Esquimau stOppeth a citizen
He is invited in-He teneth of a raft
It is an Ancient Esquimau, he
stOppeth one of four; @by thy long
gray beard and painted breath, come in
and shut the door" Thus spake the
estopped citizen, spake IN a voice of
woe; then to the CHEEKY blazing fire,
came In that Esquimau. Now tell
me, withered wanderer, what may thy
errand be?" Then sadly spake the
ancient man: "There was a raft, "quoth
he. Il built it by a northern sea, four
score moons ago. well, what about
thy measly raft, thou Ancient Esqui-
maU ?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20

The Ancient Esquimau discourseth of his
northern hOme-The ice stretcheth in all
directiOns-The polar bear hOWleth from
its den.
-Four score Of moons ago I stood, and
pondered long and well; in these dire
wastes Of ice,' I said, no living man
should dwell. The frozen fields stretch
north and south, and east and west
stretch they; the polar bear bowls from
his lair, and mankind is his prey. The
blast is bleak, the ice is thick, and
winter never ends; and thus I said
I'll journey south, away from northern
friends.