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Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

A way has been found of ageing
whisky artifcially. A dealer showed the
writer two samples Of what he called the
straight article; one was made in
1885, the other in July, 1887. They
were equally good, he said, in color, bou-
quet, taste and every other quality, and
yet the 1887 sample was sold at $40 less
a barrel than the other In other words,
the whisky makers can now furnish a
three months article equal in every re-
spect to that which is three years old.
By this process they save the three
years storage, interest and evaporation.
The purchaser generally gets the benefit
of this. The new process consists briefly
of rocking the barrels day and night on
patented cradles" Charred barrels are
used, as is customary is % say, the
barrel is burned out before the whisky is
put in, thus converting the inner surface
into charcoal. The constant motion for
three months dissipates the fusel oil and
imparts the rich color which new whisky
has hithorto -;tinatelv.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30
A Plueky Frontier Woman.

On the plains, in Assiniboin, found a
little lady in the larger Of the only two
stores in the place, who told me that the
Indians on a reservation close by had
begun to grow restless, and were mani
Testing the fact by unusual ins2lence.
Only the day before a dozen Of the braves
had come into the store, when she was
stark alone in it, and had demanded
whisky, commodity they were not al
lowed to touch and no one was permitted
to sell. She told them she had none,
and they sat, as Indians will, for a long
time, as if to show her they would not
60 away until they got it. Curiously
enough, no one came to the store from
the settlement. By and by the Indians
proposed to search for the whisky. She
laughed at them and told them they
could search. They did so, peeping and
polzing everywhere that they could think
Of. When they offered to go up stairs
10 her living apartments, she stood in the
doorway and told them they must not
venture there. She flattened her back
against the door and defied them.
She was less than the ordinary height
and did not weigh over 100 pounds, but
she quailed them with the eye of a brave
and determined woman, and when, pres
emily, some white men came to make
purchases the Indians took themselve:
off. Only few nights before that thi:
same woman had seen a wolf in hel
back yard, and had gone out anC
''shooed' it away with her apron ant
scolding, just as one of our girls nigh
do to a cat. 1 never saw a man that
thought more plucky than she. Per
haps, though, what no Indian or vol
could do might be done by "a mouse. Blu
it is beyond all reason to expect tn,
bravest not to fear a mouse.-Albany
Fair Journal.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

the front rooms are occupied or il the
family are at dinner. If the latter he
can be pretty sure that the servants are
all down stairs, and he can explore the
upper rooms without much fear of inter-
ruption. This wouldn't be called in the
profession tip top work, but it is means
by which householders losea considerable
amount of portable property, and it very
rarely happens that the robber is caught
in the act.
As regards house fastenings there is,
in my opinion, nothing safer for windows
chan long thumb screw in socket,
going right through the frame and deep
into the sash on both sides Of the win
dow. don't know if there have been
any wonderful inventions in that way
since took an interest in such things,
but 1 never saw a door fastener except
the thumb screw that should give a
workman a minutes trouble. For the
street door there is nothing so good as a
flat bar fastened to a pivot to the center,
SO that it win extend across the jambs
and drop into slots made on the plan of
a watch and chain swivel For window
shutters the cheapest and best protection
is a lightly hung bell on a coil spring
But better than locks, bolts and bars IS a
wiIy little dog that, roaming loose, will
open his pipes and let all the house know
! it the moment he hears a suspicious noise
! at door or windOw.-LOndon Telegraph.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

Gen. B. F. Butler is here for the present in
his big stone house opposite the southern end
Of the Capitol l called there a few daysago
and found the rooms large and luxuriously
furnished, the walls hung with fine paintings
One room contains an elegant billiard table
The general is suffering from n succession of
colds in the head from which he can get no
relief. He is a hard worker every day, and
has so much business on hand that he is a
slave to his pen. he says the dinner hour is
the only leisure he has, and he has made it
an inhexible rule that no matter who calls to
see him while he is at dinner, he will not be
disturbed, II cannot and will not see the
dinner fend," he says.
After dinner he goes back to his work,
remaining until 11;3O p. m Then he is
hungry and calls for something to eat He
goes TO his sleeping room, lights all the jets of
the central chandelier, and the gas lights each
side of his bed, and piling in reads until he
falls asleep. If he wakes up during the
night, as he often does, he resumes his read
ing. He is the first one up in the morning
when he at once goes to his desk Such is the
daily routine life Of one who has acquired
wealth and is well on in years, but who is not
able to stop business and take rest. That
will only come with the end of hfe.-Fuller
Walker in New York Graphic.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

An amusing incident happened at a recent
meeting of the Associated Charities in Boston.
A poor woman related how she had struggled
in privation, finding the utmost difficulty in
procuring work, and how she had at length
come TO the conclusion that death was better
than life. She resolved to commit suicide,
when it occurred to her that if she took her
life her body would be ANONYMOUSLY hurried
TO a pauper burial. This took keen hold Of
her woman's vanity, and the prospect was
one by no means to be endured. She there
fore set herself, with determined toll and
patient thrift, TO accumulate money enough
to defray the expense Of decent burial When
she had gathered, by little and little, the sun
necessary, a second Illumination Of common
sense came to her, and she concluded that or
the whole it would be quite as well to live
and enjoy the money as to kill herself for the
sake of being buried with it.-Arlo Bate il
Providence Journal.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

A somewhat curious duel took place few
days ago at Kicheneff, the capital of the i'm
portant Russian province Of Bessarabia. A
gentleman Of the name of Paul OsakoR and
Prince Temariaf quarreled together about
some trivial matter at the "Nobles club, and
finally determined to settle their differences
by a duel On the following morning
they met with their seconds and sur
geon ON the outskirts of the city and ex-
changed three shots apiece without doing any
injury to one another. On the following day
they again met, at the club, and after short
conversation began to quarrel afresh with
increased vigor. Growing more and more
excited the dispute at length degenerated into
a regular kicking ard fisticuf struggle.
The prince, who all along had been the
aggressor, was in the act of receiving sound
and well deserved thrashing, when suddenly
the thin varnish of civilization gave way, and
all his innate and national barbarism getting
the upper hand, he flew with a wild yell at
M. Usakof, and, catching the latter's lower
lip between his teeth, bit it completely of.
It is needless to add that that terminated the
fight. NJ. Tsallcff is still confined to his bed,
hopelissly dishgufed for life, while his neither
lip is deposited as a kind Of corpus deficit at
the police court, where the case viii be tried
when NJ Usalz0R is able to leave his bed.
Meanwhile the prince swaggers about the
town and the Mobiles club is exceedingly
proud Of his ''bonne bouche. n-Fienna Neue
Freie Presse.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

One Of the present nuisances in New Haven
is the boy who wants a stamp. He makes
the life of the average business man burden.
A certain manufacturer Of rubber stamps has
offered an inducement TO the boys by telling
them that all who get 500 stamped names
can have a rubber stamp with the boy's name
on. So all the boys are ''stamp crazy now.
A business man said recently that he had had
at least twenty boys in his store during the
day who wanted him to stamp his name in a
book. The craze has spread all over town
among the boys, and parents are besiesed
with applications to stamp their name IN
some book or other. Wearied paterfamilias
say il is worse than the postage stamp craze
among the boys, and that they work with a
fruitfulness, zeal and diligence to get the 500
names that, if applied to their studies, would
soon give them prize pOsitions.-Boston
perald
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

Pitcher Stage, of the Yale club, is deter
mined that the nine shall win every game it
plays during the coming season. In order
that this result may be accomplished he is
training the candidates as candidates never
were trained before Capt. Stage is a genu-
inc Yankee, and it has just been discovered
that he has lately been devoting his inventive
mind to a new scheme for teaching the nine
how to slide to bases. He has constructed a
pine frame IA by feet, covered with canvas,
drawn tightly, and provided with an over
covering Of velvet carpet, and has placed it
in the gymnasium. 1t is in appearance much
like gigantic woven wire spring bed, COW
cred with carpet, and its surface is elevated
about four feet above the ground. The cam
didates run a distance Of twenty feet or so,
and then hurl themselves headlong upon this
new machine. Capt. Stage is certain that
his new device will enable the men to prac-
tice the art of stealing bases and sliding to
reach them at critical moments. The famous
little pitcher says that the nine will be the
best Yale has yet produced. Philadelphia
Ledger.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30


As concerns emotions connected with
religion, the contagion of them has been
notorious in all ages, for good or evil, ac
cording to the character of the religion in
question. The intoxication Of the dances Of
old Mnnads and modern dervishes; the
shriells and self woundings of the priests Of
Baal and Cybele; the frenzied scenes Of sacri-
flee to Moloch and the Aztec gods, and 100
other examples viii occur to every reader
Probably those on the largest scale Of all
recorded in history were the first crusades,
when Europe precipitated itself on Asia" in
a delirium of religious enthusiasm, caught
from Peter the Hermit and Bernard Of
Clairvaux. The outbursts of the Anabap-
fists and Flagellants and Prophets Of the
Cevennes, in Christiandom, and Of Moslem
fanatics under prophets and mahdis (of which
we have probably by no means heard the
last, and finally the revivals Of various sects
in England and America, and the triumphs
of the Salvation Army, aSe all instances Of
the part played by the contagion Of emotion
in the religion Of the community at large
Fortnightly Review.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS


The Thistle has been sold to Mr. Coates,
owner Of the Marjorie.
A huge turnip, which has twelve heads or
punches Of tops, is a Florida curiosity.
Cambridge university is to establish exam
nations for commercial certificates.
The latest Georgia wonder is an insurance
firm at Milledgeville composed Of two young
women.
DISCRIMINATING prairie dogs at so much an
acre is the occupation Of several men at
Wichita Falls, Tex.
There is a 5-year-old cow in Clay county,
D. T., that stands 16lS hands high and
weighs SIS pounds Circus men are bar
gaining for her.
A resident of Lee county, Ca, has tanned
blue jays so that they will fly down from the
trees and perch on his shoulders as he walks
around his garden.
Tourists who go to Florida in February OF
March are warned by medical men not to re
turn north before the middle Of April at the
earliest, unless they would risk conflict with
pneumonia.
A schooner went ashore off San Buenaven'
tura, Cal, the other day, and the crew were
in danger Of being lost. They owe their safety
largely to a fine red Irish setter who swan
out through through the breakers, seized q
stake that had been thrown overheard with O
rope attached, and succeeded in carrying il
to the shore.
The italian fleet is being got ready for i'm
mediate service, and in the arsenals at Naples
and Spezia work is going on night anti day
preparing material for repairs TO the ships
Tho principal rendezvous of the fleet is a
AIadalena, a splendid anchorage protected by
ngroup of small islands
Black measles are raging among the Ne
Perces Indians of Okonagon. The medicin'
men treat the disease with steam under {
blanket and dip in the river, treatmen
attempted with a fatal result in nearly every
case. The whites in that section have tn
disease, but it yields TO treatment in thei
cases.
A party of ladies and gentlemen started 4
explore a cave near Clyde, Ark. About 30
wards from the mouth of the cavern they en-
countered an immense army Of rats. Tn
rats were vicious and made a savage attacl
on the explorers Two Of the ladies fainte'
and had to be carried out Hundreds Of tn
animals were slain by the men.
A few years ago a school ma'am in Cum
berland county, Ne, was presented by he
beau with deeds to some California lands
Both considered them worthless; buta womal
hates to part with anything, so she put then
away. Recently she received an offer o
s25O,OOO for the land, valuable mineral de
posits having been discovered, which sh
promptly accepted.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

Do you know Opie Read when you see hint
If you do not, you would never suspect that
he was he. Tall, big boned, rambling gated,
and careless Of personal appearance, you
would say he is a big, honest faced and whole
some loolying-whatl Not quite a farmer,
not a raftsman, hardly river captain, GER
tainly not an author. But talk with him
half an hourl He has had his eyes open n
good deal in his life, and while he has not
paid much attention to putting on style him
self, he has seen how other people do it and
has figured out the why of it. In other
words, he knows, as a creative novelist must
know, what constitutes a symmetrical con-
sistent human character.-WillisB b. Hawkins
in Chicago Times.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30
AWOman's Discovery.

"Another Wonderful discovery has been
made and that too by a lady in this county.
Disease fastened its clutches upon her and fol
seven years she withstood its sevetest tests, but
her vital organs we're undermined and deati
seemed imminent. For three months she
coughed necessarily and could not sleep, sh'
bought Of us bottle Of DR.. Kings New Discov
cry for Consumption and was so much relieved
on taking first dose that she slept all night ant
with one bottle has been mraculously cured
Her name is Mrs. Luther Luiz." Thus writ
W. @. Hamrck & Co., Of Shelby, N. C.--Get 1
free trial bottle a: 6. W. Marshars Dul
Store.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30
How Men Die.

If we know all the methods of approach
adopted by an enemy we are the better en-
abled to ward off the danger and postpone
the moment when surrender becomes inev-
table. In many instances the inherent
strength Of the body sufiices to enable it to
oppose the tendency toward death. Many
however have lost these forces to such an
extent that there is little or no help. In
other cases a little aid to the weakened
Lungs will make all the difference between
sudden death and many years Of useful
life. Upon the FIRST symptoms Of a Cough,
Cold or any trouble Of the Throat or Lungs,
give that old and well-known remedy
Boschee's German Syrup, a careful trial. It
will prove what thousands say Of It, to be,
the 'benefactor Of any home jan
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

We heard a rather illustrative story lately
from one of our neighboring factory towns.
An old fashioned Yankee Of Quaker stock,
who ran q small shoe factory, INDUCED in a
theory that nothing could pry out Of his
mind that a moral wrong was somehow per-
petrated upon the community at large if a
woman were allowed to earn above a stipu-
lated sum each week As his help was paid
by the piece, and he had to keep tally in the
main with current prices, he found this
rather hard to manage at times. The swift
ness of one young woman especially troubled
him greatly. She would persist in running
financially ahead Of others. At last he made
a special cut down in her prices, and told her
why he did it. She gave him a baleful
glance, frightened her lips, and went on work
ing. By Saturday night next, despite the
cut down. she made ten cents above the week
before Another week went by, when he cut
her down still more. The damsel still proved
game and rose to the occasion. After week
or more the Quaker conscience grew scared"
and asked her what she meant. at means, -
said the girl, "that you may keep on and I'll
keep on till you have a corpse on your hands
in this worliroom, for I'm grit and you can't
conquer men The race ended there, and the
girl was allowed normal pay.--Boston Adver-
tiser
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

When smell cloves on a mans breath
my first thought is, ''rhat man is fool. "
He thinks he is concealing the smell Of
whisky or some other vile smell, and he
is only advertising it. There is another
reason also why he is fool. The oil Of
cloves. which is expressed from them by
chewing them, is an active solvent Of the
enamel of the teeth. Any one who
chews cloves will soon notice that it
makes the teeth tender. That means
that their enamel is disappearing, and
the next step is a mouthful Of decayed
teeth. which all the odors Of Araby the
blest can never sweeten. When will
people learn that the sweetest and rarest
smell of all is no smell at all-Chicago
journal.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

piled that her husband would arrive in few
minutes The man would take no explana-
ton, but threw open the door for her to leave.
She burst into tears as she felt the shame Of
her situation, and walked out to the street,
which she reached just as her husband ar
rived. In moment there was pretty hot
scene in the restaurant, into which her hus-
band rushed, but that did net mend the case
for her. The moral Of this incident is that
superintendents of fashionable restaurants
should always act with discretion.-N
York SIM
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30
A Historical Whale. Tooth.

W D. Ogden, Of Jakimo, W. T., has in his
possession a sperm whales tooth that has an
interesting history. It is about five inches
in length, and on its polished sides is por-
trait of a Spanish lady tattooed with India
ink. The tooth was originally owned by
Capt. Gray, of the ship Columbia, and was
in the cabin of his ship when he sailed up the
Pacific coast on the voyage Of exploration
which resulted in the discovery of the great
river which now bears the name of his yes
sel.-New York Evening World.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

A gentleman doing business down town
made an appointment with his wife, before
he left home in the morning, to meet her at 6
o'clock in a fashionable up town restaurant,
where they were to take dinner. She reached
the restaurant a few minutes before he did.
As soon as she entered it a man in a swallow
tailed coat hastily advanced and told her in
a decisive tone that she must leave, for women
were not allowed there alone at that hour.
She was nonplussed for a moment, but re-
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

". D. Suit, Druggist Bippus, Id, testhes
al can recommend Electric Blt;ers AS The verl
best remedy Every bottle sold has gwen relIe
in every case. One man took six bottles, an,
was cured Of rheumatism Of 10 years standing
Abraham Hare, Bellviie Ohio, afiirm.; "fh'
hest selling medicine have ever handled in my
20 years experience, is Electric BiIers.'
Thousands OF others have added their testimony
so that the verdict is unanimous that Elccirh
Buffers do cure all diseases Of the Liver, Kidney
er b 'ood. Oaly half dollar bottle at G. W
MARSHALL, Drug Store
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30
I peter HeraIe,s Immortalitv.

Peter Herdic, a millionaire lumberman,
died the other day. Not jurist and states
man like Lord Brougham, he bids fair to
become immortal for similar reason,
namely by attaching his name to a novel
and convenient style of carriage. In Wash
ington the "Herdicn has become an ''institu-
tion,n and the merits of the conveyance,
modified as it may be to meet local condi-
lions, VIII probably lead to its general intro
duction as a street vehicle for hire.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

"The Fairmount Park Art association, ("
said an artist, "seems to be the victim Of a
series of artistic blunders, There are now
two bronze groups on exhibition in front Of
the postoffice. One represents lioness with
three cubs-an unheard of thing. The other
group is The Stone Age An Indian woman
has Just slain an animal with the primitive
stone Ratchet. The weapon consists Of a
wedge shaped stone driven through piece
of wood, and the handle is strengthened and
the head secured by two metallic hoops. A
queer representation of the stone age, GER
tainly. philadelphia Press.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30
A Run in FIannels.

Everybody in the trade is figuring on a
great run in flannel shirts this spring and
summer said the proprietor Of down town
furnishing goods store. ''We have laid in an
immense stock. The indications are that we
will not be disappointed, and that the flannel
shirt, popular as it suddenly became last year,
will be four times as popular this summer.
Why shouldn't it BEL It is the most sensible,
comfortable and coolest fashion that ever
struck this climate during the hot months.
The fannels used in the better grades come
from France and Scotland The patterns are
stripes and checks in all colors. Chicago
Tribune
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

Practical American Father - Now,
count. before we can go any further IN
this matter so far as my daughter Is
concerned, should like you to establish
your identity.
Count-Mon Dieul I viii show you
my patent of nobility.
p. A. F.-That is all very weli own
several patents myself; but how do l
know yours is not an Infringement
Harper's Bazaar.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

A new thing out is a clock with ordi-
nary works that Will run for year with
out attention. An electric battery con-
cealcd in the case winds up the clock
from day to day, or week to week, as
the need may be. Once in great while
the battery must be renewed, but that l;
all the care the clock calls for.-Chicagc
Times.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

A fire company was summoned by the
prison officials at Mobile 10 turn a stream
upon a refractory prisoner, who was armed
with dirk. While he was attempting to
dodge the ice cold water the officers rushed
upon him and overpowered him.-Chicago
News
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

The ladies Of the aristocracy Of ST. Peters
burg have organized a series Of sleigh races
in which they are to be the drivers. Each
will have her own color, and the competitors
must be not less than 20 years Of age, nor
more than 90 Entries are limited to the
aristocracy, and the prizes are very magnifi-
cent.-New York Commercial Advertiser.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

Racing in England is rather profitable
business for those who are fortunate enough
to win Two million two hundred and twenty
five thousand dollars are to be expended on
the British turf during the present. season in
stakes alone. Chicago Herald
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30
Don't Despair.

Ifyou are weak and weary from so-called
chronic disease, don't give up. Sulphur Bit
tiers has given hope TO many invalids where
heretofore there was nothing but despair. 1t
will build up and renew your whole system
Editor Weekly AmeFicaH.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30

When Baby was sick, we gave her cAsT0RIA
When she was a Child she cried for CASToRIA
Whom che became Miss, she chung to CASTORlA
When she had Children, she gave them CAsT'A
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30
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The Vcrdlet Unanimous.

There are forty-fve female lawyers in
the United States.