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Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
modern systom Of Advertisinr.


The honest system Of advertising should be
but a small announcement OF tho offer Of
goods for the information Of those who desire
to purchase, in such a manner that those
who desire to purchase, may, by seeking,
find. But in advertising as it now exists,
exaggeration is piled ON exaggeration, and
falsehood is added to falsehood, The world
Is filed with monstrous lies, and they are
thrust upon attention by. every possible
means Tho mails are filed with them.
When man opens his mail in the morning,
the letter of his friend is buried among these
advertising monstrosities. They are thrust
under street doors, and they are offered you
as you walk the streets. When you read the
morning and evening papers, they are spread
before you with topographic display, they
are placed among the items you desire to
read, and they are given false headings,
and they begin with decoy headings They
arc posted upon walls, and on the fences.
and on the sidewalks. and en- halle-
tin boards, and the barns and housetops
and the fences Of all the land arc covered
with them, and they are nailed to the tree
and painted on rocks. Thus it is that the
whole civilized world is placarded with lies,
and the moral atmosphere Of the world
wreaks with the foul breath Of this monster
Of antagonistic competition. J. W.
Powell
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
He Could Telegraph. Too.

heard a funny incident the other day.
Mr. G. L. Wooley, the electrician Of this
city, was dining at the Superior house in
Cleveland, and it so happened that the only
other occupants Of the table with him were
a bevy of lady telegraph operators. Mr..
Woolley has been very successful in his busi-
ness, and is able to gratifya strong penchant
that he has for diamonds, and he generally
wears one or two of startling proportions.
He is also an expert telegraph operator As
soon as they were seated one of the young
ladies began to size him up; then placing her
knife blade between the tines Of her fork,
she initiated a telegraph sounder and tele.
graphed to her companions
"Get onto his nobs with the big diamond. -
Woolley caught on at once and as soon as
all the girls had turned their attention to
him he, in the same manner, telegraphed:
"Ah, therel Are you all ony"
A general stampede of the ladies followed.
and they dined somewhere else that day
Grand Rapids Telegram Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
who should Aroih Tobacco.

A man may, it is true, smoke five or six
cigars, or as many pipes, each day, without
recognizing any harm in consequence; but
we make the statement, without hesitation,
that he could not indulge to that extent and
continue in perfect health. Men who live
sedentary lives must be more temperate than
those who are constantly in the open air.
There are certain complaints in which the
use of tobacco should be forbidden altogether
Men who have weak lungs, with. a tendency
to consumption, ought never to use tobacco,
and the same, as a rule, holds good in chronic
bronchitis In all constitutional diseases
characterized by general functional derange-
ment, impaired nutrition and impoverish-
ment Of the blood, the poisonous effects of
tobacco are intensified. In fact, there is not
condition of i'll health in which we should
feel justified in recommending the patient to
use tobacco Let men in nperfect health smoke
il they find that 1t adds much to the pleas
ures Of living. We cannot condemn the
habit so long as it is held in restraint; but il
indulged to an excess, a certain measure Of
i'll health is the inevitable consequence.-
Boston Herald
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27

to say, It is a house frequented by trampi
and loafers and shady customers, and more.
over it is family house, and that means
women and children TO disturb the harmony
Of the evening in the common kitchen. The
fact that these common lodging houses,
whore beds are let out at fourpence a night,
are largely patronized by workmen in regu-
lar employment may astonish people who are
not behind the scenes. But know in some
I Of these houses workingmen who have lived
/ there for twelve and sixteen years
These men are single men and widowers,
and the houses which are for ''men only'
suit them much better than private lodgings
would. First Of all the house is open night
and day; all day and all night the red fire
glows and Is ready for man to cook his late
supper or his early breakfast at. Then there
is the society Of the other men, pipes and
conversation, and always a pal to take a
hand at cribbags, which is the fashionable
common lodging house game Moreover,
each man has a bed to himself, which In pri-
vate lodgings for worlingmen is not always
obtainable. And there is always some one
TO call him early in the morning, in order
that he may get up and go to his work, with
out having to pay the policeman on duty to
throw stones at his window and yell out that
It Is "hait-past 4.
The common lodging house is to these men
home and club combined, and the proprietor
who gets this class Of men-men in steady
employment tries to please them, and
gradually they fill his house, and then he ex-
cludes chance customers and 'roughs,n and
his house becomes a regular workingman's
home.
One great advantage that man with regu-
lar wages finds in these places is that he is
able to keep q valet Yes, valet In all Of
these common lodging houses there are men
who, for a copper or so a week, ''valet" for
the aristocrats. For tWopence week paid
to a poorer fellow lodger the aristocrat has
his boots blacked and his supper cooked. In
addition to this, the valet runs his masters
errands and keeps his favorite seat by the
fire till he wants it, and when there is a dis
cussion on any matter the faithful valet
chimes in with his master and is always
ready to back him in any assertion he may
choose to maka.-George r. Sims in Phila-
delphia Times
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A Hunared nelnaed GIrla.

There recently arrived In Los Angeles
about 100 young English girls, who were
brought to the Pacific coast through tho in
strumentality Of Miss Elizabeth Parker, an
English woman widely known for her phil
nnthropic work in behalf Of her sex. During
her visit to California year ago she saw the
need Of good domestic help, other than the
Chinese, and she accordingly wrote home Of
the splendid chances awaiting intelligent
girls Unfortunately for themselves, the
girls who came were not Of the lonestic
class required, but were principally govern
esses, ladies' maids and nurses, a kind Of help
seldom needed in the west The result has
been disastrous 20 the girls, and many have
returned home. Others, who had not the
means to return, are said to be in destitute
in Los Angeles. The head Of
the San Francisco Girls union says 5000
places could be found in California alone for
as many good house servants, but none at all
for gentlewomen, which fact makes the case
Of the deluded English girls peculiarly hard.
Philadelphia Times.
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A sound legal OnInIsn.

E. Brairbridge Nun lay Esq Cou ty ATTY,
Clay Co. Tex. Saws. "HAve us.d Eec;ric Bit
ttr' with most happy results. Ms brother asc
was very low with Malarial Fever and Jan
lice, but was cured by timely use OF this meni
zine. Am satisfied EcClric Bitters saved h.
Ire"
Mr.. D. I. Wcoxson, n Rorse Cave. Ky. add,
hike te'tmony, saying: lie positively be
lieYes he would have died, had it not been fol
Eecwc Buers.
This great remedy will word of. as well as
rc sll Malaria Diseases, and for all Kiducy,
LIVER and stomach D sor,lers sianIs uneauaI le &.
Price 5oc. and 81 at G. W. Mar>h,a's
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
snlarr pn,h i. ch.r

The price that it has been averred JOSEPH
demanded Of Mr.. Vanderbilt, 5000 year
Is preposterous. II Joseph were a reality
such salary for chef in private house
especially a house like Mr.. Vanderbilt's,
where there are few grand dinners, would be
ridiculous. Probably the sum was francs,
and not dollars, which would be on par
with the salary Mr.. Vanderbilt has paid be-
fore for the same services.
There are few cooks in private houses in
New York who receive more than 5000
francs, but not many The chef at Delmoni.
cos has long been credited with IS 600, but
his work is tenfold that of q private cook.
He has a score Of cooks to manage.-sSep
York Cor. Chicago Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
rIIssInns fnr centrn1 Afrin.

Almost all round Africa, and most mark
edly so along the coast OF Guinea, there
runs, for the breadth Of from 20 to $50
miles inland from the coast, belt Of mala-
riOus country, consisting Of low lying plains
and vast mangrove swamps, which are COW
cred with masses Of decaying vegetation.
The climate is hot and moist, the sun beats
fercely down, and the foul fog which it
draws up from the stagnant waters is
charged with death. If it does not destroy
the life at once, at least, like opium eating.
il slowly saps all the vital forces. The nobler
beasts Of burden themselves sicken and die
in this pestilential atmosphere. No amount
of care enables them to live out their natural
term. Woe to the European visitor who
leaves his vessel and incautiously passes a
night upon the shorel He sometimes falls a
victim at once or, worse still, he carries about
henceforward a sentence of death within
himself. Sierra Leone itself has long been
known as ''the white mans grave" Those
Europeans who manage somehow or other
to acclimatize themselves are generally the
least favorable specimens of their race.
It is not, as Mr.. Blyden points out, the
''fttest," but the "unfittest, . who survive.
The finer and more manly African races who
live behind the coast ranges of mountains
and within the central plateau, with its more
moderate temperature and invigorating air,
when they venture down TO this fever stricken
region, themselves gradually degenerate,
and morally, even as did the
hardy Samnites of old when they pressed
down from their mountain businesses in the
Central Apennines To the luxurious shores of
Campania. With noble self-devotion, but, it
must be added, with strange short sighted
ness, European missionaries have thrown
themselves into this hopeless region. and, !
with rapidly enfeebling bodies and minds,
have labored on among a people who are
physically incapacitated, even if Christian /
ized, for any vigorous exertion, till death |
released them. Not single missionary set |
-lement except the few struggling stations |
along the pestilential Lower Niger, has. 1 |
believe, yet been planted 100 miles from the /
West African coast, among those nobler /
'aces, such as the Mandingoes or the Fulahs.
,ne convert among whom would be worth, as |
4 center of new influence and as an omen Of /
nope for the future, any number Of natives
# the coast. Century.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
why the Boy Goes Wrong

The very wealth is at the root Of it all
The boy is indulged in money and the dis
position Of his time. He plays billiards and
cards all night, smokes cigarettes immoder-
ately, drinks whisky in proportion, indulges
in other pastimes and vices, and bribes the
servants to lie about his comings and goings
at home The father, engrossed in large af-
fairs, frequently hasG young drunkard sit
ting opposite him at dinner without being
aware of the fact, and the mothers lsve is too
blind to observe. The boys health is dam
aged, his morals strangled, and his pocket
mortgaged. He gets into all sorts Of scrapes
that he is ashamed Of, until finally one
more outrageous than usual, and perhaps
with female attachment, drives him, with
a mind weakened by debauchery, to despair.
Then he shoots himself, and he's usually
drunk when he does it.-New York Letter
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
London IN a blizzard.

What would happen if London were sud-
denly caught in such blizzard as that which
overwhelmed New York; In that city, pre-
pared rs it is for heavy falls of SHOWS. 500
corpses have accumulated unburied, owing
TO the impossibility of reaching the eeIne-
teries. But in London the dead might be left
without a thought. The feeling Of the liv-
ing would absorb every energy The whole
city, if the SHOW did not melt, might become
one gigantic mausoleum of the millions Of its
inhabitants When we read Of the digging
out of corpses standing frozen in the street
where tho snow overwhelmed them we are
reminded of the destruction of Pompeii and
Herculaneum, where the people were en-
tombed beneath ashes Snow is as deadly
and more mercifuL How seldom we reflect
that a snow storm may be as deadly as a
volcano and a single blizzard more fatal than
an eruption Of Vesuvius, Two days heavy
snow with frost following would disorganize
civilization and decimate the population
Pail Mall Gazette.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
Scenes in Colombo. Cevlon.

Here comes striding through the press a
gaunt, wild looking specter, nude to the
waist, his huge bones seeming to start
through his brown, leathery skin, and his
fierce, black eyes glaring out beneath for
est of shaggy hair. There, with the slow
step and stately bearing Of a man who knows
his own importance, comes a tall form with
the shaven crown, long yellow robe, and red
fan Of Buddhist priest, carrying me back
In moment to the barbaric temples and
island monasteries Of Siam. Then, perched
in the eastern fashion astride of its mothers
hip, with her arm around it, appears a native
child-the prettiest little bronze statuette
imaginable-with huge silver bangles glitter
ing upon the dark skin of its tiny wrists and
ankles, and all its splendid white teeth dis
played in a constant laugh Of wondering en-
joyment at the surrounding stir and hustle.
And now we might appropriately sing
''The Tamils are Coming" for round the cor
ner file a perfect battalion Of the famous
Malabar race, whose conquest Of Ceylon ages
ago is one Of the chief landmarks in its
stormy history. Their snow white turbans
and spotless tunics look delightfully."- cool and
fresh in the blistering glare of the MONDAY
sun; but their faces, though smooth and
sleek as that of Greek statue, have an un-
mistakable coarseness in the outline Of their
broad, blunt noses and thick lips which would
contrast very unfavorably with the small,
delicate, sharply cut features of a genuine
Hindoo. Next passes at all Malay in the white
''baju" dacket) and particolored ''sarongs
lclose fitting skirt Of his national costume,
looking doubly picturesque by contrast with
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
netter cool,s Thnn ,Yomon.

Not perhaps for the same reason that great
chefs are men, but because one Of the most
striking phases Of the civilization Of today
develops itself in that direction, men are get
ting 70 be better cooks than women. They
have always been better gastronomers. But
the man about town, the luxurious idler who
Breakfasts at Delmonico's, lunches at the
Brunswick or at Savarin's and dimes at
Solaris, actually knows, as a rule, more
about the constituents Of the dishes on the
menu, and how they are put together and
heated TO achieve desirable result, than any
woman he is ever likely to meet there or
elsewhere. There isn't one woman in
hundred who can go into restaurant such
as those and order what man would call "a
decent meal" Women who have Travelled,
seen much Of life az their husbands and
brothers see it, owe a vast deal Of their popu-
larity to their acquired ability to know just
what's what across a table a deux.-New
York Press every Day Talk
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
THE CAUSES OF MurIsM.

why the Mute Does Not Use the Organs
Of SPECIFICATIONS Case.
Ordinary mutism is not due to any defect
in thevocal organs. but to deafness, either
born with the person or occurring so early as
to preclude learning TO talk. The mute does
not use the organs Of speech simply because
he does not know how. Talking is really a
very complex process, and involves much
knowledge and more training.
But mutism may also be caused by laryn-
geal disease, or by paralysis Of the nerves
that work the vocal chords, so that it is i'm
possible to bring them together This is
known as aphonia. Somewhat resembling
this yet wholly distinct from it, is what is
called aphasia, an affection of certainspart
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
An Agnostic View.

Knowing, then, absolutely nothing of the
past and absolutely nothing of the future,
and recognizing that one kind of develop
ment brings happiness and the other unhap-
piness, does it not become the clear and
obvious duty of every man, woman and
child to cultivate the one and discard the
otherl
Cheer upi
Cheer up, if for no better reason, for your
own selfish enjoyment, and, being cheered
but for your own selfish enjoyment, you will
find yourself a radiator TO your family, q
comfort to your friends. a benefactor to
your race.-Howard in Boston Globe.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
Everything into chOese.

Travellers in the land of sunny skies are
authority for the statement that there is
nothing in the shape of milk that the Ital.
ian peasant won't convert into cheese if he is
given half a chance. Every known animal
is subject to his tax for this purpose, and it
is said that a Genoese sailor who was once
cast away on a south sea island went insane
from disappointment when, after months of
experimenting, he discovered that the milk
of tho cocoanut had no cheese in it.-Chicagc
News
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
Growth In EIectrlo nnIlmnr..

The last year has seen a wonderful growth
in electric railways. There are now in the
United States over eighty miles of road on
which the motive power is electricity.
Eighteen have plants in operation in lengths
varying from one to eleven miles. Contracts
have been made for roads and they are now
being constructed in seventeen other towns,
and there are fifty-nine projected roads.-St.
Louis Republican.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
A Valuable Dog.

Man Of the House aroused by a knock
Come, row, what do you want here at this
time of night!
Stranger-Excuse me, sir, but could You
let me have Il candle and couple of matches'
My dog and my little girl have fallen into
your cistern; and he's a valuable dog, and
therel bear him bark Harvard Lampoon.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
Counterfeiting Old French Plate.

Silver sharps in France have been flooding
Paris with counterfeits Of old French plate,
and it has just been discovered that the bogus
goods are ordinary modern plate when made
in Germany, and after being imported as
such, have the old Paris mark put on them
and are fixed up to look like the real old
goods. Five men in this business have been
Gned from 5000 to 5000 each.-New York
SIM
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27

the queer nondescript garb Of a group Of half
caste women, whose shabby black European
gowns and III shaped hats add something even
to the ugliness which bountiful nature has 50
lavishly bestowed upon them. Then ad-
vances a short, stout Cingalese, whose thick
black hair is gathered into kind Of club or
the top Of his head and fastened there with a
huge crescent shaped comb Of tortoise she'll
Ceylon Cor New York Times.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
Tonipp II Down n Tttt1.

X was paying attention to a rich widow.
MADAM" he said, as he offered her a
bouquet; ''you grow more and more beauti-
full every day"
"You exaggerate, my dear sirl" exclaimed
the lady, very much fattered.
"Well, then let US say-every other day y
Judge.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27

ITO either hold the plow or drive" re-
quired strength To secure and keep
strength good stomach is required and it
must be kept in strong and helthy action.
Warmers Log Cabin Hops rnd Buchu REM
edy will put your weak stomach in good
working order. Druggists Il ave it.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
BuskIeu,s Arplea save.

The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises
seies Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all ssiH
eruOtiOns. and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. I, Is gsaranieed to give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price 2s cts. per
box. For sale BY G. ". MARSHALL, Druggist.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
As matter of fact New York is seldom
provisioned beyond forty-eight hours
Family Matters.

Brown have always understood. Dunn
ley, that Lumley was a friend of yours?
Dumley-Friond. nawl He's a relative
Epoch
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
syrup Of gIga.

Is Natures own tue laxative, It is tie most
easily taken and the most effective remedy
known to Cleanse the System when Bilious or
COslivei 10 dispel Headaches. Colds, and Fevers;
TO Cure Habiiual Constipation. Indigestion,
Piles, etc. Manufactured only by the Calfor.
mia Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
Personal.

A young lady of seventeen summers,
highly educated, refined, and Of proposes
sing appearance, desires to form the acquaiu-
lance Of some nice young man, whom she
would advise, iftroubled with dyspepsia, to
use that great blood purifier, Sulphur Bit
ters
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27

A live oak tree in Mississippi measures five
and one-hah feet in diameter breast high
from the ground, and spreads its branches
eighty-smo feet.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
AGENTS MAMTEl!

To canvass for OF the largest oldsst establish
ed, BEST KNOWN NURs sERIEs in the country.
Most liberal terms Unequalled facilities. GEN.
EVA NURSERY, Established 1876.
W. & 7. SMITH, GENEVA, N. Y.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27

In ancient times prophets were also known
as seers. The profits of today are also the
seers-the tinanciers.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
MUSTANG LINIMENT

MEXICAN MUSTANG I1NnIENT, for Rheuma-
Elsa, A'nabaeo. Sctatica, Lsane Baeh. sfg Sotnta.
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
MUSTANG LINIME I

MEXICAN MUSTANG LINLaENT, used vigor-
Ousis Is deathto swinney. Wind calls.soro Baeks-
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DORSEY HOUSE.
Il. E. Heather, Prop.

The best location, tie best rooms, the best furn-
ture' the best table, and the best bar in Milford,
free hack 10 aud from lhe depot for guests meets
each train Permanent boarners taken at special
rates. Transient rates only 81 5Oper day, and the
same service tsat costs from 50 to So per day in
other towns. All the prominent people OF Milford
VINO board. live at the Dorsey House. oct "
Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
FELTON, HOUSE.

This hotel has been leased and newly furnished
by the present proprietor. who is now prepared 10
give the best accommodations for man and beast
TraveleiHg men are sent 10 all parts Of the Pen
insula. at very moderate charges.
Located in the central part Of
FELTON, --- DEL.
l-ss-tf R. J. BOULDEN. PRePR.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-02

Constitutional Catarrh.

No sings disease has entailed more suffering or
fastened the breaking up of the constitution than
CaarTh. The sense Of SMELL of taste, of eight of
hearing, the human voice, the mind-one or more,
and sometimes all, yield TO its destructive inhu.
ence. The poison it distributes throughout the
system attacks every vital force, and breaks up the
most robust of constitutions. Ignored because
but little understood. by most physicians i'm 10.
tently. assailed by quacB5 and charlatans, those
suffering from it have little hope TO be relieved of
it this side of the grave. 1t IS time, then that
the popular treatment of this terrible disease by
remedies within the reach of all passed into hands
at once competent and trustworthy. The ew and
hitherto untried method adopted by Or. Sanford
in the preparation of his RADICAL CURE has won
the hearty approval of thousands. 1t is inetanta.
neous in affordlng relief in all head colds sneezing
enufling and ebstruced breathing, and rapidly re-
moves the most oppressive, symtome, clesring
the head sweetenlng tie the breath, restoring the
senses of smell, taete and hearing, neutralizing
the constitutional tendency of the disease towards
the Lungs, liver and kidneys.
SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE consists of one bottle
of the RADICAL CURE, one box CATARRHAL Sol.
VENT and an IMPROVED INHALER; price, 81.
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