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Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
Founder of crahnm.s MAGAZINE.


The venerable John r. Graham, who
founded Graham's Magazine in PHILADELPHIA
over forty years ago, when literary periodi.
Gals were few in the United States, has Just
taken his departure from the Eve and Ear
hospital in Fourth avenue, where he has spent
the past four years rs a patient undergoing
treatment for cataract in both eyes. He re-
jQices over the improvement Of his vision to
such a degree that he can now resume his
career as a writer. A few days ago Mr.. Gra-
ham INDUCED in some "reminiscences of old
times when Graham's Magazine was at the
zenith OF its success, and when Fenimore
Cooper, Henry W. Longfellow, Edgar A.
Poe and other celebrities were among the
contributors to its pages. Even then he paid
Longfellow very high prices for the poems
and sonnets which he sent in monthly. such
prices as would raise the eyebrows Of the
bards of today, and he paid Cooper at rates
which no living American novelist of this
time can command
On one occasion, after he had given Cooper
a check Of four figures to secure an unwritten
novel, he asked Cooper to do him the favor of
opening the first installment of the work for
the magazine, not with a long descriptive
passage, but with some incident that would
seize and rivet the readers attention. and
lead him to seek the ensuing installments in
other numbers of the magazine. Cooper
agreed to do so. In time the roll of manu-
script for the first month came to hand: it
was wholly descriptive, ard Mr. Graham
.elt that he was lost, but he published it.
When the roll for the next month came il
was Of the same kind, and when that for the
ihird month came it was like the two
previous ones; and not till the fourth install
nent and the fourth month did the famous
'uthor get at his story, which was all un-
worthy of his name. It turned out to be a
leavy loss to Mr. Graham. The founder of
Magazine ought to publish his
eminiscenees Of the budding period of
American letters. York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
The seanainnrinn 1Hnr.

There is an American custom that the
Swedes do not seem to take to very kind
ly. This is the custom of ''treatiug.' .
The Swede is too thrifty to find delight
in paying over and over again for
booze which some else will have the
beneft-or curse-of. "No," says a
gentleman, who has lived in q section of
Minnesota thickly populated with Sean
dinavians, ''the average Swede or Nor
wegian never stands treat like an Ameri-
can. They have, however, what we
Americans, living among them, used to
call a 'Swede treat, that is, every man
pays for his own drink. A dozen of then
win come up to the bar together an,
drink in unison, and with the best of
feeling prevailing all around, but when
it comes to settling every one of them
goes to the bottom of his pocket for the
price of the liquor he has personally alb
sorbed That's a 'Swede treat. '"-Pio-
neer Press Listener"
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09

it requires no little amount Of tact to deal
with such individuals without getting
the ''swapn But to their credit be it
said, there are saleswonlen and salesmen
in the drapery trade who are capable Of
making a sale to the most cantankerous
individual, and that not by any set
method, but by treating his customers
according to their several weaknesses, in
something the same manner as Sam
Slick treated his horses-by soothing
the fractions ones, encouraging the timid
ones and lathering the sulky ones like
blazes
The last method will hardly commend
itself to most people, but it often happens
that it is necessary to speak very sharply
to some customers before they can be got
to make up their minds. And when the
assistant has used every effort without
avail, the word is passed ''sign, and this
brings the shopwalker to the fore, and
then both try their best, and it is almost
certain that the sale viii be effected.
Tales of lodges of shopwalkers with
''tabs" are numerous. One very COM
mon practice in selling dress fabrics is to
put piece each on four or five chairs in
a casual manner, as if to show them to
the best advantage, and to barricade the
customer so that she can't very well bolt
without making a purchase. Another
very common practice, and which is fire.
quently successful, is to put aside tn
articles there is difficulty in selling.
and show something else, returning to
the first article at a convenient time
Warehcusenen and Diapers Journal.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
The Horss Cans of Rnssin.

At Moscow and st. Petersburg the
street cars are similarly constructed to
those in Paris, but are little larger.
They are almost as long as the passenger
coach on a steam road-have double
decks, or two stories, and accommodate
over sixty passengers without crowding.
A stairway winds up at the rear Of the
cars leading to the long seats above, over
which is a wooden roof or canopy, and
the passengers have the privilege of a
seat in the breeze above or in the in
closure below, the latter being like the
interior Of American street cars. Eight
horses are used when there is snow on
the ground, four of them being hitehed
abreast. In the summer four horses, two
abreast, do the pulling. Three men run
the cara conductor, a driver and a man
who rides the off horse hitched in the
rear. The driver rings a bell continu-
ously, and when any one attempts to
cross the track in Gloss proximity he
rings more vigorously and rails in several
languages. The fare is usually twenty
Sopecks, which is about ten cents. The
street cars in Russia are not old institu-
tions and are not very literally patronized.
- Philadelphia Times.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
should Hare KNOWN nnttor.

Verify, this age is not that Of the in
genue! A lady, whose fortune not adj
mitting of her riding in her own equipage,
and having number of visits to pay. did
as the rest of the world does in a similar
plight, and took cab by the hour, her
young daughter accompanying her.
Economy prompted brief calls. but at one
house she remained longer than this
''young person" deemed at all advisable.
and on returning to the carriage was
sharply rebuked by her. but it was
impossible to leave; Miss - was verv
entertaining said madame Ia mere.
" Never mind" replied little mademoi-
selle, Il should think you'd know better
than to waste a seventy-fve cent ride on
twenty-five cent Boston
Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
Tho Unprotected Neok space.

1t is ours to warn, and with warning
give counsel that shall protect. Between
a mans coat collar and hat brim there
lies 4 space of neck that modern hirsutc
fashion has left bare-exposed to chilly
winds, uncovered to cold. If collar b.
uptnrncd some help is found, but mercs
less draughts still play at will about one
Of Ife's centers. For beneath this ex-
posed skin lies what anatomists call the
cerebro-spinal axis-which is the center
of animal as the front brain is the center
of intellectual life-whence proceed the
nerves that govern both heart and lungs
among others, the pneumogastric and
spinal accessory. So, in place of most
exposure. it would logically
seem that extra effort should be made t
guard this sensitive area.-William f
Hutchinson, N. D., in American Maga-
zine.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
Useless and Dangerous Animals.

It is a consolation to know that while
mans selfishness, as well as idiotic folly,
is obiterating the elk, antelope and
buffalo, as web as depopulating the
streams of finny inhabitants, a great deal
is also done annually to rid the world Of
animals of a more useless and dangerous
sor.. Twenty thousand rabbits the Other
day were corTaled, by men. women and
children, in one of the valleys of Cali.
fornia, and killed. Thousands more es.
capped, but the rabbits were sufficiently
reduced to make agriculture possible fol
the coming year. There is no section Of
the civilized world where man fails now
to fairly cope with dangerous animals
unless it be with the snakes of southern
Asia.-G Globe Democrat.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
Pavlng Children ror Erorut1inr.

Three young ladies were walking down
Woodward avenue the other day. the
damsel in the middle talking volubly in
a very audible tone. She said:
"Why, they are paid for everything.
They got 500 each for not having their
ears pierced; 800 each for not becoming
engaged until they are 21, and when the
rest Of the family went abroad and didn't
take -, she cried and got 500. It's
800 for this and a $1O0 for that all the
time. Then there is their brother. He's
delicate, you know, and he gets 81 a day
for not eating dessert. 81 a day for
going to bed at o'clock and when he is
sick he gets 50 day for taking his medi-
cine. And spend money! Why. girls,
it's just awful! They spend nle4s in
-" and they passed out of ear shot,
Detroit Free Press.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
HerOlsm of a BOSTON Girl.

A story Of personal heroism has come to
our knowledge which certainly deserves to be
told, although, for excellent reasons which
cannot here be stated, the names and precise
location cannot be given. The other day on
one Of the streets Of Boston devoted TO resi-
dences, young lady-a cultured, wealthy
and society" girl-looking from a second
story front window, saw a servant Girl rim
from the opposite house, with her CLOTHING
all abiaze. 1t was the work Of an instant to
seize large sofa blanket and run down the
stairs, out into the street, pursue the fright
ened girl, and wrap her in the biz red
blanket Remembering the furious wind il
was one Of those times when a minnie
counts To the young lady's bravery the
poor girl owes her life, as the street was
almost deserted, and investigation afterward
showed that the clothing was nearly aIl
burned from her body. Other skirts nothino
was left but the bindings and a RACED
fringe; her hair was singed and the exnosed
flesh badly burned. It is a pleasure 10 he
able to say that the young lady did net re-
ceiye the least injury, if a slight strain of the
wrist be excepted. Boston Transcrint
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
Heart of the slerrn n1ndro.

Owing to the peculiar climatic condi-
tions of the country, the mountains and
valleys are green the year round; though
in the winter months tho SUBMITS of the
peaks are often capped with snow, which
approaches closely the summer belt of
he low land, where the air is redolent
With the fragrance of the orange bios
SONS. While standing in an oran,
grove have watched a snow storm COW
erlng the dead yucca stalks and chapar-
raj, which was SO near by that l could
have sent a bullet from my rifle fairly
into it. Winter and semi-tropical SUI
mer were face to face, yet so subtle We >
the conditions that there was no en-
croachment, the snow seeming a veli-
table truce between the opposing forces.
&C. f. Holder in American Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
Experimental Torpedo Boat Cruise.

Put not your trust in torpedo boats. is the
moral to be drawn from the return which
has just informed an astonished public of the
results of the experimental torpedo boat
cruise of last spring. Twenty-four so called
first class boats started on this expedition.
Five passed through the ordeal (which con
sisted of several hours run down channel in
very fair weather. uninjured. OF the re
naming nineteen one burst her boiler, one
ran on rock and two got into collision.
while the rest sustained moro or less serious
breakdowns of machinery of one kind and
another. What would have happened to the
lotilla in real warfare is more easy than
pleasant to contemplate. The natural infer
ence would seem to bo that torpedo boats are
absolutely useless craft either fer offensive
or defensive purposes Truth.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
NeW DISCOVERIES IN cHEMsrRY.
Chemical Reproductions OF the Valuable
Principles in Natural Products.

Chemical Reproductions OF the Valuable
Principles in Natural Products.
1t will be a long time before the farmer
finds himself supplanted by the chemical
laboratory in the production of such COM
modities as sugar, tea, alcohol, drugs and
dye stuffs, though sanguine chemists tell
us that the recent triumphs Of their sci
ence indicate the probability that these
and other articles viii some day be prof
itably produced from purely inorganic
materials. Synthetic chemistry, or the
forming of compounds by recombina-
tons Of chemical elements, is making
steady progress, and has already affected
agriculture.
Mr. Robert Hugh Mills, in a recent lect-
ure, called attention to tho fact that the
cultivation Of madder has been almost de-
stroyed by the chemical discovery that its
identical coloring matter can be cheaply
produced from coal tar. The production
Of indigo is also threatened by an arti-
fetal production which the chemists have
discovered. A while ago it was found
that the cinchona tree could be profitably
planted in India, and fine new field of
industry was believed to have opened for
the farmers Of that country. Scores of
chemists, however, have been at work
upon the synthesis Of quinine, ard their
researches have advanccur SO far that the
prediction is now confidently made that !
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
GOrgeOusness Of a Roval Nurso.

1t is somewhat singular that the most gor-
geously dressed person in all the Spanish
court should be the nurse Of the infant kino
a comely person in face and form. Ordjn9,
rily she wears a rich velvet skirt, with two
broad bands Of gold round it, a blue velvet
apron, also trimmed with gold, and a bodice
of black velvet, fastened with lovely silver
buttons, which opens on an inner bodice Of
fine lawn with lace. Round her neck are
i've or six rows Of coral beads and She wears
long earrings Of the same material A rich
silk handkerchief is fastened over her dart
hair, which she arranges Madonna fashion in
front. For occasions of state there are ofba,.
costumes more handsome-as handsome sars
the chronieler, rs any the nobility wear
Philadelphia Times.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
a Ten Acre Grnvn.

One Of the largest graves in which single
person is buried to be found in this country
is at Pinckneyville, Ills A single slab marks
the spot, but the grave is about ten acres in
extent. Some years ago the deceased and
his sons were operating a coal mine over
there. One day the old man went into the
pit alone to inspect it. While he was in a re-
mote gallery the roof Of the mine caved IN
and the waters Of a subterranean stream
flooded the mine. It was, Of course, impossi-
BILE to recover the body Of the drowned
miner, so his sons simply closed up the shaft
and erected the hesdstone sacred to their
fathers memory. - Ed. Dewey in Globe
Democrat
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
Experiments IN Cattle Rreea,n~.

Yielding to the pressure put upon it, the
French government has decided to again
start a farm for tho purpose Of experiment.
ing with the various breeds Of cattle in the
country. A farm Of 500 acres has been Sc
cured at a place called Vieux Pin, and the
work will be carried out by a commission
consisting Of the director of agriculture, the
director Of horse breeding and several other
experts. Formerly an establishment of the
same sort was maintained, but after time it
was abandoned.-Chicago Times.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
ono OF tho sen,s nnncers.

A curious acoustic phenomenon, some
times observed at sea, has been termed
by NJ. Fizeau, the mirage of sound, :"
from its analogy to certain well known
phenomena of light. The sound waves
are DETECTED upward to a very marked
extent under the influence of strata of
air of various temperatures, and to this
fleet are ascribed numerous collisions
between vessels having powerful fog
SIGNALS. .-Arkansaw Traveller.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
wedding Pressnts IN rrnnoo-

Wedding presents have become so gorgeous
that people Of moderate means are afraid to
send what they can afford This fashion
started among the frugal Dutch, Of givine
the young couple their household furniture
and sum of money to begin life with. ~,
degenerated into a vulgar display Of wealth.
Inc French have wiser plan. The relatives
make up sum Of money as a wedding gift
and send it to the brides mother, who spends
Il for ber daughter in jewels, laces or what
ever seems best. We have had the good
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
Painting pnlm r.onr raas

The everlasting enamel paint with
which the decorating English woman
now covers everything not lively enough
to escape from her, is employed to cover
palm leaf fans to be carried with evening
costume. The enamel hardens them, and
they wear very well, and with the dec
grafton of ribbon bow they look wen,
whether ornamented with flowers or not.
And when the owner is tired of one
color she can cover it with enamel Of a
different hue and ba newly equipped. -
Boston Transcript
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
An Ertraordlnnrr 1neIdent.

One Of the most extraordinary incidents in
the whole record Of longevity is reported
from Pesth, in Hungary, where a beggar,
aged 81, tried TO commit suicide by throwing
himself into the Danube because he was no
longer able to support his father and mother,
who are 1l5 and ITO years DID, respectively
When he told this story, after his rescue, it
was laughed at, but a police inquiry showed
it to be true The family are Magyars from
the extreme south Of Hungary.-.Frank Les
lies
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
Hannv and Hungry.

For over FIVE years I was a constant suf-
erer with that most terrible and annoying
disease, dyspepsia. After paying out hun
dreds OF dollars, the only medicine found
that would do me any good was Sulphur Bit
tiers. Six Bottles cured me. Now can eat
well and am happy and hungry -IEDrToR.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
A Zig Cannl Prniect

A scheme for constructing a canal deep
enough for transatlantic steamers, from
the sea to the city Of Brussels, Belgium,
has been submitted to the city council.
The company will undertake to finish the
work, and begin running steamers from
Brussels to New York within three years
from the date of the concession Foreign
Letter.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
A Cold Foot Bath.

"Three out of four colds are caught
through the feet, " said DR.. Titus Muuson
Coan in a recent lecture, ''and the only
sound prevention is to take n cold foot
bath. Have it so cold that your bones
will ache. It hardens the nerves. Peo.
pie troubled with cold feet will be cured
in a week if they take cold foot baths. -
New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09

sense to abjure the English wedding favors
made of white satin ribbon and artificial
flowers, some for horses ears and servants
coats.-Brooklyn Eagle
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09

An English pathologist thinks tina,
cancers may be developed by arsenic eat
ing.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
WIG IS Your g. Friend {


Your stomach Of course Why Because
if it is out Of order you are one of the most
miserable creatures living. Give it a fair,
honorable chance and see if it is not the best
friend you have in the end. Don't smoke
in the morning. Don't drink in the morning.
If You must smoke and drink wait until your
stomach is through with breakfast You can
drink more and smoke more in the evening
and it will tell on you less. If your food
ferments and docs not digest right, IF you
are troubled with Heartburn, Dizziness of
the head, coming up Of the food after eating,
Biliousness, Indigestion, or any other trouble
Of the stomach, you had best Use Green's
August Flower, as no person can use it with
out immediate relief jan
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
The wicked AdvertIser's way.

The British publisher is no longer content
merely to deface the inside of his books with
advertisements He now defaces the outside.
He has for some time past taken great liberties
with the cheap railway volumes meant to be
read and thrown away He did the same
with some Of tho shilling volumes Of standard
literature, not meant to be thrown away
Now he has gone a step further, and stand
ard books of reference bound in cloth are
handed over to the wicked advertiser to work
his viii upon The book have before me is
''Dod's Peerage,n published by Messrs. Whit
taker & Co. One side Of the cloth cover is
stamped all over in big gold letters and big
gold pictures of bottles, and big trademark,
which looks like a griffin trying to ring a
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CITY COLLECTORS NOTICE.


OFFICE CITY tOLIfCIOR CITY HAIL
RICHMOND. ". April lo--
! ICENSE TAN.
This Office VIII Doe open daily nom g o'clock
amt Go'cio.k pm. from the 18th to the nth
of April. ior the purpose of RECEIVING
The LICENSE TAN from all Doctors, D'n-
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chlulisc. STOCK and Exchange Brokers, Whole
sale aui Retail Liquor Dealers, Hotels. Res
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Auctlouecr-. Lumber Measures, Architects,
Theatres anl Halls, Telegraph Express. and
Coal Companies. Mercantile, Insurance, Real
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chine Agents, Btters Manufacturers, Bot
tiers. Junk and oyster Dealers; Photograph
ers. aud ui other persons liable to.said License
Tax.
All bills rcma.ningu unpaid on the lst day OF
May. q fine of not less than a nor more than
s. for each day thereafter wiIl Doe imposed.
JAMES u. CRAIG,
1apit0-my1 Collector.
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Mherc Nrocca.ins Como FROM.

"Moccasins. the genuine article made by
Indians. are not found in eastern trad" 70
any extent said a travelling salesman for "a
New York firm 10 o reporter They can
ONLY be found in The west but even There the
supply is limited and quickly exhausted"
Don't the red men make moccasins for
sale to consumers duectf
"No. not as a general thing. Tho Indians
have a peculiar process Of tanning the
leather. which makes it very phabls and
soft. IL is quite different from the stock
found ia factories, and is much tougher and
finer in ouaitv.n-Ncw York Evening sun.
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MATTHEW ARNOLD DEAD.
The Apostle Of "Ethics aud Culture"
"SwcetneSs and Light" Etc.

The sudden death Of Matthew Arnold has
as suddenly cut of a big volume Of harsh
criticism ON this side Of the ocean for 1t
must be admitted that Mr.. Arnold was not
in the last days Of his life, nj all popular in
the United States Indeed. for "a professed
apostle Of ethics and culture. he did a good
deal Of very sloyenly writing. and his attack
ON Americans for their "crudeuess or
thought was a clear case Of throwing stones
by one who lived in a glass house. II IS 10
bo presumed. OF course, that his writings on
the harmony between philosophy and the
New Testament, or rather his attempt to
prove that the doctrines OF the established
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Church OF England
are only a sublime
were
clear 10 him but
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not clear To- others
lie criticised Gen
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Instances Of
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a-o Tic Rod and Gun
4 Ore imported a fe"
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..d The pheasants have
. 4uti the island is well
af. tacn The birds are about
'|a oi ID common prairie chicken, with
Tai and tLe.r plumage Is remarkably
'-Ni-L New York Evening World.