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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

have been in the grain option business for
years, and have made and lost two moderate
fortunes, and my honest opinion is that there
is scarcely ono chance in a thousand that the
outside speculator--the man who merely bets
on the fluctuations of the market-wil quit
winner. He may be as shrewd as you like,
but as long as he merely invests money on
the question, as the market going up or
DOWN. he is but a guesser, and in the major
ity Of cases he is going to guess wrong.
Three classes of men have a chance to win at
grain gambling-the broker who gets COM
mission, no matter who loses; the bucket
shop proprietor, who takes everybody's
money and pays a little of it over to the
winners: and the millionaire operator"
they don't call him ''gambler'9, who can
get hold of the entire supply and hold it for
and price he chooses to name. Outside these
three classes it's hopeless battle with fate
| consider the poor man who tackles the
futures" dragon and gets downed the first
time is the lucky man in the end, for a
burned child breads the fire; but the fellow
who wins little to start on is practically
sure to leave the business broken in pocket,
spirits and credit, and incapacitated for
those lines Of labor in which he formerly
made comfortable living.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

A hawk which was caught in a trap near
Gettysburg suddenly made bold dash for
freedom and rose in the air, carrying the
trap with it. Farmer Geesey saw the
performance and then drove on. He had
gone nearly two miles when he saw a big
hawk lowering and fluttering over a rail
fence at one side Of the road. AS Geesey
came opposite the bird he was amazed to see
that it had a steel trap fast to one Of its
legs. A chain three or four feet long was at
tached to the trap, and on the end Of the
chain was a large ring This ring was around
the sharp point of one of the fence stakes, and
the hawk was unable to get away. Geesey
got out of his wagon, and after lively fight
with the hawk succeeded in overpowering
aud capturing it.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

A toad under a harrow would doubtless
give a different account Of his experience
from that which the farmer guiding the inn
plement might furnish.
"Only those aroused from midnight slum-
Der on shipboard by the terrible cry, Man
overboardPn said traveller, "can compre-
bend to the full its terrible meaning, the fear
and in its sudden alarm"
"Oh, yes, they can, said a little man who
did not look as If he had ever left his native
town. II heard it once when | wasn't near
the ship, and realized it more than any one
else"
"You couldn't" said the traveller, scorn-
fully
"Yes, | could" persisted the little man
II was the man who was overheard ~
Youths COMPANION.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY, MAY II. 1889.
AN ARIZONA EPISODE.

Never herd tell O. Billy Martini
Wal, now, stranger, yo'r boots must achei
Bnl Wur the deadest shot fur sartin,
N all Arizony-make no mistakei
Sized 20 up fur tenderfutter.
Soon as ever seen 20 hit
She Box S Range In such splutteF,
But yo're the freshest, must edmit
I,lowed z how thur warn't no buddy
Hedn't heerd tell o Pistol Bill
"Crd he shoot better'n Carverf" Cud hel
Bill didn't monkey-he shot ter kilt
None O. tibet glass ball foolin' in hls'n-
Bill warn't built on7no sech plan,
Mems his marks, n he knowed his bis'n;
Never but once he missed his man
How WIZ theti Wal, thur warnt much to it.
He w1iz down In the Oily bend,
Ridin' the round up-almost through IT.
All Nv a student thur comes the end
Bill got gone on a Senoreeter
Livin' thar in a 'dobe town
LordI The angels never wus swecteri
Tall. n big eyed. n pinky brownl
Bronco Jim, 'ez the luck wud mix It,
He get gone on the self same butte;
Bin great pards afore tibet fix tt
Then, in course. twas case o shooei
EhiI reck'n seen the shootin'i
shit my ear-but finished him
Far n squar' Wot's tibet yo're tootinf
Sartin, stranger-I'm Bronco jim
Been lookin' fur me? You're Billy's brotheri
Wal, never did Earn to rum
One times about the same ez another
Fair play, partner-reach fur yo' gum
Charles F. Lummis in Time
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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.
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TERMS: $l.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

position to feel that he was being trampled
upon. He reasserted his right to the frag-
ment of a seat and made another lunge for it.
"Conductahl conductahi" called the swell
"Aw-this man must be elected from the
cab, don't you know. He's inebwiated"
The conductor declined to interfere The
plain fact undoubtedly was that he was a
coward and dare not touch the drunkard
The dudes face showed no sign Of any emo
ton whatever; be leaned over, took the
drunkard by the coat collar, stood him on
his feet, started him toward the door, opened
it with his disengaged hand. pushed tile fell
low out, and calmly thrust him of on the
pavement
Then he came back, with face as express
sionless as ever,
"Aw, very disagweeable, don't you knowI"
he said.-Boston Transcript
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

The Oldest Of all the obelisks is the beautiful
one Of rosy granite which stands alone among
the green fields upon the banks Of the Nile,
not far from Cairo. It Is the grayestone q
a great ancient city which has vanished ans
left only this relic behind. The city was the
Bethshemesh Of the Scriptures, the famous
one, which is memorable to all Bible.readers
as the residence Of the priest Of Potipherahs
whose daughter, Asenah, Joseph married.
The Greeks called it Hellopolis, the city Of
the sun, because there the worship Of the sun
had its chief center and its most sacred
shrines.-Atlanta American.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17
Sunday Occupations.

Physicians frequently say that Sunday Is
the busiest day Of their week. Men could
not spare the time on secular days to consult
the doctor, but the Sabbath released them
from worldly tasks, and nothing was lost If
they were sick then Another statement
which indicates that many use the Sabbath
to discharge social or friendly obligations
ave dread a rainy Sunday" said a postal
clerk 1.-The mail always contains more let
tiers ON Monday than on any other day in the
week, but when the Sabbath has been stormy
the amount Is almost doubled. New York
Ctop
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

An Atchison man whose wife was quite
fat, was caught flirting, and he made rather
novel explanation Of his conduct. THE
great ambition Of your life" he said to his
wife, after being caught at It, twas to be-
come slender Knowing that there was no
efficacy in the stuff known as Anti Fiat, re
solved to lirt away your superfuous flesh
1t wrung my heart to do it, but was willing
to make any sacrifice for your happiness.
So / Airted, and you began to lose flesh.
You are now as spirituelle as you ever wished
to be. Come to my arms, and say you never
doubted me."-Atchison Globe.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

A Boston drummer says; Zone Of the
meanest men it was ever my misfortune to
have any dealings with was retail grocer,
who at the time was selling a poor woman
three pounds of common crackers for twenty
Eve cents, for which he paid at the rate OF
six cents per pound, but to make his scales
exactly balance he found it necessary to
break a cracker in two. AS this man finally
met death by falling down stairs and break
ing his neck, thought he received only his
Just dues. n-Boston Transcript
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17
A New RslatIonshln.

Mr.. Gutehardt Ito little Ethel, years Old
Who was the gentleman who patted you on
the headl
Ethel-That was my father-in-law.
Mr.. Gutehardt-Wha A little girl like
you have father-in-lawl You must be
mistaken.
Ethel-WeIl, he used to be my regular
father, but mamma got a divorce from him.
Detroit Free Press.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

itself Alright in the cup, for at the last It
biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adj
der" This is the other quotation. Make up
your mind as to which Is the more impressive.
think the last is the mightier; Rejoice, .
young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart
cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk
thou in the sight Of thine own eyes; but know
thou that for all these things God will bring
thee into Judgment"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

The hest Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruisss
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Chlblains, Corns, and all Skin
eruUtions. and positively cures Piles. OF no pay
required. It is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price Is cts. per
box. For sale BY G. W. MARSHALL, Druggist.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

A stops to let of passengers from Philadelphia
and Wilmington.
stops to take on passengers for Wilmington
and Philadelphia.
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAINS
Leave Wilmington at 600 a. m. and S.5o D. m.
Leave New Castle &c 6.35 a. m. and 3.35 p. m.
Express tram leaving Harrington at 90 m
and arriving at "A y m, runs through soma, 10
and from Baltimore, via POrters and Newark
BRANCH ROADS,
DELAWARE, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA r. r.
Leave Harrington for Lewes ll.O5 m. and a
y. m. Returning, trains leave Lewes for Hatring-
Ton SO a. m and 2 As p. IN. Leave Franklin 10
a. m.
yior Berlin, leaves Harrington II O5 m. Re
tuning leaves Berlin OF a. m.
QUEEN ANNE & KENT r. R-Leaye Townsend
for Centreville and way stations 300 a. m ana
7.44 p. m. weekdays
Der. a CHESAPEAKE r. R-Leave Clayton for
oxford and way stations at 1905 a. m. and 5,ll p
m. weekdays.
CAMBRfpaE s. sEAFoRD r. R.-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations at ll.5O
q. m week days.
CHAS. e. PUGH, General Manager.
J.R. WOOD. General Passenger AGENT
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17
Consumption surelv Oured.

To THE EDITOR Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above named
disease, Bylts timely use thousands Of hopeless
cases haye been permanently cured, shall be
glad to send two bottles Of my remedy FREE to
any of your readers who have consumptloa.f they
will send me their express and pOstOfhce address.
Respectfully,
T. A. sLOCUM, NJ. c., 1871 Pearl ST., New York.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

A Pennsylvania botanical society has re-
ceived n rose Of Jericho from Persia, Of which
species of flower it Is said that when dry
weather is prevalent It wraps itself into
ball and is to all appearances dead The
wind blows it from the stalk and it goes
bounding along until it reaches a moist spot,
where it unfolds its leaves, drops its seeds,
and garden Of roses appears
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17
To Teachersl

An examination for second and third grade
certificates will be held at Laurel, Saturday,
May 18th frankfort, Tuesday, May 2Ist
Georgetown, Wednesday, May 22nd; Milton,
Thursday, May a3rdi Milford, Friday, May
24th aud Bridgeville, Saturday, May 2sth,
1889. An early attendance is requested.
JAS. H. WARD.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

There is a superstition among miners that
every ten years rich diggings viii be discov-
cred somewhere. The record so far is; Cali
fornia, lS40; Pixies Peak, 1859 Nevada, 1906
Leadville, 1879.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

The shad was created for purpose, and
that purpose was to act as a dump for all the
bones which could not be crowded behind the
oils of every other variety Of fish.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17
WART'S HOTEL.

This house having been recently redtted and re-
furnished is prepared to offer guests nrstciAss a0
THF TABLE is supplied with the best the mar
ST THE BAR is stocked with choicest wines ana
trHR LIVERY is fully equipped and we carry
trsvelers 10 an points on the peninsula
ia. HICKMAN Prepr.
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Children Cry for Pitsher's castoria.

When Baby was sick, we gave her castOria.
When she was Child, she cried for CaStOria,
When she became Miss, she chung TO cassOria,
whenuAshad Children, sns gaSethsn cA=erss.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17
Notioe to smvrna shippers.

Notice to Smyrna onlppeIs'
All Heavy Freight intended to be hauled
to boat by our teams should be reported at
our office the night previous to departure OF
boat
ANY small packages should be reported at
he Office at least two hours before boat starts
Telephone connection with Dover, Wyoming
Camden, Townsend and Middletown.
PHlLA. & SMYRNA TRANSPORTATION co.
A e. JARD1NE, sEc'Y & TREAsURER
Ofices.-42 s. Del Ave. Phia.. and Smyrna Del
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HUnMWRW cure guaranteed by DR. Mayer ssl
hufIUhE Arch street Phila Pa Ense at once No
opera ion or business delay Thousands cured send
for circulars. VI ~
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Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village blacksmith stands,
And in trimming basin he
Would wash his brawny hands;
But something else than water clean
His sooty palm demands.
Week in, week out, from morn till
night,
He might have rubbed, l trow,
Had l not given him a cake
OfIvoRY SOAP, when, lot
Full soon those honest hands of his
Were spotless as the snow.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.

And when the soap escaped his grasp
With wonder he did note
That on the waters surface dark
The cleansing bar did float,
AS swims upon a turbid lake
4 pearl white fairy boat.
"Thanks, thanks, said he, my worthy
friend,
For this which thou hast brought;
No village blacksmith should forget
The facts this Ivory Soap has taught;
For hands like mine it is the best
That can be found or bought"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

A WORD OF WARNING.
There are many white soaps represented be just good as the ivory
they ARE NOT but like all Ouns lack the peculiar ana enaaOs '
the genuine Ask for Ivory Soap and insist upon getting 4"
Copyright 1885, by Proce Gamble
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P. w. & B. Railroad.

On and after December 10th, 1888 Sundays ex-
oepled) trains will be run as follows.
GOING SOUTH. AN. An. Pm. Pm
49, uaee rvr pAeH
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AHILEORD
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close Win a peroration- Ministers ana
speakers are very apt to close with perora,
ton, and they generally roll up some grahI
imagery to express what they have 70 say.
close with a peroration mightier than was
,re- uttered 5y mere human lips Two quo
hations. The first is this; "Who hath woei
who hath babblingi who hath wounds with
ont causel They that tarry Tonga the wine,
they that go to seek mixed wine. Look net
upon the wine when il is red, when It moveth
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

Never heerd tell O. Billy Martini
Wal, now, stranger, yo'r boots must achei
Bnl wur the deadest shot, fur sartin,
N all Arizony-make no mistakei
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-06-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

U. s. LAND orvrcE, EUREKA, New.

U. s. LAND OFFIcE, Eureka, Nsv.
January 25, 1850
Notice is hereby given that Simeon ".
ban, whose Postofice address Is Car,a.
Nevada, has this day fled his applic.,;.1s
for q patent for fifteen hundred lineay -.
Of the Conclave mine or vein bearing eois
and silver, with surface ground an s~a
dred feet in width, situated in Corte1 M;.
ing District, county IT Eureka, ard Ss.s.
Of Nevada, ard designated BY the ssiS
notes and official plat on file in this a..
as lot number 48, in township 26 nor,k
range As east, Of Mount Diablo meri,fss
said lot number 4S being described A. iai,
lows, to wit:
Beginning at a post marked nurnbeyl
L 5 survey number 4S. This post stand.
on the noIthe-.. boundary of U s survey
number 30, Premium lode, whence ~,
number 3, the northeast corner Of Al
Premium survey bears north SO 10 dev n
3O0 feet, whence the section corner eorn
mon to sections 8, 6. Z and g. I rs north
X 48 T., Nj ID NJ, bears 5 63 deg Al min
w, 1895 feet, u s mineral monument
number 2 bears S 67 deg 80 min y. 22Ss
feet, and the Garrison air shaft bear.
north so deg Sc min w, 1,l70 feet. Thi.
post is also the original location corner.
/ thence running 1st course north 1.2 dsg
| w, 300 feet, to post number 4. ~
southeast corner OF u survey number al
| Central Consolidated lode, 1900 feet. -
post marked number 2, U survey No a
] This post stands on the eastern BOUNDARY
Of said Central Consolidated survey. And
is the original location corner q this claim:
thence ID course north, SO l-2 deg +. cod
feet, TO post marked number 3. s survey
number 4S, and identical with the original
location corner; thence Sd course q
61.2 deg 4, 1900 feet, TO post marked
number 4. U 5 survey number As, and
identical with the original location corner:
thence 4th course s, SO IL deg w, 800 feet
L, post number 3, Of U s survey number
40, Premium lode, 600 feet, to post nun.
Der /, the place Of beginning, containing
20 66.l00 acres.
Magnetic variation. IL IL deg east, con
tanning 20 66-10O acres.
The location Of this mine Is recorded N
the Recorders office of Cortez Mining Dis
trict, in book /.
The adjoining claimants are south by Ia,
Premium. east by the Summit.
ANY and all persons claiming adversel,
any portion Of said Conelave mine or sur
face ground are required to file their ad
verse claims with the Register Of Ii,
United States Land Office at Eureka, II
the State of Nevada, during the sixty day
period Of publication hereof. or they vii
be barred by virtue Of the provisions of tn
Statute. ID. ii. HALL, Register.
II is hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice Of application for patent be pub
, lished for the period Of sixty days 10 con
secutive weeks, in the Eureka SESTNEL
a weekly newspaper published at EurskA
Nevada. ID. II. HALL, Register.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-06-29

Uog an kx-Fnttattta
nc Kfeh q. fsSf-
"Dr. Hibberd talks about paying
g lin California vhers the gold
fever first broke outl for Eve pounds
Of barley 10 make . feed for his
horse" remarked @. L. Devine.
"WeIi. in the Winter OF 1854 I was
in The mines on the north fork OF
The salmon river. in Northern Calf
fornia. The Salmon Mountains
were covered with about 65 feet OF
snow. No pack trains could get 10
10 US. aud provisions Of all kinds
we're running short. Flour sold ss
high as 81 50 . pound. We were
absolutely out Of salt, and the men
we're fairly Wild for il.
Theodore McMichael OF Phila-
delphia had a store at the forks oi
the Salmon and one day in rummsg-
ing about be came Ecross eight oi
ten small sacks OF salt that had fallen
behind q partition in his store. The
news OF the find spread like aprairis
FIRE and the place was besisged with
men bowling for salt. McMichae
said be would do the best thing ht
could to make 10 go round, and thai
money would buy it. He begsr
weighing il out by the ounce, eact
ounce Of salt requiring an ounce
OF gold 20 take it. Gold wa
then worth sixteen dollars an ounce
so that he sold bis salt at the rate o.
s256 Q pound. and every body wa
satisfied. ."-Philadelphia Record.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-06-29
"COURSE OF STUDY"
FIRST YEAR-FOURTH PRIMARY,
LANGUAGE.

LANGUAGE.
Conversations-Talks about familiar OBJ
jects; qualities of objects discovered and
statements made.
Reading = Sentences from blackboard
and chart. First Reader, simple stories
read by pupils and teacher az supplement
airy exercises.
Spelling selected from reading
lessons and other exercises; also spelling
by sound.
Written Work = Statements copied
from blackboard. Description of object:
in short sentences. Use of capitals and
punctuation marks.
MATHEMATICS.
Number Work-Dsvelopment of mum.
bers from / to 30 with objects. Addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division Of
numbers, making combination up to 80
Exercises in making and solving practical
problems.
Folm-Sphere, cylinder. cube, prism,
cone and pyramid; lines and angles.
Size-Inch, foot, yard; pint, quart, gal
lon developed.
PRIMARY SCIENCE.
Lessons in Place-Directions and cardi.
nal points developed. Map of schoolroom
drawn.
Animals and Plants-Parts of the body
talks about roots, stems, leaves and flow.
ers.
Color-Red, yellow, blue. orange, green
and purple; also tints and shades.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-06-29
Funeral OF = Fat Man.

ELMIRA, June 21.-The remark
able funeral of John Lawes, the fat
man. who weighed GAO pounds, and
was the biggest man in America,
took place Wednesday. Many Curl
ous people went to see him in life
and q crowd stood around in fruit
less attempt to see the face of the
dead. decomposition having set in
early. Wednesday morning. as the
big casket could not be taken through
the door, carpenter sawed out a
part of the side OF the house. Twelve
men carried the coffin out and placed
it in an open wagon in which il was
drawn by two horses to the cemetery.
Sexton Abott had prepared grave
that looked like cellar. and two oak
planks were placed across ii to hold
the casket. Mrs. Lawes and her five
children wept while nine stalwart
men lowered the coffin into the
grave. which was 42 inches wide.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-06-29

Benumbed Nerves I'm JohsstowD
81 am feeling very tired to- night,
remarked q lady as she rocked
nervously in broken armchair
We were burying our folks this
afternoon"
"How many did you lose?"
1.-THE whole family except my
brother and myself. There were
altogether, Is of our family con-
nection that we know were lost, and
there are several more unaccounted
for"
Were you in it?"
/" Yes, indeed, but my brother and
me managed to escape. My clothing
was nearly all torn of. which ac-
counts for the i'll at of this calico
dress. It was given to me by the
Relief Corps"
1T must have been q terrible ex-
perience.
"It was terrible. Indeed. I can
not realize it. just awhile ago wa
thinking over it. and it seemed like
q dream. To tell you the truth,
am not quite certain that I an
awake, and I would not be greatly
surprised to awake and find that
had been asleep. ."-Pittsburg Com
mercial Gazette.