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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09
An Important Rlement

Ofthe success of Hoods Sarsaparilla is the
fact that every purchaser receives a fair
equivalent for his money. The familiar head.
line 100 Doses One Dollar, " stolen by imita.
tors, is original with and true only of Hoods
Sarsaparilla. This can easily be proven by
any one who desires to test the matter For
real economy, use only Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Sold by all druggists.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

DISEASED GRAss.-PrOf Beck with
of the Delaware Experimental Sta
ton, was in Milford on Monday look
ing after the alfalfa planted in this
section. At the station at Newark this
grass was found to be diseased, and
under microscopic examination it
showed fungus growth under the
leaf, which caused 1t to turn yellow
and fail to grow. In his examination
of plots on Bancroft's farm at Camden,
w. f. Causey, J. J. Rosa aud Dr.Geo.
MaIshalrs farms near Milford, he
found the same condition of affairs.
He took samples of each for anylitical
examination, for the purpose of find
ing out the cause aud possible REM
edy.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

A bush meeting will be held in the
grove at the Tub Mill Church COM
mencing Wednesday evening, August
l4th, and continuing until the follow
ing Sunday. Rev. James CarrOll.pas-
tor, assisted by W. K. Galloway, the
evangelist.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

THE Gamers in all parts Of this Pen
insula are anxious to secure all the to-
matoes they possibly can get as the
prospect is that less than half ola crop
will he raised this season, and canned
Tomatoes have become as staple an ar
ticle in grocery stock as sugar; which
creates steady demand for them. The
advance in prices will reimburse them
for losses sustained by the break in
prices last season.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09
For Rent.

One of the new cottages on Wash
ingtOn-st. Persons desiring same
may have the privilege for tone week"
tOsuggest changes, after which time
owner will finish as per plan.
JOSEPH A. HUDSON.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09
THE CONFERENCE ACADEMY

at Dover, Del, Boasding and Day
School for both sexes, prepares for
college, business and teaching. Terms
$500 per year. For catalogue, apply to
w. L. 'Gooding, Principal.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

WHEN the season for manufacturing
phosphate opens this month, Draper,
Davis q Co., will have facilities for
doing double the amount of business
of last season, as they have completed
a large addition 10 their works.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

A free scholarship for Delaware
College can be obtained by applying
to Carrot L. HynsOn, representative
for Milford hundred. This is an OPP
portunity that some bright boy should
nick IN.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09
Poultry Poultry! Poultry |

J. T. FARRELL (Masten's Corners, four
miles from FELTON, aud Harrington. J
will pay the highest cash price for all
kinds of live and dressed poultry and
eggs delivered at his store.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

Temperance lecturer in New England, Mrs.
John Barton, says; was subject to those
deathly sick headaches and also dyspepsia.
Sulphur Bitters cured me when all other
remedies failed. Mrs. Barton is the wife OF
John Barton, Superintendent of Repairs,
Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Mass.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

AS hundreds Of bushels of wheat
have sprouted while stocked in the
field this summer. it may be well ia
remind farmers that it is not lost to
them. Sprouted grain threshed now
and ground into feed will bring as
much for feed as wheat saved in good
order. Remember this, that feed in
1890, in this part of Delaware, will be
valuable stock to own.
THE w. c. r. U. will meet at Mrs.
Mike Diapers, corner of Walnut and
North Second-sts, on next Tuesday
evening, August 18th, at haif-past :
o'clock. The "Y's" are especially in
gited to attend this meeting, as there
is business of Importance to be trans
acted before the convention, which
will meet in Milford on the 18th, 10th
and 18th of October next.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

IA steel roof has been put ON the res
idence of DIR. VIM. Marshall this week.
1t is a rolled steel plate, said to be par
ticularly durable and cheap.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

On Saturday last the flood gates in
JOhnson's mill dam, near Milford,
gave way and caused break sufficient
to run the pond dry.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09
Arrival of Mails.

FROM NoRTH-II:24 AM, and 5;54 PM.
FROM SOUTH $50 AN
Mail leaves the Post Office twenty minutes
before each train.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

THE grape crop of this section is a
thing of the past. Under continued
wet weather the lunches have rOtted
to the last grape.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

ROBERT RUSSELL is erecting new
dwelling at the west end of North
Front-st, on the property formerly
owned by John Sharp, deceased.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

THE young ladies gave dance and
reception in Reedy's Hall last Mon
day evening, in honor Of their sum-
mer visitors.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

J. X. MILLER, the merchant tailor,
is the proud father of a baby boy one
week old, and has honored the little
fellow by naming him Anthony Hig-
gins Miller. He is a Republican of
the stalwart type.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

PAID OFF.-Captain Wiswell paid
off the men of Company B for service
at Camp Phil. Sheridan. The boys
were well pleased with their service
and pay.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

THE attendance on Sunday last at
the colOred camp in SWANS Woods
was probably two thousand persons.
Many cOlored people came twenty
miles to be present.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

IT was a surprise to many who
passed over Walnut-st bridge daily,
when they SAW the rotten condition
of tht floor sleepers. Its repair came
none too soon.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

BUDDING nursery seedlings is now
in season and good builders and tiers
are in demand at good wages.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

YESTERDAY was Little Thursday"
at Slaughter Beach, and many hum
dreds passed the day by the shore.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

WORK on the public streets has been
going on for several weeks.a and it was
badly needed The town authorities
are having Truitt-ave and SeeOnd-st
curbed and graded.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

AT the Building Loan meeting last
Tuesday evening. money was offered
to buyers in quantities to suit their
convenience; but the demand was very
small indeed. Under existing circum-
stances, it is difficult to get stOekhold-
ers to take money without paying a
premium. The average price paid for
the small amount sold was only one
half of one per cent At this rate
building loan as an investment is poor
stock AS It pays less than two per
cent.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09

"BIG THURSDAY at Slaughter
Beach comes OH August 15th-next
Thursday and to those who never saw
the rustic in all his backwoods sim
plicity, should not fail to visit the
beach that day. Dancing, singing,
bathing, games, etc, are the amuse-
meuts, aud to see the genuine enjoy
ment gotten from the days outing by
the salt water by the hard working
farmers. does most any one good.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-09
MILFORD MENTIONS.

MILFORD needs a Catholic church:
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-11
SAVED BY A WOMAN'S WIT.
How Putnam's BriGades Were Saved from
Gen. HOwe's Troops.

How Putnam's BriGades Were Saved from
Gen. Howe's Troops.
After the loss of Brooklyn Heights, Wash
ington and Greene were already aware that
the city could not be held Its capture was
very easily effected.
Several ships of the line assembled the Hud-
son as far as Bloomingdale, and the East
river as far.as Blackwell's Island, says John
Fiske in an article on "Washington's Great
Campaign" in the Atlantic Monthly; and
while thus from either sle these vessels
swept the northern part of Manhattan with
a furious fire, Gen. Howe brought his army
across from Brooklyn in boats and landed at
Kipp's bay, near the present site of East
Thirty-fourth street.
Washington came promptly down with
two New England brigades to reinforce the
men whom he had stationed at that point
and to hinder the landing of the enemy
until Putnam should have time to evacuate
the city. To Washington's wrath and dis
gust, these men were seized with panic and
suddenly turned and fled without firing a
shot
Had Howe now thrown his men promptly
forward across the line of Thirty fourth street
he would have cut off Putnam's retreat from
the city. But what the New England brlgades
failed to do bright woman succeeded in &C
comprising.
When Howe had reached the spot known
as Murray hill, now the center of much brown
stone magniicence in Park and Madison and
Fifth avenues, at that time noble country
farmstead, Mrs. Lindley Murray, mother, of
the famous grammarian, well knowing the
easy temper of the British commander, sent
out a servant to invite him to stop ,...u take
luncheon.
A general halt was ordered, and while
Howe and his officers were gracefully enter
tanned for more than two hours by their ac-
complshed and subtle hostess, Putnam hastily
marched his 1900 men up the shore of the
Hudson, until, passing Bloomingdale, he
touched the right wing of the main army
and was safe, though his tents, blankets and
heavy guns had been left behind.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-11
DYeing of Garments.

Pure colors upon garments can be obtained
only when the material is first perfectly
cleaned For this purpose brush the stains with
alukewarm strong solution of soda, then work
for half an hour in a solution of medium con-
centration, rinse well and lay down for sew
eral hours, preferably over night, in warm
water. For bright colors, such as red, Dor
deaux, etc, boil the goods In water, in order
to remove any trace of alkali from them,
which is necessary for good dye. To neu-
tralize any remaining lye by acids is an err
roneous notion, because it dulls the colors and
shows the fades after dyeing. The less acid
is used in dyeing the better are the fades COW
cred. Textile ColoriSt.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-11
Advising Gen. Grant.

Private soldiers have their own private
opinions, even about the behavior of their
commanding officers, and now and then they
cannot help expressing them. The historian
of the Ninety-si&th Ohio regiment cites an
instance at the siege Of Vicksburg. AT
o'clock every morning, in full view of the
three forts, and always over the same course
Gen. A. ]. Smith could be seen riding the
same black PAGER at lightning speed.
At that hour therefore, the Confederate
artillerists stood to their pieces, knowing
they should have a chance to shoot at the
"old white hat" which the general always
wore AS a consequence the boys came to
expect a daily battle shower at precisely 8
o'clock.
Gen Grant, too, made his daily inveStiga-
lions, at first riding about with his staff, APP
parently paying no attention to conse-
quences, individual or collective At last he
seemed to discover that his appearing with so
many attendants caused an unnecessary ex-
posure of his men, and next day he came
alone. This did not lessen the enemy's atten-
lions, and on the following morning he APP
peared without insignia of rank and mounted
on a mule.
He halted in the rear of the Ninety-sixth
Ohio, surveyed the position in open view of
the enemy, and, intent on knowledge, coolly
drew his field glass, took a steady survey,
G1narentlv not beiS- aware Of TIE well 9iUo2d
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-11
A Deep Grief.

When stories about small boys are up, and
an excuse has been made for introducing
chestnuts, there is\no stopping.~. There is an
incident which comes in the Listeners mind,
of long ago occurrence, and whose retelling
may awaken "reminiscences in the breast of
a well known public man whose name is now
very often in the publcs mouth. There were
two boys ON a down east wharf fishing One
of them fell in and was drowned. The tragedy
was soon over, but the second boy continued
to sit upon the edge of the wharf and weep
ceasclessly and bitterly. y bystander finally
interposed his sympathy.
"Wuz the boy that wuz drowned a relation
o yournp he asked.
No, no-hoo hoo" wept the boy; but he
mout as well "a been-he had all the bait!"-
Boston Transcript.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-11
Marketing In the Eighteenth Century.

The History of Medfeld," Mass, makes
mention of the manner of marketing in the
Eighteenth century, in the towns near Boston.
1t was the custom for the women of Med
field and other towns TO go regularly to
market, except during the winter. They
went on horseback.
A large wallet or strong bag was strung
across the horses back, containing the butter,
cheese and other similar products of the farm.
Eggs were wrapped in tow, singly, to prevent
breaking. Poultry was carried dangling at
the side of the load Back of the rider was
bag of hay for the horse.
They started about sunset, and went as far
as Roxbury, where they turned into horse
Shed, gave the horse a part of the hay, and
used the rest for pillow, on which they slept
few hours, and started out again in season
to reach Boston early in the morning.
After selling out they returned lsome the
same day.-YOuth's Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-11

health, to be losing one, and Being men OF
Judgment, balance and common sense, they
put away the evil thing once and for
ever, having satisfied themselves out of their
own experience that the evil thing did not
pay, and they really wanted no more of it.
They could then pass the gilded portals of
danger without caring to go in, and that is
probably more than ever they could have
done had they remained in the older states
and trod nearly the same path their fathers
trod.
THE MORAL IN IT.
| believe thoroughly that it is far better
for one to sin and sin in good earnest so as to
know the evil that comes of it than not to sin
and yet have always a covert desire TO do so.
Some of our very good girls and boys, both
of smaller and larger growths, covet great
deal. They would dare tell no one hardly
themselves The result is, | imagine, that
they may keep on coveting and live coveting
and die coveting and go to glory coveting,
and if it be true that there no thing can be
hid, and ''even TO the teeth and forehead of
our faults we must give in evidence against
ourselves we may have some difficulty in
getting within the golden gates and getting
our checks caShed at the bank of eternal
happiness.
But this is a danger that the old seasoned
argonaut who has seen for himself and tried
for himself need not fear.
In other words the forty-niners had a
better chance to be natural than in the older
communities. 1t may in some cases have
been a disorderly kind of naturalness, but
was it not better than no naturalneSs at allf
Brown, of Tuolumne, used TO say at times,
II do wish could lie consistently and per-
siStently. Alas! | cannot. The truth will
fall out of my mouth at times in spite of all
my efforts to prevent it, and at the very time
it most hurts my business"
There was a noble honesty in this You
dread man far less when he says TO you, Il
am thief. l will steal at times. | can't
help it, You must be on guard against me-"
Such a man hangs out his sign and gives
you chance to guard yourself against him.
Isn't he preferable to the cautious sneak
trickster-the man who fortifes himself in
an office and possibly behind an iron grating,
and by the aid of laws perverted to wrong
uses robs with scarcely any riskl-Prentice
Milford in San Francisco Chronicle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-11

\ good many people are bitten by dogs,
when very few need be. In the first place
people should not NEEDLE with dogs who do
not know them. Every now and then some
body startles a dog by laying n strange hand
upon him, pokes him with stick or pushes
him with the foot and sis bitten by vicious
dog" Why not let the dog alone'
There are people with the bad habit of
NEEDING with what does not concern them,
and there are children who have been taught
no better than to touch, if they can, what
ever takes their fancy. These are the people
bitten by dogs Not once in ten thousand
times does q dog modest a person who minds
his own business, no matter how Grabbed the
dog may be.
If, however, you are bound to approach
and touch dog, do it properly. There is
only one way. 1t is this: Put out your hand
easily and confidently to the dog, so that he
may smell it, Put it TO his nose. If he shifts
at it and wags his tail or otherwise shows
fricndliness then you may speak to him and
pat him on the head if you like, and perhaps
use other familiarties; but if, when you
offer your hand, the dog remains sullen and
passive, the sooner you take away your hand
the better. Never approach strange dog
with either timidity or menace; but, as we
have said, the best way is to let all strange
dogs alone, and get any desired information
about them from those who have the honor
of their personal friendship.-Our Dumb
Animals
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-11
Utilizing Old NeMsnaners.

The large, heavy papers are excellent fer
laying under carpets, many preferring them
to the patent carpet lining. The latter, I'M
less some preventive is put under the carpet,
will, in close weather, breed moths, but with
the newspaper there is little danger from
these pests, as the printers ink is very OBJ
noxious to Them and they much prefer keep
ing at some distance away We have used
both papers and lining under carpets, and
our experience enables us to prefer the pa
pers for general use. These heavy, large
papers are nice for cutting out patterns,
more especially of children's garments. If
one paper is not large enough in itself for an
extra sized pattern, fasten two together,
using -four paste, put aside, and when dry
cut out the pattern wanted Mucilage can
be used for this purpose, but is not as good as
the paste, as it does not leave the jointure as
smooth Many hnTu6 tTaSs. makers IlHg these
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-11
A STUPID Discussion.

One of the most stupid discussions imagin-
able is that of the question: SIS marriage a
failurel" 1t would be just as profitable and
just as sensible to gravely debate the ques-
ton: "Is birth failurer' or this: SIS law a
failurel" or this: as society failure'"
A good many people are unhappy in the
marriage relation. True. What does that
proved Why, simply that a good many
people have made a bad choice of a matri-
monial partner When men and women
marry under the impulse of fancy or from
the within of passion, what could be expe:tedf
St Louis Republic
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-11
MOlluSk Life.

But how shall we describe the wealth of
the mOllusk world which meets us in our re-
searches in the treasury of a coral reef at low
tide! Let us land on this shell strewn spit Of
sand. Why the whole place is alive! Can it
be that the mOlluSks we have Just been
visiting in their quiet homes among the sea
weed have taken to walks abroad, and on
dry land, too, in their leisure moments? For
as we jump ashore numberless shells of all
shapes and sizes start suddenly into life on
the beach and run aside to give us place
Legs they must have to go that pace over
the uneven shore. There goes turritella!
We shall be safe in handling him by reason
of the spiral pyramid which those legs-logs
they must be-carry upon their back More
over, he makes comparatively bad time in
getting out of our way, for a turritella is an
unwieldly thing for legs to carry over an I'M
even shore We lift him up gingerly with
thumb and forefinger to look for those legs,
and the secret is out OF legs we can see
nothing, but closely fitted into the opening
of the shell, as if originally made for the
place we discover the brilliant scarlet and
white mandibles of a hermit crab. These
then, were crabs that were in such hurry to
get out of way-crabs, certainly, and of
considerable size, too, some of them; some
babies among them only big enough to fit the
smallest whelk; others large enough to fill
with their mandibles the opening in a mar
bled turbo, largest of its species. But Why
call these gentlemen hermitS? So far as we
can judge they are the most gregarious of
their kind. OF their battles to secure a
coveted tenement we could tell some stories
-Blackwell's Magazine
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-11

shot and shell that whizzed past or exploded
above and around him.
This play of fireworks over TO the soldiers in
the trenches was little trying to their
nerves, and one of the men became thor
oughly indignant.
''See here, you old fool" he shouted to the
distinguished observer, who was only few
rods distant, IF you don't get off that mule,
you'll get shotV
Some one informed the man who it was to
whom he was administering such peremptory
advice
"Well, don't care!" he retorted. What's
he foolin' round here for, any wayl We're
shot at enough, without takin' any chances
with him. youths Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-11

remarked an old gentleman, as he gazed
fondly upon the comely little woman by his
time was afraid cosmetics would. The silly
little woman, in order to appear youthful,
plastered her face with different varieties of
whitewash, yclept 'balms,'' creams lotions
etc" YES" interrupted the little woman,
81 did, until my skin became like parchment
and so pimPly and coarse" well" said the
listener, what do you use now?" Use"
was the reply, nothing but common sense
and DR.. Pierce's G olden Medical Discovery.
Common sense told me that if my blood was
pure, liver active, appetite and digestion good,
that the outward woman would take on the
hue of health. The Discovery did all those
things and actually rejuvenated me-" If you
would possess a clear, beautiful complexion,
spots and roughness, use the Golden Med
ical Discovery" 1t is guaranteed to do
all that it is claimed to, or money paid
for it will be promptly refunded.
Copyright 1888, by WORLDS DIS. MED. ASSN.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-11
The Dnke'S NIodestY.

Greville informed the Duke of Wellington,
DIS they CHANGED to be riding together, that
Lord Brougham had declared that there was
more of political wisdom to be found in the
dukes Spanish dispatches than in all the
works of Thucydides by Cad, sirl" replied
the duke, with straightforward simplicity,
''and that is quite true. l can't imagine how
the devil came to write such ngs"-San
Francisco Argonaut
ENGLISH COURT DRESSES.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-11

papers altogether for their cutting. For
closet shelves and to lay in tho bottom OF
bureau drawers they are excellent, and when
packing trunk always begin by laying one
of these heavy papers at the bottom on the
inside. Boston Budget