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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-30

1 was fossil hunting the other day,
writes correspondent, in chalk pit near
KestOn, when a thunderstorm forced me to
take shelter in a shed, where | had an inter
esting conversation with two old workmen.
DO you find many fossils herep l asked.
'Yes, sometimes we git one or two, then we
maybe find a lot more Of the same sort near
it. Gentlemen comes along about every two
days aud picks EN- over. ! found some
sharks teeth once. Mr.. -, at Bromley,
said they was mammon's ID teeth, but took
EN- to Sir John Lubbock and Mr.. Darwin,
and they both said they were sharks as soon
as they saw EN- Maybe you've heard Of
Mr. Darwinw Eyes, | have heard Of him.
Did the people around here often take things
to him" Sometimes when they wanted to
know what anything was. He could always
tell EN-. Master Frank will now if you 60 to
him; he's very clever"
Il once took a effet eft to Sir John, Sc
chined in his comrade II killed it up yon-
der by tho barn. Bob saw it first but he
was frightened He'd been boOzing for "a
week and would a been scared at anything
1t was about that length about FOOT, and
Mr. -- telled me 10 tes: it straight down to
Sir john it he'd such eyes. / went into Sir
Johns room-he was at home-but he couldn't
tell me- what it was. Wait bit here, he
said, and I'll look at my books So be went
out for about quarter Of an hour. His room
was full of all sorts Of things-lizards, toads
vipers and nearly everything. When he
came back he tod me what it was and gave
me half a sovereign. That's the male he
said; you'll find the female near the same
spot" (which Sir John was thatP That
was old Sir John. took pairof live elfets
once down to young Sir John. Sir John as
is; the one rs knows a lot about ants. Pail
Mall Gazette.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-30

A mountain forest has more functions than
most people have considered It covers the
hills with a vast mat or network Of living
root fbers, and holds in place the ever ac-
cumulqting mass of mold and decomposiug
vegetable matter, which absorbs and retains
the water Of the rainfall and the melting
SHOWS. Such a forest is a great sponge, which
receives all the water that falls on the noun
tains, and allows it to escape gradually, so US
TO maintain the steady Cow Of the rivers
which it feeds. A forest is thus a natural
reservoir for the storage and distribution of
the water which fails upon it, and it is far
moro efficient, as we'll as far more economical,
than any system of artificial storage reser-
yOirs that can be substituted for it. If the
forest is removed, this mighty sponge is de-
stroyed, and there is then nothing to perform
its function Of holding back the water, which
will rush down in overwhelming foods and
torrents The first thing to be noted is that
the water win thus all run away at once, at
a time when but little of it is wanted, and
there will be little or none Of it left for the
season when it is most needed. The rivers
which have been fed by the mountain springs
will soon DO dry great part Of the year.
Century
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It is great mistake to imagine that all
the best trained and most intelligent horses
are to be seen in circuses. have handled
horses all my life, and never saw anything
very wonderful in an animal being taught
tricks In a ring which is always the same
size There are hundred Of horses in St.
Louis which know more and understand
signs better than any circus horse / ever
saw; and what is more, they win obey any.
where and under any conditions, which Sc
called educated horse probably would not
The fire brigade horses, of course, are illustra.
tons Of this, and many express wagon horses
are only degree less intelligent. ] make a
round Of calls every day. At some places
there is nothing for Us three days out Of four,
and when there is no card in the window the
horse keeps going. But if he sees the card he
stops of his own accord and backs up, nc
matter how heavy tho traffic is. And at
places where there is no card he will stop and
wait while / 90 In to inquire. If l don't
como out at once he concludes there Is some
thing and backs up. II that isn't evidence
Of reason and thought, would like to know
what is.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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ARSENIC EATING.
The Practice More Largely INDUCED in
Than Is Generally Supposed.


Than Is Generally Supposed.
The evidence given before the coroner and
magistrates at Liverpool In the Maybrick
case goes far to confirm the statements made
from time to time by eminent physicians that
the practice Of eating arsenic Is largely in
dulged In in various parts Of the world
When Professor Johnstone, in his "Chemis-
try Of Common Life first called attention
to the internal use Of arsenic over thirty
years ago, his statement was received with
surprise and derision.
The truth Of his assertion was however,
fully demonstrated, especially as regards the
Austrian province Of Styria- About two
years ago an Austrian physician published
his observations on the mental and physical
condition Of several arsenic eaters who had
been in the habit Of taking varying quanti-
ties Of ordinary white arsenic or red orpiment
at intervals for a long period.
The presence of the poison in the urine
showed the average dose taken daily to be
nearly half grain, or three times the largest
dose prescribed in medicine. Physically the
persons examined were quite up to the aver
age while mentally and intellectually they
were in no sense below their neighbors. Some
were thin, others abnormally stout, and the
habit did not appear to have any influence
on the formation Of fat. None Of the cases
showed symptoms Of slow chronic poisoning,
and the cause alleged by most Of the persons
for giving way to the practice was that the
drug has a strengthening influence on the
digestive organs Another motive for its use,
especially among girls, is that 1t improves
the complexion, rendering the skin smooth
and clear,
According to DR.. Buchner, arsenic is habit
ually mixed with the dishes served upon the
tables of young ladies' boarding schools in
Switzerland
This remarkable statement r-sVtSS contir-
nation from the transactions ~ Inc Amer
lean Pharmaceutical conference in New York
last year Among the subjects discussed at
that conference was the use Of "arsenical
complexion waters, and the questions which
the pharmacists sought to settle were how
much arsenic did these waters usually con-
tain, and what were the III effects, II any,
arising from their use. From these and
other facts it seems that the practice is more
general than is commonly supposed. Young
persons are better able, it is said, to assimi-
late the drug than middle aged or old people,
but persons who have once habituated them
selves to arsenic eating cannot lay it aside,
and it is averred that if ever they are pre-
vented from obtaining their daily dose
they experience all the pains and horrors Of
slow arsenical poisoning. Newcastle ENG
land Chronicle
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Such n smile.
It would brighten gloom from the torture
Of the toothache and chase joy on the wings
Of the morning,
It spreads out like an overflow at the
mouth Of the Mississippi, and sinks in like the
depths of the ocean.
With a countenance as solemn and as
homely as the sphinx, the smile breaks over
it like the silver rift in a storm cloud, or
dancing sunbeam across the gloomy mouth
of the Mammoth cave The whole man is
transformed, and the morgue like shadows
disappear in the glowing brightness Of the
MONDAY sun.
You can see that smile as It shyly wrinkles
and wrinkles in the corner Of the eye, then
slvly steals downward and skirmishes along
the expanse of cheek to the twitching lips
until It charges all along the line, captures
the whole countenance, and Is lost in the
mouth, which opens like a widening crevice
in the earth's surface, or the bellows to a
church organ.
Such a smile would sit chill and lonesome
on an ordinary mouth twelve or fifteen inches
wide but on this one it gamhOls like frisky
colt at play on a new mown lawn, and with
the sprightly movement Of dog firmly at
tached by tail coupling to an ignited bunch
OF cannon crackers. 1t is none Of your fair
weather smiles, but one that gives Greco-
Roman fail TO dyspepsia, and plants mrth on
the face Of sorrow in three rounds
It is a genuine brain reaching risible wig
gler. as spontaneous as a kittens antics lin
gering as an unpaid bill, mysterious as wo-
mans reason, sudden as an unpleasant fact,
receptive rs a baby's mouth as infectious as
smallpox, with the get-there quality Of the
bedbug, and would tickle an Indian cigar
sign into Mysteries.
1t scares sorrow, creates mirth, and throws
out the longest pole to knock Off the laughter
persiinmons that ever converted gloom into
a side show or turned melancholy into a cir
Gus.
It Gibbs and flows like the oceans tide and
leaves as much trace on the place it travels
over as the serpentine auttering Of feather
on a bald mans head.
But its effect on the audience is like the
opening Of spring, or peaches and cream to a
hungry tramp. Il first passes over one like
the mist of gentle rain, gradually curls the
the corners Of the mouth with the suddenness
Of an April shower, and finally bursts over
the counteuance like a rainbow Of promise
and merges into laughter that peals forth
like the rumble Of thunder from the gentle
men, and sits enshrined in the exquisite dim
pies on beauty's cheek like the glistening dew
drop on shell pink rose.
It is a ninth wonder, and stands upon the
face Of Dr. Talnage like Edmund Dantes on
his tiny island in mid ocean, exclaiming "the
world is mine
It is grin winner with blue ribbon tied
to its tail, and drives away slumber like
Minnetonka mosquito.
1t is grin thai would make monkey
laugh, and watt breeze through baboon's
whiskers Minneapolis Tribune.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-30

A centipedo Is afraid of tarantula, and
when he lies down to sleep he always takes
the precaution to build. a cactus fence about
him a tarantula wiz never crawl over
cactus; aud thus, securely hedged in his own
corral, the centipede knows he may sleep'as
long as be wants to, and his enemy can't get
at hln. 1t is laughable out on the Mojave
desert to watch the security Of these cent?
peaes as they lie and sleep, while their arch
enemies, the taranullas, are looking over the
garden wall, so TO speak, trying to get at
them. have seen the tarantulas nose around
for hours before giving it up. But the cactus
is a sure barrier When once they become
satisfied there is a complete barrier they go
away ard cease to thirst for the gore Of the
ccntipede The latter, however, always takes
careful look around before he removes the
cactus aml-ventures forth -rrue Flag.
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Mr. W. H. Morgan, merchant, Lake City Fla,
was taken with severe cold attended with a
distressing cough and running into consumption
in its first stages. He tired many so-called pop
ular cough remedies and steadily grew worse.
Was reduced in flesh, had difficulty IN breathing
and was unable to sleep. Finally tried Dr..
Kings New Discovery Cor consumption aEd
found immediate relief and after using about
a half dozen bottles iound himself well and has
had no return OF the disease. No other remedy
can show SO grand record Of cures sDr.Kings
New Discovery Tor consumption. Guaranteed
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In his early days, John Gilbert played for
several seasons in New Orleans. Some of his
journeys there were made on flatboats down
the Mississippi. son one occasion" be told
me, 1--WE got stuck in tho mud-not an un-
usual occurrence--hard by q small town. All
the company was on board and the manager
thought we might make a little money by
giving a performance. He found a barn
raised on posts about foot above the muddy
lowlands, and there we played, parting of
one end with sheets and curtains for the
stage. In tho middle of the performance
most unearthly cries rose from right under
our feet We tried to continue, but the cries
drowned our voices. Then some Of the audi
ence sailed out to see what was the matter
They found pig had got wedged in under
the floor. It was half an hour before the
brute could be hauled out am told that
town has now two fine opera houses. New
York Tribune
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ut is very embarrassing, isn't it, Jennie, u
said young lady to her friend, "when you
are alone with your beau for the first timei
When William escorted me home last night
we were so bashful that we could hardly find
a word to say to each other"
"Indeedi haven't found il So"
"You haven'tp
''Not at all. My beau talks all the time,
and doesn't give me the least chance TO feel
embarrassed"
she is a good talker, then7n
"Well, / should smile"
"What does he dor
"He's barber. st Louis Chronicle.
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HvEaITera Chronicle
SOCIETY MEETINGS

Crystal FOunt Lodge, I. o. o. F--Evey Mon
day evening az 6.i5.
Temple Ledge. A. F. A. M-The 2nd., snd 4th
Wednesday OF each month.
sakimas Tribe 1. o. Red Men,-EYerY Tuesday
evening.
Diamond State circle,B, U. H. Every Thurs
day evening.
GARFIELD Post G. A, R.-First Friday in each
month.
Milford Grauge.-Eyery Saturday at 80 p. "a.
Building Loan'-Bifsi Tuesday IN each month,
Stale Militia B Company every Monday even
ng a. z 90 O'Clock. ArmOry West FtoAt-st south
Milford
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News About Town.

tits the current report about town that
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs
is making some remarkable cures with peo-
pie who are troubled with Coughs, Sore
Throat, Asthma, Bronchitis aud consump-
ton. Any druggist will give you trial bot
tie free ofoosf. It is guaranteed to relieve
and cure. The large bottles are soc and S..
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There is a curious old japanese legend
which processes to account for the origin Of
the tea plant Somewhere about the yeai
5l9 A. D., certain Buddhist priest Of great
sanctity paid visit to the celestial empire,
and, in order to devote himself entirely to the
service of God, he solemnly vowed upon one
occasion that he would not go to sleep for the
remainder of his earthly life, but spend his
time in perpetual meditation Years rolled
by, until at last one sultry day nature assert
ed herself, and the poor devotee OF Buddhs
fell fast asleep So great was his remorss
when he awoke that, in ords9 to preclude the
possibility Of a repetition Of slumber, he there
and then cut of both his eyelashes and flung
them ON the ground. Passing by the spot
next day, great was his astonishment at be
holding each eyelash metamorphosed into q
shrub and exhibiting ''the form Of an eyelid
bordered with lashes, and possessing the gift
OF hindering sleep.n From these two shrubs,
concludes the legend, sprang the tea plant
Gentlemans Magazine
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We are torn again With grief because l. A.
Underwood has left Weston owing Us some
$3.50 The postmaster there explains, Where
Rbouts unknown" but Underwood can't run
away from himself and Inconsistencies that
the man who deliberately beats friend out
Of an honest obligation is a mean cuss He
may be Underwood or under the daisies, but
his reputation will follow him and give him
away as surely as the odor Of a skunk. -Lud-
low Vt.l Tribune.
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Interested People.

Advertising patent medicine in the pecu
liar way in which the proprietor of Kemp's
BaIsam for Coughs and Colds does is indeed
wonderful He authorizes all druggists to
give those who call for it a sample bottle,
T,ee, that they may try it before purchasing.
The Large Bottles are soc and SI.oo. We GER
tainly would advise a trial 1t may save you
from consumption.
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the Hay Fever Season


eat this season, when life offers the greatest az
fractions and the most delightful resorces to per
from the Joys OF the summer by hay fever, one ei
tue most experssting. wearisOme, and depress-
ing ills 10 which humanity is subject-obscure
inexplaeiblo, descending on q given date like an
Invisible blow Of fate The sufferers form hay
fever haYe looked in vain for any trustworthy
remedy. Many Of them, however, have locked In
Aain because they have been MIGRANT OF Ely e
Cream Balm au admirable remedy for hay fever
IN an It's forms. Agreeable IN the use entirely
devoid Of any unpleasant aftcreliecis, this Cream
BALM quickly alloys Inflammation and secures
that relief Tor which the sufferer has longed IN
vain. - From The Christian Union, New York
City. July ~. 1850.
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MARY" said Miss Ponsonby to her maid,
''you must really never again allow Fido to
get on my bed.
1--WE done my best to break him Of the
habit, ma'an4," she replied, "for it's awful
II should say it was awful" returned Miss
Ponsonby. II just found bedbug on the
poor little thing. The Epoch.
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Granger-Hello, misterI Is this the stock
exchanged
Manager-Yes
Granger Wal, I've got a shoat out here
kinder thought I'd like to swap of for a
young calf or mebbe a coarse wool sheep
Or
Granger Aoored by lead inkstandj- bur
lington Free Press
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The Missouri legislature has passed, and the
governor has approved, an act relieving fra
ternal beneficial societies from the operation
of the insurance laws OF that state
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The only non-Alcoholio Vegetable medicine
rut up IN liquid form ever discovered.

4
It is not vile fancy drink made IT rum pool
whisky, or refuse liquors, speed and sweeienec
/ to please the taste, bnt purely vegetable prep
araton, made from native California herbs,
Twenty-Five years use have demonstrated tc
millions Of sufferers throughout the civilized
world. that Of all the medicines ever discovered
Vinegar Bitters only possesses perfect and won
deriul curative effects upon those troubled with
the following diseases, viz;
Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Caauh, Neuralgia
/ Headache, BOils. Scrolula, Stin Diseases
/ Jaurdice, Govt, Piles, BiiOusHess, and all Other
diseases arising from blood impurities. and AZ
Vermifuge it is the best in the world, being
death to all worms that infeet the human system
It is always safe to take at any time, or under
any condition OF the system. for old or young OF
for either sex. L is put up in two styles The
old is slightly bitter and is the stronger in
cathartic effect. The new style is very pleasant
to the taste and perfect medicine foT delicate
women or children. Each kind is distinctly
marked on top Of cartoon.
Many families keep both kinds on hand, as they
form complete medicine chest
As family medicine for the use Of ladies
children and men OF sedentury habits, the New
Style Vinegar Bitters has no equal in the world
1t is invaluable for curing the ills that beset child.
hood, and gently regulates the diseases to which
women at every period OF life are subject.
LaGies. get bottle from your druggist and Try
1t II your druggist has not the New style Vine
gar Bitters, ask him TO send for it. IfyOu once
Try it you will never be without this priceless
remedy in the house.
VINEGAR BITTERS.
The only Temperance Bitters
known. 1t stimulates the Brain and
quiets the Nerves, regulates the
Bowels and renders a perfect blood
circulation through the human veins
which is sure to restore perfect
health.
GEO, W. DAVIS, of iG9 Baronne St, New Or
leans, La writes under date May Goth. 1888, as
follows; Il have been going to The Hot Springs,
Ark. for fifteen years for an itching humOr in my
( blood. have just used three bottles Of Vinegar
Bitters and it has done me more good than The
springs, 1t is the best medicine made
JOSEPH j. EAGAN, OF No. IS West St, New
York, says: "HaYo not been without Vinegar
Btters for the past twelve years, and conside- it
whole rae6icne chest in our family"
MRS. HATTIE FURGFSON, OF Dryden, n
says. Vinegar Bliters il the best medicine !
ever tried. il saved my life
4. +. BAILEY, Humboldt. Iowa. says: Vine
gar Bitters cured me ofpanlysis ten years agOand
recently il cured ME OF rheumatism"
VINEGAR BITTERS.
The Great Blood Purifier and
Health Restorer. Cures all kinds OF
Headache, also Indigestion and dys-
pepsia.
Send for g beautiful book free.
Address r. II. MCDONALD DRUG co,
532 Washington St, New York,
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J.W. TRUITT, ACT. MILFORD Dol
baltimore & OHIO RAILROAD.
ID Schedule in effect Dec 1888,
TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE AVENUE DEPOT
EAST BOUND

EAST BOUND
Express trains.
Philadelphia week day. SEQ 6.f0, 100, 75Sn
90, 10 A. II 10, a. m; y 40. On, 3 co. IS, $40
5 %, g 10, 6 90, O5, so, p. m.
Philadelphia, Sundays, 3 20, Z co. Z 49, 9O510A
II Is. m; 70 40. co. 90, IS, 8 20. 3 25, Go
s As, s 50 p. m.
Chester week days, 3 %. GlO, 700, 7S.sm
9 90, II Is a; m; Il 49, co. 90, So, 20, 25,
10, 05, 8 sop. M.
Chester, sundays, 8 20, - 90. IS, 0 O5, 1t15,a,
m; u 40 90, 90. s., ~, 25, 10, S 50 D. m,
WEST BOUND.
Baltimore and Washington, 9 co. II 81 a. m,
, 45. z 40 p. IN: - IS night. All daily. 73Oa m,
daily except sunday,
Chicago and Pittsburg, 70 &c night, PSI m;
both daily,
Cincinwu and St. Louis, II 81, a. m, and 40,
/ D. m: bOIh daily.
singerly accommodation. 80 and Il Top IN,
daily.
Landenbcrg Accommodation. week days. II 20
a, m; , 10 and IS p. IN; Sundays, 93Oa. N, aud
5 y p. m.
TRAINS LEAVE MARKET STREET STATION:
For Philadelphia. , 81 p. m, daily, except Sun.
/ day. For Baltimore. b a. m. AID IS p. m. ,
daily, s.so p: NJ daily except Sunday. For Lam
denberg, 80 q. m, 10 % a. m, and b p m,
daily. except Sunday: % u. m. on Sunday only;
5 f. p, m daily.
Pittsbuig and Chicago express daily. Is, p. m.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA FOR WILMINGTON.
Daily, 10 O5 a. m. S 30 10 90, II 90, a. me- Il 90,
nooz; 30, TO- 80, 80, 30, co. s 10, 10 10,
| II 30, p. m
Daily except Sunday, 30 and - a. M, 4 %
and 30 p. IN.
sunday only, 81 a. m.
Telephone, No. 1913
Rates to Western points lower than via any
other line,
c. o. SCULL, W. NJ. CLEMENTS,
| Gen'i Pass Agt. Manager
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NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAINS
Leave Wilmington at 600 a. IA and 25j p. NJ
Leave New Castle lt 6.35 a. M and 3.35 p. nj.
Express tram leaving Harrington at SO m
and arriving at > IS D. m. runs through solid TO
and from Ba' timore, via POrters and Newark.
BRANCH ROADS,
DELAWARE MAINLAND g. VIRGINIA X. r.
leave Harrington for RehOboth HOS m. 5 81
and 8 IS pm. Returning, trains leave Rvhoboih
for harrington 6 IS and S.35 a. M and IS p m.
For Franklin and way stations HOS Returning,
Leave Franklin Us a. m.
ror Berlin, leaves Harrington II O5 M. and
81 m. Returning, leaves Berlin 6.2O s. s O5 IN.
QUEEN ANNE s KENT Il. R--Lcave Townsend
Tor Centreville aHd way stations giS q. m and
a D. IN. week.daYs.
DEL & CHESAPEAKE r. R.--Leave Clayton for
Oxford aud way stations at 1905 a. m. and 5,l5 p
m. weekdays.
CAMBRIDGE s. STAFFORD r. R-Leave seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations at ll.oO
a. IA. week days.
CHAS E. PUGH, General Manager.
J. R. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
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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 I am Offering at lowest
prices. Please give me a call before
buying elsewhere; Yours &c,
GEO. P. MINORS.