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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-11-19

The curiosity among citizens now is
whether the same golden barrel that 50
readily tipped out $t,29t on Mex ee's
account will be squeezed for So 1000
more on account of the other collector.
The betting is that it will, And for
the very same reasons as in the first
case. Funny assertions are made about
McKee's sureties now being content to
let the county pursue Mckee himself
for the Sl,294, as they believe 50 the
'rumor credits them) he is good enough
personally for that small sum. The
money will come, it has 10, but the
sogrce-the ultimate source from which
It will coine--most people can very
readily surmisc. The whole crowd
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

eI like to see cats about; but if one ruOs
AGAINST nv flesh 1t almost sends me into
fits and nothing could make me touch one
voluntarily" remarked a young lady re-
Gently. "Stuff and nonsensei' said one OF
her listeners, ''Pve no patience with such
antipathies" Many people take the same
view Of these peculiar dislikes, but history
records some strange instances OF pet aver
sions which seem to have a foundation IN
more than stuff and nonsense"
Joseph Scaliger and others could never
drink milk. Garden was Disguised at the
sirbt Of eggs. A king of Poland and a sec
retary of France bled at the nose when
they looked at apples. Henry III of France
and many others had great aversion to
cats, mice and spiders. A great hunusinan
in Hanover, who would valiantly attack a
wild boar, always tainted away at the sight
of a roasted pig.
Amatus Insitanus knew a person who
tainted whenever he saw rose, and hence
always kept his house when they were IN
bloom. Scaiger mentions asimilar case IN
regard to lilies and Bayle about honey.
Bayle himself turned pale at sight OF
watercresses.
Tvcho Brahe tainted at the sighJ OF a fox
and Marshal d'Albert at the sight Of a pig.
A lady. wonderful enough, could not en-
dure the feel of silk or satin. A man, not
so strangely, was known to faint whenever
he heard servant sweeping. Nlcanor
swooued whenever he heard bagplpe.
| Bavle tainted at the sound of spiashlng
| yater.-Youth's Companion.
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

ne,s-e are5 some old fashioned cooks who
,ot onlv never spoil the broth, but who
cannot possibly give any one else the seeres
~ n,alripe,it. Such was Aunt Hubby, who
,ftsn tried to share the recipes for her pes
s,,d nuddiues. but always in vain.
"Ciye We the receipt for my sponge eakes'
che would say. "Of course I will, dear.
Give me a niece Of paper, and III set II
~iobt down for We. There It's.
ssBut. Aunt Hubby, you say, a little
.,.ater3 Now how much do you meanf'
ssVVhv. some folks don't use any at all.
rI,l,ev lest depend on the eggs and sugar
snd four. But / like mite myself. IL
q,iyss that sort Of dry taste, you know"
sRnt how much, Aunt HuldyF
oOb. lust little Sometimes ! pump
mite mo the bowl when Pm cooking near
the sink" ..-4.,-
inc bousekeeper was trying to learn the
process Of bunmaking.
"a pinch Of cinnamon and lew cur
rantsa ended Aunt Huldy's directions.
aBut how many currantsfn was the puz-
lied inquiry -. uu,a,,
nlaeidiv. "Here and there traveller. 1ou
DON'T want to have 'em look too thick.
When Aunt Hubby is reminded that the
ignorant or inexperienced cook can scarce
| " be expected to understand her directions
I sbe looks as If such Incompetence Were
much to be pitied, and can hardly conceal
| her impotence.
poor creaturesl' she has been known 70
say. "Why, guess ] could ha' told whether
mincemeat needed little more billed ciae y
/ if they'd gin me taste Of 1t IN my cr'Aole'
| Youths Companion.
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

A story is told Of a veteran member OF
the bar. which is one of the sort Of stories
that one does not hear every week or every
month. The hero Of the story is a very Old
gentleman; he has passed the fourscore,
and though he has the reputation of hay
ing had a somewhat animated career, and
to have scorned very few Of the pleasures
Of life. he has as yet made no motion to-
ward carrying his case up to higher
court. Not long ago younger lawyer, IN
eonversing with the old gentleman, sug-
gested that a great many changes must
have taken place since he began the prae-
tice Of the law.
yes, yes, said the old gentleman; "a
great many wonderful changes have taken
place in my lifetime. Why, the Internal
regions have cooled down a great deal since
/ was born"
The young lawyer, not long atterwaru'
repeated this remark to another veteran
member Of the same bar, who knew the
first old gentleman's peculiarities and
weaknesses very well.
did he say that?" asked the second vet
eran.
"He did, " said the young man.
"Well, now ! understand; that's what
he's been waiting for all these yearsF'-
| Boston Transcript.
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

"Solo" is little newsboy who wears
rasrelf- fiiiiiraent and old shoes. His hat is
tattered and his face unwashed, but he has
a voice of wonderful sweetness and power
"Solon does not sell very many papers, but
he makes enough money to keep himself
alive by singing songs to his comrades on
the street, and they reward him with an
occasional coin.
Just before midnight he may often be-
heard singing near the postoffice in front Of
a group Of boys almost as ragged and dirty
Id himself In loud, clear, pure tones he
will sing that touching old song, Annie
Laurie" with a power and pathos that
bring pedestrians to a halt. And they wait
and listen, too until they have heard the
very last note. In responding to the In
variable encore he gratifies his auditors
with the "Last Rose of Summer" In the
Sweet By and BY" and, perhaps, the "Old
Oaken Bucket" The boys are respectful and
attentive and unsparing in their applause
"Solo" can MARBLE and trill like bird
and give excellent limitations of the sounds
made on various musical instruments
''Solon is certainly a very entertaining lit
tie prodigy, and he is well treated and re
spected by all with whom he comes in con
tact.-New York Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

Speaking of the peculiar hotel life led by
many people in American cities, an old
hotel man says: "There are twenty people
living in hotels now where one lived that
way ten or fifteen years ago. This Is what
has revolutionized the hotel business
Formerly hotel custom was almost alto
qether Of the travelling class. As soon as a
man concluded to remain in any place a
week or two he would get private rooms.
Now the substantial custom is from per
manent guests. They pay all the way
from ten to one hundred dollars week
some even more-for the quarters thus oc-
cupied. This is independently Of meals,
which cost more money in many cases.
Five to ten thousand year is not an ex-
travagant price to pay for suite Of de-
sirable rooms in a good hotel.
1.-THE hotel SERVICES very much improved
bv this permanent business. The accomo-
dations all around are much better than
can be had in a private house, and with no
responsibility OF bother whatever yes,
and for less money. It is only question
Of hotel grade, and this is settled by the
pocketbook, though just now everything
IS full and running over. When the new
hotels are finished there VIII be rush toi
rooms. 1 understand that many suites
have already been engaged from the plans
before the cellars are dug These are, q
course, by permanent guests New xork
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07
ue Didn't Know the Man.

There was q musical entertainment in
the palatial mansion of Colonel Dudy Big
bug. Miss Birdie Bigbug plays on the
piano. She is not much of a player, but
her folks think that there is nothing more
for her to learn. Among the guests was a
stranger, who happened to be a musical
genius. After Miss Bigbug had pounded
the instrument until the house had shook
to its foundation a young gentleman asked
the stranger what he thought OF the young
lady's playing
1T SURPRISES my expectations" he re-
piled.
'You don't say so, said the delighted
young man.
YES. I do. 1 never expected it was pos
sible for anybody to play so atrociously."
The young man was Tom Bigbug, the
brother of the unsurpassed performers
fact that the stranger did not discover un-
til he regained consciousness in the hos
pital two hours afterwdrd. Slttlngs'
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

Eoburt Bonner Aza4 HIS Famous Asoiioalats'
Robert Bonner, who set the fashion for
buying notably fast trotters - long prices
has always reflained from taking part IN
contest be.ween horses, or even agallss
time for q money consideration. NO other
man has owned as many famous perform
ers as Mr.. Bonner, OF paid as much for sne
pleasure Of driving speedy roadster. ne
had several remarkably good horses pelofs
he purchased Dexter, in 1867, on the very
dav that the white faced geldinR Lowered
tie trottlny record to 2;173< at Buffalo, Dos
the price, $50, 900, was unprecedented, ana
the possession OF the king Of the turf gave
Mr.. bonner a moro extended reputation as
a horsman than he had before possessed.
Since then he has been always liberal
buver. and, excepting Goldsmith hlaau ana
81 Julien, has secured every champion
trotter that has yet appeared.
Dexter at one time was an inmate OF ms
stable on West Fifty-6fth street. harus.
now % wears old, win not leave his stall
AGAIN tin he is carried out, for his crippled
CONF feet. which troubled him even in his
49, davs. have now entirely failed him.
| Maud s. too, has trotted her last mile
AGAINST time, and the peerless chestnut
marc retires. ia her seventeenth year, TO
M Bonner's farm at Tarrytown, on the
| Hudson. where she will be mated with his
stallion Ansel, record 2:20, by Electioneer'
and hereafter win be used for breeding
/ While she twice reduced her record atter
] Mr.. Bonner purchased her, it IS probable
/ that the daughter of Harold could have set
the mark still lower, as she was only II
years old when she trotted her last puOiio
mile at Cleveland, July %. leeo'--harpef
| Weekly
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

While was a student nc Yale an Incl
dent occurred shat furnished amusement
TO the police for weeks. Some Of as were
at the station house one winters evening
for the purpose Of baiiing out two Of our
comrades who had been arrested for sky
larl1ing. While we were waiting, great
hullzing tramp walked in and asked the
lieutenant in charge, a rather dudish iel-
low. to give him a nights lodging. NOT
satisfied with the refusal be received he
persisted.
The lieutenant soon lost patience and
said. mo one can sleep here unless he has
committed some crime" rs that sor1
said the tramp; that's pretty hard, but ]
suppose / can help it. How viii this
answerfp AS he spoke he shot out his fist
and knocked the lieutenant from his steel
into the spittoons near the stove Il hope
] didn't hurt you more than was neces-
sary." he said, as his victim slowly picked
himself up, his nose streaming blood;
give me as good cell as you have, Tor
Pm tired and want to go to sleep. Inc
unfortunate lieutenant did not hear the
end Of it for months.-Allen Wilson in st,
Louis Globe Democrat.
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

The men most prominent IN American
art today are, in the majority, of Partisan
training. so much so that the most familiar
reproach directed against their work IS
that it lacks national character. That this
criticism, if applied to period of transit
ton, has a basis of truth is undeniable, for
nothing is more natural than that the first
steps in any career should be directed by
the influences which have presided over
preparatory studies. But if we take ten
years to be the shortest period in which a
Young painter on his return from Europe
can gain a foOthold here, it will be found
at the eud of that time that, subjected to
the various influences of the intellectual
and material life of his native country, he
has taken on more of our national charac-
teristics than he is given credit for.
Modern art is essentially cosmopolitan,
and as nations obey the iron rule Of the
general average,soi in artthe national char
acteristics become fused and blended until
they are questions Of detail more than Of
fundamental construction. Paris fin de
steele has a keen eye for detail, however,
and we may depend upon it that, measured
BY its standards, the exhibition by our
painters may be found wanting in many
things rather than in the personality which
results from race and temperament modi-
fed by conditions of environment.-Scrib-
I
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

A gang of laborers were 2elaying the
tracks of the Pine street electric line, and
in charge of one squad was burly Irish
man who walked to and fro picking up
small stones Curious to know why he
gathered the pebbles and did not move the
big stones, bystander asked him why he
carried his handful of little rocks.
"Thim's me ordthers," was the prompt
reply.
''Does the company tell you to pick up
all the small stOnesF"
NO. no, no, We don't understand me.
Them's me Instructors. See me now y.
and as he said the word he threw one Of
the pebbles at STOPPING laborer, striking
him sharply in the side. The man looked
up. and as he caught the eye of the boss
another pebble struck two feet to his left.
Without word he began digging his pick
into the macadam where the pebble fell
"Now do We understand me?' remarked
the boss, getting ready to hit another la
bOrer.
Are the men deaf" he was asked.
Are they dafe9 Not bit of it. "
''Then why don't you talk to them"
Talk to them, is it? It's foine time
I'd have tryin' to make thin see the pint.
Them's Eyetalians, every mothers son o
thin. st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

After every rainstorm there IS an OUT
breal, of suckers" Do you know what
"snekeru isl A circular piece Of rather
heavy leather, two or three inches In diane
ter has a string passed through a hole IN
DE center, and large knot both stops up
me hole and prevents the string from pull
inc through. For some unknown reason
smokers" are at times very popular; nearly
every boy in the street has one, and the
curbs will be dotted with figures soaking
these leathern disks in the muddy water
Of the cutters. For, to be effective, the
"sucker' must be thoroughly moistened'
when it becomes sufficiently pliable to ad-
here closely to the paving or cobble stone
upon which the boys pat it with their feet.
The air being completely driven outfrom
between the leather and stone, the pressure
caught by the weight of the air is all from
above. fourteen pounds of it to every square
inch of leather, so you see that In theory
they may carry the cobblestones with ease
So far as the sucker" is concerned. Icon
fess [ cannot see wherein the great popu-
laritv of this sport lies, unless it be that
owing to slight irregularities in the surface
of the leather the sucker" rarely adheres
with all its sucking power, and for this
reason it is considered quite feat to carry
stone ten yards or more. So here arise
the spirit of competition and desire to excel,
which are the life and handspring of every
Frank NJ Chapman in st. Nicholas
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

It is always interesting to know what
colors are used or selected by royal families
as being their very own. To England
the only royal family Of modern times
which has selected it--belongs scarlet, and
It must be confessed that it is a most eff
fective color. The royal households Of
Portugal. Prussia, Sweden and most Of
the German princes wear blue; Russia
chooses dark green; Austria delights in
black aud yellow According TO the usual
belief scarlet, as the royal household color
of England, was chosen because Of the red
rose ofthe Plantageuets; this isnot true.
Il was taken from the field gules Of the
roval standard aud from Henry's adoption
OF the scarlet dress Of the yeomen OF the
guard.
In days gone by it was the privilege OF
the aldermen's wives to wear scarlet
gowns. but Englishmen having announced
I'M song and story that they never will be
slaves, the general English woman OF to
day is never so happy rs when she has an
entire red gown or coat or some touch Of
the glowing color about her-New Eork
Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07
wife is no playday.


fmet clerk in the government employ
and he was lamenting the fact that after
working for twelve years in his Office he
got no thanks and no appreciation. asked
him if it was not enough that he drew his
wages. and after considering the matter
he said thxt he really believed it was a lit
tie bette4 to get them than thanks. THE
thing of it is, +" said be, that the heads oil
departments don't know their own men
nor what they do Kill them and the work
would 20 on Just the same. Thev are mere
fgureheads, as you know, and they come
here to draw salaries for political service,
that's all. It could not well be otherwise
when they don't stay long enough to learn
their business In the last six years there
have been five changes in the head OF the
department that l am in.
II have been there so long that can say
with perfect modesty that / know more
about the work than they do but have
no political pull, and don't see the way TO
advancement. suppose I've got to de
pend on the government for living un0i
the end OF the chapter, though I'd give
ANYTHING to be my own man. There's one
good thing about IT, and that Is tnat re-
movals in my department are getting fewer
and fewer. and am honest and capable man
is less likely than ever before to be bounced
at the instigltion Of some ward heller
Civil service will not be an iridescent dream
| in the next century. p-Broolllyn Eagle
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

The comparative study of the last two
census reports makes it probable that the
North American Indians will soon disap-
near from the unhappy hunting grounds
of the treeless west, but that few speei-
mems Of the aboriginal race will survive IN
the highlands Of the southern Alleghanies
There are some sixty families of Cherokees
in the mountains Of East Tennessee and
western North Carolina, a number which
has remained about the same in the last
thirty years, during which time the west
ern tribes, with few exceptions, have de-
creased from 20 to IS per cent.
High mountain ranges have indeed
proved the best refuge of conquered races.
The Basques of the Spanish Pyrenees are
the last representatives Of a nation which
once seems to have inhabited the larger
part Of southern Europe; the original IN
habitants of Scandinavia still survive IN
the hills Of Lapland, and the upper eau
casus shelter the remains of at least SIX
different races that have disappeared from
the lowlands of the Old World.-Philadel
phia Times.
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07
ra1mare ON Hard work.

There are very few men or women with
character stalwart enough to endure con
tinuous idleness. 1 see a pool Of water IN
the country, and I say, "Thou Shiny, fetid
tbing-what does all this mean" "Oh,"
saws the pool of water, II am just stopping
here" l say, Didn't you drop like
beautiful gem into a casket of other gems
as YOU tumbled over the rOck" 'Oh, yes,
1 sang all the way down from the cliffs to
the meadow" l say again, Didn't / see
Won PLAYING with those shuttles and turn
ing that gristmillf" "Oh, yes, used te
earn my living" say again; "Then what
makes YOU look so sick? Why are you Gov
cred with this green scum? Why is your
breath SO vile?" "Oh," says the water, Il
have nothing to do. I am disguised with
shuttles and wheels. am going to spend
my whole lifetime here, and while yonder
stream sings on its way down the mountain
side. here / am left to tester and die, &C
cursed of God because I have nothing to
do" Sin is an old pirate that bears down
on vessels whose sails are Tapping In the
wind. Morning, noon and night, Sundays
and week days. thank God for plenty tc
do.-Dr. Talmage in Ladies' Home Journal
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

A Danish functionary of state, DESTROYS
Of improving the financial condition OF ms
country, proposed to Sturensen, the prem
Ter, to lay tax on human intelligence.
1.-The more Intelligent the higher the tax
and less in proportion" said our economists,
and continued, you will see how eager
the folks will be to pay the higher scale OF
taxes"
Quite right" said the minister, "and IN
Acknowledgement Of your ingenious sug,
gestion, you shall be the only one exempted
from the tax. "-Das Buch fur Ale.
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07
20 soNd oF THE PINE.


A wind Of April softly stole
Over the forests sonL
And. like a harp "a the casenneft hufi''
The boushs and the little iei'!ea pesau
n sing their songs 70 the soul Of man;
Each as God made it, so i sung.
The sturdy beech Of its tTiumphs toldi
The birches sang Of the strength OF YOUTH
ME willow murmured with pensive goldi
And the oak tree cried, Il stand IKE
TRUTH
But the song that braced nay soul like VINE
Was the song Of the pine.
There he stood. in his cloak and plume,
ROBBED and wrapt IN a stately gloom.
IN the passing wind his branches rang,
And this was the song that the pine tree
sang:
"Iife is no plsyday,
Virtne and risht-to battle for these,
Wake, o strong soul. from thy dreams ana
thine easel
Here then. stand l.
Sworn 20 q cause one should 1--we Tor OF .ie'
i change not my mail by day CT by night
/ stand in the wood, like g challenging
knight,
Till the world swears allegiance to virtue
and rightl'
Then the fitful wind sank. and the forest was
still,
Save brook, leaping down ike chilu from
the hill.
But / heard in my soul that deep chalehg-
ing tone ..
~For virtue-for right-till the world Is thine
James Buclsham in Harper's Weekly.
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

There is a middle aged man in Boston
who walks with a cane and wears mutton
leg whiskers. l met him once on Milk
street. and / want TO meet him just once
more in the flesh He it was who told me
the way to the postofice, a direction which,
if followed, would have taken me up the
Maine coast nearly to Bar Harbor. He
also told me we had five minutes TO catch a
certain boat Like a kite with gracefully
diminishing tail the little procession, Of
which I was the humble head, tore through
the streets seeking TO follow our guides
directions. We few east four blocks aud
collided with the public buildings. We
flashed about and sped north by northeast
and entered a circular park, where we Ky
rated madly until a policeman camly
placed us in a cab and told US to take our
time as cur boat did not leave until
O'Clock
As it was then $50, and we had been run
ming eleven blocks with the mercury In the
seventies, oar thoughts reverted 70 the
middle aged man with rapture. And the
rapture has grown with me until I quite
vearn TO meet him ugain aud thank him
Tor all be did to make our brief in
Boston So exhilnrating. It is notSduch,
,oeghaps. that 4 middle aged man with q
assumed DO IN tbs stirring, active world.
sscretaTv iepce only throws worn and
where re will s5,nrist 10 his way occasion
Secretary proctore il vain. Though born
encampment at Detlttained ana age when
Indian Commissioiv0pth pail q little, as
} his vacation IN Europtv to make things
which has existed between M .s-he lives
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

That tint of the eyes usually called
violet, which is blue in the daylight
and black at night, ought really to be
called sapphire, as the sapphire, which
is blue in the day, becomes black IN
appearance when night shuts down on the
world. Apropos Of sapphires-among re-
cent discoveries-the Montana sapphires
are found to be harder than any other Of
tbe same stones and are foundin every tint
If color known. In briliancy they equal
the diamond, and, what is more unusual,
the stones are brilliant at night, while the
ordinary sapphire becomes black at night.
st. Louis Dispatch.
Milford chronicle., 1891-08-07

A young man camping in the Sierras dis
covered and captured butterfly Of an un'
usual species. He sent it to the Smithson.
ian institution at Washington and received
a check for 81 500, with the request to make
careful search for other moths Of the same
species, supposed to be extinct, and great
was the excitement among scientists 81 the
discovery that one of the race had been re-
Gently alive Although diligent search has
been made by men paid for the service nc
other specimen has been found.-St. Louis
Clobe-Denocrat