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Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
AS ADVERTISED, Is CENTS a YARD.
WORTH s..


a Scotchman living in Australia and Wis
iting his native land carried back a thistle,
the emblem of Scotland as the reader is
doubtless aware. A grand banquet was
held in Melbourne by 200 Scotchmen, and
the thistle, in a huge vase, occupied the
place Of honor in the center Of the table.
It was toasted and checred, and the next
day it was planted with great deal Of re-
ioicing. The thistle grew and thrived, and
in due time its down was scattered by the
winds; other thistles sprang from the
seeds, and their down was scattered and
in a few years the thistle had made itself
thoroughly at home in all parts of Aus
tralia
1t has rooted out the native grasses on
thousands, | could almost say millions, Of
acres of pasture land, destroyed sheep runs
by the hundred and caused general eNecrn-
tion of the Scotchman VINO took 50 much
pains to import the original In a similar
manner the watercress, the English spar
row, the common sweetbrier and other eN-
otics have proved very troublesome and
caused immense losses. The watercress
has choked rivers, caused great floods and
impeded navigation; the sweetbrier has be-
come q strong and tenacious bush, which
spreads with great rapidity, destroying the
grasses; and the innocent daisy has been
nearly as injurious as the thistle.
Fifty English sparrows were taken to
Australia in 1860, and now there are count
less millions of them in all the colonies;
they refuse to eat insects, like their ances-
tors, but devote themselves 20 fruit, grain,
peas and other vegetable things to the
ruin Of hundreds of farmers and garden
prs NTOrHl-EeWare of eVotics i'm q new
country.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

A well known down town contractor has
2 peculiar theory. 1t is necessary for him
to employ a great number Of men in his
business, and they must possess certain
qualifications in order to give satisfaction.
First and foremost 81 quickness of thought
and action is Indispensable. Everything
else is subordinate to tLis.
"And the best place in the world to find
the very men l want is in a restaurant"
said the man TO a reporter.
The reporter did not see why this should
be so. and the man went on Co explain.
"When in a restaurant" said he, you
see a man take up the bill Of fare and spend
half an hour looking through its contents
YOU cam put that person down as a man
with no decision of character. The man
who goes into % restaurant throws his hat
mt a peg and gives the waiter his order as
soon as he is seated is the man for me.
You can depend upon it that man can be
trusted to know what he is doing, and is
the proper man to put in position where
decision of character is an essential qualiti-
ton.
"If were the general of an army would
submit all my officers to this crucial test
before intrusting them with any important
seDarate commands. New York Times.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

was watching a game OF poker once at
Helena, Mon The players were q gambler
(whom / knew slightly, and who bore tho
sobriQuet OF Lucky Bid and two miners
Suddenly, after the hands were dealt and
the players had "chipped in" and draw
cards. Lucky Bill, with perfect cainness
and not so much as q shadow Of q change
in tie expression Of his face, laid his cards
on the table, took notebook from his
pocket ana deliberately wrote few
words. Then he tore out the leaf and
handed it % me.
"I.ook- at that when you get home to-
night"
His voice was steady and did not betray
particle Of excitement. | thrust the pa
per ainilessly into my pocket and gave tue
matter hardly q second thought.
The play progressed Lucky Bills face
was unyieldiug as a stone and entirely IN
expressive He noticed everything how
ever, and his vigilant eye did not miss the
slightest move on the part Of the other
players. He was a typical gambler and
one of the most successful Of his guild
Hence his sobriquet.
At last there was an alteration between
the two miners Hot words ensued and
reyolvers were drawn Some OF the by
ISLANDERS interfered at this point, and in
the scuffle that followed heard the sharp
whistle and sping Of a bullet. Lucky Bill
Chis good star in the descendautl tell to the
floor and expired without a groan. He
had been killed by the accidental discharge
of n pistol in the hands of one of the
miners
was Mortified at the occurrence, and
that evening after l reached home
thought of the line the gambler had writ
ten me. took it from my pocket and
read as follows;
81 have drawn a pair Of sevens. l now
hold jacks full on red sevens. IL is a fatal
hand. No one ever yet held it and left the
card table alive. / shall die. have $4,000
in the First National of Bismarck. Notify
my mother, Mrs. -, Of Franklin, KY
New York Telegram.
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He had recently started a creamery, and,
determined to do the thing WELL he had
purchased a cream separating machine to
be driven by steam power. For two days
everything went well, and he was perfectly
delighted with the result. 1t was a pleasure
to him to watch the rich cream flowing into
the cans, and he thought how lucky he
was to deal with farmers who gave him
such capital milk at such a low price. But
on the third day he received shock The
machine ceased to work, the milk pipe
being stopped up by some foreign substance.
On investigation this substance was
found to be a live crayfsh. 'The thing
itself was neither rich nor rare, but he
wondered how it got there" He fatty re-
fuses to accept the farmers theory that
one of the cows had in drinking swallowed
the crayfsh, and the farmer Indignantly
denies the inference that, as the natural
habitat of crayfish is water, water must
have been added to the milk. So now there
is trouble.-London Truth.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31


lMarmalade IS doubtless an excellent and
nutritious accompaniment to bread and
butter at breakfast. It is reported to be
largely consumed-under the name Of
"snuishn-by Oxford undergraduates when
in trimming for races. But the pleasing
theory on which its patrons have hitherto
gone has been that none but the very
soundest oranges were used In its manu-
facture. Probably this is the case with
the best makers Of the conserve; but a
rather lurid light has been thrown on the
snbiect by a case heard at the WOolwich
police court.
An inspector stated thatcomplaints were
made to him as to the condition Of some
oranges exposed for sale at the local mar
ket. On examining three boxes they were
found to contain a black pulpy sub
stance which was quite unfit TO eat. y
The owner Of the fruit made the horrifying
suggestion thar it could be chopped up
for marnlaiade." and at the bearing Of the
case he defended himself on the4ne ground
that the oranges were merely -tnosted- !"
Another witness meusioned the disquiet-
ing fact that while the pulpyN oranges
cost twelve shillnRs box, those sold Tor
rlarsnalade ouly fetched four shillings
The defendant was let of with warn
ing, as there was no proof chat be knew
the oranges 10 be as bed as they undoubt~
edly were. For the public the important
poin6 Is 70 discover what propurtlon Of
their niatutinal rnarrnnlaie Is made up Of
she fbiack pulpy suhstance ifosasaid.--
Lordon Telegraph
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

Several reasons have been assigned to &C
count for the word "Whig," universally
known to all the English speaking people.
.Bv some the word is supposed to be con-
traction of longer one, ''whiggamore,"
which in some PARTS of England and Scot
land, especially Scotland, signifies a droYer
or herder. It WIS in 1879 that the word
first became common in the British isles,
when the struggle was in progress between
the peasantry an1 the aristocracy to have
or not to have thebill passed byparliament
to exclude the Duke of York from the line
of succession. Al who were opposed to
placing the duke il the line of succession
were derisevly called "whiggamores," or
"drovers," just as the city dude of today
speaks of the 'grangers, the "grays'" the
"chin whiskers" anC the ebay seeders."
But Scotch tradition gives altogether a
different reason for the existence OF the
word. It is this: During the early religious
wars in Scotland the weakest Of the factions
used the words I'VE Hope in God" as
motto. The initials Of these words were
placed on their banners thus, wv. H. l. g."
and soon all the followers Of that clan were
given the title of "Whig which was after
ward attached as a party niekname.-St.
Louis Republic.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

happened into a State street establish
ment the other day and was being shown
some of tie special bargains offered to the
public Among other things was con-
siderable quantity Of black gros grain six
whose retail price would have been not
less than 81 50 yard, aud which was being
sold over the counter at sixty-hye cents
it was cut up into patterns Of twenty yards
each. and 20 more than one pattern was
sold to any purchaser The writer no
ticed among the shoppers who stood about
the counter a number of young women
whom he knew belonged In another place
further down the street.
A little later dropped in on friend at
the rival establishment and mentioned the
fact that i had seen some Of his girl clerks
buying at the other place and commented
on the fact that they must be paid pretty
fair salaries to enable them to sport gros
grain silk dresses. The friend winked in
an expressive way and remarked as he led
the way to the rear Of the store, eve know
our business" Then he pointed ont a
stock of gros grain silk which WAS being
rapidly increased by young women, each OF
whom brought in a package which was
carefully unr0lled and added to the pile.
A salesman was busily engaged preparing
a placard which read:
1850
:As ADVERTISED, Is CENTS a YARD:
WORTH s.
s...sssss.sss-s-
'eYou see how nice and easy it is" said
my acquaintance. "Blank q Co. advertise
a speciality and we send our girls down
there buy all they can get hold Of at their
price, put il into our stock. and sell it at
an advance Of about Is per cent"
"Great scheme, Do you work it often?"
"Oh, yes; we work it right along, and
suppose the other fellows work us We
shall advertise this lot of silk in the papers
tomorrow and make a great spread on 1t.
They may come and buy it back from us
to use in some future sale at another adj
vance, but there is a profit in it for us and
we find the same tactics in all lines,
whether IL be silks, Undertaking, notions
or sundries, pay US very well. "-Chicago
Eribune
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

There are a good many absent minded
men among the business men of New York
as the records of the postoiiice will show.
Those who mail letters without any adj
dress and those who mail addressed letters
without any stamp are on hand in force
every day. The man who incloses money
in such letters is not wanting. Invent over
from the Aston House one day and talked
to a clerk through a six-inch window about
it. buying dollars worth Of stamps at
the close as an evidence of good faith.
When arrived home, some ixmiles away,
1 discovered that had given five dollar
bill to the stamp man and had come away
without the change.
The next morning I was somewhat nerv-
Gus concerning that four dollars and has
tened to the postofIice. The stamp clerk
was serving a long line Of customers, but
as soon as / approached and uttered the
first word he Immediately and silently
handed out four one dollar bills.
Il don't know but what among so many
fools" said /, ''you might easily forget
one"
Possibly" he dryly retorted. But you
were the most conspicuous one yesterday
Two's did you say, sir'''-New York Her
old
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LAUGHING HIMSELF AWAY.

What Seemed Good Luck Has Cost HIM
60 Pounds. and May Cost Hivn His Life.
Joe Durhlinger, Of WrightstOwn, Bucks
county. is laughing himself to death over
the Nesyhope extension Of the Reading
railroad. which runs by his farm. Three
months ago he weighed 175 pounds. The
first train passed his farm the first OF
March. Durhlinger has laughed so much
since then that he now weighs no pounds.
THE doctors are puzzled, and DUrhlinger's
friends are awaiting the result with min
Rled feelings Of alarm and curiosity. Durh-
finger Is about fifty-eight years Of age. He
is a native Of Germany.
On the first Of March, 1890, the NewhOpe
extension Of the Beading railroad com
menced. This ran directly past Durhlin-
GERS farm. with a station at Walton, about
half mile away. His farm increased in
value at once. and Durhlinger began to
grin. All Of his talk was Of the improved
value which the extension would give his
land, and how his posterity would benefit
thereby.
Then he began to neglect his own work
and took to watching the railroad men at
theirs He was 80 tickied $hat he tooksev-
eral Of the railroad men to board at almost
uOGuAnE per weak anu AA4 AuuAAAA Aue
laugh and talk about the improvement
with them all day. By degrees his mirth
became more hilarious. When the eNten-
sion was finished and the first train ran by
Durhinger's farm he suddenly became
convulsed with laughter From that time
he did nothing but sit on his porch and
wait for the trains to 20 by. His keen ears
detected the music Of the whistle at a dis
tance, and this was so deliciously refresh
ing to him he would burst into uncontroi-
able laughter.
After a train has passed be inspects the
track, and laughing quietly to himself, 10
turns to his house chuckltng, to await the
coming Of the next. He knows the time
table by heart, and can tell TO a minute
when q train should be due of bis farm.
He allowed everything to 90 TO pieces on
the farm, and the watching for and lauRil-
ing at the trains became his one absorbing
passion.
He began 70 lcse flesh, and is gradually
becoming a skeleton. His wife hopes thar
the novelty Of the thing may wear of, and
that her husband will regain his normal
state. He does not laugh now quite as
much as be did, bat his interest in and
cslre Of the road remains rs great Mon
day he walked eighteen miles to testify for
he railroad company in a case Of trespasa
u the track. p Philadelphia Record.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

There are signs that our country Is
awakening to a sense of its position among
the manufacturing nations rs first IN activ-
itv. wealth and population. 1t Is begin
ming TO recognize that the OO,OOO,OOO
people outside its own boundaries repre-
sent a vast potential commerce, and that
600. 600. 900 of them live in non-mauufact-
uring countries. The nations of Europe
have been struggling for this trade fully
aware Of the enormous value OF the COM
merce which has built up the wealth OF
England, but they have been handicapped
and unable to make winning fight AGAINST
that powerful and astute adversary Ihere
are many evidences that we are about to
enter this field of peaceful combat.
What are the elements of strength tha5
make victory probable? The vividly ener-
getic character Of the people, educated In
activity by commerce unobstructed over
a continental area, gives promise OF mo
mentllm hard to resist. The American
CELEBRITY of thought and tendency to prompt
action. the spontaneous ingenuity In adapt
ing means to ends, in Selling every new
discovery and celebrating it for the uses OF
man with bewildering swiftness, all make
for continuous and rapid progress. The
recent expansion of the uses of electricity
is a striking example of this. Potentially
every American is an inventor, always
searching for a better way.-Ulysses u
Eddy in Forum.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31


Some French chemists have been investi-
eating the nature Of fredamp mixtures IN
relation to coiliery explosions with inn
nortsnt results. For this purpose mixtures
If pure formene and air were employed
and of these mixed with ordinary iluni-
mating gas. which were made by passing the
gases through multiple Bunsen BURNERS
into a wooden box placed against efaliye
and porphyry blocks, and so disposed mat
bv striking them with pick the SPARKS
feIl into the box. It appears the mlAl ulfes
of Illuminating gas and air were easiiy e1I-
ploded by the sparks whenever they Wete
large enough to remain incandescen5 our,
ing an appreciable time, result obtained
with nearly every blow, the sparks being
formed of metallic particles burning strong
" and forming globules of magnetic o2-lue'
On the other hand, it appears that win
mixtures of formene and air no inhamtna-
tion could be obtained, although more than
a hundred experiments were made unaef
conditions in which mixture of lllumlnat-
ing gas and air would inevitably have been
ienited-a difference thought to be due 70
tbe Inflammation Of formene requiring a
much longer time than that Of illuminating
Gas. and the sparks becoming cold before
It can be effected. Further experiments
were made with mixtures of formene, lliu-
Iuinating gas and air, the result being that
when the mixture contained equal quanti-
flies of two gases explosions were in some
cases obtained, but with mixtures en-
ploved that contained the proportions Oh 20
Der cent. of formene and % OF Illuminating
gas no explosions took place Of any kind
New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

Our pet goldfnch, having escaped from
his Gaze, flew into a tall allanthus tree in
che back yard. There be sat, singing his
sweetest and rejoicing in his unexpected
freedom We brought out his gilded cage
and set It on the top Of a tall stepladder,
leaving the door open, and just inside q
cup Of tempting hempseed. For two hours
he scorned to look at it, though he often
fixed bis bright little eyes on us when we
called him, and answered with q cherry
defiant 'witzahe' We had almost given
up hope Of ever getting him back, when It
occurred to us to ring his breakfast bell
in other words to rattle up the hempseed
in the tin box where it was kept.
This was a sound he understood, as we
had long made it a practice thus TO an
aounce breakfast to his finchship. Fort
uuately-he had nothing to eat when he
flew away, an5. the wrll known sound sug-
pested seed, watsr. and lettuce TO the little
EMPTY stomach, 50 ~ bopped down slowly
from Dough to bougb, ntil he was close
to the cage There he sol * Cor some time,
evidently hesitating until suq'n'2ly he
auttered down into bis home. havtua,de-
cided to abandon the delights Of liberty
for the solid comforts e2 civilization
American AEricuItnfist-
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ralla Time by his Beard.

sJ never carried a watch in my life, " said
a New Yorker of fifty. "A watch IS a
habit, not a necessary article. NO man
who carries a watch can be any more regu-
lar in his habits than am. can get up
at a certain minute, and do so every morn
ing. can tell the time OF day by ieellng
my face The beard grows exactly so much'
and you can come within reasonaole Time
Of the hour by passing the hand over your
chin. Not that it is often necessary De-
cause regular habits soon become second
nature and you never think OF wondering
about the hour.
"Of course, the man who lives on trains
and boats a good deal has to wear time
piece and timetable. New YORK Herald
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

When Andrew Young went to his ranch
on Young's river, Oregon, to dig his pota-
toes he noticed several bushels already
gathered. He looked around the patch
but saw no sign Of any one having dis
turbed the ground, and, to solve the mys
terry, watched behind tree. He was soon
rewarded by seeing a flock Of blue jays
alight on the tree, and each bird had po
tato in its bill, which was dropped into an
opening in a limb and passed on down &c
the ground. He procured sacks, and az
fast as one was filed another was put al
the place, and in this way the birds har
vested fifty bushels Of potatoes for him
from various patches around the country
Bangor News
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

Judge McWhorter is p&siGsnt Of the
svsteu,et n tbeA world IL
is So s5issStAan three miles in
iength, between Crawford and Lexington.
OF this road Larry CAN'T tells a good
story on the judge.
clamp was in New York few months
ago" said Larry, "and while in Colonel
JohE Inman's office he met Jay Gould
He was introduced to the wizard as the
president of the Lexington Terminal.
"'Yes,' said Mr.. Gould, I am glad to
meet you. You have nice road By the
way, Mr.. McWhorter, how many miles are
there in your systemr
Nearly five replied Hamp.
"'All under one management asked
Mr.. Gould from force Of habit. ATLANTA
Constitution.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

It'll a significant fact that not a single
New England state has adopted more than
one complete constitution since the torma-
ton of the federal government. Indeed,
the present constitution Of Massachusetts
antedates the constitution Of the United
States, having been adopted in 1850 Since
then it has been amended in several re-
sDects, the new sections being necessltated
By increase Of population, the great Euro
pean immigration Of the middle OF the
century and the war for the Union.-H l..
Nelson in Harper's.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

The French naturalist, Bonpland, no
ticed that sea turtles get restless in captiv-
ity at the time of the year when their par
ents used to begin their annual migration
to the breeding grounds, and for similar
reasons the nomads Of modern civilization
may prefer the hardships Of vagrancy to
the comforts of indoor life. The fact is
that at least half the inhabitants Of Europe
and North America are descended from
nations who were incurably addicted TO
adventure trips, and at the beginning Of
summer rarely failed to start on a fliDus-
terri ( cruise by sea or BY land--Philadel-
Dhia Times
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

1t is a peculiar fact that but one bunch
of bananas grows on tree. After the
fruit has been cut the tree is then cut down
to the ground, and from the stump an
other tree sprouts which bears another
bunch the following year. The greatest
trouble of farmers is to keep the farms
clear Of sprouts. They shoot up from the
roots of the tree for a radius Of ten feet
and grow like weeds.
As the fruit is cut from the trees it is
placed on the backs of little pack donkeys
and transported in this way to the coast
One donkey can carry from three to six
punches, according to the size of the
punches and the distance from the coast
In the season at Baracoa there are more
than 5000 donkeys that stretch along in a
line for miles, plodding toward the coast
with their loads of bananas.-New York
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
Pronounced Hopeless Yet Saved.

From letter written by Mrs. Ada Hurd, Of
Groton, S. d., we quote. "Was taken with a
bad cold which settled on my Lungs, cough
set in and finally terminated in Consumption.
-Four doctors eayeme up. saying l could live
hut short time. J gave myself mp to my Sa-
vlour, determined if could not stay with my
friends on earth, would meet my absent ones
above. Ny husband was advised to get Dr..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
aud Colds gaue it trial. took in all eight
bottles; it has cured me, and thank God I am
now well aud hearty womar." Trial bottles
free at Geo. W. Marshalls Drng Store, regular
ze, soc and 800.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

This is what you ought to have, N fact, you
must have it, to fully enjoy life. Thousands are
searching for it daily, aud uournug because
they find itnot Thousands upon thousands Of
dollars are spent annually by our people in the
hope thar they may attain this boon. Aud yet
it may be mad BY all We guaaantee thar Flee
tric Bhlers, used according TO directions and
the use persisssi in, win bring you Good Diges-
ton and oust4s demon Dyspepsia and install
instead Eupepy. We recommend Electric
3 tiers for Dyspepsia and all diseases Of Liver
a.aaech aaf Sidneys solblat SOC. and $40
Per b5ltiv = "a By G. ". NJ shali, Druggist.
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CLEANERS OF FAME.

.Fearken not, friend, for the resembling din
That did the Poets verses once acclaim;
We are but cleaners in the field Of fame
Whence the main harvest hath been gath
cred in.
The sheaves Of glory you are fain to win,
Long since were stored round many house
hold name
The reapers Of the past who timely came
And brought to end what none can now begin
Yet in the stubbles of renown tits right
To stop and gather the remaining ears,
And carry homeward in the waning light
What hath been left us by our happier peers;
So that befall what may, We be not qaite
Famished Of honor in the far of years.
Alfred Austin in Boston Commonwealth.