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Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
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One Of the more prominent of the
younger men Of the Philadelphia bar had
been talking about the various methods
pursued BY young men to save money. II
chauced upon an odd case Of saving the
other day" he continued, 'sand the general
uniqueness Of it warrants my telling it to
you.
VI was spending Sunday at the home Of
a young friend Of mine, a law student ]
noticed IN his room a chiid's saving bank,
and upon picking it up the merry jingle
from within told me that bank had not re-
Gently suffered a run Knowing that the
father Of my friend was man Of means
could not conceive what the Young man
wanted to save small coins for, so I asked
him. And here is the answer he gave me:
Well you see, father allows me S25 q week
pocket money and gives It to me es cry sun
day. Frequently when Tuesday morning
came / was broke The rigidity Of ia.
Tiers rcloc kept me ia this undone state
for the remainder Of the week, for not an
other cent conld get till the following
Sunday.
Three or four Mondays of luxury with
ensuing weeks Of penury caused me to
commune with myself, the result of which
was that ] evolved this scheme. Twenty
five dollars a week amounts to a fraction
over e3.57 day; SO when leave hcme ia
the morning 1 place 1851 ia my pocket,
under no circumstances taking any more.
II 7 return home at night penniless, all
right for have enough money for the
next day, and the next, and for every day
till the following Sunday. Butif I don't
spend All that 1887 my iron rule is to place
the balance in the bank Some days that
bank gets s9 and some days It doesn't get
q cent Then at the end Of The month j
open it and heve cash galore Last year
that bank averaged SO per month. / am
never rbrokes nowadays ~ philadelphia
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
rHE ENeLIsH Clue.
"a IA r,adle.liy Different from the Social
orcnnixafions- Of America.

II IL Radically D1herent from lno 99Sa@A
Organizations Of America.
The English club is place to live ia. In
one Of these clubs a member lives for nve
hundred pounds year about as well as ne
could live for five thousand year IN nis
own house He Of course wishes TO make
the club his own house as far as may be.
This fact explains the soiitariness Of these
institutions. The member wishes 70 hnd
in them the Independence, the privacy
and in sense the solitude OF MS own
house. The great clubs are therefore de-
signedly unsociai.
afanS of the features Of the club accord
with this intention This is perhaps the
reason Of the plain decoration and the alb
ssnce 81 pictures from the walls. Il is
Thought that n club should be prevented
from looking like a drawing room; the no
ton that rather than look like O drawing
room st should look like an hotel-the sug-
gestion being, perhaps that the members
are strangers TO one another, as people who
meet ia an hotel are But Of course It
should look like neither
There is no treating, the feeling OF the
member, perhaps, being that his liberty
would be interfered with by being expected
to drink, or even by being asked to drink
Those pleasant weekly OF monthly suppers
usual in American clubs are unknown.
Comfortable solitude rather than society
being the object Of these great London
clubs, it is obvious that society is not to be
sought for in them. Social enjoyment and
social position are to be sought elsewhere.
Men do not acquire position by belonging
to clubs. The intention, Of course, is that
only men Of q certain position shall be let
into these clubs. If, as sometimes hap
pens. a man Of a different position gets in
the advantage he receives is slight.
It is also true that the fact Of belonging
to a good club is Of little advantage in gen
eral society. Membership Of a good club
whatever may have been formerly the
case-nowadays confers no social position.
-E. S. Nadal in Scribner's
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
A nrnsh for rrnsurlter..


Seldom does an invention receive such
welcome as viii be given by the thousands
Of typewriters throughout the country and
abroad to a device which effectively serves
the purpose Of saving the loss Of time and
patience and the smearing Of the fingers
and injury to the alignment involved in
the ordinary method Of cleaning the type
Of the typewriting machine. An invention
has been brought OUT which claims to do
an this, and it consists Of a hand brush ap-
piled at right angles to the type bar When
in place the rotating brush is held directly
over the type center, so that BY pressing
any key the type is brought into contact
with the brush.
1T is cleaned almost instantly, when it IS
released and another key is struck, and so
on until all are cleaned One hand turns
the crank while the other presses down the
keys in order until all are finished When
not in use the whole attachment Is swung
out Of the way, and it can be at any mo
ment readiusted In an instant II this at
tachment meets the prevalent want Of a
handy and effective type cleaner it will be
a pronounced suecess.--NeW York Tele-
gam.
When Mars is nearest to the sun, and
the earth farthest from the SUM- the two
planets are at the least possible distance
from each other. This most favorable CON
dition occurs once in about fifteen years.
Such will be the case in 1892, and such was
the case in 1871 when the two Martian
moons we're discovered.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13

They tell a funny story down town Of
a business man who employs a large
number Of men, all of whom have to use
the same elevator. There is much run
ming in and out during the day, and the
elevator is kept going constantly.
Recently the business man went east
and married. He brought his wife
back to st. Louis. He thinks almost as
much Of her as he does Of himself, and
those who know him viii understand
rull1C aegloe Of admiration that inn
plies One dayslately, when the elevator
was crowded on every trip, the elevator
boy walked into the great mans Office.
MRS. Blank is downstairs in car
riage," he said, ''and wants to see you. .
''Tell her to come mp in the elevator,
said the husband with dignity, 'and
don't let any one else get in the elevator
with her. If anybody tries to crowd in
you report him to me and III discharge
him"
The elevator boy grinned, and the wife
came up alone. But ia an hour after
ward every employe in the building had
heard Of the order, and now it's coRsid-
cred a great joke for q man going up to
peep in the elevator and say to the boy,
''Do I get discharged if I go up this
tripr-St. Louis Chronicle.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
waAT eEN warY nlssen
HiilIons rhnt might Have Been his 4
Fortune Had Been More Propitious.

MilIlons That Might Have Been His =
Fortune Had Been More Propitious.
Gen. John A. Wiley rises up every
now ana then in the middle Of the night
and kicks himself when he thinks how
near he once came to being a millionaire.
It was through no fault Of his own that
his plans miscarried, but all on account
Of a trusted party failing to carry out in
struchons. 1t happened about ten years
ago, on a trip with a friend through the
southwest when the mining fever was
at its height.
They were at Tucson, Ariz., where
prospectors were thick, and had talked
to some Of them who had the Hbest thing
in the world" for sale. Finally man
pat in an appearance who said he was
positive that he had a big thing; that he
had two claims sixty miles from there
Ia which was rich deposit Of copper
that would assay SO in silver tOthe ton;
that there was hog backed mountain
on the claims which he had tapped in q
straight line in four different places and
struck copper each time.
The mans talk had the true ring, but,
Ike most Of the prospectors, he was with
ont money. He had a fine gold watch,
and this he put up to guarantee the ex-
penses of the two days journey by wagon
in case the property was not what he
claimed They paid his expenses at thg
hotel, and the next morning started on
the trip. Arriving there they found
everything to be as he had represented,
and arranged to buy the two claims out
right for the sum Of 5000, the general
agreeing to take a quarter interest for
himself. They had travelling with them
q young man in whom they had CON
fdence, and to him they intrusted the
details Of the arrangement, as they
wished to proceed home and had found
means Of returning to Tucson at once.
So the agreement was drawn, up and the
young man and the prospector were to
go to Tombstone, eighty miles in an op-
posite direction, whore the money had
been deposited subject to theyoungman's
check, with positive instructions for him
to pay the money and close the deal.
The general and his companion arrived
home, but three weeks having passed by,
and the letter that they longed for. not
having come. they telegraphed their
agent to ascertain the cause Of his delay
in forwarding the papers. He answered
that he had sent letter. When it came
they learned from the contents that he
had not settled the matter, having come
to the conclusion that it was best, in his
judgment, not to purchase the claims.
And this, too, from man who had se-
celved positive instructions to close the
deali
Well, shortly afterward an agent Of
Flood and Mackay came along, gave the
poor prospector a cool $780, 900 and the
retention QQf sncee naceeeffeigRth rs interest for his
81 entered mo "a agreement
with the millionaire to work the mine
on a certain percentage. The company
was stocked for SO 900, 900. So, you see,
the generals one-fourth interest would
have stood him g, ,0OO, 900. The Copper
Queen" is still a great mine, while it is
said that the agent who took the con
tract Of working the same has pulled ont
as high as 800, 900 in one month for his
percentage. Franklin (Pa.) News.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
A Natural Incubator in a Farm Yard.

"A +AAsAA--- AA-A-eFN.A AA- - = l.
James Rankin, who owns a small farm
few miles from Carlstadt, N. j., has a
big heap Of manure outside Of his barn
door, The heat that emanates from it is
very grateful to the hens, and they per-
sistently gather around its base. Recently
the extreme cold tempted the birds to
closer proximity than ever, and when Mrs.
Rankin tried to scatter them some of them
positively refused to 60 Mrs. Rankin, as
tOnished at what seemed to be an incipient
rebellion in the poultry yard, stood and
watched her hens, and she soon saw that
their interest in the manure heap was
awakened by something more absorbing
than its heat.
Going close to the side where they were
all eongregated she heard a chirping sound
that plainly came from the interior of the
mass. With a pitchfork She removed a
little OF the manure, and liberated five lit
tie chickens with pieces of egg shells still
sticking to them. They were imprisoned
in a hole about six inches below the sur
face, and all around them were unbroken
eggs. some winter laying hen had de-
posted the eggs in the manure, and the
combustion Of the decaying substance had
hatched them out. Two of the chickens
died as soon as they inhaled the cold ex-
ternal air. The other three are thriving by
the kitchen fire-New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
Preferred Apples to a College.

About a century ago, when the com
nissoners who had in charge the selec-
ton of a site for Bowdoin college were
attending 10 this duty, they pitched
upon New Gloucester, Ne, as combining
more advantages than any other place
they had visited, but the owner Of the
land refused to part with it if it was to
be used as the site of a college, though
willing enough to sell it if it was to be
put to any other use. The reason that
he gave was that the students would
steal the apples ia an orchard in which
he took great pride, So it seems that
this is the reason why New Gloucester
Is noted for its apples rather than as
being the seat Of Bowdoin college
Portland Transcript.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
PROTECTION
OR FREE-TRADE.
WHICH?

Do you want to keep thoroughly
posted on the effects of the New
Tariff Law, as shown from week to
week?
Do you want to know all about the
policy Of Protection and have an
answer to every false statement Of
the Free-Traders7
Yes7
Thea subscribe for your home
paper and the AMERICAN ECONOMIST,
published weekly by the American
Protective Tariff League, New York.
Sample copy freel. The ECONOMIST is
an acknowledged authority on Pro
lection and should be widely read.
The yearly subscription Of the EcoNo-
MIST is s., but we have made
special arrangement with the pub
fishers by which we can send
YOU the ECONOMIST for one year and
he CHRoNTcLE for $500.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
Tha FIrst step

Perhaps you are run down, can'l aai slepe,
think. cani DO anything to your Satisfaction
and you Wonder what oils Won. Yon should
heed the waraing. you are taking the first step
into Nervous Prosiraton. You need Nerve
Tome and 10 Electric Biuers you will fnd che
exact remedy for Restoring your nervous sys-
tenn 10 its normnl healthy c,ndiiion. sursns
Jog results follow the use Of this great Nerve
Traic ahd Aliemfve Your appetite returns,
good digestion Is .esiorsd. and iho Liver and
Kidneys resume healthy acton. Try bottle.
Pics soc. 81 Or. Narshalps Drug Store.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
The - Dlaooverv.

You have heard your friends aud neghbors
isinug abontil. Yon may yourself be one Of
she macy who know from personal experience
usi how good o ihing it IS. if sou have ever
tried ii, yoa are one d ils slaunch friends
heoausa tie wonderful thing about q Isl that
WHEN onoe gisena triad, Pr Kiog's New Dis
eosMy ever aiier holds 8 p'ace y The house. 4
you have meyer used it and should be afflicted
alth cough. cold Or any Throat Lung o. Chest
en he.aa at once and eifet a
ISL o|sl lta uarsateed every iime' 81 meuey
faa D6aes Flss 81 rf 6. vs. Marslai
A1fAqle
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13

Black slippers are worked with pink
beads. lined with pink and have a huted
how lined with the same rosy shade.
The French chouvinists rebel against tne
use Of the English word yacht" and ~
difference to their feelings the word WI
probably baspelled 'yaute. -
Mary Reddy {coloredl, Of Cincinnati, has
sned bookbinder to recover her family
Hble. which she claims she placed with
him TO be rebound.
To make waterproof writing ink an ink
which viii not blur if the writing is e1-
possd to rain, dissolve two ounces shellae
In one pint alcohol l95 per cent?, filter
through chalk aud mix with best lamp
black
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13

Swift was SO when he published 'Gulli-
ver's Travels"
The first geographical map Of England
was made in the year 1920.
81 Einel, who built the tower, is seeking
an election to the French senate.
When art is a day old it is a daub. When
it is 200 years old il is a masterpiece.
The once mighty Indian population Of
the United States has dwindled to 244,075
The population of London is greater than
that of Norway and Sweden combined.
John Stuart Mill was 50 when his essay
on Liberty" was published, and So when
he gave us that on 'Unitarianism."
The difference between a mans mind
being turned on politics and his mind being
turned is not such very, very vast one.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
Twin NeverI

Allow myself to suffer asain whatI have
suffered for The last year. That vile disease
Dyspepsia, gave me no comfort j could moi
eat nor enjoy anything. The doctor
amounted to nothing; nothing seemed T.
relieve me, until used bottle Of sulphm
Bitters. -Four bottles made ME weli-ioseph
Bqt.tfldsJ-. Master efSe1oo0ey c. A..Bafer
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
Arrested

Charles A. Daley was arrested last even
ing for stealing from the drug store Of Shief-
man, bottle of Sulphur Bitters. Before
the court this morning, upon being asked
why he should steal he stated that his
mother was troubled with Rheumatism, and
that it was the only medicine that helped
her, and being out of money aud work was
the cause Of his stealing. AS this was his
FIRST offence he was put on probation. Nea0-
ark Meas.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
SUVERWARE.

lie also shows full assortment Of silver and
plated ware, knives, forks, spoons new styles OF
coffee spoons. pickle jars fruit dishes cake bas-
ket, fish Slices asparagus forks, ard tableware Of
various kinds: fun stock OF ornamental ware,
Guns hronzes. etc. etc.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13

The year Of 1874 was remarkable for
a severe winter. Snow began falling on
Oct. 7 and fell, almost without inter-
mission, until April 2 in the following
year, or for nearly 180 days in all. In
addition to this strong frost prevailed
during the same period.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
Female Weakness Positive Cure.
Free.

TO THE ED1roR:-Please inform your read
ers that ! have positive remedy for the
thousand aud one ills which arise from de-
ranged female organs I will send two bot
ties of my remedy, FREE to any lady, ifthey
will send their Express and 7. o. address.
Yours truly, DR.. ]. B. MARCHIsI,
Feb -77-4t. Utiea, n y
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
rhe sprlng Medlolne.

The popularity which Hoods sarsapafilla
has gained as a spring medicine is wonder
ful It possesses just those elements q
health giving. blood.purifyiug and appetite
restoring winch everybody seems to need at
this season. Do not continue in a dull tired
unsatisfactory condition when you may pc 50
much benefited by Hoods sarsapafiila- Il
purifss the blood and makes the weak
alrnnn
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
TsONDEER HOUSE.
MILTON, DEL.

This hense having been recently reltted and re-
furnished is prepared to offer guests rstcass &C
THE TABLE is supplied with the best the mar
ket affords
THE BAR is stocked with choicest wines ant
nQuori aud cigars.
THF LIVERY IS fully equipped and we carry
travellers to all points 0n the peninsula.
THOMAS HEATHER, Proprietor.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
WATCHES.

Watches OF every grade, from low priced in sil-
yer eases to the highest grade in Che hnest gold
al warranted to be good time-keepef or no saie.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
RFP PAIRING.

Being practical matchmaker Of experience
Mr Erbsmehl is prepared to do ell kinds Of re!
pairing making specially Of nne watches. He
viii put ana keep your watches in good order, and
warrants ali bis work.
Try him and satisfy yourself.
In Jumps Block,
MILFORD, DEL.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
,JETV ELRY.

He has the most c1 lplete assortment oi dewelfy
ever shown 10 this yn consisting ~ part Of iin-
ger rings for ladies and gentlemen Of The latest
styles, watch chains Of unique patterns 10 all
grades, cheielain eli as and fobs for ladies' brest
pins, bangles charm, pencils and gold pens In
endless variety
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13

Elizabeth Sargent, N. D., daughter Of
our former minister 70 Berlin, Is an oeulist
of exceptional skin. She lives in California.
A corvette is asloop-of-war Of not more
than twenty guns, and ranks next below
frigate. The word is French, and signifies
"a leap" and is akin to our English word
''curvet"
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
Matchmaker and JeWeler
MILFORD. DEL.

IMr. EFbsmehi comes 10 Milford, with the best
q credentials and his ieputation as q workman
is second to none ia Delaware. His stock spsaks
OF iis self.l
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-13
CLOCKS

In the way Of clocks he can sait the siimmest
pocket and the zost fastideous taste. from The
smallest travelling or desk clock to the finest man
tie, each guaranteed 10 be the best Of IT. kind.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-11-19

is So, O66, $4,000 an increase of
$547,119.36.
Loans on personal security are
So. 69,622.57, an increase of $685.
442.O
Loans to towns and villages, etc,
are $215, 6SO.91 an increase of $27,-
992.67; and loans on bank stock are
$152,276.75, a decrease of $361O.17.
Loans on other collateral security
are $6O3, 1885, an increase of $64,-
1880.
The total real estate acquired by
foreclosurei is $1O1 1860. a decrease
of ST., 20.
The total amount invested in West
ern mortgages in 1891 was $685.
$4,000. In 1879 it was $1,27S,-
399.63, and in 1885 it amounted to
$4, TIA, S72.17.
Depositors in savings banks ave
received or been credited with divi-
dends amounting to $643, 392.31,
an increase of $51, 764.0S. Ten de-
clared Az percent; eight 4 per cent.
Ten trust companies declared divi-
dends upon their capital stock of
$43 900, an increase of $1O,5OO.
OIC OCCldlCQ d dlNlQOIQ " llC llSl
time. Two declared 5 per cent; five
6 per cent; two 10 per cent; one %
per cent.
The increase in deposits the last
year, $2,2S9, 1887, was greater by
$76O, sol. 70 than the increase the
previous year.
Investments seem to be in a healthy
condition. Interest is paid more
promptly than ever before, deprecia-
ton and loss cut but a small figure
and the real estate acquired by fore
closure is constantly decreasing.
The banks have been generally are
full and conservative in selecting
loans in the West, a very small
amountin the aggregate being in OBJ
j~ectionable territory, and thus far
there have been few foreclosures.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-11-19
Ma IONAL GUARD AT THE WORLDS
FAIR.

Capt. ]. H. Mimms of Co. B, re-
turning from the recent gathering of
national guard representatives at
Chicago, makes a detailed report of
the meeting to Gov. Page, and urges
that the Vermont militia should be
~creditably represented at the Worlds
fair in that city in 1898. The ques-
ton of means to that end, he says,
must be considered, in part at least,
by the individual companies in the
regiment, and he suggests that they
should at once begin the securing of
a fund for that special object. 1t is
limited that at least one thousand
dollars will be needed to see a
company through the trip.
While all members of the Vermont
National Guard will naturally be
anxious to visit Chicago during the
fair, it is a question whether the COM
panies will be willing to tax them
selves to the extent of a thousand
dollars simply for the sake of ensur-
ing the state a satisfactory repre-
sentation at the fair. If the national
guards of other states are to appear
at Chicago on that great occasion,
we should be in favor of Vermont's
having a reasonable share in the
military showing; but the state
should be willing to lend substantial
aid in this direction, and not expect
the burden to be borne by the militia
themselves.
Apropos of this matter, the Estey
Guard of Brattleboro come out
with a novel scheme to ensure their
attendance at the Worlds fair.
Each member of the organization
pays into the treasury IS cents a
week, which is placed to his credit
in the savings bank. If at the end of
10 months any member is prevented
from going with the company his
share is returned to him, while the
amount thus saved will pay the ex-
penses of the whole company to Chi
cago. In the event of the state paw
ing the transportation, the savings
of the men will be returned with ac-
crued interest.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-11-19
A CIVIL SERVICE VICTORY.

A decision just rendered by the
supreme court of the District of
Columbia will read very pleasantly
to those who do not believe in
enforced assessments for political
purposes. This decision grew out of
the trial of the case against one
Chas. A. Newton, who was charged
with violating the civil service law
in soliciting contributions for polit-
ical purposes from federal employees
within government buildings. The
court holds that all such solicitations
or assessments are unlawful-thus
sustaining the civil service commits
sioners in the position which they as
sumed some time ago as touching
this particular matter.
Nothing can be said in support of
the claim that because a man holds a
government office he must of neces-
sity feel compelled to contribute Of
his earnings, however large or small,
for the benefit of the party under
whose auspices the public machinery
is being operated. Voluntary gift is