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Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
Wroneheaded Peonle.

Among the most unpleasant people one
is compelled TO rub shoulders with on life's
highway are the class whose minds take
bold Of everything, as it were, the wrong
end foremost. They are usually as obsti-
nate AS perverse, and the false inferences
they draw from misapprehended premises
they adhere to with as much tenacity as il
they were gospel truths One knows not
how to deal with such incorrigibles. Good
humored rallying they are as likely as not
to mistake for studied insult, kind words
for humbug, endeavols to instruct and
convince for airs of superiority, and what
ever one may do or say with view Of ben
efting them they mistake for insidious
attempts to get on their blind side
Their field of moral vision is filed with
mist of suspicion which distorts every
thing and il is in vain to reason with
them, for you can no more do away with
their absurd impressions than you can
wipe out craven letters with a sponge.
Error, we suppose, is to them what truth
is to right headed men and women, and
they cling to it because they believe in IT,
They are objects Of commiseration, yet,
being unabatable nuisances, it is prudent
to give them a wide berth.
1t is really sad thing to be predisposed
by nature to misconceive and misconstrue,
but it is equally unpleasant to be mis-
understood and misconstrued. We there
fore make it a rule to have as little as pos
sible to do with inyeterately wrongheaded
peOple.-New York Ledger.
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10 nnIle nnld-

Il gave my mother such a fright th,
other day, said a pretty girl. You know
that although she has a grown up daueh
ter her hair is the same shade of brown as
mine, and there is not the slightest tiupe
Of gray to be seen in it. am very fond ~
doing mammals hair, and as can arrange
IL in more becoming manner than she
can she generally allows me TO fix it ex.
actly as ! choose, aud goes out afterward
feeling that she looks as well as she possi-
bly, can. Lately my task has been more
difficult, as mamma's beautiful hair has
been falling out and getting thinner and
thinner. We have both worried a little
over this, and have tried every hair re-
newer we could think of, but without sue.
cess.
One day when ! was pondering how I
could make my mothers coiffeur especially
beautiful for a reception that she was to
attend in few days an idea came into my
head, and collecting all my coinbings I had
a switch madeup which matched marnnass
hair perfectly. On the eventful evening /
dressed her hair rs usual, and without
saying anything to her used my new
switch. She paid no attention to what /
was doing, and only praised my efforts
when got through, saying that her hair
had never looked so we'll / was nearly
asleep when she returned from the recep-
tion, but was suddenly startled by loud
scream. Rushing TO my mothers room,
found her with the switch in her hand and
a look Of horror on her face What shall
II do, AliceF she exclaimed; look at this
enormous piece Of hair that has Just come
of must be perfectly bald OF course
Immediately explained, but she has hard
" forgiven me yet for giving her such
lright N-New York Ielegrnm
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
a clerer IIterarr WOMAN.

It is but fair, when counting up thi
successful women writers of today, {,
reckon the author of ''The Anglema
MACS" in the southern contingency
Mrs. Burton Harrison, although fol
years a resident Of New York city, is es
sentiallya Yirginian. She is a direct
descendant Of the Thomas Jefferson
family, and has several brilliant profes.
sor cousins now occupying chairs in the
Washington, Lee and the University Of
Virginia. In girlhood she was known
as Lovely Connie Cary" with as much
wit and good looks and charm enough
Of manner to have endowed a whole
country side of bellies.
Mrs. Harrison has been uniformly sue
cessful in her literary efforts, but it re-
manned for this last and unsigned story
to bring her supreme success. Her name
now ranks among the first feminine writ
ers of the day, and much brilliant work
from her pen is anticipated As with all
clever women, Mrs. Harrison has her pet
fad. This fancy takes the very satisfac-
tory form Of collecting rare old silver.
Having an unusually fine assortment Of
heirlooms, she has amassed, piece by
piece, many priceless specimens Of an
tique cups, jugs and urns, with odds and
ends in the same precious metal picked
up in this country and abroad. Illus
tFated American.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
10 stranEe CompIalnt.

Or. B. was popular physician
though the fact was rather surprising
as he was rather ''plain spoken" man
and had little patience With the fancies
of some Of his patients who were con
tinually conjuring up diseases Of ali
sorts, with which they imagined them
selves to be afflicted.
''.4hey don't want to think there's
nothing the matter with them,n the
good doctor was wont to say ruefully.
''Nhy, bless mel a patient of mine was
really angry with me not long ago, when
I told her she didn't need any more med
icineF'
One day one Of these hypochondriacs
went to him with a very grave face.
Well, what's the matter now, Mrs.
Gray asked DR., B. cheerfully; srm
sure you're looking well"
u may be looking well . admitted the
patient with great solemnity, 'but / can
assure you am far from being SO. /
have a serious trouble"
why, my dear madam, you surprise
mel' said the doctor.
eyes, said the sufferer; ''when i
stoop over, so, and put my right hand
up, 50, to my shoulder, have q most
excruciating pain in my back.
Then, said the doctor, with hearty
laugh, 'why in the world do you persist
in doing itf7
sShs didn't like that, the doctor used
10 say ia telling the story, f'but I couldn't
help saying it; there's not a person in
the world who could take the position
she did and not have a crick in the
bach. .n-Youth.s Companion.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
OLD ossAwATToMlE's soYs.
How Owen and Jason Brown Disposed
Of Their Lietie Fortune.

How Owen and Jason Brown Disposed
Of Their Listle Fortune.
John Brown, Of Harper's Ferry, whose
soul goes marching on, has two sons, Owen
and Jason, who went into the valley where
Pasadena sits, in the sunshine of the Cali
fornia paradise, and there struggled
against adversity and fought pincbed cir
cumstances in a long aud hard contest.
A Lewiston gentleman who is just home
from Washington met in New York an
old friend, an attorney Of much note, who
settled the estate Of one Of these SONS, who
died at or near Pasadena. The attorney
told the Lewiston gentleman story whose
moral viii be found touching, no matter
how badly it may be told in this place, and
whose theme is heroic along the better line
Of heroism. This attorney found the af-
fairs of the deceased in good order, but his
estate small. He obtained from the sur
viving son memento Of John Brown, a
letter written to one Of the sons nearly
fifty years ago-a good letter, with one or
TWO bits of honest, manly advice in it.
In process Of looking up the affairs the
attorney found that the two sons had lived
along in rather pinched way paying for
their little place, working hard and pa
tiently, uncomplaining in their toll, and
that they finally had saved 500 for q little
nest egg against future troubles. -Four
years ago or more, as every one knows,
Charleston, S. c., fell in earthquake.
There was want and suffering-a misery
in some sections paralleled only by the
food at Conemaugh. When those two
brothers heard of it, forgetting that South
Carolina had embodied the element that
had slain a father, and hearing only the
cries Of want and destitution, they sent
their entire little fortune to Charleston,
and it was used in allaying the miseries of
the men and women who, ina certain way,
had been responsible for their fathers |
death.
There's the story You can think it 1
over, especially in the light of its unosten- /
tatious giving, and perhaps you may see |
its moral The fact that it has been un- /
noticed so long, and that one of the sons
has died without seeing even newspaper
reference to the incident, is proof enough I
that it was gift of pure generosity and
nothing else.-LewistOn (Me) journal.
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MrzpAH.
Ap,la. sroaa ing. naa.lTs. aallqas and eolasa


plain, broad ring, massive, antique and goldas
Ifeth before me now,
Halioued BY memories sacred, pure and olden,
And heart spoken vow.
IHfl it gently; BY the moonbeam's glimmer
trace an ancient word,
sAizpah " no other; but my eyes grow diu1neF,
And my hearts depths are stirred
Eron the bright gold Times never tiring fingers
Have nearly worn that prayer;
Bat on the tablet Of my heart 1t fingers,
rrs written changeless there.
The Lord watch between US when We are parted;
when our tired feet
Tread paths diverging ever; when, sad hearted,
We never meet.
Watch between us when eartha strong tempta
iions
Lead us ofttimes to fan;
When, sinful, we would sell our heavenly freedom
For satan's thral.
Watch between US when with this life aweary,
When with dark woes opprest;
When fainting in our iabors, endless, dreary,
We find no nest
Oh ever watch through all the years so deetingi
Through veal and woe;
rnl our tired hearts have ceased their restless
beating
In grave mounds low
And when at last. "life's atful fever ended"
We soar on high,
Our songs OF prasse shall evermore be blended
Beneath Thy loving eye.
Sadie E. Hughes in Housekeepers Weekly.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
InterestIng Esperiments wlth Bottles.


Take an ounce vial and fill itabout three
quarters full of water; make a hole in the
cork and insert "A small tube or a stout
piece of straw. The opening must be as
small as possible; the tube must reach
nearly TO the bottom Of the vial, and the
cork must he pushed in tight; now, if you
blow into the tube the air will be com
pressed in the upper part Of the bottle, and
when your lips are taken away little
fountain will play from the tube for few
moments. will now show you how the
fountain can be produced in partial
vacuum without COMPRISING the air.
Take glass jar with the mouth large
enough TO go over the small vial, and heat
the inside over the flame of n lamp or can
die. Place the small vial on plate upon
several layers Of blotting paper which have
been soaked in water for moment, then
take the heated jar and invert it over the
vial, pressing it down as tightly as YOU
can upon the blotting paper, and watch
the result. When you heated the inside of
the jar the air inside was expanded and
partly driven out. The blotting paper
makes hermetical joint, and the air con
tanned in the upper part of the vial forces
the water up through the tube to the bot
tom Of the jar, and it falls in a little cas-
cade down the sides.-BostOn Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
Conslhernte.

In a certain school the teacher alwav.
went to her pupils when they needed help
instead Of having them come to her. Thi,
habit led one day to a rather amusing Incl
dent.
Little Tommy Page was being punished
by standing in the hoOrS' while he got
his spelling lesson. Finding a hard word
he raised his hand, and the teacher at once
came to his assistance. A moment later
this was repeated, and soon his calls fol
the teacher became frequent.
But, by and by, Tommy's legs began to
get tired and he longed for a seat. A little
later he walked boldly up to the teachers
platform and calmly seated himself on its
edge
When asked by the surprised teacher
what his strange conduct meant, he re-
piled:
''Well, seems to me you're walking too
much, and / thought I'd get nearer. /
don't want you to get all tired out, same
Is m."-Youth's Companion.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
A Wonder Worker.

Mr.. Frank Huffman, young man Of Bur
llngton, Ohio. states thai he had been under
the care oitwo prominent physicians, and used
their treatment mill he was not able to get
around. They pronounced bis case 10 be Con
iumpiion and incnrable. He was persuaded to
try Dr.. Kings New Discovery for c0nsumpllon,
Coughs and Colds aud at that lime was nor able
TO walk across The street without resting. II,
found, before be bad used bali Of dsilal
bottle, that he was much better he cnl inucd
10 use il and is Today enjoying goodo health.
lfyon have any Throat, Lung oa Chest Trouble
hryit. We guarantee satisfaction. Trial both
reeat Dr. G. W. Marshall's Drug store.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20

Increasing the Speed Of Railroad Trains
There seems no serious difficulty, on
the engineering side, in securing and
maintaining speed of 100 miles an hour
OF probably more; but the capitalist is
here intimidated. Higher speeds cost
money for initial and operative expenses
in vastly higher ratio than either increase
Of speed or the returns to be expected on
capital so invested. Our fastest trains
do not directly pay, even now, when the
wear and tear Of engines, cars, roadbed
and bridges, to say nothing of flesh and
blood, nerves and health, are considered.
When the people want higher speeds,
and need them so badly as to be able
and willing to pay for them, the engi-
neers will construct and the railroads
viii furnish trains of still higher velo-
city and of still greater safety.-Profes-
sor R. II. Thurston in Forum.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
Why 10 canal I. Crool.s..s

ln,eeai4c5don Win the canal which
Mehemet Ali caused to be cut by nm
skilled Fellah labor, to connect the waters
Of the Nile with the sea at Alexandria, a
characteristic story Of the Napoleon Of
Egypt has been told. A French engineer,
in conversation, yentured to criticise the
viceroys plan for the canal while the
work was in course of completion. "Your
highness, he said, ''will pardon me for
suggesting that your canal viii be very
crooked" ''Do rivers in France always
run in a straight liner promptly asked
the pasha. Certainly not, " responded
the surprised Frenchman. did not
Allah make them?"
"Assuredly, your highness,p replied
the engineer, who thought the question
er's wits were wandering. "Well, then, -
answered Mehemet Ali, triumphantly,
s'do you think you or know better than
Allah how, water ought to run? imi-
him in my canal, otherwise it soon
I'd be dry ditch, not canal" The
snchman was silenced, if not con-
WINGED, and the canal was certainly made
very crooked, and so remains. San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
EIealria Bnlerg.

This remedy Is becoming 50 veil known and
50 popular as TO need no special mention. An
WHO have rsed Electric Bitters sins ame
song Of praise. A purer medicine does not exist
and it Is guaranteed to do all that is claimsd.
Electric Buffers wni cure az diseases ofiho Liver
kidneys. win remove Pimples, Boils, salt
nheam. and other anenlions caused BY Impure
Will drive Malara from The system and
"a sni as wen IS cure all Malarial feyers.-
rolssBfo q Headaehe. Constipation, and indiges
SOD eeific Biuare -Enife satisfaction
rnsrseed. a money reiunded. Price % cts
ssa too paf Doites at g. ". MenAalis drug
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
Antiouitv of Man in America.

Professor Putnam, secretary of the Amer
lean Association, according to Popular Sci
enee News, recently made an interesting
discovery which furnishes fresh evidence
in support of the theory that man in Amer
lea was contempOraueous with the mann
moth. In communication to the Boston
Society of Natural History, Professor Put
nam describes a shell found by him in the
state of Delaware. Upon a portion Of this
shell is scratched the rude outline of what
without doubt represents a mammoth.
The shell was found under peat, and near
by were human bones, charcoal, bones Of
animals and stone implements.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
LIZ ~. n.,.r,

Old man Aristotle, who is even now
regarded with great respect, was a whis-
tier when it came to turning in interest
ing yarns about animals and men in for
eign parts. He says there is a beast in
India that has three rows Of teeth in
each jaw, is as big as a lion, but has ears
and face like mans. Itseyes are gray
and its body is red. It has a tail like a
scorpion with a stinger in it. It's voice
is like pipe and trumpet. It is not
less swift Of foot than stag, and is wild
and devours nasn.-John Ashton in Curl
ona Craatnr,as in Zoolnn.r
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
ArrestedI

Charles A. Daley was arrested last even
ing forslealing from the drug store of Shief-
man, a bottle Of Sulphur Bitters. Before
the court tbis morning, upon being asked
why he should steal, he stated that his
mother was troubled with Rheumatism, and
that it was the only medicine thst helped
her, aud being out Of money and work was
the cause of his stealing. As this was his
FIRST offence he was put on probation. -Nese
at.k Me.ns
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/ Will Neverl

Allow myself to suffer again what have
suffered for The last year. That vile disease
Dyspepsia. gave me no comfort. ] could mol
eat nor enjoy anything. The doctors
amounted to nothing; nothing seemed to
relieve me, until used bottle Of Sulphur
Biuers -Four bottles made me weil-.losebh
Baic6cidey, Muster QfSohooHer c. 4. Bake5-
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
Female Weakness Positive Cure
Free.

To THE Please inform your read
ers that have positive remedy for The
Thousand and one ills which arise from de
ranged female organs Twill seudtwo bot
ties Of MY remedy, FREE to any lady, if they
will send their Express ard P. o. address
Yours truly, DR. J. B. MARCHISI,
Feb 27-4t. Utica, N, Y.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
Nerlcctinr His nnsIness.

In one Of Addison's plays the undertaken
reproves one Of his mourners for laughing
at "a funeral, and says to him;
''You rascal, you'll / have been raising
your wages for these two years, upon con
dition that you should appear more sor-
rowful, and the higher wages you receive
the happier you look.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
Mis- Nellie Could IS said to have ma

Miss Nellie Gould is said to have mad'
up her mind never to marry.
Pals and tubs saturated with glycerine
VIII not shrink.
To be well shod and better gloved are
peculiarities Of the French and American
women.
The man who makes loud claims to good
character ought to be careful and have il
always with him.
Gen. Miles. the Indian fighter and pacifi-
Gator, is an expert rider Of the bicycle
The people Of the United States viii eat
S50OOO,0OO worth Of candy this year.
Don't carry your umbrella with utter
disregard Of the people behind you or on
either side.
Don't fret Fretting and fault finding
make more women thin aud wrinkled than
ANYTHING else in the world.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
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-Traders
Yes
Then subscribe for your home
paper and the AMERICAN ECONOMIST,
published weekly by the American
Protective Tariff League, New York.
Sample copy free. The EcoNoMIsTis
an acknowledged authority on Pro
lection and should be widely read.
The yearly subscription of the EcoNo-
MIST is Sc, but we have made a
special arrangement with the pub
fishers by which we can send
you the ECONOMIST for one year and
he CHRONICLE for $500.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
A Hmm sn,nIler-

De Mascus-Did you say Wings was a
heavy smoker? 1 find that he rarely
smokes more than one cigar day.
ST. Agedore-I know. But he weighs
200 pounds.-St. Joseph News.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
Matchmaker and JeWeler
MILFoRD. DEL.

lMr Erbsmehi comes 70 Milford. with The besi
II credentials and his reputation as workman
Is second to none in Delaware. His stock speaks
for It's self.l
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
The Best Result.

Every ingredient employed in producing
Hoods sarsaparilia is strictly pure, and is
the best its kind it is possible to buy. All
the roots and herbs are carefully selected,
personally examined, aud only the best re-
tanned. So that fTom The time ofpurchase
until Hoods sarsapafilla is prepared, every
thing is carefully watched with view 10 at
tanning the best result. Why don't you try
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
MANY persons ~. b,or

many Persons are broken
down from overwork or housohold cares.
Browns Iron Bitters Rebuilds the
system, aids digestion, removes excess Of Lille.
and cures malaria. Get the genuine.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
WATCTIES.

Watches Of every Grade. from low priced in sil-
Ter cases to the highest grade in the finest gold
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
REPAIRING.

Being practical MATCHMAKER Of experienc,
Mr. Erbsmehl is prepared 10 do eli kinds OF re
pairing making a speciality Of fine watches. Hs
aill put aud keep your watches In good order, ano
warrants all 1is work.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20
CLOCKS.
SILVERWARE.

He also shows fnll assortment OF silver and
plated ware, knives, forks, spoons. aew styles OF
coffee spoons pickle jars fruit dishes, cake bas-
ket fish slices, asparagus forks, ard tableware Of
Yarions kinds; full stock of ornamental ware,
cnps bronzes. etc. etc.
Milford chronicle., 1891-03-20

In Jumps Block,
MILFORD, DEL.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-06-23
SYRINGE souTnERn hlRns.
sam Hopkins Describes some Denizens OF
the Virginia Backwoods.

Sn"' hDpNihs Describes some Denizens OF
the Virginia Baekwoods.
"Dfdn' 80 never hyar bout elpen.
strechers: asked Sam Hopkins the other
day
sam Is little colored chap that runs
errands and makes himself generally
useful about an uptown hotel. He halls
IRON Charlottesville, Va. and what Sam
doesn't know about the Virginia woods
isn't worth knowing. Sam may trife
with the truth sometimes, but he puts
On such an air Of injured innocence when
any Of his statements are doubted that
you are almost forced to believe him.
Never hyard bout elpenstretchersy'
he again repeated. why, they're the
curiusest birds in all Virginny. What
they's like? Why, bless yo' stars, they
amt like nothin in these hyar parts
Yo' kin only find EN- in the swamps back
o Charrtsville, in the spring time, too
'Whar they is in the summer? They
amt nowhar. Theys jess frogs an liz
ards. Well, when yo' want fur to shoot
elpenstrechers yo' takes your gun an
goes out in the swamp at night. Yo
see they burrows in the ground day
times an comes out at night to feed.
"They's bigger'n quail, an most az
big as a EN-. Amt got no feathers
only long bristlea, like a porkypine
( They's as black as 20 hat, too, an looks
like a young rooster with his feather, all
I pulled ont. Good to eat: Yes, stree
Mos as good as 'possum. 70 has to be
mighty keerful, too. for If elpen-
strecher sticks go with one O. them ar
| quilts yous dead man, sartain sure. In
the summer time they changes into liz
ards an frogs. They's Jess the bigges'
frogs you ever see, TOO,
"An' yo' never hyard o soras neither:
Well, sakes alive! Why, me an my
Cousin Bill killed mos a thousand Of
'em in one night. Soras is Jess like black
birds, only smaller.
''All yo' has to do is to go in the woods
with Fleetwood light an a long pole.
jess went out one night with a light
an pole, an Bill he held big bag. jess
as fas' as I'd knock EN- off the limb
they'd fall in Bills bag. But they's
common all over Yirginny
| Then they's the ginga5 cutus, big
germ nelephsnt, and the whangtdoodle
bird thar flies aroun nights and carries
off pigs and cattle. An say, mister,
they's got green bug down there mos
foot high, an
"Hol' on, sahl That amt half thev's
got down there. Then, as | had turned
to leave, after expressing my incredulitv.
Sam remarked, with AN air Of injured
I innocence:
well, ef it doan' jess beat me. These
hyar Yankees won b'lieve nuthin less
they sees EN-. New York Herald.