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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-03-25

81 amt to blame for it, mum, I assure
you / amt" said a Columbus avenue
dairyman.
One Of his customers had called to pro
test that it wasn't right for him to send
her milk when she ordered and paid for
cream.
Look here" she had said, Il pay you
eight cents for half pint Of cream every
morning, and / don't get cream at all.
Really l am paying you thirty-two cents a
Quart for milk. Is that q nice way to treat
custOmersf"
Il was with reference to this complaint
that the dairyman pleaded that he was not
to blame
"Then who is to blamef" demanded the
customer IF it isn't you, who is it? Is
it the man you buy of"
mo, not exactly; but it's the men that
deliver. They are the ones. ! buy cream,
and the people that l buy from send out
cream; but 'twixt their place Of business
and mine the specific gravity Of the cream
is wonderfully altered. It's the drivers
that do it, and they do it for their own
profit. They double the quantity of cream
by diluting it with milk.
"They keep me in hot water all the time.
Every day some customer comes in with a
complaint and all can do is to talk to the
drivers and beg them to deal fairly with
me. This very morning l was at one OF
them. For PHYS sake, said don't make
me lose all my customers. If you want
ten cents at any time call on me and I'll
give it to You in cash, but don't break my
business up by diluting my cream"
The customer came away almost regret
ting that she had made a complaint
Greatly" she said, 'he's as much to be
pitied as / am I'll keep on with him for
a little longer. New York Times
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-03-25

A writer in a me zeal journal, while de-
Tending the practice of cigarette smoking
in moderation, took the bold step Of advO-
eating an extension of it to the other sex,
and advising that women should find a
refuge in it from the minor ills of life.
Tobacco smoking, he maintained, was one
of the best and most harmless sedatives
that we possess for harassed and agitated
nerves, and as women are more subject to
nervous Reorganization than men, it was
obvious that they would find an even
greater use for such a sedative than mem
bers of the sterner sex.
It was the constant insistence of the
small worries Of life, rather than its greater
p1iefs and troubles, that upset the equa-
nimity of mankind, rendered them liable
to the insidious attacks of nervous com
plants, and sometimes made them the
victims of premature old age. Much mis-
elv was caused by the adoption among
yomankind Of sedatives chat were by no
means harmless, and much suffering might
be saved to them if they were not debarred
bv public opinion from making use of a
sedative which is allowed to the other sex,
and which would be infinitely more sOoth
ing and eflicacious than those which they
are frequently driven to use
From logical point of view the argu
1nent seems not only lair, but very strong
one Who is it who suffers most from
small worries? A woman. Whose nerves
are most easily affected? A woman's
nerves. What is the best and most harm
less sedative for distressed nerves? To
bacco. Therefore let a woman smoke to-
bacco. The justice Of such a contention
would be manifest did we not suspect that
the premises are not altogether to be re
lied on. Take only that particular one
which relates to tobacco; we do not think
it will pass a very close scrutiny. London
Spectator
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Birds are very largely associated w ,ii
The weather by seafarers. In the EngIis -
channel the fishermen regard the iight Oh
Inc curlew on dark nights as the certain
nreeursor of an east wind. The gales OF
fbesprfnq equinox are called Gowk storms
because they follow the cuckoo-alnoso
everywhere regarded as a weather propne1.
The appearanee of the seamew promises
rain and high southwest winds. Seagulis
in the field mean a storm from southeast
The stormy petrol is bird Of Ill omen.
Pnt all these and other bird traditions may
he traced to old Greek and Roman tradl-
lions. and possibly even still further DacN;
Then as to fishes, the appearance Of
dolphins and porpoises around ship Is an
I'D sign of a storm. Shakespeare refers to
e.. as do several Of the old play writers
And again we may find the explanation IN
the ancient mythical character OF the doi-
min. In old mythology the dolphin typi-
fes the moon, and the moon is the weather
maker. An old belief Of sailors that to cut
Inc hair and nails during calm. you'd
certainly bring on a storm IS plainly re
ferable to the Greek maxim that the mails
must not be pared before the gods--Lon'
don Tit-Bits.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-03-25

Not one person in thousand under
stands how to select good steel Kitchen
knife. It is false economy to provide a
kitchenmaid with cheap, inferior tools.
She will appreciate your consideration II
she is provided with suitable tools to do
her work with, and will equally appreciate
your nirgardiiness or Ignorance if she Is
provided with iron bread knives and po-
tato knives that act as saws. The differ
ence in cost between good tools OF this
kind and inferior ones is not very great.
The method of testing them is simple. A
good steel knife is elastic and bends readily
and easily when the point is pressed on the
table
4 good bread knife will cost about seven
ty-fve cents and upward, French knives
81 .25 and upward. 1t is always wise to buy
these knives of an experienced cutler, VINO
is thoroughly trustworthy. The knives OF
the most distinguished makers Of kitchen
cutlery have been initiated even so far as
the name; so unless you are judge OF Il
good knife yourself, it is better to depend
on a trustworthy dealer. 1t is hardly neces-
sary to add that such valuable knives
should be kept away from the fire or their
temper will be lost, and they will be OF ne
more value than an iron knife. This should
be explained to the servant, and every
kitchen should be provided with at least
two cheap iron knives to use around the
stove.
A seraping knife good enough for thepur-
pose will cost about twenty cents, and is a
convenient article TO use about the stove.
It is a short knife, with broad, fan shaped
blade, with a keen edge that answers the
purpose of scraping pots and pans admira
bly.-New York Tribune.
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eject from f'se room any person be-
having in a dlsorderly manner, and
lie may employ a clerk or clerks.


In some of the everyday occurrences o.
life ws1nEn EXHIBIT much more moral
courage q IAN men. You can see that ~
the L" cats if you use your eyes. Wl8Pu
a man retains his seat while woman
endeayors to uaintain her bala7re by
handing TO a strap IN front of Aim, he
generally makes q Tetense lot seeing
her. If he has a paper yEifssh him he Will
annear TO be absorbed in ITS perusal. II
he cannot avail himself of that conven-
lent screen. he Will pretend to be en-
gagged in such deep mbditatiOn as to be
oblivious to all that is going on around
him. In one way or another he will be
tray the fact that his conscience Is max
ing a coward OF him and that he is try
ing to cheat it,
II is very different with the average
woman. Who that travels much in the
IL" cars hasn't seen her often drop her
child into a seat that has just been va
Gated. while women in various stages Of
WEAKNESS are standing up all around
her? She has paid no fare for The child;
she could very well continue to hold it
in her lap; she knows that she is making
some woman stand who would other
wise get seat But is she abashed:
Does she act as if she were ashamed Of
herself? Docs she seek to avoid the
glances that are bestowed upon her by
hiding her face behind a newspaper
Not a bit Of it. She doesn't let her con-
science make coward Of her. She
looks the people about her square in the
eyes without finching. che says, or
rather seems to say, WEI pow that
YOU don't like it; but WI Won go
ing to do about it,
If this isn't moral cor dat would
YOU call it?-New York -s1erald.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-03-25

A member Of one of the foreign legations
here has a splendid action against the edi-
tor Of that ''blue book" of Washington so
eial life, the Congressional Directory.
BY bad blunder in that usually correct
publication he has suffered the loss of
good dinner. a chance Of a delightful flirta-
ton with a beautiful girl and perhaps
something more serious. 1t seems that
the niece of a certain senator was visiting
in Washington and was assisting her aunt
in receiving when a handsome young diplo-
mat called The young woman, who is an
accomplished linguist, singled him out
among the throng that filled the drawing
room for her special prize chatted easily
with him in his own language and proved
so thoroughly entertaining that the young
man completely lost track Of time. A
merely formal call merged into coy tete-
a-tete. The fascination appeared to be mu-
tual, and for the next two days the house
hold was entertained by a song of praise
for the agreeable foreigner.
The senator gave dinner in honor OF
his niece and requested her to choose whom
he should invite as her escort. She select
ed the diplomat, and The Congressional
Directory was consulted in order to get his
rank and the proper spelling Of his name,
when it was found that his name was pre-
ceded by the fatal asterisk, which dis
closed the appalling information that his
wife accompanied him. The party was
made up and another woman could not be
invited, neither could he be invited with
out his wife, so he was dropped from fur
Their consideration after the bestowal by
the senator of few anathemas upon
''those dangerous foreign fiirts.
Another man was invited to take his
place who proved to be u bore and made
himself entirely hateful in the eyes Of the
fair young charmer by disclosing the fact
in conversation that it was all a mistake
and the fascinating diplomat was not mar
ried at all. But this information came too
late; the visit was up, the opportunity
gone, and two hearts of different national
tiles that might have beaten as one under
one flag are separated forever, all because
Of a misplaced asteTisk.-Cor Chicago
Tribune
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Fx-Judge Rearden says that all law
vers have hearts Of mercy until they
become judges. In the superior court
during the brief term he served, he al
WAYS refused criminal cases, because
the mother Of the young man was sure
to come around and show the gray hairs
under her aged bonnet. Judge Rearden
saws that on two occasions he saw Judge
Levy weaken under the effect of an old
western bonnet trembling with stuffed
roses. The first time was in a case of
grand larceny, and the old lady who
called asked the judge for pass to the
Episcopal home. She said that her son
Fred had declared his intention to steal
because he couldn't get work" and
whatever he had stolen was for her sake
and because he couldn't get work.
"Why, said Reardon, ''when the OLD
woman finished her story, Levy was cry
ing us bitterly as she and the young
criminal went to the house Of correction
with the smallest sentence he could get
Next year the same fellow came up
on an outrageous charge Of robbery, and
the ancient lady turned mp as usual with
a full set Of tears. She shed them free
", but the Judge was familiar with her
tactics and tho young man went over to
San Quentin.
1.-The old lady was very ungrateful
for she rose in her might and cried:
" Say, judge, you used to have kind
hearth San Francisco Examiner
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-03-25

Some answers to two questions pro
pounded in a recent examination are as
follows:
Question-What is a volcano?
Answers-A volcano is a mountain that
sends out smoke and lab.
A volcano is a place on mountain
where a lot of hot Goals come out.
A volcano is a burning mountain which
sands forth asses and lagO.
Ouestion-W What is a strait?
Answers-A strait is a piece of land
stretching out into the sea.
A strait is a portion of land.
BY strait l mean some water running
between two pieces Of land.
A strait is a strait bit of water with land
ct cnrh side.-Londau Tablet.
II is 600 years since the son OF I1ines q
Wales attained his majority during the
lifetime of his father
Dr. Arnott says that the pressure of air
on the knee joint is sufficient to keep it in
place without ligaments
An engineer on the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad recently, it is reported
shot and killed a wildcat near Newcastle
from the cab of his locomotive, which was
running at full speed
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-03-25

Bill Peaseley stepped in The Standard
Office the other day to say that he is con-
suIting with Fred Decker in regard to his
invention OF anti-kneebagging trousers.
The device consists Of having the legs but
toned on a band just below the pockets, SO
that when the bagginess becomes notice
able the legs are unbuttoned from the band
and turned. The bagginess then consists
Of an indentation that BELTS the bending of
the knee, at the same time lending the
charm of picturesque effect. They are also
reversible, end for end, so that the bottoms
can be worn at the top and the tops at the
bottom. Selecting cloth similar on both
sides, the legs can be turned inside out
-one or both-making the legs almost in
destructible.
Another economic feature is that they
are peculiarly adapted for warm weather,
as the legs can be detached and the trunk
worn a la Knickerbocker, Every one Wis
iting the seaside shOald have pair for
wading purposes, or with a neglige shirt
they can be extemporized into bathing
costume, Buttoned together they can be
used as q convenient bag for transporting
clans Being interchangeable, any dude
can wear a different pattern on each leg,
so that by walking by his darling's win
dow he is able, on his return, to give the
impression that he has changed his clothes
in neighboring alley. At night the
trunks and one leg can be rolled up and
stuffed into the other leg, thus forming
comfortable pillow Rili tlsgu laid good
night" and started 10 leg It home.-West-
field On, j. Standard
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Lamon Rlixfr.

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For biliousness and constipation, take
Lemon Elixir.
For fevers, chills and malaria take Lemon
Elxia
For sleeplessness, nervousness aud pali-
tation of the heart, take Lemon Elixir.
For indigestion and foul stomach, take
Lemon Elixir.
For all sick and nervous headaches, take
Lemon Elixir.
Ladies, for natural and thorough organic
regulation, take Lemon Elixir
DR.. Mozley's Lemon Elixir will not fail
you in any CT the above named diseases, all
of which arise from torpid or diseased liver,
stomach, Kidneys or bowels.
Prepared only by DR.. H. Mozle6, Atlanta,
"a
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-03-25

In olden times a bird called a 'phe-
nix" was thought to live in the deserts
of Arabia. His lease of life was said to
be 500 years. at the end of which time
he built a nest of spices and famed 1t
into a fame with his wings. The flame
reduced the bird to ashes, out Of which
he sprung to live another 500 years.
Richardson says that he had fifty oritices
in his beak, through which he sung me
lodious airs.-St. Louis Republic
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Eupepsy.

This is what you ought to have, in fact, you
must have it, to fully enjoy life. Thousands are
searching for it daily, and mourrdug because
they find itnot. Thousands upon thousands o
dollars are spent Annually by our people in the
hope that they may attain this boon. And yet
II may be bad by all. We guaaantee that Elec-
tric Biiters, il used according to directions aud
the use persisted in, viii bring you Good Diges.
ton and Dust the dsmanD dyspepsia and install
nstead Eupepsy We recommend Electric
B tiers Tor Dyspepsia and all diseases Of Liver
stomach and Kidneys solb al 500. and $40,
pr bosao. aoid BY G. ". Marshall, Drnggiss.
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ssplendid to be civ AmBrosia.
nooles. On isekeepers who looks on the
IT was worth pitfall and on home as the
~ Il was ex-, relies largely on the deli
80 sand siTable to bring people home
ami ii nd fc2seih there afterward. Ana
u 40 kkS many another woman who
~ M skch poor opinion of the outer
,,,orld II accordance with this precau-
t;on.rv ,,isdom she feels it necessary not
on1v III have sweet sauces and honeyed dam
fies I, .Yeveryday use, but to establish
SORT 4, & linking fund in the matter Of sup
niiss tb,ksshe may be always ready if any
snacial az 1t is made upon her capacity
tbere for tNe sake Of company. Woe be-
tide her. th,h, if she has let the summer
davs 20 bul without filling her preserve
lars. eth because Of the heat or through
100 fond kAce on the supply Of early fall
frt1it -ltsffch any untOward accident, either
Of ycad' or drought, may bring to naught!
felons make, by the way, useful va
sffetv of sweets. In Mexico one Of the
choicest salads is made out Of the flower OF
the pumpkin vine, and our housewife
need not despise preserve made IN tue
same way as that Of the melon from the
large cucumber lying out to ripen its seeds
in the sun. Possibilities OF orange mar
malade, moreover, where the transparently
thin shredded peel that has lain all night
in salt and water is boiled with the sliced
seedless pulp and their combined weight
in sugar she has with her every day till
March.
Hot buttered biscuit and sweetmeat may
be unwholesome, but they are nice. tea
table which offers them, and only them, IS
always inviting, and our housekeeper's
point Is to have the tea table temptation.
A white cloth, such silver as there isspark-
ling, such table service neat, fresh tea and
hot, good bread and butter, and preserves
in their glass dishes, like jewels set in Jew
els, make a little banquet to which the
king himself needs to bring only appetite,
and to which, if it is the customary thing,
tired husband and always famished chill
,irep look for sure refreshment. --Harper's
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Granger, who was remarkably ugly
man, eontended that he was the handsoin-
est thing in the world He proved It mus IS;
.sTbe baadsomest part of the world, F"
said he. lis Europe; Of Europe, France; Of
France, Paris: of Paris, the university; OF
tbe university, the College of -; in the
CoIleqe of - the handsomest room is
mine: in nv room / am the handsomest
tbing-erqo. am the handsomest thing IN
the world. n--Iondon Tit-Bits.
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Some of those terrible market women
of Paris were checking" the Able
Maury good humoredly. You speak
like an angel. M. rAbbe, but spite Of Ii
all you are fool" "Quite right mes
DANES, he replied, "but one does not
die for thatl'' -Gentleman's Magazine.
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Lemon Hot Drops

Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarseuess, Sore
Throat, Bronchitis, Hemorrlage AMI all
throat and lung diseases. Elegant, reliable
IS cents at druggists. Prepared only by
DR.. H. Motley, Atlanta, Ca.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Habit-In all
the World there IS but one cure
DR.. Haines Gfolden Specific.

It can be given in a cup Of tea or coffee
without the knowledge Of the person taking
it, efecting a speedy aud permanent cure,
whether the patient is a moderate driuker or
an alcoholic wreck. Thousands of drunk
ards haYe been cured WHO have taken the
Golden Specific in their coffee without their
knowledge, and to-day believe they quit
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This is what one of my girls has written
to me: 81 wish and pray you could tell me
how to cure bashfulness. People say not
to think of yourself, but of others. ] have
tried that, but l cannot succeed l cannot
take my mind off myself / am always
asking myself if my hair is out of curl, if
my clothes look pretty and thousand other
such questions. cannot help it. have
tried and tried, but am continually think
ing whether am acting right, speaking
right OF looking right"
First to this girl must be said that when
one is eighteen years old one should not
say cannot" do anything. She can if
She Will. Suppose she thinks this. She
says she is considered pretty. What is
mere prettiness? She is not beautiful; for
n beautiful woman, an absolutely beauti-
full woman, is seldom vain. Very few peO-
pie care whether a girls bangs are out of
curl or not if her manners are pleasing
and She shows a desire TO make Others en-
Joy themselves. Very few people care if a
girls clothes are pretty or not if the girl is
self conscious and stupid.
I like a girl to want to look pretty-that
is part of her duty in life. But l want her
Just TO remember this; that beauty is the
easiest thing lost in the world; vanity will
make it offensive; illness will cause it to
vanish, and it goes with old age, unless the
mind and the heart have been so cultivated
that the woman herself is a joy forever.
When this is so the good God let's her keep
her beauty.
Try, my inquiring little girl, and obliter-
ate self. When you are among people look
out for the one who is Shy and bashful like
yourself; go to her talk to her, and after
few times you win find that it will become
very easy. Stop thinking that people are
looking at you.-Ladies' Home Journal,
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Don't call the Chinese "MongOlians.
It is better to reserve the latter name for
the people who live north Of China proper
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II YOUR BACK ACRES,
Oryou are III worn out, really good for moth
ing, It is general debility. Try
BHOHNsS IRON BITTEhS.
Il VIII cure you, cleanse your liver, and eve
Q good appetite.
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----3 residing ln----
hundred, Cor in--elec-
ton district Of hundred, ,
in county, do solemnly
swear Cor affirm that I will support
the Constitution ofthe United States
Of America, that will support the
Constitution Of the State Of Della
ware. and that / viii perform the
duties Of the Office Of Registrar (or
Alternate Registrar for--
hundred (or--election dis
trict in hundred) faith
''lv, honestly, fairly and impartially;
SIN a citizen Of the United
dsscrlpmerice and Of the State
"sweatingad am not and will not
viii think it o,-rr ofl5oo - 10
Rwing 60 to BostoL
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Matchmaker and JeWeler
MILFORD, DEL.

mr. Etbsmehi comes 10 Milford, with the best
II credentials and his reputation rs a workman
= second to none in Delaware. His stock speaks
for It's self.
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qr
Fos =.
should enter
announce ms
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Some answers to two questions pro
bounded in a recent examination are as