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Milford chronicle., 1892-06-24

THE ONLY CREATURES WHO FEEL RELIEVED
WHEN THE FoUETH IS OVER
illuminate the ebon vault of night. II
makes the boy sad To feel that the Fourth
II slipping away from him Even If there
is to be a baseball match in the afternoon.
at which he may discharge firecrackers, he
doesn't want the time Of the game to 1T
rive too soon. But when the game Is over
the small hoy feels that he still has the
fireworks to live for. And ne is on the
scene before the twilight has faded, sadly
faded, like a twenty-five cent sky blue
bathing suit
And he smiles q sweet smile full OF sunshine,
From the pinwheel 70 SEE the STARS hy,
And no signs as the big Roman candle
Pops purple ball into the sky.
He's a. glad when the kissing skyrocket
tioes a-sco0ting aloft DER the Land,
As he is when he enters the circus
At the very first tO0t Of the land
There is one individual whom the small
boy cannot understand and that indi
yidual is the man whose chief desire Is to
get of into some remote. quiet. sleepy
slaee upon that festive day upon which
the song OF the firecracker is heard in the
land. Such a man will always remain IN
unsolved enigma to the small boy, who
will also continue to regard him ~ son,s+
thing supernatural; as flying from the
glorious Fourth strikes his youthful fancy
as being only worthy Of an EnglishmAi.
As a rule the freshman is very fond OF tine
Fourth Of July, as it gives him an anl( r.
opportunity to express his sentiments re'A
tive to every thing English, from loud
checked clothing to mutton pies. The
only creatures who experience feelings Of
relief when the Fourth is over are the In
surance man, the house dog, and the cal.
It is difficult to say which is the most wOr
ried of these on the Fourth-the insur
Rnce man in the bosom Of his family, the
dog in the bosom OF the cellar. or the cat Ia
the bosom Of the garnet.
r. X. MUEKITTRIcK.
Ignorance is the mother of impudence.
Always use a wooden spoon or fork to
stir salads.
Handkerchiefs were first manufactured
at Paisley IN 1913
It is hard to find fault with people who
think Just as we do
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mad Room for Him.

In Pennsy vania village on a Fourth Of
July. many 3rs ago. certain eloquent
member OF congress was delivering an
Grafton He haA rehearsal at some length
the virtues aud achievements of the signers
Of the Declaration u Independence, and had
taken up the subject Of the greatness OF
Washington. Working up to the full
height Of his eloquence, he asked
I'm what(place shall we put the peerless
man Of Mt Vermont Shall we put him
among the kings OF earthi No; for he
sc0rDed their titlel
Shall we put him hOug the soldiersi
NJ; for he was much more than soldier
l''Shall we put him among the states
Enen' No; for the simplicity Of his lofty
genius rose superior to the devices Of
stateeraft
"In what place, then, shall we put him
this peerless mani
Just then Sandy Mcdowell. a Scotch
man. whose acquaintance with American
history was possibly not much greater than
his liking for American ofatory, rose from
his seat in the midst OF the audience
"HOot, mon" said he; "ye can cen putt
i'm in my place ere, for I'm gam oOt"
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later, pale, hollow eyed and thin. Ills
people locked about him, and many were
the blessings showered upon him both by
rough miners and weeping women.
After Middleton had told the crowd that
the long delayed Fourth Of July celebra-
ton should occur the next evening, and
the happy throng had dispersed, he turned
toward Bess Clayton, who stood at her
post smiling, but with tears in her eyes
"COme here, Bessie" he said gently
holding out his thin hand He had never
called her Bessie before. She went slowly
He drew her to him. and putting both
arms about her said;
my brave little girl"
She trembled and blushed.
my darlingw he said passionately.
''NO, no, she cried, starting away from
him, you must not speak like that
must not hear you.
Eyes, you must" he retOrted, with his
old fire, Il love you'll think have loved
you "a long time Pess-you must be my
wife"
but Miss vancouveri'' said the girl
gently.
Miss Vancouver made great mistake
when she accepted me-" said Middleton
gravely. "She has realized her mistake.
Oh, Bess, my darling, thank God. there is
nothing between US and happiness"
A few moments later he raised her
blushing face from his shoulder and said,
"Now, dearest, when shall we be married"
Il think, Tom" she said demurely, that
should like to be married next Fourth of
July"
why not this Fourth" he urged.
This Fourth is past" she answered.
But its substitute is at hand, he cried.
"Bess, you must marry me now. cannot
wait a year"
And so it came to pass even as he had
spoken, and the miners and their families
had an unexpected feature in their cele-
bratiOn, for they were all invited up to
the big house to drink the health of their
master and his bride
EDITH SESSIONS TUPPER
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A Fourth Of July scene at Wichita
Falls, Tex, is thus described;
The hottest and funniest place on the
grounds was the dancing pavilion. a can.
vas cover was stretched just overhead.
When some tall cowboy. in the excess of
his patriotism, put an extra inch Oh his
spring his hat scraped the cover, The tlOOr.
which was Of rough boards in the morn.
ing was polished before noon by thousand
shufies. In a corner the orchestra, with a
strangely solemn face and downcast eyes,
sat on the spring seat Of farm wagon and
drew from a violin such strains as might
put action into cork leg But the star Of
the pavilion combination was the caller.
He wasa mild hammered gentleman named
Granger, whose feasibility Of voice was
equaled by his originality Of expression
Sometimes he chanted, sometimes he de-
claimed, and sometimes he let his voice
follow the music He was a master Of
ceremonies. too, who had learned his pro
fession. The cowboys would sidle up to
him and say;
mister, can't we have little dancer
We came sixty miles for this thing"
"Don'tyou know anybody here, " Granger
would ask.
Not Twin soul 'cept just the boys"
they would affirm with more or less EN-
phasis.
"Reckon mebbe kin fix you" the mas
Ter would say rehectiyely. Then he would
cross over to where the buxom daughters
Of the grain farmers were shocked up
along the side Of the platform. Pretty
soon ne would return, and with Come
this way" he would lead the cowboys, one
at time. across the platform. The farm
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NJ HAS BEEN OIsPOslNG OF CLAREr BOTTLES
root trembles by the wayside and the cir
Gus poster and the gold lettered legend
setting forth the manifold virtues Of the
blood purifier divide the hOnOrs on the
cOalyard fence. He has been saving his
pennies as religiOusly as has the school
teacher who would go to Europe during tn,
halcyOn days Of vacation, that lie may
properly celebrate the anniversary Of tn,
biggest and reddest red letter day IN the
history Of his country He has been dis
posing of elaret bottles and old iron to thu
itinerant peddler. He would have been
perfectly willing, through the spirit Of his
enthusiastic patriotism, to have sold the
chandeliers and andirans to the same stroll
ing dealers
A statement Of the condition Of his little
savings bank before the Fourth Of July in
vestments are made would show it to be in
q very sound, prosperous condition. But
on the fifth day Of the month it is rs empty
as the monologu0 Of a book agent or the
smiling welcome Of a summer hotel keeper
The small boy is not always aware Of the
fact that the frecracker with which he
celebrates the Fourth Of July is a Chimes.
institution.
The man who was once n boy himself
and still has the feelings Of boy and re
members all the pleasant sensations Of the
Fourth Of July Of his bOyhood, can gener
ally make a fair approximation to the
pecuniary standing Of the youthful cele
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sTANcHNo THE BLOOD on HIS HEAD.
Their master lay before his Office door on
the ground, Bess Clayton was stanching
the blood on his head, while a small snuh
nosed and freckled boy was crying hysJer
ically beside her.
A few words told the story. You lifted
Mr. Middleton cried one man.
Yes" whimpered Dub" "she did
dunno how she did it, but she DID,"
"But the fuse" cried -SSQt II, 'For
Gods sake, somebody cut the
Bess lifted her haggard face. Oh, cut
it." she said simply. before ] brought
him out"
Tom Middleton did not die. A splendid
constitution, unimpaired by excesses,
brought him through dangerous illness
He CANA hack to the Office two monte
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10 AAAA0ANNAf
bic to me. DO you
actually propose
to spend your life
here, among these
degraded cTea
turesf'
Il don't like "a
hear you speak in
that way Of my
people, Violet.
They are not de
graded, but hon
est, faithful toll
ers. I believe
them to be sin
cerely attached "a
me and I have a
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aged America. It is to the small boy the
Christmas Of the summer season, and at
the booming of the earliest gun he jumps
out of bed with the same alacrity that the
house dog displays while flying into the
cellar to be out Of the danger that be fan
cies is about to consume him like the thirst
that follows a feast of Goldfish balls.
The noise of this day is a grand epic OF
melody, and it is a music that strikes a
responsive chord in the soul of every true
American and makes him feel proud and
happy from his boot heels to his straw hat.
It is a melody that sets the American
spirit dancing, and is sufficiently subtle
In its wild bowling gladness TO make
stuffed eagle scream for joy. and to cause
. crop of rippling ringlets to suddenly
spring into blossom on the cranial apex OF
the bald eagle
Ever dear to the smallbOy who lives in Toledo
Ever dear TO the smallbOy who lives IN 20
dunk,
ls the clappetty bang Of the Union torpedo,
And the odorous scent of the slow burning
punk.
The small boy has been making ready
for the occasion with the same anxiety and
care that a country mnnifests in preparing
for war with foreign power. He has
been dreaming of it fOndly since that aus
picious season Of the year when the blood
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eFs daughter wot bow pretrily, and tEs
cowboy elaborat with a twitch at his
big white hat. 4 a new couple would
join those on 4 aoor. Occasionally a
cowboy would 10 hst bis hat to friend,
but this seldo, happened. The girls
didn't mind. am hats were worn as rule.
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profound interest 10 them and their sim.
pie lives. Yes, ! expect ! shall always live
near thavnTihes and keep an eye on them.
do believe that the owner Of large
80 interests should absent himself
Z s--,,, ,,e1, sS7d leave affairs in the hands
I Of su bordinates.
The girl turned her bestlEiIni, insOlent
alee toward the row of miners cot
which dotted the hillsides above them, and
after staring through her gold trimmed
Iorgnette at the tiny habitatiOns a mo
mept, dropped 1t and said cOntemptuOusly'
-Fancyp
The two walked on in silence. Tom Mid
dIetOn was too hurt to speak. This was not
the first alteration he had had with his
fiAncee, Miss Violet Vancouver, on this
subject Both were positive in their Opin
ions. Each regarded the question from
standpOints as opposite as the two poles.
Tom felt a hopeless sort Of rage as he
glanced from under his eyelids at the fair.
proud, eOntemptuous face under the big.
white parasol at his side
And as they walked, a vague idea, which
Of late had puzzled him more than once,
crept again in his mind Could they-as
fng apart in their convictions and opinions
"a two planets-could they ever be happy
togetheri He tried to fancy himself mar
Fied to Violet He saw her up at his beau
tiful honse on the hill yOnder-a queen in
her drawing room. But when he triei to
fancy her going about from cottage to cot
tage, looking after the sick and feeble ten
ants-when he attempted for one moment
TO imagine Violet as a ministering angel
be smiled cynically. Miss Vancouver re
Rafled him coldly;
u am charmed that you amuse your
self, she said
Il was wondering what you would do in
case Of an explosion in the mines" said
Tom, with surprising candOr
The carriage which they had left for
their walk was approaching. Violet put
mp her hand, dainty in its soft suede glove,
and signaled the coachman. Il am going
back to the house." she said haughtily
Don't trouble yourself to come with me.
No doubt you are needed down at the
mines" and before Tom could recover
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deed Even In the course Of ordinary hui
man events his wickedness was tinctured
with marvellous and interesting ingenu-
ity. Judge, then, what rare and unex
pected traits he developed on the two days
preceding the Fourth with the spirit Of
'76 in the air The high jinks he invented
were appalling, and when he finished his
sublime career on the afternoon Of the 3D.
by driving Finnegan's pig and SmithsOn's
calf tandem through the streets his gen
tie, long suffering sister fell upon him,
shook him, put him to bed and told him
that she should ask Mr.. Middleton as a
personal favor to herself not to give him
any ammunition on the morrow.
This crisis was 10 totally unexpected
that "Bub" forgot to roar. He sank hack
upon the pillows and turned pale through
his freckles. After he had recovered from
the shock bit he fell in brown study.
The result was smile, which would have
done credit to Il first class fiend "Bub"
took his bread and milk and his sisters
lecture so gently that her heart relented,
and when she retired for the night she had
decided she would not ask that personal
favor.
"Bub" did not sleep. He had taken a
nap in the early evening and was now quite
wide awake and ready for business. He
waited until Bessie's soft breathing assured
him that she slept; then he arose and
quickly dressed himself, cautiously unfas-
tened the front door and set out Hecrept
along in the shadows as he crossed the
street to MiddletOn's Office. For "Bub"
was out with the nefariOus intent Of bur
glarizing. He knew Of window on the
side Of the office the catch Of which was
broken and which could be easily showed
up. He had heard Bessie say that Middle
ton had been busy all the evening opening
the packages Of fireworks
Up went the window at his first touch,
and 10 climbed the young scapegrace.
The moonlight streaming in showed him
the prize, and he fell greedily to work
His pockets were soon crammed and he
was about to retreat, when he heard q
sound that made every tow hair on his
head stand upright-a noise at the window
he had left open. The boy slipped behind
q pile Of packing boxes, and peering out
saw man climb in the window. II was
H. rA----tt----f
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Couldn't Find Him.

Miss Palisade-You didn't see my little
brother out in the back yard as you came
in, did you, Mr.. Tutter2
Tutter part Of his coat tail blown of By
q firecracker)-NO. Miss Palisade. ] looked
for him in vain.
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II he fires of a frecraeker every three or
four minutes it means that he possesses
not more than three packages. The boy
who sets off package at a time under
barrel generally has so many packages
that he couldn't set them Off one firecracker
at a time inside Of two weeks. This boy is
the envy Of all the other boys who are not
so fortunate rs he, especially il, besides his
numerous lunches OF firecraekers, he has
an assortment Of fireworks with which to
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JEWELRY

He has the most complete assortment oi Jewa ry
ever -hown Ia this town, Consisting IN part Of an-
ger rings fer ladies' and gentlemen OF the latest
atyles, watch chains Of unique patterns ia all
rades eheielain chains and fobs for ladies, brest
pins, bangles. charms, pencils and gold pens in
.ndfoas r,r{efv
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N41 - .-..s,
FUaLIs
rih Is here al last. know,
- e the night had fed.
4 HI my window came g noise
ranked me out Of bed.
And then another loud report,
The windows fairly shook;
icrawlr,l hlrk into bed again,
did not care 10 Look
had nn curiosity
much preferred 20 hides
knew Il was my youngest kid
Who lay for me outside.
ToM LANSING.
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Being practical watch maker Of experieEc,
Mr. Erbsmehl is prepared - do eli kinds Of re
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will put and keep your watches in good order, and
warrants 81 his work
Try him and satisfy yourself
Ina Jumps Block,
MILFORD, DEL
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SILVERWARE.

He alss shows full assortment OF silver and
plated ware, knives, forks, spoons. new styles Of
coffee spoons pickle Jars, fruit dishes, cake bas-
ket, lsh slices. asparagus forks, ADD tableware Of
various kinds; a full stock OF Ornamental ware.
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At last all was ready, the fuse lighted.
Bowling turned out the gas and crept
through the window.
He was gonel
Out from behind the boxes burst the
frightened boy. who had completely lost
his wits. He bent over Middleton. and
with his weak arms strOve to lift him. His
first thought was to drag Middleton from
the building. As well try to move the
vault yonder.
Then through the moonlight across the
square, gasping, sobbing, stumbling. fed
the boy Through the open door, into his
sisters room, upon her bed he flung him
self "Bessl BessW he shrieked in agony
Two minutes later, barefoOted, her long
hair streaming over her shoulders, she
knelt beside the man she loved. Shethrust
her girlish arms beneath Middleton and
lifted him to her breast as a mother gathers
her child.
"The bell, 'Bub.' the bellr'' she STAN
mered.
"Bub" caught the rope, and out upon
the soft midsummer night rang the awful
clamor The bell fairly shrieked its fright
full tidings-"Murderl murderp leaped
from its iron throat
And when the half dressed miners came
hurrying from their homes with terror
stricken faces they saw strange sight
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DQWLlNG UEALE MlnDLhAoN a TWIN y L
BLOW
not tolerate it, shall do what / think
best for the comfort and happiness Of my
people Their lives are hard enough, God
knows"
"Oh, as you like, !" said Violet. Struggling
her shoulders, "Only don't fancy that /
shall ever take any interest in your absurd
QuixOtism, and trailing her laces after
her she swept into the house.
For the next two days an atmosphere Of
expectancy hung over and around the
Spitfire mines. The women gossiped from
their doors, the miners collected in groups
after hours and discussed the treat in
store, while the children shrieked and ran
hither and yOn in very wantOnness Of
ecstasy. When big boxes were unloaded
and stored away in the rear Of MiddletOn's
Office, and it was whispered that those
boxes contained firecrackers, pinwheels,
tOrpedOes and Roman candles, it was with
difficulty that the small boy kept from
bursting with joy. Middleton caused the
news to be circulated that on the morning
of the Fourth all the children were to pre-
sent themselves at his Office, each to ne
ceive his or her share Of the spOils.
Probably no one was more electrified by
this statement than "Bub' Clayton. One
Of the most lOvable boys In the world, he
yet was the embodiment Of mischief. The
deviltry he could not cOncOct was poor in
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Matchmaker and Jeweler.
MILFORD. DEL.

lMr yrbsmehl comes 70 Milford, With the best
u sJshfials. and his reputation as a workman
is second to R0ne in Delaware His stock spessa
Tor It's self.l
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Our Serges will enable you to
keep cool. They are in blue, black
and grey, and range from $40. to
$25. The $I4. suit is a happy me-
dunn and very popular, combining
style, durability and everything
requisite for comfort.
A breezy line of Negligee Shirts,
White and Fancy Flannel Coats
Black and Fancy Alapacas, at
moderate cost.
Everybody is getting onto our
Bathing Suits-before long every
body will be getting into them.
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HE Fourth Of
July is a purely
American inStitu
ton as well ~ a
purely American
invention, and the
annual celebration
of this holiday Of
holidays is ~ dear
to the heart Of
Young America
as itistO the heart
Of old and middle
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THE GLORIOUS FoURTA.

when the Song OF the Fireeracker Is
Heard In the Land.
Copyright, 1902 All rights reserved.
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BROWN S IRON BITTERs
Cures Dyspepsia, In
digestion 6 Debility.
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MIDDLETON'S LUCK.
A FOURTH or july STORY.

IcspyrIehl. Is0s. AIl rIshts roserysd.l
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observation-disclosures Habit-In al
the World there Is but one cure
DR., Haines' Golden Specific.