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MIS-. BurrilI,s Able Dog.

The story Of how the life Of Mrs. BuFriil,
cook mt the Boar's Head tavern, Leeds, was
saved from the murderous attack Of the
man Rothery will furnish notable addi-
tion to our collection of dog stories The
rufiian, who appears to have been moved
by an insane fit of jealousy, having en-
trapped the woman into a room with a
closed door, suddenly drew "a razor from his
pocket and attempted to cut her throat.
No human help was at hand, but while
Mrs Burrill was struggling with her as
sailant black dog belonging to the hotel,
who happened to be lying asleep under a
couch in the room, aroused himself, and
springing upon the assassin seized him by
the coat sleeve close to the wrist. This at
once compelled the man to attempt to shake
the animal off Meanwhile he necessarily
relaxed his hold upon the woman, who now
found strength to call for help.
Rothery, however, succeeded in releasing
himself, and once more he rushed at the
woman. razor in hand. The dog, however,
was still more nimble. He sprang between
them and leaped to seize the fellow by the
throat 1t was at this moment that the
landlady, having heard the screams, rushed
to the door and got hold Of the woman,
whose egress was obstructed by the chair on
which she had been sitting before she re-
moved to the couch. With great presence
Of mind she dragged Mrs. Burrill out, and
closing the door shut the manSA the room
with the dog, So far as is known the ami
NAL did not further molest ROthery, who
shereupon cut his own throat and was
found by policeman a few minutes later
at the point of desth.-London News.
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walter Damrosch and his orchestra. Last
summer the two ladies hAred a cottage at
Newport. and when they came to town the
a,,arfments In the Tiffany house were Sc
cpred. and the musical entertainments We're
me woman bachelors have entertained
society for the purpose, Of course, Of i'm
proving their social position and acquiring
= certain degree of social power and IN.
fnence The pursuit of ambitious ideas Of
This kind by the fathers and mothers OF
families who wish to establish themselves
for the present and for future generations
and who have daughters to marry on IS al
together understandable and praiseworthy
Unmarried women, however, have hereto
fore been usually content to accept invita-
tions and to contribute whatever IN them
lies toward the success Of other peoples en-
tertainments The attempt, therefore, OF
Miss Calender and Miss de Forest to grasp
at social leadership has been watched with
a good deal OF interest, particularly as they
| have thus far scored a measure OF success
| New York World,
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AFnn,iIinr srrmnn.

When the Rev. Byron Sunderland used
to preach in Batavia, n Y be did queer
things. On one occasion be was invited tc
90 to lie Roy and preach before the young
ladies Of Ingham university. He accepted
and delivered an eloquent sermon on the
text, "As an eagle stirreth up her nest.
luttereth over her young, spreadeth her
wings, taketh them, beareth them on her
wings; so the Lord alone did lead him, and
there was no strange god with him" In
the course Of a year or so the reverend gen.
tleman was invited to preach to the young
ladies' again.
He arose in the pulpit, announced as his
text the eleventh and twelfth verses Of the
thirty chapterof Deuteronomy, "As
an eagle stirreth up her nest.n etc, and
preached the old sermon over again. Some
thing of a sensation was created thereby
among the lngham teachers with good
memories. But the mistake would never
occur again, Of course, and after lapse OF
year or SO the Rev Byron Sunderland
was invited topreach for the third time
He began precisely as before: "As an eagle
stirreth up her nest, ETC., and preached
the same old sermonl We believe ha was
notinuiled nelain. = Rochasteis Pasb l;xnress
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TWO DARING WOMEN.
The Work Of a Couple Of Ambitious sPiI
sters In Social Life In New York.

The Work Of a Couple Of Ambitious Spin
sters In Social Life In New York.
Two society women, both wealthy and
unmarried, started in last winter to give a
series OF entertainments in New York. The
spectacle of two women altogether unham-
pered by domestic ties and wholly disasso-
ciated from the suggestion Of children OF
of husbands, running a superb establish
ment, equipped with q retinue Of servants
and characterized by all the appointments
II modern luxury and convenience and us
ing their dining room and music room and
drawing room for the purpose of profering
attractive entertainments to society, was of
course an unusual one. The bachelors Of
New York have In some cases and at GER
tain times done something toward usurp-
ing what is generally regarded as the privi-
leges Of q domestic .ablishment and have
invited their friends to their houses and
their apartments and have given dinners
and even arranged dances But the ven
ture into this field by partnership Of
wealthy and unmarried women was alto
gether unprecedented.
The two women are Miss May Calender
and Miss de Forest. Miss Calender is said
to enjoy an income of $4,000 year. Her
fortune is derived from the Rhinelander es-
tate and she inherited it from her mother.
She is therefore closely related to I. J. Oak
ley Rhinelander and Lispenard Stewart,
whose mother was Rhinelander, and pos
sibly to other millionaire bachelors Of New
York society. Miss de Forest is a sister Of
George ,. de Forest, who is a man Of wealth
and OF literary tastes and accomplishments
The Callcnder-De Forest establishment is
in tie Tiffany apartment house The ladies
lease one Of the largest fats in the house,
and it Is furnished and decorated in the
handsonest manner known to modern art.
When it became perfectly clear last Decem-
beg that there would be no opera during
tue fashionable seasQin in New York, either
at tthe Metropolitan Opera House or else
where Miss Callenfer and Miss de Forest
very shiewdly deciked to make their draw
ing room attracHso sons musical. Their pro
Rrammes have Secluded performances by
WOLF and Hob 4snri. singing By we'll known
r.-lt'sta n4llA 81 Is nf She aunnfuns aa FEnrcit
Milford chronicle., 1893-08-04

A New Yorker is suffering from blood
poisoning, the result Of a bite from pet
parrot.
One trouble with the world is that 50
many people have more reputation than
character,
"Good wine and pretty woman are only
two agreeable poisons, y saysthe ''unspeak-
able Turk"
After all, who would wish that the art Of
manufacturing diamonds should ever be
discovered?
Grecian history is a poem, Latin history
a picture, modern history chronicle
Chateaubriand.
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,-,,,7,,l, anonr nears,

40 not know much aoout peaE9'
in iron these Oriental workers are very
slFillful. Just outside the principal en-
trance to the pavilion you will see a p'lli .,
of enormous iaSn-yases in this material'
eiaboratelv carved. Each is big enough
FOR 4 chicken coop, and though we can
tbem vases the Japs say the are hght,
bonses. their use being to contain the
lsnns which illuminate gsrdens. Patience
Is biz stock 10 trade in the Miksao !
country. Here is a little bowl OF silver
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which form one Of the richest features Of
the empire. The work is embellished
with many ornamental nail heads and
strips OF fanciful metal work, producing
effects that are rich and impressive.
Within the display is the handsOmest
and most costly ever made by the Japa-
nese at any exposition. At Paris four
years ago the empire did well, and at
tracted much attention, but the exhibit
there was neither so comprehensive nor so
costly as that which is to be seen here.
The Japanese do not surprise one with the
beauty Of their work, but with the infinite
variety Of ways in which their native skill
has been shown. There does not seem to
be anything on earth too difficult for their
accomplishment. Ifthe truth were known
they are great imitators. They do not
actually originate one-haf the things for
which they are given credit. But every.
sbinq they take up is given sDtwish> al
ld suecGn, Is made TO partake OF their ma
tionaI characteristics until its own father
would find it difficult to recognize his on.
spring in its new guise. An example OF
this Is to be found in their display Of sill
versmitherv A few years ago 1t was said
the Japanese did nothing in silver, but at
the Paris exposition their artisans picked
az few ideas and here they are with
number Of silver pieces which are very
nearly aa fine as the finest to be seen in
the building. They do not show many
pieces, but what they do show are admir-
able. One is tea house in a Japanese
hoat. and It seems to be worth the price
ssked for it, s4.622 A pair Of vases Of em-
bossed silver ara worth S2, al
one Of the most noteworthy articles in
the section is a great iron eagle. It was
carved with indescribable labor and pa
thence By Shingita-Itao, Of the province o.
Xiii, and he was i've years at the job.
The bird has several hundred feathers,
and each feather is as delicately carved as
Il that was all the artisan had to do. In
some Of the feathers the magnifying glass
shows thousands Of minute lines and
Shingita-Itao found that the hard iron
spoiled his tools after three or four lines
had been cut, so that It was necessary to
use mp several hundred tools in cutting
sTe feather. The price Of this eagle IS $l0,=
3. not q large sum considering the
lhount Of work put in upon it. Asmauer
oxle cut IN tho same way is priced az
300. but this one Is badly drawn in that
CIV eagle IS shout six times as big as the
d which he is represented as destroying
81 bis falons Evidently the Japanese
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Eleetrie BlsLers.

"a ltlneds b Incoming 70 we'll known and 80
psFf X 3 naed no spscial aention. All who
~ used s eee Bi.tcIs sing The iare song Of
as-A pure saaieius does nof iixist and g is
uniee8 10 dn an ihai clurntd. Eieolrie
tieit wll ause ga dlsea7ts Of The Liver asd
Is ee. wl1 fenora flmple-. Bailas Sat NheniG
asaa4 sascli1ns caused BY Impure blood, =
assfa i4sat ffon the system and proven
a. A1 N4iarial feyefa---for eurofo
b "a t|as aiapstou aad iudig ahen w Eiec
lds 81 sass 4lufs aatlsiacsioa giar4at ea, 70
mkt4 iet -f iep 81 cts. and $500
sa.Is,E bf. & y. AtsiailFs 1.4f stsas-
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ODDS AND ENDS.
,orstona is a va,ietv of feldsnar.

BIoonstone is a variety of feldspar.
The microseopists say that a mosquito
has % teeth.
A sisters kindness-does the world show
anything purer9
The iron blast furnace was the work Of
Detmold in 1912.
A mighty poor man is he who has no
friends whatever.
Poe had the ideally psychic hand, with
ferry small thumb.
Conscience is the chamber Of justice, but
The judge is seldom present.
A Chinese bank note 500 years old is pre-
Berved in a Chinese museum.
A woman may so live that she will be
sorely missed when she is gone.
Napoleon Bonaparte has been janitor of
Kentucky church for 30 years,
A Walla Walla CWash.) florist asserts
that he owns black Gala lilly"
women's Work at the Fair.
Some of our foreign friends are inclined
to make light of the women's share in the
great Chicago enterprise. They say that
much of the ''work"-literary, Oratorical,
artistic, what not-has been, not to put too
fine point upon it and to use a phrase that
the women ought to understand, taken
from the oven a little too soon, and that
the participants would have done better to
wait until they had something more worth
showing. DOUBTLESS there is ground for
this kind of criticism, but the pebbles seem
to US to be thrown from glass houses.
The exhibits, personal and other made by
the stronger sex can hardly be said to be
monOtOnOusly perfect after their kind. We
have painful consciousness that n large
a very large-proportion of the speech and
writing of males on the subject of the
Worlds fair might have been better baked.
Some of it might have been reduced 20
ashes with advantage. And there is an
other side to the question. 1t is not to be
denied that there is excellent work by WON
en- at Chicago artists, decorators, archi
tects, writers, to say nothing of less pre-
tentious exhibitors. It is our Judgment
that competition among the women where
a high level is attained by some will tend
strongly, directly and permanently to raise
the level of the others. Not of all Of course
There are women Of impregnable vanity
and hopeless stupidity as there are men
similarly afflicted. But wherever woman
of sincere purpose, wishing to do the best
and ready to work for it, sees other won.
EMS achievements of worthy sort she re
ceives a definite impulse. an inspiration,
and with these guidance and help The re
suit, despite any failures or errors, is good,
and sensible men as well as sensible won.
en- will rejoice in it.-Harpers Weekly
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We strive to give our custom
ers better goods than they can
get elseweere at the price-that
always wins. Other stores may
duplicate our prices, but they
don't duplicate the goods~-Best
Made Clothing IN PHILADELPHIA.
Another fresh assortment Of
$40 and $15 serges just in-Blue,
Black and Grey; very popular,
and for the money. There are
still better suits tor a little higher
nrico
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In the way OF clocks Ne can suit the slim mes
Dacket and the lAust fsstida0ns ta<ie. from tn
smallest travelling or Aa>k ciOGH to hr finest nun
tie, each guaranteed to be the best o! its kind
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JEWELRY.

lie has tine most complete assortment oi Jew5 ~
ever hawn in this town, consisting ID part Of IN
ger rings for ladies and gentlemen of the latest
siyles watch cha!us Of unique patti rns In all
qr4de-, chelelan chains and f0bs FOR ladies', brest
p!as baugles CHAINS pencils and gold pens ia
endless variety
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WATCHES.
CI.NCK6

WAtehe- Of every grade fram low pric-d IN sll-
yer cases fu the slightest grade in the finest gOl'
ull wsrranted 10 he good time keeper or no safe
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Road Carts

in town tor the money.
READY-MIXED PAINTS Of the
very best quality. CARRIAGE
MATERIALS and Trimmings al
ways on hand.
p. p. RICHARDS,
WEST FRONT ST, MILFORD, DEL.
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FLOWS.

The Celebrated South Bend Chilled
POws for sale ch t n any otAer
pow in the market, Quality consid-
cred and guaranteed give salts
faction. Call and examine them and
yet prices. ! have repairs Tor above
named plows in stock.
also have the best
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GEO. S. GRTER,

MILFORD. DEL,
General machine shop and foundry, Engine and
mill work, On hand one and twO-h0rse sweep
powers for 'hei'@ corr or saving wOcd; iron
field roller, dew haFr W. corn shelters and plows
cheap; manufacturer Of ice.
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SIL.VERW

IT. also shows a MI assortment Of silver and
pis - ware knives, forks, sDu0ns. Hew styles Of
coffee SPOONS pickle jars, finit dishes, cake bas-
bet, hsh slices, asparagus forks, and tableware Of
Yan0as kinds; full stock Of Ornamental ware ,
cups brOnzes. etc, etc,
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Matchmaker and JoWeler'
MgLFCRD. DEL.

lN, grhsr eb comes TO NJ ford with the hef'
of Gre isniin!s snd his reputator NJ a workniH
is second TO Hoae iu Delaware Die stock -p"aA
foI its seit
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Grease Litter.

A filter for removing grease, which
often passes into the boilers with the
feed-water. consists of metallic
chamber or filter-box, in which are a
series of gratings, and between these
gratings are placed layers of wire
gauze and flannel of special texture,
which forms the filtering medium.
The feedwater from the donkey
pump enters the tilter-box on one
side, passes upward through the
filter-cloths, and thence out to the
boiler, the scum passing away
through another outlet. BY this
means it is found that all grease and
greasy matter, as we'll as other i'm
purities, are arrested by the filter
cloths. which can readily be taken
out for cleaning Or renewal. The
filter is equally applicable to LAND
and marine boilers.
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Asbestos.

Asbestos is mineral fiber of the
hornblende variety. It derives it's
name from Greek word which sig
nifies "indestructible by fire." The
ancients were familiar with its uses
and the modes of obtaining it, yet,
strange to say, always alluded to it
as a vegetable production. 1t was
used in all their funeral rites, but
particularly where cremation was
practiced; the corpse being wrapped
in an asbestos cloth so as to keep the
ashes of the dead person from ming
ling with those OF the wood or other
combustibles used in incineration of
the remains. The people of Egypt
and many other countries of the an
clients, especially the royal and
wealthy classes, made towels, nap
kins, table-cloths, ETC., of asbestos,
and cleaned them by throwing them
into the fire.
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ONE OF THE LOST TRIBES.

Strange Tribe in India and Their
Equally Strange Beliefs.
Scattered over the breezy downs of
the Nilgherries, in little villages of
wicker houses, that look at little dis
lance like nothing in the world so much
as colony of beehives, lives COM
munity of 600 or 700 people, who are
variously believed to be the descend
ants of one of the lost tribes of Israel,
the aborigines Of Southern India, and
community Of Manichasens.
They believe in strange trinity and
hell, a dismal stream full Of leeches,
and this they must cross by means of
a single thread. The soul burdened
with sin is too heavy for this slender
stream, but the thread sustains easily
the souls of the good. The funeral of
a tOda, for that is the name of the
singular tribe, is as odd in it's way as it's
religious belief. His body is wrapped in
a new cloth, and his toes tied together
with red thread; grain, sugar, tobacco
dHu mOEey arc WfdppeU III Ills funeral
toga to provide him for his journey
across the Styx and the dark plain be-
yOnd.
Two buffalos are slain beside the
corpse and the dead mans hands are
placed upon their horns; piece Of his
SKULL his hair and his finger nails are
removed, to be used later on at the
great celebration Of the death Of all
those who, during the twelve months,
have taken the leap over the great
precipice into the bottomless abyss. y
When these tokens are removed, clari-
fed butter is smeared on the fragrant
wood Of the funeral pyre, and the body
is burned to ashes and the ashes scat
tered to the four winds.
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IN HOMEMADE LINEN.
Just Such Clothes ~ Tlscy were Married
In kfxty Years Ago.

Just Such Clothes ~ Thoy were Married
In sixty Years Ago.
A year ago last spring, says q
Scranton, Pa, correspondent of the
New York Sun, Mrs. Henry B. Shell
land Of Gibson township, Susque-
hanna county, said to her husband:
Henry, we ought to raise some fax
this year" The aged farmer hadn't
raised crop of flax in thirty-nine
years, SO he asked: What for, Eliza
beth:?" well, you know, Henry"
replied the good old wife, ..if we live
till year from June we'll have been
married sixty years, and thought it
would be nice to give q party then
and receive our guests in the same
kind of linen clothing we wore when
we stood up to be married down in
Connecticut in 1888. We've got all
of the old fax tools stored away. and
if you'll raise some fax. Henry, I'll
spin anG weave it and make q nice
homemade suit for each Of u.s.
Farmer Shetland was sc and his
wife IS at the time. Both were
rugged and healthy, and when the
old farmer had thought the matter
over for q moment he exclaimed:
''By George, Elizabeth, I'll do it,
A few days afterward the old
farmer prepared piece of rich
ground back of the barn and sowed a
patch of flax. The aged couple
watched it's growth every day with
anxiety. The crop was excellent
and when it had got ripe in the fall
Farmer Shetland gathered it, beat
the seeds from the tops, and spread
the straw on the grass to rot. In
November he tied it up in bundles
and packed it away in the barn.
On beautiful sap morning in
March Farmer Shetland brought out
the flax and stood it up along the
south side of the barn. The wind
was in the north, and in day or SO
the fax was as dry as bone. Then
the old farmer broke it, swingled it.
and turned it over to his aged wife,
who Immediately tied up her head,
shut herself in the kitchen, and
hatcheled the flax till all the tow
was separated from it. The next day
she got the old spinnlng-wheel from
the garnet, oiled it up, and began to
make it buzz unsteady. Farmer
Shetland came in smiling and happy
while his wife was spinning.
''I'd rather hear that wheel than
piano, Elizabeth" he said. cit is like
old times"
$50 it does, Henry, but I can't
make the wheel go as fast as I
used tor
In few days the old lady had
spun all the flax and reeled it into
skeins. The next thing she did was
to boil the skeins in weak 1ye of
wood ashes to bleach the yarn, and
when that was done Farmer Shetland
rinsed the skeins in the brook till all
the I've was out. Mrs. Shetland be-
gan at once to weave the yarn in the
old loom.
Within three weeks the old lady
cut and made frock and apron for
herself and whole suit for her hus-
band, and the aged couple, dressed
in their homespun linen garments,
celebrated the sixtieth anniversary
OF their marriage in company Of
three score relatives and friends.
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Farm Notes.

| Never waste time in wintering weak
| colonies.
Keeping the orchard well trimmed
will add to the appearance Of the farm.
The grub is often the cause of the
| flower plants turning yellow.
Tobacco is valuable insecticide
against greenhouse pests, used dry, as
| smoke or in the form of decOction.
Where the hives are troubled with
| ants, little pine tar on board placed
next the hive will keep them away.
To secure the greatest quantity of
pure white combs, remove the sections
as soon as filed and replace empty ones
| with starters of comb foundation.
Many swarms and large yields of
| honey will not be obtained during the
| same season. The one will be developed
! at the expense of the other.
Cuttings of grapes and currants taken
close to the old wood will be more GER
| tain to root than if from long pieces cut
up.
This season seems to be a favorable
one for some Of the less common kinds
of insects and they have occurred in in
creased numbers.
Do as much blowing this autumn as
| possible. It will save time in getting
crops in next spring, and will prevent
| many weeds maturing in stubble fields.
If discarded apples are removed from
the orchard and fed to pigs or other
stock or the animals allowed to pick
| them up in the orchard, many injurious
| insects will be destroyed.
Examine flocks Of sheep, and if ticks
are still found on them, destroy by dip
ping in tobacco decoction or in some of
the prepared dips, before they are con-
fined in barns and sheds again.
Late growth produces tender wood
which cannot Withstand low tempera-
ture, therefore cease cultivating or
chard trees in time for them to thor
oughly ripen.
One of the best ways Of renewing an
old currant bush is to cut out all the old
growth and the greater portion of the
new, and dig thoroughly around the
roots and apply good dressing of ma
nure.
| In pruning young seedlings after the
| introduced bud has started growth, do
/ not cut away too much Of it at time
or too heavy flow Of sap sent to the
young shoot may kill the introduced
bud.
Do not allow weeds to mature seed on
They will seed the ground thoroughly
for another year with foxtail purslane,
pigweeds, ETC., il allowed to grow.
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The Horned Toad.

Nearly all animal life has been
provided with some means of defense.
Among the curious ones is that given
the horned toad. Under certain cir
cumstances, especially when the
creature has reason to fear an at
tack, it will discharge a blood red
liquid at the supposed enemy with
great precision for distance of five
or six feet The liquid does not ap-
pear to be poisonous, but seems to be
designed chiefly to temporarily blind
the attacking party.