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Milford chronicle., 1895-11-15

If our forehead is rigid with wrinkles
before 40, what will it be at 20? There
is one consoling thought about these
marks Of time and trouble-the death
angel almost always grasses them. Even
the extremely aged in death often wear
a smooth and peaceful brow, thus leav-
ing our last memory Of them calm and
tranquil But our business is with life.
Scowling is a silent kind Of scolding.
1t shows that our souls need sweeten-
ing. For PHYS sake let US take a sad
iron, or a glad iron, or a smoothing tool
Of some sort and straighten the .creases
out of our faces before they become in
delibly engraved upon our faces. -Ex-
change
Milford chronicle., 1895-11-15
Everrbodr Readr 10 pioEer.

Many years ago, in central Maine, a
man started out to sell oilcloth table
covers throughout the country at so
cents a cover. After travelling all day
without selling one a happy thought
struck him He would charge dollar
and take half the pay in cast off shoes.
The result was that people imagined
they were getting some return from.
their old shoes, and there was a general
Tansacking Of attics. and table covers
went like hot cakes. But tho old shoes?
Well, wherever he found a convenient
hole beside the road, out Of sight, he
pulled up his cart and dumped the lot.
Lewiston Me journal
Milford chronicle., 1895-11-15
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MINERALS
Something About Their DiGerences-Rus
OF the Former.

Something About Their Dtaerences-Ru
OF the Former.
Professor Skidmore of Philadelphia,
in a course Of laboratory lessons to SUI
pervising principals and teachers Of the
Philadelphia public schools, took up the
subject Of metals recently. In the course
Of his lecture he mad some interesting
remarks in regard to the distinction be-
tween minerals and metals. It is not
possible, he observed, to define exactly
what a metal is. yet there is little liza
bility Of mistake in distinguishing a
metal from a nonmetal The metallic
properties of luster, toughness, fusibilir
ty, opaqueness, conductivity ane rust
may be possessed separately by nonmet-
ais, but they are not associated as they
are with metals. Most metals may be
bent, twisted. drawn and hammered to
an extent far beyond what any mineral
not metal could endure.
Taking up tine matter Of the rusts Of
different metals. he showed by series
of interesting experiments that sodium,
potassium, lithium and, in a lesser de-
gree, calcium, strontium and barium
rust instantly when exposed to moist
air, their white rusts quickly dissolv-
ing in water and forming alkalies. 9th
@ experiments demonstrated the fact
that another group of metals, in which
are zinc, lead, magnesium and antimo-
ny, have white rusts which are not sol
uble in water. These rusts form a thin
adherent coating, which only half con-
,eals the metal and gives to it dull,
.arnished appearance It was shown
hat at higher temperatures than the
ndiEaEY, and especially if tho metals
Milford chronicle., 1895-11-15

There was the minister of Tweeds
muir, who on certain Sabbath found
q salmon stranded in shallow water,
and who, being unable conscientiously
TO take it out on such day, built a
hedge Of stones around it, aud, return
ing on the morrow, claimed his prize,
There was the old farmer, who could
not go to the kirk because he had ne&
lected to shave ON the Saturday nighh
pnd he would net profane the day b
lhe ueep Of any edged tool Macmillan
MaRaHina.
Milford chronicle., 1895-11-15

The subjoined record extracted from
the archives of old Paris possesses sufl-
cient interest to warrant its publication.
Our readers will see from it what ter
rible thing the capital penalty was in
former days, and at the same time learn
that the gentlemen who acted as execu-
TONERS, with their assistants and tor
turers, did not labor for glory alone;
AN EXECUTIONER's PRICE LIST,
Milford chronicle., 1895-11-15

Upon Fenelon telling Richelieu that
pc had seen the portrait of his eminence
at the palace, the cardinal sneeringly
asked, Ibid You ask it for a subscrip-
tion for some poor friend Of yours?''
! ''No, The picture was too much like
you. Exchange.
Milford chronicle., 1895-11-15

A great lie is like a great fish on dry
land it may fret and fling and make o
frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you.
You have only to keep still, and it win
die Of itself. - Crabbe.
Milford chronicle., 1895-11-15

"A strenuous soul hates cheap success
It is the nrdor of the assailant that
snakes tho yigor Of the defendant. =
Milford chronicle., 1895-11-15
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Milford chronicle., 1895-11-15

The very largest cratic bowlder yet
recognized and measured within the
limits of the United States is a block
Of granite lying near the town Of Madi-
son, N. H. Professor Crosby Of the Bos-
ton Institute of Technology gives the
following as its maximum dimensions
Length, So feet width, 40 feet 2 inch
es height, SO feet; contents, 80, 600
cubic feet probable weight. j 5, 800 600
pounds, or 1850 tons. -St. Louis Re-
public
The fruition Of what is unlawful must
be followed by remoreo. The core sticks
in the throat after the apple is eaten.
and the stated appetite loathes the inter
dicted pleasure for which innocence
was bartered- Jane Porter.
Milford chronicle., 1895-11-15

The wise man is he who asks great
deal Of advice and takes very little Of
it.-Galveston News
Milford chronicle., 1895-11-15
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Every department of The farmers business
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It appears on the FIRST Of each month, and
is furnished at the low price of
Milford chronicle., 1895-11-15
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FARMER LEGISLATION.

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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-04-11

asked her brother Charley
Il was thinking Of Miss Martha Dun
bar, and what life she leads, with all
that tumult Of nephews and nieces
about her ears the whole time
"Pretty stiff. to be sure. | can see
the pity of it, but where is the follyT
That strikes me as an extraordinary
word in connection with Miss Martha
l thought she was painfully sensible
so she is. There is just the trouble.
She gives her life to being sensible,
and then isn't sensible enough not to
make it painful to- everybody who
comes near her
Charley nodded an energetic assent.
"She certainly is person you would
rather admire at Il distance"
Yes; everybody feels SO. And isn't
it pitiful? Miss Martha is really max
ing Il great sacrifice, the kind that
would bring tears to your eyes in a
tract. She has given up her work that
she loved, and was making such a sue
cess of, and has settled down entirely
to the care of those children. They
are nice children, but very much alive,
and up to date; not at all the old
fashioned, theoretical kind that Miss
Martha has been imagining to herself
for the last twenty years. They give
her plenty to do. Keeping their clothes
mended, and all those faces washed
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-04-11
THE MYSTERY OF CANCER.
\ Disease That stili Battles the Efforts OF
Scientists,

\ Disease That still Battles the Efforts OF
Scientists.
What may be the agent directly the
causation Of cancer, what its nature
and life history, is 4 problem that, thus
far. has. eluded all attempts at solu-
ton. The experiences of clinical OBJ
servers, accumulate through INJURIES,
had made the medical profession
thoroughly familiar with the
symptoms and physical signs of
the dreaded disease; but. this knowl-
edge concerned the results rather than
the .causation ofcancer, and little prog
ress had been made toward successful
treatment. Many and divers theories
We're put forth to account for its exist
ence; none We're able to meet all the
conditions required: and cancer was
accepted as disease incurablc. The
advent Of the microscope practically
created scientific pathology. The use
of Instruments of precision rendered
possible greater progress toward solu.
/ ton within a decade than had been &C.
complished during all the centuries
preceding. Pathological anatomy has
informed us of the elements, structure
| and evolution of the morbid condition.
| 1t has shown us what cancer is. 1t has
| not make manifest it's primal cause
The objective has taught us what is
the most valuable and accurate Of our
pathological knowledge. But investi-
cation has now attained point beyond
which the microscope cannot penetrate,
and other methods are necessary to
| supplement and complete its revela-
tons We have learned nothing as to
the causation of cancer, nothing as to
it's prevention, nothing as to it's cure.
Despite our boosted enlightenment,
where cancer exists should metastasis
have occurred, the most radical opera
ton of the boldest surgeon is of no
avail Cancer is still classed as a dis
ease ircurable. = =. -. -, .,
!: :. In this epoch of nicro-biology, it is
both natural and rational that re-
fsearchers should apply to cancer those
theories which have appeared most
satisfactory in the investigation of 9th.
err diseases, and to regard cancer as a
/ disease of microbic origin. The theory
las plausible. It satisfies more Of the
Esconditions presented by, the disease
t than has any other theory thus far ad-
vanced. 1t develops directly the clews
given by the microscope. If thus far it
! has failed of proof, on the other hand
it has not been disproved. That cancer
presents conditions widely differing
from those presented by other diseases
which we now accept as of microb;c
origin does not initiate against the as
sumption of such origin. It appears To
be analogous to- diseases which we
know are, dependent upon Infection
with parasites. The most advanced OF
modern .experimenters and observers
tentatively catalogue cancer as a dis.
ease of parasitic origin. But until the
theory depends on something more
/ than Inference; it: is not a proper basis
for scientific treatment.---Medical Re-
porter. 49,. -.-. ~. ,.' 80
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~ ~. a., ~a ;;s' ~: IT,: al, g.
HAY CHUTE AND VENTIrAT0R

IA VIZ a-\D thN LIZA kOn 49,
SO that the hay-chute ventilator can be
at the side of the barn floor. 5000 .. -
The engraving shows how this COM
bined hay chute and ventilator is
made. The posts which support the
floor above the spaces through which
the hay and fodder is dropped into the
manager are. four feet high. . The
spaces between posts are just the width
, OF the horse stalls and two and a half
feet wide from the barn floor back to
where the sloping floor rests. This
makes the spaces so large that a bun
die of fodder or a large forkful Vt hay
drops through easily. A board six
inches wide at the side Of the barn
floor prevents the dust and chat from
being put down with the feed. The
floor Of the manger below is raised
about six inches above that on which
the horses stand, and this leaves space
enough between it and the top so that
a man can walk through the manager
to. feed grain or to clean out the
waste which accumulates in it. I
have such a manager with
row Of COWS at one side and
horses the other; and, while they can
reach to eat all the hay and fodder,
they cannot touch each other, and as
l have one handling of feed and find it
very convenient to pass through the
maLger to feed grain, after using it
ten years / am SO we'll pleased with it
that would not arrange basement
barn in any other way. Much time
can be saved by having feed and bed
ding convenient, so that they will res,
quire the. least amount of handling,
and this should be made point to be
carefully studied.
was both pleased and surprised to
find SO large a per cent. of the farmers
interested in cement floors for their
stables, and Judge that as the old
plank floors rot out they will be gen
orally replaced with Portland cement.
l have found these floors satisfactory
in every way, and in no way more so
than in avoiding the foul doors which
are given off by. urine-soaked plank.
When my sta BILE is cleaned out in the
morning and fresh bedding is scattered
in the stalls the air in them is as free
from odor as in a dwellinghouse. and
all the liquid manure is saved BY alb
sorbents. +. Brown, in y. Y.
Trihnnp
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-04-11
Strange Incident of the Mails.

A lady i'll Boston wrote some letters
and sealed them, as is her custom; with
Moorish coin having tiny hook in
its back. Her correspondents, says the
Boston Herald, all knew this peculiar
seal and how highly it Is priced, from
it's antiquity and the stylish form it
takes in the wax. Called suddenly
from the room, these letters were soon
after posted by servant in the nearest
box, and not till then did the owner Of
the rare coin miss it from the table.
The room was searched, and finally the
maid dispatched to await the letter
collector ON his next round. But he
declared nothing had been seen of any
such seal, and then the. search began
indoors again, but with no better luck.
A few days after this lady received a
letter from Canada sealed with the ia
miliar Moorish hieroglyphics. The
mystery was soon explained, for on
opening the envelope it was learned
that this heavy seal had stuck to the
letter sent from Boston, and, though
passing through SO many hands, had
arrived intact, to the great astonish-
ment of the recipient.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-04-11

and hands clean isn't any sinecure, l
can tell YOU"
More like a manicure, isn't it?" in
CURED Charley, with a chuckle.
Helen looked doubtful whether to
recognize this hit, but concluded she
would, sud then went on:
She does her duty by them very
thoroughly and very raspingly, poor
little mldgets. l am afraid they are
in a constant state of rebellion and
disgust. You see, their own mother
was SO different; they are not accus-
toned to 'prunes, prisms, from morn
ing to night"
1T must be pretty doleful for them,
that's a fact" agreed Charley. II
should hate to live in the house with
an incarnate strait jacket myself"
Miss Martha is too fond of right
eous Indignation" said Helen. Mrs
Dunbars righteousness took another
form whenever it possibly could; and
it works ed lots better. But doesn't it
seem tragic for good, superior woman
to be taking up her cross daily and de-
nying herself just to make her own life
and everybody's else uncomfortable?''
Are you going to write her an an
onymous letter about it?'
II wish I could-I wish l could do
something. Isn't there anything you
can suggest?"
''Only the letter"
It was much later in the day that
Charley's idle words came back into
Helens mind with some sort of seri-
BUSINESS. She was passing counter
loaded with Easter cards, of which Que
instantly caught her eye; it showed
the open sepulcher and the sunlit
morning and the budding spring. with
the words: 81 am the Resurrection
and the Life"
''How pretty thought Helen, stop
ping to look 81 don't know when l
have sent an Easter card; but should
like to send that. 1t is so sweet and
hopeful and sunshiay; it might speak
peace to anybody even Miss Martha.
Why, yes! it will do instead of Char
ley's letter"
So she bought it; but when she got
home she hesitated long about actual
ly sending it.
Miss Martha will not see it with my
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-04-11
BRAN FROM CORNMEAL.
A Useful Addition to Ground Wheat, IsJ


A Useful Addition to Ground Wheat, Rye
: or Middlings.
= In the preparation of fine 'cornmeal
for the market the tough skins. Of the
kernels are sjfted out in the form Of
corn bran, which comprises one-eighth
of the weight Of the shelled.> corn
ground in the mill. The chemical an
.alysis of corn bran, by 6. L. Teller, OF
the Arkansas station, shows that it
contains eleven per cent. of nitrogen
Gus matter, while the whole corn con-
tains over nine per cent, and the
bolted corn: -four nine per cent: The
amount'of fats nearly doubled in the
bran, being eight and one-haH per
cent, on account of the oil in the seed
coats. The corn bran contains a higher
percentage of crude protein and ash,
four times as much fiber, but less
voter and much less starchy matter.
This analysis Indicates that corn bran
has a food value nearly equal to that
of: wheat bran, though the stiffness OF
the seed coats renders the maize bran
less palata Die. for use as a single FOOD.
Being less, heterogeneous than wheat
bran, but containing more g g fat, corn co =
bran forms a very useful addition to
ground wheat or rye, or to. mid7dlingss,
cottonseed meal and ground peas. AS
part of mixed dairy ration corn
bran is better than cornmeal.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-04-11

she got to Heaven, she had to tell
mother she had kept you away from
going, when you meant to do it. She's
always dinging it at us that she has to
be responsible for our clothes and our
manners. and if we aren't forever cart
ing pocket handkerchiefs around, and
all the rest of it; 1 wonder how she'd
like to be responsible for -that?" ..,. ;
II think it would be NICE. said
Grace, with wistful little sigh, IF,
when you were at home, it was easy to
remember about Heaven-the way it
was when mother was here. But may
be it's only mothers that can make it
easy for you. Maybe aunts do the best
they can; but maybe they don't know
how"
Miss Martha Dunbar did not derive
much satisfaction from her solid read
ing that afternoon When the children
went from the next room she mechanic
ally returned to her book; but present
ly it was laid down. on the table beside
her, and she dropped her face upon 1T
in her folded hands. 1t was long be-
fore she lifted it again; when she did
she murmured to herself:
with Gods help this aunt shall
learn how. May know my response
bility better after this!'
When supper was over Miss Martha,
taking drowsy two-year-old Jack from
his nurses arms, asked the other
nleces and nephews to follow her into
the library; and they came, wonder
ing.
"ChiIdren," began Miss Martha,
stretching her hand out to Helen's
Easter card, and setting it up in sight
! under the light of the lamp, you all
know what Easter means; but l think
we ought to understand it better to-
day than we ever have before, because
Of the dear little mother who was
with us last year, but who is not here
now" 49,. 49,: .,;!rf 3..;,..,....i = ::
None of them had ever heard such a
falter in Miss Martha's firm tones be-
fore. At the sound Teddy slipped off
the edge of his distant chair and drew
closer. His aunt cleared her throat
and went on:
"Al the hope and promise of Easter
ought to be very sweet to us. It is be-
cause of that that we can think so
peacefully Of her lying dead in her
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-04-11
Located at Last.

Mr.. Dumbelton, who is too economic
al to keep any extra collar buttons on
hand, and who devotes good share OF
his :matin moments. to hunting for these
hayward: essentials; of male attire,
startled his wife the other morning by
more than usual overflow Of emphatic
language. ':.-...}s.. -; ::
''What's. the matter now?" she ex-
claimed. .....,. ..-......... =.
Matter enough" he returned, with
"a series of paralytic gasps; "pve
swallowed my collar button!"
THANK goodness!" snapped out Mr. 8.
d., for: once in your life you know
where it is. "-Philadelphia Press.