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Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

This is from list Of plate ornaments
belonging to the church Of ST. Nicholas
Cole abbey, in the city Of London, 1862
Two cndlesticls, copper and gilt, for
high altar.
Two great candlestioks Of latten.
A great lectern Of latten, with five
branches to it.
Piece of latten for the pascal.
Two holy water stops of latten
A branch of latten that stood in the
roodloft.
Eleven candlesticl1s, small, Of latten.
Two more standards Of latten.
Two latten basins.
Twenty-one latten bools.
Seven other latten bools that stood
before Our Lady and Gabriel
A beam with five hooks and two
chains that hung before Jesus.
Four small candlesticlls for quire.
Six bells with Sanctus bell in the
steeple.
A pair of organs. Notes and Queries.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

(rae Medical -uthofitt hset-fos AZ rs .
Kind of Hypnotisn-
An English scientific Journal has re-
ceived an interesting communication on
the subject Of the so called death
feigning instinct Of certain reptiles.
The correspondent, who writes from
Syria, says that when certain species
Of Egyptian lizard is captured it makes
few vigorous efforts to escape, and
then, if held firmly, falls into limp,
motionless State which might easily
lead an inexperienced person TO think it
dead. The animal, however, is simply
in a trancelike condition
Gentle respiratory movements are
visible just behind the shoulders and
sometimes show a rising and falling
rhythm with short intervals Of complete
rest. The eyes remain wide open, but
are commonly half closed, and the lids
wink slowly from time to time spon-
taneously or by reflex action. The
mouth is almost open, sometimes wide,
sometimes but little, and in either case
the jaw is quite rigid, and if closed by
force is apt to reopen when the pressure
is withdrawn. The limbs lie extended
and semiflaccid, with some approach to
cataleptic condition.. O., if bent or
stretched into position not too strained,
they maintain such positions when let
go-and the same is true of the trunk
and tail
A pin may be run through fold Of
the skin without fully arousing the ami
NAL, a sluggish, feeble wriggle being
the sole result The trance usually lasts
about five minutes, when the animal,
by brusque effort, assumes its normal
position. This done, it lies quite still,
but evidently awake and observant for a
few moments more, and then scuttles
off in hurry
DR.. Van Dyck looks upon this mani
festation not as voluntary or conscious
death feigning, but as form Of hyp-
notism. The natural enemies Of these
lizards are foxes, jaolzals, martens, birds
Of prey and snakes.
''Can any one believe, asks DR.. Van
Dyck, "that any one Of these animals,
having captured a lizard, would be in
the least inclined to let it so because it
lay motionless and apparently dead in
the captor's grasp? Or will it be argued
that the trance condition is a special
gift in mercy to the victim, to mitigate
or abolish the pain of death?' Pitts
burg Dispatch.
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WHAT DO THEY DO WITH TT


/ The BIyatery Of the Constant Chinese Dc
mand For Ginseng.
Passing through the wholesale district
the other day reporter stopped in at
one Of the large houses to ask about
prices. When ginseng was reached in
the list, the dealer said:
'.What the Chinese use ginseng for is
to the masses one Of the mysteries Of the
age, but that they gobble up every ounce
of the herb that the known world sup
plies is nevertheless a fact. Because the
most thorough inquiry has failed to
bring about a complete unfolding Of the
secret is not regarded by the average
American as sufficient reason for refus-
ing from SO to So per pound, on the
average, which the Celestial offers for
the root Some Of the largest firms in
China make a specially of handling the
American export of ginseng and coin
money at it. Some Of our shrewdest
traders have coaxed for the secret, and
have offered money for it, but the gray.
matter at the other end Of the China
mans cue doesn't seem to see it that
way.
1.-THE American ginseng is growing
scarcer yearly. The cultivated root has
not the wonderful power which fixes the
value of the wild article-at least it
does not manifest itself to the same de-
gree. This fact renders the cultivation
of ginseng rather Improbable. It might
be planted and allowed to grow we'll for
years and years and then be .salable at
good figures, but not otherwise The
older Elephant the more pronounced the
wonderful properties Of the root In
view Of the fact that it is growing
scarcer, unless the demand diminishes,
the price of ginseng must go materially
higher within the next few years.
eve encounter some funny expert
ences in buying the root The diggers
are often the poorest people, and far
from enlightened Well, the root is hard
to get, and when it is thoroughly dried
the weight shrinks Ike a nicl1el's worth
of soap after a hard day S washing. so the
digger resorts to all sorts Of receptions
to fudge an ounce or two in a pound
and reap more Of the precious dimes and
dollars. For instance, we have frequent
" gotten in root which was we'll dried,
but suspiciously heavy. Upon investiga-
tion we found that many of the pieces
were loaded with lead. thus almost
doubling the weight of the whole lot.
This was done with a great deal Of cum
ming and ingenuity. Whom the root was
green, it was split, and lead melted and
poured OF driven in in slugs. The root
was then allowed to dry, and in the
process the seams entirely close up, com
pletely hiding the lead, which, in a case
like this, was almost worth its weight
in gold. Nashville American.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30
cRoMwELL,s FIRsT Statue.


An Image of wood and Wax Carried
Through London In 1888
When Edward BuIrough, the Quaker
"Apostle- of London, whom George
/ Fox called his Son Of Thunder, " was
passing through Charing Cross on his
way to the city, upon the '-22d day of
the ninth month, 1858, he found the
streets crowded with people. "The
guards Of soldiers, horse aud foot, says
he, "stayed ne and stopped my horse and
said might not pass that way Nei-
Their. indeed, viii, adds he, by rea-
son Of the throag Of people "
When he inquired tho Eeason Of ''this
tironging and pressing Of multitudes, -
he was told that they all came ont only
to see "A dead image and invented fea-
ture, without life or breath, which would
be carried this way. 1t was not the
great Protector IS body, but dead image
Of wood on wax, arrayed and decked
with foolish inventions, and it twas to
be carried fBom place to place that day
between Somerset House mad Westmin-
ser, as was usual in the time Of popery,
for muldtudes Of foolish people to gaze
upon and wonder after and admire.
The Jealous Quaker thought the statue
of Oliver Cromwell all the MORGAN in
suit to his memory because che was
once a great instrument in the hands Of
the Lord to break down many idola-
trous images and grievous idols. And
have they now, said my spirit, made a
costly image Of him? And are such as
were once his soldiers, who pulled down
images and crosses, and all such popish-
like stuff wherever they met with it,
now guarding his image and watching
over it, and his children and officers
following it, multitudes Of the inhabit-
ants Of London gazing after it? This is
sad, said 1, and great pity Is this
the end and final farewell of once noble
Oliver?"
Edward Burrough concluded that it
was "A judgement" upon Cromwell to
be thus wronged after his death, because
he had suffered the servants Of the Lord
(the Quakers) to be prosecuted and i'm
prisoned for crying against such things
as were popish. He says that Cromwell
himself would have been angry at it.
II knew the man when he was living
and had the knowledge of his spirit.
And am persuaded if it had been asked
him in his lifetime if such an image
should be made like him, and then set
up in such place, I believe he would
nave denied, I say, and said, Tt shall
not be there for me, when I am dead
If it had been his bones, added the
Quaker, II should not have had aught
against it, whereas it was but an image
made by hands. So Bmrough went
homeland wrote his Testimony Against
Great Idolatry. Westminster Gazette.
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low To TeLL a RAD &c.
An InfauibIe French Method Which Re
auires Only a Lighted Candle.

An Infallible French Method Which Re
quires Only a Lighted Candle.
When one calls for fresh egg in a
Partisan eating house, the chances are
that one viii be properly served. Not
that there are no bad eggs in Paris as
we'll as elsewhere, but there are certain
men employed at the central markets or
halles whose only duty is to sift the bad
or doubtful eggs from the good ones. In
one Of the cellars of the halles one sees
a man passing his hands rapidly before
his eyes and i'll front of lighted candle
Around him are baskets containing
thousands of eggs. His duty is to sepa-
rate the bad ones from the good, and he
is remunerated at the rate of 20 cen
times, or Is cents, for 200 eggs.
He accomplishes his work with ex-
traordinary dexterity. With ono hand
he takes three or four eggs and brings
them to the exact position he wishes be-
tween his eye and the lighted candle as
if by magic. For an egg to be good the
part that appears black must be com
pletely detached from the part that ap
pears white. In other words, the yolk
and the albumen must, through the
transparency Of the she'll, be seen to be
quito separate The white looks as if it
radiates about the central nucleus, and
this nucleus is simply the embryo of a
chicken, which being denser, floats in
the liquid which nourishes it. When
there is confusion between the trans
parent and the obscure part, the egg is
doubtful
To sort eggs out quickly requires a
long experience. The selection Of winter
provisions is an especially delicate task
In addition toreporting on the freshness
Of eggs, these operators in the central
markets also examine the size of eggs
Those that pass through a certain sized
ring are put on one side as too small
The employee separates eggs merely by
touching them As the French markets
are flooded with the produce of tiny Ital-
ian chickens, the task is often a very
long one.
The men are all sworn in to do their
work honestly, and with their serious
and automatic look they make between !
81. so and 50 day. The other employees
of the halles bow down to them and are
ever willing to acknowledge their scien-
tito superiority. Philadelphia Times.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30
Old Boston Bankers.

The late A. W. Spencer was about the
last surviving representative Of the old
school Of bankers and stockholders Of Bos-
ton. He was a contemporary Of Gillat
Deerand, the Thayer brothers, Lobdell
Clark, Veazle Blake, Brewster, Sweet
Wetherbee, Martin, Long, Miller Hem
shaw, Brown and others, who have passed
away His career was one Of unbroken
SUCCESS, and be lived to reach the highest
place among his associates. He possessed
to an unusual degree the confidence Of the
public and died with an unsullied and
VOL earned reputation as q flnancier and a
public spirited and generous citizen. Mat
thew Bolles, still in active business, hale
and hearty, bearing his fourscoro years
and more without a sign Of decay, Is the
oldest living Of the first board Of stock
brokers aud Of the founders Of the Stock
Exchanae- Boston Gazatte.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30
0 eeMlNl.

a precious pair Of rascslis truly,
Up to all sorts Of pranks unruiy,
Fun and froiic in every motion,
As many moods rs the changeful OCEAN
Sunshine and tempest any day.
What has become Of tho household quietly
Conc and ducats couldn't buy i'll
Where did you como from anyway
Docs Lcdn know you have gone n-9iaying-
Gone from the fields of gold a-strayingi
Did the watchful hosts of heaven say things
When You threw away your starry playthingsl
How they must miss you ilka day
And such a long, dark journey sleepy,
And an alone, and hungry, geepyi
You must have come by the milky way.
The world is brighter since you love us,
But the fields Of gold are dark above rs,
For now, at night, when you are calling,
rhe glist ming stars, like tears, are falling
Falling for their lost Gemini
But though the weeping heavens miss you,
And Leda longs to hug and kiss you,
We cannot spare you-Clem and /.
-E. A. jerks in Granite Monthly.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

1t is now stated that by subjecting
pure cellulose to the action Of caustic
soda and afterward treating the same
with carbon bisulphide, which has been
practiced in England, product possess
ing remarkable industrial value is the
result. Dissolved in water an insoluble
coagulum is produced which. when
washed and removed from the water,
becomes hard and compact, in which
condition it is found available for tool
handles, buttons and other articles, or
if the material, while still in solution,
has alcohol added to it there is obtained
a mass which may be stamped into a
variety Of objects, may be used as a
medium for pigments in printing cotton
goods, applied to cloth as a facing or
used as a substitute for leather It is
also stated that cloth having a coating
of this solution is flexible in washing,
but stiffens when ironed, so that shirt
bosoms, collars, cuffs and table linen
may be made from it advantageously.-
New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30
The Woman aIedIeal wrIter.

A London writer, with due respect
for women journalists, thinks that the
only department. Of paper that should
be closed to "a woman writer is the med
ical-unless of course she is a medical
"man He goes on to say that the
medical columns of any London weekly,
it is easy to perceive, are conducted by
accomplished experts, but a case has rs-
Gently come under his notice where a
young woman who had failed as an art
critic was set to answer the medical in
quiries of correspondents on a country
paper II forget to decimal what was
the exact mortality of the district, he
continues, "but the proprietor said if
she remained much longer on the paper
he should have had no subscribers left.
One of her replies was something like
this; To Daisy-Thanls so much for
your kind letter. Yes. The mistake was
mine. It should have been a quarter
grain of strychnine instead of a quarter
Of a pound for your fathers complaint
How unluclyl Better luck next time,
but was so very busy. Yes. There is no
better shop for mourning than jays. "
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

Not many know how that talented
Irishman, Mr. Bran Stol1er, came to be
associated with the fortunes of Sir
Henry Irving. It was in this wise Sir
Henry, when on visit to Dublin, was
invited to a supper party, and during
the course of the evening was induced
to recite in his thrilling way "The
Dream Of Eugene Aram. One of his
auditors, young man with a brilliant
reputation at Trinity college, was so af-
fected by the tragedian's delivery that
he burst into tears. Henry Irving asked
the young man to call ON him the next
morning, and then and there made him
an offer, which was accepted to the mu-
tual advantage Of both. The young man
was Mr.. Bran Stoker. London Core
gnOudant
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30
Mouths.

Some mouths look like peaches and
cream and some like a hole chopped into
brick wall to admit a now door or
window. The mouth is a hotbed of tooth
aches, the bunghole Of oratory and a
baby's crowning glory. 1t is patriot
ISM fountain head and the tool chest
for pie. Without it the politician would
be a wanderer on the face Of the earth,
and the cornetist would go down to an
unhonored grave It is the grocer s
friend, the orators pride and the den
fist Is hone. Mammoth Spring Monitor.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30
Free PMS.

serd your address to H E. Bueklen s. Co.
Chicago. and get a free sample box Of Dr.. Kings
New Life Pills A trial win convince you o
their merits. These pills are easy In action and
are particularly Ell esive in the care Of Con stipa
ton and Sick Headache. For Malaria and Live
troubles they have been proved invaluable. They
are guaranteed TO be perfectly free from every
aeletri0us substance and TO be purely vegeta6l
They dc not weaken By their action but BY CIV
Tag Tone 10 stomach and bowels greatly invg IRA te
1e SYSTEM. Regular aiza &c per box oeld By
4ca q PleasanfQn, DraNziets-
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a 1orsr o. 30. rall. Non.en.s.

A Boston visitor at Warwick castle
writes: "Henceforth I believe in aristoc-
racy. It protects trees better than democ-
racy. We have no respect for them, as q
country. Our, country Is moro haggled
and slashed and cut up than England.
Three months ago there was a great wind
storm. At Charlescote and at Warwick,
and at all the large country seats, great
trees were torn up, and every one looks at
It as great calamity and looks sad in
speaking Of it. When I think of the dis
graceful destruction of trees near Boston
10 The past few years, it makes me ashamed
of ong free country. It is too heartlessly,
barbarically, free would buy all New
England X could, own 1t all and keep
the trees, as, It was intended they should
be. I don't see that the houses of the poor
IN the country in England are any worse
than our shanties. Boston Transcript
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

Red legged partridges abound in the
lower spurs Of the Lesghian mountains,
near the Caspian, and the native hunters
use a device for killing them based on this
aesthetic preference Of the partridges. By
the door Of nearly every house stands a
wooden frame, on which canvas is stretched
covered with dauhs of brilliant colors
This the shooter carries with him and sets
up in front Of him as soon as he has dis
covered coyey. As soon as their attention
is attracted he waits behind the screen I'm
til the whole cOvey run up to within shot
and then fires through a loophole in the
center of the screen. The Russian govern
lnent has now forbidden the use Of these
colored lures, as the birds were being ex-
terminated It is probable that the idea of
their use was first suggested by the inter
est the birds took in the carpet frames set
up outside the houses for weaving the
brightly oolored Shushak rugs.-London
Spectator.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

In the Oak Hill cemetery, at Stony
Brook, N Y, large tombstone of
notified italian marble bears a remark
able portrait Of an average sized human
face. The picture is not the work of a
sculptor, nor has it been craven with
the marble cutters chisel. It is nat
ural production the outlines of the face
being formed by peculiar grouping Of
the clouded veins and dark spots char
acteristic of first class imported stone.
The remarkable popularity Of this par
ticular stone has been known for two or
three years, aud throughout the length
and breadth of Long Island it is re-
ferred to as "the miracle face. " Stand
ing near, as one would in reading an
epitaph or inspecting the grain and pol
ish of such a memorial shaft, the out
lines of the face cannot be traced, but
at distance of from 80 to 90 feet it is
as plain as though done with an artist
brush, the grouping of the spots, veins
and wavy lines combining to make not
only a fair resemblance to a face, but a
complete portrait, including hair, eyes,
nose, cheeks, mouth, chin, etc. Its out
lines are clearest, of course, when the
shadows and light play properly upon
it, but at the distance mentioned, and
in the proper direction, the portrait is
plainly visible at all times The face is
on the back Of the stone, and the eyes
are so set as to appear to be looking
down upon the grave Of the person to
whose memory the shaft was erected -
st. Louis Republic.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

Captain-Sergeant, note down Private
Grasgrun-three days on bread and wa.
ter for slovenly turnout on parade.
Sergeant-Beg pardon, captain, that
won't make the slightest difference TO
him. He's a vegetarian
Captain-What? Then put him for
three days on meat and soup London
Answers.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30
The SECRET OF NAY.

What Is the world trying 10 sayg
Why is the light fanG5r Gna gray?
Why are the tremulous leaves aisWay
On the trees new feaged with the faintest
greeni
Nay, be were wise, Who e0dld say what these
things mean
And tell tho secret Il May.
What is my heart iryfss 70 say2
Why does 1t trembh aad hurry and stay
at tho sight Of a BE- og,G sunny day
OF a leaf thouhn nevsrHo de'itlto graeni
Nay, no We're wise lslss could say what these
things mean
And tell the scores II Nay,
II - Tl.,.obiug
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

A quaint custom practiced by Chinese
mothers when a child is restless and
does not sleep is to write the following
verse and pin copy Of it ON each of the
four corners Of the house that the pass
ersby may read and the child find rest
Literally translated the verse reads:
Brilliant sparkling heaven,
Brilliant sparkling earth,
In my house there is a child who cries at night
The gentlemen coming from the four quarters
behold
Peaceful sleep till break Of day.
New York Times.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

Australia has a population Of less
than 5000, 600, but economists declare
it could support 100, 600, 600 with ease.
As means of showing how far the
world is from being overpopulated they
assert that the entire population of the
Uuited States could live comfortably in
the single state Of Texas
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

Eyes, remarked the guest, that
dinner did fill the bill. "
"Glad to hear it" said the hotel
keeper
"It surely did ill the bill. only
wish it had the same effect on me.
This time the boniface spake not
Indianapolis Journal
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30
Golf a la Chinese.

Golf, in the report of the Chinese Off
cials sent to investigate the game as it
has been taken Up by the English com
munities in China, is the chase Of a little
magic bullet with clubs The bullet,
when the players get power over it, disap-
pears into a small hole-San Francisco
Argonant.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

First Tramp-All have in the world
is counteIfeit quarter.
Second Tramp-And all have is a
plugged dime
Both-Let's hold a monetary confer
ence. -Detroit Free Press.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

Several kinds of birds are known to
follow cows, horses and other stock
about the pasture for the purpose Of
feeding on the insects disturbed by the
feet of these animals.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

dislike an eye that wrinkles like a
star Those only are beautiful which,
like the planets, have steady lambert
Light, are luminous, not sparkling. -
LongfelloW.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

Nebraska has developed largely in the
last 10 years from the sterile plains that
formerly constituted its territory It's
assessed valuation is now $50, 585, 7S2.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

Scott in the Heart of Midlothian, :"
recommended the Laird O. Dumbiedikes
to plant trees, who remarked that they
wad aye be CROWN whilst he was sleep
ing. +"
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

Mrs De Ruffe-If you ever did any
good in this wide world, I'd like to
know what it is.
Mr.. De Rufle-Well, for one thing,
/ saved you from dying an old maid
London Culver
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

win leave Bakers hour later than Isbai. Oh
Bowers houes later than L-ait,.
" Mahons' hours later than Lebanon
Freight received ON wharf in Philadelphia on
sailing days until q hour before leaving time.
MONDAY. SEPT, No PASS sNGEas WILL
BE CARRIED
Passenger accommodations hrst-class
AN hancsomely furnished and llehied with
ELECTRIC LIGHTS,
Ladies' saiosu, gentleman's saiocn and private
ufata roaQss-
Fare 70 FHlaaa pnla. g.. RsuHd Trip, sl50
Firsi-oiaes aeeasaBOdations under cover for
nO6SgS, aua al kinds Of Live stock
Address Philadelphia communications in care
Gitavns, ilsxs4lnef & Co,ss SOut Front Street
Lebanon Navigation Co.,
Oei-e- Ri~tN,iSuN DELA WARE
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-30

At the end of life we discover that we
have passed nearly one-half Of it in be-
ing happy without realizing it, and the
other in imagining that we were miser-
able.