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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11

How many, for instance, speaking OF
the wife as "tho better half, know that
they are quoting Sir Philip Sidney, or in
voking " Mrs. Grundy," guess that her au-
thor was Thomas Morton, u playwright
who lived till 1882 Such phrases, or
snatches of phrases, are the small coin Of
conversation, which bear the same imprint
as the more important quotation, and we
use them freely without u thought of their
origin as we pass the ''nimble siXpenee'
from hand to hand in our daily traffic,
without a glance at its workmanship Tho
metaphor that struck our ancestors as so
admirable. strikes us still, and we continue
to use the apt adjective which. first given
by Shakespeare or Milton, sounds as fresh
todny as when originally applied.
The bubble reputation, the Itching
palm, " the milk of human kindness,
the undiscovered country" the green
eyed monster, still our favOrite syno-
nylns Tor fame, cOvet0uspess, humanity,
eternity and jealousy, are from Shake
speare, who has indeed furnished us with
much Of our small coin. His adjCotiyes are
the most az IGsite, TOO, OF any in the lam
gunge. Quoung Linn, We speak of an Fan
cient grudge," Of "baled breath, this
working day world, good set terms,
IA foregcLe cCLclusion." handed JUS
tice, " ''gClocn opinions" charmed
life, "a towering passion, "a round I'M
vanished tale" hairbreadth scdpes"
and many mere common exprt ssions whose
list it were buJ "ddmnable iteration" To
exie.d. Verbal phrases Of his are also Of
the most familiar 10 dance attend
ance to scotch the snake, not kill it, -
TO "applaud to the echo, " to sup with
horrors" to "die ia harness, - making
night lddeOus, " IA tale unfold, to out
Herod Herod, " to fool TO tho top Of his
bent " to cudgel ones brains, to speak
by the card, are some of the most OBJ
yious examples. Chambers Journal
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11

tlohal .--,.. .....is IA ..t.lng tie new
dope O.u chemist stated that the Ioi-
son book, in which entries arc made Of all
deadly Gru. sold, slowed a steady in
crease IN the amount tf stiychnine CON
summed. lit is quite csidcft that the new
stimulant is gaining ia favor, siid this
druggist, ard tie IocklcssEcss # the
'EthGs IS s,..o - lca;.it IL some fatality
unless Druggists decline to sell stryChnine
ultcl otl!cr. 1Lose addicted TO its Gso buy
it Ia leliets, and'th desc Icy take is reg
ulatCd by themselves. Tho seasoned hands
are atlc 10 i...-c IA CI-o,inoUs quantity
wit;.out qoiHs ahythiEg iiCIo than quick
enil.s the le.aIrg OF their dying hearts
and stimul. TINS. t..eir jadcd Lcrvcs, but
these 10 WA0m tie drug Is u Lew thing
ufe Likely % ILL themselves with a com
PalGtlV,.y s.4-iil qtai.lity
- haze On ny books the lanes of wont
en- who arc shining 6r..ilincnts Of socicl
who send t. me Tor strycAHino pellets With
the sttrentylud assertion that they are
wanted TO Hi a uy ing cat. Tho women
who send Tor the poison arc without doubt
victims Of TIC stTychnine habit. Then
shall show you the names Of men who are
regular customers for stIyclinine In their
case the Poison Is usually taken to coun-
teract the eyil effects Of tobacco smoking
A person can derive some benefit from tax
ing suyclnii.c, as the stimulating action
of tie one lnison cOuntcracts the sedative
effects OF the Other In these cases the
poison may bo taken with some benefit,
under medical direction, but with the or
binary ierd who merely takes it for the
plcasurahic sensation it produces the after
effect is bound 10 be disastrous. Pear
sons Weekly.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11

1t is frequently asked why some hams
taste so much Letter than others This
would not DC the case If they were baked
and not boiled until all the sweetness was
extracted, which Is generally done IL the
majority OF c'sscs where they are found
tasteless and discolored. OF course ;t great
deal depends upon the quality of the ham,
and none but the best sugar cured should
be selected Here is a good rule for THEN
treatment:
Make u stiff paste Of flour and water,
with which completely cover tho ham.
Then place it in Il bake pan containing a
little water, with which it must be occa-
sionally LASTED 1t will require about Jour
or five hours to bake Il ham Of medium
size in moderate oven, The cook must
Of course use her Judgment by testing it
occasionally with fork. At the expiration
Of that time remove the ham, and the en-
tire top can be peeled off like IA sheet of
leather, leaving only the fat exposed.
which must be well covered with bread
crumbs. Return to the oven long enough
TO brown, then set aside until cold before
using as it is twice rs easy to cut in
tempting thin slices, besides lasting as
long again. Boar in mind Que thing
never cut ham against tho grain; always
begin in tic center, and you will do well
Good Housekeeping.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11
BONE NARROW.
Il Is Popular Youth Restoring Delicacy
In Franco.

In France,
Paris now recuperates on bone marrow.
After the failure of Dr. Brown-Sequard to
rejuvenate the world, the search for the
spring Of perpetual youth has been taken
up again with undminished ardor. The
agent with which the faded beauty now
seeks to bring back the roses of her checks
ard the roundness to her form is hone
marrow.
Bone marrow is the soft, fatty appearing
matter found inside the hollow bones Of
animals 1t has been discovered that II
bone marrow is not the elixir of YOUTH at
least it is powerful tonic. Bone marrow
is now served in Partisan restaurants,
spread raw upon thin slices Of bread In
dainty manner, and it is said TO be very
palatuhle morseL Every one eats 1t who
can afford to buy it, and butchers are fur
uished with a new branch OF industry.
The long bones Of the OK are split open,
the marrow extracted and it is then eaten
without further preparation. DR.. Renault
of Paris prescribed bone marrow to an
anmmip patient ~ a tonic with immediate
and most gratifying results. The news OF
its wonderful effects spread rapidly, ard
ut tho present time marrow eating has be-
come fashionable fad New York is al
tf@efAA%-A+t1
the marrow habit, and medical men ON
this side Of the water are discussing the
subject with great interest
Professor Cioldschert,crs of Berlin was
the first 10 use the extract of bono marrow
with unfavorablc results however Moth.
ing dauntod, German and English physi-
piuns followed SHIT, and many Of them re-
ported BRILLIANT successes. American ply
sicians arc reporting cures of nervous pros
tration aid general waste
The Latest and most carefully conducted
experiments made with special reference
to the bone marrow treatment in anemia
have been made in England by DR.. George
Bertram Hunt ut the University Col
lU5c hospital He says: In these easea
the blood was regularly examined in order
to compare the results obtained by treat
ing with red bone marrow with those OBJ
tanned by treatment with arsenic The
corpuscles were measured by means OF
Thoma-Zeiss' hpmO-cyclometeE the per-
centago being calculated by comparing the
number of corpuscles in cubic millime-
ter with normal of 5000, goo in the two
male cases and of 1900, 900 in the case Of
the woman The h@mo-glObin was esti-
mated by Growers hmmO- globinOmc'"r
1.-The extract of the red bone n4..4 low
which was given was prepared by split
ting OK ribs along the middle and SCOOP
ing out the soft, cancerOus bone in the
center, the meshes of which contained the
red marrow This was freed from bone
spioples by pounding in q mortar with a
little water and passing the watery extract
through fine muslin. The extract obtain
cd from two ounces OF the bone marrow
was given in the "a hours.
In this instance the result was adverse.
1t remains now to be ascertained whether
the Parisians are right or wrong.-New
York Herald
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11
LIVING ON RoIsoNs.
strychnine Fiend Is the Latest and stran-
gest Victim to the Drugs.


gest Victim to the Drugs.
A new kind of patient can shortly be
looked for at the gold cure establishment,
the victim Of the strychnine habit We
have had the cocaine hend, the morphine
fiend, the slave of the hasheesh drug and
the wretched mOrtals whom only regular
diet Of opium could keep alive
The strangest victim to drugs of an ex-
cessivcly stimulating nature however, Is
the strychnine fiend. Strychnine is known
to medical science as a deadly poison, but
when under medical direction it acts as
powerful tonic, greatly stimulating the
hearts action. So powerful is it in its
operation that only the most inflnitesiinal
proportion is allowed In n tonic prescrlp-
ton Yet it has been seized upon by the
physical wrecks Of civilization as a means
of stimulating the pickering spark of life,
and a strychnine ''iag" can be added to
the hilarious moments that nerve smash
ing drugs afford
The discovery of the strychnine flend
was made by religious worker Ia large
city, whose mission takes him nightly into
the society Of women TO whom excitement
OF some kind is essential to the forgetful-
ness Of life's dark side. This missionary
recently found, carly one morning, the
form of we'll dressed woman PROSTATE on
tho pavement She was taken to one Of
the institutions IN connection with which
the missionary worked, and doctor sent
for 1t was clearly case Of jag" of some
kind or other. The usual remedies were
applied, but the deathlikc pallor Of the pa
TENTS face and the queer action of the
heart alarmed the doctor, and he ordered
her clothing to be searched to obtain clew
to guide him in his efforts to bring her to
consciousness.
In the woman's pocket was found 2
small bottle containing q few pellets,
which upon Investigation, proved to CON
tain enough strychnine to kill an elephant.
The woman vas suffering from an over
dose Of stry chnine, and the drug had done
its work well It was with the greatest
difficulty that her life was saved, and for
days following this she cried pitifully for
the deadly tonic that was withheld from
her From Ter own statement, and the
dGltCr and those present believed it, she
had LcgLn by taking very small portion
Of strychnine, and, as the craving for tho
drug increased, had added to her daily
dose until sic found she could take with
in.l uI-ity Il Quantity sufficient to kill ten
peol.lc " no N.ere unused to poison.
A reporter who visited the chemists
shops in the districts gathered some ad,u-
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11

Personal remarks, even if intended to
DO complimentary, are often complete fail
ures. You may like pluinpness, but do
not for that reason say, "Oh, my dear, you
grow pluIEper every day." unless you are
sure the lady you address is not drinking
vinegar and taking fat reducer for the pur-
pose Of having waist like a wasp
Never, above all things, tell any two
people that they look alike until you know
exactly what their private opinion Of each
others personal appearance may be-
Never talk, unasked, about the complex
ion, size, figure, voice or manner Of any
acquaintance. 1t is not good manners,
to fiatter, and you may offend as deeply
by acomrlinenta by a criticism. although
you nay think II impossible
There are so many things TO talk about
for instance, the faults Of others-that
there is no need Of lightning chat I'M
necessarily with any one An inquisitiYe
person on i..rrl boat once thus addressed
a Perfect stranger;
i say, low did you lose your leg.'
Tho Answer WIS:
by kicking inquisitise cid n en- over
board. =
People Ns.o desire you 10 know things
about themselves VIII offer you sufficient
information to warrant you IN putting
leading questions 10 tAelll Until they do,
wajt.-New York I4edaer
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11
Or. sommer,s Theory Of sleep.

DR., Il. Sommer has contributed paper
TO well known and widely circulated
medical journal in which he promulgates
the theory that sleep is the result of deoxy-
gcnation Of tho organism in which Il oc-
ours. According TO his theory, the blood
and the tissues possess the property OF stor-
ing up the oxygen inhaled and then sup
plying it in proportion to the requirements
OF tho economy. When this store OF oxygen
is exhausted or becomes too small to longer
sustain the ,it.I activity OF the brain,
ncr.o system, MUSCLES etc, the body
tails into that particular state which we
call sleep lylrlng the continuance Of this
deep repose fresh quantities OF oxygen are
being stored up IN the blood to act as a
supply TO the awakened vital powers
Rest without sleep produces the same Ell
fctt, tough ia less degree.-St Louis
Rapuhlil-
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11

AS Froudo would have it, man must
change the style in which he thinks and
writes about the past 1t is drama TO be
watched with awe and we must let the
actors say their say and play the parts as
signed them and not interject whit we
think rs the play goes on, for we must
definitely understand that these men are
not merely tapestries or goods who sit
among their perfect work, )" but flesh and
blood, with hearts and minds like us,
who sob ard laugh and struggle through
their life, when whom it is our business
to make live as far as limitations Will per-
NIT, for, like It as we may, the fact re-
mains that history is but the record Of our
great mems lives True, as Mazzini shows
us, they are not alone, cratic blocks Of
granite in sun lstone age In them the
thoughts and feelings Of the times, which
Glmly shimmorcd in all lesser minds, are
focused, concentrated and flash forth
They are the spokesman Of the voiceless
mass from whom they have come forth,
from whom they draw the inspiration
which still urges on. They Rre the signs
and products of the time Could we but
understand them we should have learned
all. But how to do this Is the question to
be faced
It Is impossible, says Thackeray, who
argues that at best we can but guess as to
the character Of these great men, We start
with wrong impressions and misiudge, or
after years Of intimacy some stray word
can change our whole conception Of n man.
We have no perfect knowledge of ourselves,
What hope then is there We can ever know
those men who move among the faroff
mists, about whom jarring histories ex-
ist which cannot be reduced to unisoni
"Oh, venerable daughter of MnemOsyne,
he cries, Il doubt every single statement
you ever made since your ladyship was a
muscl Fer all your grave airs and high
pretensions you are not whit more trust
worthy than some of your lighter sisters
on whom your partisans look down. -
Gentlemans Magazine
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11
Cutting stone with Wire Rope.

Those who have INDUCED in deep sea
fishing know how tho fishllne cuts deeply
into the hard wood Of tie gunwale as il is
hauled in while taut Even an iron pro
lection, after time, shows the wear OF
the rope, which is comparatively soft
This gives clew to the invention of an
Albany quarryman for cutting stone In
stead, however, Of hemp, he proposes to
use wire rope, and with this he will carve
the marble ard stone right out of its ma
tive bed he wire is wound in strands
and has very rough surface, powerful
machinery gives q strong and steady
strain, and tho stone, yielding to the con
slant wear, parts, with smooth edges
1t would be easy enough to cut the
blocks after they are removed from the
quarry, but where the cleverness Of the in
ventor comes in is devising mechanism
that can be applied to the stone while in
the quarry. This is effected by sinking two
parallel channels in the quarry to depth
Of little greater than that Of the lowest
level Of the stone TO be cut,
The channels may be from 20 to 100
feet, OF more, aEart. At tho bottom Of
each is made II small hole to receive the
foot ends Of the shafts Of the machine
This is the only reparation of the quarry
that is necessary. The ropes, which are
coiled on huge drums, are then passed
around the channels, and us the drums 70
volve the cutting proceeds Suitable
brakes are provided for the regulation Of
the speed and pressure The ordinary
speed of the strand is 500 feet Il minute, so
that mile length of it passes in six min
utes While the strand is moving, crush
cd stone or chilled shot and water can be
introduced to increase the attrition. Far
better, however, than either of these is a
composition obtained from the tailings of
IL magnetic iron separator, which costs
about One-tenth as much as the chilled
shot 1t does not leave the lines caused
by the shot, and it can be used over and
over again. Detroit Free Press.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11
RESISTANCE OF A IRAN.
At Sixty Miles an Hour It Is Four Timel
Greater Than at Thirty.


Greater Than at Thirty.
At GO miles an hour the resistance Of
a train is four times as great as it is
at 80 miles-that is, the fuel must be
four times as great in the one case us
it is in the other. But at 60 miles an
hour this fuel must be eXerted for a
given distance in half the time that it
is at 80 miles, so that the amount of
power eNerted and steam generated in
a given period of time must be eight
times us great as the fastest speed.
This means that the capacity of the
boiler. cylinders, and other parts must
be greater, with corresponding adj
dition to the weight of the machine.
Obviously, therefore, if the weight per
wheel, on account of the limit of weight
that the rails will carry, is limited, we
soon reach point when the driving
wheels and other parts cannot be fur
Their enlarged. and then we reach the
maximum of speed.
The nice adjustment necessary Of
the various parts of these immense en-
Cines may be indicated by some fig
ures as to the work performed by these
parts when the locomotive is worked ut
a high speed. Take a passenger engine
on any of the big railroads.
At co miles an hour a driving wheel
5B feet in diameter revolves five times
every second; now. the reeiprocating
parts of each cylinder. including one
piston. piston rod cross head and con-
Meeting rod. weighing about $50
pounds. must move back and forth a
distance equal to the stroke, usually
about two feet. every time the wheel re-
wolves. or in the fifth of a second.
It starts from a state of rest at the
end of each stroke of the piston, and
must acquire n velocity of 81 feet per
second in one twentieth of second.
and must be brought to a state of rest
in the same period of time. A piston
IS inches in diameter has an area of
254Is square inches. Steam of $50
pounds pressure per square inch would,
therefore. exert force on the piston
equal to 3s.175 pounds. This force is
applied alternately on each side of the
piston ten times in second.-Ladies'
Home Journal
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11
Doc. Hair Ever suddenly Turn whlteg

Does human hair eyer suddenly whiten
in the cases of persons under strong emo
tions of grief or terror The popular no
ton is decidedly in favor of an affirmative
answer to the question. We say that the
popular notion would readily draw one to
such u conclusion. Perhaps the assertion
could DO made somewhat stronger, for of
late years the psychologists and the natu-
ralists pretty generally agree that blanch-
ing Of the hair in cases Of sudden right
and extrolne sorrow can he easily proved
Halter In his "Elementa PhysiOlogie" re-
fers to eight different authorities for ex-
amples of such changes, but all that he
appears to admit for himself Is that
under the influence Of impaired health
such changes may take place slowly.
Marie Antoinette was cited by favorers of
the popular notion as o striking and well
authenticated instance, but Haller denies
that the whitening took place suddenly
He also incidentally mentions the fact
that the transactions Of the Royal society,
extending over u Period of "a centuries
do not contain an account of n single in
stance Of such change IN the color Of the
hair. DIR. Laycock, ON the authority Of
Surgeon Parry, tells of n rebel scpOy who
is said to have become prematurely gray
within less than half hour. Halter, still
skeptical, says that he believes this to have
been a case where the hair had been stain
ed dark brown or black, AID that the col
oring was washed out by rain during the
so minutes mentioned by DIR. P8rry.-St
Louis Republic.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11
Gallery wit.

"One of the funniest stories ever heard
of the cast end stage says II correspond
ent, referred to popular actor named
Harry SimmondS He was supposed in
a melodralna Of the day to have run
through fortune and to contemplate sui
eide. Some one knocked at the door Of
lis wretched garrett He hastily thrust his
revolver into the drawer of the table at
which he sat An old solicitor entered.
g 1t is my pleasing duty, said he, to
tell you that your Uncle John is dead, and
Qmpressively) has left you 100000
=" Half a million Of money! said the
suicide. thus suddenly restrained. What
shall 1 do with itg What shall do with
IT.
81 Well, AIRY said gallery boy, 1
should buy a pair of hoots-flrrtr -
strand Magazine.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11

Next day Napoleon performed his last
official act, which was one Of great cour-
age both physical ard moral. The nation
al guard in Paris had been reorganized,
but its officers had never been thoroughly
loyal to the empire, many Of them being
royalists and some radical republicans.
Their disaffection had been heightened by
recent events, but they were nevertheless
summoned to the Iuilories; the risk was
doubled by the fACt that they came armed.
Drawn up in the great chamber known as
that Of tho narshals, they stood expectant;
the great doors were thrown open, and
there entered the emperor, accompanied
only by his consOrt aud their child in the
arms of his goveIness, Mime. de Monies
duiou. Napoleon announced simply that
he was about to put himself at the head Of
his army, hoping, by the aid Of God and
the valor of his troops, to drive the enemy
beyond the frontiers There was silence,
Then, taking in one hand that Of the ems
press and leading forward his child by
the other, he continued, Il intrust the
empress and the king OF Rome to the cour-
age Of the national guard. Still silence
After a moment, with suppressed emotion,
he concluded, My wife and my son. No
generous hearted Frenchman could with
stand such an appeal; breaking ranks by a
spontaneous impulse, the officers started
forward in "a mass and shook the very
walls with their cry, Long live the en-
perOrr' Many shed tears AS they withdrew
in respectful silence, and that night, on
the eve OF his departure. the emperor re-
ceived nulLerOusly signed address from
the very men whose 10y atty lie hud hither-
to had just reason to spect.-PrOfessOr
Sloane in Century.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11

Italians generally accomplish what
they set about. When Prince Philibert
Of Oranges grave was found to be emp
ty at Padua recently they began to
hunt for him, and have now presented
to the Dutch authorities a small casl1et
containing the princes ashes. 1t seems
that his body was cremated in 1880,
after the siege Of Florence.-Chicago
Tribune.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11

"Oh, yes, said the pianist who made
speciality of playing at=select social gather
ings, Il have accompanied some Of the
very best conversationalistso Of our times =
--Detroit Tribune
Settled IL.
watts-I SAW your friend Abbott this
morning
Potts-Abhotts Who told you he was
my friends l haven't bit Of use for him.
watts-Oh, you haven't Thenof course
he isn't your friend Indianapolis Jour
n&i
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11

..au tops 70 leaye passengers from Wilmington
ana points north. OF take Fassengers Tor points
south Of DemAr'
NEW CASTLE ACCONMODA1IUN TRAINS
Isnve Wilmington ! ID a. m. and 9.5l m daily
and g1S, IL Is a. m. $50 4'30, U.15, and b.5S p ~
seek DAYS. Leave New Castle b.iJ n. m. and
~ ,a m, daily, $751; 945. I1.t2 am. lis
& rs. 6'sl and 7.22 pm. week days.
Exuress trans leaving Harrington $50 a. m =
and tyrIvint at GA p IN, weekdays, run through
69lld to and from Baltimore, via Porter ahu
Hess ark.