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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01

OF late years there have been many ap-
parently sudden and phenomenal SUCCESSES
IN ths arena Of authorship, none Of which
probably has been either quite SO sudden
or so phenomenal as itappeared. The list
includes Mr.. J. NJ. Barrie, Mr.. Rudyard
kipling, MIR. Stanley J. Weyman and Ian
Maolaren. The case OF Mr.. Barrie is we'll
known. "Auld LIGHT Idylls' and "a
Window In Thrums," with which he
achieved success were by no means the au.
thor's first ventures into literature. ~
came out afterward that there had been at
least one previous volume from his pen,
with the ominous title of Better Dead. -
and for long after the fame Of "a Window
In Fhrums" had been assured religious
weekly kept publishing reprints Of articles
by the author which had appeared without
attracting notice years before.
Mr.. Rudyard Kipling, too, seemed to
spring suddenly into fame with the pro-
duotion Of "Soldlers Three" and some
Indian poems and articles in the maya
zines. But it transpired upon inquiry
and better acquaintance that his art had /
been perfected during years of residence in /
the east by much story writing in the |
Anglo-Indian journals. Again, Mr.. Stan /
ley J. Weyman seemed to leap into sudden /
renown the other day with the publication
OF - Gentleman Of France" and under /
the Red Robe" But the reader who looks /
at The English Illustrated Magazine for
December, 1888, will find proof that quite
ten years before that apparently sudden
acquisition Of fortune and fame Mr.. Wcy-
man was perfscting his art and shoulder
Ing his way TO recognition among tho com
mon crowd of story tellers. As for Ian
Maclaren, whether or not his pen has long
been practiced in the art OF deliberate
story telling, It has for half a lifetime, as
S well known, had constant practice in
moving the emotions Of men in a kindred
md hardly less literary way.-Chambers'
Journal
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01

train, running cast and west with tne
same velocity, would bo a certain frao-
ton Of its total absolute pressure Exam
ple-Taking train running say 20 feet
per second, or nearly as miles per hour.
this fraction would not he far from ono
one Thousand six hundredth part; in run
ming ID miles per hour il would be ono
one thousand two hundred and cightieth
part and If running 100 miles per hour, or
l47 feet per second, it would DO tho ono
seven hundred and sixty part, nearly.
and it would Le greater and greater as the
speed Is increased, and skill greater rs both
speed and weight Of the train are in-
creased Tho train Of tho New York Cen
tral was 337 isot long and weighed 500, 600
pounds.
This calculation, it will be observed,
as said, Will be truo for tho equator. The
New York Central train ran from Albany
TO Buffalo upon about tho forty-secoud
parallel Of latitude and therefore
this calculation should be corrected for
this latitude and would DO about seven
tenths as great.
Other correspondents agreed with Mr..
Hogg in principle, though not accepting
all his mathematics Ono Of them ends his
letter with the following rather jooose suR-
gestion:
1t is well known that when the moon
is above us it draws movable objects away
from the earth and when it is ON the on
posite side IF the earth it draws the earth |
away from movable objects here, thereby /
causing the tides. 1t might be well to sug- |
gest to the New York Central officers that, /
as the tides travel from cast to west, they |
may perhaps offset the disadvantages IN /
der Mr.. Hogg's theory by starting when
the position Of the moon is propitious and,
As they would keep in the tide while 60
Ing west, they still may DO able to make
last time going west, even il the engineers,
1r, indeed, the engines themselves, learn
II disadvantages Of centrifugal force when
.hey are trying 70 mako BnlTnlo.n
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01

The streets of st. Malo arc gay; here
are great yellow oilskins and sou westors
brilliant green blankets and striped rugs;
there are the stnUt cOttuns to make the
bags of chan which are all their bedding,
in gaudy checks Of orange, red and blue.
There are blue jerseys, fat wooden caps,
huge knitted cOmfortcrs and padded
gloves; there are high boots coming up to
tho knee and green or scarlet socks and
piles Of great heavy sabots. And all the
smaller shops have SGT out shelves spread
with cheap sweetmeats and oranges, col
ored paper flowers and common toys, or
with bright ribbons and gayly colored pins
and rings and brooches, while up and
down the street men pass, hearing trays
or baskets and selling trifos Of all sorts,
which they cry monotonously
''Ki-kiri-Kil' chants tho merchant Of
caramel apples, with his forest of scarlet
balls, perchod on slender sticks "Ki-kiri-
kip and the seller of berlingOts, which
arc sweotmeats, responds,
A Ia vanille pour les pitts files,
Au citron pour les garcons
enumerating his wares in a rude but tune
full rhyme, and there are all the other odd
trilles which are sold at Brittany fair,
japanese eggs, tongues Of my mother
in-law, " Holsters, perhaps, in scarlet wool
and black Madagascar monkeys dancing
at the end Of string, dolls that are mere
shapeless wedges Of wood, serpents for
throwing. confetti, punches of paper flow
ers and certainly somewhere, perhaps in
the arohing Of the gate, a long row Of pic
lures set upagainst the wall, indescribably |
religious, and an open umbrella full of |
small ones, splendidly red and blue and /
green-''All at n sou, Ia Bonnie Verge, la |
Verge dies Terreneuvas. -Macmillan's |
Magazine
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01
BOOTH IN HIDING.
When One Mans Life Hung by = Very
Slender Thread.

When One Mans Life Hung by . VerJ
Slender Thread.
The spot to which Captain Cox led the
tssassins was an old tobacco bed covered
with broom sedgo in a dense thicket OF
young pines, which was not near any road
way.
Thomas a. Jones, foster brother OF
Captain Cox, and who had been his over
seer, lived within half milo of the Poto-
mac, on a place called "Huckleberry, A" and
as he had been regularly engaged I'm con-
veying spies and blockade runners surrep-
tiously across tho Potomac. Cox sent for
him and placed Booth and Herold In his
charge. Jones daily brought food covered
with corn in basket to tho fugitivos and
called Justify to his hogs as he paid his
visit.
/ Each day he found Booth suffering
much from his leg and usually on the
ground rolled in his blanket He was
eager for the papers giving an account of
tho murder and seemed to DO much dis
tressed that bis foul deed mot with little
appreciation in tho south. Jones watched
his opportunity to take his dangerous
charge to tho river about 21S miles dis.
tant and nearly week-a gloomy, cloudy
week of chilly mist-passod before the IA
vorable opportunity came
On the third or fourth day after Booth
reached tho pines it was decided to dispose
Of their horses, which had become restless
from lack of food and proper stabling, as
1t was feared that their neighing would
betray them. Accordingly Herold and
Franklin A. Roby, Captain Cox's overseer
at that time, led the horses about two
miles distant into Zoliah swamp, where
it makes "A junction with Clarkes run
and here they were shot. As the place was
DOGGY the bodies of the dead horses disap- |
pearod from view in tho course Of a week |
and were never seen aft0rward.
Tho caroasses Of these animals, however, /
came near Eetraying Captain Cox. A |
large troop Of cOlored cavalrymen came to |
his residence for tho purpose of securing !
information as to the route taken by the \
assassins after they left Rich Hill Cap
tain Cox showed them the general direo-
ton Of their course early Sunday morning,
which was toward Zekiah swamp The
troopers started for the swamp, and Cap
tain Cox and his son retired to a knoll
about onefOurth Of a mile IN the rear Of
his house which commanded an extensive
view Of tho entrance to tho swamp In the
valley below. They could easily sec the
buzzards lowering over the spot where the
horses had been killed few days before,
their bodies not having yet sunk in tho
bog.
Captain Cox and his son anxiously
watched tho cavalrymen approach the
swamp. Would they or would they not
'nter below he dead horses? Captain Cox
lervOusly questioned. my son." said
he, 'if thosu men enter below the spot |
where the bodies of the horses are, l shall
lang for It..
Tho colured cavalry entered but a short
listanco above where the horses lay, and,
eplOying at intervals of 90 feet, boat the
wamp from Captain Cox S to Dr. Mudd's, !
early 10 miles," Four Lincoln Conspir-
cies, by Victor Louis Mason, in Century
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01

I have seen many barber's trade secrets
exposed, but 1 have never seen a reason
given in print for men parting their hair
on tho left side in mOre than nine cases
out Of ten.
l talked the matter over with ply
stefan once, and he said it might be only
coincidence, but that at least nine men
out Of ten sleep on the right side because
by SO doing digestion is aided and the nc
ton Of the heart is left undisturbed.
That, think, accounts for tho hair
parting, because tho warmth Of the eide
OF The head pressed into tho pillow greatly
aids the growth Of the hair. and tho man
naturally parts his hnir so AS % brush it
IN the direction cf tho greatest growth.
This, no doubt, hiso accounts for what
almost every ono who has tried to keep
his mustGcho and beard evenly trimmed
must havo noticed, that he las to trim
tho right size morc frequently than the
left. Pecrson's Weekly.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01

force - those speciaI physical trials we
delicately indicate by merely using the
words - Maid, Mother, Matron.
Like a confidential friend we suggest
the use of Hoods Sarsaparilla, reli-
able blood purifier and tonic; it has
helped many others and will help you.
81 was in poor health five years, broken
down in strength, and appetite all gone.
Local troubles and other weaknesses in
tensified my misery. Nervous sick
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01

During tho Norwich festival a we'll
known architect took Paderewski over the
cathedral, with which he was greatly inl-
pressed, so much so that next day he re-
solved to 60 there alone and make himself
further acquainted with its beauties. He
managed to lose his way, however, in the
cathedral close, and, happening TO pass
what looked like a schoolroom, from which
sounds Of music were issuing, he stopped
and went in to inquire his way. A few
small chOirboys were there alone, waiting
for the rest to assemble for practice,
grouped around ono Of their number who
was seated ut the piano. 1t must be ex-
planned that several of the cathedral choir
boys are included in the festival chorus,
so that they had heard Paderewski play
the great Polish fantasia produced at Nor
witch during rehearsal.
I'm show you how Paddy plays, " the
young pianist was saying, just as Pads
rewski entered, and straightway began
decidedly risky" imitation Of the gre
player For u moment he listened, mu
then advancing to the group
remarked quietly: "No, I'll show you
Paddy plays, and quietly pushing
the little pianist he played for short
30 tho astOnished boys
stood IN opon mouthed admiration,
FIRST recognizing their visitor,
dawned upon them that they were
3 recital from no less a person the
dy' himself.-Pearson's Weakly.
The 1snnysOn Deacon.
The Tennyson beacon, to be
Freshwater down, isle Of Wigb
ular memorial to the late pc
Will probably be in its place
iumn. The stone for the sha'
has already been cut from aC
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01

Who are nervous, weak, worn out
with local troubles find pure blood,
nerve strength, and perfect health in
Hoods Sarsaparila.
We do not say the above to raise
false hope. 1t has been the expert
ence of many, very many women in
those intensely trying periods which
demand and consume so much
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01
BRANCH ROADS.

DELAWARE, MARYLAND q VmGISIA X r.
Leave Harrington for franklin ana way station
1887 a. ~, and 6.2s p. m. Tuesdays, Thursday
aud Saturdays only Returning, Tram leaves rfsnk
lin City 5.52 a. m. week days, Las p M. TUESDAY
Thursdays and Saturdays ON y
Leave Frankiiu CITY Tor ChiNcoteague iva
steamer 43 p. m. weekdays, Returning, leave
Chinc0ieague ~ a. m. week days,
Leave Harrington for Georgetown nd Lewei
at TO- 81 a. m. week days aud SIS p. n wee -dsy
Returning, leave Lswes B.4l a. M, 3.sJ y. IN
week-oays
For kerliu, leave hari ngton 1887 a, m. anc
e.2e D. m. Tuesdays Thursdays AID StiurGa1s
Returning, leave Berlin 500 Al, IN. and 40 p M
1u,sdays, Tuu. sday aud Saturdays only.
OuEEN ANNE s. KENT K. R--Leaye Tnwuseuo
.Or Uentreyilie and way stations % "A. m ant
$50 D. ~. weekdays. Re cunning leave Ieuter
willie ISL a. IN. and 80 p. L.. week days.
DEL. & CHESAPEAKE Il. R--Leaye Clayton TO,
Oxford aud way statloas at 0.yS %. and 81 T.
N. weekdays ketnrnlng leave OXfOid 600 a. ~
and l.4J p. N. weekdays,
CAMBRIDGE & SEAFuRD L. k-LeaTe Ssaioi.
for Cambridge ana intermediate stations al u 10
q. m week days and on tueruatH, 1huisdays,ai.'
Saturdays 70 y. IN. ReturnIug, leave CamDridSs
6.20a. m.,aud on Tuesdays. Thursdays and sa
urdays S.4I y. N
CONNECTION At Porter with Newark & Del
aware Ulls Railroad. A. TOwnsend, vita Qute
aware y Chesapeake Railroad a-.d Sat. 3Ie
Delaware Bay Railroad. At Harrington, Wit
Delaware, Maryland q NIrgiIl k.lir0@d. "A
seafOrd, with Cambridge y afJid Raj road. A
Demai, Win New YUr1. Pniladel -aia " Mr. O.h
WcOmicJ a. rOcOnOke. uud fCutdslil na1cOad
S. NJ, PROVOST, Gcnelai MAJ a-ei
WOO3 General Passenger Agent
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01

''ar stops to leave passengers from Wimingloi
ana point north, or take passengers for point
south Of Delm1r
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODA fON IRA AIMS
Leave Wilmington ID Il. n, aud PSI D m dali
and Ella II. is r. m t.5l 1880, g. IS, and 6.53 p H
week days. Leave New Castle go a. m ant
1913 D. M. daily, S3l, 9.i5. il.u7 am. LIS
$50 Gao and 7.22 pm. week days.
Express trains leaving Harrington sos a. m !.
and arriving az 6.sl p. m, weekdays, run through
solid to and frSm Baltimore, via Porter aud
NaMark.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01
MONKEY LIGHTS MATCHES.
But Has Not the Intelligence TO Kindle \
Firo with Them.

But Has Not the Intelligence TO KindIe n
Fire with Them.
No creature but man has ever made
use of fire. An African traveller, indeed.
has told story of apes making a thiev-
Ing raid on a camp of natives, and car
rylng torches to light their way; but
this story lacks proof, and is not ac-
cepted as, true by biologists.
There is, however, says the Youths
Companion, in the Philadelphia zoologi-
cal garden monkey who has learned to
scratch matches perfectly we'll This
accomplishment he is willing to exhibit
on any occasion. He has learned to hold
the match by its middle part. so thai
his fingers are not burned by being too
near the flame, and so that the match
will not break by being held too near the
other end.
This fact involves another, that he is
aware which end has the sulphur. and.
does not attempt tc scratch the unsul-
phured end. He has furthermore
learned that a rough surface is better to
scratch the match on shan a smooth one,
and his care in looking for the rough
places is very diverting..
But with all these intelligences, the
monkey has no notion of kindling an
other fire with the one that he has;
caused by the friction Of the match. He
simply lets the match burn out and IL
he lights another, does it for the pleas
ure of seeing it burn.
This monkeys keepers, and the men
Of science who are experimenting with
his intelligence, hope to communicates
to him eventually an idea of fire making
md using; but from the moment they
succeed in doing so-if they ever do sue
'eed-it will be necessary to keen
out of his reach.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01

The wormologists and other ologists
who are Interested In natures odd kinks
can tell you of hundreds of queer worms
and bugs, but the most remark9ble Of the
whole lot, perhaps, is the syllis. The syllis
is a wOFmlike creature which inhabits the
spOnges which grow at the bottom Of the
Mediterranean sea. 1t has blunt head,
a long body and many segments or joints,
just like any other worm. But this worm
Is colder than the majority Of worms
In fact he is as much plant as he Is q
worm. He doesn't go through the various
transformations which are supposed to be
incident to worm life, but buds like q
species Of vegetable or fruit, each bud be-
coming worm exactly like the parent,
One Of these budded worms presents the
oldest appearance imaginable but the par
ent worm as If conscious OF tho fact that
It Is likely to attract attention, makes ev- |
cry effort within its power TO detach the
buds. At tho proper time these efforts are
successful, and the parent and tho young
become separate creatures. But budding
and blooming is not the only way that
syllis has OF reproducing its kind. If its
location at the time Of the breeding period
is such that the budding operation cannot
be properly carried out, syllis gets around
the difficulty by laying eggs and Matching
a new crop Of worms, which certainly APP
pears moro proper than for tho creature to
bloom out like a iohnny-jump-up, a lily
or a rose
Syllis has never been found outside OF
the Mediterranean, except at a single place
on tho shores OF tho Indian ooean.-St.
Louis Republic.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01

Justice-What's your name?
Drunk-S-s-s-h-
"Whnt?"
"S-s-s-h-"
"oC:eer, what is this man charged
with?'
II guess, your honor, it's soda water.'y
Brooklyn Life.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01
2. Va. 3. 8. aIIroad.

1El-AW RE nIVISlnN
On and after November rs, 1855. trims will leave
as iOliOws;
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01
Children Cry for PITT

When Baby was sick, W
When shO was a Child,
WAen abe becams Misy
When ahahadc lsaldra
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01

He Compares tho Church to a Garden Be
cause 1t Is the Place of Choice Flowers,
Select Fruits and of Thorough Irriga-
tiOn-An Invitation to Enter.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-05-09
Hawaiian Lands.

There are homestead lands In
the Hawaiian Islands that are
either leased or sold by the Gov
eminent. An applicant for land
must be either citizen by birth
or by naturalization, or one who
has received letters of denization,
or any person who has received
special rights Of citizenship. The
applicant must be over 18 years of
age, must not be under civil disa-
bility for any offeuse, must not be
delinquent in the payment of taxes,
must not have made any false de-
claration in applying for land
under the act, must not at the
time be the owner in his own
right of any lands in the islands
known as "wet land" and must
not be an applicant for any other
interest in land under the act.
u.hlling these conditions he can
apply for one lot for his own use
and benefit. The occupier of the
land must comply during a period
of six continuous years with GER
tain conditions, and at the end of
that time, if they are complied
with, he is given lease for 999
years. The land act embraces
eighty-seven sections, and it can
be consulted at the Office OF any
Hawaiian Consul abroad.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-05-09

The coloring of a photograph
adds life to the subject. King
Bros. have some charming speci-
mems done by their artist, who
has no equal for this kind of
work. Call and see their collec-
ton at King Bros, Hotel st. n
G. r. Harrison, practical piano
and organ maker and tuner, can
furnish best factory references.
Orders left at Hawaiian News Co.
and the Wall, Nichols Co. will
receive prompt attention. Tele-
phone Nos: ga, 100 and 442.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-05-09
At Emma square.

The Hawaiian band will give
the usual concert at Emma square
this afternoon with the following
program:
March--The Black Hussars. ..... Milloecker
Oyerture--Bandit Tricks. .Suppe
Duet--Il Trovatore ....................V Verdi
Fantasia-Emperor's Review. Eilenberg
Dance--Cocoanuts .................Hp Herman
Waltz Danube Waves. .......... Ivancovich
Hawaii Ponoi
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-05-09
A New Abstract Office.

AS result of Is years expert
ence in the Abstract Business, 1
am prepared to make Abstracts of
Title in a most thorough, accurate
and complete manner, and on
short notice.
+. w. MAKINNEY.
In w. o. Smiths Office, 318
Fort Street. 2l5-tf
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-05-09
Malt
Murine
"R ,yA%~ ara A.

is one of no most pleasant forms in which the
virtues Of MAJ Extract may be obtained. 1t is
pleasant TO take, and is agreeable to the most
delicate stomach. 1t is the Ideal form of a
Malt Extract containing as it does, less than
two per cent of Alcohol and over fourteen per
cent of the Malt extractive matter There are
record where patients have gained
pounds in week by the of Malt
Murine. The most eminent physicians recon-
mend it in preference to any other. Malt Murine
is made at the brewery of the Anheuser-Busch
Brewing Association, ST. Louis, Mo-, one of the
largest and most famous breweries in the world
where there is every facility for producing the
very best For sale by the
HOLSTER DRUG CO..
523 Fort Street Sole Agents for the Islands
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-01-18

laXly enforced as to be practically I
dead letter. Aims are asked on Penn
sylvania avenue with impunity, and
there are numerous professional heggars
here in the national capital. Local
talent so completely occupies the field
that itinerants are kept out. There is
class that asks only for ''cole vittIes. >
1t consists of negroes, principally chill
dren, but some women engage III it.
There are families which subsist b.
sending the children out day after day
to beg for broken victuals and cold
scraps. These children have their
regular beats. They soon learn where
their requests are tolerated, anu the
house that accommodates them once is
pretty regularly visited thereafter.
There is an old colored man here, the
proprietor of cheap boarding house
who supplies his table by begging "colc
vittles.'' Armed with an old nlarket {
baslSa: and q tin coffee pot. he starts
out early in the morning on his daily
round. He is very pious, or at least pro-
fesses to be. But many suspect that
his boasted piety is merely part of his
stock in trade, for he turns it to good
account. Age has bleached his wooIly
locks, but he steps along with a good
deal of firTnness. At the door h will
say: s.Ah. missus. amt you got some
thin for de ole man to-day? Tie dat
giveth to the po' lendeth to the Lord.
an de Lords KEEP me hyar Until I'se tcc
Gle to work"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-01-18
WAKEENEY. KANSAS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 49, 1896

4 contribution to his basket is sure
to elicit a profusion or thanks, and the
bigger the contribution the more pro-
fuse the thanks. He quotes Scripture
quite fuently, and is as garrulous as
any old woman. On Saturday he car
ries two baskets, presumably to get a
double supply of grub" to carry his
boarders over Sunday On one occa-
sion where he visited the same house
several days in succession. and was given
something each time, the question:
What do you do with all the stuff you
get?" was asked. The old man resented
the question as piece of impertinence.
He became very angry, and the sugges-
ton that he could not eat all he begged
only increased his anger. He poured
out his wrath with volubility upon the
household, but he never returned there
on his collecting tours. He did not
want charity accompanied by inquis-
itiveness