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Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

Tho dean of Vermont's emeritus exec
utives now surviving is cur honorable and
honored war governor, Frederick Holbrook
Of BrattlebOro, who was elected to the
position 30 years ago. The next in polnt
of seniority are the Hon. George W. Hem
dee of Morrisville, who filed out tho unex,
pired term of Governor Peter 4. Wash
burn, deceased, in 1870, and the Hon.
John W. Stewart OF MiddlebuFy, who was
governor during the gubernatorial term of
1902. Redhcld Proctor was elected to the
executive chair in 1888, and his successors
as ex-goyernors are Roswell Farnham Of
Bradford, John L. Barstow Of Shelburne,
Samuel Il. Pingroe of Hartford, Ebenezer
J. Ormsbee of Brandon, William p. Dill
bingham Of Waterbury, Carol S. Page Of
Hyde Park and Levi K Fuller of Brattle-
boro.
1t is noteworthy fact that Of the men
who have been governors of the state from
1873 down to the present time all are liv-
ing, and ipasWuoh rs their combined
terms of Office have covered period of 2S
years Vermont can undoubtedly safely
challenge any Of her sister states 60 beat
this record. This distinction, III addition
to the fact that we have IL rex governors,
with Governor Woodbury. shortly to DO
added to tho list by rule ought not only
to recommend our governors to the life in
surance companies MS eminently safe risks,
but should also entitlo Vermont TO tho
palm among states for -gubernatorial
longevity Burlington Free Press.
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

Abiding to some of Tho stories told
about General Grant, including the one
about his drawing wood to market, tho
Chicago Times Herald says; .'l3y he way,
other pretty good men have been team
sters. One Of the grandest governors Wis
oonsin ever had was a stage driver for years.
1t did not hurt grand Old Jerry Rusl later
on to have 30 known be had boon "a stage
driver Ho was pleased to hear the fact
mentioned. Who thinks any tho less Of tho
great war president because Mr.. Lincoln,
to keep the pot boiling, split railsg Or OF
George Washington because he once car
ried chain for a Surveyor Who thinks
less Of Garfield because he rode a mulo
that hauled a oanalboatY Garfield was a
professional toamster, in way, but it
didn't hurt his reputation when he was
great enough for president. Who thinks
less Of one Of Wisoonsin's grandost charac-
ters because, when he first came to the
state, he had to chop oordwood at 20 cents
q cord OF 90 hungry Who thinks less OF
OK Governor W. ID. Hoard because he was
Q woodohopper9 Men speak of it as a COM
pliment. Who thinks less of John NJ.
Nebraska's senator, because no
was drayman in Chicago at one timer
Or Of Ex-Governor and General Alger Of
Michigan, who drove a team in the piner-
iesS Who thinks less of BIinnosota's sona-
tor, Cushman K. Davis, because he drove
his fathers team and held his fathers
plow9
Who thought less of Henry Ward Beech
or because, when he first began his minis
teFial career he was Obliged to milk the
COW and do the stable work? Docs any one
ever hold it up against Daniel Webster be-
cause no earned needed shillihgs as a chore
boy? Who thinks less Of Benjamin Harri-
SON because, when be first began house
keeping. he was his own chore boy and
his wife the kitchen girl? Look back into
The lifo of almost any successful merchant,
railroad official, lawyer,
lootor, educator, publisher, ana yur will
ind that at some time he was glad to do
work for a living that was not better than
being teamster. Tho teamster has an
honorable calling. II it is in him to gradu-
lte from that calling to tho head of col
eye, a nation, Il railroad, great paper,
Why, Of course, it is not against him"
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10
HOW 10 GROW ROSES.


II wonder" a flower lover said the 9TH
er day, "that many Of tho women who
have time and not much to do with it do
not go in for the development of new
roses. No, the field is not ono that prom
ises swift and certain return. That is
the very reason it should appeal to those
In need of a hobby. New roses come to
pass, you know, in just two ways-they
are either seedlings or sports. A sport, un-
derstand, is a branch of n growing rose
that is not contont to blossom after tho
way Of its parent stem. 1t has different
form, or color, Or habit of growth-some-
times all three-in which case it is trebly
valuable. How it comes to be a sport the
wise men are not agreed. Some say it Isl
through inherent tendency to variation
others declare that it is due to environ
ment-soil temperature, light, exposure
and fertilizers. myself think both causes
are operative to Is degree, but believe fur.
Their that the potential use Of it is one Of
natures secrets as yet unsurpassed A very
famous sport is the pink rose Bridesmaid,
which developed from the yet moro famous
white rose Bride. As roses are pPopagatod
from outings, a sport once well establish
ed usually comes true TO name, Very
many valuable ones are, / doubt not, lost
every year through the failure Of private
growers all over the country to recognize
and fix them.
but seedlings-now there is a chance
for skill, and hope and patience-in fact, I
large segment of the Christian virtues. To
begin, you must raise the seed and choose
the species that shall be parents Of your
new plant with care. They must be stocky, /
healthy plants, too, and not allowed to
overblossom-in fact, two or at most throo .
flowers are enough, Cross fertilization is
made possible by the fact that tho anthers
OF the stamens open earlier than do the
pores Of the ovaries. From the flower
which is to be fertilizod the stamens are
clipped off as soon as they develop. Then
few hours later pollen Is gathered from
the anthers u the other flower and with
iino camels hair pencil laid upon tho pis-
til of the first one. Then the whole trans
action is recorded-date, names Of parent
sorts and tho fertilized flower carefully
watched II the calix swells and after
awhile ripens into seed, tho operation has
been a success. Thus when the seeds are
ripe they arc sowed and the resultant
plants carefully nursed till they reach the
stage OF blossoms. There the beautiful I'M
certainty makes itself manifest. Two mag
niflcont varieties have been known to
como from a batch of dozen seed and
again 10000 have not glYon now sort
worth name. Indeed experienced grow
ers say that one success in 1000 sowings
Is about the average. They say also that
very many flowers perfect from the grow
er's point Of view have never been heard
Of outside OF greenhouses because, for some
occult and a wholly iaaxplioable reason,
fashion would have none of them.-New
York journal,
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10


Byzantiuin, to use that which has been
tho ordinary name with ali Greek writers
from Herodotus down to Paspates in our
own day, is one Of the Oldest cities Of Eu-
FOpe-historioally speaking, if we neglect
mere prehistoric Legend little younger
than Athens or Rome. Like them, Byzan-
tium appears to have been founded on o
prehistoric fort. Hardly anyof tho ancient
towns Of Italy and southern Europe can
show so authentic and venerable Il record.
There Is no reason to doubt that Byzan-
tium has been historic city for some
2 $50 years During the whole of that pc
riud, with no real break in her life, it has
been the scene Of events recorded in the
annals Of mankind; it has been fought for
and held by men famous in world history;
1t has played a substantial part in the
drama Of civilization. So singular So
quence of historic interest can hardly be
claimed for any city in Europe, except for
Rome herself.
For nearly 900 years before it became
the capital of an empire Byzantium was
Greek city of much Importance, the prize
of contending nations, and with striking
prescience even then, chosen by phil
Os0phic historians for its commanding po-
sition and immense capabilities. After the
lapse Of nearly 1000 years Byzantium be-
came Constantinople, the center Of the
Roman empire. Since then it has been the
capital city of an empire for exactly 1864
years, and that in a manner and for pc
riod such as no other imperial city has
been in the annals of civilized man. There
is no actual break, although, for the dy-
nasty Of tho Paleologi, from the Latin
empire down to the capture Of the Otto
MANS tho empire outside the capital has a
shrunken and almost phantom dominion.
But it is yet true that for 1854 years Con-
stantinoplo has ever been, and still is, thel
sole regular residence Of emporors and sui
tans, the sole and continuous center of
civil and military administration, the su-
preme court Of law and justice and tho Of
fetal centor Of the imperial Feligion.-Fort- |
nightly Review,
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

A certain Bonelli, singled out by fate
TO display to tho world the utter insignid-
cameo Of human resolve, being regarded by
the whole province in which he lived as a
model for tho rest Of mankind according
to the view Of human virtue taken at Boz
oognano, is the hero Of tho tale. This
man, on being told that a heavy reward
had been Offered for tho capture or de
struotion" of the bandit Cappa, who had
become the scourge Of the country, loaded
his gun, went out on the instant and shot
down the boggar of the village, who was
known to pass through lonely path at
certain hour of the day. He thon set fro
to the corpse Of the heggar and went to
tho authorities to claim the reward, but
oven before he had touched the blood
money thus earned the bandit Cappa him
self appeared, and forthwith the judges,
seance tonante, pronounced Judgment
against Bonelli All this has just taken
place in Corsica. The jury condemned
tho traitor Bonelli to the guillotine for the
murder Of the poor mendicant, who bad
been much beloved throughout the whole
country. birmingham (England) Post
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

"Senator Quay, says correspondent of
tho Chicago Iimes-Husald, "likes quiet
joke as well as any man. A few days ago
a tramp from the Utst wandered into the
state Of Pennsylvania, and, joining a COM
pany Of follow hUbocs at some snug roost
in close proximity to warm coke ovens
proceeded to puhgsoin himself as follows;
Say, pards, IN just from the great state
Of Iowa, an Pm fer ole Bill Allison fer
pres dent. He's tho boy, an don't youso
uns make any mistake. Hos a reg 'laT ole
bird, an this is his time TO 1y. Yuuse uns
jay Quay isn't in it, sCo?'
Tho ponnsy lvGnia hoboes resented this,
and they pulled the man from Iowa out Of
his coy nest and marched him down to
the Youghioghony river and ducked him,
Some one sent Senator Quay newspaper
cutting containing an account of tho pro
ceeding, and tho senator found it in his
mail today Ho placed it In an envelope
and laughingly dictated tho following lot
ter to Mark Hanna, Cleveland: Dear Mr..
Hanna: Let this be a warning to you to
keep out of Pennsylvania. ="
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

Some time ago Chicago paper offered
prizes ranging from $4,000 down for the
best original stories, and everybody in
Chicago supposed as a matter Of course,
that tho writer's of Chicago would carry of
all tho prizes, but it turned out that no
Chicago writer secured one. The first prize
of SlO,O coo was awarded to a man who lives
In Macon, Ga, and the second Of $4,000
10 an Englismnan living In Winchester,
England. According 10 residence, the %
prizes awarded were distributed as follows:
England, seven; Massachusetts, three;
Now York, two; Now Jersey, two; Ken
lucky, two; Boston and New York, ono;
Georgia, one; New Hampshire, one; Colo
fndo, ono; Washington, enc, and Caiifor-
Mia, one. -Chicago Letter.
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

"Things are cunning to q pretty pass
these days, observed Tho keeper Of a
Washington boarding house, "when con-
grcssmcn AFRO reducing their expenses On
~ a few days ago l found that ono Of my
congressman boarders from southern
state was looking up rooms and board for
himself and wife in another house, for tho
reason, rs his wife told me, that they
wanted to reduce expenses. Icharged them
$50 per month for room and board for
both, and they were actually trying to
gel it for $40, though they finally had
90 pay $50. The wife told me that they
wanted to save 81 600 per year out Of her
husbands salary of $4,000, and that she
knew Of others who were doing -
Washington star
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

The following paragraph from a recent
Tien-t sin paper describes q curious Gus
tom that prevails in China:
son Tuesday last, being the spring sol
sticc, the local nandarins went out In
state in the early hours to muet the in
coming spring which is supposed to come
BIZ way OF tho south gate. The official cor
tege won't as far as the temple dedicated
10 the reception Of spring, and after the
usual Obeisanco before tho inlprOvised i'm
age OF tho T'Aisui presiding god Of tho
yoar), appointed by the Great Pearl En-
Jeror (Gud Of heoyen), the mandarins re-
urned to their yalnen, bringing back the
spring Of / sg6' with them "
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

Joseph Biaicr this Christ of tho Obor An
mergau Passion Play known To many
American travellers By lis acting IN 1880
snd 1890, wbea tho play w..s protested,
will have 10 give nP his work, rs no iiss
mot with serious accident. Recently
while hauling some heavy tiinbsrs IN The
village one II them fell on him and crush
ed his leg so badly that It had TO be ampli-
tated Maicr's portrayal Of Chsist Is do
soribed by those who saw him as moving
representation. 1t won him the regard Of
al visitors.
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

It has not been IA uncommon thing to
hear Prince bismarck hccuspi & bcins
fond OF money, but it is Certain hist he IS
also capable q giviag ia a l5e-.i inannor
when ittia1 opportunity j. o-lcred him
Cor doing 90. l5 lHls only quite latcly
iraaspircl tAat flr % years l.e has been
laying tnIao sol,iers who lost their eye
light ut koniggsatz 800 marssay year each,
- that hy now tic sum amounts 10 -, 900
marks which be has spe.st on these mon
llutltA
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

Some laea pf the terrors Of bursting
volcano niny be gained from tho account
Of tho last eruption ia Hawaii. The orator
of the volcano was filed from GOO to 1000
feet deep with mplten lava, which finally
forced its WA through suhterranean
passage It VS. 40 miles from there TO
tho sea, yet ;ilA oYalanehp OF molten rocks
reacha2 rs irf 'f6G than two days
dastf65 cyerything In It's track. 1t
continued nqYing for three weeks, heating
flro-soa water 20 niles out from shore.
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

mo IFout.lA5 AetSAkn Furnishes Ahs
Theme For Powerful Discourse-A hi
vine Cure For the Ills of the worid-A
Glorious Invitation.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-A most radical
gospel sermon is the ono OF today by DIR.
yalmagc. 1t runs mp and down the whole
gamut of glorinus invitation. His text
was Luke xv, IS, Il will arise and go to
my father.
There is nothing like hunger to take
the energy ont Of a man. A hungry man
can toll neither with pen nor hand nor
foot There has been many an army de-
leated not so much for lack of ammuni-
lion rs for lack OF bread. 1t was that fact
that took tho fire out OF this young man
Of the text. Storm and exposure will wear
out any mans life In time, hut hunger
makes quicl, work. The most awful cry
ever heard on earth is tho cry for bread. A
traveller tells us that in Asia Minor there
are trees which bear fruit looking very
much like tho long bean of our time. 1t
is called tho oarob. Once In awhile the
people, reduced to restitution, would cat
these CAROLS, but generally the oarobs, the
beans spoken of hore in the text, wore
thrown only to the swine, and they crunch
ed them with great avidity. But this
young man Of my text could not oven get
them without stealing them. So one day,
amid the swine troughs he begins to So
liloquize He says: "TLese are 10 clothes
for a rich mans son to wear; this is 10
kind Of business for jew to be engaged
In, feeding swine. III go home; III 60
home will arise and go to my father. "
/ know there are great many people
who try to throw fascination, romance,
halo, about sin, but notwithstanding all
that Lord Byron and George Sand havo
said in regard to it, it Is a mean, low, con-
tomptible business, and putting food and
fodder into tho troughs Of herd Of iniqui-
ties that root and wallow in the soul Of
man is very poor business for mon and
women intended TO be sons and daughters
of the Lord Almighty, and whom this
young man resolved to 60 home it was
very wise thing for him TO do, and the on
IL question is whether wo will follow him.
Satan promises largo wages If VIC will
serve him, but no clothes his victims with
rags and he pinches them with hunger,
and when they start out to do better no
sets after them all the blOodhOunds of
hell. Satan comes to Us today, and no prom
Uses all luxuries ana emoluments if we
will only serve him. Liar, down with thee
TO the pitt 1.-THE wages of sin is death,
Oh, tho young man Of the text was visa
when no uttered The resolution, ~ will
arise and go 10 my father. In the time Of
Mary. the prosecutor, IA prosecutor came to
a Christian woman who had hidden in
her house fer the Lords sake one Of
Christ's servants, and the prosecutor said,
Where is that heretiog" The Christian
woman said, "You open that trunk and
you will see tho lerotic." The prosecutor
opened the trunk, and on tho top of the
linen of tho trunk he saw glass. Ho said,
There is no hereto here - "Ahw sho
said, lyon Look in the glass and you will
see the beretic
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

Nerves are weak, many people say,
and vet they do not seem TO know
that they are literally starving their
nerves. Weak, pale, thin blood can
not give proper sustenancc II that is
why you are nervous, tired, exhausted.
The cure for this condition is to
purify, vitalize and enrich your blood.
Take Hoods Sarsaparilla fairly and
faithfully, and the rich, red blood,
which it makes, viii soon feed the
nerves the elements of true strength
they require; they will cease their agi-
tation and will resume their proper
place - being under the control in
stead of controlling the brain and
body. Read Miss Bartley's letter:
81 want to express my gratitude for
what Hoods sarsaparilla has done for
me. My health has been very poor for
three years, due to trouble with my
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

s,,.,,,v.RE MARYLAND s. VlRGiS1A X. H.
az, Harrington for Franklin aud way station
N ~ "A NJ and 6.2S p. m. Tuesdsys, lhutsu"y'
and Saturday, only Returning, Tram caves ulN D
In Ci,y q 50 a. m week. days, LAD p. m luesuas B.
Thursdays aud Saturdays oniy ,,..,
Leave FAukia city Tor ChiaeOte4sue wa
steamsrl 43 D. IN week. days, heIufhihg' leaFe
Chipcoteague Az a. m. Weekdays
Leave Harrington for Georgetown nd Lewes
a. M IA n m weekdays aud 6--6 p = eeA-ua1 s.
Returniug leave Lswss 81 a. MS S-@J p III
weekdays.
For 2erlin, leave nau ngton 1887 a, M ana
s2ep. m. tuesdays Thursdays aid S1iurda9 -
Returning leave Berlin COY "a, in' ana ~ p H.
tuesdays, Thui sdsy and Saturdays ohh.
ouEss ANNE q KENT X. R--I.eaye Townsend
or Ceutreyilie and way stations 20 "a. IN. ana
$50 D. IN. weekdays. Re urnihg ieANe |e"t'i
willie 7sl a. IN. and $50 p. L.. week days.
DEL. 4 CuEsArKAKE X. Il. Leave clayton ioi
Oxford and way stations at 9.fS !. "a. AMI - +
a. weekdays. Returning leave OXIOiu O-'0 a. ~
and ~ p. IN. weekdays
tANBRfDaE & SEAFoKD r. R.-Lesse Ssaioi ,
for Cambridge End intermediate STATIONS a. IA 10
q In week days. and on Tuesdays, lhuisuAy So.
Satsrdays U5 D. In. Returning, leave Camoflase
g.2Oa m and on T1esdays Thursdays and Sal
urdays al T. IN
CoNNEorioN.-At Porter, with Newark 4 Del
aware CITY Railroad Al Towneend, with Qusen
Annes A Kent Railroad. Al Clayton, Win Del
a,ytr, 6 chesapeake railroad AID Bait ore ~
Delaware Bay railroad. Al Ia, flnstOh, win
Delaware Maryland E Virginia 'ilf0ao. ~
Seaford with Cambridge y az ira hal fOau. Al
Delmar, with New YORK, Pniii d 'hrt Y SorlO,A
Wicomico Il focOnOks aad PenttsiiA N7li -ohds
S. NJ, PROVOST, General Mara4er
paa Ace
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

iDaity. sDaily except Sunday
ga, tons 10 leave passengers from Wilmington
ana noirt. north, or take passengers TOR points
south OF Demar'
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODA tiON rita ~
cav, wilmington - 10 u. 10. aud gei D m dall'
and 9 49, Il Is q. m. sd 4su, bio, anu u'o2 r. ~
%eek- days. Leave New Castle 80 a. ni- ane
1913 p. m. daily. Ssl, 10. li'"' a''n' Ito
Nh. $40 and 7.29 pm. week days
E,,ore.s trans leaving Harrington sos a, m;
and trriying at ga p. m, week days run through
rolid to and from Baltimore, via Fofter a"u
Newark.
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10
new YoaKs 25.oOO wAITgRs.

some Of Their Unions--waiters From the
Swiss Canton of Ticino.
Moro numerous than tho United States
aryy,.5s permitted by law to be, the watt
~ New York city and its vicinity are
Van 25 eco strong. There are seven
on. Nortncus Of walters, and, practically
s,ne lines Of division. seven groups
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

When Baby was sick, We gavo her castoria-
When shO was . Child, She cried for castoria,
When she became Mis- she CLING 70 cestoria,
Ehenshabad clsgsirss e. seu 0sHoss~.
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-10

A lad at Liverpool went out to battle;
went out into the sea, went out too far,
got beyond his depth, and ho hoatod far
away. A ship bound for Dublin came
along and took him on board. Sailors arc
generally very generous follows, and one
gave him . cap and another gave him q
Jacket and another gave him shoes. a gem
tluman passing along on the beach ut Liv-
erpool found the lads clothes and took
them home and the father was heartbrO-
ken. the mother was heartbrokon, at the
loss Of their child They had heard moth
ing from him day after day, and they or
dered the usual mourning fer the sad
event But the lad took ship from Dub
lin and arrived in Liverpool the very day
tho mourning arrived. lie knocked at
the door The father was oyorjoyed and
the mother was oyerjoyed mt the re-
turn Of their lost SON oh, my friends,
have you wadod out too deepf Have VIM
waded down into sin? Have you waded
from the shore? VIII you como backf
When You come back, will you come in
the rags Of your sin or win You como robed
In tho Saviuur's righteousness l believe
tho latter Go homo to your God today.
He is whiting for you. Go homcl
But 1 remark the characteristic Of this
resolution was, it was Immediately put
into execution. The context says che
aroso and came to his father"
Tic trouble in ninc hundred and ninety
nino times out of thousand is that our
resolutions amount to nothing, because
VIC make them for some distant ting, If
resolve to become a Christian next year,
that amounts to nothing ut all. If l re-
solve to become a Christian tomorrow,
that amounts to nothing at all. If ! re-
solve at tho service this day to BECOME a
Christian, that amounts TO nothing at all,
If / resolve after go homo today to yield
my heart to God, that amounts to nothing
at all. Tho only kind Of resolution that
amounts to anything IS tho resolution that
is Immediately put into execution. There
Is man who had the typhoid fever. He
said, "Oh, if l could get over this terri
bic distress; If this fever should depart;
II ! could be restored to health, l would
ali the rest Of my life serve God. = The
fever departed He got we'll enough to
walk around the block. He got well enapf
TO 20 over to business. He is well tsen =
as well as no ever was. Where ig'Wai- !
ken yowS eblsn