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Evening star., 1896-07-04

Total cost of coffin for a old fool SIG O5
When MIR. Tuttle finished this sum he
went out to the wagon and shouldered his
coffin.
Hes not bringin' It in. Stasy," whispered
little Andrew.
Hes carryin' it to the wood pile" said
John. Oh. Stasy. he's cuttin' 1t up at the
wood pile"
The three young Tuttles met their father
AT the door when he came to the house
again. Mrs. Tuttle remained modestly in
The background: she did not quite under
stand Tuttles latest move.
'Well?'' said Tuttle. sinking upon a chair.
We're so glad you amt got no coffin,
father said little Andrew.
The three of them were upon him. Stasy
enthusiastically kissing his rough hand,
John embracing his knees. little Andrews
arms were around his neck.
"keepin up the expense OF 1t was too
hard on me- said Tuttle, land bein' you're
all so glad / reckon Ill allow that / ain't
sorry, neilher.'
Children is such funny things" said
Mrs. Tutlle. Laws, father, they're ready
TO eat you up"
They might as well." said Tuttle with
Sood-hun,ored laugh, 'since / amt got no
CoInh. LOUISE X. BAKER
Evening star., 1896-07-04
Slept i'm the Hen Coon.
ON Harper's Round Table.

From Harpers Round Table.
Papa, is Mrs. Bigelow very poor?"
mo. Cedric. Mrs. BiGelow is well off:
don't you know what nice house she has?"
But she sleeps in the hen coop, papa"
Why, Cedric,'
She said she did
What do You mean"
Don't you remember when she was here
to dinner night before last she excused her.
self. and said she must go home early be.
cause she went to bed with the chickens?''
Evening star., 1896-07-04

bell around the mules neck, and told Adlai
he should know that when that bell stop
ped ringing he had stopped work. For
some days. how ever, he noted that the bell
rang continuously. but that there was little
plow1ng done. He could not understand it,
and he SLIPPED quietly around to the corn
field, the bell keeping up it's ringing as he
came. When he reached the fence he look
ed In vain for Adlai or the mule. But the
bell still r1rg. He follow ed it's sound, and
there In the thicket at the side of the field
sat the bare-footed future Vice President
deep in the mysteries of Robinson Crusoe,
while his foot moved regularly to and fro
pulling al a string, one end of which was
attached to his big toe and the other to
the bell, which he had hung up on bush
a few yards away. 1t Is needless to say
that Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday
were laid away for that day at least. Soon
after this Adlai's father moved to Illinois,
but the boy came back to Centre College,
Kentucky, to get his education.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1896-07-04

IlI pl'IL1Iso i|G-'A
ocrats of the coun-
try will be in Chi
cago next week. Who
are they? What are
they? How do they
look, act and talk?
A score of them pass
before my minds
eye as / write. There
comes William G.
Whitney, who coun-
termanded his pas
sage to England and
~
Evening star., 1896-07-04
Gossip About Men Prominent in
Chicago Just Now.
aILLIONAIRES AT COMING CONVENTION
Farmers Boies and Bland and Vice
President Stevenson.
SO UTH ERN CONTIN TENT

(Copyr;ghted, 1885, b. Frank G. Carpenter.l
CHICAGO, July ., 1896.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21

"The use of the false neck is moro com
mon than one would naturally suppose, ="
writes Paris correspondent. 1T is worn
by ladies who are too thin to look well with
their necks entirely uncovered, and also by
those who nave delicate lungs and SO are
forced 70 keep the bust and throat thor
oughly protected from the cold.
- once saw one Of these false necks worn
by a Partisan belle who had just recovered
from severe attack of Inflammation Of
the lungs. The dress was cut square in
front, the opening (which was very wide)
being only filled in with single thickness
of tulle, slightly frilled and met at the top
bya collar necklace of pearls fitting closely
round the throut Under this slight veil
ing Of tulle there was visible what was ap-
parently the rose tinted flesh of the fair
wearer.
but l noticed that after she had In
dulgod in IA dance and came painting back
to her seat that part of her chest which
was shown by the square opening Of her
dress never moved. 1t was not stirred in
the least by her quickcned breathing. My
curiosity was aroused by this phenomenon,
and on looking closely l could sec how tho
thing was managed.
THE false neck was in wax, fitting
closely to the breast, and met ut the throat
by the collar of pearls. Sheets of flesh tint
cd wax slightly softened in warm water to
render them pliable are nodded upon thu
WearePls chest and shoulders by skillful
fingers so clcvcrly that it is almost impOs
sible to detect the deception. 1t is said that
20 is the charge for such identifying. -
Pearson's Weekly.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21

A well known Russian who was recently
asked 10y u tCreigncrwhy 81 much fuss was
being made over the coronation Of the car
replied by simply reminding his interlocu-
tor that Russia had more than IL, 900 miles
of Asiatic frontier. This is the briefest
way of accounting for the vast scale of
splendor and magniiicence on which a
coronation in Russia is still performed. 1t
certainly partakes more of the east than
the west and is perhaps calculated to i'm
press accordingly. In other European
countries the modern tendency is rather to
reduce tho details of such ceremonies,
while just the opposite tendency seems still
to prevail in Russia, A glance at the rec
Ords OF past corOnatiOns in that country
leads to the conclusion that the pomp and
circumstances attending them have not
diminished with the advance Of modern
ideas, but rather increased. Not only do
the rare coronation ceremonies of other
countries pale before the religious inaugu-
ration of Russian car, but there are 9TH
er powerful monarchics at present in Eu-
rope like Germany, for instance, where
the reigning sovereign has never yet under
gone a coronation and does not appear to
require one. In Russia however, it appears
TO be Indispensable to the government and
the nation Their great love Of display and
purely eastern traditions may also be reck-
Oned among the causes, but the machinery
of government is not supposed to get into
proper working order until after new
car has been crowned, and it is only then,
MS a general rule. that tho personal policy
of the imperial autocrlt becomes Il known
quantity both to his own people and to
the world at large. II .opdOn Times
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21

by the suffcrings of the cross, l demand
that he go free On this arm ne hath lean
ed to this heart he hath flown, in my tears
he hath washed, ON my righteousness he
hath depended. Let him go free; I am
the ransom. Let him escape the lash;
took the scourgings. Let the cup pass
from him; drank it to the dregs. Put on
him the crown of Lie, for l have worn the
crown Of thcrns. Over against my throne
of shame set his throne Of triumph"
Judgment.
Well, the counsel on both sides have
spoken and there is only one more thing
now remaining, and that is the awarding
of the Judgment. II you have ever been
in u courtroom, you know the silence and
solemnity when the verdict IS about to be
rendered or the Judgment about to be Civ
en-. About this soul on trial-shaI 1t be
saved or shall it be lost Attention, above,
around, beneathl All the universe cries,
"Hear, hearr'
The judge rises and gives this decision,
never TO be changed, never to be revoked,
"Thcre is, therefore, now no cOndemna-
ton TO them who are in Christ Jesus.
The soul that IN Jesus hath leaned for repose
l will not, will not, desert to his foes
That soul. though all he'll should endeavor to
shake.
III never; no, never; no, never, forsalSe.
But, my friends. there is coming day
Of trial in which not only the saint, but
the sinner must appear. That day Of trial
will come very suddenly. The farmer will
be at the pillow, the merchant will be in
the counting room, the woodman will be
ringing his axe on the hickories, the weav-
er will have his foot ON the treadle, the
manufacturer viii be walking amid the
buzz of locms and the clack of flying ma
chinery, the counsel may be at the bar
pleading the law, the minister may be in
the pulpit pleading the gospel, the drunk
ard may be io0ling amid his cups, and the
blasphemer with the oath caught between
his teeth.
Lo, the sun hides! Night comes down
at midnoOn. The stars appear at noon to.
day The earth shudders and throbs,
There an earthquake opens and city sinks
as crocodile would crunch child. Noun.
tains roll in their sockets and send down
their granite cliffs in avalanche Of rock.
Rivers pause in their chase for the sea,
and ocean appearing cries to flying Alps
and Himaayu. Beasts below and moan
and snuff up the darkness. Clouds fly like
Gocks of swift eagles. Great thunders beat
and boom and burst. Stars shoot and fall.
The Almighty, rising on his throne, declares
that time shall be no longer, and the arch
angels trump repeats it till all the living
hear and the continents Of dead spring tO
their feet, crying Time shall be no Ion
gerr' Oh, on that day will you be ready
L have shown you how well the Chris
tian will get off in his trial Win you get
off as well in your trial. Will Christ plead
on your side or against you? Oh, what
will you do in the last great assize If your
conscience is against you, and the world is
against you, ana the angels of heaven are
against you, ard the Holy Spirit is against
you. and the Lord God Almighty is against
you? Better this day secure an Advocate
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21
WRITES UPSIDE DOWN.
His Handwriting Is Legible and Letters
Well Formed.

His Handwriting Is Legible and Letters
Well Formed
There is a man who lives in Gam
bier. o.. who writes upside down from
force of habit. He has become so used
to the idea that he never writes like
other persons.
One day he walked into the Ebbitt
house in Washington. The clerk
turned the register book around in the
usual manner, so that he might inscribe
his name, but, to his astonishment,
the stranger reversed the volume quiet
ly so as to make the writing all up
side down from his point of view, AMI
added the name: "a. W. Mann,
Gambler" in the proper place.
Though writing his name upside
down he did it with as much ease and
quickness as a man would ordinarily
do it rightside up. The clerk did not
know what to make of it and asked him
to explain whether he always did 1t
that way. The stranger replied that it
was as comfortable for him to write
in that fashion as in the ordinary man
ner. He added that it was not difficult
Mt all to learn, and that anybody could
acquire this peculiar art, though he
had never met anyone in this country
or in Europe Tho knew how to write
upside down. lie claimed 10 have orig
mated the system.
And this information was not con-
vcyed by word of mouth, because Mr.
Mann is a deaf mute. He is clergy
man, and breaches by signs at Gambler.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21

A case showing great cunning and per-
severance, as well as tolerance of much
self inflicted pain continued for many
months is worth telling. The convict was
most determined and resOurceful in his
efforts at malingering. He began by run
ming "a piece of copper wire into his knee,
by which he nearly lost his leg. He then
produced "a number of sores round the
knee joint and kept up II great degree Of
swelling and Inflammation by means Of
rag and thread pushed into the wounds.
Upon the discovery Of this he took to in
Producing lime below the skin. On anoth-
er occasion bandage was found firmly
hound round the mans thigh, the result
being, In medical phraseology, extensive
swelling and liNidity Of the thigh"
The doctor ordered his limb TO be en-
veloped with u Ia lgc piece Of gutta percha
so as to checkma ! the prisoners malprac-
tices The latter however by means Of a
strip of Shooting ind the skewer to which
part of his dime I was attached, formed
tourniquet and } it compressed his leg so
much during the light as to quite neutral
We the medical [ l,atmcnt it had received
during the day The imPosture was at
length detected by an order Of the doctor To
sxpose the limb outside the bedclOthes to
the view of the officer by day aud night,
and from that hour progress was toward
complete recovery. Chambers Journal
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21

The collection Of storlSs, herOns and
cranes at Amsterdam is among the best in
Europe But these, unlike the cOrmQs
rants, are exhibited in entirely artificial
surroundings. Dutch taste is right in this
decision, for the birds are so decorative
both In form and plumage that conven-
tiOnal surroundings set off their beauty
and they appear to far greater advantage
than in the sections of a meadow, rallied
off by wire, in which they are kept in Re;
gents park They inhabit double line
Of square courts, paved with deep, dry sand
and faced with widely spaced bars. A
miniature canal of running water travels
through each of the courts, from end to
end OF the line In the center Of each row
is the fountain which supplies the stream,
arched over by chestnut trees and sur
rounded by groups Of solemn flalningoes.
Standing on the warm, dry sand by the
splashing stream, the groups Of crimson
headed cranes, gray, white and purple
herons scarlet or bronze ibises, egrets and
their kin are in plumage and condition As
perfect as it is possible for birds 70 be-
The cranes are In snph spirits that they
dance ali the morning, and even the ad-
jutant storks forget to look miserable. The
Figures in an Amsterdam cranes dance
are probably those which have always been
the fashion among cranes since they lived
on the Maeandcr. First they spread their
wings and leap lightly forward, then turn
and retire at the slow march, bowling as
each foot IL placed on the ground, and COM
plete the figure by tho goose step 4" he
nheasantries arc dmirably designed for ey-
hibiting tie Learty If Tic rare and COS
gcous birds from the Dutch East Indian
colonies Each Tl.r Of birds lives IN a
spacious court, Tie sides ard front Of the
Enclosure being bounded with trimmed
ivy, making Aamo TO lcIicture. Lon
don Spectator
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21
eueLE cALLs HARMoNIzEp.
Army and Navy win Use the Same Mel
Otlies Hereafter to Avoid Confusion.


There are 10 occasions worthy of the
slightest feeling in which music is not
used A PRACTICAL yet interesting way of
using melodies is the issuing Of orders in
the army and navy.
In all time previous to last week the or
ders of the army and navy in action were
unlike. In case of the coast crew being
called ashore tho confusion arising from
the navy not knowing the orders of the
army Gun lcrhaps De imagined better than
described but II committee have been at
work Investigating and adjusting matters
so that the eyont of like bugle directions
for both army ard navy have been estab-
lished and sanctioned by the signature of
the secretary of war.
In the infantry, cavalry and light artil-
lery the first call, guard mounting full
dress, overcoats, drill, stable, water, boots
and saddles, assembly, adjutant call, fire,
to arms, to horse, ,reveille, retreat, tattoo
taps, mess, ard sick, all these IRE the same.
The call for church of the light artillery is
quite a different melody and more sug-
gestive Of sacred music than the cavalry
or infantry calls Then the light infantry
have call to quarters which the others
have not.
OF course the drill signals differ in tho
three divisions Of the army, as their duties
are different Attention and halt are the
same Any order of front, right, rise, is
begun low and ends high In rear, left
and lie down the chord becomes cadency
that is, it ends low.
1.-THE Rogue's March, has something in
the melody which sounds hooking and
quite enough to discourage the poor fellow
who by some act is drummcd out of camp.
care you rot ashamed" fits the first
strain quite well.
The navy seems To be governed by the
individual trumreter, excepting the ro-
veille, morning colcrs, retreat, evening
colors, tattoo, ard eNtinguisiI lights, which
are used 10y al ships of war, but all other
orders, calls or signals arc Of each ships
own doyising For instance, n ship called
Polly has for one of its calls Polly, put
the kettle or. So that should part of
crew be transferred from ore ship to an
other their orders would be as Greek TO the
visitors
The expression of piping is call TO listen
for orders CT to breakfast The bout
swain's whistle is used for this, and it may
mean II change Of smoking hour. 1t is to
call attention for the order. The sailors go
to and retreat from quarters by fife and
drum. Fire, in action, is signaled by bell
or gong-that is, alarm Of fire. Gong is
also used for quick alarm at night.
Long roll of drum and goEg is the same
as tattoo. The stirring strains of assembly
often give courage TO u company almost
disorganized The quickstep gives the
weary feet strength whom the body is I'M
able to do without it. But music has such
power with the human frame that we
wonder WHY it is not considered of greater
inn ortanCo han it Is, not only @sthetical-
". but scientifically. -Mashington Post
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21

You cannot get quotation for the au'
rora borealis on the Stock Exchange. The
interest of the average newspaper reader
in Nansen, jackson and the balloon is
mingled with the suspicion that their re-
nown is foreign to practical affairs. There
may even be misgiving lurking at the
back Of this citizens mind that the dis
covery of tho pole would increase the edu.
cation rate by stimulating the Illicit zeal
of the teachers for tie inrarting of useless
information. So the arctic explorers are
regarded by many as interesting but fool
hardy persons who pursue Il chimera into
uncomfortable regions and provide little
excitement now and then by returning With
horrible tales of priyatiOn or by leaving
their bores in some frozen waste to serve
as milestOnes to their Successors.
On the other hand, the man who reaches
the polewil be the most prodigious lion Of
his time and Will set the popular imagina
ton in such a blaze that Air. Cook clients
will grid on their sealskins and collect
their potted meats Then flckle populace
will weary Of the north pole and will pine
for its neglected opposite in the south
where the mariner in Poe's tale was car.
.ied by the current into the bowels of the
earth after committing his yeracious mar
ratiye to bOttie.-LOndon Speaker
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21

We started him off with "Ivanhoe, and
he was graciously pleased to volunteer his
opinion that it was funny name. And
for a whole month 10 devoted himself fol-
perhaps two hours week to ''IvanhOe, -
and such was his conscientiousness that
We fully believe he never skipped word,
and so great his sense of the injury which
the great intellectual effort was inlicting
OH his leisure that he never took q single
word in.
"well old fellow, how is 'Ivanhoe' get
ting on?"
"Prctty we'll, thank you l."
GLOW far have you got"
ooh, I've nearly read and he consults
the top of the page-"one hundred and
twenty pages
"And whom do you like besti"
A hRsty glance at tho page to SEQ what
name came handiest.
"Oh, Wanda
He looks 50 extremely woebegono over
our cross questioning that VIC mako fec
bic attempt ut q joke.
a little fellow feeling, ch, my boys"
Blank g;.zc
"You don't know what mean, sup
posi-
mo"
'well. you know what Wanda wasp
Eyes, " rather obviously.
"Weil, whatgn
''Ono 81 the chaps in the book ''--Blaek-
woods Magazine.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21

A comedian who had been engaged to
entertain a family party proposed at tho
conclusion of the performance u little game
of his own.
Each OF the company, himself included,
was to stake a shilling, and the pool would
be taken by the person who possessed the
most Of the articles which he tine come
dian) would inquire for,
On his assurance that he would take no
mean advantage, but run the same risk as
the rest, all tho members of the part. con-
sented, and between 20 and 80 shislings
were soon laid ON the table.
The comedian added his shilling to the
pile with "a cunning smile and then said,
"Now, which Of you ladies' and gentle
meE happens to have the greatest number
of false teeths"
Dcathhke silence for the space Of one
minute, then a burst of laughter, both
hearty and in some cnses forced,
Il have three, - continued the comedian.
'Who has got more"
The comedian took tbs pool-Strand
Magazine
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21

81 have adopted a rule never to give any
verbal prescriptions to patients, remarked
a leading physician, ''for have observed
that in many cases harm is done by il.
My rule now is to put in writing all the
ordars / leave for patients. 1t is surprising
Whit errors patients make, for medicine is
something which the ordinary man or
woman gives but little attention to. OF
course now and then we find patients who
take to medicines naturally and who UNI
derstand them, their names and action,
almost ms do physicians but this does not
often happen, for that class of persons sell
dom allow themselves to get sick enough
to need physician. To the ordinary per-
son who is not sick on an average over
one or two lays in that number of years
medicines 20 past their understanding,
and they get things wonderfully mixed.
ITO illustrate. Some days ago a store
keeper called at my Office to show me
sure foot. As he never had "a sore foot be-
fore he thought it something very serious
81 explained it to him by saying that it
was simply chafe, and that all he needed
was TO apply little vaseline to 1t once or
twice day. In a few minutes afterward
/ was in a drug store near by, usinga tele-
phone Imagine my surprise when heard
him ask the druggist for Il small quantity
Of gasoline l turned to him and asked
him what he intended to do with the gaso-
line, for somehow noticed that his mind
was preoccupied when prescribed for him,
and that he paid but little attention to
what l said, ard he told me he intended
using 1t on his foot, as 1 had advised him.
That settled it with me, and immediate
ly adopted rule 1 had been thinking
about for several years and now write out
everything 1 prescribe for patients. 1t
may cost them more this way, but It is
safer for them and will pay in the end.
Had he put gasoline on his foot it would
have almost set him crazy, and he would
have blamed me, instead of his own mat
tention. Washington Star
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21

Among the many wonderful freaks in
nature there is nCEe in the geological lire
that can POSSIBLY excel that known as
"The Giants Head, 1t stands, or rather
reclines, against tho face Of the cliff at
Point Pinos, in Monterey county, Cal,
and all who have viewed the wonder de-
clare it to he the most colossal rs well as
the most marvellous freak in natural sculp-
ture in existence. All portions OF the
"head" except the back (which appears to
be blocked" into the metamorphic rocks
against which it seems to be so naturally
reclinius) are rs perfect as though fresh
from the hands of some giant sculptor.
The chin, mouth nose, eyes and brow are
all perfect, as is also the hair, which ap-
pears to be gracefully "roached' back
from the forehead The ears are not SO
"true to lie" as tie ether features are, but
even in this respect no stretch of the imag-
nation is required in order to see tOlerably
perfect auricular appendages. The bold
features, backward wave of the hair, mass
i've forehead mustache, finely chiseled
nostrils and deep set eyes are all repro
duced on a natural yet gigantic scale and
with wonderful exaCtness. The freak
stands near the Point Pinos lighthouse,
being but about 500 feet from that build.
ing in noltherly direction. The "head"
stands almost at tide level, the lower pOr-
ton of the face being partially submerged
during high water. At time Of low tide,
however, the wonder is high and dry and
is at that time marvellous marvel from
whatever direction it is viewed. st. Louis
Republic.