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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10
THINKS THE MOO S SAFE.
Its Secrets WIN Not Be Revealed by tn
Big Paris Telescope.

!
/ George Manville Fem, in a letter to the
] London News, has this to say about the
great Paris telescope now making at Paris,
and which, according to recent stories, is
70 show "the moon one yard OFFS"
Il have read with much interest the ar
ticle Of your Paris correspondent bearing
the above heading from the fact that for
the past two years have been experiment
ing upon the possibility Of producing a
telescope or optic glass Of far greater pow
er than anything we have at present on the
way.
"Now, NJ. Deloncle's venture for the
Paris exhibition certainly sounds big but
upon carefully going over your correspond
ent's report it seems to me - perhaps
wrongly-that the learned Frenchman is
not about to eclipse the Mount Hamilton
glass; neither will he equal the larger in
strument being set up at Chicago These
ara refractors pure and simple, but with
all the resources of the glassmaler brought
to bear in producing the most perfect
lenses
"We read nothing Of the kind with re-
gard to NJ. Deloncle's instrument We are
told of a huge disk of glass nearly feet in
diameter, but upon your correspondents
showing this is not to form either the OBJ
jective for n refracting telescope or a mir
ror for u rejecting telescope but plane
mirror to use on the principle Of sidero-
stat, while the lenses of flint and crown
glass, which form the true telescope, arc
meter 25 centimeters in diamcter-that is,
about that of the Chicago glass, whose
power it cannot possibly equal, from the
loss of light caused by the moon Is rays be-
ing reflected from his plane mirror through
his huge tube-that is to say, the rays are
received standardization the reflector,
instead Of primarily from the planet, as in
the case of all great refracting telescopes
"From the above circumstances the |
image to be produced must be fainter upon
NJ Deloncles principle, and he proposes to /
weaken 1t still moro by casting the image |
upon n screen instead of directly upon tho !
retina Of the Observers eye. For popular |
visual purposes NJ DelOnclc's instrument |
will doubtless be n success, but twill only |
prove so from the spectacular point Of view
to amuse an audience. Its scientific val
nc will DO nil, while its cost seems to me
absurd. l venture to think that upon my
own principle 1 could produce ten times
the effect at u tithe of tho amount If ! |
am wrong, couple Of years thoughtful
experimenting have been in vain. "
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10

Once every five years the mayor and cor
pOration of Ncwcastlc-on- Tyne go in state
from the mouth of the river to the upper
reaches to proclaim the in right to the fore
shore They went yesterday, May IA, and
the mayor still in accordance with custom,
landed at village green, and kissing the
prettiest girl present gave her new SOW
ereign. That's for remembrance, as Ophe
liza says There arc compensations, then,
for the tolls incidental to civic functions
There must be a keen competition for the
mayoralty every five years.
The civic fathers, we observe, are con-
veyed in "Elizabethan barges. Is this
some faint and faroff commemoratiOn Of
the fact that there was kissing every five
minutes or 50 in the reign of the virgin
queen and before? Erasmus, in one of his
4pistles, says that he never saw such peo-
pie for kissing as the English They kissed
all around on the slightest provocation-
at meeting, at parting and apparently when
anybody said a good thing Newcastle's
rare indulgence in this exercise testiflcs to
the increasing pressure Of public business
In modern times. London News
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10

Many localities retain the names origi
nally bestowed upon them by the Celti
BrltOns, those, for example, which hay,
the prefix cum, which Is the Welsh cwm
valley. Anderson, the local poet. enumer
ates them:
There's Cumwhitton, Cumwhinton Cum
ranton,
Cumrangan. Cumrew and Cumcatch.
And mony mair Gums in the county,
Bus min wi Cumdivock can match.
Some of the above names, it will be OBJ
served, have the Anglo-Saxon "ton" super
added to them,
The familiar Celtic preflxes, pen, "a hill.
top, and caer, u fortress, appear in Penrith
and Penruddock, which both signify "red
hill, " Cardurnock and Carlisle, or Caer-
Leol Durnock may be the Gaelic dwr-
cnoc, "water hill, " or else n proper name.
Leol is merely a contraction Of Luguvalli-
um, the Roman name Of Carlisle and the
Latinized form of some unpronounceable
appellation by which the Britons desig-
mated the site Of that city.
In Talkin we recognize the Celtic word
talcen, a brow, and in Castle CarTock we
may trace the Gaelic carragh (Which means
a large stone set ON end) or the Welsh careg
rock.
The river names Of the county are for the
most part of Celtic origin. Thus the Irth-
ing wandering over the alluvlal plain, is
believed to derive its name from the Welsh
g0vryddu, to writhe or turn, and the Gelt,
dashing over its bed of red sandstone, from
the Celtic gait, rock
OF mountain names, Helvellyn, the vel
low mountain; Rivelyn, the red mountain,
and Blencathra, the seat mountain 1.-THE
ancient name Of Saddleback), are Celtic
The Gaelic word cathair and Welsh cader
mean chair, and Blaen is Welsh term
for n hilltop occurring in other local
names, such rs Blencow and Blennerhas-
Magazine
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10

Miss Norma Munro, daughter of Mrs.
Norman l. Munro of Norwood Park, has
introduced a novel feature in summer life
at Long Branch 1t is the dummy foot
man.
Miss Munro is one Of the most expert
whips at the Branch She handles a four
INLAND with all the grace of a professional
and is an accomplished horseback rider
Miss Munro's footman is q creation of terra
Gotta and wears n gray suit with hat and
gloves to match. The dummy occupies the
fooman's sent, and only the most rigid
observer can correctly answer the often re-
peated question, SIS it alive"
The new fad promises to become popular
ut the Branch this season New York
World
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10

Captain Donegan, a retired lake sailor,
was noted for his good nature, an instance
of which is given by The Times Herald;
He once shipped an old fellow named
Dougal merely to give him place t. eat
and sleep Dougal was not expected to
go aloft OF do any hard work, and he
knew it. One day, when it was blowing
pretty fresh, the captain, for joke, called
Dougal and told him to go up and furl
the topgallant sail
81 win ma, said the old fellow, looking
up in the captains face in a surprised
way
Come, come, man, up with you'll
Don't you see the to gallant sail win blow
away?"
II viii IA, reiterated Dougal rye
can easy get anither topsail, captain, but
my wife Gamma get anither Dougal
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10

A correspondent Of tho London Times
has discovered In the French national
archives an original memorandum in
which the famous sen rover Paul Jones,
told the story of one Of the occurrences
connected with his raid on the British
coasts in 17TS. Jones wrote:
Returning on board the Ranger, the
wind being favorable, l sailed for the Scot
fish coast My intention was to capture
the Earl OF Scllirk and dctain him as a
hostage Accordingly the same day, April
23, l77S, about noon, having with NE
a single boat, only two officers and small
guard, landed on that nOblemap estate
On landing met some of Sao inhab-
itants who, taking me foran Englishman,
told me that Lord Sellsirl Was then in
London, but that ny lady, his wife, and
several Indy friends were at home. This
made me resolve 10 return Immediately to
my boat and go back to the Ranger This
moderate conduct was rot to the taste Of
my men, who were inclined tn pillage,
burn and devastate all they could Though
this would have been making war after
the fashion of the English. did not think
it fit to initiate them, especially on this oc-
casion considering what was due to a lady.
1t was necessary, however, to find some
compromise TO satisfy tho cupidity Of my
crew and TO spare Lady Sclkirk had
only moment for choice. What seemed to
me best to reconcile everything was to or
der the two officers to 60 to the mansion
with my guard. which wRs to remain out
side under arms while they alone entered
They were then politely 70 asl. for the fam
lily plate, to stay only n few minutes, to
take what was rivcn them without de-
handing anything more and return i'm
mediately aftcrward without proceeding
TO any search.
1 was strictly oheycd. The plate was
given up Lady Selkirk told the officers
several times over that she was very scnsi-
Bile of the moderation shown by me. She
even wished to come to the beach, a mile
from her mansion, to invite me to dine
with her, but the officers begged her not
to take the trouble to do this
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10
Do Women Iver GroW nld9

A servant robbed Mile. Mars Of her dia-
monds one evening while she was at the
theater. Arrested, he was put upon trial,
and witnesses were summoned TO bear tes-
timony to his guilt. Among these was
Mile. Mars. She was greatly annoyed at
this, as, according 30 the rules Of French
practice, the witness, after being sworn,
gives his age
Now, the age of Mile. Mars was an i'm
penetrable mystery The day Of the trial
came and she was at her place. The court
room was filed, and when she was put in
the witness box every ear was bent toward
her to catch the age she would give as her
own.
your name?" said the presiding judge
"Anne FRANCHISE Hippolyte Mars. "
tWhat Is your professiOng"
IAN actress Of the French comedy"
"What is your ege?'
"Umpty years.
tWhats' inquired the presiding judge,
leaning forward.
IL have inst told your honor replied
the actress giving one OF those Irresistible
Smiles which won the most hostile pit.
The judge smiled in turn, and when he
asked, as he did Immediately, 'Whero do
you liver applause long prevented Nile
Mars from replying, Paris Letter
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10

The new Duchess Of Marlborough thinks
that the salient feature Of England is its
devotion to bazaars. OF this she judges by
her correspondence which includes scores
and scores Of letters asking her TO open OF
otherwise patronize these forms Of mingled
charity and amusement Hcr grace Is, Of
course, for the moment the greatest
sdl4lw" at any lottery or fancy fair that
can be found, aud this thechildren Of light
nre wise enough to know Tie duchess.
however, too staple to soe her own person
I'll attraction, can only suppose that pre-
vailing passion Tor bazaars Is a thing to be
reckoned upon if you come TO live in an
easter1l-a comparatively eastorn--land. =
London Chronicle.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10

~ 1t is a nitrogen gatherer; (2) shades
the soils in summer, keeping them in a
condition most suitable to the most rapid
nitriflcation and leaves them friable and
loose in the best condition for a future
crop; 90 it has large root Development
and hence pumps up from great depths
and large areas the water and with it the
mineral matter needed by the plant; az
It's adaptability to all kinds of soils, stiffest
clays to most porous sands, fertile alluvial
bottoms to barren uplands (5) it stands
the beat and sunshine Of southern sum
mers; (6) its rapid growth enables the
farmer in the south TO grow two crops a
year on the same soil; ca if sown thickly,
1t will, by its rapid growth and shade, effec-
tually smother all weeds and thus serve as
cleansing CROP (S) it is the best prepar-
atory crop known to the southern farmer
every kind of crop grows well after 1t; (9)
on the alluvial lands of Mississippi bot
toms it serves to pump off excessive water,
evaporating it through its great foliage,
thus keeping the soil in condition for
most rapid nitriflcatiOn during the entire
growing season; 10) it furnishes a most
excellent food in large quantities for both
man and animals.
With all Of these advantages it is no
wonder that it is called the ''clover Of the
south, " and were it used regularly through
out the south as one Of the crops in rcgu-
lar but short system of rotation the soils of
this section would soon rival in fertility
their primitive conditions. - Farmers
Voice
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10

The question has often been raised,
"What system did Moltke pursue in
strategy" All are now pretty well agreed
in answering it as follows, His system
iay in the maxim, March on different
lines and concentrate TO strike The
question is, of course. wrongly put, for
what great commander ever followed any
System Of stratcgyg" And the answer
given above is not less wrong IN itself for
it expresses no principle, but merely con
tains one of many conditions without
which great bodies Of troops cannot posi-.
bly, DO handled or war on q large scale
sarTled on. Forum.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10
Electric LIghta ralen From a church.

The authorities Of the Church Of Notre
Dame have recently discarded electricity as
a lighting system for the vast cdificc. The
change was brought on by decision OF the
insurance companies, who were unwilling
to continue the risk which they claimed to
exist with the electric system rs it ssacd
The electric lights around the gfssd altar.
which are used for the illumination On
solemn occasions have been rot.tiacd, Eut
the electric power will no lonecT tc Gerer-
ated on the premises, and the Light Will be
furnished by n correction with the wires
Of the Royal Electric company. This viii
do away with complicated system of
wires. and thomotors that had beellI laced
In the basement Of the church have boon
eold - Mentreal Witness
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10

when inc knocking was now
''The Marine band concerts at the White
House grounds, " observed James Ryder,
who has figured as a hotel waiter for nearly
half a century, were before the war a
closed event as far as we colored people
were concerned, for no cOlorcd persons
were ever admitted to the grounds unless
they went there in the capacity of nurses
for children or attendents upon elderly
persons. To the knowing ones, however,
there was no difficulty. All we had to do
was to go there with some white boys OF
girls and represent that we were servants
or some ones servants sent there for chill
dren or others. No one then objected, and
we could listen to the music Just the same
as Others. I was there when the 'MOcking
Bird was first played. 1t was dedicated
to Miss Harriet Lane, the niece of Presi- (
dent Buchanan, and its first performance
was q big event Talk about whistling !
popular songs or marches these days, why, /
they are simply not in it. The 'Mocking
Bird was whistled by the press, the pub
lie and clergy and nearly every one else
who could cock lip. There were Mock !
ing Bird waltzes, pollSas, redowas and
other things in that line until you could
not rest As the band finished the first
public rendition of the 'Mocking Bird all
eyes turned to Miss Lane, who stood the
central figure in group on the south por-
tico. She bowed her acknowledgement
and thanks and Joined the others in clap
ping her hands applauding the band Col
Ored people always wore their Sunday
clothes when they went to the music, as
it was called those days, and / wish more
of them did SO now. Washington Star.
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MILFORD. DEL, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1896

swering not word, drinking the gall,
bearing the cross, in prospect of the rap
turOus cOnsummatiOn when
Angels thronged his chariot wheel
And bore him to his throne
Then swept their golden harps and sung
The glorious work is done.
o woman, does not this story Of Vashti
the queen, Vashti the veiled Vashti the
sacrifice, Vashti the silent, move your SOUL
My sermon conyerges into the one absorb
ing hope that none Of you mny be shut out
of the palace gate of heaven. You can en-
dure the hardships and the privations and
the cruelties and the misfortunes Of this
life II you can only gain admission there.
Through the blood OF the everlasting COW
enant, you go through these gates or never
60 at all. God forbid that you should at
last be banishcd from the society of angels
and banished from the companionship Of
your glorincd kindred and banished for
ever Through the rich grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ may you be enabled to imi
tate the example Of Rachel and Hannah
and Abigail and Deborah and Mary and
Esther and Vashh. Amen
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10

In the first place, l want you to look
upon Vashti the queen. A blue ribbon,
rayed with white, drawn around her fore
head, indicated her queenly position. 1t
was no small honor to be queen in such a
realm as that Hark to the rustic of her
robesl See the blaze Of her jewelsl And
yet, my friends, it is not necessary to nave
palace and regal robe in order to be queen
" When l see woman with strong faith
in God putting her foot upon all meanness
and sellshness and goddess display, going
right forward to serve Christ and the race
by a grand and glorious service, say
"That woman is queen, and the ranks
of heaven look over the battlements upon
the coronation, and whether she como up
from the shanty on the commons Ct the
mansion Of the fashionable square / greet
her with the shout: IAN hail Queen
Vashti" What glory was there on the
brow of Mary of Scotland, or Elizabeth Of
England, or Margaret of France, or Cath
crime Of Russia compared with the worth
of some of our Christian mothers, many Of
them gone into glory; or Of that woman
mentioned in the Scriptures who put nh
her money into the Lord treasury; or Of
Jephthahs daughter, who made demon
strltion Of unseliish patriotism; or of Abb
gail, VINO rescued Nlt leftlS anu llDCiNn VI
her husband; or Of Ruth, who toiled under
a tropical sun for poor, old, helpless Naomi;
or of Florence Nightingale, who went at
midnight to stanch the battle wounds of
the Crimea; or of Mrs. Adoniram Judson,
who kindled the lights Of salvation amid
the darkness of Burma; or of Mrs. He
mans, who poured out her holy soul in
words which win forever DO associated
with hunters horn, and captive's chain
and bridal hour, and lute's throb, and cur
Jews knell at the dying day, and scores
and hundreds of women unknown on earth
who have given water Tn the thirsty aud
Dreiu 60 5ne hungry ana medicine 20 the !
sick and smiles to the discouaged-thei
footsteps heard along dark lane and In
gol ernmcnt hospital and in alinshouse cor /
ridor and by prison gate? There may be !
no royal robe; there may be no palatial |
surroundings She does not need them, for /
all charitable men will unite with the /
crackling lips Of fever struck hospital and /
plague blotched lazaretto in greeting hera I
she passes: "Haill Iiaill Queen NashtiW |
vashtI Yelled.
Again, / want you to consider Vashti /
the Yelled. Had sheaPrearcd before Ahnsu- /
erus and his court on that day with her (
face uncovered she would have shocked all T
the delicacies of oriental society, and tho
very men who in their intoxication de.
manded that she come in their sober mo-
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10
An EnrIish view Of Lord Dufrerin.

The well graced motor leaves the stage
Lord Dufferin, by rights, ought to have re.
tired some time ago, but his time was ex-
tended. He has been viceroy Of Canada,
viceroy of India, ambassador at St Peters
burg, and he has ended with Paris, the
blue ribbon of the diplomatic turf And
yet it would be difficult to say to what
moral or intellectual qualities he owes his
extraordi nary success. A great man he as
suredly is not in any sense Of the term. He
is a very bad linguist, even for our diplo-
mAtic service, and it is impossible to point
to any treaty that he has negotiated orany
difficulty that he has settled in Europe
Neither in Canada nor in India win his
name be associated with any reform or leg
islative achievement, though no doubt it Is
true that in these days the initiative Of
ambassadors and vicerOys has been destroy
ed by the telegraph. Perhaps Lord Duffer-
ms greatest merit is that he has an in
stinctive eye for the line of lcast resistance,
which he has always followed with the ease
and gayety of well bred Irishlnan. He is
not a wit, but he says pleasant and point
ed things at the right time to the right
people he win now retire Saturday Re
viz
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10

Dilby-Alas, this world is full Of
change.
Dedbroke-Yes; but confound it, the
only trouble with me is that i can't
seem to get hold Of enough of it to go
halfway round-Town Topics.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-10

In another part of the palace Queen
Vashti is entertaining the princesses of
Persia at banquet. Drunken Ahasuerus
says to his servants, ''You go out and fetch
Vashti from that banquet with the women
and bring her to this banquet with the
men and let nc display her beauty" The
servants Immediately start to obey the
kings command but there was a rule in
oriental society that no woman might ap-
pear in public without having her face
yelled Yet here was a mandate, that no
one dare dispute, demanding that Vashti
come in unveiled before the multitude.
However, there was in Vashti's soul u
principle more regal than Ahasuerus, more
brilliant than the gold of Shushan, of more
wealth than the realm of Persia, which
commanded her to disobey this order Of
the king, and so all the righteousness and
holiness and modesty of her nature rises
up into one sublime refusal She says, Il
will not go into the banquet unveiled. "
OF course Ahasuerus was infuriate, and
Vashti, robbed of her position and her es-
tate, is driven forth in poverty and ruin
to suffer the scOrn of nation, and yet to
receive the applause of after generations
who shall rise up to admire this martyr to
kingly insolence Well, the last vestige Of
that feast is gone, the last garland has
faded, the last arch has fallen, the last
tanliartl has been destroyed, and Shushan
is u ruin, but as long as the world stands
there will be multitudes of men and wom-
en- familiar with the Bible who will come
into this picture gallery of God and admire
the divine portrait of Vashti the queen,
Vashti the yelled, Vashti the sacrifice,
Vashti the silent