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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24

Many an English and Australian friend
has said to me; ~ should think you
would be afraid to travel In America; you
always seem to be having such dreadful
railway accidents. We scarcely take up u
paper without seeing an account of some
new horror Alas, that it cannot be said
that the frequency Of railroad horrors is a
popular delusion, but the fears of my
friend We're largely exaggerated, because
the papers he saw gave him very little else
than these accounts of direful railway nc
cidents and other disasters, When in
formed him That had Travelled many tens
of thousands Of miles without meeting a
serious mishap or ever being held up by
highwaymen, it almost passed his compre-
hension and he made up his mind that
either the papers which he habitually read
or myself had boon drawing u long bow.
One Of these same friends, who enter
talned these fears / regret to say, being
somewhat soothed by my favorable ac-
count Of railway travel in the United
States, ventured across the Atlantic and
even visited the Worlds fair in Chicago
Alas for his temerityl For Ia the very
heart of this land of the free his train was
stopped by 'Foad agents. Its express car
was rilled of its contents and the robbers
got of with their booty scot free. What
realistic accounts lac must have carried
homo and how he will corroborate every
account of robbery and disaster which lie
secs in the London arersl-Rey. Br.
Francis L. Clark in North American Re
view.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24

In the early years of the last century we
find in The Taller of Aug. go 171O, a
charmingly written paper by Addison on
the eccentricitics of virtuoso who had
"laid out considerable estate in natural
rarities and curiosties. " In his will
Nicholas Gimcrac1, the aforesaid virtuoso,
bequeaths to his wife one box of butter
flies, one drawer of shells, a female slele-
ton and dried cockatrice; to his little
daughter Fanny, three crocodile eggs and
upon the birth of her first child, If she
marries with her mothers consent, the
nest of hmnming bird; to his eldest
brother, as ian acknowledgement for the
lands he has vested in my son Charles, "
his last years collection of grasshOppers;
having provided for his nephew Isaac by
making cover to him some years since" "a
horned scarabeus the skin Of IL rattle
snake and the mummy of an Egyptian
king, no made no further provision for
him in his will; my eldest son John,
having spoken disrespectfully of his little
sister, whom l keep by Inc in spirits Of
wine, and in many other instances behaved
himself undutifully toward me, do dis
inherit and wholly cut off from any part
of this my personal estate by giving him
a single cockleshell, and so on.-Temple
BAR
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24

To those who study with an unbiased
mind the reports of the CHASTITY Moscow
crush" and trout, there Is something
so unspeakahly painful in the descrip-
ton of the brutishness and the callOusness
of the masses OF besOtted mujiks, who, for
the sake of tinsel cup, IL sausage, Il piece
Of bread and few sweetneats, trampled
each other to death in their hundred thou
sands; the survivors coming afterward
back in the most uncOncerned manner, to
continue enjoying the sorry amusements
offered to them, while heaps Of dishgured
corpses were still lying about Next to
the horrors Of the spectacle of inhunanity
the foreign observer notes the shocking
contrast Of the uninterrupted festivities at
court Nor can he help being Disguised by
the heartless way in which the Moscow
Journals were made, evidently by govern
ment order, to restrict their report of the
unparalleled event to 100 words, couched
in the coolest language, without a syllable
of sympathetic cOmmiseRtion.
The righteousness of the condition Of
Russia, in spite Of the outward glitter of
pompous ceremonies, is thus brought home
to the slowest understanding. 1t would
be q fortunate day for nation whose
peasantry is so degraded and whose edu-
Gated classes arc disinherited from all leg
islative representation if at last n begin
ming were made with home reforms in
parliamentary sense instead Of the energy
Of the country being necessarily used for
new territorial conquosts and policy Of
aggression, which in the end may lead to
one Of those tremendous and sudden col
lapses not infrcquent in Muscovite his
tory. Thousands have this time died for
the car &" Let Nicholas II beware lest, by
persisting in the autOcratic course of his
nanesake and predecessors, he should
bring danger upon the unwieldy empire
and provoke for himself the fate of Alex
ander u.-KArl Blind in North American
Review
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24
eoULp.s NovgL SMOKING ROOM.
Unique Electric Pen Decorations on HI
steam Yacht AtaIanta.

( Unique Electric Pen Decorations on Hi
steam Yacht AtaIanta.
George j. Gould, who is commodore OF
the Atlantic Yacht club, has recently had
a number of alterations made to the into
Tior of his magnificent steam yacht Ata.
lanta, which, as every one knows, is one
of the most laxurlously equipped yachts on
this side Of the Atlantic. When the Alta
lanta was originally built, some 10 years
ago, for Jay Gould, the father of the pres,
ent owner, yachtsmen came from far and
near to examine the wonderful carving In
her dining saloon which is the most mag
niflcent apartment Of its kind on any yucht.
On the Atlanta, as is the custom on
many English yachts the owners quar-
tcrs are fOrwsHd instead of aft, as Is usual
~ the case, and the principal apartment
on the main deck Is large ladies' saloon,
which leads by a stairway aft TO the dining
saloon below. This year MIR. Gould had
about ten feet taken off the after end OF
the Indies saloon, which he has converted
into smoking room and buffet, where he
can drink a cocktail and smoke friendly
cigar without being disturbed
This room, though hardly noticeable,
on accountof its size, being only about ten
feet square, Is chiefly remarkable for its
unique decorations and the inscriptions on
its walls, which instantly attract the at
tontion Of tie most Llase yachtsmen on &C
count of their beauty and originality.
The room which Mr.. Gould calls his
rden" is beautifully paneled in white
ash, surrounded by red leather covered
sofas. While this is not very remarkable
In itself, the decorations are, for burned
into the wood for about tenth of an inch
by tho aid Of an electric Zen are scroll
work figures running along the wall, sides
and even in the beams supporting the cell
ing. 1he contrast between the smoky
character of the decorations and the white
ash background is remarkably beautiful
and has attracted the attention of every
visitor on the Atalanta since the room has
been opened. In case any visitor should
forget his real reason for entering the room
in his admiration for the decorations,
Commodore Gould has kindly burned into
the wall the following inscription:
If ON my theme rightly think, there are five
reasons Why we drink;
Good wine, u friend. because I'm dry, or lest
should be by nd Ly, or any other reason why,
Eve won't count this one. -
While on the other side of the room are
the following lines:
would'st thou know the secrets Of the sea9
Only those who brave its dangers
Comprehend its mysteries.
This is about the first work of its kind |
ever done by the electric pen, and Judging |
by the result on the Atillanta it has open
ed new field for the decoration of natu- |
raj wood, New York Sun,
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24

a LESSON TO GLOUCESTER.
SMALLPOX Epidemic Teaches People tn.
Value Of Vaccination.

! NAAAN u hAtCAAhAAuns
The recent outbreak of smallpox in
the slums of Gloucester was, according
10 recent reports in the London Stand
ard, very serious affair. Eleven per-
sons are known to have been removed
70 the hospital IN two days In one par
ticular court The neighborhood re-
ferred to is in an exceedingly dirty con-
dition, and crowded to excess.
A medical man states that not one
single person who has been successfully
revaccinated has been admitted to any
Of the hospitals suffering from the dis
ease.
Every facility is now offered to the
working classes to be vaccinated or re-
vaccinated, free of expense, with calf
lumph If desired. either at their own
homes or at the numerous vaccination
stations which have been temporarily
opened in all parts of the city.
The effect of the epidemic on many
trades was disastrous, business in
some cases being almost at standstill.
Diapers, tailors, dealers in furniture.
etc, were greatly affected, while the re-
ceipts of tram-cars were little more
than One-half the amount taken at or
binary times, and this notwithstanding
the fact that on the windows of each
car notice was posted stating that tho
conveyance was regularly disinfeeted.
With reference to the cost Of the cpl
demic to the city prominent official in
formed me that, judging from past ex-
perience, he estimates that this will be
1t least c 10000 or $4,000.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24

Sir Joshua, Gai.s borough, ROmney, the
men of genius who ehbody brilliant
epoch Of English painting, have certainly
rendered the grace and charm Of woman
hood in a quite unequalcd manner. But
grace and charm arc not everything.
consider that an idea of wOmanhOod which
Is founded almost exclusively ON grace and
charm is a very poor ideal.
And not only is their ideal very nimsy
one, but tho way in which they allowed it
to swallow up the individuality of their
sittcrs is fatal TO the highest portraiture.
There is an astounding similarity of type
throughout the school. We're none Of their
innumerlble female sitters ever broad
shouldered2 Had they none of the big firm
mouths and square jaws They cannot all
have been slim aid dainty. Had none of
them the magnificent robust type of the
Venus Of Milo or Of the women of TitianY
Indeed, VIC may go much farther. Some
of them must have been fat. Do We ever
find stout woman in the painting of this
SCHOOL, And some Of them must have been
short and squat and some of them must
have bcen downright ugly. But We never
see them. l am aware that there is the
most extraordinary ard even uncanny
power of adaptation in the female form to
tine prevailing fashion, bat it is not I'M
limited. For instance, it is now the fash
ion for women to be till, and it is Fppark-
able how many Of them contrive to BIO in
the fashion, but there are exceptions in
these charming portraits there seem to be
practically no exceptions to tho prevailing
type, Decidedly there must have been
great Lack of sincerity in these cOurtly
painters, and 1 maintain most strongly
that for tho very highest portraiture sin
ccrity is an essential -Nineteenth Cen
furry
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24

Madam" he said in a gentle, sooth-
ing voice, which only the man who has
something to sell can successfully as
sumo. II have here an article of soap
which,"
Don't want any SOAP" she replied
fatty.
''But your younger brother there
must get a great many grease spots on
his clothes. Now, if you would provide
some of that soap"
when you allude to my younger
brother, I suppose You mean that boy
who is standing over by the fence?"
Certainly"
well, he isn't my younger brother.
He's my son, and what's more, he's the
youngest of four. and what's more than
that, read the papers. and if you think
you can flatter me by pretending that
I look youthful, you're wrong. don't
need any soap, and my times precious"
Detroit Free Press.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24

life Of street gadding ana gossip retail
ing, hanging on her children the fripperies
and follies of this world, secs those chill
dren tossed out ON tie sea of life like foam
on the wave or nOnentities in a world
where only brawny and stalNvart character
can stand the shock But blessed be the
mother who looks uIOn her children as
sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty
Oh, the satisfaction of Hannah in seeing
Samuel scr, ing at the altar, of Mother
Euniee in seeing her Timothy learned in
the Scriptures That IS the mothers rec
ompense-tO sec children coming up useful
in the world, reclaiming the lost, healing
the sick, plying the Ignorant, earnest and
useful III every sphere. That throws IA new
light back ON the old family Bible when
ever She reads it, ard that viii be oint-
ment to sonthe the aching limbs OF dccrepi-
tIide and light up the closing hours Of
LIES day with the glories of an autunnal
sunset
There she sits, the old Christian mother,
ripe for heaven. Her eyosght is almost
gone, but tic splendOrs of the celestial city
kindle up her vision. The gray light Of
heavens morn h;ls struck through the gray
locks which arc folded back over the wrin-
klcd temples She stoops very much now
under the burden of care she used to carry
for her children. She sits at home today
too old to find her way to the house of God,
but while sho sits there all tho past comes
back, and the children that 40 years ago
trooEed around her armchair with their
little griels and joys and sorrows, those
children are all gone n0w-sOme caught
up into better realm, where they shall
never die, and others out in the broad
world attcsting the excellency of "a Chris
tian mothers discipline Her last days
are full OF peace, and calmcr and sweeter
viii her spirit become until the gates of
life shall lift and let the worn out pilgrim
into eternal sprlngtide and youth, where |
the limbs never ache, and the eyes mover |
grow dim, and the staff of The exhausted |
md decrcpit pilgrim shall become the palm !
If tho immortal athlete
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24

If a girl wishes to carry herself grace
fully in a drawing room, let her learn to
fence. The salute, for INSTANCE, Ia
fencing is the measure Of all tho rules Of
graceful principles, as the French pro-
lessor expresses it; ION guard" makes tho
arm supplei Shoulders VOL thgoNn back,
body erect and firm on the hips, Wishoas
stiffness, lisa frequent admonition at diff
ferent stages Of the lesson. The stFaialsf
thrust in right q,.arse; The PaKF
ondei the parry ef low quart
the terms which saund altamt
leraGps u the nO,ice, but tie5 la
mefts i..ll Of subtle aracc
Tie icacing costume, If c01
consideration AID IN aeas
dresses aud cycliHg 9ults
must be added to tho vA
delphia 1ineA
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24

A correspondent who has recently been
released from three years imprisonment
in Russia for crime of which he does not
oven know the name sends q horrible nc
count Of the brutal severity with which he
was treated. Among other things he
writes;
On entering the prison Of Petropawlov-
ski one feels as if one was in cemetery
Tho sight Of St Peter on the threshold,
for which one looks involuntarily, is all
that is lacking. When l entered my cell 1
could see nothing. so complete was the
darkness Indeed, therc is nothing to see.
for If thcre were the prisoners would as
suredly kill themselves with It. Ii was
here that underwent the punishment OF
the tomb. ] was detected In tapping the
walls of my cell as / tried to attr.lot tho
prisoner attention next door. 1hen was
carried away Ia the tomb This Is a
damp, poisonous pit dug out in the ground,
in which 1t Is impossible either 70 stand
uQright, 70 lie, OF even TO sit down. ORC
remains, In short, STOPPING 50 long as ono
imprisonment lasts-stooping- Is to
say aching. Hero / remained for almost
month, fed on dry bread and water. while
the guards jcercd AT me eeaselessly through
q little c,gging abole. Then, when very
nearly dead, was taken 20 my cell again.
surely his satanic majesty should give
place 70 the man who invented this. -
ReaxaoR'a Wseklg.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24

William, she. said, perhaps you i'm
agine that l cannot retaliateg"
= What do you mean"
''You have inflicted your baseball con.
versation on me without compunction.
"Oh, scel You're not up to date.
That's where the trouble is You don't
post yourself. You might get so you liked
it after awhile. Now, in this game the
batter'-
Stop where you are, William, "a she said
sternly- hYou have been telling me about
hot liners and daisy cutters and swat,
ting out q fy' and doing toboggan 10
second until am talrly dizzy Now, let
me tell you something, "
VERY well. -
II want to describe a new dress that
saw. The corsagc IS made of frillod NOUS
seine de sole over u transparency Of hor
tensia color It las butterfly sleeves and -
But the door slammed and William was
out In the chill darkness Washington
Stay
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24

Last wills and tostaments often pro
duce ineauiteble results through inatten-
tion to solae requirements of the law "
says a person OF experience. Down in
Penohsoot county case arose not long
since wherein man who had considers
bic properly made his will giving his en-
tire estate to his vito II she survived him.
making very slnail requests u his chill
dren, TO show they were remembered.
A fter the making of the win another child
Ses horn. Chen the man died aud the
ult is that " lille tns othoF rhil,5vn re-
eei,e practically nathing fg0m Tie estate,
TIC youngest, nef leing mentioned IN the
VIII. Nss.ra Wnder the statate the same
sAh.spo " would have received had there
nsAp 40 VIII, and 1t amounts 20 Sc. eisil
faAsind dollars. If that's rot being born
3Qdns What is ir''--I Lewiston
=
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24

1t is a mistake to call n guinea an elm
aginary COIN rs there are many actual
guincas IN existence. 1t is not now, as it
once was, a current coin, but should be
styled money o. account " IN the same
way sovereign is l. current coin, but a
pound, which no living person has ever
seen, is merely money Of account
So the Portuguese rel is now "a money of
account, having been so deprecated that
vintem GO reis) Is only Of the value Of
halfpenny. Prices are calculated in mil
reis, a silver coin equivalent to 1000 reis
Is. 51Sd.--Or in 100 reis-5A pence
The real, which In Spain is silver coin,
value "a ponce, is in Portugal a money Of
account equivalent to 40 reis or two vim
TENS. Notes and Queries.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24

II Is possibly too hate to cure the affecta-
ton Of giving Teutonic twist to the pro
hunciation Of those good cid Saxon words
either and neither, in whose original there
was no suspicion Of an H. - for fashion
seems to have decrced, Notwithstanding
tho opposition of the photographers, that
they shall 10 i-tlier" and "Ei-ther, " and
50 they will probably continue to be with
those who aspire 10 keep pace with the
popular whirl until the turn of the wheel
shall bring the correct form on top again
Tint Oft mo0tcd question may then be
considered oat Of court Tor the present.
But there are two otter words that seem
to be going tito same rs,d, and alike in
opposition to- all authority, concerning
when / wish u MAKO Il iesv rc,a,rks.
mean the worries evil ,.i,d dcsil. a ich have
a close relation to each cti.cr ia Lone wa,
than one. Many of our clergyHon ha
adopted for these words the pr0nunciati
Of evil and devil, ard l am sorry you
that devil has 50 got the upper hand
the evil is on the increase, Gntil what We.
In the beginning only "a clerical aifectation
now bids fair, like i-ther and ni-ther, to
assume the proportions Of popular fash
ion. Time was when the stage virtually
set the standard in the pronunciation Of
the language, bat in these Inter days of
dramatic dc@eneracy, when slipshod Eng
hsh and imperfect enunciation seem to be
the rule behind the footlights, the pulpit
exerts an cqud, if not the greater, influence.
1t behoOyes every Clergyman, then, to look
carefully to his rhetorical ways, lest he
teach orthoepic hoterodoxy while preach
ing the soundest of theological orthodoxy.
Now, the words in question have been pro
nounced ever since tie English language
came into being simply evil and devil,
with the accent ON the first syllable, and
no amount of INSTRUMENTATION can make
the one any worse or add any terrors 10
the other. If our clergymen viii only bear
in mind that 1.-THE evil that men do lives
after them, they will look more carefully
in future to their orthocpy and hesitate
ere they try TO improve on the good Old
fashioned dev'l' of our fathers. Critic.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-24

smiling mon a.
ed themselves near the.
each Of them a nickel The ma.
the box reached over, touched the littl,
woman In the corner, held out the nickel.
with a "Thank you, ma'am, and sal
down. On receiving the nickels the littl,
wOman's face wreathed itself in a sweet
smile, and bowling graciously to the good
natured man she opened a deep black
pocketbOok that lay in her lap deposited
the nickels therein, closed the clasp with a
click and resumed her cogitations The
heat was forgotten. The passengers look
! ed at one another first in amazement and
then in mirth.
There Is an atmosphere Of eoziness in a
carette that promotes certain esprit de
corps and interest in ones neighbor never
felt in II car of any kind.
Poor thing, she is crazyl" murmurcd
one woman.
Wait till the driver calls for his fareP
said the jolly man confidently Shaping his
knee and counting his witnesses.
The carette rumbled on, and every one
waited expectantly, their eyes on the little
woman in red.
Ding Fare, please, said the driver
glancing backward
Two minutes passed
Ding, ding "Farer' said the driver
again.
At the third reminder the jolly man,
unable to contain himself any longer,
arose and touched the little woman S
sleeve. She started violently.
Madam, didn't hand you two nick
els?" said he
''Yes; thank you very much" said she
smiling sweetly on him.
You put them in the box?" said the
jolly man tentatively.
A look of surprise and horror crossed
the little woman's face
Il thought they were mine, d" she STAN
mered. Il thought I dropped them and
you found them. This pocketbook leaks -
And plunging into its depths, purple with
modification, she brought out the nickels
which the jolly man placed in the box, not
without embarrassment
Its all right now, he said reassuring-
~. Il thought this bus belonged to you
and that you was collecting fare -
just here the passengers who were play
ing principal parts We're fain to climb out
of the perambulating ark and remove the
tension ON their nerves, Chicago Tribune.