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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06
NC ANp STUFFED TIeER.
a ri,te Incident From New York Guys
varied Street Life.

A rittle incident From New horh Si''
varied Street Life.
SIN a Broadway show window saiu
i. s.roller. "there is a particularly pls
and handsome tiger, stuffed thar nav y.
cftan looked at in passing saw -
'front.' of this store the other day q man MAJ
10 had with him a tremendously DIP
- dog. The man looked at the
e si,.es and stopped and tried to draw tne
' IS, attantion TO it. But the dog dldn Z
~ tbat way. and, in fact, he didn
stop. He slowed down, JUST % vl,o ti'at s
MIGHT have done for another VINO nau
sto9red for a moment to look in WIN
do,y ar 10 sneak to q friend, ana Wnen
he bad moved ahead few steps IN tnat
wav not finding himself overtaken' DC
All inst as a man might have done again.
5e SWING round with the same iuo ..'
ured tread aud came back 70 mo W.
dow. Then the master, win 2 81
emile again invited the big dog TO iooA
a. the tiger. but instead OF doing tha'
sse bio dog looked up into his master
sa ,o and wopped his tail, and the mas
tsr lonxed down aud smiled at bis aos
tI,on me man started on down Broad
way, with the big dog wagsing his TALL
walking along beside him.
"But while the big dog had SHOWN IL
desire TO look at the tiger, had IN lac',
shown rather an aversion to looking a
il. it did not appear that this aversion s,
came in any degree whatever from l 1
The perfect self possession and the deel
and unbroken good humor OF the aos
we're unmistakable; apparently ne SIM
nlv didn't care for tigers ana alon
want TO look at this one, but it did seen
| that if it had been possible for the tige
70 come to life and step down from IN
window and around and out through Tn
| door on to the sidewalk then the pig go
would not have walked away that tneI
would then have been there on the i sue
walk the loftiest scrap that Broadwa'
ever saw, with the chances-weli, IN
chances were in favor Of the dog. New
| York Sun.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06
Having Eyes to See.

Somewhere in the desert the dervish
c.r,,, mon two travellers, evidently looking
For a stpov animal. "You have lost cam
al nave Won notY'' said he. Yes. " Was
he NOT blind In his right eye and lame IN
:, loft IagSp eyes. - Had he not lost
Sront tootbgp yes" "And was he not
loaded with honey on one side and wheat
~, tbe otberY' Eyes, and as you have
seen him YOU can no doubt put US on ms
track. - Il never saw your camel, replleu
the deryish. "a pretty story, when you
have told ali about him. You have stolen
tbe Jewels that were part Of his trelght.
So they seized the poor fellow, bound hlln'
and carried him before the cadi, or JUDGE
Things looked rather black for the der
wish. Happily, however, the oadl was
man of sense, and said, You must ez'
Main how YOU came to know SO muol
about a camel you insist you have never
seen. - s'Iown, % replied the derYish, thab
there has been some ground for suspicion,
but can find ample scope for observation
even In a desert. l knew that l had cross
ed the track of a strayed camel, because
saw no mark of human tootstep on the
same route; knew the animal was bhnq
in one eve because 1t had cropped the nero
acc on one side only of the path per
ceived it was lame in one leg rom Vhe
faint impression that particular foot mao
made on the sandi concluded 1t had los1
tooth because small tuft OF heritage
was left uninjured in the center OF eacn
bite. Finally, as to the burden OF the
beast, the busy ants informed me that II
was corn on one side and the swarmin e
flies that it was honey on the other. nc
wonder the sensible cadi acquitted on tine
spot so shrewd an observer and SO logical
a reasonar.-Odd Tales.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

"What do you expect to bring for
ward in this congress?" said one new
member to another.
Absolutely nothing, was the reply.
"But are you not going to try to write
your name on the immortal scroll OF
fame? Don't you realize that you We're
sent here by your constituents to see to
it that these other fellows don't let the
ship Of state drift on to sand bars'
"My dear friend, don't bother my
self with reflections of that kind. My
wife, who is a discerning and practical
woman, once made a remark to me dur
ing housekeeping time which has as
sisted me ON many occasions.
"What was ity'
''She said that next to a genuine hero
the man to be most admired is one who
knows how not to get in the way. -
Washington Star.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06
CHAMP cLARKs STONY.


1t In Speech
In the Garfield Hancock campaign
there was a big Democratic meeting at
a certain place in St Charles county, IN
this state. A number Of distinguished
Democratic speakers were there, and
we had a day Of it. The writer was then
a small child, but one Of the speakers
made a very profound impression upon
his mind. The speaker was no other
than Champ Clark
No one asks now, ''Who was Champ
Clark?' but then he was new star IN
the armament.
We had number of speeches, and the
children were very tired. can t speak
for the grown people, because the gooa
Democrats there would not have owned
to being tired, l know, after such a dis
play Of eloquence from their great party
leaders At any rate was tired, but my
mother whispered:
.sThere is only one more speech,
and / was much relieved. A blond young
man was introduced as Champ Clark OF
Pike county. He came forward with a
pleasant face and manner that at once
attracted my attention. He began IN
this wayl -,
81 am reminded of the boy who kill
ed a possum and expected to enjoy a
possum dinner the next day. The ram
ilv was about to sit down to the dinner
fable when wagon drove up and q
ueighbor's family came in. The heau
of the house announced that the visitors
had come to dinner There was no room
At the table for our young friend, the
gportmau, and be waited with his eyes
anxiously fixed on the dish OF possum
The guests had good appetites tlnal9
there was only one piece of possun
left. and one of his own family tool
that. Then the possum lover huste'
right out a-crying. The disappointment
was too much for him.
"My friends, " continued Mr.. Clark
81 am in that same condition. When
heard the first speech, thought, well--
that is pretty bad, but still l have some
thing left to say. Then there came tn
next speech, and the next, and when tn
, last speaker finished just busted righ
out a-orying, because there was not an
other thing left for me to say.
+ But there was, and he said 1t toe
! He awakened that audience till 20
r could hear its applause q mile away
e 1 think that that was probably tn
q first time Champ Clark ever spoke IN 3
? Charles county. He carried back hon
4 with him the thanks and appreciate
! of good many of his hearers that dal
Y st. Louis Republic.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

"All manner of articles in place OF
mood have been used in the manufac
ture Of pianos" says one OF the great
est English piano makers. Perhaps the
most successful of these is paper OF
which many pianos of exquisite tone
and anpearance have been made. The
Duke of Devonshire has one OF the nnest
snecimens of the paper piano. this being
of French make, and decorated most OF
nately with pictures by French artls.s'
The duke gave 600 guineas for this'
mainly. no doubt, on account OF the OF
namentation. 1 suppose you know that
pianos for very hot and very cold ell
mates--all instruments for export, III
foot-haye TO be specially made, ana III
this direction ali manner Of experiments
have been tried. Among others sorV
If cellulose, one factor in which is &C
tnallv common molasses, from when
sugar is made, is employed, and com
nosition made from the chemical treat
ment of gutta percha and leather pulp
has been tried. Ivory pianos are by DC
means uncommon, and the doWaSei
Countess Of Dudley has magnincehl
carved specimen. Pianos of ivory are
might say, made every year III numbers
but chiefly for Indian princes and rich
Snanish Americans. Many pianos Of
solid silver have been made; indeed
one was only recently completed by
London firm for the nizam OF Haldara
bad, and piano cases have at various
times been made OF bronze, species o
aluminium, glass, porcelain and II com
bination mother of pearl. "-Ezchange
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

Self Dor t1ring Promoted py tAe D7o Oh a-1'--
lc;nes In Compressed Tablets.
Not only has the general introduction
of medicine in tho form Of compressed
tablets simplned tho work of the doc
tor. but it has also vastly promoted self
doctoring. The number Of remedies put
up in this form for popular use con
stantly increases. Many druggists make
a specially Of these things. You see
them displayed near the soda water
fountain, put up in small bottles and
sold at prices that must yield a hand
some profit. Half dozen remedies for
INDIGESTION are thus sold, some contain
ing pepsin as the active principle, 9TH
ers containing soda mint, some bismuth,
some charcoal or more powerful dlsin-
fectants. Some are designed to remove
acidity Of the stomach; others to attack
a catarrhal condition. Others are to pro-
woke appetite, and still others are to
promote one or another natural func-
ton. A dozen headache cures aresold IN
this fashion, and the different emolh-
ents for the throat are almost innumera-
BILE. There are grip tablets, liver tab
lets. heart, lung and brain tablets.
Persons who have eschewed patent
medicines all their lives buy these tab
let's Of one sort or another, because
most of them are supposed to be well
recognized remedies. Most of the tab
let's are advertised only in medical jour
nails in accordance with the require
meuts of the medical code, and many
of them, no doubt, have obtained their
popularity through their use by reputa-
BILE physicians
Qninine, which is now extremely
CHEAP, is sold largely in the form Of
two grain pills or in larger pills con-
tanning iron. Although believed by
many physicians to be a dangerous rem
edv. it has long been self prescribed by
all sorts Of persons, especially in mala'
rial regions, and 1t Is one Of the RENE
dies most frequently bought without
prescription. It is self prescribed FOL
malaria in its many forms, to check
cold In its early stages, and as a tonic
Stilnulants of one sort or another ar
sold in this form, but more especially
perhaps at the soda fountain, which ma
become a sort of medical dispensary
Many headache remedies are dispensed
at the soda fountain. Some are recon-
mended or suggested by the attendant
but many persons have their favorite
= among the various sedatives and tebrl
3 fuees. and some are called for as regu
d larlv as the fruit sirups, New remedle
are constantly introduced through tn
soda fountains, and many old ones hav
long been included in the annual
lenethening list of the soda water dis
pensers. New York Sun,
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

A oorrespondent gives the history OF the
IouRee morass in Sangeryille, Ne, where
40 wears ago. there was but small muq-
hole in the road, which grew larger until
the whole width OF the road was sunk,
and a log was laid along the side for peo-
nIe to cross on. At last the mud became
50 deep that It was difficult for teams TO
GROSS. SO rocks were put IN, until at last
the town was Obliged to build a bridge %
feet long. All went well for awhile, Wheel
A. was observed that this structure was
sinking. Again the town had a bridge
laid u1on this. which WAS then sunk In
the mud and water, extending several feet
,,,ora In length than the first. As the
,a.rs nassed this bridge sank in like man
ner and then the town took vote to see
whether it would build a road around the
swamp OF lay another bridge. 1t was de-
oided to build the bridge, which is $50
feat long. but this bridge also is constant
II sinking, and will soon have to be Gov
ered by another, and heightened 100 feet
or more. Lewiston journal
What Cross Examination Can Do.
Maeistrate-Your name;
Bashful Maiden-Anna Lang.
'Religion?"
Protestant. "
"Ageg'
No answer.
"when were your parents married?''
r "In 1853 "
"When was the first christening?'
SIN 1854 "
"How many brothers and sisters have
you2'
Five.
care you the oidest9"
Eyes.
"Then you are 81 years OF age.
Eyes (Sotto yocel have given my
age away. / am surprised "--DoEthax'
hiar.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

"Several persons were crushed to
death last night at the performance OF
the Amateur Grease Paint company. "
"What-a fire?''
"No, just getting away from the per-
formers. Chicago Record.
Kruger's Idea of Government.
The report of recent tour made BY
President Kruger of the Transvaal repub'
lie throws considerable light on his ideas
OF government At one place leading
burgher wanted a compulsory education
law. The president simply would not hear
Of it, "No, no." he CURLY replied.
THAT is church question, not political
one. But urged another burgher,
"why could we not have compulsory edu-
cation, as othor Countries have?" Yes, "
replied the president, ignoring the case oil
England, "education is compulsory in 9TH
or countries, but so is military service.
This is a republic, and people may Keep
their children in Ignorance if they please =
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06
louE As -coNsIpgRgo NowAOAYs-
Two Men Asked Advice About It and Then
Rejected 1t.


Rejected 1t.
There is no use Of opposing love at
fair. not even when the actors play into
vour own hands. I know what I'm say
inc. I've had the experience with two
the Young and the old man. My first
experiepce was with a young man, who
didn't know his mind and asked
what he had better do, and l, like IA
Their, told him he'd better not marry
the girl he was counting. Heweht rleht
off and married her.
An old man from the country came
into the car where was reading my
morning paper and sat down at ny sac,
"Beg your pardon, sir, he said. Did
YOU ever court a grass wilder.
0ei, ves.n said. GIVE courted a
dozen or more. WhyG'
"Did yen ever marry one?"
eyes. -
"Waller. p'r'aps you kin give chap
a point or twos"
"Oh, certainly, all the points you
want,
care they any different from other
women?' =,
"say. old fellow, I've courted all
sorts of women, both married and IN
married, and they are all just alike
They do all the counting and generally
propose before you have courted them a
week -
"Waller, what's your opin' n?'
cit IS this-the man who marrlei
one is q jackaas.
The old fellow scratched his head to'
a moment, ana after hehad got his idea
racked in the right spot he said; Wal
Ter, hain't J as much constitutional y
right to be "a iackassas you have? Wal
Ter, ] guess. and I'm goin 'cept her pro
posal bv wire. Write it out for me
won't you?"-New York Herald.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06
TIE MYSTERY OF A YEAR.

A iitne while. year agone7
0ew hcr for roinping cnliu,
. 1,;th idle mischief when she smiled
To-day she passed me IN the press,
And. turning with quick SURPRISE
wondered at her stateincss'
wondered at her altered eyes.
10 me the street was just the same
The people and the city ; stlr
Rnf life had zindled into lame
And All the world was changed for her
tatohas her In the crowded ways,
A noble form, queenly heAu'
with all the woman in her ga
The conscious woman m hel 'le' ..s,,,
"A Iampman in Youth s Soll i'''ii40''''
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

elias anybody here corkscrew2
spoke up a sharp nosed old gentleman
in the sleeping car. *
II have. was the response from
nearly every seat
"Just as thought, +" shouted the old
gentleman. "And now who will be the
first to sign the temperance pledgeg -
Providence Visitor.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06
IN A BALLOON.
The Sensations Tint Are superinduced by
It's Rising and Falling.

The Sensations That Are superinduceo pS
It's Rising and Falling.
A dim sunlight strikes US in the bal
loon. Suddenly we realize we are in
bright sunshine again, with feecy white
clonds below us and a deep blue sky
above. Look at the shadow OF the bal
loon on the clouds See the light prls-
matte colors like a halo around the
shadow of the car Here we are all
alone. in perfect silence, in the depths
of q great abyss-massive clouds tower
ing M on all sides, a snowy white mass
below. Bat no sign of earth-no sign
of ANYTHING human. Not a sound, not q
sign Of lifel What peacel What bliss
Horrors What that report? The bal,
loon must have burst. Oh, nonsense
Keen still! It's only fold of the stntt
nipped by the netting being suddenly
released; that's all.
Well, we are falling, for see the nlIs
of paper apparently ascending. And we
must take care, for the GOODNESS and
dampness of this cloud will cause the
gas TO contract, and we shall fall rapid
". So get bag of ballast ready, FOL
we are already in the darkness OF the
cloud. Now the gas bag shrinks ano
writhes, and the loose folds rustic 60
gether, and it gets darker You can fee
the breeze blowing upward against
your face or hand held over the edge Of
the car. Well, that's not to be wondered
at. for remember we are falling, say
!. 900 feet a minute, which is the SAM
thing as if we were going along tel
miles an hour sitting in dogcart
Not quite the same, you say--you
sooner be in the cart? Well, perhaps !
the horse were going straight at a wall
without the possibility of being able t
stop him, you would think otherwise
But lookl There is the earth again E
out with your ballast. Go onl Pour on
plenty; there's no good economizing. =
Blackwoods Magazine
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

The laws of nature are just, but terri
BILE. There is no weak mercy in them.
Cause and consequence are inseparable
and inevitable. The elements have no
forbearance. The fire burns, the water
browns, the air consumes, the earth
buries. And perhaps it would be we'll
for our race If the punishment Of crimes
against the laws Of man were rs inevita-
BILE as the punishment Of crimes against
the laws Of nature-were man as unerr-
ing in his Judgments as naturo.--Loag-
fellow.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

The Tribune has received a letter
from Mr.. George Kluetsch, editor OF
the Lincoln (Neb Freio Presse, setting
forth that he has in his possession a let
ter in the handwriting of Abraham Lin
coin, written in 1899, Of special histor-
icsl Importance Mr. Kluetsch received
The letter from T. J. Pickett, at one
time editor Of the Republican paper IN
Rock Island, Ills Tho letter is as fol-
lows; 200
SPRIvGgIELD, his, April &C. 1888.
T. J. Pickett. Esq;
NY DEAR SlR-Ycurs Of the 18th IS lust re-
ceived. Ny engagements are such that can
not. M any very carly Cay, visit Rock Island
to deliver q lecture or for any other object.
As TO the other matter you kindly mention,
must. il candor, say do not think myself ht
for the presidency. I certainly ain battered
md rratifod that some partial friends think
of mo in that connection, but ] really think II
host for our cnuse that 10 concerted eAor'
sfich as YOU suggest should be made. Let TINS
be considered confidential Yours very lrny'
A. LINCOLN.
Chicago Tribune.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

In noticing the death tho other day Of
Benjamin Liverman at the age Of 90 years
the Minneapolis Tribune says Dir. Lly-
erman was a great traveller IN his younger
days and rode over the earliest railroads OF
the world He was also the first travelling
man to go on the road in this country, 60
ing through the southern states for a New
York iowelFy house. He went to Caiitor-
MIA in 1851 on the same ship with Horace
Greeley. They were quarantined at Pana-
ma for six weeks, when the railroad was
being built. and Mr.. Liverman knew from
his own observation the truth Of the state
inent that every tic in that road cost a hu-
man life.
Pride. that never failing vice Of fools
Pope.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06
IN entering a roo

IN entering room where many
guests are assembled go at once and
speak to your hostess before addressing
friends who are invited guests. The first
and last salutation should be to those
who offer you hospitality.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

Fuddy-You know there is no rule
without an exception.
Dnddy-I believe you. 1 never lay
down a rule at the store but most OF the
clerks take exception TO it.-Boston
Trnnsorint.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

Modern inks date from 79S, at which
time researches Of DIR. Lewis and Riban-
court in the chemistry Of ink began.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

81 hear tho colonel is hard drink
err. A"
''IIuh! He's the easiest drinker ]
ever saw in ,uy life. Detroit Tribune.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

During the coming year there will be an
immense number OF matters Of the most
vital interest to farmers dealt with by Con
press and the Executive Departments at
Washington. It is highly important that
the farmers be kept promptly and fully. III
for med as to what is being planned and done
affecting them at the National capital IaeY
sbosld All therefore, take The American
FaTmer. which. beirg on the ground, has
b. tter facilities than any other paper for get.
tino This information, and devotes itself to
tbis duty. They will find il it constantly a
great amount Of valuable information that
hev can gel in no other paper.
THE AMERICAN FARMER and the
CHRONICLE for one year for SIIo
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

An Encvclopedic Almanac With Com
nlete summary of Information concerning
matters Statistical, Official, Political, Histor-
icai. Educational, Agricultural, likewise
Religious Facts and General Information for
Office, Home aud Farm.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06

a lady Of great beauty and attractive
ness. who was an ardent admirer Of Ire
land, once crowned her praise Of 1t at a
party by saying:
II think was meant for an Irish
woman.
madam, reioined a witty son Of
Erin, who happened to be present.
thousands woald back mo ID saying
that Won were meant for an Irish man.
Strand Magazine.
Good Digestion.
A good digestion is as truly obliga-
tory as a good conSciencei pure blood Is
as truly a part Of manhood as pure
faith; a vigorous brain is as necessary
to useful living as vigorous will
which it often helps to make vigorous
and well ordered ekin is the first con
dition of that cleanl ness which IS mex
to godliness. H. W. Beecher.
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GET MUNYON'S GUIDE TO HEALTH FROM
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yon's Rheumatism Remedy cured me. and
am again At work"