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Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13
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Confederate Produced Handful Of Change
Instead Of a Marked Dollar.

Confederate Produced a Handful Of Change
Instead Of a Marked Dollar.
Carl Hertz. the illusionist, was talk
ing Of some of the accidents that some
times spoil the art of the conjuror.
at was in Nashville, !" he said, "that
1 experienced a real knock down blow.
I was performing the we'll known trick
of passing a marked coin into the center
of an uncut orange; at least that'swhat
a good many people thought ! was do
ing. l used silver dollar, and empha-
sized the trek by passing the coin into
the pocket of some boy whom had en-
ticed on to the stage.
81 will openly confess that the boy
had to be a confederate, and that the
marked dollar had its fellow in one pre-
viously prepared by me. One night, as l
was entering the theater. looked around
for a likely youth to aid me in my dou-
bio dealing. picked boy and prom
ised to pass him in if he would follow
my instructions.
g / am a conjurer, said. I want
you to put this dollar in your right hand
trousers pocket I'll get you a seat in
the front row. When I ask for some
body to come on the stage, you must
come. Then will ask you to produce
the dollar.
1.-THE boy promised everything, and,
after making arrangements for him at
the door, / left him. When I was ready
for the dollar trick, saw my young
confederate sitting open mouthed in the
front row. had prevailed npon another
member of the audience to lend me a
dollar marked exactly as was that had
given to the boy.
81 passed that borrowed dollar into
the orange, cut the fruit open, and out
dropped the coin. Then l went on:
And now, ladies and gentlemen, /
will perform a still more difficult feat
1 have passed that dollar into an orange.
Now will ask some member Of the au-
dience to step on the stage, and, without
going anywhere near him, will pass
the same dollar, marked, as you have
seen, into his right hand trousers pocket.
''True to his bargain, the boy stepped
to the stage. Istepped opposite him and
asked:
"'Now, sir, have you ever seen me
before?
"'No, sir, was the answer.
81 have here a dollar. continued.
I am going to pass it into your right
hand trousers pocket. One-two-three
-goi'
II made the proper magician's pass
and smiled confidently upon my audi
ence.
Now I said to my assistant, 'put
your hand into your right hand trousers
pocket and give me the dollar.
''The hoy looked a bit sheepish, but
he dived his fist down. Then, to my IN
utterable horror, he produced a handful
of silver and said:
F." I've only got 80 cents Of it left, sir.
Il went out in hurry and took a
drink. New York Times
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13

"But don't you see, l heard one man
say while he knowingly twisted his glass
under his eyebrow, "what cawn't get at
is this: ] thought there had been big
war between North and South America,
and here you see the north sticking up fol-
ona of the southern states. Tho Yankees
are a very odd people, l must say"
No one seemed to be able to enlighten
him, and another chap in a high collar
took up the running.
"Poor devilsl They've got no generals,
Grawnt and Lee are too old, l expect.
One peculiarly intelligent, middle aged,
retired army colonel quietly mutteredi
"Grawnt is dead, you idiot.
"They've got Stonewall jackson, " sug-
gested a now speaker who had just come
into the smoking room.
"Who's theyg quickly demanded the
ex-colonel.
"South America, - replied the newcomer.
"Why, Stonewall jackson is northern
general" shouted the first young man
with the eyeglass.
"No fear, . from the ex-colonel, with a
covert wink.
"I'n go a flyer on it, !" said the young
man with the eyeglass.
Done" quietly remarked the colonel.
"But who'll decide it2" asked several
voices.
II will myself, " said the colonel. "You
said Stonewan jackson is a northern geu-
eral l say he is not, because he's dead. u
"What jolly sellp' Il sayp' and 81
neverl" filed in the gaps in tho laughter.
"Come, hand over the 1verP demanded
the ex-oolonel
''Stop bit, - spoke a voice not heard
before. 1t came from an old gentleman
who was quietly slipping very weak groe
near the fire. "Stonewall jackson was q
South American general. If So the bet
must be off. You are both wrong San
Francisco Argonaut.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13
TIE JESUIT FArHgR IN CHINA.
A FearfuIIy Marrow. Barren Life and Its
Mental Effects.

A FearfuIIy Narrow, Barren Life and Its
Mental Effects.
Up summer and winter before sunrise,
he reads the mathis and his days work
is often done, says Blackwoods Maya
zine. Sometimes he reads the angelus
and vespers; usually they are undertaken
by the native cateehist Perhaps in the
course Of the long morning All San or
All 81 will present himself and pour
forth complaint about buffalo and a
trampled padi field; or he may be called
to adiudicate in what should be an &C
ton for a divorce. Sometimes of morn
ing be sallies forth, his yellow pigtail
coiled around his head and an enormous
satchel slung across his back, with
store Of iron shot and wadding for his
rickety muzzle loader, and if he is lucky
will bring back a pigeon or two, or even
q pheasant, to supplement- the ineVl-
table pork or fowl and rice.
The mail comes in once fortnight
and day slips by unnoticed, thanks to
home letters and dozen numbers OF
La Croix, where, squeezed between the
latest miracle and the life Of some
worthy saint, the doings Of the outer
world may be found recorded in ten
line notice on ga J. Granger.
Sometimes an afternoon is whiled
away in curing the rank tobacco Of the
place or in brewing rice wine or malt
beer-because ten years of solitude have
taught him to do things for himself
and when he has no such pastime on
hand, he gets through the day absorbed
as one hopes in his little medieval Ii
brary of religious books-lives Of the
saints and sermons and essays.
Then is it wonderful that even a mind
as broad and gentle as his should in con-
slant journeyings on the one road have
worn a rut for itself, deep sunk and
gloomy as the traffic channeled paths Of
tho loess land in the north, till, when a
rare glimpse of the outside world does
break upon his view, his dazzled eyes can
see nothing but trees walking. schis-
matics and Freemasons, Jews and athe-
lists, spiritualism and table turning,
with the fiend himself i'll fiery cloud
over all?
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13
The Mullen Plant.

We stopped to look at the downy con-
tent of that sober plant, the MULLEN.
Many plants had the central leaves fold
ed continuously one about another until
a sort of large, gray green bud was
formed, and in one of these buds bee
was taking an afternoon nap, snugly
sheltered from the air. which was grow
ing somewhat chilly. We thought that
any prudent insect might find a COM
Portable winter home by asking the
MULLEN to open its velvet leaves just a
little and then to fold them tightly
around the wanderer And while we
were speaking a bluebottle fly went
humming past us, as if to say he had
no mind yet to be asking shelter Of any
one Edith NJ. Thomas in St. Nicholas
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13
4 MAN EoR AN EMEReENcY.
Surprising Experience In Car OF n 30.
Who Was Headstrong.


A poorly dressed woman with a boy
about years old boarded one of the
Union Trolley company's cars in White
Plains avenue recently. There was no
vacant seat, and she grabbed a strap in
front of a Young man and prepared to
hang on. The young man got up and
tipped his hat to her. Quick as a flash
the boy dropped her hand and leapcd in
to the seat on his knees, taking care to
wipe his muddy feet on the clothing Of
the passengers on either side The young
man looked first at the woman, for
whom he intended the seat, ard then at
the boy. The woman shook her head
and said:
Poor boyl guess he's tired. He can
have it. sir.
The young man looked from one to
the other again. He shifted about I'M
easily for a moment. The other passen-
gers in the car giggled. That decided
him Holding to a strap with one hand,
he reached for the boy with the other
and got him by the nape Of the neck.
He lifted him clear Of the seat and held
him dangling and kicking in the air.
The woman was about to protest. Then
she thought better of it and sat down in
the vacant seat.
Madam, said the young man,
throwing the boy at her, 'here is your
boy.
'Thank you, sir, she said He is
bit haadstrong. it's true, sir.
The boy looked astonished- He whim-
pered little. The woman patted him
ON the head, and there wasn't peep
heard from him from that time until
the Harlem bridge was reached and the
crowd got out.-New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13
VIEW WOMAN ~ LITERATURE.


x,annette Glider Gives Her Ideas Concern
ing the Talked Of Creature
The new woman Of the novelist is
,oorelv one Of Dr.. Max Nordau's degen-
crates. She is the creation OF writer
who is hysterical and degenerate, ana
the world takes her as something thas
raallv exists. To be sure, there are plenty
~ women with 'pasts" and with
ssvearnines. - and there always have
been and probably always will be, but l
donbt il any woman outside Of an lns''
asvlum talks the rubbish about ST AZ
impacts. tells that we aie " .ritua
chord, and about the 9 mes of ont
Of marriage. as do y vile slavery
Pendered and NJ g women OF Mis-
~ this sort y Grant Allen. Writer
~ M a. > not represent the womeI
800, y any more than the painted
W. On Of the streets represent the WON
n OF good society.
The jaundiced writers Of 1.-THE Vel
low Book" cannot be expected to giv'
us pictures Of healthy lives. Their tastes
run to worm eaten fruit. They have NJ
liking for that which is red with tbs
hue Of health. They prefer the yellow
hue Of decay. DR.. Nordau is quite righi
when he calls it disease. The heroine'
Of 1.-THE Yellow Book, +" of Discords
and of "Wreckage" might have beer
taken from Lombroso's study of the fe.
male offender. If they exist outside Of
their creators brains, their cases will be
found recorded in scientific studies Of
criminology or in the ordinary police re-
ports.
The new woman as find her outside
Of the pages of fiction is an industrious,
healthy minded, healthy bodied young
person, with a certain amount Of indie
pendence, who cares more for out Of dool
sports than for indoor follies, and who
II she has work to do does it and does
not waste her time in telling about it.
Her spirits run high over the adventures
of 81 A Gentleman of France, she Laughs
and cries by turns over "Trilby" and
thinks 'The Dolly Dialogues" great
fun. but for yellow Discords" and the
like she has no use.
am happy to say that little Of the
historical literature of the day originates
in this country It is almost entirely Of
English origin. Some of our younger
writers have tried their hands at it, but
they do not take to it naturally, and il
is fast going out of fashion,
There always will be a handful Of
people who like erotica, but thinl
there has been a turn in the tide which
even at its highest never swamped th'
writers of purer fiction. Rudyard Kip
ling and Mrs. Humphry Ward have
many more readers than Grant Aller
and Mary L. rendered, and in THU
country our writers Of clean fiction art
} the most popular. -Jeannette Glider.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13

How These odd and Erratie f'abs piaas>
BIuze and Darhen.


BLUE and DarheIas a
TIE shooting star IS hii eddf'
very oldest kind. It isAv Of the
"a miniature planet .gid Of itself
larger than tls5 pa probably not
your stpd5 to- er mache globe on
with which ,Ie OF tho rubber ball
eornereS the gchoolboys play three
sapr cat, bnt il is a world just the
.. These baby planets are not al
ways round, as planets are generally
! supposed to be, but are known TO be in
all sorts Of queer shapes. Some are
square, others octagonal; some irregu-
lar and many cornered, while one is &C.
casionally met with which is smooth
as brick or a cement paving stone.
Probably you have never heard OF
man Cor woman either, for that matter)
Injecting with shooting star in any
Of his wanderings. Let us sec how such
a thing might be possible.
The shooting star is originally min
iature world, revolving around the sun
with as much regularity as the earth,
Jupiter, Venus or Mars. 1t keeps ur
this unerring flight thousands or even
millions Of years. Finally it reaches the
limit of its existence. Suddenly and
perhaps without any visible cause it
shoots off at a tangent. 1t is now ii
"shooting star. +" Formerly it was a
world, but even now it Is not bright as
other stars are. Let rs see what viii
cause it to "flame up like a gigantic
torch in the heavens This particular
body that we are talking about shot of
from its orbit in the direction Of our
earth. Its speed is not less than 20
miles a second, probably five times that.
In the great outer sea Of space it en-
counters no resistance to its headlong
flight. But wait It is nearing the en-
velope Of atmosphere which surrounds
our globe. What will be the result when
it comes in contact with "the air we
breathe." The first stratum it strikes
is so attenuated that its resistance is
very slight Yet the friction is great
enough to instantly raise the temPera-
ture of the falling world. Within the
hundredth part Of a second the dense
stratum of atmosphere has been encoun-
tered. The flight of the little world is
now perceptibly checked, the result be-
ing sudden firing of the mineral mat
ters in the stone. There is an instanta-
neous burst of light, and then we see
the doomed representative Of the minia-
ture planets in all its meteoric splendor.
Possibly the streak Of fire it leaves
athwart the heavens will not appear to
be more than few hundred feet long.
Certainly it will be thin and short if
the little world was not larger than
football-because it will be almost in
stantly consumed as soon as it strikes
the denser portions of the atmosphere.
On the other hand, if this world which
has SO suddenly come to an end was as
large as a good sized barn when it start
ed, fragments of it weighing from 10 to
1000 pounds may reach the earth. 1t
is from these fragments that we learn
the shape and composition of the aerial
phenomenon referred to as shooting
stars. "--St. Louis Republic.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13

vha aea Is o jovial comrade'
~ ~. IN, zhs wherever he goes ,.a.s
ma ,o,.rriment shines in the oi'ni'iHs ''
1rhat wrinkle his hale rcpose 49,. san.
~, ,sss himself down at the feet OF she SUM-
20 ~ shaises iii over with glee. 80
Ana az, zn ,,oad backed pillows fail faint on the
r. me hen nirth Of tho mighty seal
Mt the wind is sad and restless
o1 ~, ,- cursed with an inward pain ~
anu - l,arl, at viii, by valley or hih'
mt vou hear him stiil complain
n = ,,ails on the barren mountains
a9 "a sbrielss on the wintry sea Lila.
ne ea sobs IN the cedar and means IN tns plH'
ag A. 5y1 sbndders all over the aspen tree
weleome are both their voices,
"s Ana know not which is best ,,..
n the comfortless wind 3 unrest
rSereis a pang in all rejoicing
4 jov in the heart Of pain' 49,. ,..+ Glad
Al t5e wind that saddens, the sea shAP s'ee
dens, t..
Al9 s'Hs'e -Bayard Taylo....
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13

Simeon Roderick Of Biddeford can lay
plain to being one Of the strong men OF
that city. Thursday, in the presence Of
sight men, at tile Saco freight depot, he
lifted barrel of pork Weighing 800 pounds
and put 1t on his shoulder. A little while
later he was asked to do the act, and be
repeated IL ensiiy. Roderlck is considered
nne Of the strongest men 1T work in the
York corporation.
Kid Boulanger OF Biddeford, who is 30
years old, has made record for heavy
kifting that has not been equaled In York
bounty for his weight. He has q barrel
hnlf filed With water, which he lifts with
bis koeth. he has also leo pound dnmb-
AL thsk he plays with a. Il e wolghs1
n2w aam nflR-~Kmwiaann Jommnk
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13
DIRECTED HER LETTER TO HEAVEN
Pathetic Little Story of Ch1d's Epistl
to Her Dead Mother.

Pathetic Little Story of a Chnd's Epistle
to Her Dead Mother.
At a recent wedding the bride had
retired to her dressing room to don her
travelling gown. Her mother had been
dead a year or more, and she had had
the constant care and companionship OF
her little sister ever since their atflic-
ton. The 7-year-old entered the room
and went to her sisters chair very
thoughtfully. Drawing letter from
the little pocket, she said:
"Alice, here is letter to mamma.
have just written, telling her all about
the wedding. viii you send it to her?'
The elder sister, a little shocked, re-
piled as gently as possible that she
couldn't send letter to mother.
Then the little one, looking quite
bright, said promptly:
"Oh, yes, you can, because now you
are married, you will be getting little
girl, and when you send for her. just
give the doctor this letter, and he car
take it to mamma when he goes for the
baby"
And there on the envelope was the
address, printed as best she could: etc
Mamma, In Heaven. Kindness of the
Doctor. -
She took the letter, and Rugged the
little one to hide the tear which was
rubbed off on the curly, brown head
Washington Star.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13

IN Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay on
iiBehavior' occurs the following: 1--WE
had, In Massachusetts,, an old statesman
who had sat all his life in courts and In
chairs Of state without overcoming an ex-
treme irritability Of face, voice and bear
Ing; when be spoke, his voice would not
serve him; 1t cracked, it broke, 1T Wheel
3D., It piped; little cared he; he knew that
ID had got to pipe or wheeze or soreech his
argument and his Indignation. When he
at down after speaking, he seemed in q
sort Of At and held on to his chair with
both hands, but underneath all this irri-
liability was a puissant win, firm and ad-
ganoing, and a memory in which lay In
nrder and method like geologic strata ey-
nry fact OF his history, and under the con-
krol OF his will" To whom does Emerson
kaferp-B Boston TRANSCRIPT.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13

There is a girl ON the North Side who
admires pink cheeks, but she will be
careful after this where she gets them.
On a recent afternoon one of the carettes
was being logged over the holes in the
pavement of Rush street. At Huron
street the wagon was stopped, and a
young woman stepped in and took a
seat near the center of the car. She
knew several of the women, and return
ed their bows. She was a pretty girl,
fashionably gowned, and was on her
way to a public rehearsal After sitting
quietly for few minutes, she, in an
apparently unconscious manner, put her
hand to her cheek and gave it a slight
pinch. On her hands were black gloves.
The day was damp and the slightest
trace possible Of the color was left on
her cheek. Then she pinched the other
one. A black spot showed. This she
continued until Adams street was reach
ed, and never a woman spoke. When
she reached the Auditorium, her cheeks
were a good color, but not what she ex-
pected. Chicago Chronicle.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13
Sang In tho choir For Eighty Years.

In the last 12 years Of Mr.. Starman's
ministry at Marlborough famous old
German Lutheran church no salary was
paid, the congregation being too poor.
Old Conrad Hyer, who, although lOl
years old, was as brisk as a man of 90,
and had acted as chorister in this an
cient church for so years, reading and
singing from the fine print of Watts
hymnbook without the use Of specta
Giles. Nothing remains on earth to mark
the sojourn Of these men but the dilapi-
dated ruins of the building and the
tall marble column in the cemetery
which tells the passing traveller that
there lie the remains Of the sainted
Ritz and Starman, pastors of the Ger
man Lutheran church Of Broad Bay. -
Lewiston Me. Journal
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13

It is recorded of Andrew johnson
that when, senator or president, he was
invited to dinner party, he was aecus-
toned TO ask if any lawyer was to be
among the guests For, said he, law
yers always Intricate things. He took a
greater fancy to William NJ. Evarts, his
attorney general, because of his post
prandial fame than because Of his emf
nent legal attainments. Green Bag.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13

It appears that in olden times the
president used to give his dinner par
ties ut 4 O'Clock in the afternoon. The
grandfather Of Representative Adhesion
of Pennsy lvania once dined with George
Washington. and his family have pre-
served the invitation. 1t is written in a
business hand on a fourth page Of 8
sheet of ordinary note paper, with the
lines running lengthwise across the
sheet, and reads as follows:
Mr.. Aeheson is requested to dine with the
president ON Thursday, the sd inst, at
o'clock precisely.
Feb. IA, 1871.
Chicago Record.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13

left Paris in balloons during the siege
have just formed themselves into a society.
No fewer than 66 balloons left the besieged
city, carrying in their cars not only these
1859 persons, but 5000 600 letters and 1853
pigeons, which were intended to return to
Paris with dispatches, and two boxes Of
dynamite. Fifty-two of these balloons
fell in France Eve in Belgium, four In
Holland, two in Prussia and one In Nor
way, and two were lost at sea. Eighteen
of tho balloons fell within the enemy S
lines. or these five were captured by the
enemy. London Standard
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13

The Winsted Citizen relates an odd ex-
perience Of George o. Hill of Burrville
while driving home on a recent night.
He was driving along at a rapid gait,
when suddenly his horse stopped and stood
stock still. Mr.. Hill, wondering what
made his horse act in such a manner, got
out of the wagon, when a terrifying sight
met his eye 1t was a large wildcat stand
ing in the middle of the road, his eyes
cleaning in the darkness.
After Mr.. Hill had somewhat recovered
from his scare he made an attempt to get
into his wagon, but the cat growled when
he moved, and Mr.. Hill staid where he
was. He could devise no means to got
away, and the moro he looked at the cat
the more he wished he was home by his
own Preside. When he compared his own
predioament to the comfortable situation
OF his own home he began singing, if we
may credit The Citizens story, Home,
Sweet Homo, in manner that would ex-
cite much merriment if the situation was
otherwise. Tho sound found its way to
the ears of party in neighboring farm
house, who came TO tho rescue armed with
guns aud sticks. The cat, when he caught
sight Of the resouing party, evidently
thought discretion the better part of valor
and "yamoosed.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13

'The last one over is rotten egg, {"
called ono little girl, and all the children
ran across the road-all, that is, except
the boy who would have been last. He
But he was In it, for they all yelledi
"Georgo is a rotten eggi George is q rot-
ten eggw and got much delight there
from, while l meditated on the joys that.
even at this carly age, come from being in
the majority Chicago Record.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13

II suppose that it would take great
deal Of observation and experience to
enable a man to pick the fastest horse
entered for a race, she remarked.
Yes, . replied the man Of mournful
experience, "but that isn't what you
are trying TO do. What you want is to
pick the horse that is going to win, ~
WASHINGTON Star.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13

During the coming year there will be an
immense number Of matters of the most
vital interest to farmers dealt with by Con
gress and the Executive Departments at
Washington. Il is highly important that
the farmers be kept promptly and fully in
formed as TO what is being planned and done
affecting them at the National Capital They
should all. therefore, take The American
Farmer. which, being on the ground, has
better facilities than any other paper for get
ting this information, and devotes itself to
this duty. They will end il it constantly a
great amount of valuable information that
hey can get in no other paper.
THE AMERICAN FARMER and the
CHRONICLE for one year for SIIo
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-13

Caesar had his Brutusl I" exclaimed
the ynppg orator and as he naused to
note the effect of his words voice from
the gallery replied, well, boss yer
may be righ1, but it allnrs kinder struck
me dat Brutus had 6aasar. Nv Washing
ton Times.