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Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21
wgIaAr possIaILIrIgs 81 oAaP.
If Well Ted and treated. They Attain to
Enormous Size.


Big fish chronicles are ALWAYS inter-
osting. Attention is Just now being be-
slowed upon the weight possibilities of
carp. These fish arc n1toriously long
lived, and, provided they are not caught
before they have had chance of living
long, and, provided again, they have
few enemies aud SOLICITORS keepers to
supplement their natural food supply
regularly, it is only natural that they
should grow TO q relatively great size
Under normal conditions, Of course, they
do not exceed a few pounds, and, as it
is the normal conditions that prevail,
discussion Of what they might attain
may be regarded by not a few as some
thing Of a futility. Still, they are some-
times placed in peculiarly favorable cir
cuInstances, and. ms the question is
really concerned with what weight they
can reach. it is not such a futility after
all.
We must go abroad for the biggest
carp Of which angling history has to
tell. In private pond in Saxony there
used to be pair of breeding carp whose
united weight in Saxony measure q per
cent heavier than Engish) reached 81
pounds. The male was 43 pounds and
the female IS pounds. BY good living
and attention they even exceeded this.
In II years the male put ON pounds
and the female , pounds The pond
which afforded a home for those crea-
lures was a famous one In one year
1000 pounds Of carp were taken from it
Ito say nothing Of tench and jack. In
this same pond-which, by the way, COW
cred II acres-tho proprietor had left
several carp for breeding. Five of these
weighed l03 pounds Saxon, and the
largest of the five, a Spiegel carp, aged
l6 years, drew in the scale 81 = pounds
English. The age of the two first alluded
to could not be estimated. They were on
the estate when it was purchased from
another family, 80 years before.
We have never to our personal knowl-
edge known carp that exceeded "a
pounds to be caught in English waters.
A brace which weighed 30 pounds was
once presented to the late Lord Eyre
mont A curious thing about these big
fish is their taineuess. Ny. Pencil tells
us he has seen carp in the garden ponds
Of Rotterdam eagerly following visitors
about to be fed, while one immense fel,
low, with a side as broad as a fitch of
bacon and an appetite that seemed in
satiable actually pursued him for near
" 100 yards along the side Of the bank
until his stock Of bread had run ont.
M a. L I
10 pounds, Their rate Of growth has
been approximately computed to be
3 pounds during the first six years and
6 pounds before the tenth year, Pail
Mall Gazette
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21
DANGER nv EARLY RlslNe.
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to Mako People insane.

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Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

Although IL some parts of China the
weather during winter is very cold, the
Chinese think English fires very uucivi
hzed--so destructive tofUrniture and so
apt 20 smoke. "IEoir way Of getting
warm is to add jacket over jacket and
skirt over skirt, and when sitting quiet
to embrace "a little charcoal burner hid
den by the wide sleeves of the tunic. "
Sometimes this unseen warm friend was
forgotten during Mrs. Stewards class
hours, ana there was a cry that some
body was ON fire. All hands would then
hasten to the rescue, and the fire would
be put out amid much amusement
Westminster Gazette.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21
Eloauenes Cruelty TnteFFupted.

When Sala went to Australia, he ar
ranged to deliver series Of lectures,
and he was fond of telling an anecdote
about one of his platform experiences
there.
II was describing to my audience, "
he said, ''in my very best English the
coronation Of her majesty. I had seen
the procession from the corner Of Par
lament street, and was telling how the
young girl-queen drove by in the stateli-
ness of childhood's simplicity, the dig
nifty Of sovereignty already seated upon
her pale young brow, with heaving
breast. "A hectic flush upon her blanch-
ed cheek, 1 was saying, her sweet,
pallid lips slightly parted, a teardrop
trembling on her quivering eyelid all
showed 'Boshr suddenly murmured
a buxom old dame in the frontrow, and
my inspiration was gone, Westmin-
ster Gazette.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

As a beginner in literature the late
Alexandra Dumas wrote with extreme
difficulty. The plot of the story he hap
pened to have in hand was never clear to
him, and be had to add sentence to sen
tence laboriously. He told friend that
he often CRASHED his teeth at the slow
elaboration Of his ideas. and that he had
70 rewrite the "Dame aux Camehas''
fva times
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

An expert tool juggler in one of the
great English needle factories in a re-
cent test Of skin performed one of the
most delicate mechanical feats imagina-
bic. He took a common sewing needle
of medium size (length g inches) and
drilled a hole through its entire length
from eye to point, the opening being
Just large enough to admit Of the pas
sage Of very fine hair.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

Mr.. Figg-What did you learn at
school today?
Tommy-Teacher told us how the
cruel Emperor Nero used to amuse him
self when he was boy by pulling the
legs off the flies.
Mr.. Figg-Pnlled their legs, did he?
What became Of him? Did he become a
promoterf-Indianapolis Journal
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21
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paid 10 the Prospects Of the Crops, as throw
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Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

A stranger arrived in town the other
day, and hearing the hotels were crowd
ed, told the cabman to drive him to
some hotel that did not advertise. He
knew there he could get a room. The
oabman inquired Of fellow Jehu. and
they drove to it. The clerk was asleep,
but they awakened him, and the stran-
ger had his choice of the best room on
every floor. There is a moral to this
little, truthful incident as plain as the
statue Of Liberty to all on deck ON the
steamers coming up the bay.-Hotel
Mail
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21
strong In Their Opposition.

"Weak woman !" repeated time sadly.
"Ah, if you could but encounter the OPP
position 1 have TO meet from that
sourcel'
Occasionally, be confessed, he was
prompted not only to turn back in his
fight, but TO abandon it altogether. --
Detroit Tribune.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21
one woman Appreciates Good Stories.


The literary woman was attending an
afternoon tea given by New York club
of women devoted to heroine worship.
She had listened with exemplary pa
thence while various individuals told her
of the strength and comfort they had
derived from her works. Finally lit
tie woman with an amiably vacuous ex-
preston and a habit of overturning
chairs, treading on toes and otherwise
disporting herself tactlessly came up.
"Oh. my dear Mrs. Ruyter, she ex-
blamed, 81 am so glad to meet you !
You have really done me the greatest
service. Why, when my poor husband
was threatened with brain fever from
ioverwork and insomnia the only thing
that would quiet linn and put him to
sleep at night was reading aloud your
sweet little stories. "
And then she looked offended because
the club president trod heavily on her
toes
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

Thaekeray had an enormous head and
notably heavy brain, but some one
discovered an idiot who died about the
same time and left heavier brain. OF
noted or notorious persons Mr.. Glad
stone aud Lord Salisbury take large
hats. and Sir William Harcourt and Mr.
Chamberlain very small ones. Notes
end Cleersas
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

Mr.. James Payn, the novelist, tells Of
an amusing question pat to him very
seriously by a little boy of his own. The
family were being driven out of their
London house to make way for the paint
ers, cleaners and whitewashers.
Papa, said the child, who had evil
IDENTIFY been turning the matter over in
his own little head s'where do the peo-
pie in heaven go when the spring clean
ing begins there?"
This problem was TOO perplexing. even,
for Mr. Payn
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

Gadzooks-Diggles is ono Of the most
thorough refOrmers know.
zounds-You' right. He would cut
on a mans head to cure the toothaohe.--
New York Irihuna.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

"Loob Mt those two men. They have
been talking ON that cold corner for an
hour DO you suppose it's politics."
"No, think they've both Just learned
20 ride wheel. - Chicago Record.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

The reason why SO few people are
agreeable in conversation is that each is
thinking more of what he is intending
to say than Of what others are saying,
and we never listen when we are plan
ming to speak. -Rochefoucauld.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

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Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

With the carl penmakers The problem
Of point FSas the most serious. and a
long time elapsed before itwas definite
" solved.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-21

in tbs country and everything that appears
~ its columus is OF the highest character.
every department Of The farmers business
is discussed 10 an earnest practical way,
looking 10 the greatest profit aud benefit to
the farmer aad his family.
ltsppeais on ihe first OF ach month and
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-03-25
War to be Fought on Wings.

Although much remains to be nc.
complished before either submarine
or aerial navigation becomes SO per.
fected as to come in useful for pur'
poses of war, it seems pretty safe to
predict that by the end of the twenti-
eth century they will be regarded
much as we view telephones and cleo
trio light. 1t is little more than hall
n century ago since the idea of pro.
pelling vessels across the Atlantic by
steam power was not only ridiculed
by the learned in such matters, but
proved to be absolutely impossible.
There is no impracticability in living
under water or in the upper air ;given
proper appliances and both are well
within the scope Of human endeavor.
All that remains, therefore, is to dis
cover trustworthy means of pro.
pulsion and of steering, of sinking at
will in the one case and rising at will
in the other. Such trifies as these
should be the merest nothings to me-
chanical science; indeed, claims are
already made on behalf of certain
talented inventors that both problems
are practically solved. What warfare
1t will be when one power holds su-
premacy in the air aud another power
down among the fishesl That would,
indeed, be practical illustration oi
the grim Bismarckian jest about the
whale and the elephant Perhaps
however, by that time the winged sol
dier will be rendered capable of div
ing as we'll as of flying, while the sub
marine warrior may be given the fly
ing fish faculty OF shooting into tn
air. We make sure that we shall 500
hear these claims also put forward Of
behalf of the miraculous Edison ant
the little less miraculous Goubet =
London Graphic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-03-25
ThInks she Was Once a Cat.

Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox believes in
reincarnation. She thinks possibly
she was cat once. This is due, prob
ably, TO the fact that she bestows
much of her surplus affection. her in
terest and the unanswered wondering
of her heart upon Banjo.
Banjo is her pet cat. He is, OF
course, the most remarkable example
of the feline race that ever scampered
after nuttering ribbon or tried to
chase its own tail. Banjo is an aristo-
crat and he is intelligent. One char
acteristic that Mrs. Wilcox points to
with pride is Banjo's love OF mice.
Other cats mny be afraid of mice, but
Banjo is composed in their presence.
At night he slumbers in n downy pill
low in warm room, furnished ex-
clusively for his comfort Mrs. Will
cox declares that Banjo was not always
a cat. She has an idea that in some
former existence she and Banjo were
friends II is her theory that the soul
goes into the vegetable and mineral
state from time to time, and that oc-
casionally it passes into animal life
human beings, for instance. BY CEN
tering our forces on given point,
Mrs. Wilcox, thinks, we can tell in
advance the next stopping place Of
our souls.
"Oyer three-lourths OF the inhabit-
ants OF the globe" she said,
"beleve In reincarnation. 1 do not
call myself theosophist, because
theosophy is only branch OF
mighty tree Of truth under which my
soul finds shelter and truth and salts
faction. There are too many doc
trines in the world and not enough
beliefs am satisfied with my name
less religion-the reincarnation theory.
believe their is Q possible Christ in
each OF us, aud the more unselfsh we
live the. more quickly we attain to 1t
by lessening the future incarnations
and hurrying on to the goal. "-Phila-
delphiH Press 'szs:1
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-03-25
Last Stand of q Manned Fox.

A fox was captured near Heaths-
vile, Va, recently, that possessed
only three legs. Several young men
we're on their way to the village when
a dog belonging to them started the
fox and gave chase. A hound belong.
ing to neighbor was then turned
loose to assist the other dog. When
the fox realized that there was no
chance for his life he crouched behind
a bush, waited for the dogs to come
up, and gave battle. He was soon
dispatched, and on examination was
found to be minus leg. The missing
member had been cut off, presumably
by q steel trap, close to the shoulder;
and the wound had healed up nicely.
Those who saw the chase said it was
wonderful what speed the fox could
make, although thus disabled. The
poor fellow has probably had to devise
many a cunning trick and use his wits
TO the utmost to prevent being caught
by the many packs of hounds that have
been hunting around here during the
fall and winter. Richmond Dispatch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-03-25
Their Wings fS 6arke6ed the Moon.

"Whie l was on hunting trip last
month at Inman. Kan, l saw q sight
which few sportsmen have ever seen,"
said cook Herman. zone night, just
as it was growing dusk, our party was
hunting on lake where we had been
having good success with duck. Sud-
denly the sky seemed to be clouded
over, so that we thought storm was
coming up, but on lookingt to see what
was the cause of the sudden darkness,
We discovered that Immediately over
us was flock OF wild geese, which
literally covered the sky for as far as
the eye could reach. I do not believe
/ would be exaggerating if l was to
say that the geese in that fight were
numbered by the thousands. For half
an hour we watched them flying by,
forming all sorts OF picturesque groups
like maps in the sky, shifting rapidly
from one combination to another.
They we're flying just high enough to
be out of gunshot reach, but l man
aged to kill one tired straggler, which
had fallen behind one of the big
punches and ventured where he could
be reached by long shot 1t vas
sight which I shall never forget, and l
am still regretting that we could not
have got crack at them. kansas
City journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-03-25

1t has been decided by the supreme
court OF Michigan that it is not a pre-
judicial error in the trial of a GRIM
inal case for the prosecuting attorney
to call the witnesses for the defense u
''lot of liars" a "lot of dirty pups who
ought not to be be believed" if the
circumstances of the case seem to JUS
tify the truth of the assertion. The
court says that while such language is
severe, there is no rule prohibiting an
attorney from expressing his opinion
Of the truthfulness of witnesses where
their testimony is conflicting, aud the
jury will be called upon to decide be-
tween them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-03-25

The Spaniards who made threaten
ins demonstration, the other day, In
front of the American legation at
Madrid, were promptly dispersed by
the police, but they vii, doubtless
make trouble again,if our government
recognizes the belligerency of the Gu.
bans. Spain is peculiar country.
She is proud, sensitive and poor. Once
she was one OF the powers, but now
she lives apart from tho other nations,
and is out of the line OF modern pro-
gress. No county seeks her alliance.
Her friendship is courted by nobody.
But the people of this decaying mon
archy still think that they are power
fu', and that other nations dread
them. They even believe they can
bid defiance to the United States, and
they do not realize the fact that they
have held Cuba simply through the
forbearance of other nations There
are good points about these people.
They are high-spirited, brave and 10y
al to their country. Under a grea'
leader they would forge to the front,
and in time regain same Of their old
prestige. Under their present condi
tions they are handicapped They
owe more than they can ever pay, ant
when they lapse Cuba foreign money
lenders may demand the dismember
ment of the kingdom. There is mo-
in all Europe nation easier to con
quer, and yet the Spaniards know Sc
little ofwhat is going on in the world
that they talk about liking the Unite,
States. and some of their crazy jour
nal;sts have boasted that they will TAX
Florida from us after they get through
with Cuba. 1t is sad thing to SEQ
nation die. but Spain is face to fac
With death. When this living skele
toR Gouyiulss the sword aud threat
en- ~ United 6tatss, the spectscl
reaenblte ~ opera bouRs soone,
4.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-03-25

We make great mistake when we
despise small things, moralizes the
Atlanta Constitution. We loose time,
labor and money reaching out after
the big prizes, when we could make
a fortune by turning our attention to
the small affairs of life. The New
York World call attention to the fact
that our hens contribute yearly over n
sl35, 900, 900 to the wealth of the
country. They have caused the rise
and growth of that worthy class, the
chicken farmers. As our contemporary
wells says, no chicken farmer ever led
riot. Few of them have gone to the
gallows and few have been sent to Jail
They are as a class as quiet, peaceful
and contented as their hens. The de-
mand for chickens and eggs is prac-
tically unlimited. They are products
which will stand shipping long dis.
tances, and they are articles of univer-
sal consumption. Here in the South
we are paying altogether too little at.
tention to this money-making in.
dustrv.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-03-25
What Did They Suspect.

The overworked bank cashier who
was in need OF vacation had written
to the agent OF a steamship line to
this effect:
'Im thinking of taking trip to
Central or South America.
Please acquaint me with particulars
relative to rates of fare, etc., to and
from the various port usually visited
by tourists at this season Of the YER
The answer came by telegraph;
"(Private and conhdenti
Of our steamships will
Honduras next Wednesday.
and quickest way out Of the
y Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-03-25

man but before he could speak the
stranger continued:
1--WE can arrange this little affair,
can't we, without any further de-
lay ?"
"Of course we can," exclaimed Tre-
fume, thinking still that the man
was talking about uncle Sambuqs for
tune.
"That's agreed. Now how much do
you wantp"
"My fair share, replied the French
man.
"Pll give you this pocket book-it
has one hundred thousand francs IN
French notes-I have not had time to
exchange them for American money.
They are good. You need not be
afraid that they are bad or stopped.
Will that satisfy you ?"
One hundred thousand francs. II
II was an immense sum, but was it G
fair share? How much was uncle
Sambuq worth ?
''Is that my fair share p asked
Trofume.
"How much do you expect ?" asked
the other irritnbly. at was a good
thing, but it wasn't gold mine, and
there are several to share it. Either
that or nothing.
"well, I'll take it'll" said Trefume,
beginning to fear that he might lose
all.
Every WE'LL Now, you have this
on condition that you go back in the
Bretagne, and the Bretagnc starts il
two hours. And remember, you have
never seen me !"
"Donel" said Trefume.
The pocket book was handed to hin
and he scrutized the notes. They wert
all right. He tried to explain it al
to himself; he was not clear on some
points; but the more he tried to thinl
it out, the more confused he woult
become. Only one thing was clear
he had succeeded in getting goo'
slice of uncle Sambuq's fortune ant
was rich man.
They remained where they we're 70
an hour, then the stranger went will
to procure ticket, saw him safely oi
board, and watched him until the shiI
started on its voyage across the At
lantic.
Thus it came about that maste
Trefumc, having had the good fortun,
90 be taken for n detective, became tn
heir of uncle Sambuq, who had die,
penniess in hospital few week
beiorel
As to Trefume, he was never abl
TO arrive Mt any proper understand
ing of the affair, but he did not worr
himself much on that head. Later o
when he had given up work an
donnod frock coat, he used to shak
his head and declare, with muc
gravity, that in business matters thos
American fellows were far ahead @
any other people. See how quickl
they settled that the little matter c
uncle Sambqu's fortune. - From tn
Franklin Strand Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-03-25

An editor in Kansas, calls every
man who pays n year in advance
"Colonel"; six months, "Major" I;
three months, Captain; the others,
GtNf, -