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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19

In hotel situated in one of the unfash-
ionable quarters Of Paris a poor Tzigane
had occupied a room for some weeks with
out showing any undue desire to pay his
bill Yesterday the nlanservant acquaint-
ed the landlord with the fact That his
needy tenant had disappeared.
The proprietor naturally supposed that,
as the musician could not settle up, he
had bolted Boniface, however, consoled
himself with the reflection that, though
the lodger had left no money behind him.
he had not carried off his musical instru-
ment, good double bass.
Sent up stairs to remove it, the waiter
put forth all his strength, but failed to
move the instrument, while up from its
depths came forth series of signs, grunts
and means The manservant firmly be-
lieving that he had to do with an enclcgnt-
ed double bass, fled FROM the room "a dis
may with a report to his master Of what
had happened Th;.t Individual went up
to tho room TO investigate
He gave the bass viol shake, when n
hollow voice issued from its interior plc..d-
ing in trembling accents to 10 lot alone
to die In an instant the hoto keeper had
whipped ofi the back Of the clso, ard,
tightly squeezed inside, he found its own
er, the Tzis-re. 1t was mystery t, tlnse
present how TIC poor man ever contrived
to insert his hcdy. thin as IL was, into Ito
Instrument icr consider ..tie energy had
10 be called into [ lay 70 get Liza OUT
London Telegraph,
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19

Spanish rey nino have already but one
thought in their young heads-war The
pOmpOus little German lieutenant only
lives for dreams of strategy, maneuvers,
kriegspiel, the Importance of buttons, the
dignity of stripes and grades the superiori-
ty of gunpowdcrs and chemicals, and the
bright nino climbs on Marshal Campos'
knees and begs to be told how Moors were
killed in Marocco, Cubans in Cuba, and
how many years he viii have still to wait
before he, too, can have the joy Of killing
them.
Divine education of Christian princess
Those children are taken respectively to
the Lutheran service and to the Catholic
mass and they are alike told that they are
the servants of the Son of Peace, and what
are they in truth being made both by edu-
cation ard example? They are being made
the scourge Of their own generation and <
the generations to come They 20 .~e:sg
taught to hope for and tor ~ direct
the slaughter Of theirF and of neigh
boring peoples, tnps<-@ cncir toys in mill
tary science theater in the battle
field, - sJrosia in blood
IT, srtle lads of their own agesvghO run
now before their carriages in the dust,
shouting their names with joyous outcry,
will be for them score Of years hence
crippled, manned, riddled with shot, torn
with explosive bullets, drowned by torpe-
docs, blown up by mines Thousands yet
unborn will arise to curse them; mothers
will ask their dead sons at their hands,
and ask in vain; villages will burn like
wisps of straw, and cities crumble like
trodden ant hills at their word They are
innocent themselves as the atoms of tub |
ing or the tin sardine boxes which hold
the detonatcrs and iron nails of the bomb |
but rs these are filed with the deadliest |
fumes and fires of hell, so are those boys
from their earliest infancy filed to the
throat with the lusts, the pride. the appe-
tite Of war.-Ouida in Forum
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19

/ Lady Hester Stanhope was appalling tC
wait upon. Everything she required had
to be done three or four times over before
1t pleased her, and the moment her serv.
ants left her room they were rung back
again. The bedroom, in which she spent
so much of her time, was chaos, being
also her study, library and toOlroom. Ma
terials for needlewOrk and pieces Of stuff
intended for presents were scattered over
the floor in bundles, and little table by
her bedside generally contained a saucer of
preserves, a bottle Of water, cup Of cold
ten, lemonade, wine, ipecacuanha lozenges,
cloves, camOmile tea and pill box. She
had neither clock nor watch, saying that
she could not berr anything unnatural
The sun is for the day, and the moon
and the stars are for the night, and by
them like to measure time. "
Worn out with ringing, talking and
scolding Lady Hester would sleep for "A
few hours, and then all would begin
again, each member Of her household be-
ing summoned to her bedroom to receive
orders.
She would see, one after the other, her
steward, her secretary, the cook, the
groom, the gardener, the doctora and on some
occasions the whole household Few es-
capped without IA reprOOf and scolding
Quiet was an element in which spirit so
restless and elastic could not exist. Secret
plans, expresses with letters, messengers
on distant journeys, orders for goods, sue
cor and relief afforded to the poor and OPP
pressed-these were the aliment of her ac-
tive and benevolent mind
Her bedstead resembled a sloping couch,
covered with a fuP clOnlx Her nilloyvs were
of Turkish silk The turban, jacket and pc
lisse in which she slept closely resenbled
those she wore when up. Her servants
would lave to stand before her, says DR.
Meryon, sometimes for whole hour,
90 undergoing a cross examination worse
than that Of GarrOw. Temple Bar.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19

In The Journal of the American Medical
Association the following account of the
death Of Washington appears In view OF
the fact that the general impression pre-
walls that Washington died of quinsy, the
paragraph is interesting:
Washington at 81 years of age died OF
acute laryngitis complicated with oedema
Of the CLOTHS. On Dec. 70, 1893, he rode
over his estate on horseback, and as 1t was
a day Of rain and slcet he became thorough
ly chilled. He contracted a severe cold and
at the end Of two days was very sick. Be
fore sending for doctor he had his over
seer bleed him. When the doctor came he
bled him again. As there was no improve
ment consulting physician was called,
and again he was bled. Finally they gave
him tartar emetic and calomel They also
applied fly blisters to his throat This
medical treatment has been the subject Of
much criticism"
Ben JOnson had his mental faculties i'm
paired by repeated attacks of apoplexy.
His bodily health also was shattered, and
he died in a state Of the deepest depression
and gloom. Benjamin Franklin died of
abscess of the lungs. Napoleon died of
cancer of the stomach. Burns, Shakes
peare and Edgar A. Poe died of exposure,
the results of too much drink. John Bum
yam died of a cold caused by exposure
Shelley was drowned Keats and Charles
Wolf died of consumption.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19

81 would lay the world at your feet!"
exclaimed the young man who reads
novels.
Really" she replied, "it's very good
Of you to suggest it, but you needn't
trouble yourself. It's there already"
N. Y. Recorder.
Lives In Rocking Chair.
Oakland has a taxpayer whose home is
nothing more or less than an Anticipated
rocking chair, and who has astonished the
authorities by obeying an ordinance
which, it was thought would serve to end
his peculiar ways if enforced. The eccen-
trio resident is Chinese named Chang
Wee, and he repairs cane seated chairs for
a livelihood.
Chang Wee covers a great deal of terri
tory ard docs not consider it worth while
to establish himself in a house So he car
ries a sample chair with him upon his
back, ard when meal time or night over
takes him he plants himself down wher-
ever he chances to be and enjoys n repast
of rice and prunes or goes to sleep for the
night Chang is partial to highways, and
many people have been puzzled to sec him
huddled up in his chair at the side Of some
suburban road calmly waiting for the
morrow.
Some time ago Chang was told that he
could not occupy the streets ut night un-
less he hung out lantern, for the law
was explicit on the point that distractions
should be indicated by lights after dusk.
This did not discourage the Chinese, and
he at once secured beacon, which he
hangs irolA the back Of his chair now up
on retiring.
Chang is a property holder and owns a
lot, in partnership with another Chinese,
on East Fourteenth street Nevertheless
he considers himself too poor to afford
place in which to sleep and eat Hewalks
through Alameda and Contra Costa coun-
ties repairing chairs and makes fair
wages thereby.
Among the Chinese of this city he is
looked upon with suspicion, for they con
slider his ways radically inconsistent and
absurd. Nevertheless Chang Wee is maxi
ing n good living and saving all but
mite of it.-San Francisco Chronicle
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19
.ARIgp COLLECTION FROM AFRICA.
Valuable Gift to the Philadelphia Academy
Of Sciences.

/ Dr. A. Donaldson Smith has presented
/ to tho Academy of Natural Sciences collec-
tions in various branches of natural his
/ tory made by him in an expedition through
the northeastern portion of Africa in 1894
/ The specimens were found principally in
! Somaliland situated ut the southern end
of the Red sen below Abyssinia The col
/ lection had been classified and in some do
partments had been carefully examined by
the curator of the British museum, who
/ labeled the serpents and fishes so far as
they were known species. The specialists
of the academy who have been working
up the collection united in prOnOuncing
it the most extensive and valuable that
had ever been taken out of Africa. 1t Is
especially valuable in the great variety Of
mammals, more especially in the roden-
tias, many species of which are new to
science One Of these was a named rat,
which was as large as a wharf rat and Gov
cred with long, stiff hair, arranged in three
longitudinal divisions, separated by divid-
ing lines. 1t resembles the marnot There
is no specimen in the British museum.
The horse tailed monkey had a long tail,
on the end Of which was a heavy tuft Of
long, white hair, like horses tail These
arc seen in troops of 500 or 600. The
species is believed to be different from any
to be found in other museums
In the collection of birds DIR. Sharp has
found 90 species which are new to science.
The specimens are not mounted. but are
the skins of the birds. The plumage Of
most of them is very brilliant, like chat Of
most tropical birds, and the markings are
beautiful This is particularly true Of the
starlings, of which there is a great variety
Some Of the bee caters, with their bril-
liant rcd and green markings would prove
a strong temptation to the ladies for wear
on their bonnets.
The chronological collection contains
81 specimens, with at least 90 species, in
GLIDING grasshoppers, flies, bugs butter
flies, etc. One Of the most interesting
was very long and slim, like what is
known as walking stick with several
branches, 50 nearly resembling Il twig that
it would be difficult to distinguish it on a
tree. But few shells are to he found in
the collection. The snails are distinct
from any found elsewhere north Of the
Sahara. -Philndelph Ledger
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19

The visitors who are living in hired
villas on the Riviera are all to be in.
eluded in the next French census.
Among those who viii fill out the sen.
sus papers are the queen of England
the empress dowage- Of Russia, the
czarowitz and her two youngest chill
dren, the grand duke and duchess Of
ATecl1lenburg-Schwerin, the duke and
, duchess of Parma, the duchess dowager
OF Coburg and Lord and Lady Sails
bury. The king of the Belgians, the
prince Of Wales and other birds of pas.
sage in hotels or yachts will be ex.
empted.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19

II we arc to believe the stories told by
the old time writers, the tigers Of early
days were infested by what some one has
appropriately termed the oldest parasite
in creation. According TO the story, the
"tiger flea was perfect counterpart Of
the tiger in every respect-claws, tail, head,
stripes, etc. That it would be utterly inn
possible for blood sucking insect to DO
Quilt after such a fashion goes without
saying, but there must have been some
slight foundation for the story. What was
ltg-St. Louis Republic
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19

The London Morning Post tells a
pleasant story of Pope Leo's kindness.
It seems that not long ago an English
lady, Protestant, with her little son.
II years old, and her daughter. OBJ
tanned an audience Of the pope. through
the good offices of Cardinal Rampolla,
the papaI secretary OF state. The latter
invited the boy to kiss the pope's slipper.
1--WE don't kiss peoples feet in Eng
land" said the little fellow, "but he's
n nice old gentleman, and I'll kiss his
hand, II he likes" The pope was de-
lighted with the little fellows answer,
and paid him several compliments N
italian.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19
HIS MISTAKE.
A Young Lawyers Happy RetOrt to .
Presiding Judge.

A Young Lawyers Happy RetOrt to .
Presiding Judge.
The New York Recorder gives a story
of young lawyer who evidently did
not consider the well-lnown learning
of the judge a sufficient reason for omit
ting evidence of his own attachments.
The judge was compelled to listen to
q case that had been appealed from one
of the police courts. The young prac.
titioner who appeared for the appellant
was long and tedious; he brought in all
of the elementary text books and quoted
the fundamental propositions of the
law.
At last the judge thought it was time
to make an effort to close the argument.
"Can we not assume" he said, POM
pously. "that the court knows little
about law itself?"
That's the very mistake 1 made in
the other court" answered the young
orator, land don't want to let it defeat
Inc twice"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19

st. Louis, in more than one sense, must
be accorded central place in the series of
great American towns. 1t is not only cen
trail by virtue of its geographical situation,
but it is also more typically American
than any other of our large communities
by reason Of the blending of the several
American types of population. The process
Of assimilation has been more complete
than in the northwestern towns, and dis
tinctions of race ard class are less sharp
than in most eastern cities. ST. Louis is
comparatively an old community 1t has
succeeded fairly well in reducing New
Englanders, Virginians, New Workers.,
men from the gulf states, Kentuckians,
horthwesterners, Missourians, the Illinois
contingent, the Texans and the Irish and
Germans as well, into body Of progress
I've yet conservative Americans, TO which
each element his contributed something
while losing the sharp edges Of its own &c
rentricities. There results n community
that is typically American and more com
pletely representative of our whole coun-
try, such as it is, than any other one Of
the dozen largest American cities. 1t also
happens that ST. Louis is the most salts
factory exponent Of what may be called the
distinctively American system Of city gov
eminent that the country affords on any
similar scale of magnitude. Shaw
In Century.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19
3 Sores

In combination, proportion and
process Hoods Sarsapal.illa is peculiar
to itself, and uncqualled in true merit.
No other medicine ever possessed so
much curative power, or reached such
enormous sales, or made such Won
derful cures, as Hoods Sarsaparilla.
1t is undoubtedly the best medicine
ever made to purify, vitalize and en-
rich the blood.
Thatis the secret of its success.
Read this statement:
"When my son was years OF age, he
had rheumatic fever and acute rheuma-
tism, which settled in his left hip. He
was so sick that no one thought there was
any help for him. Five sores broke out
on his thigh, which the doctor said were
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19

Tho block of glass which is to be made
into vast mirror for the big telescope
which is to be one Of the features of the
exhibition of 1900 has just arrived in Par
is from belgium. whcro it has hcen cast.
This immense telescope Is to bring the
moon to N apparent distance Of 80 kilo-
meters from the earth and Is being con-
structed under the direction OF NJ Francis
Deloncle The polishing of tine glass for
the mirror Of the telescope will be done In
Paris.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19

There arc two little boys now conspicu
Gus in Europe. One is II AID the other 3
wears Of arc. Orc Is a crown prince and
the other :. crowned king Tie former is
the most d. cary ard self conscious little
prir that ever was drilled il Pie clay ard
buczrain, aid the other is still a high
spirited child, bold, ssucy ard lOvaEle, but
both the Prussian kronprinz and the
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sores. We had three different doctors.
Pieces OF bone came out of the sores. The
last doctor said the leg would have to be
cut open and the bone scraped, before he
could get we'll. Howard became so low
that he would eat nothing, and one doc
tor said there was no chance for him.
Gone day, newspaper recommending
Hoods Sarsaparilla was left at our door.
We decided to try this medicine. Howard
commenced taking it the last Of February,
after having been sick for year and
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19

IDaily. sDaIy e4cepI ounuay
.sa'' stops 10 leaye passengers from wilmington
In poipt- north or take passengers for points
south Of Delmar'
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATES TRA ms
r.ssve Wilmington /. ID a. m. aud 9.Si IA daily
and & H. H. "a M s.51. $50 G.l5, and 6.53 D. m.
4 eek days Leave New Castle $40 a. m. aud
iOI9 D. m. dsy, 53i, 9.i5- Hue AIN. LIS
s vi, GA and 7.22 pm. week days.
ts,nr,ss trans leaving Harrington SOS a, m
mi arriving at - D. m. weekdays, run through
bid to ANA frem Baltimore, via Porter aud
1nWark
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19

DELAWARE, Maryland & VIRGINIA r. r.
ave Harrington for franklin and way stations
'os7 a. M, and G.2S p. m. Tuesdays, Ihursuays
IN Saturdays only Returning, train lVaves crank
"A civ 5.52 a. m. week days, Las p. m TUESDAY 3,
thursdays aud Saturdays only.
Leave FrankliH City Tor Chihc0teague IVA
'Itamer) / 43 D. m. week days, Returning leave
Ihiacoleague AZ a. m. weekdays
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lfwes
n i035 a. m. week days and 6-sS p. q weex -days.
eturnipg, leave Lewes "a u. m, 3.2J y. IN.
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IN, IN ANNE 4 KENT Il. k--Leave Townsend
NJ tntreville aHd way stations 20 a. m. ana
3 in ,saek.daYs Re, cunning. leave Center
tiIle 7.8l a. m. and $50 p. fe. weekdays
Del. & CHEsArEAKE X. k.-Leave clayton iel
& tford and WAY stations at 9.sS a. m. and 81 .
week-days. Returning, leave oxford $50 u. M.
end ~ p. m weekdays,
oAMBH1DaE b STAFFORD Il. R.-Leave StafoIl
Pol Cambridge and intermediate stations III lib
E ~ wesR. days. aud on Tuesdays, Thursdays ,ahe
saIa rdaYs O5 y. m ReIurning leave Cambridge
a m and ON Tuesdays. Thursdays ana Sat
sI|a ys al l'- m
toNNrcrtoN At Parter. with Newark & Del
..|ire CITY Railroad A. rOwnsend, with Queen
.ate 4 q Kent i1iirOai. Al Clayton, with Del
tI4a ru q chesapeake Railroad and Bait ''Ste ~
IS n ware Bay Railroad. Al Harrington win
aware, Maryland " Virginia Rsilroad. AZ
.sfOrd. with Cambridge g ) Afford Railroad Al
10|nlar, win New YOrg, Pniladel rnia g Norioik
|tomicO Il PosOmOiIe aad Peninsula hsii'0ads
s. NJ, PROVOST, General Ma ascf.
( n WOOD, General Passenger Aren't
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-19

Dear Lord, send us all out on that mis-
sion All around us imbittered lives-im-
Filtered by persecution, imbittered by by
percriticism, imbittered by poverty, i'm
FILTERED by pain, imbittered by injustice,
imbittered by sin. Why not go forth and
sweeten them by smiles, by inspiring
words, by benefactions, by hearty counsel
by prayer, by gospelized behavior Let us
remember that If we are wornlwood to
others we are NORWOOD to ourselves, and
our life will be bitter and our eternity Bit
terer The gospel of Jesus Christ is the on
~ sweetening power that is sufficient 1t
sweetens the disposition. It sweetens the
manners 1t sweetens life. 1t sweetens
mysterious providences. 1t sweetens affiic-
tons 1t sweeteps death. 1t sweetens ev-
erything have heard people asked in So
cial company, "If you could have three
wishes gratifled, what would your three
wishes be?' If 1 could have three wishes
met this morning, / tell you what they
would be: First, more of the grace Of God;
second, more of the grace of God; third,
more of the grace of God.
In tho dooryard Of my brother John,
missionary in Annoy, China, there was a
tree called the emperor tree, the two char
acteristics Of which are that it always
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4 KINNEY, Geperal Superintendent,
r. L HOLIDAY SuDerintendent
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Another Unique Text Taken to Enforce a
Needed I.esson-Conduct. Influence and
Opportunity The Free Nation Of the
Earth and It's Salvation.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-11-26

The civil service commission, in their
annual report. are expected TO recon.
mend the repeal Of the Tenure Of Office
law in order that their may be no ex-
cuse for placing competent officials who
are appointed by the president and
confirmed by the senate. This law
limits the service OF most Of the federal
officials Of four years, a. that is the
term OF the president. and he is author
lied to commission them for that time
only. At the expiration Of their term
they must be recommended or
someone else appointed in their stead.
1t is the theory of the civil-service
commission that If the tenure Of Office
law we're repealed and all federal Of
fetal were appointed for indefinate
periods OF time the most efficient men
would be retained in the service. The
objection TO such an appeal would be
that the president would have the
power to remove an official at anytime.
which he practically has now. But it
is not very likely that congress will
accept any such recommendations
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-11-26

A letter has been issued by the ''tri-
pod" committee Of the Mutual Aid
Association for Democracy in South
Dak0ta, announcing In = ''holier- than
thou manner that, no concern on earth
Is spurer-than-we." That virtue and
the God-given qualities Of the angles
OF peace" rest in their manly bosoms;
that they are 90 sanity that even their
finger tips have turned 70 . whitened
hne in sympathy with the loving throb
beats Of their hearts for the good Of the
Common" people It 10 enough to raise
blisters on the footprints Of . prehis-
tOric age to read such balder-dash.