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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-10-04
Dr.. Rlxex leaves Canton.

Canton, o., Oct. DIR. Rixey, Mrs.
McKinley's physician, left Canton last
night for Washington. In his absence
she will be under the care OF Drs.
Phillips and Portman DR.. Phillips
has been for many years one of the
family physicians of the late Presi.
dent and his wife, and DR.. Portman
has frequently been consulted by
Them
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-10-04
g MAnu

This signature Is on every box Of the genuine
Laxative Bronco uinine Tablets
the remedy Shas elges . eoAS in ems day
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-10-04
"ABADIA MENDEZ,

Some uncertainty exists in the
minds of the officials of the legation
as to whether this victory over the
Venezuelans is identical with that
heretofore reported by way of Cura.
Gao in the press dispatches or is the
result of another fight. Some stress
is laid on the statement that this in
vasion was without a previous decla
ration of war on the part of Venezuela
This, DR.. Silva says, shows the ir
regularity of the course the Latter
country has taken. DR.. Mendez WHIT
signs the dispatch, is the new minister
of foreign affairs, whose appointment
followed the Colombian cabinet crisis
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-10-04
COLOMBIAN VICTORY REPORTED

New Minister Of Foreign Affairs ca
bles of Venezuelan Defeat,
Washington, Oct. 2.-The following
cablegram was received at the Colon
bian legation in this city last night:
"Bogota, Oct. I've have obtained
a signal victory over Venezuelan
troops that invaded the Goajira. under
Venezuelan officers and under the
Venezuelan flag, without a previous
declaration of war.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
COUNTRY AND CITY LIFE.
Human Nature Much the Same In
Either Environment.

Human Nature Much the Same In
Either Environment.
A paper was read before one of the
numerous literary clubs of this city
recently in which the writer con-
trasted the conditions of certain
rural section of this state with the
higher civilization of our cities, says
the Indianapolis News. The author
was adroit and did not commit him
self as favoring one side or the other,
but he raised the question as to
whether, after all, our modern civili-
cation, with it's telegraph, railroads,
telephones and electric power, stood
for the highest happiness and greatest
good to the human race. The rural
community referred to had had within
its boundaries no murders, burglaries,
1ynchings nor other great crimes; it
had no abject poverty nor great wealth
and all its residents were compara-
lively happy. The writer put this con-
dition over against the slums of our
modern cities, against the hurry and
bustle and nerve-wrecking strain of
modern business demands, and left his
hearers to think about the suggestions
he threw out. We have heard all
these things before. The theory Of bu-
collie partisans in the first place is based
on appearances viewed from a dis
tance II they would but dwell among
their rural friends while they would
probably find human nature much the
same and the sums total of happiness
and unhappiness balanced in about the
same proportions as among people
elsewhere. But grant all the advo-
Gates of rural blessings say to be true,
what does 1t prove? In the light Of
hard facts 1t seems idle to speculate
about the question. Our modern i'm
provements are not artificial, but have
come about through necessity.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
Woman with Walking Stick.

The woman with the walking stick
is among the promises of the near
future 1t is said that the smart set
at the east is carrying them, and that
the habit will soon invade all parts
of the country. 1t is not believed,
however, that the fashion will ever be-
come general. On reason is that, with
long skirts and no pockets, overbur-
dened womankind cannot undertake
to carry anything further than she is
compelled to bear. AS it is she must
stick her mite of handkerchief into
the opening of her glove, must take
her money in a chain purse on her
waist and if more items are necessary
they must be conveyed in a bag at her
side. Her position with the necessary
parasol on a sunny day, her poodle to
lead and about half yard of train
to be lifted out of the dust is pathetic
enough, but the addition of stick
would render it comic rather than pa
thetic. An investigation, too, of sun
dry stores devoted to sticks and UNI
brellas does not reveal anything
specially prepared for feminine de-
mands.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
REFLECTIONS OF AN OLD CAT

Me-a-oW-ow-ow!
l wonder where Tahby is.
Vow that looks like shaving
mug
Close call. 1t didn. miss me two
inches
I'll make things interesting from
now on. Watch me.
Me-a-ow! Ow! Wow! SPIT! SPIT!
Me-a-ow! Me-a-ow! SPIT!
Never touched me! Me-a-ow! Wow!
Wow! Why does everybody hate a
cat?
Some day Ill get hold of that sore
eyed lap dog that's in the house, and
l won't do a thing to it.
SPIT! Me-a-ow! Who's to blame that
I'm on the earth, anyhow? Did 1 have
anything to do with bringing the first
cat to this country? l guess not.
E-a-ow-wow! Missed me a mile,
Does the constitution follow the cat?
1t ought to. Everything else does. SPIT!
SPIT! Some people think cat hasn't
any rights human being is hound
to respect. Ye-a-ow-oop l ate the
canary. l broke the crockery In the
kitchen. l fed the strawberry short
cake to the policeman. l wore the
madames dress to the cake walk. I'm
devil! I'm devil! I'm a devil!
Wow-ow-ow oop!
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
THE MAN AND THE BUG.

He is nne old gentleman, every
,ns who takes daily trips on the -
street car line will say so. He is kind
ly considerate of the rights of his fell
low passengers and, though he usu-
ally occupies the end seat, it is not be-
cause he insists upon having, but be-
cause his fellow passengers insist that
he shall have it. His politeness is of
the old, old school, and his Difference
to the ladies is beautiful to behold,
says the Indianapolis News. He has
been seen time and again when the
conductor was slow or remiss in his
attention to women with babies and
washerwomen with baskets to assist
in taking them, with their incumbranc-
es, OFF and on the car. In view of these
things, the happening of yesterday was
pathetic.
A young woman, indeed an extreme
ly handsome and well-dressed young
woman, was seated before him. The
old gentleman whose eyesight Is no
longer OF the clearest, noticed bug
In the knot of hair punched above the
white neck of the fair young woman
as ones thumb nail. He leaned for
ward to perform an act of kindness;
ne would brush the insect away. He
brushed. The bug, to his view but
took f1rmer clasp on its lodging
place.
The old gentleman made second at
tempt. With thumb and finger he
seized the insect and pulled vigorously.
The young woman turned at this; fire
was in her radiant eyes, anger in her
voice. She uttered but cne word
"S-i-r!"
1t was enough. The Odd gentleman
was paralyzed. He attempted to ex-
plain, but his tongue refused to make
an articulate sound. Covered with
confusion he touched the electric but
ton and alighted at the next crossing.
few of the passengers smiled; one
or two even laughed. The bug was
Brazilian beetle attached to long pin
IN the young womans hair.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
YtiE CHIN ESE LILY.
Story Of the Origin Of Flower of the
Water FaIrv."

Story Of the Origin of Flower of the
water FaIrv."
Once upon a time there lived in
China two orphan brothers. The elder
brother, though he had the larger share
of the estate left them, seized the best
part of the younger's, leaving him but
few acres of rocky, unfruitful soil,
The younger brother bore the greedi
ness of the elder until he was over
come with poverty and hunger. Then
he threw himself on the ground and
lay there bewailing his cruel fate.
Suddenly he heard sweet voice call
ing his name. Opening his eyes, he saw
fairy bending over him, who bade
him arise, saying: THY patience and
now great shall be thy reward. Thou
shalt find riches and fame beneath the
soil where thy head rested. To reach
the treasure will be no easy task, but
be again patient and perservering. Rest
not until thou hast found that which
shall cause thee to be honored and
loved for a thousand generations.
Then the fairy vanished, and the
youl6 man IuDUeu LIS eyes anu lOOhCu
about him. His rocky ground was still
there, but he was jubilant with a new
found hope and courage. For many
days he dug faithfully, and finally
found flower bulb. Believing in the
fairys promise, he planted the bulb
and nourished it until from it there
grew a flower more delicately sweet
and fair than had ever been seen bfore.
Hundreds of people came to see the
new flower. Other bulbs sprung from
its roots, and the young mans name
and bulb patch soon became famous,
for the flower would not grow in any
other part of China, and riches and
honor came to him. He named his
treasure the "Shuey Seen Fiah,' or
Flower of the. Water Fairy" name
it has ever since borne, though we call
it simply the Chinese lily"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
PEASANTS LONG SLEEP.
This Strange Story Is Credited to
Vo,kov. the Traveller.

Hunger and cold impel bears and
northern countries to sleep during the
winter months, and, according to Tn.
Volkov, the famous traveller, there are
hundreds of Russian peasants who reg
ularly follow their example. These
peasants, he says, live in districts
where food is very scarce at all sea-
sons of the year-so scarce, indeed,
that frequently none is to be obtained,
and the unfortunate inhabitants can
only keep from starving by gnawing
a curious kind of bread which they
make from the bark of trees. AS this
nourishment is insufficient to maintain
life very long under ordinary condi-
tions, they have been accustomed for
years to go to sleep at the beginning
of winter and not to rouse themselves
from it until the beginning of spring.
At the first sign of frost the members
of each family gather in the paternal
hut and prepare for five or six
months sleep. In order to keep warm
they lie down beside the huge stove,
which is regularly supplied with fuel
by each of them in turn, and thence
forth there is silence in the large,
gloomy chamber until spring comes
once more, with its promise of food.
During all this time no one leaves the
warm hearth except for few min
utes each day in order to take mouth
full Of food or sup of water. Not only
villages, but whole townships, says TIL.
Volkov, hibernate in this singular
fashion.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
Journalistic Errors.

An English writer discussing jour
nalistic blunders remarks: 81 do not
allude to what are obviously mere mis-
prints, such as the Morning Post an
nounced at the head of its fashionable
intelligence that Lord Palmerston had
gone down into Hampshire with a
party of f1ends to shoot peasants, but l
refer to blunders due to gross ignor-
ance of a pretentious order. Perhaps
the best instance was when one of the
young lions of the Daily Telegraph
in a leading article enumerated the
great masters Of Greek sculpture az
Phidias, Praxiteles, and Milo, ignorant
of the fact that Milo is not sculptor.
but an island. The Times was even
worse when, mistaking Prussia for
Austria, 1t devoted whole leader ia
discussing why Prussia had Joined the
Zollverein. The Saturday Review once
explained at great length that the pop
ulation might be nourished gratuiti-
ously on young lambs, II killed un-
weaned before they had begun to crou
grass. having therefore cost nothing tn
feed"
One of the first women to be given
q place of honor in the French Acad-
emy of Science is Nine. Sklowdowaka
Currie Of the Paris Municipal School
of Physics. who has just discovered
the new substance radium and who
won thereby prize Of 1000 francs.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
THE MARBLE TIMES
AND
CRYSTAL SILVER LANCE
MARBLE. COLORADO.
THE CINoUE PORTS

nisod of Hardy Mariners Remains In
Channel Fishetu.sn.
How many of us can tame offhand
the five ports to which the destinies
charter of Edward I. thex: Ave hamlets
in Kent and Sussex which had consti-
tuted themselves the defenders of the
sea at its narrowest poius within sight
know, is the residence of the lord
warden, and Deal, with its castles and
towers, is promptly set Gown by nine
readers out of ten as Que of the ports,
which, of course, it Is not. Sandwich,
Hythe, Dover, Romney and Hastings
were the quintet which in Anglo-Saxon
times linked themselves together to re-
pei the invader. And turbulent time
they had of it. Never a winter night
but those good folks must lie abed
with the thought Of the trumpet's
call that might at any moment sum-
mon them on to the black face Of tic
channel to hurl back the invader from
their shores. Sieges and sacking they
had in plenty, and heavy were the
payments exacted. Thus, in 1887, the
Frenchmen, driven from Sandwich, de-
scended upon Rye with thirty-five
ships and thirty-two galleys and de-
vastated the little town set upon that
hill, from which the tide has gone out
never to return. The Cinque Ports
squadron was quickly manned, ths
clumsy sails caught fair wind, and
in trice Master Frenchman was scud-
ding home with the Sussex boys close
at his heels. Into the harbor of Bou-
logne they followed the foe, set fire to
the town and polished off the job by
hanging twelve captains Of the Offend
ing fleet. These were not the days Of
Hague conferences and peace commit
tees, and a blow begot blow. The
tale is not spoiled by remembering
that ten years later the Frenchmen
crept on to the coast one night, and,
lighting their torches on the beach,
managed to burn down fifty-two houses
in Rye and ninety-four houses in Win
chelsea. Life in one of these ports
was an exhilarating experience, and
even to-day some of the bone and blood
Of those hardy mariners remains in
those channel fishermen who are ready
in any gale that blows to face the
Goodwin sands in cockshell Of a life
boat.-The Pail Mall Magazine.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
Prea cher Stirs Things Up.

The village of Melbourne, Ia, is in
fever of excitement on account OF
some sensational sermons alleged to
have been preached by the Rev. Thos.
Neillson, Methodist, an ex-saloon-
keeper. 1t is said that in a recent
sermon he made derogatory remarks
against the good name of the village,
declaring that there was more hell to
the square inch in Melbourne than
any place else on earth, and that there
was not praying mother in the en-
tire village. His arraignment of dane
ing and the liquor traffic is also said
to have been most severe. 1t is stated
that the Rev. Mr.. Neillson has re-
ceived numerous warnings from white
caps, and he and his friends are going
armed in anticipation Of conflict with
the other side.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
Every Film a Blank.

A Philadelphia girl who has Just re-
turned from a two years tour abroad
Is having a grea. many jokes cracked
at her expense by reason of her ex-
periences in the field of amateur pho
Biography. She took with her a camera.
one of the tripod variety, and 1000
films. All during her travels the cam
era was her constant companion, and
In order to keep tabs on her pictures
she jotted down in note book lust
what each one was. This little book
contained such subjects as Feeding
Crocodiles In the Ganges," Sunrise on
the Nile" "a Street in Jerusalem" and
others of an equally interesting nature.
Almost the first thing she did when
she reached home was to send her
thousand Aims to professional pho
tographer to have them developed.
The next day she received messaxe
from him asking her to call and
learned that her labor of two years had
BEEN wasted. Never once had she re-
moved the cap from the camera, and
every flm was blank.-Philadelph
Record.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
HERE'S A MYSTERY.
THE BODY OFTHE MAN COULD
NOT BE FOUND.
Train Plunged Into n Ghost and tho
Uncanny Obstacle Was Never Seon OF
Heard of Again-An Old Engi.eer's
Story.
(Washington Letter.)


George H. Martin Of Milwaukee, an
ice of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, tells the following story of
his first trip In Idaho, made in the
fall of 1887:
THE Mecca for railroad men at that
time was Pocatelle, Ida,, and there l
obtained employment on the Oregon
Short line as a freight fireman. On
my first trip out l went to the round
house after the engine, and as we
came out of the house a black cat
ran across the track. The engineer
was superstitious, like lots of other
railroad men, and he Immediately
climbed out of the cab, went to the
superintendent and asked to be ex
cused from taking the trip.
I'VE were delayed about an hour in
securing another engineer to make the
trip. We got started at last, and
was particularly alert, as it. was my
first trip and l wished to make a good
is known in that country as Dead
Mans gulch when looking ahead l
saw man standing on the track about
200 feet ahead. l reached for the rope
and rang the bell on the engine for the
purpose of giving him warning, but
he did not appear to hear it. l then
called to the engineer:
"' Bill, sound your whistle. There's
man on the track who appears to be
either deaf or drunk
THE engineer footed his whistle, but
still the man stuck to his post in the
middle of the track. The engineer
shut off steam, but we did not come
to stop until we had passed the spot
where he stood. The engineer turned
to me and said:
Didn't he get off on your side?'
No. l replied. If he didn't get off
on your side he's under the train
Then We started out to search for
the remains, the engineer with his
torch and with my lantern. We ex-
amined the engine and found no marks
to indicate that we had struck the man.
We walked down the sides of the
train and met the conductor and rear
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

brakeman coming forward to see what
was the matter. We told them we had
struck man, and then the entire crew
began the search, but found nothing.
1--WE finally concluded that he had
been knocked off the track into a
swiftrunning mountain stream that
ran alongside. At the next telegraph
station north of that point the con-
ductor and engineer reported to the
superintendent that we had killed a
man in Dead Mans gulch and could
not find the remains; that we be-
lieved he had been knocked into the
water and carried away.
"The superintendent the next morn
ing issued instructions to the section
men to patrol the stream and search
for the body, and the search was kept
up for five or six days, but nothing
ever came of it.
Finally the entire train crew was
called before the superintendent and
interrogated, when 1t was discovered
that only the engineer and myself had
seen the man struck by the engine.
uCA IhO oCdlSl Woo oiOPPSo anu SAAC
subject was discussed by the railway
employees as an incident in their lives.
Two weeks later a prospector came
into Pocatelle and reported that he had
found a skeleton in the mountains
near the point where We had seen the
man on the track.
"It was then learned that when the
road was being built a grader en-
ployed in Dead Mans gulch had dis
appeared and was supposed to have
been murdered; but as his body was
never found nothing was done about
1t. The incident I have related gave
rise to the story that the man whom
we saw on the track was the ghost
of the murdered grader. What do l
think about It? 1t certainly was very
strange. l saw the man standing on
the track as plainly as see you. and
l saw the engine pass over the spot
where he stood. but there were no
marks on the engine to show that 1t
had struck body, nor was there any
jar to the machinery such as one
might expect under the circumstances.
Further than this am not expressing
an opinion"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
HUMILITY.

Lets you an me go on in v.dr sim
pie way" said Meandering Mike, IAN
not put on no airs, however we may
feel tempted
What are you ta!kin' about?" In
quired Flooding Pete.
DE dangers of pride. want to csu-
ton you against gettin overbearsn'
simply because dere amt no fisk OF
your disgracin' yourself by dyin ricn."
Washington Star.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
Pa.t.boara Armor In Vogue

Pasteboard armor is coming into
vogue. Experiments at Copenhagen
show that millboard three inches
thick was impenetrable to carbine bull
let's which pierced 5-inch wooden
planks.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
c.AswalH n rsss.lassr..

On the late adjournment Gay m the
California legislature q military band
wns blaring in the gallery, colored
boy danced the cakswalk, one speaker
~ m. used 3 hatchet as a savel and
enetheT snphasised his rulings with
e1sts xson : rsvolvsr
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
HIS EXALTED MISSION.

Woman of the House-"You'vc been
here half dozen times and got moth
ing. You ought to have learned some
thing by this time. What do you keep
on coming for?"
Tuffold Knutt with impressive dig
nity)-"I amt no common tramp.
ma'am. I'm around studyin' condi-
tions."
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
camsr. r,.nd.. ns.t sho.

A camera dend in British Columbia
while endeavoring to take photo
graph at the extreme edge of clin.
made misstep and fell hundred
feet into the water below. On his way
down he pressed the button. The re-
sultant picture, be declares. il the best
in his collection.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
THE PRACTICAL VIEW.

"As to this Heron business" morau-
lied Uncle Allen Sparks, at seems
clear to me that the only gamer in the
transaction is the original Mrs. Her
ron. She gets 100000 for a husband
who wasn't worth hundredth part of
it."
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
Pleasure. of Amateur Gardenlnr.

William, l wish you would go and
weed out the flower bed"
William went and inspected it.
Then he returned.
"It would be simpler job. Marie,
he said, 'to flower out the weed bed
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
NATURAL D1sApvANrAuEs

Taking into consideration the
things Sharp has had to contend
against, think his success as a law
yer has been remarkable"
why, what did he ever have 10 con-
tend against"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
LITTLE LAUGHS
Cynical.

Visitor Cat the dog pound)-'1s this
what you feed the poor things on
these refuse scraps of meat?"
Keeper-''Yes What did you
think we fed 'em on? Pound cake?'
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
But Nobody Eiso.

Theorist-"You believe in Sivini
credit to whom credit is due, don
you?"
Practical Man-"Y-yes, but l max
everybody else pay cash."
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
Messages.

The two reformers had begun to
quarrel.
IF ever you had message to deliver
to the world you delivered it long
ago." said the one.
That's all right" replied the other.
"The world listened to me. You haven't
delivered your message. You can't get
anybody to hear it."
Upon which the argument became
a physical one.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

For mountain-climbing camels are
very inef1cient and seldom used in
Abyssinis End other mountainous
countries
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
HIS MODEST REPLY.

Diggs-"Do you belisve there Is any
truth in the saying that 1t takes a gen.
ius to live with a genius?"
Biggs-"No, l don't. 1 never consid-
cred my wife genius"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
,aeras,o s&Gn@EC
elAPS ~ = e Ssl|ll'is II AA%}%G9pR
>A ~ ~

Everything. He came of wealthy
family. He didn't have to work his
way through college. He never stud
leu by the lgni OF ID pine torch. never
had to drive dray, never walked six
miles to school, and wasn't compelled
to borrow his books. He had every
possible facility, and yet he has done
well from the very start"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

Baggs-" "Stubbson claims to be a
self-made man."
Spraggs-"Looks as n he ran out of
material"