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Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15

door My wife, all in a tremble. went
to open it. We believed we were going
TO see more Federals. 1t was the navy
"a captain, ensigns, a surgeon. They
said to me: Get up! Make us some
coffee"
got up. I made the coffee for them.
You could hear in the cemetery a muir
muir a confused movement, as if all
the dead people were rousing them.
selves for the last Judgment. The Off
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15
waters retired our craft had gone win

waters retired our craft had gone win
them, never to be heard of more.
| had lived in the east too long not 70
know what was coming. We were as
high as we could get and could only
wait for the peril. 1t came as the sun
rose. We heard a booming. roaring and
crashing and next minute caught SIGHT
OF tidal wave sweeping in. That
wave was 40 feet high. and as it rolled
across the island from north to south
its foamy crest was only 80 feet below
where we stood. There were three
waves. each moving at speed of 100
miles an hour, and then the sea settled
down to its usual level and soon grew
quiet a thousand acres of forest had
been swept away and the whole face
Of the island changed in moment
Our spring and our camp had been left
untouched, but there was no longer Il
cavern. no longer a bale Of goods. no
longer brig laden with kings ran
som. An earthquake at sea. a mighty
CONFUSION of nature 500 miles AWAY
had robbed US of brig. crew and treas
u"e and left us on an almost desolate
rock to wait for passing craft.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15
THE MAN WITH THE civ


Most every farmer knows this fol.
loW-not the true sportsman, who win
seek permission before he will raid n
mans farm and who will courteouslv
observe the rights of the farmer re-
speeding the game which may be on
MS land, but the pirate and pothunter
VINO Is out to kill and slaughter every
living thing not strictly domesticated.
who hunts not for sport. but that he
may sell his pothunting spoils. This
Fellow will bunch and kill the hevv Of
quail which you have been feeding and
protecting. the red and gray s0uirrels
which are your household nets. will emf
your barbed wire fences. leave the gates
Open shoot among and Brighten your
stock and is the very worst all round
municipal nuisance which ever gets loose
IN the country. In some communities
the farmers have organized and agreed
TO arrest and prosecute this pirate if he
ever sets foot ON their land. and tbis
example should be generally followed
Aside from any value which game
birds may have as food. they are all Of
inestimable value to the farmer rs
weed seed eaters and insect destroy
ers' and with the game birds we would
include the hawks and owls. whose
llvlne is almost wholly obtained from
the verInin pests-of- the farm. The
presence of this wild bird life and
the Importance of protecting it are
subjects which the farmer may well
interest themselves in. and one of the
most Important steps in connection
with the matter is the Punishment OF
the man with the gun from their re-
spective farms.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15

Inc farmers of the whole country
should protest against the indiscrimi-
nate and wasteful use of the Dublio
Iuhds IN connection with the so called
river and harbOr appropriation bills
Nhlle a certain per cent Of this an.
nual appropriation is legitimate and
proper enough and in the interests of
all the people, there Is still n large
margin appropriated ostensiblv for the
| dredging of impossible Waterways and
the improvement of catbOat barborS
winch is in reality a diversion of pub
lie money as reward for congressional
support for the legitimate objects Of
such appropriations These verse than
wasted funds should be directed 10
ward. the reclamation Of the arid 500
lions Of the country. the conservation
and economic distribution Of s,,.nI,,.
waters FOR the purposes of irrigation.
the protection Of a small part. nj least
OF our native forests. the DEVELOPMENT
or a general system Of intelligent for.
estIy for the country at large and such
practlcal work in the line of cheaDen-
ing transportation as will benefit au
the people. The country is very rich
IN financial resources and without any
Just charge of assuming an obnoxious
paternalism the government can most
properly and rightly aid any legitimate
enterprise which has for its object
the reclamation of its waste lands and
the creation Of new homes for its peo
pie.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15
ANECDOTES OF FORREST.
Why the Confederate Lender DecIiD-
ed to Correct His S,,aI1ir

Why the Confederate Leader DecIin-
ed TO Correct His speIIiDE.
General Forrest of the Confederate
army" said an ex-Confederate officer
was military genius of the first
rank. Without previous training or any
developed taste in that direction he
went into the army from place rs
OVerseer and attained commanding
rank absolutely by merit. Rough and
uhcouth at first he became in later life
couruy gentleman whom it was a
pleasure to meet and to know. I re-
member on one occasion some time aft
er the war coming up the Potomac
Win MN l wanted to introduce =
young woman who was under NV as.
cort' He said he was fiattered by the
request, but that he could not meet
her unless she knew perfectly well who
he was and that he was NOT held in
hlgh esteem by the northern peonle
chiefly on account of the Fort PILLOW.
aHair. | assured him that she was ful.
" apprised of his record. and then he
went with me to meet her. and she told
me later she had never met more at
tractive man.
Earlier in his career IL that is. be
fore he had learned to spell-he was
asked by young lady to put his auto
graph in her album. He wrote his name
as requested and under it his title. ma.
Jor general Of calvary as he spelled if
Inc lady called his attention TO it in
very delicate way, and he looked at II
a moment. and with a full conscious
ness that he was lacking in that regard
ana with a beautiful and scarcely to be
expected humility he said. Let it stand
to show how ignorant General Forrest
IS. There are not many men who
would have done that, | imagine. and
It was the little things that showed
the mans true greatness. New York
Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15

Sicily is in some sense a land of
shadows-a land where the dead are
more present to the mind than the
living-a land where one feels ones
self to be breathing man visiting.
like Dante or like Hercules. the realms
of phantOms. Everywhere YOU are
haunted by the ghosts Of great men or
the memories of great events or of
great and departed nations.
In the lemon groves of the promon
tory OF NaXos one fancies the siclllv
Nicias Willing away the winter
while his fleet rides in the bay outside
the Greek harbOr. At Syracuse we
see a whole host of great shades
Nicias again and I-amachus, slain near
the AnapO and the ghosts of thou.
sands of Athenians perishing in the
great harbor and on the cliffs of Eni-
polH and. last of all. in the quarriqs
and so vanishing into thin air And
again by the shores of Ortvgio we
think of Plato and Pindar and Raccbv-
ldes and SimonidcS. the visitors at the
court Of the stately Hero. and last. but
not least. of ST. Paul talrying for
short space in the harbor and per
maps preaching in some of the squares
and streets of the old city.
There IS yet another figure who fol
lows ones thoughts through Sicily
the naughty and mystical EmDedocies
we remember him on the slopes Of
Etna' in his native Acragas. and again
at Selinus. And even in bright and
busy Palermo the dead are more to
us than the living 1t is of Hamilkar
or Marcellus or Frederick II and the
brilliant Norman kings that we think
the most. So thoroughly in Sicily do
the shadows Of the past dominate the
living present.-Sir Edward Fry's
Studies by tie Way"
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15
THE BOX ELDER RIG


We have had several inquiries about
this box elder bug Oeptocorus trivit-
tatus), the gray bug with red markings
which for two seasons past has appear
ed IN such swarms through the prairie
portions Of the west and northwest late
IN the fall. This bug belongs to the
sucking and not the eating class of
insects and is intimately associated
with the box elder tree upon which it
breeds and feeds during the summer
season. The box elder tree having
been largely planted as a shade tree all
through the west, this pest finds plenty
OF congenial conditions and has so
multiplied of late years as to become
for a season, at least, a veritable mi.
sance. The surest way to get rid of the
pest is to get rid of the box elder trees
as spraying or other methods would he
too expensive and troublesome.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15

probably very few persons who fire.
quently use the expression "As mad as
halter have any idea as to what if
means or why a halter is necessarily
any more subject to fits of anger than
plumber, a blacksmith or a carmen.
ter. The expression is said to have
come into use half a century ago. when
the manufacture of hats was done
wholly by hand. The most striking
thing about the process was that of the
beating up of the felt. The halter FIRST
dipped the mass of wool and hair fire..
quently into hot water; then. Selling a
stick in each hand, he belabored tbe
mass most vigorously, stopping now
and then to get his breath. until tbe
material was matted together in
rough sort of felt The lively bpotinu
administered to the felt, as if the work.
man were actually incensed, gave rise
TO the familiar smile.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15

The year just closed has witnessed
such a remembrance by rich men in
thelr wills of educational, religious and
benevolent institutions as was never
before known. 1t is fast coming TO this
That rich man cannot be kindly re-
membered unless he gives a part of his
wealth to endOw some college. found
some hospital or library or tip St. Pc.
ter by handing over a liberal dole to the
church. This is all right, and the Civ
ing habit should be encouraged, for by
every right a country and its institu-
lions which have made possible the
garnering up of large fortunes nv its
citizens have a most just claim te recog-
nltlon and substantial remembrance in
the wills of the wealthy. In this con.
nection we note with real pleasure an
entirely new departure in the selection
OF beneficiary for such benevoleuce
wealthy citizen Of the west having
recently left the sum of $4,000 for the
Improvement of the highways of the
county in which he lived. In what
manner could the millionaire who is
AFRAID he will be forgotten after he is
gone more Dleasingly DerDetuate bi,
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BIRDS AND MEN AS HOME BUILD
ERS.

~--N0 0AAAN AZ HUME bLNNaNN-
ERS.
There is a good deal in common be-
tween birds and men in the matter of
building their homes Man, the barba-
rian, flesh eater, may be compared to
the flesh eating bird. The man lives in
a dugont, a tepee or a wickiuD. a few
poles thrown together just as the eagle
the crow, the hawk and the buzzard
Oulld their nests, with no art or sense
OF architectural beauty, with bones
feathers and skins befouling the nest
and the mans home. Then we have tho
sparrow, the crow blackbird and 9th.
ers OF the gregarious and granivorous
birds building nests warm and coy
within, but uncOuth masses of litter
outside, these representing MANY of
the pioneer homes or the shacks of
shanty town in some of our cities
where good large families are raised
at a minimum of expense. 1t will bc
noted that in these classes of botb
birds and men there is very little beam
" OF plumage, no gift Of song and an
dosence OF refinement and culture. Just
as the man evolving from these condi-
uons reaches a higher plane Of devel-
opment and evidences it in the better
nome which he builds for himself to
live in and blends into such home his
sense Of art, beauty and refinement So
we ind that birds less gross in their
tastes mingle beauty of plumage and
sweetness of song and invariably
weave into their homes some mart Of
their bird sense of the beautiful and
artistic, evidenced by the enduring
masonry of the robins and the swat. /
lows nests, the dainty creations of the
DoDollnk, the Oriole, the wild canary /
and many others whose homes are bird |
poems in architecture. We wish that
we might carry this analogy still fur-
ther and be able to say that the mans
nome was as sacredly protected and the
good mother and little folk as well
cared for as in the bird home, but here
we rail, regretting that the individuals
OF these lower orders of creation are
ever more kind, loyal and regardful of
their marital and domestic duties than
Is man. the lord of them all.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15
BRANCH ROADS.

Delaware, Maryland q virginia R r.
Leave Harrington for Franklin CITY and way
s..slous s. a. IA. daily and 5Jp. n.,;sss
q. rs. returning train leaves Fran kiln Citv
W a. m. week and l.87 pm. week davs
Leave Franklin City for ChihcoteaGue f,,ia
,teamer) 33 p. m. week days RetIrni no
-eaXe Chincoteague 81 a. m. week days.
leave Harrington for Georgetown. Tavves
md RehobOth at 1888 a. m, $50 ~ m yyeeE
DAYS returning leave Lewes 645 a m
and BIB p. m. woek-days.7.22 am Mondaysonlv
Leave Harrington for Berlin, lO8s a. M.
and $50 .. m. weekdays. Returning leave
eriln So a. m. weekdays and 288 d m.
Queen Anne Il Kent R.R.-Leave Towns
end for Centreville and way stations. d
q. m. and 81 p. m. week days ReturntY,0
leave Centreville 81 a. m. and 2 As D. me-
week days. p ~
Del. Chesapeake r. R-Leave Clavton for
OXIord and way stations at 30 a. M ana & e
p. m. week days. Returning, leave Ovford
"VO a. M ana 56p. m. week DAYS
Cambridge & Seaford r. R-Leave Seaford
Ter Cambridge and intermediate stations az
a II E. m. ana Is p. m. week DAYS Retnrns
Ing train leaves Cambridge at zoo and > N
p m. week days. ~
CoNNBCrION.-At Porter, with Newark q
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend. with
queen Anne'a 4 Kent Railroad Al Clay-
Ten, with Delaware & ChrsaDeake RaiIroS5
anu Baltlmore q Delaware Bav RailrOod A.
aaiflngton,Wlth Delaware, MARYLAND Il Vir
INA hallToad. At SeafOrd, with Cambria
9 sSalord Railroad, At Delmar, with NeSS
b 5ork, Fhllaaelphia & Norfolk, Wycomleo =
FocOmokei and Peninsula Railroads.
. p. HUTCHINSON, General Manag
J. h WOOD General Passenger Agent
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15
House Work is Hard Work without GOLD DUST.

GERS prank very quickly. standing nm:
then they took me outside with them.
The place was full Of soldiers and
sailors. Then they put me at the head
OF squad, and they set us to search
the cemetery, tomb by tomb. From
Time to time the soldiers would see the
leaves stir and would fire a shot down
pain at a bust or a grating. Here
ana there we found some unluckv fell
low hid away in a corner of a chanel
mat Is what happened to my friends
lhe artlllerymen. l found them all.
men and women, in a heap near nv
DoN' the old man with his medals on
TOP 1t wasn't cheerful thing to see
IN the cold of the early dawn. B-r-r!
But what took me the most was n
long line OF national guards they were
bringing out at this moment from a
koquette prison, where they had spent
the night They came up the grand
avenue slowly, like a funeral. You
couldn't hear a word-not a groon-
these poor fellows were so tagged ont.
SO crushed down There were some
who were asleep as they walked. and
the thought they were going to die
couldn't wake them up. They made
them file into tine lower end Of The
cemetery, and then the volleys began.
There were l47 Of them. DO Won sun.
pose that took long? That was what
was called the battle of Pere-la- Chaise.
Here my old fellow, seeing his SER
geant, left me abruptly, and | stood
alone looking at his sentry box. with
the names Of that last pay day written
on 1t, by the light of blazing Paris.
called up that night in May. streal,ed
with shells-no. with blood and flame.
the great lonesome cemetery as bright.
" lighted up as city on holiday: the
guns abandoned in the middle of the
crossways; all around, the open vaults
the orgies in the tombs. and near. mid
TINS crowd of domes, Of columns. of
stone statues which the leaping flames
made look alive. with his broad fore
mead and great eyes, the bust of Balzac
looked on Exchange.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15
HeroIsm In Nedicn1 1nreslirntlo,

~"
1hcre has been no doubt in the medical
profession for several years that yellow
fever could be communicated hy flies. mos.
quitoes and other insects, and if hos re-
Gently been discovered that inoculation
can be used to protect people from vellov,
ever Just as smallpox can be prevented bv
vaccination. The matter is still in nm ov-
perlmental stage and has not vet reached
that development under which medical
men generally can safely use it.
IN order to accomplish practical ends
and ascertain how the discovery couId
best be utilized for the human welfare in
countries subject to yellow fever epidem-
les Or. Jesse w. Lazear and DR.. lanes
"A. carroll. assistant surgeons of the
United States army. offered their lives
II was quite as heroic as the act of Hob.
son IN sinking the Merrimac to obstruct
the channel Of Santiago harbor, but com.
paratlYely few people will ever hear of
tnelr heroism. They fed mosquitoes upon
the bodies of yellow fever patients in the
hospital at Havana and then Deliberately
aIlOWed those mosquitoes to attack tbeir
arms. The infection Of both was Dromnt-
y discovered, and they were treated with
all the skill and care that their associ,tas
could devise, while the study of tbei,.
symptoms and the course of the disease
was carefully observed. DR.. Lazear died
put DIR. Carroll survived, and his rcport
Is one OF the most important contribu-
llohs to the vast literature concerning
contagious diseases.-Chicago Record.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15
THE GRIP EPIDEMIC
! ne Disease Tore Prevalent than Ever and
Quite as Fatal. The Best Treatment.

me disease Tore Prevalent than Ever an
Quite as Fatal. The Best Treatment.
The grip has surprised the doc
tors and health authorities this sea.
son by its rapid spread and bv some
novel symptoms. While it spears
nobody it is proving especially dan,
gerous to middle-aged and elderly
persons. In many cases either q
fatal onset of pneumonia, or a com
plete breakdown of health and
strength, is apt to follow an attach
of grip.
The wise course for all is proven
ton. By wearing a Benson's 5. Porus
Plaster on the chest and back Won
protect the lungs from cold and
chill and with ordinary care) Won
are safe from grip.
For those who are already suf-
fering from grip, or from the usual
winter coughs and colds, Benson's
Plasters are a sure and speedy re-
lief and cure. Highly medicinal
and scientific.
Refuse limitations and substitutes
Only the genuine are effective. Ex-
anime when you buy. Seaburv &
ohnson, Manufacturing Chemists.
New York.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15

We wonder if any men with white
SKINS are called to the ministry after
me fashion described by Booker 4
WasL ngton in his autobiography. He
says: "A co!ored man in Alabama. one
not day in july, while lie was at work
III cotton field. suddenly stou9rd apd
looking toward the skies said. 20 lawd
de cotton am so grassy, de work am 81
hard. and de sun am not so hot dat
D heve dis darby am called to preachp"
Chicago Standard.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15
THREE CANS OF Spoiled MILK

a dirty, careless patron Of a cheese
Factory one June morning when the
weigher was busy slipped in on the
factory three cans Of spoiled milk Il
milk which had been covered up over.
night with the animal heat in it. The
milk was worth about $50 had il
been all right. This is what it did: II
practically spoiled 20 large cheeses. the
make of the factory for that day; il
hurt the reputation of the cheesemak-
er' caused an absolute money loss a.
the proprietor Of not less than $40 ar0
made the man who did the dirty tricL
reel as he got to thinking it over, that
he was an all round stinker.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15

I'm a little villag in the heart of Ton.
ralne' says The Ollooler. there still
lives a small, brown Old man whose grpot
pride is that he once had the honor Of
making pair of breeches for Balzoc
Mhen he trotted up to the chateau whore
Balzac was staying, he found the great
author writing a novel in the garden
staring wildly about him, while he cover.
ca sheet after sheet of paper with words
Tor which a world was waiting. The
tailor was forced to interrupt the nroo.
reSs of the book in order to take the
measurement Of the writer. Balzac sinh
United to the operation with a good
grace and made only one remark 70 the
operator. This remark was enienlotic
NO feet! he said, and returned TO his
work. MS
The tailor, in great perplexitv in.
CURED of servant what was meant
and was informed that Balzac wished to
nave the trousers made without oppuinps
al the bottom, so that he could sit and
wflte IN them without having to nut on
cEnna-e" PN' OH
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15

could you tell me the meaning of
the word 'cataclysm|" he asked of tho
street car passenger who was folding
up his newspaper
Are you going to ride two or three
blocks fartherT' was queried in replv
yes. sir" ''''
linen you'll see one. The conductor
has carried that sharp nosed woman
two streets past where she wanted
TO get off already. and she'll wake I'M
soon and start a cataclysm that'n prob.
ably jump the car off the trackp,-
WASHINGTON Post.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15

Blackburn = Judge Snyder made q
rule some time ago that all women
should remove their hats in his court
but see that the order is not enforced
Whitehead-No. The women folks aD.
pealed to the judges wife. and she rem.
dered a dissenting opinion. II Denver
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15
Ramon Takes The Lead.

k L Collins, Tyro, Arkansas, says: have
used various medicines for torpid liver, but
Ramon's Liver Pills are the only remedy thu
proved beneficial. have beed selling them for
TWO years, and from my experience often recon-
mend them to friends. Rameu's take the lead Of
ths several different kinds that Issil
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15
BY THE STREAM.

The sunlight steals between the lesvrs
And fickers on the stream;
The little minnows dart about
Like shadows in a dream.
Beyond the shade the clover field
Is quivering with the heat,
But here the water ripplcs cool
About the children's feet.
The leaves stir softly overhead,
The shadows verge toward noon.
ana they will have TO leave their play
And go to dinner soon.
katharine Pyle in Harper's Bazaar.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15

When Phyllis dons her fancy frills,
Beribboaed gown and furbelows, ID
der silken snood and satin shoon y
~. And with M TO the opera goes,
She is so fair, and, oh, so sweet,
From queenly head to dainty feeti
My soul is rent with amorous signs
As devour her with my eyes.
But when in dainty dimity
She gayly to the kitchen HES, =
With apron tied about her waist
And business in her merry eyes,
She is so sweet and debonair.
WIN cabs Of -four upon her hair,
My soul with rapture almost dies
As devour her lemon pies.
What to Eat.
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15

CONN connects at Oueen
anne With the Delaware & Chesapeake Rwv.
connects at Greenwood with Delaware
DIVISION of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
ID Baltimore R. r. for Seaford. DelGsr
'sbury and points SOUTH
connects at Glendale with the Della
u LeWes.
ueets at Greenwood with the Della
ion OF the Philadelphia, Whining
uOre r. r.
e AND QUEENSTOWN.-Be-
AY. JUNE Is ISgS, steamers
'e's Railroad Company will
WN at 9:l0 a. m, daily, ex-
255 a. m, daily, except
md $50 p. m.
elton apply to
(. d. UHLER,
Yrr 3 PssS. Act
Milford chronicle., 1901-02-15
one s.,
Al man, and L..
rrn 1n41.,A -

me latent and Unborn SUI. j.
II man tempts him to accept the
cum Of some old fakir who after
consulting a deck of cards and the
stars. boldly prophesies thunderstorms
and cyclones in June and billiards. in
January a year ahead. gravely inter
preting stellar cOnjunctions and lunar
changes as promoters of seismic dis
turbances- floods and droughts And
the suckers pay their money and be-
Iieye his prophetic rot. What man
Shall come to know about climatic
changes he will find out by the aid of
science and not superstition. The
weather forecasts made by the govern
ment under the care of skilled scien-
lists, limited though these forecasts be
IN their range, are the only reliable
weather forecasts to be had.