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RURAL WAL RoXEs-

Some country boys returning HON,
from town with too many schooners OF
beer aboard thought it would he a
smart thing to fiji a rural mail box
which was placed by the side of the
highway full of bullet holes. SO on
came their revOlvers They either did
not know or were too drunk to realize
that the little uncouth receptacle for
the mail was as fully protected by the
postal laws Of the government as the
elaborate aud Ornamcnied mail box of
the great city. If fellow really wants
20 get into trouble. there is TO way in
which he can do it easier than to
monkey with Uncle Sans mail boxes.
no matter whether they are located on
city boulevard or a country lane.
Don't forget this. hoys.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08
BRANCH ROADS.

Delaware, Maryland ~ virginia r. r.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and wa,
statiCus 10 81 a. m. daily and so D. m. Weef
days. Returning, train leaves Franklin City
90 a. m. week and l.37 pm. week days
Leave Franklin City for ChincOteague wis
teamerl 30 p. IN. week days Returning
lake ChincOteague 50 a. m. week days.
leave Harrington for GEORGETOWN, Iewes
md IiehObOth at l0.3S a. m, $50 D. M week
DAYS. Returning, leave Lewes 645 a. m
and B % p. m. week -days.7.22 am MOndaysonIy
Leave Harrington for Berlin, l0.3S a. m
and 80 y. m. weekdays. Returning, leave
Queen Anne Il Ken tR.R.-I.eave Towns
end for Centreville and way stations. .,
q. m. and 81 p. IN. week days. Returning
leave Centreville Z 81 a. m. and Is D. M
week days.
Oxford and way stations at 80 a. m and M
p. m. week days. Returning, leave Oxford
100 a. m. and 66p. m. week DAYS.
Cambridge & SeafOrd r. R.-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations nj
II II a. m. and IS p. III week days Return.
Ing train leaves Cambridge at Z 90 and "a
p. m. week days.
CONNECTION.-At Porter, with Nevvarlr &
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend. with
queen Annes Kent Railroad. At CLAW
tom with Delaware n Chesapeake RniIroSd
and baltimore q Delaware BsIy Railroad. Al
rlngton, with Delaware, MARYLAND q Wiz.
ginla Railroad. At SeafOrd, with Cambridge
4 Seaford Railroad. At Delmar, with New
ork, philadelphia x Norfolk, Wycomieo a
FocoinOke, and Peninsula Railroads
J. B. HUTCHINSON, General Manag
j. K WOOD, General Passenger Agent,
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LET THE hoy 81

We were talking with a G0-year-old
farmer friend lately. and he said that
When he was a boy on the old farm
back in York state his father always
made him get up at 4 o'clock In the
morning whether there was pressing
work TO be done or not. the father do
ing this because he thought it was coed
discipline for the boys. We want t.
enter protest against this sort of cru
city as being in any manner NECESSARY
either for the boys or the old man. In
a general way it is no longer necessary
70 do farm work by lamplight. Let
the boys sleep and grow strong till Il
O'Clock at least. Old men forget what
an ordeal it Is for a boy to be routed
our of bed before he wakes up natural
ly. There are better ways Of disciplin
ing a boy than THE
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08
1t Doesn't Cost Much to Board Fresh
Water Fishes In Winter.

The biggest eater in the New York
aquarium is the West Indian seal. which
Is between six and seven feet in length.
weighs about 300 pounds and eats daily
ten pounds Of food, in two meals. The
food consists generally of cut up Goldfish
ana cells, with occasionally, for variety's
sake, meal or two of cut Nd herring.
The big seals appetite is uniformly good
the year round.
The smallest cater in the aquarium at
this season is another very stable crca-
ton, the Mississippi catfish, nearly four
feet in length and weighing about -
pounds, which in winter eats absolutely
nothing. This big fish has eaten nothing
at all since early in November last, now
nearly three months ago. 1t lies perfectly
still on the bottom of its tank for DAYS
and weeks at n time, without changing
ITS position and showing no sign of life
except upon the closest observation. when
the faintest possible movement of the
gill covers is discernible, Indicating res.
piration.
The big catfish is practically in hfber
nation. In its native waters it would nj
this season bury itself in the mud. Its
abstinence from food excites no uneasi.
--N@'' et9 ~ Ato NbAiulAluus IL IS nUlufHI I0r
1t to 90 without food at this Season
From Dec. IS, 1893, when the catfish was
received at the aquarium, until the fol.
lowing June 8 it ate nothing. But, while
the catfish thus goes without in the win.
ter, its summer appetite is good.
The big catfish is not the only fish that
abstains from food in winter. Nearly, ii
not quite all, of the fresh water fishes in
the aquarium do so at this season in
greater or less degree. This would he
true, for example, of the smaller cat.
fishes as well as of the big one and of the
bullheads. the black bass, the pickerel.
the bony CARS, the trout, the salmon and
others.
In summer all these fishes are fed
daily. In winter they are fed only every
other day, and that not because the ma
Jority of fishes actually need the food,
but to make sure that such individual
fishes as might want to eat are supplied.
On the salt water side of the aduari-
um the feeding goes on. and the fishes
eat. in winter and summer, substantially
the same. That is because the water is
Kept at some approximation to a uni
form temperature. as it must be TO keen
the fishes alive. On the fresh water side
the water is artificially cooled in sum-
mer, as it must he then to keep those
fishes alive. But they can stand the cold
water of winter. in which they here lie
dormant, as they would in nature. On
the other hand, many of the fishes on the
salt water side, besides those whose
home is in tropical waters. would die if
it were sought to keep them in water Of
the temperature hereabout in winter,
for in nature these fishes would in win.
ter seek warmer depths or waters farther
south. These are fishes that under nat.
ural conditions would eat the year round.
and natural conditions being here as far
as possible preserved they eat here the
year round likewise.-New York Sun.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08
QUEER ENGLISH.

wen begin with box, and the plural is boxes.
But the plural of OK should be oxen, not oxes
Then one fowl is goose, but two are called geese
YET the plural OF mouse should never be meese.
You may find lone mouse or whole nest Of
mice,
But the plural Of house is houses. not hice.
II the plural OF man is always called men.
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
The COW in the plural may be cows or kline.
But the plural OF is vows, not vine.
And if ] speak of a foot and you show me your
feet
And give you a boot, would a pair be called
beet?
If one is tooth and G. whole lot are teeth.
Why shouldn't the plural OF booth be called
beeth?
II the singular's this and the plural is these,
Should the plural Of kiss b. nicknamed keese?
Then one may be that. and three would be those,
Yet hat in plural would never be hose.
We speak OF a brother and also Of brethren,
But, though we say mother we never say methren.
Then masculine pronouns are he his and him.
But imagine the feminine-she shs and shiml
So the English, ! think you all will agree
Is the most wonderful language you ever did see
Penny Pictorial Magazine
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RURAL TELEPHnNEs

The rural telephone is rapidly win.
hlng its way all through the best de.
Veloped agricultural sections of the
country. And this is all right. 1t does
very much to mitigate the isolation
and monOtOny of life on the farm. If
puts the farmer in close touch with the
markets day by day. the family physi-
clan and his business associates all
over the county. More than all these
things, it ministers to the pleasure and
comfort of the wife and mother in n
social way, who can without effort of
having to fix up-change her dress and
dress her hair-call up her neighbor
and have heart to heart talk. a rare
privilege when she gets into that mem
tai state somewhat peculiar to the sex
when it seems just as though she must
say something to somebody. There is
no Improvement which a man can
make for his farm and his farm home
which Will pay so large a return as n
telephone. Most towns in the country
now have local system and a central
office and operator, and il is an cas-,
matter to build these county lines and
connect them with such town system
If this matter has not been looked III
IN your neighbOrhOod, suppose you 60
at it.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

In The American Naturalist Profess
or Wheeler describes a genus of in
sect living commercially with certain
ants. The general reader will. how
ever be specially interested in the so
called mushroom gardens" formed bv
the ants in question. 1t appears that
they cut and transport into their sub
terranean cellars large pieces of leaves
which are there divided into smaller
fragments and ultimately reduced TO
& fine pulp. This pulp is heaped ND
and soon becomes invaded by the NV.
celium Of fungus. The myceliuni is
Kept aseptically clean. e., free from
all species of fungi and even from
Dacteria-and induced to grow in an
abnormal way by bringing forth mi
mute swellings which constitute the only
food of the ant colony. Moller Iikens
these swelhngs to the 'kohlrabr of tile
German kitchen gardens."-Nature.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08
KEEP IN TOUCu

a man who was raised in the state
or Pennsylvania left the old home
when of age and went west. He neg
lected to keep in touch with the old
home and his kith and Kin and heard
nothing from there for IS years. Re
then. having made some money.
thought lie would go back to the old
place and see how the folks were get.
ting along. When he cot there. he
found the old house and barn looking
just as he left them. but father. moth
er' brother and sister were all sleeping
up IN the little cemetery on the hill
There are all too many people who.
like this man. neglect 10 keep in touch
with those nearest and dearest 10 them
and who. like him. may realize the fol
~ of so doing when it is all too late.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08
House Work is Hard Work without GOLD DUST.

Two gentlemen Of the cloth were
standing on a corner the other day.
Evidently they were talking about ex-
ira services TO he held during the week.
II anticipate great awakening in
my church. said the first speaker
"My people never 90 to Sleep" said
the second
"Ah. there comes my car" replied
the first. and they parted company
Albany Journal
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

The conscientious young man OF
Fashion now brushes his hair differ.
emily when wearing hat. Chancellor
Iisdall. the acknowledged Beau Brum.
mel of Dublin in his youth. had mex.
pressibles variOusly cut for walking
and for sitting and once sat down in
the former with disastrous results
Not long ago milliner advertised with
a newly invented hat that it .necessi
tated the mouth worn slightly open j."
What shall we come to nextf-yanitv
Fair.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08
SAMUEL y. N'TLSO.BI,
Funeral Director and EmbaImei

Twenty-Five years experience in the abov
business with the assistance of my son, John
T.. Wilson, enables me to guarantee satisfac-
tlon' Everything first class with moderate
charges. Black and white hearSes. Bodies
embalmed o. preserved by the use of ice.
Mems black suits end robes: ladies dresses
and robes children's shrowds always in
STOCK. No extra charge made for my wife's
services when required. All styles Of collins
ana baskets constantly in stock.
telephone and telegraph communications
promptly answered. No. extra charge for
distance. Five per cent discount on all bills
paid within thirty days.
We ask for an examination of our Furni
this line.
SAM'L. ]. WILSON, MILTON. DEL.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

hetneF ne win be a simple
fer for others as long as he
'ch on society or whether he
broad minded. useful and sue
an If the boy at this age has
ion to be anybody and is CON
SIMPLY let things flicker and
a. lance with others just like
fritte.ing away his opportunities
20 acquire knowledge and caring only
for the trivialities of life. he-ran make
up his mind to carry a hod. ride the
brake beam of Il freight car or dodge
the police as long as he lives. or he can
resolve to be man in the highest
sense, seek every means for physical
mental and moral growth and develop
ment and must surely and easily grad
uate into the ever widening fields of
utility and success. 1t matters little
what his hoyhood environment NAV be.
II he but has the ambition and the well
grounded purpose lie will climb out of
Ii.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

one should be familiar with the cur-
rent news of the day and the topics
occupying public attention. with the
names and authors of new books. and
be able to say something worth hear
ing about what one has read and heard.
Many get no further in speaking of a
book than it is dull or interesting.
Others give it few words that seem
to be its central idea. its Characters
tics, the time and scene of its action.
quoting perhaps some sentiment that
has impressed or witticism that has
pleased.
True culture carries with it an at
mosphere of breadth-the world and
not the village. A woman lacking #
was said to betray by her conversation
a mind of narrow compass. bounded
on the north by her servants, on the
east by her children. on the south bv
her ailments and on the west by her
clothes.
The mind grows shallow when occu-
pied perpetually with trivialities A
course of solid reading is good tonic
When ignorant of our ignorance. we do
not know when we betray ourselves
Philadelphia Press.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08
Ramon Takes The Lead.

r L Collins, Tyro, Arkansas, says: have
used various medicines for torpid liver, but
Kamons Liver Pills are the only remedy tina
proved beneficial. have beed selling them for
two years, and from my experience often recon-
mend them to friends. Ramon's take the lead Of
The several different kinds that Is,rl
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08
SMART DOGS.

Dogs living in Chicago get to be as
tricky as men. \ st. Bernard dog was
moving along the sidewalk on Michi
gan avenue carrying a basket in his
mouth filed with parcels Of meat. Two
bunkO dogs saw him. and one ran III
behind him and bit the big dogs tail
This was too much Of an insult, so
Bernard set his basket down and. turn
ing on the dog in his rear. proceeded to
chew the Stutfing cut Of him. This was
the other dogs opportunity. who grab
bed the package Of meat and quickly
disappeared round corner As soon
as the rear dog could get away he Join.
ed his companion. and a few moments
later they were seen enjoying a big
square meal together. while Bernard.
unconscious of his loss, marched home
in a dignified manner. thinking. no
doubt, he had taught one dog a lesson
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Read Downward.
Read Upward.
coNNECrloNs.-aan co11nila..c.1a !.

CONNECTIONS connects at Queen
Anne With the Delaware & Chesapeake Rwv
~ connects at Greenwood with Delaware
Division of the Philadelnhia VViiISinotro
and baltimore r. r. for Seaford, Delmar
Salisbury and points south.
sc" connects at Glendale with the Della
ware, MARYLAND & Virginia r r for Gaoy11a
town and Iewes
"e" connects at Greenwood with the Della
ware Division of the Philadelphia, Whining
ton d Baltimore r. R.
BALTIMORE AND QUEENSTOWN.-Be
ginning SUNDAY. JINE Is lSlg staap,are
Of the Queen Anne's Railroad Cop1nsnI, VIII
leave 2 U EENST0WN al $40 a. m, daily, ex.
cept sunday, and s.55 a. m, daily, except
sunday and Monday.
Sundays at $50 a. m.and $50 d. m
aTFOr further information apply to
1. W. TROXEL, WIN. d. UHLER,
: Genil Manager Cent Rrt q Paso Aot
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A WOMAN'S
COQUETRY.
.......By M. Quad.


For five years had been the keeper
of the elephant Jamrock. In summer
we Travelled with the circus. and in
winter we either had quarters on a
farm or in some geological garden.
JamrOck had taken to me from the
first, but you must know that an ele-
phant is as capricioUs as a woman. For
a month at time the big beast would
be as humble as a kitten and as loving
as a child, and then all of a sudden no
would pOut and sulk and PERTAINS sepl,
to do injury. There were two weeks
IN every year When l actually feared
him. From the 1St to the 18th of Feb
fuafY ne had the temper Of q devil
During this interval he was securely
chained and every precaution taken
when approaching him. He would
stand for hours swinging his head 70
right and left and then suddenly
scream out in a way to make Won chill
1t would have been as much as NV life
was worth to have got within reach Of
his trunk. These spells always lasted
two weeks, and then Jamrock was his
old self again and under complete con
troll.
When circus goes into winter quar-.
tiers on farm, what is known as the
animal staff must be retained Each
elephants keeper, the man in charge
of the various wild beasts. the herders
Of the camels, bulfaloes. zebras rbi-
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

The net cost of preparing the fodder
from an acre of corn shredded and put
IN barn or stack is about $3.50. Expert
ence shows that % per cent of this fod.
der so prepared will not be eaten by
the stock to which it is fed. Assuming
that ~ tons of such fodder will be oh.
tained from an aGEe Of such corn, we
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou.
6les and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form Of kidney trouble.
Or. Kilmer's Swamp-ROOt is not rec
ommendedfor everything but if you havekid-
ney' liver or bladder trouble it will be found
Just the remedyyo need. Ithas been tested
inso many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the lpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have
sample bottle sent free by mail. also a booi-
telling more about Swamp-Root and how 10
iInd out ityou have kidney or bladdertrouble.
When writing mention reading This generone
offer in this paper and CIV
send your address TO 1El16;Gss 5s7sss.s,
Or. Kilmer & Co., Bng- iis:i;;
aamton, N. Y. The -ssssiiii s.s 3
REGULAR fifty cent and Hom.of s55s55,,- -.
Tes are sold BY all coed druggists.
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"uNDEK

The men who have gone heforee,.
Have sung the songs we sing.
The words Of our clamorous chorus.
They were heard or the ancient king.
The chords of the Tyre that thrill US,
They were struck in the years gone by,
And the arrows Of death that kill us
Are found where our fathers lie.
The vanity sung of the preacher
Is vanity still today
The moan OF the stricken creature
Has rung in the woods alway.
But the songs are worth resinging,
With the change of no single note.
And the spoken words are ringing
As they rang in the years remote.
There is no new road to follow, love,
Nor need there ever be,
For the Old, with its hin and hollow. love
Is enough :or you and me.
Charles R. Bacon in Century
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Too Wen Dissnised.

after ALL" suggested the cheerful
one. at may be blessing in disguise
IF So" returned the disgruntled one
81 may say that never saw a more
narf..t disgnlse - WISH. y gtnn Post
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

The Rev. DIR. -. a prominent cler.
gyman. relates with much gusro the
following story about himself. His
present wife, by the way. is not the
wife Of his youth nor yet of his early
manhood, but the lady Of his third
choice, and as a consequence the doc
tors set of olive branches spring from
divers maternal ancestry.
such condition of affairs" said
the doctor might at times become
embarrassing except for the thorough
amiability Of all concerned. | confess
however, to a slightly disconnected
feeling when shortly before NV third
marriage | was approached by one of
my daughters, a girl of 0 and one who
called my second wife mother. with
the question: Papa. will you let me
go to see you married? | have never
been at any of your weddings. Fun
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4
cures made by Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
: and bladder remedy.
: It is the great medi-
! cal triumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
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Rupture

Write or call for J. A. Sherman's book jus
out-over 100 page s-price % cts. in postage
stamps. Learn how cured without operation
from which thousands, old and Young. yearly
die. Address J. a, SHERMAN. Hernio
specialist, 3O9 Broadway, New York.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

so Mrs Gaylord insists on a separa.
ton at last. does sheY Well, he has
neglected her shamefully"
"Oh. she didn't mind that particular.
ly"
What was the trouble, thenY
why. whenever he was little good
TO her he was so very virtuous about it
that she Just couldn't stand THAR.
per's Bazaar.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

There were 25,1G5 human beings kill
ed in India during the past year by
wild beasts and reptiles, 927 by tigers
4d2 by wolves, 394 by leopards and u.
SOO by snakes, mostly by cobras. Yeal
by year this terrible slaughter goes on
the religious fanaticism of these people
preventing them from lifting a hand tc
protect themselves from these theil
foes.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

We came across one of those tree
peddlers a few days ago who are sell
ing fruit trees to farmers at more than
twice the cost at which they could be
obtained from any home nurseryman.
Don't pay such prices
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

A matter seldom referred to as con.
stituting one Of the advantages of liy-
ing on farm is the fact of being able
to enjoy a degree of eXclusiveness
which city residents are denied.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

Time Table in effect Monday NJ, -.
4'GO Leaves daily and SQhday.)
Steamer connections between pier IN ~.
street Wharf, Baltimore, and raiirooS AZ TEL ~
ion at Queenstown, Md. oau s'iNls-
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

An improvement in the manner of
branding stock is noted, a process
which effectually and permanently re
moves the hair on the surface branded
without pain to the animal or injury to
the hide.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

In certain parts of Mexico and Cen
ira America are caves Of large dinner.
sions which for ages have been the
rooSting and breeding places of mil.
lloDs of bats, whose eXcremcnts have
Accumulated to such an extent that a
most valuable fertilizer is available.
One man owning such caves has sold
LOO tons of this fertilizer at SIS per
ton.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

A friend Of ours notes that the butch
er bird likes the sparrow for a break.
fast during the cold mornings Of the
winter.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-08

The prize consignment of American
apples which won for the State Horti.
cultural Society Of Iowa the first prize
at the Paris exposition consisted of one
bushel Of Wealthies. one peck each
OF Wallbridge, Plum Cider. Melinda.
Longdeld, Tallman Sweet and Duchess
and one peck of SOulard crabs. This
fruit was raised by Mr.. e. Reeves of
Waverly, Ia.