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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22
"HEAP SMELL"
The Indian Knew What He Wanted
and Where to Get Ii.

The Indian Knew What He Wanted
and Where to Get 1t.
Some Indians from Buffalo Blrs
Wild West, arrayed in bright colored
blankets and an exceptional amount
Of face paint. We're taking in the sights
of the city one afternoon. They stroll
ed down Walnut street, single file. and,
headed by buck who now and then
gave a grunt of satisfaction when some
thing that pleased him caught his eye,
they halted in front of a drug store and
gazed at the window display for Il
moment Then the band filed into the
establishment and began to look
around.
The clerk thought the place was 60
ing to be besieged and that he was like
ly to lose his scalp. but when the big
chief" who acted as spokesman, adj
dressed him with the customary Indian
greeting of How the clerk regained
his cOmpOsure enough to ask the Indi-
an what he wanted.
Heap smell" was the reply.
Directed by the Indians finger to a
] DuOMNuSGs NnG NAcAh pIOuuCtu d Bll VI
soap. The brave took it gingerly, re
moved the wrapper, smelled it and bit
into the tOothsOme looking article
With a deep grunt of displeasure he
handed it back to the drug clerk Witt
a Disguised look he remarked, "Heal
smell!'
The clerk began to tremble, and tn
Indian pointed to a perfume bottle il
the showcase. The bottle Of perfum
was handed to him. The Indian hell
it in both hands for a moment. closet
scrutinizing it. He slowly remover
the stopper, closely watching it as
he expected it to explode. and took
: long sniff at the bottle, gave a grunt O
satisfaction, handed the clerk som
money and led his band of braves on
Of the store, to the delight of the frigh
ened clerk, who had not been in tn
practice of waiting on real Indians
Kansas City Journal
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

The practical joke is remnant OF
barbarism Hunted back to its origin.
it is survival of the methods of tor
ture in vogue with savages the world
over. The idea behind every practical
Joke is the inhiction of pain. shame.
fear or ridicule upon the victim. II is
not often that tragic effects follow a
joke, repeating the news chronicles of
the daily press, but when one reflects
that the real object of every alleged
"joke" Of the practical kind is simply
to intiict physical or mental pain upon
some one it seems as if it must lie time.
by the clock of the ages. for the prac-
ticc to end. at least among civilized
and half civilized people. - Ada c
Sweet in Woman's Home Companion.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

Delaware, Maryland u virginia K. H
leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
statious 10 38 a. m. daily and 81 p. m. week
DAYS Returning, train f1itS .'tn KIN Olty
90 q. M week and l.37 pm. week uays.
Leave Franklin City for ChincOtGague WA
,aamer) 83 D. m. week days. Returning
IKE Chincoteague 81 a. m. week dPJS.
give Harrington for Georgetown, Lewesi
,y5i ilehObOJh at l0.36 a. m, $50 .. m week.
AL Returning, leave Lewes 6.iJ-a' IN.
epd 3a3 pm. week Y am MondaysOnly
Leave Harrington for Berlin, l0.3S a. IN.
end e.50 D. m. weekdays Returning, leave
erlin So a. m. weekdays and LIB m.
Oueen Anne & KenI R.R.-Leave Towns
end for Centreville and way stations. 3 y
a. M and 81 p. m. week days. Returning
leave Centreville 81 a IN. ana 2 40 p m
week days.
Del. Chesapeake r. R.-Leave Clayton fol
Oxford and way stations mt 8 81 a. m. and DO
D. M week days. Returning, leave oxford
zoo q m. and 56p. m. week days.
Cambridge & Seaford r. R.-Leave SeafOrt
for Cambridge and intermediate stations al
II IL Al. m. nd Z % D. m week days Return
ing train leaves Cambridge at 90 and 2S
D. m. week days.
C3osrNECrION-At Porter, with Newark 4
Delaware City Railroad. AT Townsend, will
Queen AnneH 4 Kent Railroad. At Clay
ton, with Delaware & Chesapeake Railroad
and baltimore & Delaware Bay Railroad. A
HarrlnEton,w with Delaware, Maryland n Wiz
ginia Railroad. At SeafOrd, with Cambridg
4 Seaford Railroad. At Delmar, with New
York, Philadelphia Norfolk, WycomlcO
POcomoke, and Peninsula Railroads
J. b. HUTCHINSON, General ManRg
J. r. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22
MAYDOLE'S HAMMER.

When Maydole was told that he made "a
pretty good hammer" he said, mo, don't
make a pretty good hammer I make the
best hammer that ever lcds made"
Every carpenter who saw a Maydole ham
mer wanted one. 1t was of the best ma
terial, perfectly balanced, and the head
never few off. Hammers were divided into
two classes-1st, Maydole's; I'd, all the rest.
Plasters are separated by the same line
of cleavage; LIST, Benson's Porous Plaster
I'd, all the rest. When. for rheumatic pain,
a cold, cough, kidney trouble or any
other disease or ailment that may be treated
externally, you ask for a plaster. any hon
est, reputable druggist will give you Ben
sons. He knOaos it is incomparally the
best, and he assumes that you know it too
As the name of Maydole stood for hammers
the name of Benson stands for plasters-
the ''real thing All the medicinal poten-
cies that are valuable in a plaster are in
Bensoa's. Capsicum, Strengthening and
BelladOnnA plasters are out Of date.
An army of physicians and druggists, and
millions of the people, have written of
Benson's Plasters as aremedyto betrusted.
BensOn's Pla.ters have fifty-fve hiqheS
Gi0Grds. Accept no substitute.
For sale by all druggists, or we will pre-
pay postage ON any number ordered in the
United States, on receipt of Csc. each.
seabuTy b johnson. Mig. Chemists, ny.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

Roudini was greatly Interested anu
the incident closed by the American
visitor requesting his guide TO lock the
handouts on his wrists. Then he
turned his back and succeeded in get
ting them off in a couple of minutes.
one of Houdini's strangest adven-
lures happened at a big hotel in 81.
Paul. Mimi, where he was very well
known. To his surprise, he found that
a couple of men occupying the rooms
on either side of his own appeared TO
be mounting guard over him. At first
he only suspected this, but after re"
days ne was perfectly sure that one
or the other of his neighbOrs shadowed
his every movement. One afternoon
when Houdin was sitting in his OWL
room, he heard the sound of scutti'n2
outside the door, Flinging it open, DC
discovered his two unknown friends
grasping a third man. who had cyl
IDENTIFY been wearing a long dark CAPT
that was dragged on one side, showing
that he was heavily handcutfed.
Were q couple of detectives, Nj
Houdinl." painted one Of the mcT
This fellow made his escape from iaI
{ some days ago. We knew that n
wouldn't dare TO go to a ocksmith t
] get his handouts removed. and ~
T. suspected that he might come 10 you
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

A farmer reader of these notes writes
us among other things that he has a
lot Of husky boys with no bad habits.
Now here is man who is rich. regard
less of how many fertile acres he may
own OF how large his bank account
may be- 1t is these healthy. husky,
clean, nice farm boys who are the sal
VatiOn- of this country. While they
now are milking cows, blowing the
corn and attending the district school,
raw and frisky as yearling colts. one
will be found 30 years hence general
manager of some great railway system.
another in congress representing his
state. another a learned professor in
some college. and should the dire
need of it come every one of them at
the front fighting for the honor of
country and flag. This man may have
fine horses to drive. blCoded cattle on
his farm may take first prizes at state
/ fairs on the products of his farm. but
1 worth infinitely more than all the best
that his farm can produce is this lot
of husky boys with no bad habits
Use them well. old man. Give them
chance. and when your hair grows
white and the steps become feeble
and YOU will more than ever before
value the love and friendship Of thu
BOYS YOU will find their strong arm
about you. tenderly caring for the ia
Their who was good to his boys in tn
days gone by.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22
AROrT ROSES.

"What varieties of roses can I plant
and how shall care for them?" writes
a lady friend living in southern Min
nesOta. While we have in a way an
swered this question before. so many
ladies are interested in the growing
of this queen of all flowers that we
will say something more about the
culture of it. The rose is a gross
feeder and revels in a rich soil. Pre-
pare a bed by deep spading, mixing
with the earth some clay if the soil is
sandy and a lot of rotted turf and
COW manure. Let the location be where
the roses will be shaded from the sun
| from to O'Clock in the afternoon if
possible. After n thorough mixing of
the earth and the fertilizing material
compact the bed with a roller, and you
are ready to plant. Now there are two
/ types of roses which may be planted
the hybrid perpetuals, which will live
outdoors through our northern winters
If properly protected. and the tea roses
monthly boomers. which will not live
and which have to be taken up in the
fall and carried over either in a green
house or cellar. From the first named
class select Alfred Colomb. Anna d.
Diesbach. Fisher Holmes. JacQueminOt
La Refine. Nine. Charles Wood. Magn:
Charta. Mrs. John Laing and Paul Ney
ron. and from the hybrid tea class Sc
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

The site of the "old fort" where the
first settlers of Springfield. Mass, took
refuge from the Indians. has been mark
ed with a bronze tablet placed by the
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance
company on its building, which it Occu-
pies in conjunction with the Hampden
Savings bank. at the corner of Fort and
Main streets. The plate is 2 feet wide
and 3 feet high, bearing on either side
the Pynchon arms in relief and a relief of
the original fort. Underneath is this in
scripton:
"This plate commentaries the building
known as the Old Fort erected on this
site 10 1860 10y Major William Pynch0n,
leader Of the first settlers Of Springfield"
The Reason They TEEN with MaIa-
Ella and NOxiOUs Gases.
Good gravel has so largely come into
request that many suburban lands
with that valuable substratum are
quarried to a considerable depth be
fore being sold on building leases. But
it is essential to restore a level surface,
/ as even the most speculative builder
] would hesitate to run up meat Silla
residences" in deep holes. The owner
frequently gets over this difficulty by
allowing urban refuse to be shot into
the excavation; in many cases he even
eXacts a small sum for every load tilted
on his ground The surface being thus
leveled, a year or two are allowed fOi
the soil to sink and become compact
Occasionally grass is sown to give q
natural appearance to the spot.
All is now in readiness for the build
er, who proceeds to lay the foundation
for his terraces" avenues" and gar
dens." which he subsequently adver
tises as ION gravel soil" So they are
but between their ground floors and thu
gravel lies a thick stratum of PARTIAL!
decOmposed rubbish. teaming witt
malaria, and not for many years will
the deposits cease to give off nOXiOu
gases.
But the tenant, coming from a dit
ferent locality. knows nothing of tn
making" process to which the pic
has been subjected. When. therefor,
i'll health dogs his family. he puts
down to defective drainage or som
other structural deficiency and spend
money freely on remedial measure
without the least benefit All thi
misery might be prevented if it weT
legally prohibited to build human hab
tations on decomposed refuse until tn
soil r. acquired a wholesome cha
act ndOn Globe.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

. .
"They had lively boxing match at
Splinter's the other night"
How was that?
Splinter came home late, and as he
passed through the hall his wife's tall
est palm touched him on the cheek
Splinter was in an excited condition
and thought it was somebody's fingers
So he struck out wildly with both fists
and succeeded in knocking over two
palms and severely humping his own
head"
But why do you call it a boxing
.natch?"
Because Splinter put up his knuc-
kles against his wife's palms. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

Two things will attract the attention
of the inventors of the new century
one how to utilize the wasted power
of the winds on larger scale than has
been hitherto done and the other how
to conserve the heat Of the summer sun
for use when winter comes. The winds
which sweep the prairie states are a
limitless source of power, but man up
to this time has stuck on a ten foot
windmill as the best he can do. We
believe he will yet do more. and not
more wonderful than was the tele-
phone would be the discovery Of some
process whereby the heat Of the sum
mer sun shall be made to temper the
/ cold of the winter.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22
oPEN THE pooR oE YoUR HEART.

Open the door Of your heart, my lad,
To the angels Of love and truth,
When the world is full Of unnumbered joys
In the beautiful dawn Of youth
Casting aside all the things that mar,
Saving TO wrong, depart;
To the voices OF hope that are calling you
Open the door OF your heart
Open the door of your heart, my lass,
To the things that shall abide.
To the holy thoughts that lift your soul
Like the stars at eyentde.
All Of the tadeless flowers that bloom
In the realms OF song and art
Are yours if you'll only give them room.
Open the door Of your heart.
Open the door OF your heart, my friend,
Needless Of class or creed
When YOU hear the cry OF a brothers voice,
The sob of a child in need
To the shining heaven that Ger you bends
You need no m2p or chart,
But only the love the Master gave.
Open the door of your heart.
Moses Gage Shirley in Boston Transcript.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22
PURE WATER.

A good deal of country sickness and
contingent doctors bills may be very
easily associated with the farm well.
With unlimited supplies of fresh, pure
air the best food and plenty of health
full exercise sickness should be a very
rare thing in the country home, but
carelessness about the water supply,
sleeping in closed bedrooms and too
much shade over and around the farm
home get in their work and neutralize
the normal healthful rural conditions.
Especial care should be taken to keeT
the water supply pure, which cannot
be done if stock Of all kinds is allowed
to tramp around it. Impure water does
not always either look bad or taste bad
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

We have two or three inquiries about
the Columbian raspberry. We are
growing it with much satisfaction. 1t
Is one of the most rampant growing
raspberries, bears enormous crops of
purple berry of large size. is not, we
take it. good berry to ship and must
be protected in winter in latitude u
and north. We commend it heartily for
planting in the family garden.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22
srGAR REET REsULTs.

Twenty-one farmers in the vicinity of
Fort Dodge. la. raised all told ~ acres
of sugar beets the past year The crop
brought them an average return OF
S45.G5 per acre after deducting the cost
Of seed and rent Of the special machin-
.pry used in the cultivation of the crop.
There was a great variation. Of course.
IN the yield and returns received. for
some the crop being a losing one and
for others a very profitable one. The
average results, however, are such that
a larger area will be planted next sea
son. and. with better understanding
Of how to manage the crop, still better
! returns may be pXnPcted
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22
Read Downward.
Read Upward.

CoNNECTIONs.-"a' connects at Queen
Anneky-itb the Delaware & Chesapeake Rwy.
Nb'' connects at Greenwood with Delaware
Division OF the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore r. r. for Seaford, Delmar,
Salisbury and points south.
0c' connects at Glendale with the Della
ware, Maryland & Nirginia'R. r, for George
town ana Lewes.
tie'' connects at Greenwood with the Della
ware Division Of the Philadelphia, Whining
ton & Baltimore R. R.
BALTIMORE AND QUEENSTOWN.-Be-
inning SUNDAY. JUNE Is 1875, steamers
the Queen Anne's Railroad Company will
e QUEENSTOWN at $40 a m, daily, ex
Sunday, and SIS a. m, daily, except
and Monday.
,ys at $50 a. m.and $50 p. m.
surther information apply to
taXEdl, VIM. D.sUHLERj
aasq C4epN FRI 3 Psss. Act
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22
The KING OF HANpcuFFs.
How Harry HOudini, American, Sur
prised the British.

When Harry HOudini, the American
king of handouts, arrived in England,
he tried to arrange for an exhibit of
his skill at Scotland Yard, but the
authorities refused to allow him an
opportunity of putting on or taking off
official handouts. says London NJ. A.
p. So, accompanied by a skeptical
London manager. he paid an ordinary
call as an American visitor to the
police headquarters. Mr.. Houdini
after making the usual remarks on
everything he saw and heard. casually
asked a question about pair Of hand.
cuffs. The guide took them down and
answered:
"Oh. these are handouts impossible
to remove"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

Wealthy apples held in cold storage
would sell readily today in any west
ern town for 81 per barrel. lnasmuch
as this variety of apples can be grown
as easily as corn through very large
section Of the west. with an almost alb
solute certainty of securing an average
crop one year with another Of not less
than one barrel to the tree after they
are years old. and as 100 trees may
easily be grown on each acre, it would
seem as though the growing of the
Wealthy apple was good proposition,
particularly so on the broken and billy
lands which border all our western
streams and which lands are Of nc
value save for pasturage.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

YES. / consider my life failure"
ooh. Henry. how sad! Why should
you say that?"
Il spent all my time making money
enough to buy food and clothes. and
the food disagrees with me, and my
clothes don't fit"-Life.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22
Ramon Takes The Lead.

R. L. Collins, Tyro, Arkansas, says; have
used various medicines for a torpid liver, but
Ramons 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. lannon's take the lead Of
thesevrrsI diaessut Einda tl.atI SELL
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

The average man does himSe f so
much harm on Sunday that he do
not recover until the following Mednes
day In the first place he loafs
around the house instead Of being ac-
tive. as on weekdays In the next
place, he cats his breakfast later than
usual. and his nner earle and the
result is that be is knocked out until
Wednesday. The best thing to do on
Sunday is to conform to your u.s.
habits as much as possible. Atchiso1
! Globe,
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22
.snsta Victoria. the i

.susta Victoria. the La
Meteor, Souv. de WOOton,
Jardin and Hermosa. Get
I'D bushes. plant out afterdanger
rOSt is over. hoe often, spray with
under pressure every other even
md you will have a glorious bOu-
the most beautiful and fragrant
No your table from June till
5}Sd plenty to give away be-
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

METHODS OF SUICIDE.
How Desperate Persons Adopt Pre-
vaiIIng styles of Destruction.

How Desperate Persons Adopt Pre-
vaiIing styles of Destruction.
"The remarkable methods several sui
cides have adopted in this city recently
call attention to the fact that methods
of self destruction are largely matters
of suggestion" said a doctor When
man gets in that condition where he
wants to die, he has little inventive
ability and adopts the method that has
been brought to his mind. You will no.
tice that after one person kills himself
with acid there follows a long list of
acid suicides 1t is the same with any
unusual method. One person gets up
an original way, and that inspires the
next one to try his hand until we have
a whole series of such grewsOme nov
elites.
Il have proved this theory. Several
years ago was discussing this feature
of suicide with several friends, includ-
ing the coroner. They ridiculed my
theory. | offered to prove it. 1t hap
pened that shooting and hanging were
popular Just then. ! wrote an article
{ IOf Il newspaper OH llie Hul loi0 VI
strangulation and pistol wounds and
explained the ease with which one
could kill himself with prussic acid
! Death from prussic acid, you know, is
absolutely instantaneous and, many be
lieve. painless. There had not been {
suicide with this acid for more than {
year, but within a week after the arti
Gle was published there were four anC
one of the unfortunates had clipping
of my article in his pocket.
"Of course was accused Of killing
these four by suggestion. but wa
never arrested and do not feel guilty
for when once person has decided t
kill himself the method is a slight mat
ter. No person in his right mind wi
commit suicide. We all know in on
sane moments Of easy ways to end life
but when in the suicidal frame Of min
nature seems to rob us Of our reason
this direction. as if in a desperate hoT
; Of preventing the sacrifice. New YOr
! Mail and Express.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

The South Dakota agricultural eX-
pertinent station has received 40 bush
els of macaronl seed wheat from the
Don provinces of Russia for trial. If
this wheat is adapted to the Dakota
conditions. 1t will prove very valua-
bic addition to the agricultural re-
sources Of the state.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22
Under New Management.

The Capitol Hotel situated as it is on
the Public square, near all Banks and
Public Buildings has been the favOrite
stopping place with the travelling public
for over quarter of a century. We
have recently refurnished ard remodel
ed this house making it up to date. Our
new bar and bOuffet is the largest and
handsomest in the State. We are pre-
pared to offer reduced rates to perma-
nent boarders and to members OF the
Legislature when in session. Large
rooms for caucuses, balls, receptions,
banquets.
Bar Stocked With Choicest Liquors.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

The pay Of the rural mail carrier is
Just $500 year. He has to make not
less than % miles a day. rain or shine,
for 313 days and has to furnish his
own team and wagon. The position is
no snap, and when the snow drifting
days of hard winter and the mfath-
enable mud of spring have to he en-
countered he will think life is hardly
worth the living The maintenance of
these routes will almost compel an i'm
provement of the highways along the
routes Travelled.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fail TO do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
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lions will
lite man can 10
work than any other man on earth.

The Red POlled cattle are fast grow
ing in favor with men who wish to
combine so far as may be possible milk
and beef cattle in one animal. We
know of a number of men who have
tried this breed in small way, and in
every case they are well pleased.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-22

The story is afoat that wicked
Iowa granger IS working off the com
mon cottontail rabbit on the epicures
Of New York as genuine Belgian hare
meat. This is no worse fraud than to
serve pigeon squads for quail on toast.
which is a common custom. the cpl
cures not being able TO tell the differ
enee. 1t is in this way that the restau-
rants are able to fill the orders for
quail lawfully during the close season
on this bird. 1t is great thing to
be an eDicure.