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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-03-07
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY MARCH I, 1902

the old hencoop. Some Of you had bet
ter go back and start again. In thought
return to that place and hear the cluck
and see the outspread feathers and
come under the wing and make the
LORD your portion and shelter and
warmth, preparing for everything that
may come and so avoid being classed
among those described by the closing
words of my text, "as a hen gathereth
her chickens under her wings, and We
would not" All, that throws the re-
sponsibility upon us. "Ye would not"
Alas, for the would notsw If the
wandering broods Of the farm heed not
their mothers call and risk the hawk
and dare the freshet and expose them
selves to the frost and storm, surely
their calamities are not the mothers
rault. I'VE would notw God would,
but how many would not?
When good man asked a young wo-
man who had abandoned her home and
Who was deplOring her Indebtedness
why she did not return, the reply was:
dare not go home My father is so
provoked he would not receive me
home" "Then," said the Christian
man, Il will test this" And so he
wrote to the father, and the reply
came back, and in a letter marked out
side Immediate" and inside saying,
Let her come at once; all is forgiven"
80 Gods invitation for you is marked
Immediate" on the outside, and in
, side 1t is written, "He will abundantly
pardon" Oh, We wanderers from God
and happiness and home and heaven,
come under the sheltering wing. A
vessel in the Bristol channel was
nearing the rocks called the Steep
Holmes. Under the tempest the yes
sci was unmanageable, and the only
hope was that the tide would change
before she struck the rocks and went
down. and so the captain stood on the
deck, watch in hand Captain and
crew and passengers were pallid with
terror. Taking another look at his
watch and another look at the sea, he
shouted: THANK God, we are savedi
The tide has turned One minute
more and we would have struck the
rocks" Some Of you have been a long
while drifting in the tempest of sin
and sorrow and have been making for
the breakers. Thank God, the tide has
turned. Do you not feel the lift of the
billow? The grace Of God that bring
eth salvation has appeared to your
soul, aud. in the words of Boaz to
Ruth, commend you to "the Lord God
Of Israel, under whose wings thou hast
come to trust"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-03-07

One Of the many friends OF d.. James
81. Buckley. editor of The Christian Ad-
vocate, was telling stories the other
day or that gentleman's ready Wit At
the last session of the New York east
conference Dr.. Buckley was on his feet
every minute or two to discover some
phase of a question or to make witty
remark.
On one occasion a minister was
speaking of Wesleyan university.
''That university" said he, ION the
right or left bank of the Connecticut
which is itY' That depends" replied
DR.. Buckley, whether you are going
up or down The river"
One minister took exception to the
frequency With which DR.. Buckley adj
dressed the conference. He said, 'The
young men always vote as the doctor
talks. and 1T isn't fair" After a long
tribute to Dr.: Buekley's Intelligence the
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-03-07
LONGS SUCCESSOR
William H. Moody of Massachusetts

William H. Moody of Massachusetts,
May Become Secretary of the Navy.
Washington, March PROMINENT
among the list Of possibilities to fill
the vacancy to be caused by Secre-
tary Longs retirement from the cab
met, is the name of William Henry
Moody, a Republican representative
from the Sixth district of Massachu-
sets, and said to be connected by
marriage with Senator Lodge. Mr..
Moody is 40 years old, a graduate of
Harvard, lawyer by profession, ana
has served three consecutive terms in
congress, where he has attained some
of the most influential committee as
signments.
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DR.. Edward King. the venerated and
sanity bishop of Lincoln, in England,
is now much advanced in years and
somewhat infirm. Recently he has
been visiting Bournemouth for his
health, and T. P. O'COnner in his NJ.
A. P. tells the following story Of the
venerable preate's visit TO that sea
side health resort: After resting for
some time one afternoon on seat on
the parade the bishop desired to move,
but, owing to his age and infrmities,
found some difficulty in rising. A kind
hearted little girl of the town noticed
his trouble and ran up, saying, ooh,
let me help YOU"
The good bishop beamed upon the
child with one of his sweetest smiles,
and the smile of the bishop is very
sweet indeed. you are a dear little
maiden" he said. but l do not think
you are strong enough"
"Why, bless you. sir was the reply,
'I've 5ften helped up daddy when he
was sight worse drunk than you
Rreg'
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-03-07

The Christian Intelligencer protests
against the boy preachers" who have
become so prevalent of late. 1t holds
that ''the great and responsible work
of preaching the gospel of Christ requires
preparation which no boy at the age of
nine or twelve or fifteen is capable of
acquiring If a Christian youth feels
himself strongly drawn to the work. his
friends will advise him to wait till he has
outgrown his boyhood and to quietly and
diligently and thoroughly qualify himself
for preaching before undertaking it pub
Iicy. The very thing encouraged in
these boy preachers accounts in some
measure for the religious specifically
that malhs the present"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-03-07

There are now about thirty women
pastors of Unitarian churches in the
United States. The last addition to their
ranks is Miss Estella r. Padgham of
Syracuse. who has just been ordained in
tat city, the ordination sermon being
preached by a woman, the Rev. Marie
H. Jenney Of Des Moines, Ia, who two
years ago was ordained in the same
church. Miss Padgham is a Smith col
lege graduate and pursued her theolog-
ical course at the theological seminary
in Meadville, Pa. During the summer
she ofiiciated for Miss Jenney in Des
Moines and while engaged in ministerial
work there received a call to Perry, Pa.
She will enter upon her duties at once.
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man SAT Gown. Dr. Buckley was on
his feet in an instant to say. This man
has been talking on only two subjects.
himself and myself and l am heart
lily sick of both of them" The doctor
won his point and talked as long and as
often as he pleased.-New York Mail
and Express.
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Lon,on Ertraot Caused Death

Sanforl Ind, Jan. 1.-As the result
Of drin eng eight two-ounce bottles OF
lemon extract, William King, a farm.
er. is dead. Coroner Roberts held an
inquest. recommending that the grand
Jury investigate and prosecute mer
chants selling extract for drinking
this Deinp the fifth death of the kind
in this vicinity recently.
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The Teeth We're a Success.

Some months ago one of the dental
Surgeons at Guys hospital, in London,
lifted a reservist, who was going to
South Africa, with some artificial teeth
in accordance with the present regula-
lions. On his return the other day the
reservist thanked him with these
words; "They was fust rate. those
teeth, sir. Lots of the fellows wanted
To borrow 'a1r,p ~
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1T CURED HER.
The Prescription That Was Given
by n Famous Physicinn.


Some years ago a lady, who tells the
story herself, went to consult a famous
physician about her health. She was
a woman of nervous temperament.
whose trOubles-and she had had many
had worried and excited her to such
a pitch that the strain threatened her
physical strength and even her reason.
She gave the doctor a list of her symp-
toms and answered his questions only
to be astOnished at his brief prescrip-
ton at the end: madam, what you
need is to read your Bible more"
But, DOCTOR" began the bewildered
patient.
GO home and read your Bible an
hour a day." the great man reiterated,
with kindly authority. Then come
back to me a month from today" And
he bowed her out without possibility
of further protest.
At first his patient was inclined to
be angry. Then she reflected that at
least the prescription was not an ex-
pensive one. Besides, it certainly had
been a long time since she had read
the Bible regularly, she reflected, with
a pang of conscience. Worldly cares
had crowded out prayer and Bible
study for years, and, though she would
have resented being called an irreli-
gious woman, she had undoubtedly be-
come a most careless Christian. She
went home and set herself cOnscien.
tiOusly to try the physicians remedy.
In one month she went back to his
office. "Well," he said, smiling as he
looked at her face, 81 see you are an
obedient patient and have taken my
prescription faithfully. Do you feel as
if you needed any other medicine
now?
mo. doctor, l don't" she said hon
! estly. Il feel like a different person.
hope am a different person. But
how did you know that was just what
1 needed"
For answer the famous physician
turned to his desk. There, worn anC
marked, lay an open Bible.
Madam" he said, with deep earnest
ness, ''if 1 were to omit my daily read
ing of this book l should lose my great
est source of strength and skill. never
go to an operation without reading E2y
Bible. never attend a distressing
case without finding help in it's pages
1 Your case called not for medicine, bu
for sources of peace and strength out
/ side your own mind, and l showed vol
my own prescription, and l knew
would cure"
'Yet I confess, DOCTOR" said his pa
tent, that 1 came very near not tax
ing it."
every few are willing to try it,
find" said the physician, smiling again
'But there are many, many cases il
my practice where it would work won
ders if they only would take it."
This is a true story. The doctor dieC
only little while ago, but his prescrip
ton remains. 1t will do no one an!
harm to try it.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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New Jersey official Rsslqns.

Trenton, n. j., March 5.-Thomas
R. Watson, assistant custodian of the
State House, resigned yesterday. It
is practically decided that his place
will go to William H. Meserol, the
present document clerk of the State
House.
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DAMAGE AT ALLENTOWN
100000 Will Hardly Cover Loss-I
the Bethlehems,

the Bethlehems.
Allentown, Pa, March 3.-Six hun
bred thousand dollars will hardly COW
er the loss sustained by Fridays
freshet. No accurate estimate can be
made until the debris and rubbish are
cleared away. Valuable machines are
literally covered with mud. Until
these are cleaned up no figures on the
loss can be given out. There were in
all about 40 firms and manufacturing
establishments that suffered losses
ranging from $1,000 to $45 ,OOO Be
sides these there were fully two hun
dred families whose furniture was
ruined. In most instances these are
poor people upon whom the loss is a
great hardship.
400 Homes Inundated.
Bethlehem, Pa, March 8. - More
than 400 families in the Bethlehems
whose homes were inundated with the
high water of the food are now busy
in getting their residences in shape.
The devastation of the high water
made it more extensive than was at
first estimated It will run to nearly
100000 1t may take a month before
all the departments of the Bethlehem
Steel and New Jersey Zinc companies
plants are in good running order.
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Need of Warmth,

The wings of my text suggest
warmth, and that is what most folks
want. The fact is that this is a cold
world whether you take it literally or
figuratively. We have a big fireplace
called the sun, and it has very hot
fire, and the stokers keep the Goals well
stirred up, but much of the year we
cannot get near enough to this fireplace
to get warmed. The worlds extremi-
ties are cold all the time Forget not
that it is colder at the south pole than
at the north pole and that the arctic is
not so destructive as the antarctic.
Once in awhile the arctic will let ex-
plorers come back, but the antarctic
hardly ever. When at the south pole a
ship sails in, the door of ice is almost
sure to be shut against its return. So
life to many millions of people at the
south and many millions of people at
the north is a prolonged SILVER. But
when l say that this is a cold world l
chiefly mean figuratiYely If you want
to know what is the meaning of the or
binary term of receiving the cold
SAOuiNSA' SSt Oul VI ulOuey anu Try 10
borrow. The conversation may have
been almost tropical for luxuriance of
thought and speech, but suggest your
necessities and see the thermometer
drop to 80 degrees below zero, and in
that which till a moment before had
been a warm room. Take what is an
unpopular position on some public
question and see your friends fly as
chaff before a windmill. AS far as
myself is concerned, have no word of
complaint, but look off day by day
and see communities freezing out mel
and women of whom the world is not
worthy. NoW it takes after one and
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To Expedite the Meruer Suit.

New York, March Sit is under
stood here that an agreement has been
made between Attorney General Knox
and the Northern Securities Company
to expedite the proposed action agains.
the company. The attorney general
will bring suit Immediately and will
apply for an injunction. In this man
ner the case may be disposed of with
in a month or six weeks. The Sc
curities Company officials are salts
fed, it is said, that their legal position
is sound. and it is on their suggestion
that the case will be expedited.
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How Book Buying Has Increased.


Formerly the buying Of a book was
a matter of considerable importance.
1t was felt to be bit of extravaganza,
an expenditure which was easily avoid
able Books could be borrowed or tax
en- from a library. They were pleasant
things to have about They gave an
air of refinement and intelligence to a
room or a house But it was easy to
get along without them. People bought
tickets for concert, lecture, for the
opera or the theater. and thought it en-
tirely legitimate to spend a little mon
ey for recreation and refreshment.
When these same people thought of
buying a book which cost no more than
a single ticket to a concert and not
half as much as a ticket to an opera,
they hesitated. They were not in the
habit Of buying books and they were in
the habit of buying tickets of all kinds
Of entertainments; that was the differ
ence. Now people have formed the
habit both of reading and buying
books. 1t does not seem to them any
more exHavagant to pay a dollar or q
dollar and a quarter for a novel than
for concert Rehabilitation w. Ma
bic in Ladies' Home Journal.
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SAMUEL y. WILSON,
Funeral nirentnr and Emhalmel

Twenty-Five years experience in the abov
business with the assistance of my son, John
P. Wilson, enables me to guarantee satisfac.
ton. Everything first class with moderate
charges. Black and white heal IS. Bodies
embalmed or preserved by the use of ice
Mems black suits end robes; iad4 IS dresses
and robes children's shrOwds always in
stock. No extra charge made for my wfes
services when required. All styles Of coffine
and Baskets constantly in stock.
Telephone and telegraph communications
promptly answered. No. extra charge for
distance. Five per cent discount on ali bills
paid within thirty days.
We ask for an examination of our Furni
ture Department when needing anything in
this line.
SAM'L. ]. WILSON. MILTON, DEL
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KERR Brothers Celebrated w hlte
Wash and Plastering Lime reduced in
price. 5 bushelsan and Over, SOC per bushel;
in lots less than 5 bushels, 85c per bushel
for cash. A. w. POWELL.
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VOL XIV. NO. 10. WHOLE NUMBER, 1884

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
lOe 25o- Il c. G, G. fall. druggists refund money
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Another coIIiery For Reading Co.

Anotner CoIIIery FOR Reading co.
Shamol1in, Pa, March 5.-The Royal
Oak colliery, employing 300 men and
boys, indefinitely passed into the con-
troll of the Philadelphia AID Reading
Coal and Iron company yesterday. The
plant up to last week was operated
by a company composed of Scranton
and Willesbarre capitalists, when the
sheriff closed down the operations at
the instigation of Scranton creditors.
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.I1na-Ta.

Sir Laurence Alma
Rbrated his sixty-sixth
", is the third |
who has been he
knighthood. ~
and Vandyi
q keen sens
ing a story
hood. Short
honor he and La,
an Eat home" EN
congratulating them,
very profuse. ooh, deG
she said, 81 am awfU
of the honor you have rec
pose now that you are kni
will give up painting and
gentleman"
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Under the Divine Wings

My text has its strongest application
for people who were born in the coun-
try, wherever you may now live, and
that is the majority of you. You can
not hear my text without having all
the rustic scenes of the old farmhouse
come back to you. Good old days they
were. You knew nothing much of the
world, for you had not seen the world.
By law of association you cannot re-
call the brOOding hen and her chickens
without seeing also the barn and the
haymow and the wagon shed and the
house and the room where you played
and the tireside with the big backlog
before which you sat and the neigh
bOrs and the burial and the wedding
and the deep snOwbanks and hear the
village bell that called you to worship
and seeing the horses which, after
pulling you to church, stood around the
old clapboarded meeting house ana
those who sat at either end of the
church pew and, indeed, all the scenes
Of your first fourteen years, and YOU
think of what you were then and of
what you are now, and all these
Thoughts are led by tlia sight nf
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Checks Stolen :

YOungstC WI
bag containin
the America
amounting to
lost at the L.
found in a box
yard yesterday.
opened and the cb
ment has been stop
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CHlLDREN's EYES.

Copyright. 1902. Louis Klopsch, N. VI
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-05

Col. HI. III. Neff, a Veteran Newspaper
Man of Winchester.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
wINCHESTER. Ind, Oct 4.-Col. III. III.
Neff. who had lived In this city for al
most sixty-hve years. died at his home
last night at the age Of eighty-fve years.
He was born near Eaton, o., June 5, 1915.
At the age OF seventeen he went to Eaton
and learned the printers trade. A little
later he worked on the Sentinel, published
at Liberty, Ind. From Liberty he went to
Fort Wayne, where he worked upon the
first paper published there. AT the time
there were only two houses between this
city and Fort Wayne, one near where Port
land now stands, on the Salamonie river,
and the other on the bank OF the Wabash
river, near Decatur. He settled here in
1888 and In 1S43 started the first paper pub
lished In the county, the Winchester Pa
triot- He was in the Legislature of 1S47
that body granted charter to the old
Indianapolis Bellefontaine Railroad.
Later he served as clerk of the county.
He was active In the formation of the
Observation-Disclosures Indiana
Regiment. and when ii was mustered into
later major and finally colonel Of the regi-
ment. He was always public spirited and
took a lively interest in the welfare of his
city. Both Of his daughters, Mrs. Fisher
wife OF Capt. ]. s. Fisher. and Mrs. Teal,
widow OF Capt. Asa Teal, Of Pittsburg,
were with him at the time OF his death
They, with his widow and two grandchil-
funeral viii take place Monday afternoon
and will be in charge OF the Knights Tenn
plars Of Muncie. The burial will be In the
Fountain Park Cemetery, this city.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-05
other Death. I'm the state.

WABASH. Ind. Oct. 4.-James Dvericks,
of Lafontaine, this county. one of the best
known residents of the county and promi-
nent In local Republican politics, having
been a member of the Republican county
committee for several years, died yester-
day Of nervous prostration, aged forty
nine. For long time he was engaged in
business at Lafontaine. He left a widow
and three children.
PARAMOUNT, Ind, Oct. 4.-Ephraim L.
Payne a veteran OF the civil war and at
one time a prominent farmer Of southern
Grant county, died this afternoon at the
home of James Templeton, southeast of
town. Payne had been an invalid for sew
eral years and a sufferer Of paralysis and
facial cancer.
GOSHEN, Ind, Oct. 4.-Davis Teple, aged
seyenty-fve years, who has been a resident
OF Milford since 1910. died yesterday of
paralysis. He was born in Pennsylvania.
He leaves a widow and one sister. Mrs.
Jordan Becknell. oT Leesburg. The funeral
win be held Sunday.
TELL CITY, Ind, Oct. 4-J0hn N. Fem,
a pioneer of Tell City Is dead at the age OF
leaves two sons. Albert and George Fem.
The funeral will take place next Sunday
from the Evangelical Church.
PARAGON. Ind. Oct. 4-Lewis Johns, an
old soldier, died of paralysis this morning
after days Illness. He leaves a widow,
four sons and three daughters. The funeral
will be held Sunday. conducted by the G.
A r
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-05
STRATTON WILL CASE.


COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Oct. 4.-The
fight over the Stratton millions was re-
newed to-day when the executors named
by the late multi-millionaire appeared be-
fore Judge James A. Orr in the county
Circuit Court and offered the will for pro-
baton. The battle in reality centers about
whether the court will accept this instru-
ment as the will and Testament of the
mining king, or whether, the son and
the administrator assert, the will is in
valid because its maker is alleged to have
been insane when it was drawn in August,
1901. The administrators this morning had
the court postpone the hearing until later
in the day.
When the second attempt was made at
11:30 o'clock to probate the will before
Judge Orr, in the county court, the at
torneys for l. Harry Stratton, the son,
appeared and asked the court to issue a
summons calling all the legatees and
beneficiaries into court at some later date,
to be present when the will should FORM
ally be offered for probate. This was strenu-
ously objected to by the attorneys for the
executors. Judge Orr overruled the OBJ
jections and Immediately ordered the
citation issued and set Nov. 10 as the day
when the legatees should appear and the
will be probated. The effect of this order
is to stop all procedure in connection with
probating the will until that date.
In the meantime the other side of the
fight will be determined, namely, whether
the executors or the administrators are
to be given legal possession of the prop
erty. This question will be argued Oct 9
before Judge cunningham on the point
that the administrators were illegally ap-
pointed by Judge Orr.