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Milford chronicle., 1903-03-13
The Ronndnrr of Lie.

Where is the exact boundary be-
tween life and death? Up to within a
few years it was supposed that hui
man being was really dead a few mo-
ments after breathing ceased, but DR..
LabOrde, director of physiological work
in the faculty of medicine in Paris,
has proved that life may linger in the
body hours after all signs of respira-
tion have ceased to be observable. In
all cases of suffocatiOn. asphyxiation,
narcotic poisoning. drowning and the
like DR.. LabOrde moved the tongue Of
the patient back and forth in regular
cadence instead Of employing the usu-
al means of raising and lowering the
arms. The doctor has made what he
calls a lingual tractor, machine
which moves the tongue back and
forth a fixed distance and with exact
rhythm. By its use persons have been
revived who had apparently been dead
for three hours. The doctor calls at
tentiOn to the fact that a majority Of
persons who meet death in the water
are killed by heart disease and not by
suffOcation, which accounts for many
failures in attempting resuscitatiOn.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-13
The Pingpong Craze.

Commenting on the craze for ping
pong, the New York Tribune says: "Al
the clubs are putting in tables for this
game. Manufacturers are working day
and night to supply the demand for
the balls and the tools Of the sport
Brokers forget to look at the tape while
they smite the little spheres in their
Offices Women and men alike have
fallen victims to this fascination by
the thousands. Pingpong can be played
at any hour Of the day or night and in
any weather and in any condition of
mind or Of nerves. as it is exclusively
an indoor recreation and requires no
extremely elaborate and expensive ap-
paratus. as the game of billiards does.
Moreover no long and arduous train
ing, no series of exacting and costly
lessons, is Indispensable. OF course
the range Of skill among the players is
almost as wide and varied as it is
among the holders Of the cue who try
to run up scores at caroms or at pool
But even the novices at this sport seem
to get a great deal of fun out Of it. and
they are not obliged to trudge exhaust
ing miles, as at the golf links"
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-13
JAPANESE ART AND ARTISTS
Various Branches of Special Work
Represented In New York.

Various Branches of Special Work
Represented In New York.
At about the time the American peo-
pie saw the singular beauty and devel-
dpment of art in Japan the people Of
Japan recognized the vast wealth in
the United States. The result was a
limited invasion of American territory
by all sorts of little professionals from
the mikadate. One, a fresco painter,
said recently:
Il find New York a better market
than Tokyo, where l formerly had my
studio. Much better prices are paid
here, and there is very much less com
petition. l like my new customers, but
have great trouble with them because
they do not understand art, and all
desire me to do ridiculous things. Thus
a short time ago a woman whose bOu-
dOif l was decorating came to me and
said: Those birds are beautiful, and
the leaves and water make my eyes
glisten, they are so full of sunlight.
Now please put in two or three big
cobwebs and a dragon-a nice, big
dragon, that is deliciously hideOus.'
explained to her that these things were
incompatible, but she would have her
way, and l did the work. and I'm
ashamed of it. 1 have many friends
here who have about the same expe-
rience as m-=Slf One is a sculptor or
wood carve who makes bas-reliefs
on japanese subjects, but, if necessary,
will do it OI= American subjects. An
other is an embroiderer, whose needle
is as skillful as a painters brush. a
third is a china decorator and a fourth
q fanmaker. The fanmaker, 1 am sor-
~ TO say, does not seem to be appre-
ciated. American women want ivory
or mother of pearl sticks, with lace
and silk on them, which are clumsy
and ugly things, but do not seem to
care for the graceful conceptions of
Japan, where a fan is as much Il mat
ter of toilet as a gown or a bonnet.
"There is also an artist in tortoise
shell, who is prosperous; but, alas for
art, most of his work consists in re-
pairing tortoise shell objects and not
in creating beautiful designs. The 9th /
'er day he repaired a tortoise shell boat, .
which is a child's toy at home, and he
received for his work So, which is ten
times what the boat would cost at .
Yokohama. One of our artists stayed .
here a short time and then went back. .
He was an art confectioner and could
make sugar and other things into any
conceivable fOrm-man, plant or ami
NAL. 1 have seen him make a little
temple and a grove out of sugar which
was as beautiful as a painting, but
here they would not have it. After
two weeks they put him to work max
ing caramels and then taffy, and he
got mad and went home New York
Post
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-13
The Miter.

The miter seems to have sunk into
disuse in postrefOrmation times. except
as an ornament ensigning the arms of
the different sees. though now it is be-
ing revived and worn by some of the
bishops Of the Anglican church Sir
Bernard Burke. whom every one must
allow to be high authority ON herald
ic matters. merely assigns the ducal
cOronet TO the see of Durham and omits
it from the arms of Canterbury and
York. where it is usually placed. and
the coronet. from its having been thus
used. suppose. entities them to be
styled ''yOur grace"
Samuel Seabury. the first bishop of
the American church. consecrated at
Aberdeen in 1884 wore the miter, thus
described by Arthur Cleveland Coke in
his christian Ballads"
The miter with it's crown of thorn,
Its cross upon the 'front.'
Not for proud adorning worn,
But for she battles brunt;
This helmet. with salvation's sign.
OF one whose shield was faith;
The crown of him for right divine
Who battled unto death!
Notes and Queries.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-13
BIbIes For the MIND.

There is New York publishing
house which sells Bibles for the blind.
The letters are embossed and stand
out in relief sufficiently high to enable
the trained fingers of the reader to
interpret a whole word almost as
quickly as the eye transmits the same
intelligence to the mind. Bibles for
the blind are printed in two forms
line letters and what is known as the
New York print. You may have the
whole Bible in the former style, max
ing eight volumes, for $6 or making
sixteen volumes for SS. In the other
style Of printing the whole Bible, MAX
tng eleven volumes, costs 81. Portions
of the Bible printed for the blind cost
B5 to 80 cents. 1t is said that these
prices equal only about one-third of the
cost Of printing the Bible for the blind.
The sale Of the books is necessarily
small, as only small portion Of the
blind can afford to buy them.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-13
students WHO Cannot speII.

OF 25O freshmen in Northwestern uni
versity 11S must enter the spelling
class which that institution maintains.
These delinquents missed twenty OF
more words each out of 200 in a not
very difficult written test.
This is a very bad record, but there
is no reason to suppose that the CORE
spending class in any other American
college would do better A district
school, thirty years ago would have
withstood such test with a far higher
percentage of pass rank" students.
Inability to spell does not prove the
lack of intellect or even of a consider
able degree of education. Memory
makes good speller, while keen logical
powers without it are of little use in
avoiding pitfalls. Many an able mathe-
matician is naturally a poor speller.
Good linguists, on the other hand, need
no training in photography.
Yet, despite all differences in native
ability to spell, there is no difference in
the necessity Of acquiring the art. 1t
is fundamental, inexorable. Many crit
les Of modern school tactics attribute
the prevalence of bad spelling to the
word method" of learning to read.
Whatever the cause it should be dealt
with in the schOOls.--New York World.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-13
Charles NJ. sehwab.s Father.

John Schwab, the father of Charles
NJ. Schwab, is the nabob of Loretto, a
little Pennsylvania village ON the crest
of the Alleghany mountains. He is the
richest resident, its only retired mer-
chant. Several years before his son
lad managed to creep very far up the
ladder in BraddOck Schwab, by means
of a livery business and a farm, got to-
gether a comfortable sum for use in
his declining years. He is now sixty
five years old, but his six feet of spare
body remain as straight as an arrow,
and not a gray hair shows in his black
hair and beard. The mother is the Op-
posite of her husband. She is tyEically
German. Her figure is short and stout,
her face round and full and her COM
pleXiOn and hair fair. She is exceed
ingly affable The villagers say that
Charlie takes after his mother in ev-
erything except his nose" which is
prominent like his fathers. '-Argo-
naut.
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,.-.-....- ,,-i 70 -....-
First wedding of the Century.

Okayama, Japan. enjoys the distinc
tiOn, it is believed. of being the place
where the first marriage of the twentieth
century was celebrated. The Rev. DR.
James IT. Pettee. representative of the
American board of commissioners fol-
foreign missions has written about it
The persons married were II. S,
Wheeler and Miss Edith S. Shaw. the
latter teacher at Kobe college. This is
the way DR.. Pettee figures out that it
was the first wedding:
'Okayama lies on the one hundred and
thirty-fourth parallel of longitude east
from Greenwich. and each now day is
reckoned as beginning at the one hundred
and eightieth parallel 4 large part of
the space between these parallels is un-
inhabited. As the wedding ceremony be.
gan just a few moments before midnight,
so that the word which pronounced these
friends husband and wife was spoken at
one minute past - on the morning OF
Jan. /. 1901. there is every probability
that this was the first wedding Of the
twentieth contIry in all the world"
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-13
Didn't nnre Lnurh.

A naturalized citizen of the United
States-D. AsadOurian, an Armenian
who is in business in Cleveland was
locked up in Constantinople charged
with conspiracy. Through the offices
of some Turkish business men he was
released under $1,000 bonds, effective
during his stay of fifty days. He has
just returned to his home in Cleve-
land. Concerning his experience he
said:
Il went there on business. As soon
as my presence became known the
officers came for me. They questioned
me, asking if I spoke the Armenian
language. This denied, because had
I admitted it l am sure that l would
never have returned to America. The
Turks fear American Armenians. They
think that in America the people have
an advanced knowledge of high ex-
plosiyes, which might be used to
blow up the sultan. They suspected
me Of being in sympathy with the
Armenians. After putting me in pris-
on they had some men come into my
cell and tell funny stories in the Ar
menian language. They wanted me to
betray my knowledge of it by laugh
ing. But l didn't laugh, for had l
smiled / would not be here now to
tell the tale. The stories were very
funny, but managed to keep a sober
countenance in spite of my wish to
laugh. Chicago Chronicle.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-13
AppendicitI. ana Flour.

DR.. n. G. Howard Of Champaign,
ILL.,. attributes the increase in the num-
Der Of cases Of appendicitis to the
changes in the methods Of milling
-four. Up to 1875, he says, cases of
this trouble were exceedingly rare, and
be declares that the modern process Of
milling very white, fine -four, which
takes from the grain nearly all the
phosphates and leaves only starch and
gluten, is chiefly responsible for the
disease. He asserts that wherever a
community has abandoned the old
fashioned coarse hours appendicitis
has very soon made its appearance
the latest illustration being among the
negroes Of the south, who. while their
bread diet was solely corn -four, did
not know what the disease was. As
the use Of white -four hns increased
appendicitis has made its appearance
Bmong them with disastrous results.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-13
THE LOVING CUP.
An Interesting Legend That Tells
How Ii Originated.

How II Originated.
Once upon a time, centuries before
us, there lived a great and powerful
king who was extremely fond Of hunt
ing. He was one day in a forest pur-
suing a stag but it was so feet and
clever that it eluded him and his band
Of followers and led them entirely out
/ of their way. After wandering about
in hopeless fashion they finally came
/ upon a little hut, and the king himself
dismounted and raped smartly upon
the door.
! A young girl answered his knock and
soon showed the men the right path.
The king was about to go, when he
saw well near the house, and at the
sight of the clear water Immediately
felt thirsty, and, going back, asked the
girl for a drink. Without hesitation
she went into the house and came out
with an earthen jug filled with the
well water. But instead of offering his
royal majesty the handle, as most peo-
pie would do, she held that herself
and handed him the cup the wrong
way.
The king said nothing, thanked the
girl and he and his band soon found
their way out of the wood.
But when he reached his palace he
determined to reward the girl for Civ
ing him the water and at the same
time to teach her a lesson in politeness.
Sending to his jeweler, he bade him
make a silver cup with two handles
and deliver it to the young girl with
out a word as to whence it came.
Perhaps a month after this the king
again hunted in that same forest
sought the nut and asked the girl for
another drink of water.
This time she entered the house and
came out with a beautiful silver cup
full of the sparkling water. "Now."
said the king, "she has certainly learn
ed a lesson" But never was he more
mistaken for the poor, ignorant girl
took a handle in each hand and for
the second time offered her liege lord
nothing save the side of the cup.
The king rode away deeply perpleXed. .
He resolved to teach the girl the pO-
lite way to hand a cup without directly I
rebuking her, and many were the hours /,
spent in cudgelng his brain for some
way in which to do it. At last a bright
idea struck him, and he sent for his
jeweler a second time.
"Make me-" said he to the man, ga
silver cup, heavily chased and with
my royal crest, and put three handles
on it." The jeweler, much surprised
for, remember, no such thing had ever
been heard of up to this time-did as
he was told, and soon the mug was
finished As before, the king had it
privately sent to the girl who lived in
the little hut.
One day not long after this for the
third time he rode into that forest and,
taking the now well known path, soon
reached the cottage. DismOunting, he
knocked at the door and asked humbiy
for 4 drink of clear water.
The girl Immediately came out with
he beautiful three handled cup and,
-aking two Of the handles in her hands,
she offered him the third.
So the king rode away well pleased
With his strategy and, reaching home,
ordered three handled cups to be made
n every sort Of ware, and they be- ,
,ame so popular that we now have ,
hem in all our shops and stOres.-De-
roit Free Press.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-13
First Corpse cremated In Japan.
Notes and Queries.

flrst corpse Cremated In Japan.
Japan is the country in which crema-
tion is practiced on the largest scale. In
an interesting statement made to a hy-
gienic congress Mr.. Yamane. chief police
surgeon of Tokyo. gave the reasons for
this practice. The burning Of corpses
had its beginning in Buddhism, a Bud
dhist priest, it is said, having been ere
mated at Shinshu 1000 years ago. In
1876 police orders were issued regulating
the practice of cremation, and today in
the environs Of Tokyo alone there are
seven crematOries. According to the au-
thority quoted, cremation is accomplished
in less time in Japan than in other coun-
tries. In two or three hours the body is
completely reduced to cinders and that
without the slightest Odor. Whereas in
European countries there are seven or
eight classes of funerals, there are in Ja-
pan but five, the prices of which range
as follows: $5.4O, $3.50, $3.50, SLIGO and
so cents.
At Kioto and Osaka, as well as in
number of other towns, it is estimated
that two-thirds of those who die from in
fectious diseases are cremated and of
others two-fifths. In 1898 out Of 3S.S9g
dead 21,943 were buried and 1886, or
40 per cent, Philadelphia
Record.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-13
SAMUEL y. W'TLSOT,
Funeral Director and Embalmel

Twenty-Five years experience in the abov
business with the assistance OF my son. Johh
4. Wilson, enables me to guarantee satisfae-
ton. Everything hrat class wlth moaetate
snansImed or preserved by ths use Of ice.
Mems black suits end robes; iaa4ss dresses
and robes children's shroWds aiWays IN
stock. No extra charge made 1or MY WlteS
services when required. All styles OF comns
and caskets constantly in stock.
Telephone and telegraph communications
promptly answered. NO. extra charge Ior
distance. Five per cent discount on All bills
paid within thirty days.
We ask for an examination Of our Furni
ture Department when needing anything IN
TINS line.
sAM'L. J. WILSON. MILTON. DEL.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-13
Keel For the Connecticut LaId.

New York, March 1.-THE first
keel plates of the battleship Connect.
cut, the first large battleship ever
constructed in a government navy
yard was laid yesterday in the navy
yard at Brooklyn. There were no cerG-
monies in connection with the laying
Of the plate.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-13

The awful pangs ofrbeumatism are quickly
relieved by an application of Ramen's Nerve
andBone OIL. Large bottles, with diree tions
% cents. I. +. Hammersley
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-01
Street Work for Last Week.

Engineer J. B. White makes the fol
lowing statement fer the week end
ing Saturday. February 2S, 1903, on
rect collections and disbursements.
Collections. $500. and expenditures
$3.50. A full collection was not made
because the weather was such that
street cleaning was almost impossible
part OF the week though Mr. White
did what he could.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-01
l!atiCn5. t0mOrTCW. March

niations t0morrow. March /. is the,
t;ae when companies file with
s'.e state ,he;s applications for licenses
- continue business. Tee lii con
se@aplatas making the lay effective
iyty da%s after it is signed by the
governor. Naturally. the companies
Do not care to renew, their licenses
# t4aav are 10 be shut ou1 si5tv days
after 50 doiag, and they are unani-
nous il a desire to get rid e a bad
ituatien. Speaking for our a9eaex.
desire 10 state that we have use,
every Effort within orr power % pro
5oe= cflr patrons Interests. We heEe
tie con pau.es viii nos feel tie nc@es-
si!T Of caroeline their policies and,
desiring that car poiieyHalders have
protection ae 1one q nass:Ale. Na have
=. .ffton ,gae,1te s5z3s- 81 b.1Si-}4s== eXpir-
ias between now and lily /. proposing
u cra3it each policy expiring within
THAI period with ff.e ,taearned pre
nitIm, end delivering new policies to
Cur patrons. BY July We hope relief
ma be obtained whereby the comDa-
92ies n4ay# continue and We MAJ be III
business az the same old stand. As
earlT es possible We frust that such
roIicyholders as those to whom We
in@ il March, April May or June.
l@o2,> viii call with their policies
s. ve may protect tfair interests. A.
rapidly as possible We viii call OH
orr customers and exchange policies
We have rewritten bHt We have a
large field to cover. and hope maHv ct
our patrons will themselves call at
our Office
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-01

Il i -fs1aol.af t!.at .2,geaa Var
viii SEP dewa ard CIT of the office
u commissioner of pensions and give
9lacc 70 PeWell Clayton MI Ware
is a 4oai lawyer. a poet Of no mean
s!siiits aud most charming gentle
'.:a1l. l. ma. be. has ever ihas he Is
'aa!:i2g IL tie Heau Ia, qualities re-
1uir9d in tAaJ m1at difficult Of federa!
posts. lie eommis2 e}er5hiD If peu-
ions. and it NAV be thai Gen. Cay.
:an Is botter d,ted for lie position
Cen. Clayton is a politician OF ions
and varied experience. and should be
We'll fitted for almost any berth. if
there is anythiag in p.ae: iee-AIinne-
apOlis Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-01
To the Ladies:

In case your machine is giving an
roable, please netify Thompson Ma,
chine company. We make prcfes
sional business of this work and per.
'ect satisfaction guaranteed. Your
work is done at your home and triai
Given. CcHn1rv people. bring your
.achines to our o1iice at Sehencll (
Bicycle Store. Both 2hones. f
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-01
NOTICE 70 CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids Will be received by the
undersigned until March 30, 1903, al
y O'Clock. noon. for the erection of Il
grand sand and bleecher seats in tie
baseAal' park ct Pine BLaff. Plans and
specifications can be seen a. the Office
of ". T. Young. The right to rejecl
any and all bids is reserved.
i24 \. 3. GRACE, Prest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-01

AS committee opened tip
DICTATOR on the convict farm
purchase it has been
able to bring out some interesting
things. While these developments in
the convict farm inye5ti isation may not
result in anything TO warrant inn
parchment proceedings, still the i'll
yestigation has opened Up matters Of
more concern than Charlie la-
ccbsons len& distant chin Mu-
sic al the states expense or tie
swipins OF a scuttle CT two oi TIE
states coal by tie governor. The
evidence in the convict farm hearing
by the committee is bringing oHt some
very strong proof which goes to es-
tabliah tie fact thai fer an arrant
boss in politics, no state was ever
cursed with one who is boider taan
the dictator who sits in ne gi5eina-
tcrial chair of Arkansas. He net only
requires written statements that can
didates fer Office are rot opposing him
in any Of his aspirations for Office but
must enter into an agreement not 10
oppose tim in order to keep him from
bringing OIL an opposing candiiate TO
the person required Ia enter into the
agreement In the case of State Audi
tor Monroe he not only required Mr.
Monroe to sign statement that he
was net opposing the governors re
election, lut that he would moi oppose
il. and also 10 Cbiigate himself 10 agree
to the purchase of any farm for
convict farm upen which Secretary If
State Crockett and the governor might
agree and for no other purpose than
to keep the governor from bringing
out a candidate against Mr.. Monroe
for auditer. The paper which Coy
Davis required Mr.. Monroe to sign was
as follows:
Il. T. G. Monroe, auditor Of tie
n1,yrC tot tl,o
ton that have been opposing left Da-
vic fer reelection to the Office of
governor is absolutely without fonnda-
alton, and any statement that have
worked against him in my county. or
am doing so. is also without founda-
ton. to the best of my recollection
and belief. tThis phrase, from the
comma to the end. was interlined in
pencil by Col. Monroe) believe thai
he will carry ny county by COED ma
jority. CAS- the reading by the chair
reached this point Cot. Monroe said.
And he did, And if can sio any
thing to assist him in carving il. il
will be pleasure to me to do so,
and | hereby agree. in consideration
that Jeff Davis will not bring out op-
position to me for auditor (from in
consideration to auditor was stricken
oUt in ink by Col Monroe) that
will support any legitimate policy of
his and have absolute harmony, as far
as am concerned, on the penitentiary
board; and | hereby agree as soon
as the primary election is over to vote
to buy any farm for the use of state
convicts that he and John w. Crock
EFT, secretary OF state, may agree upon
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-01
THE INSURANCE SITUATION.
Continued from Page ~

ICOntNIled from Page II
the Sc per day celebrities in Little
Rock. unless the companies want to
give up business everywhere else
AdviceS from the home offices and
general agencies of our companies in
dicate that every company in our
c#ce will cease writing as soon as the
bill becomes law. According to reg.