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Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
ANCIENT TREES.

The Old Elms Which Have Made
Boston Common Historic.
A recent meeting in Boston brought
out some interesting facts regarding
the ancient elms Of Boston's historic
Common. 1t appears that none of the
trees now standing dates back turtle
than 1850, and there are only srlG..
number planted before the last century
The various malls, or walks. have pros
ably much the same appearance today.
however, that they had fifty or even 4
hundred years ago. An agitation nov
going on to see that they are kept IT.
better condition than they have beer
during the last few years is ParalleleG
by many earlier efforts to the same
end. Thus on May u, 1T01, a bylaw
was passed ordering that mo person
shall lop, peel, girdle or deface any Of
the trees now standing or that shall
hereafter be planted or set by order Of
the selectmen or by their appreciation
upon any part of or place in the com.
mon ground Of this town." under pen
atty Of 20 shillings for every such Of
fense.
Similar votes were passed by tho
town all through the eighteenth cen.
tury, and as a result the Common has
always been a delightful place of recre-
alton. Thus a traveller visiting Boston
in 1740 was able to give the following
pleasant description of the use to which
the Common was put by the citizens in
general:
'For their domestic amusements ev-
cry afternoon after drinking tea the
gentlemen and ladies walk the mall and
from thence adjourn to one another's
house to spend the evening-Chose that
are not disposed to attend the evening
lecture, which they may do if they
please six nights in seven the year
round.
what they call the mall is a walk
on a fine green Common adjoining to
the southwest side of the town. 1t is
near half a mile over, with two rows
Of young trees planted opposite to each
other. with a fine footway between, in
imitation of st. James park, and part
Of the bay OF the sea which encircles
the town. taking its course along the
northwest side of the Common-by
which it is bounded on the one side
and by the country on the other-forms
a beautiful canal in view of the walk"
OF the trees now standing in the
Common the one which has had the
most singular history and probably the
\
ture is not an elm. but a ginkgo tree.
It will be remembered that just before
the close Of his talks the Autocrat Of
the Breakfast Table becomes enam-
bred Of the schooImistress. Walking
along the Beacon street mall. the Au-
-Ocrat pointed to a seat close by the
yinkgo tree and said. pray. sit down"
No. no." replied the schoolmistress:
4 will walk the long path with you"
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
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RIOT CARTRIDGES READY

War Department Will Furnish Them
to State Governors on Demand.
Washington. Feb 24.-The war de.
partment has sent notice to the COVER
nors of each state of the union that it
is prepared to supply them upon de-
mand and according to their legal al
lowances with riot cartridges" This
is new form of ammunition prepared
by the experts of the ordnance bureau,
to enable officers of the law and sol
diers to repel rioters with the least
possible loss of life to the innocent
spectator"
The shell is like that of the regular
shell used in the army rife with the
important exception that instead of
the long nickel-plated and steel-clad
bullet, two balls are placed in the
mouth. The design was apparently to
secure something of greater range
than buckshot, yet not dangerous to
persons at a distance The cartridge
is charged with about thirty-four
grains of smokeless powder. The balls
are made of a mixture of lead and tin
in the proportion of 16 to l, and are
slightly coated with parafne.
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
LADRoNEs FLED TO MOUNTAINS
Government Will Force San Miguel to
Fight Or Disband His Followers.


Manila, Feb. 25.-General San Mi
guels force of insurgent ladrones has
abandoned Montalban, 16 miles from
here. and probably has fed to the
MorOng mountains. Reports from
Bosoboso indicate the presence Of
ladrones in that vicinity. Reinforce
ments for the government troops
reached Montalban too late and failed
to overtake the retreating ladrones.
San Miguel has about 300 men with
him. 1t is not believed that they can
subsist for any length of time in the
mountains. The government is pre-
pairing to occupy the valleys and
passes and force San Miguel to fight or
disband mis- followers
Detachments of constabulary and
scouts encountered bands of the en-
emy on Saturday, and a series of sl1ir.
mishes ensued. The government
forces were victorious.
San Miguel has issued a manifesto
directing his adherents to avoid con-
hict with the Americans and to con-
tent themselves with harassing the
police.
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
NEW ORLEANS CARNIVAL ENDED
Pageants Were On a Scale Of Great
Artistic Splendor.


Pageants Were On a Scale Of Great
Artistic Splendor.
New Orleans. Feb. 25.-The carnival
closed last night in a blaze of glory. In
point of attendance of strangers it has
been the most successful ever held,
while the pageants were on a scale of
great artistic splendor. The parade
last night was by the Mystic Krewe
of Comus. Its title was "A Leaf from
the Mahabharata, and it illustrated in
20 superb floats the great epic poem
Of the Hindus.
The eliminating society event Of the
season was the ball of Comus at the
French opera. The curtain rose upon
a picturesque tableau revealing Comus
on a throne of light and the masked
krewe grouped on either side. Comus
chose for his queen Miss Myrtle
Stauffer. Miss Alice Roosevelt was
present and was the object of special
attention. Admiral and Mrs. Schley
and General Joseph Wheeler and his
daughters were among the guests. Rex
held his bali in Washington Artillery
Hall, temporarily converted into car
nival palace. There was a great crush
Of the kings subjects. Miss Ingersoll
was chosen queen of the carnival and
several society girls served as her at
teDdants. After midnight there was
an exchange of visits between Comus
and Rex and their courts.
The period of sack cloth and ashes
came today. There was a general ex-
Odus of visitors.
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
sixtv-three Yenrs a Minister.

The Rev. DR.. John Duncan of Abdie,
Fifeshire. Scotland, who died recently,
had served sixty-three years in the
ministry. Speaking of him. the Glas-
gov correspondent of the Montreal
Star writes: "Dr. Duncan was the fai-
iher o. the auld kirk-that is. the man
wha had been a minister for the Ian
gest time. 1t is only a FORTNIGHT sin
be was preachin' in Creich, an no lang
tyne he was helpin at a curtin match.
He was in Abide a his life after bis
ordination an was a favourite wi a
body in the parish"
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
Rosebery,s Enort. to Woo sleep.

HOgebery's Efforts TO Woo Sleep.
7. p. O'Connor writes in NJ. A. P.
thus: 1T is well known that Lord
Rosebery has been cursed-that is the
worldly recurrent insomnia all
through his life I know no malady
which is more calculated to sap the en-
ergy and destroy the nerve Of man
than sleeplessness. and 1 believe that
much Of what is apparently erratic in
the career of Lord Rosebery is to be
attributed to the want Of sequence
which the depression Of sleeplessness,
amounting sometimes almost to de-
spair, has produced in his mind. OF the
many remedies which have been tried
BY Lord Rosebery for this distressing
nhlady, the most original is that which,
according to one paper, l find he now
resorts TO at Dalmeny. It is to order a
carriage with four horses to be ready
Tor him at 10 o'clock at night, long
after he has had dinner. In this equi-
page. preceded by an outrider, Lord
Rosebery rides for hours. It is one Of
the many ways in which he hopes to
get Sleep"
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
Monument to General La,

monument 20 1enerdl LdWton unveiled
Manila, Feb. %. Two hundred
troops and hundreds of veterans par
tieipated yesterday in the unwilling
of the monument marking the spot
where General l.awton was killed at
San Mateo. General Davis and others
made speeches eulogizing General
Lawton.
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
SAMUEL y. R'LLSON,
Director and EmbaIml

Twenty-Five years experience in the abov
business with the assistance OF my son. john
r, Wilson, enables me to guarantee satisfac-
charges. Black and white heal sas. Bodies
enabaimed or preserved by the use Of ice.
Mems black suits snd robes; ladaes' dresses
and robes children's shroWds always in
-Ioek. No extra charge made Tor MY Wifes
services when required. All styles Of cofhnE
ana caskets 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
ais line
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
A Blow at Telephone Companies.

Chambersburg. Pa, Feb. 25.-Judge
John Stewart yesterday rendered an
opinion in which he holds that tele-
phone companies do not have the right
of eminent domain so far as going
upon private land is concerned, nor
have they the right to build lines upon
highways adjoining land without Civ
ing the landowners damages. The
Pennsylvania Telephone Company
sought to obtain possession of two
fields in Quincy township, and Judge
Stewart upheld the owners refusal. to
grant permission.
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27

The awful pangs ofrbeumatism are quickly
relieved by an application of Ramon Nerve
andBone Oil, LaTge bottles, with dir etiOns
% cents T. f. Hammersley
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
JUNIok MECHANICS, RREAK
Laneaster's 2soO Revolt and May Dis.
rupt the Order.

rupt tne order.
Lancaster, Pa. Feb. 23.-The repre-
sentatives of the II Lancaster county
councils of the Jr. o. q. A. NJ, repre-
senting 230O members. have unani-
mously decided to refuse further pay
ment Of the per capita tax to the State
Council of the Loyalist faction, headed
by State Secretary E. S. Deemer and
Stephen Collins.
II means a total breaking away
from the Loyalist faction, and it is
more than probable that this action
will have important bearing on the
antiI.oyal factions throughout the
United States.
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
Crime m Disease.

Jailer John L. Whitman of Chicago
said the other day in lecture before Il
wOman's club on The Cook County
Jail as a Moral Hospital that. in his
opinion, if the family history of a bank
defaulter were examined it is probable
that some one of his ancestors would
lie found to have been a short weight
grocer or a petty criminal against so
ciety. Crime" he added, lis a disease
and its only cure is kind treatment, not
punishment, which has the appearance
of revenge"
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
Drlven lnsane RY smaII.pox Scar.

Bound Brook, N. J., Feb. 2S.-Driven
insane, temporarily at least, by worry
over the recent smallpox scare in this
section, William Henry Ayres, presi-
dent of the board of health of South
Bound Brook, was yesterday removed
to the state retreat at Trenton.
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
NEARLYcooKED IN COAL POCKET
BOY Hung On to Hot Steam Pipe Fif-
teen Minutes.


Shenandoah, Pa, Feb 23.-William
Breaskey, aged 16 years, had a shock
ing experience and a narrow escape
from death at Ellangowan colliery on
Saturday. He was in a chestnut coal
pocket shoveling when the car leaders
commenced to load. He was fast be-
ing drawn through a large body of
coal. when he clasped hold of the
mouth of steam pipe in the pocket
used 20 steam the wet coal and keep it
from freezing.
For fully Is minutes he hung in
space crying piteously for some one to
rescue him, with the steam pouring
against mis- chest and stomach and the
hot pipe roasting his hands, before fel-
low workmen heard and saved him.
The boy is horribly burned, but physi
clans expect him to recover.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-07-23
A WOMAN IN CHARGE
Miss Ada Westrops Appointed D..
dent Manager Of the Mexico III. ~
phone Company, vice GeorSs
b Richie.

George B. Richie, who has 70,
or three years been resident ms ~, '*s
OF the Mexico Telephone oom..sa
win leave Mexico in a few dayS !.
Denver, Colorado, where he viii ~
his future home. Mr.. Ritchie !. lake
west by his employers, the p 'e y
Montague Bond and Investment r. Y
panyl Of Kansas City, to accent ! U 10y
tlon Of responsibility. This !, ' ~
company that owns the local telenhsu
plant, and Miss Ada Westrnns Sa
been appointed his successor har.
Miss Westrope Is a charming w..
lady and has been in the employ tU's J
the company at the central ofscs =
some time. NJ
AS stated o day or SO apo n..
Squires is the new manager n, as
struction.
Mr.. Ritchie's friends regret tia, !.
was called from Mexico, but conO,,,s
late him on his promotion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-07-23
captain Kelso,s Memory.

From the Marshal index
Captain Kelso, Of Galloway, an old
Mexican war and Confederate veteran
who is visiting his daughter, Mrs
Duncan, wife Of the electric light
manager, met Captain Bunsberry, who
belonged to the same regiment In the
Mexican conflict. The old soldiers re.
member their youth better than yes
terday and had many things to tel
each other that fitted together like a
glove. They were in Public Admins.
traitor Francisco's fighting their bat.
ties oyer again, when he, being quite
a young man for a soldier in the 'flate
unpleasantness', told them that he
would bet that he could do what they
couldn't-call the roll Of his company,
which he proceeded to do, but Mr..
Kelso capped the performance by call
ing the roll Of his company In the war
with Mexico, which Mr.. Francisco
agreed was honoring a longer draught
on memory than his.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-07-23
THURSDAY, JULY 3.
More Than 500 Had Escaped N
Rockefeller's Watchful Eye.

Rockefeller's supervision took &C
count OF the least detail. In COM
menting as usual on the monthly
competitive statements, as they
are called, Mr.. Rockefeller called the
attention Of a certain reiner to a dis
crepancy In his reports. 1t referred
TO bnngs - articles worth about as
much in a refinery as pins are
in a household. Last month";"
the comment ran, yen reported on
hand Liz bangs. Ten thousand were
sent you at the beginning OF this
month. You have used 9,527 this
month. You report I,012 on hand.
What has become OF the other 5s0s''
The writer has it on high authority
that the current version Of this story
is not true, butt reflects very well the
impression the oil regions have Of the
thoroughness Of MIR. Roekefeller's
supervision. The oil regions which
were VIGOROUSLY e~xtrayagant in
their business methods resented
this care and called 1t meanneSs, but
the oil regions were wrong and Mr..
Rockefeller was right. Take care Of
the bungs and the barrels will take
care Of themselves, is as good a policy
in a refinery as the old saw it para
phrases is in Observation-Disclosures
Mqnixuae.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-07-23
Admiration for John Hook.

from the faris Mercury,
The Scrap Bags admiration fol
people who can do things with bott
head and hand and who do well the
things they set out to do Is In nc
sense an affectatlon. In another place
is a picture Of Red Bud, a Monroe coun,
ty horse, now Missouri's most famous
saddle gelding. He belongs to Mr..
Dunn, the st. Louis millionaire horse
fancier, and was sent to Paris to be
handled by John W. Hook. He wa:
not sent through kindness, within OIL
fancy, but because Mr.. Hook knows
how to ride horses and to educate
them; because he is conscientious and
does with fidelity the task intrusted
to him. Surely there is as much OF
honor In training him well, in bring.
ing out with kindness, sympathy and
force OF will, all the latent possibili.
ties In a noble, spirited, intelligent
animal, as there is in making laws or
In writing books. Somehow the Scrap
Bag has a fine admiration for this
muscular, why, clean-limbed young
fellow who carries character In bis
face and sits on his horse with the
grace and frmness OF an Indian. He
can do something and do 1t better
than anybody else.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-07-23

picnic ground should. The many
old forest trees afford ample shade.
The beautiful winding stream, with
its weeping willows fringing either
bank, is picturesque and lovely be.
You'd description. Add to this, the
delight Of boating with congenial
companions, and you have the quin-
tessence of picnic pleasure. II it is
afternoon, Old Sol will gaze at you
between the boughs Of the trees. II
you are wise to go when the moon
rises early, you could not possibly con
ceive OF a more enhancing ride than
on this pretty stream with the silver
moon smiling softly through the
foliage. Mr.. Sneed is certainly a very
kind and generous man to give the use
Of his pasture to the picnickers and
they surely appreciate it. The follow
crowd went:
Misses
Flavel McLoney France Crosby
Grace Morris Gladys Van Ness
Lillian Morris Liza Bolts
Ruth Winscott Eleanor Hill
Gertrude Fry
Masters
Aylette Buckner Anderson Gibbs
Garrett Barnes Maurice Barth
WILDER Bridgford Leopold Barth
Clifton Blattnef VIM. Coatsworth
Sims Potts Alfred Shaw
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-07-23
EsGA-5R
NAASoaEDSA
Ha
DINNERS.



Mrs, Chris Hail entertained the fol-
lowing guests at dinner Wednesday
at Mrs. Spence's: Mesdames w. II.
.Coons, Luke Morris, Leila Mitchell and
f ID. Cook.
Miss Fife johnson gives a 6 O'Clock
dinner this evening for Misses Irma
and Minerva johnson, Mamie Carter
and Sadie Clabaugh. Miss Clabaugh
is visiting here from Chillicothe. Miss
johnson is a very pleasant entertainer.
Mis- Frances Mason gave a lovely Q
O'Clock dinner Thursday eve Covets
we're laid for Misses Louise Shireman,
Jennie Rodgers, Abbie Llewellyn,
Rosamond Guthrie and jess Karnes.
Afterwards a number OF the young
men were invited in to spend the eve
ming with the young ladies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-07-23


COLUMBIA, Mo-, July l6.-The dis.
play Of freak corn to be made by th,
Missouri College Of Agriculture in the
Worlds Fair viii be unique and inter
esting. The farmers In the employ Of
the university are using all their skin
In developing some m~onstrosIties II
corn growing.
The display viii show large ears on
small stalks and small ears on large
stalks. Corn stalks will be made Il
climb high in the air without growing
ears On other specimens the stalk
VIII be dwarfed and the ears win be
aonormally large. One Of the most
interesting Of the collection will be a
display OF large ears Of corn, on which
each grain will be surrounded by a
separate husk. This Is extremely
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-07-23
HYsTERIcAL LOVER.
He Had the Nerve to Criticize Word
ing of a Love Letter.

| from the BrOoklfn Eagle
Darling" he said softly. and at
the same time with a certain degree
OF irmness, II enjoyed your letters
greatly while l was away"
"oh, did you, George" cried the
beautiful girl, her face glowing with
pleasure.
Eyes, Ethel, l did," he said, "de.
spite the fact that / could hardly APP
prove Of some Of the phrases you
used.n
"Oh, / know / can't write well,
George" she said penitently, while
she toyed with his silken mustache,
shut you knew what I MEANT
Eyes, l knew what you meant" be
said pa~tronizingly, "but it was never.
theleSs open TO miseonstruction, and
one cannot be too careful. / am some.
what of a stickler in that line, You
know. Now, in your last letter you
began My Dearest Darling,
"Oh, GEORGE" And the beautiful
girl tried to hide her bushes in his
shoulder.
"Tut, tut" he said. Don't be
foolishl That would Indicate, you
see, that you had several other darl-
ings. OF course, it gives me the pref
erence as being the dearest, but then
it doesn't look right for a girl to have
too many darlings. One ought to be
~suficient, especially when be is en-
gagged"
"why, George." She had her head
off his shoulder now.
"Oh, Of course, l know what you
mean" be went on in his superior
way, "but one might as well be cor
rect. Now, in another letter you
called me your 'ownie own That
doesn't make sense. 'ownie own
conveys no more meaning than
own
'Georgev' There was a menace in
her tone, but be was too busy with his
little lesson TO notice it.
another time" he began.
'Never mind the other time" she
interrupted.
"Wby, my dear, ! was only giving
you a little instruction in the use Of
English"
"Oh, yes; my use Of language doesn't
emit - Thn hoarYtfnl MIL maca tvfaa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-07-23
Cures Blood Poison, Cancer, Ulcers
Eczema, Carbuncles, Etc. Medicine
FreA.

Robert Ward, Msrey's, Ga, Gays: 81 suffered
from blood poison, ms head, face and shoulder
were one mass OF corruption. aches in bones and
joints, burning, itching. scabby skin, was ali run
down and discouraged, but Botanic Blood Balm
cured me perfectly, healing all the sores and
gave my skin the rich glow Of health. BiooS
Balm put new Life into my blood and new am
bition into my brain" Geo, A. Williams, Rox
burg, face covered with pimplss, chronic sore
on back Of head, suppersting swelling on neck
eating ulcer on leg, bone pains, itching skir
cared perfectly By Botanic Blood Balm-sorel
all healed. Botanic Blood Balm, cures al
malignant blood troubles, such 40 eczema, scabs
and scales, pimpiss, running sores, ~carbuncles
s~crofuls. etc. Especially advised for all obstin-
ate cases that have reschsd the second or third
cure. Druggists, 81. To prove b. B. B. cures
sample sent free and prepaid By writing Blood
Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble, and
free medical advice sent IN sealed letter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-07-23
The Chicago s. Alton company Is
running its trains through TO North
Jefferson now.

The Chicago s. Alton company Is
running its trains through TO North
Jefferson now.
The Chicago & Alton has announced
an increase in wages 10 conductors,
brakemen and switchmen In Illinois.
A like arrangement was made for the
Chicago & Alton Missouri lines April
first.
The Burlington company are max
ing arrangements to fence their new
road from Old Monroe to Mexico and
fencing gangs are already on the right
OF a A lot of workmen with camp
ing outfits passed through Troy this
week on their way to Mexico, where
they will begin fencing. The company
received a carload of barbed wire and
seven kegs OF staples at this place a few
days ago.--Troy Free Press.
The survey for the proposed ST.
Louis & st. Paul railroad has been
completed through Monroe county.
The line runs half a mile east OF Shell
bina, entering Monroe county at the
| Worland farm, crossed the Ragsdale
places, running a mile or more west OF
Hawkins, crossing the Hogsett place
to Salem church, thence across the
John Miers farm and up the draw to
the Paris and Shelbina road, coming
down the branch and under the big
NJ. X. & 7. trestles, thence across
the river and across the east end Of
the Ashcraft place, through the east
side OF the fair grounds to the John
Mart Bodine place, thence across The
old Delaney farm and on to Elk Fork
across Ike johnson farm, running to
the prairie across the east side OF the
Mckinney place, the line running just
west of the place known as Tanners
shop.-Paris appeal.
A surveying party OF eleven men un-
der charge OF chief surveyor, John
Sanders, OF Memphis, Mo, finished
preliminary survey for the proposed
st. Paul & st. Louis railroad to this
city Friday at noon. This party made
the survey from Memphis, Scotland
county, to Mexico along the old Eldop
& st. Louis route. They left Mexico
on a noon train Friday for Memphis
and will start next week on q survey
north from Memphis to Ottumwa,
Iowa. Later the route between this
city and Union, Mo-, will be surveyed
The local survey stopped a mile north
west OF Mexico. II seems to be the
common opinion that the Rock Island
is back Of the ST. Louis g. st. Paul
and are seeking an entrance into st
Louis for their northwestern lines and
going into that city over the newly &C
duired Frisco.