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Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19
Real Estate Sales.

w. H. Robinson has sold his farm, n
so acres, purchased recent tly from ]. s
Short, and located q miles nortbwes
OF Ellendale, to John H. MeCabe. o.
New York City. Consideration, SllOO
The sale was made by w. N, Hires
real estate broker.
u L. W. Williams has very lately
made deals for the following farms: A
farm of l7O acres at Owens r. R. Sta.
tiOn. owned by c. E. Russell, to Thomas
X. Holmes, Of Ontario, Canada Price.
$1,000. This is considered a great bar.
gain, as the land is Of very good quality
and in good state of cultivation. and
the buildings are all roOmy and lately
built and in splendid order. An abun.
dance Of fruit Of different kinds. Young
and in nice condition. A very pretty
and convenient location. Two tracts
Of land Of 8 and acres, with a . story
lately built dwelling of rooms and
cook room, near StaytOnville, owned
by Benjamin johnson, was sold to John
Irotter, late Of Sheffield, England, for
merly Of Canada. Consideration $1,000. |
This is neat little place and well worth
The money. Mr.. johnson says the
iweiling alone cost him $500 when
lumber was cheaper than it is now.
There is also small barn with stables.
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19
The Long Arm Of Business.

When two pugiiists OF reasonably equal
proficiency are about to enter the ring, the
longer reach. The same rule applies ta battles
for business supremacy. Given two mer-
chants In equally favorable locations. with
equal capital and precisely similar OPportu-
mites for growth, and he who has the longer
arm will outdo his competitor. The long arm
Of business is newspaper advertising, with
il the merchant reaches out and secures trade
that would never come near him butfor pub
licity-and any business man can extend bis
reach without taking a course In physical
culture.
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19
AastrO Durham Dead.

Nastro Durham, eolored, who has
been serving a year'ssentence in George
town jail, died Of consumption at the
Sussex county almshouse on Tuesday
Of last week. Durham will be remem-
bered as the voodoo doctor who was
arrested for obtaining money under
false pretenses from family in Cedar
Neck, near Milford, by the practice Of
voodooism that he was imprisoned in
The Sussex county Jail. He formerly
lived in Dover. j.
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19
Bought the Whole village.

George Nebeker, OF Philadelphia, has pur-
chased the Ainety-six brick houses constitut-
ing the village Of Dobbinsville, suburb in
tne south OF New Castle. He Will have all
the houses repaired and painted, the fences
teoaiiI and new macadam pavement put
down In front OF the four rows OF houses. The
central lot between Clark and Clymer streets
VIII be absorbed by the new yards TO the
houses.
Ihe new owner proposes installing a water
system FOR Dobbinsville so that the expenses
can be cut down. IL is the understanding
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19

We did not carry over from last
season an outdoor Rocker, therefore
we can show a fine line of bright,
clean goods for your porch or lawn.
'Up-to-date in styles and prices away
down, 81 90 to $3.50.
And to help furnish that porch or
lawn is nice Hammock. We have
them pretty, bright, good and the
price will please you.
Furniture Dent
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19
Shirt Waist Suits in Wash Goods,
and Cream MohaiEs.

Styles, beautiful and effective
Children's Wash Suits, in white and
colored effects, age 4 to IA years.
Shirt waists, in white lawns, white
mulls, white madras, white linens.
Long and Short Coats for the Babies.
Beautiful line as one lady express
ed it, the best I have ever seen in
Milford.
Ladies' & Children's Ready-made Dept.
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19
SPECIAL OFFER OF PRIZES.
To Farmers No Matter Where Located

w. N. Hires, the Real Estate Broke
Of Milford, DEL, offers S. in prizes TO,
the largest pumpkin grown this season
Of 1905. The prizes will be awarded as
follows:
First prize, largest pumpkin s.
Second prize, second largest. 81
Third prize, two prizes Of SOC each 81
Fourth prize, four prizes Of 25c each 81
All pumpkins exhibited to become
the property of w. N. Hires, who will
donate them to the poor next winter
after saving the seed.
An additional 81 will be paid to the
winner Of the first prize; providing.
that his pumpkin weighs 25 pounds
more than the pumpkin winning the
second prize.
All prizes will be paid in cash on OF
before December lst, 1905.
Seed for the above contest will he
given at his office at any time after this
date. The seed are of a fine variety. no
better pie pumpkin grown 1.-THE Pride |
of Milford.'
Here is an opportunity. Mr.. Hires
viii next week offer a series of prizes
or potatoes and other vegetables. Look
'ut for it, and enter the contest.
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19

THE next issue of the CHRoNI
GLE will be double edition, nearly
half of which will be devoted tc
the public schools. It will be illus
trated with views of the new high
school in Milford, a picture of the
graduating class and the teachers,
and of some of the men who have
made the school what they are to-
day. A brief history of the schools
and of those who are working in
them will be of interest to all; while
a clear statement of the great ad-
vantages for education right at the
doors of our people must be of
great value to those who desire to
give their boys .and girls a good |
education, but who do not feel able
to send them to college. The Mil
ford High School will finish the
boy or girl for any actual position
IN business life, and it is free to all.
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19

THE periodical agitation of the
question of removing the old, di.
lapidated and unsanitary Jail from
Georgetown, is now in progress.
There. can be nothing said against
the old building but what is the
truth, and as a taxpayer, we hope
that the prisoners will be removed
from the present structure to the
workhouse, or they be turned out
and deported. The prisoners re-
main so long as it suits their con-
venience; but recently two deaths
have occurred among them, and it
is fair to suppose that they will
soon take leave of the place. The
''Union Republican" of last week
publishes some facts, which show
the true situation of the Jail prem
ises. 1t says:
The Sussex County Jail, as is |
we'll known, is a brick structure
right in the heart of Georgetown
There is not a drop of water inside
the prison walls, or yard, except
that which is run in through a /
5 nall pipe, and then only when
some one on the outside carries the 7
water to that pipe. Just think of g
his the next time you are thirsty, s.
II feel in need of bath. There Ii
5 absolutely no drainage except o.
Trough a small hole on the Race d
Ereet side ofthe jail, which empties m
Ito the public street, and this is th
sed by the prisoners as a urinal pr
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19

that stand pipe could be erected and the
water pumped daily. The engines would
have to work only part ofthe time and the
man in charge will put In his spare time col
lecting rents and inspecting the property.
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19

THE strawberry growers of Del
aware have but a gloomy prospect
for the marketing of the present
crop; if the situation that has pre-
vailed in the Carolinas is a criter-
ion to judge by. It is a sad fact to
the strawberry growers of the south
this spring, that the Armour Re-
frigerator Car Company (Which
owns all the refrigerator cars in the
country, except those owned by two
or three railroads), has failed to
supply the cars to the shippers to
haul the berries in. This was the
situation at Selbyville for a day or
two during the past two seasons,
and the chances are that it will be
repeated this year. The more
money growers pay for transporta-
tion, the less service they get in re-
turn; but the goose that laid the
golden egg for the transportation
companies, has been picked pretty
clean; especially about Milford, and ]
as result, berry growing has been
curtailed fully sixty per cent, with
a prospect of its abandonment all 7
unless steamboat trans t
,ortation affords it relief. t
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19
Each Week

we are getting in new mattings
selling lots of them, because we
get the best styles, fresh goods and
make our prices below the other
stores; and what you need for the
warm weather is one of our new
Oriental Panama Rugs, they
will not hold the dust, our price
9sc., others ask s1.2o for them.
Carpet Dept.
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19
We ordered some thirty days ago
Mohair Shirt Waist SvitiDos

MOhair Shirt Waist Suifino.
Blue, brown, garnet and cream
colors with small dot. Just come
In to-day. Manufacturer cannot
make them fast enough for the de
mands. They are beauties, cool
and soft; see them. Real value 75c
the 5d; our price only soc. Make
lovely travelling suits.
New lot of those lovely pompa-
dOur Ribbons for girdles this week.
price IS to 6Oc yd.
We have in stock again those
lovely Trimmings for Wash Suits.
Opened the third lot of those light
and airy 0rgaHdies in the sweet and
delicate shades of blue, pink, laven-
der and yellow; per yd II and csc.
Dress Goods Dept.
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19
HALLS
Department Store.
Milford. Delaware

Never we Loot
pun mas n our aim to them season
lei out another link loaded
~ anu pest [ngs as they are produced prices lowest On
~ m PEST ms week we are showing each dnnt YOU
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19
White or Tan

Whichever you want, or both, as
either is correct in Oxfords this sea-
son. and they are pretty and cool,
for men or ladies, children or babies;
all sizes and styles, the latest white
or tan.
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19
siraw Hats for the young men

in plated straw or Sennett braid
spf crown and narrow brim, Pan.
apa or the japan Braid for the Older
man; we have them all at prices to
surprise you, so to $500.
! I want to tell you; liked to forgot
about the strap sandal for the little
ones. Just a leather solo with straps
to hold it on to the, FOOT cool and
easy; get pair.
Shoe and Hat Dept
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19
People will Talk You Know.

We have heard it said that we ham
die the best made and choicest
styles of clothing in town. We
won't deny it, because tis true.
Our young mems clothing a.e
made expressly for young men, up
to-date even in buttons. Our OIL
der mems are made by any man
ufacturer who is just as careful
and particular of his reputation. so
we fear no competition in these
lines; our prices the lowest and
each garment guaranteed to be
satisfactory.
Blue Serge Suits, either single
or double breasted a speciality this
Clothing Dept.
Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19

OA@ToREA -
Bears the n The Kind You Haze Always Boz
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06
How to Kerp Young.

She is one of the most interesting
women In the world. Over 50 years
old, slight built, sensitive and nervous
and though she has seen more suffer
ing than falls to the lot OF most women
she is still young
Her prescription for youthfulness Is
interesting and well worth trying.
How do I stand all this wear and
tear? Economy. That's II. economy. |
save my strength. When I'm not work
ing at the business which is my very
life. | either rest or play. I don't
putter That's what ages women-put-
tering. When | see teacher breaking
down or a trained nurse giving up with
nervous prostration. wonder when
women will learn to stop puttering.
1T isn't work that wears out: It's
fretting and puttering. The way to
keep young? Stop worrying and go to
work. Throw yourself. heart and soul
brain and nerve. into some one thing;
make a fetish of 1t; throw every bit OF
energy you've got into it-housekeep-
ing, taking care Of children, teaching.
writing. nursIng-it doesn't make bit
of difference what you do; it's the way
you do 1t that counts. Copy the first
young looking man you see; do the way
he does: work when you are working,
but when you are not working cult
yate the art OF being amused"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06

elers over the ruins OF old Potomac
Church.
She turned back on the instant
shaking her gray head slowly from
side to side.
"Ah. you must see the brides rose. .
she said. come alongr'
We followed her back. over heaps OF
debris. under the crumbling arches OF
the old English temple-bats and
ghost-moths hurting In our very eyes.
and the hush OF the falling twilight
all about us. Through the mnin aisle.
out at the great arched door. down the
fallen steps into little courtyard
The old woman stopped down and
parted the rank. luxurious growth that
covered the ruins at our feet.
There II i" she said: ''Iookfr
We stopped down. and. looking close
~. saw amid the rank grass n great
cluster OF scarlet roses. The shrub up
on which they bloomed seemed 10 be
small and stuntcd In its growth. but
the flowers were marvel Of perfect
lovelincss. so large. 40 fine. 40 dell.
cate In tint and texture. more like the
cultivated bloom OF a dollhouse than
the Wild growth OF the fields.
"S;opl You wouldn't touch emp
cried the old creature. IN utter horror.
as we put out our hand to Gull one of
the perfect flowers. Don't. for henv-
ems sakel II is the brides rose. red
with blood. and presently the bride
herself will come and gather them.
She comes every night and gathers
them. and every morning they bloom
again afresh. Don't touch 'emr'
We drew back with nm involuntary
and the old woman rose 70
her feet. letting the rank grasses close
around the shining. blood-red blossoms.
Come" she said. In n sort Of awcd
whisper. you've seen the rose; let's
be going. The dark will be upon rs
In twinkling now, and the bride
walks Mt dark! We mustn't be here
when she comesi Hark, that's her
voice nowi Don't you hear? She al.
ways comes a-sihging. so her lover
VIII Know when to meet her. Don't
you hearY'
With her skeleton finger uplIfted
Ind her hollow eyes fixed on mine, the
I'D creature stood and listened. A
'aint. sweet murmur, that might have
been the echo OF distant song. or the
oft puIsing Of the summer air, thrilled
he twilight silence.
Don't you bearf" she cried, In ter
or Come awayV'
And, half In awe myself, as looked
Jack at the gray ruins over which the
ummer darkness was fnllIng. I fol-
owed her across the green copse,
Trough the moaning pine ridge and
- to the low doorway OF her little
tut There was a light within, and
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06

workers rich. and the disproporou is annually in
creasing.
All rich women. according to the statisticlaus have
portunites 10 marry and generally speaking all working
women have equal opportunities but the who must
depend servants TO do household work and their
husbands to supply all the household income being
driven from the matrimonial field Fewer than half
Of them and the percentage Is steadily dimin
ishing
Nine per cent of the married women OF the United
States work the performance OF their
household duties Twenythree add to the house
hold income by taking boariers More than family
In five has its children work More than 20 OF
the earnings of the American family from
the labor OF the wife and the children
The old type OF American who supported by his
earnings his wife and his children whose home his
and who occupied independent place In the
munity is disappearing Marriage becoming and
more commercial partnership where the and the
wife pool their earnings fashionable fesvly where
the fortune of the wife added the income OF hus
band maintains social establishment until divorce doth
them part-New York World.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06
Chinese Food.

A German epicure comes to the res
cue Of the Chinese in regard to their
alleged habit Of eating rotten eggs.
The eggs. he says. are simply pre-
served in lime until they get a con
sistency Ike that OF hard butter. and
they taste somewhat like lobster. He
declares them one Of the choicest deli
cacies he has ever eaten. He thinks
there are no better cooks I'm the world
than the Chinese. when he went to
live among them his friends predicted
he would starve, but he had good
time. and gained weight-more than
he wanted to.--New York Tribune.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06

making hit very the various engagements
torpedoes appeared the without
finding the mark Except In the night surprise OF Feb 81
notable being that of the bateshp Czarevitch.
which, after being terribly crippled by the concentrated
fire Of four Japanese baeshp and with her speed cut
down to four knots hour subjected to night
by Japanese destroyers and have
been able beat them Off and TO make port the next
morning without being struck by torpedo. BY all
warfare she should have been sent
the bottom short order On the other hand the de-
stroyes developed unexpected ability for doing duties
which supposed belong to the cruiser OF 1000
to 5000 tons displacement. They have kept the and
have done splendid scouting work in all weahersscen
tihc American.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06
PARTNERS INDEED.


The harmony in which Mr.. and Mrs
Jabez Green had lived for nearly forty
years was slightly riffied when, at the
close Of a lecture in the first course
ever given in Wraynhan, Mr.. Green
stated that he should like to know
more about Eastern religions.
"Jabez," said his wife, firmly, you
know what you believe, and what 9th
er folks believe different needn't be
anything to you, excepting as you're
sorry for 'em, being blinded"
Mr.. Green looked unconyinced, and a
slight GOODNESS arose. but in time it
passed away. Mrs. Green redoubIed
her attentions in the way of griddle
cakes and hot soapstones. and her hus-
band kept the wood box filed to the
brim. He had a reason for so doing.
inasmuch as certain half-hours I'm the
barn were passed in absorbed reading
of an old brown-covered book which
Jabez had bought second hand In
Nashua, and Of which he had never
spoken.
More read, the more thankful
feel I'm not one o. those heather
folks" Mr.. Green muttered one day.
as he hung up his old coat in the shed,
with the brown book safely hidden in
its deepest pocket when I get all
through maybe I'll tell her how
strengthened l am in the faith-maybe
/ will"
He went of for his afternoon nap.
but later on, at dusk, feeling in the
pocket for the brown book as he start
ed for the barn to do the milking, he
found that 1t was gone. As he passed
his hand helplessly up and down. Mrs.
Green opened the door that led out
from the kitchen to the shed.
Lost anything?" she asked. briskly.
"N-no. not exactly" said Mr.. Green.
feeling like criminal, Il was Just
looking"
''If you were looking for that book
on Religions Of the Orient you can't
have 1t till after supper" said Mrs.
Green. with decision. Il see by where
your slip was when took the book
out Of the pocket this afternoon that
you'd got ahead Of me one full chapter.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06
THE BRIDES ROSES.

CO HIS grand and ancient temple
which was built in the fargons
days of the old British regime
stands amid the low-lying hills that
enclrcle the swift.lowlng Rappahan.
mock. with the dim spires OF Freder'
icksburg shining In the distance, and
the everlasting pines. for which Nlr'
ginia is 50 noted. standing in thick
files on either hand.
Centuries upon centuries have ex-
pended their storms upon the massive
walls. aud yet they stand. mute yet
most eloquent monuments OF the
strength and durability OF old-time
architecture.
One can even yet discover some
traces OF the old altar stones and the
tablets whereon the names OF the
dead-and-gone yestrymen. are recorded;
and the pew, once occupied by Wash
ington and his relatives. Is still rever-
emily pointed out TO every sight.seer
who turns out OF the beaten thorough
fare OF travel 10 have a look AT this
sacred and venerable pile.
'but the brides rose. have you seen
thats" questioned our guide. as we
We're making our way out over the
erumbllng heaps OF mortar.
The brides rosef Why. no. what
Is itY'
Our guide WA a woman. grny and
gaunt old creature. who lives In little
hut near az hand. and earns an honest
penny now aud then by showing tray
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06
TRIAL OF feRocIoUs WARDEN.
Man Named Foss Charged with Par
barities While on Duty.


A Reuters dispatch froD St. Peters
burg says: "The court OF justice at
Ekaterinburg recently tried man
named Foss, who was charged with
committing horrible barbarities while
employed as director of house of 1e-
tention and correction of that town,
and also with embezzling money iii-
trusted to his care. He exploited the
prison labor for his own profit, and he
had the prisoners beaten with rods
dipped In salt He treated his subor-
dinates with such severity that not
only the warders but also the prison
doctor and the chaplain were afraid
to resist his orders In the course Of
the evidence 1t appeared that Foss re-
pressed revolt on the part Of the pris-
oners with such ferocity that the room
in which the punishments took place
resembIed a slaughter house. His
cruelties extended over several years,
thanks to his enjoying the favor Of the
local administrative inspector. An
other instance OF his methods stated
at the trial was to the effect that
prisoner who attempted to escape was
terribly beaten by the warders and by
Foss, and before his wounds healed
they began to beat him again. Others
Of the prisoners were subjected to
brutal punishments for the slightest
offense. and some Of the prison en-
ployes who refused to carry out their
directors cruelties were dismissed by
him. Foss was sentenced to three
years imprisonment, together with
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06
soothed TO Rest.

The story is told Of man whose
wife had arranged an authors even
ing" and persuaded her reluctant hus-
band to remain at home and help her
receive the fifty guests VINO were asked
to partake OF this intellectual feast.
The first author was dull enough, but
the second was still duller. The rooms
were intolerably warm. and on pre-
tense Of letting in some cool air. the
unfortunate host escaped to the hall,
where be found the footman comfort
ably asleep on the carved oak settee.
wake up" he said, sternly, In the
mans ear, wake up. say You must
have been listening at the keyholer
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06

You shortened up your nap to-day, OIL
l should have caught up. You cam
have it again till tomorrow"
why. how did you know" began
Mr.. Green. feebly; but his wife gave
him a gentle shove.
DO you know we've been married
over forty years. she said. gaily
You'd better button that collar up
close, for it's cold in the barn. even
when you aren't stopping to sit down
and read. I knocked against that great
bulge in your coat the first day twas
there. as i went after some old tin
to stop a rat-hole. Now you go right
aIong."-Youth's Companion.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06
K,tobcner.s WAY.

One of the London dailies tells the
following characteristic story of Lord
Kitchener. ION one occasion the Gov
ernor Of Natal wired to the Com
mander-in-chief, My ministers and
myself consider we should be vouch-
safed further news. This was Kitch-
tner's reply: 4 do not ngree with
either you or your ministers.-K!
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06
Ch4rcoaI Eph's Daily Tboupb,.

MOS all men like err leetle bit oh
fiattery," said Charcoal Eph, in one Of
his profound moods, but wen yo'
spread hit on too thick. Mlstah Jack
son, hit git so cheap 20 cyarn't sell
hit at er bahgain sale, sah."-Balti.
moro News
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06
Merits Loud Voice.

Do not waste minute, not sec.
ond, in trying to demonstrate to others
the merit Of your own performance. II
your work does not vindlcate itself,
you cannot vIndlcate it.-Thomas
Wentworth Higginson.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06

the loss OF civil rights. privileges. dec
orations and medals. and with the adj
dition OF four years police super
Yisionn
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06

More lightly than hare Ger frosted
snow
You moved across the winter Of m,
life;
Yet your feet passing set my heart
aglow.
An Weakened in my blood the Twins
strife.
{ know not whence you came, nor with
ey sped
To other hills and valleys-east OF
west.
Yet from my life the winter SHOWS are
ted.
Aud singing waters waksn in my
breast.