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1t was nifty dollar bill, the only one
had ever seen. and the largest assem-
blase OF money had ever encountered
in one spot
u advertised it in the papers and
suffered more than thousand dollars
worth OF solicltUde and fear and dis
tress during the next few days len the
owner should see the adver;isemeR Mt
and come and take my fortune away.
As many as four days went by without
an applicant then | could endure this
kind OF misery no longer l felt sure
that another four coula not go by in
this safe and secure way. [ felt that
/ must take that money out of danger,
SO | bought a ticket for Cincinnati
and went to that city l worked there
several months in the printing office
" Wrightsou & Co ] had been read
ing Lieutenant Herndon's account OF
his exploration OF the Amazon ana had
been nightly attracted by what he
said of coca. / made up my mind that
wopl1 go TO the head waters OF the
Amazon aud collect coca ana trade in
1T ana make a fortune.
Il left New orleans in the steamer
Paul ones with this great idea filling
my in11, one OF lNe pllolS o. Nildt
boat was Horac. BiSby Little by lit
he got acquainted with him. and
pretty soon was doing a lot OF steer
ing for him In his daylight watches.
When I got 10 New Orleans ] inquired
about ships leaving for Para and dis
covered that there weren't any and
learned that there probably wouldn't
be any during that century II had not
occurred to me to inquire about these
particulars before leaving Cincinnati.
so there I was. ] couldn't get to the
Amazon. I had no friends in New
Orleans and no money TO speak Of ]
went to Horace BiSby and asked him
to make a pilot out ~ me, He said
nc would do It for hundred dollars
cash in advance. So steered for him
up to St Louis. borrowed the money
from my brolher-in- law and closed the
bargain had acquired this brother
in law several years before. This was
William A. Mofett. a merchant, a Vir-
Cinian--a fine man In every way.
Within eighteen month. ] became
comnotsnt uilnt, and | served that Of
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fee until the Mississippi river traffic
was brought TO standstill by the
breaking GU. OF the civil war
More Interesting Than Ever.
II is only the coming generations that
will be taught the story OF the evolu-
ton OF the greatest American humor-
ist the long and fascinating process
which has fashioned out OF the crude
little specimen OF humanity launched
in an obscure Missouri village over
seventy years ago the most polished
wit and sasest funny man OF his age.
All his contemporaries know the story
OF the transformation of the homespun
clad and markedly unprepossessing lad
into the stately whitehaireG septuage-
marian who has solved the problem Of
fulfilling all the requirements OF the
most exacting social usages without re-
itnquishing an atom OF his laugh pro-
ducins power His Is the genius that
easily might override all purely social
conventions. but Mark Twain shows
not the slightest inclination 10 make
use OF his immunity, It is only in the
matter of color that he betTays dis
position 10 exercise his right Instead
of the somber habiliments 10 which
man has doomed himself and his sue
cessors--not forever, let us hope-he
has chosen spotless white, soft flannel
for day wear and snowy brosdcloth for
evening
1t is his present that concerns us.
that interests and fascnates us Every
move he makes from now until the end
will be fraught with burning interest.
When he goes to England a little later
in the season 10 receive the doctor1te
which oxford. wishing TO do herself an
especial honor will confer on him. we
shall want 10 be kept posted as 10
everything that happens from the mo-
ncnt Mark Twain sets foot on British
soil until he is safe al home again We
shall not only want to know all this,
but we shall want to have 1t told in his
in,mitab,e way.
A Recent Outbreak.
Mark Twain. II seems. Is vice presi-
dent Of the Robert Fulton Memorial
association. ar organization which is
charged With h. 3uty !, raising some
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fl memorial to the man who is respon-
sible for steam navigation on water.
Last year the humorist was asked by
the association 10 deliver a lecture for
the benefit Of the memorial enterprise,
which was in need of funds Those
having the matter in charge made him
an offer OF 81 900 if he would deliver
lecture in Carnegie hall, New York
Mark Twain replied that he had ceased
talking tor money and that he did not
care to resume such questionable
habit after he had actually reformed
He admitted that he loved to hear him
SELF talk because he got 80 much in
struction and moral uphsaval out OF it.
"A { said he thought 1t was time for him
10 make an end TO public speaking on
the lecture platform.
He received an avalanche OF letters
from ali quarters inplortng him to re-,
consider bis determination One ,of
them was from General Frederick u.
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In 1870

EIHOSE who knew Mark Twain
as a boy-there are stll few
of them in the fesh--can SEQ
clearly now-now. be It noted
THAT he possessed the earinarks OF
genius. 1t is well recognized fact
that between genius and congenta1
slowness Of intellect there is only an
almost indistinguishable line Mark
Twain's early associates almost with
out exception placed him on the wrong
side OF that family defined dividing
line.
For his slow, stumbling gait. his
hating speech. his peculiar manner and
queerer sayings nude him an eXcep-
tion among the boys OF the little Mis-
souri, hamlet OF III rlda in which he
was born as long ago as 1896, 1t is
slso remembered of him that OF the
period of his early youth he was SO
abnormally unattractiye in person that
he won the sobriouet Of Branface--a
lank ungalnly lad with a bushy head
of sorreI hair aud face so plentifully
besprinkled win freckles that the or
ig.aal appearance OF his skin was al
most lost
In the little log schoolhouse al Han
nlbal, in which the pupils were taught
to Sing jogafry'' and to recite the null
tiplication table with united brayado
that must have been an excellent thing
for the lungs. Mark Twain received all
the education he ever had from peda-
gogical sources. To attempt the HIS
tory OF the Mark Twain of that period
would BE- work of supererogation, for
u Is recorded in "'rom Sawyer with
fidelity and grace OF expression that no
man may initiate, Although the author
OF that lnlmitable production has been
chary of his identification Of himself
in the hero who has been the delight
of such muliitudes OF boys OF all ages,
there are stil living at Hannibal GER
tain white haired men and women who
are perfectly willing 10 vouch for the
truth of the essential part OF tina, Won
derfu recital.
After FIVE years experience in local
printery. the usual experience OF a
printers devil who was believed tn he
endowed with no especial capacity for
tho business. Mark Twain WAS In
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mind. don't trouble Porter, can es-
tablish them anyway. The way ! look
at IL. they are historical gems-geuas
of the very first water.
We'll, that is my idea, as 1 have said.
First excite the audience with a spoon
full OF information about Fulton, and
then quiet them down with a barrel
Of illustrations drawn by memory from
my books, and IL you don't say any
thing the house will think they never
heard II before, because people don't
really read your books; they only say
they do to keep you from feeling bad
Next. excite the house with another
spoonful OF FuItonan fact, then tran
auilize them with another barrel OF IL
lustration, and so on all through tho
evening. and II you are discreet and
don't tell that the illustrations don't
Illustrate anything they won't notice It
l win send them hons AZ well inform
ed about Robert Fulton as I am my
self. Don't be afraid. know all about
audiences. They believe everything
you say--eNcept when you are telling
the truth.
Up. Shark all the advertisements
Private and Confidential otherwise
the people won't read them
GEORGE II. PICARD.
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Grant. begging him to change his mind.
The old humorist replied:
Il mean the pay platform. shan't
retire from the gratis platform until
after am buried and courtesy requires
me TO Keep still and not disturb the
others. What shall talk aboute My
Idea is this: To instruct the audience
about Robert Fulton. and--teil mo-.
was that his real name or was II his
nom de plume?
However, never mind. It Ia not I'm
portant. i can skip II. and the house
will think l knew all about II and for
got. Could you and out for me II he
was one Of the sisners of the Declarn-
ton, and which one7 But il It Is any
trouble let II alone. and can skip II.
Was he out with Paul Jones? VIII you
ask Horace Porter And ask him II he
brought both of them home.
These will be very interesting facts
n they can be esta blshed, but never
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A TURKISH LAW.

From Basdad Bible soclety's agent
reports that in the last consignment of
British Bibles which he received there
all the maps had been torn out which
showed anything about Armenia. The
dragoman OF the British consulate at
Bagdad explained that the name Of
Armenia on a map is forbidden in Tur.
kew
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The lead in cheap pencils is some
time made of coke.
The tree frogs of South America sing
az musically az birds
Sheep, in time Of famine. eat the
wool from one anothers hacks.
Game cocks sometimes take 10
catching mice, which they deVour
greedly.
Fox hunting Is the most expensive OF
all sports, the maintenance of a fine
pack of hounds, with horses. hunts
men ana whippers-in, costing $1,000
a week
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bryo printers TO accompany them to
st. Louis. The quartet Obtained en-
ployment on the Christian Advocate.
the official organ OF the Methodist con-
ference, and lived in an attic which
soon became the Sky paror' In the
elastic vernacular OF the four ga
loots from Hannibal" as they were
known in the office ot the Advocate
At this time Mark Twain was the
only one OF IN. quartet who was not an
out and out humonss Drol he could
not help being. but his drolery passed
for stupidity. and he was the butt or
every joke the others chose 10 perpe-
trate. once they reused him at ?
o'clock in the morning and sent him to
the composing rpotn on forged order
from the foreman IN set" q certain
piece OF work before daylight That
was the cheerful atmosphere In which
the future lauehmaker OF all the ma
lions passed some years OF his novit-
ate
How II Happened.
How Mark Twain became a river pI
lot Is told best in his own words u Is
an account that is less conspicuously
hum orous than are most OF the per
sonal "reminiscences told in his later NE
but It Is instinct with the true Mark
Twain felicity or expression. This
period Of the great humorists lie has
been shrouded in more or less obscur-
ity, and 1t has often been affirmed that
he never followed the river at all.
The following statement made In re-
cent photographed moment by tho
person most Interested. must be re-
garded as authoritative.
one day in the midwintsr OF 1856 or
1851 think 1t was 1861 was com
ing along the main street OF Keokuk
in the middle OF the forenoon. 1t was
bitter weather--so bitter that that
street was deserted almost. a light
dry snow was blowing here and there
on the ground and on the pavement.
swirlns this way and that way and
making all sorts OF beautiful figures,
but very chill to look at. The wind
blew a piece OF paper past me. and it
lodged against wall of house
Something about the look Of IL attract
81 ~ nj rratbar.A e d..
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a FIRE DEPARTMENT SURGEON

Dr. Lillian NJ. Thomas has the proud
distinction of being the only female
surgeon attached to a fire department
In the world. She is regularly eual.
fed member OF the New York ERE de-
rartment and she has proved herself
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NEWSPAPER STATISTICS

The number az newspapers issued IN
m United Stotts Is almost incredible
There are i9.s0o.0oO copies issued every
wsek day and ll.5o0,00O ON Sundays.
Advertisers pay $4,000 900 yearly for
space In American Gailie6.
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EXCURSIONS TO sam
FRANCI6cO

81 June - 10, inclusive. Via Dragon
short Lima See agents for rates and
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70 be competent 70 fuldl the duties Of
the Position ID Thomas Is slight and
Glrlish. bur she claims no exemptions
on account 81 her sex clad In rubber
coat, cap ana boots, she is IS proof
Against The hardships az her position
as Is the sturdiest fireman.
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Eagles Day. Juae ism, salt Palace.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
Letter TO l. B. Graves.
Milford. Del.

Dear Sir: If we sell Devoe to paint
your town, your road won't have so
much freight to handle.
1t takes 10 gallons to paint a fair size
house, and that house won't want paint
ing again for or 10 years. That's true
in a way but people, you know, rather
like fresh paint, and they paint for
nothing but looks sometimes.
That house would take II or 13 gal.
Ions of almost any other paint than
Devoe, and would have to be painted
again in half that time. . Ten years is
very long time for paint to wear and
five isn't short.
Which makes the most freight, 10
or 20 gallon paint? or 10 year paint
But the 10 gallon paint is the lO-year
paint and the 20 gallon paint is the .
year paint. Which makes the most
freight?
Ask your paint-desler which he'd
rather sell, and which he could sell
most of. Ask your painter which he'd
rather paint whether good or bad paint
is good for his business; which is good
paint, the 10 or Is gallon paint; which
pays most freight, and which pays most
wages. Which will you buy yourself,
the 1O.gallon 1O-year, or 2O-gallon s.
year, paint?
Yours truly,
F. w. DEvOE & Co.,
2I New York.
P.S. w. A. Humes & Son sell our
naint
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
GOOD NEWS.
Many Milford Readers Have Heard It
and PrOfited Thereby.

"Good news travels fast" and the
thousands of bad back sufferers in Mil
ford are glad to learn that prompt relief
is within their reach. Many lame,
weak and aching back is bad no more,
thanks to Doan's Kidney Pills. Our
citizens are telling the good news OF
their experience with the Old Quaker
Remedy. Here is an example worth
reading:
Miss S. Melvin, of Church St., says !;
"I am more than pleased that an OPP
portunity has been given me TO express
my opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills.
Before I used them 1 was suffering from
a constant dull pain across my back
which came upon me intermittently
and usually followed any overexertion
or even the slightest cold. I got box
of Doan's Kidney Pills at DR.. G. w.
Pleasanton's drug store. They helped
me from the start and, much to my
qualification, "a continuation ofthe treat
ment stopped the backache. l know
what to do now should there be any
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster.Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-DOan's-and
take no other.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
TIE BOOK OF PSALMS.
c. NJ. DILLON, Adjutant.

sest Known Because It Appeals to
Common Religious Feeling.
The book OF Psalms is perhaps the
best known book in the world. No
other portion of the Bible speaks to US,
as it were. with a more familiar voice,
says the London Spectator. 1t has an
Intimate and almost homely charm
which commends it at once to the af-
fections. Critics and theologians have
discussed in endless volumes its origin,
its Interpretation or its authority, but
neither comment nor controversy much
nffects the countless multitudes who
love the Psalter Men do not come to
it with curious intellects, but with
yearning hearts. What they seek in it
is not learning or instruction, but COM
fort. consolation and some confidence
of hope 1t is to the sorrOwful, the af-
flicted and the despairing that these
sublime yet simple hymns make their
constant and irresistible appeal. And
they do so; they go home so to the
heart because they come so directly
from the heart They have that in
spiration which is not less divine be-
cause it seems for the most part hu-
man. because it seems not so much a
message communicated from without
as an outflowing from the deepest
springs of being or a revelation of
thoughts written on the heart itself
NV tf,a x-orx- ssGnoror. of Cod -
Their words, in fact touch us so
nearly exactly because they are so nat
ural. The writer's are subject to hui
man weaknesses. They often exhibit
the fierce passions of their age or
form narrow conceptions Of Jehovah
or seem to look only for temporal
promises, and yet their very failings
only bind them to us with a closer
bond and place in clearer relief the
wonder of their strength, the perpetual
marvel of their faith. For the stead
fastness and sureness of their faith is
indeed a true marvel. They walk in
darkness. but have no doubt, and amid
dangers, but are without fear. "They
shall put their trust in the Lord, shall
be even as the Mount Zion, which may
not be removed. but standeth fast for
ever" Such is the continual burden Of
the psalmists.
That Jehovah is merciful, loving and
righteous and that as their fathers
put their trust in him and were not
even SO also it shall be
with themselves is the firm foundation
of their simple creed, as it must every
where and always be the foundation
of all creeds, however complex; and it
is lust, we believe, because of this sin
gleness, this simplicity Of thought that
the influence Of the Psalms is so uni
versal. They make their common ap-
peal to all minds because they dwell
almost wholly on those basic ideas
which underlie not one particular be-
lief only, but all religious beliefs that
have risen above the stage Of super
ztjtinn
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
A Good Record.

Out of all the external remedies on
the market we doubt if there is one that
has the record OF that world renowned
porous plaster-Allcock's. 1t has now
been in use for sixty years, and still
continues to be as popular as ever in
doing its great work of relieving our
pains and aches. 1t is the remedy we
all need when suffering from any form
of ache or pain resulting from taking
cold or over-strain.
Allcock's Plasters are sold by Drug
gists in every part of the civilized world
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
B. H. Matthews Success.

B. H. Matthews, tthe enterprising
druggist, rather than await the oIdi6ary
methods of introduction, urged the DR..
Howard Co. to secure a quick sale for
their celebrated specific for the cure CT
constipation and dyspepsia by offering
the regular soc. bottle at half-price.
The wonderful success of this plan
was great surprise even to B. H. Mat
thews and to-day there are scores of
people here in Milford who are using
and praIsing this remarkable remedy.
In addition to selling a SOC. bottle of
DR.. Howard's specific for 25e., b. H.
Matthews mas so much faith in the
remedy that he will refund the money
to anyone whom it does not cure.
When your head aches, your stomach
does not digest food easily and natur
ally, when there is constipation, spscks
before the eyes, tired feeling. giddiness,
bad taste ia the mouth, coated tongue,
heartburn, sour stomach, roaring or
ringing in the ears, melancholy, and
liver troubles, DIR. HO wards specific
will cure you If it does not, it will
not cost you a cent.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
Bargains! Bargains!

Now is the time to get bargains in
sewing machines. The "New DOmes
ticn is the best sewing machine fol
family use, and we have them at mod
crate prices. other makes as low as
twelve dollars, with all attachments
New drop head machines as low as tif'
teen dollars. Come while we are offer
ing special bargains
g. w. DAVIDSON, Jeweler,
Walnut St., Milford, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
Early Plants for Sale.

The home grown, wintered over,
Early Jersey Wakefield cabbsge plants,
free from lice and ready now. Other
plants will be ready soon. Ice fog sale.
Write for prices and send your orders.
]. H. PRETTYMAN & BROS,
2-l5-3m. Milton, Del
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell aud completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering Il through the mucous
surfaces. such articles should never be used
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from them.
Halrs Catarrh Cure, manufactured by + j.
Cheney q Co., Toledo, o., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Hairs Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. Ii is taken internally and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by f. j. Cheney & Co. Testi-
mOnials free.
sold by druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
A Car Load Of Mules.

Horace L. Tatman has carload Of
broken mules, ready for use at his farm
near Owens Station, which he has just
brought from Missouri, and is selling
at reasonable prices. All are young
and well broken for use. 8 29-2t.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
White WyaudOtte Eggs for Hatcnine.

Why not try thoroughbreds if you
are going to hatch this spring. 1 am
prepared to furnish eggs in almost any
quality. so per cent. fertility guaran.
teed. Nothing but the one breed kept
on the farm. Come look at my breeding
pens before you buy. A few choice cock
erels for sale at S1.5O and 81 90. Eggs
Sl.O0 for 15 So 90 per 100 Glenworth
Poultry Farm, Milford, Del. 22-tf
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
House Cleaning Is On Now.

If you need a new spring Moquet or
Smyrna Rug you will find them at
Deputy's. All new patterns just re-
ceived. JAS. H. DEPUTY & BRO.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05

"LORD della WAR" the great prospect in
he stud, viii ST. nd dnring season 1907, at
Basking Ridge stock Farm f. ederica, Del.
n Is book is filling fast. The people are awak-
ening to the feet that he Is one Of the greatest
ana hest bred horses in the State. His dam
being beyond question the greatest mare liv-
ing. Lord Delaware" standard bred, is Il
rich bay with black points, l6 hands high
weighs 100 lbs, powerful and smoothly made
combined with quality ana speed; great knee
and hook actiun. Further Information from
J. B. DeriicksOn, Frederick, bel. S-224t
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
Public Sale.

The administrator of the late Rev.
Jacob H. Wright will sell the personal
property at public sale on Tuesday,
April 9th, commencing at 10 a. m. See
his advertisement in this paper.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
Boat Load Pea and Stove Coal.

shall have a boat load of pea and
stove coal, also soft Goa, lat the MilfoId
wharf, for prompt delivery. Place your
order now. HARRY E. VINYARD.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05

ARE you going 10 breed for colts this spring?
II so breed 10 " Flamhant. Jr." This horse is
one of the finest 10 the state Is a handsome
dark bay, weighs nbOut 1900 lbs. George
Lockwood, groom. Address, A. q. Warning
ton, Feiton. lei. 3 29-2
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
A Card of Thanks.

1 desire to thank the many kind
friends, who gave aid and sympathy
during the last illness of my husband,
and at his funeral. Thanks to one and
all. MRS. JOHN DAVIS.