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Milford chronicle., 1907-05-17
". E. COREY WEDS
MABELLE GILMAN
Marriage Took Place at Midnight in
New York Hotel.
ONLY A FEW FRIENDS PRESENT

New York, May 14-In order to es-
rape the unlucky 18th of the month.
William Ellis Corey, president of the
United States Steel Corporation, and
Mabelle Gilman, the former actress,
were not married until after midnight.
The ceremony took place in the royal
suite at the Hotel Gotham, in the pres
Milford chronicle., 1907-05-17

Talk about roasted fresh daily" the
way to get a cup of coffee that tastes
Ike coffee, with all the delicious aavcr
and aroma intact, is to buy Arbuckles'
and grind it as you want to
use 1t. Wamias ii little develops the favor and
Milford chronicle., 1907-05-17

Tne Order OF United Americans will
hold their next convention at Read
ing, Pa.
Mrs. Mary Deemer, a widow, was
struck by train at Lebanon, Pa, and
instantly killed.
Andrew Carnegie, accompanied by
his wife and daughter sailed for Eu-
rope on the steamship Baltic.
Captain George Curry, governor Of
Samar, Philippine Islands, has been
appointed governor of New Mexico.
Edmund c. Ross, formerly United
States senator from Kansas, whose
vote saved Andrew Johnson from i'm
peachment died at Albuquerque,
N. NJ
Friday, May 10.
President Roosevelt has consented
to become honorary president of the
American School Hygiene Association.
President Roosevelt has pardoned
Albert M. Green, colored, who was
serving a life sentence in Washington
for murder
Sheriff w. B. Crowley and Deputy
Ward were both shot and seriously
wounded at Williamsburg. KY, byi
John ShOtwell, who they were trying
to arrest
Former Assistant Postmaster Gen |
eral William NJ Johnson, OF Trenton,
who was mentioned as the Republican
candidate for governor of New Jersey. |
has withdrawn from the contest
Saturday, May II.
Frisby Gibbs, colored, was hanged
at Baltimore. Nd. for the murder of
Ida Cuff. oolored, on October 9 last.
William Teal shot and killed James
Sherman at Findlay, O., In a quarrel
over money.
Miss Anna NJ Garman, Of Trenton,
N. j., was awarded $4,000 damages by
a Philadelphia jury against the Rapid
Transit company for injuries sustained
in a street car accident.
Captain A Krech, of the Hamburg
American line steamer Graf WaIdersee,
died on board his ship and his body
was brought to New York.
Oxford University will confer the
degree Bachelor of Letters on Mark
Twain, who will sail for England on
June to receive the honor.
Monday May 10.
Two children of Mrs. Neil Laird
we're burned to death at East Liver
,ool. O., when her home was destroy
ID by fire .
A fugitive for some months, Frank
I. Jones, defaulting teller of the Ma. I
ional Bank at Charlotte, ~ c., gave !
imself up.
A memorial to Dr. Horace Henry
Hayden, founder of the American So
iety Of Dental Surgeons, is to be
rected at Hartford Conn
Failing rock in the Jermyn mine OF A
le Delaware & Hudson company. at Ii
ermyn. Pa, killed Stephen Seno and
harles Lascowsky, laborers.
Fred Fellman. employed as a tunnel
river at No. shaft, near Lansford 70
a., fell down an areaway 1876 feet and
lly sustained a badly bruised arm.
Tuesday, May IA. =
The warehouses of Moore & Wright
Milway. near Lancaster. Pa. were Z
.stroyed by fire. entailing a loss OF
a.O0G
Milford chronicle., 1907-05-17

David S. Barry, of the Proviier,
Journal, has been appointed a memb
of the official board of visitors OF III
United States naval academy at Al
napolis, Nd
Milford chronicle., 1907-05-17
DIED OF EXPOSURE
coroner's Jury Renders Verdict on
Death of Horace Marvin, .Jr.

Death Of Horace Marvin, .Jr.
Dover, Del, May IA. - The jury
which has been investigating the death
of Horace Marvin, Jr., rendered the
following verdict:
That Horace N. Marvin, Jr., came
to his death from exposure the 4th day
of March, 1907"
There were fifteen members of the
coroner's jury but only II of the mem
bers voted for the exposure verdict
The other three refused to vote.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
AN UNOPENED PADDOCK.
Vienna's Strange Relic That Defed the
Worlds Eocksmiths.

Worlds GocksmIths.
In 1910 Il blacksmith Went 10 Vienna
and locked an iron band around tree
with paddock What he did with the
key no one knows 10 this day There
is a mirthful legend to the effect that
he carclcssly threw ii into the air and
that II never came down again At
any rate, the key could not be found.
and the Austrian government offered
n prize Of aeo ducats TO any one who
could make Il key that would turn the
bolt In the lock without breaking it.
Many have tried 10 win the prize,
hut nobody has won II Eventually ii
became the practice among the con
tcStants to drive II nail In the tree and
the heads of some of the nails bear
the initials of those who drove them.
The practice of driving nails into the
tree sealed Its fate The lower part of
the tree In n few years assumed the
appearance Of II solid mass of iron
One spring the leaves failed TO come
out. and later II summer storm blew
the top away.
The historic stump was cut OF and
placed on II pedestal on one of the
prominent street corners III Vienna
At fhe same time the iron band was
cut III two and put around the stump
IL hold II in It's niche. leaving the pad
lock In its original position And
there the old stump stands 10 this day
an object both of the curiosity of tour
lists and the vcneration of the resi-
dents of Vienna. Incidentally, street,
Stock i'm Eisen stick i'll Iron" has
been named after the stump. Scrap
Hnnk
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
A "CURE" FOR CUSSING.
The Penitent Scotsman Found Hit
Load Heavy One.

Load Heavy One.
A clergyman In Scotland observed
with much perturbation that 4 mem
Der Of his congregation was greatly
given To the use of strong language.
over and over again lie demonstrated
with the man to give MP the bad habit
In time the man himself came To see
the error of his ways, and desired 10
less earnestly to break himself of the
use Of had language The difficulty.
however. was To find Il method of
doing so. one day the clergyman hit
upon happy thought.
Get "A bag" he said to the man.
and every time you swear put Y
pebble into It. At the end of the
month you viii bring that bag To me
] Will count the pebbles and seq what
the effect has been"
The man accepted the idea With
alacrlty He got bag, and, religious
", every time he swere what Mr. Gil.
bert In the "pinafore" calls II big, bil,
u, he duly put pebble Into II. At
the end of the month he went to tho
W. ~ i'"''' 'hNiiiS we i"E WITH INN.
1t was not IN easy task, for. MS any
one might see. the bag was very full
and very heavy. He went into the
clcrgyman's study and put the bag
on the table
The minister looked up with a seri
Gus expression. This Is very serious.
my friend. nm sorry 10 see you have
so many pebbles In the bag"
"Iloot. minister!" exclaimed the man
checrfully; this is only the devils
the 'damns' are all mt the dikcsidc in
another bag. They We're over heavy
10 bring up!"- Excelsior
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
No "Shop+T alk,'There

"Ihcre Is one noticeable differences
between lot Of divinity students and
group of college men interested il
heather culture" said the gray headed
man The divinity students seldom
talk shop If YOU meet three or four
men all Of whom happen to he studying
engineering or law or medicine, the
conversation Is likely To smack SO
strongly of the lecture hall that lay
man can scarcely follow the drift of
the talk But with divinity students it
is different Very frequently ! am
brought into contact with small groups
of Young fellows who are preparing for
the ministry, and | find that only on
rare occasions do they bore outsiders
by Juggling In class room topics. This
cannot mean that they are not inter
ested In their profession or that they
are ashamed To uphold their faith mt
all times. neither does II necessarily
imply greater consideration for the I'M
Initiated public In fact, | am unable
to explain their professional reserve
on any grounds, but, whatever the
cause. II Is n most refreshing reti-
cence" New York Press
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
Identified.

Tommy made himself the hero of n
story. which the lIoston Record prints,
when he called for that one about the
boy who ate the ribbons and it made
him sick 3"
Aunt Ethel was puzzled Il know
OF no such story" she said. after
searching her memory vninly.
Nothing she could suggest answered
the description Tommy cannot read,
but he thought he could find the book
He found 1t They read one thing aft
or another, until In the midst of the
Might I,cfor" Christmas" Tommy gave
n whoop of glec. Aunt Ethel was read
ing:
q" lie rushed to the window and
threw up the sash.
THAT'S 1t! That's itr cried Tommy
You see it's Just as told youl"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
An laland of Flowers.

The Sicily islands may very justly
be termed flower islands for II large
part of their surface Is given up 10 the
cultivation of flowers. and the great
majority of their people spend their
lives in attending tn the plants. from
which all the wealth of the islands Is
drawn. The Inhabitants have had
other occupations before they settled
down To Hover growing. At one time
they were Wrcckers, and nj later pc
Rod they went into II NOR" legitimate
business and devoted themselves to
the raising of early potatoes. There
was money To he made out of them,
and the islands prospcrcd until pros
perity bore Its usual fruit In the shape
of competition, The channel Islanders
took To growing potatoes. and the Pc
tato trade of the Sicily islands was
killed. Thcreupnn the Islanders be
took themselves to flower growing
giving the greater part of their at
teution to the narcissi In st Mary's
alone nearly Il quarter of the cult
waited area of the island Is devoted To
flowers
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11

of the men had gone ont to look at the
town, hut most of them We're lying in
the grass on the shady side of the
tent Watching the boats Slip past in
the canal ON the bank of which they
We're pitched. Boguer felt thirsty and
went into the dressing tent to get Il
drink of water. He WAS standing be
side the phil when he CHANGED to look
through on the other side.
Bessie was coming back from
church. and couple of the town boys
We're following her In an effort 10 at
tract her attention. As she reached
the lot one of them stepped forward
and caught her about the waist. There
We're II dozen others sitting by the
fence Watching the circus people. but
they made no effort To help BESSIE,
Just as he came up the masher sue
ceeded iii stealing II kiss, but the next
moment lie measured his length upon
the ground and Bogncr stood over him
waiting FOR him to rise
The other men Sprang forward to
their toWnSman's assistance and fell
upon Bogner, bearing him to his knees.
but not before he had raised the old
cry of Hey, Rube" and others of the
circus crew had come running around
the corner of the tent
Ten minutes later Il dozen badly
thfaShed youths We're stealing from
the lot mouthing loud threats of vcnge-
auce, and Rcn was knecling beside
Bessie, who had tainted In the excite
ment
\ dash of water brought her around.
and She smiled up into the white face
bending over her own
Pm all right" she whispered Il
was Just scared, not hurt"
I'm hurt" he answered back I'm
hurt in the heart, Bess | didn't know
1t until that Young fool tried To kiss
You. but then | was Wise that | loved
YOU Can you ever forgive me for he
Ing such IL brute. dear You We're all
So much part Of my life that didn't
know loved You. VIII you forgive
me. dear? VIII you always ride with
me through llfef"
After the WAY You treated me
don't see how You can expect me to
say yes" she said fnlntly.
Il don't he admitted, with despair
But I'm going TO-" she added rs
Bogner turned away Il think you've
had your lesson -
Il guess have" declared Ben. 4
Won't need 10 have II rubbed in
either"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
Entertainment For EnqIishmen.

Two American girls invited two Eng
lishnlcn Ia visit them Mt their coun-
try home In America. one day II mes
snse came saying the two men would
arrive that afternoon. The family WIS
thrown into II fever of excitement, and
mnny plnns of entertainment were sug-
gestcd II WAS finally decided that. M
EneliShmcn are nptoriously fond of II
tub aud their guests We're coming di-
rcctiy from the train, they should first
he invited To take Il hnth The young
men arrived promptly and, after some
demurrlnp were hurried off to tho
bathroom. In about an hour they
emerged and went Immediately to tho
hostess, saying, 1--WE nre sorry 10 leave
SO soon, but we only came To make n
call and our train leaves in fifteen min
utes" Ilpplucotiis
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
Irish Stories.

An Irishman while taking barge up
the Shannon WAS asked what goods he
had on board and answered, Timber
and fruit"
"What kind of timber and what sort
of fruit
"Well, an If yc must know, the tim
Der Is Just birch brouna, and the fruit,
well, its pretaties.
An IriShrnan aVerrcd Tint the habit
Of Irish landlords of living outside of
Ireland WIS the great grievance Ire
land had To complain of.
"Oh. yes" answered an Englishinan
'that's the old Stalking horse! don't
believe In your abscntecs."
Net behave In 'em' Come 10 Dublin
with me aud I'll show ye 'em by the
hundred Why, the country just
swarms with 'cm"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
No Chance For Argument.

George" said she To her liege lord.
who WAS toasting his shins before the
fire Il suppose you get the credit for
sweeping the SNOW off our front walk"
II reckon | do, Cynthy." responded
George
And you know You don't do n HEX
of It. do ii myself"
"rhere cant lie any doubt about
that"
well. what sort of nun do You
think You aref"
I'm blamed small specimen of Il
man. GynthY," said George. stu Sc
renely toasilng his Sims. Il have no
doubt | am mcancr and more contempt
ible than You think. You can't get
into any argument with me on that
proposition. In the LATEST, good for
nothingest, ornricst man In the neigh
horhood. II II wasn't that I've got
such n good Wife, I'd go and blow my
worthless brains out Supper ready
yet. dear?"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
ANTIQUITY OF GEOMETRY.
The Science May Have Existed In
India For Long Ages.

The Science May Have Existed In
India For Long Ages.
Did We learn our rule Of three and
our Euclid from lnlia? Researches
have brought To- light astronomical tn
blcs In India which must have been
constructed by the principles OF geon
ctry. Some are of the opinion that they
have been framed from observations
nude not less tlan 5000 ycars before
the Christian era, and If this opinion
he we'll founded the science OF geom-
otry must have been cultivated In In
dia 10 considerable extent long be
fore the period assigned To its origin in
the west, 50 that many of the elemcn-
tary propositions may have been
brought from India 10 Greece.
The Indians have Il treatise called the
"SurAa Sidhanta." which Processes to
be a revelation from heaven communl-
Gated 10 MoHa, a man of great sanctity,
about Ioo0.aoo Years age This book
contaus n rational sssten of trigonom-
etrN which differs entirely from the
first known III Greece and Arabia In
fact, II Is founded on II gcometrical
theorcm which wns not known To the
gcomctricinns of Europe before the
time of Nicta, about 2eo years ago.
And 1t employs methods of dcmoustru-
ton unknown to the Greeks, who used
others The former have been attrib-
uted To the Arabs hut II Is possible
they have received this Improvement
in trigonumetry AS well as the numer
icnl characters from lndin.-C hicago
Tribune.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
A Cruel Joke.

An old man in Georgia named jack
Baldwin having lost his hat In an old
dry we'll one day. litched n rope to n
stump and LET himself down. A
wicked wae named Neal came nlong
Just then and, quietly dctaching bell
from I,aldwn's old blind horse, ap-
preached the well. bell In hand. and
began II tinga ling.
Jack thought the old horse WIS c0m-
ing and said: 'IIang the old blind
horse He's coming this way sure, and
he amt got no more sense than 10 fall
IN on me WHOM, Ball!"
The sound came closer
Great Jerusalem! The old blind fool
will be- right on top of me In mint
Whoa, Bali Whoa Bull!'
Neal kicked Il little dirt on Jacks
head, and Jack began to pray;
90 Lord, have mercy on whoa. Ball
"a poor sinner I'm gone now-whoa,
Ball. our Father, who art In
WHOM. Ball ha1lowed be thy-gee,
Ball gee, what'll | do?-name. Now
| lay me down to 81 gee, Ball! Gust
then In fell more dlrt.l Q Lord, If you
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
Ravenous Rats.

II IL estimated that the rat does
SJO0oo.Ooo worth of damage n year In
England In n slaughterhouse near
Paris rats In single night picked To
the bone the carcasscs of thirty i've
horses. There is very little that they
will not ent; eggs, young birds and
animals are among the daihtics which
they snap up In the ordinary course
of business But when pressed by
hunger they will eat anything through
which they can drive their terrible
teeth Rat Will eat rat The Idea that
a trapped rat will bite off an lmpris
oned leg and so eseapc Is now said TO
he wrong; II IL the other rats which do
the biting They eat the captive
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
A CLEVER TRICK.
The Way Lord Cookrane Once Won an
EnaIish Election.

inc way Lord Cockrane Once Won an
English Election.
When Lord tochrane WAS II candi
date for parliament In lIoniton he re
fused To give any brlbcs Az his oppe
neut gave 10 head. Lord Cochlane
suffered defeat The latter, however,
sent the bcllman round the town an
nouneing that all those who had voted
for Lord Cochrnnc would receive 10
guineas apiece If they called ON his
agent In those rrcballot days Of
course II VAS known how each INN
voted. and the happy minority march
ed off Ia the agent, each getting his 10
guincus Naturally enough the ma ior
ity began To think they had made Il
mistake, and they resolved IL rcctify
TINT mistake nj the lrst possible mn
ment. In due course an opportunity
eHilo. There WAS another election
Lord Gochrnne stood again. and HE
voters. remembering his lavish meth
dds asked him no questions. but r.
turned him With II renring majority
Then they conveyed n delicate hint TO
the noble lord asking what he pro
posed to give them FOR this distinguish
cd service. Not one farthinei' roared
his lordshp. The unhappy men re
minded him that he had paid 10 guin
ems head to the minority nj the pre-
yious election. A complaccnt grin
frightened the face of the member ny
he gave this eNplanatfon The former
gift WIS for their DISTINGUISHED con
duct In not tnking the bride OF u from
the agents of my opponent For tne
now 10 pay them would he "A violation
II my own previously expressed prin
cipIps ="
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11

Il havc n casc still pending In Il
south Georgia Justice court that has
been there since 1879" remarked
justice of the supreme court, to n
group of friends Mt the capitol
Soon after | began the practice Of
law | took ease for Il client involv-
Ing Il verbal contract for building log
cnhln The amount involved was less
than $10O 50 suit was brought In the
Justice court of the little country dis
trlct where the defendant, the owner
Of the log cabin, lived. by consent OF
MI parties the ma ter was referred to
II jury. The first Jury came In with n
mIstrinl
"Anothcr Jury was called, and there
was another mistrial, and SO II went
on for six or seven terms OF court, each
successive Jury failing to reach a YER
diet
"rheu one day, Just before 1t WAS
time to call the case up for submission
TO the seventh or eighth jury, | receiv-
cd this note from the Justice of the
peace:
Dear Sri write this to let you know
the cuao OF Beckham agin Iylcs cannot
be- tried no moro In this court You hayo
used MP all the Juries In the district and
II won't be possible to get no more juries
until some FLOWS up or some new folks
moves In. | have wrote the same notice
To tho other side.
"Your truly, T. WILLIAMS,
Justice of the Peace. f97 district G. M.
with that we dropped the case by
common consent and have been wait
Ing ever since for II new jury to grow"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
a Dutch Ironclad

II Is of interest to note that, accord
ing To some authorities, the Dutch
were the first In the modern period of
history to build an ironcad and that
during the siege Of Antwerp by The
Spaniards In l5S5 the people of that
city built an enormous Hat bottomcd
vessel. arIuored 1t with heavy Iron
plates and thus constructed what they
regarded MS an inpregnabIe battery.
This they named l'inis Bell Infor
tunntely the vessel got aground before
coming into action and fen Into the
hands Of the enemy. II WIS held by
Alexander of Parma 10 the end of the
siege as II curiosity, but was never en-
ployed by either side in any action
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When Pat Laughed Last.

Two fnElishuen on a visit to Ireland
hired a hoat for the purpose of having
n sail
One, thinking he would have n Joke
at Pats expense. asked him IL he knew
anything about astroloEy
etc labera. NJ" said Pat
'Then That's the best part of your life
lust lost =
Tie second Englishman then asked
Pat If lie knew anything about the
ologN.
BE iabers. no.
well, must say thats the very
best part Of your lfe lost ;"
few minutes later sudden squall
arose., and the bout capslzcd Pnt be-
gan Ia swim The Hritons, however
could not swim, and both called loudly
To Fat 20 help them
''Bn You know anything about swim
olorY = asked rat.
No" answered both
well, he Inhers. then both Of youl
lives Is lost"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
Too Bio a Contract.

The wife of prominent judge WAS
making arrangements with the col
ored laundrcss of the village TO take
charge of their washing for the sum
mcr. Now, the judge was pompous
and extremely fat. He tipped the
scales ut some 300 pounds.
"Missus," said the woman, I'm dc
charge You double for your husbands
shirts"
"Why, what Is your reason for that.
Nancy" questioned the mistress
"Wcll." said the laundrcss. Il don't
mind washing fur an ordinary man,
but | dra VS. de line on circus tents,
| sho' do"-LadieS' Home Journal
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If you have II pint jug md wish to
measure off half a pint with toleruble
accuracy 1t Is useless To try and do so
by guessing when tine jug Il half full.
A better way * 10 TIT the Jug until
end Of the bottom Of the vessel and
just touch the lip AT the lower end Of
the mouth. In this way the space IN
the pint Jug Is practically eat into two
equal portions. each half representing
the space taken By half a pint Lon
don Graphic.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
Moro linn Ennunn.

An eight ycnr old boy went TO n
church picnic and, being favorltc
With the ladics had been literally sup
piled with good Things 10 eat. Later
In the day enc Of the lpdies noticed the
boy sitting near II stream with Woe
bcgonc expression on his face md his
hands claeRed over his stomach.
"Mhy what's the matter, WillIcT
she kindly asked Haven't you had
enough To eatf"
coll, yrs'm," said the boy. I've had
enough feel aa though don't want
all I've got"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
What tho Tree Would Say.

Bishop Seymour of Minnesota while
walking with young Indy pointed ont
To her some of the fine trees In the
neiGhberhood. She professed great In
tcrest and delight She cried
''llow the noble aspect OF beautiful
trees strs up the keenest emotions OF
the soult' Then, patting "A great, rough
trunk, she went on. you superb oak,
what would You say To me IL you could
talk r
II believe | can lac his interpreter"
| the bishop nlurnurcd. 'iIc would
probably say, I beg your pardon, miss !;
| nm beech"