Milford chronicle., 1913-02-07
ARCHAIC and MODERN THOUGHTS
AT RANDOM.

wonders of the world Until a few year
ago they were seven, now they are infn
itum. On every hand, by night, by day
we walk and see and breathe amid a mu1
titude of wonders, which are no wonder!
to us, but only commonplace because
part of our every day existence To-day
an infants feeble voice may span the
continent and find its unerring way along
tiny wire across rivers and over plains
and mountains to the one home in mil
Hons it seeks. To us no wonder, and oui
young men and women cannot recall the
time before the telephone was They use
without thought an instrument before
which the Seven Wise Men would have
prostrated themselves as a thing super
natural.
The seven ancient wonders were select
ed by the Greeks. and their right to the
title was established before Christ came
on earth. During all the intervening
years no attempt has been made to def
nitely revise the Seven Wonders of the
World. Generation after generation
has come and gone accepting the decision
one from the other In fact there was no
opportunity for a revision. As the years
increased civilization ebbed and about all
the man-made marvels we have to show
for those 1000 years of human life are a
few cathedrals and some pictures. Of
the ancient wonders only one was prac-
tical utility-Pharo, the 400 foot light
house of Alexandria; one was hanging
garden, not for the people. but built by
NebuchadHezzar, king of BABYLON, for the
eensuous pleasures of his mountain bride {
Amyatis, whose love of SYLVAN scenery 1
could scarce endure the plains of Shinar; /
two were tOmbs; one was a temple of |
II Nf, i
the COLOSSUS of Rhodes, was a freakish
mass of cast metal, less than half the
height of our own Statue of Liberty, and
not comparable in dignity; and one was a
beautiful statue to typify certain aesthetis
ideals Not a single one of these was
created for the uplifting or well-being of
the people.
It would seem that the pent-up forces
Of civilization held in, thrust back, ruth
lessly cut down for nineteen centuries,
had finally burst forth to fill the twentieth
century with wonders. And the greatest
of these are neither connected oceans,
mountains thrust through with tunnels
towering structures, each housing the
population of "a city; floating palaces, land
vehicles that out distance the eagles r
tiight, nor any of the things which typify /
the might of muscle. Each modern won
der Of this modern age is a monument to a
the might of mind. First, wireless tele-
graph; End, the telephone; 3rd, the aero :
plane; and what the other four shall be /;
to eclipse the claims of ancient Greece {
future inventions may alone develop, or
evolve. - A part of the above is absorbed I
nom Harper Magazine of some time Y
ago.. b
It would appear to even a casual OBJ
server thar for two or more weeks past,
the condition of terra frma has been such h
as TO forbid pedestrianism. For when it
is yluddy in Kent county, mud is its
name. II NAV not be exactly of an argyll
laceOus consistency, but it's sticky and a
hard to shake off. It's Simon pure a
mud and nothing else! Notwithstanding
all Of the disadvantages engendered by Il
this mud we have been irving to ignore
1t, as far as possible, and to enjoy life as h
best we can. Really, we are in love with
life and when we see anything beautiful
we ike to enjoy it. The aphorisn that, il
Age, which lessons the chances of liv- r,
ing, increases the desire to i've, is true,
and a love Of life is one of the cOustitu- fl
ents of life, is also true, then why not
foster love of life by enjoying the life
aud the beantv of the flora that nature it
has set before us2 1t lives BY feeding
upon the nitrogen of the air. Its leaves b
and stameEs aud roots drink in the dews
81 the skies and the moisture of the at o
mosphere, aud they grow and become h
source of admiration to mankind. And
mankind must live not by bread alone, Of
but also upon the beauties that appeal to e.
the intellect through our sensuous ma re
lures. And our spiritual existence is also
euhonced and built up by the loveliness G
of natural objects III appeal 70 the mind, II
and through the mind to our whole ma al
ture. We try, not ohiy away from home
but When At home, To act upon the theory Il
that a happy heart uaketh a glad coun-
tenance, " and if we enjoy ourselves by in
cultiyating a love Of life for the present, t,
we also lay the foundation for longevity
and many happy years of this life may H
become ours by cultivatiRg an apprecia-
ton of Gods works, attending to a few IL
simple laws of hygiene. avoiding all ten
dency y cyuicism, stamping out of our III
aa lures any tendency to nloroseness and W
doing unto others as we wish they should {
do unto US Try it il
We are beginning to tniuk the weather .,
man owns land III Delaware and has it q
sOwu in wheat, and wants some snow to -
90 on it. Almost every day during the -
snow for Delaware, and, to our satisfac- II
ton and delight, we have had none of it. =
We do not see what other incentive could -
induce the weather man to send out such
representations, than the one above 7
mentioned. However, in the absence of -
snow the wheat fields near Frederica are
hooking nice. There is one field we have
particularly noticed many times The 7
plant IS three or four inches high and the
Blades are of deep healthy, green look . .
Il is a promising field now, but there
many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. - 6
The Frederica Fox Hunting Club has =
been out nearly every day OF the past \
week. Early in the morning a part of it 4
will start from the town with the dogs
and proceed northward, along the Muir
derkill, and in the direction of Bowers. =
Sometimes, as on last Tuesday. the dogs :
will Jump fox and much sport is seen; d
as. when the yelping of the dogs is heard j..
IN town. the sport loving young men sally 2
forth, and the road from the little
a.