Milford chronicle., 1883-07-27
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The NEW York TINES has been figur
ing up the Presidential election pros
\ poets. Its correspondence in the mat
ter has been extensive and its conclu
sions are that in the Republican Conven
] ton Blaine will receive 103 votes; Ar.
I thur, Ga; Edmunds, 81; Grant, 10; John
Sherman, II; Logan, IA; Lincoln, 12
4 Harrison, y; with the balance scatter.
ing. In the Democratic Convention
Tilden will receive 120; Mcdonald, 70;
Bayard, 81; Hancock 25; Butler, 20;
Thurman, II; Cleveland, IL; and the
balance scattering.
/ SMOKERS WHO EXPECTED to pay less
for their cigars when the reduction of
the tax on cigars went into effect are
very sadly disappointed. Their smoke
after dinner is just as expensive as when
the old tax was levied. The reduction
of the tax to SO a thousand has only af-
fected retail prices, but is divided up in
some way between the manufacturer
and the dealer, so that the purchaser
gets left out in the wet.
A DECLINE IN THE price Of paper stock
may be confidently looked for if the au-
thorities at Washington carry out their
intention Of selling as waste paper the
accumulations of applications for office
during the regime of the grand old
party. One of the statisticians in Wash
ington has estimated that if the sheets
Of paper were placed edge to edge they
would make a continuous application
for Office extending from the earth to
the moon, and if they were piled on
each other they would exert pressure
equal to State delegation supporting
favorite son.
AFTER CONDENSED MILK and canned !
meats ard dessicated vegetables, kero-
sene is now to be solidifed for greater
ease of transportation. The inventor is |
NJ. Ditmar, Russian, and his process as |
described is simplicity itself The kero-
sene is boiled in huge caldrons together |
with a certain quantity of soap, until as
much as possible of the liquid portion
has evaporated. The residunm is then
poured into iron tanks to cool down,
and when solid is easily cut in pieces of
desired size. Thus prepared it can be
packed into boxes or sewn up in sacks
and transported without fear of leakage
or explosion. 1t is easily iquifed by
heat when required for use.
The FOLLOWING INTERESTING figures,
indicating the length of the time the
anthracite coal supply of Pennsylvania
may be expected to last, have just been
compiled. The total anthracite area be-
fore mining commenced was 100000
square miles. Allowing 1000 tons to
the acre foot in depth would give 32O,- !
600, 900 tons. Assuming that the depth {
averages thirty feet, it gives a grand
total of 9,6OO,OOO,OOO tons. At the {
present time the consumption averages /
about 30, 100000 tons year. So it will i
be seen that at the commencement of i
mining operations the supply was suf- L
ficient for 800 years. About sos, 900 t
tons, or about seventeen years supply, Il
have been mined, leaving sufficient to i
supply the demand for over 300 years +
to come. {
The IRISH AGRICULTURAL statistics u
presented to the English House of Com h
mons show that according to the latest t.
the number of separate ft
arm holdings was 574, 2O7, being 1852 V
ess than last year. The holdings which b
in number were: Those not n
one acre, 399; above 30, and it
lot exceeding so acres, 1SO; above so, W
nd not exceeding 100 acres, So; above p
co. and not exceeding 200 acres, Is; is
bove 200, and not exceeding 500 acres, cl
y 6; and those above 500, by 3d. The
oldings which decreased its number
rere those above one and not exceeding b
acres, by 1,645; those above 5 and not az
10 acres, by 2,167; and those n'
bove 10, and not exceeding 30 acres, by Ill
%. 70
A GENTLEMAN IN PARIS who was it the "
abit Of bestowing five SOUS daily upon "
blind beggar, by mistake one day gave a. u
i'm a Napoleon. Afterward, discover %
lg the error, he hunted up the beg = I
ar's residence, and called to recover his IL
old piece. A tidy maid opened the
cor of comfortably furnished d1
lite of apartments. Monsieur was re- ce
uested to take seat, and in a minute 60
E two the -beggar made his appearance m
eaty dressed, and with faultless shirt yC
ont. The object of the visit was an
eted, My cleIk is just making m