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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-02
DESTROYED by Lirh,uinr.

VIENNA, July Twenty villages were
ignited by lightning and burned in the
storms on Saturday and Sunday Six men
were killed while trying to extin-
guish the flames. Great damage was
done to crops by hurricate. A water
spout flooded Pesth yesterday. The Dan
ube swinning-boats, full of people, became
loosened and flloated down. the stream.
The people were panic-stricken, but all
were rescued
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-02
Travelled On n Free Pass.

IeAaS SiItings-
Can you tell me the names of the rail-
road lines in Tezas?" asked a Dallas teacher
of pupil who was the son of member Of
the Legislature.
II dunno" was the reply.
ION what does your father travel when
he goes from here to attend the sessions OF
the legiSlature?"
ION free pass"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-02

Washington that during the last three
months there have been over four hundred
offices discontinued in his department
alone, and the
WORK OF CUTTING DOWN
former extravaganceS is still going on. J. ID.
Miller, who succeeded Mr.. Evans as COM
missioner of the revenue bureau, has already
released 400 clerks, held solely for political
purposes. This Is only an example of what
is generally being done in the several de-
partments." rs there much diSs2tisfac-
tion among gofIice-seekers?" ''YeS. there are
many who are restless and quite inpatient
but 1 think without cause. when you realize
the magnitude of the work TO be performed
and the care that is and should be taken in
the selection of proper persons for the vari-
GUS positions. You see loyalty 10 party is
not of itself sufficient passport to carry a
man into a responsible Office. Loyalty
must be combined with honesty, integrity
and business capacity TO insure such ap-
pointmentS."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-02
Beacon Pnrk Races.

Boston, July 1.-The 2:21 class race,
postponed from yesterday, after three heats
had been taken by as many horses, was
finished at Beacon park this afternoon.
Judge Davis, who yesterday was unable to
get better than second place, took three
heats and the race. Second money was
given to Albert France. third to Amelia,
and fourth to Billy BrittOn. Best time,
2:22
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-02
Twelve Hundred Pensioned.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-COmmissioner
Black yesterday approved over 1.2OO pen
sion cases. This is the largest number of
pension cases granted in any one day in the
history of the pension office.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-02
AN INDIAN FIGHT.
Sixteen Reds Killed and the Loss
of Whites Unknown.

TOMBSTONE, Ariz., July IA. ]. B.
Hunke, miner, brought in news yesterday
from Fronteras, of an engagement between
the Indians and whites last Thurs
day, thirty miles southeast of Fronteras,
in which he reported thirty-siX Indians
and sixteen Americans killed and several
wounded. To-day further information was
received through Theo. Crocker from San
Bernandina rancho, situated on the trail
from Ft. Bowie to SOnOro. He reports an
engagement between the entire force under
Lieut. Davis and the Apaches. Sixteen
Indians were killed and fifteen to twenty
taken prisoners. The loss of the whites is
not stated
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-02
Lamar,s Assistants.

WASHINGTON, July L. Mr.. Muldrow
was to-day formally appointed first assist
ant secretary of the interior, the new Office
created by congress, and Mr.. George A.
jerks of Pennsylvania was appointed sec
ond assistant secretary OF the interior.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-02
WHAT ATKINS THINKS.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-Mr. Atkins,
commissioner of Indian affairs, in giving
his theory of the threatened outbreak among
the Cheyennes in the Indian Territory, said
to-day that he was convinced that the pres
ence of the large herds Of the cat
tie kings on the reservation was a
constant invitation to the Indians to con-
nit depredations. He thought the govern
ment would be compelled to abrogate
all leases throughout the Indian terri
tory, except on the Cherokee Strip"
He was not certain that the government
had the authority to abrogate the leases
which has been entered into by the civ
ilized tribes. 1t evidently will be policy
of the interior department to urge the re-
moval of the cattle, but the subject has been
long under consideration and nothing has
yet been accomplished.
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Come Home. Mr. Kelley.

VIENNA, July 1.-f the United States
government refuses to recall Mr.. Kelley, the
Austrian government will formally decline
to recognize him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-02

Tottie Watson, the woman with the iron
jaw with Van Amburg's circus, was badly
injured by fall from swing yesterday
afternoon at Albany, n. Y.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-02

1.-The line must be drawn somewhere, :"
murmured the tramp as he hauled in the
weeks washing and withdrew to his haunt
in the woods.
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31
The Crow and the Hare.

A Crow and Hare met by chance.
one day, and were SO well Pleased
with each other that 1t was Agreed to
form a Partnership.
"The first thing in order" remarked
the Crow, ais to select Home, which
will. of course, belong to both Of us.
Have you got your eye on any partic-
ular Tree?"
OTree p echoed the Hare, "why we
want Burrow, of course"
"Burrow But I can't live in a
Holer
aAnd can't Climb TreeP
.Gf you didn't Intend to Consult my
Wishes why did you Propose this
Partnership r
aAnd if you weren't ready to give
way in these little Matters why Accept
my Proposals.
They were Holly Disputing and
Abusing each other when the Fox
came along, and being Appealed to
for his Opinion he said:
Moral:-"My Friends, while you
are both wrong, you have still exhibit
ed rare Judgment The Human FAM
1 ilv alone are Fools enough to Marry
FIRST and Quarrel over their likes and
dislikes and Natures Incongruitie'
afterwards. Detroit Free Press,
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31
PEARLsOF THOUGHT.

Every man considers his own lot in
life hardest
Any truth, faithfully faced, is
strength in itself.
Our thoughts Of today, are our &C.
lions Of tomorrow.
Do the truth you know and you snan
learn the truth you need to know.
There cannot be a more worthy I'M
provement of friendship than in a fer
vent opposition to the sins OF those We
profess to love-
Useful knowledge can have no enc
mics except the ignorant; it cherlshes
youth, delights the aged, is an orna-
ment in prosperity, and yields comfort
in adversely.
It is injurious to be in hurry and
delay is often equally so; he IS wise
who does everything in proper time
Hardness and precipitation are ex-
tremes equally to be avoided.
1t is not the situation which makes
tho man, but the man who makes the
situation. The slave may be free
man. The monarch may be a slave
Situations are noble or ignOble, as We
make them.
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31

In a Mongol murder case in San Fran
cisco the following oath was admins
tered to each of the Chinese witnesses;
"This IS to inform the spirits Of the
gods. also the evil spirits and the de-
mons. all to descend here to hear, over
see. and examine into the case OF
Wong All Foo, charged with murdeTing
Loi All Cow. If I come here to swear
nrofanely and tell the untruth, or not
according to the facts of the case, I
humbly beg the celestial and terres-
trial spirits to redress Loi All Cows
grievance and to punish the false wit
ness Immediately and to arrest his
soul. May he die under a sword
or die on the halfway of the sea, and
have no life to return to China This
ia the true end solemn declaration OF
oath sworn by my own mouth and
signed by my name by my own hand
Dated this day, second month"; IN
the eleventh year Of Quong Sol"
It is believed that all who take this
oath will testify truthfully, as the Ce'
lestials believe that if they should per-
lure themselves after passing through
the ceremony they viii diean everlast-
ing death, and that the gates OF the
r1io,yorv KINGDOM will be closed upon
| them.
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31
College Expenses.

The following is from the New ! OK
Mail and EnpreSS:'
The annual expense of a course OF
study at old BowdOin is from $500 to
$780, It Is not fashionable there to
DO extravagant
An Amherst college student can
finish the course OF a cost Of $3.50 a
year, and at the outside it need not
cost him over $1,000.
The expenses at Vassar college run
from $500 to $1,000 year. The girls
have no football teams or rowing clubs
to support.
Brown University is rather expen-
sive. A scholar can spend $1,000 if he
wants to, but the actual expense need
not exceed $3.50.
A student at Yale college can pay all
his real expenses with $500 a yeaT,and
vet $4,000 can be expended in so-called
legitimate expenses.
One Of the cheapest colleges to at
tend In this country is at Beloit, Wis
Board is $3.50 week, and it is almost
impossible for a student to spendmore
than $500 year.
Yale Harvard and Columbia col
leges are the most expensive institu-
tions in this country. The minimum
expenses are from $500 to $500. whil'
-the maximum are put at $4,000
The expense of an education at Cor
nell Isl not large in comparison Will
l other institutions Of learning q
student can spendssl1oo for bis legltl
.l1nate expenses. but $500 wIllscoge
sham. .progid dsha sls eeOnomoaI
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31
Tho Arc dc TriOmphe.

The Arc de Triomphe in the Place
de PEtoile, Paris, under which the re-
mains of Victor Hugo lay in state
owes its existence to Napoleon l., who
decreed its erection in 1906 to cele-
brate the victories Of the French under
the republic and the empire. It is the
largest trlumphal arch in Europe,
being 1872 feet high, 1877 feet broad
and 68 feet deep. The height Of the
principal arch is 80 feet. Its cost was
about s2,1OO,OOO, and it was thirty
years in completing, being finished in
1886. There are various groups OF CO.
lossal statuary, and Fame surmounts
the whole, while History is occupied
in recording his deeds. The interior is
assembled by winding staircases, which
lead into several large halls After
mounting 261 steps the top is reached,
from which one of the best views of
Paris is gained.
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31
Travelling in 1900.


From a paper on Social Life in the
Colonies" by Edward Eggleston' in
the Century, we quote the following
"The Virginia planter of the richer
sort. who was said to live with more
show and luxury than country gen
tleman in England on an estate OF
three or four thousand pounds year.
showed a strong liking for the stately
six-horse coach, with positions but
It was not until 1920 that wheeled car
riages were recognized in the legal
price-list of the Virginia ferries. In
the other colonies, also, the coach was
valued as a sign Of official or family
dignity, and some of the richer Caro-
linans carried their luxury so far as
to have carriages, horses, coachmen
and all, imported from England; but
in Carolina, and everywhere north OF
Virginia, the light open chair or the
covered chaise was generally pre-
ferred. These were better suited to
the roughness and sinuosity OF the
roads than the coach. The chaise was
a kind of two-wheeled gig, having q
ton. and drawn sometimes by one, and
sometimes by two horses the chair
had two wheels but no top, the sulky,
which was much used, differed from
the chair chiefly in having room 1or
but one person. All these seem to have
been hung on straps, or thorough
braces. instead Of springs Boston
ladies in the middle of the eighteenth
century took the air in chaises OIL
chairs, with negro drivers. Boston
gentlemen also affected negro attend
ants when they drove their chairs o.
rode on saddle horses. But In rura
regions, from Pennsylvania north
ward, ladies took delight 10 driving
about alone in open chairs, to thu
amazemeut of European travellers
who deemed that a paradise in which
women could travel without protec
ton. Philadelphians were fond OF
long, light, covered wagon, witt
benches, which would carry a dozel
persons in an excursion to the coun
, trv. Sedan chairs were occasionally
used in the cities. The Dutch intro
, duced sleighs into New York at aver
early date but sleighs for pleasuT
though known in Boston about l1O
only came into general use in th
northern provinces at a somewhat Ii
: ter period. The first stage wagon l
the colonies was run from Trenton
New Brunswick, twice a week, durin
the summer of 1888. 1t was a link
the tedious land and water journe
Q from Philadelphia to New York, an
= travellers were promised that it woul
} be fitted up with benches, and coverf
o over, so that passengers may sit cas-
: and dry"
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31

In regard TO the increasing longev'
ity of the population Of the civilized
world. the Baltimore Sun notes that
the progress of sanitary science and
the improvement In the moral tone OF
almost all classes of the population
are gradually raising the average life
time In most civilized countries. In
spite of the common belief that our
fathers were heartier and healthier
than we are, there can be no question
that a child born to-day has a better
chance for a long life than was ever
before the case within historic times
at least. How many years the ordl-
nary lifetime may and should COM
prise If men were protected from the
privations of the poor and temptations
of the well-to-do, and were fenced
about with all the guards that medi-
cal science can furnish, is strilSingly
illustrated by the vital statistics Of the
English Society of Friends, more COM
monty styled Quakers. At the pres
emit time the average life of one of this
sect is about SO years, or at least fifteen
years more than that of the population
as a whole. The industry for which
these people have long been noted
keeps almost all of them out Of the
ranks of the very poor, while the sim
pie and moral lives presented by their
creed shield them from other dangers
scarcely less threatening to human
health and life,
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31

There seems to be a wide difference
Of opinion concerning the cost of the
steamship Great Eastern, and her size
as compared to Noah's Ark. The cost
f building and launching the Great
Eastern was $3,65O,OOO, and this broke
tho original company. A new COM
pany was formed which spent $780,
600 in fitting and furnishing her.
Then this company failed and new
company was organized with capital
of 100000. At the close Of 1880 this
COMPANY sunk aS6,715 upon the YES
sci. thus making her total cost s4,7O3,-
SIS. Nothing over built can stand
comparison W. h the Great Eastern
excepting Noah's Ark, and even this
vessel could not match her. The
length of the Ark was 300 cubits, her
breadth 30 cubits, and her height 30
eubits. The cubit of the Scriptures,
according to Bishop wilkins. was Il
65.1OO inches, aud computed into Eng
fish measurement the Ark was 54'
feet long. 81 feet beam, 81 7-lO feet
depth and q, 1852 tons The Great
Eastern is ESQ feet long, 8s feet beam
Is feet depth, and 2s,o93 tons measure
meat. So Noah's Ark is quite over
shadowed by the Great Eastern
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31
Monkeys Along RAILROAD Line.


The following story was related to
q correspondent Of the Madras (India)
Nail by one who travels by rail
almost every day: Between place
called Niddivunda and Herebully
there Is large tope which is well
known to be infested with host Of
monkeys. Having no other mode Of
occupying their duh hours they arc
bent upon trying to destroy the Tum-
kur line. 1t would appear that these
animals, about fifty or sixty, form
themselves systematically one-haif on
one rail and the other half on the
other They begin by first removing
the earth from the sides Of the rails.
Then they arrive at the difficulty of
nuts and bolts, which, though they
examine them very infinitely, they
cannot get over On the approach Of
the up or down train they wait till
the engine is within a few yards, when,
with the utmost GOODNESS, they simply
Jump on one side till the train has
passed, and then resume their work.
| A remarkable instance occurred on
one of these occasion -
was approaching, tn
their usual jumps, v
of one, who persiste
the line, the engine
very near. Five or
ing the danger one
was in, made sud
him~off some II
the tailS6thsrs :
they saved him.
the NiddiYunda gans
guards and drivers.
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31
High.Toned.

GLOW do you like your sons wife,
Mrs. HlgleyP"
"Well, she pears to be reether q
peart sort of body. but Pm afraid
she's too heightened to get along
smooth with our family"
"Hlgh-toned Why, gracious alive !
1 wouldn't have thought it. She's not
very stylish about her dress, and don't
seem to be at all affected in her ways,
so far as can sec. What makes you
think she's high-tonedP"
"Well, I reckon it's her talk. You
see, she calls a tea-cup vessel. and if
that amt putin on airs, I tell you it
comes mons us near it, and / don't be-
lieve in no such way O. doin'. A tea
cups a tea-cup, and all the sddycatIon
in our family couldn't never make
nothin' else out Of it ~--cascdgo Leqq-
e.
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31
Common Things.

oh. how narrow Is our vision
That We zee not more Elysian
In the commOnest ofthingsi
Why, q Iumber-wagOn'a rattle
Is as grand as any battle,
Hour ears had only wings
IT'S a necessary friction
ofthe worlds unfolding action,
Detail Of the life Of manF
Discord when we hear 1t single,
Music when VIC make it minslo
In the complicated Plan
In the simplest shines the story
OF tho universe's glory
And the lofty and tho wise
See that all things are relations
Follow the considerations
Till above the stars they rise
Even anguish, even error
Tnints them with no tracc OF terror
For the All is in their eyes,
Knowing nothing isolated,
From the loved and from the hated
Up to God they gencralize.
-FyGnklin E. DusiOn in the Current
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31

1.-THE chinese UeloNo tA"o ~ g.
fresh life to mind and body; cures all
kinds Of disease They mix 1t with
dried caterpillars to give to the insane
people, and with powdered tigers
skulls for the cure Of grief"
Polly laughed. "And what Is IN
that smaller saclkP" she asked.
"That is another root that goes with
the ginseng to China. It has pleas
ant smell, but I don'tknOw the name
"They burn it before their josses' TO
ensure themselves long life"
"There is a queer gummy stuh IN
bottle yonder. Does it go to Gilman
asked Polly.
NO; that's balsam. It's the gum OF
these trees outside, with the black
trunks You're nigh five thousand
feet above the sea. They won't grow
no lower. They're a mighty proud
tree; and the chestnuts and oaks and
sech like can't grow so high, so youu
notice on most of these mountings
barren strip between them whar thars
nothing green"
"But the bottle of gumP Is it used
for mucilage?" asked David.
"No, no." cried Polly, who had put
the bottle to her nose. 81 have smell
ed this often in cough-medicines and
masters and cures for burns"
"What keen little eyes and nose you
have, Polly" said her brother, "for ev-
erything but books. Is she right
uncleP"
Yes. Although the balsam common
" used in medicine comes from Rus
sia. The supply from these mountains
is very small. 1t sells high?" turning
to the woman.
"Ten dollars a quart here, and more
eff you kerry it to town Oh, thar's a
fortune in balsaml Bear-skins Is worth
a powerful sight of money, wolf-skins
not quite so much. My baby 1 call
him my baby, though he is twenty-one,
bein' the youngest), he took down
some peltry yesterday. Bar, wolf,
deer. coon and boomer. They do tell
me. ladies up North have them bigger
skins to cover their coachmen's feet
but don't believe 1t. They've surely
rot wit to know what fine bed-spreads
they make"
The children by this time had fin
ished their dinner. "Here are some
strengthening yellow stones" said
Polly, with an inquiring glance
ooh, them roclSs2 You see a mar
l was around hyar prospectin' for mines
and he left word with ny boy to loOl
D out for sech rocks as that, and mari
t the place. Expect to find gold
reckon2"
something more valuable thai
0 gold. This is yellow corundum."
s "What is it used forP"
i "This corse kind is ground to max
g emery, which Polly sharpens her need
les with. The finer corundums are tn
Q sapphire and oriental ruby"
It "Oh!" cried Polly breathlessly. cd
d YOU mean that rubles are to be foun
+ here-hereP"
IS zone was found in the next count
); worth six thousand dollars" said tn
n mountaineer. II suppose the folk
d that live in towns couldn't get alon
very well without us North Carlir
g vans" smiling. 1--WE send 'em lumb6
n and iron and gold and medicine, an
/ even rings for their fingers"
W The rain had ceased, and they baC
T. her a cordial good-by, and rode ava
"Instead of being in solitude, 81
n IS quite in the centre Of things" sal
TO David laughing.
K 81 told you that we were all tied t
N gether by fine cords" said his uncl
es "you are just beginning to find Of
p how many of them there Are."-
u; YOUTHS Companion.
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31

Among the more fastIdious people
there is an impression that the flavor
Of tea is wholly ruined by journey
on salt water. All the crowned heads
and wealthy nobility Of Europe use
tea, therefore, which costs them three
times the prices paid in America for a
brand bearing the same name, but
which is brought by Russian tr6ders
in caravans overland from China. The
trade is very profitable, and it is large
ly to protect it that Russia is jealous
of her Asiatic possessions.
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31

The burial Of q relative in Timur IS
a very serious and expensive business,
It involves a gift to the deceased from
Ill his blood relatives, and, in return
a burial feast. If the deceased is a
man of rank, this feast is a matter
very often of ruin to his family. The
festivlty must be given, and at the
same time the hospitality is expected
to be extraordinarily lavish. Con-
seouently It often happens that the
Law of the funeral is indefinitely post
poned for months, and even for years,
until the family has had time to ac-
emulate sufficient wealth of cattle
and substance. In the meantime the
sorpse is enclosed in mating, and
housed either in a tree or hut and
eft TO itself. Then for days there Is
a savage banqueting and revelling' and
the interment at last is carried out.
Among the more savage races OF the
Timur Laut islands and Timur the
skull Of an ancestor is severed after
burial and kept as a relic in a place OF
honor within the house
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31

The use of natural gas has become
so universal in the foundries, facto-
ries, brewerles, &C., of Pittsburgh, Pa,
that a saving of nearly 100000
bushels of coal annually will be eff
fected. In fact a great industrial
change has been wrought, by which
thousands of men engaged in coal
mining will be thrown out of work
and compelled to seek other employ
ment.
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31
CENTRAL HOTEL,
wlLLoUnBv slime. Proprietor.

wILLoUHBY sTINE. Proprietor.
This hotel has been recently purcha ana
has been newly furnished throughout Is
nv intention to erect two story add l to
the house as soon as the weather will P, y,
and will endeayor to give the people Of V
ford d hotel managed on first-class princlp
The present hotel formerly Union Hott
will be torn down next fall, when a new and
first-class building will be erected. Everything
that can add to the comfort Of guests either
in the sleeping apartments, table or reading
room. will be carefully attended to; as long
experience in the hotel business has enabled
me 10 cater to the wants Of hotel guests. A
free hack will run to and from the depot for
the accommodation Of guests.
For permanent OF monthly boarder'a rates,
apply IL tho Office.
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31

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tbis world ALL Of either sex, succeed from mr. m
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Irorkcrs absolutely sure. At once address, TRUE
Co., Augusta Maine