Milford chronicle., 1888-08-17
Maid to order-A servant girl.
NOTES AND ITEMS.

A Nebraska tornado blew a cows tail balC
without injuring the animal.
Tan colored boots for men are becoming
very fashionable in London.
Russia's new military law will increase hel
army by 100000 men. Hail to peace
Astoria, Ore, has Chinese missionary
who makes addresses in the streets and at
tracts large audiences.
The French people seem to grow more and
more reckless morally. Now excerpts from
one Of Zola's novels have been set to music
and will be sung at the Opera in Paris.
Electric engines Of 200 horse power each
three together in each locomotive, working
independently, are about to be substituted
/ for steam locomotives on the Metropolitan
Underground railroad in London.
Though Philadelphia has not succeeded in
finding natural gas, she now has an establish
ment that manufactures it at six centsa hun
dred, and enthusiastically pronounces it ''the
fuel of the future"
Tho Georgia fruit and vegetable growers
have overdone the business this year. The
market has been glutted, and they have made
but little money. Unless they can avail them
selves of the western markets they will have
to reduce operations
1t is fact, though a rather strange one,
that three fourths Of the bakers who are en-
ployed in the United States are men Of Ger
man birth. Comparatively few women are
engaged in the occupation, although some
establishments employ women for fancy
work
Tobacco Is to be shut out at the Chambers
burg (Pa.l academy. No boy will be admit
ted who uses it in any way. Boarding and
day pupils will be treated alike. The ground
taken is that tobacco produces baneful effects
on the minds and health of the students.
In panel over the fireplace Of the grand
saloon Of John Stetson's new steam yacht
Sapphire is set the name of the yacht in
genuine sapphires. Each letter is two inches
IN length. In all there are los sapphires,
averaging two carets each in the name.
This rare emblazoning was the gift Of a Bos-
ton friend.
An unusual accomplishment for a dog is
shelling peas, but setter who lives in a
suburb of Boston shows that it is entirely a
sanine possibility. He takes a pod in his
mouth and after giving it dexterous twist
Slth his teeth, which opens it, drops it upon
the ground. As the peas roll out Of the open
pod he takes them up one by one and eats
them with evident relish, leaving the de-
spised pod untouched.
There is in a southern insane asvl1n, an
5-year-old boy who has never been asvaxe
since the hour Of his birth. He was the child
OF a-paralytic mother and has delicate fea-
lures and high, white forehead, with long,
black curls. His arm is not larger than an
ordinary mans thumb. lie lies on his bed
year after year taking no note of onvtb;,o,
that passes. Twice a day he Is aroused
enough to take a little nourishment. and
then relapses into Sleep
Cleveland is a corruption of CIifHand. so
called from its situation In a steep. rocky
locality. Thurman is from Thor, the Saxon
god, and man. Its flgurative meaning is one
having tho strength and wisdom OF Thor.
Harrison means Henry's son, or Harry's son.
1t Is identical in meaning with Harris or
herries Morton is local name, from the
parish of Morton, in Nithsdale, Dumfrieshire.
Scotland. Nor, in the Gallic, signifies big.
great, and ton is from dun, hill. Morton.
the big or great hill
The Edison Phonograph companv. which
owns all of Mr.. Edisons patents for record
ing, perpetuating and reproducing articulate
speech in the United States and Canada. has
been sold to Jesse II. Lippincott, Of New /
York and Pittsburg, for something over
81, 100000. All improvements made durine,
ihe next fifteen years are to come to Mr. |
Lppincott By contract made in March
ast with the American Graphophone COM
1any Of Washington, Mr.. Lippincott became |
sole licensee Of that company for period of |
fifteen years. The graphophone is the rival |
If the phonograph.