Milford chronicle., 1888-01-20
pAaAeaApAs WORTH READING.

Mr.. Marshall P. Wilder goes to China,
Japan and India to teach the orientals how
to laugh.
Ex-President Grevy is about t. write a
book about his career as president Of the
French republic
Patti has been giving "farewellsn in Lon
don, previous to her departure for South
America, where she expects another hundred
thousand or two.
Mr.. Richard Schultg of tho Hamburger
Bicycle club rode nearly four and ono-lmlf
miles in half an hour upon unicycle fifty
two inches in diameter.
Historian Bancroft says that it would be
prcsumptuous for a man Of IS to attempt a
history Of President Polk and his times,
work which he has been asked 10 undertake.
Augusta Evans Wilson, ''Bculah.n was a
| Florence Nightingale during the war and no
name is more revcrcd in the south. She was
/ tho friend Of the sick ard wounded and the
beloved Of ALL
Bernhardt has lost her pet tiger cat, Tig-
rettc, which she brought from America.
The animal had swallowed a piece Of the
rouSh outside covering OF a cOcoanut. It's
stomach at once swelled to great size and
death soon ensued.
The great financial king Of New Zealand is
Johnny Jones, Of Dunedin. His wealth runs
up into the millions, and the greater part
was made in steamboating. lie is a native,
and once earned scant wages as an oarsman
on a ferryboat.
Baron Hirsch has actually given s1O.OO0.-
900, deposited in tl,a Bank Of London. under
the trusteeship Of Baron Rothschild end
Baron De Worms, for the education Of tho
poor Jews Of Russia. It is the most munifi- !
cent gift of charity in the history of the
world.
1t was q queer coincidence that the vener- |
able DIR. John D. Ogden. OF New York. sbould |
have died "thc night before Christmas He |
was twice married, both OF his wives being
the daughters Of Clement c. Moore, the
arAhor Of the poem, "Tho Night Before
Christmas
Frederick Villiers, the well known war cor
respondent and artist Of The London Graphic,
has entered the lecture field. He went with
Archibald Forbes through the Franco-Ger-
man, Servian and Russo-Turkish wars. aud
has great fund of interesting experiences,
which he relates with graphic eloquonce.
F. A. Merrill, called by certain African
tribes Little Livingstone" has come to
this country from Bechuanaland TO sell a val
lable collection Of elephants tusks He says
that the queen Of Tongaland, with whom
England has just completed treaty, Is the
original Of Haggard's ''She.n She is hand
'omc woman in feature and not very dark in
Sir Kenneth Cummings, the son of Gordon
the great lion slayer, is back in
his country after a years absence, during
which he visited Central Africa and killed
hree Lions and several leopards and other big
ats. He is largely interested in land schemes
ear the City Of Mexico. s
Engineer Kittridge. inventor of the can
lever bridge, is living in Hartford, Conn.
q handsome style. His wife is a native Of
hat city. Mr.. Kittridge's success as an in :
entor has made him rich He began life in =
n humble way, but by energy and ability +
as gained high place in the civil engineer
Is profession. He is tall, fine looking man. h
nd he has travelled extensively in this coun- d
y and Europe. =
John L. Sullivan recently said to a friend y
lat he had never resisted policeman. With Il
thorough appreciation of his own prowess /,
Q remarked: "Pm different from every- s,
ody else in that. If policeman should trv Il
arrest you and you resisted he might Y
mock you down with his club, but il it was ri
@ and resisted he would shoot me the first o.
ling. No man would tackle me without his lC
md on his revolver And so l 20 with a Il
'liceman quietly the first time he speaks to ol
e, without making any fuss" s1
Both the sons Of Garibaldi arc now depu- VI
49, Idcciotti, the younger. having been a.
acted to represent Rome in NAV. 1887. ~
enotti Garibaldi, who for many years has q
presented the district Of Velletri. is gen Pi
ally popular with men Of all parties. and
a plain, honest soldier, who, although OF y
urse member of the Left, is distinguished ~,
r good common sense rather than extreme ~ -
dicalism. Ricciotti Garibaldi was edu- ~ ~
led in England, and has an English wife. tu tn
e entered parliament rs a workingman's W W
ndidate; but it remains to be seen whether NJ
will really prove to no As much Of ~,
dical after his election as he was before it. ~
Mr. Mantoa Marble, formerly chief editor TN
d proprietor OF The World is one Of the
~ few men in this city who have ever
tired from the editorship Of any daily
per under their control Greeley. Ray- -.
lId and Bennett, who wero Mr. Marbles ST
quarter of n century aSo, 20
,rked in harness to to last. So did ~,
yant, Brooks and Hastings Not only 60,
Mr. Marble himself retire from daily -.
but nearly all the chief mem 81,
rs of his editorial STAFF did the same thiny ~.
out the same time, such men as Hurlbut, ~
ans and Croly, ali Of whom are yet alive. II