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Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21
The Launch Of tho rntnrs.

The first Of a feet Of electrically propelled
boats has been launched in the Thames, in
London. II will carry eighty passengers at
q rate Of six miles an hour, and its machinery
has nothing in common with the mechanism
that has driven vessels since the time Of
Watt and Fulton. No boiler, no steam, no
coal, no smoke, no heat, no SCOT or cinders,
no ashes; simply a store Of the electric fluid,
ready to be converted into power at the pres
sure Of the hand-the ideal motive power for
water craft The near future must witness
tho adoption Of this force for the propelling
Of small vessels over short routes, and subss-
quent improvements In the storage Of cleo
tricity must render its services available for
pleasure boats over long routes. Nothing
except the enchanted carpet Of the Arabian
Nights could be more desirable than q pretty
launch, fitted with an electric motor capable
Of keeping 1t going throughout a summer
days continuance There are little fellows
cutting their first teeth today who viii own
such launch, and read with pitying sur
prise Of the clumsy craft their fathers termed
pleasure boats, in which an iron kettle full o.
bot water and fire box full Of smoky, scotY
eoal oecupied half the available spacs.-Pitts-
hurK nullalin.
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21
Tbe Vvorldl,q ponulatioD.

Here are some interesting facts about the
people who compose the population of the
worlds
There are 1904 languages in the world, and
its inhabitants profess more than 1000 re-
lgions.
The number Of men Is about equal to the
number Of women. The average Of life is
about 33 years. One-quarter die previous to
the age Of II. To every 1 900 persons only
one reaches 100 years Of life. To every 100
only six reach the age Of 65, and not more
than one in 500 lives to 80 years of age.
There are on the earth /, 900 900, 900 inhabi-
tants; OF these 9S, ,O33, ,033 die every year,
0l ,S24 every day, $3.50 every hour and 90
every minute or every second.
The married are longer lived than tho
single, and above all those who observe a
sober and industrious conduct. Tall men
live longer than short ones. Women have
more chances OF life In their favor previous
to so years Of age than men have, but fewer
afterward
The number Of marriages is in the proper
tion Of 75 to every 1000 individuals Mar
risges arc more frequent after equinoxes-
that is, dufing the months Of June and De
cember
Those horn in spring are generally of q
more robust constitution than others. Births
are more frequent by night than by day;
also deaths.
The number of men capable Of bearing
arms is calculated at one-fourth Of the popu-
latiOn. Chicago Journal
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21
symptons o. Pn,umonIn.

This is the season Of the year when pneu-
monia is to be dreaded and guarded against
This treacherous and dangerous disease NAV
occur in connection with bronchial and other
affections Of the air passages induced by
taking cold" But if person has llrst been
attacked with symptoms of a cold, and they
have existed for day or more, he need have
little fear that pneumonia will set in as a con-
sequence. People who have caught cold, and
are suffering from acute bronchitis-have a
painful, "tearing" cough, are ''sore across
the chest, etc.-are very often apprehensive
Of the more serious disease under oonsidera-
hon. There is scarcely greater danger Of its
appearing then than there is while they are
In their usual good state Of health We en-
phasize this fact, for we know that unscrupu-
lous practitioners steal no little capital bv
pretending, as they often do, to "break up
pneumonia prevent patients from having II,
etc. No immediate treatment eau be applied
by them or other physicians which will pre-
vent pneumonia in any condition Of the
SYSTEM If the disease is coming, it will
come, in spite Of medical interference
What symptoms should lead a person to
suspect that he has pneumonia An attack
is usually sudden, and generally commences
with a chill, frequently accompanied by
what are called rigors-shivering, chattering
Of the teeth, etc. In the majority OF cases
this occurs during the night, and after ex-
posure. The chill is severe and prolonged,
lasting from half an hour to several hours
About the same time, or soon afterward, a
pain is felt underneath the nipple on oue-the
affected-side. This pain is sharp, and is de
scribed as ''stabbing.n It is aggravated by
coughing, sneezing, and when the patient
takes a "long breath" Fever sets in early,
and is one Of the first symptoms. It usually
runs very high, as is indicated by the great
heat Of the skin. One popularity, seldom
noticed in other affections where there is
high fever, is often observed in this disease,
the skin is moist from the outset.-Herald Of
Health
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21

Grafton for its multitudes To drive through
London anywhere is to feel ones eyes liter.
ally ache with the cruel ugliness and dullness
OF all things around, from the staring theatri-
cal posters on the walls to the helmet Of the
burly policeman who takes half an hour b
beat out dogs brains
Yet so much might be done to make Lon
don more picturesque at no very great cost.
The trees which make the Paris boulevartis
such glory Of green leaves in May might
have their hkenesses in London streets
What an embellishments would an avenue be
to Pail Mall, to Portland place, to Regent
street, to Buckingham Palace road, to fve
hundred places. Quantities Of trees planted
all about the houses OF parliament would
take away that squalid and vulgar look which
so disfgures all the precincts Of those houses
and Of the noble abbey itself. II the many
old gardens Of the great houses which have
been pulled down had been preserved they
would have lent freshness, verdure and dig
nifty to many thoroughfares Of London.
Hyde Park requires many more trees than it
is planted with, and all the roads south and
north Of 1t might with advantage have
avenues. Trees alone would remove the
awful newness, nakedness and weight Of
bricks and stucco which lie like lead on the
soul as one drives through Cromwell road,
Ennismore Gardens and all the rest Of the
stony wilderness of South Kensington.
Then music, again, might easily be heard
In the open air much Oftener than it is il the
military bands Of the Household brigade, in
stead Of being allowed to play for hire at
pigeon shooting and horticultural fetes, and
balls, private and public, and those various
other mnumerable engagements that take
them here, thero and everywhere, were made
to play for the public Ia the metropolis every
day in different quarters. To cite once more
the example Of Munich, how delightful the
frequent bursts Of military music at all hours
make that pleasant city, what a gayety it
lends to civic life, what a pleasure it gives to
the very poorestl And how easy and how
wise it would be to give the same gayety, the
same pleasure to the faded London crowdsl
When saw the London people watching
and waiting so good hnmoredly for small
platoon Of Life Guards and few close car
riages containing the royal family to pass on
their way 10 a railway station, l thought
what pity it was not to give that unselhsh
and good natured crowd more out Of door
gatuitous enjoyment: not the sentimental
trash Of peoples palaces, which only new
them up under a roof and make PecksniR-
Rasteurs out Of them, but such enjoyment as
one sees in the crowds Of Paris, Of Vienna, of
Brussels, or 500 smaller cities all over Eu-
rope. Some ladies in bonnets, some gentle,
men in tall hats, with detachment or two
Of heavy cavalry, is all that the London
multitudes see in the way of royal progress.
That they look out for this is an instance of
that exceeding good nature and faculty for
being amused by small things which are two
qualities in them most unwisely, but most
continually, neglected by their rulers.-Wo-
mans World.
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21
mo Newsboxs Of arerlee.

Our contemporaries are making many
suggestions as to the material Of which
the clothes Of the newsboys should be
made. Some think leather suits would
be advisable in view Of the short time the
striped suits presented by the city gov.
ernment lasted, while others urge tin ns
the best material. This discussion en-
ables newspaper men to air their wit, but
1t really seems unnecessary. The city
government presented a given number Of
newsbOys with uniforms, with the under
standing that the boys would replace
them at their own expense when worn
out. Those suits have long since served
their time and been discarded, and not
single one has been replaced by its owner.
Unless the city government intends to
clothe outright the urchins who sell
papers In the streets, our contemporaries
are wasting their time In discussing the
kind Of material that should be used for
their uniforms, for there Is no legal way
Of compelling the boys to buy the clothes
that may be designated as proper for them
by the authorities. To deprive a boy Of
the right to earn an honest living because
he cannot or will not dress In a prescribed
manner is not PraeticaRle IN a free eouq.
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21
InssnIssnes uaasrmInlnE theories.

The present century hrs been one essen
TALLY Of intellectual, as well as material, ad-
vancement to the great middle classes, which
compose the bone, sinew and brains Of the
nations Of the world. The raising Of the
standard Of education in public and common
schools; the enormous growth Of the print
ing pres, and the consequent dissemination
Of news from every region Of the world to
every other region, has quIckened the faculties
Of analysis, reflection and judgment, and
rendered it possible 70 gain even experience
by proxy. while it has put the most famous
and the most useful productions Of literature
and science within the reach Of all; all this
has rendered it possible for the artisan in his
workshop, aud ti, PEASANT in his cottage, to
keep himself as exactly informed upon con
temporary history and questions Of pub
lie policy as the minister in his
cabinet or the king upon his throne
Thus it has come to pass that the man
has become more Of a monarch, and the mon
arch more Of a man. Again, it may be re-
membered, in commenting upon the curtailed
prerogative Of kings in the present day, that
there is not the same room for the exercise Of
dictatorial power as there was even century
ago; and that the ruler cursed-for to him it
would so prOve-with the genius of a Freder-
lex or a Napoleon would, if he should at
tempt to initiate their tactics, but make Of
himself a shining mark for the arrows Of his
neighbors, and one upon which the thunder
bolt would be sure to fall. Thus the very
mediocrity Of existing royalty, instead Of be-
ing the handicap under which It seems at
first sight to labor, may really tend toward
more extended permanence. As regards a
lasting stability and perpetuity for the
thrones Of Europe it is idle to speculate, for
the simple reason that the political history
Of the ancient world had NJ counterpart Of
and bore no relation to the political and
social conditions of the present. With no
precedent to 60 upon no deductions can be
drawn.-San Francisco Argonaut
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21
He Wore His Old Hat.

Speaking of Joseph Ballister as one Of the
old merchants Of Boston fifty years ago, re-
calls an incident he used to relate himself.
He WIS a man punctilious in matters Of dress,
and especially observant Of any lack of neat
ness ia others. One day he invited to dine
with him, as was his won't, one Of his old
captains, just returned from a voyage. Mr.
Ballister was TO drive tie captain out to his
beautiful country residence in porphesteV.
At the appointed hour the guest appeared az
the counting house Of his host. AS they
walked up State street the merchant observed
his friends well worn as we'll as well brushed
hat Reaching the head Of the thoroughfare,
Mr.. Ballister said: "Come, my friend, let us
go into Rhodes, where viii treat you to a
new hat" Having selected the beaver, y
the benefactor said; "Now, captain, have
your old hat sent to your lodging place. -
''Oh, no." said Capt. p, II have just bought
a hew bonnet for my wife, and I'll send my
new hat to the milliner's TO be put in the
same bandbox.n So Mr. Ballister put his
pride in the place whence he had taken his
bank bill, and drove his guest out in his old
fashioned chaise in no better headgear than
before his call at Rhodes'.-Boston Gazette.
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21
A PrevaIllnr sra.eulins rna.

A prevailing masculine craze" is for
each man Of fashion to wear distinctive
Hover. This Is q notion from across
seas The Emperor Frederick wore con-
tinually, In his buttonhole, a modest
cluster Of violets, just as his father was
elWays decorated with the corn flower.
z ven known society man Of today Is
heYer seen without q single ivy leaf on
me lapel Of his coat, and another wears,
invariably, white rose, 80 smell as to be
tparely noticeable. By fall 1t is prophe-
nee that military fashions for men will
ee the rage. This Is also a fad bor-
foweq from our foreign cousins, who are
sporting extensively what they term la
BeYanche" styles. The carnation, the en-
plem pt agloTy," glows In triumph on the
FosS Prssst % Of every patriotic Frenchman.-
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21
wllow aad wlnow wares.

The willow ware industry has been slowly
increasing in our eastern states Of late years,
but is as yet in its infancy. Ths immense
unutilized areas Of land along our many
rivers, portions Of the sea coast, and Of some
uplands and prairies not suitable for any
other agricultural pursuit, invite capital and
energy to invess in the production Of osier,
chiefly for the manufacture Of basket ware.
According to the census Of 1880, there were
IN the country s0e willow ware establish
ments, With capital Of 1859. OF, engag-
Ing BIO hands, paying annually the sum
AZ s5l ,zQ1 for wages. and pEQdacing e. ea2 :
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21
FIna Handa

There are some men who cultivate white
bands, with long, fair malta For nothing else
do they care very particularly; all Is well il
only their hands be iine. There Is even a
ridiculous notion that elegant hands are the
most unequivocal test Of what Is called good
birth. We can say for our own part that the
finest hands We ever saw belonged to q wouaa
who kept butcher'g stall in Fulton market
eQ much eoE the aos.Hsnsi shost 9ns hsn.aA
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21
THE PARKS o. LONDON.

s"neH and Dullness Of An Things
Around-What Night Be Done.
yaAi !. : not wonderful that the great people Of
ouuon, doing 50 little for themselves in the
~ ot decorative beauty, do nothing what
~ lot the populace. An ugly cucumber
aa,i .sine like the Battersea Park hall. gaudily
e.oreai wagon drawn ny poor suffering
eaq laden with shrieking children GO
- y Epping Forest; cpau air preachers
.il'..ue p.l.e nldeonsly Of hell and the devil; gin
q s'ssss, music halls and the naring gas jets
~ rows Of rotten fruit, are all that Lon
= RseSlaeA IN the way Of enjoyment Or dec
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21

s5l The value Of materials consumed was
SS01'o5i, OF which, however, but a portion
was produced here. The Importation q botb
raw and manufactured material will ~
greatly reduced, and the demand for willow
ware materially increased. if the profit 10 IL
derived from a systematic production Of osier
becomes once better generally understood
Insect Life
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21

The nutmeg hickory Of the Arkansas re-
gion is said to be the strongest wood in the
United States, and the weakest is West India
beech. The most elastic is the tamarack,
and the least and hghtest the Ficus aurea
The heaviest wood ~ the bluewood Of Texas
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21
LONG Lived Persons.

The statistics taken Of aged people in New
England are very encouraging to people Of
light complexion, blue eyes and brown hair;
while tall people have a decided advantage
over the short. The men who stand above
80 years range from 100 to 100 pounds, and
the women from 100 to 100 The men
through life have been Of the buoy sort; but
the women the other way. The teeth are
mostly gone, but hair in good condition; and
in almost all cases the skin remains smooth
and moist. II any one wishes to figure up
bis chances Of living to good old age, he
ran take these items into the count If they
are favorable TO him; i not, We advise him
TO reject them and rely on good habits, mod
crate exercise and going to bed early and
rising early. The old recipe for long life is
good yet: "He that would live long must
watch the suns" that is, 60 TO bed early and
be up at sunrise-St. Louis Globe-Demoerat.
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21

The drug clerk is often a cultured observer
Of humanity. For instance, know Of one
drug store tn which, u you inquire for some
whisky for medicinal purposes the clerk
sharply counters With3 'For your own use
or your wife'sr II you answer, "For my
owp," be hands you 3 quart bottle; il "For
my wife, dear little four ounce vial What
could be more considerate or more Indicative
Of knowledge Of human nature In this day
and MISUNDERSTANDING Dispatch
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21
At thncl,,,

At the club.
.."gssel;.' Jacks !. just finished letter to his
!. Yes, and It was 20 soft you could hear
InTlsh around In the envelope. Town
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21
Mhern to FInd Hnaren.

There was a Methodist minister who
preached one day on heaven. The next
morning he was going down town, and he
met one Of his old wealthy members. The
old friend said; "Pastor, you preached q
good sermon about heaven. You told me
all about heaven, but you never told me
where heaven is.n
"Ahl" said the pastor, II am glad Of the
opportunity this morning. have just come
from the hilltop yonder. In that cottage
there is member Of your church She is
sick in bed with fever; her two little children
are sick in the other bed, and she has not got
q bit Of coal or a stick Of wood, or -four, or
sugar, or any bread If you will 60 down
town and buy $50 worth Of things, nice pro-
visions, and send them up to her, and then
90 up there and say, My sister, have
brought you these nice provisions In tho
name Of our Lord and Saviour; then you
ask for a Bible, and you read the twenty
third Psalm, and then you get down on your
knees and pray-if you don't see heaven be-
fore you get all through, I'll pay the bill"
The next morning be said; Pastor, saw
heaven and spent fifteen minutes In heaven
Is certainly as YOU are listening New
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-21
Wood Pnlu

The woods used for the pulp making arc
the poplar, cottonwood, spruce and tr. Wood
pulp mills are now located in twenty-four
different states, and they employ capital to
the amount Of at least so, 900, ,O00. San
Francisco. Chronicle.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-24
Another Air Line.

The last few days railroad circles
have been stirred with a new stick.
Several gentlemen have taken the
old "lIopkinsville Branch Railroad"
charter in baud and propose TO build
line from here to Bryants, Abe's
Shop, or some other point on the L.
A. & T. A diligent search failed to
discover the real father of the project
but several gentlemen were found
who "thought it was good thing"
Hon. John Feland said he had been
asked to confer with Vice-President
NJ. Ii. Smith, of the, L. 81 n, about
the matter and he is going to Louis
vile to-day to see that gentleman.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-24
Sells Brothers Royal Roman Hip
podrome, Elevated Stage, Three
Ring Circus and Five Con.
tinent Menagerie.

The advertisers of this justly cele-
brated show are painting the town
red" with splendidly executed pic
torial announcements of its coming.
No exhibition in the world is better,
if as well, advertised, and none so
completely and to the letter fills the
bill. Its reputation of being among
the best tented displays OH the road
ia cosmopolitan, and wherever its
immense volume Of mighty canvas is
spread the patronage is sure to crowd
1t to its capacity. 1t comes to us this
year with numberless added features,
all strong drawing cards, and many
Of them never before presented to an
American audience. Their bareback
equestrians, both male and female,
are marvellous performers; and the
hippodrome attractions are as excit-
ing as they are realistic. The show
will be here Thursday May 10.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-24
Natural Gas.
A Visit to the Well And Some
Points about the Enter
prise.

In company with Judge r. L. Pc
tree, Prof j. w. Rust and Mr.. M. ID.
Kelly, KENTUcKIAN reporter visited
the gas wells Saturday afternoon.
He found the workmen trying to take
out so feet of casing which had stuck
in the loose sand in the well. The
well has reached depth of l65 feet,
and the manager says the sands look
exactly like the samples from other
wells where gas has been found.
These samples Of sand, shale, or clay
are kept in small bottles so that the
visitor can sec geological section Of
the well at glance. Thursday
mineral stream was struck which ex-
perts pronounce excellent "blue lick"
1t was this stream that caused the
trouble with the casing. The well
will besunk 1000 feet as per contract,
and the "boss" informed us that with
good luck he expected to finish in Is
days more.
The manner of boring is interest
ing, There are four workmen,
Messrs. Wilhelm, Furgeson, Connolly
and Carnes, two of whom serve from
midnight till noon, the remaining two
laboring the rest of the day. The
drill is a metal rod 40 feet long,
worked with a heavy walking-beam
which is operated with an engine
under pressure of 70 lbs. of steam.
The superintendent derrick is 80 feet
high. The laborers are provided
with all manner of tools and seem to
be experts at the business.
The Gas Company has a capital
stock of $4,000, $4,000 of which is paid
up. Ifgas is struck the rest will be
taken in a jifIey, and even now stock
holders will not relinqnish their
holdings at par.
A word on the subject Of the gas.
Parafflue, or as it is better known,
natural gas, has been known and
used from, the earliest times, but it is
only lately that 1t has received scien-
tific attention. Many of the Pennsyl-
vania wells spout forth both oil and
gas, some either only. These gaseous
deposits are found at a depth of from
so to 1000 feet below the surface, and
are contained in a porous strata COW
cred by slatey formation. The
amount of gas discharged by some of
the largest wells is about 100000
cubic feet per day. These are high
pressure wells found at Pittsburg and |
Findlay, o. Others, in Indiana es-
pecially, are known as low pressure
wells and yield from 100000 cubic
feet downward. Natural gas dis
placed in 1856 100000 tons of coal |
valued at 100000.
"Gas is gaseous petroleum. Pre-
torleum is mixture of thirty distinct
bodice, forming an interesting chemi-
cal compound. All of these ingre-
dents are infammable. Natural gas
in pure condition is colorless, ordor-
less, tasteless and lighter than any |
other gas except hydrogen. Natural
gas heats better than it lights on ac-
count of lack of carbon. 1t is some
times found free in the earth, and |
sometimes in petroleum solution.
gas and petroleum oil all
come from the sea weeds and animals
of the Paleozoicage, when the waters
of the sea covered this whole terri
tory.