Milford chronicle., 1888-07-06


about to execute a bust Of tho Hon. Hannibal
Hnmlin.
Andrew Lang, the English balladist, makes
part Of his income by writing verses for a
soap manufacturer
A bill "to prevent the gathering OF wild
aowersn has, for some unknown reason, been
introduced into parliament by Mr. Shaw
Lefevre.
The grave Of Henry Fawcett is at Trump
ington, England, marked with only plain
tablet bearing the words, ''si ealS to the peo-
pie that they so fCTwari.p
Mr. Sato, secretary OF tho Japanese Legal
tion at Washington, is not 81 stranger to this
country. He was educated at a college in
Indiana, and is not in tie least Oriental in
his speech or mode Of thought.
Kyrle Bellew took anaphtha launch to Eng
land with him last year. He thus Introduced
to his countrymen Il kind Of boat which has
since become very popular in Great Britain.
Naphtha launches are now manufactured in
England
Professor Donders, the great oculist OF
Utrecht, has attained his list year, and re-
tired from his university chair amid a regu-
lar shower Of testimonial funds, medals, ad-
dresses and decorations from various Euro
pean sovereigns.
Congressman Breckinridge, of Kentucky,
who is noted for his cloqUence as an orator.
says that his favorite books arc the Biblo,
Shakespeare and "Don Quixoten It is his
custom before making u speech to read a
chapter in the Bible, and ho usually chooses
the bool; of Isaiah
Speaking of j. II. BlacSburne, the famous
English chess player, who viii make tour
Of the country next season, Vanity Fair,
OF London, says: "Ee is the quietest and
most unnssuning OF men. Every one who
knows him likes him, and no one ever said an
unkind word OF him. While at the board
his diet is coffee and tobacco, and he takes a
little whisky before going to bed"
J. C. Flood the San Francisco millionaire,
may safely be said to have the most dazzling
country place in America. The estate is 1t
Menlo Park, Cal, and covers ,03j acres; aud
is under the constant care Of landscape
gardener and l20 assistants. The drives,
which are several miles in length. are made
Of white gravel; the house is white, with gold
trimmings, both inside and oct and gold and
white are the decorations OF the stables and
all the buildings on the place.
Francois, a dwarf at the Paris Winter cir
Gus, has fallen head over heels in lovo with
VlTama, pigmy Cingalese who acts in the
pantomime at the same place. Untortu-
nately she is married to Appoo, another
dwarf nearly double her age Nevcr.ho-
less she wears the ring Of Francois upon her
big toe, the only appendGge sho has large
enough to illl it, and has put so much liio
into the love passages between he. self and
Francois in the pantomiuc that Appoo is
dreadfully jealous, and tho circus authorities
have to keep Francois constantly under
guard for fear Of duel.
The Duke OF Marlborough is profoundly
interested in everything OF u mechanical or
electrical nature Ono Of tho first things ne did
on arriving in this country was to 20 up the
Hudson to see the PoughIecpsie bridge On
his last visit hero he had n long tOlk with I'd
ison about his inventions, aud viii mako him
another visit before he goes home this time
He conducts all his correspondence on an
American type writer, which he handles
with considerable skill, carrying the machine
around with him wherever he goes, precisely
as he does his hat box or his valisc. He is
rapid and brilliant taller, md thoroughly
familiar with the merits of ell Tie leading
questions of the day His language is pccu-
liGrly apt and incisive, and his conversation
abounds in aphorisnis and picturesque
phrases. IIo Will probably rem - in this
country all summer, unless the weather be-
comes unbearably warm.
Julian Ralph is one Of that eastern syndi-
cate which makes the eastern press blossom
now and then, and which occasionally brush
es alongside the local press Mr.. Ralph is an
embellisher. He is, therefore, a pleasing
writer. One of the things with which he has
been charged is the authorship of the Clara
Belle letters. If Mr.. Ralph is Clara Belle he
will settle a good deal of speculation by say
ing so. People have been told that Clara
Belle was Franklin File Then, again, they
have been told that Clara Belle was Mrs.
Franklin File, and again that she was Mrs.
Lord, wife Of the managing editor of The
New York Sun. T1o years ago or moro a
woman dropped dead in n st. Paul hotel.
Sic was a stranger, A New York man
happened to see the body, and he exclaimed:
Great God, that is Clara Bellel' Mr. Ralph
may have occasion to unravel tho mystery
surrounding the identity of the facetious cor
respondent. Ii he will be 50 kind.