Milford chronicle., 1889-09-13
ODDS ANp ENns.
Wood pavement lasts about seven years II
stra.ts ,shara the trnillo IS heavy


Wood pavement lasts about seven years in
streets where the traffic is heavy
While the east has been drenched and soak
ed and flooded, the ''dry spell Of 1889" win go
down in the history Of the far west.
A society has been started in London to
pronote the development Of tho science Of
mesnerism and Of the application Of hyp-
notism 10 practical medicine.
II is said that Paris, when fun, can accom-
mediate nearly four millions Of people.
A little boy came to this sentence in his
reading lesson: "There is a worm; do not
tread on him" He read it thus, to his teach
er's great surprise; There is a warm dough-
nut; tread on him"
Stow says that Richard Mathews, on the
Fleet bridge, London, was the first English
man who made fine knives, etc, and that he
obtained prohibitionof foreign ones in 1853
Visitors in Paris comment upon the great
amount Of buildings and restoration nov in
progress in all parts Of the city some of the
new structures are exceedingly handsome and
of a style Of architecture quite new in the city
The attraction for visitors abroad in 1890
will be an exhibition Of food and eomestible
delicacies at Berlin, for which preparations
are already being made
IN France they now use for steam and
water pipe joints, gaskets made of wood pulp,
which are boiled in linseed oil. They give
satisfactory results, and are not subject to
decomposition at high temperature
A party Of fossil hunters are having good
luck IN the North Fork country Of Oregon
They have found the bones of small horses,
with three toes on each foot; rhinoceros
skulls and other bones that show, as they
think, that Oregon had tropical climate be-
fore the glaciers came down from the north
and covered the land miles deep with ice.
New enterprises to the number of 2,6l5,
we're organized in the south during the first
six months Of this year, representing capt.
tai of SlOS, 0S3 900, as against :, O2S new en-
terprises, investing sSl,50S,OOO during the
first six months Of 1883.
Il looks as though France was the greatest
country for horse racing in the world. For
Sunday three weeks ago twenty-five meet
ings were advertised, and for the following
Sunday twenty 1t should be remembered,
though, for comparison, that the French
concentrate their racing on Sunday, while
England and America run during the week.
A Waterloo veteran began his i0ist year
lately in the province Of Parona, Brazil.
| The Germans in the neighborhood assembled
TO do him honor, and put a crown OF laurels
ON his head, which, by the way, is not yet
, bald
The California papers say that the brig Ma
/ talia. which foundered in the harbOr Of Mon
/ terey in 1854, is to be raised on at least what
i is leftof her copper sheathing is TO be brought
/ 70 the surface It is said that this is the same
/ vessel that brought Napoleon back to France
/ from the Isle Of Eliza in 1915.
/ Two ounces Of pulverized borax. two ounce:
| Of gum camphor, broken in small pieces, one
quart of boiling water, is said to be eiiieaciou;
. in removing and preventing dandruH Bottl,
and cork tightly. Before each time Of using
strain a small quantity and dilute with an
/ equal portion Of water. Apply TO the head
with flannel cloth or with the hands. Wash
the head and hair afterward with soft water
A New York policeman recently arrested &
/ Greek who peddled flowers in thestreet in his
native costume OF a flowing jacket anJ
plated baggy white trousers. He was fol
lowed by a crowd Of boys. The policeman
CHARGED that he was but 'half dressed" H,
Was permitted to depart from court aftei
putting on a pair Of American trousers
Carenls's favorite dish was bullocks livei
and onions. Dr. Johnsoa's favorite dishes
were a leg Of pork boiled till it dropped from
the bone, a veal pie with plums and sugar
and the outside cut Of a salt bullock Of beef
These were somewhat coarse, but many o.
us would have joined issue with the grea
bear when, during the second course, h
called for tho butter boat Of lobster Sauc,
and poured its contents over his plum pud
ding