Milford chronicle., 1889-11-29
ODDS AND ENDS.

To Adam, Paradise was home; to the good
among his descendants, home is paradise
Hare
The water rental of Scotland for nets and
rods is estimated at present at not less than
100000 per annum.
A young woman of Columbus, Ca, has
made a crazy quilt out Of Louisiana lottery
tickets that failed TO connect" with the prize
wheel The numbers are worked in silk Of
beautiful colors.
It is fact worth pondering that, though
the night falls around us it never breaks,
whereas the day breaks but never falls We
offer this delicate fancy to some struggling
aspirantfor poetical lhonors--Harper's Bazar
Rice Boyd, of Uniontown, Pa, has been
pasturing his cattle on a 100000 coal field,
never suspecting its value. He sold it to a
sharp neighbor few days ago for 5000, and
the purchaser disposed of it at once for
$4,000
The shah of Persia acquired peculiar pas
sion in England. He became infatuated with
cape coats, and had large num4ag made of
all colors and from various kinds Of materi-
ais. He wears these garments at all times.
At Lubbock, in a cathedral called 1.-THE
DOM" may be seen a singular pulpit loft
having three arches, its gallery Of statuettes
and its mechanical clock, where the hour is
struck by a skeleton and an angel, bearing a
cross
Every stag that falFpl Scottish forest, it
has been calculated, cosSs the lessee from e35
to ESQ (S175 to $3.50; but, as what is termed
"butcher's meat, p these animals, if placed on
the market, would very likely not yield to
those who kill them more than sixpence per
pound weight
In British seas the herring is the main
cause Of congregations of cod and haddOck-
the former chiefly pursuing the fishes, the
latter their eggs In the same way, the
abundance of Norway lobster, and similar
food on the grounds called banks exercises
considerable influence on the presence Of cod.
Ike late John Gilbert the actor, in his will
followed the example of Booth and Barrett,
and gave his theatrical library and valuable
collection Of old playbills to the Players club
of New York. The library, although not
large one in numbers, nevertheless comprises
fairly complete history Of the American
stage up to date, and contains many valuable
works of reference.
A splendid monument to Victor Emmanuel
is in course of erection at the foot of the old
capitol at Rome. The portico of the monu-
ment is completed, its columns being in the
ancient Greek style, and the stairway and
pedestal are now nearly ready to receive the
equestrian statue of the monarch which is
to be shortly cast from the model of the Ital-
ian sculptor.
All fear of an embarrassment of the Johns
Hopkins university, at Baltimore, is set at
rest by the publication of its fourteenth an
nual report, which shows that an ample
fund, amounting to over SOS, zoo, |
has been subscribed by the friends Of the in
This assures its future, and should
put an end to the rumors in regard to the
Of deserving and prosperous
institution.
A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that
every human creature is constituted to be a
profound secret and mystery to everybody. /
y solemn consideration, when l enter great |
city by night, that every one Of those darkly |
houses incloses its own secret; that /
every room in every one Of them incloses its |
own secret; that every beating heart in the
Of thousands Of breasts there is, in |
some Of its iniaginings, a secret to the heart
nearest itl-Dickens.
On NOV. :, Columbia presented Uncle Sam |
for the first time in the history of that dis /
tinguished individual-with twins North /
and South Dakota formally entered the
Union at the same moment. The family rec
ord is broken, and nothing but triplets can
now surprise the dear old fellow with the tall
nat and the strapped and striped trousers and
star spangled vest.
The poaoher who makes hares his speciality
has a constant companion in the shape of a
dog which at night embodies all
MS senses. Lurchers are pure crosses be-
5ween the greyhound and sheep dog. They
lave the speed of the one and the ''nosen and
Intelligence Of the other. Such dogs never
park, and, being rough coated, are able to
tand the exposure of cold nights They take
ong to train, but when perfected are invalu-
lble.