Milford chronicle., 1889-05-17

nhase Of benevolent work, which has
come into public notice with especial proml-
nence lately, is the progress Of town and city
hospitals.
Alden Worley, who lives near Roekdale,
Tex, says that he and other men killed ~
rats in his pasture in one day, and could nave
killed more, only they got tired
A Venetian glass manufacturer is said to
be making and selling bonnets by the thou
sand. The glass cloth Of which they are
made has the same simmer and brilliancy OF
color as silk, and Is impervious to water.
A Scotch preacher in London recently,
speaking of the frequent complaint of preach
ers for being dull, gave his hearers this shot;
1.-THE fault is not that we are poor preachers,
but because you are mighty poor stuff to
preach to-"
A salt vein has been found in middle kan
sas, 800 miles long, 20 miles wide and 400 feet
thick 1t is said to be one Of the most valu
able salt finds in existence.
There is nothing in the world which gives
such scope todiscontent as idleness, no matter
whether forced or voluntary A man had
better be darning stockings than doing moth
ing.
Hundreds Of American teachers viii attend
the Worlds Sunday School convention, which
will take place in London in July next
Cunard steamship has been chartered. and
will carry the excursionists ut the rate OF slOO
each, which covers all expenses of the trip
W. G. Mills, Of Newcomerstown, o., has
stone idol, a pipe and flint implements which
were found in that vicinity. The little god Is
made of fine stone and is perhaps foot high
as he sits with his knees to the front He has
no arms, but his hands are cut in relief upon
his shoulders. He has an idiotic head, closed
eyes and half open mouth.
The Albuquerque Democrat says; "New
| Mexico covers vast lake, and as wells are
being sunk in different parts of the territory
| this fact is being assured well sunk at
| Gallup has penetrated a body Of water sixty
feet in depth, and wherever hole is sunk to
| the water it is found to exist in inexhausu
| BILE quantities"
The town of jackson, Ills, is supplied with
artificial gas at 40 cents n thousand for light
! ing purposes and 80 cents for fuel. The gas
! is made from slack coal by new process and
the inventors offer to supply Chicago at %
cents a thousand, and say they could afford
to give gas light to every house, office and
factory in the city for nothing if they would
use fuel gas at 40 cents thousand
1t is somewhat singular how often the omis-
sion of single seemingly Insignificant
letter viii alter the entire meaning of a
sentence For instance several errors are
recorded where the letter IN" has been
| omitted from the word window" invariably
placing a "widow" in some embarrassing po-
sition; as where, on the occasion of street
pageant, gentleman unwittingly advertised
several widows for hire
The message Of President Diaz to the Mexi
can congress shows that the past year has
been a prosperous one for the republic. The
mining industries have been largely devel-
oped, the cultivation Of the vine and the
breeding Of the silk worm are making steady
progress, and during the year more thar
100000 hectares of public land have beer
surveyed by companies duly authorized, anc
are now available for colonization OF sale.
The oldest of all the obelisks is the beauti
full one Of rosy granite which stands alon'
among the green fields upon the banks of thu
Nile, not far from Cairo. It is the grave
stone of a great ancient city which has van
ished and left only this relic behind. TIT
city was the Bethshemesh of the Scriptures
the famous On, which is memorable to al
Bible readers as the residence of the priest o
Potipherah, whose daughter, Assenath, 10
seph married The Greeks called it Heliopo
lis, the city of tho sun, because there the wor
ship of the sun had its chief center and it
more sacred shrines.