Milford chronicle., 1889-10-25
opps AND ENDS.

The pockets Of the British infantry coat
are to be sewed up till the men are on active
duty.
Eighteen tons Of steel disappear daily on
the single system Of the London and North
western railway through wear and rust
No less than $50 women doctors have grad
uated from Boston university since its be-
ginning.
A foreign missionary institute, where peo-
pie will be trained for evangelical work
abroad, has been opened in Boston.
A dog at Greenwood lake Is 81 years old
and has killed in his life over sixty rattle
snakes. He has been bitten by them four
times and stin lives.
''Weel, ye see, y said a Scotch worthy, who
was eriticising the new minister, "frae Mon
day to Saturday he's inveesible. and on Sab
bath he's incomprehensible."
As a material for filling up nail holes in
wood and broken places, the following is rec
commended as simple and effectual; Take fine
sawdust and mix into a thick paste with
glue, pound it into the hole, and, when dry,
II will make the wood as good as new.
The man who knows just how dry and
cold 1t is going to be all next winter is in
town for a few days on a visit to his brother,
who knows how warm and wet it is going to
be
A tomb like the prehistoric tomb found by
DR.. Schliemann at Mycenm has been opened
at Vaphion, near the ancient Sparta. Two
gold vases decorated with relefs. silver and
bronze jars, gold rings and carved stones are
among the spoil
The Chinese emperor and the members OF
~ ha
memorial demanding the expulsion Of Ameri-
cans from China. There is strong agitation
for an increase Of the restrictions on American
merchants and missionaries at treaty ports.
The numerous feminine writers who have
been ambitious to be thought "The Duchess, "
and have boldly claimed the authorship Of
that writer's gently hysterical stories, viii
now be surely put toshame-if they have alwl
OF that emotion about them-by the fact
that, In Messrs Tillotson's syndicate, "The
Duchess" is definitely named as Mrs Hunger
ford.
Raising cucumbers is getting to be quite a
business in Maine. Five hundred and thirty-
six thousand seven hundred and forty-four
pounds have been shipped from Brownheld
this season, and in one town over 1900 was
paid to the farmers for this vegetable.
A clergyman from Ohio left hotel al
Cape May last summer because the bill Of
fare contained dish called "degiled crabs
He had been wrestling with old Satan fol
twenty years, and he did not propose to take
any chances.
A number Of congressman who have re
Gently visited Oklahoma predict that the open
ing Of millions Of acres Of land next spring
4 the building Of the railroads now in conten
/ plation and the civilizing influence of tn,
whites viii make Of the Indian territory
/ grand state Of the Union at no distant date.
The Jews of New York propose to erect 4
mission building to cost 500, 900, and fair L
I TO be held In aid of the project It is sale
that 5000 Hebrew immigrants arrive il
New York yearly, Of whom 10000 remain il
/ the city. There are now about 10000 O.
them in the down town districts, the condi
tion OF a large proportion Of whom it is th'
duty Of their more fortunate and enlighteneS
brethren to better. In the new building vii
be established q kindergarten, industria
classes, free lectures libraries and instruction
In various departments.