Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-07-05
ODDS AND ENDS.

ODDS AND ENDS.
The Primrose league comprises 10000
members.
A cord of Missouri hickory turns out 800
ak handles.
The two great movers Of the human mind
are the desire of good and the fear OF evil
What nexti Cowboys are seriously con-
templsting the use Of ostriches for herding
cattle.
There are ninety-seven cotton mills In In
dia, which consumed 2sS, OOO.O 900 pounds of
cotton last year.
Most people would succeed In small things
if they were not troubled with great ambi-
tions.-Longfellow
The electric light from the Eiffel tower can
be distinctly seen at Fontainebleau, thirty
seven miles away.
The lace trade gives occupation to almost
10000 women in Normandy and to nearly
200, 900 persons in France.
Boys digging in sand at Haverstraw one
day came upon bones supposed TO be those Of
a revolutionary soldier,
We do love beauty at first sight; and we
do cease to love 1t, If It Is not accompanied
by amiable qualities.-Lydia Maria Child.
There are now about 100000 owners Of
farms In the United States. About LOOK, 900
Of the farms have been acquired since 1890.
An eminent artist recently painted snow
storm so naturally that he caught bad cold
by sitting near it with his coat OF.
A San Francisco firm has built the largest
wine cellar in the world Il Is capable Of
holding 100000 gallons of wine Its cost
was t25O,O0o.
What is the difference between a summer
dress In winter and an extracted toOthi One
is too thin and the other Is tooth out.
Some men get on In the world upon the
same principle that a chimney sweep passes
uninterruptedly through crowd.-bouglas
Jerrold.
Youth IS the time Of hope. When man
gets little older he stops hoping and begins
reaching out for what he can get.
Parson to candidate for Sunday school,
Have you been christened, my boyi Boy
Yesh, shir. Got marks in three FLASHES on
my left arm.-London Punch.
In a sixteen page love letter exhibited in
court in Providence the other day the word
darling occurred thirty-seven times, and
yet the girl in the case said it was "a cold
unfeeling epistle."
A Philadelphia policeman who stole certain
clothing contributed for the Johnstown sui
ferers was arrested indicted, convicted, sen
fenced and taken TO prison in three hours and
twelve minutes. Who says that Philadelphia
Is slowl
A new industry Is developing ON the island
Of Guadalupe. There are now about fifty
thousand wild goats there, and they are being
II Ahog- ~
have already arrived at San Diego, Cal, with
cargoes Of goat skins and tallow.
John Williams, a bachelor in Augusta, Ne,
was told that certain widow had set her
cap for him, and john was so afraid that he
might be roped into marriage that he went
to the barn and hung himself.
Another library Of women's writings is to
be founded-this time in Germany. It Is 70
be started in a small town, where room in
the public library will be loaned for the col.
lection until it Is sufficiently formed 10 be
taken to Vienna or Leipaic to be formally
made over to the Algemeine Deutsche.FraueD
verein.
A Belgian journal gives an account Of q
beauty show held at Paris in 1855. In re
membrance Of the Oldest competition Of the
kind the prizes were golden apples. The first
prize was, Of course, awarded to the queen
Of France and the second vas obtained with
l,l2S points by a Nile Ssmure. Most Of the
prize winners were ladies from Normandy.
Thirty years ago the Thomas Dickinson, q
New Bedford whaling ship, was lost IN the
Okhotsk sea Last summer the bark Cape
Horn Pigeon took q whale in the same sea,
and imbedded In the blubber was the iron of
harpoon, with the words Thomas Dickn,
son" stamped on it. It was as bright and
sharp as when It was first struck into the
whale, at least thirty years ago.
A wonderful snake story comes from Muir
rumburrah, in New South Wales A man
killed large black snake, and, seeing that
the reptile was Of peculiar shape, he opened
the body. Inside was a bullock's horn, out
Of which popped rat, still alive. It Is sup
posed that the snake chased the rat into the
horn, and, being unable to dislodge him,
swallowed rat and horn together.
The Rev Mr.. Wilgus-I hope you and
Brother Wigs became fully reconciled b.
fore no died. Deacon Podworthy-O, yes
went around and told him that as be was
about to pass in his checks would fully for
give him for all the dirty tricks he had ever
done me, though didn't presume to say that
the Lord would do 50, and gleefully1 yOu
ought to have seen how the old sinner looked
-Terre Haute Express
The bravest and most clear headed are also
the most patient; they know how to "bide
their time"-simply another form OF expires
sion for patience. Where two men-generals
diplomatists or lawyers-ar8 equal In every.
thing but patience, the one who has the mos
Of that sovereign quality viii triumph; and
the same is true Of governments and nations.
LET patience have her perfect work"
In the United States postal service
there are $500 postmasters, 1000 rail
way mail service employees, 1000 let
ter carriers 100 inspectors, 5000 clerks
in the postOfices, 900 clerks In the
postofice department This gives total Of
1890 employee Every postmaster averages
two assistants, and this In round numbers
amounts 10 lie, 100 persons, which number
added to 1890 gives 1914, 800 persons over
whom the service has control.