Milford chronicle., 1889-08-16
ODDS AND enDs.

ODDS AND EttDS.
Learning hath gained most by those books
by which the printers have lost.-Thomas
Fuller
Iron Eagle Feather, a Sioux Indian, has
Just completed the scientific course at Dick
inson college
Gen. Sherman recently made tho ascent Of
Pixies peak and was delighted with the ex-
perience.
Lime has of late been used to draw frost
out Of the ground. It is wet slightly and
covered over with blankets and other non
conducting materials
A shoemaker hung out a new sign, and
then wondered what passers by found so
amusing. His sign ran as follows: "Don't go
elsewhere TO be cheated. Walk in here"
Tie heat in Russia and other parts of
northern Europe has been intense Of late.
The central observatory at ST. Petersburg
has not recorded such high temperature at
the same time Of the year since IVA
According to Pittsburg physician the
bow legs prevalent in that city are attribut
able to the descent Of the hills by young
children, in whom the ankles yield to case
the strain on the limbs.
Equal and exact justice to all men, Of
whatever state or persuasion, religious or po-
litical, peace, commerce and honest friend
ship with all nations, entangling alliances
with none. Thomas jefferson
An offer has been made to the British gov
eminent Of 10000 per annum for the privi
lege of advertising on the backs of post card
and postage stamps
The saw is largely used now instead Of the
ak in bringing down the giant redwoods in
California. The tree is sawed partly through
and then is forced over by wedges.
The latest addition to the methods of sui
eide has been furnished by soldier in Fleus-
berg, Prussia, who loaded cannon and
killed himself standing in front of it after
having ignited a slow match.
There is a Cossack girl in Berlin just now
who is attracting a good deal Of attention
This is NOS to be wondered at, seeing that
though she Is only II years Of age she is
nearly three yards high, weighs twenty
stone, and is still growing very rapidly"
All plants aud trees consume water in large
quantities. Sir John Laws discovered that
an acre of barley will take up 1904 tons Of
water in two days Trees and plants are
composed more largely Of water than any
other substance. The branch Of a tree will
lose nine-tenths Of its weight by drying.
John Tenniel, the cartoon artist of London
Punch, will be 20 years of age during 1890
He Joined the staff in 1851, succeeding Rich
ard Doyle, who resigned on question Of con-
science, and has worked under four editors
Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks
and now Mr.. Burnand-
It is believed by the Moslems that the judg-
ment day painters will be required to furnish
with soulsal representations of human beings
which they have made. Failing in this or
deal, they win lose their own souls as for
felt for their presumptuous imitation Of the
work of the Creator
Swiss watchmakers have invented watch
for the blind, A small peg is set in the mid
die Of each figure. When the hour hand is
moving toward a given hour, the peg for
that hour drops. The person finds the peg is
down and then counts back to twelve
There is a whistling well at Logan county,
Kan, which warns people Of approaching
storms from six to twelve hours in advance
1t is 1876 feet deep, and sends out a strong
current Of air, which, as it escapes through
the apertures about the pump, whistles in a
loud, flute like tone that is distinctly audible
to every person in the township
From Kilkenny q remarkable find is re-
ported. A boy named Martin was spearing
cells in the River Moro and displaced a stone
lying at the bottom Underneath he saw a
sparkling object, which on being fshed up
proved to be a valuable gold ring. The ring
has been identified as one belonging to the
late Mr.. Carter, the county surveyor, who
dropped it into the river twenty-uine years
ago when mooring his pleasure boat.
In the office Of a newspaper In Luther,
Mich, near a window, hangs a saber cap
tured in the Mexican war. It hangs so that
just the point touches the glass. About 800
feet from the Office is a sawmill, and the
minute the gang saw starts the point Of the
saber begins tattoo on the glass An in
crease Of five pounds Of steam is noticeable in
the increased noise on the glass. When the
saw has passed through log the saber indi
dicates it instantly by keeping quiet.
Haman is one day Toasted with the king,
and the next day made feast for the crows;
the princes Of Babylon were high i'll Darius
favor one day, and cast into the lions den
the next; Scribes and Pharisees that cried up
Judas one day did, in effect, bid him go hang
himself the next. Such mems favors and
friendships are as Venice glasses-quickly
broken and not much to be priced The
world is both hard and ickle.-T Brooks.