Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-10-04
ODDS AND ENDS.

The catch Of the Alaska Fur company for
the last year amounted to 1000, 900 seal skins
A plain gold ring was found bya Washing
ton, n. O., man imbedded in a large block Of
ice.
An English lady has left $4,000 to be de
voted to the photographing Of stars, planets
and uebiilR.
Legal proceedings that were begun in 1890
in Poland to decide the ownership of forty
acres of land have just been concluded. it is
chronicled.
1t is said that sixtY-three millionGires re-
side in tho territory between Dobbs Ferry
and Tarrytown, N. Y, distance of only six
miles
It is estimated that the amount Of gold and
silver coin at the bottom Of the Atlantic
ocean is about S5OOOO,OOO, aud it is further
estimated that most of it viii stay right
where it is.
The prisoners in the Texas penitentiary
pa,s,-neqr cane and refine its juice After
- - all the costs OF fool fuei sbeI+a- -
e.o.lis $4,000 have been tarned I- ,nto ' ~
ne i'i IT, work. '' Tue
world was V. I5,,nedof gold ever cast in the
ASSAY Office in Helena at the United States
pounds, and is worth a tittf, II weighed 500
The first Mohammedan mosqL.se 'OOOOO'
mas just been built in the parish Of England
close by the Oriental institute Il is aSlng,
some structure, surmounted by an elegai.
dome.
The head measurements Of 107 students at
Cambridge university show small diminu-
ton in the head capacity as the individual
grows one year older, but this is so small
| compared with the probable error that the
observations are quite consistent with the
hypothesis that the head remains quite sta
tionary.
The tan shoe may have a permanent fu-
ture after ALL One of the results of the re-
cent maueuvers of the British feet has been
the suggestion that the marines should wear
tan or brown shoes henceforth instead of
black ones and brown gloves instead of
white.
As a general result Of numerous expert
ments candle power, as determined by means
of the Bunsen photometer, affords no correct
measurement either Of light giving energy or
of the luminosity Of the source OF light, the
direction Of the error always being such as
to favor sources of a Low degree Of incandes-
cence when compared with those Of higher
temperature
A few days ago T. H. Adams, of Clarks-
vile, Ca, cut a perfectly sound fresh look
ing muskmelon he had just received from
Banks county, and upon examination it was
found that a number Of the seeds had
sprouted and had roots nearly an inch
long The melon was perfectly sound and
the flesh firm and nice. This is certainly
a strange freak Of nattTe
During the London season there is a great
demand for plover's eggs in the city markets.
They are the eggs of the lapwing, a bird
which lays about four eggs Of an olive cast
spotted with black. These eggs come chiefly
from Holland, the home produce being now
very small, and they are received during the
spring and summer, from March to June
Malietoa and the other exiled chiefs have
arrived in Samoa in the German gunboat
Wolf The natives hoisted Malietoas old
standard, and the crowd cheered him on
landing Herr Stubel, the German consul.
informed Malietoa that he was at liberty to
do rs he pleased. Mataafa cordially vel
coined Malietoa back to Samoa The Samoan
crops are abundant, and the fears Of a famine
are unfounded.
Experiments are being made at the farm
connected with the New Jersey state expert
ment station, in New Brunswick, with differ
ent breeds Of cows, to ascertain the cost and
value Of the products Of the different breeds.
Those being tested are the Ayrshires, Guern-
seys, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Jerseys and short
horns. The experiments, which include
feeding, milking, weighing, measuring, ETC.,
will cover a period Of from two to four
years.
The O'Sullivans are coming There are
twenty-seven Of them in the family-father.
mother and twenty-five sons and daughters.
Nora O'Sullivan, the youngest member of the
family, a aaxen haired miss Of IS years, was
at the Mission of Our Lady. of the Rosary at
Castle Garden the other day. She informed
Rev. Father Callahan that she had left her
father, mother, thirteen sisters and eleven
brothers In County Kerry, Ireland Nora
said further that two of her brothers were
twins and three Of the sisters triplets. She
hopes to see the whole family in the United
States early next spring. She is the advance
agent, as it we're, Of the great attraction.
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