Milford chronicle., 1889-11-22
oDps AND ENDS.

The entire village Of Powelton, Pa, is ad-
Vertised for sale.
A Japanese has discovered a process Of
making artificial tortoise shell with the whites
of eggs.
A curly walnut log was sold by Burch,
Logan county, W. Va, man for 5000, d.
Williamson, of Indianapolis, being the pur-
chaser.
It is announced at Quebec that work on
the proposed Canada Atlantic cable will be
begun next year and pushed to rapid COM
pletion. The invested capital is q, 100000.
The new steam cruiser Philadelphia will
have two electric light plants Of the most ap-
proved pattern, and the most complete sys-
tenn adapted TO marine work.
It is said that the late Mr.. Phinizy, Of
Athens, Ca, left in his will clause that gavo
500 to every Methodist minister who ofiici-
ated in his funeral services. There were thir-
teen present.
A Belfast, Me-, uJerchant recently hired a
ssw CLERK, who Immediately distinguished
himself by trying to get those queer chin
neys off the incandescent electric lamps so as
TO light them with a match.
The royal civil list in Bavaria amounts to
4,231 ,04O marks year, and is now settled on
the mad King Otto. Out of that sum ,0S0,-
900 marks are annually applied to the pay
ment OF the debts left by the late king.
From correspondence now in the course
Of publication in The London Spectator, it
would appear that a number Of intelligent
men in England still believe In the efficacy Of
the divining rod in discovering water.
Large quantities of revolutionary docu-
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tersburg and throughout Russia. It is as
serted that the Nihilist propaganda is carried
on with the assistance of high officials.
One Of the visitors to the Eiffel tower has
expressed in The Paris Figaro his sense of its
height II would throw myself down from
the top he writes, "but that am afraid Of
dying from hunger before I reach the bot
TOM"
In Guelph, Ont, the other day, every man,
woman and child, 50 far as could be ascer-
tained suffered for about four hours with
headache, and the local physicians are look
ing awful wise and talking about fssures in
the earth and the escape Of natural gases.
If the most useful man Is the happiest man,
a gentleman in Steep Falls, Me-, must enjoy
supreme bliss. Besides keeping a general
store, in which he supplies the villagers with
everything from saleratus to gum, from can
dy to cofins, from cold soda to woolen stock
ings, he is also the village barber, sexton, and
gravestone manufacturer, and keeps livery
stable
Umbrella making is among the most inter
esting Of Birmingham industries. Although
not more than 1000 hands are employed,
something like 600 patents have been taken
out during the last twenty years. The most
recent inventor, who, if successful, viii
eclipse all rivals, is a maker who claims to
have contrived a transparent umbrella,
which, while being equally waterproof with
silks and alpacas, will have the great advan-
tage Of allowing the wayfarer in a rain
storm to avoid collision with lamp posts and
other obstacles along the way.
A notable application of the electric light
has just been made in Hungary. One of the
richest Of the Hungarian magnates has caused
a very artistically designed private theatre to
be erected at his castle, and it is illuminated
in all parts with the electric light. The plant
for supplying the light could not be erected
near the castle, but was placed in a saw mill
belonging to the estate, at a considerable dis
tance. The lighting, which is affected by
transformers, comprises 100 glow lamps on
the stage 80 in the orchestra, so in-the audi
tOrium, and 50 in the adjoining rooms, circus,
dining rooms and atelier The building is
also fitted with all the modern theatrical ap-
pliances for the production Of colors and for
the regulation Of light.