Milford chronicle., 1889-11-01
ODDS AND ENDS.

Buffalo Bill has received tempting offers I,
take his show to 81. Petersburg.
Backing tho nose as a preventive Of snow
blindness seems to have become recognized
as successful
At the mayoralty of Berthecourt, France
babies are now baptized in the name Of the
republic, and so duly registered.
New York skeptics say that a large part oi
the reed birds served in restaurants now art
really blackbirds, which are plentiful in the
stalls at afty cents dozen.
Margery was playing with the kitten and
all at once received a severe scratch. She
looked at the ugly red line, then she stretched
out her hand toward the kitten and said,
sternly; ''Titty, div me that pinl"
In experiments on the solubility of glass in
water, plumbiferous flint glass was found to
be the least soluble, and the relative resist
ance Of glasses was different toward hot and
cold water.
Postal clerks say that the Authorizations of
the names Of the new states in letter addresses
are likely to lead to good deal of confusion.
The safest and best way is to write out the
name Of the state in full
The results Of recent experiments In the
Mediterranean, showing how far daylight
will penetrste the water, were found with
gelatino-bromide plates. The greatest depth
was l,51s feet, or 327 feet short Of the limit
assigned some years ago.
Californians propose TO restore and keep in
good condition Suffers Fort, where Califor-
mia gold was first discovered. A hall con-
tanning relics Of the pioneer era will proba-
bly, be erected on the lines Of the old fort.
The first lighthouse on this continent Of
which there is any record was built at the
entrance Of Boston harbor in 1716, at the ex-
pense Of the colony Of Massachusetts, bay. It
was supported by a lighthouse due of one
penny per ton on all vessels passing.
Coal Is the residue Of vast forests buried in
the earth during an immense number of
years. Those forests were composed mostly
Of enormous ferns and trees somewhat akin
to our frs The turf or peat in formation at
the present day is very young coal not yet
buried The plants Of which It is composed
are still recognizable
The city Of Charleston, S. c., charges a Ii
cense of 500 for Chinese laundries. Several
Cinnamon refused to pay the tax, and their
laundries have been sold out by the sheriff.
The crusade against the Mongolians is urged
in the interest Of the negro women who now
do most Of the washing of the city.
The deepest or gravest tone that it is DOS
slble for US to hear has thirty-two vibrations
per second; the highest, the shrillest, has
about 10000. Mans voice can scarcely 20
below a sound that gives 164 vibrations per
second, nor woman's voice higher than loss
per second; but you children go
much higher than that in the shrill cries you
sometimes utter.
Probably the longest "bee" line railway in
the world is that from Buenos Ayres to the |
foot Of the Andes. It covers $40 kiIometers,
or about 275 miles, and is as straight as an !
arrow. The highest grade is about three feet
to the mile. 1t crosses no ravine and no
stream and therefore no bridge
At the last meeting of the Athens (Ga.) uni |
versity faculty a very singular petition was
acted on by this sage body. It was that Of |
former graduate Of the college, who now re-
sides within the confines Of Arkansas, and |
stated that, whereas the humble petitioner |
was contemplating matrimony, and whereas |
said contemplations were frowned upon by |
an unwilling and irate father, petitioner |
prayed that the honorable faculty would, in |
view of his good department in college, com
mend him TO the favor Of his future father
In-law. 1t Is currently reported that an or
der was granted to the petitioner suing favor
from the Arkansas father and bidding him a
hearty godspeed in his serious contempla-
tionk