Milford chronicle., 1889-03-08
ODDS AND ENDS.

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The deposits in the French savings bank IN
1883 increased from lis, ,56s, ,976 francs to i2e,-
1900 francs. The depositors increased from
547s9s to 56l,549
A fellow in Chester, Pa, has found out Why
dog sometimes turns around three times be-
fore he lies down for snooze The reason Il;
A dog thinks that one good turn deserves
another.
In France no novel, however popular the
author, is published at a higher price than
seventy-ive cents, and It Is only when a book
has made hit that it IS brought out at an
enhanced charge
Not only should careless statements regard
ing our neighbors be ignored, but facts them
selves should often be subdued in the interest
of right thinking and fairness to our tellowA
-Arksnsaw Traveller.
The Russian government has granted .
concession for period Of eighty-ons years to
a company which proposes to Join the Black
sea and tie Sea Of Azof. The company hAsa 3
capital Of nearly Sl7,0OO,OOo
Mr.. George Bancroft no longer appears In
society. As he wrote In pathetic little note
to lady who had sent him an invitations II
cannot come because carry upon me the
the weight Of eighty-nine Year,"
A subscriber to a western paper asks;
"How long does undisputed possession OF an
umbrella confer a rightful title to Its owner
shipF' It Is a fine legal question which the
possessor Of some one else's umbrella viii
settle according to conscience
It was once said Of the French artist Caba-
mel, recently deceased, that "if the model OF
a perfect gentleman were lost to the world It
could be wholly restored from the personality
of Alexander Cabanel" He was a man Of
very simple and charming manners and his
courtesy was unfailing
Literary men doAt always keep their gifts
Among the volumes presented by Mr.. Glad
stone 70 the library Of the National Liberal
is Cardinal Newmans book on universities
In the fyleaf Is an inscription In the car
dinals neat regular hand-''From his afnec-
tionate J. H. n"
It has hitherto been the rule in japan that
all persons visiting governmental offices must
alight from their horses or vehicles at the
outer gate unless they were Of certain rank
This relic of feudal times has now been abol-
ished Every japanese Is now at liberty to
go where he pleases on foot.
At the Stebbins art sale-the most notable
in New York city this season-eighty pictures
brought S159, 1856 and the statuary q, 900
making a total of el6O,216 The Game
Lost" picture Of l8K by 10J{ inches, by
Meissonier, brought the highest price-s26, 800
and Coils P. Huntington was the pur-
chaser.
The Albany capitol has thus far cost els,-
100000 The Capitol in Washington, which
Sunset Cox In his book pronounces the finest
building In the world, has cost all told up to
the present time S13, 100000 The Palace Of
Justice, in Brussels, which is much larger
than either, cost 100000
Who has not often noticed that some Of the
most crucial, telling, obstinate and deter
mined observations are made wtth-a yawn,
as the heart Of q letter Is sometimes deferred
to the postscript Always take the more
careful note Of what a person says 70 you
with yawn-
! Great fields Of asphaltum have been dis
covered in Utah and Wyoming territories
/ One field near Vernial, Utah, contains 10000
| tons Of asphalt This asphalt was formerly
crude petroleum, which, escaping from ma
tural openings in the ground, flowed into the
/ plains where it now LES and there dried
There Is a water wheel in use at BoWdoln-
ham, Me-, which is probably the only one ot
| its kind in existence. It is twenty-seven feet
in diameter with q foet Of Its rim out OF
water at high tide; the spOkes are wide and
/ set diagonally, like the vanes Of a windmill
It turns IS hours Of the day by tide power,
running one way with the dow, the other
| with the ebb. With one foot fall Of the tide
this wheel gives about fifty horse power.