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Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
An Intelligent Cow.

Colonel l. D. Mcdonald Of Columbi,
City, Ind, tells a good story Of ami
NAL intelligence. lie had bought o lot
of stock, including a COW and her calf
which he was driving homo. The cows
affection for its offspring had attracted
attention more than once.
AT length a river was reached, which.
being unbTidged, the cattle had to ford.
The water was deep, and as the cattle
plunged in they were swept off their
feet, the mother COW among the rest.
The calf meantime was taken by the
current several rods down stream, and
when the poor COW regained her footing
and discerned this her distress was ap-
parent. Instead Of making for the oppo-
site shore, as the other animals had
done, she swan down the stream below
her calf. The current drove the young
creature against the protecting bulk Of
the mother.
The COW, satisfied at this state Of af-
fairs, started for the shore, the calf swim
ming alongside of her. About midway
Of the river the swift current, striking
the calf in the fore quarter, swept it be-
hind the COW, and again it foundered
down stream.
Once more the mother went to the
rescue. She had to swim around to the
other side Of the calf, and, this done, she
had to steady herself in the stream until
the calf was against her side. Her eff
forts were this time successful, and COW
and calf swan safely to shore.-Indian-
lpolis News.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
iiDoveii VVhief

A dove" whist class is one of the winters
occupations for 10 young women of this
city They meet once week from IL to Q
and simple luncheon breaks the absorb
ing games promptly at / O'Clock. BY 2
o'clock they Lave separated leaving time
for any afternoon engagement. we are
tired, said enc Of the members, "of being
politely snubGod by men when game Of
whist is suggested. You know how they
will refer to ladies' whist, and we propose
TO become thoroughly posted in the game
We have the best authorities and play the
most modern and approved game A little
box stands on every one Of the four tables.
into which a penny is dropped for every
word uttered during the playing of a
hand, and tie offense of asking what is
trump can only be condoned by the pay
ment Of dime
These are our only regulations. After
Easter we expect to give a whist party.
each member inviting one man, who must
be a good whist player obe eligible to test
the skill we expect to have acquired l,v
that time. Her Point of View in New
York Times.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
water Taking the PInco of Coal.

One of the most interesting processes
now going on is tie conversion of water
into light, heat and power. The great
obstacle in the way Of cheap electric
lights and power has been the cost of
coal and other fuel. But all over the
northwest water is being utilized for
running electric plants. An electrician
who has recently been looking over Mon
tana and the northwestern states finds
that everywhere water powers are being
taken up and utilized to create electric
ity. So cheap is this process that the
use OF coal is out Of the question. No
light and power can be created SO cheap
ly as that where a mountain stream has
been made to do the work. What was
an experiment a short time ago has now
become one Of the most remarkable in
dustrial developments of the time.-Ex-
change.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
A Pneumatie Coal Chute.

"The man who goes about with a
big shovel and a big basket over lis
shoulder looking for a job at putting in
coal finds less and less to do, said cit
izen. The coal wagons which have
bodies that may be elevated and adjusted
at almost any angle, and WHICH are pro
vided with extension chutes through
which the coal is made to run straight
from the wagon into the coal hole, appear
TO be multiplying. But Of course coal
won't run up hill, and when it is to be
used above the first story it still has TO
be carried up stairs. But perhaps the
next thing win be a telescope tube with
a faring lower end big enough to ct
right over the top Of a coal wagon and
provided at its upper end with an ap-
paratus to exhaust the air. Then when
the tube is in the window and you're AL
ready, zipl and there You are, Coal de-
ivered on the fourteenth floor without
Extra charge. New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
No vh.tue - IEhole crnin or 1,,nn

Among the ancients the 'toothless hag''
was stock figure. Homer was bald.
Diogenes was bald. Ulysses was bald.
How did they become SO on bran or whole
grained bread, such as was used in their
times? Tie miller of iiis dtsy is making
no mistake in lis work. No civilized
nation, with q mixed diet, is in any dan
ger from the use of white -four. The
''sweet and pleasant flavor Of bread
made cut Of old buhr flour or ruder
meals was due to no wholesome, nutri-
tious quality in the flours or meals used.
It was simply the dirt-that is, the
nonfoury psrts of the wheat berry in
eorporated in theproduct ofrude milling
that gave that flavor. The bread is more
nourishing without it and more digesti-
bic without it. Modern milling is all
right. The human intestines are not in
tended for mere bran conveyers. The
bran sLouldgo TO the bran bin, and from
there to the animals that can digest it.
1Ian is not among those animals.-BIill-
ing World
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
Nerve 5arrine JoeuIaritles.


There is nothing in the world whicl;
produces the sense of mental nausea
more completely, or is more certain to
turn the intellectual stomach, than the
use Of certain jocularities Of speech with
which many people think cit to adorn
their conversation. The people who
seem to find it impossible to speak Of an
unmarried man except as "a gay bach
elor, with whom the sea is always ''the
briny" or the herring pond" and a
horse "a fiery steed," j." who eternally talk
about ''Sunday-go- clothes,
and who have such phrases as ''no extra
charge "agitate the tintinnabulator,
''the noxious weed, ''the pipe Of peace"
40 winks," and Drawing the elements"
forever on their lips, are capable of pro-
ducing 4 sense Of disgust in those who
care TO see language kept bright and
Clean which is absolutely intolerable.
It is difficult to say whether these cant
phrases-that Is, a perfectly proper de-
scTiptiOn Of therl-are more odiOus when
used consciously or unconsciously- that
is, b. peoplewho believe them to be funny
and intend that their hearers should con
slider them funny, or by those who have
merely caught tEem up and repeat them |
like parrots and without any intention, |
good or bad.-London Spectator.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
what Did Thev Hear7

A few years ago was assistant janitor
Of a large insurance building near old
Trinity, New York. The head janitor's
family lived In Greenville, N. J. He
went home every Saturday night. The
elevator man Gny brother) and / took
turns in watching the building Sundays.
The janitor had an old friend who was
pantryman on one of the Old Dominion
steamships. He called one Friday, but
the janitor was ont. Hewas disappoint-
cd because the steamer he worked on
sailed the next day Saturday and he
told me there was a storm brewing and
he was afraid of a rough passage.
Sunday morning I got my breakfast,
went out and got a paper and then went
down into the engine room in the base
ment. sat there talking to the fireman
perhaps 10 or 90 minutes. All this time
the front iron doors were locked and the
key in my pocket.
At once we heard the front door above
thrown violently open, and it seemed as |
if hundred people came rushing in on
the main Office floor. The fireman jumped |
up and exclaimed, Frank. what tho 4
devil is that?' listened a moment and I
somebody up stairs screamed; my Godl /
Ny Godl We are lostl We are lostr'
We were both pretty well frightened,
but VIC rushed up stairs and found every
thing as quiet as the grave, not a soul in
sight and the front doors locked as / had
left thom.
The next morning when I looked in
the paper what should I see on the FIRST
page but an account Of a shipwreck, and
it was the very same ship that the poor
pantrynan did not wish to sail on the
Saturday before. His name was among
the lost. Now can any one explain what
L was heard that Sunday?-Cor. New {
York Recorder. ii
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
speetneled BOSTON yYomen.

I strolled through the streets Of Boston.
up Washington and down fremont. The
streets were now filled with busy thrones
A thought struck me. began looking out
for the spectacles on nose which had been
taught were one Of the characteristics Of
Boston femininity On a cursory survey
my impression was one Of agreeable disap-
pointment. ! determined to make the mat
ter question OF mathematics. 1 would
give it fair trial Iwould take the first
go wcmen l met in Washington street.
then tile same number in fremont street.
There might be some difference in thechar-
acter Of the throngs l found no essential
difference, however
The proportion Of specialized to unspecta-
cled women, counting in all ages, was as &
to 250 in Washington street as against z IN
fremont street, or 10 out Of a total Of 800 in
both streets. doubt if lesser proportion
could be found in any other American city.
These figures eheered me Another lie was
nailed The Boston girl might be human
after all.-Cor. New York World.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
A New Idea In Apartment Houses.

With practically all the necessities and
luxuries of lie within an elevator ride Of
ones parlOr, the structure planned by
Architect Willis G. Hale will be a town
under single roof. Mr.. Hale's completed
plan shows a great house Of 1000 rooms.
Whether the ediice will be 10 or Il stories
high depends upon which site is finally Sc
lected
The entire first floor Of the building will
be given up to stores and offices, all of
which will open upon a rotunda, or arcade,
which will be a thoroughfare or general
meeting place. All manner of public con-
veniences, such as large and well ap-
pointed cafe, spacious reading rooms, con
sultation booths and parlors, viii be pro-
vlded. Besides there will be a telephone and
telegraph Office, newsstand, a stenographer,
stock ticker, bulletin boards and writing
desks at convenient points. In the basement
a rathskeller win be fitted mp, along with
complete Turkish bath, gymnasium, swim
ming pool, barber shop, bowling alley and
shuffieboard outfit, the remaining space be
ing given up to the engines, boilers, dy-
names, coal bins and storerooms.
The second floor will be given up entirely |
TO billiard hall, large assembly room for |
meetings, banquets and other entertain /
ments, public and private parlors and sin 1
gle rooms.
All the floors above the second, except
the topmost, will be divided into suites Of 4
lrom two to seven rooms, which will rent
for sums ranging from so to $50 per month
Some Of these suites win include n Kitchen
and bath, others viii hava bath, but no
kitchen, while still others will have kitcl,
en- without bath, the idea being that those
who desire It can do their own cooking and
those without baths can patronize the pub
nc baths in the building. On the top floor
the main dining room, kitchen and laundry
Will be located, all being reached. by the
Tour elevators opening upon the rotunda.
ieat and light viii be furnished those who
desire it, but as extras. so that the tenan;
can regulate his expenses 10 SHIT himself in
this as well as other particulars.
Tie stores On the first foor will be rented
only to merchants who viii agree to sup
Ply such goods as tie tenants would he
likely 20 require, and no two stores will be
rented to persons in the same line Of bust.
ness. --f Philadelphia Record. Al
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
Professional jealousy.

BrignoI was intensely jealous of all
other tenors, never admitting for an in
slant that any one Of them could sing
even passably well. When the hand
some, talented Tom Karl burst upon the
New York stage, Brignoh turned up his
nose
What do you think of Tom KarlY'
Tagliapietra asked him one night.
"Oh, be is a very nice little boy" he
replied, with a shrug. Il like him very
much, but he has missed his vocation. I
think he was born to be policeman"
Karl was tall and Of fine proportions
and was singing at the time with Titiens
in LA Favorita. New York Tribune.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
Chloride Of Ethyl.

A new local anesthetic has been in
occasional use in surgery for the past
year. Previous to that time it was chief
ly used by dentists. The name of the
anesthetic is chloride of ethyl, which
has peculiar oder, not ct all offensive:
on the contrary, pleasant and a sweet
taste. It will take the place largely Of
chioroform and ether, which require
considerable time to have effect on a pa-
tient. Moreover, it is much safer. It
can be used, for example, in the cutting
OF an abscess or any other such slight
operation. 1t issimply a matter of spray
ing the affected portion of the body. It's
CHIEF component is alcohol.-New York
Telegram.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
nc Pa1e Erhite - of nealh.

Those who have admired the phos-
phorescent glow of certain species of
crustaco viii be interested TO learn that
a startling discovery respecting it has
been made. Formerly it was supposed
that such creatures emitted the light of
their own accord, and that they used it
in variety of ways. It is now known
that the light is a disease as deadly to
the infected individuals as cobra poison
ing is to the human species. NJ. Girard
has traced phosphorescent light in tati-
trus and other crustaceans to exceed
ingly minute bacteria in the muscles.
On inoculating healthy specimens with
glowing bacteria, the came luminous ap-
pearance was transmitted. He also notes
that the disease runs a regular course.
and that those infected die within four
days, the phOsphorcscence lasting but
short while after death.-St. Louis Re
public.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
The IMMORTAL SOUL
Victor Huro's Memorable Impromptu r
rly to the aflefsts

HtcaoE AAuHo'o AAeuofauAe AAlpHonAptu Ate'
ply to the Atheists.
At a dinner given to Victor Hugo in
Paris some years ago he delivered en-
lmpromptu address, in which he gave
expression to his faith in the infinite and
n the souls Immortality. His friend,
Houssaye, who was present, says:
! Hugo at that time was man Of steel,
with 70 sign Of old ago about him, but
with al the agility, the suppleness, the
Ease and grace Of his best years. Ho
was contradicting the atheists, and his
friend says ''his face was bright with
the heavenly halo, and his eyes shone
like burning Goals"
'There are no occult forces" he said;
''there are only luminous forces. Occult
force is chaos; the luminous force is
God. Man is an infinite little copy Of
God. This is glory enough for man. I
am a man, an invisible atom, a drop in
the ocean, q grain Of sand on the shore.
Little Gs am, feel the God in me, be-
cause 1 can also bring forth out Of my
chaos. I make books, which are crea-
tons. feel in myself that future life. I
am like forest which has been moro
than once cut down; the new shoots are
stronger and hyeier than ever.
Il am rising, l know, toward the sky.
The sunshine is on my head. The earth
gives me its generous sap, but heaven
lights me with the reflection Of unknown
worlds. You say the soul is nothing but
the result Of bodily powers. Why, then,
IS my soul more luminous when my bod
Ily powers begin to fail? Winter is on
my head. and eternal spring is in my
heart. There I breathe at this hour the |
fragrance Of the ilacs, the violets and |
he roses rs at 20 years ago. The nearer
approach the end the palmer 1 hear
srouIi re the immortal symphonies of
he worlds which invite nae.
1T is marvellous, yet simple. It is
airy tale, ard it is historic. For half
entury have been writing my thoughts
Il prose and verse, history, philosophy,
rama, romance, tradition, satire, ode
nd song. I have tried ell, bat I feel I
AVE not said thousandth part of what
5 in me. When I so down to the grave,
can say, like many others, I have fin
shed my days work, but I cannot say
have finished my life. Ny days will
egin again the next morning. The
omb is not blind alley; it is a thor
ughfare. 1t closes ON the twilight to
pen on the dawn. "-L'Univers.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
worries Of Letter writing.

Of course you never had important
letters ready 10 mail and went down
town without them? Or did you take
the letters and carry them around
all Day and bear them safely home
with you at night? Did you ever post a
letter that you would have given almost
anything to recall after it had passed out
Of your reach? You never delayed to
seal your letter until you were outside
the house and then found that the en-
velope wouldn't stick or needed a stamp
beyond anything, when there was none
TO be had?-Boston Commonwealth.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
BEADING THE FINGER NAILS
Characts,r rs II Is Expressed In the Tips Of
"A Vvon,auls Fingers

CharactSr as It Is Expressed In the TIPS oi
Ma Woman's Fingers.
Examine her finger nails. If these
wear the hue Of bereayement-but why
suggest anything so odious and impossi-
bleg If they are tinged with ink, beware
of the learned lady, or perhaps she is
successful novelist, with fortune at her
finger ends. Yet she may be a Sappho, a
poet, and we have a distinct impression
that a muse may be a perilous person to
marry, as in the case of Miss Blanche
Amory. and poetry is not a paying pro
! fession, and Mrs. Hemans was ''tOo poet
: ical" for Sir Walter Scott. However,
these are merely mortal differences. 1t
needs no ''pahnist" to tell the young
man all this, nor does ''the palmist"
daily over such inferences.
II her finger nails are wider than they are long,
bewarel
She hath her nails not long, but broad. Bawarel
as the sweet singer Of America might
have said. "a hot temper and obstinate
disposition are indicated" This kitten,
as in Mr.. James Boswell's poem, viii
grow a cat and cross like other wives.
If the nails are square tipped, round
ed next the hand, you may "expect a
quick and pcppery temper" but rot
sullzs, which is the worst Of tempers in
matrimony. Remember that when alady
gives you her hand she gives you all that
the hand iInpEes-very probably she
gives you pepper. It would be very in
teresting to know what Kind of nails
Mrs. Carlyle had, and what sort adorned |
tho fingers of Mary Stuart, who notori-
ously "blew up her husband, though |
indeed he richly deserved it. Unluclily |
portraits are of little service, as the hands
too often are fanciful and conventional,
after VaE3yke.
almond shaped nails, especially if not
too pink, indicate a cheerful, sweet tenn
per" and are also Of high aesthetic value.
If the nails are bitten" but we refuse
to believe that the nails Of the fair are
ever bitten. Everybody would shun a
maiden who bit her thumb at him.
''f you want c careful, economical
wife, look at her thumb" But who
wants an economical wife, one that will
initiate hiary Stuart when she buys an
Elzevir or an engraving? The collector,
1T least, and the conyivial soul of open
land will avoid lady who lives by rule
If thumb. An nextravagaat thumb bends
)ack very far when the hand is opened,
s all hands should be- 'Do not choose
girl who has soft, fat hand, with
ingers held close together. These things
Indicate selfshness-but it may be sell
shness a deux and convenient.-Lon-
On News.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
Fsrlv Races IN Russia-

Russia Is so vast and includes so many
races that it might seem well nigh hope
less to determine its most ancient inhab-
itants. Nevertheless this is a problem at
which Professor Anatola Bogdanov has
been laboring FOR the past 25 years, and
which he attempts to solve in a paper
read before the congress Of anthropolo-
gists at Moscow. The kurgans or tu-
null Of central Russia contain the relics
of tall, strong, dolichocephalic race,
with light brown hair, as well as a short,
smaller bracycephaic race, with dark
brown hair. The blond type prepOnder-
ates in the southwestern districts, and
the brunette in the henorthwestern Bogda-
nov considers the long heads to have been
Slavs, and that the modern Russians of
those parts are an amalgam of the Slavs
with the broader headed race, which is
probably MongOloid.-AmeIican Regis
-er
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
rhe De- of the Adieotire nold. .

Some one has noted that the adjective
applied by college graduates and stu
dents to their alma mater is always
"old." It is "old Harvard, F" "old Yale, -
"old Dartmouth" and one enthusiastic
admirer and attendant at the University
Of Chicago has been heard to refer to
certain rules Of that institution as "a
way we have at old Chicago" There is
certainly an affection conveyed by the
word ''old" that no other adjective car
ries, and like the terms Of address "old
man" or ''old boy" it signifies that low
ing familiarity with which every one re-
CARDS his college home.-Boston Journal.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
a sun woRsHIPER

Since no song bird's lyric guah
Breaks the gray and Icy hush.
Since the meadows are IN bond,
Ana white fctters chain the pond,
Since the barren boughs beWal,
And the bright hours rHiftly fail,
Since the nights ere one black blur,
! have turned sun worlhiper.
Though my vision may not scan
Precepis Zorcaeirain,
Yet have / ecrno rapture caught
That the ancient par1ees taught.
Winter prisoned, ] sna won
By the promise Of the sun,
And lift my prayer that he
Set the weary captive free.
BE can shatter frosty bars,
Edge hillpaths with blossom stars;
He can heal the bare bOugh's grief
By the boon Of bursting leaf,
Woo the oolitude to cong,
Right The wasting winters wrong;
He can golden life confer-
have turned sun worshiperl
Clinton econard in Youths Companion
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
An Original Theory Of Eduoation.

Count Dc Lesseps has always had the
ories on the education ot children. Part
Of his success in the Su.z canal was due
to the help of Abbas Pasha. who had
been a pupil of the count. Abbas was a
very fat and luxury loving 10y, but with
more than ordinary intelligence. At the
end Of tho first month OF De Lessons d.
rection Of his education his tutor. with
some pride, brought in the boys reports.
''Do not bring me reports Of lessons. .nD De
Lesseps said, ''but his weight. l desire
you to weigh him at the beginning Of
every month. If he has gained in flesh
punish him and see that it does not han.
per. again. - Chicago Tribune.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
EIeetrIe 90 In phllnde1nhin.


The trolley line along Bainbridce ana
Catharine streets is responsible for a new
race Of cats, which is being reared in the
neighborhood through which the electric
line passes. They are large, fat aad frislv
and can only be compared to other cats as a
full grown Newfoundland dog can be com
pared toa waddling pup.
This great physical vigor and wonderful
Development is due to a course Of electric
treatment TO which they subject themselves
Every night when the travel along those
streets has subsi5ed the cats can be seen
coming out for their treatment. There is
Just enough electricity in the rails to answer
their purpose, and first they lick the rails
londly. Then they roll ON the rails and wal
low ~ the electrical duid and act ia every
way as 4 they were under the influence Of a
catnip dissipation. After a few minutes Of
TINS they get up and dance GROUND ike pup
pets on string. These exhibitions are Of
nightly occurrence, and the windows Of the
thorouBhfares arc crowded with eager spec
or--ftfclange
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
Tho Enect Of EarIv rrain,no

Recently young woman came to this
city from town about two hours ride
from New York to study. In the exam
nation that she was required to pass
she was told to name some of tine prin
cipal English authors. She did so, omit
ting Shakespeare for the reason, as she
stated to a friend, ''that she might Of
fend the teachers by putting in the name
Of a man who had written plays for the
aters. New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
nIIanlnnnmonAofn fnn,mn-

A popular captainS wife was more
than usually anxious oyer the safety Of
her husband, and accordingly handed a
parish clerk a slip one Sunday morning
bearing the words, Captain Wilson hav-
ing gone to sea, his wife desiresthe pray
ers Of this congregation on his behalfSo
Unfortunately, by the displacement Of
the comma after the ''sea, the congrega-
ti6n were told that Captain Wilson hay
ing gone to see his wife, desires the pray
ers Of this congregation on his behalf. ~
Cornhil Magazine.