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Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16
PRlNTlNe eY TELEeRAPH.
An Electrical Typewriter That Transmits
Printed Charaeters.

An Electrical Typewriter That Transmits
Printed Characters.
The printing telegraph, though a de-
vice Of comparatively recent develop
ment, has been. the subject Of oeaseless
investigation, and practical workers in
electricity have directed their whole at
tention in some instances to the trans
mission Of messages and the recording
of them in plain Roman characters.
Its advantages are simply those Of an
electrical typewriter, by means Of which
the message is printed in the presence
Of the transmitting operator in page
form, and duplicate Of the same print
ed ut all the receiving stations on the
line, whether it be q long or short CIR
cult. A single transmission prints it
simultaneously in page form ready for
the composItor s case in all the news
paper offices OF many cities.
It is said to differ materially from all
other known means of telegraphy IN one
essential particular. In it the impulses
move the instruments, whereas IN other
systems the instruments move the i'm
pulse-that is to say, the transmltter Of
the message is caused to run by sepa-
rate power. No combination Of cleo
trical impulse or currents is employed
An even succession Of dots or.impulses,
which operate the polarized relay arma-
ture at the receiving station, places the
revolving type wheel in the required
position, when the local mechanism
causes the letter to be printed.
The apparent impossibility of trans
hitting printed characters 500 or 1000
miles over a single wire at once presents
itself to the mind, and it is overcome in
this system, it is asserted, in a very
simple way Each letter of the alphabet
is represented by a certain number Of
which revolve the type wheel
to the required position, when the let
ters are struck by the local mallet.
Fourteen impulses represent the en-
tire alphabet, making a complete revolu-
ton of the type wheel, which may be
turned 200 revolutions per minute, thus
very rapid printing Its adyan-
tage also is that of absolute secrecy as a !
means Of communication The advan-
5age Of the printing telegraph for the
of news to the newspaper |
offices is unquestionably a subject COM
handing attention ON the part Of pro-
yressiYe proprietors. Paper and Press.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16

A. sHlPWREcR RECORD.
the Spanish Have Been Particularly Un-
fortunate With Their Ships.

] Ghe Spanish Have Been Particularly On
fortunate With Their Ships.
The loss Of the Reina Regente recall
ed the fact that Spain, once the greatest
naval power Of the world, has lost not
less than 600 men-of war in shipwreck
since the beginning of the sixteenth cen
tury. There is ample documentary evil
dence to this effect, and the greatest dis
asters to the Spanish fleets are here re-
counted in their chronologic order.
Of the feet sent against Algiers in
1913, under Admiral Don Hugo de Mon
cada, 80 vessels foundered in storm,
with 1000 men on board.
Another expedition against Algiers,
sent by Emperor Charles V in 1541, lost
14O vessels on the rocks Of Marocco,
$500 men losing their lives.
OF the fleet that sailed i'll 1862, under
General Mendoza, to deliver Oran from
the Mussulmms, 20 ships, including
tho flagship, with the above named gen
eral ON board, never returned.
A year later, in the fall of 1868,
cyclone in the bay Of Cadiz sent 10 of
the governments best caravels to the
bottom.
In 1888 tine famous armada, believed
to be invincible, met her doom in the
English channel, 81 out of 1870 vessels
sinking with most of their crews. The
loss of men is estimated at $4,000.
Fourteen Of Admiral Don Antonio
Navarro's vessels foundered in a storm
off the Mexican coast near San Juan &c
Ulloa in 1890
Six years Later fearful storm in the
Biscayan bay caused the loss Of Al yes
sells belonging to the feet Of Admiral
Martin de Padilla.
Not long after this Admiral Marquis
de Santa Cruz lost 10 vessels, with 2, 800 !
men, on the Corsican coast.
After a long pause General Jose Pi-
zarro lost five men of-war in an engage |
ment with the English in l741.
Within tho last 1876 years the records |
are much easier Of access, and the fig
ures can be given absolutely correct. In
this time the Spaniards lost IL large |
battleships under steam and 21 first |
class sailers, with 1870 guns; 30 frig- /
ates, with 500 guns, and more than /
100 gunboats, torpedo boats, briggs,
galeotes, etc. The loss Of life in this
period is conservatively estimated at &C.,
500 men.
Thus the worst enemy Of Spanish SUI
premacy on the seas seems to be other
than man. More than double the mum
Der of ships have been lost by the in
clemency Of the elements than were lost
ir battle. Philadelphia Record.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16

The Familiar Linen which Have Been At
tributed TO Martin Luther.
Nearly everybody is familiar in one
language or another with the famous
old German couplet attributed % Mar
tin Luther, aud which literally and
properly translated into English is as
follows:
Who loves not wine WHO and song
Remains a fool his whole life long.
This supposed sentiment Of the great
reforlner has been quoted thousands Of
times as his, and its authenticity was
not questioned. But now comes a very
competent authority-The Lutheran OBJ
server-and stoutly insists that Luther
never wrote the lines, and that, in fact,
they made taeir first appearance more
than 200 years after his death.
According to The Observer, in the
year 1777 a we'll known German poet,
John Henry Voss, published at Ham
burg a small VOLUME entitled "AIusen-
almanach c. The Almanac Of the
Muses''. At the end Of one of the
poems in this book he placed the coup
let in German:
Wer NIGHT liebt vein, webb ind gesang
Der bleibt Elm narr sein lebenlang.
To this effusion Voss affixed the name
Of Luther. This caused a good deal of
comment and excitement. Voss was a
candidate for the position of teacher in
the Hamburg gymnasium. The Luther
an pastors of the city protested against
his appointment because Luther was net
the author Of "the couplet' which had
been attributed to him, and because
Voss had thus made Luther encourage
intemperance. But in spite Of all that
could be done i'll the way Of denial and
explanation the lines literally chung to
the great name and refused to be sepa-
rated, and we venture to say that com
paratively few down to the present dag
ever doubted that Luther was their real
author.
As the couplet expresses the convivial
sentiments of many Germans it is prob
able that it was a common piece Of I'M
written German folklore even before
Luther's time Some English writers
have made the lines into a bacchanal
rhyme, with sinister meaning, but the
true version, coupling wine, wife and
song, expresses the prevailing senti-
ment and custom among Germans in
taking their wives and children with
them to the gardens and other social re-
sorts for recreation and amusement
Buffalo Commercial
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16

"Do you know the curse Of modern
journalism" asked an old journalist
the other day.
cts the typewriter. 1t destroys orig
inality. It gives to everything that is
written a mechanical touch. There S
no style or individuality about anything
composed ON a typewriter.
"You will find that the newspaper
writers in all the larger offices use type
writer's. The use of them has extended
in many other directions. Mgr. Satoli
has one. But wherever you find man
writing ON one and composing as he
writes you will find that his work is
cramped, mechanical, unimaginatiye,
without the slightest touch of fancy or
vitality.
''Go into the offices of the big dailies
and you will find the young men who
make the papers seated at a typewriter,
grinding out columns Of colorless, I'M
readable stuff for the paper You can't
turn out thought by machinery, and the
young men who write their matter for
the press on typewriters never rise above
the level of mediocrity. Go into the
composing rooms Of the big dailies, too,
and you will find the printers setting
type by machinery No style about that.
It's straight, stiff, formal, unattractive,
without any individuality. 1t takes the
human touch to give the proper life and
color to anything. There's too much
machinery. Atlanta Constitution.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16
ReDHoT HAYMAKINe.


Z One Amateurs Experience Was Complete
and Satisfactory In One Day.
The hottest experience 1 ever met
with in the country was the day help
ed to make hay. The farmer began to
call us shortly after midnight, and after
long siege of intermittent yelling he
succeeded in his design Of getting us ont
of bed several honrs before twas neoes-
sary It was then a. m. About two
hours later we had had our breakfasts
and were entering the bayfield,
When one gets into trouble, the open
ing scenes are always alluring. A gor-
geous sunrise Was in full swing in the
east The dew lay on the grass, and the
air was cool and invigorating. 1 could
not but agree with the poets that the
scent Of the new mown hay was very
inspiring. I felt like "A colt and was keen
to jump into the sport
The first heat consisted in punching
the hay after the rake, which the farmer
himself drove about the field with many
loud "gees and "haEs. but few
''whoas The old rascal took a fiend-
ish delight in orowding us. It began to
look a little like work.
When the hay was all punched the
high ladder wagons were driven into the
field Being novice, was assigned the
duty Of loading. stood upon the wagon
and built the load as tho hay was pitch
ed to me theoretically, but on me actual
". The first dose knocked all the poetry
out Of me.
The blazing sun had sucked up all the
dewdrops and was now high in the
east. He seemed to focus his scorching
rays on the wagons, aud the hay cracked
and sizzled about me like frying fat. 1t
was noon 90 times all at once. I thought
1 was becoming liquified. sank TO my
neck in the hay and roasted in con
centrated oven Of absorbed solar heat.
Not breeze stirred. No friendly cloud
lowered near to screen the orb of fire. /
vainly tried to fancy I was in the Arctic
ocean and the wagon was a floating ice
berg. The old pitchers, Injured to the
heat and the avocatiOn, still fed ON the
hay.
We We're jer1ed into the barn-from
the frying pan into the fire-and was
there barbecued for half an hour in the
hot beds of the NOW.
Out we shot again into the broiling
field. All day long this process of slow
torture continued. Itwas a little drama
from the snowless land inserted into
real life, the farmer impersonating sa-
tan, the pitchers his archangels and my
self CharOn's lost passenger.
But, thank heaven, the farmer was
no Joshua, and the sun at last complet-
ed his trip across the skies and disap-
peared beneath the mountain. The next
day my place ON the wagon was occu-
pied by some other fool. Philadelphia
Press
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16

Do the freckles prove stubborn? There
is usually clamor for "frecllle cures"
about this time Of the year, and the
very best thing that proves reliable year
after year is simply common buttermilk
Secure it as fresh Is possible. It will be
found that nothing can equal this fresh
buttermilk for removing tan, freckles,
sunburn OF moth spots It has the great
advantage that it does not injure the
skin, but makes it soft and white. Take
a soft sponge and battle the face, neck
and arms before retiring for the night.
Then wipe off the drops lightly. In the
morning wash it off thoroughly and
wipe dry with crash towel Two or
three such baths each week during the
summer months viii take of and keep
off the tan and freckles and keep the
skin soft and smooth. -Philadalnhia
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16

Did you ever see geode, the ugly,
creamy, yellow, rounded rock, which,
upon being broken open, presents a per-
feet wilderness of diamondlil1e crystals?
They are oddities of the oldest kind,
and are not too plentiful anywhere. The
word "geode" means "earthform and
is applied 10 all hollow stones which
are filed with crystallized matter.
When broken open, some are found to be
full of pure looking, clear water. 9th
ers appear to be full of yellow Or brown
paint, while third class are filed with
what appears to be a very fair quality
of tar. No odds what the filling Of the
cavity may be composed of, the sides are
always. studded with crystals. Should
the filling be yellow the crystals are
likely to be Of the same color, but by far
the greater portion of them are as clear
as ice or diamonds st. Louis Republic
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16
WAFER POWER.
Aneriosp and European Methods Of Using
1t In a Large Way.

1t In a Large Way.
The standard American method Of
utilizing large amount of water power
has hitherto been to distribute the wa
ter to- the several consumers or mill
owners by means Of a system Of head
races, SO called, with facilities for its
dischdsgeat a lower Lowell, to be utilized
as the owner or lessee saw fit, and gem
orally on his own premises. This led to
long head canals and to insignificant
tail races, whereas the Niagara plant con-
sists Of a common tail race, a mile and
half long, with comparatively insignif-
cant head races. The old time water
power company sold OF leased the right
to draw a definite quantity Of water at
defined times, with the privilege of dis
charging it at a lower level, and the
mill owner did the rest, whereas at
Niagara Falls the right is leased to dis.
charge a definite quantity of water into
the tail race tunnel, with the -ivilege Of
drawing this quantity from the head
canal, or from the river. But over and
above this the product-power- be
contracted for at Niagara Falls, deliv
cred ON the shaft
To create a large group of mill sites
Of the older sort there was necessary, in
the first instance, large, continuous
body Of land, properly located for the
purpose. If this could not be bought up
secretly, and in large blocks, the whole
water power enterprise would fail to-
come to fruition. IN Europe, however,
several such enterprises came into being
in spite Of the inability Of the projectors
to primarily buy tracts of land such as
have been described. This was done by
establishing central power stations near
the dam, or head canal, aud then trans
hitting the power produced, instead Of
the water to produce it, to the consul
mers or mill owners. Up to within, say,
five years, this had always been accom-
plished by means Of wire rope trans
missions of power, and it is easy to see
that the invention Of the electrical trans
mission of power would give this form
Of the utilization Of a large water pow
er a great impetus. Many such plants
are therefore already in existence, many
are building, but among them all no
one is probably so celebrated and is at
tracing the attention Of all intelligent
men as this at Niagara Falls. CASTER
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16
BIG OCEAN WAVES.
Careful Data Show Them to BE Not Over
Thirty-tyVO Feet High.

Thirty-twO Feet High.
An article quoted in Current Litera-
ture gives this interesting information
ON ocean waves. Dr.. G. Schott, as the
result of studying the form and height
Of the waves of the sea, claims that un-
der a moderate breeze their velocity was
"a. 6 feet per second, or 1913 miles an
hour, which is about the speed of a mod
ern sailing vessel
AS the wind rises the size and speed
of the waves increase In a strong breeze
their length rises to 26O feet and their
speed reaches SO or SO. feet per second.
Waves the period of which is nine sec
onds, the length 400 or 1925 feet, and
the speed % nautical miles per hour are
produced only in storms During a
southeast storm in the southern Atlantic
he measured waves 900 feet long, and
this was not a maximum, for in latitude
% degrees south and longitude 80 de-
grees east he observed waves Of 5 sec
onds' period, which We're 1850 feet
long, with a velocity of rs. z feet per
second, or 4616 nautical miles an hour.
DR.. Schott does not think that the
maximum height Of the waves is very
great. Some observers have estimated it
at 80 OF 40 feet in a wind of the force
represented by / on the Beaufort SCALE
the highest number Of which is 2. and
DR.. Sohott S maximum is just 81 feet. He
believes that in great tempests waves of
more than 60 feet are rare, and that
even those Of 90 feet are exceptional. In
the ordinary trade winds the height is 3
or feet. The ratio of height to length
is about 1888 in q moderate wind, rs
in a strong wind and LII in a storm,
from which it follows that the inclina-
ton of the wave is respectively about Q,
10, II degrees. The ratio Of the height
Of the waves to the force Of the wind
Yaries greatly.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16
ELECTRICITY AT SEA.
Tests Prove That the White Light Is by
Far the Most Easily Seen.

Tests Prove That the White Light Is by
Far the Most Easily Seen.
Some interesting experiments have
been made on the visibility Of the cleo
trio light at sea by the governments of
the United States, Germany and the
Netherlands The word visible" in the
report on the tests means visible on
dark night with clear atmosphere.
The result of the experience Of the Ger
man committee was that a white light
Of one candle power was visible Ia
miles on a dark, clear night and one
mile on a rainy night
The American tests resulted as fol-
lows: In very clear weather a light of
one candle power was plainly visible at
one nautical mile; one Of three candle
power at two miles; one Of ten candle
power was seen by the aid of binOc-
ular at four miles; one Of 30 candle
power family at five miles and one of
33 candle power plainly at five miles.
On an exceptionally clear night white
light of 32 candle power was readily
distinguished at three miles; one of 90
candle power at four miles and one of
17.2 candle power at five miles.
In the Dutch experiments the results
were almost similar, but a 10 candle
power light was plainly visible at five
miles. For a green light the power re
quired was two for one mile, % for two
miles, 81 for three miles and 100 for
four miles. The results of tests with a
red light were almost identical with
those with green, but it was conclusive
" proved that white Light was by far
the most easily seen. Chicago Record.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16

The streets Of Galveston are not mere
ly lette-ed like those Of Washington,
but in Galveston they name some Of
the streets with half letters. This pro-
duces such an astonishing system that
one reads on the carts that milk can be
had on P-and-a-half street and eggs are
for sale between n and N-and-a-haf.
Presumably wicked persons do not mere
ly live in L, as they do in Washington,
but give their addresses as in L-and-a-
half Avenue 1 is the finest street to
look at in Galveston, but J avenue is
tumble down countriiied read, with grass
growing in the wagon ruts New York
Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16

An officer heing moved from one sta
ton to another sent in a bill, in which
was an item for "porter. " The item,
after having exercised the intellects and
received the Endorsements Of five success
sive officials at the war Office, was dis
allowed on the ground that porter"
could only be allowed if taken under
medical advice. The officer respectfully
informed his superiors that the porter
charged for was not drink, but the in
dividual who had carried his baggage
The reply was that this should have
been entered as "porterage, whereupon
the officer ventured to inquire whether
if he took a cab this should be put down
as cabbage. Truth.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16

The Bank Of Scotland, now 200 years
old, naturally sought to encourage Scot
fish industries, and this is shown in the
manufacture Of its paper for notes. The
first large notes were made in 1896, 20
shilling notes, as they were termed, be-
ing only issued ON April 2, 1904. In
1929 the banks paper was manufac-
tured at Giffordhall, near Haddington.
Attendants had to be present in the
banks interest, and their account was
paid by the bank One item was 'fale
and bread furnished to the workmen,
los, and another for ''drink money to
servants, "a IFS Cd. !" The items are
suggestive, although it is possible they
only represented drink money in name
In 1875 the bank got its 20 shilling
banlnotes made at CollingtOun Min
(ColintOn MILL, and there is an sac
compt for drink money in connection
with it. A barber came twice from
Edinburgh to shave the officials and re-
ceived IS. for his professional attend
ance. Green tea must have cost at
this time 24s. per pound, for in the bill
a quarter pound sells for 6s. At this
Colinton mill the bank appears to have
kept all the employees III food during
the time the paper was being manufac-
tured. A man was engaged IL days at
the paper mill i'll dressing meat, and he
cut up in that time 200 pounds of it.
Meat and mutton cost only 215d. per
pound in those good old days A hen Is
charged at Sd, duck at 3D., one "sol-
Ian goose, Is. Sd. a dozen eggs, Sd.
six chickens, only Is. Id, and wild
fowl, 10d..; cheese cost 4d. per pound
and bacon Sd. per pound. In 1869 the
banks note paper was made at Red
haugh Min (Redhall MILL. chambers
JOurual
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16
4 DREAM.


On. it was but dream had
While the musician played
Aud here the sky and here the glad
Old ocean kissed the glade.
And here the laughing ripples ran,
And here the roses grew
That threw q kiss TO every man
That voyaged with the crew.
Our sill1en sails IN lazy folds
Dropped in the braathloss breeze,
As DER a field of marigolds
Our eyes swan DER the seas,
While here the eddics lisped and purled
Around tho islands RIM
And up from out the underwood
We saw the mermen SWIM
And it was dawn and middle day
And midnight-for the moon
On silver rounds across the bay
Had climbed the skies Of June
And here the glowing, glorious king
OF day ruled DER the realm,
With stars Of midnight glittering
About his diadom.
The seagull reeled on languid wing
In circles round the mast;
We heard the songs the sirens sing
AS we went sailing past.
And up and down the golden sands
A thousand fairy throngs
Flung at us from their flashing hands
The echoes Of their songs.
james Whitoomb Riley.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16

George w. Belt Of Auburn has invent
ed an ingenious device for feeding his
horse, and he does il with one Of the or
binary little alarm cloelSs. Tho horse
gets its feed Of grain when the alarm
goes OIL. For instance, if Mr. Belt wants
the horse to have its morning feed Of
grain at O'Clock. and he himself does
not care to turn out until 9 o'clock, he
sets his alarm for o'clock and when
the morning comes the horse gets its
breakfast an hour before its owners
eyes are open. It is so arranged that the
alarm pulls the slide, letting the grain
run through sluice TO the manager. -
Lewiston Journal
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16

There is "a big hole under North river.
Some day it will be a tunnel connect
ing this city and Hobol1en. No work
has been done for four years, but the
owners of the hole are now trying to
raise money in London to complete their
tunnel before a bridge can be built over
North river Only 1890 feet remain to
connect the two holes bored FROM either
shore, each of which is now full of wa
ter. This water has. simply soaked
through since work was abandoned on
the death of the principal hacker. So
far SO, 600, 600 has been poured into the
hole, and only $500, O0Owill be required
to complete it.-New York Letter.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16

Major John writes in The United
Service Magazine that while he was
employed between Port Said and Kan
tara he saw the waters of the Lake Men
zalek driven beyond the horizon" by a
violent wind, 80 that the natives walked
about where the day before they were
fishing. This convinced him that he had
seen exactly what happened whom the
Israelites passed dry shod through the
Red sea.
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16
The Heat Of Our Clothes.

How hot our clothes are has just been
determined by a DR.. Won Bebber, a
German meteorologist. When the out
side temperature is so degrees F., the
temperature on the coat is 71.2 degrees,
that between the coat and the waistcoat
1876 degrees, between waistcoat and
shirt 75.9 degrees, between shirt and
undershirt TIA degrees and between
the wooden undershirt and the skin 80. 8
degrees. Exchange.