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Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25
sLEcrRIcAL gNeINesRlNe.
It's Recent and Rapid Development Upon
the Continent.

Before a recent meeting of the Ameri-
can Institute of Electrical Engineers
Mr.. H. Ward Leonard delivered an in
teresting address upon electrical engi-
neering developments in France and
England as contrasted with those in
America. IN its commercial develop
ment Of electricity America is placed
first-in fact, far in advance Of the old
world countries-but considered from an
engineering standpoint Mr. Leonard
thinks the United States is losing the
lead it has thus far held. He lays the
responsibility for this condition of affairs
almost entirely at the door Of the great
electrical monopolies, which have stood
in the way Of progress, and particularly
in preventing the trial of devices and
systems of which Europe presents varle-
ties unknown to us. He questions what
has been done in this country in the
way Of electrical engineering develop
ment since Edison started his three wire
lightning distribution at Sunbury, Pa,
in 1888, and Westinghouse established
his alternating system with 1000 volt
primary and 90 volt secondary a few
years later. and Sprague started the
Richmond electric railroad in 1887.
There has of course been great extension
of installation along these lines.
We have, Mr. Leonard says, the best
three wire central station plants in the
world. Also. the best alternating sys
tenn, converting from 1 900 TO 90 volts,
but we have practically no other kind
of central station to point to. We are
operating 500 volt continuous current
electric railways at distances for which
1000 volts should be used instead Of
900, and after investing more money in
copper per car than the entire cost Of the
electrical equipment we still lose twice
as much energy as is commercial in the
line In England in Alternating systems
q three wire secondary is used with 100
volts on each side, and, according to
Mr.. Leonard's view, there was no ex-
cuse except patents for a 90 volt two
wire secondary originally, and none
save the inertia and prejudice of large
corporation for continuing to put in the
two wire secondary today.
Rotary transformers are used in sew
eral stations in England for a continu-
GUS current, high potential multiple arc
distribution, tho secondary being three
wire system, and some American inyen-
tions not patented in England are found
to have been utilized in central stations
there, while they have been neglected
in the land Of their inception.-Provi-
dence Journal
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25

At the corner Of Fourth avenue and
Smithfeld street a lady from Glenwood
entered crowded outgoing car. The
conductor knew who she was, and that
she resided in Glenwood. He suspected
that she had made a mistake, and that
she thought she was ON a Second avenue
car, so no crowded up the aisle and po-
litely inquired
where are you going, lady9"
"That's my business, I" she tartiy To-
piled.
The conductor said nothing more. and
the car sped along through the dark,
crossing the Monongahela through the
covered Tenth street bridge and rapidly
putting space between it and Glenwood.
When it entered the big Knoxville in
cline elevator and stopped. nobody said
q word After a minutes wait up the
precipice it started, leaving the spar
king electric lights far below.
my goodness, screamed the Glen
wood woman to the conductor, where
is this car going?"
"That's my business, dryly replied
the conductor -Pittsburg Dispatch.
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25
rHRoueH OTHER EYES.


INNH nj NuANNALu 0uAANko ANAAh NAE Ems AAHaA
Point of View.
The student life of America is emil
nently an American institution. It has
grown up in an odd compound of native
manners and foreign influences, which
form an essentially new product. It is a
good deal more complex in its organiza-
ton than anything known ON the Isis or
the Cam. There is more details in it,
and consequently less breadth Of effect
The university organizations are in
Vulnerable. Men are banded together in
college clubs for every conceivable pur-
pose Of study or amusement. Their bond
of union may be their attempt to talk
Greek with the accent Of modern Attica,
or it may be only passion for domi-
nos, but it has all the notes Of institu-
ion in its machinery Of committee,
president and secretaries. Great variety
Of life comes from the differences in for
tune among the students, but Of late
years there has been a laudable attempt
on the part of the university and college
authorities to introduce a more uniform
simplicity Plain living is the cry, and
with this secured it is believed the
thinking will take caro- of itself.
At Harvard some time ago Professor
Palmer tried to discover how far the liv-
ing had departed from the philosophic
standard by asking some hundreds Of
students fora return Of their annual ex-
penditure. The answers showed that
Harvard at least had nothing to be
ashamed of. Many Of the students, less
than fourth. spent less than e130 a
year; some less than e1OO. The average
probably did not amount to the GOO a
year which the professor regards as an
entirely adequate allowance for both
ease and refinement. Yale is less costly
than Harvard, SO these institutions at
least are not open to the reproach that
they have introduced the millionaire in
to American university life. London
News
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25


Boys who are found guilty Of minor
offenses in England are sentenced by the
Judges to a sound thrashing at the hands
Of the policeman Here is description
of it taken from an English paper:
The birch is a very different instru-
ment Of torture from the cat The for
mer is made up Of a number Of long
birch twigs, while the latter is really a
whip with nine lnotted small cord
lashes When the cat is administered,
the prison doctor must be present, but
when the birch is put on it is only nee
essary for the inspector or superintend-
ent Of police to witness it, although the
parents or near relatives Of a boy sem
fenced to be logged may be present at
the castigation When a dose Of the cat
Is dealt out, none but those connected
with the prison are allowed to be there.
Like the cat the birch may be made a
very severe punishment or a compare
lively trivial affair, not merely accord
ing to the number of strokes, but from
the instructions given the constable who
is told off to do the fogging. have
seen a boy after six strokes resemble
nothing so much as a piece of raw beef
and bleeding fearfully, while I have
also seen boy after six strokes merely
a tritie red.
Some policemen dread the duty Of
fiogging, and after the first two strokes
get a sharp order to hit the boy and
not play with him. Other constables
delight in the work and boast Of their
ability to draw blood at the first stroke.
Various modes of administering the
punishment obtain in different parts Of
the country. In some places boys are
placed face downward on a form. One
constable holds his arms and head firm
", while another does him the same
service with his legs, and the third ad-
ministers the punishment,
In other prisons the culprit is placed
on a eonstables back, and as he sits
there with his arms around the officer
neck, awaiting the event, his attitude
strikes q spectator more as one Of atfeo-
ton than discomfort. Another way is to
compel boy to lean over a chair as if
he were praying, then run a strap right
around his legs and the legs Of the chair,
"a constable holding his head and arms
from the other side. Brooklyn Eagle
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25

The curiosity of tropical Africa is the
wonderful flying frog, first described by
Bishoff of the equatorial African expe-
dition, which returned to Europe in the
fall Of 1894. This oddly Of the reptile
family is about tho size Of a common
bullfrog and resembles other members
of tho order of batrachians in every
thing but its feet, each Of which is
webbed and enormously enlarged, so
much so as to form splendid substitutes
for true wings. The creature has five
toes on each of tho other two, which
makes four separate membranes on each
of its hind feet and three ON each fore
foot, or II in all. In his description Of
it Bishoff says, Each leg terminates
in a sort of fan, and with these the lit
tic reptile paddles the air like a locust,
Or like a partially fiedged bird testing
its pinions for the first time.
Although somewhat awkward i'll its
flight, the winged frog can dart through
the air at a speed Of about ten yards per
second and can keep itself going for
ward at that rate for from 10 to 10 sec
onds. The average distance covered by
these spurts of grasshopperlike flight is
from 70 to 1875 yards, but Bishotf mem
lions instances where the flying frog
cleared sandy stretches 200 yards in
width. st Louis Republic.
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25
BTqu8 WOn8n'S Views
All Approve of rlunyon.
Grand Work IN Behalf of Woman
kind-What a Famous Professor
Has accomplished by New Me- h
DDS.

Mrs Riblet, $50 Ninth avenue, New York
CITY: Il am satisfied that Munyon's Rem.
edies can do wonders. Several Of my
friends have been cured ty Munyon's Fe-
male Remedies"
Mrs. George Graybill, WTighisvile, Pa
"What I suffered from female troubles is
understandable. wasin bed four days every
month, Drs said they must operate. but
Munyon's Special Female Cure, cured"
Mrs c. Z. Tucker Buckfeld, Me "Mun-
yon's Female Remedies are invaluable.
Not only myself but many Of my frisnds
have found them promptly curative.
Munyon's Female Rem dies
provide home treatmen, that effects a
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troubles, liberation, enlargement, falling Of
the womb, whites, bachaches, soreness and
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ages pains and all monthly disorders
Tie Munyon Remedies effect positive
cures in the most obstinate cases, eparaie
specific for eacL disease Al all druggists,
IS cents a bottle.
Personal letters to Prof Munyon. 1905
Arch street. Philadep hia. Pa answered
with free medical advice for any disease.
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25

The rise Of capitalism in the middle
ages Is illustrated in the most striking
manner b. tho story Of the celebrated fam
lily Of fugger Of Augsburg. We are acous-
toned to think Of the political and social
power attained by the financial families Of
our day as something peculiar TO the pres
ent century Yet the position Of the Bar
ings or Rothschilds in the Europe of today
is more than paralleled by the snlendor
reached in the Germany Of the sixteenth
century By Jacob Fuggcr and his success
sors. Jacob expanded the family business
to q point unheard of In medieval trading,
and his wool, silk and spinning business
soon became subordinate to mining and
banking occupations. From Spain TO Ca
rinthin he bought up lands rich in ore from
impecunious mobiles and opened up mines.
He first shipped wares direct from the East
Indies by the new cape route, and the
family acquired several feudal territories
by mortgages which fell in
Gin 1904 the Emperor Maximilian en-
nobled Jacob and his brothers, and Leo X
constituted him count palatine and eques
aureatus. In 1909 Jacob advanced Maxi
milan TO, 900 ducats toward the cost of
the Italian war. On one occasion, when
he entertained Charles Y as guest in his
palace on the Woinmarkt, in Augsburg,
he burned the overdue acceptances Of the
emperor ON large fire of cinnamon, at
that time one Of the most costly of spices.
jacobs two nephews were made horedi-
tary counts Of the empire, and the family
continued TO flourish up to the Thirty
Years war, in the pomp and magnifcence
upon which contemporary writer's arc new
or tired of descanting. Spectator.
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25
CHINESE GORDON.


~. rannous Embellishments Resignation and
prophetic Message TO the Khediye'
correspondent writing to The Scot
fish American says: One chilly morn
mo AT suez, in the winter of 1880,
Teceived a message from Colonel Cor
don He had Just landed from Suakin,
and wished to see me. / found him seat
Cd in a room at the old Suez hotel, with
his black secretary and trusty factotum,
Mohammed Ell Tohamy, and few
friends, including the governor OF the
town.
Poor Mohammed Ell Tohamy, who was
destined to see his master fall at Kbar'
tnm and probably shared his fate, was
looking cold and miserable, and no
tioed he was slipping some hot mixture
~ which the aroma did not seem fam
liar.
On my entering, Gordon exclaimed;
AZ have resigned the governor gon-
eralship of the Sudan and am return
ing to England. The khediye's ministers
dared to send me instructions, and so /
have resigned. Now, tell me honestly,
what will the world say Of my work
in the Sudan after the years ! have
spent there? What is the apparent re-
sult?''
/ said something to the effect that his
name would live and be remembered.
AYE, he rejoined, but what visible
trace remains Of my exile and laborF 1t
Is snow God g will that should abandon
nv task, and there is absolutely moth
ing to show-nothing for the world to
gaze at except" The added this with
curious smile and pointing to the shiv-
erinQ SON of the tropics at the other side
Of the table-"except, perhaps, that
have taught my Mohammedan secretary
70 drink hot toddy at 10 in the morn
ing.
Certainly Gordon's work was not iu-
tended for show. At Alexandria he had
an audience with the late khedive,
Tewfk Pasha, at which he rendered his
resignation, and then, removing his fez,
the badge of allegiance, addressed some
words of stirring advice to his highness,
"as from an independent English gen
tleman. " Before embarking for Europe
Gordon wrote famous telegram to the
khedive-' Meme, Meme, Tekel, Uphar-
sin"-which was shown to me and to
the correspondent Of a great London
newspaper, but it is a question whether
it was over dispatched from Malta. In
any case, it was curiously prophetic.
Within two years the Sudan was in
open revolt and Egypt under foreign
control
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25

~. ittara IN my garden blow.
NJ, rr.da ,,e,do,vs ring. my garden round
=, t,,ot graen wood wild violets grow
And psie frnil cuckoo flowers are touho-
ror Al YOU sec and all you hear
mo CITY might be miles away
And vet YOU feel the city near
Through all the quiet Of the day.
sweat smells the earth, new washed WIN ''''''
VT Iaaves CLEAN IN the moonlight pale
Ana IN the wood behind the lane
hear tho hidden nightingale. ~
rhough field and wood about me ne
$40 hushed in dewy deep delight
Vet can hear the city sigh
Through all the silence OF the nieh@
For me the skylark nests and sings;
FOR ne the vine her garland weayesI
The swallow folds her glossy wings
no build beneath my cottage caves
ant can feel the giant near
can hear all day his sad slaves weep
And when at last the night Is here
/ haar him moving in his sleep.
m for little space Of ground,
Though never a flower should make " gay
yrhero miles OF meadow Tapped me round
And leagues and leagues o. silence layi
or. for q wind dashed, treeless down.
black night and lonely way,
A aiienco deep enough TO drown
The voice that mocks me night ana cay
New York Tribune.
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25

An English army officer tells an
amusing story of an incident that oc-
cured at Maidstone many years ago,
in tho time of the old cavalry depot.
On a certain very foggy night there was
a complete silence, broken only by the
voices of the sentries who, at regular
intervals, passed the usual word down
the line. The officer woke up just as
the usual watch was passing, and this
was what he heard: First sentry, 'No.
1, and all's wellph Then there was
silence fora moment, and voice called
into the darkness, "No 3, and all's
we'll, and No. 2's asleepl" Before No
could take up the thread of the pro-
oeedings voice i'll which more than a
suspicion of slumber remained cried
hurriedly, "No. 2. and all's we'll, and
No. s's a liarr'
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25

An interesting, and, In o way, pitia-
BILE, sight was seen on an uP town car a
day OF two ago. A little girl with hand
soma, delicate face crowded herself and a
large basket between two elderly people
and busied herself looking out of the oppo-
site window. Soon the conductor came
around with his gruff, Fares please. p
The little girl waited uatil he spoke d.
rectly to her then she hastily opened u
little purse and fulnbled her fingers inside
Tor coins which were not thcre. She OK
pressed surprise and looked supplioating-
" into the conductors eyes, No one Of
fered to pay her fare, but the conductor
allowed her to ride. She was destined way
out Elk street and Of necessity had to up
penl to o second conductors sympathy.
The first conductor afterward said that the
child, instructed by her parents, practices
the same trick day after day 1t Is not her
fault, and the man Of the punch cannot
harden his heart 60 put her of his car
en1alo Courier.
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25
MTAIL Sac pgALeRs.


Almost Exclusively by Germans
4 New York city's extensive trade in
singing birds is carried on almost ex-
clusively by Germans. Not only have
they virtual monopoly of this very
profitable business, but, furthermore, a
very large part Of the bird importations
come from Germany direct The trade
is chiefly with southern Germany. The
most plausible explanation Of the prom
inence Of Germans i'll this business is the
fact that, above all other qualities, it
requires patience and kindness, two at
tributes in which Germans. and especial
" German women, excel
There is in New York very large
trade in canary birds, and during the
period when a larger share Of the ma
tion's commerce was carried on in sail
ing ships than is the case now parrots
and cockatoos were dealt in extensively,
though nowadays they have somewhat
gone out of vogue Much care is neces-
sarv in the business of looking after
birds, for they are subject to many all
ments which must constantly be pro-
vided against, and without the exercise
of great care the entire stock Of the
dealer might be swept aw;e7 i'll short
time. The retail bird business does not
require a very large capital Tho loss of
birds by illness is the chief danger to be
provided against, not the indifference of
purchasers, for these are never lacking
in New York The ordinary price Of a
singing canary is from 81. 80 to 81. 20.
;, le
siderably-from to 100 years-these
being the maximum ages: Wren,
years thrush, 10; robin, II; blackbird,
10; goldfinch, 10; partridge, 10; pleas
ant, 10; lark, l8; nightingale, lS; pi-
geon, 20; linnet, 90; canary, "a crane,
"a; peacock. "a; sparrow, 40; pelican,
80 parrot, 60; crow, swan and eagle,
100 years. There is much less demand
for birds for ornithological displays in
museums in the United States than in
Europe, and one reason given in ex-
PLANTATION of this is the fact that the
museums Of most European capitals arc
maintained at the public expense, with
out private contributions on the need
Of any, whereas III the United States
the appropriations for menagerie and
museum purposes are, generally speak
ing, inadequate and have to be eked out
by private contributions. The annual
appropriation for the menagerie in Cen
trail park, including necessary repairs to
the buildings, is only $4,000. Many Of
the animals in the park, and some of
the birds, arc lent by private individ-
uals. What is true Of New York city in
this regard is substantially true Of the
other big cities of the United States,
and so the market for rare birds rests
chiefly upon the purchases Of private in
diyiduals. New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25

There is report that the Duke o.
York's baby is deaf and dumb, but ev
erybody will hope that it is not true
and that the royal sucking will talk and
hear as well as anybody when the time
comes. If not, the disability will not be
without its alterations. Only few Of
his line have said anything good Oh
heard anything good Of themselves il
six generations. Ono Of his succession
earned this epitaph, which he may de
serve whether he talks or not:
Here lies Prince Fred,
Who was alive and is dead.
Had It been his father
had much rather.
Had It been his brother
Sooner than the other.
Had Il been his sister
There's no one would have missed her.
had it been his whole generation
All tho better for the nation.
But as It's only Fred,
Who WIS alive and is dead,
There Is nothing to be said.
New York Tribune
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25

In October, 1886, religiously mind
ed Buckinghamshire farmer named Jen-
kins brought his frstborn to the parish
church to be christened, and this was to
be the namo: Abel Benjamin Caleb Dan
lei Ezra Felix Gabriel Haggai Isaac
Jacob Kisb Levi Manoah Nehemiah OBJ
diah Peter Quartus Rechab Samuel
Tobiah Uzziel Vaniah Word Xystus
zechariah.
It will be observed that the names
are all arranged in alphabetical order
and are, as far as possible. selected from
Scripture. It was only with the very
greatest difficulty that the clergyman
dissuaded Mr.. jenkins from doing the
lasting wrong to his child that he had
unwittingly devised, but eventually it
was decided to christen the boy simply
Abel. Chambers Journal
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25

a good many who regularly attend our
summer schools and various Chautauquas
will Join with us in the fervent hope that
a new crop Of jokes may mature before the
next season comes around. Will the lee
turers Of 1895 please take notice and insert
before next summer new assortment OF
funny stories In their speeches and adj
tiresses9" It ought to be remembered that
audiences as well as orators read the news
papers and after ono has read the SANG
lest In half dozen papers and had It re-
tailed to him by half a dozen LECTURERS In
succession, it becomes something OF a
iseaQ." We hope this winter will kill OF
a good many Of the past years stock Of
stories and make room fop q new crop with
the opening Of the season Of 1a96,-Chica-
20 Interior.
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25

Mrs. rhsebe Thomss, Of junction City, Ill.,, was
.old by her doctors shs bad consumption andltha
there was no hope for her, two bottles Of
DR.. Kings New Discovery completely cured her
and she says it saved her lie, Mr. Taos, kggaTs
100 Florida street. sau Francisco, suffered from
4 dreadful cold, approaching consumption, tried
without result everythine else then bought one
bottle OF Dr. Kinks New Discovery and in two
weeks was cured He is naturally thankful. i
Is such results, Of which these are aamples that
nzovs the wonderful siicacv Of this medicine 10
couaas anaCo d. Free iEial hottiea 81 Pierce a
Ranaaanions aEue aissa. RaGnlaR sisa alseaa e.
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25

Pat Regain had face on him that, a
he had once remarked himself, was an
"ofiinse to the landscape " Next to his
homeliness his poverty was the most
conspicuous part Of him. An Irish neigh
Dor met him recently, when the follow
ing colloquy ensued:
can how are ye, PATTI"
"Moighty bad. intoirely. It's shtarva'
tion that's shtarin me in the face. "
'Is that so2 Sure, an it can't be very
pleasant for ayther Of yez "-Montana
Cnlnmhian
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25

The Shakers had their peculiar desig-
nation given to them in derision. Dur
ing the religious exeitements which
were encouraged by their form Of wor-
ship, members Of this sect often fell in
to convulsive tremblings, sometimes
ending in partial or total unconscious
ness. and this singular phenomenon gave
a name to the sect.
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25

Nee1 Tor AdmIssIon 2 FNllI. 1pIl1'I''
Augusta is the only city known TO "
where an initiation fee Is charged for adj
mission to the high schools In connection
with the public school system. Every year
children entering the TubmBn High school
have to pay 81. 90 term, and those enter
ing the Ware High school for negro chill
dren pay So term. In the one case u Is
SIS, IN the other $40 year. The amount
received from these fees, between 81, 600
and So, 0OO Is an insignificant proportion
OF the general school fund and Is not nec-
essary to the successful operation Of the
system. II amounts to great hardship
TO many worthy girls, whose parents can
not afford this additional tax, and carries
with It no corresponding betterment to
the system -AuRusta iGa,) Chronicle
Milford chronicle., 1895-10-25

Mr.. Courtney (haueringly)-I had
tho blues when came here tonight,
Miss Fisher, but they are all gone now.
You are as gopd as medicine.
Miss Fishers Little Brother-Yes
father himself says she'll be a drug in
the market if she doesn't catch on to
some fellow soon. Philadelphia Times.