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Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06
LONDON SQUARES.
Some Of the Quaint Breathing Spots In
the English Metropolis.
Now York Tribune.

Some OF the Quaint Breathing Spots In
the English Metropolis.
Some of these are quaint and charm
ing enough, being mostly laid out IN the
Dutch fashion. Golden square, near
Regent street; Red Lion and Queen
squares, in Bloomsbury, are capital
specimens. The first, though so close to
Regent street, might be dozen miles
away. There is q welcome unkempt-
ness; the grass is rank and wild; there
are old trees ranged round its border III
a symmetrical way The houses round
are picturesque, because each Is distinct
It is given over to commission agents.
merchants and trade generally yet
within but few years it was place OF
genteel residence, like usual square,
and we find the late Cardinal Wiseman
living in a substantial mansion here.
Dickens, it will be remembered, placed
Ralph Nickleby's house here, which IS
described on the occasion Of the party to
Sir Frederick and Sir Mulberry as hav-
ing almost palatial apartments and the
richest furniture. As we wander round,
we are struck with the melancholy tone
of the Enclosure, yet everything seems
brisk enough, but it belongs to the old
world.
The square itself is very attractive
and original, with a sort of Dutch or
foreign air. Wenote the fine trees which
shelter it all round in symmetrical
lines and the Roman warrior sort OF
statue in the center, arrayed in full
armor and representing George IL The
grass and walks are laid out with GER
tain free and easy carelessness that Is
very acceptable and contrasts with the
trim, shaven, soulless treatment OF mod
ern squares. Altogether visit to Gold
en- square will interest.
Berkeley square every one knows
Yet it has an extraordinary sympathetic
attraction from its grass and fine shad-
ing old trees. No one, we may be sure
has noted that these leafy patriarchs
seem to range in two rows down the
middle, like an avenue. The fact IS, 1t
was the demesne of the lawn III front
of the old Berkeley House, which stood
at the back of Devonshire House The
mansions round are very fine, aud the
| iron work, ratings, etc, are all admired
and to be admired There are some
queer things to be told about squares,
for instance, that there was a General
Strobe who had mania for setting up
statues in squares at his own expense.
We have seen equestrian statues III
Leicester square propped up with a
broomstick, with portions broken away.
Gentleman S Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06

Japan has learned bitter lesson from
the intervention of Russia. She realizes as
she never realized before that Russia is her
real enemy, or, at any rate, that he who
would China win must with Russia first
begin. She knows now that if she Is to
carry out her dream Of supremacy in the
far east she must first settle accounts with
Russia Look forward a year or two, and
see what is likely to be the course Of
events. Japan will, during the next three
or four years, be busy creating great
feet. Her army is a sufficiently satisfac-
tory weapon already and need give her
little or no trouble. When she has feet
Of first rate ironolads, she will no doubt
open the ball by virtually annexing Korea
or else by making some new demand on
China.
The prompt payment Of the unpaid in
stallments of the war indemnity will al
ways give her an excuse for quarreling,
for it is certain that China viii make very
slow progress in meeting fully her fnan-
cial engagements under the treaty '2f ST.
rnonoseki. Russia win then have to do one
of two things-either to stand by and let
China be despoiled or else to intervene
once again to protect her. But the task
will then be a lar harder one than it was
last spring. Japan, If our argument is
correct, will be in position to fight and
to dispute with Russia the command Of
the sea in the far east. Russia in three or
four years time will then have tomoet tho
GIG, OO0, 600 she has just provided turned
Into ir0nclada and torpedo boats IL nfion
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06
waaI 4 ERoa.s cRoAK be.
A Peculiar Incident That Led TO the II
vention of the Telephone.


A Peculiar Incident That Led to the In
vention Of the Telephone.
IT. is not common knowledge, except
to those familiar with electrical ana
telephone history, that the first telephone
was constructed in Racine, Wis, and
that the inventor, DR.. S. d. Cushman'
isnow a resident Of Chicago. His Offices
are in the Stock Exchange building.
Here the venerable inventor, who bul4t
tho first telegraph lines IN this part Oh
the "far west, " pursues his business
with more alertRess in affairs thah ene
average young man.
In a corner of the room Is large
worn piece of muslin, on which Is
painted in thin color a representation OF
a telegraph line stretching away IN the
distance, connected with a crudo instru-
ment set on two logs, near which a frog
IS sitting by stream. This old reno
represents the telegraph line OF good
cedar posts" which Dr. Cushman con
structed west from Racine for the Erie
and Michigan Telegraph company IN
1851, and the experimental lightning
arrester which led to his discovery
1t is a reminder Of the days when Dr-
Cushman was associated with Professor
Morse in the pioneer days Of telegraphy
On his desk is the first telephone trans
mitter. constructed i'll 1851, 20 years be
fore the Bell patents were taken out. 1t
is a small. square box, with speaking
orifice and containing a mechanism on
the same principle rs that Of the modern
transmitter.
In 1851 DR.. Cushman undertook the
construction of a lightning alTester, ms
object being to take The lightning that
struck the wire and run it into the
ground. the instrument being so con-
structed that it would not interfere with
the light current used in telegraphing
This instrument was placed out On the
prairie on two logs, and in order to
know when it had operated a triple
magnet, with a sheet of thin iron ut
the poles, similar in construction to
modern "receiver, " was placed in the
corner Of the box. In case the lightning
passed through the instrument the cleo
tro magnet would pull this strip of iron
down into the range Of permanent
magnet, which would retain it until the
instrument was inspected.
A similar device was placed in the
basement Of the building at Racine and
connected with tho other end of tho line
One day while thunderstorm was com
ing up and Dr. Cushman was watching
the instrument the croaking Of frogs
was heard 10 miles away This is the
explanation of how the old painting
with the crude instrument and the
croaling frog is identified with the dis
, covery Of the telephone.
DR.. Cushman is. the inventor Of the
fire alarm system in use in Chicago. His
patent office reports, he says, would
weigh a ton" and contain great num-
Der Of his electrical patents. Chicago
| Morrs
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06
EASY ENGLISH FOR sPANIARDs.
No Man Need Want Bread and Butter II
He Can Say "sombrerO y BOta."

No Man Need Want Bread and Butter II
He Can Say "sombrero y BOta."
Some time ago two Chilean gentle
men. friends Of each other, agreed to
visit Europe. One Of them resolved to
proceed overland TO BuenOs Ayres, and
from thence to Montevideo, where he
would Join the straits steamer, while
the other preferred to make the journey
by sea.
In due time the steamer arrived at
Montevideo, and the two friends met
again. After the customary salutations
were over they commenced to compare
notes Of their respective trips. The trav-
eler by sea complained that the Chilean
stewards on board professed profound
ignorance of their native tongue and
persisted in answering all questions'WIt
in that language with "What, sir?' or
"BeQ pardon, sir p' "Only imagine, !"
he said, ''that during all the voyage
from Valparaiso to Montevideo 1 have
been unable to obtain pan con mantle
ouilla, because the stewards either
would not or could not understand me. ="
'My dear friend, " replied the over
land route man, "I will tell you how to
overcome that difficulty. There is a
considerable number Of Spanish words
which can be made to do duty as Eng
lish. It is merely a question of pursuing
up the mouth and speaking harshly
through the teeth. For instance, in the
case Of pan con mantequilla, the Span
ish words to be employed are sombrero
bota. Make the trial and you will be
convinced Of the efficacy Of my method. -
Next morning the two friends sat
down together to breakfast, and the
overland man, nudging his companion,
Whispered. "Try my method. " Imme-
diately afterward one of the Chilean
mozos who was unable to comprehend
the meaning of pan con mantequilla ap-
preached, and the passenger, screwlng
up his mouth and speaking through his
teeth, exclaimed, "Sombrero y bota. +"
''Some bread and butter? Yes, sir, -
came the answer, and the passenger
had no difficulty after that in procuring
pan con mantequilla. Chilean Times.
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06

The French keep the secrets Of their
ammunition wonderfully. Their powder
gives excellent results, but its compost
ton is still unknown, and their dyna-
mite shells for the navy and field artil-
lery have not yet been initiated by any
other country. The best French naval
experts believe that only quick firing
guns, using high explosive shells VIII
be Of any use in the next naval engage
ment. They contend that these shells
will abolish armor, as armor tends to
increase the effect Of bursting she'll The
first thing our new government will
have to do win be to provide our navy
with quick firing guns and shells that
shall be effectual It is not denied that
In both these particulars the French at
the present moment are far ahead Of Us.
Saturday Review.
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06
The ROMANCE OF THE TELEGRAPH
Some Of the odd Dimculties Of operatina
Line Through Queer Countries.

Some Of the odd Dimcuities Of Operating
Line Through Queer Countries.
A good deal of romance hovers around
the means by which the world news is
gathered. The speed and accuracy with
which telegraph messages are trans
mitted between the uttermost parts OF
the earth is marvellous when the condi-
tions under which they are sometimes
transmitted are considered.
The ndo-European telegraph line
offers good illustration. 1t runs from
London to Lowestoft on the east coast
of England. It then dips under the sea
to Emden, on the German coast whence
it passes through Germany to the kus-
sian frontier. From this point the wire
passes by way Of Warsaw, Rowno, Odes-
"a. the Caucasus, and Tiflis to Persia, and
by Tauris to Teheran, the capital OF the
shah's queer domain. There 1t JOINS
the Indian government line which runs
from tho Persian capital to Bushire on
the Persian gulf. Thence the wires run
through Baluchistan, and complete the
route by connecting at Karachi, IN
northern India. The operation OF this
immense stretch of line, passing through
countries Of such varying climates and
general characteristics, is obviously one
Of much difficulty. On the snow
swept steppes of Russia the wires are
sometimes snapped like thread by the
rapid flight of fiocks Of wild geese. The
noles are cut down and made into fire
wood by the nomad tribes of the eau
casian districts, and the cunning ipp-
keepers Of Georgia seek to boom their
post horse trade by deliberately creating
faults in the wires. In certain parts OF
the mountainous regions Of Asia the
maintenance Of the solitary line involves
no little personal risk and hardship tc
the staff hands. Communication IS
often out off by avalanches in the noun
tain districts. and the work Of repairing
after a snowfall Of five or six feet -
no light matter.
These mountain stations are proyl-
stoned with several months supplies be-
fore the winter sets in, as the staff Will
be in touch with the rest Of the world
bv the wire only until the spring
weather opens out the passes. In these
supplies are always included a liberal
allowance of books and games where
with to relieve the mOnotony Of the
tedious winter exile.-New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06
7Tcst value Of Coal.

The important fact has over and over
soain been stated by those wo have IN
vssetipated the subject with scientific eA-
a enc that only about or per cent
~ tbe total heat value Of coal is utilized
IN an engine by heating transformed
into mower In tracing up this loss 1t IS
stated that there are required some
oo2 degrees OF heat, or heat units
Ist degrees Of temperature-to, change
one Donud Of water into steam, while
dnrinp the absorption of this amount OF
neat the temperature Of the water re-
mains at s12 degrees. This immense
amount of steam is rendered latent and
doesnot sensibly affect the thermometer
Scientific authorities explain the cause
Of this loss in the steam engine as due
to the fact that the $50 degrees absorbed
bc water i'll being transferred into steam
-212 degrees are apparent upon ther-
nometer. and which. added to $780,
make ND the .202 degrees above men
tioned-go into the engine unindicated
bv the thermomctor, leave IN the same
manner and go TO waste. New YORK
SIM
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06
THE SELF exlLED.


SNOW open the gate and let her in
And fling it wide,
For she hath been cleansed from STAN OF sih'
st. Peter cried.
And the angels all were silent.
"Though am cleansed from stain Of sin,
She answered low
81 came not hither to enter in,
Nor may ! 60,
And the angels all were silent
"But may not enter there, " she said;
'For / must 90
Across the gulf where the guilty dead
Lie in their woe.
And the angels all We're silent.
ssIf enter heaven, may not speak
Ny s0uls desire
For them that are lying distraught ana weak
In flaming fire"
And the angels all were silent
"should be nearer Christ. she said,
"By plying less
The sinful living or woeful dead
In their helplessnessf"
And the angels all were silent.
"should I be lilser Christ were
To love no more
The loved, who in their anguish lie
Outside tine doorf'
And the angels all were silent.
Hshould I be Iker, nearer him,
Forgetting this
Singing all day with the seraphim
In selfish blissf'
And the angels all We're silent
New York Tribune.
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06
THE UNHAPPY cABMAN.
One of the Gotham Fraternity Tells a Tai
of Woe.

One Of the Gotham fraternity Tells Tale
of Woe.
"a claimants life amt all beer and
skittles, said an up town Jehu the 9TH
er day. Nobody ever thinks Of givin
poor cabby a tip, and lots Of 'em seem
to take a sort Of pride in never payin
cent more than the legal fare. A man
don't haggle over 3 cents in store, but
he will fuss over that rate card till he's
black in the face for foar he'll give me
too much. After that they'll walk Off
and stick out their chests as though they
had done a good action. They calls it
bein strong minded, I s'pose, and strict
ly just and all that sort O blarney-
mean, I calls it. More than once I've
driven a we'll dressed man down town
and had him jump out and go into one
o. them big Office buildings.
wait, Sos he. III be out in min
ute.
"Well, sayl IT'D waited till hecome'
out I'd be there yet All them buildings
has two or three entrances, and he goes
in one and slips ont O. the other.
"Why a man should take a cab down
town when he's hard up beats me.
s'pose he can t fool the cable car out of
a nickel, but he can do me out of a dol
lar. Some Of 'em will get out of a cab
in some mysterious way when they gets
towhere they want to go. You drive on
to the address they've told you, likely
10 OIL blocks farther on, and find your
cab empty How they do it is one too
much for me. It makes lots of noise get
tin out of cab when it's movin, but
they do it. Women don't often beat a
man out of his fare but they'r pretty
bad about payin EN-. I'd rather take
my chances any day on bluffin a man
out of more n his fare than woman
You can't rattle woman half as easy
and she's twice as obstinate.
about the only time we get cinch
is in winter when there's lots o. slush
around. There amt any talk then about
drivin to the station house and asllin
the sergeant at the desk what the fare
from Twenty third to Fifty-eighth
street. Take it all round, cabman :
life is a dogs life, and yet there s just
as much competition as in anything
else. New York Tribune
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06
The sources of Religion.

The sources of religion lie hid from
us. All that we know is that now and
again in the course of ages some one
sets to music the tune which is haunt
ing millions of ears. It is caught up
here and there and repeated till the
chorus is Numbered out by body Of
singers able to drown all discords and
to force the unmusical mass to listen to
them. page 332.)
We stand ON pass, blinded by mist
and whirling snow. If we stand still,
we shall be frozen to death If we take
the wrong road, we shall be dashed to
pieces. We do not certainly know
whether there is any right one. page
939 From the Life of Sir James
Fitzjames Stephens.
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06
ne SOUTHERN suMMER.
1t Is Claimed That While Long 1t Is Not
OppressIYe.

1t Is Claimed Iuhl WINE AVhb ~ - 49,
Oppressive.
Wrong impressions are hard to eradi-
cate from the human mind. In the
north and west it is a popular deluslon
that southern summers are extremely
hot and oppressive, and that life here
during the summer months is almost
unbeaTable- This impression IS formed
upon no knowledge of the matter, but
simply upon the assumption that, as
we are nearer the equator, 1t must
necessarily be much warmer than IN
more northern ATTITUDES. An investiga-
ton of the records Of the government
weather bureau will show that there is
no ground for such an assumption.
Our summers are long, but they are
not unpleasant. The heat in the north
and west is much more oppressive dur
ing June, July and August than in the
south. Deaths from sunstro1e are much
more numerous there, and the heat IS
decidedly more sultry. Our long even
ings are delightful, and sultry night
is seldom experienced. Our laborers
work in the fields all day long, and
suffer less from the warmth than those
Of the north.
In a nutshell, our summers compare
favorably with those of any section OF
the country, and our long, pleasant,
warm season is a decided advantage.
Our farmers can commence to work the
land long before their northern and
western brothers think Of beginning,
and can continue to utilize it months
after they have stopped. In the towns
and cities the residents are exempted
from heavy expenditures for warm win
ter clothing, and for the larger portion
Of the year the only fuel burned is for
cooking purposes.
In comparison with the north and
west. it is doubtful if our long, pleas
ant summer is not as far superior to
their short, blistering one as our short,
mild winters are to their long, frigid
ones.-Montgomery Gala. Advertiser.
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06

The plant of friendship grows only
in the warm air of congeniality. Con
fdence binds its parts together and is
the cohesive power of its nature, while
sympathy is the life giving sap coursing
through every fiber. It is an evergreen
and is indigenous to all lands. Its
most beautiful flowers open during the
night, and, while a perennial bloomer,
it is most fragrant in winter. Time
cannot wither or destroy it, age but
strengthens and develops. S. Field.
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06

It is an astonishing thing to hear, as
have lust done, that in the new catalogue
Of the British museum the letters and J
and also U and V are mixed up indiscrim-
inately In the style favored by our remote
ancestors. The management Of the Brit
ish museum reading room and library Is
usually regarded as a model OF its kind,
but In this instance 1t is very seriously at
fault and steps ought to be taken to COR
rect such a blunder whatever the COST
London Truth.
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06
1arrer, who aral.e TheIr Own van.

Many celebrated men have neglected
to settle their affairs Ben Jonson, Dry
den and Sir Isaac Newton all died in
testate, Bacon insolvent, and the cpl
gram on Buffers monument in the alb
hey sufficiently explains why he and
many others like him never made
will:
The poets fate is here in emblem shown;
he asks for bread and he receives stone.
evils, " said Lord Coke, land the
construction Of them do more perplex
a man than any other, and to make a
certain construction Of them exceedeth
iurisprudentium artem. An old prov
erb says that every man is either fool
or a physician at 40. Sir Il. Halford
happening one day to quote the saying
to a circle of friends, Canning humor-
ously inquired, "Sir Henry, mayn't he
be both?" At any rate experience teaches
that lawyers who draw their own wills
sometimes make great mistakes. Sir
Samuel Romilly's will was improperly
worded, Chief Baron Thompson's will
became the subject Of chancery proceed
ings, while the will of Bradley, the
eminent conveyancer, was actually set
aside by Lord ThurlOw. Temple Bar.
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06
Two Lives Saved.

Mrs.. Phoebe Thomas, Of Junction City, III, was
told By her docton she had consnmptlsIn anditha
there was no hope for her, two bottles Of
Dr.. kings New Discovery completely cured her
and she Gays it saved her life. Mr.. Thes. Rggsrs
iso Florida street, sau Francisco. suffered from
q dreadful oold.gapproachIDg consumption, tried
without result evsrythins else then bought one
bottle Of DR.. Kiuks New Discovery and in two
weeks was cured. BE Is naturally thankful II
Is such results. Of which these are samples, that
usere ne wouderfnl iefaeaey Of tile medicine IN
osaahs anaC6 u Eise tria1 holtlas a. Piefee 3
Risasanagd'a dsua aeese. Regular aizq lle4sa -.
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06

In the Port Royal mountains, Jamaica,
an interesting archaeological discovery was
recently made Of a cave containing the
skeletons Of at least "a OF the aboriginal
Arawaks. When Columbus discovered the
island in 1894, tho Arawaks were estimated
at about 600, 000 A century and half
later, on the capture Of Jamaica by the
English, they had completely disappeared
even to their bones, as only the skulls I'M
til now had beer, found. These showed a
frontal depression, with lateral expansion,
an artifcially formed leformity that Is
also found In those just discovered, which
ana Of all ages.-San Francisco Chronicle
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06

Writer-Can you tell me where l can
90 to suffer oxcrutiating agony for
brief season? I'm writing torture
chapter in ny novel and want to get it
as near to nature as l can.
Critic-Um-um- yes,
know just the place. Come up to my
house this evening The young lady
next door is going to have an amateur
musicale. Detroit Free Press.
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06

"There was a government III existence
within the limits of my state during the
late war that find no mention of in
the histories, " said Mr.. F. M. Holden
of Mississippi "In the early days Of
secession the county of Jones, through
its leading citizens, withdrew from the
Confederacy, declared themselves a free
and independent people, organized a
government, adopted a constitution
modelled after that Of the United States,
called this new government the re-
public of Jones', elected a president
and full quota of officials and re-
fused to furnish men or money to the
southern cause. On the approach of
Confederate troops they would retreat
to the swamps and other inaccessible
places and remain in hiding till the
danger had passed. They kept up this
queer attitude of hostility to their own
brethren, so far as I am informed, to
the close of the war, but the republic
of Jones passed out of the memory Of
men with the event of Appomattox, and
the mention of it now in that locality
is only a cause for smiles. Washing
ton Post
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-06
LEAVE lnnANoN LEAVE PIMA

VIII leave Bakers hrnr later than ftbiu .
EOwe 81 nf- later than leia.,.
" Mahon-' ~ hcurs later Than Lebanon
Freight received on wharf IN phiAde.pnit ,s
sailing days until = hour before leaving un
MONDAY. sept. > NO PASSENGERS WILL
BE CARRIED.
Passenger accommod itioHr drst-cla.-
An Handsomely furnished ard lighted with
ELECrRiC LIGhiS,
Ladies' saloon, gentemau's SALON and private
state rooms.
Fare to Pnisde puia. s. Round Trip, SL5i.
Flrs class accommodations lunde- cover FOR
HORSES, aue all kinds Of Live stock.
address Philadelphia communications in care
Githen-, Rsxsims & 20 80 South F.oat Street
Lebanon Navigation Co.,
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