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Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07

"YOur improvised chiefs Of the ma
tional defense are simply so many
knights Of the pavement p" (chevaliers
du pave), said Bismarck to Jules Favre
at their interview at Ferrieres a fort
night after the fall Of the second empire
Bismarck was not absolutely within the
truth, though he was very near to it,
but in this instance he reflected the feel
inga of the courts of Europe with regard
to the men whom we now cOmplacently
term "the founders Of the third repub-
lie. Europe had heard Of Jules Favre
himself, of Jules Simon, Of GAMER
Page, Of Eugene Pelletan (the father Of
Camille Pelletan), but Gambetta, Pr
card, Ferry, Glais- Bizoin and half doz-
en- others, who suddenly professed to
pick up the sword that had fallen pow
erless from the hands of the mmshals of
France, in order to stem the tide Of for
eign invasion, they did not know. 1t is
doubtful whether the French them
selves, outside of Paris, knew much
about their self elected would be saviors.
When ON the 9th Of September, 1870,
Victor Hugo, his son and daughter,
Nine. Drouais, and several friends left
Brussels for Paris, where the poet ex-
pected a triumphal welcome, their train
was brought to a stop at Maubeuge by
the side of another containing part Of
Vinoy's army that had escaped the dis
aster of Sedan. Men and horses were
huddled pellmell in cattle trucks, the
men silent and depressed, brooding over
their unexpected and blastlike defeat.
Hugo tried to cheer them. He leaned
out Of his carriage and shouted: give
Ia Franco Vive la republiqueP p but
there was no response, not even when
Nine Drouais told the men who was
speaking to them. On the platform,
though, just as the train moved once
more, a franc tireur waived his kept and
yelled; ''Vive la republiquel Vive
Gambettai" "Who's Gambetta? do
not know Ciamhetta, :" remarked the poet
to NJ. Antouin Proust, who was seated
by his side.-Fortnightly Review.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07

Tho hero of the Russo-Turkish war of
1877 was General Skobeloff, tho white
general, F" as all called him. the "intelligi-
bic general, as some of his devoted Rus
sinn soldiers named him. His great
strength lay in his power over his private
soldiers. Ho was their comrade as well as
their officer says the author Of "Russia
and Turkey In the Nineteenth Century, -
and was never weary In seeing that his
mon were well fed warmly clothed and
comfortable. Countless incidents are told
of Skobeleif's kindness-how he would
take wounded soldier beside him in his
carriage, or fling his cloak over another as
he lay on the ground, or how no would
dismount from his white charger, and
march with weary regiment, reviving
its spirits with gay talk.
Skoboleff always wore white coat and
rode u white horse, that he might be con-
spicuous to his own men during IL battle
He went everywhere, exposed himself
His soldiers believed him invulnerable.
One wounded soldier solemnly assured a
sister Of mercy that ho had seen tho bullet
that shattered his own arm pass through
the body of his general
II must show my men how badly the
Turks aim, " he said once when standing
as target to the enemy.
Cruelty to horse was almost rs abhOr-
rent to Skoboleff Us brutality to q man.
When ordered to retreat, no would sheatho
his sword, send his white charger to the
'front.' and remain on foot the last man in
tho rear, saying, "They may kill me if
they like, but they shall not harm my
horse unless he is advancing against the
enemy"
No man can feel comfortable in facing
death, " no has been heard to say "who
does not believe in God and have hope Of
a lifo to come" Each evening in the
camp he stood bareheaded, taking part in
the evening service, which was chanted by
90 or go of his soldiers.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07

How sadly deficient some people are
Of any sense of humor when the subject
is themselves! Take the Duke of Devon
shire, who delivered speech at the
opening Of "Passmore Edwards
House" for epileptics So long as he
kept to the epileptics the duke managed
well enough, bat before he sat down he
must needs get on the subject Of him
self and tho sorrows of the poor mil
lionaire:
ut might perhaps be considered pre-
sumptuous for one who was reputed to
be rich himself to offer advice to ether
rich men which he had not taken him
self or was not himself prepared to fol-
low, but perhaps he might be allowed to
point out that there was some difference
between those who happened to be in
the possession Of wealth inherited from
several generations and those who had
created their own fortunes. Their prede-
cessors, in cases like his own, had gen
orally contrived to find quite as many
channels by which wealth flowed out as
by which it flowed in, and those who
had for the benefit and advantage of
their successors created great estates, en-
failing much labor in administration
and many responsibilities, had not left
to their successors a legacy Of unmitigat-
ed advantage.
The spectacle Of the duke inviting
the commiseration of his audience for
tho cruel fate which compelled him to
keep up Chatsworth and Devonshire
House instead Of founding homes for
epileptics is indeed excruciating. West
minister Gazette.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07
WASHING DAY.
How the Family Laundering Is Done In
Various Countries.

How the Family Laundering Is Done In
Various Countries.
The hardest worked washerwomcn in
the world are the Koreans. They have
TO wash about a dozen dresses for their
husbands. and, inasmuch as every man
wears pantaloons or drawers so baggy
that they would como up to his neck,
like those Of a clown, they have plenty
to do. The washing is usually done in
cold water and often i'll running
streams. The clothes are pounded with
paddles until they shine like shirt
front fresh from a Chinese laundry
The Japanese rip their garments
apart for every washing, and they iron
their clothes by spreading them on a
fat board and leaning this up against
the house to dry The sun takes the
wrinkles out Of the clothes, aud some
of them have quite luster. The Japa-
nese woman does her washing out of
doors. Her washtub is not more than
six inches high and is about as big
round as the average dishpan. She gets
the dirt ont of the clothes by rubbing
them between her hands. She some
times uses japanese soap, which is full
of grease. and works away in her bare
feet.
The Chinese girls do their washing
in much the same way.
The pretty short haired beauties Of
Siam wear their gowns when bathing
in the river and wash them while tax
ing their bath When they have finish
ed, they trot up the steps Of their float
ing houses, and, wrapping a clean sheet
round their bodies, they slip off the
wet clothes and wiring them out to dry.
The washing in Egypt is usually done
by the men. The Egyptian washerman
stands naked ON the banks of the Nile
and slaps the wet clothes, with a noise
like the shot Of a pistol, on the smooth
stones at the edge Of the running water,
and such fellah women as wash pound
the dirt out Of their clothes in the same
way.
Frenchwomen pound the dirt out
with paddles, often slapping the clothes
upon stones as the Egyptians do.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07
HAVE YOU NEURALGIA


: Though IL may appear strange 70 us
who think we are familiar with the
commoner forms of neuralgia, or nerve
pain, such as toothache, headache and
the like, it is not easy always to say
whether the pain we are suffering be
really a neuralgia pure and simple.
IN point of fact, neuralgia is a name
for d condition rather than disease,
and only implies that in the course of
the nerve in question there Is pain that
is not caused by any disease Of the parts
supplied by that nerve or Of the nerve
itself
The causes Of neuralgia, then, are to
be found in conditions outside Of the
trouble itself. For instance, there may
be tumor pressing upon the nerve and
continually irritating it. In the same
way foreign bodies, such as bullets, may
set up persistent neuralgia. Ends of
nerves, by becoming involved in the
contraction Of a scar, may become suiii-
GENTLY compressed to give rise to I'M
bearahle pain. Sometimes veins that
are near nerves, or follow their course
through long, bony canals, become sufli-
GENTLY distended to irritato the nerve.
Or there may be poison in the blood,
like malaria, arsenic on lead, which, by
lowering the general vitality Of the
body, contributes to general nerve
weakness and irritabihty.
In a large proportion of cases the real
cause Of neuralgia is SO general as to be
quite obscure. The exciting cause-or
occasinn-of a single attack Of neural
gia is usually getting chilled or over
exercising tie pant subject TO tho com
plaint
As many of us know by experience,
the course of an attack Of neuralgia is
extremely varied. The pain may be con
tinuous, remitteut on Intermittent, tenn
porary OF persistent, located at one spot
or diffused over large area, and may
be shooting, aching or burning in char
acter.
BY way Of treatment we may use To-
cally any good liniment. blistWing, hot
lamentations or electricity. Iron and
quinine are of the greatest value inter
nally, especially whore the system is
run down or there is malarial faint
in the blood. Antirheumatics must, of
course, be resorted to in cases Of lbeu-
matte origin In these latter cases there
is nothing like absolute rest and regular
and nourishing diet
Morphine or other Opiates should be
used but sparingly in neuralgia, and
never in cases of debility or old age
Youths Companion.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07
cANARlEs FoR coNWcTs.
Six Hundred Feathered songsters In Mich
igan's Principal Prison.

Six Hundred Eeathered Songsters In Mich
igan's Principal Prison.
Convicts in the Michigan state prison
have many more favors than those Of
almost amy other penitentiary in the
United States, and it is the belief of the
management Of the institution that for
this reason there are fewer outbreaks or
lawlessness than are found elsewhere.
Among the favors granted to them here
is that Of keeping and caring for birds.
There are fully 600 feathered songsters
in Michigan's principal penal institu-
tiOus, all owned and cared for by the
convicts, and as soon as daylight ap-
proaches en- bright mornings their sweet
notes are heard in striking contrast to
the natural feelings Of their owners.
Many of the most hardened criminals,
from their general appearance and his
tory, would not be expected to care for
anything of u refining nature, yet they
tenderly care for and caress their little
pets.
More than three quarters of the cells
in the prison contain one or more cana
ries. and they are also found i'll various
shops throughout the institution. Dur
ing the day the cages are hung outside
the cells to give the birds light and
air, but as soon as the convict returns
from work at night the cage is taken in
side.
The practice has been carried on in
the prison for years, and the officials
say that, instead of any detrimental
effect being noticeable, the little song
sters have proved benefit, as they not
only give the cells more homelike ap-
pearance, but they also WELD a decided
influence in the way of humanizing the
most reckless and hardened criminal
Besides being permitted to keep the
birds for the sake of their company and
influence, the convicts are also allowed
to raise them to sell, and many dollar
is credited to the accounts Of the prison
ers from this source. OF course the CON
Wet handles none of the money realized
from the sale Of the birds until he is
discharged, but it is placed to his credit
in the prison bank. Chicago News
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07
An Old Art Revived.

Daguerreotypes arc coming into vogue
again. This is good news. A good da-
guerreotype portrait is much more than
a photograph, and it is wonder that
photography ever swamped this more dis
tinguishod and exclusive art. Not long
ago The Listener saw wonderful collec-
ton Of daguerreotypes in an old house up
in the country. Though they wero all
taken at least 40 years ago, they were ns
sharp and clear in their noat black cases
as if they had been taken but the day be-
fore, and some Of them were as beautiful
as good miniatures. When we consider
that all of these fine old daguerreotypes
We're made by professional operators with
little experience and no artistic training,
and reflect upon the amount Of skill and
taste that is applied to amateur photog
raphy at this day, we may realize some.
thing Of what the result of the appIica-
tion Of an equal amount of skill and
taste to a revived daguerreotype art might
be.-Boston TRANSCRIPT
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07
Yaoht nIodels and stenmshina.

1t had been thought that ono principle
evolved from the gradual perfection of
such tracing machines as the Herreshoff
sloops might be applied in some modified
degree to the construction of steamers.
Those queer, spoon shaped bows of the
Defender and her Immediate predecessors
arc designed to slip over the water in
stead Of cutting through it. Even lay
man porceiyes at once that this operates to
lessen tho friction and increase tho speed
People closely interested in the improve
ment Of the great ocean steamships are Of
the opinion that, so far as the hull can in
tluence the question of speed, some such
modification of tho bow is the only change
likely to avail in the nip and tuck struggle
for moro knots per hour. But it is also
easy to SEQ that tho flattish bow leads to-
ward an increased draft by concentrating
the keel action, and, as matter of fact,
we do not find in the most recent products
of the shipyards any appreoiable move in
the direction of Gloriana bows The For
ban, the new French torpedo boat, which
drives through the water at the railroad
speed Of 30.2 knots, or nearly 80 miles, de-
ponds on tremendous engine poaor rather
than on any departure in hor lines to hold
her place as the sw;ftest vessel in the world
-Scribner's Magazine
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07

The penalty for violating, even un-
Willingly, the taboo of a gems is visi-
tation of sores, livid spots, inflammation
of the eyes and even blindness. The
In-shtasunda, or thunder gems, do not
touch reptiles, toads on beetles. Some
years ago the vegetable garden Of the
Omaha mission was visited by the pota-
to bug. The good missionaries i'll charge
engaged the children in the work of ex-
termination by Offering a bounty Of .
cents quart, solid measure for de-
funct bugs As the extinction of the
species became imminent, some Of the
young wits adulterated their bugs by
the addition Of spurious beetles. About
this time one Of the little girls became
suddenly covered with sores Her par
ents, hearing of it, came in consterna-
tion to the mission. She belonged to the
thunder gems, and the child's bug in
come ceased at once. She had unwit-
tingly been carrying on traffic in her
taboo. Alice C, Fletcher i'll Century.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07

Every one who has finished a voyage by
sea, whether it be long or Short and
whether he DO good sailor or bad has a
strenuous desire to feel the solid ground
once more beneath his feet This eager
ness always causes intense aggrayntion at
tho time the skipper plays at bringing his
ship alongside the landing stage. Any one
who has been on penny stoanor knows
that it is quite possible to run alongside
pier without any fuss at all, yet an ocean
going vessel has to go through all sorts Of
maneuvers before her passengers can be
landed. Tiresome and apparently unnec-
essary tugs will hang on and pull her this
way and that, but the chief essential
4eems to be that she should be swung right
around, as if 70 pretend that hor voyage
9fFas not ended, but was just about to be-
zin.-Pali Mali Gaeette.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07
Ia NM VIC eUY NoT.
why NewsdeaIers Sometimes slip Rubber
Bands Around Their Magazines

WHY NewsdeaIers Sometimes slip Rubber
Bands Around Their Magazines
The man who gets up early in the
morning so he can have look ut MS
neighbours paper before the rightiul
owner has a chance to take 1t III from
his doorstep does not stand very high IN
the estimation of the newsdealer' ms
is because he spoils trade.
There is another man, however, who
is even more cordially detested by The
vender of periodicals he is the fellow
who never buys anything, bat has ne
habit Of dipping into the weekly papers
and magazines The keeper Of a news
stand makes "a tempting display OF his
stock. for he knows that strong PIC
ture or even pretty cover often brings
him a stray customer, but he expects
the mere locker on to be content with
this much, and no is likely 70 troWn
upon the man who resorts TO all KINDS
of schemes i'll order to get a peep at the
inside pages
The stands in the ferry houses and
railway stations suffer the most from
these penurious cranks, for there Is
nothing else to attract their attention
while they are waiting for a boat OF a
train. They run through the leaves Of
the latest books and magazines and
have been known to draw the tacks out
Of papers nailed up against the stand SO
that they could see what was ON the
other side of the sheet. But it is not
what they see and read for nothing that
worries the newsdealer. He would be
willing to put up with that if they did
not injure his stock. Indeed. be would
much rather have man take up mag
azine bodily and carefully examine ev-
cry page than to have him grab it by
one corner and bend up all the leaves
in a surreptitious attempt to see the
pictures. He would also rather have
you ask him to hand You a periodical
than to have you shove his sock all out
of line while trying to see the half Of
the page that is hidden by pile Of 9th
er papers.
So great is this nuisance that the
newsdealers had to adopt schemes for
their own protection. The most success
full, so far as preventing the leaves from
being turned, consists Of placing rub
Der band around the top and bottom of
a magazine and using it on the top Of
each pile.-New York World.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07

Managers arc an i'll used race. They
have bad name, which they do not al.
ways deserve. Considering all things, il
is small wonder that their tempers are oo-
casionally short. The wonder rather is
that they are as good fellows as they are.
/ remember in my salad days, asking an
actress Of some experience what sort OF
folk managers were to deal with. MY
dear" she said iinpressively, "they'r
angels if you're making money for them
and they're the very devil if you aren't. .
However this may be, they certainly are
not, as is SO often represented, imporvious
to or jealous Of rising talent. Like the
equally maligned race Of publishers and
editors, they arc quite awake to the value
Of good thing when they find it, So
many people dabble with tho stage nova.
days, with no intention Of taking 1t up
seriously, that no wonder managers are
apt to be skeptical of genius in the bud
MaemiIan's Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07

A pieco Of cast iron an inch square will
resist from &C. GOO To l25 coo pounds before
crushing or breaking It gives no warn
ing, but goes at once with loud report,
whilo many other metals give warning OF
go gradually under the strain. Whenever
we say tho crushing or tensile strength of
a material is so much, we always mean 50
much per square inch of cross section.
Ordinary white Pine will support 1000
pounds per square inch, while q piece of
granite one inch square will support 90 600
pounds, which, rs you know, is ten tons.
Here is a table of compressive strengths
for your scrapboOk:
Cast iron, $4,000 to 1876, 600 pounds;
wrought iron, so, 600 to go, 600 pounds;
steel, 3D. 000 to 40, 900 pounds.
Yellow pine, 3, 500 pounds oak, 5000
pounds; spruce, $500 pounds; white pine,
1900 pounds
Trap rock. 10000 to $4,000 pounds;
granite, IL, 600 to 81 600 pounds; marble,
5000 to 10000 pounds; limestone, 1000
to co. 600 pounds; sandstone, G,O0O to 10
600 pounds.
Common hard brick, 10000 to $4,000
pounds. u Brooklyn Eagle.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07
rAoueAr TAE KAIsgR sT0pIo.
A Coaohman Told Him He Would Never
set a River Afre.

Set River Ahre.
An amusing little story about the pres
ent emperor of Germany, William II,
and a Vienna coachman was narrated at
banquet lately given at Vienna by
some diplomatists. the narrator being
himself well known and prominent
member Of the corps diplomatic.
IN the year 1887 the present Emperor
William II Of Germany, then Prince
William Of Prussia, came to Vienna,
visiting his particular friend and chum,
the late Crown Prince Rudolf Of Aus
tria. Joined by the Prince Of Wales,
who was at that time also frequent
visitor to the Vienna court, the three
princes took fancy to mingle with the
commons Of the Vienna population.
Dressed in ordinary clothes, they visited
places which are not IN the least regard,
cd as suitable for princely gusats;
One day they entered a hotel, but in
stead Of going into the dining room they
walked mo the "schwemme, " a place
which answers IN some degree to the
barroom OF an American hotel; in this
room coachmen and the servants of the
hotel guests take their meals,
The three princes took seats at an
empty table, and listened, highly
amused, to a fierce debate about politics
between several stout members of that
class of fashionable Vienna coachmen
who are known all over Europe as
"fesche Wiener fiaker, The distinc-
tiou Of those characters is a kind Of
good natured boldness and droll famil-
iarity toward their customers as well as
to perfect strangers.
After listening awhile Prince William
put IN word, and soon was drawn into
the excited discussion. Suddenly stout,
red faced goodman walked up to the
table where the three princes were seat
ed, and, tapping Prince William gently
on the shoulder, said, "Now, if you
should ever have anything to say in
politics, you wouldn't set a river on fire,
I'm sure
As every public goodman in Vienna
wears a number. this coachman was
upon a special request of Prince William
easily identified. The prince sent him
a handsome scarfpin with his initials as
thanks for the amusement he had fur
nished, and thus the man learned in
amazement whose political abilities
they were that he had so belittled. -
Vienna Letter in New York Press.
Milford chronicle., 1896-02-07

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