Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-23
Here and There.

MIR. Swan has estimated the life OF an
electric glow lamp at about $500 hours.
This is avery high average, and the eondi-
lions under which 1t was attained. in the
case OF the Swan lamp, at least, must have
boen exec ptionapy favorable.
Mrs. Eanaie o. Lingan, 2612 Clay street,
Richmond, says: "For days | could
searpely eata morsel, and then suddenly a
craving for food would possess me This
state OF things injured my health. Browns
Iron Bhtersfured me-"
Suberine, the characteristic component
Of cork, is a,triie fat, ssponifiable by aka
lies and oxidi1able by nitric acid, which
converts it iutoHa mixture OF suberc acid
and eerie acid. 1t is composed Of the mix
ed glycerides OF phellopic and stearic
acids.
Mrs. Annie NJ. Hall, 1902 east Broad
street, Richmond, says: "My physician
ordered Browns Iron Bittess for my son
while suffering from chlls. and it promptly
and efrectuaiiy relieved him, 1t has my
grateful recommendation"
yulcanized fibre has been employed for
valves for Murine coBicnsers. 1t is said TO
do much better than india-rubber. Valves
stand welt the action Of water aud Oil, and
give very little trouble after they have been
carefully fitted In place.
Mr.. Julius j. Herzeg, ei1G Yenable
street, Richmond. says II have sold
Browns Iron Bitters for the last three
years, and 1t has given general satisfaction
TO my patrons"
The elder duck does not. Or. Sundstrpm,
OF Stockholm, has ascertaiRed, take ter
young during the summer into the ocean,
as is so generally supposed, but remains
with them among the islands on the coast.
II appears that the cider duck has greatly
increased In the south OF Sweden during
the last few years.
DIR. w. III. Shocks, l03 east Broad street.
Richmond, says: "Brown's Iron Bitters
Is undoubtedly fine tonic. sell great
deal Of 1t. and my customers speak OF it in
the highest terms"
Snakes In a state Of captivity can, DR..
Rowitz, Of Berlin, has discovered, he fed
on paper. DR.. Kossel confirms this fact by
statement based on bis own observations.
lie says that after feeding snails with highly
calcareous paper for some time he found
abnormal cAlcareous deposits In their mon
strously developed shells.
Mr. w. ]. Wilson, 200l Venable street,
Richmond, says: "Brown's Iron Bitters Is
the best remedy for dyspepsia and general
debility. II greatly benefited me-"
There Is to be erected on the Champs de
Mars as part OF the Paris Exposition OF
1859 an iron tower 800 metres high. This
equals 1,lS1 American feet. The story Is a
little fishy as well as Frenchy, but II the
tower Is successfully raised, the glory OF
the Washington monument as the highest
structure In the world will have been a
brief one.
Mr.. w. II. Ladle, flJ5 Main street,
Richmond, says: 81 have used Browns
Iron Bilters for dyspepsia. neuralgia, and
nervous disorders with great satisfaction
Amiser living in Columbia county, N. Y,
has Just died, and bis wife quarYelled with
the undertaken for charging her S1.5O for
putting some boards together for coffin,
which boards the miser had previously pro-
yided. In searching the house after the
wife's death, ga, 900 In Government bonds,
$4,000 In bank certificates. and three
bushcls Of pennies were found. They hsd
been 80 saving that they had used neither
nest nor sopp Tor twenty years.