Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-09
Here and There,

There i an old woman in Boston. the
widow OF French marshal, wsO now
Srinds hsnd-0rgan, the top OF which Is
decorated with her husbands medals. She
is said TO speak the purest French 10 he
heard in the fIUb, and her face resembles
an English walnut.
Trans are now run on all the elevated
roads in New York on sunday for tn. price
OF five cents. The cOmpany's method Of
observing the Sabbath quite suits the pub
lie; and the patronage Of the roads on
these days is nearly double what il w,s ON
the corresponding DAYS OF lasi year.
GLASS bearing. for iournaI-boxcS. glass
shingles. glass pulleys, ETC., have been
tried with favorable results. Vessels have
been sheeted with glass instead OF copper,
with the most satisfactory results. With
glass pulley,. especially for cable roads,
friction Is reduced to Il minimum.
The latest statistics on the comparative
longevity OF the sexes shows that under
fifteen years there are more boys than girls.
but over seventy live years there are more
women than men. and from the ages Of
ninety To one hundred the proportion i
about three 10 two in favor OF the women.
A monster pumpkin, weighing one hun
dred and sixty pounds, which was grown
on the farm OF General Butler in Massa-
chusetts, and has been exhibited in a
Brooklyn window, has been bought by
baker OF New York. who will make il iuto
an enormous PIE 10 be presented 10 the
next President.
A tunnel 1000 feet long, that was con-
structed at least nine hundred years before
the Christian era, has been discovered on
the Island OF SaInos. Ii is mentioned by
IIerodotus. and was eXcayated to supply
the old seaport with drinking-wster. IL Is
completely preserved. and contains water
tubes OF about twenty-five ccntimetrcs in
diameter, each one provided with a latcr3l
aperture for cleansing purposes.
The Greek church at Sitka, Alaska, is de-
cared TO be the most ornate house OF wor-
ship in America. II is built on the plan OF
Greek cross. and the interior is n mas, OF
gold and silver. OF the magnilieonce OF
which one enthusiastic writer say he can
give no idea. The walls are hung with pie
lures OF royalty and the priesthood. the
gift Of Russian princess, who has taken
this temple under her special charge.
Rev. Watty Dunlop. the humorou, min
lister OF Dumiries, had frequently practical
Jokes played upon him. but the pcrpctra-
tors rarely got the better Of him. GA one
occasion some idle and mischievous youths
waited for him as he passed through
church.yard and one OF them came to him
dressed rs ghost in hopes OF frightening
him; but Watty's cool accosl speedily up-
set the plan. ''Wcpl, Master Ghost,v said
he. "is this general rising. OF are " Just
takings saunter frae yer own grave 10y
yersel.'
"Water ch.s;nuts" (ea'cn by the old
lake-dwcllers in sni,zerlandj are LARGELY
grown in China. Every canal /, fun OF
fiosting islands OF them; and the gather
ing looks like the picture Of Athelney in
food, where Young and old are going
about after the apples in boats. Instead OF
boats put tubs, each pushed with bamboo
poles by y yellow man orwoman. and paint
two on three upscis. for John Chinaman il
full OF fun. and those who have seen a
vater-ekestnut harvesting say that every
body is on the broad grin. and accepts a
ducking with the same good humor with
which he gives one.