Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-26
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Il idQN OF InhaUcipnia a,ceu = Ithtlt-
man the other evening 10 set her watch for
her. He set il an hour TOO fast. The next
morning She was just five minutes late for
breakfast.
England has 1880 brcwcrics. and
brcWcd 900, C00,0C0 gallons OF beer last
wear. Germany has 2j.902 brewcrics, and
brCwed 00.000000 gallons OF beer during
the same period. These two countric,
lead Europe in the manufacture OF this
article.
a new kind Of compass has been in
vented by Captain Magnagni, and is now
used in the Italian navy. 1t consists OF
magnetic needle floating in water III her
medically sealed glass case. Its advantages
arc that il ressts sudden shocks, but yields
readily TO ordinary influences. The firing
OF hundred.tnn gun on board the vessel
viii not affect il.
TIE western shipment Of melons from
Georgia i'm 1888 was 2,4G0 carloads. This
year il will not run beyond LOCO carloads.
The reason given for the decrease is that
the freight this year is so carload more
than il was last year, and the western rail-
roads are severely criticized in the South
for their short-sighted policy.
Julia Brace. blind def mute known all
over the country, died at Bloomfield, Conn.,,
few DAYS age, aged seveniy-iive. She lost
her sight and hearing at four years Old and
soon became dumb. She entered the Ameri-
can asylum at Hartford when nineteen, and
stayed there until twenty or twenty-five
years ago, when she moved TO Bloomfield.
She was one Of the early wonders OF the
ASYLUM with Laura Bridaman. She could
t1,,l g I'll D.
10y the touch. aud was regularly employed 10
sort and put away the washing.
The Youngstown VndicQtor saws that \.
II. Wise, OF COrncisburg, has IN bis en-
ploy "a colored man. originally from Nir-
ginia. who rs a dreamer has dOuble-dis-
counted The sleek and swindling Freddie
joyce. The colJred dreamer is tWcnty-one
years oi age, and last week on two success.
siye nights dreamed bis brother sent him q
suit Of clothes to this city. Inquiry con-
frmcd the nocturnal vision. Hackman
Sccher. Of Garfield, found the buds at al
expires, Office here and delivered them to
the delighted owner.
A circular has just been issued by orde-
OF TIE Czsr OF Russia, which says: 1.-THE
owners OF passenger steamers who have
been granted permission TO name their YES
Seis in the names of the imperial family are
bound 10 keep their boats in excellent or
der and repair. II, however, any such
named steamer, consequent upon CONNER
cial operations, should be employed in any
manner likely to make the carving out OF
the above Instructions difficult, the owners
are hereby notified ahat they must rename
the vessel and declare this change OF name
TO the Inspector OF Marine"
Contrary TO the general belief, lion
tanner does hot care about beginning with
lions too young. As cubs they are of course
easier to handle, but as they grow up their
temper NAY grow worse, and may event.
ually be spoiled 10y training. The frater-
nifty say that q lion seldom alters for the
worse after he is two or three years old,
and that when be reaches that age 4 compe-
tent trainer can pretty we'll tell whether it
will be safe TO perform with him or not.
at would be suicide" said . celebrated
tanner the other day, s'to 20 in 10 some
lions; and | think can tell in a very few
minutes whether strange lion is or Is not
safe"
An interesting experiment was made re-
Gently at Greenock on the Tilly, a small
steamer built on the Clyde for the Baiayian
fisheries. The ship has been fitted with a
powerful electric arc-lamp Of 15,O00-candle
power. which can be lowered into the sea,
and is intended to be used in the fisheries
FOR attracting the fish TO the nets. Flexible
conductors convey the current 10 the lamp.
which can 6e raised or lowered by dayits
and pulleys from the ships side. The
lamp is enclosed in flint-glass cylinder
nine and q half inches In diameter by four
teen and a half inches long, and is pro.
tectod by 4 copper grating. AT the trial
on the Clyde the lamp was submerged for
four hours while lighted, and the appear
anec OF the Illuminated water was very
beautiful.