Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-08
Eorn and Eliefc.


TIE m,ckerel fishery in the bay OF 81.
Lawrence hes been failure thus Tar thi-
season.
A man in Leeds. England. says he can
build ship which will be able TO cross the
ocean IN three days.
Physicians and dealers in dye-stuls in
London are trying TO drive ani!iue coiors
out Of use and restore vegetable dyes. They
assert that aniliue dyes produce painful and
dangerous truptiOas of the skin.
The Prohltiliouists Of New Hampshire
want TO Tua the Hon. Larkia ID. Mason. one
OF the fathers OF the Republican party in
tie STATE, Tor Governor, and the suggestion
!, causing some CONSERVATION among the
IecuIals.
The rayah. of Macedonia are decri15d rs
the most miserable lcCplcin Europe. The
Albanlans, who are the Turkish police,
cut tie throats Of thc thris'ian peasants,
assault their women. and burn and plunder
their villages.
The dccpsCa l. illuminated only by the
deep Green srnligat tina, bl> passed tarongh
y;sl stratum oi water. and therefore lost
ai TIE red and orange rays by absorption.
The deep >ta -taI.nShes are nearly all
orcuge. orange rcd or scarlet, ey down
to 5000 iMhom-.
Acerla lid, far 10 become q wine-prO-
Guciug country. for the area OF It's Vne-
yards Is increasing annually. In 1850 there
were Int 1850 acres of ylues in Algeria
in 1877 there were $3.50 acres. The area
is now about $4,000 acres, with produc-
ton OF ;j0,GC0 hcct0litrls Of wine per an
mum.
Oysters arc plentiful along the entire
coast of Northwestern Mexico. They COM
pare favorably with those OF tie C5e-a-
poakc and Delaware bey-, and cost about
twenty-five cents 4 tushel. TWO mites
south Of san Bias oysters are easily gather
cd from the roots o. trees skiIting the
banks OF the Conchai river.
The correspondent oi The IIariford( Comm
2 mes on tie summit OF Mount Washing
ton, who is connected WITH the signal SER
vice, says that nearly ~ inches Of ram fell
lhore IN July, il being the weltest month
since the establishment OF the station. The
temperature WIS 2.99 below, and the pre-
ciDilati0n Is inches above the July average.
The following notice was recently put
uD in the scbOOlhOuse OF PTussian vii
l1ge: ION July 10Th next, al =. NJ, pub
lie bid. will be received by the Board OF
seleclmen regarding the orphan girl, Eliza
beth kreutzkc, who for purposes Of edu-
cation. clothing, and general Gaze, is 70 be
adjudeed 10 the lowest bidder. AL per-
sons desirous II competing are hereby in
yited to appear. The right Of adjudication
il reserved"
For hi. famous F,orida plea Webster
was raid $1,000 in ten sl0O bills. lie was
engaged in study as the money was handed
him. and, aiter giving 4 receipt, resumed
his work. That Night the money could
not he found. nor could .he most diligcnt
search reveal any clue 10 It's Whereabouts.
4 number Of years afterwaid Mr.. Webster,
tuning the leaves OF book long unused,
found n slO0 bill. On turning the next
leaf he found another, and so on success
slyely until the entire ten were brought 10
light from the place where he had absent
mindedly put them as he studied.
The capercailzie. or great cock Of the
woods, was once common bird In the
woodland soitudes OF the North OF Scot
lend. II became extinct about the year
1880, but Il continued 10 exist in Scandina.
Via. and it Il pleasant to hear that il il
once again becoming quite common bird
in all the more largeiy-wooded districts
north OF the Tweed. According TO the
Whitehall Rerieio this revival, after an ex-
tinction oi about flity years, Is mlinly due
TO the reinirodueiiOn OF the bird into the
Taymcuth woods from Sweden. In the
year 1888. by the late Marquis Of Breadal-
bane.