Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-26
Here and There.
The number Of recruits to be called
out for the Russian army and navy this
year is 100000.

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out for the Russian army and navy this
year is go, 1000.
At recent public execution at lIele-
ma, Ark, railroads ran excursion trains
from the towns in the vicinity and sold
5000 round-trip tickets.
The lady students at ChaltauQua this
year outnumber the gentlemen three to
one. Even the busineSS-School is largely
composed of young ladies.
The French Minister of Marine states
that more than 3O,O00.0O0 francs will
be required to repair the damages
caused to the French navy by the recent
war with China.
Buenos Ayres has thirty-nine news
papers, and more promised. Twenty
one are Argentine, six Italian, three
French. four English, two German, and
three Spanish.
Cremation in Paris will soon be
available for the general public at the
small cost Of So for each operation.
An experimental furnace is being con-
structed at Pcrc-la-C haiSe, on the prin-
ciple Of the crematories at Rome aud
Milan.
The cheerful report has been started
that New Jersey insects are initiating
the famous Kilkenny cats. and that
the "devi's darning-needles" have
started in on the mosquitoes. The au-
thor Of the story says that the familiar
song. bite, and answering clap will
soon be matters Of history.
According to Mr.. Bell, supervising
architect of the Treasury, the coming
building material is the oolitic stone of
Indiana. 1t is impervious to heat and
cold, elastic, durable, and as suscepti-
bic to polish as marble. The public
buildings at indianapolis will be built
with it. and it is also to be used in the
State Houses Of Texas and Colorado.
Anrsthetics caused the deaths of
eighteen persons in England and Scot
land last year. Nine were from the
use Of chlOrOiorm, six from ether, and
three from a mixture Of ether and
chlorOform. In every fatal case the
patient had been comparatively healthy,
and the operation was of a slight char
acter.
A cod-lyer-oil dealer in Marseiles
adyertiSeS great virtue in the oil be-
cause the fish are caught in a safe and
quiet harbor where marine monsters
cannot get in to frighten them into dis
eases of the liver. "Thcy live there"
he adds. lin peace and comfort their
liyers are healthy, and that is why my
oil is the best
The telephone has been introduced
into almost every town Of consequence
in England and Scotland. There are
l2.C00 telephone exchanges in England
and over 100000 messages were
shouted through them last year. The
royalty paid by the telephone compa-
MES to the Post-Ohice Dep&ment in
the same time was e2O, 900.
The famous Panama hats are not
made in Panama at all. All Of them
come from Guayaqul, Ecuador, and
get their name from the Panama mer-
chants, who formerly controlled the
trade there. They are made Of the pita
fibre, a sort Of palm, and are braided
under water by native women from
strands ten to fifteen feet long. 1t
takes two or three weeks to braid a
single hat, but they last forever.
An animal-tamer has used electricity
as subduer Of unruly beasts with
great success. His instrument is an
apparatus shaped like an elephant prod,
and charged with electricity. Three of
his lions who were touched with it
showed signs Of the greatest terror.
The tiger, when shocked, crouched in
the furtheSt corner Of his cage, and the
boa constructor, nearly twenty feet in
length, Strengthened out as if dead, and
was motiOnleSs for six hours.
In Alaska, in midsummer, accord
ing to late letter, the almost con-
tinuous light Of day shines upon bright
green slopes, shaded here and there
with dark timber belts, rising up from
the deep blue waters. An endless va
riety of bright-hued flowers, hum Of in
sects, and melodious song Of birds, to-
gether with a degree of heat dispensed
by the solar orb which to our thick
ened blood appears oppressive, would
cause a stranger suddenly transplanted
there to think himself in any country
l,,4 ALASKA