Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-27
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The Governor Of San Luis Potosi,
Mexico, has proposed a bill to exempt
all sugar machinery from impost; that
suear-factories be exempted from the
patent" duty; and that plantations
shall be subjected to small tax on all
sugar produced; all Of which is to hold
good for ten years.
Elk are rapidly becoming extinct in
in Humboldt county, CAL, where not
great while ago there were hundreds of
the animals. The people there are at a
loss to account for the clks' disappear
ance, especially as deer are increasing
in number in the same locality.
A recent visitor to Bagdad, the city
of Haroun Al Rashid, notes that with
its population Of 100000 it contains no
place Of public resort or amusement.
The exterior of every house reminds
one of fortress or prison, and the
streets are nothing more than narrow
and tortuous lanes.
In the stomach of a thirty-seyen-
pound Goldfish sold in the fish market
of Hjoerring, Denmark, one day in
November, were found another cod
fifteen inches long, and a very large and
fat duck, perfectly fresh, anfapparent-
ly swallowed alive and whole. Except
for bite on the neck it was unin-
jured.
Botanists are entering earnestly upon
the study of bacteriology in its rela-
tons to plants. In paper by Mr.. j.
c. Arthur before the Association for
the Advancement of Science, t, dis
ease known as pear blight was ST ID to
be produced by bacterium classified
as the micr0cOccus dmytOcOroHs.
On the water side Of Vera Cruz stands
stone image, whose bruised counte-
nance tells queer tale Of feminine Gre
dulity. From time immemorial it has
been believed that if manageable
woman shall hit this image Squarely in
the face with a stone she will imme-
diately obtain a husband and an advan-
tageous settlement in life.
Judge Lochrane, Of Atlanta, took an
active part in the recent contest for
prohibition. Last Friday evening after
supper the Judge ordered the servant
to bring up all the wines and liquors in
the cellar and pour them from the back
porch on the ground. Fine imported
Scotch WHISTLES and imported wines
were poured on the ground.
A new process for preparing chemi-
cal fibre by the use Of sulphuric acid
has been introduced. By means of it
it is intended to prepare vegetable fibre
for spinning and other uses, eliminating
the silica and other incrustating sub
stances that bind the fibre together.
The principal feature Of this process is
the treatment of fibre with solvent
containing hydrohuoric acid and sui
phuric acid.
A set Of rules has been published by
the Russian Government on the educa-
ton and qualification of dentists. AS
evidence Of sufficient preliminary
education they must have passed
through six out of eight classes of a
classical or commercial gymnasium.
Their professional studies may be car
ried out either in universities or in
private institutions approved by uni
versity authorities. At the end Of the
period of studentship, the length Of
which does not appear to be defined, q
practical and theoretical examination
must be passed and diploma OBJ
tanned.
They have curious ways of doing
things in the Mexican States. Last
week, while train on the Central rail-
road was passing through the La Colo
RADIO ranches, near the city Of Zacate-
cas-, flock Of I, 200 sheep attempted to
cross the track, and 265 were killed
and ten cars and the engine throw n
from the track. The killing so enragsd
the owner Of the rancho that he DELHI
erately shot the two poems in charge Of
the flock. As be is man of great in-
huence and wealth, it is not believed
that this crime will expose him to any
serious consequences, save such as be
may suffer from his own conscience.