The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-02
CURIOUS THINGS or LIFE.

y" P""iV Occ7isions tne governors OF The
British provinces IN Australia nil appear in
military uniform. Yet 10 one Of them is n
professional soldier
Mrs. lie Baron, Il I.eayenworth. fell dead
as she was making pie, and at the same
Nine q cioca winch bad been out Il tire for
five years deliberately struck IL
A New York girl Dropped dead two hour.
alter having become engaged to he married.
IL is supposed her death was caused by an at.
tack Of heart disease brought on by joy.
A citizen Of Marietta, La, put some chest
nuts on the roof to dry, and the rats gDaweJ
holes through tho roof b get the chestnuts,
and when It raincd the water came through
those holes with rush.
An old observer tells that ones ovobrows
ere an infaliible guide to his age No matter
how young looking tho person may be, If biz
eyebrows lacl; gloss and do not lie Cat and
smooth, 1t is no longer a young man.
woman in Auericus, Ga, fell asleep
during q recent Sunday night service and
didn't wake up until after every body had
gore home and TIC door was locked She re-
manned imprisoned thrcc days before she was
discovered and rescued
Amougthc Continental armies the German
soldiers have tpc lonsclt legs, Judging by the
length Of step. l. Is eighty cegtimetcrs Tie
step Of the French, Austrian. Belgian, Swiss.
and Swedish is seYeaty-Gvc ccati.aetcro, and
OF tho Russian sevcIty-onc ccntimetors
Thirty cent? eters make foot
There is an old porpoiso ilat has been in
the harbor Of St Augustine, Fla, years and
years. The porpoisc isparticularly tameand
frolicsomc. He is called Ol1 Ghoul, and Is
known by having one lin gone He often
plays around tho fisherncn's boats and bis
presence always augugs a good catch.
Workmcn in a gravel bed on the Western
railway Of Alabama recently came upon
the skeleton of what they think vas an In
dian princes. On il was found silver cor
onet, silver bracelets, a necklace made Of
silver buckles, tied together with sill; rib
bon, and peculiar knife With a saber blade
Medieval supcrstitions lingcr in Austria
The burgonaster Of Iuraki, in Galicia, has
just instituted q prosecution before the Grim
inal court Of Solotwina against a man named
Jean kowalesink for having "by bis mali
cious sorceries and lamentations caused hail
storm TO doyastate the fields Of Zuraki on
July IS"
X. i. kreigsman, Of Curtis, Fla, received
a lot Of toilet soap for bis barber shop. In
placing the cakes on the shelf he roticcl that
one OF them was much heavier than well con
Quoted soap generally Is Cutting it open,
he folnd silver dollar of the vintage Of
1852 Tic intends to deal with that firm alto
eotEcr h'reafter
TIE daughter Of rich banl.c- stopping nj
Ear Eerbor ventu-ed beyond Ler depth while
bathing, and was only saved by tie efforts Of
a yoarS nan, who risked his lie % sryc hegT
The day ef,crwarl the happy latho? cen. Tie
young man noe OF thanks accompanied by
a 81 bill, which vas Immediately and indig-
nantly returned.
A birmingham Alan man made clock
Thich he intended as a present for friend.
lie 'ct il running, ard it went alright for
awhile, and suddenly stopped. IT w1s cf.cr-
ward esccr;ained that the person FOR whom
it was intended had died at the very tine IL
dicated by the clock. II has been set going
frequently alterward, but Away stops at the
same hour.
Martin WIes, bathing master OF the
Mohican housc, Lake George, while digging
under The roo's Of a b'g cedar not flr nom
tue beach, found a quantity Of Indian
weapons, evidently Of great antiquity, ana
portions Of q human skeleton, which crum-
bed into dust as soon as cxposel o. the Gir.
The weapons were arrow heads and s,,>''
hatchcts OF curious design.
\ curiogs and fatal accident happened re-
Gently az Marseiiies Th.u. ostliches which
had arrived from Algeria were tcing placed
in the train fer Paris. where thcy are % be
exhibited IN the Jartn dAcclmata,ion,
when a man cndcayored 20 PLUCK some
feathers out Of one ri the birds 81 tie
desert" lie Immediately received q Lick
from the ostrich which killed Lin on the spot
One OF the most irritating Of the recent
idiocici Of tourists Is the fashion OF leaving
cards at the tombs OF distinguished people.
The bust Of Longfellow in Westminster Al
hey j. constantly surrounded by these ilCp-
propria;e bits Of pasteboard. and the grave
of II. II. D." is said to he literally covered with
the visiting cards left By tourists who climbed
the lonely mountain near Colorado Springs
to visit the last resting place Of the poet and
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