The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-15
STRAY BITS.

| uVTinS tue eeI,On.
A scien,ific paper has been started In Paris
with the novel feature OF publishing nothing
not written by women.
A vegetarian hotel is an innovation IN
London. There are already thirty vegctai AN
restaurants in that city.
A shoemaker at Atlanta, Ga, has lately
completed pair Of shoes that arc - inches
long, 81 wide and 50 deep.
The electric arc lights in the Unitod state,
no,, ndlnDcr nearly 10000, and thr "a, AZ
descents number over l.O0O,OO
The annual copper production Of Tie world
II 10000 tons, and the French syndicate D,
said to control 2lj,OOO tons Of it
Sylvania, Ga, has stalk Of corn Zen feet
high. and which contains seven well Developed
shoots six Of which have put out silks
comparison Of the work IF English
French and American detectives show the
latter 70 be- l. Der cent. ahead all around
a Glasgow firm has just finished a brass
wire for the Glasgow exhibition sixty five
miles long and copper wire III miles long.
The National Telephone company, Of Scot
land. has several submarine cables Of seven
eight AMI nine miles IN length which give
perfect satisfaction
The Atlanta Constitution notes that tho
lumber used in John Browns gallows Is still
preserved at Harpers Ferry. and tho owner
wants 81 800 for it
In China there are over 400 species Of
| plants used for food. and in the world prob
| ably ten times that number Sawdust IA
| Sweden is used in bread and found diges-
| tible
| \ farmer near Buffalo, Pa, Will, blowing
a few days ago, came upon pot containing
nearly $1,000 in gold coin II Is supposed 10
have been hidden by miser who lived near
the spot many years ago
On opening an ice laden car at Cincinnati
tramp emerged and hurrieily made of
As the car had been locked three DAYS before.
it Is supposed that he endured the wintry
temperature all that time
Mr. Denise, Of DAYTON %, who died the
! o'hcr dow. IS .1il 60 l... been r..-.. .u
death by the accidental discovery that his
wife, fev months before had boon buried
while in a state OF trance. aui vhau 700 late
revived
\ fsn dealer says 10 i, ea.y enough 10 ten
! whether Il fish is fresh or u1t lful,a .asar,
bright ami clear and pelaei. h,, fresh asa
i,A need be-: but il dark cloudy llI -ickiy
looking. Ee .e au antiquity, and by uo mean,
10 be desired
TIE California state l9t~t NJ .i, culture
| Is doing mach 10 boom The Business n has
sent 5000 mulberry trees arj cr'i1g, %
silk cultiyator,. and Will I'm. year put ont
! 5000 more. and worms and egg, are given
To owners of mulberry trees.
Tn San Francisco su.t hl, been 5-ou.l.
| against the estate of one Loeweurhal. who
! committed suicide last winter go tl.i.y sei
/ tlr Dis u.iiiA- ut f,. .Itn.r l.,. ....
! Tor the 5000 ciaimod 70 have boon spent IN
| preparation for the marriage
\ Providence, K foundrg j., en-aeelm
casting the largest mining pump IN the world
| for the Calumet and Hccla, of Michigan 4
single section has been completed and weighs
twenty tons. The unwaterng II tho mime
viii be done sooner than va, expected
\ new fire escape in England i, a SORT II
chair that slides down ropes, and the lost of
"A house possessing n often enror,au- hs
guests by permitting them 20 takn 70 ride AZ
the Italian exhibition IN London it D., Expect
ed 10 prove great rival to the ,Ri.chblck
railway
The municipal althoriua, think tlr rros--
.nss ere SO unsafe u Par, t.o5 an English |
paper says they have employed surg DDS. lis. |
guisci as rr.ear'n .o" ta lg~r. r' l.'o |
Jog t 10. ....... I...,, /
Of tine street, and boa.enri,. and to n'lt /.
band ben ..l-.. ..N l... .....f-