The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-05
STRAY BITS.
A vol,puk club has been formed at "alla

tho United States.
The pin factories of England, France, hoi'
land and Germany are said to turn OUT
1900, go pins daily.
feprosy is said to be spreading at an alarm
ing rate in Russia Thirty cases have been
officially reported i'll Darvat alone
The one story frame cabin in which An
drew Johnson served his apprenticeship as
tailor is still standing in Columbia, Tenn.
Miss Ieoline Daniels, Of Athens, La, while
preparing for her wedding, became suddenly
III and died about the hour she was To nave
been married.
The average expense OF the Cornell gradu-
atinr class OF i27 members through the
course was Sj1j year; highest, s2,ooV, ana
lowest, $3.50
Florida promises to become large pro
dueer of opium. Sixteen plants will produce
an ounce, and an acre OF peoples VIII yieia
$1,000 worth Of opium
Scientists say there is no plant that does
not serve as food for some animal, hut tue
only article used as food from the mineFa'
kingdom Is common salt.
An elm tree growing in the grounds oil tue
PENNSYLVANIA hospital in Philadelphla, Is
ccion of tbe famous tree under which " ilam
Penn held the first treaty with the indiahs'
Tho trustees Of Cornell university have de-
cided to build one of the largest and finest
library buildings in the country. 1t VIII cost
nearly $3.50, 900 and Is 10 accommodate 4oV,-
coo volumes.
Three thousand Of Jerseys small sand
crabs have been packed in jars and sent to
German university, in the hope that some
NAV live to get there and adorn its museum
Of natural history.
Anglomana in Paris has had one good re
suit 1t has developed fashion for walking
among women. \ constitutional is all the
fashion, and the morning walk to the Bols IS
a brilliant sight TO see.
Some hens eggs that were accidentally
covered up by some men blowing at Peta-
luna. Cal, last summer, were hatched by the
heat of the sun upon the earth, and the no'so
made by the chicks led 10 their discovery ana
release.
DIR. Neal Mitchell, Of jacksonville, Fla,
left his revolver under the pillow OF has
room at Rome. and has Just had 1t returned
to him by fellow traveller who, however,
kept 1t year and carried it all around the
world with him
4 worlds wonder Is a sinking mountain
near Talulah, Ga 1t sinks all tho time, but
so slowly as hardly TO bo pcrcoptiblc, but
upon the occurrence of earthquakes any
where ia the world goes down from one TO
six feet in very brief space.
IN authorized representative Of the duke
Of SAKE Meiningen expects to he IN New
York in the course or Il month for the pur-
pose Of making arrangements for an AmerI-
can season OF the dukes famous theatrical
company next autumn and winter
The latest western wonder is soap well
near Buffalo Gaps, y. T., whose product Is
pronounced by a Chicago soap man equal to
the best made by men, and which sparse res
idents thereabout declare 70 be, with the adj
diton Of a trifle Of natural oil, simply gor-
ge0us rs an axle grease.
Moses Williams, of Brooklyn, wrapped u
newspaper around -, ZOO IN greenbacks, and
LETT tho parcel on chair iii "A New \ ork
hotel for three hours. Those who noticed It
!
efar Persons We're quite put out when Moses
rushed ia and told what II contained.
\ brief description Of a Kansas mans
cbinch bug fence may prove Of interest to
Wisconsin farmers who fear damage by the
pest. He takes strip Of flooring and sets it
in the ground with the groove up IN the
groove be puts candle wicking aud saturates
D. 10 L. %
in disgust when he climbs on this side aud
gets u sniff at 1t.
The Philadelphia Press says that the big
gest check known 10 American banking was
that Tor sli ,296, l96, drawn by j. D. Taylor,
treasurer OF the Pennsylvania railroad, in
payment for stock Of the Philadelphia, VIII
mington and Baltimore held in Boston, and
further that payment was delayed three
weeks to let currency SO accumulate as not to
derange balances
Near Kalamazoo, Mich the other day,
Allen Melimer, Esq, aged s., was by his
own direction buried 10 the music Of a brass
band aud the vocal rendering OF choice opera
airs; and after the grave was filed the dead
man, son danced a lively jig, supposed to be
known only to his father, who had always
sxorn he would dance at his own funeral
md is thought by the supersttious to have
done it ia the body Of his son.
The Atlanta Constitution says the negro Is
changing in appearance and losing some Of
the birth marks peculiar to tho African race.
The ncD- generation is showing the effects Of
a higher culture. Especially is this notice
able in the towns where contact with tho
whites shows its effect. The fiat nosed,
kinky headed negro is passing away and be-
coming an unknown race All the colored
children no matter how dusky in hue, show
the change Longer hair, aquiline noses
and smaller mouths, with thinner lips, arc
tho rule
Those who have unusually small heads
may take comfort from the statement OF
London exchange IL says that seven be
irg the average size OF mans head as meas
u.'ed by his hat, 1T appears that out Of four
teen distinguished pefsonages, two lord
Chelmsford and Dean Stanley were below,
while two more lord Beaconsfeld and the
Prince OF Wales We're exactly up to the ay-
erage." OF the others, Dickens, Selbourns
and nri0ht rccuired ~ Earl RuesaU ~.