The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-08
STRAY Bite.

A school teacher on tho Pacific coast bsars
the suggestive name Of Wallop.
It is claimed that Washington Territory
has gained 2000 by immigration the past
year.
A novelty In rife targets is q glass ball
dancing on jet Of water. It is q most din
cult shot.
Plah, a noted Ute chief, died q few days
ago. Mrs. Plah, four In number, Is q good
deal cut up.
A log Of solid redwood was struck 40 feet
below gravel in sinking an artesian well at
jacksonville, New.
Astoria, Ore, has a Chinese missionary
who makes addresses in the streets and at
tracts large audiences.
The last truss OF the Poughkeepsie bridge
is about finished 1t costs az, 900 to give the
bridge two coats Of red.
It Is said that The Century Magazine re-
ceives an average Of 1000 manuscripts
month from literary aspirants.
"Excuseries" IA a new term for exhibitions
In London, since they are all more or less ex
cuses for the gardens and music.
The Hondurian government has ordered
scientific survey to be made of the ruins Of
Copan, and take sketches Of the same.
One Of the odd features OF our naturaliza.
ton laws is that an army officer need not be
q citizen, but a naval officer must be.
A recent fire at Suisun, Cal, which de-
stroyed 100000 worth Of property, was
caused by children playing with matches In
barn.
Bridal parties and titled foreigners appear
to have adopted Niagara Falls as their own
as they are said " form the majority of the
visitors.
A firm of Fort Gaines shipped recently a
car of melons which they claim didn't con
tain a melon that would weigh under fifty
Ave pounds.
Philadelphia hotel men calculate they give
away 5000 worth of stationery year to
letter writing 6ends who don't pay sthe
hotels cent.
The unprecedented number Of 10, 900 odd bills
have so far been introduced in the house this
session, against II ,206 for tho two sessions Of
the last congress.
The Mexican state of Moreos offers pre-
MUM for the establishment of new industries
and grants exemption from taxation for the
same for the term of five years
Shoddytithka, the chief the Comanche
Indians, is dying in Philadelphia hospital
Three of his wives are with him, and two
others are on his ranch in the far west.
The first things taught Alaskan children
are to dance, shoot tine bow and arrow, and
to smoke 1t is common thing to see a
mother take the child from her breast and
give it her pipe.
A tribe in the palm region Of the Amazon
cradles the young in palm leaves. A single
leaf turned up around the edges by some
native process makes an excellent cradle,
and now and then it is made TO do service as
bath tub.
At Strong City, Kan, boys between the
ages of s and IA 60 in bathing every after
noon during the summer under the direction
of the city marshal, and the number Of
drowning accidents has materially decreased
since the arrangement was made
Tobacco is to be shut out at the Chambers
burg pa academy. Nc boy will be adj
mitted who uses it in any way. Boarding
and day pupils will be treated alike. Tho
ground taken is that tobacco produce, bane-
full effects ON the minds and the health Of the
students.
The number of rabbits killed for the bounty
last year in one Australian colony was 10,
H. in, hot
have been estimated at s., 500, 900. In addi-
ton millions Of dollars have been paid for
hundreds of miles of rabbit proof fence.
And still the rabbits seem to be as numerous
as ever.
In cultured Boston they do not hiss an
actor or public speaker when they wish to
express their disapproval Of his efforts
instead the audience simply exclaims "BooP'
in loud and denunciatory tones. A promi-
nent preacher was thus "BooedI' the other
night at an Indignation meeting in Fanuil
hall and has felt very bad over it ever since.
The art of proofreading has been brought
TO a high degree Of perfection by
The London Times. Five years ago Lord
Winchelsea made bet that he would find
80 misprints in six numbers Of The Times
The stakes were $500 and $50 additional for
every blunder additional, moro or less. Six
numbers were taken at random and three
misprints were discovered. Lord Winchel-
sea lost nearly $1,000.
The average length OF Wall street career
is said to he ten years. In that time the
means or vital energies of most men are con-
sunied in the furnace of speculation. Tho
number of those who hold out twenty years
is few, and fewer still the number who can
bear the excitement for longer period
One broker has just been sent to a lunatic
asylum, aud another, with broken down
nerves, has been ordered by his doctor to