The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-27
STRAY BITS.

tioh huIihH tue last ttu years.
\ Chinese dealer in Fresno was sent to Jail
for eight days for plucking live turkey.
Over 100000 was invested in roller skat-
ing Kinks during the craze, and most Of it
proved a total loss
The number Of streets in London Is now
upwards Of 5000, and new ones are added
at The rate Of 300 per year.
When the last Indian census was taken
fhere were l3l 900 lepers In British India,
10000 Of them being males.
The school fund Of Texas is so large that at
the end of the school year, July /, there was
a surplus Of 100000 on hand
\ new volcano Is reported from Human
guillo district, Tobasco. which is spoutlng
forth large streams Of red water.
One out OF every five school children in
Philadelphia is obliged to wear glasses, and
The proportion is rapidly increasing.
Mobile has a $500, appropriation for her
harbor, and the largest ocean vessels Will by
and by be enabled to lie at her wharves.
The football team at Durham, y. c., has
had powerful electric lights suspended over
is grounds and proposes to play evening
games.
Old boots and shoes, steamed to a pulp, ara
now converted into the soft, stamped, orna
mental leather 80 popular for artistic book
binding.
The London Metropolitan Board Of Works
proposes TO expend nearly s200J,0OO in wild
ening three thoroughfares OF secondary i'm.
pOrtance.
The French mare Plaisanterie. who won
the Cambridgeshire and Czarewitch three
years ago, was sold to Sir Iatton Sykes at
Chantilly for 42,4OO.
lt is said very authoritatively that the
Russian war preparations are constantly in
creasng, noticeable movement being the
Victualing Of Warsaw 70 stand siege.
Every French bank has a photograph Of
every employc, and in the case OF the more
responsible ones they are under the surveil
lance Of private detectives most Of the time
Two Ocala Fla, ladies are the happy pos
SCISSORS OF pieces of one Of the court dresses
worn by Queen Isabella, wife Of Edward II,
who rcigned over England in the Thirteenth
century
The Brooklyn bridge is indicating its use
fuluoss. During the past twelve months 49,
llG.slO people have passed over it, Of whom
:, ,ej ,j33 walkel across and the rest went in
the cars
An INSCRIPTIONS dentist of Paris, after
patient, with the proposed
intention Of extracting a tooth, robbed the
helpless sufferer Of $1,000 in money and then
iecamped
From recent archaeological discoveries tap
pears that the Romans at the height OF their
civilization and spiendOr. had no system OF
street lighting. No trace Of anything OF the
kind has been discovered.
Some sea urchins have been dredged from
-he Pacific entirely different from any pre-
yiousy known. They are rigid and Of no
shape, while all others previously
iredged have been round.
There has just been consecrated in Phila-
ielphia a church for the exclusive use Of the |
leaf. IL Is the first and only place OF wor- |
hip in this country, If not in the world, that /
5 managed entirely by deaf mutes
Six British soldiers deserted at Etshowe, /
md on going to Natal surrendered them /
elves to the civil authorities They were
ried by court martial, and sentenced TO five |
ears Imprisonment, with hard labor.
Among recent camera achievements is
'ortrait copy taken by tho light of Cuban
lrefy in thirty seconds, and photograph Of
he aurora borealis. To obtain the latter
lad been declared an utter impossiiity.
The fragrant and savory nutmeg is placed
n the list Of active poisOus by The Hospital
f London, because IA boy Of 5 years, after
ating two whole nutmegs, fell into a coma
ose state and died within twelve hours.
A British surveying steamer Of $40 tons has
zen launched ready for duty with engines
board complete IL was remarked that
within a few years the launch Of finished
hips would be the rule instead OF the ex-
option.
The style Of hair dressing for 1889 is said
D be 4 narrow fringe on the forehead, with
narrow continuation Of coils running from
he top Of the head low down on the neck
he hair will not be 50 much hidden by the
at as at present.
There was recently discovered in Central
frica village OF houses built along a
rect and having gabled roofs. The inhabi.
,nts are Of superior intelligence, keep good
rider in the village and sleep in beds raised
bovc the ground.
Most Of the buhach grown in California is
lised around Stockton. From it Dalmatian
Isect powder is made, which retails at 81
ar pound The Fresno Republican advises
10 farmers OF California 10 pay more ut
ntion to its cultivation.
The sling shot nuisance is just now helping
make the life Of pedestrians in Boston mis-
able a day or two ago the police visited
yeral schools and seized seyenty-fiye Of the
lngerous play toys Some of them were
rong enough to send large pebbles u great
stance.
A new sort Of coursing is complained OF in
o English journals, being regular hunt,
: well-to-do young men, OF cats with bull
rs in tho metropolitan streets. We have
ard OF that having been dono in New
ork. 1t is a much less noble sport than the
ursing OF rabbits
The Puget sound single, commonly known
the Oregon single, is said 70 be twice as
rable as the same article made Of pine. and
pabIe Of boing placed on the market at tho
mo price. Lnmbermen prophecy that the
no Is not fer distant when this Single will
i've all others out Of the eastern market
Syracuse university has no fast set" but
has troubles Of another kind. The fresh
N recently organized prayer meeting
'ociation, and failed to invite tho sops.o-
,res 70 b. present This made some Of the
phomorpe mad, and they have besn trying
brsok up ths devotional meetings Of ~