The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-13
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.srag-luc room caGo iTOl. ~ : Asl-c o-9uE
aayr ;--rn uisge- g. SO .niIisn raliwsy D.
tween Valparaiso ard Santiago. 10 Is found
70 be very difficult 10 prevent passengers
from smoking in them although smoking
car has been added.
VI Joris. a French aeronaut. Is said tn be
building an ar ship in which he proposes TO
attempt 10 cross tue Atlantic To New York
this fan. ri 20 be called the Alr;silc. and
will d. 200 feet high with cubis MEASURE
meut of nearly 10000 feet.
IN envelope that cannot le ore cd and re-
seahd without showing that IS has been tam
PEREZ with has been invented in Eu- .and. Tho
ian Is Gu, so long that i- laps over ou 20 tho
front side. and after being sealed, the posi-
age stamp is put over the end OF the Zap
TIN Chinese are making sncs large ie-
msnds upon soap that ina time they may rank
among the clean nations The importation
81 foreign soap hos increased i33 Per cent. IN
five years and so per cent more Is wanted
now than was sought after ten years ago.
\ novel electric railway has been COM
plefed, running from the shore q Lake Lu'
corne over bed cut IN the sold rock 70 the
snmmit Of the Burgenstock, l.o3e feet up. IL
has q gradient Of from - to IS per cent. Tie
electricity is generated by waller wheel IN
the River Aar
Dr Donald {. Hood bas collected many
facts relating 10 the uso Of salicyuc acid for
rheumatism. or - patients treated with
salicyiates 523 were relieved Of their pains
within seven days, whereas of tl2 patients
treated bv other methods only 10 were re-
ievel nithin the same time.
Quill foothpicks como largely from France.
which possesses the laiges, factory IA tho
world. This factory, which Is located near
Paris. was originally started 90 make quill
pens. but when these went out of use The pro
prictor turned 10 into a toothpck MIL, the
present annual output Of which IS 100000
quilts.
The highest point az which regular meteo'
roiogical Observations are made appears ia
be In fhe Andes 10 Pcrd, at height Of H.
800 feet. Harvard college has weather ob-
seryatory on Mount Lincoln, in Colorado, az
q height OF 1921 feet and part way up the
mountain is another station, 1900 feet
above sea level.
In cleaning out the lower levels Of the caves
40 Dordocnc. n France. there were found
great many oyster shells piled in such man
ner as to show that the Neauderthal man used
the biyaIve rs common srtlcie q food
The oyster Is thus demonstrated 90 Doe the
Oldest domesticatei delicacy known 90 man.
These relies are estimated 90 to oyer C0.0o0
years oil.
The average watch Is composed Of rs dif-
fcrer- pieces. comprising upward of 200
separate and distinct operations ln It's manu-
fac'ure Tue balance bias 1900 leats 0r
vibrations per hogr. !. .tOO,0 in thirty days
l51osO000 m one year. d travels 43loo
inches with each duration, which , equal 90
e mile. nj twenty four horrs, -g2 miles
10 thirty days or $50, miles IN one year
There wcrc i39l- patents issued last year,
aga of these lut .O,3 Rcre granted 90 south
cruels Iezas led the southern states, q
ratent telne granted for every d or Texans.
Florida came next Mis.-sippIs ratio vas
one patent for every - li6 of her population.
Alabama. in spite II the recent great me-
chamcal dcfe.opmont II tie state was
credited witb-Dut - inventions IN the year.
lAricu- Smith, vino recently died IN Yer
mont ut tho age Of ~, is thought there to
haze t.en the oldest soldier in Tie civil war
ln lsGj be- enlisted in company /, Twelfth
Vermont volunteers, being q, that time u
wears D.d. lie didn't look ike DO, being re.
mariubiy strons and vigorous. and IL the
time of his death didnt appear O. oe over 90
yeasa obi. The Iowa Gray ucard. had some
pretty old men in t.e ranks, bat ~ doubtful
II auy was a Old a. iarICla.