The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-09
STRAY BITS.

The Chimes worl for bash is the longest
AM most difficult word % pronounce IN tho
language
On wager, E. 5. Hall, Of Lowell. Aass.,
heid bis arm out strpignt for one hour and
ffry minutes.
Tn Berlin heavy W. CONS are not allowed on
certain streets In FAIRS any carload oi mt
ting material must o. fastened ill i can't
ra-1e
4 mn in Newars. v j., ia playing a
game Il Chess with his cousin in Australia
ry mail They have been at it FOR Eve years.
Tie Newark man nov sees defeat staring him
IN tie '7ce.
The White House at Washington derives
It's name from the fact that the Virginia
freestone. Of which 10 is built was painted
white 20 conceal the discOlOratiOn caused 10y
smoke and water
High UP in the toprnost branches Of a large
tree that was felled rear Winchester. y,
recently. a petriied fsh was found 1t Is
supposed 20 have been dropped by en- eagle
or some bird o. prey.
Twenty Young m'n in a Pennsylvania
town formed footba club In three months
fourteen Of them had broken bones. three
were crippled FOR life and one druggist sold
them SIS worth Of ointment.
4 thief 20 st. Louis attend, funerals, aud
while the ceremony is in Progress secretes
himself and awaits the departure Of the
procession Then be emergcs, bundles up
the valualirs and steals away
More than a sixth part Of the land Of the
globe and nearly sixth part Of the popua-
ton Of tine world are under the control oi
Great Britain Russia ranks second Do ieiri-
t0r.al extent and the United States third
Amo. Marsh. % co.ored man Of Orange. Y.
=. drew $4,000 81, a lottery. and his first
etau wa- to abandon lis cd wife and give a
white woman 5000 b marry him. He said
+. wa. r0 usc 90 have money unless be- could
get into o.ety
q Chester policeman Who underi1lF 20
cond-cate a.cs Of geese which Ae found
running at large was ;ierceiy attacked hy ono
| Of tae number cumberland finally hed'
| leaving the rueuaciOgs bird and lbs cornIan-
| ions % roam az viii
At Caatrai City, Clio. a rotor. containing
$1,000 in gold was placed IN u bank FOR safe
! keeping The gold was an produced m
| single day by one mins. The amount Is the
greatest ever taken from any mine in the
same length Of time.
Twcnty-one apples picked by New Hol
land Pa. farmer completely filed "a haii
/ bushel measure. the smallest weighed eX-
actly one pound. and the largest one pound
| five ounces Tue entire lot tipped the scales
at twenty-four pounds.
In Cuba q woman never loses her maiden
name When married her husband name Is
added 10 her own. but she is always called 10y
her Christian and maiden names. Children
take the name OF 10th parents, but place tie
mothers name after the fathers
s shell which was thrown on the field Of
GETTY suurg more than twenty five years age
waited a long time for It's victim, but found
him al last the other day. An old soldier
who ought 20 have had better knowledge of
shells, forced 70 rcd bot iron into Il, with TIE
natural result
According 20 the census u issO-sl, the last
orc taken. Their. were az that time 2ly,OG2j
widows in India. Of whom $50 90 were under
| % Years of age, and 2is,.J under il years
/ According % the native custom none Of Ties
widows are $40 liberty to marry again. Ih,
same ccusus gave the total female population
| 40 g. 10000. and Of these only 2OJ,OOO wcr,
! able 10 read