The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-02
STRAY BITS.

tbeUnited States and Norfolk second
A horse thief. arrested at Mexico, No,
boasts that he has cat his way out OF seven
teen jails
After hurricane a coral reef % feet long, |
% feet wide and feet high was upheayed III
tho harbor Of Vera Cruz.
A jewelcr at Warsaw. Poland, is making
golden bust Of Bismarck, shich IS TO DO pre-
sented 70 the Oldest German inhaOitant oil
tho city.
A machine vhrh lay, RAILROAD ties and
tracks BIZ steam power is reported to have
leen given successful trial IN Washington
territory.
The chalk r.ond in Newbnry n IT,, claimed
10 be the only ono Of the kind in the United
States. las been bought and will be operated
by stock company.
An old polccmans remedy for tender feet
is 10 baihc them in two quarts Of cold water,
into which hayo been poured two tablespoon
fl.s of ammonia end one tablespoonful of bay
rGm
The success Of The great worlds fair at
Melbourne. Australia, has melted San Fran
cisco 10 undertake "Great Pacific Slope
aud international Exposition in that city
IN year or two.
Josef Holman and Otto Hegner are
thrown into the shade as musical prodigies
by Kotchalsky Russian ySgs OF age,
who can manipulate plano with precociou'
genius that is almost supernatural.
Anml.nown rascal entered a stable at Troy,
Ga. and administered strychnine to twelve
valuable horses When the dastardly act
was discovered most Of the horses Jaws "ero
locked and they we're writing in agony.
II is the fashion to cover flower pots with
ornamental covers made OF cretonne ana
cardboard Tho crctonne is selected 10 look
as much as possible like Oriental china, and
lho observer pretends not to SEE tho cloth
II is said that a wealthy lady Of New \ orls
has discarded tho customary knife ana FORK
from tho table and substituted in the place
Of these necessary dining implements fanci.
full daggcrs and miniature swords ehilched
with Jewels and zinc ant work.
Vassar college hereafter will always have
among its pupils one OF the namc OF Hun
tinrton. a Kansas man by that name having
bequeathcd some thousands of dollars to pro-
vide a scholarship for the education contih-
uaIiy OF one so4hs Htf VI NO ''"0
Philadelphia boasts moro women dentists
thnn any other city in America, anu those
whose experience enables them TO speak by
tho card conscientiously affirm that oven the
fatal forceps l7so somewhat OF their grim ter
Tor when WELDED by the soft hands OF lovely
woman.
The last summer was the wcttcst that Eng
land has experienced since 1879, and the cool
eat since 1860 Ia most parts Of the country
the sun did not shine more than an average
of foi.r 10 four aud a half hours a day. III
Scotland tho daily average was about i've
hours.
Jerusalem is rapidly growing as trad'
center. One hundred thousand dollars worti
of objects Of devotion IN mother-oi-pea an'
olive wood arc exported TO America end Eu
rope every year Vine cultivation Is BEN.
extended and tho price Of land has rlscn SIX
fold within few years.
Cant Warren Taylor, Of Saco, Me, ah
stracted from the stomach Of whale ID
captured of Bryants rock five pounds @
ainbergris, which Is worth 81 an ounce
Ambergris is a secretion Of tho liver OF L.
spormaceu whale Tho largest piece eve
found weighed l@ pounds
A Spanish magistrate. shocked and cxa'
pcrated by repeated FOOD adulieration' he
issued proclamation aname with riShteou
wrath that "all wines, groceries and prov
siors which upon aualy are proved to /
injurious 10 health wll lie coniiscated iortl
with and distributed TO the different charlt
bic institutions.
Atarcccnt Observation-Disclosures in Quincl
Ills Baldwin fell l,OO) feet before the par
chute opened To better appreciate the avn
velocity If such % heart sinking drop
sboud be noted that ms hat, which W;
knocked of cs BE- CASE loose, was left benin
800 feet. though j passed him after the par'
chute finally opened.
Tho manager Of a detective agency in ne
York SAYS it IS a very difficult thing for
woman L. become g0ud detective. W ONE
generally are too nighty or too nervous,
too something else, but when one OF them
found 10 combine the qualities needed for
good detective Pinkcr;on's whole force p'
together couldn't get ahead OF her
A newly organized political party in Japa
has for its programme the reduction OF u
land tax, the abolition oi Capitalization
the administration, the introduction OF u
volunteer system iAlo Inc army, anu '"o !
vision Of tho existing treaties, with the vie
Of putting Japan on an equal footing Wi
other power, ia international intercourse.
The po.ntsof an oyster are, lrt, the shap
which should resemble tho petal CT 70
leaf. next. The thickness Of the shell, tho
oucbbrcl fhoull have a she'll like thin chm
IL should also possess ~ almost metallic I'll
and peculiar oyalcsccnt luster on the Inn
side The hol,. for the animal should !
semblc 500 esq cup. eai tho flesh should
firm, white and nut like.
A saeac.ous Italian in Kew York, who
only real estate i3 % movable chestnut s,an
has mt upoa ~a idea 10 prevent policem
from helping themselves 10 ms wares.
has fastened small pieces OF barbed vi
nlonq the sides Of bis stand and over 1
chcstnuis. rendering it impossible Tor
passerby 10 remove anything from the sta
without receiving a severe scratching.
An Austrian pomncii has just been I
eartbed near lara CARA Isl the capital OF l
Austrian province Of Dalmatia Thousan
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