The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-04
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Compiled from the " Times
Exchanges.

knows. she is a desperate woman. and such
characters frequently resort to desperate
methods
Nfw YORK churches have a not unusual
feature of a table placed near the platform
for the porpo~c of stcnographcrs. The
young men are NOT reporting for the papers.
but are mostly clerks in law offices who
have studied shorthand and 20 10 church
for practicing purposes, Some OF them re-
ducc the sermon 10 type writing and sell
copies 10 members Of the congregation.
HOWARD OWEN. the famous Maine jour
nalisi. and almost equally famous judge of
baby shows. acted in this capacity M the
Grange Fair ia Augusta this year. He cN-
plains in his paper why he did NOT Kiss the
sweet little things this time: several years
ago. I'M discharging similar duties. hc kissed
a colored baby IN an unguarded moment and
the mlucky darling died in three months
from that time.
Tmr PhH0deiphio RccoH think, even
the old-time suggestion of compelling rail-
road directors to ride on.ihc cow-caichcr of
a locomotive. ion order that their presence
might insure the exercise Of greater care 10y
the train hands. would hardly avail in these
days Of rccklc-sncs- and laundering. I'm
the ease of TWO recent accidents prominent
railroad officials were among the pa>~cn-
gers and iu one ease their private ear
formed part OF the equipment of the train.
Evidently some more heroic remedy viii
have 10 Dee applied.
DR.. AUGUSTUS WALLER. Of the hospital
schools. has recent, made a number OF cN-
q. e.. D. a..
tcct by existing electrical instruments. the
electric currents generated ai each beat Of
the heart. Two people holding each other
Dog the hand. and connected with a capil-
larry clcctromcter. give evidence Of clcciri-
cal shocks through each other. The hands
of a single subject. dipped into two basins
of water in connection with the clcctrOnc-
ter. give detection of the instrument az
every beat of the pulse.
HARRY EAMCH of Lo,ett~,illlc. Md.
and Miss Viola Gruhb. Of near Lo,etts'illc.
clopcd ON sunday night last at midnight.
and. driving 10 Point of Rocks. took train
for Washington. i'm which city they were
married. The parents were ~trcnuou-ly OPP
posed % the match. ON Saturday night
EbcnpIcr Gruhb. the father of the bride. had
gone 90 Eamich's place and shot no him.
When the groom went for hi, bride he WAS
prepared for war. and was accompanied by
several friends. His pluck won him his
wife, None but the brave deserve the fair.
anyhow.
THERE is a woman in Elligay Ga. who
has "a singular experience about reading.
When she was about twenty years old she
was converted and Joined the church. she
did not know hOw io read. lust barely knew
her letters. and she was very anxious to
read the Bible. She got her sister Ia help
her read three chapters IN the Bible, and
then she took 10 zap herself and can read
the Bible a. tuontly a. any one and pro-
n0umce all the proper names correctly. The
strange part il that she cannot read any
thing else bat the Bible She cannot get amy
sense out of a newspaper or amy other book.
Az English grower gives the following
directions for growing lyacinth~ in glasses:
'Fill Your glass with water. throwing in %
small piece of charcoal. and lct the lower
part Of the bulb Just touch the water Put
them into cool. but mot q damp place.
away from the light. and leave them until
the glasses are filled with roots and the
leaves have begun to develop. then give
them as much sun and light as YOU can. ad-
ding. 10 necessary. occasionally little Wa-
Ter. Unless the water becomes muddy.
never change 10. and don't put the pots and
glasses into % cellar where the atmosphere
is dampi. or intos cupboard where there j.,
uo atmosphere at all. 4 spare room where
There is mo- fire and plenty of air is best.
Az object lesson in expert testimony
created quite e sensation n Hartford
court last week. murder trial was in
progress. the prosecution claiming that the
death of % victim resulted from wound
caused hN 20 peuhniie piercing thc skull and
the brain. The defense claimed
that such % wound could NOT Dee inflicted
with "a knife in the hands of an ordinary
strong man. 4 doctor testified 90 this effect.
od 90 show the imp0~.ihility OF penetrating
Tine skull D., "a blow. The skull wa, struck
several blows. when the knife pierced the
skull. producing much the same Kind OF e.
wound a> that found upon the murdered
mans head.
,lEVEIANp'> luck still sticks 90 him..
SAYS m Adirondack correspondent :
'Whcihcr others would ha,cas good llck
here as the Cleveland part, did of course J
cannot predict. Cleveland luck is as we'll
understood up here a- DO ever WA. any
where. II h"d gu'i9u, ',lili,"'lom 'h'@
',i.,,, 'i', 'niiIi. nf ,,'.s,-, H. weather
had been almost continually wet. 4, soon
20, they came thc skies cleared amt ihe>
Iiad three weeks oi az nIehi weather a@
-purt-men need lDoh for II add io ihai
thr fact for % IT, q positive l1cl lhal VT.
and Mrs. Cleveland cach ,hoi 20 deer. Do VII
Doe readily understood why iWih in Their luck
i7 undinnlnl-hed.
n. fh. .fo,,. tnll h,n HrooLltn Lo, is
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> l'N can make a Ten weeks tour "l Europe
This Young man first provided himself with
"a rouud-trip ticket for the cheapest cabin
nassaec he could nnd As he was able tO
strike out at a gate of thirt, miles day. Doe
walked much of the way between London
and tine scotch highlands. going up one side
Nf England and down The other. Then Doe
travelled through France 90 the Alps. made
bis way down the Rhine a. Holland and
back again 90 London. ana then ON l9 Paris.
saw the grand opera in the French capital
for thirt,-f,c cents. and ON the trains tray
fled third-class both in Great Britain and
IN the Continent He reached home with
eleven cents I'm hi- pocket and nice little
objection ofrhotosraphs.