The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-05
PERSONS AND THINGS.
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Exchanges.


she found II contained only six cents. The
minister had been called out Of bed to per-
form the ceremony.
TrPPER had for many years, from his
writings princely revenue, largely in ex-
cess OF what the British public has ever paid
10 Tennyson. Browning and LongfelIow al
together. Had there been international
copyright he would have received more Than
half a million dollars from America.
FRED DOUGLASS, at present Minister to
Hayti. is reported 10 have been snubbed by
the Haytian Government. General Hippo
l,,e. the new President Of IIayti. has refused
10 treat with Douglass, IL Is SAID, ana Secre-
tary Blaine il az a loss what 10 do about the
matter.
Ir has been ascertained that the berry
grown on the Florida scrub palmetto has
medicinal qualities. II has soothing effect
on the mucous membrane. producing pleas
ing sensations i'm the throat and relieving
soreness. coughs. catarrh and cold IN the
head. II is also beneficial in kidney trOu-
bic.
A SPECIAL train ON the Michigan Central
carving Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt and
family. about two weeks ago made run OF
107 miles in % minutes, stopping four min
utes for water. running M one point Tor lhree
miles at the rate OF seventy-eight miles per
hour. This is the fastest railroad time ever
made in this country.
CAPTAIN >ErEMBRINI. who represents
the Italian navy mt the Maritime Confer
ence in Washington. owns the most COM
plete collection Of nautical works in the
world. The library consists Of over twelve
thousand volumes and j. very valuable.
Captain ~etembrlni speaks English huentiy,
with slight foreign accent. He once COM
manded the famous iIDnciad Dmio.
DEATHS by the electric wire have now be-
come so common in New York city that the
unhappy end Of poor clerk in furnishing
store. who was instantly killed on saturday
night while taking showcase from the
sidewalk. receives only few lines OF notice
i'm the local press. I'm some way the metallic
framework of the case came into contact
with an electric light wire, and the charge
Of electricity entered the poor fellows arm
with fatal results
FARMERS in the vicinity Of lliawaths,
Kan. are burning corn for fuel, finding 1t
cheaper than coal. Corn is sold on the
farm for twenty cents per bushei. while coal
costs from tWcnty-One 10 tWenty-three cents
per bushel. The Farmers Alliance brought
the attention of the farmers 10 the relative
prices Of the two commodities, ana ADVISED
that half the corn crop be used as fuel. thus
advancing the price Of the other hall ana
saving money in their fuel bills.
An old negro, Uncle sabe Melton, ar
rived i'm Atlanta. Ga, from Opeiika, Ala,
the other day. lie owns fine farm, has
money in the bank, and, though siXty-two
years old. can outwork any Of the boys on
his farm. His crrand IN Atlanta was TO
buy eighty acres Of land adjoining his farm.
owned by "A lady IN that city. This VIII
give him about two hundred acres, which Is
worth about $40 an acre. lncle Sabe says
any negro can prosper in the south II he
s,vorks. attends 10 his own business. and
don't allow himself to bc made TOOL OF 10y
Yankee politicians.
AFTER careful eXperimentslo long continued
Mr.. r. +. Furgusou, farmer Of Spartan
burg. :. G., has produced a cotton boil that
i, full Of seed without particle of cotton.
The new plant will Weld, il is said, 900
bushels Of seed 10 the acre. The charles
Ton Noes amt courier, having examined a
number of the maturcd bOlls, finds them
packed with seed perfectly free from lint
MIR. Ferguson's industry cannot but be
most beneficial 10 the South. rs cotton seed
is "A most prOhtabecrOp. King Cotton Is 10
be congratulated on the enlargement Of his
family.
PEFsfDENf CHARLOTTE SMITH, OF the
Woman's National Industrial League, has
addressed memorial to Congress, in view
Of the Worlds Fair Of 1892, asking for an
appropriation Is erect monument al
Washington 60 Queen isabella l., of spain,
who was the friend and patron OF Column
bus. The petition suggests that the inOnu-
mcnt in question should be the work Of
spanish or American WON'T q sculptor, and
states that il is destined 10 commemorate
the services rendered by representative
woman in connection with the discovery OF
America.
4 YOUNG electrian Of Omaha has very
ingenious way of killing rats. The rodents
caught i'm an ordinary oval trap, the bottom
of which is covered with tin. one wire.
connected with a dynamo, is fastened 10 the
tin lining of the trap. and another Is thrust
into the prisoners cell. The Well-knOWn
propensity Of Gagged rat 10 do battle AZ
serts itself, and be- seizes the wire between
his teeth I'm doing he makes the mistake
of his life. The circuit is completed, his
laws close on the wire with death grip.
and without squeak. and almost without
"a culver. he passes into state Of eternal
desuetude.
4. p. SMYuIEs, who has made important
geological discoveries in Indiana, says there
is q great lake under part of that state. He
saws: 81 was sinking well on my place in
Orange county when suddenly the drill
Knocked piece out Of the bottom ana as
appeared. Through the opening cold, clear
water rushed. filling the well 10 the deplh oil
twenty feet At this level II Stands. nave
pumped water for hours using stealn-en-
zine Once-and the wafer does not lower an
inch one dav drew up a fish in bucket
of wafer" The section where the lake eN-
ISIS is billy full Of gulches and caves. IL
is there that Lost river, considerable
stream. sinks away, and finally disappears
altogether.
MIR. TsrI kwO YIN, the new Chinese
Minister at Washington, is not AT all socia-
bic. and discourages the members of his le-
9dtiOn from atttllln- lhNitdAi'h0 W. " co"
ington drawing-rooms. The minister is a
recluse. very fond Of books, and 1t is said
he spends half the night porting over his
favorite authors. He Is studying English
and finds the routine business of the lega-
ton quite oppressive. His predecessor
spent many thousands of dollars I'm enter
tanning an uugratcful public, but Isul hwo
Yin has no intention Of committing any
such extravaganza. Ills subordinates stand
greatly in awe of him, and his word Is law
at the legation.
JUDGE ID. NJ. hey, Of the United States
District Court, Chattanooga, Tenn, former
~ Postmaster-Gencral under President
HAYES. has written letter ON the subjects
of secti0nalism and race prejudice, IN when
he saws Of the latter: sectlonallsm has
nothing 10 do with il. A man may uphold
the equal rights before the law OF the col
ored race, without incurring contumely'
reproaeh. or adverse criticism, or losing III
any respect his social standing or influence;
bui whenever he admits the equality-of the
races in natural position and endowment
or in affairs purely social, he becomes sepa-
rated from his neighbors, whether he be
from the North or the South, native or ior-