Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-21
Here and There.

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Here and There.
A Lewiston paper says: A method Of
distinguishing the mushroom from the poi
sonous toadst0ol is said 10 be by sprinkling
salt on the under side. IL ID turns black
the mushroom is good. If yellow it is poi
sonous. Time should be given the salt to
act.
A. s. Names dog at Westerly. r. l.,
caught veteran bOX-turtlo last week
while the dog was following the hired man,
who was moving in q meadow. On the
turtles shell were inscribed. in deep let
tiers: "T Carrick. 1867: 1888" u X,
1869" Mr.. Name added his name and the
date to the turtles back-load, and then he
let it go.
Ina village in New England the follow
ing superstiti0us belief IS prevalent Du-
ring service i'm th, church If the church
clock strikes while q hymn is being sung
the belief Is that some parlshlOncr VIII die
within the week. SO strong Is this belief
that the striking mechanism of the clock
is always stopped during services IN which
hymns arc sung.
The enterprising Austrian journalist who
went from Vienna 10 Paris IN cab would
have accomplished his feat day sooner
had not his driver persisted that 10 would
be uulucky 70 terminate "A journey on trl-
day and stopped just outside the walls ot
Paris till Saturday morning, when the
Vienna " faker y rumbled triumphantly up
TO the gates of the Exhibition.
A prize of -. 900 Is offered by the Munich
pal Council of Paris TO the inventor of an
electric meter giving entire satisfaction
and five prizes of $500 each - the five IN
ventors whose meters have given the most
satisfactiOn Should % meter only be suit
able for measuring one KIND OF current
only half the prize viii be given. The city
is 10 have the right To- manufacture for It's
own use. free OF royalty, any of the me-
tiers to which prizes are awarded.
George Mcclellan. Of Norwich Town.
Conn. was aroused from slGmber at II
O'Clock on Monday night Boy huhbub IN
his hen-house. He tumbled ont of bed.
got his gun, stumbled INTO the hcnyard,
and. though his eyes were full of sleep and
il was very dark, he saw clearly enough TO
knock over an immense skunk with one
shot. Then lc lighted q lantern and took
an account of his leathcrel stock. That
skunk must have been fasting. for II had
slaughtered thirty-six spring chickens.
Mrs. Baker. of Riohford. Vt. went into
her dinng-rOOm the other day and discov-
cred a snake coiied suuely under the table.
She naturally objected to a boairlero of that
sort. and securing hcttirot boiling water,
proceeded 10 persuade the snake 10 leave.
When she approached hi. snahcshlp rebel
led against the hot-water treatment and
made ready 10 spring upon her. But Mrs.
Baker, noting The snakes open mouth.
gave him generous dose of the kettles
contents aud scaldcd him 90 death.
Thursday Mr. Secui and another fisher
man of st. Augustine. Fla.. We're spreading
their nets at fle mouth of the little chan
mel ON the east side of the mar island
just across the river. when a monster saw
fish which was coming down with the tide,
became entangled in the mcshes of the not.
in the attempt 10 secure him ho got un-
dcrneath the fi-hing-canpe. nearly cap-
sizing it. He WAS finally captured and
brought TO the corner of the old fort and
landed. The fish measure, fourteen feet
i'm length and had % OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
saw with row Of tWeuty-elght teeth on
either side.
An average Of five feet Of water is esti-
mated to fall annually over tine whole
earth. and ASSUMING THAT condensation
takes place no au average height 81 1000
feet, scientists conclude tha9 the force ot
t0 supply such rainfall must
equal the lifting III $4,000 900 pounds oi
wafer q. 900 feet in every minute. on about
300, O3O, 900 ,O00-hOr7e power constantly "E-
arted. OF this prodlgouS amount of cuergF
thus created "a very small proportion IS
transferred 10 the waters that run back
through rivers 10 the sen, and still smaller
fraction is utilized by man; the remainder
is di>sipated in space.
At the recent meeting Of the American
pbiiDcoplieel Al-Dff4ffDn ia Fqg.nu J. II.