The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-25
PERSONS AND THINGS.
Ncw- Noic. Complied from the thine
Exchanges.


Cold baths are now said to be eflica-
cious iu the cure OF typhoid fevcr.
Forced circumstances cannot depre.s
% negro or suppress his native wit The other
morning n gang Of them were working on
the rock pile. aud above was a placard bear
ing this inscription: "Do no disturb US; this
is our busy day."-Shciby lhyJ sentinel
Justice Field is a small man owing to
his short less. His front is impressive. His
forehead is high. running back into polished
badness: bis remaining hair IS bushy and
siivcry. and his beard venerable white.
Hen Harrison's complexion now. lie is a
very dignined man by nature.
TIE cotton crop this year will be the
largest ever produced in THIS country. and
growers are advised 10 get their product TO
market carly as possible 10 obtain fair
price Verify 10 looks ms II cotton was again
% bee q great ruler of products.
One Of the sports at Cape May this
season Is 10 shoot with iincs 40 porpois,s
schools of which swim along shore within
range Etcn the ladies engage in the hunt
+ for the game Comparatively few OF the fish
aye shot. however.
i. G.. Slamper. near Elmer, Ore, cut
down Dir tree on his farm. lie got twelve
dollars for the bark. From the lumber he
built house IA by 20. eight feet high; shed
kitchen, eight feet wide and twenty feet long;
a wood-shcd by 20. and had 800 boards sir
inches wide ana two feet long. Tie also CT
33i railroad Ties and 10 cords OF wood-sll
this from one tree.
James Dennison, the most expert
negro who ever handled a billiard cue, died
az Charleston. S. G., Wednesday. aged 53.
/ lie was known in the South as Pug" In
the days Of pocket tables ADD IN the early
davs of clrom tables ne could discount al
most amy man in the south. lie would never
go North To- play, nor would he play at all
except with white men.
A. w. Spauldng. for the past nine
years shorin Of Hartford county, Connect
/ cut. slys that he knows Of no law in that
| = tate providing for the death watch over con-
dcmncd murders. Il has been the custom IN
that state, however, for very many years 70
set watch over such criminals as are APP
pointed Ia die. and IL is Invariably done.
A bad man in Buffalo. y. Y. offered
10 bet 500 Friday morning that he would
I KIN some one before night. His intentions
were good. and he might have won the
money if he had not had The misfortune
F early in the afternoon TO run across another
man So much worse than The latter that gave
him no lime forrcncction even. but promptly
caycd n his skull withan axe
Orange county, New York, mauufac-
tur,s more apple whisky thamall the rest o
the United states combined, and the town oil
warwick. of that county, is credited with the
production of two thirds of the entire
amount. \ liking for it only comes after the
most assiduous cultivation. But after the
taste for 10 has once been formed IL can then
Doe token with as much pleasure. and Will.
with lesser quantity, produce as much eX-
hnafation and as Dig q head as any spintuous
liquors.
The Fourth Georgia Cavalry had
lively reunion saturday at Dalton. that state
This regiment had an aiduous and continual
service. 10 comprised. nrst and ist,ovcr 800
mon. and participated ln fully 100 battlesand
cnraQcmenis. and the fact that but - men
were surrendered attcsts TO the severity OF
IDS warfare ANA the gallantry and patriotic
devotion of its members Colonel q. W..
Aycrv. IL well-kn0wn Georgia journalist, was
colonel OF the regiment
In Hartford. Conn. the latest device
used hv whcclmeu to clear their paths of
dogs aud thus prevent collisions is 10 carry
package OF torpcdocs and explode one or
more whenever dog ahead seems likely 10
prove an obstruction. 10 invariably has the
elect of causing The animal 10 scamper al-
though tAc danger always exists that the dog
may Doe pcrverse enough 90 run toward in-
stead of away from TO-. There is danger
moreover. that the torpedo Will be more e.
fcctNe n soaring horses rather than dogs.
Frank Sorenson. Of Wilkesbarre. Pa.
being annoyed by thieves, rugged a revolver
sd that 30 would cover the door Of his barn,
and then, presumably with an idea Of seeing
whether DO would 20 OH, opened the door. II
went Oh all right, and bis mind, as well as
his soul. is now qt rest The only matter for
regret is that just after getting his invention
in such perfect order, he was obliged him
self 90 migrate TO a shore where thieves do
NOT break through nor steal"
One of the Jewels which Colonel
North. the "Nltrato King brought back
with him rom Chilli was a miniature canoe,
fashioned of gold. after the model used by
the Peruvian ana Gillian warriors hundreds
Of years ago. in the construction Of their war
cauocs. Colonel North announced that he
felt much inclined 10 build racing boat on
the lines of this little canoe and IL is now
int a
Thistle ln This manner.
The State Of Minnesota is learning
most useful lesson in practical legislation.
Last winter law was passed making 10
uisdcmcauor TO sell tobacco IN any form 90
minors. The same Legislature also passed
law which made 70 "a crime for newspapers TO
publish the details of the public executions
ofcrimmals Its needless 10 say that both
laws are dead letter. not the slightest at
teniion being paid 10 In m. This isa matter
10 DE commen dcd 10 the serious contempla-
ton of those who think an act of the Legisla-
ture q panacea for existing moral evils.
In the City Of Mexico the income
from the taxation of liquors and the license
ON saloons isVcry large indeed. Every liquor
and pulQuc shovpays monthly license In
addition 10 the license fees on saloons, an
octroi, or entry tax, is collected on all pulque
coming within the city limits. For the hscal
wear lust ended this gate tax amounted 70
the sum OF s5GO.0OO, OF more than $1,000 a
day. The pulque shops openat 6o'clock In
the morning. and c.ose az 3 o'clock In the
afternoon. ana not one Of them has BACK
door.
Americans have hard luck in the
matter of titles OF nobility. We don't much
more than buy prince with one Of cur mil
nonaIre girls than be goes on a shindy and
forces her 10 get a divorce. Here the other
day The matter was stopped al a mere en-
eageunent. because OF premature news
paper review Of a princes private career; a
real prince. too, with only 100000 Of debts.
Now Jealous people are saying that the insig-
mia conferred by Kink humbert on our Edi-
son did not confer title; that he Is not a
lcount, but only plain Mr.. Edison stiil.
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