The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-20
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Compiled from the " Times
Exchanges.

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TIrgr has been marked dccadrncc in
| the use of the French language at Montreal
during the last ten years. Formerly IL wa.
the prevalent tongue. but now the English
| prcdoninatc-.
~ wopan At Albany. Ca. was prepar-
ing cabbage for cooking. q snake -prang
out of il. She cut the reptile in two with a
knife. when the head bit ,iriously Al The
weapon. continuing the attack until II
died.
~,N DIEGO. CT. has public park Loo
are, ia extent. and the e,cr-,iglant
despoil6r j. new striving 10 get hold Of 1t
and to cut il mp into 5000 building lots AT
an annual rental Of 50, which would yield
<lJp.np
II. PAU has decided To have no carnival
this winter unlc-, the City Council coh-
tributes S2n.O0n ~ it, share of the expense.
The citizens say that without the ice palace
aud the carnival business would be- quite
,tagnant al winter.
II j. said that Colonel Fred. Croker of
-as Francisco. is jointly interested with &.
T., Huntington in the scheme for building
the Congo Railway. Mr.. Huntington said
i'm san Francisco before his departure frr
Europe. that he was disposed to pat half a
million or q million dollars into the enter
prise. and Colonel Croker appear, disposed
10 do the same.
. THE members Vt the scientific expedition
which went ouf 10 observe the eclipse in
Africa were Justly very much annoyei be-
cause they could not take their wives. on ac-
count Of the regulation about women 3D.,
naval vessels. The regulation IN this ease Is
absurd aud - IL T. absurd a. send The es-
pcdiiion on poky Old vessel when there are
new ones which can perform the service
much more easily and quickly and give far
better opportunities for observation.
Tmr possibilities of Arizona. rs mon
toned in the rcpt Of the Committee ON lrri-
gAiion. are Ear greater than haVccNer bevno--
titimatcd before they were carefully studied.
The valley of the t,ila j. said io Doe ~ fertile
a, that Of the Niic. lu that section alone
there are ten millions of acres that can h'
reclaimed. onc-ihirt from thc surface waters
alone. I'm New McNico there ar" 2'.wn.rl
acres. and in California 2o.wn.Ww irrigabic.
and certain to be- ma.niiccnily fertile u
irrigated.
VIZ. J. II. MORROW. long aud fa'orlhly
known ~ a l;rooklyn journalist Of iinr
ability and high character. and NOW editor
of the Waterbury DoHy RcpVblcon.
Waterbury. Conn. writes io "a lficnn ~ til>
cit, in most encouraging way about the
WORKING If the new ballot reform law M
Al lao IattH
worked smoothly. and thr arrangement ~
booths to screen the voter while preparing
his ballot and placing 1t in tine official en-
Nelnte Ma- admirable" The CONNECTICUT
ballot reform bill j. only a modification Of
the Australian system. - incorporated in
the saxon bin vetoed bl Governor III:
hit it~ working Yesterday demonstrated that
the more comprehcn-iNc reform contcin-
plated bv the ~aNfoH bin would puf an end
In corruption and intimidation an the polls.
NEW YORK women are. ~ rule. SAYS g
magazine writer. very charitable and very
industrious. They ha,c through tiic season
often fifteen invitations for ore day. The
tvi.. of the lazy. iHdollni. Nolupiuou~ 'oiin-
tcs, Ca.liglione il wanting. There are no
law women ia polite society who arr Of ih"
least importance. The creator number oi
New York fashionable women bring mp
their daughters carefully. They make their
Urls healthy. accomplished. and we'll bred.
They tame down the too cNuborant spirits.
Perhaps they have nDf had - good lnrh
with their SONS. The fashionable YOUNG
men Of New York arr neither i-nuhlc nor
Useless. They may NOT be- always ~ cour-
teou. ~ they ought tO bc. bui they are. ~
class. nice. handsome. agreeable iuun-
men. destined a. Dee good clil/cn-.
THE Washington Past relate, this incl
dent OF modern shoddy society life at the
Federal Capital:
"A certain state Department clerk. Whose
income by no means accOrds with his social
standing or hi desires. ha- been imprN, ir-
hi. summer hours hy extensive HORSEBACK
riding. one day a fair dau-htcrot the upper
Ton nccompauicd him by invitation. fhet
hrnkc the monOfOnN of the ride Toy lunchin-
al an exclusive suburban resort. he ~ Il
>nirit Of ambitious hra,ad". ordered q small
bottle of champagne. llis fair VISIT, II M
spccf-d the NeuHe lic4uoi label in silence
and booked up inquiriu-it a- She asked:
Won order 10 ia pint, r" D. VIII mol -,'
stale. don't Nout" The room seemed in
swim around. hut the gentleman wa q
blood. and be- came to the scratch Ike "a
hero. II couldn't help admirin- her d'ff-
milton innocence. don'tchcrhn0M. h' f'-
marked ai the club that evening.
Tnf Boston yJrf,N says that "ihon are
large tracts of land n Vermont. Now
Hampshire. Maine. Connecticut. and even
ian Massachusetts,. where to-day t0u cam
hu, q farm for 20 -on-. ami where mus
~,,ede~ Icclandcr- or French 'anadlan-
ia. \
~ax0n~. who have yam away in engage I'D
more lucrative enterprises | pom ihi- ih'
Ntlant, jOura0i remarks that while poo
,l.. from every foreign country. it VIII he
soon. arr invited io come and take ihc-"
firms. which can Dee had "ior sun-. hul
un invitation j. extended 90 the negroes n
thi- country. ~ tine uc-ruc- ol the >outh
nra 40 near at hand. and the Republicans 'l
,b. states named above insist that ihe' arr
badly treated i'm the southern states, u mus
lsn REGARDED IL passing strange lhai inc,
are not included in the invitation lo lax
for q SOM the abandoned farms nl Yer
mont. New Hampshire and Massachusetts,
where the Republican mal"1lle' are ''
large.
rur british Nci;cf Jouf,'J say ~
civilization advance new diseases ai" NOT
onl, discovered. bat are actually produced
,y the novel agencies which are brought lo
hear ON mans body and mind. The increase
nf in.anif, throughout the world T. nnfar~'
tionahl, due to the storm and STRESS ct "ui
crowded modern life. aud almost every addi-
lion which -rirncc make to Do" CONVENIENCE
of the maiorit, seems 90 brine with % some
urw form ef suffering go The few. Halfway
travelling ha~ if amari. e liquid 10 ilc >hal"
of -liuht. but possibly not unimpurlanl l"i'-
inc of the nervous centres: the electro H-h'
b,- alrea,, created a special lormoi "phlh'l,
min. and NOW We have the telephone indicted
a. a cause 81 ear troubles. Mhich
rraci ON the spirits. and indircrtl, on 10,
General health. VI. Gciie ha- observed. Dol
in women only. bui IN ~iron--mind'u an"
alle-bodied men. symptom, oi Whai We M.
r,,u .aural oierprc->urc.' cati-ed bA ii'
condition of almost constant strain oi ln'
auditory appaGain-. ID which persons WI"
/ use the teiephDuc much have 10 spend con
siderable norton of each working daN, ih'
uafinui. suffer from nrr' OTIS cNcttdhfit.
| with buzIing noise, ia the ear. glddiuc--
and nemralgic pains. In addition I" tht7'
subjective symptoms. VI. Irllr 49, -oln'
eases found ehiecii,e lr-inn-. ~uch ~
-ubinfaminafnr, condition oi ib" mrmpi
mn tympani. All the trouble >rord"k van
| i-hiI If The ear j. allowed ~nlliricn
measure If physiological resi-; thu % ra'
ONLY obtain hN the caiiSc oi the cNil h'ln