The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-06
PERSONS kNO THINGS
s'"'""en's Gathered From many Of "Ths
Times" Exchange.

I'm raisings Of turkeys in konnck. il
assuming vast proportions, and il is autlori.
@tively stated hat 100000 Is annual,
put m circulation by thor sale. Large
shipments are annually made 10 Europe.
Inc following excerpts are from sn editor.
ial taken from he Glasgow (ky) Times.
As 20 quality. he best American turkey If.
said TO be foundiu Massachusetts,. with the
| hcniucky bird a close second. 1urkev
/ splcufes contend That the abundant mast Of
massachusetts, coupled with the extra care
ana attention given hN fowls hy the Northern
farmer, MAKE the BaYState turkey "A thing
Oh JOY for the table 20 lc Sound no where else
in the world. The Bluegrass turkey. how
| ever N SAID To De- a5ut as tempting as his
Northern brother, AID rivals him I'm size.
lhe largest turkeys the world are 90 be
| found in Kentucky. Fifty pounds for COB
Dicns ana thirty ponds for hens are not I'M
heard-of weights, though, Of course. the
average falls far blow these figures Ken
lucky also has 90 her credit the highest
/ priced turkeys ever sold. TWENTY-FIVE and
hity dollars are i0t considered oXtravagant
/ ngures for chOic pairs of breeding fowls,
Nhile an immene couple Of bronze turkeys
were last year sid from Kentucky % Eng
iish parties for Sl2j. This is the highest
price ever paid br pair of turkeys. AS 20
breeds the bronze ihas practically succeed
ca All other varieties In the estimation Of
Kentucky breeders 10 is larger, more easily
raised than any other, and has more Of the
sancy flavor so much sought after by tur-
Key lovers. The bronze is simply cross
between the wild turkey and the tame The
intense black Of the former is modified by
the contrast with the more modestly marked
domestic variety, and the brilliant plumage
of the bronze is the result. The finest
bronze turkey IN the world is 10 be found in
The Indian Territory. where the wild males
freely mate with the barnysrd hens"
A FEW weeks ago the ST. Louis Saturday
Republic gave the results Of some startling
experiments by Mr.. Mason Kline, Of Cali
iornia. in which the gentleman laid claim
~ ""''''- ,'---~o~ad soy in mineral atoms.
From the following it will De seen that H..
ID. Walker, the scientist aud writer, antici-
pated the Pacific slope philosopher by about
two years. The extract given below is from
am article by Mr.. Walker, written in 1887 I:
we generally think OF minerals as dead
clumps Of inactive matter. But they may
truihfully De said 90 De alive, creatures of
vital pulsations and separated into indi-
viduals as distinct as the pines in q forest
n
CRYSTALS ars as diverse as those of animals.
They thr0b with unseen currents Of energy.
They grow in size as long as they have
opportunity. They can be killed, too,
though not IS easily as an oak or q dog. A
strong electric current discharged through
"a crystal viii decOmpOsc 10 very rapidly IL
10 be of soft structure. causing the particles
90 gradually disintegrate i'm the reverse or
der Co its growth, until the poor thing lies
dead, shapeless ruin. 10 is true the crys-
tails life is unlike that OF higher creatures.
But the differences between vegetable and
animal life is mo- greater than that between
mineral and vegetable life. Linnaeus, the
great swedish naturalist, defined the three
great Kingdoms by saying. stones grow.
plants grow and feel, animals grow, feel and
move" While Walker mentions nothing
Of sex IN stones. il is plain that his ideas re-
speeding them we're identical with the won
derful truths Mr. kinne thinks he has de-
i'm his microscopic researches
st. Louis Republic.
THE low point 20 which the price Of hides
has been forced through the depression
which has existed Of late, says the Boston
Advertiser, seems TO have tempted sellers
% try 10 find a new market for their mer-
chandise. During the past few weeks about
$4,000 10 100000 dry Western hides have
been shipped % Europe in order TO try that
market. How this new departure viii turn
out Us III present entirely prOblematcal, but
If European tanners can use our hides 90
advantage 10 will open up a neW field and
tend % give tone of steadiness % This mar
ket that has not been felt for "a long time.
Tie recent shipment Of African hides %
Europe from this market while new iea-
ff.IIf NJ fI4uf GA
the tras0 here that this latter shipment
will DE If it proves successful i'm opening
up new market. African hides are well
known in Europe. where they haYe "a general
market price. and the fact that shipments
were made from this side simply showed
that our market WAS lower than the ruling
prices there. These Western hides shipped
.,,arfic- making the venture are uuin- i' "i
speculat0n alone, and are taAlhs cn~n0o7
Of its coming % % successful ISSUE
Mrs. INABA. VINO lites in lyo province
saws tho Osaka (Japanj Mainichi sAimoun'
was bitten by q rat twenty years ago.
which nipped BEER toe one night whilg sue .he
iav asleep. For sixteen years she leil uH,
effects of this bite. and "a, times the Mou lt,.
would swell and Tester Last SaHn"i. IN.
suffered acutely. and her leg sNelou lt
d great extent. jlsf then she h'aiu -
for n Bite Of rat there was no better rem
edy than tAe flesh of caL 9ne az oH n.y.
ordered one Of Der servants TO 80 ihsV . 'lc
village and catch the FIRST cat sne c w.,
across. This DONE 10 was cooked ano nls.
lnaba set % work 20 eat d.. Aeht loliiil5
she was much better. and I'D TWO ~ "l So
DAYS the swelling had gone down an" 'i'
was quite We'll again.
FAME The late Dr. Doellinger was a
,hy.ieian in whose hands any psuen'
miebt reasonably base felt safe, but Tor All
,bat IL is stated i'm cable dispatch thal l l,-
death is believed 20 have been has'ti.'i
bis persistent Indulgence IN 'lc Ia ;,,s',oyra