The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-01
CRISP CONVERSATIONS

Thee &C ,umulatiOn5 Of supcriluous stores
at the sarious United States naval sta
tions arc estimated by Secretary Tracy
at Slj.O)00O0.
No fewer than I $40 patients bitten by
dogs were treated in the Pasteur insti-
utc in the year ending Oct. 81. There
were thirteen deaths
OF the 00O90.0O0 population Of coun-
tries recognized as belonging to the civil
lied world. about 1J0.O00.0OO are now
under republican forms Of government
Brazil is so vast and yet so poorly
equipped a country that IN remote sec
ti0ns The people DO not set knowof Dom
Pedros deposition and the establishment
OF the republic.
The elephant skeleton set up in the
front hall Of the Madras museum IS ten
feet six inches high, and it has been
stated that this Is the skeleton of the
oyr.st elephant ever killed ia India.
in the recently issued directory for the
city of New York there are l30,l4Z
names Assuming that there is an aver
age OF five represented by this TO each
uamo. there would be q responsive pop
ulation Of about ESQ, 600 in the city,
Builders of French war ships do not
lack encouragement. The new cruiser
Cecile has just been launched &C Toulon.
II she can develop a speed OF twenty
knots the builders will receive from the
government a prize Of 100000 francs.
Among % lot OF unclaimed articles sold
recently 40 the New York custom house
were q number OF photographs of the
Duke of Marlborough and various rooms
in Blonhcim castle. which the duke had
sent to Mrs. Iiammcrsley from England.
A Frankfort mathematician, Or. Bein,
calculates that two men playing domi-
noes ten hours day. ana making -four
moves minute. could continue ll3,OOO,-
600 years withC nc exhaustins all the
combinations of the game. the total mum
Der OF which is 2sl.J2s,2ll.S-O.
Lemons weighing % pound each are
common ia Florida, and along the banks
OF the Cal0osahatchie there is single
tree which bears 5000 lemons, many'of
which weigh "a pound each. But, except
for show. such large lemons are Of little
value, as they are coarse grained and
pulpy.
An organ formerly belonging TO Marie
Antoinotte was reopcned recently IN one
Of the chapels Of ST. Sulpice. u had long
stood In one of the other chapcis, and has
lust been restored Gluck, Marie An
toinoi.es music master, and Mozart are
known to have played on it at Yer.
saillcs.
out Of the 8s0.00O,0O0 Of which the
population OF China is, according 70 the
latest official statistics, composed. about
/ in10is engaged in agriculture, in
100 5 q bricklayer or mason, ] IN 10 Il
a tailor. in 40 blacksmith ard IN y
a washerman, while about l ia 100 Is
carpenter.
The Chinese have a curious mode OF
taking their census. Every year the old
est master Of every ten houses has to
count tho families aud to make q list,
which is sent to tho imperial tax house.
Last year me whole number amounted
to $40. 9s9, 500 Inhabitants, which Is the
highest figure ever reached.
The smallest and daintiest prayer boob
in theworld is tie Ginger Prayer Book
which has just been issued by the OK
ford university press. 1t IS printed III
diamond and brilliant type on the ia
nous India paper. 1t contains GO pages
measures Ski inches, and weighs only
threc-quarters Of an ounce.
The Palazzo Norosini, in the Campo
San Stefano ut Venice, is for sale, with
the whole Of its contents. THIS palace
remains precisely as il was, in every re-
spect, 200 years ago, when 1t was the
family residence Of doge. 1t Is 4
unique example Of the typical home OF q
great Venetian patrician Of the Sixteenth
and Seventeenth centuries,