The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-05
PERSONS AND THINGS.
Statements Gathered From many u
Times" Exchanges.

AcconptSc TO the manager OF Nc"
York establishment which employs iais'
number Of girls. an effort Is being "'"u. y
nut a stop 70 correspondence DetM .,,,,,n -" -
Girls and their male admirei7. ,,ao.r
very short time ago. sald tno a,,v Iot'
.we received every day nearly ~ in.' s;,. no
ters for the girls IN our einpi1, 35,,o,s came
firm. The greater part OF thess 80
Co.. .'n' ,a,,n.s ,nen with whom the girls were
''o-. nj, dirtatiOn. Not lew cases
,ha, resnlted disastrously to the girls lrOhl
.l,is onnarentlv harmless amusement CANT
.'''9 49,. ~ I,osire Then we determined 20 put
~ - 80, IN the practice. We informed
Tho iris that letters for them Woulu
not H. received by us, but would DC
returned 10 the postoiice. on course thelc
was a small-siled reDehioh' Du, VIII ~;
'';,ls saw we were determined they submit
Ted. They would not cease correspondents,
boweyer. and they instructed the oiiicials ~
the pOstOfice station through when oul
mail uassed 20 retain letters for them. ~
time thew received their epistles at tlie s'.'-
tiou every evening after work, Dut ~ 49,
not LONG before the clerks and letieI-cdi-
riers be~an 10 guv them about their lovers
Then shame compelled the girls lo ce9sS
ceiving their letters az the station; ti. ~.
every concern employing giris hnou n,.,,' ~,
low IIT examine WI NN
80. .iio,. a 0iri fO receive letter which she
Il afraid 10 have come TO the home OF hef
parents
trpcF CHARLES c. MOTIFS recent sug-
oesiion that deer be herded upon the aban-
doned New England farms is met by pro-
nosition from "A farmer at Lyme. Conn, that
Tho Anpora goat Is Just the animal for these
barren hillsides and wintry climate. lie
bss been breeding thOm for fifteen years
,,ith the best results. for they will pick up
living where sheep would die. ana are q
hardy animal. II the Angora goat can
thrive out Of doors eight or ten months oil
the wear in Northern New England II may
possibly become popular investment
Ara grocery store in Belfast, Mass re-
Gently. while number Of persons were
Gathered. the proprietor got them to guess
ING on various things, finally coming 10 TIE
number Of pea beans IN Dushei- inc
most reckless person m the party guess
/ as high rs $1,000 well. sir' salu lne
Grocer. "there are ll9,OOO.' or course no
one would believe him until he explained
/ that there were sixty 10 half ounce, ana
proved it,
A TEXAS clergyman, who at former pc
riod Of his life had gambled a little. was alb
sorbed in thought Just before divine ser
vices began. lie was approached by the
orgauist. who whispered referring 10 tng
evening bvmn): "What shall ] play
..What Kind OF a hand have YOU gotf' re-
spondcd the absent-minded clergyman.
THINGS are being made pretty hot for the
loafers and idlers Of Mays Landing, y. D.
4 band Of White Caps has been organized
whose especial duty it will be TO nog al.
those who refuse 20 work. Already some Oh
Inc loafers Of the place have been warned
and one of them has precipitately lett loi
parts unknown.
VERDICT Of q coroner's jury in Delaware
county. y. Y: "The jury finds that deceased
came TO his death through the influence o
liquor and carelessness on his part, anC
while living on west-b0unded track ano
killed by train no. eXoneratlng the COIN
pany from blame"
APANcAKE machine has been invented
10 De placed on the table. Turning han
die grinds out the batter between meta
rollers that are kept hot by lamp, and de
DOsits the cakes brown and warm as the.
are needed.
4 WOMAN near Hamburg, Ia, has givel
birth TO triplets-two girls and boy. Thu
combined weight Of the children, who ar
doing well. is twenty-one pounds. Twenty
one months before Mrs. Miller gave birth 4
twins.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES once wrote
20 Motley, of Emerson: Ifyou have seei
cat picking her footsteps in wet weathe
YOU have seen the picture Of Emerson's ex
auisite intelligence feeling for It's phrase o
epithet."
BANGOR, Ne, is smart city. ltfurnishc
rs own electric lights and finds that the
only cost thirteen cents per night.