The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-19
PERSONS AND THINGS.


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Times Exchanges.
THE method Of fixing the styles IN hats is
said 90 be this: The best bat manufacturers
I'm the United States are members of The
American Hat Manufacturers Association.
which has if5 headquarters in NeW oik
| CITY. The association meets in New ork
ON tine second Tuesday of January and
/ August and adopts ihe spring ana iail
efule of silk bat. Every sik-hat maker pre-
Gent submits style Or design, and, when
/ all are submitted, the association votes Tor
the different designs. which are numbered.
/ The number iCceifing tne highest number
of votes is declared the style. or course,
every manufactured can put out styles OF
his own III Dice chooses, but they are not
likely 90 lind a -ale
TWO men in Baltimore sold goods 20 an
alleged agent of an alleged Williamsport
irm They accepted checks on bank al
CHAT place. and each gave the stranger
about ST BOO change. That night uolh men
dreamed that the checks We're forged. The
next dav fnov telegrauhod 90 Wiiliamsr0rt
and found ihat no such firm existed There.
/ a correspondent desires ms t0 explain how
/ the two men came t0 dream true dream
/ that NIGHT. The explanation is simple.
/ They had more sense when they were
asleep than they bad when they were
awake. Giving change for checks drawn
hV unknown firms tO strangers without in'
Ne.fieafine ia an act of such folly that
consciously or unc0nscl0usly. the mind of
the sane man would begin tO have some
doubts about 10. and ID there bad been three
such men. quite likely there would have
been three dreams.
SHEEP are now sheared by electricity in
Australia. Frederick Wolseley, 20 brother
OF Lord Wolseley. having invented @ ma-
chine for the purpose. The method ofusins
Che shears is very simple, the operator ltf-
ing merely t0 throw friction wheel INTO
adjustment by means of handle, ana then
push the comb into the wool, pressing Do
continuously forward and keeping it as
closely as possible 90 the body of The animal
being operated upon. From tO Too shears
can Doe operated zoo one time. By this mode
lho shoaring is done more mcrciiully than
when done by hand shears.
Ar a recent meeting of the Maryland
Academy of Sciences DIR. A.P. sharp de-
preciated the value Of ensilage 40 proper
food for cattle He said Doe had tests of enc
.ila1o made hy the chemists Of tine insiitl-
ton. The samples examined were partly
decOmuo.ed and showed the presence of
lusil oil. Cattle had been iaitened upon en-
silage. and upon examination, after being
slaughtered. their stomachs were found o.
Doe black. Milk in some cases from COWS
fed upon ensilagc was of abnormal and un-
pleasant taste
THERE is considerable excitement 40
North Plaindeld, Nd. over the discovery
of copper and silver ores i'm the mountains
back Of the town. The discovery was made
In excayatIng for water works, and 10 is
said that sufficient Investigation has been
made i0 warrant the assertion that, under
living the outer layers of trap rock and red
Sandstone iu the mountains. are mines
from which fortunes may Doe developed.
Capitalists are negotiating for the control OF
the mines.
JOSEPH WALKER, New York importer
has sued the United States Government for
seventy cents. In October Of last year the
plaintiff imported some goods. which were
placed In a bonded warehouse and euhse-
quently caricd from there 90 tue appraisers
stores. The carriage amounted 10 seventy
cents. which amount the Government asked
the plaintiff tO pay. lie demurred. hui
finally paid the amount under protest. and
now brings suit 90 recover it.
THE Brooklyn bridge is perhaps, the
only suspension bridge in the world over
which horses are allowed 20 trot There i.
an old theory that the trotiing Of horse, OF
the sound of music. or the measured tread
Of soldiers marching, will cause dangerous
oscillation. and weaken, 10. not destroy, iho
strongest bridge.
A YOUNG lady at Gainesville, Ca, goi
married hastily without a wedding 70 avoid
taking part ia come theatricals OF which
her lover disappr0yed. A marriage license
and "a minister were hurriedly secured, and
they were married In the presence Of a few
friends.
A BUFFALO girl showed So much taste in
fitting up shop window IN that city that
she has been offered position with large
salary by firm in London.
A PHILADELPHIA letter carrier has been
arrested Tor burning letters iutrusied TO him
for delivery, lie lut them in q stove and
SET tire 70 them. but part were saved.