The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-24
STRAY BITS.

tVbalebone IS So scarce that It now soils for
Az. 700 per ton ia Londop.
Among the siamese, silver cases are worn
anon the fingers 20 protect the long nails
The city Of Truro, in cosnwall, England,
with a population Of 1900. has only three
doctors.
A broadway florist. In New York. trimmed
n dross worn at recent ball with flowers
costing SIP.
The Jararese everlasting water lily, II
burned in your bedroom before retiring,
throws out delightful odors and makes rosy
your dreams.
Oueen.Iand. Australia. lays claim 70 The
richest gold mine IN the world Us output
this year is S6,0O)0)o The mine Is valued
at $5O.O00,ooo
A shoe trade journal says that the best
time 10 get fitted % shoes Is the latter part
of the day. Tho feet then are az their maxi
mum Of size and sensiiiteness.
The Washington Snr recently issued a
comprehensive birthday number, giving an
illustrated description of how the paper is IS
sued 10 claim. AN average daily circulation
Of 80 900 copies
From Lisbon comes the news that a party
of students recently covered with veil The
statues of the old Portuguese navlgators as
mari. of mourning over the vanished glory
Of Portugal IN Africa
A number Of noukish manuscripts Of great
value have been discovered IN Brunswick
These documents date back TO 1880, and con-
tain Information hitherto accepted merely as
traditional or as "a matter Of conjecture.
One OF the principal features II Che Prince
of Wales recent visit TO Lord AMI Lady
Bsool,s. 90 Easton Lodge, Duumore, was the
innovation of using vegetables rs table deco
rat,ons Not single flower was used, and
the effect produced was most unique and sue
cessiul.
Tho mobiles in China. both male and female,
cultivate extremely long nails on the thumb
and all the fingers. except Too one nearest the
thumb. Sixteen inches +, considered o eolI
length, but those who manage % attain the
length Of seventeen or eighteen are Regarded
with onvious admiration.
By way of shedding some light on the iu.
quiry as 90 when siad We're first used ioI
food Richard Wynkoop publishes letter OF
which he has tine orignal, showing that Wash
ingion's soldiers ate them IN ISL That the
fsh was even then held 10 proper esteem SIN
| dicated bv the fact that it is spelled with
capital S in the letter referred TO-
A new monthly. The Illustrated Review,
was recently started in New York il viii
deal particularly with the picturesque phases
of metropolitan life, a field which has not q.
vet been worked extensively. The leading
article OF tho initial number, The Landle-s,
bv Mrs VI. C.. Williams, was handsomely IL
lnstrated by Mr. w. Iiencke, young artist
whose work is attracting considerable atten
ton.
The TOYS that please children the most are
nearly as old as .umanity ITSELF Egyptian
scholars have revealed that ia tho time oil
Sosostris the children had balls covered with
| leather: tiny cfocoliles that opened and shut
the mouth. articuiatei dolls nd puppets that
became as lively as a dei7ish on pulling o.
string. I'm the tomhs of the early Christians
there have been found tops, hoops, petty
earthenware utensils, ETC. An ancient Greek
invented a wooden dove that rose in the arr.