The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-24
ODDS AND ENDS.
About $4,000 plants and 10000
, mhs are to be set out at the stations

About $4,000 plants and $4,000
81 ubs are to be set out at the stations
Isl ng the Old Colony railroad.
The latest experiments made with
c. rier pigeons in connection with va
r. rs European armies show that the
NAL velocity of the carrier in calm
ather and for a short distance is
al ,ut 1910 yards minute. With a
yt,y strong wind IN the direction of
t15 flight a bird has reached 1880
u; IDS q minute.
there are many very warm spots on
t. torrid zone but Bohrin, by the
G. Il of Persia, seems to be, as far as
t, lperature goes, absolutely without
,ival. For forty consecutive days
il July and August last year, which
V. 5 by no means an exceptional sea-
50 /, the thermometer was known not
to all lower than 100 degs. Fahrenheit,
ii hit or day, and often ran up as high
as l2S dogs. in the afternoon.
One reason why English comedians
ar so popular socially is because they
or ], as rule, all around entertainers.
!! music hall comedian who can sing
a, do nothing else cannot command
I'll oh of salary, but if he is able to
d. zee, play q musical instrument or
~ and give an exhibition of legerde,
III in he is pretty sure of adding ma
t tally to his income.
cotch manners can occasionally be
oil. a Glasgow gentleman, in escort
i some ladies home from dance,
f nd diamond hairpin in the bottom
o: he cab and handed ii to one of the
IL les. The owner advertised, and the
" ug woman who had taken it from
IL escort received q reward of e10.
I en- the young man applied for a
81 re of the money, and she refusing
h carried the question to court. The
c. RI allotted him S5.
SOCIOLOGY recently scalded his leg
( N knee to toe. As there were 40
)! IS of healing the attending surgeon
oroformed a greyhound puppy to
d til, shaved It's body, skinnedit, and
fled the skin on the boys leg. The
h ling was rapid and the color Of the
fled skin was uniform and very
81 liar to that of the normal skin.
ONE idea of fhe support which Emo
Is men give to artists whom they con-
II great masters may be had from
5. $ of paintings by Sir John Everett
J lais. In 1877 "The Knight En-
T.. t brought at auction $500, in
/ The Vale of Rest" fetched sl5,-
o. and in 1888 the enormous sum of
$ 600 was paid for The Northwest
I sage"
little white bearded man named
Y ddows, now q clerk in the treasury
d. artment, was one of PATHS first
uagerS. widows is noted chime
II ger He paid the 13-year-old child
v . was destined to become world
r. owned diva 500 a week for singing
il a concert troupe with which he
t. red the country.
While Robert Wilson, living near
C umbiana, Ala, was blowing in an
o. field last week he unearthed a tin
b. containing $3.50 in gold and s2J
il silver. The place was formerly
o, led by an old gentleman who
avs buried his money when he got
d nix. 1t is supposed there is more
81 lewhere on the farm, as he was
We ,lthy, and all his money has never
b. 4 accounted for.
lieutenant Ray gives some very re-
Il .kable experiences in the Arctic
re- ions. In excavating the frozen
c; h he found it harder to work than
O. mite. Powder had no effect what
e. i upon it, and when a blast was
il ected it would always blow out. y
T drills used were highly tempered,
b in few hours at farthest the tenn
p .ng was gone He found that the
e.: ,eme cold had the same effect on
ter pered steel as extreme heat. The
ST. would lose its temper, become
Sc ened and bend easily.
wo young Londoners have just re-
Il ned home after q years walk
ae md Europe They first walked to
D -er, where they took the Calais
BE- :. thence proceeding along and
n the coast of France to Spain ard
P tugal, leaving Spain at Barcelona
b BOAT to Marseilles. Then the route
la via Italy, Austria, Poland, through
NJ cow and st. Petersburg to the
B tic, which was crossed to Sweden,
IL n Germany, Holland and Belgium,
lie ing Europe at Ostend. A stick
al a knapsack formed the travellers
lrf rare