The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-07
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Complied From the "TiSes'
Exchanges.

Exchanges
A REFORMED car driver who worked for
the street car company Of Mobile. Ala
In the DAYS when paper currency was ali
the 90. saws that the company introduced
the patent boxes which for time headed
Cn the bows efIectually in their knocking
down. fares. But the victory Of capital
over labor was short lived, for the drivers
supplied themselves with large grassnop-
pers. which they tied by the wings with =
string and showed down into the box. and
whes Mr.. Grssshopper grabbed onto dime
they jerked him back out Of the box. ms
was kept up for some time with great sue,
cess. until one day the string broke ana
left the bird in the box, which gave the snap
away.
VICTOR POfsslNT. young electrician OF
OF Omaha, has a very ingenious way o.
killing rats. The prying rodent IL caught III
an ordinary oval trap, the bottom Of which
IL covered with tin. Dir. POssant has
small dynamo, OF his own manufacture.
One wire. connecting with the dynamo y
fastened 10 the tin lining Of the trap, ana
another is thrust into the prisoners cell
The wel-knOwn propensity OF Gagged raj 10
do battle asserts itself and be selves tue
wire between his teeth. In so doing he
makes the mistake Of his life. The circuit
Is complete. his Jaws close on the wire Win
death grip. and without a squeak snd
almost without culver he passes into
state Of eternal desuetude.
Tux meanest set Of men in the country
are some Of the doctors at Findley. o. They
met last night and took account Of stock
and. upon finding that there was c0nsidera-
bic influenza about. they formed trust 10
put up the price Of professional visits from
100 tO s. each Great Indignation pre-
walls among the sufferers from Ia grippe De-
cause Of their action, and there seems 10 De
occasion for IL. physician il very neces-
sarY 10 a sick man. He Is the rock TO when
the sufferer clings until he can get new
grip ON life. And physicians who Detray
the trust repOsed in them By forming COM
binatlOn for the ameliOratisn Of their pock-
et-books ought TO De isolated like case Of
smallpox.
ACCORDING TO a paper read before the
Natural History Society at indianapolis
the other day, the smaller birds are often
DESTROYED by thousands during storms 10y
hein. blown out over the lakes. notably 50
during their migration. The writer spoke
Of birds DESTROYED on Lake Erie and Lake
Michigan. dead bodies being cast upon the
beaches by thousands. This destruction ir
especially notable from storms that are a.
companied by a sudden fall Of temperature.
The fact was regarded as indicating one oi
natures methods Of checking the oYerpfo-
duction Of species.
TnK Washington correspondent Of the
Chicago Herald is responsible for the state
ment that q Southern Senator has been
elected from six houses i'm that city for not
paving his rent. and the last time that li
was done he sent for the Senate wagons aud
had the Senate employees cart his furniture
10 the basement Of the Senate wing, and
there stored it for the summer. His credit
is so poor az the senate post0iiice that they
will not give him postage stamp without
the cash, and he owes money 10 half the
tradcsmen in town.
CONGRESSMAN CHEADLE, the eccentric
Indiana Republican who has no place on
committees. is described a. wearing "a
long and thin sandy beard and usually has
gray clothes on. lie has a kindly face. and
I'm his general makeup and manners is @
reminder Of a country preacher from whose
path the acknowledged chickens are neet in
disappearance
A ST. LOUIS miss OF fifteen, whose Chris
tan name is Future Gale, married an
alleged actor who speedily got himself in
the Pittsburg work-house. She now wants
"a divorce. She ought also 20 petition thu
authorities 10 change her name from Future
Gale 10 Present Calm. She has had her
fling. and il now swathcd i'm red-iannel re-
morse.
APAcWIc coast paper has this item: "a
school teacher at Kootenay, b. c., recently
saw a personal in an eastern paper solicit
ing correspondence etc. lie took flyer and
received in return a check for 500 10 come
10 Minneapolis and get a bride. The day OF
the marriage he will also get a bank book
covering a deposit Of $4,000 subject to his
ORDER
THE women OF Milton, Oregon, have put
in nomination a full set Of women for the
city election.