The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-29

1 VIII ~ 7tA
-Sprockels and the Havemeyers have. IL is
reported. shaken hands. and the relations OF
| the sugar kings are now as sweet a. the pro-
ducts of their relneries.
In the oyster question, il the authorities
will only take care of tho ps OF propagation
| and protection. the qs OF quantity and
! quality will take care OF themselves.
II, as the Treasury experts Estimate,
1000 fur seals were taken by poachers last
season, the allied feet did not reach tho
ground this year a moment too soon.
The Farmers Alliance Legislature Of
Georgia has declined 10 indorse the Ocala
platform. SO far as the call by States has
proceeded the yeas and nays are about
equal.
Day before Yesterday q train on the Read
ing road travelled at the rate of ninety miles
an hour. the fastest time on record. One
mile was made in thirty-nine and four-tifths
seconds, FIVE miles in three minutes twenty
six and four fifths seconds, and ten miles Ia
seven minute and twelve seconds.
An original character from the State of
Washington writes TO the president Of the
Worlds Fair that no proposes TO make an ex-
hibit of wild goats. mountain sheep. black
and brown bears, &c, with himself as chief
exhibitor in the role Of Robinson Crusoe. at
tired in Juan Fernandez costume.
In 1884. while suffering from brain fever,
Miss Asenath Philpott, Of Gainesville. Tex,
had her head shaved. On her recovery a new
and generous growth of hair commenced, and
now she IS the proud owner of tresses which
are ten feet seven inches long. All the same,
a sensible girl should steer clear of brain fever
and d hospital barber.
In Lexington. Ky. Wednesday. $4,000
cases :of bottled ten-year-old whisky were
sold. and sold TO q New York firm. This Is a
| warning tn GrOtnp water To balavH itself or
1t will get badly left. AS for the Gar and
his little rye lukase, let him remember that II
his people did once lick Napoleon, that very
licking put the Bourbon on top.
Three days hence will see the opening OF
the oyster season. 1t has been we'll said that
the oyster bottoms of the Chesapeake are
more valuable than tho coal mines of Penn
| s~ylvania or the iron deposits of Georgia and
Alabama. The oyster industry is a valuable
one. as the people of the Commonwealth are
finding out, now that it is threatened with
determination.
A Lewiston Me police officer has caused
the arrest Of two hotel-keepers, whom he
charges with Offering him 300 a month for
his hush. Perhaps it was something like this
that Judge Hornblower, of New York. had in
mind when he read before the American Bar
Association at Boston on Wednesday a paper
entitled individual Liberty of Contract In
der the Police Power"
Nearly s1O. 900. 900 have already gone
West 20 pay for new wheat that is Just
coming into market. That will pay many
bills which the Western merchants owe in the
East, and will also buy new goods from the
Eastern factories. And as yet,the movement
has not begun. In a month or " 800, 000,-
600 q month will not exceed the figures. for
the West has about u, 900. 900. 900 worth Of
surplus crops that it can sell before Christ
mas.
"A few days ago Emperor William said in
the course Of q speech: We all hope for
peace, and if war comes ii will not be our
fault" Such a pacific utterance as this should
have reassuSed the alarmists in Germany: but
instead of that it caused prices to decline on
the Berlin Exchange. The responsive sensi-
] tiveness Of Europe 20 every word and move
ment on the part Of its rulers is one of the
strangest features Of this age Of national sus-
picion and distrust.
1t is stated in financial circles that q syn
dictate has been formed in Rome which is TO
have at IFS disposal 100, 600, 900 lire, Of which
| one-half has been already subscribed, for the
purpose Of sustaining the price of Italian
rentes. The resources Of the syndicate will
not be restricted by the amounts Pledged, for
many large and strong Institutions and bank
ers, as we'll as those not so strong, have form
ed, as it were, a committee Of defense against
foreign attacks on the rentes.
An interesting work that is now in pro-
gress in Glasgow. Scotland. Is the construc-
tiOn Of three tunnels under the harbOr from
shore to shore for the accommodation Of
teams and foot passengers. These tunnels
are sixteen 10 eighteen feet III diameter and
are circular in section. They are side by
side, and only two feet apart. and about
| fifteen feet below the bottom Of the river.
The tunnels will be about 100 feet long, and
will be reached ut each end by elevators IN
pits about eighty feet deep. The work is 10
be finished next year.
The unfortunate inhabitants Of New Jer-
sey. who have suffered more than most NOR
tals from the mosquitoes. NAV DO Interested
in the practical advice Of a celebrated chem
lat. He says that of the various remedies
recommended for MOSQUITO bites. such as am
monia. oil Of cloves. chloroform and carbo-
liZed glycerine, none Is better than ordinary
SOAP. He is an ardent naturalist. and on his
excursions in the country invariably carries
a small piece Of soap, with which. in case Of
q bite. he makes a lather over the affected
part and allows II 10 dry. He declares that
the relief is instantaneous and that all pain
soon ceases.
The new twolye-inch steel gun was tried
for the second time no Sandy Hook last We'd
| nesday, the object being to test tho quality 81
American-made powder. As on the previous
occasion. the powder failed, the trouble
with il being that il did not give sufficient
| velocity. American manufacturers have
labored under q disadvantage because they
have never been required to furnish powder
for such big guns as the new steel niles.
They are, however. improving in their Work,
and il is not likely THAT after making guns
which have COMMANDED the admiration ~
foreign experts we shall have to look to tu-
rope for powder.
That was quite a thiiing story. published
in the Herald yesterday. Of NJ. Bertrand fall
inc into a creyice in a Swiss glacier and cling
ing two hours 10 projecting bats OF Ice - save
| himself from being dashed 10 death in the
chasm below. While in this position the I'M
| fortunate man dictated his will 20 a
communion who Was within hearing.
though powerless 10 give aid, This deed
was eminently proper in the circumstances;
il also uroved that the presumptive ~testatOr
had a remarkably level head. Should Nj.
Bertrand. who fortunately was rescued, have
the misfortune 10 die before Masking another
will. there is no possibility that the doclara-
ton made at the edge of the chasm can be
DISPUTED on the ground OF uncertain mind
Wall street, says yesterdays New York
Journal Of Finance. occupies q peculiar rela-
tion TO the outside world. IL is resorted 10
bv every one who desires financial assistance.
il is constantly aiding the development Of
distant regions. and yet the rostrum and
| pulpit lose no opportunity 10 hurl lnyectIyes
against il. IL is safe 20 say. also. that every
ona Of these utteraQces are well intended