The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-12-31

| Committee. il the largest manufactures OIL
| WOODEN goods in the country.
The girls in the Normal School in Chicago are
| protesting with a great show OF indignation
I against tho SUBSTITUTION or course "t SeNlhb
for one OF carpentry. now IN the curriculum
Tho Swine Breeders Association Of Illinois
pro csts against the OPENING 81 the Columbian
| Exhibition on Sundays because the pigs require
9epose ono day ~ the week in order mat theg
may appear 90 their best On the remaining SIX
days.
The tuberculosis question il not a laughing
matter The Maine people have made hquie
sweeping chargts against ,iassachnsett, ~ II
desirable that the real truth should be known
but nothing - 20 be gained by trying 70 cAab-
gcrate *.
Those Polish patriots who escape the fury OF
the cars secret agents will be pretty certaill
10 turn no in America Between tho raTages o.
famine and the harrvings OF the police some
parts OF tho Cars unhappy dOnini0ns pa iaI
70 be depOpulaicd.
Mr. Chauncey Depews indiscroiion in linking
together In hs New England dinner speech tie
Puritan and tho cranks las brought down utoh
his devoted head no end Of censure from los
ton. hey say now that they always knew he
was man OF very poor tase.
queer libel suit has been instituted against
a newspaper in Indiana for ayerring that
the plaintih horse was fed n soup. hong too
old 10 eat corn He claims 2. 80 damages. al
loging that 10 has suffered great mental an
grish or account OF the publication.
William ". wittir son Of ex-Nayor Wittig. Of
Cumfe rland. Md. the biggest boy in the State
celebrated his seventeenth birthday on sunday.
lie is SIX feet five inches in height, weighs 100
pound :. and has been growing at the rate OF
One-h@lf an inch month.
Miss Balcster. who is 20 be married 10 Rud-
yard kIDiing. was New York girl until she
went to live with her iToiher, Molcott Bales
tier, IN London. he Balestier family comes
from BratflcbOrO. VI. where they still have
rne old place. Miss B3ie,tier s. not pretty. ont
she u yerr bright and entertaining. she Is very
petite. tiue-eyed an browu-halred.
There is in New York a watch which the
thieves OF that city crc likely q Jet alono IN
future when hey recognize H. Three men are
now scr,lug long terms OF lnpr.sOnment Tor
stealing H. and a fourth mas inst cen arrested
for purloining 10. J ne owner OF tho Che watch
Is John Curyen. OF west Ihirty-tIth street.
Women are quite as often deceived by high
priced goods ~ by the bargain counter. I'm lm-
porter tells OF having sold for $40 yard a
piece Of sealskin push 20 retailer VINO
promptly cut u into three pieces aud marked
them respectively go, sl2 and So h highest
priced lot sold first and the retailer az once
bought another whole piece. marked II 81 and
sold II ont before the $40 lot WAS gone.
Whether a Georgian tells o hunting. snake or
fish story he believes in tellin. good one
For instance: While ont hunting the other day
lamar Perkins, OF Perkins Junction. Ga., shot
TWO wild turkeys One OF them fell az hi, feet.
but the other flew away What was his sur
prise on returning home 90 find the missing
turkey dead IN his front yard, whore 1t had
fallen ID Is Eight
Nathaniel Hawthorne made acurions wager
with Jonathan illey when both were az col
lege N 1924. The mem Orandum IN writing,
dated lOWG0ln College, November II. binds Cll-
ley 10 pay Hawthorne "a barrel of the best old
Madeira wine II tawh0rnc married before
November II. 1885, Hawthorne, who was bash
iul youth, pedgng himself I'm turn o. pay CiHey
the wine IN Gaze Hawthorne should still be
bachelor. IlleY lost. but Was Killed IN ducl
by Graves before hc could pay the bet.
When a Chinese highbinler named Wong
Chez, who had been arrested for vagrancy. was
stripped in the San Francisco CITY prison re-
Gently, SAYS the san Francisco Examiner a coat
Of mai was found around his body. u was a
tight-fttlng armor. made OF double thickness
of interviewer steel links, and IL weighed
tweDty-two ronnds. Experts say that no pistol
bullet ever made would penetrate the amor
ana when tested the links turned q rifle bali
from IT'S course.
A Harrisburg. Pa. dispatch dated the 2sth in
slant SAYS that fumes of scOrching flesh and
smoke issuing from the house Of Henrietta
Harrison. at a0l Hack cry avenue excited the
neighbcrs and bursting open the door they
found Auntie Harrison an eX-slaye SAID 20 Dee
over one hundred years old. a mass OF flames
upon the hooF Of her kitchen. She had evidently
tried 20 lighr her iipc az the stove. as it was
found by her side She was horribly burned and
died before the ire could be distinguished.
II may no, lie generally known tina, we have
a Keeper OF the great sCal' OF the United
States but u is a fact He hoes not hear tho
clerk in tho State Departments buf for forty
year. he has hsd sole charge Of the great seal
Of the United states. aui the Secretary OF State
himself cannot induc the faithful old clerk 10
unlock the doors which guari that emblem of
the cOun'rys liberties without formal war
rant signed by the Presiden. of the United
States.
The back frame OF the J. il United States de-
Tense ram Is now IN place an tho Bath Iron
Works. and shows the skeleton of the great
hulk IN all l.s oddity he philosophy OF the /
whole thing is now made clear nj glance sni /
any man with an idea Of the comparative ease !
With which shot can be detected when strik- /
ng mon an angling surface will see that the 1
gun capable Of IN r'lnE that armed deck Is not /
made yet. Tho only thing he strange looking !
vessel has 10 fear is torpedo. and she is no |
NOR, exposed 20 them than any OF the big bat |
le-ships.
over hundred mcml ers o; the Presbyterian
Social Union OF Fhlladclr hia assembled az the |
Hotel Bellevue. and Mr.. Francis b. Reeves Offer /
,d novel prouo>inon by way ot substitute /
or the protest against the opening of the |
" orld FAR 90 sunday lie suggested that sew
raj prominent clergymen 20 20 Chica 90 during {
he Exposition and deliver series of sermons /
IN the progro SIS OF the Church during the past
century,. an1 siso en-. lyor 20 hold religious
meetings IN the grounds and public parks when
yer practicable ms scheme was hearty In-
.Orsed
Nature has q ait bounUfuly with the Cana
hans this year z he grain yield N Ontario.
ccor ling 10 the Bureau of Industry. has been
unusually large. The fall and spring wheat
me half larger than for $50. The Oat crop ex-
eeds by l2nl00 bushels last year ght crop.
nj the average prairie crop Is the highest in
EN- years. one hundred and fOrty-tighf thou
and fewer acres were sown in sriey than last
ear, hut the yield DIS 5il.l31 bushels more. The I
ept cfoiS he aescrIoed a. enormoua ial