The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-12-10
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/, In the pockets of clothing discarded
+ by burglar at Charlottesville, Ind. was
S found a translation from Caesars CON-
4 mentaries and an example in algebra, in
$ dicating that the night-prowler was a
: student.
A Society of the Friends of Books,
has been formed in Berlin. Every men,
Der will pay 375 marks annually, in re-
turn for which he Will get six to eight of
the best productions of modern litera-
ture.
A family living near Augusta, Maine,
have as a pet4a tame crow, which accom-
panies them whenever they go to the
city on Sundays or market days, flying
above and a little in advance of the
horses
s Pasteur Institute was opened June
1 at Saigon, Cochin-China under the
auspices of the French government.
The work of the institute will extend
over the whole field of micro-biology.
The San francisco Honolulu cable
cannot be landed at San Francisco on
account of the Irregularities of the har-
Dor bottom. Monterey Bay may be Sc
lected as the landing place.
A translucent mineral substance, the
color of amber and with the properties
of asbestos, is reported to have been dis
covered in immense deposits in the
United States of Colombia.
George d. Goodell, one of CALIFORNIA;
earliest settlers, died a few days ago in
Pomona, Col, at the age of ninety-sev-
en-. He was, it is said, a drummer boy
during the war of 1919.
''Thespian mansions are to be built
in Liverpool, Dublin and Glasgow for
the purpose of providing better lodg-
ings for touring actors than are availa-
BILE at present.
An attache of the American legation in
Berlin says Of the Emperor William
He is every inch a soldier" He
has to be, for the information is
added that ''he is an inveterate smoker
OF light Dutch cigars, which cost about
three cents each.n
Theodore Wores. a painter, who has
made speciality of Chinese subjects,
has settled down in chinatown in San
Francisco, where, he says, he finds as
good and, in some respects, better facili-
ties than he could in China.
Ice Il inches thick will support man,
inches thick will support cavalry,
inches thich an S4.pound cannon, 10
inches thich will support multitude,
and IS inches thick will support rail-
road train.
6. W. Dunn, the California naturalist,
has collected over 10000 insects belong
ing to the horn winged family, 5000 of
the cricket tribe and about 1000 butter
flies, and numberless rare plants and an
imals.
couple were married in Birming-
ham, Ala, a few days ago and then took
a bridal tour in balloon. .'As they
have not been heard from since, fears
are entertained for their safety
There were in the United States in the
census year 500 farms with total of
160,851 acres, devoted exclusively to seed
growing, of which 96, 5674 were reported
as producing seeds.
Dean Hoffman, of the General The
illogical Seminary, in New York, is said
to be the wealthiest of all churchmen.
He has fortune estimated at $15,OOO,-
900.
Miss Beaumont of bennington, and
Miss Alice Harker have been appointed
joint custodians of Shakespeare's birth
place at Stratford -on-Avon
Sir John Lubbock kept ants in cap
tivity for eight years, Or even more, but
ants, in a state OF nature, reach proba-
bly, much less venerable age.
A lot of fodder was sold at Sharon,
Ca, last week that was gathered in 1859
by slave. 1t was bright and sound as
on the day it was put up.
The only pure platinum mine in exis-
tence has been discovered in Oregon.
This mineral usually occurs in conjunc-
ton with other minerals.
An electric drill in an Idaho mine re-
Gently performed the feat of boring
two-inch hole through 90 feet of solid
granite in four hours.
A female brigand is being tried in
Servia, charged with an endless number
of robberies, fourteen murders and I'M
speakable cruelties.
Civilian Morse, an eighty>six-year-old
resident of Bangor, Mich, cut and put
up 155 shocks of corn in three days re-
Gently.
vegetable cartridge shell, which is
entirely consumed in firing, is now COM
ing into general use in the French army
DR.. Macune, who has become a prom
inent figure in the Farmers Alliance,
was formerly a hotel clerk at George
town, Texas.
Munkacsy is to get 22O, 900 guiden for
the colossal picture he is to paint for the
Hungarian Parliament Assembly-room.
The oak and elm have figured in liter
allure more frequently than any other
of the native forest trees.
A Successful Railroad Manager.