The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-25
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fire a few days ago. Loss about $1,000. No
insurance.
All Sorts.
Beer is now selling At sta barrel IN Chlcaso'
the owes. price ever reached lor lh@' W'0A-
cant.
Punishment by the knout has been restored
Russia. That cruel punishment mas JUST O00"
abolished IN Egypt.
One OF the largest ice-gatherers says that ice
men on the Hudson have harvester 3caloiis ~
Der cent OF the CROP which ihev ougni 10 ne
lie added that 10 Will be cheaper 10 sthl 10 ~
way for The ice than % BRING u from L"Ao
George OF Lake ChamplAin.
One ofthe large winner hotels IN the Engaalhe
is TO be heated electrically by power derived
from the Mera river. ftseems that - ftooa1ie
that where natural power Is aDunlaht tn.s qo-
partment OF electrical engineering Is apt 10 Dc
come exceedingly important.
The result OF an experimental shipment OF
live HOLSTERS from Halifax 90 London recently Is
considered encouraging, although only one,hal
OF them lived during the nineteen DAYS rom
the time they were caught TO the time lhcf
were landed.
Itnow turns out that the Atlantic and not
the Pacific is the higher or the two oceans anu
tnat in place OF the difference in level being
hun ireds Of feet. as has been aihrmed, tho
surface Of the water on the east. slde or ~
lsthmus j. exactly SIX no one-halI Feet hlsh0f
than on the western side.
An eminent French statistician makes a
graphic presentation of the thrift or the
French people. ffe says that a duplicate OF iAe
Eiitel Tower. which weighs between 'uuvoui
and s,00J.OOO kllOgrammes, punt o. SILVER al'i
with two additional stories added Nouru
barely represent the actual savings, OF INC
French eople deposited IA the national saVlhhS
banks. The klOgrammo Is pounds 90 ounces
Engineers OF railroad trains III Texas and
most OF the Western States carry reviewers aht
often rifles. in the cab. Tor various contingencies
that might arise. lhcy amuse tueiuHelfon ~
shooting at the telegraph poles or any other
rtaFI UIf a HVnnHHU AT InI HUfNU. MUl AlLANM IT
wonderful skII i'm markmanshlp.. A lev ua1s
ago an engineer on. the Denver and 10 Drahae
railway shot and killed q wildcat near New
castle from the cab OF his locomotive.
The conductor OF a passenger train, near Sa-
line CITY. Ind. i few DAYS ago, by ms presence
OF mind. averted a horrible accident. ne tram
Was standing az the station, WIN, by some
mistake. a freight train was backed upon the
main track. The engineer on the PASSENGER
train. 10 avert q collision. reversed ms rum
and. with the fireman, Jumped. The coulsloh was
slight. but the passenger engine soon WAS run
MIN az a. a frlghtful speed. Inc CONDUCTOR
noting the desertlon OF The engineer alu lIo-
mau. at the risk OF his life. ~clambered over inc
tender AMI closed the wlte-opened throttle'
stopping the train Just IN time TO prevent q col
lision with an incoming tram.
In acalle dispatch from Vienna TO the New
York World the following curious story Is re-
lated. Nine months ago popular actress lhe
wife Of It comic actor named Panty, committed
suicide. and a newspaper pubhshed an account
OF the private life Of the couple alleelhs tHat
the unfortunate woman shot hcrseI IN sueeI
despair az the III treatment she Aad IecelleuE I
her husband hands. .NolieHp l inc eitDc
were laid on the grave Of Nine. Plnly. and were
there found by her husband. lie brought an
action Tor defamation OF character against lHo
owner OF the newspaper. but before the Caay
came mn for trial VI. Panty, through grief
committed suicide 10y shooting himself Us
mother. anxious TO clear his memory from any
suspicion of stain, asked permission % carr
ON me csse ia the place Of her deceased ION.
and the editor had 20 defend hlmseil asaLhs.
accusations which were practlcalA lHlseu u a
LAN hon "a for several NuIu
lie was found guilty and sentenced 10 three
months imprisonment
IRA yelers and tourists who have been fora
summer outing among me Ilannf MHtou
skirt fhe coast OF Honduras tell marvellous -to-
ries Of tho Oyst0t groves or mat country anu
J me rare delIcacy Of The Dlyalyes when grow
on the trees The facts I'm this 'tfee-oySleI
case are these: lie mansfOF6 trees EI"" az
either fresh or salt water sWahps' anu
even in water hye OF SIX teet deep.
The limbs Of the mangroYe are
inc willow. In case they DO not reach tie wa
ter. the attraction Of the moisture below causes
shoots 10 put ont which often extend lar Dee
meath the surface. thus a thlchet OF lhahsIofts
/ IL. n matted mass OF limbs. trunks, shoots and
roots. On these limbs aud shoots. deep doNh
under the surface OF the water, large punches
of oysters cling. thus forming the lar-laN'e"
oyster Groves Ot honduras.
The following touching story is told IN q dis
patch tO the New York World from Atcul-
SON. KAN: Bernard j. Schmltl. o wealthy
mamv iast Noyomber 10 visit hls OLD
home and was arrested for deserving the Ger
man army thirty years before I"G ma
state, Minister iR Germany. bat al efforts
10 secure SchMltI relea e appeared l~rNliltsa.
limit elevtn-year-old daughter. however,
wrote a letter 20 the Emperor of Gcrmaly from
her home in this country. setting form lu a
chlldlke manner the facts III the case ald. haA-
ing for her fathers release on his lirth4a}.
which came on The 4th " last month. Inc
letter reached the Emperor on the 9Th. ana Ao
was so touched that he issued 4 pardon Tor
Schmitz, who is now on his way home.
People who arc skeptical about the extent %
which women avail themscifes OF icap-year
Dbl. yleces ought 10 refer 10 the cltF registrar,
SAYS the Boston Herald. he th nhs he mas az
la.st one genuine case. A wealthy boston NO
man. moving In the HUBS best sOrirtF and i've
ing On Commonwealth avenue, was married
last week TO q wcl-kuOWn New lofh nam. A
Few days before the ceremony she went 90 the
registrar Office and asked Tor % III tffis s r
license. Sle said she wanted u Tor lficnd VI
hers Who was sicS and VINO hat asked
her u do the erlani Tor him. Inc Incense
was given t. her. flank. OF course. ana she
WAS shown how 10 fill 10 ont. Under the regis
trars ege AMI direction she wrote the names Of
the groom and his father. hs occulat on, Nc
then the name ~ the briie-eiect with tAe 81 10
Gus necessary bits Of information aHOut hcr.
then the registrar asked her q sign her own
name as ~. rc-cn inE the purchaser o. the liz
cense. with her address. The lady hcmmod and
hewcd. asked questions ami tried 90 evale tho
point. When she found the name must Doe
nlAneI ne maze tLc UrNl OF III. TOOK the pen
brayely aud wrote. She fed without any eXpla-
nation.
An Official list has inst been published Of the
wages pa d III Germany 20 the whole OK the rail-
way employees on he State railways N that em-
pre-. beginning at the presidents OF direction.
OF whom there arc eleven. down 10 brakemen
and the poorer officials, The presidents do not
reap colossal wealth, their pay being a iittiO
over 500 year only; and this IS by a long way
the highest salary paid upon the rail
way. Telegraph inspectors. Of whom
there are only eighteen, get from
cly TO cT0: bookkcepers and ~secrcta,
RES, al0l 20 ESQ: ticket stampers and
office clerks. from ESQ 10 t75. porters. or rather
p%ortiers, aud ticket guards. go 20 tdJ q year;
and the artisans and engine driver. set bu,
vryJ or pay indeed. compared ~ the pay OF
the English railways. Drivers and tho electric
machInists get from coo TO fl00 a year the
highest, thai Is. not over e = week; stokers
and assistants and this class OF helpers, from 81
aweek to 2,s.. and the semi guard porters. who
sit tn their great coats in all w~eatlers on the
top OF the tram, get from $40 TO zoo n year.