The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-27

AT tho recent term OF the sup' ''no ',1'i;at
court of franklin county he.. ~ ls .hs
ments were found and thc 'n' ,rssented 70
GRAND iurv when dismissed pleScnseu ~ =,
fnana s., nair of white kid gloves as an
onhIem 80 tIe pnrity of the countys morals
One If IN. nrcsents to be given TO the hine
o,d ouaen III Denmark on the OCCASION Vi
.ha;r coIdan wedding on May ga ~ crown
~ cold tho cift of over l00.0Ol school children
IN Denmark who have each con ,dnn o,'r,'
penny. The corn is composer Va s'''O
ears and clover leaves.
Nicolas. the new bishop or the urech onui To- "a
in America. has arrived az , osl as;a Miner
When the reporters tried 70 INTERVIEW mn
thew couId not induce him to talk for pu oiieh-
ton. but he is handsome Russian. hnu seeA'
to avoid needless formalities'
The Pope who is eighty-two wears speo,
tacles only when reading; for ordinary us.'
his eyesight remains good lie coulu sec o e.
ter at seventy than he couid AZ W." '1'he
| when young he was very near-sienIo :. -
| health of His Holiness is excellent. ana IL -
kept so by his very simple mode OF iiie.
An Austrian provincial paper lately con
tanned the following advertisement:
widow. who still possesses the entire warcroDo
of her deceased husband. Is disposed 10 ente'
into correspondence with suitable geI'i.o-
man. if such can be found, with Vie" W
matrlmOny."
In its wild state the elephant feeds heartily.
but wastefuly. II is careful IN seiectin9 'ne
few forest trees which il likes for their Darh
or foliage. But it will tear down branches,
and leave half of them untouched. III WIZ
strip oil the bark from other trees ana thro"
away large portion.
Since 1885 the course OF the river Nolga,
Russia. has rapidly been changing. until the
city of Saratov, once called the bolden foIe
Of the Nolga. is left three miles IRON Us
banks. Saratov is a well built city OF ABOUT
1876 600 Its trade. which was very large, ue-
pended mainly on the river.
A quiet rancher in the foothills Of California
has been experimenting with the olive, ana
now makes the sensational announcement
that olives can be grown on the native WILL
lows by the ordinary process OF grating. he
makes good the assertion by exhibiting willow
branches with clusters Of fruit growing on
them.
When the appraisers came to make n list Of
the personal property OF Mrs. Julia Swinford,
an old lady who died recently at Berry sta
ton, KY. they found 1l5 nightcaps. al or
different styles and patterns, ten pairs or
shoes that had never been worn. fifteen pairs
Of scissors and an innumerable lot OF spools OF
thread.
The savages of the Amazon region fed the
common green parrot for generations with
the fat or certain USueS. luuS ChuolHS ~ "
become beautifully variegated with red and
yellow feathers. In like manner the natives
of the Malay Archipelago by process OF feed
ing changed the laxative Tory into the gorge
Gus king lOry.
There is curious thing about the long,
narrow lakes that border the Missouri river,
said Il. G.. Schultz. of Omaha. recently.
There is but one such lake of any size on the
west side of the river from Omaha TO ii.
Z l. hun ia nf
the east side. This seems 10 indicate that the
bed of the river is gradually moving toward
the west. leaving lakes at intervals to I'LL the
old channel"
The Russian naval estimates for 1892
amount TO II, $50 .233 rubles or 1891, 96l ruoles
more than last year. which sum IS TO be spent
upon the building of new ships. by order Oh
the Car a large ironcad cruiser. of the same
type as the Rurlck. of 1928 tons and l5,OOO
horse power is 10 be put upon the stocks Mt
ST. Petersburg this spring. III addition TO
three ironclads Of 1000 tons and several
ironclad coast vessels of from 1900 TO 5,OOO
tons.
The pressure that can be produced by cleo
trolytic generation of gas IN closed space
has recently been tested by a French scientist.
The highest pressure heretofore realized was
6.57O pounds TO the square inch In this
instance the pressure obtained was between
u 600 and Is 900 10 the square inch, when the
manometer cracked without any explosion:
The LIQUID used was a 20 per cent. solution OF
soda The electrodes were OF iron, anu the
current IL amperes.
A dispatch from San Bernardino. Cal. SAYS:
A party of prOspectoIs. have Just returned here
from a prospecting trip near Cottonwood
Springs. l2e miles east of here, bringing with
them gold worth about $1,000 almost pure.
that they had taken from a decomposed
quartz ledge. They say that the ledge IS VS.
IDLE for two miles over the mountains, ana Is
rich in gold wherever 1t has been tapped.
Several business men, and about forty pros
pectors have left here. all headed for the new
FL Dorado.
Among the peculiar occupations for women
which Mrs. Virginia Perry enunerates are the
following: In Buffalo n woman runs street
cleaning bureau: in Kansas CITY woman Is
in the fire department; at Nassar woman
combs hair at IS cents head; Louisville
lady makes special shopping trips 10 Paris:
another in New York makes tlat-furnshlng
business: still another in New Hampshire IS
president Of street-ralway company while
Chicago has a woman embalmer.
With the exception of a living carpet Of
delicate Inaidenhair. which attains height
of from five 10 six feet, and Of ropes Of
creeper ferns which swing from tree to tree
like fairies IN the castle of giant the forest
of Australia is altogether bare of underground.
In the woods OF recent growth. however,
vegetation is more luxurant. The long ten
drills of the clematis and rata connect trunk
with trunk In garands of white and scarlet
bloom, and at their base fiourishes an infinite
variety of ferns. while here and there O
graceful tree-fern rears its slvery-lined crown.
There are many mysterious things about
beetles. Those of Brazil are famed for their
brilliant metallic hues. yet no one has been
able to find out what makes these cOlors
Some are Of gold, others OF silver, yet others
of blue enamel seemingly. and on through
an endless variety of tints One variety is
called the diamond beetle" because il is
covered with minute points. which reflect the
light. Their use for Jewelry 10 familiar
They are employed for trimming dresses. and
sometimes particularly fine one is kept alive
and allowed to wander over the cOrsage of
the wearer. attached by a slender chain.
The charges which the African traveller Eu-
gen Wolf prefers against the administration of
Baron Won Soden in German East Africa are
be either true in the main or else deliberate
and malicious inventions. Herr Wolf says
that Baron Won Soden from the first made
bad impression on the natives who called him
"the man with the closed handn lie de-
clares that the Baron remarked Of the disas-
trous Lelewski expedition that 1t was not ne
cessary, but that the young officers could not
remain quiet and chat. therefore. he
let it 60. The new administration, he
adds, Immediately brought about dis
cord among the officers of the colony,
and in a few months all the officers of