The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-17

All sorts.
Colonel A. X. Mcclure the new president OF
The Philadelphia Clover Clue. drinks a.ollh~l''
only. and is SIX feet sSo inches IN helsH''
4 factory in Michigan is said 10 be making
IN le-clothes from wood MIRO which aye et'Al
IN every respect 10 those made from WOOL
There were s.ssi suicides in this country last
year. and tn f@yo1te method vas tiHSy'-""'
poisoning coming next, and hanging th'r'
James Pam says hat like other dogInas ms
one Is false and m'stuleF. ihs. va 4 i
il a. old as she looks and man as oiu NJ "1
feels
4 firm in Pi.tsburg is selling ~ 30 cents 2
dozen A a80OD dozen lot Of eggs II h'o pay
down in cold storage last summer a. u cents
dozen
Anelcctrical siop watch has been tested IN a
bicycle race, where 10 ueIclHiihr. tn "''i
fhougl. hs WAS only One-Lun ireath or secoH'
ahead
Newspaper. Il Omahs assert that The hannsss
On, poopls are ia Ing wax hZufes III the4t
street ears 90 keep up the appearance o.
activity
The Chattanooga Traiesmsn has been making
o canvass OF the south and mas VIA. - 49,
Southern children we're At school on fahasiF i
1872. a. against i,5'l,.t5 on the oo4''''''''''~
date Of 1850.
II looks a. though domestic llfo at the in9
was o. z discount when Boston payer Pr III
10 make the melancholy confession l"91 La
or III. town sleeps IN h0i0ns-bels anu l"hv'
its meals out.
Herbert Ward demonstrates lis usefulness ~
fhe husband OF q literary woman Dy tthttf tt-
tirs charge OF the 'erary affairs oil hiS rlIe'
ElizaIoth nilart PHELPS AM nahlhs al D'''-
ness Grran -cmenfs Tor heI.
A Georgian discovered that 2 chicken snake
had taken three of his young chicHs ng
Killed the snake. recovered INC chich1 t. tr3,
them under the hen and now they bid iaH 10
make good br0llers IN time
Sheet-iron kites, 10 enable vessel when "a
distress during storm 10 communicate "
the shore. have been suggested. IL Mold he
curious experiment OF course. sheet IRON can
be made as thin or thinner than "rlilng-paoef.
Frank Vincent. Jr.. the American traveller
who las just started from dalta OH lnie,
wears ramiie through tire ftmcief REGIONS on
Asa. is a handsome man OF some ihily-elEhs
years of age and resident OF IeeAsAll' N. is
when az home.
The new senator from Kansas Dir. Perkins.
is large. porfly smooth shaven man aN~.le
and neatly dressed ana asa Western l&psI 'i,
serves, unlike his colleague. senator I.Iie,, I'D
that ho wears las clothes as IL ne were hsec 10
them.
One hundred and seven years was the Ieppted
sge of samuel Robinson. cOiOrCd. VINO llec on
undav nlght i'm Hack nsack. He reme,noered
the time when General iafay cite passed ihrplth
the streets of lIac,ensack, and the balidlhs o.
forts at SANDS Hook.
The rapid mace claimed for the people of the
West s well ilustra 90 III the case ~ young
bachelor Of toioIato VINO last "a ui las, - IT,
ported 20 have forned the aclua-Hl8Ice o.. q
yorng woman. and wooed, won ana Wed heI' al
IA the space of two hours.
: mother AMI son were reunited few DAYS
ag8 az BrOaH-l arg, lul-. II Ter % separation "i
/ over twenty wears. lho son lad been kldnipptd
/ when q elm q. and she never heard oil hlm UNIV
recently. when newspspcr paragraph aD'dt
/ him attracted her attention.
4 black bass 1arge-mouthcd, says tho AmeIi-
4 can Angler. was recently calgh, near Mall".
Fla. which weighed twcniy seven pounds. ms
TO the record 10y three and quarter pounds
a. q bass weighing twenty three anu lhf0c-
quartz err pounds was taken some years ago from
] lori Ia lake.
The ire loss last year. according to the
{ Boston J rave.ler. vas 81 s6NA2. Inns ls more
abel hia boston and Chicago last ear. Add
the SSl526.1S4 paid by tic insurance companlc"
also tax and loss 90 the community ana tAe
expense OF the insurance companies anu "
tOta gone NJ in and bv smoke is cJnsldcrlhF
larger than h sum yearly put up IN bulliin
The monitor Miantonomah can knock oil
/ Chin at the rate Of thirteen miles am hOur, ana
/ can DO the toughest kind OF lighting az seven
miles. When small boats attack her she Wld
/ fight them with hight guns: uut Mnen ie.ioW
! of her size looms up every man Will be sent be-
low. she will take IN water un.l nor deck is De-
nea'h the surface, and She viii le the eagle
scream with four inch lreecA-lOalns niles.
The following ought 70 Pee printed in 50 den
/ type in fvtry paper Of the Unit q - 4tcs for %
shows that there is one homes. man ia tho H.
/ ruDiran Solom. "a bort time q go Secrcfarr
: N5.le received from Mr.. Horace j. Poland, of
/ Bos on. who served during the war as 1i .'i-
I Der Of Company &, First Heavy Art lerr. "a le'-
ter eulrendcring pension winch nad h.'
I awarded him. Mr.. Poland sta'eI t1at. bel ~
/ abic TO support hiusolf he hal go i1uzlr any
need OF assistance from the Government
Tho annual mortality O, the entire human
[ race amounts. roughly s.eahlus. according 90
3 French medical journal. to 33.IOlOO3 OF persons.
| This makes the average deaths per day over
/ 1900. being al the rate of 3.D an hour. or 70
people every minute Of The day ana nighJ the
wear round. 4 fourth of the race do belOre
completing their eighth wear. and onc-haif be-
fore the end of the seventeenth year, IN the
average duration Of lie Is about thrty-eight
wears. Not more than one person IN 10000 llyos
10 10 hundred.
Chief Garry, OF the SroLane Indians died a.
Spokana. Wash. las night. lie IVES p very Old
e.. Ell and led his mi a, the M the c0nfst-
Grated tribes met aud defeated Co Onel ) op oe
in lfS Later in that year Colonel Nrgh- met
the cOnfe lerated tribes near th" Rails OF $40.
ksna and connie CIV routed them ami warned
them never again TO tako uD arms an INST tho
whites Garry observed the admOrl in 10 the
last. The Old chiefs peol le have dWindlsd ter
ribly sin 20 then, and there are now only hand
ful OF them. and they are left without reserve
ton or Ian is OF Their own
Arosident Of Hamilton. d.. has petitoned
! ance in the shape of q dwarf lackass that il
stalled few feet from his door. He pravs for
the removal or determination Of the animal al
leging that the beasts mccarthy ellis at all
hours of the day and night are q constant men
ace 10 his life and limb; that no horse will
stand quietly within hearing distance OF the
brute. and that several runsNays have occurred
in consequence OF the hide00s noises Produced
by SAID iackGsS The brute is said 70 he hideOus
looking specimen, and It's wells are simply de-
moniacal
The London Spectator tells the following good
and Characteristic irish story. farmer was
put on trial at the Clonme Assizes. at the be-
ginning OF the present century before Lord
NOrbury-then known as the hanging nudge
for having killed man in faction fight al tho
fair Of y .nagh. by smashing ms skull. In the
course of The trial surgical evidence was given
that the skull Of the decreased was no thic er
than an egg she'll. However, the accused was
found guilty, AMI whenasket by The Judge what
he had 10 saY why zen. n e Of death should not
be pronounced up ham. be
relled that he had nothing 20
say. only he thought that man
with skull no thicker than an egg-shell had
no business az the iair of Ncnagh.' I'm.
answer SO iickled the humorous side Of the
Judge that he ordered IN dls charge. observing
that the mans death. according 10 the doctors
evidence, was purely the result OF natural g.
cident. At the same time he warned the pris-
OneT that. should he ever again engage in
Is ton fight. To make sure that the man he en-
taY.H utrrft rfHf.ai