The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-22

The phonograph is now used IN hospitals LOT
the purpose Of Studying the auditory character
istics OF pulmonary diseases
A New York man, who was liberated from
hospital few days ago. danced 80 NloisIu9 -Oi
10y that he burst blood vessel anu dleu-
Tbree-ouarters OF the entire manufacturing
capital Of The United STATES OF eu',l',o''''' -
based upon patents IN one way OF anOlhsI'
Tho Chinese in this country do not regard the
erbi6iti0n of their idols in museums with favor
and are ANNOYED ut such a display OF the repre-
sensations OF their deltios-
II IA said that Canada is the only country N
the world in which the military force is tIuieu
with the old cnlder rIes. mllltats "i1n -. w.
Dominion are urging the adoption OF more
modern arm.
Asu4erer from the widespread dress reform
movement makes the following vail: 'Bllurca-
ton" is yexatioD, "Suspenders are As 1ali nj
Trunks 20 the knee discomfort me- All"
"Bl0omers' drive me mad
Electricity is now being used in mining for
ventilaung, pumping, lighting; signsllng' SUI
surface hauling. hosting, surface lIahapVl. H-
fion. undertaking drilling. channeling' Dlasi-
ing. crushing, separating ana clearing
The members Of the japanese Club in New
York city issue japanese newspaper ~ y
printed on a hektOgraph, and only small num-
her of COMES are made. Ia is intended chiefly
for the information Of their friends at home
Because young woman in New York when
liberated smiled broadly IN farewell 10 lhe
police iUstice. that funcuonary GOT inau' re-
called the offender and added s. 10 tine
which she had shortly before paid Tor ulsorueIS
conduct
NJ Busha, Quebec fisherman. has sold his
wife TO n Chapcau, q ne ghbor. FOR SPOT ct5h
sum and with no warranty asked or elttffh Ire
lady Nine. busha' was quite aRffttapi8 10 Ds
traded off, though she rather kicked against
the price being too low
One of the most interesting Of recent typo
graphical er Ors was the substitution OF kll
for grill ia the account OF the. 9pemhs Oh Il
woman IS club az Eau Ciaire.Mis. After the cere-
! monies the comDosit0r made the matrons repair
"to the girl-room for broil'
There is talk among Texans about having
| statue of old sam Houston placed ln me 1 p
ltol at Wellington As president OF t .l Tg tD
! lie OF Texas before her ADMISSION 70 me mon,
/ later senator and then her Governor he Is
/ deemed peculiarly representative man.
Professor Patrice dc Janon. who died at WASH
| ingt0n last Friday 40 the advanced a8e. OF
| eighty Years. was native Of South America,
! FOR many years he WAS the instructor IN SWORD
! exercise at the West Point Military Academy
J In June 1882 he was retired with the pay OF O
colonel.
klban Seal octogenarian, Of Birmingham, a.
who has spent the create part OF his nIe Dig
ping graves. has retired from the business. ITO
has he claims. dug just Wl graves, but why ne
didn't keep on week longer and make 10 an
even thousand isn't clear. A peculiar feature
etery.
The most rustic in appearance of all the Ali
ance congressman Is Clover. OF Kansas VINO
looks aud dresses like a farmer and talks az IL
] he were engaged in a controversy with NOW,
ing machine. But he Is man OF many original
! ideas. and was smart enough TO beat BISHOP
! W. Perkins, the new Kansas senator, III the race
! for Congress.
! Winfield Scott Chaplin. the new chancellor Of
Washington University. ST. LOUIS, has had
/ noteworthy career. He graduated az West Point
! ia 1877, second IN hls class re served TWO
wears was in railroad engineering two years,
/ taught i'm Maine was president OF the Military
| Academy OF Japan, and was Of the faculties or
| Union College and Harvard Juifersiig
The heavy snowfalls in the West afford an in
! terestiug modern instance 10 III an old saw.
! The snow is impeding traffic destroying hun
! dreds OF sheep and cattle, and causing the loss
] of some human lives 10 D. especially hard Oh
! stockmen. But the farmers are looking on with
/ broad smile Of satisfaction. The ilnng mp OF
! the mountains with SNOW meens plenty OF water
| for irrilaung purposes next ear and Is almost
a sure guarantee of an abundant harvest
! An interesting incident o. the coinciden evo.
| luton Of q settlement AMI Us name sind OF
survival of the litter. is brought 90 light by the
opening of a new station on the Denver and 40
/ Grande railroad az JimtoWH, Col JlmtoWn ls
/ prosperous mining camp that was known as Nln-
! town whom Do WAS not 20 prosperous although
probably more lively. As the place has grown
] in prominence and put on stald and sober ways
/ Gint0wn gradually ey0utod into Jimtown.
/ The Pike county correspondent of be Now
! York sun tells this marvellous lsh story. "a
/ picaeTel was caugh. at u O'Clock IN the iore-
1 noon. 10 was dressed al 2 ln lhe evening I'm
| its stomach were "a half dozen or 10 OF young
| perch, ami a. these were being removed out
/ Jumped i've sNnnsn inc euniah Hoped
/ around in an undecided way and Tie fishermen
were So surprised that they Ter it flop for some
time before they thought OF picking 10 uD ana
nuttine 10 into pan Of water When the long
! Imprisoned sunisu found itself In It's native
element II rested Tor awhile, and then swan
cheeriully around m the PAL! AMI made itself
as much "a nome a. III m were ~ US h-ift fUul,
/ and was apl arentv une0ncernol over Che Tact
! thst it had lain eight hours III pichefels nav.
! Andl la swimming yet'
'.Ihe oldest gunner in the United etates navy.
the venerable George Slrltn died I'D Ports
/ month. Va, ON Monday before last saws New
! York exchange. Ills life WAS full OF romance
/ and adventures. Born ia 1917, on the Greea isle
! of ipsalla, he was made a homeless orphan y
/ the attack and massacre ny tho / Urks Of tlt IN
/ hahitants of that Island pa 1896. lhe lombard
! ment 81 The TURKS ty the oit constitution '0ii
! lronsides saved the lives of large uum-
/ ler, and be- was among eleven boys vino
| survived and were brought away by that
gallant Old vessel lie was brought home hy
! Lieutenant Randolph. OF Richmond the eAe.u
/ tive oricar OK be ship. Later be was taken by
! Mr. Marshall. gunner 90 the United states navy.
! from Lieutenant Randolph anu by him taught
/ Gunnerv and py Otechnic, Al the age of
/ twenty ne entered -le uavV as gunner and iu
| many hard fought battle aiferWard showed
that The blood of the Greeks. famous at Mara
/ t.
/ still lived ia bis veins.
One rare and another new species of fishes
we're recently captured IN q traWl or the
! coast of Massachusetts One OF these is called
the "lsmprIs. and is the fret Of It's Kind
! known 60 have boon taken ID these waters. n
! looks someWna. lake The common sunni ID of
! the urooA,. though upon en- enormously oxaE-
errteo sale, weighing fully 80 pounds in
] color lt Ia most brilliant. being painted in
VIVID iints OF red, Wnite and iue lie fms are
] crimson, the back Sky blle and the sides OF al
! iridescent whifeness The other fish is the
/ "escOlsr Of the Canary Stands which is SO
highly priced there for iood that il is considered
cheap at E pound q is not So very uucOm-
mon n the warm waters OF the globe. but has
never been caught here before. IN appearance
| u IS no very striking being grayish brown in
color, but its body is completely covered with
| AL armor OF small bony plates. each Of which
/ projects outward IN TWO sharp points Me
specimen captured measured over six feet IN
| length and had mouth biz enOug TO take in
| efalr-sized salmon, Both OF these fishes were
taken on the Grand Banks IN water more than
! 100 feet deep I heir skeletons have been pre-
| served Tor tne National Museum Before being
| dlssected models wers made from them and
| fntel for fla col lsefIDuS ~ Iva -hakrr