The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-04


Lille Clifton foiled the Parkhurstins
cross-examiners who tried TO snake ne'
evidence in the Gardner blacKma' 'r'A''
New York.
A Hamilton (Ohio) man has discovered
new nrocess aging whisky IN t"rhy
four hours in which the WHISKY Trust
is Interested.
Ellie Islands Boarding officer Laird
h.s resIrned under fire. He permitted
nrettv Immigrant girls to land In re"
York without going to the isiaho'
MAXINE Lisbonne, a Frenchman, drives
Through the streets OF Paris In convey
ance nropelled by electricity selling revo-
lutionary fried potatoes to the farisla"''
While a COW. the property of c. u. PEN
dIeton. of Key West, Fla, was sraHlhs
in its pasture the other DAY: she was
bitten by a rattlesnake and DIED wlthih an
hour.
.11ornes. comet" says DR.. Swift. VIII
,rohahIv nrove to be body formed py
The collision of two asteroids. Their or
hits cross I'm that region. The discovery
is one of Importance In the scleh'ilc
world"
FolIowing are two reasons for dissatis-
faction with the Brooklyn hre Depart
ment: THAT gongs have been put INTO
saloons near engine-houses Tor the CON
yenience of the fremen, and that the
chief spends his summers yachtihs anu
HIS winters in Florida.
The health authorities OF Philadelphia
have added membranous Group TO the
list OF CONTAGIOUS diseases which will not
hereafter be admitted to the ordinary
hospital ward IL is stated that inns
disease is as contagious as ciphtheria ana
relatively much more fatal.
A rare stamp collection. worth *oo'Wv,
the property of Banker de Coppet' VIII
he sold at auction in New YORK In april
The collection, which is mace up en-
tirely of stamps from countries OF .ne
Western Hemisphere, includes 1900 dlt-
ferent ones. the prize being an 1850 Brit
ish Guiana 2-center, valued at over soVV.
Within q six-mile radius OF Charing
Cross. London, there are 20 miles OF rail-
way and 255 stations. and WITHIN
twelve mile radius over 400 miles OF line
and S0f stations. The average NUMBER OF
messengers carried on a weekday by the
public conveyances OF London, including
ornnibuses. is 2.5OO,OOO. The total for last
year was 777.0OO, 900.
The height Of absurdity I'm libel suits
has been reached in London. where
case based on the use of three eXclama-
ton points was tried the other day NO
complaint was made against the language
used by the defendant. but against the
exclamation points with which he pune
tuated a certain sentence. The verdict
was for the defendant.
4 nublic library has been founded In
Panama i'm commemoration or the TOUR
hundredth anniversary OF the discovery
of America Three hundred volumes were
provided to start the library ana "oV
more were donated by the Societe fro-
gresso del Istmo. An appropriation 10
found and maintain the library was haue
by the municipal council.
According to the annual creport or the
Toynbee Hall settlement, in the east end
~ London, there has been an improve
ment in the housing OF the poor, and also
in the condition OF the streets; a large
increase in the rates OF wages; Libraries
and baths have also become more nu-
merous. and. altogether. the standard Oh
living has greatly improved
On Silver Heights. near Winnipeg. few
buffaloes are kept, remnants OF the enor-
nous herds that rolled like brown tide
from the Texas plains to the Saskatche-
wan. The experiment is being tried OF
producing race OF hardy STOCK py
breeding the buffaloes with cattle. The
offspring resembles the cow rather than
coat and an i'll temper.
There has been a large increase In the
number OF divorces granted In Scotland In
late years. Between 1864 and 1874 the ave-
rage number was thirty-fve year which
increased TO fifty-nine between 1874 and
1850. Last year 127 divorce DEGREES were
granted there, as against 100 in 1891 ana
eighty-nine in 1890. OF last years DEGREES
sixty-eight were obtained by husbands
and fifty-nine by wives. Infdelity was the
Il Cund for considerably more than half
The agricultural experiment station at
Yuma, Ari has been testing during the
year the varieties Of early fruits and
vegetables which can be cultivated to the
best advantage in that torrid climate. II
is thought by the people of that region
that Arizona and some Of the favored
parts of Southern California will ultimate
ly furnish Eastern cities with the supply
OF winter vegetables which now largely
come from Bermuda and the Southern
Atlantic States.
A prominent jeweer tells that he sells
many daggers to women. These are not
ornaments, but serious weapons. The|
are just large enough TO slip easily inside
a woman's gown. Some women have
these made to order. when they are Law
ishly adorned and incrusted with precious
stores. They are frequently carried IN
travelling, when they are intended as wea-
rons of defense. They are preferred 10
rev divers, which are likely TO go off sum-
marily and In the wrong direction.
A new telephone company. incorporated
at Chicago, proposes to replace the tele-
phone girl with system OF automatic
switchboards. The Philadelphia Record
thinks that the passing of the
telephone girl would be mat
ter of unfeigned regret; for. with all
her faults, she is breezy, piquant and
engaging type OF Natures handiwork.
Yet she would doubtless experience little
difficulty in discovering a new and better
field for the display Of her usefulness and
activity.
The sobriquet Evergreen State has
been adopted by many people in the State
OF Washington, and its fitness is demon
strated by the following report of the
weather for the year 1892, from observa-
tions made at Fairhaven, Wash. within
twenty miles Of the forty ninth parallel Of
latitude, or as far North as Newfound
land: Sunshine. 1893 days. cloudy. without
rain, Sc days; slight rain some part OF day,
AZ days: rain. AZ days; snow, part of two
days. During the cloudy days, and days
with slight rain, sunshine often inter-
vened.
The coolest winter the world ever knew.
according to several chronicles, occurred
during the year Of l435. The season was
not only intensely cold, but lasted unus-
ually long In a large portion of middle
and western Germany the frost was so
severe during the month OF May that
skaters braved the ice without the least
danger and on May 18th skates were