The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-10
xEwy NOTES OF INTEREST.

Gladstone and /, although the Oldest
leaders. have the youngest Ideas
Maryland's Governor, Brown, will not
pardon State Tt easurer Archer. who stole
$4,000, until he gives up available cash.
Miss Jennie Smith, an evangelist. has
discovered that there is but one Protes-
tant church to 1900 people In the west
bottoms of Kansas City. .
Donna Isadore Coucine, Of South Ameri-
ca. who is said to be the richest widow
I'm the world. has an income OF $4,000 per
molth frcm her mines alone.
A bill reported In the Indiana Legis-
lature requires foreign building and loan
associations doing business I'm the State,
to deposit 100000 with the State Treas
urer.
A bronze statue OF Burns is to be
erected in Denver, Col, for which w.
Grant Stevenson, Of Edinburgh has sent
over designs both for standing and
seated figure.
Congress will be asked TO purchase the
house in which Lincoln was carried when
shot and i'm which he died. The amount
needed to secure this and adjoining pro-
perty is $4,000.
A man in Jewell county, Kan, who has
been married four times. is of the opinion
that marriage is not only a failure, but il
persisted I'm it VIII ruin any man who in
dulges in such questionable pastime.
What are said to be the largest pair Of
driving wheels in the world are being con-
structed .or the New York Central rail
road. The wheels, when completed, VIII
be seven feet in diameter.
Some of the native women Of Australia
have queer idea of beauty. They cut
themselves with shelves, keep the wounds
open for a long time and when they neal
huge scars are the result These scars
are deemed highly ornamental.
Three-quarters Of second is the time
occupied by the fall of a knife In the
guilotine. The knife IS weighted by I'D
pounds of lead. falls nine feet, and cuts
through flesh and bone as easily as
through bar Of soap.
The Oldest armchair in the world Is the
throne o3ce used by Queen Hatafu, VINO
nourishei in Egypt 1000 Il. G. 1t is made
Of ebony. beautifully carved, and Is 30
hardened with age as TO appear to be
carved from black marble.
over 5000 women in the United States
act as postmasters. The largest number
in one State, 463, is in Pennsylvania, and
AGO I'm Virginia. There are 2j6 in Ohio'
243 in New York, 2l6 In Georgia, 20 IL
Texas and 90 i'm Kentucky. Alaska mas
only one.
A correspondent of the VolSs Zeitung
states that whenever the family or the
Car review their troops at Czarko Selo
the Hebrew soldiers are confined TO their
barracks, under the pretext that 1T might
hurt the tender feelings Of the Czarina TO
see the enemies of Christ
The levee about one Of the largest fisher
les in Indiana. near Columbus, gave way
few days ago and thousands of big carp
had n rapid flight of four miles into he
White river. The fishery was stocked
six years ago. and contained the largest
carp i'm the waters of indiana.
r. s. Campbell, resident OF North
Salem, Ind. claims to have fornd stone
in the bottom Of a creek near his home
which resembles, in size and shape.
well trimmed horn. The curiosity weighs
sixty-seven pounds, and Mr. Campbell IN
tends exhibiting it at the Worlds Fair
1t is related OF Disraeli that while view
ing the picture of a daughter OF a fisher
man standing on the seashore and holding
a shell to her ear. he was asked TO give 1t
a name The author of "Lothair' quickly
replied: "A message from the sea"-a
title which the painter eagerly adopted.
Bishop Courtney who is officiating tenn
porarily in the Diocese of Massachusetts,,
on account Of the death of the late Bishop
Phillips Brooks, was born in Plymouth,
Eng, and served several parishes in that
country before coming to this country.
He was elected Bishop of Nova Scotia in
1883.
While a man was walking along the
river bank near Mount Meridian, W. Va,
the other day. he discovered a muskrat
hole, and upon close examination found
that II was full of fish. He got board
and stopped up the hole. and i'm n short
time he claims that he had taken 70
suckers from the hole with his hands.
Mrs Mary o. Arnold of Norwich, Conn,
was. until recently. the possessor Of three
solid silver spoons which, she asserts,
were made by Preside intellect Cleveland's
grandfather over a century ago. Some
time ago Mrs Arnold sent one Of these
spoons to Baby Ruth. and the other day
she received a letter from MIR. Cleveland
acknowledging the gift.
OF the 1O,255siO tons Of pig iron pro-
duced, last year the South furnished
21l6,9S6 tons, or more than in any pre-
Vious year. Alabama alone produced over
million tons, and now disputes with
Illinois the honor Of being the third
largest iron producing State in the Union.
Pennsylvania and Ohio continuing to hold
the first and second places.
The Princess Of Wales is a very grace
full figure on skates AID exceedingly fond
OF the healthful exercise. She wears n
peculiar kind Of skating boot, laced nearly
to the knee, the upper portion lined with
fur The heels are wide and low, and
the skates cover the sOles of the boots
and have springs under the insteps, the
whole under part being steel.
The Khedive, Abhas Pacha, was edu-
Gated at the Vienna Theresium, and ne
and his brother spent some time in Paris,
V ere they always took every opportunity
to walk about the bouevards and watch
the life in the streets. The brothers also
visited England, and were introduced to
Various phases Of social life. Since his
elevation to power he has lived like a
European, and has shown no inclination
to initiate the expensive freaks of his
gTadfather Ismail.
J. NJ Ashley. Jr., vice-presl1ent of the
Toledo Ann Harbor and North Michigan
railroad, is the originator of the idea
of building three big ferry boats for
that road, so constructed that they may
be converted into war ships In twenty
four hours. Two of the boats have al
ready been completed. They are Of great
strength. and carry twenty-four. freight
cars each rom kewaunce WIS., 10
Frankfort, Mich, across Lake Michigan
a distance Of sixty miles.
a suit for damages has been brought
by Lester Bennett, mail Carrier on the
star route between Weston and Nocwalk,
Conn. Bennett declares that ever since
the first snowfall the highway between
Weston and the Hurlbut-street postoffice
in Wilton has been blocked with snow,