The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-19
VIEWS NOTES or INTEREST.


peculiar manner at Reading Pehhsyl
vania. The bird was noticed on an cleo
trio light wire, and. as the current wa
turned on. the bird was shocked and Eel
10 the ground dead.
The hornet was the first paper-maker,
and holds TIE original patent. The paper
it makes is about like that OF the news
paper; nearly as firm and made Of essen
TALLY the same material-woody hbres
scrapcd from old rails and boards
In 1884 Maine had FIVE Governors
Governor Fairfield, elected for 49, re-
signed. Governor Kavanaugh, president
! OF the Senate, resigned; Governor Dunn,
| speaker OF the House superseded by Gov
! ernor Dana, president Of the senate LOT
/ 1872. and Governor Anderson, elected In
1874.
The habit the Southern negroes have
| Of talking 10 themselves is noticed by
| every one ia the towns below Mason and
/ Dixon's line one servant IN a Southern
| family used TO carry on conversations with
herself, sometimes alleging carelessness
and disorder in one tone OF voice then
! defending herself from those charges in
another tone.
The name Veragua appears FOR the hrst
| time I'm the history Of Columbus letter
from Jamaica July 7, 1903. 10 Ferdinand
I and Isabella Columbus took the name
/ from the natives, who applied 10 it the
/ country east Of Admrals Bay; but IN
/ the early part Of the Sixteenth century
/ the name of Veragua was given TO the
I whole coast OF Central America.
One Of the interesting characters IN
/ Washington is Stewart Van Nliet, who
was chief quarfermaster Of the Army OF
! the Potomac during the war In his
] ha a 1f
life on both sides of tine Rio Grande.
IIe rode on horseback from Fort Leaven-
| worth 20 Salt Lake City before there
was even q wagon road across the con-
/ tlnent
The Prince OF Wales daughter Louise
is a very domestic young woman, caring
little for London eayeues, and being much
attached TO her Northern home. She and
her husband the Duke of Fife. go shop
ping together when I'm London i'm true
Darby and Joan fashion. and the two
are sometimes seen strolling very early
I'm the morning through Kensington Car
dens.
II IS a well-known fact that heavenly
. bodies invisible 10 the human eye. even
when assisted by the most powerful tele-
scope, may be detected by the photo
graphic plate. a practical illustration OF
the value OF photography IN this connec-
ton is found I'm the experience of March,
when no fewer than eighteen small planets
We're detected photograp hically. Twelve
of these were discovered by VI. CharlOis,
az Nice.
A London journalist, 81 q long article
condemning enemiuate men, says that
the great complaint is that women toll
crate them. They are talented I'm winding
WOOL and can hand cups OF tea witlou
s5iiiing any into the saucer and these
accomplishments are held 20 counterbal-
ance the absence of qualities more appro-
pirate 10 their SEX They enable women
90 enjoy the luxury of feeling protec-
tive" and of treating a living being as
doll
Peter Roberts. Of Lyons Kan, is the
latest victim of the hat-snatching trick,
rs practiee4 by the south side aHa2ons
in Chicago. His hat was grabbed by
negress who. as usual. ran into a hall
way Mr. Roberts followed, when two
other female thugs seized him and relieved
him of $50. The police department or
Chicago has thus far proved itself utterly
unable 20 deal with the burly amazons
who Turk I'm Railways and dart out upon
their victims like hideous black spiders
a Hungarian inventor claims 20 be able
10 spin ordinary wood pulp or cellulose
into yarn, from which an sorts of textile
tissues can Doe made In the ordinary way.
e4udfng tn durability. appearance anu
fastness of color the best cotton goods
If his scheme is practicable it will revolu-
uonize the textile industry. IL is claimed
the method is applicable not only % cellu-
lose. but 20 every sort of short fbrous
material, rags. scraps of cotton and linen
goods and the like. and the fibre can be
dyed before being spun into yarn.
A correspondent az the Indianapolis
News describes q battle between "a setter
dog and a German carp. alleged % have
taken place near Columbus. Ind, a few
days ago He SAYS: "The fish which
weighed eisht and a haff pounds. had
been LETT i'm a small sound of water by the
recent overflow and was discovered by
the dog. who began barking az IT, The
ish began jumping at the dog. and bis
el.ls and fins became distended. plainly
showing his intense anger. Finally the
dog sprang a the fish. and. p,ungiug
under the water brought the carp out
and laid il oD shore"
The Inf1nta Isabella. aunt Of the young
King OF Spain, eNeels in AN outdoor sports
and exercises She leads shooting pare
ties i'm the royal preserves and brings
down partriiees woodeocE. harcs an8
rabbits. She rides after hounds boz the
solitary rough country around Madrid
and is often the first M the death of
fox Recently. while ont driving her pair
of spirited young thor0ughbreds ran away
with her. wrecking the phaeton against
pair Of stores. When the iufanta Zee
turned 20 the palace she remarked coouy
that she "had had a little excitement"
and next day drove out with the same
pair.
French enthusiasts pretend 10 find sue
cessor 10 General Boulanger I'm General
D0dis. commander m chief Of the tate
expedition In Dah0mey. Being the latest |
soldier 10 shed the blood OF the enemies
of France. this passing display of Bou-
langist fanaticism toward the returned
cOuqueror is easily explained. General I
Dodds is a mulatto of English French. .
and African blood. lie has had the usual /
military training Of every French officer /
and fought through the Franco russian
and Tonquin wars and the Paris COM
mune unwOunded He has been I'm Africa /
since lsll. He is TALL bony. resoute. and /
popular. and he has a pull among the /
Seaegalese.
resident Of New York, who passed !
nearly twenty-five years in the anthracite /
coal mines of Pennsylvania. says that /
few miners can easily shake off the |
horror that seizes man upon finding I
himself alone at the bottom az a mine, |
with the knowledge that there is no other /
human being within call. 10 sometimes /
happens that a miner. absorbed i'm his ]
work. suddenly realizes that all but him /