The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-29
Some Items OF interest.

4 The railway mileage in this country TO
e day amounts TO III, 5G5.52 miles.
4 High-heeled shoes are among the CHIEF
, causes OF Nervousness in women.
The largest bell in the world is in the
D | kremlin at Moscow, $4,000 pounds.
2 a bar Of steel costing 81 may be worked
mp into watchsprings worth $4,000
The most disastrous food was that Of
Holland, 1880, 10000 persons drowned.
The largest ship was the Great Eastern,
6Oo feet long, 1S feet broad, 1900 tons
The number thirteen cannot be found as
a street number in Frankfort-on- the-Main.
The longest tunnel IS that under the ST.
J Gothard pass. IL is nine and a half miles.
Skin grating to cure blemishes on horses
! has been tried successfully in Lancaster
! Pa.
! The oldest written history is that con-
tanned In the book said TO be written by
Moses.
The most extensive mines are those NJ
SaNony. The galleries have lZ3 miles OF
length.
The long-distance telephone has been
pat In operation between Norway and
Sweden.
The English sovereign's sons and grand
sons, when created peers. are entitled m
seats IN the House Of Lords at the left of
me throne, but when, by the death OF
engit la,ner th"y become only collateraly |
the Dukes "e
south America ants have been known
70 construct q tunnel three miles in
length, a labor for them proporttonate
TO that which would be required for men
10 tunnel under the Atlantic from New
York TO London.
The selling OF antlered bucks heads is
Just now one Of the industries of the
North woods. The heads are sold AT
si.ht dollars each and It costs sixteen |
ooiiafs more TO prepare one for use as
a nat rack or wall ornament.
IN Austria and Russia the duel is a :
,ar more dangerous affair than in Europe. :
IN the former country pistols are used AT G
iose range or furious and prolonged !
III ussieS with swords have almost equal y
SERIOUS effect. Dueling In the army +
RE, and among civilians It is carried !.
n with 10 less bitterness of feeling -
'evertheiess some men are often engaged y
'lth but slight i'll effects.
Chamois skin is one Of the MANY things O.
q uoIh met with save by proxy. Nearly ri
u vi tne chamOis skin I'm this market fs | D;
~ Vi sneep SKIN or goat skin from Eng | u
ma and France. A dealer In these sub- pl
ltutes declares that a single imnortino n,
ouse could use in one year all the tr1e n,
AMOS SKIN that Switzerland produces Ii.
Ten years. The genuine article fetcbes
flutes. '''0 SuO- ~,
doWeiiets Queer Facts and Curious D
lhcles. says that the first blackboard m
rs made at London in the wear 17oe 80 pr
as used at a small educational jnstitu- tn
N near Paddington Green. II. A. Wood ad
authoritative investigator. saws: "Tbe
81 blackboard ever used for the burmese
instruction was made by Colonel Clam ia
US CFozet, one Of Napoleon's officers and eft
ter"ard teacher Of mathematics at All
90. rolht' The board was made I'm
g. Which is right? " on
me gold bugs which were so ponular pa
ornaments few years ago were most tn
them manufactured. There Is a Pon- rel
re sold bug, or beetle. colored pure Of
1hze' but 1t is found only I'm the tronics raj
4 Is not plentiful even there The eold ha
OF commerce Is simply the common me
ne pug dipped in shelac or some Other DIV
IA ana rolled in very fine gold dust the
-er the dust has dried in the sbeIIac pai
pug except in weight, would pass N
piece OF genuine gold jewelry. ma
pecialists on throat diseases are beeinn- he
10 take unusual interest In culinary niG
NOUS Iney advise kitchen ouaran- fna
E on wash days and boiled dinner davs pic;
ng as a reason that the stear, frc,, pee
ing clothes and picked meats M NJ
lire much heat produces many IN vol,
'es or the respiratory organs and az to
Yates slight or chronic diseases of tba Mig
2, throat and lungs. Patients are od eigl
u 10 Vacate apartments having dark Sec
II ventilated kitchens and to keen an
es ana ailing children out Of the kitcb- Oh
"hen cooking is going on. NEE
though steel pens are made in some viii
ureds OF varieties. only a small num- larg
OF pens attain great POPULARITY. Pens The
anciful form have been patented again side
again only TO fail of public reception. nun
II Is exceedingly difficult TO make NJ
{ Tor any pen that greatly differs the
the Few forms now widely used A grot
htoWn stauoner, who was retailing Offer
Iaf below the usual market price. reso
IN answer TO customers question. Mye
s. they are good pens; but they are was
known TO the public, and they cannot not
oiu at market rates in large quanti- Pop,
shou
arly all the inks in common use CON The
organic matter as a part Of the ken.
ring matter. The great majority, % A
are principally a combination Of meet
win gallo and fannie acids botb ~ Dem
n are organic acids and quite roadiIt, demo
imposed. The action OF rnoistrre Me-
and other agents WILL after a wbne jaime
impose these salts Of iron. leavi,,e Curt
the almost invisible oxide OF iron fred
ow where the writing has been ,rbe adore
really permanent Ink IS that rre
! from some form Of carbon s,,ob ~.
pack or which the Chinese or India ma,
composed. Carbon resists destruct- morn
Influences to a remarkable decree ton,
Writings made with such ink win last al ID
ng as the paper on u,bict 80. 'oSt day.
en-. my are Gen
capitol OF the United States hos 800
located at different times at the fol- '''It
8 places; At Philadelphia. from Sen to,iilt
r o. lH4, until December. 177ss NJ 1rhn
/. 1777. ar pbilo,,aI+g, ~ l'to 10 amonl
; 70 September III; at Lancaster I'es
rom September a. 1777. to September anu
~ az York, Pa. from Septenbor 'iOuse
q, TO July, 177S; at Phuadelnbis ~
July 2. IT'S. TO June go 17Sg. az
ION, n. j. from June 80, 17S3 to No He Ser
r % IlS3; at Annapolis. Nd. from
lDer 1888 TO November 1854. at
m ~ j., from November. 1854 The
nuary, l1S; at New York from Times
~ II, l7&, to 1890. when vv,,a,,.
at OF government was changed ~ " ue''
elphia, where It remained until ISoo who NJ
when II has been at Washington. Ieriiia