The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-18
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST.

| III '"' LhSnsn army, out or many thou
sands OF officers who carry swords, there
are comparatively very few who have
the smallest notion Of using the weapon.
a monument will be erected by
. Georgians at Antietam in honor of tho
members OF the Troop Artillery who fell
IN the engagement there September IL,
1862.
In Denmark Il is the law that all
drunken persons shall be taken to their
homes in carriages provided at the ex
| pense OF the publican who sold them
the last glass.
| Count de Lesseps has been described
| by a writer who recently visited him as
a complete mental and physical wreck
| He is feeble, and spends his day In ar
invalid chair.
A pneumatic tube connects Paris with
Berlin. IL is used for postal purposes
and makes II possible for letter mailed
in Paris 10 be delivered In Berlin in
thirty-fve minutes.
John Huston Finley, who is only thirty
years old, the new president OF Knox
College. Illinois, IS said TO be the younges
man in the United States upon whom
such an honor has been conferred.
Captain Anderson. OF the Viking ship,
and his crew are disappointed that no
national salute or demonstration Of any
kind greeted them when the little vesse
dropped anchor in New London Conn
harbor on Tuesday.
Miss Louise Aldrich Blake, daughter OF
an English clergyman. has achieved the
highest distinction as a student I'm medi
cine ever won by a woman At the
examinations at the London University
she took double first"
Mammoth Spring, Ark. which is claim
ed to be the largest spring in the world,
is seventy feet deep, with a diameter of
nearly two hundred feet. Slxty-fve thou
sand cubic feet OF water gush forth every
minute, producing 1000 horse power.
John Hartman. AZ Franklin county
Ind. who served in the war, recently
discovered that he had never been dis
charged, and applied for a muster-out
II was granted. now he IS disposed &c
claim pay for twenty eight years OF mill
tary service.
Some Chinese coins are OF but one
twentieth Of the value Of an American
cent. The celestial kingdom has many
enthusiastic coin collectors. In one nOta
BILE collection there are more than 10000
varieties Of cash. the Oldest OF which date
back as far as 300 3. c.
King oscar of Sweden scandalized the
attendants at the Vatican upon his recent
visit by kissing the Pope on both cheek.
instead Of kissing bis hand. When Gen
eral Grant was I'm Rome he shook Pope
Plus heartily by the hand and said
How do you do. sir?' This, too, caused
a great commotion.
T. J. Edwards, OF Worth county. los,
a fine mich COW under strange cfrcum
stances. Her horns were very crooked /
and from the position In which she was |
found afterwards IL is supposed that In |
paving at tho flies, which are trouble |
some she hung her foot 10 her horns. and /
died before she was discovered
A fcur-wheeled wagon whose motive |
power Is supplied by a benzine engine has |
besn satisfactorily tested i'm Germany
II Is intended 10 carry passengers through |
city streets or country roads. and car
be run az the rate Of half a cent a mile /
The wagon and engine can be made for /
800 The speed is as high as fifteen miles /
an hour.
A Chicago promoter" who has nego- |
tiated the formation of several American /
industrial enterprises for English syndi- /
Gates, says that English investors first /
bought vineyards I'm this country. next
they took up ranches. then mines. then
packing houses and afterWard brewerles.
and now they are buying out prosperous
wholesale mercantile houses In any pro-
htable line.
Under the provisions Of the Austrian
poor law, at sixty years Of age a man
may claim from his native town or com
mune a pension equal TO one-third Of the
lally Wasvs which he had received during
his working years The amount varies
rom 70 HORNS month. In Vienna
alone there are 1900 persons who receive
these pensions from the city.
A curiosity Of this years peach crop
on the Delaware peninsula is the fruit OF
a tree in the garden OF Colin STAN at
ChestertOwn, Kent county. Nd. All the
peaches on this tree are in twins or
triplets. A twg one foot long was found !
TO have sixteen twin peaches. An &C.
casioaal double peach is not unusual bu'
such fruit seldom reaches a healthy ma
.urity. !
The Isles of Shoals, mere rocks standing
EN- miles from the New Hampshire coast
u a cold sea. are alive with snakes. on
|. warm day one Will see dozens Of them
unning in and out Of the Doggy places
IT summing themselves on the bare
idges. They are nothing 10 be afraid
4. however, for they are only Of one va
iety-the common little green snake that
eldom grows 10 a length Of two feet
The Bank of England was projected in
694 10 meet the difficulty experienced by
William III. in raising funds Tor IN,
French a.. war. William Paterson and
Michael Godfrey induced forty merchants
% subscribe to a loan Of 100000 70 the S
Government at 8 per cent, the subscribers 4
1eing incorporated as a bank. The scheme
vas opposed IN Parliament, but the bill
passed and the charter was granted july
4. 1894. Sir John Houbl0n being the frs
Governor and Michael Godfrey the first
deputy Governor. The bank began active d
operations January l. 1895. issuing notes r
md discounting bills. The notes were for :
% and upward and the usual rate OF
discount was ppr cent