The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-27
7Hr rrnrs-KrcHMoND VA. SATURDAY MAY q 1885,

Louisiana some two centuries ago. and
many curious relics were found within
her hull.
There lives a man in Webster county,
West Virginia. by the name OF Whorton,
aged eighty-nine years, whose hair and
beard are turning from white to black.
He Is said also 10 be cutting a new set
OF teeth. His appearance is said to In
dictate a man of about forty years instead
OF one nearly ninety.
Leon Del Mar who Is connected with
the surveying corps OF the National MUS
cum, at San Jose. Costa RIGA, repor,s
the finding OF a petrified whale, Ho teet
I'm length The relic was discovered In
rift between two mountain peaks some
distance from San Jose. ard S,SOO 1eet
above the level Of the sea.
A coatimondi. a species OF ant-eater,
which Is owned by Joseph wallace, OF
Brunswick Ga, does not conhne user
TO DESTROYING ants, but has committed
several robberies of jewelry. money and
other articles Of value. All the articles,
however. have been recovered In out-of-
the-way places, where the animal mad
hidden them.
The Populists Of Northwestern Kansas
lions declaring in favor Of building
railroad from Bismarck. ~. D.. through
the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas Okla
homa and Texas, terminating In Calves
ton. the cost Of the road to be met by
the various States, and the line 10 be
owned by the people when completed.
Fluted stone axes. similar to those found
in Wisconsin, have been discovered in
Uruguay. Many Of the prehistoric objects
found in Uruguay resemble those Of the
eastern United States. The incised pot
terry. Clipped stone implements, hammer
stones and stone axes are almost idenu-
cal. The star shaped stone macanos and
the bollas, or balls OF stone, are, however.
exceptions.
Thomas G.. Allen, Jr., OF Ferguson, MIS-
souri,, and w. L. Sachtlebon, OF Alton
Illinois left Chicago few days ago TOT
New York. on bicycles. When they arrive
there they will have completed a trip
around the world on bicycles, begun June
-, 1890 They made complete tour OF
Europe and Asia, an interesting feature
being a journey of 1000 miles through
Siberia, entering China In the northwest
corner.
The Maharajah OF Bhownugger is the
lion OF the hour in London. He is an
from India TO England to attend the open
ing Of the Imperial Institute and TO full
fill a long-cherished desire OF paying
personal homage to the Queen and EN-
press. He is a man Of thrty-fye, who
Is considered one of the most benevolent
Of the native rulers of India, having spent
100000 i'm charities.
Dr. William n. Grim. of Baltimore, has
for many years been an Industrious col
lector of antiques and bric-a-brac His
handsome residence is deliberately furnish
ed I'm the antique style and his rare col
lection has been greatly admired. Mrs.
Harrison, wife of the ex-President, had
many Of the curious articles in Dr. Crim's
house photographed for reproduction I'm
the woman's industrial exhibit at the
Worlds Fair. When the doctor isn't pre-
scribing physic or setting broken bones
he is busily occupied In refurbishing
quaint and curious articles OF vertu hich
he discovers On out-of-the-way places
while on his journeyings about town.
California woman OF means, being
left widow with four boys, went into
the orchard business, although not know
ing one tree from another. She took this
up in order to establish the foundation
Of a perfect character, through industry.
in her children. She possessed money
enough TO crafty every wish, yet her
one ambition was ITO teach her boys by
force of example TO be industrious and
self-supporting." She purchased thirty
six acres of land near San Jose, Cal,
and under her own personal care, aided
, by her boys, IT was planted in cherry.
apricot and prune trees. For four years
she did all the pruning. a difficult task
for a refined. delicate woman, accustomed
to luxurious ease. but the lesson she
sought TO teach made II a cheerful labor
Of love, bringing satisfactory moral re-
turns as well as remuneration. Her
prune trees alone Melted $500 last year
The Prince OF Wales will reopen "ext
month the north transept Of st. Bar
thOlomew's, Smithfeld, the famous church
which few American travellers fail TO
! visit The restoration fund OF st. Bar
! tholomew's has just been augmented by
the sum of Zoo from, OF all persons in
the world the little old woman who used
10 act as sexton and show visitors
around She was apparently worth 10
more than the shoes she stood In, but
when she died n few months ago she
eft'property valued at over 1900 OF which
American visitors must have contributed
a very large proportion, for few Eng
lishmen took any interest in the grand
| old church. The old sextoness had ample
! cause 10 love It, for she spent the
greater part Of her long life In and about
il, and for some years past she had oc-
cupied a room In the old north transept,
d part Of which, as many Americans VIII
/ remember. was also used for black
smiths forge.