The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-23

'"d"'"Hqua, IS sold in various places
u is mixed with the mukshake 10 Give
II sweetness and NE. and ig rctaiicd
az shopa where the actual process of
pressing me juice from the grape goes
on ulu'r the eye of the consumer
The Bank OF England has fewer notes
IN circulation than IL had fifteen vcors
ago. and the total active note circulation
OF England is hardly greater than vnen
the act OF lNH was passed. Hanknotog
arc used much less in busines than Tor.
merry. other means of exchange having
taken their place.
The masts OF Nelson's old ship. the
victory, having rotted at the base, are to
Dee taken out ana replaced with iron one.
The use of this metal for the Vlctorv's
naSts mas called out criticisms from all
sides which, az the ship is kept in com
mission aNoWealy as a matter OF Eenti-
mcnt, seems natural.
To what extent Spain Is still under
the influence OF medieval laws and re-
stncuon9 which hamper its PROGRESS and
utNeio.1cut may be gathered from the
TACT that among other imposts which the
taxpayer IS called upon 10 pay Is that en-
Itl"i. mo- 'Ta~a.O." WiIcD WAS orlr-
inally instituted for the purpose Of pro-
NldlnS funds for the crusades. and VIII en-
mas remained IN existence ever since. its
proceeds are now applied 30 the repair
ol chuTchc,. the payment of the stipend
OF CLERGY ANA other ecclesiastic purposes.
Five new statutes have recently been
set up la the parks AMI ~qliaIee of \pv
FORK: The Columbus. designed by
Spaniard In Central PARK, the Roscoe
'onNllng in Madison square, the Greeley
az the junction OF SIKH avenue and
broadway, the Ericsson, IN Battery Park
aad the Nathan Hale. IN City-Hau Park
Further remarkable instances Of the
success Of Professor HafKEe's system of
ant-cholera incubation are reported
from Calcutta. Ia the first case four out
of S.N members ~ fanny We're inocu-
lated last March The cho e-a appeared I'm
the neighbornoOd lately, and the dis
ease ATTACKED one of the INO who had
not been iuOculated while tAe inoculated
remained free. In the second case FIVE
members OF a family consisting OF eleven
persons were hocuiated in MArch. lle
cholera lately attacked one 81 the SiN
Who had not been lnoculatcd in the
third case six out Of family of nine
We're iuoculated. When the cholera pre-
vailed in the ncisnborhood few days
later the disease attacked one Of the
three not inoculatcd.
AT Hcppner. oregon. three little girls
the eldest but eleven years Of age. nave
caught this year In taps 1851 squirrels.
Their father also shot and trapped over
!. op0 II the little pests. and. through the
efforts Of all his crop was saved
Every japanese barrack has gymna-
stun. and the Japanese soldiers rank
among the best ~ mnasts in the world
In half "A minute they can scale a four
teen foot-wal by simply bounding ON
each others shoulders. one man support
inc two or three others.
ENGLAND is at pamdriscotta Mills Me-
and was built more than 100 years ago.
10 is suu occupied for religious purposes
one Sunday I'm each month The interior
Is said 10 he decorated and furnished
like a draWing-room.
4 CARO- of selected girls has been
sent from London o. western AustIii.'d
where there Is a great deafjn ol Wt'ti-
ial for wives for farmers and mechanics.
1'na CONSIGNMENT consisted O, nifty young
women. sound morally and physically anu
under twenty Years Of age.
Heat holidays have been estab-
lished 10y law u me pu1lc Scn'0, y.e1.
known fact that the brain cannot Work
properly when the neat is excessive, we
children are dismissed from their TASKS
whenever the thermometer soc9 "D0'
q certain point
black down grows under the
feathers OF many birds at tn approach
of winter because down Is lhe be9l Ho"-
conductor and black the VMinesl cotyyi.
The crown worn 10y the King %. No'-
mania is made " metal from tne cannon
,i',t v'4ra raptj<--i from the Turks by
the Roumauians at Pievua in 1871.
A tramp su-aked INTO the Barton
winery in Treseo' Cal, me 9lner N"f
secured a demilohn and undertoOH 10
take the buns out If 3,ff-gail)n ca9K
OF port Wiae while the men were Ut
lunch The force of the wine as II
issued out knocked him down and soakti
him from head to loot. Fully 100 gallons
Of wine were wasted before the DuuS was
replaced by the men. The wine wasted
was valued - 500.
The highest spot inhabited by human
beings GA This globe is the Buddhist clos
fer AT Haule. Thihct. where twenty -oAc
monks live at an altitude of lboll ieei
red sunset tureteiis dry "tdlhtt} ue
cause IL indicates that the air toward lhe
west from which rains may generally DE
exnected contains little moisture.
Guns are said TO have been used ~
moo d