The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-05
TIMELY TOPICS TERsELr TOLD.


A curious case OF the record-breaking
mania 10 that OF Newark IN. - "o-
man who has developed the ambition TO
be the first prisoner locked UP In every
police-station built in the towh'
There il man who makes snug
sum by raising spiders. when ne sens
10 wine merchants. VINO ttain theii -
wind webs around new Dotues' mus
giving them an appearance Of age.
Bicycling has risen to such favor AZ
Vassar College this ran that the naiis
Il the entire lower floor OF the iliaih
building are fanked with bicycle RACKS.
Most of the faculty. as well as me
students. ride.
Mohammedans are being turned out OF
Russia's possessions. as we'll as the
lows. Five thousand Of them were
carried recently in one batch from ,ne
Caucasus to Turkish territory '"'
ConstantinoDle.
As a remedy for infanticide In faris
". Louis de Grammont proposes tnat
a baby market be established "hele
uarents too moor or Indifferent 10 taNe
care OF their children may sell theh
TO those who will look after them'
Forty years ago Theodore Parker pre-
dicted that before then end OF the cen
furv Kansas would have 1000 lhhapl-
fans and be worth S'O'V"'v". ~ ne
prediction has been more than lu',', i,a
already. Kansas has l'5Vo" p'0P'N'
and is worth S20oo,eo0D.
England has sent az women missiona-
ries to China within The past hVe years
Thirty-six left in a body recently LOT
work i'm China and India. Inc propol-
ton of women who take this rigorous
and self-dcying work Oh themselves %
far greater than that OF men
Police Judge Campbell, of san iran
cisco. Joined the Salvation Army III '"al
city last week. Mrs. Darlington bov."
is preaching there, and at one OF her
meetings the Judge stood UP ana asked
TO be prayed for. and afterwards joined
the army. lie does not expect 10 don
uniform and become "A regular warrior.
The Jersey Lily is really very much
embarrassed. The bank that gave up
her jewels on a forged order mas de-
cided not 10 make restitution unless
Mrs. Langtry will tell where she got
the Jewels, so that the bank can nave
some sort Of chance 10 prove their ap-
proximate worth. Mrs. Langtry hnds
herself in a trap.
A town not far from Kokomo, Ind.,
has a unique method OF circumventlng
the Nicholson temperance law Dig
Newfoundland dog belonging to the VII
lage baker acts as purVeyor' carrying
buckets of beer from the saloon az al
abo,,. Tho aIl-nigbt restaurants. The
law does not forbid selling liquor TO
dogs. and the animal does land
Office business.
\ party OF Bangor (Me) bicyclists
rode TO Buckport on recent Sunday.
and on their return they stopped at a
farmhouse TO get a drink OF water
The man told them that he could not
accommodate them with water. but they
could have all the milk they wanted.
He said that he had TO drive his COWS
five miles to wate- them. and on ac-
count OF the dry weather he found it
almost impossible 10 get water enough
for use I'm the family.
A Guerrero Mexico) dispatch gives
the report that the Judge Of Tecapa.
obeying the mandate of some Of the
saints. who appeared to him in a vision.
ordered the burning Of two women and
a child which order was carried into
effect by fifteen persons who believed
in the heavenly vision. All the parties
TO the horrible affair were arrested BY
order OF the president OF the municipali-
ty. and an investigation was proceed
ing at the time Of the sending OF the
dispatch.
4 hunter killed. a jack rabbit near
Dodge city that had a perfect pair OF
miniature horns. They were OF high
ly-poiished. black. bony substance. about
three-quarters Of an inch I'm diameter at
their. base tapering in graceful lines TO
a needle-like point. about four lnches
from the skull. They have backward
curvature. giving the animal resein-
blancs TO a dwarfed specimen OF the
GOAT family of the William persuasion.
II Is either a freak Of nature or a ne"
species Of rabbit.
The Japanese Minister OF Education
MARQUIS Saonji. has formulated his eau-
cational system for japan, ana II seems
10 meet the approval of all the higher
classes. He proposes to bring up young
men on broad and liberal lines. he IN
s .'' that the study Of the English IAN
e~uage is Of the greatest importance =,
He viii do away with the study OF olu
rananese literature in the schools.
y,hicb is. after all, but study OF olu
Cbinese-and make the study OF Ens.sh
connulsorv. where it is now only OPP