The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-09
TIMELY TOPICS TERsELr TOLD.


There are 5000 colored schools IN
Georgia.
The bicycllsts in Northern ONO are
building cinder paths from town 10 to"h'
As late as 1913 and 1914 Irregular troops
belonging to the Russian army aIl-
in Paris armed with bows ana arro"''
Tobacco statistics prove that two-tni.ns
OF the grown male p Ipu,a,,'so me weed. F"
Every flower that has perfume at
all secretes a volatile oil. the evaporation
OF which constitutes the peculiar QUIT
characteristic Of the blossom.
TIE ffty-one states and Territories are
snbdivided into 2A9 countries. 49, ci,e
are lJl counties divided among q STATS
in which no newspapers are published
During the recent trouble at CONSTANT
nople the British Mediterranean Meet lay
at Lemnos with full steam up Tor -FOUR
days. This cost $500 for extra coal
More than $500 persons committed
suicide I'm the different countries or tne
world during the year ended September
80, 1895. This is an increase OF nearly
5000 over 1sgi
Dramatists In Frcnce get u per cent. OF
the gross receipts OF each play ana ar
allowed tickets TO the value OF 10 francs
for every performance OF such pays as
they have written
Crime is more common In single life
than in married. In the former IS IN
every 10000 are guilty, whhe oihS "a
II arricd men of the same HUMBER nave
Sravcly broken the laws.
japanese travellers and enterTrising
adventures are now found in many coun-
tries. Immigrants by thousands dweli IN
Hawaii. the United States, Australia,
| Mexico. Corea, and China
There are in Ohio about 17.to OIL wel u.s.
OF which more than 5000 were bored IN
1921. The Kirkridge yields Siv par,tls
per hour or 7,7i0 per day. Another
| yields over /, 200 barrels a day.
Part Of the cruel treatment urged
| against her husband rs ground for
| divorce by a woman Of san Jose, cal,
| is that he threw her pies out Of the
| window and made her visitors enter tne
| house ~ the back door
| Two young men Of Palermo. Italy.
named Notabartolo. have left that city
to 20 to Turin end back without a penny
| in their pockets. They will swim TIE
| Strait Of Messna. They are wealthy
| but are suffering from ennui.
| The foot Of a Chinese woman, from the
| heel to the great toe, measures ohlS
| four inches: the great toe is bent abrupt
| " backward and its extremity pointed
| directly upward, while the phalanges OF
| the other toes are doubled in beneath
| the sole Of the foot
| No less than 10000 china vases nave
! been ordered from Moscow procelalh man
| ufactory These vases are 10 hear the
| portraits of the Car and Czarlna, ana
| will be distributed 10 the people during
| the coronation festivities.
| Two Frenchmen named Assassin. find
| ing their name troublesome, nau II
| changed to Berge. which seems innocent
| enough. Unfortunately it turns out TO
| be tho name of the assistant eXec1uoher
who probably viii succeed NJ. DeiDler
Northern Michigan is swamped under
| phenomenal growth Of potatoes. Many
| farmers put all their money INTO potatoes
| I.f.. ia
| because. while having realized hand-
! some crop, they can't realize anything
| OH il.
| According TO the London Telegraph.
| teeth reading is the latest fad. Ieeth
| that are lorg and narrow denote vanity;
| projectors indicate a grasping disposl-
| ton. treachery is best known by small
| white separated mOlars; moons fancy
| by overls ping teeth. and the possessor OF
| wide separated worries IS sure 10 tell all
| he KNOWS.
| There is a young man going about the
| ccintry atte Lding famous murder Trials,
| and the lawyers have given 10 nun me
| nickname OF "Murderers' Mascot lie
| Informed me yesterday mat ne nau az
| tended thirteen murder trials IN the last
| two years, and I'm no case was there
| conviction. says the New York Press.
The proprietor OF the Hamden Junction
! (Ohio) American is the owner OF the
| only livery stable in the town. lie rs
! also a regular practicing phy slclan IN
| his snare time he does fine needle Woih
| and outlines embroidery. He leads the
| choir at the Methodist church ana Is me
| town treasurer and president OF the
! Beard OF Education.
! 4 graphic idea OF the immense size Of
| Siberia may be- CLEANED from the follow
| ing comparisons. All of the states,
| Kingdoms. Principalities. Empires, etc.
of Europe except RUSSIA and an of the
! United States. including Alaska, could
| be placed side by side I'm Siberia and vet
| but little more than cover that immense
| country.
The wettest place in this country is
| Neah Bay. in Washington, over l23 Inches
| Of rain fall there every year. The driest
| place in the United States. at any point
| where regular observations are taken. IS
| Fort Garland. COL less than six inches
| Of rain fall there during the year. There
| are localities I'm Arizona, Nevada and
| Utah where rain has never been known
to fall
4 cossack officer. Captain Kenicke.
who has undertaken TO ride his charger
| from KrasnOe Selo. near st. PETERSBURG
10 Tchta, in eastern Siberia, a
| distance OF over 1000 miles, has already
| reached Omsk. 2,9D miles toward ms
| goal. or more than half way His aver
age rate Of travel each day has been = l-2
| miles but on some davs he has gone
| over as much as 81 miles. HIS horse
| Is an Angi0-AfaDian.
| DiscOuragng reports from the gold
fields in Alaska have been brought down
from that region recently By unsuccess-
ful miners but last week Peter Wybere
arrived in San Francisco from the %.
kon river bringing with him $1,000 in gold
dust. the result of two years work In m,
| diggings at FOrty-Mile river lie says
| the unsuccessful miners are mostly IRON
| Cooks Inlet, and he doesn't think muci
Of the reported big gold finds In that
| region.
| In a recent interview Stepniak was ask
| ed his opinion Of the new Gar ''Ihnr'
was a tiWe" be replied when Russian
| liberals cherished a hope-i may say
! indeed q considerable degree or hope
but the now car has disappointed ever'
| expectation Of the most moderate anon;
orr progressive parties. lie has shown
himself utterly incapable Of departing
from the traditions Of his predecessor
| and viii continue 10 play the unsfatelu
part of official screen 10 bureaucratic
| tyranny
| TORPEDOE> Explode.