The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-12

BdFtieft, OF SuHtcohs H. he,'
an $ continental bill dated l'7s. II Is
payable in gold.
Beerbohm Tree Is to enact the Falstan
of King Henry w." in a version Of his
own arrangement.
A street-waterer in Calcutta. who
| sprinkles tho streets from a water-sNin
carried on his shoulder, Is paid SIX cents
a day.
Nine. Emma Games. who has been
singing al Monte Carlo. Is now studying
the title role of Caesar FrancK ne"
opera, "Ghisella."
An English authority thinks that IN
case OF war with Venezuela England
would certainly be outgenefaileh' az 'iic
Venezuelan army consists If 100 generals
and some 600 to 1000 other men,
loom paurs' salary az President OF
the Trensvaal is said 10 be about N5,V"
a year. with 5000 as coffee money
for entertaining purposes ile'iu."s
Kgueger's private fortune IS eatlii''''U
at %.woe00.
Seventeen wears ago the Rev. Rhys IL.
Lloyd was working with PiCA az"
shovel In a Pennsylvania coal in''.s. ~
day he is professor Of Greek IN tne ~
chic Theological Seminary dt OaN'"''''
Cal.-Ncw York Tribune.
Thomas Uuev. of Bloomington, i'll,
actually stole a hot stove tne o.hei 10Y
He carried it out Of a neighbors mousse
dumped the fire out Of it, and sold II i9r
scrap iron TO get money for WHISKY ho
got the whisky and thirty days.
Mr.. Leeks. an artist. who has been IN
Cuba after pictures for "a magazine says
that a Spanish friend advised MN 10 ne
str0y his pictures lest he be sent TO Moro
Castle, and that those which he mailed
were cOnhscatcd.
Murat Halstead has returned 10 Ne"
York from cuba where he went as a war
correspondent. lie says that II Is useless
10 be correspondent "hele So"i u'o
patches are all edited by Spanish CEN
sor.
Rev. W. l. Iaufman. in sermon at
Iudington. Mich. recently made an
attacI. on dancing TO make II forciDie
he stepped out on the platform ana gave
specimens of what he called oahrlls'
much 10 the mcrriment OF the cohsresa-
ton.
4 Ludlow CVtD merchant encourages
thrifty habits among the boys ana si.is
of that town by Offering 10 those VINO "e-
post eighty-nve cents In the savings pahh
the necessary amount to maze their ac-
count one dollar. Several children nave
taken advantage Of this ou-r.
G. II. Pierce. postmaster at Liverpool
Kan. offered his resignation some time
ago and. 10 compel its acceptance, wrote
a letter 10 the department using very IN
temperate and Improper language nc
was arrested for sending such stun
through the mails. but when he explained
his reasons 10 the judge he was let OH
with a S. nne.
The Earl OF Mansfield, who IS roputed
10 be the old and eccentric nobleman ~
Mrs. Hodgson Burnetfs Little Lord
FauntlerOy" has just celebrated ms
ninetieth birthday anniversary. HIS lord-
ship still wears the bottle-green coat and
high-roll collar of the last generation.
lie has been styled "the most picturesque |
figure I'm England's aristocracy"
Eleven transient dodgers called et the |
station-hOuse in Spencer few nieh's !
ago, and when booked by tine captain |
these were the names they gave aud |
which were entered DO the book. DpSy |
Rhodes. Weary Rags. Foot Soar, Sight |
Seer. Foot Train, Track Walker. J. =. |
Spect0r. Roade Agent, y. o. Hobo, Ilud |
out, and Tour lst
In a Berlin insane asylum, says the !
Philadelphia Bulletin Is a patient whose |
hair changes color with her temperature.
When she s cool and quiet her hair is a /
light yellow but when she is restless and |
excited IT. becomes auburn. I'm other 4
words. this IS "a sort OF human develop
mcnt of those liitle blue and pink lltmus /
paper figures which are sold 20 act as |
barometors.
I'm the State Of Chiapas, Mex, a Japa-
ne5e company lds purchased "a large |
tract Of fertile lands. They will Dc cul-
tiFated by Japanese peasants who viii |
devote themseves mainly to CROWNS c0f-
fee. tobacco. and The other tropical plants |
Gal l.NH
mate. II is reported also from Mexico
that the metric system will probably Dee
adopted in the republic from the LIST OF
next June.
Etiquette with tho British royal family
is strict. When Queen Victoria not long
ago visited the Queen of the Besians at
Eu. the latter. hearing OF the English
Queens custom of drinking water at 10
o'clock every morning. ordered a servant
to serve 1T. lie brought the glasses and
jug OF water, but the Queen refused
them with wave of her hand and drank
only after a Belgian prince had poured
the water with his own hands.
ono of the many natural wonders Of
Arizona scenery just made accessible Boy
the opening of new rail and stage roads
is q remarkable natural bridge i'm the
Tonic basin, not far from Flagstaff.
The bridge is $50 feet Ions. and spans
canyon some 20 feet deep, at the bottom
of which flows the river. The bridge is
Of rock. and IS perfectly proportional.
The under side is gracefully arched and
the upper perfectly level.
The wife Of Bert Mcconnell. OF Seville.
o., took a bundle OF bills. notes, and
securities amounting TO $500 with her
while She went calling recently On hes
return she gathered up some loose paper
In the yard. and entering the house thrust
the entire bundle into the stove. The
valuaDles represented the savings ~
lifetime. which Mcconnell wouldn't trust
to the banks.
The annual report OF the Brooklyn
Bridge railway which has been Ia SER
vice a term of about twelve and three
sixteenths years, shows that during this
period 55l,l53.N-O passengers have been
carried. a number equal TO a fraction
moro than q per cent. Of the entire
population OF the world. about one and
0ne-iifth times the population OF Europe
or five and threo-Quartcrs times that OF
the United States.
W. Hazennug. OF Yates Centre. Kas.
has invented an apparatus which COM
sists Of Il specially constructed gun,
which. when loaded with the necessary |
material and exploded in the air. be-
claims. discharge mols'ure-p producing |
substance 90 a height of eighteen miles.
Three OF such discharges. properly dis
trihutcd. De- claims. viii produce "a rain
fall from three o. aye inches within
twenty-four hours at total cost not
90 exceed &c.