Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-30
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Interesting Items.
Berlin has followed the example OF
London In forbiddng cabmen 10 drive
on certain crowded streets. except when
carrying passengers.
1t is said that one pound Of butten
gives a working force equal To that OF
i've pounds OF beef. nine pounds OF po-
tatoes. or twelve pounds of milk.
II IS computed that there IL 500 ooo. 900
In gold and jewels at the bottom OF the
sea on the route between England and
India.
A Birmingham money-lender sued for
payment OF the balance OF loan. Tho
judge made an order for payment, at
the rate OF cent a month thus allowing
sixty years for the repayment Of the
money.
A remarkable collection Of Japanese
dwarf plants has been exhibited IN Lon
don. Not one was less than a century
old. and the tallest was only Is inches
high, although il had all the character
istcs Of forest giant. These trees are
dwarfed in their growth by man. not by
nature.
There are 1900 people upon the German
Emperor's list Of employees. including $50
women servants, who are engaged In look
ing after the twenty-five royal palaces
and castles that belong to the Crown.
Their wages are small The women re-
ceive not more than $3.50 a month"; and
the men servants from SIS TO SIS month.
The greatest diving feat ever achieved.
IL is said, was I'm moving the cargo of the
ship Cape Horn, wrecked off the coast OF
South America, when ii diver named
Hooper made seveDgdescents 10 depth
of over 300 feet remaining at one time
forty-two minutes under the water an
authority states that the greatest depth
to which a man has been known to de-
scend does not exceed go feet-which Is
equivalent to a pressure of eighty-eight
| and one-half pounds TO the square inch.
| The beer which Is consumed throughout
| the world I'm a single year would make u
| lake feet deep 3 81 miles long, mile
wide, or 2,3l9 acres in area. In this vast
lake of beer we could easily drown all tho
! English-speaking people. 10 the number
| OIL
or we could give "A beer bath 10 every
man, woman, and child at the same time
in the entire Continent OF America, while
all the peoples OF England, Scotland. Ire
| land and France could find standing-room
on its bed.
The costliest bicycle In the world has
Just been finished at gun-factory IN
| Vienna. 1t will cost more than G75Oo.
| The owner is rich South African dia-
mond king and mine-owner. who VIII pre-
sent the machine to his wife on her next
birthday. At the last Vienna Exposition
II was admired by thousands. This South
| African millionaire was 40 struck with
the exquisite beauty OF the wheel that he
bought It, and had IL inlaid with precious
stones and diamonds on every possible
part.
Mrs. Oliver Combes. of ocean Side, l..
| l.. was born on the same day as Queen
| Victoria. Both women married In tho
same month, and each lost her husband
after twenty-one years Of welded life.
The similarity in personal appearance Of
the two women is striking. In build, In
height, and In features there Is a marked
resemblance so much so that II it ever
becomes necessary to personate tho
| Queen, her Long Island counterpart could
| do 1t with remarkable success.
| Members OF the State Law and Order
League OF Connecticut attempted lasr
week. at Canaan, to put some 5000 gallons
OF hard cider where IL would do no
more HARM" by smashing the barrels
containing 1t in front Of the Town Hall
and letting the stuff run away. Much OK
il found its way across the square and
into the basement OF Christ church,
where IL threatened 10 ruin the carpet OK
the Sunday-school room. A yestryman
stopped the smashing Of the barrels after
q wordy war with the smashers. In which
nearly the whole town took sides.
The Venezuelan Congress Is considering
a proposition for the establishment by the
government OF peoples bank" the cap
ital OF which would be provided by the di'
/ version TO the institutions uses OF % pei
cent. OF the profits or the state monopoly
OF the tobacco business and OF Is per cent
OF a new tax TO be laid on spirits. per-
fumery. and foreign insurance companies
Money at interest yields from IL TO IL pei
cent. in Venezuela, and the bank project
. would probably result proftably. Incl
dentalIy, the government proposes TO IN
stitute prizes for the cultivation OF 10
baceo and other products raised Tor ex
| pOrtaton.