Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-30
ITEMS OF. INTEREST.

y The Congressional Library building in
Washington is a popular place for visi-
tors ard readers. as shown by the fact
that 976 SS7 persons visited the building
In the year ending November. The daily
average attendance was 30i2.
Thomas Poe justice. Of the peace in
Rushvilre Ind. who is now In his s3d
year, is proba bly,. the oldest magistrate
in active service IN the United States.
He has held the Office since 1854: and for
the last forty years has occupied the
same room. At the last election he wa S
chosen to serve another term Of four
years. -
Is Metallic lcium now: costs. about. 81. 600
a pound, But new process Of reducing
it from chloride of lime has been dis
covered by q Belgium chemist which will
bring the cost down to perhaps q
rapidly oxidizes into lime if left in the
open air. It is. therefore, of o.use for
construction purposes but is a valuable
agent in certain chemical processes.
king Edward has Just conferred the
title Of Lord Mayor on the Mayors Of
Melbourne and Of Sydney. in Australia.
shortly concede Similar distinction to
the chief magistrates of Ottawa. Mon
treal, Halifax. and Quebec. The honor
thus conferred carries no extra preroga-
tive with it save that the Mayor is en-,
A|SA
It may be- doubted if people have ever
ness to the 1nonastic orders in the matter
of connecting drinks says the Paris
Gaulois. Chartreuse liqueur carries it's
origin inSitss title; So more or3=less, doe:
the thousands who annually quaff cham
payne and pronounce it good, how many
could tell that It is the invention OF an
old Benedictine monk. who, 200 years
n I'LL 1.-Two v,11 ~
ferent grapes of the champagne district
in order to secure the. highest delicacY
and body. The result was what all the
worlds now knows as champagne. OF
tlis4s bene1icent. soul 1T IS related !, tina t
when old and blind he could Still distin-
sguisfT6betWeeI grapes indifferent vine
Yards by the touch.
& Everybody oughtto know that the very
best thing they can do is to eat apples
Just before retiring for the night, says
the Family55Do Doctor: No harm can come
OF ripe ana Juicy apples before going to
bed The apple is excellent brain food.
because it has more phosphoric acid IN
easily digested shape than any other
fruit. excites the action Of the liver;
thoroughly disinfects the mouth. This
is not all-thes apple prevents Indigestion
and throat diseases. @
In France there are 1919 women em-
ployed as gate keepers at the railroad
crossings. They get very small. pay, but
the railroads provide each one with a
house and small garden patch rent free.
These women work every day in the year.
zTheysmay not leave their posts for a day
off. even on Sundays and holidays, and
their working days are from hfteenSEt to
eighteen hours long. Five thousand two
hundred and seventy-fye Of these wo-
men earn not more than $3.50 month:
100 receive from that sum up to $3.50:
1850 get from s4s2 to s7.72. and 6o1 from
$7.91 to s10.61. Only sixty women get
higher ages than this. and none get
more than s31S4 a month
The French Minister Of Public Works
sl1a : just forbia den The ulture of3ss..all
fruits or vegsta bles des tined to be eaten
raw ii, ground which has been Watered
with ter drawn from sewers or likely
TO be con t. minated by drains. This de-
3cisions is based on the results Of recent
experiences. e which prove that stubsrcu-
tlosis bacilli wi ch; lose their Virulence
at the end Of three months IN river water
.c6nserva it for enss@ mon tbs in sewer
water: that bacilli tina have been In the
ground are still harrnfu tut at the end of
three mon tbs. md that poured into the
ground on which fruit and vegetables
are cultivated they conta nina te the pro.
ducts themselves