The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-06-23
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

China now furnishes third only
,f the tea used in England. India
furnishes the greater part.
American capitalists are said to
hive SI2. OO0. 900 invested in gold
mines in Honduras
The Prussian anl German De-
lanmcnts Of Justice have commits
stoned Judge Aschroit 10 study ana
Inlort upon the American penal sYs-
tom, with the view Of making 1t tho
basis Of now system in Germany
--I.abella, III, ex-Qleen Of Spain,
has grown 50 stout that she has had
f. have a carriage ma lc with an OPEN
iro at the back that falls and forms II
doorway 10 allow her 10 enter 1t
cost 5000
In various military districts in
G. ,rmany rs well ms Ia Holland, TRIALS
Lave been made Il wire solos covered
with n substance resembling india
rubber These splcs arc said 10 be-
MIRO durable than those made oi
,,alhcr and TO ccst only about half
- price.
- Mount VesuVus serves as gl-
Cnuiic barometer and lhermOmetcp foF
Naples. The direction i'm which The
smoke from tho crater blows Indicates
unerringly coming change OF weather
twcnty-four hOnTs in advance Also
tho aDyrOach Of the hot and dcprcs5-
ing sirocco.
The casl Of The late Emperor
William Of Gsrmauys head, taken
after death, was intended for tho Em-
press Augusta alone, and tho mold
has been broken by command OF the
family, ia order that only one exam
ule shall cx's'. The east shows how
curiously small the Empcrors hoad
was
British residents in Japan are sub
scribmg for the repair Of The grave oi
IYill Adams. n British sailor who was
shipwrcclcd in japan in the rclSn oi
James l.. and who lived for many
years at the Court of Ycdo, where h6
obtained extraordinary influence. His
graVe was discovered some years ago
on the summit Of one Of the hills over
Looking the government arsenal hl
Yoko5uka. near Yokohama.
-Volapuk, the new universal Ian
puopc, has excited the suspicion oi
Russian authorities. Formerly IL was
allowed TO pass into iiussiD unGhal.
lrnVcd. but the increase of subscribers
10 Volapuk journals caused the sus'
picion that thoy might be n vehicle FOR
importing nihilism. and n censor was
appointed 10 learn the language and
examine lis books.
The only Mexican resting under
,bc ban ~ perpetual exile from his
country is General Leonardo Marques
who now lives in Cuba. lie was ban
ished for shooting in cold blood
number Of medical students who had
gone 10 attend the wants Of The
wounded in battle between the Re
publican and lmpcrialist forces n
Tacubayn, on tho llth Of April. 1859
The latest London novelty Is th,
utilization pf The drop-a-nickel-in-the
slot machine To the purposes Of inSur
ancc. A company has been organized,
10 be known IA the Automatic Accidon
Insurance Box Company. and its objec
Is stated TO be "to provide the public
with ready means of obtaining m
insurance for twenty-four hour
against death arising from accident
of every description by simply placing
penny in the slot OF ii boS.'
Tho Prince Of Wales being invited
90 an "at hom)" recently, had. ~ il
the custom. the list of the people hC
would meet submitted 20 him 10y tl'
lady desirous Of receiving his Roya
Ilighncss in her house. Tho Prince
passed his pencil through the names
of three ladies Whom asked by The
hostess the reason of hissobje elton, h'
replied: "My dear madam, | can no
explain. Ask your husband. lie
should not have permitted you i'
know such people"