The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-16
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QUEEN VICTORIA uses two dozen pairs
OF gloves each year. They cost "a. "a. per
pair. They are black, with four buttons,
and the size 10 ~.
The Amer Of Afghsnstan sleeps In q
plain tent, eats but one substantial meal
day. with fruit as his only other refresh-
ment. He is passionately fond Of neld
sports.
THE Eifel Tower Company has made q
final payment Of one hundred francs per
share, fully reimbursing the sharehold' r.,
who will be entitled to half receipts Tor me
noxt twenty years.
Two colored persons recently Travelled
from Lagos to Liverpool, distance OF abtut
5000 miles in order that wedding cere-
mony might be performed By Rev. l.. Mich.
olson. Of Brighton, formerly chaplain AZ
Lagos.
FRENCH college boys play English not
ball and wear college colors, and now pro-
pose TO introduce American athletic games,
owing 10 the investigation Of the French
government into English and American
college customs.
DISPATCHES from Zanzibar report that
DR.. Peters. the German explorer, and his
whole party, except one European, have
been massacred by the Massais or ssmals.
Later dispatches throw doubt upon the re-
port.
The Sultan OF With has written 70 the
British Company's Official at Lamu that h
has occupied the Belezoni Custom-house
under the German Governments authority.
and will only leave IL by Germany's orders
or by force.
Ir is generally considered that the Ger.
man protectorate declared over the coast G.
North wituland is in direct contravention
81 the Anglo-German agreement, whereby
Germany undertook not TO declare protec-
torate over British concessions.
II. RESIsoy WHrTEHoUsZ, United States
Charge d'Afiairs in the city Of Mexico, has
lust succeeded in climbing the extinct vol
cano Of Iztacchihuati, 1900 feet high. II
the ascent he was obliged 10 cut over 2,00V
stems in solid ice. and one night he camped
in a cave al height Of 1900 feet.
SOME time ago policeman in kans .
City, No, ordered a merchant who was
standing in his own doorway 10 "move on"
and when he failed 10 move the policeman
Knocked out three Of his teeth. A jury has
assessed the value Of these teeth at 500
which the basty official will be compelled
10 pay. ~
Two Texan cowboys got into a dispute
hi, Lot - m a
the story goes and arranged test. One OF
them hit a Mexican dollar with his revolver
at the distance Of two hundred yards. Th'
other mounted his mustang, and going at
full speed hit the coin at twice the same dis
lance.
The German Commissioner wants to pur-
chase 1900 pounds Of gunpowder from the
Sultan for the Bagamoyo caravans. The
Sultan has requested the German company
10 return him the warehouses and offices III
Zanzibar occupied by them without leave or
rent.
THE Russianl Ministry of Public Works
has decided to transfer the commercial port
OF Sebastopol to feodosia, reserying the En-
tire harbor and port Of Sebastopol for mill
tary purposes This will make Sebastopcl
what it was before the Crimean war-a
fortress of imposing strength and stand
ing menace TO C0nstantinopie.
The ship Flying Venus, from Port Lud-
low for Hudson's bay, has been totally
wrecked during hurricane on one OF the
islands Of the Penthyn group. The crew, il
il reported. saved themselves in the boats
and made land safely. The ship. however
went 10 pieces almost Immediately an =
she struck. and her cargo is probably lost.
The FLYING Venus was a large iron shi p Of
LIS tons gross, bat was very old, having
been built in 1884.
During the service the bishop Of South
well said the prayers with his back to tn
congregation, kneeling before the center Cf
the altar, on which "A number Of candles
were lighted before the commencement OF
the communion service, and, while a hymn
was being sung, procession OF three cler-
gymen came in from the yestry and marched
being attended by two acolytes, arrayed in
scarlet and bearing lighted candles.
MISS ELIZABETH l.. BANKS, the private
secretary Of Hon. John Hicks, United States
Minister to Peru, writes home from Lima;
There are some very pretty Peruvian girls
to be met on the streets or saying their
beads in some Of the many churches. Their
dark eyes are the kind that would make
man jump of Pizarro's bridge into the river
Rimac if his suit happened 10 90 wrong.
The Peruvian men pay a great deal OF. at
tenton 10 their personal appearance, and
pass away much OF their time in dress suits
and tOOthpick shoes. They are very gallant,
but are not half so nice as American men
from any point Of view
WRITES a correspondent: "Stockingless
legs and feet are not altogether a thing of
the past. Bare legs were not, at one time,
looked upon as objects Of ridicuie, or as q
lit cause for bushes, even when said legs
were feminine. The bare-limbed iassies #
Scotland and Ireland now attract the atten-
ton Of American tourists ~ their oddly, as
with home customs. In the ease
Of the Scotch women the custom, which pre-
walls chiefly in the rural districts. is largely
dictated by the practice Of washing heavy
articles by treading them in a tub with
their feet, and perhaps, also, for cOnven-
fence Of f0rding the burns, or brooks, in the
sections
The Sultan Of Zanzibar having recovered
possession of his custom-houses, &c, now
asks the German East African Company 10 4,
pay the subsidy due for the past year. At
he same time he declines TO recoup the !
Germans for the losses incurred in conse- |
luence Of the revolt Of the natives in the |
ierman sphere. They were 10 blame for II. |
ne holds, their high-handed ways being in
olerable. What can have so stiffened the
'ultan's backbone. He is talking back"
o Bismarck's minions. while heaping fresh
on the British East African
company.
As proof that ritualism is highly approx
d by some English churchmen, the Lon
on Truth states that the duke Of New
astle's new church at Clumber il one Of
be most ornate in the country. Ii was re-
emily opened by service specially ar
anged by the bishop Of Southwell, with
ihOm was the bishop Of Lincoln. The
ishops, clergy and choir robed in the hall
{ Clumber house and proceeded along the
GRACE 10 the church, singing a hymn as
ley went. The procession was headed by
II deliberately attired yerger, who bore
enser containing incense. which he SWING
bout at each step; and next came six
cOlytes, arrayed in scarlet cassocks, with
embroidered cOttas and wearing scarlet