The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-13
From EoRelGN LANDS.
notes OF Interest By Wire and Mall From
Eeycnd the sea.

EeYcnd the sea.
4 SUCCESSFUL instance of a marriage Of
interest was that of D'Oyly Carte to Miss
Helen Lanoir. She came in his employ
originally. in London. as copyist, at a
salary amounting 90 about 81 week. she
showed "a good deal of an aptitude for busi-
ness. and gradually Mr.. Carte passed the
details of the work of bis biz opera COM
plnics over % her. until she was practically
i'm control OF ail the Gilbert and sullivan
enterprises, with Nh. Carte as director in
chief. She was woman of decisive and
determined manner. quick TO decide, and
impiacable iu her likes and dislikes. Carte
married her about two years ago. though be-
WAS rich man. and IL was thought that he
would mqkodn alliance of some social dis
timcii0n. Since then the Cartc- have built
ihO hi.gost hotel in London and are rum
ming two theatres. IL j, said that Mrs.
Carries Judgment has prevailed I'm the man
ncr i'm which the G0DdOlier has been dis
posed Of FIR the American rights. She lived
in New York. and her prciudices against
certain MANAGERS are strong. She still cen
trolls most of Mr.. Carte's affairs.
THE famous collector of japanese art.
James Lord Bowe-, is 20 Liverpool wool
merchant Of wealth and culture. When the
Art Congress was in Liverpool last year
Mr. BOwes entertained 500 guests at Strcat-
lam Towers, Princes Road, Liverpool,
which some wag christonod the "Fly-lcaf,'
because the house is built between syna-
.ogue and "a church. and thus. as 30 were.
divides the O.d from the New Testament.
Mr.. BoWc-. who is more familiarity known
as japanese BOwe-. D. said 90 have the
finest collection OF japanese art IN Europe,
and b. The author VI three volumes ON the
subject.
For a long time since the Russians have
made great efforts 20 obtain a concession
fnr the construction OF telegraph line be-
tween kiakhta, i'm Southern siberia. and
pekin. and recently they thought they had
been successful. The Chinese government
-eeus. however. % have changed its mind
unexpectedly, and IL is now asserted ON
good authority that China has definitely re-
solved t1 grant no such concession.
THE Emperor of Russia and the German
Emperor are each having q new yacht
built. The lattcr's is to Dee very fast So
that hc may De- able from it 10 command and
direct naval minuuNrc- 20 science ln
which bis Imperial Majesty believes HIM
self past master. The Emperoroi Russia's
boat. which is called the Polar star, is re-
msrkable for nothing except IFS great size
and magnificent accommodations.
GosrArlN Aro,IoLorr. young Co-sack
engineer has designed q bateau plongeur
which will dive into the Atlantic of tine
ENGLISH coast and come mp in New York
harb0r tweniy--iN hours later. II Is the OLD
HI.Ia %
spiral ridge Ou the outside running around
ID twice. which in some Way on other Will
Doe made 90 reFOlFe.
DURING recent discussion Of the Ger
man patent laws n the Reich-iag it was rc-
ycaled that last year Germany granted only
3.g2l patents. AGAINST England's 9..19 and
the nifcl states 20 i2O. While in most
civilized countries the number of patents
annually granted !, Increasing. or al least,
not decreasing. the number in Germany has
fallen on o., in the last i've years.
THE Presbyierian- have a theological
school az saharuupas, India, in which they
are practically solving the question of self
-upnort IN the missionary field. From this
seminary seven native trained preachers
have recently proceeded, and the native
churches of which they become pastors
guarantee the payment Of their whole sala-
ries i'm every case.
IT isrep0rted that the Duchess of Albany.
widow Of Prince Leopold Of England. is
anxious to Boz married again. this time to a
German prince. who is a distant relative.
It f. believed. however. that any scheme of
the kind would Dee opposed vigorously Ny
queen Victoria.
ROBERT MARNOCK, one OF the most sue
cessful landscape gardeners OF his time,
died IN ENGLAND recently at the age Of nine
IN years. lie laid ont the Botanic Gardens
in REGENTS Park. LOndon. and won great
reputation ON the Continent by his work for
Prince Demidoh at san Donate, near Flor
ence.
LORD TENNNsoN has taken Of late 10 the
uerusal of light literature. lIaggard, Ste
,enson. Belamy. and other contemporary
writer. have been h0n0rcd recently by the |
Laureate's attention. Heretofore Jenny |
son has not paid much attention 10 modern
prose fiction.
QUEEN ISABELLA 4, Of spain. says that God
must have deserted the cause Of kings. be-
cause no matter how good a monarch may
be nowadays be- is apt to find himself an
exile.
Tllr Rev r. Z. Lanford, a negro and for
merly a slave in Virginia, has been chosen
pastor Of a Baptist church in Birmingham,
England.