The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-04
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Notes of Interest Nv Wire and Mail Prom
Beyond the sea.

The japanese are learning how 20 cal
meat. In 1855 only 30 900 head Of catil,
were slaughtered in all Japan. In 1856 Tho
number increased 10 10000; IN 1887. e.
10000; In lsss. 10 2Oo.ooo.
a dispatch from Shanghai says: Ten.
der, have been rc,eived fOi the construction
OF the inst section of tho railway rom pekll
10 thinkians. 1t Is estimated that The rail.
and plant Will cost $50 OOO.OCO.
Chakir Pacna. the Governor Of Crete
has Issued q proclamation announcing that
the Turks nave GO .upied The whole island foi
the purpose Oh restoring order, and that any
persons guilty OF resisting ,ie Turkish au-
lhofities Will be severely punished.
The Turkish Government has issued a
decree forbiddng the entry into the otto.
man domini0ns or The circulation OF foul
English newspapers which recently publish.
ed criticisms. OF Turkish admin 5 ration in
Armenia.
As soon as the horse cars from Cairo
10 the Pyramids are completed, and the wori;
is nearly done, an elevator viii be- made 10
ascent may be made quickly and comfortably
by the modern traveller.
The anniversary Of the battle Of Sc
dan was celebrated In Berlin recently by a
grand predetermined display and an Grafton
Whereupon the National ZeituHg, Of Berlin.
observes that peace has been prolonged be-
You'd expectation. but that the cost oil an
armed peace is enormous.
Farewell addresses have been sent to
the Marc uis Of Londonderry. the retiring
Lord Lieutenant q Ireland In replying to
them hc says he is pleased TO be able TO as
sert that the state Of the country mas im-
proved. ana reioicos that ho IS parting only
officially with his friends.
NJ. Courton. chemist, produced re-
Gently at the sitting OF the French Academy
OF Sciences sealed envelope containing %
description Of an apparatus by means 90
which objects may Doe seen 40 vast distances.
tie vibrations OF h-ht being transmitted
through a wire.
The Queen Regent Of Spain and her
family were weighed recently at san s,bas-
ten. King Alion.o weighed 80 pounds: his
mother. the Queen Regent. lis; his eldest
sister, the Princess Of the Asturias, -: the
lnfanta Maria Theresa. -. The whole family
therefore. weighs three pounds less than Tx
Queen Isabella. who tips the scale at 30.
The true title Of the head of the Ger
manic Confederation is German Emperor"
not Emperor Of Germany" article + ofthe
imperial Constitution provides that the
king Of Prussia shall er-o1ici9 bee President
)f fAe Confederation, and bear the tile of
German Emperor pcutschcr Kaiser.
Prince Henry OF Prussia. the Kaiser
brother. is the idol Of tie German naval ser
vice. he is the "Cnccr Heinrich" OF the navy,
ust as nis father used to Dee tire "unccr
Fritz ofthe army and many stories are told
10 illustrate his good nature. his devotion TO
MS profes, on. aud his physical urowcss.
The Emperor OF Germany's riding
ld not please English cavalry critics. WHO
think that his seat on horseback j., the re-
verse Of good. being loose and buckley. tie
sort known as "Wash-haii" However, his
LEFT arm cannot hctscicss. as Doe more than
once pulled his horse on his launches with
10 while watching Tie review az Alaorshot,
writes q correspondent.
When the steamship Anadyr. of tie
Icssaeer.os Marlflmcs, was sunk ihc other
lay in collision of tden. she carried down
MO seven mihoms of water ~ cases of SIZE
yer ing ts. valued al $4,000 francs. which
destined for tle ludo-Clina Bank; Diseases
If gold wire for Madras, l13 cases of watches.
evoral cases oiicwclry for SAXON. valuable
woven stuns for China. 500 sacks of Bordeaux
vine and 100 cases OF champagne.
In order to test the quality Of the
,ayonets now being served out % the Ing
..h troo $ a number OF weapons are inlis-
Intimately sci cicl from among those in
se by the Iunislullen Fu>ilcers, and some
ensatl0n was occisioned iu tAe garrison |
when the report from thc testing experts ODD |
.ondon was received. declaring thai 60per
cnt. Of the bayoucts was total unfit for /
se.
An exchange remarks that "Sr Ed
'n Arnold 10 is said, viii succeed Lord len-
tyson as pnet-iaureafc OF England. And
CO. in view OF the uuc. rtainties of life. II IS
bought that Lord IennSson may Doe peace
lily smoking mis- clay pipe while Arnold
llmly rcposes under the daisies. The pre-
sut poet laureate is venerable 30 is true,
ut phy. 'caiiy he is still tough and robust
Id citizen.
1t was announced on Saturday at a
inner given hy tine jury OF the Pafi. expdsi-
Ion that the chief buildings on the ground
lll remain as permanent exhibition build
.es. wherein viii Dec founded on annual
european fair after the pattern of the cele-
-.tc annual fairs OF Novgorol. IL is hoped
. This means 90 make Paris the commercial
.ntre Of Europe as Novgorod was Tor contu-
es the commercial centre OF Russia.
Among the modern Mysteries Of
IRIS. says the London Figaro. is shop de-
'tod - the sale of ten. Al the retail count
a real live prince may bee seen any day
aishine mp packets az the leaf which che ers,
1t does not inebrate. THIS prince is a son
a European general whose name Is well
iown throughout the continent and who is
lated 20 some OF the most aflsiocIailc Of TIE
miles Of Paris.
the London corresponds nt of The
swcastle Chroncle says: "The Prince OF I
alcs is sid 10 have received somewhaf ,
Nel present. ! can't vOuch for 10. iut the I
by rs IL reaches me. is 10 Tie onoct thrt s
registered letter WAS dehv red 10 Nurl- /
rough house last week. and was found 10 ,
ntain 10000 in bank notes. The mi,siye :
rs IN the handwriting Of a lady, who (
pologized for the elfi on the ground that 4
u wealth far exceeds her requirements. n
Nine. Dajsrine. who recently obtained I
NJ. ID. degree from the French faculty Of
'diclnc. is an American bv birth, and her (,
iidcn name was klumIke. Her husband.
Icierine. is "a professor at the faculty .
ne. Dc.crine is the first woman who has a
en- admitted as doctor ina the Paris hos y
ais by competitive examination. She is d
p author Of eight works on different q
inches Of medical science, all OF which are ID
.hly esteemed by the medical fraternity.
An English trader at Ngove, on tie ii
ithwestern Goa OF Africa. has had for L
me- time a young female gorilla whose do n
~ is described as moss remarkable. "
nuie, as the baby gorilla has been named. II