The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-18
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Notes Of Interest By Wire and Mall From
I,syoad the sea.


Mrgcfr's monument of Lafayette, which
is 10 be erected in Washington. il com
plcted.
RANpoIrn HENRY SPENCER CHURCH.
ILL. who j. called Lord Randy. is rounding
his fortieth year
L,Bouc HERr is pointed ont As the prob
able successor Of Mr.. Gladstone IN the lead
crship of the English Liberals.
THE successful stuart exhibition held in
London in the early part Of the year is TO be-
followed 10y Tudor exhibition.
THE payment Of the debts Of the late
King Of Bavaria will not be completed UNI
iii 1905. They are now being paid of out
of the Bavaria civil list AT the rate Of S2,J,-
oOO year.
LADY VICTORIA CAMPBELL, daughter
Of the Duke of Argyll, il addressing meet
ine- Of Young women during the annual
visitation Of the Western islands Of Scot
land. and il everywhere received with much
enthusiasm.
Tmr late Iachariah >toyanon, president
Of the Bulgarian Parliament. and the most
forcefu political leader and ahlcst writer on
civil subjects in the country, was once "A
p,nnilcss herd boy.
PREVIOUS TO last week Bismarck had not
attended an opera or a concert for twenty
wears. He has not been inside Of a church.
except strictly ON business. for a much
longer time. nor has he put himself on ex-
hbiiion in any foreign country.
ELIZABETH LIsKr, Russian eleven
wears old. already six feet six inches in
height. three feet one and three-quartcr
inches round the waist. and three feet
eleven inches round the chest. is the latest
thing ont in giants. The doctors say she
will continue 10 grow in every way for some
years yet
\ FIoEENrfNG friarcxhihit- at the Paris
Exposition watch only a quarter Of an
inch in diameter. Besides the TWO regular
hand. il has third. which marks The sec
ond-. and microscopic dial Which ma
Gates the DAYS. weeks. months. and years.
/ II also contains an alarm. and on ~ 'front.'
/ lid or cover. an ingsriiou-iy eat iiqife 81 ~
/ Francis.
THERE used 10 De- singular custom al
/ Holland House. The last Lord Holland
shot himself. II was the tradition of the
family that he had been shot. and every
niehi for wears. puuctuallt al ~ o'clock, a
GUN WIS fired from behind the house. fol-
/ fine uurpo-o. a. the VULGAR said. Of soaring
the conscience Of the murderer. The gun
/ has not been heard for some years now.
VI. OSIRIS, who gave the prize Of loo,o"
] Il Ia fIt. 4 4
.ibiiion. has mania for statues. and pro
nose, to erect many IN Paris. he will moi
/ hear of putting up IN cliigy Of anyon,
whom he has not known personally: ana
declare. that he crccts statues chiefly be-
! cause ne likes 10 meet in his walks the we'll
/ known faces OF his former friends.
BoTHANGEE has requested Drroulcd'
and Naquei not fo come 10 the Isle Of
Jersey. which may mean that be- is tired o
political agitation or that De wants TO spend
! his time ON his military book. ana Nhti
that il out. take a fresh start up the hill o
fame ON the strength of the boost which II
will give him.
A.J,coBsEN. the richest brewer in Den
mark. has offered 10 give the Danish gov
eumcnf and the city Of C,p-nha gen h''
celebrated collection of ~latulry and paint
/ iu.-. ON the condition that they contribute
l.ulD.NU crown, for the construction oi ai
art gallery and museum at the Danish cap
/ itt. \ committee appointed by the citl u
consider the oiier has urged that II Dee ac
copied.
pROrEsaOr TYNpsLL has returned Il
England much improved by his sojourI
among tine Alps. lie has suffered greatly
from insomnia. Professor Iyndall l. a
pretty lively climber tor a man of his years
/ lie BE- in his seventeen ye-r His hr-t e..
/ piorNiOn Of the swiss glaciers was mat'
I ibirft-thr.e Years ago. hut not for love q
adventure: IL Was for love q science. II -
object wa, i0 determine Glacier motion. ai
Doe found. as be- expected ih'i a was "h NE
mose-.u fact, very ii,t.
rnr OLD MANSION 81 the Duke Of Lem
ster in Carlton ii1u,. Terrace. London
/ bids fl.rnrxt season ~ Do. the talk Of The
/ town. a- the new owner Mr. sanford. VIII
realized vast fortune 800 Bu"no- AArc-. i'
spending fabulous -uul- converting ~ me
/ d renaissance palace. The iruripal stair
case j. % joe constructed pure staiuarA
marble. ihe hlll being lined ~ TIA slabs o
/ fh. raro-t c0lOr-d marble. On thousand
pounds is the cost Of NOR ihln one ni ih'
maniclpiccrs. and an order Even ~ one
eminent firm Of uphoi-ierers alone eN
cerded 100000.
REPORTS about the Prince of Wales
h0alih are exaggerated. 10 -.s tiat he i
i'm rude health would not be accurate, but
+ b.. D.. for an practical purpose
perfectly strong and able o. do nearly
as much ~ hc used o. DO ici,
years ago. His lcs is much better and
/ ne can walk and ride little. and he j.
now much more careful a. % hlo diet and
smoking than formerly. There il no cause
/ flr tine alarm-t ulm0r- which are lying
about.
ACCOUNTS have been received Of -
called SHOW Hover. said tvhuNc been dis-
covered hy Count Anthoskoh in the most
northern portion Of siberia there the ground
/ is continually covered with frost. The Won
derful flower shoots forth from the frozen
T soil onl, on the first day of each succeeding
year. II lives tor bat q single day. then r.
/ solves fO IFS original elements. The leaves
are three in number. and c1ch about three
I inches i'm diameter. They arr developed only
on that side Of the stem towards the north
and each seem, 90 bee covered with micro
-cOpic cry stalls Of snow.
\ VERY sober and weighiy monument II
rising in Paris ON the Place de- fonienoy
which Will bear the inscription by
national subscription this monument was
erected "a the memory of the French officers,
-uhaltcrns. and soldiers Il the armies 10y
] land and sea fallen ON the field of honor IN
defense of ia patrie.' The armies men
/ toned are those of the Loire. the last. the
/ Rhine. and farthcrc-t East. \ colossal
/ base built Of gray stone from IRE VIII SUP
port a pyramid formed Of two cnormons
| blocks Of granite. each weighing more than
/ J.UlD kilOgrammcs. \ cOrnlce. few
m0uldings. and garland running around
/ the pyramid cary FL from the stone, are lie
only decorations.
LABORrRs employed in the quarry nj
Apahida. in Pennsylvania, came upon a
skull. human bones, several ornaments Of
yell0wi-h color. and two black vases. ap-
/ parcnily of iron. They carried them 10 Or.
Finally. the custodian of the Iranss lyania
Museum. The ornament, proved 10 be- gold,
and the seemingly black iron Nase- 10 be