The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-08
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Notes Of Interest Bv Wire and Mall From
geyoud thu Sea.

MISS HELEN GLADSTONE, yice-principal
Of Newman College, Cambridge. looks more
like her famous father than does any other
ofhis children.
The Russian Emperor. as he grows older,
becomes in appearance more ana more
tvpical Cossack, colossal in figure, entirely
| bald, fat-noscd. and enormously mousfached
and bearded.
The ex-Empress Eugene il said to be
more than usually iniirm this season, and
spends a great portion Of her time in silence
aud meditation. whether I'm her own nome
or visiting the house Of some friends.
Two colored persons recently Travelled
from Lagos 10 Liverpool. distance of 1900
miles. in order that the wedding ceremony
might DE performed 10y Rev. l.. Nicholson. oil
Brighton. formerly chaplain at Lagos
THE German Government does not make
two bites Of the Salvation Army. II simply
shuts down on the meetings Of the active
reformers. and announces that there Is mo
appeal from it, decision.
CLOr BEY. the founder Of modern medi-
cine i'm Egypt. SAYS: at requires a. much
surgery to Kill one Egyptian ~ seven Euro
neans. I'm thu native hospitals the man
whose thigh has been amputated at 2o'clock
j. sitting ny and lively al q O'Clock.
SENATOR EvARTs Is in Paris. with his
ewes improved. but not so much restored as
70 allow him to use his sight freely. lie
saws the worst restraint he has experienced
| in years was TO he within ten minute, walk
I Of the Exposition. yet forbidden to visit IT,
lest he should injure his weak eyes by over
! strain.
4 LAWSUIT has just been ended between
the Sobriskis in Warsaw, which has oc.
cupied 900 years in process. The question
in dispute was the ownership Of piece OF
land about forty acres in extent. Ihe
land was finally divided between the
claimants.
II the report from Paris is true, and Miss
Gwendoine Caldwell did really call tho
bank clerks fools and idoits. il follows as
nm inference that the American girl Wa. moi
the only one who escaped a bad bargain
Prince Murat's w0rthlessness united 70 Miss
Clldwefs alleged bad temper would nave
been meSGti,0acc indeed.
AMONG Queen Nictoria's presents to the
Dutchess Of sparta were two Indian shawls
both extremely beautiful. The Queens an
nual tribute Of shawls from India consists
of two kinds. some are less valuable than
the others and those are given to friends
! The best are kept for the members OF hel
own family and other relations.
THE late King Luis, Of Portugal, though
in many ways he was almost rs eccentric
IS the Inflated ruler Of Bavaria. was MAJ
Of considerable energy. His clean-shavet
face. ill-htting frOck coat. swarihy com
plexion. and gold-headed cane gave him th'
\ appearance Of Turkish pasha rather thai
that of European potentate.
PRINCE JOSEPH SULsKowsKY. whose Is
cape from Professor seidesdorfs asylum a
/ IoDing caused a sensation few month";
AGO. has been declared sane afteran inqur.
lN physicians at Conn. The Prince intend
10 live in Hungary. and it is said that he i
Going 10 marry the lady who assisted him Z
scIpe from the asylum.
THE Amir Of Afghanistan sleeps in
plain tent. eats but one substantial mea
: daily, with fruit a. his only other refresh
mcnt. and rarely smokes more than tw
cigarettes in the day. lie IS passlondtel
fDad Of field sports. and Is a llrst-rale sho'
Iii, rifle rarely leaves his side, ANA 0ite
when hc is holding his durbars in the opei
mir he will take up his gun aud shoot at an
bird or beast which comes within range.
EAfrrRoR WILLIAM will sail from Con
stantin0plc for Venice to-day Oh board
German war-ship. TIE members Of his suit
will travel overland 10 Berlin. The >ultaI
oaye "A BANQUET AT the lildiz Kiosk MOnda
night in honor Of the Emperor and Empress
Emperor William then conferred Ia
decoration Of the Ilohcnzolern family orde
up0n the sultan. and placed the collar Q
tie order upon the ~ultan's neck with hl
own hands.
Is New Granada grows a plant when
locally known as the link plant" an
scientifically rs Coriaria thymiiolia. II
iuice serves. without the slightest prepare
I ton. ~ ink. At first the writing appear
red. but IN a few hours II assumes dee
black hue several sheets of manuscript
written with this natural ink. becam
soaked with sea water on their journey
Europe. but when dried the writing wa
! found to bee still perfectly clear.
PROBABLY the courts do not afford MOI
curious case than this: I'm 1859 Nine. Hal
douin. Of Paris. bought three tickets in
. lottery, the capital prize of which was 100
1uJ francs. BY pre-entment she chose tn
number 4l.G3i. putting the ticket ava
among her husbands ELECTS. lie becam
BANKRUPT and all Of his books We're seized
Let Il fn H.
, won the prize. Since then Nine. Harbour
his been accommodating evidence 10 sho'
that she was the person who bought H.
: ticket, and now expects the judgment j
her favor
? The present visible stock Of China tea
including that announced by telegraph I
81 be anoat, is about seventeen million pound
short Of the estimate, says the London r.
, adacfd NcrS. From India two milliO
pounds less than last year have been II
% ceiYcd, instead OF five million pounds more
10 was estimated. The imports into Eng
, land this year will be nearly twenty-fi'
/ million pounds short of the quantity actual
~ required for consumption. Common
China cOngOu j., however. almost rs low II
price rs il has ever been known to be.
, TIKI pioneer Of the new Peruvian navy
2 the cruiser Lima. arrived at Callao Angus
81. She is ZOO ton register, and was bull
Of heavy iron at kel. in Germany. in com
} pany with a cOnsOrt, which by bad luck
was necessary 10 dispose Of 10 close th
debt resting on the Lima. She Is 30 fee
LONG. - beam, and - deep, and has spec
VI Il miles per hour. Her armament con
.i,ts of two Armstrong guns. each weigh
ing eleven tons. with "A calibre of six inche
and range Of 5000 metres. She also has
: four guns OF the Maxim NOrdentelt system
aud four mctraileuses Of the same manG
facture.
NJ. AMEDEE DE CESSNA, well known n
the journalistic world Of Paris, has jus
passed away. at the age Of seyenty-niIe
lie made his debdt as literary man by th'
publication Of a hymn in 1850, and in lsi.
published tragedy. 4 0nes ne ucr0nie
la ISIS be became an associate Of PrOudhol
on theRep du PeHpie. Afterwards
he wrote in In Pdfrie and then became
colleague of VI. Paul de Cassagnac's father
on the COnsttfufiOHHei. Later on he be
came editor Of the Orleanist SOicN, with
which, after his retirement, he still held an
/ honorary connection He WA, al one time