The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-28
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Notes of rnterc., From beyond the Sc

After deal Of persuasion Nine. Car
not. mo ther Of the French president, has as
cended the tllcl tower
The average flow Of petroleum in the
iioku region OF Russia Is 5000 barrels per
day. as against 25 800 barrels IN the United
states.
The Comtesse dc Paris is an expert
with tine gun. On the moor M honess. near
Aberdeen. she shot forty brace Of grouse with
her own Gun on Friday.
An anarchist named Fratti has been
arrested in connection with the recent
throwing ola bomb from the Chamber Of
/ Deputies into the fiazza Colonna. In Rome
Owing to the high price Of cotton the
Lancashire mill owners are arranging to
work upon half time, asi it Is expected that
several mills will soon close down altogether.
Great Britain's 500 cooperative
unions have 092.d2s members. In 1888
Sl7O72,035 profit was made on sales ofs1s3.-
675.225; sl25,1OO was devoted to education
and $500 to charity.
The Princess Of Wales has gone to
Copenhagen on a visit to her parents. the
King and Queen Of Denmark she Is accom-
pa ned by her daughters. the Princess Victc-
ria and thc Princess Maud.
Kossuth S nameday was celebrated at
Pesih sunday by special performances at the
theatres. Several patriotic societies held
meetings. ana thousands pafaded in the
streets Al other Magyar towns similar de-
monstfations took place.
The largest ship in Tie British navy.
the Trafalgar, launched two years ago, has al
last tried her engines, with success. She is
80 leot long. % feet beam, and 12.s1s
horsepower drove her 17.25 knots.
Princess Louise favorite diversion
just now is glass-paintng. ard she is at pres.
eut engaged upon a window. which Mr.
Campbell. OF Loeb Awe. intends TO place In
his hall as q memorial Of the late Duke Of
Albany.
Japan will hold domestic industrial
exhibition next year at Toklo-the third Of
los kind in the Mikado's empire. The lead
Ing native merchants Of Yokohama and the
capital intend TO invite foreign firms TO visit
the cxhibtioe.
The Secretary of British Customs is
considering plan boy which luggage belong
ing tO Americans returning from. the CONT
neut VIII be forwarded from the English
port of arrival 20 Liverpool under bond and
secured by customs seal
John Taylor was fined fifteen shil-
lin-s and costs in London Saturday forne-
gloctng 20 pay the servant tax, which NE
should have paid on The man servant me
keeps Inc funny part Of the story is that
Mt Taylor who keeps man servant. is the
Prince OF Wales foounan.
A hail storm in Vallafranca. Pied
mont were Of such enormous stones that
more than one hundred persons were badly
hurt and boy and girl had their skulls frac-
turec. HE weight of some hall-stoncs was
estimated at two pounds
TIE largest library is the Bibliotheque
National. ln Paris. founded by Louis XIV. 10
contains L. 10000 Volumes 100000 pain-
phiels. 10000 manuscripts 100000 maps
and charts. and 10000 coins and medals.
The collection Of engraving, exceeds 300
OOO. contained in some 10000 volumes.
From Khart0um. Kassala. TOkar and
otlcr towns and villages ON the N.lc and
i'm upper Egypt come distressing accounts n !
famine. There are twenty deaths from STAR
walton daily in Tokai alone, while In the
who stricken district the bodies of the dead
are oatcn ny the living.
According TO a French Psychologist
tine wing of the ordinary house fly makes $50
strokes in one second; the wing of the bum
blcoec. 2i0; u the honey bee. 100; Of the
wasp. no; of tine dragon fly. -; of the spar
row. 13 ofthc wild duck, ., OF the house
pigeon, p; of the osprey, g.
Tie boy King Of Sarvia Is a manly
little fellow. as some OF bis cOurliers, who
have been trying TO SGT MIN against his
mother have found out. "You are KING
now. they said 20 him, "ond don't require
10 be governed by yeur mamma 10 which
the lad replied "0h, yes, an "a King, and
can take care of myself
Private letters from Rome state that
the pope's health is wrctched. lie can only
walk aided by several assistants. His voice
at times leaves BIN entirely. and the worst
feature is that 10 is an general debility, as bis
holiness has really no disease. Hisinccssani
hard work is rapidly telling upon him, aud
his eighty years cannot stand the constant
strain.
From Egypt comes the news that, ow-
ing 20 the famine prevailing along the river
towns people are feeding upon the bodies Of
the dead This is horrible. Af~cxchange
well says tnat n Tie English government,
with AN lbs loastcd wealth. will not assist
these unlortunatcs. % is tins that the coun-
try passed into other and more merciMl
hands
Sir Morell Mackenzie has decided TO
set apart portion Of his autumn holiday fer
the preparation of work 10 be entitled six
Months Residence 90 the Court OF the Crown
Prince and the German Emperor The
work viii bo complete. as Sir Yorell took
notes of every conversation IN which he took
pant or al which he was present, bat II VIII
not be published during the lifetime ef The
T. nlress Frederick.
Among the patents lately taken out
i'm France is hygieuic boot with joiuied
sole This sole is divided into two parts
united by % spring inside and joiut-covei
outside and 1t is built up of Joints super
posed SO as TO correspond with the move
ments II lhc foot. Another invention rs
winter boot with soles composed half Of
wood aud half OF leather a leather sole Is
fastened % the wooden soc. which covers IL
completely.
There is now running at the Pans
exposition a hydraulic train that consists OF
TOM carriages and has room for about 100
passengers The train runs as smoothly as
a boat on water re are no wheels no
steam. no electricity, apparently nothing TO
make go. Yet 10 Will go al the rate Of l25
miles an hour. while as far as motion may
be felt there is none. The passenger can
not tell Boy any vibration OF the car that he
IS moving at AN.
The huge organ for the Town Hall.
sydney. has been completed in London. lis
most remarkable feature is a sixty-four-fooi
stop. The lowest note of the stop. expressed
I'm organ-builders' language as "CCCcC'' Is |
to,onrfoyes below tins lowest on the plano