The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-30
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Notes of Interest by Wire and Mail From
beyond the Sea.

Among other medals bestowed By the
jury Of the Paris Exposition for educational
exhibits is one Of gold 10 the University Of
Virginia.
\ Mohammedan mosque has been
built In Working, England, ana Buddhist
temple has been oponcdin Paris. There are
about BOO Buddhists IN Paris.
Lord Tennyson devo.es the pension of
81 900 a year which he rec lives as Poet lau-
reate to the relief Of the literary profession
who are in pecuniary distress
Sarah Bernhardt reappears in Paris
next Tuesday. She shows her respect for
The memory Of her departed husband, ST.
pnmara. by refusing 10 play anything In
which She had appeared with him.
The British consul at Nish. in Servia.
says that no Avala. near Belgrade green
coiored mineral has been discovered ard
cal ca avalito, which, il Is thought may be-
come q substitute ior arsenic.
a royal order which has just been
issued In Berlin sanctions the creation
IN Jerusalem ofan evangelical establishment
! with,corporate rights. The object Of the new
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stiiutions and to add TO their number
When the Austrian Emperor saw the
review at spandau ne learned Tor the first
tirao that the smokelcss powder which was
used with such effect. had been invented II
an Austrian apothccary and offered TO W.
Austrian Government. but had been de-
clined
Articles in the Cologne Gazette and
Hamburg Correspondent pointing out the SUI
periority ~ the French army, resulting from
the new army bill are regarded as indicating
an Intention on the part Oh The government
To- apply 10 tine Reich stag for fresh military
credits
In the British House of Lords. re-
Gently, Viscount Cross. Secretary Of state for
India, announced that the Niccroy Of India
had been compelled % accept the resignation
OF the ruker Of Cashmere and place that
country under native council lie said the |
government had 10, Tie slightest intention |
ofannexlns Cashmere.
Venezuela has notified the State De- |
parimentthat It's delegates 1.-THE All-Amerl- |
ca Congress have been appointed. They are |
Nicanor Bslet Boraza and Aleiandre Urban /
eia, both prominent Venezuelan edit rs
from which we assume that their Govern /
ment has the same appreciation Of gentle /
men of the fourth estate which characterizes /
the present American Administration.
Mr.. W. II. Smith, the leader Of the |
Conservative party in the English House Of /
Commons. is extremely fond OF flowers and |
has "a consig nment sent to him from his c0un- /
try house, Greenland, every morning while !
he is IN town. III, gardens are apreitypictu /
and I'm them ana in his lighthouses ho finds |
employment for thirty persons, while his ex-
peniiture upon This particular fancy /
amounts tOsoyefal thousand pounds year /
a curious Fcsne was recently wit !
messed ln Palace Yard. Westminster, Eng- /
land. a sparrow was picking up the corn /
which had fallen from the horses nos bags. /
when q mouse Appeared and proceeded To- /
dispute with the sparrow his right To- the
dainty moiscls. A faht cnsucd which last /
ed for some minutes. and then the sparrow /
beat retreat. The sparrow hal evidently /
been injured in the iussic, and fora thine he |
WAS unable 90 ay. At last the sparrow flow /
up. and a cabman finished the incident bv |
killing the mouse with q whip.
A Paris correspondent points out |
Chat There is one change in the New French |
AMY law which should not Dee overlooked /
II extends the age Of liability Co service in /
the reserve from forty-hve TO fifty wears. /
There will le three years lu The active army
ustcad Of five: seven in the nrst reserve in- /
stead OF -four; SIX in the second reserve in {
stead OF five. and nine in The third reserve
instead of six. 10 was 20 this 81. DE ffcvcinet /
referred On saying that The army was ir-
creased from 2OOo,O0oto 100000.
VI. Alphand. the distinguished en-
gineor. is busy organizing the proposed fcte (
n honor OF The three hundred and ninety /
seventh anniversary Of the discovery of /
America. ON that occasion all the Auciican |
and West indian delegates Ia the Exposition /
viii march .n procession 20 The residence OF
President Canot to express their gratitude /
90 France. and viii thence proceed 10 the /
Hotel dc Vile. The fetc viii conclude with /
procession of boats similar % those OF Coz /
llmlus 10 tho lie dies Cysncs, when the I
statue of liberty viii bee saiuted.
There ia o man living 40 SaratoiI |
Russia. who is iO ye8rs oid. lie acted as
a1iutant to Field Marshal Pucaichen and |
took part iu the stornine OF kasan and Sim-
brisk and in ihe commandment OF Samaa. /
lie was arrested w th pueatchefi and brought
bacl, 90 smblrsk. where he was subjected To
$50 blows with thc knoui ana condemned to |
hard labor Tor lf. n the Siberian mines. |
After thnty-eisht wears Punishment and /
hard labor samoiion was permitted io return |
to his native city. Despite the haidsilps of
his exile he is described as sun retaining AN /
his faculties
Wonderful is the word that best ex.
plains the unprecedented record OF the west .
ward tnp across the Atlantic That was COM
plcted by the city of Paris Tuesday morn
ing. She crossed 2.-8s miles of tine ocean in /
i've DAYS. nineteen hours ana eighteen mile /
utes. which is three hours and ioity-nine |
minutes better time than was ever made. |
The great steamer achieved ibis speed easily. |
10 is not surprising That her passengers were !
enthusiastic and 10 is gratifying that the Nes-
sci was built hy American capital although
it's unfortunate that she does not fy the
American nag. Christopher Columbus was
scvcufv-ono days crossing the ocean. How
one of these great racers would astonish
him.
The Manchester ship canal, which is
To mske O seaport ont OF the great English
manufacturing town, d., 90 bee thirty feet deep
and ono hundred aud twenty feet wde IL
lis lined throughout with solid concrete, the
walls slipping slightly outward, aud IS faced
10 the top with huge blocks OF Cornish gram
tie. united together. Julian Hawthorne
writes THAT 30 VIII De completed within the
time aeresd upon. that 10 will cost only the
or.sinal estimate, that The work I'M every de-
partmeut is II tile soundest and best kind.
ana thar there is no politics In IS. Ia digging
for the cinal. The skull Ola woman, supposed
20 have lived and died before the Roman In
yasion, two thousand years ago. was thrown
ont.
Frau Fanny Lewald. the celebrated
German authoress. whose death Is announced
fom Dresden. was born al k@nissburs'
March -. 1911. She had good education.
Her father. "a prominent jewish merchant.