The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-27
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.


Count Won Moltke's brother Louis. an
ex-posimaster Of Denmark, is dead, age,
eighty-nvc years.
( The London Standard denies the re-
port that Mr.. parnell intends 10 visit Amerl
ca during the coming recess.
The Bulgarian authorities have pur
chased IOOO0O 900 cartridges i'm Vienna. an,
are negotiating with Belgian manufacturer
for 10000 rifles.
Mr.. Gladstone says that he brought
his children mp without constrslnf. "Ihes
have never been governed at any period o
Their lives by force.
Tschernischewski. the too outsDoken
Russian novelist Who was sentenced &,
twenty-five years service in tho Siberian
mines, has been pardoned by %" Gear.
NJ. Heneuse. The Belgian resident at
Stanley Falls, has arrived at Brussels lie
reports everything satisfactory at that point
and says the Europeans and Arabs are living
upon the hest of terms.
The mystery Of the disappearance Of
eight-year-oll Charley steavcrs from his
home near Bristol. Pa. who was thought "a
have been kidnapped by gyrsies or tramp'
has been solved The boy was found drowned
IN The Delaware river. near Beverly, y. j.
The Prince Of Wales is TO -tay al
| Hamburg for three weeks. after which lie re.
turns home n order 10 pay a VISIT 10 the
Duke and Duchess OF Fife at Braemar. and
then goes 10 Denmark 10 Join family party
az Fredensborg castle.
Doctor Charles Theodore, Duke Of
/ Bavaria. tho phnanthropic physician. re-
Gently celebrated at Toeorsce. in Bavaria
/ pis removal OF the one-thousantth cataract
/ from the eyes of his poor patients. IL wa,
made the occasion Of q great ovation.
At Metz Saturday the Emperor re-
viewed the garrison. wearing the uniform o
the Garle corps The Empress witnessed the
parade from her carriage. Both sfterwArt
inspected the cathedral. They were every.
where greeted with the greatest enthusiasm
Queen Margherita Of Italy is an al
dent student of Hebrew and a great admfei
OF Sews and their literature. ON her recent
visit ~ Venice She gave private audienc,
% simor Caou Porto. chief rabbi of thcJew.
lsh community. and received him in the
most charming manner
A water stock without any water In
ltlstlat Of tho Ncw River Company Lon.
don, established ia 1912 10 supply Clerkeu-
well with water. a share rar value $500
WIS locontlv sold ior SOL 1000 by auction ia
ON insurance company as @ permanent in-
vosimeui Iho last annual dividend WINS
$4,000.
An anccdote about Dickens: An old
servant lntrustcI with go stole t and made
up q story to account f3r ITS loss. With tine
ala ola detective q confession WAS extracted
Dickens DISCHARGED bin ard settled upon
hlm au annuity Of frO in consideration of
his previous good conduct and in fcsr that ho
might resort 10 some dishonest means for
getting livelihood.
In lecture at New York a young
convert from Braminism. sir. .Nishun, gave
thc number of Christians row in india in
GLIDING Irofestauts ANA Catholics, as about
5000. 900, and SAID ihat ifthe increase in Che
number Of conversions should continues in
the last ten years the whole of India. With
its population N over 250.O0O.OJO. would De
Christuniaei within century.
The Boulangists held stormy meet
ing sunday 90 discuss he selection % caud.-
dates for ihc coming general election. NJ
Inguc.rc declared that. although ho was q
personal friend Of General Eoulangef. ho
was NOT prepared 10 follow Beulanger blind.
ly. Ills paramount desire was TO witness the
triumph OF The ideas which Boulanser repro
scented. Ihemocting dispersed in disorder
so candidates were chosen.
TIE fashion Of men locking their own
arm behind womams elbow and cluichins
fost 10 her forearm Is not poculisrto, America
Ap English woman writes toa London Jour
nal. Man Is rapidly coasing 20 be the gallant
defender of our Sex. once upon a time W,
looked up TO him and rested upon his arm
Now. alasl tho tables are turned. In the
present day be idly takes our arm. while We
are obliged to- take ms part and our own as
wen'
The american rage for baseball Is
after an weak compared To- the British craze
for cricket AT the last match between the
two greatest OF the county eleVens, surrey
aud nottingham, which look three days Ia
play. nearly 10000 people Went TO see II and
Surveys victory. The batting u Lockwood
and Abel. who together made 100 In Surrey +
second inning. was so important toward
winning the match that the collection taken
up for their benefit amounted 10 az, - OF
which was in penny pieces.
In comparing the literary merits Of
Dickens and Thackeray. and aftcr-dinnei
orator in London said: ITS the wonderful
INSIGHT inter 'uman nature that Dickens gets
the rull over Thackcray, but. ON tothei
hand. it's the brilliant shafts OF satire
rgcihcr with a keen sense o. humor, ihsl
uickery gets the pull over 1hackens. IT'S
lust Ibis. Thlckery is = humorisi and DacA
ems isasatris. But, after an, IT, bsurd To
lnstoot any comparison between Daeksry
and Thickens"
The popular CrWsus of Spain has
lust died in the person of the Marquis de
Crouio His executors have paid into the
spanish Treasury succession duties amount
ing TO 100000 on his fortune, which eN-
ceeded 100000. This was gained in hiiy
years Tie owner had begun life as n Basque
village lad. and died a. senator. grandee' and
cx-mayor Of Madrid. lie left elsO,oOo IN he
quests to charities IA his native province
many Of which he founded himself and go
/ 600 FOR masses ior himself
Chambers Journal notes a terrible
circumstance in connection with the Nene
tian glass industry. and that is that aitel
many year. OF work. when the workmen are
between forty and nifty years ofage they be-
ein 20 loso their sight, and after shor
while are wholly blind. There seems 10 be
mo- remedy for this unfortunate state o
things. fcr many protective devices have
noon trlci without success. The blindness
ls causcd by the excessive heat. and also b,
fhe clare Of the nevcr-ceasing flames from
the glass furnaces.
Mr.. john Hughes, the well-knowi
iron master and engineer. who died sndienll
the other dag in 50. Petersburg. was one
Inc most remarkable Englishmen who nav
ocenpled themselves with developing Ia
Vast resources OF the RUS ian Empire. II
was principally known ~ the founder an
ldirec or Of the new Russian company IN IN
4 tf....,...,ftro lu SOufl Russia. IN