The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-23

Tie rcnrn tdpincl has tAptit" u
Iaisant. the Boulangist deputy. from hi-
position as an officer in the territorial army
fhi. action is due 10 a statement made in "a
speech bv VI. Laisant during the recent
el .ciorial campaign. that he would not take
the field for France under the present gov
G umcnt.
DIR. MARIE HAsITP. who went fiom In
dmnapols Ind. last spring a. medical
missionary 10 China. writes home that she
does uo shopping in Wuchans. rs it would
h. DANGEROUS even 90 ride ln an open char
.n SOME Of the streets. She never walks
un iccompanicd. even on the private streets.
IT'S announced that the shah of Persia
ha, ;n his retnuc. a. be- travels about Eu-
rope. handsome Circassian girl selected
from his harem. whom be- dresses in DO s
clothes. she il described as a remarkably
aood-lookiRg Young girl. not in the least re-
.omhline the ordinary CircasSlan girl a.
exhibited i'm the New ork dime museum.
4 NEW employment for women in
England is house-painting-not only, ii Il
said. decoration Of interiors. hut good
everyday painng on the outside Of houses
and other buildings. one agency already
find. employment for more than eighty
women i'm ~eNteror and interior house
nainting and decorations" Women are also
employed i'm England a. hotel clerks and
ticket-Sellcr-.
THERE is nation. says scotch maya
zine. where kissing il unknown. The
Japanese mother never kisses her baby a.
she clasps il 20 her bosom. II seems almost
incredible % us that a mother could iOreeo
doing so. When we hold the soft, warm
little body AGAINST our hearts. and feel the
TINY arms around our necks. the warm little
cheek against ours. when we look INTO
hahy'e laughing eyes and see the pretty
parted lips before us. how can we help
kissing the dear little thing; II would Doe
huf our natural impulse 10 DO IT. But. per-
haus. generations Of placid coldne>- pre-
vents the japanese mother from having any
such impulse. though she may love her
children rs much as we do.
CASTLE ScHoNsrEiN. which will be the
future residence of the Prince and Princess
Hatfield. is quite the realization of the
dreams of all Young ladies who read novels.
/. j. located ON a preclpitOus chn on lhe
Rhine. and It's picturesque NN-2roWh gray
walls and tower, are most imposing lea-
mre n tine landscape for miles. IL has the
felicity o. being nine hundred years old'
having been built hy the feuddl Hatlieldis
and 0ccuuied without "A break by their
descendants up 20 now. The estates are
extensive and farms and woods stretch ~
all directions over picturesque. rolling
country. 80 that the princc-s-to-he VIII pe
sovereign of all she surveys. in several d.
rections az least
There are three old chateauX in ruins
among the other ornaments OF the nei en-
NirOnment. and the legends when cluster
thereah0ut. from the story OF the serge OF
1875 back through realms OF semi-nNthlca
condition. will bee a liberal education li
German history If anybody ever master'
them.
4 NUMBER of naval and military officers
have been asked by the New York Heraio
correspondent i'm London 10 express an opin
ION upon the Zalinski pneumatic gun II
view II recent experiments. Among thos'
seen was sir Frederick Richards, who Sall
! that. az far as he could see. II was nOthn-
more or less than an aerial torpedo. lie
Thought it would bee a powerful lnsirumen
when employed against towns. but that D
would require great deal OF improvement
before il could bee used successfully agaln-
ships. sir Frederick is the admiral WIZ
was lately commandments on the has
Indian station.
Admiral singer was reluctant to speak
but said that. i'm his opinion. II All depended
upon the value of the prolectlle. Advocate
of the gun state that If the proJectlle iail
within thirty or forty feet OF the vessels !
eXplOdes with great effect. mat ne san
was not his experience at all. lie nae
/.If L
reasonable accuracy.
The PaU MAI Gazette reports a yer,
amusing case which has just been decide
/ i'm Frankfort police court. 1t appear
! that a cook. no longer quite young, wa
.ourted by "A tailor somewhat younger thai
| she. ON SUNDAYS. and occasionally durinl
! fho Vrek. the gallant lover was nm the habl
Of taking his lady for extended promenade
and visits u restaurants. where the Ialte
AWAY. paid the expenses. She also pro
vided him regularly with his supper. Pre-
-eutlv. however, the awful truth wa
brought home 10 the cook that she was no
! the only friend on whom the man oil In
scissors and the needle lavlshed his al
f.ctiOns. Nothing lOath. she went 10 IN
nearest police court, SUNG the lai'l
les. one for the expenses Of all the clande'
I
money spent when walking ont with Inn
The tailor. however. was once again u
much for her Instead of appearing Delol
the tribunal a. a rcpentant sinner, ne cam
INTO court with "A long bill in his hand. q
which "A long account was given uf the I'm
lost from his work while going out WIFE
cook. When the two bills were compare
fhe difference OF L los. was III iayor oi u
tailor. and the lady was ungalldntly con
PEELED 10 pay every farthing OF IL.
TRAVELLER writes that the marble pon'
lof Persia con,is Of POOLS, or "thgez, - a. II
Per,ians call them. where the indole
waters. bv "a slow and regular process. sta
maze. concrete and petrify, producing IN
beautiful transparent stone, common
called tabriz marble, much used III u
burial places Of Persia and in their best eo
6ces. These ponds are contained WITHIN u
circumference of half mile, and their pO'
lion +. distinguished by heaps OF ston
which have accumulated a. the eNcaN
lions have increased. The process OF peu
dcatiOr MAY be- traced from II, comnenc
ment 10 It's termination. In one part U
water is clear. in second IL appea
thicker and somewhat stagnant' III
third stage quite black, contrasting stron
| Ia with the fourth and last stage,
which il is a. white as hoarirost.
the third stage. when the surface Is qul
black. il can be ndented by tossing
stone ON the surface. but in walking aero
IL il will no more stick 10 the shoes thi
creased tany will 10 the hands. Such is q
constant tendancy of this water 10 becon
b, stone that when ii cxudes from the groul
i'm bubbles the pcrtiication assumes go
ular shape. a. If the bubbles Of sprin
hv a stroke of magic. had been arrested
their play and metamOrphosed into stor
! The substance thus produced IL brltt
. transparent and sometimes richly streak
with green. red and copper-colored ven
II admits Of being cut into very large STA
aud takes a good polish. 20 mlich 40 T,
people in the land Of the shah LOOK upon u
. stone ms an artic = OF luxury that no one :
: the shah. his sons and persons privileged