The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-20
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Notes of Interest By Wire and Mail From
Beyond the Sea.

MEN Of the present day who attend the
opera and theatre and are debawcd tho
pleasure of seeing the actors and the stag,
by the high-hat nuisance. may take com.
for from the fact that their grandiathcrs and
oreat-urandfathcr, suffered q similar inilic-
tiou. In the European Magazine. published
in London. for December. li~}. is the follow.
ilg: lit is the fashion 10 Paris for the ladies
% wear straw hats of amOnstrous size. madt
i'm limitations of the areOstatic globes; ON
which account they are called les chapeauN
au ballon.' 1t j. to be hoped that the
whimsical mode will not be introduced
among the people Of England, a. it would
prove still more incOnNenienl at the play
house than the late high heads And
Iagain we read: "NOe 10 the irequenters oi
the play-hOuses if the new French balloon
hats are ever brought into fashion here IN
their present FORM But they were.
Or. ROBsON ROOsE has published in the
Fortnightly an interesting account of the
system adopted 10y the Norwegian Govern
ment toward lepors. Unless we are 10 take
leave OF our senses, il must be admitted that
| this horrible disease is contagious, and can
only De- stamped out by the enforced isoa-
/ tion Of those affected. In llindOstan alone,
as Dr. ROOse points out. there are above a
: quarter OF a million of lepers. who are free
/ 10 20 where they please. Admitting cOnta-
zion. il is prettey clear that we. whose only
plea for retaining India Is that orr rule
/ benefits lis population, are most outrage
Ousy sinking our duty. Empire, like
property. has its duty as well rs lis plea
rures.
\ GERMAN, writing from Lisbon relates
the following condolences: "When the ca
thedral bell at Braganza, the ancient resi-.
d snce of the Portuguese royal family, was
t0ling for the death Of Queen Maria H..
mother of the late King Luis l., in lSj3 il
cracked. In 1861. when the castle ensign
WAS hOisted half-mast high at Bra-
ganza on the occasion of the death
of King Pedro v, brother Of the late
king. il was torn 10 pieces Immediately 10y
the storm. At the death of KING Luis l..
last month. the cathedral bell again cracked.
and the castle ensign was again torn 10
slreds by the wind
THE King OF siam is a magnificent object
in state attire. lie glistens from head to
foot with Jewels worth more than Sl,OO0O0o.
II is commonly reported in Bangkok that
he has 300 wives and - children, though tue
exact figures have never been given 10 his
subjects. He was father at the age Ell
twelve. and is now only thirty-siN years old.
II he lives few years more he VIII be able
10 assume the title Of "fathcr Of has
country The King is a good fellow, fond
Of "a reasonable number Of his children, and
very Kind to his 800 wives. lie is very pre-
gressi,c, and has done a great deal Of good
60 Siam.
ACCORDING TO recent information can
nibaism is very prevalent in some places
Ia West Africa, near 10 the British settle
ment, II not actually in the protcctoraie
itself, and 50 serious and frequent has be-
come the kidnapping Of individuals who
have gone out alone that in some parts per-
sous dare not venture beyond their own
town for fear Of capture. Several cases are
reported 10 have taken place on the broad
road from liend00maa 20 ilOdO and kibbim.
six persons were reported 10 have been
killed AND eaten.
BARON NATHANIEL pE ROrHscpnD's |
shooting party AT schillersdorf, In Upper !
Austria. bagged 2.520 brace Of pheasants, /
1850 bares, and 2i0 brace Of partridges in |
seven days sport.