The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-24

HH.N|II.I'I Ut 'IIrI'INiI htI~fl NilN iAfAtti
harlotfc Italia. ON taking leave of King
Humh.if. the Emperor promised 10 return
iH N0nla 0u November ~. on his way back
from ,0n~tantin0plc.
Mn. SHAME lJN. tine new Chinese Consul
in Nev York. has arrived. and attended a
banquet m hi- honor at which De was Tee
quurd 90 have an Interpreter at his elbow.
li. required % 'hine~e Interpreter to give
him ilc substance Of the Cantonese dialect
spoken Dos the Cinnamon i'm this country. rs
Doe is from another province.
~iEJ,,IE> HECTOR. New Iealand's fore
most scientist. has been deplorng what bee
les rhe- a~ "the perfect athletic mania
which bias arisen in tine Australias." 10 Dee
20 hero boo the colonies now. he SAYS You
must excel. NOT in brain work. hui in tine
training of the muscles of the arms and
legs.
TIM postal card is called i'm England q
-po~f-card and on tine continent "corres-
n1udenco card" celebrated lis twentieth
birthday ou the 25th Of last month. Prussia
suggested b. four years earlier. hat Austria
began DO America took 10 upin 1873 and 10y
l~l~ i- u~e was universal. During the
4 IIIIN''r'f INIINN M iI NIif.f Nf'A' i0NNN'N 49,
tnthc German soldiers in the field and sold
ite fora cent 90 their families ai home.
Miss KATHERINE RICHARDSON is the
lrcon-broakoroftl Alps Expeditions of
.yertvcnfy hours continuous walking and
climbing show what woman is capable of in
the way Of physical cNeriion. Miss Rich
lrd-0n b. Young, li-nt short. neatly ana
tightly built Her greatest feat this year
was the ascent. from M0ntauNert Of both
peaks of the Ai-uille du )ru. which occu-
pied twenty-five hours.
TIM results Of English researches i'm A.
syria the past year are said 10 Dee exceed
u-N valuable. Almost the whole of SEN
uacherib's great palace at konyuniik has
unN been cleared out. including the library
and chambers. and ihe result j, some Loo
Now tablets. &C.. have been secured for the
British Museum The Americans got into
trouble with the Arabs. and were obliged 10
abandon the work.
a MINISTER ofthc name Of sparks. whose
pl-torate was in scotland. was the father
" thirteen children. At the baptism Of the
thirteenth au AGED brother divine called ON
the congregation 10 Join iu ~ingn. tine NTH
p4raphra~e. beginning with the lime, As
sparks iu close succession rise" 80 uncon-
~cious WAS be- that Dee could not understand
tine peoples litter until. when Dee descended
nom the pulpit. Dis pun was explained io|
him.
IuE account given Dog "a correspondent of
fhe reception accorded 90 Minister Phelps
bg Emperor Wilhelm 40 Potsdam is very
picturesque. The Minister passed through
r. series OF long halls until Doe came into
handsome room filled with -manly uni
formed officers. and after waiting few
minutes with them. the door Of am inner
apartment opened. the officer, suddenly dis
appeared and tAe Emperor came forth.
lnt conversation was principally ON scien-
title and social matters. and lasted nearly
300 hour Tine Emperor showed himself eX
ceoiin-ly we'll informed about American
affairs.
THEY cat queer things in Greenland
correspondent writes that snakes. lizards.
tree gruhs. the larvae of bee
i'.- brush turkeys eggs. wild honey-in
fact. the scrubs fun of food when YOU know
l0w tO eef 30. The best part Of snake is
thc liver. which il over a foot long IN hie
snakes. Bt tine WAY. the natives never cai
food that Is NOT cooked. 4 snakes liver is
decidedly good. and has samey flavor
D.. izard- flesh is like chicken. The beetle
unu arc popped into the fire. and eaten
with wild honey: they taste like am ONE
IeriD. Cra,,hoppcr- -rilicd are also capital
eating. with nice nutty flavor.
AN ingenious English -choolhoy. who
wanted au answer 90 an arithmetical prob
lcm. dropped into "a srocer's store ON his
way 90 school and sid Doc wanted certain
commodities 40 certain prices. Amer cN-
hiu-iu. DIR, list. Dee said. "NOW. II -Ne
1uu halt 20 sovereign, what change shall
.cf back" The grocer told him, where
upon Doe thanked the -hopman and turned To
ID -Nlit for the things called the gro
cer. and his disgust can Dee imagined when
fle urchiu told him De was late for school.
and. a- Doe hadn't learned his arithmetic les
son. Doe mad adopted that method Of getting
the sum worked for him.
GEORGE kENNEN. who has been writing
about siberia. lecturcd on that country the
other nieht. In the course Of his remarks
Doe ~aid
II have every reason 10 believe tnat my
articles in the Century are read 10y the Gar.
v
tine evils have described. but lac could do
much tO improve matters. What blame him
for chiefly Is his entire lack of any effort or
inclination 90 lind ont for himself the coudi-
ton OF things in his empire. lie
receives AN his information second
hand from his ministers and has but
ian indidnitc idea Of the condition Of
things. II would be- the first impulse Of any
American that ] ever met, If he went on
train from Il. Petersburg 10 Moscow and
saw AN along the line soldiers standing
thick "a. telegraph poles % guard him from
possible attempts at assassination, 10 ash
himself what made such guard necessary
and what there was about his government
That would make men desperate enough 10
attempt such deeds. This never seexs 10
occur 10 The car however. Then he has
within sight of his palace walls, Only nan
"A mile away across the \cNa.
prison where are constantly confined
laryc numbers of political prs
OncIs. II would seem % be the most natural
thing in the world for him 10 90 over there
once in while and talk 10 those men, ana
try 20 lind out what grievances they had 10
make them desperate enough to attempt suci
thing, rs the blowing up Of the winter pal
ace and the destruction Of railway trains
u,yOn which the Car was supposed 10 be-
travelling. He has never done 80. should
he do - he would lind these men 10 bc IN
in every particulars except the mere acci,
dent Of pOnition his equals. and he would
be compelled 10 admit that they were 80
and not Wild fanatics. as the officials term
them"