The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-25
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

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Der Of valuable paintings IN Paris. lie adj
mires the French style.
The balance sheet of the late Mel
bourne Centennial Exhibition has been pub.
lishol. II reyeals deficiency of e2ii,oOO.
Professor Roberts. of London, esti-
mates tipt IA the great smoke cloud daily
hanging over London, there are easscs and
crbonic solids worth s1O,OOOOOO year
DR.. S,blieman, the noted explorer
has returned to Berlin, where Doe ownes a
beautiful house. 10 remain some time. n is
his intention 10 arrange the fruits of his ex-
cavations I'm Egypt which hc has presented
10 the Royal museum.
An epileptic in hospital for incur
ahles I'm Client, Thursday made sn attack
with razor upCn the other patients 300 tho
institution, who were in bed at the time. lle
b. dly gashcd the Threats Of tweniy-four of
them bur none Were fatally injured.
The great fair at N1ni-Noygorod.
which is now being held. has suffered. SO fir
rs the attendance 81 European pleasure -
seekers goes, from the rival attractions of
the Paris exhibition. Nevertheless good
many tourists have gone there In search o..
novelty.
The little EifTel Tower. so-callCd. has
Just been inauguated IN switzerland. d is
100 feet high. and stands ON the E-chenlcrl.
i'm the vicinity Of Winterihur. The height
Of the Eschenberg above the sea level is 800
metres. 50 that the little kihol is really
higher than its big brother, which only at
tains 10 5G2 metres above the level Of The
sea.
The Vienna FremdeaJlHt says: "A
glance at Emperor William of Germany
should convince the Alsatlan youth THAI
they look upon the hope Of an empire 10
which they belong. and should teach them
upon which side their future destiny lies,
ana Alsace Will be led onward by the pros
pect Of the mlnment Of tins future
At the International HYGIENE Con-
gress al the Paris Exhibition, resolution
was unanimously voted affirming the gem
eral principle that kitchen refuse should
never be kept ia the house over night. but
should bc placed outside in metallic boxes.
and that 10 Should bc removed every twenty
four hours. This is the regulation which is
now vigorously enforced In Paris.
The total original cost Of the British
war-ships Of all sorts at the last Spiihead re-
view, pafaded for the inspection Of the En-
peror. was E1G.s53,705. The number Of ships
present was sevenfy-tnrct. Of torpedo boats
thirty eight. The weight Ofmetal contained
in the heavy guns was 5000 tons. The tom
mage was approximately 100000 tons. Five
hundred and sixty-nine heavy guns. ire-
spectiyc Of quick firers and machine guns,
composed the armament.
Mr. Gla1stone's London organ has
decided views on Turkishrule, or rather mis-
rule. In a recent article on the Cretan qucs-
ton IL spoke out thus boldly Human be-
ings are not with impunity 10 be treated as
would be- barDarous 10 treat Wild. BEAST.
Turkish rule, az least in Christian commu-
mites. II O standing negation of the clcmen-
tary principles on which civilized govern
ment is based. 10 rise against 10 is a virtue.
TO tolerateit is "a crime
1t is not easy to ascertain, says the
London Times. "what concessions would ai
this eleventh hour satisfy the Cfcians. bat 10
is affirmed i'm Greek circles that order could
be restored Boy the appointment of new
Vail and boy financial reforms which should
leave the revenues Of Crete TO De expended
on the island. with the exception Ola yearly
sum TO be paid 20 Turkey as tribute. The
refugees who had fed from Gambia 90 Greece
now amount to several thousan s..
The English women who protest
against the extension Of the suffrage 90 their
sox return to the charge again ia the nine
teenth century, and nll twenty-scyen pages
OF that review with their sienatutes-l 300
in an. The worst set back which the suffrage
movement has received IS the opposition
among women themselves. which, both IN
America and England. BIS assuming positive
and more OF less organized form.
4 cable special to the New York
Herald dated London. August 22d, says that
dispatch 10 the Daiiy Nors from Titles says
tie Porte has sent secret circular note 20
the Governors General Of an the American
vilayets, ordering them 10 cherish their priv
ileges and avoid offending tine Kurds, whose
services may be needed in the event Of war.
II Is feared the note viii promote outlages
upon Christians The Daily Ntus. comment
ing upon this dispatch. says 10 hopes that 10
Europe will not interfere 10 prevent such
abominable wickcdncss Russia Will, and
speedily.
A valuable ring was lost by a Berlin
family four years ago. and the servants were
suspected and dismissed one after anot. er.
but the thief was not discovered. The jewel
has now been found, and an Is explained,
but in marvellous manner. The gardener
was thinning some trees In the grounds OF
the house a few days ago and discovered he
missing trinket lying on boueh. where 10
had brayed the breeze, snow, and rain all
these years. Here 10 would doubtless la time
have grown into the tree. 90 have been the
subject in after years of scientific specula-
ton had not the eyes OF the horiicuifurist
been especially sharp on the morning Ia
question. II is supposed that the little circle
Of gold adorned with precious stones had
been left on the breakfast table, and that the
servant, IN shaking the table cloth out oil the
window. had unwluingly thrown il away
with the crumbs.
A correspondent writing from Venice
about Venetian generals, says: Where is
the person who. upon the first eager intro
ducrOn 10 the gOndola. has not felt that he is
stepping into his colin when. with scani
grace, he creeps into the black cabin OF the
little black boat? " it'll me the impression was
perhaps, dccpened, because In our passage ul
the canal we twice made way for funeral pro.
COS ion bound for the island cemetery 10 the
north Of the city. The one funeral was that OF
Agirl. She lay under blue pail In the middle
Of the boat a erswn Of white flowers, sym
bolical OF her virginity, being over the pail
The other was youth whose tender age was
marked by the crimson pail. Both were
thanked by tail candles. After the bodies
came the friends In other gOndJias. priests
In violet and acOlytes In scarlet. The sun
blazed upon all from the blue heavens 80
that even this dOlOrous scene, enacted 10 the
smooth purpled water. between the big mil.
dewed old "palazzi,' was not wholly mclan-
choly."
The Russian naval manWuyres began
August 18th, and continued until the 18th
The central idea, as previously formulated
supposed that Immediately after the declara.
ton OF war a strong hostile fleet seized th,