The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-04
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Notes Of Interest by Wire and Mail From
Beyond the Sea.


inr Empress OF Germany is said to wear
on his shoulder, at court fetes. magniii-
cent agrafc in diamonds. which belonged To
Napoleon l.. and was attached 10 his hat AZ
Waterloo.
CHEWING gum puzzles The French new'-
paper,. They announce that the most elo-
can't American ladies. married and unmar-
ricd. have developed a singular passion for
chewing India rubber.
TIE French steamer Brctagne, which
reached New York Yesterday. brought
among other passengers a very pretty girl
baby born in the siecrage. The passengers
raised 100 francs for her. and The ladies' held
q sewing circle which resulted IN a famous
wardrobe.
Edison wrote in the book nj the top Of the
Einel Tower: 80 VI. Eifiel. the brave
builder Of 80 gigantic and original specl-
men Of modern engineering. from one who
ha. tbr greatest respect and admiration for
all engineers. including the Great Lngi-
mccr le bon Dieu."
THE Prince Of VALE, has returned To
London. All the better for his stay in SCOT
land. and quite able 10 visit the theatre
every evening. sitting 10y the side Of the
Duchess of Fife i'm pony cart. he looked Il
perfect picture Of health. and the constant
round of piciics and excursions to Deny
Lcck. Callatcr and elsewhere scarcely saw
orod Of the family jars about which 80
much has been said and written.
THERE may bee romance. quite ~ en-
citing ~ any which Wilkie Collins wrote.
in the story Of his adopted daughter, who Is
said 10 have married his solicitor three days
before the death. She was the amanueusls
of Mr.. Collins. and claimed that 1t would be
her duty 10 finish his last novel. blind
Love" from his notes in case he died before
il was completed. lie lived 10 complete
and revise il.
BrRMAH i, after all going 10 have it,
share of the ROYAL favor, and the Rangoon
people. who have been pleading hard for
an extension of Prince Albcrt's tour to their
uro,incc. will be- graiifed az the decision.
il comes from the Prince Of alcS himself.
and i. based ON political grounds; but
Prince Albert Victor will Dee the first oi the
ROYAL family tn have visited this outlying
Indian possession. Ills tour will consc-
quontl, bee continued beyond the original
limits and will probably last well into the
spring.
GARNrE ROBINSON forty years ago was
a Door boy among the croficrs ON the Isle 81
SKYE. of the west coast Of scotland. lie
.hippcd ahord the whalcr and was wrecked
ON ihc coast of Japan. lie WAS rescued 10y
Commodore Perry expedition and became
La.
an American seaman. IL" served III 'i'
Union Navy during the war and then Wchi
to Manitoba. lle IL now the owner "l illl'7
of wheat fields near " innipcg. on the Cana
dian Pacific. Robinson is "a bearded giant.
weighing 30 pounds. Tie il now ON hi@
way to hi. native island for "a Visit. after Am
absence of tWo-.corc years
COLONEL NORTH. "thc Nitrate King, has
given another proof Of h- munifcencc To-
ward, Leeds. his native town. Not many
months ago he purchased and presented To
the town kirk~iall Abbey. which was about
to pass into the hands Of Spectators. For
IA long time the public in llolneck. where
Colonel North WAS horn have desired thai
Uolbeck Moor should hr acquired Tor "a pun
lie park. The price asked for the immortal
right.. however. has deferred the corporal
ton from doise anything M me matter,
Colonel North has minated 10 ihe Mayo "i
Iced, that be- has arranged ~ acquire th,7t
rights. and will present the moor io me DO ,
rough. The Mayor has replied. Thankfully
accepting the gin
TnERESE M,LIEN. the prima donna al
the Bayrcuih performances. has just re-
cei,cd beautiful bracelet. SET with dia-
monds and ~apphir.S. from the German
a -UUf through
the PnlS~ian Embassy. and was accom- '-
MED lv the most fattcring assurance oi the
Emuoror', appreciatiOn Of the prima don
mas pcrforinanco- in Bayrcuih. fu. Nal
ten has also received from the Prince Re
cent the Bayarian Rautcn crown ~ dia-
mOnd-. with t0rluOi-cs. showing The baNa-
rian colOr-. AZ an ornament for the cnrsl-''
Frau Cosima Wagner presented ihr pIlhi'
donna with "a gold hairpin. with diamonds
ion the form OF ID dove.
AMoNG Wilkie Collins latest words were
these: IL want simple funeral ana no
feathers. no Grape. mo- forms nor crfein"-
mics" Ills wishes were respected. Edmund
Yates STATES ion au article over his own @is-
n,t,ir, that iii was durin. the progress ol
The M0on-t0ue' that Nilkie collins hi7l
aroflired fine haleful habit az taking -eda'
tiycs. which Doe continued more or les
throurhuut his life" The excitement 81
creating the story and the tWingcs oil ficu-
matic enut were the motives impcllins nm
10 this fatal practice. For that period ana
"a greater part of his after lilc ilhir "l.
lin- was i'm the habit of taking daill ana
without apparently serious noNious elect
more pure laudanum than would nave SUI
feed 10 Kill an entire ship crew or q Wh"l'
COMPANY of soldiers Nh ACTOR VIII" NlcN
the novelist we'll SAYS that he has seen 'i.
Inns drink "a wine glass full Of laudanum a'
one swallow without affecting MN III 'n'
least.
I,CnAEIA~ ~IOIANOrF. the most eminent
and most prolific of contemponr, Bull
earian authors. and first president OF ili'
~obranie. who died recently al Paris. Was q
man who had risen from the lowest ranks
/ Like David of old. Dee WAS shepherd lao
when hc first began to write. and Ike inc d.
lu-triou~ successor of King saul. he also IT,.
manned "a, humble and simple ~ "a emo
when he had risen tD a position al -lcdl
/ honor and importance. An enthusiastic All
,ocate of bulgarian independence. the short
ulohcian-lOOking man Win the iNihA' il
/ ii. ewes had few friend, i'm Russia. where h,
/ WIS often called -hi- Majesty Nihili-i.
/ but i'm his Gown country Ills VIKINGS h
/ the tar~c. simple language ol the l'"li'' az"
| in which the happc,t hmnor was varied 10y
the most biting sarcasm. have created nm
| innumerahle friend, among alt CLASSES, ana
-/acharia-." a- hc wa~ always called VIII
bee sincerely moumcd hy Rulsarian- msf
and low.
\ CORRESPONDENT of Notes and 'lucric'
sends the following extract from letter rc
cci,ed ON the 18th Of June from an English
merchant ai Pcrnamhuco. in Brazil: Their
/ ha- been quite reign of terror here durin-
| the past fortnight. owing to the disappear
/ ance Of about q dozen children. VINO nave
| IL il said. been kidnapped. some say io d"
trained for the circus. others 90 be- Killed l"l
the benefit of sufferers from lepro-N. Tor
which disease there j. no cure. but an ol,
superstition j. that cure may be- obtained
| if the persons attacked eat the internal
orgau. Of a Young. healthy child. wa,l
themselvc, with il, blood. and make
crease of lis body for Amounting then
| bodies. Whether there j. any truth ii
| the presumed connection between thls DE-
! lief and the disappearance ol the childfel
| | cannot tell; anyway. report says lhcrc j.
the demand. and that the price paid Tor a
child il $40. n seems really Too horrible IN
be true: ANYWAY. panic exists. and hardly
any children are now seen. out. and the pub
a. a. ia