The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-29
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Notes Of Interest Nv Wire aud Mail From
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kcNond the Sea.
II Is estimated that American tourists
have spent $7o0oo,OOO in Europe this year.
81. ANDREWS UNIVERSITY will receive
100000 by the will Of the late David Berry,
Of Coolangotia, one Of the oldest and wealth
lest Australian colonists.
ERNEST Rolf, the American who was
sentenced TO ten years Imprisonment in
London the other day. was Ross Raymond.
formerly Baltimore reporter and notorious
rs swindler.
ENGLISH medical newspapers are warn
ing their readers Of the oyercrowdod condi-
ton Of their profession in South Africa. In
Cape Town. with a population Of 10000
there are forty doctors.
SIR JOHN LAwEs, the greatest authority
la England on agricultural matters, esti-
mates this years wheat crop in the United
Kingdom at :, 49,, 52j quarters. and the guam
tty available f- consumption. after de-
Quoting two bushels an acre for seed. ut &
,5ij quarters.
THE anti-slayery conference az BRUSSELS
has decided that territorial questions are
outside Of ITS competency. King Leopold
ON Monday received the delegates 20 the
conference. and expressed confidence IN the
result Of their labors. and said be was
firmly resolved 10 suppress slavery IN the
Congo state.
AN incandescont light company at Otta-
wa is now working a circuit forty-iiye miles
ID. l.,...tI uff. q. 1..ft,..,I a., d., tho iou~oa
incandcscent circuit i'm the world, and il is
questionable whether il is approached by
un are circuit 10 is certainly e remarkable
instance Of ilcXibility Of system and - the
delivery Of the electrical current at an en-
trcmely remote point.
THEY have an effective way Of dealing
With habiiual drunkards in Norway and
sweden. They put them in jail and feed
them entirely on bread and wine. The
bread is stepped i'm Wine for an hour before
10 is served. The first day "a man will take
it, bat before many more be will hate the
sight Of it,. After AN incarceration OF this
sort mary become total abstainers.
II is estimated that there arc 100000
people who walk about Londou's streets
daily, and i'm so doing wear away ton Of
leather particles trom their boots and shoes.
This would in a year form leather strip
one inch wide and long enough 10 extend
from London 90 New York This amount of
disintegratcd solo-leather. AT 10 cents per
pound what 10 costs consumers. would
amount TO 100000.
A NOVEL cure was effected by the use Of
the dynamo recently at W csteatc-on-sea.
England. A Mr.. Brown was fitting false
bottom 90 CRATE. and while chipping it 10
make 10 30 20 very small splinter of iron flew
on and struck him in the eye. An electrical
engineer who met him shortly after seeing
his plight, took him TO dynamo that was
working near by. Brown placed his eye as
close as possible % the machine, and the
magnetic attraction was sufficiently intense
90 Withdraw the splinter Of iron from the
eve. which was instantly relieved and which
gave mo- further trouble.
HENRY c. FERGUSON and William II.
Ellis. Americans. have been authorized by
tine Mexican government TO establish agri-
cultural. mining or manufacturing colonies
for negroes i'm the states Of Vera Cruz.
OaXaca. Guerrero. Michoacan. and san LUIS
pot0si. subject Go the conditions of the gcner-
al colonization laws. At least thousand
and each wear thereafter for ten years at
least two hundred must Doe settled. The
maximum number of colonists allowed TO be
brought here in ten years is twenty thous-
and
THE Grand Duchess Marin Paulowna, Of
Russia. who is now seriously III in II. Pc
tersburg, is perhaps the cleyerest and
beautiful of the Imperial family. Owing
Oh these qualities Of mind and body She mas
always been one of the greatest iayorlies I'D
society. When the present Empress was
Crown Princess. she was madly jealous OF
Grand Duchess Maria, because OF the nom
age thrust upon her from every side. Their
strained relations were am open secret I'D
tine Capital. where the demands OF society
constantly brought them together. After
the murder of Alexander H., whose favor
ite the Princess was. and who aided her IN
curmng her husband. Grand Duke Nladi-
mir. their relations grew more intimate.
TIE Russian Government has become
koeuly alive 10 the advantages Of electricity,
and many of the cnactments by which its
examinations are controlled carry the des-
potic flavor characteristic OF the country.
We are mo- sooner told that If "a telegraphcr
iu the Government service wishes 10 marry.
he or She must choose tclegraphcr than
the announcement comes from ~. Peters
hure that AN foreigners on the Government
telecraphs must become Russians before
january next on leave their places. II rs
also stated that new telephone service be-
tween Moscow and ST. Petersburg, dis
lance of 400 miles. IL proposed. IL Is the IN
tenliOn of the Russian Government TO spend
l06. 900 roublos this autumn i'm fitting up all
the vessels Of the Black sea and the Baltic
fleets with electric light.
THE little Canadian city Of Kingston, on
Lake Ontario, has given the world two
leading eYolutionists Of our time, Grant
Allen and George j. Romanes. both now
living In England. Grant Aliens father a
retired clergyman of the Episcopal Church,
still resides in Kingston. Although his son
has made botany his principal theme pSy-
chol0.y is the subject ON which he hopes 10
write his most valuable work. Mr.. Roma
mes Ori0in az Human fdcWfv Is perhaps
the weightiost contribution to the develop
mcni theory which has appeared since
Herbert Spencer laid down the pen. Curl
ousiy enough. while two Of the foremost
e,olutiOnists OF the dav are Canadians, one
of the chief critics OF their doctrine Is also q
Canadian. Sir William Dawson, of Mon
treal is generally regarded by orthodox
clnrchtneu as the successor Of Agassiz in
enauuiOuine fhp Mosaic account Of crca-