The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-10
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Eeyond the sea.

Eeyond the sea.
PARIS is about trying am experiment that,
ifsuccessful, will prove boon 10 humanity.
The attempt is 10 be made 20 regulate cali
! fares automatically. so as 90 leave the coach
man out OF the question as 10 the amount Ca
/ bee paid. Several cabs have for a week been
lusing seven different and rival methods O'
ascertaining the amounts of ten different
fares. They vary little I'M design. The exc
pertinent is 90 ascertain which VIII Wori
with the greatest accuracy aud least cost
/ As the passenger enters the cab he sets free
ana electric current. which at once registers
ON dial his present liability, One-hali frame.
/ for taking The vehicle. As the cab proceeds
the dial registers TWENTY-FIVE confines fog
each kilometer of tine journey. sO that The
passenger can tell at any moment tne NUM-
| Der of miles ho has gone, and the exact iar.
he owes. The seven systems are 20 he GOD
I trial for month. az the end of which time
one will be adopted by the government. and
every cab in Paris will Dee provided with IL.
PROF. Won BERGMANN,-o of Berlin, is IT,
ported to have performed remarkable sur
/ gical operation. Two patients were stimuli
/ ane0usly brought 90 him for operations.
one requiring amputatiOn OF the thigh 900 iha
/ hip Joint. the other needing portion of Che
/ lumerus removed ON account OF the bone
/ being extensively diseased. The first opera
/ ton was the amputatiOn. and then the sur
geOn proceeded 90 excise the diseased portion
of the humerus. This made "a gap in the
/ bone. but piece of the thigh bone wac
taken from the limb which had just been
amputated and fixed in the gap, Dy which
| the continuity of the humerus was CONF
pletely restored. Perfect union took place
and the patient recovered with q useful
arm.
THE National Zeiiung Of Berlin in re-
ferring 10 the proposed Worlds Fair in the
United states. eulogizes the universally Il
American genius. which. it asserts has
wrought the most prOdigious achievements
I'm every field Of human effort: "lhe young
republics unexampled prosperity has en-
ablOd it 90 present 90 the world the rare
spectacle Of rapid liquidation OF the great
e-t State debt on record While Europo an
treasures are chronically empty, American
reserves and American power may within
the ueXtdocade, seriously threaten EurOle's
peace.
The biggest edible oysters in The world
are found az Port Lincoln, in South Austria
liza. They are as large as a dinner-plaie
and the same shape. They are sometime
more than q foot across the shell. and iho
oyster fits his shell SO well he does not leave
much margin. 10 is new sensation.
when a friend asks YOU 90 lunch at AIDE
I lHide, 10 have one oyster set before YOU fried
in butter or eggs or bread crumbs. But b.
/ ls very pleasant sensation. for the flavor
and delicacy Of the Port Lincoln mammoths
are pr0yerbial IN that land of luXuries.
Is two respects Greece stands at the
head OF all European nations, viz, the
number OF her clergy and the number Of
suicides. According 10 the latest ecclesias-
teal statistics there are no less than 5000
orthodox priests, the number OF Inhabitants
Of the whole Kingdom being 2,OOO,OOO. thus
making one priest for every 400. During
the summer months 90 the past year the
suicides ia Athens alone amounted % five
daily. Since the colder months this number
has decreased TO two per diem.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has forbidden the
performance in Berlin Of Wildenbruch's
new play, "Generalleldobrst, =" which has
Just been issued in book form by "A Berlin
firm. and the newspapers are wondering
what can have caused this measure. n f.
only the Prussian theatres that will not De
dti'Nft t' pay tut li'Nfs uNi the Rrul~fut
Theatre. which is 90 Berlin what the Thea
ire Francois is 30 Paris, will be- a consider
able loser, as the manager had already s.
cured the scenery and costumes.
PARTISAN cabmen have recently taken 10
warming their cabs with charcoal heaters
under the moor. And il took dozen or
more deaths from aspyxiaton 10 demon
strate that the scheme was only practicable |
in mortuary way. In some respects the |
French are very obtuso.
EX-QuEEN ISABELLA Of spain, on being
asked the other day what she thought oil
the Brazilian revolution, sighed. and said.
Decidedly lie bon Dieu is no longer on our
side. No matter what monarch does now
a-days, he is sure 10 land sooner or later As
an exile on foreign Shore