The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-09
OVER THIS SEAS.
Many Matters by Mail aud Gable From
other Land.

Many Matters by Mail aud Gable From
other Land.
The statement that Joseph Mayr. the
Christ iu the Passion Play. at obar- Anmcl-
gan. make, money los selling as his own
work carved wooden crucihNe-. which he
buys for trillc from the mountain peasants
+, declared tO Doe fll~e. a vell-ku0Wn pn}-.-
clan who Witnessed the play iu $50, 1870.
and ls,l. and know, Malr personally.
writes 90 the Boston Advertiser:
elf is mistake to suppose Chat the near
or approach of The railway la- caused The
PLAY 60 lose any OF It's devotional character
ln 1860 steam communication extended
from Munich Ghe nearest LARGE city) onIt
20, far us the head Of the Lake ~tanbcr-.
From thence Wc rode ail day in -prinele-,
cart. and walked the last ten miles in the
evening. tine bin Of Ettll proving lo0 steep
for Our tired horses. I'm l~~O tine railway
had been completed t0 Nurnau. and the care
ria-e drive from That village occupied som.
three hours. \ ct sass 10 change
in the play. mo- dimluuuon boz the simple de-
Notion oi the performers 1nd I'D. lrNcItni
attention fu fhe vast audience. lul- year
the traveller leaves tine rail at Oberau. 80
point yct nearer. and has uui 900 hour ang
"a quarters ride up fhc Din of LtiH by ih.
ncW carriage road. Drcr- AmmerlIu. hpN-|
ever. VIII Doe found tJ have lost none Oi D.,
primitive simplicity The facts must Ae
taken into account that. lhr the lNrlaan
population iu general. the people are umi,
in faith and deeply religious. That thn iradi-
tion~ O. tec Passion Play ar" handed down
through long lime OF ancestors. and pru-
cipation in it rigidly confined 90 those born
in The village
London Society Dull.
London society is reported - being SER,
dun. and uo one can tell why. Thus far -0
Ills said. thrr. have been only three balls
and bali dozen big brushes. stanley is
looked for tO culiNcu things. but Doe does NOT
seem inclined tO emerge at present from hl-
comparative seciu,i0n in D.aue Gardens.
That melancholy creature. the aesthetic
woman. has returned upon the scene in Lon
don society. and is described as "Wcarn-
costume. eccentric iu design. violent u
color and entirely depressing I'm general ci-I
feet"
\ Crime against Religion.
Prof. ,0r Dr. Bruchi the wcil-known
lecturer ou z00tomical science boo Vienna
University. hl- been Indicted for crime
against church and religion. ihn Minister
of Public Works asked th' rector of the unl-
yer-ity o. call upon Or. Brehl 90 explain
some of his recent lectures upon tine oar
Winian theories, in which Doe - an ardent
believer. Dr. Bruehl is 0Hear- nl age and
highly respected.
Ei-inarciS Cracks a Joke.
The London star say, That another mot OF
Prince Bismarck is repeat. "a BOO a. private
letter from Hamburg. During the t0rchlight
procession in his honor some one said 90 tlc
cN-chanccll0r: "Ihe last days Do Berlin
must have tired You very much; but it was
beautiful" YES" said Bismarck cit
was very beautiful; a iir,t-class funeral
Beats tine Bell Punch.
4 new electric device for measuring The
amount of liquor sold i'm bar-rOomS and IT,
cOrdiug the sales and receipts has been in-
vented i'm London. For each penny worth
Of liquor served distinct contact Is made.
and the current which then PASSES is made
10 excite am eleciro-mlnct and thus turn q
ratchet wheel through one notch. I'm this
way the total amount Of liquor served is
checked.
Aleppo Weavers.
The wcaycrs Of Aloppo, Syria, are said 20
De good craftsmen, ana the produce Of their
looms. mixed fabrics of cotton. wool and
silk. are described as tasteful, durable and
cheap. II is thought that matters could Dee
even improved boy the Use of native instead
of. as at present, foreign yarns there being
plenty of cotton, FAX and wool raised in the
province.
stanley and Leopold.
stanley recently paid kim Leopold a very
handsome compliment in one Of his
speeches: 1T is not necessary he said.
"iu order t0 Dee great monarch. to have the
extent OF territory of ihe Emperor OF Rus
-il or the number 81 soldiers ot the German
Emperor kim Leopold would certainly
be accounted "a great monarch, because he
had stamped the impress of his mind upon
his generation
Interesting to Coffee Drinkers.
The real Mocha coffee comes only from
Yemen. an Arabian province. The greater
part Of the exported Mocha never secs lc-
men. but is brought from the East Indies %
Mocha, and there shipped further. IL is as
serted that not bean Of the best Mocha
passes ont of C0n-tantinOpic.
4 MamOth Derrick.
The largest steam derrick in the world is
In Hamburg. Germany. n is used 10y "a
shipping company. and is kept AT the docks
and used in hitting immense weights on ana
of shipboard. 10 can pick upa ten.wheeied
locomotive with perfect ease.
Hired TIumage.
1t is said that large number Of the
plumes worn by The ladies who attend the
Queens drawing-roOms are hired nom a
shop which makes "a business az renting ott
plulnes. The feathers are worth from - 10
so, and the rent of them j. $40 for each oc-
casiOn.
CASTELAR, Bidicuied.
Senior Castelar,. the famous Spanish pOliti-
clan and orator. has called upon himself tue
ridicule Of his Republican c0mpalriots, for
dey0ting all bis time during the week before
Easter 10 religious exercises.
\ Real Estate gent sii,sins.
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