The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-10
OVER THE SEAS.
Many Matters bv Mail and Gable From
other Lands.

scheme was based upon the net rent Of the
holdings. or the rent from which had been
deducted that portion n the local rates
which were now paid by the landlord nut
which after purchase must be paid oy tne
tenant. Taking n typical case where tne
grOss rent was now llol. ana the het leh'
100. where a wears arrears were due 70 the
landlord. and where the value was hNcd at
seventeen years purchase. be showed now
the bin would work. The landlord ana
tenant mighl agree about the purchase, or
refer the matter to the Land Department
which might take into account the arrears
and add them % the price 80 long NJ ihet
did not exceed two years rent Inc lotai
nrice would therefore be fixed nc tlsvp, or
seventeen years purchase. oI course
where the limit of twenty years purchase
was reached, nothing was to be added on
for arrears.
THERE exists in Paris (Galignanl says q
REGULAR market or exchange for old stamps.
II is held every sunday afternoon in the
Axeune Gabriel. Champs Elysecs. and IS
attended bv some fifty or sixty persons Oh
au acos ard social position. Twenty -hNe
years AGO the various stamps 20 ne u"thin''
did NOT exceed 500. Nowadays some ~
hmm. contain at least 5000. I'm the beliih
Museum there are 1900 specimens 10 II J.
said. ofyyhich . $50 are European ana i'iti
American. The French Navy Department
i'm Paris has the largest collection IT'D the
world. This. Of course, Is public properly
the most valuable Of all private col
lecfions belongs 90 VI. Philippe de
Ferrari Of the Gallicra family VINO
regularly attends the Paris mart to enflch
his album. This family souvenir mas
already cost more than 100000. not ihe
..I.t Ia.
Gathering. I'm the broad alley Of the ,haml 5
Elvsees. of these pOstage-stamp collectors,
trading and selling their precious DTS Oh
naper. This passion has monopoiiled ihe
iife of more than one man. and eaten up
more than one fortune. Vet nothing To- am
outsider reveals the mOmentous matter al
issue. There is no fuss. 300 noise. Every
bargain in transacted quietly.
THE last that has been heard Of the I'M
nuenza or Ia grippe is reported in the Edin-
burg scotsman. which announces that after
devastating Europe and lhe Eastern sun
of America. proceeding with SLOW "h0
solemn course from east 90 west. 30 dlsap
peared. and except hilui rumors OF It's al'
/ noarance at the Cape and elsewhere. Sew
reaches MS that 10 mas appeared no Mel
bourne. and that the symptoms are identl
cal with those noticed in Europe. lha'
papor thinks that its presence there must u'
ami the more remarkable because 30 does mol
coincide with the season Oi coughs aht
colds as IT did in Europe. AT present they
are enjoying the beginning ol autumn "ni
an endemic of the sort viii appear mo-,
unreasonable. The fact that 10 has sud
denly turned up there, without touching ih'
Pacific coast OF America. seems 10 snow
that it's course from east to west was &C.
] q. & IA !
ried by infection.
TIE recent death of the unfortunate Wis
countess kingsland ended "a life of stranr
vici-situdes She was married in 1919 q
| NiscOunt king-Iaud. the needy representa-
tive of an old title. 40 his death she ID
into the greatest poverty. and occupied
room i'm "a back street OF Lambeth. witt
hardly any furniture. By making shirts e.
four cents piece she managed 20 earn iron
fifty tO sc}cutA-lNr cents week. TOD
nearly twenty years She continued her cm
uloymont of SHRINKING. receiving 0C
casiOnal outdoor relief from the parish
When she was seventy -niuc she applied u
tIe Universal Bencnceut society for aid. IT'D
committee Immediately made Der an allow
anco of $3.50 per week. and eventually ~e
cured for her "a Gin Of $500 from the E0ya
Bounty Fund.- AnerWanl. "a special sul
scriut0n was raised and government
pon4ion of $3.50 % wear purchased for her. 81
that the few last years of Beer cntchcred OK
istence were passed in comparative comiorl
THE Calcutta Indian Gentleman relate
most remarkable story: A few days ae
Aikama Natzry. a Bengalese gentlemai
residing ON the ilat seven miles north ID
~hutteZat. saw. as DE aiiIrns. an enormous
serpent floating along thc SKY in neecy
whlte"tezarcr'' or "Wind clOud' the ciOl'
and lbs shiny passenger passed directly
over Mr.. latzry's farm, and hor
or i'm the direction of the "Blu
Jungle" over "a score of men, women nn'
bows working along the flat attest that tbe
saw the same hideOus monster While in h.
ethereal flight. One witness describes OBJ
serpent as beinG,af ae2it af6uhd as "a mani
body, with head as large as that of "a larr
alligator. He was yellow and black striped
according 90 all Witnesses, and kept con
tinually rolling over and ddriing out hi
head in genuine snake fashion. The natiYc
are much excited over the matter.
Mr.. 5. MORGAN, the well-known banker
died in Monte Carlo Tuesday, from th.
effects Of the injuries he received by Iumr
ing from his carriage while his horses were
uBmanagcablo. he was driving in his Vic
tOria, and. nearing Che railroad track
the horse was frightened by
passing train. Startled 40 the evident pros
pect of runaway. Mr.. Morgan lcapcd tn ODD
ground. The driver was some time gcttin.
the animal under control. and had gone
/ considerable distance before he became
aware that Sir. Morgan had leflthe carriage
Returning % the track, the driver Their
found Mr.. Morgan lying insensible au,
bleeding. Ile was hastily conveyed TO BOZ.
house. where the physician, pronounced ID
% Doe "a elise OF conclusion Of the brain
made more serious by am addition of other
/ injuries
THE Assassination Of Alexander d.. OF
/ Russia is 90 Dee COMMUNICATED at 81. Pc
torsburg by the erection Of q magnificent
church ou the spot where tine tragedy
/ TOOK place. 4 large sum had been sub.
scribed towards the work. which i- De-
| ng earned ON under thc auspices OF
"a committee OF which the Grand Duke
/ Vladimir is president. The conideu-
tial uncii0nary who had charge Oi iho
/ funds. in whom this arist0cratic committee
of course had 'uuhOundcd confidence" ha-
disappeared. and >2l0.OOl has cone with
him, the melancholy result being that the
Emperor has insisted upon bis brother. the
Grand Duke Vladimir, replacing the dcfi-
cheney out of his private iorune-an order
which has caused the relations between
them 20 become decidedly strained.
LONDON STAR tells an interesting story of
Disraeli, which is said to Doe strongly char
actcristic of the man. 10 SAYS: "Once
Lord perhy-then prime minister-l0und
fault with something Di,raeli bad done.
Di-raeli at the time was chancellor of the
eXchequer for the first time and Doe wa,
perompt0rily summoned t0 70. James
square. 40 once Lord Derby. who bad n
sharp tongue and fierce temper when he
gave way 90 TO- poured Goa Disacli % lava
tide of repr0ach. Drraeli sat absolutely
silent until Lord Derby. in final cXaspersl-
ton. said, Dit, man, have YOU nothing
TO say ~ Disraeli got up and left the
house. never saying one word. 10 was this
marvellous self control that probably ace
counts for his strange success
A RECENT dispatch reports that Ludwig
Komayne, the Austrian adyenmrer whose
advertising agency % procure European no-
blemon as husbands for American heir
esses has recently caused considerable SEM
sati0n. has committed suicide. Warrants
were ISSUED for his arrest on TWO charges.
one of biackmailing iu connection with the