The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-30
Their Weak Hope.
New Orleans States.
OVER THE SEAS.
Many Matters by Mail and Cable From
other Lands.


Many Matters by Mail and Cable From
other Lands.
A Prus-ian officer serves five years TO Dee
Gin with as a Lieutenant with his regiment,
saws Chatter. This gives him a working
knowledge Of the elementary duties Of his
profession. Then comes three years train-
ing at the Waracademy, the high school for
officers founded IN 1910. and finally placed iu
1872 under the superintendent Of the chief
of the general staff After studying tactics.
military history. tOrtiicatiOn, and other
military subjects. as well as geography.
mathematics. and one or two modern lam
guages. the young officer is lelieible
for service ON the great general stall.
and for commands varying in responsibility
from that of company t0 The command 10
an army corps. For officers Oi recognized
cauacity. regimonfal service aliernlte-
with employment 0n the general staff. \
captain On The staff after four years worh
is transferred tO regiment. and year or
two later may Doe again selected for the
staff as major. Aitcra further term of stah
service Dc viii get command Of q battalion.
then. perhaps. return 10 work ON the STALL
and alterward Doe promoted 20 the command
of regiment. From this post be may once
more Doe selected for the siah. 90 become
eventually maiOr-general in command ol "a
brigade. This is how generals are made 300
Germany.
Uorsoacsh IN Paris.
Gone of the features of Partisan lile hat
Interested me good deal when / was 40
their W orld'- Exposition last year." said 90
returned Yankee tho other day. "Was iAe
consumption of l0r-cfesh hy The poor
noticed 10 first among tine street gamlns.
who ate 10 with evident gusi0 in the shape
of sandwiches, purchased from street feu-
doris. the animals killed, believe. are free
from acute disease. and are simply horse.
that are Worn out in the service OF cahmcn,
street-car companies. etc. and are bought
cheap and fatiened mp q bio before slaughter.
/ tasted some of the meat myself az cheap
restaurant. and probably ] should have
liked So if had not known what 10 was. My
prejudice. however. was so great that !
could not finish Do. bat called in an urChin
from the street ami watched him fll his
hungry little interior with DO in twink
ling
4 Long Horseback Ride.
a teloeraphic MESSAGE from Om5k, in
Siberia. announces the arrival at that
place of the C0s,ack officer poschkof who
has undertaken tO ride alone. with one
horse from BlagDfestchcnsk, the chief
Russian station on the Upper Amor. 90 -.
Petersburg. "a distance az j.45I miles. start
ing from Blag0ye~tchcnsk on the 10Th of
November. Doe reached irkuisk 0n the lth 0f
January. and Om-k on the nth Of March,
the journey as far as the latter place being
accomplished 100 an average rate Of about
tWonty-ci-ht miles q day. Horse and rider
both reached Omsk in good condition. ln q
letter 90 IBIS commanding officer, written
from lrkul-k. The cnierpri-in- Cos-ach
says: "iraycr-cd =. l5l Ner-is ilb3i miles,
boo iOrts-n'ne days: in the saddle i2j hours.
The road BOZ general s aiioci0us.'
Real Estate Boom. ia Africa.l
4 gentlemen recently returned from
South Afral reports that it is one OF the
best countries boz the world for profitable
real estate investments. "r0utn Africa"
be says, .'alreadv ha, beautiful and tmiy-
ing towns. and 10 is destined 70 De tine seat
of "a great and progressive Engli.h-spcaking
race. When ] was there some years ago
was surprised 40 the extensive improve
ments. at the energy Of the people, and the
natural resources Of the land. 10 is the
place Of places 90 put away few thousand
dollars 20 lei them grow.
Prusfian Prison Statistics.
The last prison statistics of Prussia show
that ion the year lssS-S9 5000 Pussian
prisoners worked. altogether, 100000 days
for wages Of JOB cents each per day. OF tho
81. i32 men and 3.35G women under the su-
perVision of tine prison division OF the lrus-
sian Ministry of Justice. 1889 men and
2.ll2 women are employed by manufactu-
rers under contract with the prison auth0ri-
ties. Their average daily wages We're
about @ cents each.
The Turkish Navy.
The Turkish Government is reported 10 De
again directing its attention 10 the building
Of navy. For some time now the Turkish
navy has been Ten i'm depl0rablc condition.
10 is now proposed 20 equip such types Ofthe
old ships as are it for service with more
modern appliances. and i0 build new vessels
better qualified for defense on the latest inn
proved systems. New dOckyard- are 90 be-
constructed 90 Jeddah. on the Red Sea. and
at IripOli, ON the Barbary coast, for which
naval engineers are preparing plans and
estimates.
Dueling Rules OF the kaiser.
The German kaiser's new rules for duel
ling In the army will la the future permit
duels only when approved hy Council OF
Honor presided over by two Colonies. and
then only in two cases, namely actual insult
for which an apology has been refused; and
insult % a lady. who is either a relative or
Wife OF the officers. Duels are strictly for
hidden for quareis i'm "a club, casino, cafe.
on similar locality; when either party has
already fought three duels, and when either
Is married and The father Of family.
a CHASTITY Puzzle.
A Morocco correspondent OF the Petit
Mar-eillais says that with quantity of
which arrived some time since
at Ma-agan from Morocco there were eight
boxes consigned o. parties who could not be-
found. Al length the boxes We're opened 10
see il their contents would give any indica-
lion of their owner. They contained the
headlcss bodies Of sixteen young girls and
ncgress. and also the body Of q man. Each
body was carefully embalmed The affair
Is puzzle.
Coal and Petroleum Fuel.
Some experiments made with a mixed |
Iuel Of coal and petroleum, on the Italian |
Messaggiero, at SpeZZia, are |
we'll worth attention. The McssaggierO. J
which never before surpassed fifteen knots |
IN hour, reached almost seventeen with the |
new combustion. The engineers complain /
hat the immense heat generated Injuries the /
boilers, but that Of course. can be met.
German Liberty Of the Press.
German journalists have sometimes a /
hard road 20 travel. Herr Beshlrt was AZ /
rested for critlcising rather TO severely The /
conduct OF the Duke OF -COhOurg-
iOlha. lie was convicted and sent 10 the !
prison, and, although the I
'0urt did not inilict upon him the loss Of
ais civil rights. his hair aud beard Were
'roppcd and he had to put on the prison uni
orm.