The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-06
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News and Comm,lis OF Various Kinds
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THE New ! ork sun says. A French lady.
who was the first European female to hi7ii
the town OF Mandolin. i0hhin, made %
great sensation recently when She trst ape
peared IN public. Tine iair sex OF the town
gathered around. and their comments gave
great entertainment l0 One Europeans VINO
understood them. The ladies regarded ln'
white woman blueeyes asihe heisil .i u--
illness. They could u0l undo .fand ile
hustle 90 an. lut finally decided Chat twas %
natural delOrmifl. which. however, DNeiiti
"A tire of pleasantries instead of comml-eia-
ton. and when they saW the young woman
take the arm of her husband ANA Waih
away. her conduct was regarded 1s simpi.
scandaiOus. and there WAS % chorus OBJ in-
teriections exactly equivalent OBJ 0uf Mo.l
shocking. Like Leigh Hunts fish. they
thought the sight oi % mau am woman on
the street 'lnked hn m hn' most un-
seemiy spectacle.
AN English Court has just decided thai a
wife married I'm Japan after the fashion in
that country is legal wife in England, ou
the ground that "Japan has long been ie'
cOgnized as civilized country n pre-
yiOus decision in "A case where ine VIE MA-
"A HOttent0t. aud was married after Tine Hot
tentot fashion. bad upset the union ON ln.
ground that the ll0tilll0ts were heaihen'
and polygamisls, and did not know wlai
marriage in the civilized sense meant.
WHEN the new Forth Bridge was TESTED
last month the load put upon the structure
WAS more than double what Viii ever Doe o.
on il at one time when in practical use. IN
A heavy gale recently the wind gauges H.
corded a pressure OF thiriy-seten pounds g.
the square foot. but the maximum ldleia
movement Ot the central cant.ltftr was jess
than one inch under this pressure. .lu.
Prince of Wales Will open tle bridge if
mally on March :.
TnE ladies of Bermuda have started @
rifle club. OF which the Governor Mlie i'
president. They have range of their oW o.
where they practice 40 one hundred fafa'
with 2lcalibra weapons. and are said l.
make remarkably good scores. There al'
seventy members. and their tr5f cham
pionship competition Is 90 take place mex
month.
The usher OF the English Court of Pro
. bate and Divorce has just died, leaving
I fortune Of 100000, accumulated from
salary Of 500 per year for tlirfy-iAree year,
and from the tips That flowed in upon hin
in stream, averaging nearly >luN le
year. >uiiOrs. iuryman. witnesses, report
tIrs anu 1914 uANN ha ttl' tHr NHANA Do. NttH 'tr
| lish courts.
A CURIOUS maiady has succeeded tl' Boz
nuenza epidemic at Milan ia mona. Nlef
.lherers are recovering from the inllenl
they often fall into "a state % coma lpr ~.
or three DAYS. III they wake up thoroughly
| la mona has no further consequence, bat 4
they sink into another sleep death follow
within q few hours.
GERMANY il bent 90 naval improvements
The new great harlOr at tuXAa}en VIII ID
begun shortly. as lhe works Will occup'
three wears. This port viii De large enough
10 accommodate one hundred OF ine large
vessels at one time and VIII be thirty Zee
/ deep at low water. Another importan
harbor at Emmerlaf on the North Sea is als
planned.
THE gambling spirits OF Paris are dodg
ing the gaming laws with marble boar
dotted with shallow holes numbered ih
those on a bagatelle board. The board 3
laid in the angle OF a billiard table and Ga
balls are rolled over il by hand, winning d
losing according 10 the hole in which the
stop. They call ii ''baraque."
Two ironclad frigates are 20 BE- built /
England for the Russian feet Ina the Baltic
They are 10 be hit "a with the most povcrl.
engines that can be constructed. and are
be aimed with the heaviest hrurp -un
They are 10 b. constructed from Russia
y lates.