The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-09
FROM FOREIGN LANDS,
News aud Comments OF Various Kinds
Hrnnght by Wall and Gable.

DIumpen" or Ragged ball Is n speciality
NJ Vienna. and not u be seen anywhere else
in the world. Take (says Standard cor
respondent 300 tamps and yagabonds Of
both sexes. found on the Queens high roads.
or from the worst rcpuied quarters Of the
great towns. and place them IN a series OF
hall. spacious enough 10 allow OF the pres
euce of some 5000 visitors OF the bet
ror classes, and let this mixed
multitude move about as az
20 promenade concert. chatter, joke and
dance 90 the merry strains OF dozen bands.
located in the various halls and rooms; DO
an this. and you will then have ragged
BAH on the Vienna model. The Jenna
lumpen Ball is am Institution Ot eighteen
ycar-'s standing. II was the invention OF
some benevolent gentlemen DESTROYS Of rails
ing funds for providing poor children with
winter clothing. They called upon a num-
Der Of artiIans. seamstresses. laundfesses,
servant girls. assistants, apprentice, of all
trades. 10 lend their aid, and the re-
-Uon-o surpassed all expectations. The sons
and daughters Of well-tO-dO tradesmen
Joined in the fan by forming groups. They
trained themselves for weeks, and provided
expensive costumes; and 50 well did the
whole succeed. that all Vienna Hooked TO
see the " Ragged Ball." which 10 this day
has not lost is reputation. The turmoil
during a Lumpen ball is indescribable.
The ragged" people are rubbing their
shoulder. against the sciOns Of the Oldest
families: servant girls meet their mis-
frcssos: the shoemaker and the laundry girl
are pressed by the constantly moving
crowd. or by the dancers, against
their customers; and in all the
whirl and confusion. and the extra
ordinary mixture Of the masses and the
classes. there is no quarrelling or dispute,
while among the thousands present not a
drunken person is seen. The airis sitting;
the shrieks and cries Of those who dance.
aud Of those who only enjoy the fun. are
deafening: and the different sorts Of music,
from the military bands in the dancing
rooms 10 the truly Nienncse Schrammeln
quartette and the Natursansers ana wills
tiers i'm other rooms, are bewllderinS.
still. nobody cares 20 leave before the
small hours Of the morning. To introduce
variety it has been made custom TO sati-
rise the events Of the year by groups, in
whose formation the committee always
takes great interest. and prizes are award
ed 10 groups. as well as 10 individuals, for
the best caricatures Of the evening. There
are also specimens Of tramps and beggars,
Of fOriunc-lellers and hawkers. Of village
musicians and "mashers,n called In Vienna
"Gigerls." which every good painter or
sculptor would be delighted 10 have as
m0dcls-better specimens Of the plciur-
esque. in fact, than can be found in Rome
on Naples.
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IL SOUTH
WALEs.-A meeting Of the court Of gov
srnors Of University College, South Wales.
and Nomenclature, was held Wednesday
afternoon at Cardiff. Lord Aberdare pre-
sided. The first business was 10 OIL yacan-
cios i'm the list Of governors The chairman
dvrlt uuon the important benefacti0n which
had been received from the Drapers' Com
pany-f2OOO in "a capital sum, aud 600 "A
wear for five years. making "a total Of t3,JOO
and suggested the representation OF the
Diapers Company upon the court. Inc
suggestion was adopted, the following
being elected Governors Sir }. II. John
SON. Muster Warden Of the Diapers Com
panv. Mr. g.. Gripper. second Master War
DEN. and Mr.. Evan owen. secretary OF the
Miners lrOyident Fund, Cardin. MAJOR
Jones moved the following resolution.
"Ihat lhe Governors present pledge them-
selves tO do their utmost % bring 20 sue
cc.-ful issue ihe appeal now being made 10
the inhabitants of South Wales and Mon
meut Of engineering and faculty Of medi-
cine. and also 90 strengthen generally the
present educational departments Of the
COLLEGE I'm supporting the resolution ifin-
cintl Jones expressed the pleasure he felt
in being able % say that there was
hardly any doubt that they would De in "A
p0-ition tO start the engineering department
iu October next. Dr. Edwards dwcli upon
the need for establishing q medical school
in connection with the college. In reply 10
ia question. the Principal stated That about
$500 o. 4 700 "a year. in addition 10 fees, would
Doe required 90 carry on such school. Inc
buildings would cost about $1,000, but he
estimated that 800 students would attend
and make 10 one of the most successful de-
u4rimonts of the Institution, Lord Aher-
dare said heregarded the establishment Of a
medical school as "a certainty Of the near
future The resolution was carried.
TIE NrRNACULAR LITERATURE or IN
prA.-In am official catalogue Of books lately
published in tine Bombay Presidency we
lind a poem in the Mahrattee language, in
which the Empress Of India is asked 10 put
"a stop % cOW-kiiliug: a pamphlet IN the
Same language ON the nebuar hypothesis
and Darwini-m: "a story iu Mahraitee enti-
tied 1.-The Beauties of the llarem,' ana APP
ulrautly adapted from the English OF Mr. g..
se,u0ld-: three GOOieratee poems on the
GREAT lire at ~urat and a GOOieratee drama
entitled The Victory Of Justice, and found
ed. though the names are altered. on the pro-
caodines Of the Crawford Commission. The
most notable work. however. is GooJeratee
drama. Hind and Britannia, dedicated TO
Lord Ripon. The play begins win an acri,
m0ni0us controversy between lima ana
Britannia. in which the latter is accused oil
being the cause Of all lndias Woes ana
makes "a very poor defense. LlneIty tnth
apuears on the scene. condemns Britannia,
I'm Tolls Hind that IL is better for her 10 re-
main for the present i'm q state Of subleciion.
AT the same time Liberty recommends the
app0intmeut of Lord Rpon rs Niceroy 10
undo the mischief done by his predecessors,
especially Lord Lytton.
NEWSPAPERS IL POLAND.-The Warsaw
Dneynik. the only daily Russian paper
which appears in the Polish capital, has
inst celebrated the 18th year Of its eXis-
fence. and the fact supplies the Russian
Pres, with an excuse for narrating tie his
tory of Russian newspapers in Poland. The
first Russian newspaper M W arsaW was
the official Gazette of the kingdom OF To-
land. founded i'm 1857, and this became IN
1864 the Daily Gazette, which has just Gel
ebrated ITS 18th anniversary. Ii was origi-
nally published in both Russian and Polish,
but I'm 1879 the Polish version was sup
pressed. I'm 1880 il became the property OF
Prince Nicholas Galitsyne. and then lost lis
official character, although the editor has
sill 10 be nominated by the 6oyernOr-Gen-
eral. The two other daily journals which
were started i'm 1873 and 1873 had only a
brief existence; but literary and scientific
weekly journals have been more fortunate
and l0ng-liyed.
MUMMY CATs.-An0ther sale Of mummy
eats took place on Monday last az Liver
pool. where Messrs. Gordon q Co. offered in
their sale-r00m q consignment Of nine tons
of ombalmcd eats, mostly in fragments,
from the Beni-Hassan pit. The sale al.
racied large company Of merchants ana
brokers. The bones were first sold, ana
were purchased for IS lis. Cd. per ton by
Nessrs. ieyentOn a CO., who are the hold
ers of the first cargo imported from the same
place. for fertilizing purposes. heads were
separately offered, and Tor these there was
some competition, and the prices ranged
nom lis. gd. TO As. sd. For one specimen
consisting of the entire body without the
head. of AN embalmed cat, Js. Cd. was OBJ
ainrd. and some bones fetched as mueh as
IS. each,