The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-08
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Sotes Of Interest Nv Wire and Mail From
Beyond tho Sea.


Beyond the Sea.
Nn. STANFORD. the noted English map
publisher has just brought ont chart cm.
bracing an of SIR. Stanloys new discover
ies. which recalls 90 mind q good story Do
1875. when Mr.. Stanley arrived in ial-
fresh from what was until Doe visited DO iH-
known Central Africa. q reporter of lh0
Figaro WAS sent tO interview hlm. on i.
way Doe stopped ai map store: OF GIVE in'
map of Central Africa. ] am going io DOB.
tpryiew Stanley. and ] must have Do.
But" said the man oi maps smli n-
.But me no butts. ] must have it, "ileh
YOU would better ask SIR. Stanley i0 muh'
10 for YOU. because none exist, 40 present.
"DfcR o. Jc DC stig bcfe. said one reporter
suddenly seeing ihe point. But bee "N
weak enough 90 tell the story on himself
aud he mas never heard the last oi Do.
A VERY useful invention, tending 60
lessen the possibility of accidents in ac
tories. is now being extensively adopted il
England. The breaking of glass. whici
is adjusted against the wall 90 every room
boo tine mill. will 40 once stop the engine 1901
electric current being established between
tine room and the throttle valve 0i ihl
engine. shutting on the steam in an boz
slant. Bv this means lhe engine Na-
stopped at one of the mills recently in d
few seconds. and q young girl' Who's
clothes had become entaugled DO an ui-
right shaft. wfs released uninlured.
The Maya Nucatan) Indian women, Dol
the privacy of their dwellings. labor naked
to their waists, but I'M public wear beautiful
cotton garments, the upper part richly or
namented Their hair is long, black, AND
abundant: their faces and figures Gin youth
quite comely. They are hospiiaDie and o
gentle disposition. showing plainly iha
/ they are descended from refined ancestors
| The children seem The happicsi in ile world
l they are polite Go strangers. never Quarfe
among themselves. are graceful % person
and winning of speech
SIR EDWARD WATKIN is once morepu,h
ing his scheme for digging tunnel Dee
tween France and England under the chan
nell scheme I'm which his si0ckhoider 3D.
| England have already sunk t>lOul. IT'D.
! French are anxious 90 have the tunnel com
/ plcted. but the Brit0n looks shyly al Do
] The ~pect itOr reminded Sir Edward SOM.
years ago. when De said ihat parliamen
had no power O. interfere with this enter
prise. that "Parliamcnt had power 90 haas
Sir Edward Natkin," ifhe engaged in lfi,.
ness dangerous % the country.
NJ. PAUL ANDHAL. who died the other da.
IN France, was the guardian Of Taliey
rands memoirs. the publication OF whicl
would make q greater fuss in Europe thar
any published boz this century. When lal
lcyrand died boz 1898 Dee faboOed their publ
cation until 1865. and NJ. Andrai has hei'
out tweniy-one years longer against mos
seductive offers. A Leipzig publisher Ol
fcred $4,000 for the first five volumes o
them There are fifteen in alD not long ago
GAYARRE. the famous tenor who has jus
died in Madrid. could sing all the mos
difficult tenor roles with perfect ease, but ID
the high notes his voice had metallic ring
which hindered his success in Northern
Europe. The Nadrllcn0s We're true tO bin
90 the last, and viii give him % ma-niicen
tomb 40 Pampeluua. Maplcs0n callel
Gayarre the "demon tenor because n'
could sing everything
RECENT excavations in Rome show thai
the ancient plumbers Of the Eternal City
were obliged 20 Doe very particular Will
their work. There have been unearihct
great quantities Of lead Water-pipe, eAcl
plainly stamped with the name OF the owner
Of the house, the year Of the plumbing. thl
name OF the C0nsuls FOR that year, anu
that Of the reigning Emperor.
WILLIAM NORRIS, the poet and designer
is very unpopular in England just now, lol
be has been telling the shop-keepers thai
two-thirls Of the things seen in their win.
d0ws are "hideous in color and form. with.
out the semolance OF the artistic spirit in
Them"
An sINs, the original Of the Chinese
opium joint keeper in 1.-The Mystery Of Ed.
win Drood.n Dickens uncompleled novel,
died recently In London.
Az Italian colony is 10 be established In
the Red Sea. Il Will be called Ertreo, and
will be managed by q governor and three
councillors.