The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-01
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ed plague OF lOcustS IN lrans-t aucasia. In
the government Of This, Elisayetpo. and
i'aku there are quarter Of million OF
acres at present being ravagcd. This con-
Germs only the land under cultivation. The
steppcs, such as that of Nil, at this season
OF cue year unapproachable on account Of
the vast quantities Of poisonous snakes, or
that of Mugan. are also invaded. Tho US
ual methods of destruction are in full opera.
ton, and more than a hundred thousand
men are actively employed. In ElsayetDOl
alone 3l2, 900 pounds Of dead locusis are the
result.
Cutting Turf I'm Ireland
The process Of turf cutting in Ireland is
thus described in the columns of foreign
exchange; In the county Of Kerry in
Ireland. man pays - cents 10 the land
lord for the privilege Of cutting n strip Of
turf nine feet long, three feet wide and from
SIX 10 nine feet In depth, says a letter from
the Green isle He cuts the turf m the
summer months, so that il will dry during
the hot weather. 10 is cut with a narrow
spade, called in Gaelic a "slan.7 When
cut the turf is piled in little heaps SO that
the moisture Will evapOrale. These heaps
OF turf have 20 bc turned usually three times
before the fuel is dry enough to be cartcd
away and piled into ricks. As rule. after
drying. the turf must be carted from four 10
six miles to the home Of the peasant. This is
done with the aid Of donkeys and horses. III
the peasant happens 10 be Spectator. he
carts the turf into Iralec or some other
market town and sells it. Turf is measured
by what are technically called rails
This word indicates donkey or horse load
The load is held i'm place on the cart by
means of wooden frames set into mOrtiscs
on the sides and ends Of the cart. The turf is
piled 10 a cone on top Of the cart, and IL
held in place by "sugganns.' 4 suggann
is a rope made Of straw. These ropes are
also used in some parts Of ireland TO hold
the thatch in place,
Won Moltke on the Army Bill.
These were the words Of Moltke when he
spoke recently upon the German Army bill:
"Gentemen, if the war which has hung
over our heads. like the sword'Of DamOcles
for more than ten years past, ever breaks
out, its duration and end cannot be foreseen.
The greatest Powers of Europe. armed as
they have never been armed before, will
then stand face to face. No one Of them
can be shattered in one or two campaigns
50 completely as 10 confess itself beaten
and conclude peace on hard terms. or as
not 10 recover after year on so, perhaps 10
renew the conflict Gentlemen. il may be a
seven ears war, it may be a Thirty Years
War-woe to him who SETS fire 20 Europe
and is the first 10 apply the torch 10 the
magazine, When such mighty issues are
at stake, an that we have won with heavy
sacrifices. the existence Of the Empire, per-
maps the continuance Of social order and
! civilization, at any rate hundreds Of thou
sands of human liycs-the money question
/ becomes necessary consideration, and
| every pecuniay sacrifice seems Justified at
the outset
\ Prince In Disgrace.
Truth" says: "princo Henry of Prussia
has fallen into temporary disgrace with his
/ brother ihe Emperor, owing To a mi,hap
which has been kept as secret a. possible.
! 10 seems that when the German squadron,
which has been cruising i'm the Moditer-
rauoan, was approaching Naples. Admiral
/ Holman ISSUED am order that the captain
| of each vessel should engage q local pilot
! before entering the bay. Prince Henry.
/ however. thought proper 10 ignore Oh" Adj
mirals order. and attempted 90 take i'm the
/ irene himself. with the dircful result that
she ran upon sandhank, ana after getting
/ Oh, narrowly escaped "a collision with ihe
| flagship. If Prince Henry had lived during
| the reign of Frederick the Great he would
/ have been suspended, and would then have
| been ordered 20 live in retirement in the
country for few years; whilst il he had
| been nm English Prince ho would have
/ been at once promoted
\ sea of Ice aud Seals.
Tho Thomson Line steamer 1remona
| from Liverpool, dispatch from Montreal.
! Quebec. saws, ON Wednesday last, during a
dense fog, ran into field Of ice. damaging
| her bows. After pounding about in the ice
/ for some hours, the i0g lifted. and showed
| all around the vessel heavy humm0ck- of
/ ice. ten feet deep in the water, and showing
about three feet above the surface. Gradu-
! oil tho -f4 and lis..r Inc
smaller pieces Of ice, were "a number OF
! huge icehcrg- The captain and the chief
officer climbed 10 the masthead. and found
| that the icecNtcnded Is far as the eve could
sec ON all sides. There were hundreds OF
seals on the ice, some Of them being close
TO the ship. After taking two hours To- turn
| the shin. she was carried southwark. and
worked her way out OF the ice. Owing to
the movement Of such large mass of ice
southwark, il is feared that navigation VIII
/ De seriously impeded.
Cute Process Server.
\ London paper relates the following
story Of an Iuglishman who was agent for
am Irish estate that was i'm chancery. and
| who resorted To- a cute maneuyre TO serve
| processes ordered by the court ON tenants
/ who would not pay their rent the baliils
/ having refused 10 GO SO. On. bOider than
/ the rest was waylaid. beaten, compelled 10
] SWALLOW HIS processes. ana ifdilF hllltu
| The tenants. defiant and triumphant, con-
| sidered that they had the game i'm their own
/ hands. so / summoned them all 10 my Of
| lice. They came readily enough. 1 mp
pealcd 10 them 10 pay the rent Devil q
/ penny viii we pay was the reply. and
nothing else could I get. | then put my
/ back against the door, and then and there
served them each and all with processes in
my own Office. They were utterly taken
| aback and made no attempt at resistance.
! The end Of il was that got the rent"
! TorIorn Prince.
1t is related Of Prince Waldemar. Of Den
mark, that last summer he asked "a gentle
man if he could not arrange for visit Of
| the Prince and Princess 20 large private
conservatory. The visit took place, the
owner OF the conservatory showing his
guests about. On coming to dollhouse he
/ asked % De excused from going in, and the
prince and he remained outside. During
/ The conversation between the Prince and
/ his host. the latter said ne had often Won-
dcred az his Royal Highncss having had 10
serve 80 long as lieutenant, and f0w II
/ was he had not been made a captain long
before this. "Nell," said Prince Waldo
mar, who. by-the-by, got his captaincy a
few months aiterWard, II am afraid ]
| haven't any influential relatives 10 look
after my interests
An Imperial Playwright.
the sultan turns up as writer Of plays,
which he has performed in little theatre in
| the Nildiz-kiosk. They are written in
French. When he has finished play he
summons his actors and assigns the roles,
with instructions TO have the performance
that night. For a plot he generally takes
some complication Of his palace, illGstrat-
| ing the troubles or failures of this or that
Official. The last. which was great sue
cess. exhibited an incapable manager of the
ROYAL household suddenly ordered TO have
dinner for "a hundred guests. everything
going wrong. and eliminating with ser
want exploding "a bottle OF champagne in the
managers face.
Severity in the British Navy.
severity seems stil 10 be the rule in the
| English navy. The lcarus, now on her way
10 England after "a two years cruise on the
West Coast OF Africa. has record during
that period Of one hundred aud eight war
rants for punishment. four cougt-martials, a
great number of minor punlshmenis, had
twenty-seycn desertiOns, and twenty men
who had completed their period Of service