The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-05

Notes Of INterest BY Wire and Nail From
keYond the Sea.

keYOnd the Sea.
AFTER Mr.. Gladstone, Pope Leo the XIII.
is the most vigorous man of his age Of the
day. SAYS Edward ". Box ina the January
Ladies' Home journal. The routine of his
work would Kill an ordinary man. There
Is uo detail too small for him tO pass OVER
and from daybreak until after midnight he
deyotes his time t0 the Church and litera
ure Those who surround him know when
ne i- particularly tired Or worn out. for then
h. takes down "a volume of Dalae and reads
with The aYiiity ol school girl enjoying Der
first novel. OF all the authors, Dante Us The
pOUDs iaNOrIte. and DO has been remarked
that in physique Doe is NOT unlike the ac-
ceptcd idea OF that great Italian. lie reads
Dante lOr pleasure bat for Keeping himself
well informed On all that is happening ont
of the church as well as BOO if. Dee read. no
only American books. bat n wspapers and
MAGAZINES. and 10 mas surprise American
readers fO know that De is we'll informed On
all the topics of the day, political, religious
and social. lie has taken deep interest Do
the cause Of labor in the nited states. and
reads everything bearing On that subject
which comes tu hand. Once "a week we'll
selected bundle of American newspaper,
+, sent 10 the Vatican, and the
Pope and those that surround him
know not 0nlf what is going on in thr
United States. but they are familiar with
the calibre and character of the men who
make laws and enforce them. II is so in
ENGLAND also. ln addition % bis cOrrespon-
dencc iu the British Empire, Doe follows with
eager interest the reports in the various
newspapers. mot only of the domgs of Par
Lament. but OF royalty as well. the progress
of ihc church and the cause Of labor. Much
the saline plan is followed iu Gcrmnny. IN
fact. from every corner oi the world each
week H. sent t0 the Holy lathorneWspapcr-.
books and magazines containing important
discussions. 4 great many of these are
iied away for future reference.
TIE current number Of the Chinese Re
corder of Shanghai, contains paper ON the
Life and Writings Of the God OF Litera-
ture.~ hv the Rev. ID. Lyon. This being. 10
mpcar-. lived through seventeen different
/ lives as scholar and official, although only
nine lives of him now exist, the remaining
eight having never been recorded or pre-
served. ln his own person be completed The
prrfecti0n of the three religions of China.
F one OF his works contains chapter on
/ Ghosts and men. of which the following i-
/ the substance go. ghost is the corrupt
part of man. and man is the pure part OF %
/ ghost. A man can De ghost, ana a gho-i
/ can be man. The man and the shOst
are mutually related why separate man
and ehOstg The ghost becomes man, then
man must become "a ghost II "a man does
NOT become % ghost. hc Will surely Dee able o.
perfect manhood. 10 is difficult for ghost
. fo become man, because 10 has fallen to
| rh0sthoOd. and because 10 has lost manhood.
| A man is "a ghost; ghost is "a man: but all
men are not ghosts. neither IL every ghost "a
man." IL appears also that 1t is possible.
although difficult. for man 20 escape be-
| eonins "a Ghost This il how 10 can De-
| done. Those who can lie respectful with
out feeling ashamed. who can Dee Submissive
without deception, who can obey TO periec-
fion the rule of lie and are able 90 preserve
their natural force undated, secretly
| chcri,hng growth, will become Buddhas OF
genii, bat not ghosts
Is an old Nincennes shop. which was once
a smithy. there has just been discovered q
celebrated wooden leg. According 10 th,
Paris correspondent of the London Dails
| Telegraph. there il abundant evidence q
urogc that the relic 300 question is the shan
/ limb which replaced the leg which General
I Daume-ni lost ia the big wars Of the mrs.
Napoleon. This rugged old warrior defended
the fortress Of Nlncennes against the ailiet
! army. and is famous for having SAID To INC
J invaders. when summoned % give up th'
Mace. "Bring back my leg which YOU sho
an and YOU shall have my keys The
wooden fg now found had teen sent b,
Daumesnil 90 "a Nincennes smith. IN order
O be "shOd." as the general himself tA
messed it, Before the article was sent Dncl
The old warriOrdied suddenly, and his shan
iimb remained in the ancient smithy unit
fGe present dav. II will now be placed 10
fbe artillery museum of the Hotel DIES In
valides. among the many other martial an'
historic souvenirs.
An expedition 10 the south Pole, or "a
least in that direction through so much o
the Antarctic Ocean as modern conye
niences and trained skill may be able q
lunetrato is still i'm debate among geogra
nhical societies and ambitious adNenturef
who want tO lind new fields oi exploration
since the exploring expedition oi captain
Wilkes. iity wears ago, when the >ouil
Polar region was as carefully examined
measured. and mapped as 10 could DE by
force whose operations were confined 20 ih
2 -pa. the Antarctic waters and island. ah'
fho suggestion Of "A continent have beer
subjected 90 no exploring agency but ma
of some individual adyenturer at long IN
.eryaIs. and mainly fTenchman, II we M
member correctly. I'm other words, we haN
learned but little Of The mysterious HOuu
ern circump0lar sea in half century, an
know less oi it than we did Of the NJ
Nyanzas before Captain Grant reaches
g them.
SWITZERLAND is preparing for herself
trouble which will very possibly asslm
proportions undreamed Of The forcibl
suppression OF the Salvation Army by tn
civil authorizes Of Geneva is a step, the en-
of which cannot be iorseen, and Is under
s stood 10 be taken against the advice OF VI
Droz. the Minister of fOleign Affairs. q
course. the Salvation Army Is deemed
+ nuisance by the Genefeze. rs by most cor
tinentals. but II, instead Of treating tue pe
cuiar exhibitions with good-natured cor
iempt. as the French have done, they dig
nifty It's members by absolute persecution
/ they will lend 20 them an importance who
! they have aot hitherto possessed.