The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-15
OVER THE SEAS.
Many Matters by Mail and Cable From
Other Lands.

Other Lands.
sinqanars papess relate an extraordinary
encounter IN perak between "A Pathan
Waterman r9W WgGlld5R9RtRfgf os9,PG yaWfG Raf
tins. and the watchman, Saril Khan, was
called to shoot the animal. The bullet wac
detected by the wire, and only grdzed tn'
skin ON its skull. lufiIriated by the wound
the panther rushed at the netting, and sue
coeding i'm removing some of il, got out, ana
Immediately sprang on Saril hhan' ihe
latter dropped his rifle, and as the panther
bounced on him, seized him by the throat
and mouth with his hands. lie Tell uhuef
the impetus aud weight of the beast, but
st'u held the latter by the throat, and
fierce struggle then took place on Inc
ground. i'm which. after time, the Pathah
eot the upper hand. Some watchmen ran
I'M and succeeded in shooting the panther
in the stomach, when Sarif let go ana the
animal retreated 10 a thicket, where ne
died. Ii was afterward found that Saril ,
,grip was so powerful that the creatures
wind-pipe was broken in three places
Another Bismarckian story.
II is now going the rounds that when Bis
marck was Prussian delegate To the tede-
raj Diet at Frankfort he took apartments IN
the house of Il patrician OF that free CITY,
who held the Prussans in great repug-
nance: and when Bismarck applied to MN
| 10 have "A bell tiXed up in his servant room
he answered that that was not in the agree
ment. and that if Bismarck wanted Dell
he must get il fixed himself, ana
at his own expense. a few days
| later loud report of firearms was
heard to proceed from the aeie9ate 'eh
room. The landlord, frightened to death,
rushed up to his odgers apartments, aud
bursting. all Out OF breath, into Blsmafc"
study. found him seated ut his desk before 4
GREAT nile of documents and calmly snOh-
| mo his nine. There was pistol lying on
the table. still smoking at the barrel. " Oh
the loye of heaven. what has happened
asked the frightened landlord, more dead
Than alive. Nothing, nothing answered
bismarck. quietly. "DOn't disturb your
self: was only calling my servant IL u
a very harmless signal, To when you WI,
nave 10 accust0m yourself, for no douDt
shall want Oftentlmes 20 use IL again.
The bell was fixed up next day
The Russian Chancellor
Prince Lobanoff. the Russian Ambassa
dor at Vienna, who Ia about tn succeed VI
do Giers. is "A man OF rare lntellectuai en-
dowments, He will receive the rank OF
chancellor OF the Empire, tltle never ac
corded 10 VI. de Giers, and general Delie
nreyails that under his guidance hussIa
will rapidly recover the prominent positl0i
in The councils Of Europe which she hel'
when Prince GortschakOh was at the zen
ith of his career. \ perfect type OF th'
grand seigneur the only fault that can D'
| fnund with Prince LObanOh is his aversion U
harl work. His manners, altAQugh couFll'
and dignifed, ARP neyerthele sremarkapieI
their independence, and he stands on rec0r'
I a. having on several occasions taught th
Czor,s brothers lessons in good form AM
breeding that they are not likely 10 lorge
in hurry. His social prestige In kussl
is very great, for his family Is OF more an
cient aud noble origin than that oi AieAan
|, der III who treats him with great distln'
lion. The PRINCE is a wealthy bachelor
and has only one ''grande passion" in life
namely. that for Mary stuart. queen 9
SCOTS of whose letters and relics he pos
sesses remarkable collection.
A Strange History.
The death of an Englishman OF title ha
! developed the strange history OF DIS nl'
The late Lord Stamford went ont 10 sOut
lfrica as a. missionary about forty year
/, ogo. and during the latter part OF his life I
, lived i'm seclusion on farm Gt "ynbers
which il within abort distance OF Car
> Town. Lord Stamford was three time
; married. and one OF his wives was a m
gress. The titles t. which he succeede
about seven years ago came 20 him wlthoi
the estates which had belonged to his pr
decessor. but the valuable Cheshire prope
~ will revert to the earldom after the deaf
a Of Lady stanford. who has the whole Of Il
estates for life. The late lord stamford n;
lonly left a daughter, who bears the histoi
= cal name of lady Jane Grey, and b
. nephew, the new Earl, was recently profe
Il sor of mathematics at college in the We
Indies. lie tO0khigh h0nors at oxford, an
: has Travelled nearly all over the world.
e A Noble Butter-Aiaker.
II The Duchess of Fife is tine butter-make
Il and il has become the fashion Of youI
o English ladies whose fathers avn farms
e learn butter making, and. ii possible, o
! taiu prize ut n country fair and sell u
n butter at very high price.
!, Cardinal Manning on stra-g briak,
n Cardinal Eanning's aversion 10 str0'
"a .lgink In every form is so great that twit
- when supposed to be in articulo mes'.s,
, has refused stimulants, aud ne alipdes !
i umphantly to the fact that he got well ea
% time as a proof that stImulants are neI
d necessary,