The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-29
OVER THE SEAS.
Many Matters by Mail and Cable From
Other Lands.


Other Lands.
The London correspondent of the Liver
pOol Mercury writes: while all England
is continuing to fete Mr.. Stanley, il is not
pleasant toreflect that his great predecessor
in African exploration, Sir Richard Burton,
is lying very dangerously i'll, neglected and
alone, i'm London lodgings. ct in his time
and i'm his own way the elder traveller ac-
cOmplished even more remarkable ieats
than the hero of the hour. His romantic pill
grimage TO Mecca and Elahedinah in the
disguise of MOslem deyOtee, his journey
through Berberah to the Sacred City OF
Harah, where no other intide foot has ever
trOdden. were but preliminaries to the great
achievement Of his lite, the discovery OF
Lake 1anganyika. This discovery paNeC
the way for al that has since been done il
Central Africa. and but for the failure OF hl'
resources, Captain Burton would undoubt-
edly have reaped much of the honor which
has gone 10 Others"
The Paris Exposition.
Interesting statistics about the Paris Tx
position are being published: The Ellie
Tower, costing 7,5l4,09j francs, had gross
income from May 18th to November 9TH, o.
q. 459.5s4 francs. The Exposition proper
showed profit of 100000 francs against q
profit Of 4, 1870, $40 francs at the Exposition O
1867, and a loss in 1873 of 800, 500 francs
Adding the increase of the bank balance, Of
the receil Is of railroads, Of the revenue
&C., a total gain not far short Of 5OO,OOOOO'
francs is shown. To this must be added the
strictly private receipts. Allowing l,jOO,OO'
foreign visitors spending on an average DO
francs each, and 5000, 900 from the province
OF France, spending on an average abou
100 francs each, $50, 100000 appeari a. tn,
private receipts, giving total of 100000,
600 francs direct monetary gain, or abou
$3.50, 100000.
Immense Australian Estates.
Many of the estates held in Australia ar
simply immense. Three are advertised 70
sale in Melbourne paper. The area of tn
| first is 454 square miles, of which the rem
Is 1921 Is Cd. only, and the cattle on tn
pasture are valued at - los. each. Ih
second comprises 6iS square miles, and tn
third 553 square miles. All three are il
Queensland. The first lot is described Il
watered 10y a river and having town =
miles distant on one side and 100 on tn
other. The advantage of the second is tina
| il lies between three towns which are re
spectiyely lSO 500 and $50 miles away; ant
| the third, apparently most fortunately stu
ated of all, is "withn 100 miles Of a rail
way
ON 70
A missionary in BorneO is confronted
with knotty problem. \ native whom III
recently CONVERTED 10 Christianity kept OF
INDUCING in the practice of head-hunting
his victims being tribe Of dwarfs in IN,
interior, not much more intelligent than thu
| brutes. OF course the missionary remOn
strated with him, but without effect, The
native taking the ground that the tribe il
question does not belong TO the human fam
lily at all, but 10 the family Of apes. anC
that their slaughter is therefore, not muir
der. And the missionary does not know
how to reply to this, for the beings in qucs
ton exhibit few of the characteristics o.
human beings.
Phillippa Garrett Fawcett.
English newspapers contain some addi
tionai facts about Philippe Garrett Faw
cett, daughter of England's blind POstmas
ter-General, who OutTanked the senior
wrangler of the year in the Cambridge
Mathematical Trip0s. She was born in
Cambridge twenty-five years ago. She was
at the High school, Chaplain, and three
years back entered NEWMAN, having won a
scholarship. Miss Fawcett's father was q
wrangler in 1886. The announcement OF
her triumph in the Cambridge Senate House
was received with great enthusiasm by the
men undergraduates as well as by the
women students who were present.
The Washington Family.
The English branch Of the Washington
family has erected memorial tablet i'm 81.
James Church, Sulgraye, Northampton
shire, 10 the memory Of Lawrence Washing
ton and AIMEE, his wife. This Washington
was the great-grandfather of Sir John
Washington, who emigrated 10 America in
1851 and the ancestor Of the sixth genera
ton OF our first President. The present
head OF the family is the Rev. George Wash
ingtOn, who resides in Paris. Ii is said 10
have been for several generations rule in
the family 10 give the name OF George to
one Of the sons.
British Naval Man@nyres.
IL is stated that this years British naval
manGuyres, which are fixed for the first week
inJuly, are on a somewhat smaller scale than
formerly. Few ships will be engaged, but. as
usual, these will be divided into squadrons
new feature will be the comparatively
large proportion o. new small craft-that is
10 say, II all Of them can he got ready in
time. The only point on which hitch NAV
arise Is In the scarcity Of iieutenants. Al
the lowest computation the fleet is short of
200 10 bring II W 10 war strength.
Bard OF the Ukraine.
A famous poet OF the people has lust died
In the Crimea In the person OF Asian yeres-
sal, known throughout Russia as .sfhe Bard
n the Ukraine" He has been a yeritable
and used 10 wonder about line
country reciting with wondtrful effect the