The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19
In FOREIGN LANDS.
NEWS AND COMMENTS OF AN
INTERESTING NATURE.

g The Tunnel Under tho English Channe
. An Ancient Laureat--Gsneral Miscel.
n lany.
Ar. J. A. Groom, honorable superin-
: tendent OF the Watercress and Flower
!; Girls Mission, sekforde street, Clerken-
! well, has issued his twenty-ninth report,
{ which is an illustrated brochure relating to
an interesting class. whose occupation is
the growth Of the last quarter Of a century.
; Lord Aberdeen is president OF the mission,
: and a number Of influential men serve
either as trustees OF on the committee. The
work Of the missionaries extends to the early
morning markets at .Covent Garden and
harrington, a club-rOOm AT the former place
being the greatest possible boon 70 the girls,
who sometimes have 10 wait IN the market
for hours before they can get supplied.
The Bible-wOman does effective service
by visiting the flower sellers in all parts OF
London. The half-peiiny dinners and break
fOsts are given I'm the winter 10 large num-
bers Of famishing bosrd-schO0l children.
The purely eysngelistic work Of the mission
is also unhaggngly carried on, not only by
visitors and Sunday-school teachers; Mr..
Gpom himself breaches 10 thousand per
sons at the f0resters Hall, Clerkenwell-
road.
The Flower Girls Brigade affords TO its
members a thorough industrial education,
| including artificial fiower-makng, and
about seven hundred girls have been with
| drawn from the streets and introduced 10
respectable situations. The whole enter
prise shows disposition 10 expand, and
| the principal thing now in hand j. the Home
for Little Girls OF the ilower-selling class,
who, il not altogether removed from the
streets. are in danger Of drifting into vice
i or crime. About 600 will be needed 10
commence this undertaking. and subscrip-
tons are earnestly requested.
The Channel Tunnel.
A report to the members Of the Channel
| funnel Company states that Of the 2l0,OO
{ shares. the whole had been issued ex-
cepting SIP. The engineer reported that
| the works already carried out in the tunnel
for 1900 yards remained in a good and
sound condition, while b0rings for coal had
reached depth Of I, 40 feet. The directors
proposed TO make a call Of Is. per share,
PAYABLE on or before the 3ist OF January
Next but as only portion Of the capital
was Immediately wanted, 3 per cent. only
would be charged on unpaid calls. In
meyng the adoption Of the report and ac-
counts, the chairman said II had now been
proved TO absolute practical demonstration
that the projected tunnel could be made
| easily and cheaply within comparatively
short space Of time. They had heard recently
Channel. That project was by no means
new. II had been before the public IN
England and France on many occasions;
aud, so far as this company were concerned,
they had not the slightest jealousy about
the making Of a bridge, because they did
not think il would interfere with what they
considered the better means Of communica-
tiOn-yiZ.. tunnel. He did not think the
Powers Of North Europe especially would |
a.. .kefrftaffgpa which trottIH Ia !
caused by large piers in the Channel, the
navigation Of which. under existing circum- |
stances, was difficult and dangerous
enough. Then, inasmuch as tunnel could |
be made for tenth part Of the cost OF a |
bridge, the former was surely the preferable |
scheme, and this company intended TO carry |
IL out as quickly - they could. When in
Glasgow the other day gentleman showed |
him a letter from Lord W0lseley, dated from /
the War Office, in which his lordship said |
I'm my opinion there would be infinitely less |
objection 10 a bridge over than tunnel I'M
der the English channel" He Che chair
mani would like 10 know Lord WOlseiey's
reasons for this opinion. 10 was quite clear,
however, that there was a glimmering Of
light in the letter, and that the military OBJ
jectOrs saw that some communication I'M
der or over the channel was an absolute ne
cessity. He was certain that the expert
would ultimately prove OF the utmost value
10 civilization ana mankind. The report
having been adopted, Lord BrabOurne and
Mr. Observation-Disclosures. NJ. T.. were re-
appointed directors. subsequently,, it was
unanimously resolved 10 bring forward in
the ensuing session Of Parliament bill for
1.-THE maintenance and continuance Of the
experimental works for tunnel beneath
the Straits-of Dover, and for other pur-
peses."
La Grippe at Paris
The epidemic continues to rage with con-
siderable intensity in Paris. A correspond
ent of the Daily News. who has visited the
hospitals in the city, thus details his eK-
periences: some only nedds 10 look at the
patients 10 see that the malady is a plague.
Nervous prostration, drawn faces, IN the
lines OF many # which there was the 'rigOr
mOrtis' sunken and expressOnless eyes, and
patches Of hectic red on the cheek bones
were universal. The coughing was often
accompanied with nausea just as violent as
in sea sickness. l saw many faint. At the
Lsriboisiere Hospital five were chosen out
Of quite crowd, and ! never saw anything
more pitiabe than the state ola batch Of in
Yalids who had 70 be dismissed as GONZALES
cent because they were only just a degree
better tQan the poor creatures who seemed
Al their last gap, and hardly strong enough
to beg for admission.
The doctors have 10 steal their hearts in
dealing with semi-conyalescents who oc-
cupy BEDS and in making a selection among
the applicants In the cOnsulting-r00ms.
Deaths are very frequent in the hospitals
more 80 than from cholera. The majority
Of them are from either the direct or sec
Ondary effects of influenza. IL is impOssi-
bic TO know how many die, the statistical
department at the Hotel de Vile and the
MOrtuary Bureaux at the Mairies being AZ
much as skies and seyens at the Post
Office. Nobody has time TO answer ques-
ton. On Tuesday the bills OF mortality
went up with a rush, 100 more deaths be-
ing owned TO than took. place the previous
day.
The Funeral Company and the agencies
connected with 10 are unable TO deal with
30 per cent. OF the business which has
pressed upon them for the last week.
There was never in any cholera visitation
since 1882 such block Of dead in Paris.
At BesancOn the malady has broken out in
the barracks. and almost the entire garri-
sons Of the fort Of PlanOise and Of ChatilOn
are inyalided. No official receptions will,
therefore, be held in that town. The list Of
deaths on Tuesday from influenza included
NM. Paul COllet head departmental clerk
at the Home Office: DE L2ttre, Of the Audit |
Office; Lelong. deputy councillor; General
FaucOnnet. retired tirst-class consul; and
LavOquez, chairman Of the French branch
of the Wilmington Company; Mr., Halves,
the English turtle: the COmte de Rance:
NJ. Max Mayer, the landscape painter; the
Able Vivian, an eminent priest; and Maitre
Alright, rising advocate related TO the
Duke Of Padua.v
At FrankfOrt-On-the-Mai over twenty |
per cent. Of the population have had the dis
temper. Hard drinkers appear 10 have sur |
fered out of all proportion 10 abstainers or
moderate drinkers. Apart from this, the |
female sex has enjoyed singular immunity |
compared to the stronger sex. The King Of
Nuremberg has now been attacked by the /
influenza. AT Munich the epidemic il still /
increasing. Il now has firm grip Of South |
Germany. The Sanitary Council OF Lower |
Austria has ordered that the Christmas |
holidays Of all the schools are to be extended /
one week, and all schools 10 remain closed |
until after Epiphany. Not only are large |
numbers OF the children abed, but many |
masters are taken III.
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