The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-01

4 duel which Is exciting considerable CO.
riosity and comment was fought near var
scllles tuesday. The principals are SAID %
be hungarian uObicmun believed 10 be tht
SON Of an N-Mluistet) aud tho son Of dis
ungalshed parisian. An alleged intrigue
upOn he part OF tho wife OF ih" nObleinul
and the PtrlSian Us understood 10 pe the
cause OF the encounter referred 10. lhc
keeuest curiosity is manifested here and in
Paris as 10 the identity of the parties con-
Jeiued.
Tenn,so possesses the POETS true fond
moss E,r old WINE Ills cellar contains @
choice stock Of ancient vintage, his iaNOrite
among them being a Materloo sherry
wine just .venty-nVe years OF age. AnOihei
wonderful sncriY that the poet prizes was
sent 20 him 10y an admlrlng wine mcrchthl
ycais ago, aud the poet has said that IL d" was
made iO be drunk by Cleopatra or Catharlnc
oil Russia
The Empress HarukO, Of Japa Il, is short in
stature aud sie n0cr. Her har Is hlue-bleck.
aud she ls end9 " d Will creamy skin, the
long. oval ftce, and inc de icaie features Oh
ihe deal arlstOcf Qiic type oi japanese beau
tv. Four years have PASSED since hhe pu'
away The Time -honorcd costume oi her race
FOR the dress OF European women.
Lady Randolph Churchill Miss Jennie
Jerome. OF Nes YORK is dangerously III. the
result of a. chlii taken last week lolloWed 10y
congestion oi tie liver. Her husband. who
is supposed TO be somewhere near AFRO has
bccn frierrapncd fOr. and her father has also
been summoned from the kiVirrn.
Nr.rladstone has sent 10 the newspapers "a
Ieftcr. in which he expresses his thanks Tor
the unumCrable birthday congtatulat ohs ~
which he has been the recipient, and SAYS ht
r,yrets fhgt il is impossible for him 10 an
swer each Of his friends ana well-wlshers IN
diVidually.
The Pope has received from Berlin com
H. mica ION to the effect that the Bundles
rath, or Federal Council. has decided 20 re-
fisr permi. sion Tor the Jesults To tsiufh 70
Germapv. but Is IN favor Of permitting Tie
Redemptorist Fathers 10 return.
There was sisned at Athens. Greece. Tues.
a.v "a convention with the German National
Bank and the Dresden hank Tot loan 'h ~, ~
fkpo 600 drahmas (ncarly ss,OOOVppl Inc
proceeds Of the loan are 10 be eNpehueu oi'
athens an lofissa railway
The Orrn0nde, club. London. where slayin
aud McAuiine fought onsis soVg ~e,,ip Mn,
Gibbons OF Patterson, \. j.. VIII nSht biiiy
Keader. tue English champion, AT l@o
mounds The Pelican CLUB would nave noun
Ing TO do IN the matter.
The greatest marvel OF all the rich posses
sions of the Maharajah of baroda n cafpel.
about ten feet by SIX, made entir"y @ ~ =,
of psarls, with centre ana corner pleces oi
dialAnds. This carpet took three years 10
weave and cost s2OO,OOO
Sir Charles Dixie has accepted an invita-
ttou from the -ocietc d'Etudcs Slclhice ~
politlones 10 lecture IN irusseils IN the
French tongue ON the position OF 'he NViA-
ing classes sn The Diitish colonies.
The long -salked OF divorce has. II ID ao-
nounced. been granted 70 Nine. tyraud, wlie
- Sfichael t.yraud, the convicted murderer
- Genie. now under sentence OF death ~
The pfis0n ~ Ia koque'te'
rbe recei,.ss of Egyptian cotton al Cairo 70
dsfe amOu Qt 10 2.IOO,oJO cantafs, akaths'
D 300 OOO cantars % The corresponding Gate
last Year.