Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-20

den wNiic tho CrChcstta - IihN !"-' I
AMI is continually cracking jokes.
steamer down tho Danube river with
young married couple, and obseivin;
them enter this Same garden yesterday
we were saluted 10y the couple. The re-.
tired Opera-.neer saw the exchange ~
compliment. and was much pleased TO Tel!
M that tho h8nd.Ome frau or wife was
his daughter. She is married 70 apro9'-
ncnt youns country doctor. The proprle-
tor Of the garden and restaurant, IN addi-
ton TO singing INVENT around the place
drinking with tho people. add one would
suppose that Eis capacity " tomethin-
wonderful. "a he has this 70 do nearly
| every day throughout the season.
fAsmoSABIE DkfssHs
American laiics Of means who welt
Vienna invest IA dresses and gowns. az this
lie one OF the icrt places on the Continent
for ,no9isr- -dcsirahlc for style and dura-
mlity Of goods. and not near 80 c1p"nsiVo
ne In Paris. They make suits FOR gentie-
men also At very reasonable rates. but IN
other resps - Americans iaake misiake
t. do general shopping IN Vienna or else
where % The Continent.
Here they make mJremcer'chalm goods
I than Al, where else, perhaps. IN the worm.
and vet 10 London their products can 10
/ bought cheaper. for tae reason that Eng
/ land ~ q iree-tr4te country AMI the'e
is 70 duty on anything ouieide OF
} noOgt = dozen articles. Sak,, woodene'
umbrellas, end IL fact almost every
/ thing else that havo priced. can 70
/ obtg.neI cheaper IL London than el'"-
where Tbs IS the experience OF others
/ and rs most people cOmln: over from
| America tske IN London on the return
/ home "a well NJ coming, the sensible ones
who want TO mako purchases do thor
{ 81 a
! tural market. An English clergyman
/ whom mot bore "a few days ago bought a
ulcerschAum pipe. He ia Judge 81 @urh
articles and he said; Il could ct Inc pipe
| in London for less money, but bought II
J here because needed IT."
TAGfYY TFFKCrs.
| On n Lake Lucsrnc steamer Two
weeks ago talked with ~ Il iuicAlgeht
| Manufacturer Of England. He sad Inc
| French Government taxes sugar at ""iI"
/ IN wy that enables ~ u England to or
/ tan that product cheaper THAI the french
ucop.s get u themselves. The result Is
| That our De0plo. ins.est ~ send ~ -
| France a. We formerly dii for Jams con
fcctious. anl the hko, maze thcm our-
selves. thus creating iolgc IS nome IN
( au''ry that gives employment u many
| Thousands # people
OWING t. tie fact that so many English
eft 1sns spend the summer or tho CONT
nett the different Church 81 England 81
clrt,os detail preachers of that iath -
| take thCir own vacation on the 90 UT h"N-.
| and at 81 the resorts the pgo3' uer' coz,
| luct rel glDua services cAch NnniiF-
/ have met a number # these ministers or
rceiors. anA tbcy seem 10 De very loV OIL
sot of mon ia contrast 10 our own
preachers IN TIE United States they not
only freuucut the gardens ect drinking
| places. but they DO Lot hesltnte % - IL
| The smoklnS-roons OF tho hotc,s nuI IL
du,ce III "grog '-ScOich Wslskcv AMI
water. Why uot?" sad ONE ot thr'e
preachers 10 mo. as he slipped his grog and
! smoked he pine. We onioy tho good
tl.u.s Of this world, but DO not abuse
them
sCCi,rIr FnsoSs.
They ere evidently the sdmo fin1 ~
pcrsons TIA Ihack-ray. 50 yivlIly 90
scribes N lis novels. ! observe w1en
haudol card lv any Of those Ing sA
! preachers that tAor invariably give you
their club ~ VOL Rs private address, and
tllsi particularly trgO Of London 0nd tho
ou.skiris. Ono Il those preachers secnet
much surprised when tod thai It was
! rare except on IN the United states for
! minister Il the Gospel O. belong - club.
Although electricity fur hch;ln. plr-
poses is 90 extensively used II Europe
/ more generally, IN fa't, than IL the mtod
| states this power * stu very little en-
! Moved for street railways lGa' j. because
| i, takes more cep,tsl than can DO raised,
| aud partly because public hack chafg'a are
So small. Ii is astounding how cheap car
! rage hire Is in the continental elites.
MELONS.
II looked truly bomc-hkc when wc
| arrived in Vienna 20 find vGtrrmelons,
| cautai0upes, and Ilushmeions exposed for
sale in SC many OF tie markets and fruit
vendors stands. Tho wutcrmeions are
raised IN Hungary e,d some are almost as
! largo IA those we have a. homo. The
| melons. ore poor IN quality, however. and
the Hungarian and Italian peaches served
are literally tosje.ess. J.ey cost gre e
deal, too. In Paris peAchrs sell for out
| raceous prices A wealthy pn,atolpEian
told NE last week that his wife got
peach hungry" IL Paris not long since
and they ordered six. tor which the i.il
was over scvou dollars. II was almost
! hssrt-brenkng, but they had 10 pay the
tIl.
according to my observation the Euro
peans caa give Americans any points N
the matter Of river Improvements. ms
Is particularly noticeable in the rivers
Rhine and Danube. They are streams
| seemingly not 90 important in volume o..
water a. the james rlVCr. IN NITe ana
vet their traffic is marvellous. For hum
dreis or miles ono can SEQ along these
/ navigahle WATERWAYS SOLID masonry on
! either side Of the banks. and the channels
are thus kept regular and deep anu tho
country IS projected from overflow. lhelr
system Is - DO tho work not only well. e.
that It will last Tor centuries, but they DO
not throw away money on streams that
VIII never beneht commerce, 10 mntte1
how much IS expended.
nIvrns AND HAEDoRA
General Parke. who was predecessor Of
! General Casey as Chief Of tho Bureau q
Engineers at Washinetonl spoAe 10 ne
several years ago Of his observations on
the Rhine and Danube rivers, and ht
maintained for years that the nitcd
! states Congress was wasting money on
TIE smaller and more INSIGNIFICANT pro
jects nud spending too little on tho hle
rivers and haroors go essential to com
mercial prosperity in tae United S,ntos.
Sir. Cornelius Vanderbilt and family, oi
New York. have been travelling this sum
mer through Germany and Austria OF
their magnificent steam yacht. Mr.. Van
derhilt beng man Of such fabulous
wealth has been greatly lmportuned by
people over here for contributions Go this
Or that charitable object.
IIBEBALLY IAID
Tho leading London papers that have
resident correspondents q; tho various
, capitals on the Continent notoAiy pay tteu
liberal salaries, but provide each with g
house in which to live, and make 81
allowance for entertaining. One OF th'
big London correspondents is among the
most extensive entertainers in Vienna
These correspondents 90 not send grea
Quantity Of matter, but what they put OF
the wlro il largely exclusive, and Is price
: highly by tue owners Of the Journals they
represent.
POOl PATEEs.
The class OF news one Goes daily IN n,
; Sweden papers docs not permit Of va
! riety Of topics. Compared with our Owl
In tho United States they are poor news
papers. ThCy run so much TO longitudI
= mails, diplomacy, and tbe movements Of
the roy Il and noble class
, ENGIIsH DUDE
, Recently az ia bionabie watering place
> ] met tho typical English dude who Is 81
- frequently csricgturei 10y Punch, ~
I well as the American ILLUSTRATED
l papers. One does not believe thai
( this species of the genus homo
! exists until he IS encountered. | was