The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-12-30
roreirn Items of Interest.

is getting TO be as plump as partridge.
Earl Russell of the recent sensational d.
yorce case in London. is coming 70 tilis Gun
try 10 lecture on electricity. which - yno OF
his hobbies. and on which ne iS SeneiaNy VII
sidered 20 be an expert.
The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-SehwV,etln'
according b. foreign papers Is grauufan' ,v
oovar;ng his health nj Cannes. where he mas
heen living III for several months. MS no" al
Highness, however, is still very SICK man
Ellen Terry's signature is worth exactly iys'
"a sterIinD She placed her name, uhs2,
licite5 on some isd. photographs OF hefset
AT an Edinburgh fair the other night, ana Tue
price Of the pictures at once ADVANCED ~ o"'
guinea each.
REPORTS from Rome all indicate that me
health OF the Pope is falling. ana InaO .ho
probabilities are that within ak mon.hS 70
0urnal will have 10 face the possloili'y y.
new occupant Of the Vatican and the chatseu
political combinations arising from SUCH III
event. .,
The Countess d'Eu is not popular IN Br.Ail.
She is said 20 be o bigOt III religious nHlsSi'
end to have wild ideas of economy. Sne
gave balls at Dom Pedros mountain palaco
when Brazil was in the throes OF the small
p0x scourge.
Tho efforts which are being made TO OBJ
tain the releaso of Mrs. Maybrlck are mucn
moro svnnathetc than sensible. and al TAX
about having a writ Of habeas corpus lSsueu
for her production in another effort to VENT
late the case is absurd. Such proceeding
would not be tolerated for moment
The city OF London is put down by geogra-
phers as the centre OF the landed hemisphere.
In other rds a radius Of about o'oO3 11eS
on the curved surface OF the earth, WIN In seI
don AS centre. would describe circumieT-
ence inclosing more land than any 6.OOO-nlie
circle that could be drawn from any other city
in the world.
wonderful flower has been discovered on
the lsthmus of rehuantepec. when chaiiEe'
it, colors ct different periods during INC u"S;
I'm the morning il is white, when the sun - 2, az
its zenith it is red and at night 1t is Dlue. me
red. white and blue flower grows on q wee
about the size Of guaya tree ana Only ~
noon does It give out any perfume.
lord Salisbury has been at the head OF the
Conservative government Of England since
Julv n 1856. and he fails to call to mind a
sinole week during that long term when nc
hos not had il SAID of him by the leading edi-
foria authorities of the great Liberal party
that he was ION his last legs IN ms ias'
ditch" on the verge OF defeat ana ct1iii
tain to be compelled to resign het ne sum
lives.
Cardinal Manning does all his literary work
on small writing pad which he rests on his
knee The famous English prelate ~ now
past eightv-three years of age ana growing
/ teehle His fine intellectual face IS scanned
with the lines that old age brings, anu the
thin skin is drawn tightly across ms oIonu
| forehead The Cardinal Is gerry tail man,
| more than six feet IN height when erect O"'
his slender figure Is much bent.
Rerlin has 2iO miles OF streets 50 thet per-
| son might walk ten DAYS in the German capl-
| tI without going up or down the same street
! twice II the 400 000 inhabitants were 10
/ turn ont At n grand review and march IN
/ double file they would form hne 'Jo mics
/ i'm length. If the citizens should all Ge-
| terr,ine to start on d Journey on the same Gay
ond N Inc same time all the cars IN Germany
would accommodate but two-thlIus VI 'ne'i
number.
According to Danish papers considerable
concern is felt in Copenhagen over the rate OF
/ the steamer Hekla. which carr ed the kyder
expedition to Greenland For three months
/ no word has been received from the steamer.
! When last heard from the expenlNon was Ill
| seyenty-three degrees north latitude IL Was
/ hoped that the Ship which arrived recently
/ from Iceland would bring news or tne
! Hekla. but il failed 10 do go. II Is believed
/ that the vessel has gone to the north OF
t Greenland to complete 10, cargo or 10 eslap~
| lish a station.
Yesterdays Australian mail. says the Pell
/ Mall Gazette. brought news OF the nnolnB' OV
| the Bishop of Adelaide. OF the carcass OF q seq
/ gerpent al Avoid Point. near Colhh bay,
/ South Australia The Bishop IN wiring 10
/ an Adelaide friend states that Whne n1lng
/ alone the sen beach he came across dead
sea serpent about sixty feet IN length. 1t mad
| q head five feet long. like that OF an immense
/ snake. with two holes on the top. lhere were
! no teeth in the laws. The body was round.
! and the tail resembled that OF whale. The
! BishOp describes his find as the most pc
! culiar animal he has eyerseen.
The Duke If Westminster. who already en-
! lows the reputation Of being the wealthlest
| man in England has just inherited. says the
| New York Recorder. a further fortune OF
| $500 600 a wear through the death # his non
| aoeuarian mother. His Income at present
amounts 10 e4.00O,OOO per annum. The heir
/ to all this wealth is the Duko's grandson, little
/ Lord Belgraye, an Eaton boy about fourteen
years of age. When the present Duke was
/ at Eaton he went by the nickname Of Jack
/ Shepard" a sObriquet due 70 his extraordinary
resemblance 10 Crulkshank picture OF That
famous young burglar and Jail breaker.
Prince IppoitO AldO-Frandini Borghese q
nephew Of the present head Of the great Ro-
mau house has entered the Order OF the
Jesuits he young man IS only eighteen
/ wears old. From his earliest years he has
always shown an inclination towards tho
| Church and the life of an ascetc. 80 that his
! friends while regretting its determination,
are not surprised at his fulfment.
lie reached his decision to withdraw
/ from the world II is said
at the recent celebration in honor Of
san Luigi Gonzaga whom he has also chosen
as his patron saint. The young prince took
/ his final vows Of poverty a few weeks ago, IN
the chapel of the Albergo Castanzi. BY his
remuneration his fortune Of S20000) falls into
the treasury of the Jesuits. At time when
the family has been reduced financially many
members regret the loss Of this large sum Of
of money. Their regrets. however. are in
vain.
Round the neck Of the Holy Virgin Of Al
mudena the patron saint of Madrid for whom
a fine new church is being built close t. the
! Royal Palace. very beautiful diamond ring
! hangs on thin gold chain The ring belong
! ed 10 the late King Alphon-o Aii., and a
strange history is connected with it, which
! may well appeal TO the minds OF the super
: stitious SpaniaTds. On the day of his we'd
/ ding 20 Mercedes the daughter Of the Duke
! OF MOntpensi5r. the KIM gave the ring u his
/ bride. who wore II till her early death. After
/ the funeral the King gave The hing to his
| grandmother Queen Christine who died soon
after. lulanta Maria del Pillar. the sister Of
the king. then became rs possessor She had
worn It only lew days VIXEN she died Then
| the ring became tie property OF the King
once more. and he gave It o the sister OF his