The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-04

IF her territory. VIZ :" 49, .nJ Ia ,ba
there are s4.2s0 SQUARE ""o' VI I'M"
state and 1850 people
More than 2l,OOO.oO francs have been OK
H. sacrod Heart in Paris. and it Is estimated
,bot an expenditure Of 3 100000 francs more
viii be required TO complete 1t.
In Vienna there is a club Of rich men who
are pledged 10 marry poor girls. whether
thew are actuated by a spasm OF lofty virtue
or feel that they must throw In some lh'uce-
mont in order to get a wife does not appear
General Tcheng-ki-Tone who so complete
~ lost his head in Paris while serving as Sec
rotary OF the Chinese Embassy there; as
gracing his Government by borrowing urge
sums on its credit and defaultlng pasyn1eht'
is going to lose 1t again. THIS tine Il ''
eminent e1ecutlOner Will take IL on
The Swedish Government is employing a
novel cure for drunkenness. III oonoh
confining the patients and giving tn'n M
inc brt bread and wine to subsist upon Inc
result is that the patient soon peVOn T3,na~
seated and abhors any intoxlchlin- -
No water is allowed during the treatment
Ieurosv is increasing ut an alarming rave
in Spain. From Alcanta 1t IS reP0l'.u In
several villages are afflicted with the
malady. In Benidorm there are eiEns an
lies. every member of which IS d icpoti
(rafa the number OF ltlti7 a.
hospital is 10 be built for them. anu a : ~
uoints the plague is increasing III q iIlsnouI
manner and the doctors are unable To cope
with it.
On the occasion Of the death Of an old col
ored nanny in Lexington. ny, recently:
her remains were LAID in state IN the parlOI Vl
her mistress handsome home ana many Wits
mourpers followed the body to the fihat rest
ing place. During the last days OF nel slness
fAr tina ladies OF tNe fanny
IN hurry home. whenever they had had Occa-
sion to 90 out. so that the old auntle should
not get lonesome.
B~oulanger's patroness, tho Duchess dues
in the courts Of the department OF the seine
has had "a guardian appointed Tor her speho-
thrift son. jacques Marie de Crussol dues
Duke dues. Since he became OF age On
November 10. 1883. he has contracted an III 600 lo
mediate Indebtedness amounting to SiVVVygc
has induced his mother to take up siY'uoO
worth of his notes. and has mortgaseu lis
estates for 1900, 600.
The curious news comes from Bombay that
an epidemic of cholera has pr0Aen ou'
among shoals OF sharks. those terIlDle IiOn-
sters that infest the Indian ocean; INC oOuee
les of several British seamen VINO hau uleu VI
cholera in the harbor of Bombay were taken
out TO sea and buried, and 1t IS supposed that
the sharks contracted the disease by teastlng
on the bodies of the human victims.
late census of the city of Lima. Peru,
shows il 10 have a population of lO3 ,9ob. OF
which 40. $50 are males and "a, lO6 are females:
IN Qf1 Of the inhabitants can read ana 3L,St1
can neither read nor write. A singular re-
versal Of the relative proportion IN numbers
of the sexes IS shown by comparison Win pre-
yious enumerations la 1866 the census
showed the city to have 4.i22 more males
than females. while the present census SHOWS
that the females outnumber the males by
4,756.
Du Chaillu. the explorer and traveller, Is q
very mild hammered and modest man Tor a
man who has penetrated the African lungles,
slain half a dozen wild OTaug-Outangs IN crosse
combat. as he has really done. ana lneh
Jumped from beneath the burning sun oil the
Iibvan desert to freeze under tine polar star.
He is very amiable and courteous IN his inter-
course with stranger and friend alike ana ne
is an especial favorite with children VINO ike
his simplicity and kindliness.
In the taking of of the late Khediye Of
Fgypt. a leading British medical authority
sees IAN illustration of the lamentaDle IN
fuence of the harem in bringing about the Sc
lection Of native physicians and their con
troll of access to the patient. the skill ana e1-
perience of European physicians Delhg there,
bv set at naught." But 1t has been asserted
on seemingly excellent authority that IeWhks
physician was a Christian, and studied MS
profession partly III New York.
There is no foundation for the report that
there has been a difference OF opinion between
Queen Victoria and the Prince and Princess
of Wales respecting the place OF the Duke OF
Clarence's burial. 1t appears that the Queen
and their Royal Hiehnesses have. from the
first coucurrcd in deciding that the colin 81
the lamented Duke shall remain permanently
in Albert Memorial chapel, and II Will soon
be placed there in Il sarcophagus similar 10
the one in which the Duke Of Albany IS
buried
Prince Henry Of Prussia, brother of the
Fmneror of Germany, Is about 10 be made "A
rear admiral of the Imperial navy. The
Prince has been acting as q captain Tor three
wears. More than two years ago His Majesty,
not wishing TO see his brother Outranked,
offered 10 raise him to the rank OF rear adj
mjral but the sailor Prince declined the pre-
ferment on the ground that he wished 10 le-
come more familiar with the duties OF a cap
tain before accepting IA higher rank. He has
now given notice 10 his brother that he IS
ready for promotion.
In the church at Fanbyn, Sweden. three
couples, representing three generations of two
families. were married on December 10th. The
first CEREMONY united the wldOWer, j. HOglund,
eighty-four years old, and the widow, Mar
garcia Christina Sioholm. the second. Jonas
Erik HoglGnd, a widOwer. and Sarah Johanna
SZogyist, nee Sjoholm. The two grandchil-
dren. who were married last, were Jonn Peter
Hoglund. twenty -four years old. and Anna
Charlotte Szogvist. nineteen years old. These
three generations OF brides and bridegrOOms
live together now on Grandfather HOglund's
farm.
The purchase Of Alaska has already proved
to be a pretty good speculation. goods being
exported from that country last year to the
value of over $1,000. 600 III excess OF the price
paid TO Russia for the territory. and the re-
sources of the country seem 70 De far from
fully known yet. Captain DE Haas, who has
lust returned TO Tacoma after a two years
mining tour in Alaska, says that a very profit
able business in canning wild geese and ducks
could be established and carried on at the
mouth of the Yukon river. These birds. he
say. gather there IN immense numbers III the
spring.
There are two factories in Philadelphia
that use up IN the season one hundred horse
hides ii week each u cover base-balls. They
are alum tanned. One hide will furnish
covers for ten dozen No. l balls. and five t.
eight dozen inferior ones. Horse hides for
this purpose sell from $3.50 TO a each, as 10
size. Rips are also used. They sell AT II
cents a foot. and sheepskins $3.50 to - a
dozen. The best regulation balls sell at 1926
TO $50 each. A piece OF rubber forms the
center. around which yarn is wound by hand.
Then they are covered. They are dead