The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-05

English is now recognized as the official IAN
guago of the Imperial University OF loKlo'
The last language into which the New Testa-
meut has been translated IS the Motu language
of New Guinea, the latest trlDe 10 DeCoHo Lbs
lish subjects.
Mr.. Gladstone's friends are privately urging
him to remain abroad ill the present e demlc
nasses away. They much fear that a second
attack of influenza would be serious.
There is only one vessel in the British navy
which ia the last thirty Years has been ehgaEgu
in a sea fight with q hos lie War-snlp, the ohaA-
She is TO 6e sent to Bermuda 10 die a hulk.
The German Socialists are attempting 10
make themselves felt By enforcing ii party Boy
colt OF all goods not bearing the stamp lnol-
eating that the manufacturers have submitted
to the Socialists regulation OF wages.
German military papers publish alarming sta
tistics as TO the spread OF drunkenness IN tns
German army. In Saxony the CONSUMPTION OF
spirits has somewhat diminished, but The dlmln.
ution is more than made NJ by the drinking OF
beer.
An official statement is published in Calcutta.
in which the Government OF lncla declares
that. alter full inquiry, II Is able to give an en-
phatic denial TO the alleged increase IN the use
Of opium and the existence OF greater facilities
for Its sale.
The Sultan Of Turkey. through the Grand
Nizier. recently began a suit for libel against
La Rama, a cOmlcal paper Of Bologna, Italy lor
publishing carlcatures a., MS Majesty ne
Sultan won the suit, and the editors OF the
paper were sentenced to three days 1mprlsoh-
ment and 10 the payment OF a line or $40.
The managers Of the Iranscaspisn railroad
are having a hard time keeping the Inc be-
tween the OXus river and Bokhaia clear OF sanu.
The road passes through wastes OF drifting
sand piled up in long wave-llke heaps. Inc
slightest breeze causes the top OF the crests TO
blow further on. aud the sand Sits on the track
III great quantities.
The Bongo people have an iron currency
having the shape of a spade. with a handle and
an auchor-like end TO It.. This they call logo
collnti. The largest iron com circulating here
is of the size and shape Of a large plate being
one foot In diameter. These treasures are piled
up III the wareroons of native merchants just
as the silver or gold bars IN other lands. For
ten iron plates OF two pounds weight each the
love-lOrn Bongo swain buys has lhamorata oil
her papa. When he can't get ten. OF such iron
plates he has TO be satisfied with an elderly
beauty.
Thomas D. Bullinger. Of Govanstown, is the
owner OF an antique work OF mechanism. IL Is
the result OF years OF labor Of an old clock
maker Of Nurnberg, Germany. When the clock
strikes the hour two beautiful German airs are
heard In succession and on a platform above the
dial twelve small figures or men and women
about five inches high. dance in couples. Musl
clans are seated IN the rear OF the hgures per.
forming on the cornet. drum and clarlonet. \
clown appears clapplng his hands ana movlne
his mouth. A figure appears on either side OF
the platform and makes Il polite bow. III
clock plays twenty-four different German tunes
MIR. Littledale, who has Just crossed the noun
famous Pamir in Central Asia, says mountain
scenery there IS quite different from mountain
scenery IN switzerland and Caucasla, where
when the eve Is tired resting on the grand &c,
scenery above II finds a pleasant change by
turning TO the green pastures and The forest'
below. In Central Asia, however although III,
mountains are higher, the glaciers, owing to
the puny snowfall. are much smaller, while 10
low the mountains, instead OF Verdant field amC
forests. lisa picture Of utter desolatlon tina
would be hard to match III any other part OF
the world. The country al the base OF tn
mountains Is so high above the sea that yegeta
ton is very scanty and the pla ms are most for
bidding IN aspect.
There is a silver mine near Sarhad, in Afghan
territory. which has a curious history. Three
men were sent from that country 10 Cabul, tn
residence OF the Ameer, to be executed for al
offense against the State. They told the AIMEE
that II he would let them oil they would tel
HIM where he could find abundant supplies o
silver. The Ameer deferred the execution ant
sent them under guard to lskansham, wher'
they went to work digging They. and the mel
who were put TO work with them. dug for twent.
days. finding nothing. Ire Ameer's officer toll,
them at length that they could dig Tor seyel
DAYS more and If they did not ind silver within
that time the sentence Of death would be car
ried out. The next dey they came 10 a Yer.
rich VEN OF silver. and nov. about 100 men ar
employed IN the mine. which was visited las
summer by an EnglisH Traveller.
The primitive mtnuments Of the Balari
Islands are deserib96 by NJ Csrtailhac as OF
those which are fodnd throughout the Mediter
ranean region. h9mains of real fortified town
liks a Greek acro9olis exist In Maiorca and Mi
norca, usually at some distance from the mos
exposed coasts; fsometimes on a plain and some
times on all elevated spot: In the inside OF eacl
town there was a special monument OF large
hewn stones 20 arranged as to form a seml-clr
Gle. There were also galleries constructed b
placing ston9s on pillars, under which one coul
hardly stand upright; and towers call ed tala
yots. the huge walls Of which concealed smal
| crypta OF cs lars. Human bones were found in