The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-23
rnrcirnIlen,. Of Intcrest.

FOREIGN Items OF Interest,".
A4emodical meeting held in Kent, Englsnl,
Dr. Robinson Lat ls,utu = WI .i'ia a ~ -,
49,. m rbie nnder penalty Of 1--WE rounds
"a r,.nl are fbe ri sk8 of cOntagon in this curl
GUS malady
yorny Alfred Tennyson Dickens has created
quite Juror N Australia WIN hls lees On
! ing N I'm Rallarat whore he has been over
| wielmpd with invitations from all the ieadlDg
! Australian centres.
Count Leo T0lstoi has established 3 system
/ OF relief on his estate by which 1850 iainshlns
peasants ere fed daily. Inc great hottiss "a, ,
! truly earned the title OF phiantlTopst ny hlS
/ arlu0us effort 90 relieve the suherin-s OF MS
/ lclloW-c0untrymeu.
MondQnor -Mickviiz, provost or
/ the catholic communion at Riga. has oe7h eo.
monthG' suspcnsion from his ecclc lcal luic-
/ ton and long term OF imprisonment !II go p
/ hraing marriage IN contraVcnlloh o4 lN' -'''
! sian marriage laws.
! despatch from Quievrain. france, an
nominees that a splendid copy OF - rli
"Iralsfguration' has been FOUND $500 80
a lonely field on the Franco Belgian IT. W H
The canvas is eight meters IN height ~ ~, ~ ~
| heved 10 have been hidden away Joy thS i"0i-A'
/ at the time Of the French Revolution
The latest count OF the population OF me Guy
/ Of Rio Do JaneirO the Brazilian capllAl' cVinl
puted MP 10 about year ago. ana Just luylsNo
5i5.5j9 classified follows; Males, S2.i',' o. 80
males. 22s0f4: whites. o2<.E3i Dachs' ei'Iii,'
native Indians. 1921; lcaflIO-' ~ i'.0,' 80
31l.OO6: married, 1869 WIDOWED 49, 80
divorced 4s5. 10 is estimated that inc present
population Is between OJJuJJ ana iyOgOJ' III '''O
10 was 10000
Germans and Swedes are utilizing their peat
boys ia the manufacture Of uaphina, iai' 'oI"4
oil paraitin. acetic acid and gas, ana lAe pea'
Yields am elastic fibre. which, freed from aus,i
Is employed for weaving INTO caTle-s. io
peat also furnishes cellulOse Whlch la F"l ,'| .D
TO paper makers. Besides serving as q "ho-c-
some litter f1r live stock II is also used 70 pre-
serve periehahle goods Meat ana usn are hD"
packed i'm peat litter for transport between
Ires.e and Copenhagen.
privy Councillor Gustav Won Loeper' who
died recently in Berlin, was one OF ne mo
famous Goethe scholars IN Oermant. Ie luD-
Gshed. among other works. Goethe letters I'D
Sophie Ia Rocho. and also those - hef sIailt t-
daughter. betuna Won hrnlm OF "uoH ~
great poet thought so much. Tie wrote com
mentaries upon Faust and other POI ms or lnc
great German master. After the death on haIun
Won Goethe, in 1883, the last bearer OF que i.'o'
Won IOepcr took charge Of the lanli! aloutttrs'
by order OF tho Grand Duchess OF oaAe-Nei
mar
Although Russia possesses almost inexheusti-
bic mines of platinum, there are Only TWO laDuI-
atOues in tho country when grepMo t-e III
cious metal for commerce he raw malelial
is sent from the Parmian government "heIc lt
is found. to ST. Petersburg. AMI thence, Ior the
most rart to England. where 10 IS fehhed b4i-
ing ssS only thlrty-One pools or lVs1 pVuhl.a'
wore refined i'm Russia. The price OF piatln lm
went up between 1856 and 1880 from ooj0 lo u Vn
rOuiles per pOOd. or from about ~ 70 ol9 ioulis9
p pound IN he sixties 10 Was nenefed WoI,
less by the gold miners IN SiDerla' VINO uAeu u
often as shot
Two negroes have attained 10 u lgeships IN
British colonies. One, Joseph tenner MaN"eii,
is chief judicial officer az the pamnia' ih
Africa. and oddly enough he mas written d
speaks with apparent horror OF the most, AlIiA-
ing outward pocul larltlos OF ms race ana urges
as The only method Oh el"f4lin lio Ie-ipT M o
the future mlscegenauon Wlth oihei races. lHt
other negro Judge is Sir W. {. reeves, cileI
Justice Of Barbados. ia The British west ihcie7.
ITO resides over the supreme court ana thcie
are II the Island seven police magistrates Oh
subordinate jurisdiction
traveller who has visited Port Said recently
says he never saw anything ike the Rainullhs
there since the early days OF the lirsi acme
railroad across the continent. Al ogden ne
says. a gaming table was pioVldcu LOT ile
Amusement of passengers who spent a rev
hours ina that town. The smallest stakes iiateH
were 500 gold pieces. Nen whose oIghs Dr5
t0kened extreme poverty were staklng the gold
pieces with the recklessness Of millionaire
who had lost his head. They won with reSQ-
lauty which indnced the onlookers TO Try iher
luck AT Port Nald rs at Ogden, the be U
dressed players lost their money and those VINO
had disreputable appearance won II.
In Berlin military and political circles there
has been some sensation caused by the an
nOuncomont in Bayarian papers mat neither
General Prince Leopold nor General lflhce
ArnOlDhe attended tho recent reception given
10y the Emperor for the generals OF tine
German army. IL seems that their absence was
caused by an offer which the KAISER gave 70
IeopOd the Regent of Bavaria brother % DR.
chief inspector of the army, but he promptly
declined, on the ground that the Oher was SC
c0mpanled by n demand on the part OF me i-ll-
perOr that the Prince should either RESIDE ih
Berlin or form one o. his stan OF FrusIan Of
fcers. Prince ATnolphe adopts the same at
titude as his brother
The figures of Frances national debt. pre-
scented by Camille Drcyius. arc truly maeiIll-
establish the ARTILLERY. The DEBT Whcn pro
duced the UtNOlutlOn was, IN dollars ei1o uOU-
NAPOLEON /. increased 10 Immensely, ana s-tl.-
N880lI was eyaoted bY he allies I'D loi5. Ihe
Restoration borrowed a2i.o0lH0 o. give % euI-
gres. many OF whom got back the property
taken in the Revolution. other loans added
sNo00lOl. IOuis Philippe borrowed s,,-N,UM
debts. Louis Ne rOlcou was me creates. ore
rover Of ALL In Che first month after becoming
lmp rOr lr borrowed eID..lDu.It anu soon nIt.i
840NOOUHJ for tho frmcan war. Tho War lu
Italy cost 4iO00O0A. and the var ln AlAlc1
s6300U8 Preparations made after the frus
slams startling victory 40 SadoWa cost sNUO-
COZ. LuG me borrowed rIaN.UNNIO after tNt Dag
tie of Woerth. The direct cost of tine wan iu 1870
is estimated 40 s2.6)00olOl, though ~. Ireyfus
thinks DO was less. the indirect cost having been
far greater. The present republic ln l,,i tor-
roWed s20DO00.0lO. redeemane IN sixty years,
and i'm is tWcn.Y years OF existence has made
debts for s0O0O0O0D.
How to Get Thin.