The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-26
VIEWS NOTES or INTEREST.

rent free. in the Catholic University
| buildings in Washington.
II is estimated that one-third OF the
| German Reichstag soon 10 be elec'eu WIN
consist Of new members. Inc halser
wanted new blood in that body.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt uses altar OF
roses, which is said TO cost 80 per ounce
one drop OF which is a yeritable Denedlc-
ton TO the senses.
Queen Victoria is said 70 have once
| sent collection OF verses 10 a pubnsher'
using a pen name. II was promptly re-
turned with thanks"
The secretary is unsparing In his con-
demnation Of the falacious legislative
schemes Of the Populists for the ameliora-
tion Of the condition OF the agricultural
interests.
Two Boston ladies', Miss Laura Lee. an
artist end Mrs. Flower, wife or the odl-
tor Of the Arena, are said 20 have deter
mined to do their calling I'm dress reform
costumes OF the bloomer type.
Marshal MacMahon, ex-Presldent OF
France is now at the age OF eighty-s.N,
suffering from the first serious illness
Of lifetime. He has been Frustrated ty
a severe attack Of the influenza
When the wife and daughters Of the
Chinese minister 10 England were pre-
scented TO Queen Victoria they were al
lowed 10 remain seated after their pre-
sentauon, as their small feet untitled them
for long standing.
King Humbert. OF Italy, gave $4,000
for the foundation Of an institute Tor the
orpf ans Of workingmsn. in commemora-
ton Of his silver wedding. The receipts
from the great hlstori, al tourney. amount
ing 20 10000 were devoted TO charity.
The painter Kauensky, who is i'm charge
Of the Russian art exhibit at the Worlds
Fair, was once a favorite Of the Car
Alexander fl. He came 10 the United
States some years ago, took up his resi-
dence i'm Kansas. married girl OF Swiss
parentage and is now thoroughly Ameri-
canized.
The officers Of the New York Twenty
third regiment will procure a
distinctive uniform for their col
Ored servants to wear al camp
this year, as the latter have been
forbidden 10 wear old National Guard
uniforms, rs they have been allowed to
do in former years.
The royal family Of England is said TO
be the most money-loying Of the princely
/ blood of Europe The Queen has accumu-
| lated a vast fortune from her savings,
can get in any hrst-class hotel. Her
/ daughter the Princess Louise, inherits
I this parsimonious spirit.
Congressman Geary, of California, the
{ author Of the Chinese registration law,
I has always employed Chinese servants.
: Since the law bearing his name was
enacted his wife has been unable 10 keep
| her Chinese servants or 10 hire others
/ as a boycott has been declared against
the Geary household.
! 1t is said that Count Tolstoi intends to
/ visit the Worlds Fair. and that he will
! be accompanied by a number Of young
! Russian mobiles. who will spend most Of
/ their time in this country I'm farm-hOuses,
| their object being 10 learn the causes Of
| Americas agricultural success. and also
! to investigate the American methods Of
! irrigation.
ut is a serious matter in Armenia
! should n maiden attain her seventeenth
] year with no prospect OF marriage" re-
/ marks a European traveller, for when
] the festival Of ST. sergius comes round
| she is obliged TO fast three days, and eat
salt fish without quenching her thirst
| unless some kind swain promises to take
/ her"
An interesting discovery has been made
by the clerks of the peace I'm North
| Wales. Investigating the lists Of justices
| I'm their several districts. I'm accordance
| with instructions from the home Office,
they have ascertained that Mr.. Gladstone.
| forty-two years ago, was appointed a JUS
tice Of the peace for Flintshire, but never
qualified.
G. J.. Maxwell, Oakland. Cal. owns a
bulldog that has always been very fond
Of music Several days ago an Italian
stopped in front Of his masters house
/ and played some topical melodies. This
was all very well until the organ he
| gan TO screech "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay,"
which was more than the dog could stand,
| so he proceeded TO chew the organ into
| fragments.
Karl Won Geiierstein. Swedish noble
man and an examiner in the Swedish
patent Office, is making a tour Of Anne
| RIGA. Of which he win record his expe-
| rience in CORES oadence for several
| Swedish newspapers. He has recently
been visiting Pittsburg. where the iron
| Industries particularly interested him, as
a representative Of Stockholm, the iron
centre Of Northern Europe.
The Cars favorite palace is Tzarko-
selO a place so beautiful that a descrip-
ton Of it reads like a page Of "The
Arabian Nights" The building stands IN
groundsw hich are eighty miles in cir
| conference. Some Of the rooms are
wainscoted with lapis lazuli, and the
floors are Of ebony, inlaid with mother
\ Of pearl. The corridors are hung with
/ the rarest tapestries and silk curtains,
and all the metal work is silver.
The decision OF the Princess May TO
have only British and Irish made goods
| in the wedding rousseau has apparently
| given great satisfaction TO the native
| workingmen. At a meeting at Sheffield
Of loyal British workingmen," il was
| resolved 10 thank the Princess FOR the
much-needed example set 10 all the
British Isles in the prncely decision that
all the articles OF the royal rousseau
shall be made by the loving hands Of
| Englishmen and Englshwomen and their
brothers and sisters in Wales, Scotland
and Ireland"
While quarrying for rock near Broken
/ Bow, Neb.. recently, workmen discovered
/ ledge Of lin estone on which the print Of
/ several gigantic feet was clearly outlin "a.
In shape these marks are Of a human
foot. though four out Of the seven
OF the prints have six toes; the rest have
the regulation number, and are the
marks Of a well-shaped. slender foot.
The latter appear 10 follow the others,
which are nearly twice as large and mu n
broader and better defined in the rock.
/ sinking nearly quarter Of an inch he
low it's surface.
An ocean steamer twenty feet longer
than the Great Eastern is 10 be con-
| structed by one Of the intercontinental
! lines. II will be 100 feet long; the Great
Eastern was $50 feet long. The new