The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-02

| has finished her six weeks Imprisonment
for contsmpt of court, twenty-eight
| pounds lighter than when she began H.
The baronetcy Of the late Sir Edward
| Abercromby Eastwood IS said TO have
been the first title OF that class mat was
created after the union Of Scotland with
| England.
The Boston Transcript tells OF a sum-
| mer resort landlord who Will get rid OF
| the flies In hts house In mover way. He
| will offer prizes to the boarders who shall
| catch the most flies.
Chancellor Won Caprlvi and Freihen
Marshall Won Bieberstein, German I'M
perial Minister Of Foreign Affairs. yes
terday received Hon. Theodore Runyon.
| the newly-arrived American Minister.
II is one Of the duties Of the Prime Min
lister OF Madagascar to marry the Queen
Of the country for the time being. The
present Premier, RalnilaiariVony, has been
| married 10 three Queens, one after an
other.-Bangkok Times.
The first wife Of Brigham Young is In
| Chicago, with her daughter, taking in the
sights Of the Exposition. She IS described
as a sweet-faced woman, Of dignihed
bearing, kindly gray eyes and gray hair.
She IS seventy-two years old.
Inc ihDNdA 'rfNtld Illili ~ s'NNlfANs III
London, handed 10 Mr.. White, American
Charge d'Anaires. its gold medal. for
Colonel ". Woodvllle Rockhill, In recog-
milton Of the services rendered by him
20 geography in his book THE Land OF
tho Lamas."
Mrs. Amos Corey Of Turnwood. New
York showed herself 10 be a heroine last
Saturday. on that day a bear stroled
into the yard and upset some bee-hives
Mrs. Corey killed the bear with an axe
and shortly afterwards captured two cubs
that came 20 look for their parent
Experiments made In the hygienlc In
stitute I'm the Berlin University have
shown that cholera bacilli die more
quickly on dry tobacco than on drv glass
plates. and they do not multiply, but
quickly die. on moist tobacco, and that
tobacco smoke quickly kills them.
Pedro Almida, an Interpreter for the
Brazilian Worlds Fair commissioners,
was found wandering IN the streets Sat
urday, shouting gesticulating and acting
strangely His insanity Is said 20 be due
to a defective gas pipe in his bedroom,
which almost caused his suffocation.
IN the death OF Phio =. Hubbell. at
WiuOna. Mimi, n few days ago, the oldest
living Mason I'm the United States. II IS
claimed, was removed. Mr.. Hubbell. who
was ninety-four years old, joined the
Painted Post Lodge. No. 2o3, at Painted
Post Steuben county, New York. In 1920.
AS Pope Leo grows older he seems to
be more and more favorable 10 republican
institutions. In an audience which he
granted last Thursday TO Nicomte Vogue
al the Vatican. ne affirmed in more fOrci-
bic language than ever his views In favor
~ dom .faFF 10
governments I'm general.
II is consoling 20 the people I'm humble
station TO know that royalty suffers
from the same physical ills that plebian
flesh IS heir 20. Here is the Princess
Waldemar Of Denmark confined 10 the
house because. I'm treating Il vulgar corn
With nitric acid. she produced an infam-
nation that threatened 10 Doe dangerous.
Thirty years ago Patrick Brennon. of
Charlottesville. Ind, was given a fifty
cent "snin-plaster" i'm payment of a debt
Of ten cents. but did not return the
change. Recently he looked mp his old
creditor and finding him, gave him the
forty cents. saying that the matter had
proved upon his mind until he could stand
IL no longer.
Captain ne T. Victor Ma Concas Y
palon. of the Spanish navy, commander
Of caravel Santa Maria, who Is In Wash
ington. paws the following compliment
TO the United States navy: You Amer
leans are gcttil.g q good ravy. and, what
Is better than that. You have good OIL
GERS Money can buy good ships but II
cannot buy the personnel
Henry Rosenberg. the Galveston (Tex)
millionaire, who died few days ago left
quite half OF his fortune 20 public chart
ties. to be dispensed in that city. His
will provides for the erection OF church.
endowmeuts for widows and orphans
homes. for n drinking fountain, for a
monument 10 heroes Of the Texas Re
public, and for n public library.
Miss Jennie Young is an energetic
American woman who has secured from
the Mexican government land conces-
sion for the establishment OF colonies I'm
the states OF chihuahua and Coahila.
She owns a railroad In the former state
and IS arranging 90 bring over several
thousand English families 70 develop the
country tributary % IT,
The Miharaiah Of Kapurthala, whose
wealth is as extensive as his name, is
astonishing the people OF Cairo, where
he has stopped on his way 10 England.
ty appearing In public wearing bracelets
Of pearls as large as pigeons eggs and
heavy necklaces Of diamonds and emer-
aids. Otherwise he IS a sensible young
man and talks of coming 70 the Worlds
Fair.
Sir Frederick Burton viii soon resign
his Office as director Of the British Ma
tional Gallery. which is worth S5,0c Il
year. lie was appointed in 1874. The
post, which is in the gift Of the Crown,
viii probably be- offered either 10 Mr.
Eastlake. the Secretary and Keeper Of
tle Gallery, or 10 Mr.. Sidney Colvin. the
Keeper of the Prints in the British Mu-
scum.
Lieuterant Nixon. who designed the
cruiser New York, which beat an records
the other day is a gradt ate Of the An
napolis academy, but left the navy %
enter the sFiW1rds Of the Cramps. The
battleships Indiana and Massachusetts
are being built from his designs. Lieu
tenant Nixon was sent % England 10
study naval architecture. but seems TO
have surpassed his teachers.
Naturalists are greatly interested in
the reported discovery in the north
island Of New Zealand Of living species
Of bird twice as large as the ostrich and
hitherto believed 20 have been extinct
The bird is called the MOa, and the skel-
etons that have been found indicate that
10 was from twelve 10 sixteen feet high
Nearly fifty skeleton specimens of the
bird have been sent TO England for ex-
animation.
The yacht Vamoose. built two years
ago for AIr. W. r.. Hearst, of California
ond which holds the record for the fast
est time ia the world. made a voyage
down the Potomac from Washington on
Sunday last with President Cleveland.
Secretaries Carlisle and Gresham and
AmLu ..n dor Thnrr1na Il. IlnNnrl On hnl ri