The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-29

lived tho universities of Europe were es-
tablishod. and be had 10 oppose al the
existing beliefs Of medicine. In this corn-
try his teachings met with less opposition
from tho established schools Of medicine
in fact there were no such schools here,
though allopathy existed. il IS said also
that European homeopathic practitioners
are DESTROYS o. ceasing their existence MS
a separate school, here they are NOT. ana
having I'm many cases received on-ial
recognition from the State. cannot 90 SO
without direct and immediate loss.
TIE CRlMEAN WAR.
What was the cause Of the Crlmean
war?
Tho conditions OF affairs before tho war
broke ont were very much as they arc
now. Turkey was maltreatlng her Chris
tian subjects. Great Britain saw no money
I'm protecting them, and refused 10 JET
Russia interfere. Russia did inter-
fero. Great Britain declared war IN order
not TO Jet Russia get too powerful in the
East. France. then under Napoleon ILL.,,
Joined ENGLAND simply 20 show the world
that she had 10 be counted as a power
again. Turkey was the only country real
ly interested. Sardinia, under Victor
Emanuel. Joined England for very much
the same reason as France. British his-
toriaus claim that the war was caused hy
Russia's arrogance, n was really caused
by Great Brtain's willingness-repeaied
now-to let the Christian subjects or me
Sultan suffer. so long as Russia was Kept
from getting any nearer 10 lhdia. LNeh
British historians admit that the war
brought no glory TO Britain.
THREE or THEM.
Cd Who was the Man with the broken
ear?" 90 Who was the Siciiian iyrant
who rebuked fattercr with hairf Cd
Y. "
| let made him a nncer rings
| Cd "Ihe man with the broken ear is
| tho title OF "a story 10y Edmond About
| The story relates how chemist discovers
a way Of embalming live persons and re-
! storing them 10 life az any time. Inc
| hero OF the story Is embalmed and While
| he IS being busted, or moved from one
| shelf 20 another part OF bis ear is hrok-
en- of. When De is brought GO iie DE is
/ minus part Of his ear. 90 I.ouysus,
tyrant. or ruler Of Syracuse. one OF bis
| friends cnvled him DDS power. DiQ.y .lAa
/ asked him TO dine with him and gave him
an excellent meal, but above bis head
! hung a naked sword. held hy @ single
| friend. The friend. Iamocie-. by name,
was very uneasy and Dionys.rs explain
! Cd that he himself lived constantly in
such position. CD MaA min, emperor OF
Rome from 255 TO as a. j.. lie was
| eight feet six inches tail.
CONCERNING Smelling.
Cd What is tie physiological eXpiana-
| ton Of sneez.ng - WAY does bright
| sunshine sometimes cause one 10 sreeze2
| M Why does pressure on the bridge o.
! The roses
/ I'D The cause usually IS The presence.
| Of some iTrtant 10 the nOstl, which Ia
| tuFe seeks 70 wash away by ire few c.
| nuil that tie srecze brings. 90 IBIS is
| a question thar the best oculiats cannot
| answer positively. They VII say that u
| may 10 because the l.ght Affects the eyes.
| producing watering into tho nostr-ls-ihc
| discharge making irritation enough 10
! cause sneeze. CD IL doesn't except
! IN rare instances. and then, with a. ST.
nos, endless chain of Ike phenomena, IS
brought under tao comprehensive c@plon
reflex. With sCme persons. ccmcii g
| the hair trlskly over the right tempe HAl
| cause violent sreezins and there $40 SO
| many ano Sd varied eNamI .es az this sort
Of thing that the symptoms are impossi-
bic OF classification and furnish but slight
! guide 10 the physician. One Of this gen
! eral sort that IS generally recognized is
J The "ear cough When the inner passage
Of one ear is touched with AZ instrument
tie patient responds with cough. No
| srch result comes generally from ike ifri-
! tation Of the passage Of the other ear.
PIERRE LANFREH.
Who was Lanfrey; who wrote the Lie
| of Napoleon"
lie was Pierre Lanfrey. Savoyard, born
| In lS1s-tns son OF a French soldier Of TO-
BE family. lie was expelled from Jes-
uit school for writing an attack on me
| Jesui;s and finished his schcollays at The
| Lycee Bourbon in Paris. lie became
lawyer IN Turin. but went 10 Paris IN 1853.
| IT, 1855 he published a book-"The Church
aN.
| Century" IN 1871 he wrote an Essay on
| the French Revolution" and in 1850 a
| Political History Of the Popes." lie was
! editor Of the Revue National from 1850 10
1864. and in the latter year began his
History OF Napoleon J. I'm which he
! intended 10 overthrow Theirs monument
| 10 the CoIsican conqucror. The first
| four volumes appeared between 1865 and
1870. Lanlrey was elected 10 the Assem-
bly, IN lS1l-in the same year Thicrs sent
him as Minister 20 Switzerland. lie re-
signed IN 1914; published his nth volume
IN 1876. and became a senator in 1875. He
| died on November g. 1Ss9-beiore the sixth
| volume was published. lie was a great
lover Of liberty and OF morality IN politics.
These characteristics, IN an age when Ma
poieon III. was ruling chiefly on Napoleon
Bongparte's reputation. set Lanfrey in
opposition 10 the first Napoleon. and be
/ tried 10 LEtck DOWN li4t tNii .Ali-tl4Nr OF
the Bonaparte family IN France by exhib-
iting the naked truth OF history. His his
tory Is considered unelly severe.
ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.
How wide Is tho Isthmus OF Panama?
Has any one tried 20 cut a canal through
~ what IL the route steamers take be-
tween New York and san Francisco?
The isthmus IS about forty miles wide
As early as 1870 the subject Of canal
across the isthmus was discussed. and In
| 1927 part OF a route was surveyed. in 1877
a formal survey was begun; the railroad
was begun in 1880 and opened on January
q 1875. Seventeen separate surveys have
been made. ard IN 1881 the Count de Les
seps who had built the suez canal, began
10 build the Panama canal. In 1883 the
Panama Canal Company. French con-
cern. had loo men at work. The COM
| many failed in lsSe, with the canal not
one-tenfh part finished. A new company
was formed. a lottery loan issued 10 the
amount Of Si20.0o3oe9. ana that. TOO, was
lost The Panama scandal OF 1919 came
TO a head in Paris. IL involved the names
OF many French states men and legisia-
tors. as bribed TO favor the company. Les
scps died Of grief with his name and
that Of his son mixed up In the scandals
stan another company has been formed:
the French government is taking hold OF
the matter, and tho work Is still being