The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-25

Hen - KasAien Fifsy Years Ase.
Men Of fashion, now . days, eSincs
some little care Of their constitutions,
and do not drink absinthe and quracoa
ont Of tumblers like Twntleton Fiennss.
That nobleman much astonished new
servant recommended to him BY oar su-
thor, BY giving him for bis 6nt injunc
ton the following order: sPlace two bot
ties Of sherry BY my bedside. and call me
the day after tomorrow" Nor does our
modern extravsgance reach the Regency
and 10 the generation before. No Mad
emoiseIle Duthe is now beheld, even in
Paris, '.in carriage covered with gold,
and drawn BY eight cream colored horses"
and when nobleman's affairs have to be
wound up, his friend and adviser does
not receive ! note from his lordship on
the last morning. as happened in Lord
Alvanley's case, to say that he has quite
forgotten to take into account little debt
of f55.o0O.
Lord Alvapley was one OF the Few dam
dies who bad great wit. Upon returning
from Wimbledon, after bis duel with Nor
gan O'Connell, he gave his hackney
coachman sovereign; Jarvey was pro-
fuse in his thanks, and observed that it
was a great deal for having only taken
bis lordship to Wimbledon. mo, my
good man ! give il to you not for tax ing
me, but for bringing me back again. =
lie was charmingly agreeable pers pm,
and most Welcome guest. but there VI
peculisrity about his way of putting out
bis bed d-candle. which made his hosts . lit
tie anxious. He always read in bed. and
when he wsnted to 60 to sleep be cit her
exsin guished his candle by throwing ID on
the floor in the middle of the room, and
taking a shot at ii with the pillow, or else
placed it, when still lighted, under the
bolster. At Bennington and other coun-
try houses, his habits were so we'll known,
that a servant was ordered to sit up IN the
passage . keep watch over him.
Both Balxac and Sue were prudent and
economical men compared with Alexander
Dumas-the Pers Prodique, as be vas
called by his witty son. The amo unit
which he spent upon his Monte Ch1i
vila--with its little dressing room in
white marble-was quite fabulous. and
almost equalled the fictitious sum which
changed hands so freely in his wonde erful
| novel of that name. On one occasio ion,
having to leave Paris uTon one Of his
journeys to foreign lands, he allowed his
| friends the run of the house and cellar
during his absence. On bis return home
he gave breakfast TO celebrate the ev ent
His numerous guests, towards the en- J oI
the repast. expressed . wish TO dsink
his health in champagne, and the servsn'
went down stairs as if to look for some
but soon returned with the dismal intelli.
gence that it had all been drank.
Dumas slipped few napolsons into
the Wallets hand, and ordered him to bu,
some in the neigbbosing restaurant bu
having some suspicion, he followed the
servant, when, 70 his great surprise, b.
beheld the fellow emerging from his owl
cellar, from whence he had brought W
bis own champagne. Dumas, though ths
soul of good nature, was about to turr
the rascal of on the spot, when the mar
fell at his kind masters feet, reminded
him that be had . wife and family, and
implored his mercy. "Well, / will for
give you this one" said the great writer
but upon the next occasion, do at leas
gire me credit"
/ The DRa1s ana eaT Nice Teung Men
In walk through this busy city yes
terday, We saw great many nice younl
men Who have been for some time leading
= life which, compared to the soldiers, i
one of luxury.
| They are good-looking, wen fed. sut
we'll clothed, and the transition to th'
swamps Of Tennessee, 70 live on bacon
sleep on the ground on blankets aliv'
and ready to travel. would be Transition
too great to be imagined. But it vii
have to be so, and it 6ils 4 sympathetic
heart with grief to think Of the handsom
! Young fellows taken from their girls, an
! thrown into flirty freight cars, trsnsporte,