The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-11
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AS WE Know many of our fair readers have
weakness both for royalty and for bals, we give
the following regal titbt for their special benefit
correspondent Of the Cologne Gazette is in costa
sizes at the amability and saooi-uiure displayed BY
the Prince Of Wales at Lord CowLEY's ball on the
18th ult sThe Prince" he says, "who opened
the ball with the Empress, was extremely talkahve
and gallant, and made himself 30 charming that
one would almost think he was striving to win the
hearts OF oil the ladies' present. His dress was
very simple: he wore black dress coat, a white
waistcoat, smalls and white stockings. On his
breast glittered the gand Gordon OF the Legion OF
Honor, while his knee was adorned with the order
Of the Garter. In the buttonhole OF his coat there
WAC single rose. y - = Although the Em-
press looked rather melancholy, the Prince, who
seemed extremely merry, repeatedly made her
laugh heartily. AFTER supper tnere
was cotiIlion, in which the Prince danced with
the celebrated beauty the Marquise DE GALLHET,
whom he had met in the garden and engaged to
dance with him after long conversation. The CO.
tillon lasted nearly two hours, during which time
the Prince talked necessarily with the Marquise,
and it was observed that he could hardly resist the
charm OF the renowned Parisian beauty" The
Duke of Edinburgh was observed no less Closely
though not so admiringly by this inquisltiVe cor
respondent. He thinks the Duke ''very shy when
compared to his brother; and while the Prince OF
Wales made many lady blush by the fire OF his
glance, the Duke OF Fdinburgh, ia lady only look
ed at him rather intently, instantly Redeemed with
confusion. add not dance in the CO.
tilion. Apparently ne did not eat enough at sup
per, for directly the dance began he went to the
suprer room and made hearty meal OF half .
roast fowl and some sherry"
"MAs Is THE creature Of habit" is one Of the
sayings that from frequent iteration has almost
lost its nsignifcance. Yet is there vast deal OF
deep, philosophic truth contained In this "old
saw" The degree of attachment to; old customs
can only be properly appreciated BY travelling
among the older nations Of Europe or Asia, and
closely observing their thousands OF social and
religious practices and supersitions, for which no
better reason can be given than that their athers
had done 30 before them. Books OF antiquities
and popular superstitions are full Of such IN
stances. The older the country, and the more
primitive the people, the greater the number OF
i -
saturnalia to be found among every people wohave
ever heard Of The following is 8 form OF 1t, per-
haps new to most Of our readers: Ths old
fashioned English custom Of ''beating the bounds
was observed . few days ago in the parish OF
| Waddesden, IN Bucks, in manner which will re-
suit in legal proceedings. party, as usual,
walked along the boundary Of the parish, stopping
ut all the important points Of junction. At these
places they caught some unlucky individual, and
| If the boundary line was marked by wall or tree
the aforesaid individual was "bumped" against it
thrice. The party 60 far forgot themselves as to
endeaYor to remove clergyman from his carriage,
and to practice this horseplay upon him. The
lparties excuse themselves by the belief that ON
| such occasions they are empowered to operate
upon whomsoeyer they please, and that, to use
their own expression, mo law will touch them"
TIE mechanics in England and in the North
seem to be fully awakened to the Importance Of
the cooperative system, and, from the energetic
naumar in which they are adopting the idea, they
Seem alive to the fact that the dranes in the hive
make no honey; and thatlkings, whether OF capi-
tal or Of country, are costly Injuries We find in
Is Cincinnati paper brief account Of the proHta-
BE results Of some of these enterprises which have
been established in that city: The Cabinetmakers'
Union begun in 1852 with ffty-two members, each
of whom contributed fifty dollars. They paid no
dividends on the shares until these had grown to
four hundred dollars each. They have divided to
their members, in fifteen years, ffty,si1 thousand
dollars, baaidesregulAr weekly wages. Every share
holder now owns the house he lives in landthe
sales amounted in 1856 to $128,000. The Queen
CITY Furniture Company began only three years
ego, Ii 1884 fUur teeR stockholders paid in five
hundred dollars each. These Ave hundred dollar
shares arc nov worth three thousand FIVE hundred
dollars each. The foregoing we clip from ,t the
Richmond Esdminer ofsaturday. The Examiner,
our, readers will remember is now conducted on
this Joint. stock twcrkmeni principle. We regret
however, that We cannot say much its favor since
the change ofresimeae Whateyarthe Ansncial re-
suit may be, editorisly, thus far, it has IN our
opinion, been decided fsilure. ~. ;9''45
-o-SsJ1i ~ 7,'.a ':' s.--. a ii=s- SEQ - ~
.ssa1lxEss AM, zz ORDER Of the day The
rsteetehen hare, caught the infection, and are
out ON Z. strike. When q number Of rats are re-
quired for matches between dogs, or for any other
purpose, these professional gentlemen are called
into requisition, to furnish the ive stock" Hith-
sertp the price has been 4s. dozen. But hearing
Of Grades Unions, strikes, ETC., the ratcatchers
have formed themselves into worshipful guilt,
in order to s,cure better pay for their services.
An English paper says: "An order was sent from
Bristol last week to Wolverhampson that town.
being, We suppose, the grand emporium OF the
trade--for large supply of rats. There we're but
few to be had and those OF the smslest size. Bir-
mingham, Walsall and other places were tried, but
without success; aud In despair another andmore
imperative order wss forwarded to Wolverhamp-
ton. & day or two passed by in anxious suspense,
and late on Tuesday evening the looked for answer
arrived. It was utterly impossible to obtain any
rats, for the rat-catchers had struck, and demand
ell uniform price Of four shillings and sixpence
per dozen, irrespective Of size or quality! and this
price, the employers said, they could not afford to
give. What next, We wonderl" 1t is to be hoped, !
for the credit Of tho guild, that none OF its MEM
bers will become weak in the knees, and be guilty
Of 'rstting'n =.y-,a.tz--y
AMKRIoANs ARE very prone to imagine that pro- |
gess is altogether confined to the Western Hem |
-isphare. Chicago, st. Louis, Cincinnati, and other
cities Of the great West are certainly notable in
stances Of rapid growth. But Europe also can
show somewhat in the same line. Berlin, within
the hast thirty years has more than tripled her
population. From $50 00Oin 1887 she has increased
to about 200, 600 in 1867. Paris, thirty years ago,
had about 100000 inhabitants, whereas now we
learn hom NJ. HAussMAN's annual statistical state
ment that the population at the close Of 1866 was
1s25,274 and the deaths t7,72s, rate Of 26.1 per
1000 Of the population. The increase OF popula-
ton is at the rate Of Las per cent, which is IS
per cent. less than in London. 1he births were
fewer by I'll in 1866 than in 1865 There were 9614
houses built during the year ending the 9Oth Of
September, 1866, and 2,256 houses demolished
The number of apartments was increased by $685. |