The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-28
FOREIGN PERSONAL AND OTHER
GOSSIP.


The emperor Of Russia who at first was exceed
ingly angry with the prince Of Leuchtenburg, his
nephew, for running away with pretty Mile.
0potchinine, and marrying her In Italy, has yield
ed TO the solicitations Of the empress and per-
mitted the prince TO return with his bride 10 ST.
Petersburg. They will arrive there 10 April, and
the princess will be treated with all the honors
usually paid only 10 the princesses of royal blood
She has q sweet, child like face, long, golden
riDglets, and pair Of large, dreamy, blue eyes.
sings like a nightingale, and Is very graceful in
ell her movements, but she was 80 poor that, be-
fore she eloped with the waywsrd young prince,
hei betrothed had to buy her complete travelling
outGt.
lston of Shakspesre's Hamlet, and proposes
translating Romeo and Juliet next. The king re-
Gently said 10 bookseller that, if he lived long
enough, he might translate the whole works OF
Shakespeare. The old monarch is exceedingly
active and industrious. He rises at six 10 the
morning, and often works until after midnight.
He is by all odds the most refined and best educa-
ted Of German sovereigns.
Bsvarisn snd Austrian beer became so popular
in Paris during the Exposition that the sale is con-
iinued in that city. The German beer is even
getting foothold in London, in spite OF English
competition. Il is light ana pure, with a good
flavor. English beer is either very heavy or very
insipid.
The tableau was Nespoitan lady holding 9
rose. II was G very old picture in the Saxony
Museum. When | have said that the rose was
white, bursting from out of messy chalice, and
that the eyes, which looked, as it were. black,
were vailed with long, silken lashes; that the
pink Of the lsdy's cheek gowed with desire
which is as inexplicsble as the perfume Of all
blossoms that heavy, raven tresses fell over the
taper fingers that held the happy flower, and that
a tear real tsar--droPPed on is, am sure
shall have said good deal, but not enough for
the tablesu was acted three times by the desire
Of spectators and, besides, have to remark how
wonderful it is that beauties should be able to
drop tears just as their effect is required. asked
q friend Of mine how the Neapoliran lady had
managed. He stared at me. laughed, shrugged
his shoulders, and said, NdV," which, freely
life, great BOBBY" Well, | don't care I; that
tear to order does puzzle me.--[Pars Letter.
fellow who has been shaved In China says
that the barber first stropped the razor on his
leg, and then did the shaving without any lsther.
The customer demonstrated. but was toll that
lather was entirely useless, and had a tendency
to make the bsir stiff and tough, and was, there
fore, never used by any persons who had any
knowledge of The face and its appendages. After
the beard had been taken off, and It was done in
a very short time, the barber took a long, sharp.
neede.shaped spoon, and began TO explore his
customers ears. He brought up from numerous
little crevices bits of wax and dirt that had been
accommodating since his childhood. The barber
suddenly tEisted his subjects neck to one side 10
such a manner that it cracked asn the vertsbr9
had been disoested. :" Hold on ~ shouted the
party, alarmed for the safety OF his neck. "All
right" replied the tonsor, me no hurt you -
and be continued TO jerk and twist the neck until
il was az timber as an old woman's dish rag. BE
then fell 10 beating the back, breast. arms and
sides with his 6ss, and pummeled the muscles
until they fairly glowed with tue beating they
had received. he then dashed bucket Of cold
water over his man. dried the skin with towels
and declared that his work was done. Price two
cents.