, 1869-02-07

VINO examined It pronounced q kumbug. B,
he advertised 1t hberally, with The usual CO
e<qutnces-
Atcxardtr Dumas, sr., Is At work III
on the history of that humble though usef
animal, the hog, whose character, the g.e,
somanclst eaye, has never yet been justly al
pEeciated. Dumaa' book will contain Va,
bans famous t1eathe on tho same subject
full.
kcssutb," ssys the Genoa corresuoni
ent Of the 0pt~iea Nastona2>, rho saw ,hit
a few weeks ago' IN Genoa; - looks now lik
very old, and, I might almost say, decsepl
man. He Is pcoss and lives On what ttti
money 10 occaaioaally sent 10 him -,fror
friends IN England and Hunssry.n-.
l. Count Chambord, the L.giHmiat p1e
tender, has cansed the memorable ictte
I which Berger wrote to him on his dn1tt
-bsd, 10 he frauAd and hung mp In his bed
toon. Bcalde ahc letter hangs Bertyer'
Portrait. Tha, two framsA aru sur1nounse
By tho words, mo le.s Mu.tslous thn
lait hfuf.a--
The mauager OF fashionable weddIpy
parties In Paris Is ! ". LeSreux, who Azr
plshes everything roquisi.e for them forth.
sum Of ten thousand francs. In afistocr4tk
circles LcRfeu1b participation In woddiui
parties Is no less Indispensable than that o.
Mr. Worth lngettioK up the ball toasttea 0
the ladies'.
Gouuod, the French composer, who h.i
been for Some time past in Rome. where h.
= work upon his great oratorio St. Cecilia
waa reeently presented to Pope Plus TIL
Ninth. who asked him to play some Of BIZ
compositions, and was 30 delighted With ths
| performance that he listened to Gounod 10,
nearly four hou1s:', T.. -
The P<rtstan police lstely informed
certain picture dealers, In that city, that tneJ
would no longer b permitted to sell INV
Of the photographs Of the oil paintings repre-
scnthg Admiral Vefhuel, tho loTer or. Queer
Hortensc, and .putstivs- father of Louis NJ
poleoo. Large Quantities Of these photo
graphs havc recently been told In all parts q
tho French Empire
/ The King OF Denmark has for Year,
past devoted great deal Of. attention tc
practiesl chemistry, aud Invented some
useful processes of refining petroleum
improving The manufacture of potxto starch
snd OF obtaining certain valuable dYcs. HIs
hecratarJ. 1t the castle Of Chriatlaubore il a
Iery extensive ore, ind often visited BY dis.
tin0tisacd foreign saeasts.
When Anton Rutinstein, the gre IT
Russian Pianlst, who Will soon b In the
United States, played lately st tho Cour: ol
the Grand Duke Of Mecklenburg- schw erien
that Prince was 30 delighted with The great
uausscian's Eki1l that ho embraced him IA the
presence Of all his cou1ueru, aud presented
him with diamond riog which he himself
had Horn for many years.
Emile de Girardtn gave, at hIs pala:ial
mansion in Paris, on the 17:h Of Janu2sY, a
party, to which only French journalists had
been invited. The reporters Who gave &C.
counts of this brilliant sofr<s In the Columns
Of the pettGz presse say that the journalists Of
Paris congratulated each other on tho fact
their 1sdles we're, ain1ost Without exception.
exceedingly good.!ookine sud attlred with
more taste than the distinguished ladies who
are most admired at the soiraes OF the Tufl-
1er1es.
TIE Empress of Austria Is again IT,
esiate, and it Is suggested by eome persons
In Vienna that 1t would probably be good
policy for the Empress To 20 To the capital OF
Ga1iciA and await her confinement there.
The birth Of An imperial Prince or Princess
on Polish soil, It Ia thought, Would greatly
please the Poles, md attach Them more
strongly than ever 10 the Hapsbnrg dy-
nasty -.s
) The dull between Frsrz Pulszky. once
correspondent Of The New York Tribune.
and H. Jokay, editor Of the Hon, which took
plaee IN the vicinity Of Pesth, In the early
part Of January, rax \ farce, tho Seconds
hsVing selected pistols With which it would
have been Impossible for the two doelists to
hurt each Other sesinu5ly. When the pistols
Nef repeated attempts did not 90 Of.
Puls1ky and Jokay. shrew them away. burst
into ian4httr and shook hauds.
Alexander Hertzen, ths celebrated
Ruksian exile, and editor and publisher of the
Ro'oko' Crhc Dell), Of which trcnty thonsand
copies ara suuxgled every week into the old
hufsiAu provinces, Is white-hhtred old gen.
ufmen, Of imPoslEg appearance and courtly
manners- Ho has II. income OF several. hun.
ded thousand ffrnes annually, aud lives In
pflneely st5 le 1t splendid wills In the en-
StEoRs Of Genera.
The mtst successful advertising agent
on the European Continent Is young man
named Nose, who started M aecucYs few
years, ago 1o Berlin, md hns ror splendid
establishments In oTery European, capital.
He II known to have made Il fortune by bis
energy ane enterprises, aud has given fresh
impetus to advertising; especially In Gcr-
many, France, Switzerland and Austria.
dis, John, the German novelis', who
has 60 rapidly become popular and celebrated
under the nom de plume a e. Ma.1itt,u bears
In her personal appearance a striking resemb-
lance to Mrs. Harriet Bcecher Esowe. Her
new novel. THE Countess lhlseia," which
will be published simultaneously In half a
dozen languages, is pronounced superior 10
any Of Ecr prsyious Works BY tho critics to
whom the mxuu4crtp. hxs been submitted.
Prince Napoleon, who Is hsrassed by
his creditors, Is deslrous Of selling his coilec-
lion Of relics ot Napoleon the FfrSt, 10. which
be has spent very large auus during tho past \
twenty five Jears, 70 The hep-F Of the Mo-
scum do souvesalus, ut tho Louvre, for half
4 million haucs. The Emperor, however, Is
oppcsed to the Transaction for the present,
Il be fears the Opposition might
make great fuss about It. i
Ills estimated by experienced German
police officers that upwards Of five hundred
and ,well-educated young
girls Ire sent annually from Germany 10
North and South America, By procaresses,
who tell them that they Will aud lucrative ]
,Hu ations Is Eore1uestes In tho New World. |
New York and San Franeifco NE tho ports |
70 which most Of these unfostunstes arc
'e1t. -
The 1esscn why Victor .Hugo's rlaA
. issue 4 dallT. paper, entitled "The Van
,,uard-a Journal Of the E11les = WIS. not +
arried into eject, was u. Hugo's refusal to
1rnssh one haif Of the capita1 required for
he undertaking, namely, two hundred md
[lty thousand ff1ucs- The other capital3xts
rho had taken stock In the enterprise. IN.
Ested On his subscribing that: t:suua, which bn
aughtiIy refused, saying that his mama
lone was ~ much capital - hs needed to
untah. =.
Auoer and several other eminent
rench musicians, who wezu on tutfmste
:rms With Roestni, hare urged his widow to
t Acommittee OF experts examine the pos-
,umoas works Of her husband, AID 10 pub
81 only such Of them - this committee will
worthy Of his genius. It Is vuJ 1
eneraiIJ believed m P1fb that few Of these
usthuuous works arc worth publishing.
TIE melting and cordial greeting Of
20 distipguIshed gentlemen On the prone I
ade Of Nice, On the 18th Of January, created ]
a!le = sensation alnonG the nnmtrous pass
Shy. O.e of them waa the Crowu-Pftnce ,
Prussfa, and the other the Hungarian re7- !
General Klpka. The Prince /
,ok KEspka's arm, offered him cissr, and
alked with him for over IN hour, After !
ards, he presented General klapka TO the :
:
Tns soicide OF poor young Nine. I
rboni, At st. Louis. his given rise 70 a :
1mbcr Of rldIculous teullleton articles n tho ]
u5opesn papess- The GoaIois publishes
utimenkal account Of II, snd laws the sccu-