, 1869-04-18


compensation for their worfa. As general thing,
books arc printed In Spain 1t the risk ana expense
Of the wr1ters. Few Spanish books, except mis-
EalA and soue primary school books, hare larg 9
circulation
Lovers Of the ve1ocipede will be interest
ed In learning that the French Imperial Primo
Imperial devntes daily fur hours to vclocipede
riding. md Selaton has told the Emperor Sapo-
leon that Dr.. Conneau, his physlclsn, had been ut
tetiy mistaken in considering that exercise nturt
ouA to the Princes health
In front of the tomb whare Ia1nartine is
now buried BY the side Of his wife, therc stands
beautiful statue OF the latter, with the following
inscription, written By the great poet himself: "1t
Is sweeter to share the grief Of great men than
their glory. Their sor1uws belong 10 those who
love Them; their glory belongs to aI1.''
Iaulartines business agent, Jean Lefrere,
says that the business transactions Of the poet since
1873 amounted altogether TO upward Of fifteen
million francs and that but for LAma1tines IRE
sistihle disposition 10 make bad bargains, and for
the mistortunes which befel1 him thirteen years
yeals agn he would have left considerable
wealth.
The missal which the Empress Eugenis
uses whenever ahe attends Divine service at the
Chapel OF the Tuilenes A q very rema1ka bic
book. It contains in sta binding half dozen con-
secrated medals, which were sent to Her Majesty
from Spain. The Empress constantly wears on
her heart An amulet which the Quteu Of Spain
gave her In The Jear 1859.
Old Methfease1, the famous German COM
poser died on The ed Of March, In hts eighty nth
year. Ee nad composed many Of the most CHARM
Ing German student songs, and achieved already
great celebrity At the beginning OF the War OF LIB
er1tion In 1914 when he set 10 mnsc some OF Koer-
ner's and Rnekert's neIJ wst hymns
AL European governments send md re,
celve TO and from their ambassadors as other Eu-
ropean courts only cipher dispatches The
ephers are changed once month, and this Is done
even oftenef When the government IN question has
resol7ed upon an important change OF policy,
/ Prince Lynar, the Saxon nobl~~.. :, vbo
died few days ao At Dresden, was the sou Of the
Lady who, In the year 1sla, 20 sterny repelsd the
I Rmorous advances Of Napoleon the F1r3t. Her fair
| rivAI, the Baroness von kielmannseGge, wAs less
memorable She bore Napoleon m ileGitlnate
son in 1873 but refused 70 see him on ha return to
Dresden, In that year.
The Princess de- Metternich has abdi-
Gated her cTown ~ Queen Of Fashion. For sonic
tlne past has been noticed that that eccentric
lady haa dtessed very aimply and eschewed N ex-
tfa'agans tonen. to the great disgust Of ".
Worth, the man-ml11Iner. and tho Masastn oEen-
tai, the great dry goods Atore which shs formerly
patEonlze,l 10 literally.
BerGozs last words were: ts-Now at
length, they Will play my mustc,'E-a btt.er a1lu-
sion to the neglect with which his oountrymep had
time Of his desth, an old man, with i very youth
fu&sooEng face TO which the peculiar shape Of his
no6e impaired the appearance Of that Of . bird
long gray hats and Te7y 1ne bright eyea
-nedee Gouet. the author Of q popular
history of France. and assistant editor OF the Paris
sick, recently committed suicide, under the fol-
lowing tragic circumstances: Els brother was
lying u ths potuf of death, and when the pnysi-
c,anx enia, An.5ee that the patient would not 1--we
Until n.ornl1g he rcshed into tho adjoining roou,
and stabbed h'usel, In hs excessive grief. three
times with po,tati Next morning the corpseA
Of the swo bsothers were founI lying side By
side,
In 1865, Bisrna1k was on the verge Of
bankruptcy. Many Of hb notes h&d gone to pro-
Lest, and he was unable to ratsc money enough to
pay the interest on what he owed Twas this
state OF anairs tnss caused Drouyn de Lnuys, the
French Minister Of Foreign A1Atra 10 ssy II that
lime tnterng1J To a Ptus8f11 noh1elnSn: :. Tour
II. de Bauark will not trouble Is much longer.
hear that he can hardly keep out Of the debtors
prison."
Kossini composed the maas-which is now
performed amidst 30 much applause In France anu
1ta}y-tn less than thirty dAyA An italian sardnt
advised the maestro one day to. compose rn.ss
A mae: lou must be 3ostne. am NOT
learned man, replied RoastnI "To be sure you
are not: but you might trJ, r. said the Aaran< Ros-
stui did tJ, Ind the reauis Of the experiment was
the ekef dn.e7t, which Is now euctting 10 much
enthuhssn.
According to the inv regulating public
meetings In France, the persons who desire 70 |
hold such meetings. upon asking permission Of the I
Pscfec1 Of Police % do so mnst ktats the subjects
which are to Be discussed At them II Is said that
doIenA Of applications have, for the last siK |
month";, been made 10 the Prefece Of Police Of
Paris, to hold meetings, =. which speeches were
to be made on the sancttty Of N oath The ap-
pacattous were invariably rejected.
The wealth Of the Spanish Triuu-
vtrs muGt be very considerable. Juan P1tm OWES IN
Madrid two n3e palaces 1nd four or nve bustuess !
houses, and largely Interested io lucrative fscto.
RES both It the capital and In Harcelons. ses1ano
has nne estate In the envtsons OF ralencta, |
uWus grez& deal OF real estste In Madrid, and Is
a leading Etockholdes in the Northeastern Spanish
Railroad Company. Admiral Topete has splendid
plantation On the Canary Islands, aud has recently
paid poo 900 francs for beautiful palace Ia Madsid
Ezard, the great French piano manufac-
tuEer, owns now the Chateau La A7ette, at Passy,
close 70 the villa where Lamarsine dled. It 1ns ]
Elm Charles u. who built La Muette- In the |
ass century 1t vas inhabited, nrrt by the Duchess
tu BeHs, the Regents dsughter, who said abe
wished LIE III short and agreeable" ard 1frernard
y AAdnme de Pompadour+ At the same place
Louis XVI saw Marie Antonette for the f1st time
And now ~ EFszd e1ses pr11li.nt parties there fer
ne purpose Of advertising his splendid pianos.
The Berlin LulNnft (F'uturrll, the most
'adscal Of the PrusHan Newspapers, publishes the
olloW!ng strange prospectus for 1859: "EstaI-
lsned IN 1851 md called, In IN st1ciA sescrpt ol
he Royal President, yod Salzwedel, the most tn
anous paper published In the Kingdom; Ia
1usted- N 15a by iia subscribers with the tllstrt-
,udon Of ~, 900, the highest amount collected |
Lnywhere, for the relief OF the poor sufferers In
he famine-snteten districts OF East Pruszia; and
tfengtheued anew BY liberal outnbuttons from its
Hends tn Germany and abroad, the LukunG !
tc, DC.
Frederick Bodenstedt, whose works on
he Orient arc 10 popular In Germany, became an
ntaor IN consequence Of the advice which Ber- |
hold Aueshsch g1se him twenty che years axo In
ienna- The two met In cotlee house In the old
npefll city on the ba1ka Of the Daunbe Boden.
tedt spoke CT bis travels In the Orient In 20 elo-
oens and entnnsia8uc maunEr that Auerhach !
naliy exclaimed: "These things should not be
aH1ted, but written In book" Bodensrclt |
ook the hint, and published, three years arter-
'.ftt, his charming work, Thousand ani One I ;
lights In the Or.enkr
LOUIS Napoleon Ens handsome, but very !
mid and awkward child. When the Emperor | 7
le1arter L Of Russln, EaW hin, In 1915, NJ the q
ul1effes, he said to his mother, Queen HoEtense I
What pretty little boy you have got, Aadame!
That Is his name ~ uW'h2s Is yo1f name, NJ Y
airing ~ said Hortense fondly to Napoleon Ls-
e Louis blnshed ser5 deeply, hung bis head and,
tihout maktng reply. burst into tears. where -
pon the Aud-hearte1 Russian Emperor took oln | h,
his arms md tried to soosho him. but sacceeded
~ m tr9nseutus him ss1u more On auothero oc- 4
,sou The child was to appear NJ gala festival IN e!
,e presence Of The entire court He Wa 80 en- e
s1TasseL sud unhappy that his mother had to r
,ad him back to the nursery. Napoleon L r-
,rt1t1 IN har an that occasion that ha hIrnse1f =