The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-07
FOREI0H PERSONAL AND OTaER

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Pesth. After beoues. hing pensions to a his old
servants, and aims TO the poor, he sets down %
l extraordinary clause instituting a. his univeral
legatee, N. francois Lott, Hungarian BY origin.
and notary by occupation, In . little town near
Vienna. But the tesfator annexes one condition !:
"hy property" he wrote, will belong to n.
Le.z when he shall have sung either ct La Scala,
In Milan or the San Carlo, in Naples, the parts Of
3O IN The opera q that name ana that o. Of
my wealth in this manner for the sake Of being
| thought an original but, having been present
four years ago at m evening party In Vienna, |
heard this gentleman sing . csvstina from each
Of those operas with beautiful tenor voice.
Therefore. believe him likely to become an ex-
cellent artist. In any case, II the public Kisses
him, he can console himself easily with three mil.
lions Of forms (fS00.000) which leave him."
NJ. Lott is at Naples for the last month. preparing
to carry out the wishes of the deceased. The
| notary is not forty, has Q well-turned voice, and
| works night and day TO learn ss quickly as pos
sible the two parts, with their pronunciation and
singing. He will probably make fssco. but the
| property is well worth the hazard.
The most glazing rcsettes and bows and bit Of
| lace constitute bonnets.
Plaid satin chemisettes and sleeves with sashes
| Of the same and scarf are, with velvet skirts,
| the newest costumes
| Golden chestnut brown trimmed with black vel.
vet and black lace sashes are the richest at the
| Bois
Black poult de sole under paniers Of crepe de
| chine, looped with satin bows, in the center of
which are co. seous butterflies, is the ne plus ultra
OF wickedness shen worn by blonde.
All the official visits on the occasion of the new
year were made In train robes; those which were
not oficial, but familiar, or simply uisites de poll
Jesse, were made in short costumes Of satin with
watteaux of velvet.
The largest library in Germany Is that at Nh.
mich, consisting of 900 900 volumes increase Of
100 600 in the last fifteen years. Next Is that Of
Berlin, 700 900 Volumes and others follow In this
order: Dresden. 100000; Stuttgart, $50. 900
Vienna. 100000 Darmstadt, 100000. The uui.
versity libraries are also immense. That of Got.
tpgtn numbers 400 600 volumes; jena, 800 900
Breslau, $4,000; Heidelberg, 10000; and there
are thirteen other university libraries having up
ward Of 100 600 volumes. In addition to these
there scores of city, school and private libra
ries containing from 5000 to 100000 volumes
each.
Worth, the fashionable man mlner of Paris. 4.
q dull looking man, inclined TO obesity and con
ceeling his badness under some what eccentric
looking wig. 1t is thought IN well informed cir.
Giles In Paris that his stories about the immense
sums which he claims the leading ladies OF the
eristocracy owe him, are unfounded, and tn at he
charges them very moderate prices for arranging
their tonettes, In order to remain Ia vogue. The
gudgeons whom he feeces most numerically are |
the wives and daughters Of the parvenus, who are
to the circles Of aristocracy. For Waiting such
ladies and giving the last finish to their ball tot.
lettes, be will charge from three to FIVE Thousand
francs. The only man in Paris who ever resented |
II
happened to come into his wife's dressing room |
one day, when Worth was just giving directions to |
the princess about the best manner of wearing a |
new fancy costume. Prince Napoleon, who had
never seen and heard Worth, was amazed at his |
imperious and insolent tone, rang the bell, and
tod the footmsn to show him out, and never to /
admit him again. Worth went directly to the
empress 20 complain Of The insulting treatment be
had received at the hands OF the prince, but he
Sss unable to obtain any satisfaction.
celebrated cliff In Denmark, the "Qleen's
Seat" has Just fallen bodily into the Baltic from
shock of earthquake. The rock, about 400 feet
from the magnificent view to be had from it. Ona
Gle ar day Rugen and the coast Of Pomeranis could
be plainly seen. Everything has disappeared ex.
cept some masses Of chalk, which form sort Of
terrified at the noise produced, which lasted sew
eral seconds.
No country CONSUMES so much manufactured
sugar in the shape Of bonbons as France. Ac-
cording TO the Moniteur of Paris the annual man.
ufacture amounts to Sc 900 900, of which only ten
per cent. is exported. Cheap sweets are import.
ed into France from England to the extent Of
about 81 600 600.
child Of Theodore Hendrix, of wsstfeld.
Conn.,, got kernel Of corn in his nose, some
weeks SINCE and its parents failed to get it oct.
few days since the child was taken 10 phys-
clan, who administered choroform and extracted
the corn, which had spToutsd and grown nearly
three fcurths OF an inch.
The baby prince Of Greece Is immensely popu.
lar there, because an old tradition declares that
prince born upon Greek SOIL and named Coostan.
tine, shall restore the ancient glory of Athens.
The Chinese newspapers contain editorials on |
the SUBJECTED emigration and colonization in lower
California, which has been opened to the Chinese
on liberal terme.
The Empress Eugene still looks handsome at a
distance, but when you come near you discover |
that Der face Is thickly powdered, and painted |
under the eyes, and her eyebrows penciied.
Cora Pearl paid the chemist who dyed her hair
tlOugnp0 IN ha t0ht i
and lie Low of that color which the Psrisisns cali
"ox-tsil, y very red, but with q singular golden
ulster. The dying process lasted Q week, during
v hich time Cora did not admit any visitors.
Napoleon the III leads q more active life than
ever. For instance, yesterday morning at
o'clock he presided at council of ministers, |
which was over ct noon. After breakfast his
majesty gave few audiences and then went out
to pay a Wilt to the ex-queen Of Spain and her
husband, with whom he remained nearly an hour.
On leaving the Pavilion de Rohan the emperor |
cal led at the Palais Royal. Prince Napoleon has
30 far recovered that he was able to receive bis
illustrious cousin in the State drawing room. In
the evening the emperor and empress went to the
Ibesfer OF the Porte Saint Martin, where Dumas
: Dame de Mansoreau' has been reproduced
Ut before leaving the Tuileries, little after z,
bis majesty had already received the MARQUIS de
"a Valette, who came to give his report concerning
the fret meeting of the conference.-tParis cor.
responderce tJanuary 10y London Times.
lsee Mr.. Disraeli and the viscountess every now
Il
csdilly, the most crowded part of the West End. |
His hair Is suspiciously black-it gets blaoker,
strange TO say, with age. His wife, regret 10 |
see, Is very feeble His arm is an absolute neces.
sity. She is bis senior by some years. The affsc.
tlonate care and attention Oh his part to her lady.
ship 10 pleasant side In his character. he il OF
course recognized by many Of the psssers-by,
1t his face. and perhaps half turned figure 10
ook at him after he has passed, is all the notice
le receiyes.-[London Letter.
Prince Napoleon recently presented Cora Pearl.
he chief OF the Partisan demi monde, an emerald
necklace, each emerald OF which was neatly
wrapped IN a bank note Of one thousand francs.
French chemist has invented q new wsy of | |
preparing glass for mirrors. 1t is coated with an
'xcee dingly thin layer of platinum, and becomes
not only q perfect mirror, but also
emslns so transparent that it may still be used
or windows. .
The Roman Catholics In London are sbout IN
rect cathedral that will rival any on the con. |
inent. The ground 1t Is to occupy has cost