The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-18

Rue 81. Floreptine, when they were met b.
man who, in all probability, had arrived in Pris
but q few days ago. Gentlemen" he sait to
the allied princes, I" can you tell me where | AN
find the Tuileries ?" Yes" replied Alexan,er,
follow us; we are just going there.n fhe
stranger thanked him, and the conversation vas
continued. A few minutes afterwsrd hey
reached the palace, and, as their paths spa
rated, they took leave of one another. 'One
word more, !" added the stranger, who Wa an
honest Gascon !" should Ike very much to barn
the names Of the gentlemen who have been ex-
ceedingly kind to me-" al believe youhsse
the emperor of Russia" "A capital joke" ex
claimed the Gascon; "the emperor Of Eassia
And you., he asked Of the second, ''wao are
you:" suppose am not entirely Unknown
TO you, either, inasmuch as | am the king Prus-
sa." Better and better" replied the tascon.
And you," be said, turning to the third. +" am
the emperor Of Austria" The Gascon bust inio
q fit of laughter. Alexander then said to hm +"
we have the honor Of spesking!" "Cetainly,n
replied the Gascon, drawing himself up . bis fall
height and walking away msjesticslly. Z" am the
Great Mogul." The Emperor Alexander often re-
lated this amusing episode to his friends.
Arsine Housssye treats, In his last pape on fe-
male beauty, Of the ladies Of Italy. They
would be more irresistible and bewitchng," he
says, rather ungallantly, f they did not 100 often
forget to have recourse to those useful articles,
soap, water and tooth-brushes."
The most successful 60 between between Pari.
sian managers and actors and actresses is wo.
man who was formerly only q "bar wsman" at
the Odeon Theater. She is now oourtel by the
whole histrionic fraternity In Paris. aid clears
annually between $4,000 and co. 900 frarcs.
The European princes seem at the present time
to have haDkering for excelling as dramatists.
The prince hereditary OF SAKE Meiningen youth
of eighteen, has recently written tragedy, enti-
tied 1.-The Emperor Henry "" which the critics
have found so good that ii will be shortly per-
formed at the Royal Theater in Berlin.
AS birthday gift, Napoleon III presented to his
son, the other day, miniature representation OF
the Camp of Chalons, ingeniousy made out of
cast iron and costing nearly five thousand francs.
1t fills one of the smaller rooms of the Pavilion
de Fleurs, which the prince now occupies at the
Tuleries.
NJ de Muller, the Prusslan minister of public
instruction, o tyrsnnous and overbearing man,
hated by the employees of his department, on &C.
count of the dssp0tic manner in which he treats
them, is known 10 be hen-pecked husband. His
wife Adelaide, q rather strong minded lady, Is the
real minister Of public instruction.
Theophile Gautier, now an abJect fatterer OF
the Emperor Napoleon, called him in pamphlet
published shortly after the disastrous attempt at
Strssburg, "a bleir'eyed BOBBY, with the bear
ing and appearance of q chimpsnzee, ia carica
tuTe on the first EMPIRE" "clown whe ought to
be engaged by the proprietors OF The hippo
drome.v
The trial of the abortionist of Monauban, in
France, and of her seven accomplices, las caused
the most painful sensation throughout the coun-
try. The particulars. as disclosed by he exami
nation Of the prisoners, were horrifyiIg beyond
measure. Very heavy sentences were imposed
upon most Of the prisoners. The old harridan
killed the poor babes By throwing tem into
vessels filed with vitrol and other corrosive SUBJ
stances. Some of them she cut deliberately to
pieces while they were still alive. She confessed
to most of the atrocities with which sic stood
charged. The interest which the Frenchpeople
took In the proceedings was so intense thst large
extra editions Of the Gazette des Tribunsu;, Droit
and Palsis, which contained shorthand reprts of
the proceedings, were sold. Seats in thecourt-
room. where the trial took place, were so much in
demand that some persons paid one Kindred
francs for the privilege Of listening to the evidence
and seeing the prisoners for few he1rs The
principal assistant of the cid abortioniswas q
sweetfaced young woman, who mostly prtici-
psted In killing the new born babes.
In The SaI 1923, when Alexander Dums, ST.,
was' a humble copying clerk, 10 the office Of the
private secretary of the Duke of Orleans, after
wards Louis Philippe) he lived in the bilding
opposite the Opera Comique. Here he Occupied
q pretty chamber. The tenant of the adoining
chamber was q seamstress then 30 years oil. he
formed an intimacy with her, and on the 9th Of
July, 1924, child. Alexander Dumas, j., was
born. His father paid monthly allowanclto the
child, and when be was old enough he senthim to
NJ Conhanxfa school.