The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-09
GOSSIP FROM ABROAD.

"A movement in favor of opening museums
and reading rooms on Sunday has been started
in England.
OF the 1000 iterati now living in Paris,
only 400 are able to support themselves by the
proceeds Of their literary labors.
1t is proposed in England to bring over
Cleopatra's Needle, which now lies half buried
in the sand of Lower Egypt, and set it up in
London.
Wood is so scarce in France that they save
their sawdust, mix it with glue and press it in
moulds, making, it is said, very good imita-
tions Of carved wood.
The twenty-nine German Universities have
two thousand one hundred and ninety-four
professors and twenty-one thousand FIVE hun
dred and forty. two students.
The book that has had the largest sale in
the present century in France, is Bernardin de
ST.. Pie1re's "Paul aud Virginia. Upwards of
one hundred large editions of it were sold.
-Tomahawk is responsible for this shocking
attempt .What isthe difference between the
Bishops of the Irish Established Church now
and after the passage of Mr. Gladstones bill ?
Mr.. Disraeli will kindly answer. Now they are
lawn shams, and then they will be shorn lambs. "
-Irel,ud drinks less whiskey than Scotland,
though he's population is twice as large. The
late budget shows that while the lattor coun-
try drank, i'll 1893. 4,9O7,7O1 gallons, Ireland
drank but 4,773,s1u gallons; England at the
same time consuming more than both togeth-
er-over II OOO, 600 gallons.
London Fun says that the Peace Society
is considering the feasibility Of reducing the
height of the Alps below the line Of perpetual
snow. Their reason for wishing to do this is,
that at present these mountains endanser The
peace of ulope, as they give -ise to piques,
and produce GOODNESS between France and
Switzerland and Italy.
Two impostors, looking much like each
other, and got up to look more 80, are said to
be acting the part Of the Siamesc twins in the
west Of England, where the people are little
slow at reading the papers. The India-rubber
flesh that binds them is filled with warm water,
so that the curious, on touching, have the
truth averred by the best demonstration that
both are living.
AT recent fair in Lubbock the following
notice was posted at the entrance of the hall:
s'The ladies in charge Of the sale tents and
tables will sell kisses at dollar apiece" The
gentlemen who desired to avail themselves Of
this tempting offer we're conducted to table
presided over by bearded and CROSS looking
old fellow, who pointed to pile ofsnall scent
ed sheets of rose-colored note paper, to each of
which, be crusty Informed the applicants,
one of the young ladies had pressed her ruby
lips. Tho girls greatly enjoyed the blank
looks Of the gentlemen, some OF whom were
brave enough to invest largely in the kiss
paper"
The Prince and Princess Of Wales had
very pretty and novel reception by the Arabs
at Assauap. At the landing place there was
stage with colored lanterns, which were lighted
up at dusk, and on the flat, sandy beach left
by the receding river was stretched ont an
array of caparisoned dromedaries, with horses
and saddlcd asses, which, with their attond-
ants-a crowd of armed Arnaouts and Ca
vasses-formed an animated foreground 10 the
picture enclosed by the fringe of date palms
and the rocky ridge of the desert range be-
yond the bright green fields. A group of Arabs
arrived with shields and long swords, whose
hair was dressed in fashion that would set
the whole craft OF London and Paris at deh-
ance to initiate. They went through their ex-
ercises for the Prince, and from the distance
was heard once more the long wailing cry OF
welcome which greeted the passage OF the no.
tilla from all the villages on the banks. An
Egyptian officer in full uniform-French in
fantry in all but the fez and sleeve lace went
on board the royal yacht 10 pay his respects,
and the Mudir and principal people of the dis
trict were also in waiting to attend the royal
party. The Prince and Princess made short
excursion on shore, and their example was
generally followed, and in the evening his
Royal Highness paid visit to the village.
MIR. nickens' suit Of "Jarndice vs.. Jarn-
dice" w.,lch dragged its weary length through
Chancery 80 very slowly that all the property
involved was swallowed up in costs before
decision was given, has somewhat OF parallel
in a suit which has just been settled in Lon
don by compromise. The suit was born in
1905, and was reared and lurlured through
infancy, youth and manhood by 81 counsel
and 8 firms Of solicitors. Of the 81 coun-
sci from time to time engaged in its education,
one was and one is now Lord Chancellor, one
was Master of the Rolls, two were Vice-Chan-
cellors of England, one was Lord Chancellor OF
Ireland ono was Chancellor of the Exchequer,
one was Speaker Of the House of Commons,
one Accountant General. one Attorney General,
one Solicitor. General, two were knights, more
than baIf-a-dozen were Kings or Queens Coun-
sci, and two were conveyancers of immortal
renown. The suit having grown to manhood,
produced four young suits as its offspring, al
of which became extinct with their parent.
The occasion of the birth of the original suit
was the failure of banking house which was
formed in 1894 and stopped in 1903. Among
the parties to the parent and younger suits,
was one earl, the Earl of Leicester (Mr. Coke,
of Norfoik), one viscount, one viscountess, one
barone., and one clergyman; and the matter
was settled out Of court after all
A highly exciting scene transpired few
days since at one OF the Partisan churches. A
number of fashionable equipages halted IN
front O.: the portal, and bride and BRIDE
groom stepped from the first carriage TO be
ma: Rcd in the church. AS soon as the BRIDE
-, t,,n IN md I1-