The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-03
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

i "A Pars journalist says tho false hair worn
by the ladies Of tho gay capital would mako o
pils as high as the Napoleon column.
-Oaeabach has gono out OF fashion 80 COM
pletciy In Paris that the managers who pay
HIM large sums Tor his operas ORC rapidly los
ing money. .i
"A young German has lost his eyosight by
an a,tcmpt to win bet to swim o. certain
length OF time on bis back in the Soheldt with
his spestaclos on. A hot sun acted on the
spectacles as on q msguifyiug glnss. III
Mile Marcow,tz was packing her trunks
for tho Watering places whom news was brought
her that Messrs. Russell and Poerzs we're fight
ing on her account. Telegraph mo who is
killed." SAID she 10 tho messenger; Mt Baden
one will have moro leisure for emotion"
The new Partisan travelling costume is
made Of waterproof cloth in shot colors, such
as brown and gold. Tho sklrt is short. with
simple hem round tho bottom. Palotols are
loose TO those, revers Of taffsta plated sash Of
tsfata 10 match. stIaw hat. Rauze :>vel, water-
proof boots. MaofsrlAne mantles, with COACH
mans capcs Of red and white plaids, ana the
best evening dress Wrappers.
One day in the first week in August tho
boldest player at Baden Baden. o Ruseian lady
Of high rank, after hard-Sought battle OF
three hours duration, retired loser Of ne4rly
hundred thousand francs. Tho interest OK
cited by this encounter was intense; almost
all other play was suspended, and d triple row
Of spectators surrounded the table, bIeathless-
ly watching the result OF each coup.
j Accident revealed this week the existence
in an obscure quarter OF Bordeaux, OF wo
man, now q hundred years old. who during tho
French revolution played brilliant, but ephe-
neral part. Sue still. merrily tolls she was tho
heroine OF Robespierre's Fete de Eire Supren,s.
danced With Taller, and was selected the 14th
July, 1888, lat al anniversary Of tho capture Of
the Rastile>, to present the, ribboned Bosegay
70 tho COMMISSIONERS of the! Republic. I
This is the toilette Of Eugenie tho Sunday.
before she left France: An unb.each ched muslin
skirt with taffsts Of sireaked ,n.ur5sSnr trimG
mingB, q STRAW hat e,s;s :. -. = aohs
later. if,. .tpe palace grounds, abe wore q; short
muslin costume trimmed with valenciennes'
fhlis over sroseile tfed Guaranty slip; sash OF
black velvet, straw hat, with clusters Of black
cherries and black ourrants. In tho evening
she wore white tulle robo, with Malmaison
roses toloop her Meohlip lace pouff. The same
in her hair. ~. - 4.i. I e. go
Letters from Naples describe picnics by
moonlight at Pompeii, with supper in the Fo,i
rum. and tableaux in the Temple Of Jupiter.
Ono OF the latter was q soeue emblemaical Of:
tho iaAt days OF Pompsii. from the picture by
Lord Lytton; those who tool, part in It being
dressed in the costumes sfof the psriod.'', At
Naples q new building 10 be called the Pompei-
Drama, giving panoramic views OF; the city, is
being erected, but some OF the residents think
this unnecessary, seeing that any one can run
down In less than an hour and see che original.
! "A curious scene was lately Witnessed in
Paris. A girl was observed on the street with
wooden leg under her arm, while gentleman
was calling to her from window on the other
htde tof the street, gesticuiating fercey and
demanding. her return. To the large crowd
which the Scene attracted, the girl made ex.
planation that ahe. was washerwoman to the
geptlemau, that he would not pay her, that
bhsvis,ted big lodgings to demand her money,
and that: on his refusal she had taken possess
sion Of his, ,wooden leg, purposing not 70 return
II until sho received her money! - .1htt
Lord Painerston,s diary, nov in oouEss 81.
preparation for publication, under The charge
Of fsit Henry Bdlwer, ,ss editot,, iis desoribed as
being folla OF .al srest,l aud lssi being marked
With the dis!ibgnished Pfemiers chAraoleris..
ttps.a This disH commences; when Palm srstop.
WAS sf1teenyears OF age, and ends at the close
p1sso, When he asSlrnqd #. ~ ..iotetSn SEQ!
retaryin At ptesetIt no: continuation Of , the
diarys,,,haa been found among palmsfat tSnA
papers. The diary is said TO have none Of the
attributes Ola Boswellian record, but Is modest,
unaffected and simple, without spartiolo OF
gan OF Ili:natua }, and short and condensed, as
II the style had been formed after the model Of
the sententious; ;bssYity of:Taoitus.. : Or
HombnrR: II took 4 place at lie roulette tablo,
end had not stAked more than once or twice.,
when two handsomely dressed ladies' placed
themselves one on either eide Of me. and com.
tmenced playing with the smallest coins allors
ed, xedging met In rather sunplessantly clos6
tbetSeen them. At my, third or fourth stake
won on both the color and number. and my
ineighbor on tho right quietly swept up my
coins from the color thea instant, they ,were.
lpaid. i retnonstrste d and snei very politely
argued the point, ending BY Restoring ny.
money. Bpt during our discussion myefarS
larger stake, paid in the meanwhile, on the
winning npmbsr, bad disappeared into tho
pocket Of my neighborc on the LETT, Who was not
90 polite. and "a very sind dignspt at my sng-,
gestion that the stake vas mine An appeal
TO, the .oroupier, only produoed ,shrug Of ,they
shoulders and regret that he had not seen who
staked tte money. aud offsr TO esst6p the ,pIay.
and q suggestion that should'find 1t YER! dil-
fcult to prove It WAS py stake."
! a horrible myatAry is agltating, society in;
Nspess The parties conn eoted' with it arc 81
slentenant named Ne9ri and tho Countless da
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