The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-07
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aging editorship of new Paris daily, at very
large salary. She declined, saying she needed
repose.
All tho European Crown Princes, in accord
apce with an ancient custom, are taught a
trade, The Prince of Asturias is now learning
that of o matchmaker.
-Haussmann, the ''rebuilder Of Paris" has
collected nearly one thousand snuff boxes,
many of them historically valuable. The col
lection is worth $50, 900 gold.
Henry Baer has been dispensed from the
continuance Of his present fate of selling lager
oeer in Chicago by drawing a prize Of $25, 900 in
gold from the Havana lottery.
There is an organ-grinder at Novara who
recently returned from the United States with
s2O, 1000 in gold, an amount be had collected in
the streets during the last ten or twelve years.
Carl Benson thinks the coming man"
ought to weigh one hundred and ffty-five
pounds. Professor Peaslee, on the other
hand, thinks the perfect physiological man will
weigh one hundred and forty pounds.
The Duke of Argyll, Secretary for the IT,
dian Department in the British Cabinet, recog
nizing that there is no opening for young men
in tho civil service, is said to have placed his
Youngest son in commercial house in London
in the tea trade.
Professor Scott, OF the New York Medical
University, holds that oil diseases are pro-
duced by minute animal or vegetable germs
entering the circulation through the outh.
he asserts that it is only necessary to shut the
mouth to pass unharmed through the deadlieat
miasma or epidemic. The Professor does not
attempt to explain why his theory has not e1-
terminated the fair sex long before this.
Queen Isabella, who, upon her arrival in
Paris. seemed to care very little for The French
theatres, has now become passionate play
goer. It costs her nothing to crafty that pas
sion. Most of the Spanish Absolutists now liY-
ing at Paris have boxes at one'or moro of the
theatres; and when Queen Isabella wants to go
to one of them she writes to the box-holder as
follows: 81, the Queen, command you to let me
have your box fot tonight. 1 shall be pleased
to reserve two seats in it for you and your wife"
Edmund Kean was in the habit Of saying
that sthere was no such thing as impulsive
acting" but in practice he freque ntly proved
exactly the contrary. he studied his charac-
ters with the greatest anxiety and care; but he
frequently rejected the premeditatcd course,
and played in manner thas even his wife,
before whom he constantly rehearsed, had not
the least conception of. When asked his
reason for 80 doing, he replied, II felt that
what did was right. Before I was only re-
hearsing."
Louisa Mubbaoh writes every day enough
TO Gil whole printed sheet. She begins at
eight in tho morning and stops at four m the
afternoon. In the evening she receives her
literary friends in her sumptuously-furnishod
salon, or attends performance at the theatre,
where her good-looking and talented daugh-
ter Theodore is playing. Despite the large
copyrights which the authoress Of "Joseph
the Second" and "Louisa Of Russia" has
received for her works, she has not saved
any money, and is still writing for her daily
bread.
AT the opera at Paris tho other night, her
ex-Maiesty Of Spain was among the company.
On her way down stairs she passed q certain
duchess who is without On equal-for inso-
leuce. 'voyez-vous ca" Madame said, in per.
fectly audible tones to her cavalier, and point
ing unmistakably with her fan,-"Qu'es tee
que c'est que ca, savez.vous 2" The other had
the grace to-say nothing. A bystander, who
knew his monde, was not 80 patient; ho made
answer, "C'estle grandpere de ca, Madame,
oui vous fait duchesse." It hit home, this.
Madame, says the story, has been speechless
ever since.
Lord Brougham died without any assets,
having, long before his death, by deed of gift
made over evorything-ex-C x-Chancellor's pension,
house and land, books, plate, furniture-to his
brother William, the present peer, who in return
provided for al expenses. Aversion to trouble
about money matters is said to have suggested
this arrangement. The Inland Revenue author
tiles, at first incredulous, satisfied themselves
by private inquiry as to the bona 1sdes and val
idity of the deed Of gift It is curious fact
that nm e1-Lord Chancellor, who for upwards Of
thirty years received pension of Is. 900 year,
died without paying shilling Of probate or
legacy duty.
"A Northern paper says: cit is said that
Mrs. Charles Sumner, formerly the widow
Hooper, and now grazing somewhere in the
Alps as the widow of the senator from Mas
sachusetts, hos sent handsome cash present
across the water to the reliet Of the late Pres
ton s. Brooks. Mrs. Sumner declares that
Brooks deserved the thanks Of the public for
having drubbed her oonsort, and that duling
her brief stay with him as her matrim onial
partner, she was only prevented from repeat
ing tho famous scene in the Senate by
Charles abject cowardice. The two widows
Mrs. B. and Mrs. S.-correspond regularly. In
the meantime Charles, in his lonely bachelors
attic in Washington, is annotating his famous
speech on the 'Blrbarism OF Slavery, with re-
miniscences OF his welded Week with widow
Hooper,"
-"The Empress Elizabeth Of AUSTRIA"
writes the Pesth correspondent OF the Paris
Magazine. sis nearly thirty years old, and, de-
spite the many sorrows which have fallen to
her sh re in the course Of her evenlful life, she
is still as rosy, pretty aud bewitching as
young girl. She is very happy mother, and,
il the gossips are rlgat, now again very
happy wife. How any husband, for o moment
even, could think of being fatbless to such a
charming creature, is more than your CORES
pondent is able to understand This alluson
refers to the love affairs by which Francis
Joseph several years ago nearly broke his
young Empress heart. The mistresses on
whom the Emperor ut thai time, bestowed his
affections, were mostly women of very little