The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-30
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

In the dclirium of her last illness. Grisl
sang the "casia Diva
Tile London Musical Review says that mo
living actor can make love with Mr.. Fechter."
Let him try an actress
THE popularity OF Onenbachs new opera, the
"rrinccssc de Trcbizondc,'' rivals that OF the
"Grancc Duchcssc" in Paris.
During her career as a painter Of animals,
Rosa liOnlcur has received for her paintings up
ward Of two hundred thousand dollars.
-0ne h""'lrcd thousand dollars gold is the
price aske, !Or Il genuine painting by Raphael
now oil sale by NcapOitan gentleman and Is
considered fair price hy European ,ounois-
scurs. :
Letters rom ST. Petersburg say that the sue
cess OF Pait! s greater than il has ever been he.
fore In that city, which goes mad periodically
about singers and dancers. SHE has sung .Som.
nambii!;i" once, LA Traviata''-a great favoritc
-fo'r times; and The Emperor has selected the
"Figlia dc! Rcgeimcnto" for the state representa-.
ton.
"A; the Sulan's new opera.housc the chief nj.
traction was not the opern but boxes assigned TO
The occupancy Of the ladies OF the harem. These
were fashioned so that the ladies coull see out
nut the outsiders could not see ill., Yot, as q
crowd Will stand for Ec;;rs ans, gaze upon Tie
walls OF house in which some real tragedy hus
occurred, so the auditors gaZcd earnestly and
devotcdly upOE nc barriers placed TO preyen,
them from ocular proof OF the attractions -.id to
concentrate among the Grand Turks wives.
Tile manufacturers OF England have not
ceased in thei: cndeavors whether voluntary OF
enforced, 10 scsure complete combustion OF The
smoke and accompanying gases from their FUR
uaccs. In one case the gas IL conducted by n
pipe to the bottom OF the furnace, and then sent
into the hOiicrs and heating stoves AMI there
consumed instead Of coal; the blast OF the fur
mace being heated 20 n temperature OF from 900
10 1000 degrees, without the use OF any coal
whatever. The combustion il so complete that
II IL impossible to say, by looking at the top Of
the chimney, whether the furnaces are In bias, or
not.
In Paris there resides an elderly lady who
passes for countess. She makes a very hand
some living by giving characters to servants re-
quiring employment. When ladies visit her to
inquire into the antccedcnts Of a domestic, they
find an elegantly dressed lady, who has happy
faculty OF remembering the person inquired
about, aud she never knows. aught but good OF
them. This novel mode OF making a living by
supplying regulations to girls who have none has
been discovered, and the occupation Of the
countess will be seriously injured. The girls EN-.
ployed OH account OF her testimony rs to their ca.
pacy gave her percentage OF their wages.
M. de Lesscps, the constructor of the Suez
Canal. ut party one evening, presented TO each
lady rose OF Jericho, Which possesses the pecu-
liar property, when dry and shrlveed with age,
OF expanding its leaves and petals, if placed in
watc-. The ladies' began experimenting with the
flowers, al OF which unfoldad except one In the
possession of pretty creole. She complained to
NJ. de Lcsscps. "Iademoisellc," he replied, ''it
Is not i'll my power to make your flower expand,
but ask for anything else can give you, anu it Is
yours" "fery well. Then | want" here the
lady hcsitated and blushed, and then added, III
scarcely audible voice, "whatever you want.m
'T'hcn want you to he my wife, was The reply
And they were married n few days ago.
"A Partisan correspondent writes OF the opera:
Paris been as good as Il is ts c aSf fRs FRI n
vatorc,' for instance-sung by Krauss, Wachtel
and Monbellt-was really grand; the orchestra
and chorus very correct, and-the essential to NJ
Bager-!hc house crammed. II was not French
audience; but then It never Is or has been. The
sucess OF Fron-Frou' Is encouraging-s6o In
thirty representations. NM. Mehac and IIalevy
arc said to have in one month been creiic,i with
G120. Marie Sass Is having Il great success at
Florence. She sung-and she can slng-at the
Pcrgola last week, Faust and the .IIuguenots'-
tlIirty-cight bouquets, u medal surrounded with
diamonds, and, lastly, bracelet from the Kingn
What some OF the London papers dignity by
the name OF social revolution has begun in Eng.
land by the introduction OF fresh meat from the
mutton and beef-producing farms OF Australia.
method has been found by which the compare.
lively valueless carcnsses or sheep and cattle can
DC sent to England and made to do good service
In feeding her Majesty's subjects. The meat Is
boned, sailed and spced, and rolled in close
packages, which are again packed in casks, with
tallow run about them. There Is already estsb.
llshed In London an eating house, where over o
thousand diners can be accommodated, In which
the Australian meat alone Is used, and the estab-
lishment Is meeting with sucA success that the
manager proposes to lease the City OF London
Theatre for his saloon. Half ton OF tlle meat Is
used each day, sold both cooked and In Its raw
state. The chief recommendation ia the oheap.
ness OF the meat and the meals furnished. A
good dinner, soup, nugget" OF sausage, and
Irish stew, costing three pence, while the
meat is sold at four pence n pound. Laborers,
bank clerks and artisans already patronIze the
establishment and the poorer classes seem to
have guaranteed IL n success; while the only de-
precIating comments come from those English
men who can know no meat except as d Joint or
roast OF huge dimensions.