, 1870-11-13

| -4ne civil usI OF napoleon the Ihtfd Owe3
8.000, GOO franca to Ps,isian rnerch.ute. Tha
e1-Emperur has sent his creditors word that
he fa prepared to pay all their claims.
| The two forture-to1lera who we're patron
lied 20 literally BY tho aristo sEacr of the See-
ond Empire. Mined. Leuormand and PeQuin,
nd the former Of whom is s.id to have pre-
dicted to the Empress Eugauie that tho I'd OF
| September, 1871, would be Is fatal to the
Second Empire Is VIE the 18th Of June. 1915,
TO the Frat Empire, have removed from PAria
to London. where they axe doing most
fou1iehirg business,
meeting With some resistance in Scotllnd.
One Of the members OF School Beard w1s
Ieoe ntlE dircueaing the question with IN cleo
tcI Of Scotch town. who addressed him as
follore; .Well. ma.ts1, and is this Diole
aYcin8 to eddyca:e my children whether I
| lkett or no?" The member OF the board ex-
| platneo: "Mel, master. yeu sly as how they
| must be eddJcated; fay - bow they
mussnts and they shan't. III drown EN-
| While At Versailles. tho Emperor William
Loaf favoEite dog, and offered 900 thAlers for
| lts recovery. Il was brought bAck by the
Captain Of the Scauzeng,kle Of G,oss-B Bodnn-
gen, who FAs then serving aa aL1ndEehrmau
He declined the offered reward; hut asked
the Emperor to present to hta compAur Of
aliazpt hooters At home one OF tho cannon esp
tu1ed fson the French. Tho gun waa at once
nsh ~ VA 1sa,!sd a the
Louis XIV. WAS one Of the most remsrka-
BILE eatsIa OF hls time. Ths Duchess OF Oe-
leans. IN hsr correspondence, afhsms having
eeon him dsyour 1t one meal fonr plates Of
soup; whole pheasant, two partr,dees, two
xoodcccts, two plates OF salad, two slices Of
| oWeetrneate.
\ lady restdlng IN = German city, which
Tis heavily taxed b! the var, writes to her
cressed IN consequence. that ehs has to pay
65 cents for pair OF white kid gloves with
two buttons," that new eitk bonnet costs
nesrly dollar In gold; Il cab for two pereons
to the opera and back, 81 cente, and washing
is charged for At the extMvasant rats of
twelve cents dozen pieces.
a large proportion OF the Dtitfeh Paera
be eloEg to junior branches of their respective
families. the parent etock having been left
sar behind IN the race for wealth snd position
signal instance OF this furnished By The uax
peer. Lord Dalllug ard Buwer, aud his broth
CT, Lord Lyttnu. Whilst their eldest brother
remained al bis life plain country squire,
they pushed their way to rank and hono1s.
Lord 6andhurst, the other addition to the Up-
per House. ID fourth son.
Tho laurel wreath given to Emperor Will
IAN, on his return 10 Rtiletand, cunsieta Of
si1ty leaves, many OF them inscribed with
the namss & places rendered memorable in
three pounds aud four ources, it is . costlS
triEket. The band by which the .Ieavss are
tisd together ts ct platinum. On the knot
aro engraved the Horde - To her heroic King
and Emperor. Grateful Rhineland. 1a7o.71."
,-Deectibing the march Of the L.ndwher
into Berlin on The Emperors birthday, corre-
spondent Whites: "Oae woman saw with
two babes. plAinly twins. She wanted to hug
her husband; but it abe did ahe must drpp
one OF inc babies. A comrale, whom no wife
Sobs;r Sis; ,sn sGTs Of
hered her Of ons baby, which be carried With
singular address On hia LETT shoulder, The
yturg ono pulled the noseg1y out OF tha
nozzle Of his needle-sun carried on the other
anoutaels And 10 the COMPANY struggled on
lat, but 7iaibly embarrassed by family con-
alterations.
Tho Greek asiatoc1acy arc By no meana
p1sased With tbs conduct OF their King,
.! orsios Notos- He is charged With being /
tlifng eort Of \ fellow. too fond Of strong
drink, and rsrfectlg happy only when playing
with Lin tame birds, OF Which be has ! great
mA1y. In consequence Of this predilection OF
thstr ~ e Msoyereign. the !Aheniane a.y eneesingly;
long ago." $50.
.-.-.sfu anu I.uu1se, Is best known a the houe
OF another Princees-tbe princees Charlotte
ded life was spent there with Prince Leopold,
afterwards king Of the Be1RiAns- AftarEard.
Leopoids second father-ir-law, Louie Pull
lipre, and biz family fonnd shelter here, on
tne,t hight from Franco, In 1913. It Was
pseious doings In India. and this chsrges
sgatnat him, were msgniied by the peasantgy
Of the nsighborhood into all manner Of dread ]
fnl stories.
.,-Whan the cnvcys Of u. de RotheohiId paid |
the wAF contributions Of Paris zoo, ,000. 600 |
:, JnN~ IA pr
thaler bill slip in among the Others. The |
quick eye Of i PIussitu official ut once letect- |
Cd y and the bill waa thrown out. Rotbs- |
oh.id's people insisted that 1t was genuine and !
to Paris NTH Ill their rolls Of no,es sni ssc1s
ct cotu. With that official e1ac:nees wLich ia l.
sne glory or pEusstAn routine, Count Msu,srk L
w w u m once informed Of the naisunderstsnd-
tps', ,,;H ne 1nsWsEed: W Harf Director. acoeps
md preserve the counterfeit note u 4 me-
rnento Of this great day. great war abcnt
nothing more tangible than I Chateau en-
Espdgne has just beeu concluded between |,
~ tHo great Powers and | can't a1ord, Just on
the hee4 OF 1t, TO turn aronnd and declare war
With the house OF Rofhschild, the Sixth Great
thaler notet"
France will havs to pay 5000, DOT, 600
lfancs to Germany "a war indemnity. This
n Gve-iranc gold pitcee, would weigh $1,000
0oo pounds Ryolidupoia. To transport ail
this gold By rzi1. suppo.iug each car 10 carry
II .oo0 pounds, train Of 5000 cs1s won1d be
required. When spread out On the ground,
one touching 'he other, these fve-frsnc gold
piece3 Eonld reach almost around the gtobe.
II hve-franc pieces enough to make this
amount were placed one shove the other they
would make column Of gold 1,67G miles ID
height. II this column, having its bxseelu
Patis. shoq!d topplo over In the direction OF
Berlin, Berlin would BE- only one-tbirl Of tho
whcle distance reached by tho coin At the top
Of the column, A quick caehier, able 10 csunt
10, 600 tve-ftanc pieces In An hour, suppo.ing
that he commenced at the age Of 50. would
be nearly 20 years Of ago before he finished
houEs dai1r for 500 days every ye4s.
The financial trouh1as Of the Prince do
are aec:ieed to the anbtion of his
wife to e1etl the e1-Empsees EuGenie in the
ciothea the sAle OF Mette1n;ch'sa Eve Johtn-
ntshe1g estates. and many more prospective
eAles are attributed
The Empress Augusta hiss propos cd to
70 the Emperor the creation OF new decora-
tion for women who, during the late war, be-
IN the hospitals and their care for ths fAmi-
lies OF the absent soldiers. II consists Of
eross Or black enamel With 4 eIlver border, a I
ecsflet red cross, Eta.!ler, with small white
enamelled border being fastened upon the
hlsck cEoes. On the top Of tbs vertical bur Of
the c!oes theses ia crown, and The number !
15tQ.11 il engraved On the lover e1d Of that
bar It il attached BY black silk ribbon with
! white border on the left eide Of the breast-
Some pessona arc 10 anxious to be re-
pembertd after death tu4t they t,ke strange
Ways Of insusiu8 recollection 4 London
Journal relatee tLat FL Wtagge, Al aoaisnt
maiden, uconsly deceased, left Ia her will
condition that ths vault should be opened aad
her clfIn duAtel efe1y yoAr- In tho event OF |
failure the bsqness IL to be sransfeEed to an
other parish. She made snre OF tie wasdecs.
who are to open the vault, by lea7ing them
enough to buy good dinnsr On esch return
Of tho cheetfut oceaaon-
Death IL IN unusual and life = fEeqnent /
visitor to tho present royal family OF Gze1t
Britain. The little baby OF The fsincess Of
world, and - psematursly lett it, the other
day, xas tha twsnty-ninth descendant OF
QueaA Victoria, who hse bad nine ehildtau
and tEenty grandchildren, Of whom only oEe
has died ftetott1'a nine included I've girls
and four boSB- The CfoEa psincass OF Prus-
sia has seven children-foar boys and thrae
girls. Oua OF tho boya hAa died Tbs Prince
Of Wales has had three sous and three dauzh-
ters. Tho Princess Alice, Of Hesse-DAfm-
stadt s.a b., four gi1!s I'D ore boy; Ihs Psin:
schleswig- Holstein, has two boys- What
have the NATIONS Of MaBsaohusatta to s1y to |
this sdete royalty Of Eu1ops?
Tho moboclxtsiu Paris 1t one tima thought
VI Atdl1uJuK lQo uEAuui IL CQ4Ql0u lQEAS60 III |
tho centre ct the PiAee vendome. They re-
eatd it ~ symbol of brute force and false ,
gloly, and ueRaiou Of fraternity. II VIA ;
erected TO- commemorate tho campaign OF r
1906; it is OF tho Doric order, 125 feet IN a
height, With shaft IL feet In diameter; Nis
buh Of stons. covered with has-rellefs n :
bronze, representing the French Eietesaes.;
Tho h1ncze Eaz composed OF 2Do pieces OF
cannon taken from the Rusahn and Austrian
armiea. The metal weighed ~, ,goo Poueas.
aud tie bas-reIiefs pu1eas : spiral direction