, 1870-11-06
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

tc.of Hugo for his utter ignorance of gsog- /
ply. lho Erencl hsva given some aston-
'MnS a1S e1smples in this line, but iii their eE-
oet III one CT his last Grapdilca7ent and uya-
Is Pr claMatiats. Tae u1d man does NOT !
ven EDO" sne name OF sh~ province in whirI, /
% Has fora. As nneeEs At the Prusei,ns Who. | {
i lie sA"s, would MAKE him Germ.n hainT
orn in D+areon. in Lorraine. Tia ioIe ~
il that 9crancon Il not in Lorraine, but i,
he calital oftht Ftenct, ploviuee OF Francsa
;mWe, or Upper Buzgunds.
The pTussiau army mail transports lett,-u
rec of eharee to soldiers in the field. The
etters ase SLOWED to be very hoAvy, aud
ake .43vsntAge of it aud send them al sorts
II triukets, chocolate, &c, SO that there afe |
more packages than letters. 4 Young girl
lpreared the other cay 1t the l,erlin Post
0t6ce with ! bulky package. which she had
ldds. sked to her betrothed lu tae army. The
o .chsge n.a too heavy, md to her gro1t dis
Ise1e rho VAS iuforn.d that it oonld no: be
rent. She reflected for 4 mouoeut, and then
ops ned the package. in which ths practical
maiden hsd packed warm oair Of drawers
for her iEtcnred- With great presence of /
mind, and entirely unn1ndfui Of tbs utter \
Of tho bystander-, she ripped the dr1~- |
ets into two halves and packed them into |
! two senarate packages, which were duly s.nt |
forward. The careful young l3fv had not for |
gotten to add needles aud thread to one Of the |
Paekag ages. AID ali the scanned to 10 afraid Of |
WAS tbs: one ct tho packages might rel iost,
which would leave her preeent il 4 Singular
condition.
"A letter from the Psusei,n army near
Metz relates the following little incident 4
Little After the service VA sitting with the
PAs master and another officer, when knock
came st the locE, and there oate=ed a g.eae
hulkinG fellow. from Dzntzic, who sneepishly
asked tie PaymAktet to accommodate tiu
with paper money fer hia bullioa- How
much do you think he had: Why, counting
pfennigs ard queer collection OF kreutzers,
huge ren1ittance the great, honest, manly fel-
low wished 70 send u the .tTaM Away on the
shores OF the Baltic. It was only three sh,l-
HnGt, but il WAS the last silver tho MN had.
and be viii go without hin e1ass OF beer till
ns1t psy day comes round. Fancy Al English
soldier coming to Lis officer with hsudfu1 Of
hs1f-pence for conversion into paper money!
Bue Gstman regiment ia one gre4t brother
hood. AID the Paymssttr pocketed tbs cop
pels and gave the man the paper thalar with
kindly word and look"
There is singular story connected with
the recent Illumination At Stuttgart in honor
Of the Gt1man Victories Part Of tho co1ored
paper lanterns used Oh that occasion wora
iaken from ranlt in tbs French Embassy
buildings. Were they had becn stored away
ever since the birth OF the prince Imperial
on the 18th OF March, 1856. When this event
vas telegrsphed from razis to Count Bsara,
then French Amtaeeacor At Stuttgart, be
tion for it we're we'll in hant, and 1000
Lanterns were ready to DO lifted. when. for
surna reason rot given, an or1er 2trived from
the Emperor suppTessstng the demonstration.
The manufacturers Of the l1nterus wore paid.
and they themselves were packed snugly
away, and at last entirely forgotten, until
recent ranssekirG OF the vac,nt embassy
brought them TO light, when they were put to
. usc which their original suXcss Certainly
never dreamed OF their filling. To what
strange uses may we come st last:
The house At chiselhnret, England. nos
occupied by the Empress EnGenie, is actually
the property Of Count do B-aureSasa, the nat
ura1 Ecn Of the Euperor'a mistress
According to the Cassel correspondent Of
German PaDcr. Napoleon is strictly watched
at Nilhtlmshoke. Whenever he mikes
nby EromenaGes in the further portions
oa Of, The t,s+an, NIX, eommiss.s, q police aud
him constantly. OF course they walk at q
distance from him. and he don't teem to no
| tice them.
| ALI The e1pcnses Of Napoleon III. for lis
table and servants, &c. ss Well as those Of
So Is snsse 9srs s1',s ,hn fTs ra,a sy kns Wilia@
guest than AS his prisoner: N.poleon need
Lot cisburse single dollar a. long as lie re-
msins 1t Wilbclmshche, although he has re.
reatcd1F declined thesc little financial siten.
tsons. But tho rrussian exchc9ues will
hardly fote snyth,ng 1T. A. the whole cost
10 le rsid by The French.
1 a fiuarian soldier. Int 5ust returned
f1en the front, Was staining in tho centre oI
4 listcning g.onp, Detailing 10 an officer hi.
narrow escape from death by one Of the Chas
| sepot bullets He took OH. his watch, AMI
showed it pierced through by the bsll, which
having thus expended It's strength on tie soil,
metal. inflicted bat slight wound on Iii
breast The people preesel around to get
look At the watch, and ene citizen, impu:slve
| Is taking out his own gold tlule-keepe1. put
into the hand OF The astonished soldier, IA,
irE: Here. take this one. L Is a goo
one. Yours viii never 80 again:"
- new society hna been formed In En-:
land, called The Reformed Order Of Cd
Women. sort OF cruss between burit
society aud 4 4eonvivial tclab. Some of III
rules Of this eistethoed arc sufficiently cur
our- Its pr msry object IL declared to b
1.-The cultivation Of friendship. the pleasure
OF eood COMPANY. and the Improvement {
cur own beloved - Sorosls.'' Ono provision
that "evtrr odd woman ehsll cheerGul1y su,
scribe ler Wit to enliven the meeting, AZ We
=. hcr money to defsay tho expenses OF tt
lodge which il like {" the Sorosis
sasse!an. sHt othsS oor' e'1zs sa f 2, .st R
sweafsng, or si16iEG IN improper song, {
giving an improper toAtt or sentiment, eha
be fined thfecpence." Moreover We fear tti
Betsey pHgE and Ssirey Camp must both |
smong the Odd Sisters: il not, why has til
society adopted the following rule:
"Any sister entering tho 1ot'gr room In a sta,
Of fntoxfcatton shall be nned one smiling; "a
essry visiting sister shall he fined one shilling
aa sse,y m = waiting 's;ss ,Saa ,s pay swoaenes
night, and any sister refusing 70 s'o 70 &hall I
pel!ed."
Il - ph,lanthrcpie plan for saving rais An
| driving bkck the PIuasiana has been inte
, tered With by the London police. on the pet,
: plea that its promotern were obtttucting tt
. streets. The plan was printed in tho form
. ! circular aud distributed by sat OF htrelir
: boys to all paese1s-by. lts aunouneeme,
, wAs somewhat bold. but safe enough. consi
\ e1irB that it took plAce in London, and VIII
HombArdment Of Patis--Advice to Marsh
. Trochu.-Previous to the P1nsslans cor
+ ueneipg to bombard Paris all exposed bull
g inga should be protected BY Harding's Etc,
! hle 11oohns, which ID the ONLY dursh
them from the most tempestuous w>athe
4 hut 70 elastic that it wonld throw back
= full retreat. Pr1ce one penny per squa
+ foot" Counsel for the accused very proper
"a urged that 70 bepefrent an OBJECT as &
y avoiding Of bloodshed waa not prnuihited
N act Of Parliament. The magistrate, howey.
IA WAS matter-of- fact man, aud declared tn
n there nx1 Eo loub: that the act OF paEliaue
= had been fnfsingea. but ~ it WE the first {
/. fence Of the Kind, he considerably put /
i fine At . Cd for ". Harding, aod i each
y quite content with the price Of hs ttlvcshain
:. Tho Frankfort (krutsla, fuarnalgives
- following horrible episode OF the bombal
ID meut OF Dstsche: "a mother had Just CIV
~ given birth to child In cellar. and the fst
>. soma medical aid. The etepa from this St
,: ter1anean place Of refuge led directly up
;. the SIT Get, and father had hardly reached I
;. top when i shell carried on hie arm and p!
- Of his shoulder The unfortunate man
/. back in the ce1lar where his wife was lying
n critical condition. She uttered pIerci
a ec1eaus, which xt last attracted BoHe uei
N bors, who gave the poor creature ali the
ss slAtsnce in their power But it Wan in vi
r the shock proved too much for her, and
v expired shortly after her husband, who
il lived but few minutes after being stru
r. The nsiehbors took care Of the poor little
phau."
>: "A married couple in Prague got int
i. quarrel on the 1Otl1 OF October. which Gu
il terrible manner. Tho wife seized la
hs bottle Of sulphuric acid, and, after she
~ thrown part OF the 1uid into her hushau
face. obe poured the rest down her thre
and then fell down overwhelmed By hos1l
agony. The left side Of the husbands
~as burned, and his Left eEe utterly destroy
The wife Was taken to the An.pital in dE
,e1 state. The Ehola vAs csused By the gre
et- eyed monster
Major M,lig1n has just written b
on entitled 'sWlld Life among tho kooris-" !
ah kind Of highway robbery p1zctised By
women Of The country appears to have r
ed ticuIxrlv i3titAted him. Tho culp1its.
uE ears-s the briR1nds, IN this case are Jot
W women, who act ont on pluudering purs1
to in or1er to turn dishonest penny 4 II
nd Of fair bandits take up station At the ri'
there par,jculArls, TO wait for the arrivsl