, 1870-05-22

The Empress EuEenie has thiTt y-nlnecen
eocrstcd alnnlets, Of which abe genessli5 wears
threo or four on her heart.
.-nic1srd TnttersaG, the heai OF tl,s we'll.
known horse-selling firm in London, ii ,sai
X waA al ancestor Of ells mah-also lticraul
Tattetra1l-who founded the famons High
Change for Horne Flesh, near Hyde Park CO..
ner, III l7G6. The name of the irs proprietor
paseed into familiar usage, and hecaue s7n,.-
nym for "Lorse exchange" throughout the
EnRlial1-speaklng world
G1Ln t:zar of Russia IL going to spend the
summer at Ems, in quiet why, and has 4as
about it ty engaging hotel with eighty apart
ntenis for himself and family,
The average annual production 0f ,.-r iI
England il Is, ,00O, 600 barrels, Of which fiur-
fiftl.a arc consumed at home. IN Basssiaa
wosEmsu's daily ration Of beer is sevrm quarts.
In Vienna the consumption per capita is two
and 4 taH barras yes1ly.
At Tat1uz, in the petty principahty Of Iich-
tcnstein, theirs waA hung tho other day young
fellow uho had murdered his Own ruother.
The gtl1ows was pole with large iron hook.
The criminal, who had a moose around his
neck, gaa hung on this hook by the execution
or. who then turned him a1uund bE his legs
until his tongue protruded, and he WA biask
III tho face, The execution lasted exactly n.ne
uninutas. No doctor WAS present. AMI the
culp1it lircd At least ten minutes sitter lse had
been hung on the hook.
Victor Hugo, it il said, is paid, On an AZ
erage, $40, 600 year as his percentage on his
old novels sold IN pasas.
-NlIe -. of the BoutEes Parisianat is
quite disconsolate in consequence Of tho death
OF her daughter, whu was only 3 yea1s Old.
! Size said. sobnnE, the other day: Al Poor thing.
poor darling! Do you req rsnembef ho" sA'
-Payisian waiters were formerly noted for
| their extreme politene5a- Now they are most
" insolcnt and impertineut. The Figaro says
/ that the other lsy there occurred, At one of
the most fashionable coffee houses The fol
lowing conversation between guest and 1
vaiter: Waiter, bring me the Journal 'lrs
neoats." Il am reading it, sir," was the wai-
sers reply.
| The Northeastern Correspondence describes
curious ceremony which, it says, now usually
takes place at each performance in the thca-
tres Of Rl,ssian poland. When the last piece
is over, the police and genfdrn7es close all the
doom tie curtain then rises, and on the stage
arc seen the aetors dressed in black, and tho
Actresses in white, bouiug before brilliantly
illuminated tableau, with the initials OF the
Empcrprss naIne upon it. The baud then
strikes up the 1iu4sian lynn, "a God save tho
| Car" and the whole company. sitter three
more profound s.lutations. addressed to tho
initials, sing the hymn iu chorus. Meanwhile
! tho police move about among the audience to
to the hymn with due reverence. When tho
hymn has been sung the company aSaln bow
! deeply to the imperial initials, and this curtain
drops, and the audience are allowed to de-
Tho Empress Of Austria shot herself the
other day through the hand: in trying to wsest
from her son 4 loaded revolver, with which he
wns playing. The asrilent Eave slss 10 r. r..
| next few hou1s afterward, that the Empress
| Elizabeth goatled to matlucss by tine int1delI-
lies OF her Impcrial husband. hid committed
suicide by shooting herself through the heart
More than GOO Ca.holi. ladies' Of distinc-
tior have signed an indignant protest against
the idea of commission being appointed to
examine The couvents of Englana among
Dncbcrs Of Argyll. tho ,la.chioncss OF Lon.
doudcr7y. Lady Victoria Hope Scott, Lady
Eitzalan Howard, the Countess Of Pertaining
j., ton, Lady Gertrude Douglas, LAZY Alexander
- :. Gordon Leuox, and mans others OF siuilal
- The other day literary man called oI
Il actress. &c n T ner .emolher'' saked: 1whnn
= shall announces?., The visitor, somewha
4 elildhood's friends. 4' Mademoiae}Ie no lonse
10 RECEIVES her ci,ilt1hool'A friends " q Rat-'
u ''Oh. you SEQ, sir, Mademoiselle's reputation
hs must be taken care OF FOR her chi1drens sake.
a curious snicide has taken place at Wen
a. na, One Of the Professors Of the .ithcnce Il. L
~ u SPREE having lost manuscript of great val1
L.. which belonged to the r.sal library, offered :
III, reptace it by one Of greater value which Ii
had IN lis own collection Professor rtrtz
~ over, refused his colleague access 10 sescrl
w spctous OF the building. The aHliT hal SUE
''e depressing effect upon the unfortunate pr
fesEor that shortly afterwa.d lie blew out hi
brains at Heidelberg.
: The English papers publish the CORE
~ ~ epotldence eubm,ttel to Parliament on th
''' murder Of Eng|islmen in Greecc, THIS COL
lesrau,ience contains lt.ttrs Of the victims
M ne1 which, read By tho light Of ti'ir massacre
~, have peculiar rathe1ic interett. As th' sarh
.s est tragedies have their cnnir side. so there
AUS grim humor in the circumstances mcntlone
- is Mr.. Herbert III his letter of tue 10th April
tSe The captain says he is going to mass so,no,
I. 19t. row in the village churrl, with al his Isn't
ti ani. az at present arranged. We are allowed
u Co too, which will he very strange thing. "nl
| .lo not believe it will he allowed. Th* prizes
ut- zane 10 ray the captain visit to-day but Il
vas was not very amusing,
on During tuoly Week. some years ay'
you List invited a numi'ef Of COMPOSERS an
can critics to his apartments !" listen to tue nr
OF private performance Of lis HAAS, nirc" becon
10 celebrated at the Vatican and III t:ernlasl
cul- At one of the passages shieh is little in Il
Ho WaGnelian style, All influential critic naaN
rom WY fa:e, AMI waa invited to sernnA an IT
two more eelect rehearsal, when only he and Is;
and )ios were present. The resnlt waa. howes,
lrec the ranc, and II. i o. expressed his u,,lna
-. fed disarnrosai Of this = Music ot the +
nriin tt.re.r miserable mAa," exclaimed the
rlng ture Able OF MontenAE1n, with AZ inspired a
emit '.cannot you understand that this caco3ii''
I l&S
zaft: | Of the Tassi0n,
anu Those melancholy poets. whose sole o.
we're patton consists in rhyming oTer their youts,
. uavH, had better look to their Iaurcls. wll
ch'i- arc likely to bo sadly curtallei by the Gra
'um- International Rcjuveuating Compsnr limit
II inst established at Stamhuu1- We have
the The pleasure OF seeing q "rcjurenstlnG on
her | and be looked Like 3 man OF 30, wher
he stated that he was 5a years of
vas last falI. The operation Of the rejuvcnat
Stls il one Of the most delightful, b1t at tile "a
.een, time most costly. that VIC KuoH Of The eli
! the ly lady or gentleman who wishes to retrsce
3 III path Of life is obliged so put down 80 .00d
b to commence with, after which be or she is
into aNroom. which il called the vestibule
lister Delight. This vestibule is a movable sta
wore which mounts gradually To- an Immense heil
'ast whereon lies an artificial plain full Of al
tho earth can boast OF lovely, and oFef vi
tne plays an nrndiatinE and heavenly Light.
Ire ne strains Of music are heard at intervals,
soSai from beneath the trees peep human 10
Is passed q certain time in this hea
rovn On earth, the visitor is led in
t to dance 10 tho stage, which in An instant
lowered into M iced well. where the Wis
:lnks remains until he il in what may ba tetrne
ittie. half drowned state During tho lmmers
" the well is partly closed, but round the ed
tho eceue beheld above il reelected by me
P9t Of mirrors. Thus in his drowning NOM
), 4 tile visitor receives go thoroughly the imp
HOY zion Of what he would wish to reacb, that
ana impression Of delight is impressed Tor ever
oe his features. Tie sudden change
A.. temperature to which he has been
luiu nu iected renders the impression ineGacesble,
" u when drawn out from the well tue operatio
1 nj aud