The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-05-14

The Duchess of Edinburgh, 1t ap-
pears, offended the English taste in her
wedding trousseau, which included gar
ments of too glazing colors to suit English
ideas Of dress. ut is no secret" says
. London newspaper writer, "that some
OF the leaders of the fashionable world
pronounced the dresses of the Russian
Princess vulgar, and she is now appear.
Ing In the more sober and chaste cOlOrs."
Poor Alexandrowna!
The Goloss Of St. Petersburg saws that
the Khedive Of Egypt is so eiated with
his recent conquests in the interior of
Africa that he Is seriously Contemplating
the conquest of Abyssinia, in order after.
ward to proclaim himself "Sultan of
Egypt" The Goloss adds that these plans
are strongly advocated BY one Of the
Viceroy's Generals, a European and for.
merly Christian, but who has now adopt
ed both the religion and the national Gus
toms of the East.
The Princess of Wales was very
pretty when she was first married; she Is
beautiful now; she will be handsome ten
years hence, and she can never be other.
wise than refined and distinguished in
appearance if she lives to be no matter
what age. The Duchess of Edinburgh,
on the other hand, is not only without
beauty-she is almost without features.
She has ut l may venture to describe her
in the plain language of the passport
office round head, flat face, small eyes,
and nose 50 insignificant that one NAV
almost describe it as conspicuous by its
absence.-London Letter.
The Duchess of Edinburgh is indip.
nQnt hoOQnSn ohn 10 o11nx.yoA
dence in the English court over the Prin.
cess Beatrice. 1t is stated that letter has
been received from the Emperor of Russia,
complaining that the state kept up and
position made for his daughter are not
such as he had right to expect. On the
occasion of the Windsor review the
Duchess was obliged to sit in the ROYAL
barouche with her back to the horses,
which was remarked by all as a singular
attront. The Queen insists that her
daughter Beatrice is entitled to precedence
over Alexandrowna, and will not yield her
position.
DIR. Schliemann, the reported discov.
erer of ancient Troy, is about to leave
Greece in disgust. He had offered to
build museum at Athens at Lis own
expense and deposit there all the antioui.
ties which he had discovered, on condition
that the Greek Government would allow
him TO excavate at Mycene and Olympia.
the proceeds of the excavations also to
become the property of the nation, and to
be deposited in the Schliemann Museum.
Parliament accepted the offer, but the
Government has declined to sanction it.
and Dr. Schliemann now announces thai
he will leave Greece forever.
One of the most remarkable escapes
ever made was made by NJ. de Chateau
brun during the Reign of Terror in Paris
He was sent to execution with twenty
other prisoners; but after the fifteenth
head had fallen the guillotine got GU,
of order, and a workman was SEN
for to repair it. The six remaining vic
Tins were left standing in front of the
machine with their hands tied behind
them. A French crowd is yery curious
and the people kept pressing forward te
see the man arranging the g1illotine. BY
degrees N. de Chateaubrun, who was t.
the rear Of his companions, found himsel
in the front line of the spectators, then ir
the second, and finally well behind thos,
who had come to see his head cut of
Before the man could get the guillotin,
in working order night began to fall, an(
NJ. de Chateaubrun slipped away. Whel
in the Champs Ulysses he told a man tina
q wag had tied his hands ana robbed hin
of his hat, and this simple individual Gu
him free. A few days later NJ. de Chateau
brun escaped from France.