The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-10

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shall try it over an over again
Fl Correspondence of the N. Y. Sun
Story q Two rs,sf t.',| R on,
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"A droll bit Of gossip this; as. it is
well known and. universally laughed
about, it can be- told withoH indis'
erection or improperly. opq$ing last
summer, two peacocks belonging te
due de Gallese, who lives-at Palazzo
Attempts, flew oyer, the proof % f q
neighboring palace-Pal! ezo Primo
Ii They remained on the roof OF
Palazzo Primoli for som e. weeks,
then returned to their home in tine
courtsef Palazzo 4aAlteWps.f This au-
tumn, when the roof 0f Palazzo Pri-
moi was examined. and srepaired, as
is the custom, the, architect of the
Count mentioned in his report, of ex-
Ipenses the, replacingAof tiles, which
had been injured by. be GaIlese pea
cocks. Whereupon yCouptg Primoli
wrote polite note to, the Duo de
Gallese, recounting the injury caused
to his roof by the peacocks, and in
closing a bill for 81, francs ($6.20.)
The Duke sent the tount instant
". The next day, b Sever,- the Due
de Gallese wrote Col 1t Primoli also
a polite note, in whi} ! he recalled to
the Counts memoryAthat inthe win
ter Of the inundat3bn his horses,
having been driven ovtof the Primo,
i stables tai by the wi Ter, which had
re 'dtr5 them uni eabitable' had
been received hospita sly, stabbed and
fed in the Palazzo ATTEMPTS stables
daring the period Of the inundation;
that the goodman had estimated the
expenses for il that occasion at 80
francs ($6.40, and "a bill for that
amount was inclosed. 5sOfacourse
Count Primoli paid the bill directly.
Thus the whole business uafair awas
settled, leaving Count Primoli one
franc out of pocket by his deals
Every one says sab how like due
de Galleset' For Gallese is a fine,
sarcastic, clever Frenchman, and the
very man to7arrange such hin affair.
.ln all such matters which require
tact and breeding, society is apt to
say, "Ah, blood will,teIl T. meaning
that the person Of the highest birth
will always do the right thing; but
in this affair between the Count de
Primoli and Due de Gallese, it has
just been the reverse. gPrimoli ranks
Gallese in birth if not in breeding-
Indeed, Gallese is essentially a child
of the people, although a duke ! and
Primoli is Of an saristocratic Roman
family Rome Correspondence of
Philadelphia Bulletin. 'ov DIV r4g
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TASTES Overwhelmingly, for
if one standard of beauty were uni
versalIy agreed upon, how many wo
men, nov considered beautiful, would
be thought absolutely ugly! To be
sure, the races of mankind have in
herited from the primeval men GER
tain fundamental ideas. relative to
beauty; but it cannot be. denied that
there are many secondary standards
Of beauty which differ In different
parts OF the world. The Persiansi
admire slim women; the Turks fat
girls for theIharemv "a custom which
also l'revailsin the Blight. Of Benin
and in certain parts of East Africa:,
the Tartars admire, small; oblieue
eyes, Vamberv;) the tawny Moors,
according to, Caillie,, prefer. women
whose front teeth project; and it.
would take pages to enumerate the
fashionable disfgurements which
prevail in various parts Of the world.
" There is one word of which
four Others can be made, Which al.
ternate curiously between the gen.
ders. 20 Heroine" is; perhaps, as ? Pc
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