The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-11-27
81, 1874 WHOLE No. 2S2 /
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.

The other day there was picked up out {
the Seine a young woman Of such surpas
ing beauty that crowds tlocked to see he
body at the MoFgue, and photographs
her were scattered broadcast over Pa1i.
The lovely unknown proves to have bee
an ItaliaD, by name Lucretia Balbi, VIII
earned her living as q model. Among iii
painters for whom she had sat was Heur
Regnault. aud for him the poor girl con
ce1Ved the most ardent passion. stSil
never told her love, and he never suspect
ed it; but from the day of his death, tw
years ago, she began to pine away in th
deepest melancholy. Her character wa
stainless, and her deep sense of religion
caused her long to hesitate at suicide; bu
at length her mind seems to have given way
She left letter addressed to her brother
who also is a model. 1t is very sad story
but there are no dark features in the case
| What wonderful thing love is, even il
these prosaic days!
Fighting in Spain is not pleasant busi
uess. There is a deficiency in pay, clothing
and rations among both the Republican ant
Carlist soldiers, which is by no means made
up for by frequent masses and abundant
proclamation. Then the troops on either
side have an unpleasant way of ofkilling theii
prisoners, while Don Carlos himself
occasionally shoots half dozen of his own
men to encourage the Others But the
Spaniards of Cuba have ventured to add to
the horrors Of Spanish warfare by PROPOSING
that all the prisoners taken either by Don
Carlos or f5errano shall be sent to Cuba to
fight against the insurgents. The Madrid
Government has consented to the proposal
but Don Carlos who clearly has some
remnants of humanity left, declines to send
bis unhappy subjects to die of yellow fever
or the bullets of the insurgents. 1t NAV be
just possible however, that Don Carlos
was not influenced in his decision bv mo-
tiyes OF humanity. He may have looked
forward to his own possible capture by the
Republicans, in which case he would have
been, by the Germs Of his own contract,
sent to fight for Spain in Cuba.-Er.
Thieves in Seville, Spain, appear to have
made mammoth haul from no less import
ant an edifice than the Cathedral in that
city. This little feat Of burglary consists in
no less than the theft Of the est. Anthony,''
of Murillo, which has been conveyed away
without ''due process of law under the
very nose AID eyes = ct ii II the Archbishop and
minor clergy The Cathedral of Seville
was commenced in 1880, and consecrated in
l519-which was pretty quick work in those
days. Murillo established his academy of
painting at Seville in 1860, and died there
April B, 1852. While his paintings exist in
many cities i'll Spain. and in large numbers
we should be afraid to state how many
immaculate Conceptions he painted
and while many representatives of his work
IRE found throughout the galleries of Eu-
'ope, the loss of this important picture is
very serious one, and for
which we offer cur coincidence to Carlists |
md Republicans alike. How the theft |
'ould be accomplished we have no means of |
.nowing. Possibly the picture may some
lme turn up III the gallery Of some fortu-
late American Collector. Q3ien Sa5e /?
The Anblo mania for :'le sport" which
ct in with the Second Empire. appears to
now no abatement in France among the
aute noblesse. The Tuileries and the
'aubourg st. GermaiE met here on com
non grounds in the days of Louis Napole-
u, and President MacMahon is as enthusi-
age1tess to bring down their birds, and
nth great success. Indeed, gun exercise,
&c are told, 'ibegins to form part of the ed
cation Of young ladies in high life" The
pproved costume for these Gaelic Dianas
) light gray tGowsers, Russia leather boots,
'tJupe pc Cantiniere, not going below the
nee" and cloth tunic plated. Some
inc since young lady gave up fishing in
cotland from her inability to keep her
ackle out of her neighbours hair. 1t is de-
outly to be hoped that these charming
french huntTesses will be more successful
a keeping their shot out of their naighbors'
odies; but, having regard to the hand
ONE annual crop Of gun accidents among
Dung men, there are those who would
ute as soon not go out shooting with
-onng women.
d.. Aver, having been burned in efigy in
he town Of Aver, Mass, which was named
fter him, he may be credited with having
cnieved the highest honor which may come
o mortal man. He cannot be said to have
een cremated-for that involves being
urned an pGc@o-and he was burned in
Ayer. Whether Dir. Aver was thus conf.-
rated on account of his Cherry Pectoral.
+ by reason Of his pills, is not stated In
he days of witch burning-also & some
lines fayorite Massachusetts, pastime-they
lsed to set down the occasion Of the incl
ent in the Indictment. We have not heard
he nature of the indictment against Aver.
Perhaps he was mephitic air, possibly Of
ensive air. IF there were any bone-boiling
II gas-making establishment in his imme-
d for in that way. Perhaps he voted for
}en Butler. But be couldn't; for Butler
.ails from Essex aud Aver from Middlesex
ounty. Perhaps he was a "Third-terln''
nan, OF Prohibitionist, or 'Ssalary-grab |
,er," or Republican, or some other bird
f i'll omen.
THE CREMATION OF LADY DH4KE.-The |
ccounts which reach us of the cremation
Il the body of the late Lady Dixie, the
unable and talented wife of Sir Charles
bike, are not altogether pleasant reading. +
This lady died very suddenly in London
ew weeks ago after giving birth to q son.
Not long before her death, it appears, she
lad declared that she wished her body, /
.fter her death, to be burned, Gas a seien-
ific experiment. Her husband. tenderly |
attached to her, desired to fulfil even this
wish; but the experiment could not be per- /
formed III England. The body was en-
oalmed, placed in coffin, and then intrusted /
o the brother of Sir Charles Dixie, who |
et out with it for the Continent Much as
lad been said about the progress made on
he Continent in new notions, it seems that /
neither at Paris Vienna, nor Berlin could I
he cremation be performed; but finally it /
vas accomplished at Dresden. where a fur
lace for cremation had recently been set up
~ one Herr Siemens, of that place. g A |
arge number Of scientific men were in |
7ited by the bsother-iii-law of the deceased |
ady to witness the burning Of her body, |
md the furnace was fitted by a door which !
vas opened from time to time in order to |
allow the spectators to watch the successive
stages of the operation Everything being |
,eady, Herr Siemens requested the company
ito offerup a mental prayer. 1T which
,eqnest probably the scientific men
mentally granted, and then the coffin was |
placed in the chamber of ihe furnace.