Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-05-31
PRINCESS PERKINS.

Majesty, the dethroned Queen OF Spain, aud
her husband is an e1 United States Consul
As it is quite an unusual thing for an Ameri-
can man to marry for titles, whatever We may
say about the daughters, the facts may be OF
interest 10 our readers After his marriage
with the Princess. Perkns--Phe5us, what
name for royalty went to Paris 10 live, and
took apartments in the house of one Nine.
Mihau This was 10 1871. For the first few
and then began to beg for those little accom-
nod.tions so many impecuuious young men
have asked of their landladies, and she
feeling fattered by the high quality of
her guests, willingly consented. Perkins
was connected with grand telegraphlc
scheme for submarine line between England
and Spain; be would soon be in funds; he was
to receive large legacy from America; 10 short,
be plead all the little arts that the confidence
man know 80 Well how to use. Time rolled on
but no money rolled into the ootfers of Nine.
Mlhau. A child was born to the priocely pair
and the christening was held with great pomp,
A!phonse XII, stapdinh as godfather aud
Queen Isabella sending diamond present; but
still no money, aud the landlady had expended
largely Of hor own funds to defray the expenses
of the new baby layette and christening. But
the Princess continued to write on superb pa
per, ornanented with the royal clifton, and to
live in style beftsing her rank. Finally bank
ruptcy stared the iapdlady iu the face, and she
sued Perkins in the vain hope that Queen lsa
bella would open her heart. purse and pay the
debt But she dido't know Isabella who OBJ
stiuately refused to do either, and Prince Per
kins went to the debtors prison for year. As
for the Princess, she followed the fortunes of
the Bourbous, and, going to Madrid, she Is
now peDsioner on her cousin King A!phooso.
But the Parisian lapdlady DOW says the Princess
is as bad as the naughty Perkins, and aided 10
swindng her, so she again goes to court with
skilled advocate to aid her, and gets ver-
dict against Princess Perkins for 5000 francs
and two years imprisonment. But you must.
catch your man before you hang him, aud the
Princess must 90 to France before the judg-
meut Of the court can be enforced against ner.
So, after all, MIlhau gets ouly revenge. The
Princess is said to be an exemplary wife, visit
ing her Perkins daily in his prison before eav
ing Paris All the trouble doubtless arises from
an undue reIiance upon ''the Queen, my aust,
who undoubtedly thought ''tne Princess my
rece, got herself into pretty muss by marry
ing penness aud raukless Yankee.
CARNIvERoUs FLOWERS. Rs.-The extraordina
ry discoveries laely made by naturalists IN re-
gard to the carnverous habits OF certain How
ers have attracted wide attention. CarnlVer-
Gus is bloodtGrsty term to apply to Hover
and there is something at t1st thought repul-
sive 10 the connection. Nevertheless, the fact
is proved beyond doubt that there are flowers
which first attract, then entrap the insects, and
then by slow process absorb them into their
own substance, all but those harder parts 10
some of their victims which seem to be iodiges-
tbe In other words, some very delicate sub
jects of the floral kingdom do literally, and as
habit, feed on living creatures OF the aUinal
world, thriving and blooming on this abnormal
diet. 1t strikes US at first as an outrage 90 the
botanical properties, as unnatural and mon-
strous. 1t is premcditated slaughter, tor some
of these feshoving plants are balted with
sweetish fluid which attracts wiDgess insects
within the tube aud they are unable to crawl
out; some are lined with fne, needle like points
which present brstiug palasade against the
prisoner who has thus uosuspectlDgly passed
them once, but finds return impossblei aod
some open like valves uu,il the victim has en-
tered, then contract and hold him 10 IIVlng
tomb, where certain death awaits him. Traps
and spares indeed are these curious arrange.
ments 10 the uervous and fbrous texture OF
these deadly plants. ),
The simple fact that insects are caught 10 the
hooded cups, or 90 spring petals or leaves OF
general accepted as scarcely more than acct
dental, although here end there sharp in-
quiror into the secret processes OF nature has
been Investigating in this direction; but within
q recent period attention has been turned spe-
cially TO these phenomena with view to ascer-
tsiniug il there are not some peculiar laws IN
the relation between planets aud insects and
the result has been startling, even to the ex-
perimentalists themselves, who md that the
former have nervous system and digestive
fluids and that the latter supply food which
assmuates gradually with the vegetable sub
stance aud 10 part affords it nutriment.
AN INDIAN WIFE's DEVOTION -Cha-pink-
pa-lu.ta, or Red Bud the only woman ac-
companying the Sioux delegation, Is ratner
years of age She is the wife of Bad Wound,
10 whom she is very much attached as the
following incident will show:
'rhe Indian agents were restricted ID the
number of chiefs they we're to bring to ashlug-
ton, and were forbidden by the Commissioner OF
ludisn Affairs to briog any women. The latter,
however, were as anxious to come az the braves,
aud when told Of the order of the Commission
er there was weeping and waling among the
duskcy maidens Of the forest. Cha piDk-pa- -u-
ia quietly made up her MUD that she would 60
at all hazards, and several hours after the de,
parture of the wagon containing her husoanI
for the railroad she mounted swift horse, ana
with her raven tresSes streaming 10 the |lno'
went flying across the couDtry 10 pursuit OF tne
party. She came up to them when pear 'hc
ststioo, and lcapiog from her stecd, when sne
turned adritt, mounted the wagon, and, cling
lug to her husband With tears and entreatles
besought him to allow her to accompany hlm;
He cudeavored to persuade her to return, and
some of the braves were inclined to use violence
to compel her to do SO. She firm declined now
ever, to trust her husband to the seduc'ons o OF
Washington society unattended and even the
efforts Of agent Saville to induce ber to re I,
turn we're unavaog. She seems to greatly
erjoy her visit to the pale faces, aud keeps
au eye on 'the old man. at all times, 'nVa-
rnLl- 400. 49, hin, in hia walks about