The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-13
Foreign Notes.

Jules Ferry, the French Republican
leader, is said to be threatened with in
sanity from the excessive use of hair
dye.
"A confidential clerk of the Roths-
childs, in Paris, lately absconded, after
robbing his employers of over S360,000.
The money had been nearly all lost in
stock speculations.
Papa Wrangel, as theBerlin gamins
called the old General to his face, per-
sisted to the last in lying on a sofa in
full uniform instead of going to bed,
saying that soldier must always hold
himself in readiness to wait upon his
sovereign.
"A disabled veteran named ZiIius
lately discharged from the German
army, applied for a pension. On being
told that he was not entitled to one, he
shot himself in the presence of the En-
perOr as he was leaving his palace. He
did not succeed in killing himself.
Another American girl has secured
q titled husband abroad At Biarritz,
Bases Pyrenees, France, recently, Miss
Emily Louise, daughter of the late John
Biddle Chapman, of Philadelphia, was
married to the Prince Joseph Pignatelli
D'Aragon, second son of the Compile
Fuentes ct d'Egmont, grandce of Spain.
Prince Bismarck likes to find every
thing in his study in disorder and gen
eral topsy-turvineSs, just as he left it
bottles, mugs, cigars, and cigar-boxes,
odd gloves, books, pamphlets, papers,
letters, spurs, stray antiques, swords,
hand-mirrors, pistols, fiddle-strings,
tiutes--these are all articles he wants to
put his hand on at short notice, and see
lying around loose on the tables, floor
and sofas. Whenever he discovers any
signs that his wife or the servants have
been trying to set things to rights ter
rible row is raised.
The Duke of Norfolk, who was lately
to Lady Flora Hastings, gave
his bride a pearl necklace once owned
and worn by Queen Mary, of Scotland.
The bridegroom is Premier Duke and
hereditary Earl-Marshal of England,
and by virtue of the latter rank attends
all great court ceremonials with his
Earl-MarShal's baton. He is hot only
the head of the English peerage, put the
recognized leader of the English Roman
Catholic laity. The new Duchess is a
convert to that faith.
The German Emperor made last
month his annual visit to his hunting
seat of Konigswusterhausen with large
party of guests. 1t has long been the
custom here for all the company to as
,emble after supper, during which the
inest horn music from Berlin is played
n the great hall on the second story.
This is decorated with splendid trophies
If the Emperor's proves as a sports
nan, and here, seated on the queer old
hairs, and before the oaken table which
served the same purpose 200 years ago,
he merry company holds smoking
college, using long Dutch clay pipes,
md drinks beer out of quaint old Delft
mugs.
Russian hospitality is dazzling.
The entertainments which are given by
he richest mobiles in st. Petersburg ex-
eel any thing that can be seen else
vbere. because nowhere else can people /
ford to spend so much upon show.
The rich elsewhere have claims upon
heir fortunes, and spend good deal in /
improving their estates; but a Russian /
raws all he can from his land, and /
ives back little or nothing. He dis
urses prodigally for wines, music, dia /
nonds. and rich dresses for his wife; he |
Gems an immense retinue OF servants; /
ambles largely, whatever may be his
&c or profession; and the surplus OF
is income goes TO defray journeys to
aris, Nice, and the German watering
laces, where he seems to set his am
ition on enriching hotel keepers. /