The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-05-23
Foreign Notes.

The late Nine. Dufaure, wife of the
Minister, was a noble friend to the
young women of Paris. By her instru-
mentality 80 schools for the education
of girls were founded in Paris, and 1000
young women were trained under her
unceasing encouragement and observa-
ton.
Cardinal Manning seeded from the
Episcopalian Church soon after the
death If his wife, Miss Wilberforce,
thereby losing an excellent chance of
becoming Primate of England. He is
an eloquent speaker, fascinating talk
er, has nose as thin as a paper-knife,
and drinks nothing stronger than tea
and weak claret-and-water.
Gen. Grants intercourse with dis
tinguished foreign personages is said to
be generally confined, in his ignorance
of languages, to a shake of the hand and
smile. He is ready in this fashion to
make the acquaintance of all persons,
princes or peasants, and he treats all
who are introduced to him with impair
tial urbanity.
Prince Henry, of the Netherlands,
who is about to marry Prussian Prin-
cess, is 40 years older than his bride.
He is So, she is Is. HE is the most pop
ular member of the Orange family, and
is Prince Regent of the Grand Duchy of
Nuremberg, where he resides during
part of the year, and where he is very
popular.
Some philanthropic London ladies
are endeavoring to assist WORKOUT
workwomen by establishing homes of
temporary rest for them. One such es-
adjustment is specially intended for
those whose lives are passed in the
shops and workrooms of London and
other large cities. A house has been
taken on the south coast of Devonshire.
One lady guarantees rent, another help
ed to furnish, and subscriptions are be-
ing raised for maintenance. 1t
sounds like useful charity.
AT the last drawing-room in Lon
don the Countess of Charlemont at
tracted great attention by her train and
Jewels. The former was covered with
lace of extraordinary beauty, bought by
Lord Charlemont for his wife from the
execution of Cardinal Fesch, TO whom it
had been given by Napoleon |. The
diamonds had been reset from designs
by DIR. Schliemann, and the tiara was a
counterpart of one which ages ago had,
perhaps, appeared on a swell at the
court of AgamemnOn.
The Countess Helena Gazewska has
been arrested lately, at Vienna, for de-
frauding jewellers. 1t has been proved |
already that within comparatively |
short time her frauds at Paris amount |
ed to $4,000, at Marseilles to $4,000, I
at Yverdun to $4,000, at Nice to 81 900, /
at Monaco to $4,000. at Brussels to 81 /
600. The Countess disposed of the |
Jewels thus obtained to persons in good /
society, whom she made believe that I
the Jewels were her own, and that she /
sold them in order to help tire Russian 1
wounded.
king Humbert, of Italy, has allow
ed $1,000 month for life to his fathers
morganatic wife, the Countess Mira
ford; like sum to her son, and 81, 600 +
a year to her daughter, the wife Of the
Marchese Spinola, who VIXEN she was
married received liberal dowry. He
also proposes to pay off all his fathers
debts by cutting down his own civil list,
and will neither borrow the necessary
money nor ask il of Parliament.
: The Carlist Gen. Boet is charged /
with the theft of the Collar of the Gold !