The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-21
Rs,.orIal Na,s..

The fund raised ior the wid
Lieut.. Benner, who died OF yelss
yer last year, has been SO invested Al
| t. yield her sn ircome tf 5000 year.
| In Gd d3itiun she has fine home iD Rog-
ers Park, Cooke county, Illinois. ten
miles from Chicago, pAid for.
The Contesse Gilbert de yeisins
{ Nile. Taglioai), though now avery
old lady, is ia perfect health. She has
never been III IN her life, except that
she he'd once en- attack OF cholera; she
does not know what headacheI,. L;fe
IS very pleasant 10 her; she de igh.sia
teaching her grsceful 40 ehlldrer.
snd she is so kind gentle ard
charming that her pupils sll love her.
Most OF them are yOupg ladies 0f tia =
nobla families OF Eogland. Tic
countess has son and daughter. The
latter, Marguerite, is the wife OF lPfince
Trouheizkoy. Her bTntheT Wss severe
ly wounded in the Ffanee-Pfessiau
war.
Toe ex-EnpEess Catlo,ta has im-
proved greatly in health sincs her re-
moval from Tervueren To Bonehant.
She has OF late been absolutely free
frcm her former painful and distressing
stacks OF illness. At Tervpefen she
was under constant and vigorous super
vision, and she evidently knew and
felt it. The only walk she IVES At lib,
ertY II take there was through one
particular avenue of tretS At Bonchant
she is permitted to roam about at pleas-
ure through the entire grounds, which
are large and varied and BEAUTIFULLY isid
out. The poor woman has net thrown
off her habi,ual melancholy, but she
evidently feels more ut case.
II is fscetiously related that on the
door of his Greek classroom, Professor
| Blackie of Edinburgh had oecssion
| few weeks ago to put up this notice:
professor Blackie regrets he is unable
to-day to meet his classes" A waggish
student spying this scrsped out the ini-
| tial letter OF the last word Of the SEN
teuce, and made il appear as il the Pro-
fessor was regetful rs his inability 20
meet those fair specimens Of humanity
| familiarly outside the college qnsaran=--
gle as the classes" But who can Joke
with Blackie9 The keen eyed old man,
noticing the prank that had been played
on him, quietly erased another letter,
and left the following u be read by
whom it might concern: professor
Blackie regrets he is unable TO day 10
meet his ssses'
A servant writes to the Standard 10
explain to the British public why meat
/ is high. He says that as tale. ia
wealthy families, eight or ten times
more. food is put on the dinner table
than can posAibly be eaten, either in the
dinIng-room or in the kitchen, and "a
a consequence q great deal iurna bad
and has TO be thrown away, though 1t
might be thought thst there were a.
ways beggars enough at the gate 10
prevent its being utterly vested. Il is
one of the notional habits 20 load
dining-table until it groane beneath the
weight, and even when people begin
to retteuch on account of bad times
they rarely do so in the matter OF food
until necessity compels. What with
the waste entailed by Epglish methods
OF cooking, and the waste OF food after
it has been wastefully cooked, prices
rula high.
The coldness of Germany towards
Russia has resulted, IL is d,-~is1- 4
great benefit to the Leipsic booksellers,
who cannot supply the overwhelming
demand on the part % officers Of Ito
German army for dictioaaries, gram
mara, etc, of the Russian tongue,
maps, plans OF cities and guide booka.
It is the custom of the Germans 10
"siudy up" any country with which
there is any possibility of their noipg
to war. 1t Is said that there is la'ent
but bitter hatred between Russians and
Germans, which nov and then bIeslse.
out violently. At one ssssre fffa',ls's Isss
well nigh Germanized. Dorpat wa an
exclusively German university. ReEol
and Riga were German cities in which
Russian was scarcely spoken. The
tradesm7n class IN St Petersburg were
Germans almost entirely, and German
influences were supreme at c0urf. but
the old Russisd party raised its head.
psnslavism came TO the front, and, since
1861, the Germans have been evcTy
where snubbed throughout Holy Rus
sia. 1t is natural that the Germans
should resent this, and it is said thai q
war between Russia and Germany
would be very popular in wide cifcles
In both countries.
The eociai position Of the Rothsehilds
IN England is q very high ono I, hlghef
among the Gentiles than smofg the peo-
| pie OF their own faith, but wealth does
not count before everything with the
Jews. They have a social heirsTehy of
their own, and the Rothschilds are By
no means at the summit, though in their
: charities TO their own people they are
said t. be foremost. The Monteti0Fes
! to name only ore family-sfe people
OF far greater consideration in the He
brew community than the Rothfchilds.
But London society knows and cares
nothing about the distribution OF rank
outside Of its own circle. IN that
society the immense wealth of the
, Roibschilds long since gave them coin-
manding place. They have been able
to boast OF the friendship Of royalty
for more than one generation; and OF
all that follows from such friendship
: in England. The Rothsehild mapsion
T in Piccadily Is one Of the centres Of
= London fashion. There is nothing
!. more striking in the West End than the
! position and pre-eminence OF this pile.
: l. stands next TO Apsiey House-ibe
house built by grateful nation for the
n Duke of Wellipgton-and towers high
above it.
y Another AIT legend has been pFicked
q like bubble. l. was on the eleventh
Z OF September, 1899, that Beatrice Cen
@ CT and her stepmother were beheade1.
: Two days before she had been put 10
torture, but che had been allowed 20
, deed away her property, ana codiell e.
her will, brought to light row, after 4
|. lapse Of $50 years. reveal many facts
: which take much Of the fJmpatby CIT
, OF her story. An Italian antiquarian
: has done the mischief ~ rsnsacki19
= old archives and bringing t5e will q
q light. Everyone has supposed, more
= over, that Guido Reni painted the por-
trait the night tcfore the Roman maid
= en- was led out TO execution. Bat here
d again the Italian antiquarian interposes
J. between creduious public and Fo-
t mantle fiction. Guido meyer saw Beat
e rice Cenci. he never painted 10 Rome
c Till years after her deat5. Il was not
. till 1908 that he received bis frs pay
ment in Roman money The aIct n Jse-
e giss rejects the whole theory OF fh3
a picture being by Guido q all, and
! gives IL as hIe opinioa that the portrait
!. OF Beatrice is really Madonua By
= Veronese. Ia this, however, be =
= manifestly wrong, - the handling of
the picture distinctly recalls Gnid0's