The Red Cloud chief., 1879-11-06
Foreign Notes.

The A~rchduchcsS Marie Christine,
in addition Ia her other accomplish
mcnts, occupies herself with wood-cary-
ing.
The Communists shipped back from
Caledonia Ia Paris complain bitterly of
the treatment inflicted on them 10y the
MacNIahon authorities. They were i'll
fed, ovcrworkcd, and constantly ~
posed Ia the burning sun.
DR.. Petersen, a German tourist,
lately reached the highest point Of the
.Jungfrau, 12.S2S feet. He was re-
war,led by an hour of clear sky. He
declared that he could see the whole
chain of the Alps, from the furthe>t
Tyr"l {" D~auphinc, including Mont
Blanc and the other southern giants.
The present theatrical wonder of
Paris is "The Black Venus" "a play
representing the adventures of a tray
elcr i'm Africa. The quantity and gor-
geousneSs of the costumes and scenery
are unprecedented on the stage; but the
most striking feature i a caravan, in
which more than a hundred African
beasts, from the zebra to the elephant,
are introduced.
Even in plodding Holland public
men enjoying unlimited confidence
sometimes turn out defaulters. This
has been the case with Dirk MuI, bank
cr. If WinSch"tcn: but the Dutch do
not yet take such doin"S c"olly, and all
Mul'S windows were smashed, and his
brother, a goldsmith, underwent the vi
cariouS sacrifice of having his store
sacked.
Lionel TcnnySnn, sol of the poet,
i 10 succeed 10 the Lincolnshire estate
Of his uncle, the Rev. Charles Turner.
whose surname he will consequently As
Sume. He * the Laurcatc'S Younger
son. and he married the daughter of an
other poet. Frederick Locker, in the
Abbey, about two wears ago. His IA
thcr lately refused Ia take the property
with the condition of changing his name
la Turner.
The royal family Of Spain have
spent the summer in the Guadarrama
Mountains. $500 feet above the level of
the sea. II WAS bought from monks
hV Philip V, the Bourbon Prince who
undertook la perpctuate the llapsburT
dynasty in Spain aS heir of his grand
mother, Maria Theresa. Philip V. built
here 4 palace. and laid out gardens in
imitation IF Versailles, employing his
time from l1l9to 11io with such diSrc-
gard Of the cost that the gardens alone
caused an OUTLAY of $4,000. 900. Ii re-
turn for this expense the Hing had, ~
he WAS heard Ia say. the satisfaction ola
habitation higher in air than any other
sovereign in Europe.
When the present Pope was q Car
dinal he cherished the idea IF publishing
Il Catholic journal that should bc an or
gan foR his church, and that could he
read by all the people IF Europe and
America in their mother language. Since
his elevation Ia the Pontificatc, he has
cNcrtcd himself To start this newspaper,
and now announces that its first number
will he issued next month. Ii will he
printed in seven different languages: it
will discuss the political and economical
questions of the day, and officially rep
resent the opinions IF the Holy See. The
compoSitorS are TO be the deaf and dumb
pupils in the aSylumS of Rome. Ali
monde will he the general Superintcnd-
ent, and the Pope is anxious that a Car
dinal should be AT the head of the editor
ial department. The novel paper will
start with 1900 subscribers. Very few
of this number are Italians.
A new feature in London society is
the employment of paid amateur per-
formers at private entertainments. You
go 10 n house." says a monthly mag
azine, "and listen To a young man
pleasantly w~arbling at the piano Ia a
huShed crowd, and your hostess tells You
in a whisper that he is very much in re-
quest and that she pays him 10 guineas
for his three songs. The next evening
you are at dinner, and there, opposite
YOU, is the young man, whom, in the
simplicity of your heart YOU regarded As
an ordinary professional vocalist, and
You find that he is an officer retired from
service. and the nephew of Il Bishop.
At Il third house YOU meet a medieval
designer; AT a fourth, a comic enter
t%ainer; at Il fifth, Il reader; at a sixth.
an amateur actor, and So on-all Young
men of the most irreproachable connec-
tons, all : in society," and all who re-
ccivc payment in solid cash for their
services"