The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-06
FOREIlaN NOTES.

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FOREIGN NOTES.
Berlin illustrated paper represents Prince
bismarck on steed called Customs Reform |
which Is boiling with rs rider. On being
asked where he is going to, he angrily replies,
"How do know Ask the horse
To the 1T, Patrck's dinner in London, 1s4G, |
the then venerable John quincy Aualhs ssht
over as O toast:
Soon, seon may dawn the day IS dawn 1t must,
When Erins falchion shall be Ertn's trust
The approaching marriage 10 announced q
nj. Go,lnod, son Of the author or 'Fa,lst,
with Mile Gaand, daughter Of the artist
whose frescoes decorate the Hotel Andre
in Paris. The lady Is said to be very beauti-
| ful, and will bring very handsome doWry
| to her husband. M. Gounod, Jr., isa painter.
| A clerical wag thus epitomizes the pecu-
liarities of the canons of St Paul's, London,
| In the matter of sermons: Canon Gregory can
| read his sermons, but can't write them; Canon
Lightfoot can write his sermons, but can't
read them; Canon Liddon can do both. and
Bishop Caughton can DO neither.
M. Charles Tardieu is very complimentary
| in q recent article in LArt to the English
painters. He considers England superior In
portrait, landscape and genre, but cannot ad-
nit the ability Of English artists 70 mount
| to the heights Of epic poetry, classical my
level Of history" M. Tardieu's article Is
illustrated with q number Of single figures
by Mr.. George H. Boughton.
The Freeman 2 Journal Dublin announces
definitely that Mr.. McCabe, who had been
vicar general to Cardinal Cullen, Ia appointed
Roman Catholic Archbishop OF Dublin, and
has held no appointment throughout his life
outside the city. DIR. Woodlock OF the Roman
Catholic University, Is appointed Roman
Catholic Bishop of Armagh, and the rector
ship Of the Roman Catholic University Is
vacant
LET the universal satisfaction vt our enc
my's recent humiliating defeat by despised
opponents stimulate US to exertlons which
shall hasten our opportunity TO strike also.
"A Cetywayo with unarmed followers would
never have staggered the prestige or curbed
the insolence OF England. Arm Ireland, and
, a .Rorke's Drift nearer home may shake the
empire to it's base" This Is an extract from
one of the documents found on the person OF
All freshman recently arrested at ewcastle-
UNDERLINE.
1 singular instance Of human credulity ie
reported from Munich. The actress Adele
! Spitzeder, who Was sentenced there about SIX
wears ago to a term Of imprisonment FOL
having swindled the public out OF many mil
\ lions by Her banking institutions (the bach
r auer Bankenl, conducted, as she asserted, fol
the furtherance OF the interests Of the Roman
\ Catholic religion, tried again, after her liberia
a ton from prison, to earn living on the stage
Finding that this could not be DONE she has
returned to Munich and again opened q bank
VI Deposits on which she pays per cen
y monthly interest. are brought to her In album
: dance and Of course another catastrophe will
occur in time.
g Sir Vincent Eyre. a retired Major Genera
y Ia the Indian army, found the grave an
Us tombstone Of Keats, the poet who died II
Rome in 1921, and who was buried In the oil
n cemetery for English Protestants wholly neg
l. lected The Inscription on the stOne 'eier
r lies one whose name was writ in water, wa
almost illegble from dirt and decay. II
l. made collection, repaired the grave. cleane
At the tombstone, and placed medallion {
Is Keats on thes wall near the grave Win Ill
G. following acrostic:
eats. IL thy cherished name be writ IN water,
4 Each drop has fallen from mourner's cheek.
- A sacred tribute such ~ heroes seek. ,,
es Though Oft In vain. Tor dazzling DEEDS
G. Sleep on not less for epitaph so meek.
The Emperor of Austria at Vienna is Away
We surrounded by number OF ex-royaltles ~
IN serenitcs, for whom that charming caplI
ID seems to have q strange attraction. LIZ
e. scarlet livery of the English royal fami!
was for many years q familiar sight
d. Vienna, where the last OF the old irreconcl
al ables, the late King OF Hanover, reside
es Often, too, the Emperor may be met wit
arm lii arm with the Grand Duke OF Iu
:, cany. a pIain-loOking, middle-aged man
y, the undress uniform OF an Austrian majC
90 a Sometimes the Crown Prince of Hanover, nc
- ried Princess Thyra, and who is colonel
Austrian cavalry, ID his companion,
'te Prince Milan, the fat sovereign who sits .
ID, easily on the throne of Servia, while nall
nd FROM the map Of Europe by the mailed hal
of Bismarck, form around him little cou
m Of untOrtunateS.
nd The following night incident In Paris is I.
ed lated by the National: "A mysterious alit
ar occurred few nights back on the Bouleva
Bineau, In the park of Neuilly; The lnha
or tants were aroused after midnight by screaI
All Of 'Murdert' In woman's voice. Those "
III fastened to their windows saw In the street
vs. well dressed female struggling with two m
''' Of respectable appearance. She continued
call for help, exclaiming: Save me! In
~. will murder me! They will drown mel $
y was presently gagged and bound and CARR
III off BY her aggressors 10 the dlrectlon q ].
~ ~ Seine Many OF the inhabitants had by, tt
" time hastily put on their clothes and {
scended into the street. AS they hurried
lch ward the river they saw the two men on I
en- bridge still carrying the woman; the ne
on were seen running away and they were sc sc
raj lost sight of In the darkness. No traces OF
ter female could be found, and little doubt exis
that she had been thrown into the Seine
ary Every day on the Via Toledo, the finest
las NEST frequented street in Naples, might ha
the been seen an old woman, bent under !
ey- weight Of years, clad in wrecked mournl
et- She wore tattered bonnet on her head
ian thick black veil over her features, ana
of ragged sgIoves on her fingers. She ne
If spoke, but took with kind OF growl Whate'
~ - small coin the passengers might youehs
no her. That old Woman's gains were ~ fral
!, e. per diem; but who was she2 No one CO.
'tiI tell, and she never answered questions. !
i hn other day couple of municipal. guards
If hands on her and bundling her in CAB, e
= her off to the Mendicant's Home. One o.
female attendants stripped her, and suddel
a from the filthy fetid envelope OF rags emerg
es- Cinderella-iike, lusty young woman, G
en- sderably OF this side of 80, fresh-colored,
ID and prepossessing. Her makeup was 90 2
a. vel Of effect Her curved spine was =
gh ranged" with a cord which passed round
m nn.R and was fastened at the knee. Hee hu
33ut was manufactured from a ball OF rags.
vrinkled and dirty white face was ma u
On IL