, 1879-05-25
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.



Spreia2 CorrtspotIeucc Of The Tribune
New YORK, Mas 21.-The first week in May
did not much improve on the exceptionally
cold weather OF April which prevailed over a
large part Of the European Continent The
German and Austrian baths have not, there
fore, been SO brilliantly patronized as in other
years at the same period. The principal ar
rivals at Kar1sbad were Prince Auersperg and
Prince Camille Rohan. Tepiitz had nearly 20o
visitors; but harienbad counts the Dovager-
Duchess Of Mecllcnburg- -Schwerin, the Prince
Of Wurtemburg and Of Baden, and the Hcred>
itary Prince OF saxc-Meiningcn. A conference
was held in Teplitz for the better protection of
mneral-warer springs, and doubtless laws will
be passed to prevent any manufacturing bust
ness, or any contamination OF the soil within
certain distance Of the waters.
:" Now that the Sunday laws are exciting SO
much controversy in this country, is is little
singular that the Germans themselves Ger
nany-have come out boldly in defense Of the
Sabbath. Certainly their beer 'is not cut off.
II it were, the world would know about it;
but it appears that an old police-regulation,
dating from 1854, has been suddenly put in
force; and now, in that city OF
... TWo-and seventy stenches,
the cry Is, s'Curtuius down-doors to!'' The
fact is, however, that the Sabbath had become
the great shopping day, especially, for the
country people, so that more business was trans
acted in many branches on that one day than on
all the other days combined. There is great in
dignation in consequence among storckeepers In
Cologne nnd Coolenca {where similar crusade
has been hegun) This is something worse than
f1Ya fcr nh
However, the shous are not closed: only bus-
ness must be transacted in that quiet manner
which is SO familiar to storekecpcrs In this
country who have generally Po1ice-Captain
"to fix" 1T would be all very we'll ION the
Rhine''; but those country-people want to see
''somcthing in the window" or the tha]er will be
brought home and thesanrfzed in the traditional
stocking.
The question of colonies is cropping up often
enough now iu the German press; and, ouly that
Bismarck wants the soldiers, the official sane
tion would not be wanting. Several meetings
have been held in Berlin, where the matter was
discussed. Penal, agricultural, and military
colonies have been passed IN review. One
writer advocates the taking possession
Of q district in South America, and
there building up q Tcutonic settlement
until it was strong enough to join itself some
day to the Empire. People in Germany are, IN
fact, jealous Of the j" "Imperial policy" Of Great
Britain. A DR.. Weber, who recently wrote u
work entitled "Four Years in South Africa"
spoke Mt q Typographical ~ meeting, and
prophesied that, as English is now spoken by
91,000,00o of men, there would be $780, 600
OF English-speaking people in 100 years. He
gave some details about the Beers which are not
generally known. Most OF those farmers, he
said, have from sixteen to twenty children. and
one old Boer had around him 293 descendantst
Bismarck seems certainly to be looking for a
colony, and, If be cannot get the Island OF
Formosa, he'll set up at least coaliug~station
in the Tonga Islands.
A little story, illustrating rural simplicity,
comes from the Upper Palatinate. a farmer
lately ca1nc to the small town Of Wefden, and
inquired at an olictals, for certain Herr Lindner
He was greatly taken aback when informed that
the gentleman in question was in that state of
enforced impassiveness which the Germans
phrase 'ssitting," and to which the Enefisl ad-
dlton would be, stin jail.'' On further investi-
cation, it WIS found that the farmer had lent
600 thalers to Herr Ltnduer, who was q simple
enginedriver. "Of course you have some Sc
curitv for the sum-" inquired the official. 40
Yes!" answered the bAuer; "he gave me
mortgage On the (oco7aofiusl"
The walking mania, In mild form, has
reached the land Of the Magyars. The Athletic
Club of Pesth had recently some pedestrian
contests. am afraid that they will never ar.
rive at the very high perfection to which the
Euglish aud Americans have brought this new
combination Of seeing s'others" exercise, md
miles; and Mo!mar, on whom a1l the bets were
laid, O'Leary-likc gave up after the nth LAB
{niue laps made two English nilcs). He, too,
had the cole. There then remained only two
competitors on the track, kiss and YeFkarnssik,
and the latter won. Time, 23m. IS. How
ever, there was grand banquet in the evening,
with Count Max Esterhazy, the President OF the
Club, in the chair. >.
A Hungarian paper relates the following about
pearl: Some time ago, poor jew entered
paper. It contained q small black substance
which he showed to the jcwe1er. .sHow much
is that worth?" he inquired. The storekeeper,
after examining it, replied, "It is worth great
ingls rare: I have plenty of gray ones, but 4!
never before even. saw . black pearl"
qiuired the Jew. "can I give 20 aorins
for ita Q yes! three times as much.''
only one mau who. can tell you its yalue,-the
Court -jeweler, Bledcrmann, in Vienna" Next
morning the paWnbroker set oil, and arrived in
due time at Biedermann's. He had no sooueT
exhibited his treasure than the Court-jewclcr
sent for the police aud had the jew arrested.
On his examination he stated that be was |
pawnbrokcr at Grosswardein. and that the pearl
had been given to MIN one day By poor man
named Gyuri, ou account of his paying debt Of |
rent. The JEWS story was found to be true |
GYur1 was the trusted servant Of Count L. |
Batthyany, one OF the great Hungarian mag
mates, and whose family-name Is we'll known in /
nowadays with the English turf. |
lie had given bis breastpin on his deathbed to |
the servant. The latter had sold the gold set |
Ting, but not even the Count was aware of the |
value Of the pearl. 1t is said that three black |
pearls-the only ones known to be In exist
ence-wcre stolen 15O years ago from the Grown
Of England. The English Government has, tits
said, purchased the pearl from the jew for the
sum Of &c, 600 dorins. The Count had doubtless |
purchased the pearl from some dealer.
The Mctternfch Memoirs promise to be full Of |
interesting details OF the life OF the great diplo
matist. The following little anecdote from
them is not without q certain deep sarcasm: In
f506 Austria sent marine officer as Ambassa-
ior to Morocco. This gentleman was lame and !
of generally decrepit appearance. On bis first
Introduction to the Emperor Of Morocco the
after remarked, s'You must be possessed Of
much VIII" The Ambassador, who was Marquis
1e Pouilly, was extremely tlattered ct this re-
mark, and. after thanking the Emperor, said
hat be could not lay claim to such distinction.
i Well" said the Emperor, ssyou have such
}oor lace that, unless you bad great deal OF