New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-03-12

personal property her own silver
dinner service, her jewels, dresses,
ornaments, and ready money belong
ing to her before the wedding con-
tract, besides personal presents re-
ceived after marriage, and anything
coming to her by inheritance. But
the contract specifies that the dia.
monds and jewels attached to the
Hanoverian family, and of which
she enjoys the use, are to return to
the husbands family at his death.
The Duchess may also select one
half Of any presents made jointly to
the married pair. In the event Of
the Duchess dying before her hus.
band, any jewels or personal proper.
ty will revert to her father, the King
of Denmark, unless he otherwise dis.
poses of them, or leaves children to
inherit them. The King of Den
mark undertakes, under the contract,
to obtain from the D9nish Parlia-
ment a yearly allowance tothe Ouch.
ess of a sum equal to about $35, 900.
Neither is to become responsible for
debts contracted by the other.
The enterprising proprietor of one
of the popular restaurants has re-.
Gently instituted what he calls ''The
Dinner Of the Golden Sausage the
great attraction of which is the in
sertion in every thirtieth sausage
designed for his guests Of a small
gold coin, which becomes the pro.
perty of the individual to whose lot
it chances to fall. It is quite study
to observe the guests seated around
the numerous tables, each accommo.
dating thirty persons, all of whom
are moving their jaws most cautious
". Of those favored by fortune
some are unable to conceal their sa.
tisfaction, while others try to convey
the coin unperceived from their
mouths to their pockets. AS a mat.
ter of course, everyone is obliged to
masticate his food slowly, instead of
boiling it in the national fashion,
otherwise the tiny golden coin might
slip bown his gullet unawares.
The silver.mounted ebony distaff
of Queen Marie Antoinette, which
figured at the late Paris Exhibition,
has been handed back to it's owners,
the Imperial family of Austria.
Quite an interesting story is con.
Quoted with this relic of the past. It
is the same distaf with which the
unfortunate Queen beguiled the
long hours of her captivity; and after
her execution it was given as mo-
mento to one of the ladies in attend
ance. It thence passed into the
family of Brassy- Raincin, the last
representative Of which Madame la
Domairiere de Raincin, has just died.
The spindle is Of ivory, and the hemp
still on it is that from which the un.
happy Queen spun during the last
days of her life. By the decease Of
Madame de Raincin the relic passed
into the hands Of hungarian lady,
to whom it was bequeathed by the
late owner, who was aware Of
the religious respect that lady enter.
tanned for the memory of frances
Inflated Queen.
Music is becoming increasingly
fashionable in London. tsThe Mon
day Popular Concerts ''The Satur-
day popular Concerts, = Ballad
Concerts 'tClassical Concerts. >
s'Albert Hall Concerts, = and many
semi private musical reunions are all
largely attended and well they may
be when it is a common thing to
find on the same platform Antoinet-
te Sterling, Miss Robertson, Edith
Wynne, Nine. Potey, Mormon Men.
da Mile. Jonotha, Sanity, Lloyd,
Maybrick. Patti, joachim, Lerbini,
and other equally well-known vocal.
lists and instrumentalists. Another
amusement Of society may be
taken as characteristic Of the present
popularity Of 6 Corporation. : One
day this week, having occasion to
go to Victoria Station, I saw long
line of carriages, setting down and
taken up. counted So different
equipages. There were pair horse
broughams, barouches, yictorias,
and family carriages, single.horse
coupi- broughams, and private cabs.
The occupants were chiefly ladies',
but here and there q venerable arts.
tocratic gray beard got in and out.
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