, 1879-05-13
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
FACTS, FASHIONS. AND FUN.
II nm Editor py 1Ae Trtture.


very much put out by a telegram dated from, a
foreign capital. 1t looked important OIL the
facc OF 1t, but It's tolcGraphtc brov'ty wns puz-
zllng, a,l wl1i!e It excited curiosity, It did not
satisfy IT, wnitci arxiously for tho mall, but
at the end Of fcw day8 forRot about tho
lnatter, ind, like tic Hchieswie-iiolstcin 0ues'
tioM, the "nnnn who knew ntl about Il" had let
oblivion hold SWAY. A great tnany auch indE-
Eestible ttcms lavc come across moss readers.
finally mpdc resolution to CARR home fow
foreign papers, nE try Mtd keep up with con.
tenporaneous history beyond The Atlantic. At
all orciits, have, by thla method, boon cnableI
10 hnvo many good "01d rcHd, ia "aQuare"
literary meal: unl Should ttie readers Of your
Journal have no objection. will try n,ll con-
dcnse some Of my readings Oil tho Loblg-es-
sonce plan.
The German papers nre as dingy as ever, and
toalty arc not very amusing Just now. protcc-
tton md tariffs arc all the rage; not that people
are IN lore With political economy, but somn
sec refuge in protection from grinding misery,
while others, and parl'nps not the less clear
sighted, view the tariK "a d euro means to mnke
never new kucw want aro recIpients d eilarity. En-.
Elnrcrs and machine. e.nukcrs nrc especially suf-
fcrIng, lust as draughlsmen nEe In England.
Tic ttvil cueinccrs Cnpl0sed bv tho railway
ECu1f1AutEBf MHU Hht0 " lEEEIfC +1arJ IAHkhH pcE
month, now receive three marks md half por
dnv. Tic lcst architects, who drew Ii marks.
now receive two marks day. Tho compile
ton Of tho fow railway lfncs nor IN
course Uf construction will leave nnothcr 6attf
of. these rent'encn without occupation. II
would therefore appear to bo anything but a
proptio1is time to Tux bread and meat. IL may
lie true ti,at tic imports Of cereals Into the Cor
a1,d that contrary atato Of things existed some
years ago, but DO Noticcis taken Of the Immense
increase In tho population of Germany. Tic
civic authorities hnvo protested against any
but tho arguments nut f''rward IL tho rough
copy Of tho tariff nre such as will have weight
with the agrIcultnriBts. ThonsAlMls OF farI,s
have 10 be given up, bccauBc The farmers can no
manla, lsussa, Hungasy,-anl especially Amcri.
en- Is pointed to aB making stupcntlons prepnra-
lions for. tile coming campaign. Tho consc-
qucnce is, tl.at tho 1al.l is becoming
prosperous. Tic country should, on tho
cnntrary, nroduco cn"uEl, Of wheat md other
cereals, aud 1t Is sought to be proved that tho
municipal taxes On wheat have not seriously
b. . duty On meal3 OF course, we aro told that
It tnakes little difference to the poor nnn as ffo
seldom or never eats any. But hero aerr,an
Profeasor--Dr. Lamble-comcs out with new
tIon." This iopecorailon is thc latest owl
which threatens some OF tho European, coun-
tres It means tint there is decrease IN tile
number Of cattle, nna to rroYc that such ts the
seventeen Of tl,e European States. lie fada
TINT tho incrcaso in population Ia the States
hotween their last two census has bccn
19,ooo,000. The decrenac, In the Number
boon ?:a S.o,oS % ID Franc. nloae and
though there has been an lncTcaso In six stntes
{Russta 1870 600 heal) yet there Is not loss Of
980o, 900 head, Sheep show similar fallIng Of
enss S %ho dfs,fnss ss n ss
6.i0o,o00. swiuo fali I'll q 3,1oo, ,ooo. Horses
increasc,- c,-Russln alone ,0o0; nna our friends,
the goats, aro 400, 600 stronger.
Now tEAt Aloore's centennial is SO near at
hand the Germans seem to takc great interest
lit the matter, which ia eaaily explained when
| wo rccolIect the ino trnnslatlons Of the poet
which Frcii'Grath and Knrz havo give11 their
countrymeu. Hero arc n fsw lines Of translA'
ton by the latter Of the wcllknown mclody,
"Uft IN the Silly NiRht":
Oft In der Htlien Naclitt
Eh' HcbuhlmcE band die glfeder
Dringt s0rGer tnRe prucht,
Ella Hutas ErtnneEn w!edcr.
Sound nud scuso arc almost identical with the
Original. Many 4 German poet too Is Inferred
to thu strains Of St"nsm scasa<ft DER sae~ger.h
It has been lntely computed thnt there arc at
thu least ], ,100, QUO lHora females than mnlcs In
Great Britain. but It Fould scem from case
which Inns just been concluded In Vienna court
Of justice @ that M tue number o. unprotected fe'
The defendant was Il little, ugly old nun Of the
mora t!,an romantic age Of 58. Tho evidence
| consisted In tir main Of yoluminOns bundle
hundred laaks, ali of whom, il sccincd, aspircd
10 be tile Bpolisc OF this courageous Individual.
Tho defondaut's nnme Is Keinert: hc protessed
10 ba u literary gentleman, and 70 be engaged
IN collecting materluls for novel OF satire.
similar cxctsc was given Q few years agoo, by a
! r,Acal OF tho sama kidney IN New York.
| liz really wns O. "nutrfmon!ai sw!ndler aud
hud already undergone three imprtsonmcnss,-;
months. liz utlycrtisod, and Inst and thick
ea.na tho nssWers. An ordinary man would lnYe
been conflssud, but not 30 With f1crr Kieinert.
He classified Ills extensive. correspondence into
cpsttes IRON ladies who only wroto about l1av.
tnE"a taatc for domestic 1ifeni those who
linted at the!r rcttrtng disposition" o.. who
aclsnowlclGcd themselves It scntimental.H Az
or "To be died." Tie aecond iisison Included
letters from ladies who y possessed beautifully
Furnished roo,ua," Or hud "somc ANAL savings, u
or "suif!ciency Of 'neotne.n Ihcso wcre tcs:. :.
ua Dsp sp W. soao 10 q p s
wcre marked to DO answered "very, frlcndl,
md IN elaborate etyle.'' Two roona had to be
engaged, and tho business WAS lust assuming
arrestcd. Six oi ), i itlln faIr ones only appearcd
against h!n-thefr total loss being about !, 0oo
eullders. Klolncrt made stubborn dctensc,-
and dealt In Mot fcw tnuendocs nnent lta re-
wcre innovations on TINT most lrearlly untforn
Of all EtyIcs,-tlu aInatory. One danlset o
uncertain n.e began her letter with tho declasa
tion thai "shu wanted d husband to whom sht
could cling Ike the roc 10 Tho slnc-stock." TIN
matrimonial ullvcntNrer answered this fr sim
Ilur strAln, aini carried out tho parallel meta
phorB With great ingenuity. His remurks u
letters whers no money was to bo hoped To-
wcrc Of u most amusing sarcasm. III was con
detaucd 10 seven years' imprisonment.
good story st,n.cs to ~ from strasau5,: 4;
incident itself IL hRrdly nnyel. Two men latel,
travelled oil foot to stuutrenl,erg. Ooe was
| Gcndarn,e. in uniform and with sWord at aldo
The otI,er Was civilian, but he flal shlcld oi
hts breast mud ho CARRIED stout stick. The,
stopped At various hostc!ries, when tho Gcn
darma would never full to say to the people
"i.ook out, for this poor follow Is out ut ht
mind, and i mn taking hlm to .stauffcnoerg e
the lunatIc asYlum." AZ this tle nan With ths
shlchl would a!ylY wink and say, "tt Il
who gn tho keeper, mud that the pa