The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23
FOREIGN NOTES.

At n recent meeting OF the Society OF Anti
auaries Of Scotland held In Edinburgh, an ac-
count was al ven OF the two small cemeteries
the deposits OF urns and burnt
homes which were recently found in Scotland
one on the Balblrnie estate in ttfeshire, ana
another on the banks Of the Clyde, near
Thankerton.
The best Japanese BARRIERS are women. As
In Japanese family the shaving OF the chill
dren's heads Is regular duty, as Imperative
as the Saturday nights general ablutions are
among families where Sabbath5 and Sunday
school are institutions, so nearly all Japanese
women acquire a dizziness and dellcacy OIL
touch with the razor that rival those OF mas
culine BARRIERS
Mr.. Sothern, II is rumored, does not enjoy
his enforced vacation, and has been declaring
that he would play this spring in spite OF his
doctors that he would sooner die than lead
his present idle life. Mr.. Charles Wyndharn
s equally averse To rest. After oheylng his
doctors as long as he possibly could, he re-
Gently surprised his company In the provinces
by suddenly appearing one evening upon the
stage and going on with his accustomed part,
to the exclusion OF the actor who had been
cast for 1t.
Sir Capel Molyueux of Castle Dillon, FAR
maRh, died ~ few days ago at hts residence IN
Ireland, at the age Of thirty seven years. he
was q magistrate and deputy lieutenant for
the county Of Armagh, and served as high
sheriff In 1867. He married in 1868 mary
Emily Frances, eldest daughter OF Peter
Fitzgerald Knight OF Kerry" but leaves no
sou, and 1t ls presumed that the tltle VII R.ss
| to bis fathers cousin, Rev. John William
| Henry Molyneux, rector OF st. GreRorys,e
Sudbury, Suffolk, and honorary canon OF Ely
| Cathedral.
80 good an engineer as Mr.. Trautwine as
| serts that there Is no reason Whatever upon
which b base hope OF obtaining fayorable
| canal line across any portion Of the Darien
| Isthmus. and insists further upon his Oft
repeated statement that no route exists that
could be executed for less than about $780,
/ 100000. He favors the cutting OF q direct line
from the Gulf OF San las to the mouth Of the
River Bayano on the Pacific, this is not more
than thirty-five miles long, and would require
ship tunnel possibly ten miles long.
An historical heirloom, the silver mounted
ebony distaff of Queen Marie Antoinette,
which was seen at the Paris Exposition, has
been restored to the Emperor Of Austria. 1t
Is the same distaff with which the unfortu-
nate Queen beguiled the long hours OF her
captivity and after her execution 1t was given
as memento to one OF the ladl In attend
apce 1t thence passed into the family OF
Brassy- Raincin, the last representative. OF
which, Nine. la Donairere do Raincin, has
just died. The spindle is oil ivory; ara the
hemp still on 1t Is that from which the un-
happy Queen spun during the last days Of her
life. BY the decease OF Nine de Raincin the
relic passed into the hands Of Hungarian
lady.
!, President Grevy dresses very. modestly,
/
: National Guard He is a man Of republican
, simplicity In all his ways. In his every
attire, even In Paris, he has always donned
wide q wake instead OF a silk hat; and In sum-
, mer time he may generally be seen sannter-
: ing about the boulevards, clad all in gray
and crowned with panama. Though man
of considerable landed property, as estates &c
Q go In France, he never set up. brougham
q Tin he became President OF the Cham
Der, and he has , always ,,.b kept oot enls
!, man out OF livery. at Versailles. In Paris he
( uses cabs and omnibuses; but 1t must be .
0 very muddy day which compels him to ride
q at all. He delights In music, but his favorit
Q pastime is to play billiards, and to smoke
g cigars while making his caroms. He and hii
i, close friend, M. Paul de Cassagnac, are two o
t the best billiard players known. and con
q stantly play together. The two do not dis
+ cuss politics, but feel a mutual esteem 10
: their respective powers with the balls III
0 Grevy Is also Keen sportsman ana an aoi'
o agriculturist, and owns many vines, cattle
It and fields OF maize. He smokes much, speaks
+ forcibly and frankly, and never loses his
temper, and "he is no feebler than an iror
8 bar"