Sharp County record., 1879-01-09

and the Prince Tor mohth hau oeeh
acting as prompter.
The Duke of Westminster has erect
ed a church at Halkin, FlintShire,
Wales, at his sole cost, and on the 3Oth
October laid the foundation of another
at Mold. England is fortunate in her
"wealthiest SOM in these days. A
very different sort of wealthiest son is
he to that selfish voluptuary, FOnthill
Beckford, immortalized by Byron un-
der that title. The Duke of Westmin-
ster is all that a great nobleman should
be. In London workingmen spend
their leisure on Sunday amid the gal
leries and drawing-roOms of his palace,
and make acquaintance with the great
masters on the walls. In the country
he is foremost in every useful and kind
ly work.
The income of the Prince Louis Ma
polean, Eugenie's son, is only $4,000 a
year, derived from little property in
Illyria, left him by the Princess Baccio-
chi. The smallness of the Princes in
come is the alleged reason for the pa
rents of Princess Thyra refusing to let
her marry him, although the ex-Em-
press offered to settle on her son two
thirds of her own income, or 100000 a
year. The Duke of CumbGland, son of
the late ex-King of Hanover, and near
relative of Queen Victoria, who is be-
trothed to Thyra, besides an ample for
tune already in his possession, is to re-
ceive about $4,000 from the German
Government for renouncing his right to
the throne of Hanover.
"A gentleman who was formerly
tutor to the Marquis of LOrne, and a
frequent visitor to him since, describes
him as man of decided ability, and
says that to all appearances his married
life is as happy as falls to the average
lot of mortals. As to the Princess
Louise, he says that there is not more
industrious woman in England. Her
name is ever prominent in good and
charitable works. She is most ac.
complished lady, a fine artist both in
scul pturc and painting, and one of the
best judges of laces in England. Neith-
er she nor Lorne eats the bread of idle
ness; indeed, the amount of work they
90 through with in day would surprise
New York lady of fashion very con-
siderably. The Princess has been call
ed dowdy in her dress, which simply
means that she is sensible. She wears
thick boots, and dresses according to
the season and the dictates of health.
The Swiss Government having re-
Gently permitted Roman Catholic
priests who had been deprived of their
livings to present themselves for renom-
ination, thus modifying its previous de-
cisions against the Roman Catholic
clergy, the Vatican has taken steps to
ascertain if there were any favorable
prospects of opening negotiations in or.
der to re- establish relations, between
Switzerland and the Holy See. Mgr.
Bianchi, formerly Papal Nuncio to Ba-
varia, has been sent with this object to
Switzerland, in order to study the situ-
alton and convey instructions to the
Bishops with view to pave the way for
an understanding. Should occasion
offer, Mgr. Bianchi is also authorized
to open negotiations with the Swiss
Government.
An old legend asserts that the great
Gothic cathedral of Cologne, of which
the devil, it says, furnished the plan,
will never be completed. The great
advances toward completion which have
been made during the past 40 years
have unsettled somewhat the old belief
in the legend. This however, has OF
late been revived by the assertion OF
Prof. Helm, of the University of Zsrich,
that the blocks of stone, taken from the
Drachenfels, which were employed for
the foundation and pillars, are fast un-
dergoing a chemical decomposition, and
that probably before this century closes
the edifce may fall to the ground. An
other fact which has excited supersti.
ton is that the newclock, constructed
from cannon taken from the French, has
not been in working order for year,
and that all efforts hitherto to render
it serviceable have proved abortive.
Odds and Ends.
1t only takes popular song three
weeks to get 20 years old in this coun-
try.-HaOkeye.
The test of greatness is to leave a
disputed will and set of bones liable to
be stolen.-N. 0. P5cay1tne.