, 1880-02-01
Cold Weather in Germany-karl
- Blind and Bjornsterne
Bjonson.
A Colossal Swindler-How a French
!. Count Il-Treated His
Wife.
Pleasant Husband In B0hem1a-Spec.
u1ations as to the Grain
--. Future.
1hs T. afesf Partisan Modes-Dresses, Boots,
Fans, Mui1s, Hats, Trimmings
ETC., Etc.

ha1;o,-od hy many ucrSOns in Europe tnaI
p,esia and America are con,biningto change
the climate of the central and southern parts
NJ the Continent. The weather is seyerer i'll
tl,e land of the orange than in some districts
If Northern Germany. The cold wave OF
the steppes has taken Southern twirl. The
theatres were shut four nights in succession
in Trieste, and, as a storm was predlcteu
from America, 81 to arrive on time," the good
housewives we're so terrified that purchases
in the markets were made on the
preceding day, although the Bora was
blowing with a vengeance. Great distress Is
beginning to be felt all over Germany. Most
of the farmers in Nassau have lost thelr
crops The oats In the Westerwald are lying
exposed, and the potatoes are undug. frlsate
beneyolence is active; one lady IN Aesse Is
said to give $1,000 marks for charitable pur-
poses every year. One Of the greatest proofs
OF hard times among the farmers IS the TACT
that far1n-laborers and servants are now at
discount instead Of at a premium. at the
Servants Fair at Metz (A1sace), there we're
800 farm-servants and comparatively lew
farm situations. In Berlin, the Sunday be-
fore, New Years, when everybody was ae
church. the frost set in so fercely on a watery
ground that some ladies had to march in
stocking-feet, and crowds Joined hands, seek
ing safety in union.
OUR MINISTER TO BERLIN
intends to make Behrenshasse, No. 81, as
lively and congeniM as he can to the " Col
-ony." He gave his third reception on Dec
q, for the express benefit Of the Amer1can
students who are residents Of Berlin. These
receptions will afford an opportunity for
making acquaintance, and are to be contln-
ued every week during February. A weekly
diplomatic dinner was to be given during
January. Miss White made her formal en-
trance into Berlin society at the dinner OF the
Countess Won Perponcher. It is great
thing in the Minister'S favor that he is - der
Deutschen sprache vollkommen maechtg,"
as the advertising formula is.
KARL BLIND
is known to be one Of the great German Red
Republicans, and one of the hlgh-pnests OF
Internationalism. BE has written his first let
ter on the Irish movement to the Gcgc,tacdrt,
and it betrays but little sympathy with Re
publIcanism In any form, and especially with
Irish. He went to the Hyde Park meeting
some time ago, because he would not trust
the reports Of Irish reporters" who, he
saws. monopolize the London press There
were not 10000 people present, instead OF
100000. What most enraged him was
the peculiar custom of the Irish marching
with sreligfousp banners. "Most Of them
had representation Of John the Baptist,
st. Aloysius, the Pope, ETC.; and one Of them
represented two priests before large cross
having on 1t The burning heart This lat
Ter reminded me of tho heather ceremonies
known as Paphian or Sabean. 1t was
.Jesuitdom; but there we're no traces OF 4
liberty. reform-lOyiDg people," Blind says
all the French Liberals (Communists?) p have
fallen away from the Irish, and that the Irish
farmers would give up the & lands 70 70 ne NE
landlords.
BJoRSsTJEKNE BJ0RNsoS,
the Norwegian writer, has returned from his
Holiday i v week, lecture on aRepnblics," at
Christiania {now, by the way, a city OF some
1900 nha9!tantS) his lecture Sa vas a1omn marn
Princes of Europe were scarcely observed at
the Paris Exposition, but the crowds every,
where hailed Gambetta as national ruler"
He. said that he had come to the earnest con, 5 :
yiction that the development Of people
progresses more rapidly under Republican
than under Monarchical form of govern
nent; and that the youth OF the present
ought to be educated to understand and look
forward to Repub]canism- The lecture was
received with hearty applause, and Bj0rnson
was cheeIed.
An USAPpREcATED PASTOR
The wellknown rendering by Dean Swift
of the opening prayer OF the Episcopal serV-
ice, my dearly y-beloyed Roger might have
tion III Aargan, Switzerland, who recently
found that his congregation consisted Of the
clerk and one gentleman, stranger; The
congregation had not been Kept away py tne
ton with the pastors sermons. The old
gentleman, perhaps, never heard OF sermon
plagiarizing, and prepared to give his flock
genuine homemade theology. lie preached
three ~ to the parsonage and "schnaps."
AN INTERNATIONAL sw1SDLEIs-
Some time ago mention was made ill these
letters of a duel between Count Geyza
Somoskeoy and person named Vanloo.
There is no ID do6 ta n9T that the 4sn @aS was 6e
Geyza has at length been arrested BY the
the most accomplished lin every sense)
scoundrel in Europe. He is a Hungarian,
Is years. For various. swindllng operations
he was condemned at Lambach to fifteen
months imprisonment. but escaped shortly
after his sentence, while being transferred 10
Baron de Veczey il Zurich, and, despite his
having to leave on account OF his crimes, 4 ne
reappeared a short time afterwards IN the
same city as Dr.. Stefi. In 1873 he Went to
fessor Of Philosophy from Salamanca, obliged
to leave On account of his religious oplnions
He was now Prof. Starosty.. He obtained
entrance to the best Berlin society, and, atte1
behind him only a trunkful of: old boots
But the marvellous resources Of the man soon
enabled him to appear in Berlin again rs Dr.
Sarotv, Baron dc Somoskeoy, and under
lice at Lille, France, as Prof. De Salmeron,
from Salamanca He duped all the ProftS.