The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-02-29

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to New York to purchase this stock outright
or on q margin, and some Ody has made
money by being ION the inside" a. 1t is called.
The mania for stock specelations is on the In
crease, and members Of Congress take chances
with the rest.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
Capt. r. +. Burton is now IN Egypt. and -
| about to proceed, with q surveying party, to
the gold mines which he discovered near the
shores Of the Cult Of Akaba.
4 Eaysnty-twD young men have been SEN
fenced by default at Berlin 70 q fortnight's
Imprisonment and 100 marks fine for emil
grating without permission and evading the
cOnscription.
The Iopg expected Memoirs Of Prince Tai
leyrsnd" will shortly appear as fullletOns In
the VOltaire, the Paris paper that ZDla's
novels have rendered 20 popular In France.
NJ. Andral, formerly President Of the Council
uf State, will edit this publication.
In the Bernesa Oberland, Switzerland, the
ground is frozen 80 hard that before q grave
Oan he dug great tres have to be- made III the
churChyRrdS, and In some Inst lnCRs, when
this cxpetient proved unavalling. the grave
di.gers were cotnpelled to use dynamite.
The life Of the late Marquis Of Anglesey
was insured 10 the various companies TOR IN
aggraeat. amount of not less than G750, 600.
The present Marquis will come into ~ ~ :
nitlcsnt and unlncumbared property. with an
estimated income Of Ei0O,O0O year.
All the Gladstone family, with tho excep-
tion Of the ex Pfime Minister. are staunch
Tories. Sir Thomas, the elder brother, car
ries his political differences Into his personal
relationship with Mr.. Gladstone, and does not
find tune to call upon him when he visits Lon
don.
The Russian police attach immense impor-
tance to the discovery Of the secret printing
prpss In st. Petersburg. The detectives who
made the descent each received grant Of
1910 roubles, and the captain VI the police, who
WAS present IN person on the Occasion. has
been promoted to the grade Of Lieutenant
General.
Vtctorien Sardou sat In box at the Thea
tre Francais while his play WINS being hased
If the stage. Pale with emotion ani excess
eively nervous, ha exclaimed to those near
htm: "What can | DO? Those that assail
are determined and they act Their object IL
have succeeded. shall write no more plays" |"
The Empress Of Austria met with an accI
dent on the fret day she WAS out with the
Ward stag hounds. Her horse was carrOmed
a9ainst passing through u gate, and 80 much
hurt that the .prtnctpal veterinary surueon
was immediately teleRraphed for from Dub
lin. The Empress herself was not thrown,
and received no Injury.
ALIAS for the mutabilitv of public opinion r
kexclaims the London World. Two years
aUo, when the carriage containing the Turk
tsh Ambassador passed through the Mall on
its way to the houses Of Parliament. It was
enthusiastically cheered. Last Thursday II
was received In many places with hisses or
derfsive remarks"
| While Russian royalty Is pursued BY dyna-
mltf, the English royal family seems ) ffltctt d
with bad drains. An Ottawa correspondent
says that the Princess Louise suffered from
severe headaches while working Ia her studio,
| aud other ladies there were similarly afflicted
While che was In England the studio floor had
to be taken up to enlarge the building, when
on open cesspool was discovered beneath 1t.
"The Tichborne claimant" Is engaged on
bis autobiography pending hts expected re-
l.ase. He has been uffered G95oO tor the book
He has been engaged on 1t for the last five
years. Those who have seen 1t say that 1t IL
not happy literary effort, and Il ts too
largely interspersed with poetic effusions
Of q religious character. He has lost 1l6
pounds since the day he was sentenced.
The Belgian Queen still go fondly cherlshes
| the memory OF her only son, the Duke OF
Brabant, who died In January. 1869, that she
has never since permitted any court fssttvl-
ties to be held during that month. Prince
Philip, Count Of Flanders, Is the heir to the
Belgian throne. The boy is now eleven years
old.
One Of the Empress Eugenle's pet names
for her son In childhood was Monsieur Dix
Minutes" !" because Of his inveterate habit Of
demanding ten minutes more. AS little
fellow 1t was always hts first word In the
| morning when he Was reused: Ten minutes
| more;" and when too drowsy to speak he
stretched out his two little hands open; his
| ten fingers indicated the ten minutes he still
desired.
The Paris newsmOngers are inventing an-
other Congress OF Berlin to convene on the In
vtation Of Prince Bismarck, In order to unite
Europe IN 9 crusade against Communism,
Socialism and Nihiism. Ii this crusade were
l fn ar nr
pose q general disarmament. France, It Is
added, is threatened with losing the good
will or Russia II she declines to join In this
movement. sss.ss as4Gassi
IAN extraordinary discovery has, says the
London World, ''just been made, or Is strong
ly believed to have been made, BY the India
Office. The sister Of q Bedfordshire baronet,
who being then young girl OF considerable
beauty, was lost during the Indian mutlny,
has been found In Q harem at Mecca. The
lady Is now 10 India, and questions have
been sent out to secure evidence Of her
identity. which It is suspected there may be q
desire to conceal"
new method OF reward for those who are
diligent In the business Of the government
has been established In Japan. It consists Of
no decoration or gilt Of money, but takes the
form OF great nationa! portrait gallery, In
which those who sufficiently distinguish
themselves In the opinion of their superiors
will henceforth have the privilege Of seeing
their likenesses placed. Already vast num-
ber of applications for place have been
made. with the result, In the opinion Of the
Hochi Shinbun, an Independent journal Of the
Japanese capital, that the gallery will have
more Of quantity than quality In 1t. Another
clause tn the decree which establishes this
reward raises doubts In the minds OF the
Japanese journals. People who are allotted
q place In the gallery may have their like
nesses painted according to their own taste
or be photographed, as they please. A chrOn-
icler fears tnat very few ugly faces will ap-
pear In the collection, and that its value as a
historical souvenir will on this account also
be consequently considerably deprecated.
A MOntexumA.
At the Hotel Drouot. Ia Paris, there was
sold by auction, two weeks ago, an interest