St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-02-21
Foreign Notes.

Foreign Notes.
"A Zulu Princess AmazuIu-has ar
rived in London with her suite.
4 The Princess Louise will be accom-
panied to Canada by two newly ap
pointed ladies-in-waiting
Wives are being looked for among
the royal families of Europe for Prince
William of Prussia, eldest son Of the
Grown Prince of Germany, and for The
Prince of Orange, heir to the throne OF
Holland.
Mr.. Judah P. Benjamin, who has
been retained for the Tichborne claim
ant, expresses himself confident not
only OF quashing the sentence, but of es-
'tablishing Orton's identity with Roger
Tichborne. Important witnesses and
facts not presented at the first trial are,
it is reported, to be forthcoming.
Forth first time in English history
a police agent has been attached to the
personnel Of the sovereign, and rooms
have been fitted up for him and his
family at Windsor Castle. The palaces,
within and without, have always been
guarded by police, the military being
will always travel with the Queen.
Leopold I. of Belgium had an eff
fective way Of meeting discomfort. He
intimated on more than one occasion
that Ringing it was matter of very
small moment to him, and that due no.
tee being given he was quite ready to
20 at any time, if the people, through
| their representatives, expressed the wish
that he should do so. -. ........ ~
M. de Freycinet, the new French
Premier, is about So years old, native of
the Ariege, an engineer by profession
He is an unbelieving Protestant; his
wife is feryent one. He lives in
gloomy house in the Boulevard Hauss-
mann, and has charming daughter of
Is, who is described as being miqn0nue
gen1tllette pretty, fresh, refined, highly
educated and very natural. D-,-
-Dronmore Castle, the lately. COM
pleted residence of the Earl Of Limerick.
has been under, con struction since 1865,
and is a perfect reproduction Of d
stronghold of the fourteenth century.
The interior corresponds in the minutest
details with the outward design, and
the furniture is consistent with the style
OF the fourteenth century 50 far as the
esigencies of thepfesent age will admit
1t Is two miles from Shannon, in County
Limerick. Lord Limerick is descended
from Speaker Perry, of the Irish House
of Commons. n
4 & Odds and Ends. - g. $50
The chicken that swallowed a hook
Tor fun will never 60 fishing again on
Sunday.
A South American plant has been
foqad thatacures bashfulncss. IT should
be- promptly @tried on the man who |
leaves The hotel by the back window be-
cause he is too diffident to say good-by
to the cashier and clerk.
When Mr.. William Winter of the
New York Tribune was about to leave
the shores of England he mounted the
bridge of the steamer, and, taking off
his hat to the crowd assembled on the
Jetty at Liverpool, exclaimed: "Gen-
tlemen, if there's any body in your
island whom l have not given a shilling,
now's his time te speak!'' A gentleman
IN the dock shouted back: ':I'm the
only man in Great Britain that YOU
haven't beaten out Of the drinks. y,
: 1t is related Of well known Fmer-
chant OF neighboring city that, after
making his will and leaving large
property to trustee for his son, he
'alled the young man in and after read
ng the will to him asked if there was
my alteration or improvement he could
uggest. Well, father,'' said the
Dung gentleman, lighting cigarette,
Il think, as things 60 nova days, it :
you'd lbe4better for me If You left the
property to the other fellow and made
ne the trustee The old gentleman ,
1ade up his mind then and there that }
ne young man was quite competent to !;
IKE charge of his own inheritance, and :,
the trustee clause out.-Bos- :
m Commercial Bulletin. :
THE OLD MAN OF MoNTRosE. ..g n
There was an old man of Montrose Tx
VINO had remarkable nose I IL
so long and so thin, ! - i.
81 And so far from his chin, t
twas always in danger of blows. n
One day the old man of Montrose S
Went out without smuffiing his nose; e
And 1T grieves me to tell ~
That this organ of smell q
AS stiff as an icicle froze.
Soon after, in sneezing ker- choo,' i
His nose into smithereens flew, q
And left but stump, h
A ridiculous lump, r. e
That even in summer looked blue. i"
The frost bitten man of Montrose - Fl
a Used words that were equal to blows: =
And so great his disgrace, RI q
He soon quilted the place, a
w ha hnc
-HdrpeY''s Young Pe0p1e. 4