The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-06
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

TIE widow of the Cologne banker,
Baron Abraham Won Oppenheim, who
in 1870 gave the magnificent sum of
fl5O,OOO for the wounded, has just Civ
en- $50, 900 for q hospital for poor chill
dren of all denominations, in memory Of
her late husband.
A SHOW of goats was opened recently
at the Alexandra Palace in London. No
less than 10 animals were collected, and
prizes were offered to the aggregate
value of nearly f7S, more than $500 in
our money. The Baroness Bardett-
Coutts exhibited fine specimen of Il
Hungarian male goat, probably the
largest ever shown in that country, and
it received prize.
PRESIDENT CREWS salary and al
lowances amount to about $4,000
yearly, the salary proper being about
Sl2O,OOO. At the end of his seven years.
term he will, consequently, have re-
ceived $l,26O,WO out of the public
treasury. lie is not penurious, and
manages to spend this large sum in re.
ceptions and subscriptions. He gave
$1,000 to the American yellow fever
fund.
THE Empress Eugene has decided to
leave England, being moved to that de-
termination by Parliament setting its
face definitely against the erection OF u
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Westminster Abbey. She will probably
60 to reside at her Chateau of Arenn-
berg, Switzerland, and her present
intention is to erect a mausoleum where
ever she fixes her residence, and remove
the remains of her husband and son from
England. '.-~
AMONG the aristocracy of St. Peters,
burg there appeared recently q new
Protestant sect known as the Apostolic.
At its head stands Gen. Maj. Won Erd-
berg, and among its members there are
princes, counts, courtiers, and the high
est military and civil officers. Recently
the Princess Dolgoryky, an orthodox
lady. has joined it. The peculiar belief
is that the end of the world, the second
descent of Christ, and the last Judgment
are at hand. The members perform
services according to the example Of the
apostles, and have prophets, apostles,
and teachers.
ALTHOUGH the Empress of Germany
is not u popular lady, she is an extreme
ly charitable one. Her first visits on
arriving in Berlin are to the school and
hospital she has founded, and which
are named after her. Not only are these
supported mainly out of her private
purse, but they receive from her a large
share of time and attention. 1t seems
almost as if the precise military habits
Of her male relatives had influenced her
character, for during her stay in Berlin
she may be seen at Il certain hour on a
certain day of every week driving in Il
small brougham to the hospital, to read
the report of the head physician, to
visit the patients, and toinquire minute.
ly into the treatment they receive.
An Englishman who knows the Bar.
oness Burdett-Coutts well, says her Vi
tality and energy are extraordinary.
When she is perfectly well she defeats
her age by Il dozen years. She is
good hor>ewoman, and is still fond of
exercise, and she walks with an elasti
city which many younger woman
might envy. Her capacity for business
has long been known; and though her
benevolence is boundless, no begging
impos,or could ever hope 10 outwit her.
She has all the shrewdness OF the Char
lily Organization Society, without the
callouS cynicism which makes that body
nothing more than . system of police.
Her knowledge of politics and politicians
extends over half u century; and us she
can write rs well as speak with no little
grace and force, y book of her recollec-
tons should have greater interest than
anything Of the kind. which has been