The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-27
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

AT a recent bill IN London LAZY
wore a skirt studded with dead robins.
The Duke of Cleveland, who is
eighty yeas Of age, is the Oldest Duke
in the United Kingdom, and the Duke
of Newcastle, aged nineteen, is the
youngest.
Mrs. Gladstone, who is nearly the
same age rs the Premier, &C ompanies
her husband, as did Lady Beaconsiield,
| everywhere, and frequently remains in
the ladies' gallery till the close Of the
nights session.
The Black Flags, according to a
statement made by NJ. Tricon, formerly
French Minister to Oh ma, have pc
place Cinnamon in front of them aud
ma sacre tn m if they refuse to face the
enemy's fire.
The State lottery in Saxony is an
important source of revenue for that
country, as it yields an annual surplus
of -, U2i, 900, after deducting an outlay
Of S225, 900. In the Imperial Assembly
it was lately urged that all gambling
enterprises were immoral, but the vote
was aga INST abolition.
-Emperor William has French
cook, named Dubois, to whom he pays
large salary. He is relieved every
other month by an ass slant, and goes
to Paris regularly during his vacation.
For twenty-five years he has held this
position, and he now holds the rank of
commandant in the army with a pen
sion.
Tho British war authorities find il
exceedingly difficult to devise ways and
means for securing new recruits. Boys
of eighteen and nineteen are TO be adj
mitted, and thirty-three inch chest
measurement has been substituted r
thirtv-four inches. The Marquis of
Harrington lately announced, too, thlt
the stature requirements would be re-
duced.
Ca" ovas de Casti 10. the new Span
i.h Premier. is carrying things with a
high hand. He told the Catalonians who
protested against the new Spanish COM
mercial treaty with England that the
making of treaties was King Alfonso
business; has prohibited all meetings.
public dinners and social parties of the
advanced Liberals, and has secured
sentences of eight years imprisonment
against editors who have yentured TO
criticise his royal master.
The Liverpool rowdy has culiar
style of dress. The JACKIE, vest and
trousers are made of a thick. undyod
co ton clio h called moleskin, which has
something of velvet smoothneSs and
softness on its right side. The jacket
reaches just Glow the hips and iuttons
to the throat ov scarf or muller. and
the number of its buttons is great. The
trousers fit tight to the knee, from
whence they hang with rakish loose
ness and nearly cover the boot. Crown
| ing all is round worst d cloth peak
| cap, with little round knob on the tor,
that makes a very suitable finish 10 the
whole man.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
| don Lane { writes: latter a service of
more than half q centurl as irector Of
GObelns Mandatory, M. Chevr III,
the illustrious chemist, has been pla ed
on the retired list; and, although in less
than two years he will have completed
100 years of age, he considers that he
| has not been we'll treated. 1t would APP
pear, however, that in order to spare
the feelings of the old gentleman he has
been allowed to retain his appointment,
with the full salary attached to it. The
| Municipal Council of Paris have given
| his name to new street in this city, an
honor rarely conferred on persons while
yet living"