New-York tribune., 1885-10-25
THE FOREIGN MAIL.
IT'S CHOICEST SOCIAL GOSSIP.

From lfr. LdLouchere'g Truth, London, Oef To-
AN INPEEIAL REyEI--It seems that the Imperial
meeting at Kremsier which lasted twenty hours has
cost the Austrian Court Treasury upwards OF 1oo'V
IL is proof OF the morbid OF terror and appenen
sion in which the Car that arriving at kreni
sier he refused to occupy the sDenuIuy I a.,
Stalled himself i'm couple OF rooms the other end OF
the palace which had been destined for somc memocds rs
OF the suite There must have been righti1i
else the whole company must have INDUCED IN nno
orgie. for 900 bottles of Rhine CABINET VINES & 400
champagne. $500 of carei 900 OF nqueur. anu I
OF brandy consumed by 500 persons al TWO no"'
| ALEXANDER AND WALDEMAR.-Ihe sudden
thaw in the attitude OF Russia toward lrlnce
OF Bulgaria attributable TO the fact that wnoh ="
Giers arrived AZ Copenhagen from FREDERICKSBURG MS
first news for the Car was an lntlmauOh tnat
oImrs ermanv TO sanction the nomination OF Prince
Waldemar OF Denmark as the successor OF tho
time been directed to this end and II Prince Wade
mar is vetoed Emperor would prefer TO leave LrG
Iexander tn enjoy his triumph, rather than ne snouu
he succeeded by Prince Frederick of saxe-Ateneerg
who would he the German and Austrian Candidate IL ho
| place were vacant.
CoNvtcT's SALoON.-A curious public
bonse IA among the latest attractions In Paris. II Is
called La Taverne Bagne. The walls are hung win
te horrors OF convict life inter
nersed " mi portraits of notorious Communists; All
he chains and bocfs OF the regular Ocd The landlord
is Ctoyen Maxine sbonne, one Of the leaders OF tho
insurrcction OF 1871.
SLAUGHTER, Nor SPORT.-As an example OF
| modern sporting" commend me TO tho account IN re
World OF Sir Victor Brookes day III CoeOro0Ko faTk
when according TO Edmund. he shot TAG rabbits. He
must have fired at least $50 shots so that ne were ou
ten there must have been shot hred about evsy
forty seconds How this could possibly be achieved ~
is difficult for plaln man to understand, put sneh @
is the nag last Wednesday at Rhiwlas, whcn III sPe VI
bad weather. 5.Ol6 rabbits were spot' presumably IN ~
| warren. such massacrcs rs these are Simply us
| gusttng, and there Is not the ghost or shalow
sport about them The publication OF sueh sc"re
cminsutly calculated to stimniatc inc rural "
for the abolition OF the game laws ns they can onhy &
result from ov-rpreservation, and the landowners VINO
for this sort OF thing are not usually llperal VI
peusang their suffering tenants for the losses VIM
Vcfor Brookc r.minds one OF tho prize dogs which used
to say hundred rats, huddled In the corner oi P'
| within the space OF five minutes
From LUe (LOnaoa' oct. l5.
| SUAFTESBUEY's CHALLENGE.-Few people
know that Lord shaftesbnry was once CHALLENGED TO-
| fight a duel what aSfIl thought To ponder over
II came about In very curious manner lhefc Wan ~
the time az thirty years ago. bill before lar-
Lament proposing that children whose parents are no
In the course OF speech upon bill. Lord shafte',
bury cited the Judgment Of Lord lldon IN me case n
Lord MorninstO which approved the principle hat ~
uSn @ 81 ,li nts Iord Wilmington declared that
gave Lord -hafcsbury the option OF 'hcr hshtng or
apoogling. Lord ,hafeshury declined 10 do sthef re-
ferrng the irate peer the magistrate at Bow street
This made Lord MOmiucton NOR" furious thah ever nut
the affair ultimately ended In smoke.
MATRIMoNIAL BoYCoTTING.-A new phase
Of boycotng has into fashion IN Ireland ~ re-
cent public demon. tration held at i0TilaW, county
Waterford. where certain Mich ri Hickey wa uc
nounced for evictius working mAh MI,s MslS'Ic'
ShcrhIn came forwarL l. ami. the papcls say IN Ic"r
I
We tie Young girls OF Wat rfOr Iippr lIfy, ana hi
kenny. resolve aud promise this ~ before thl' vast
multitude, 10 treat with and contempt any hhtT
noui.l proposals from Michael Hickey a. punishment
for hi. hgu-iourd hostnty to the poor nDorr Burke
and ms yuun. aud helpless family ~ seven Ihc rso-
luton found secoudcr IN The person Of Mss suiiva"
| and 1t was carried with aooamation
| ULLMANN.-I am surprised that scarcely any
London papers took notice Of thc.dcah ot tho great m
yr'sario Ullmann who led M poverty. u NOT n actlai
want his apartments In Iars tie other DAY. W.
mann was the diseoycrcr 0f Caflota fJt, WHO was ~
the time singing IN the chorus IN the sma thra'to u
| small prOymci j town IL Upper Austria lie had such
confidence IN her abilities that for several years hc u
frayei the cost OF her musical education nthoush ht
was by no means well oil himself t that time Indeed.
his admiration f0r the cnutarlcc was boundIcss hnd
her future Justified his HuticpatOns, ar Only iTcn
| years after lie had first seen her ~he I mall =
Tsr0yc nj Berlin. UlmRnu the frat iHpTcsdTt0 WLo
hit on the lucrative idea Of engaging eminent artists TOT
ours and he made large fortune out OF Jhc Nlcui'
temps David md DrcyschOck, which. ho~eNc, ne was
unable 10 keep OF Kind and compaslon1tc nature
every ARTIST who happened to De Ia difficulties haf fc
course TO his generosity. and IN no Instance am aNA
that the appeal made IN vain; Bis charity lnCeru
! was often abused. have my-eif. during my nr'ny
vcnrs Intimacy with him. only too often had occasion Ia
applg TO him respect Of distressed artists, ana ne IN
/ variaby responded literally aud largely