The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-28
GOSSIP ABOUT PARIS.
-ug KING OF ANNAM'S CURIOUS
PRsROGATIVE.

v-nneror - A Plucky Soldier "A
Queer Criminal Case-Other Matters
Of Interest.
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pans. FEB. 13.-It is curious to note how
..,aiences Of one race or nationality
sissr from those OF another in their man
~ of manifesting either wild qualification
= ,ositiye satisfaction over theatrical per-
tormances.
At Bayreuth the votaries of Wagner mark
.,e,r appreciation of the German masters
woyk by maintaining a deep, religious
Glance. Italian and Vienness audiences
avnress their pleasure by insisting upon
f,souent recalls Of favorite singers or act
or,. N. Ernest van Dyck having. in vi
anna. been recalled before the footlights as
many as thirty times in an evening.
In Paris, the sharp rallyiug Of the claque
dssbes in on real or imagined perfect notes,
Ar smart passages, in the hope of leading
tba public into the ardently longed-for
"thunders Of applause"
According to a distinguished writer in
France. these matters are differently ordered
IN Tonouin. He gives a most amusing
Inscription OF an Annamite drama rendered
in a paEoda at Hanoi, and at which he as
sisted The performance was given in honor
of the French resident general. and an aged
visiting uncle Of the King of AMMAN.
When the monarch and his illustrious COM
nanion and guests had been conducted to
the places Of honor, through a
salsaming multitude, big bass
drnm and formidable drumstick
we're placed directly in front Of his majesty.
The comedy" began, and for one long hour
the audience remained sunk in apathetic
and almost for bidding silence. Then the
monarch suddenly arose, clutched at the
stick, and brought it down with repeated
and resounding thwecks on the drumhead.
The resident general promptly lodged. the
aged uncle bowed his head in grave APP
pToval. and the audience inclined their
bodies as one man. 1t appears, according
to the writer referred to, that in AMMAN,
custom insists that the king. and the king
alone, shall on such occasions mark appre-
citation and furnish enthusiasm, both of
which he accomplishes by playing dis
cordant colo on the drum.
In the present Instance the royal hilaritY
was excited by an Annamese joke, which
had done stout service many years before
Methuselah was born. All through the
weary, desolatfng evening this sort of thing
was kept up; the more antique the messy
lest the louder and more prolonged the
monarch's appreciative and enthusiastic
4 solo; the greater the celebrity and dexterity
Of the resident general; the severer and
statelier the acquescent downward motion
Of the aged uncle's parchment face, and the
profounder the salaams Of the never-smiling,
loyal Annamese.
AN IMPERIAL TAR GET FOR SCANDAL.
Scandal, like death, loves shining mark,
and the fact is not strange that the moral
~ h<a 20
the targets which have of late presented
themselves for its darts. Under the unsat-
if ctory but prudent generalization, "they
Il hay, a story involving William H., which
had for some time circulated in the imperial
Il court at Berlin. is now being ventilated by
Il the Paris newspapers.
On New Years eve, according to the Cos
H sip-mongers, the ambassador at Berlin of
King Oscar of Sweden. accompanied by a
lackey bearing package, waited upon, aud
was admitted to private audience with his
majesty, to whom the diplomat personally
delivered the parcel. This. on being opened
by the imperial recipient, was found to con-
tain beautiful lamp shade. handsomely
mounted. trimmed with costly lace and or
namented with hand paintings of some Of
4 the most picturesque scenes to be found
along the western coast of Norway. In a
corner of the shade we're inscribed the
WORDS: 'heL90mDeranc0S ana cOQgratul6s
4 tons from Christisnia."
There was apparently nothing more by
i which to Identify the donor. Nevertheless,
4 it has gone forth on the authority, it is
said, OF persons who accompanied the
4 emperor on his recent Scandinavian tour
b that the gift was sent from Norway by a
lady whose society the young kaiser had
found exceptionally entertaining. 1t is ex-
8 planned by the wiseacres that the lady did
not attach her name to the gift for the
6 reason that she was apprehensive Of excit-
e ing the jealousy of the empress, who, while
leaving to the august spouse the undisputed
81 enjoyment Of sovereign honors; and the re-
possibility Of imperial cares, exacts from
Lim answering fidelity to the marital re-
81 a.on
81 There are number of inconsistencies in
The narrative. not tho least of which is the
idea Of securing secrecy by the employment
On New Years eve OF the minister Of Nor
gay-SWe eden as a private messenger to the
Emperor Of Germany. However, scandal,
to be enjoyed, does not imperatively de-
mand as ingredients either foundation or
consistency.
FUSILADE RATHER THAN THE GALLEYs.
Aprivate soldier of a line regiment has
raised question OF military Jurisprudence
which is exiting much attention, not only
Ia
tnose OF the legislature and of the legal pro-
fesson
The soldier, a man named Gugel. was
Tiled by a court-martial, which sentenced
e'm TO death at the hands of firing party
l9T having attempted the life of subaltern
Queer. The president of the republic, how
ever, INTERVIEWED and committed the death
sentence TO one of imprisonment for twenty
years with hard labor. Instead Of being
grateful for executive clemency, Gugel In
algnantly refuses to accept what he calls
iignomlalous punishment, and demands as
us right, both by virtue Of his quality as a
soldier and the decision Of the court-mar-
Usi, that be be shot to death.
The condemned infantryman, who pos
sesSes some intelligence, has formally pros
Vs'ed againt the action of President Carnot,
VINO has invoked the interposition Of the
council Of state to assure the execution of
'Ag sentence of thesmilitary court.
mere is, of course, great sympathy and
aIAlratlon in army circles for a soldier
wv prefers peath by the fusilade TO impris-
lament In the gelleys-even though the
.I'Wf punishment carries with it the hope
~ taroon mary years before the expiration
" yue term Of sentence.
sn Nv Is not probable, however, that there
~! "nere exists authority competent to in-
os tgE5 IN such ii case, with the edic5 OF the
rVla VINO is at once president of
army. - ''-' - 1890 ''''
MILLIONS OF FRANCS.
ss a curious case, and one which involves the
,,pOsltlon OF several millions Of francs, is,
h. St considerable preliminary litigation, to
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