The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-02-02
De Paiva Slows Out His Brains.

save the queen were present. Although
the most courteous and suave of men,
he determined upon immediate action,
and %excusing himself to the Princess
Of Wales, he walked up to the spot
where the baroness stood, as usual sur
rounded hr = c"oWd of admirers, and
offered Lee his ARM, as if to lead her
around the salon. He then conducted
her down stairs himself, ordered her
carriage and waited with her until it
came to the door.
Nine. de Kaulla's. expostulations
were less violent than might have been
expected under the circumstances. For,
having seen her enemy, Nine de Novi-
kOff, in conversation with Lord Gran
vile just a moment before, she must
have known without any explanation
on his part the reasons that led him to
practically expel her from his entertain
ment.
Wrecked an Ambassador.
Another baroness Of the same kind,
who has achieved similar, though not
altogether as great n~otoriety, is the So
called Baroness de Kurth, who almost
succeeded in Wrecking the career of the
Marquis de Reversaux, now French
ambassador at Madrid, but formerly
minister at Cairo. She spent two win
tiers in the Egyptian capital, and her
association with the marquis was the
talk of that scandal-loving place. She
enjoyed the reputation Of influencing
the policy of the French envoy in be-
half of the German government, and is
generally believed to have been one Of
the prime movers Of the abortive coup
d. etat of the Khedive in connection
with the dismissal from the premier
ship of Mustapha Fermi Pacha, and
which constituted such a defeat for
Frances diplomacy. On her return to
Paris she established herself in luxur-
ious apartments in the Rue de la Ire
noble, where her salon was quite AS
much frequented by newspaper men,
diplomats and members of the French
foreign Office and government as that
Of the celebrated -Marquise de Palva
previous to the war.
And yet the lesson taught by the lat
ter should have had the effect of arous-
ing them to observe more discretion.
Nine. de Paiva was the daughter of a
Moscow cobbler named Lachmann,
who after making his way to Paris
and figuring for "a time on the police
AC6A0lCAo o0 q A1OlAOC u lAC uS1ul.
monde, finally succeeded in obtaining
along with wealth a certain amount Of
prestige. More especially after she had
induced an unfortunate Portuguese no.
bleman Of ancient name, but Of impov-
erished purse, the Marquis de Paiva,
to marry her.
|. He Blew His Brains Out.
As soon as he had done this he realiz-
ed III" ~ignont'ny Of his conduct and
blew his brains out in her presence.
Her magnificent house on the Ronde
Point of the Champs>E lysees has just
been converted into a restaurant, but
during the latter days of the empire,
the "Hotel de Paiva''. was thronged
with all the leading men Of the day,
who were wont to discuss even affairs
Of state In her presence. Tt vas only
after the war broke out that they dis
covered that she was In the pay of Bis
marck and that everything that she
beard was reported at Berlin, the infor-
nation thus secured proving most val
liable in 1870.
After the war she married the
wealthiest of all German mobiles, Count
Henckel-D onnersmarck, and having
gratiied her spite against the Empress
Eugene, by buying most OF her jewels,
withdrew to Germany, where she with
drew a few years afterward.
Others whose names deserve to be
mentioned in this category are the Ital-
Ian Duchess OF Litta and the Comtesse
lie Castiglione, both celebrated for their
beauty, and who played SO prominent a
role at the court of Tuilleries during
the reign of Napoleon III. Is to cause
much misery to Empress Eugene. The
latter may be said to have obtained her
revenge on n Of them; for she took
Of the power conferred upon
her as regent after the departure Of
Napoleon for the seat of war in 1870,
to imprison the beautiful Duchess OF
Litta at Yincennes on the well-founded