The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-27

VI HeF eyes, some cOntendlnS tndl tlley
We're black and others that they We're
blue.
Duels We're also fought over dimple
which some admirers insisted was on
the r1ghtscheek, while others SAID that
the honor belonged to the left cheek
She appeared to be no more than ~
years old, but she spoke sometimes OF
her eldest son, who was for some years
a captain in the Dutch army"
1t was the Cardinal de Rohan him
self who selected and furnished the
place for the myterious hosts he used
to visit Cagliostro three or four times
a week, arriving at dinner time ana re
naming until an advanced hour in the
night. 1t was said that the great car
dinal assisted the sorcerer in his labors,
and many people spoke of the mysterl-
Gus laboratory where gold bubbled and
diamonds sparkled in crucibles brought
to a white heat. But nobody except
Cagliostro and perhaps the cardinal
ever entered that mysterious labora-
tory
Among the many stories told of Gag
liostro that of the supper in the Eotel
of the Rue Saint Claude. VIII re he
ghosts made merry, still holds the rec
ord. Six guests and the host took
their places at a round table upon
which there were IS covers. Each garst
pronounced the name of the dead man
whose spirit he wished to appear 1T the
banquet table. Cagliostro, concentfat-
ing his mysterious forces gave the in
Vitation in a solemn and commanding
tone. One after another the six quests
appeared. They were the Due de
Choiseul, Voltaire, d'Alembert, Diderot,
the Able de Voisenon and Montesqu1eu.
Surely one might be in more stupid
company t@a
When the living diners recovered
their breath the conversation began,
but unfortunately for the great most,
the record of their conversation makes
them talk stupid nonsense. Perhaps
this may be taken as evidence IF the
theory that a man loses his head when
he dies. AT all events, the story Gre
ated a sensation in Paris. 1t reached
the court and one evening when TIE
conversation turned upon the banquet
of the ghosts the king frOWned, sh ug-
ged his shoulders and resumed his
game of cards. The queen beca ne in
dignant and borbade the mention of the
name of the charlatan in her presence.
Nevertheless, some of the iight-hedded
ladies of the court burned for an intro
duction to the superb sorcerer. Trey
begged Lorenza Feliciani to get him
to give them a course of lectures or
lessons in magic to which no gentle
men were to be admitted. Lorenza re-
piled that he would consent, provided
there were 36 pupils. The list was
made up in a day, and week after
ward the fair DANES got their rr5t les
son. But they talked of it. and of
course the story got loose. This CauS-
ed another scandal, ana consequently
the first lesson was the Inst.
When Cardinal de Rohan was sUmr-
tuously installed in the Rue Vioille-du-
Temple he had for his near neighbor the
Comte de la Motto, whose wife al. aG-
ventures of the first rank. boaated of
her ability to conquer the ansipatny
of the queen in regard to the aichem-
list. Madame de la Motto lived IN Inc
house that formed the NORTH angle IF
the. Rue Neuve Sant-Iillas and The
Boulevard Beaumarchas. She first
made the acquaintance of Lorenza and
afterward that of CagIiostr0. who in
troduced her ito the cardinal. TleE
followed the well known intrigue CT
the diamond necklace, for which The
cardinal, the woman la Mote" ard
Cagliostro were 4arras "a and taken TO
the bastile. si 8 "s@t
Ten months later the poor Great
Copht returned crestfaI.en to his r. me
iii the Rue SaifIEe Tlaud.. Naverthe-
less The received &a4 warm greeting,
From 5000 to 10000. people crowded the
Esbouleyard, 4 TheygShae "a him, kissed
his hands and carNad&him in triumph
4 lnlO his IlOuSe. loul his tllulilpu WAS
snort lived. On June Is, l1SS. the agent
DIES Brunnieres bro lGht to Cagi!oslrG
an order from the King 10 leave Paris
in "a hours and France Defore he end
of Gtwo weeks. This was something
that the great magician should have
foreseen. but probably the wheel in his
head which ran the predictions had
become rusty during his stay in the
bastile. He bowed to the agent Then
he closed the door of his laboratories,
put the key in his pocket, drove to
Saint Denis, and put up at the Hotel
of l'Epee ROyale, where he passed the
night. Then Withr Lorenza, he bade
farewell forever to Paris, and proceed
ed to Switzerland. His mansion re-
| manned closed and intact during the
revolution. For IS years that ghost
| house was undisturbed. 1t was not
| until 1905 that the doors We're opened,
| for the purpose of auctioneering off
| the furniture and rare belongings of
| the Great Copht, who was sadly be-
| hind in his rent. Public sale of the
| furniture, crucibles and elixirs of the
| Comte de Cagliostro"'-oh, what a
| splendid poster for an auctioneer, and
| what bait for collector, Since
| then the gloomy house of the Rue