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Evening Star, Issue 4279, 13 November 1876, Page 1

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6 1 m™*** more exelusiva than thi old French aristocracy. All mixed mttmew eyes are "hybrid," TheJfcuWrg*o7 £2 * • - * ? nd L « ver y 7PW married hoopla belonging to the caste aelwta Ftohsdorffa. their wedding tour, where they can be prade Chambord. This visit is the consecration of every marriage in the opinion of a Legitimist, and of the happy couple !hiwiW to drop in on the Pope, so much the beta* lo prevent theiriace-rronrtMng butlw toe frequent inter-marriages, the'old Kenoa aristocracy seek alliances with their order in' PohumVAifctna, and in Italy. Tha marriage of the young Oomte fenicki it tha subject of much gossip, on account of kit he recak the Duke of Brunswick and tha Prince Esterhaiiy.; H « « the possessor of the famous sapphire said to be obtained from a Hindoo temple in Delhi durinjr tha bepoy mutiny. He also possesses ajw&e. sapphire given to an ancestor by feobieskt. King of Poland, who obtained it during the pillage of the Turkish camp, .whei the Mussulmen were defeated under the walls of | Vienna. After Cardinal Antonettd, perhaps no person has a greater collection of genu than Comte Branicki. The rain is compelling the wanderinf sheep to return to the fold; Parisians art quitting their sea-side haunts, and making half-way houses of their city mansions before returning to their castles for t»ie snorting season and the vintage. It is thus that tamdiai-faces are to be encountered in clubs on the Boulevards and at the. opera. It is rumored that many ladies who never indulged in any othar firearm but a saloon rifle will this season blase away at ~mttndgea. It is ungallant, lasa"tape, old sportsmen do. not like this fashion'of ladias taking the field. N The grape cure 'is very much in vogue'this season; it is found vary efficacious for febrile affections. Tha patients simply board on grapes, which are to be eaten as gathered, and then a smart walk after each repast. The Crown Prima of Austria is being thus treated in Hungary, In France the grape stations are at Oellas, Aigle, and Ardoche, for the kind «f grape its aroma, and the soil on whioh it growl bave much to florin making a "perfect oure? France, like other countries labors under a plethora of briefless barristers, as parents, however democratic their feelings, believe ft "profession" can alone make a man cuts, respectable figure in this vale of tears; hencs many a bad barrister represents what might have sheen a successful trader or artisan M. Dufauve, the Minister of Justice, awar* of the many years a young 'lawyer must spend expecting a ohance, to say nothing of work, has organised a commission to whom unoccupied avocate can forward treatises on law, &c., and those exhibiting marked talent will bring an official appointment for the writer. This, is better than nothing, and though it smacks of the competition-for a mandarinship, it is nevertheless a wellintentioned progress. In the cemetery of Montmartre there is an epitaph to Lieut.-General Baiaine, who died in 1838, in the service of Russia, after adding to the splendour of his own country, aswefl as to that of the foreigner's. And Ins son. the Marshal,, who will write his epitaph t - The insect show having been so suceesrfnl last year, is more so this ; schools visit~ln« exhibition, .and seem charmed with the popular lectures. Some of the exhibits ate very repulsive, and, though invited to do So. it is a diffioult matter to like ; 6bokroachefc earwigs, leeches, fleas, and bugs* Last year the vine bug {pKylloresus) was the great at» traction. On the present occasion snailß of various species oarry off the palm. The plans of the Exhibition are completed* and the works have oonimenced—sincei trenches have been opened on the aitest The several sections have reoeived their directors, and the general regulations are in press. The classification will not be widely different from that of 1867, plus the hinti gained from Vienna and Philadelphia. Two important sections will be fully developed that affecting education, from its primary to its advanced stages, and that bearing on artillery, fortification, and war—now* a-days a corollary ©f national education. Felicien David, the composer, has just died, after much suffering, aged sixty-six, He was a native of the south of Franoe. Ho came to Paris at twenty years of age to seek his fortune, and found it, after years of Buffering and disappointment. He "joined, like other young enthusiasts, the sect of St. Simonienne,, but relinquished this fantastical religion as he gained experience, ef the world. Though living retired, ha wat a well-known celebrity; everyone knew his small figure and intelligent expression ; his beard cut and ending in a point; his lively eyes and grey curling hair. His dtjwncr consisted of a mutton chop, and this he never changed all the year round, save on Good Friday. He loved cats like Champ Fleury; and when at his meals, his pleasure. - was to throw open the windows of the dining-room leading to the garden and allow all the congregated cats to enter. The immediate cause of his <leath was fever, complicated by asthma. He had no illusion as to his fate. " I feel lam lost" was his remark on taking to his bed; and during his delirium he believed he was conducting an orchestra. His works best known are the D6sert (a successful symphony), the Hiron* dellee (a popular fantasia), OhristophColomb. and Lalla Rank.

Prince Jerome Napoleon's villa of Prangins, in Switzerland, has been seeking a Surohaser for some years; at last it waa ecided to knock it down to the Highest bidder, and the 15th August last -was fixed - a* auction" day. This was changed, ai that date is, or was, the anniversary of "Saint - Napoleon." The "4th September" has been adopted—the date when the Second Empire founded. It is a case of out of the frying > pan into the fire. r ' A celebrated artiste employed an old *"Mj • to sit as a mod&A for Neptune. "Be in time to-morrow," said the artiste. "H ; Monsieur does not object I would like to be - excused, as on Sundays I and my wife, tains ' our children to see their grandfather, whou a skeleton in the Museum 6f Natural Hi*' tory." An old woman has died in Russian Siberia aged 125—proof that ioepreiervM. A friend to a cynical father: " Allow me to oon*ratu> v late you on your son having won his v#a**l\ '•Willingly, if you show-him'W MMa «i* the boots/' ~,.„« j wolfl «.oO IJfflFpWwtl [For continuation o/ Vetotiw FwihPtqiki-