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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 76, 30 March 1880, Page 2

A Paris paper apropos of their silver wedding, give 3an interesting account of the first meeting between the Emperor of Austria and his wife. Some twenty-five years ago the young Emperor Francis Joseph visited Carlsbad for no special reason, but simply to amuse himself. There he met his three beautiful Bavarian cousins — the Princess Elizabeth, and the Princess de Thuru et Saxis, and. the Princess Maria Sophie. Very lovely in the evening, in the animation of a waltz, the Princess Elizabeth was even more fascinating in her black cloth habit and riding hat with its green veil, as she galloped on her English horse with the elegance and daring a of huntress in ancient times. It is related that one day her magnificent hair, which it was difficult to keep confined, fell down over her shoulders and covered her like a royal mantle. Her confusion was indescribable, while the Emperor glanced from the escaped tresses to the blushing cheeks of his cousin. She hastened home. After luncheon she found on her table an immense album. Erancis Joseph placed it before her, and pointed out some views of Austria, of the Tyrol, and of Hungary. 'What beautiful scenery ! What a lovely country 1 ' she exclaimed repeatedly in her admiration. The Emperor whispered, • Would you like to make th/»m your own ? Are you willing to reign there ? And as she trembled and did not reply, he held out to her a bunch of edelweiss — the flower of bet hro thai. She took it and put it next her heart. A few weeks later she became Empress of Austria. According to the Glasgow News, a remarkable discovery has been made by Mr Wm. Morris, photographer, of Godrock, by which he can photograph underneath the water at a depth of 10 fathoms. Two of the negatives he has secured are remarkably distinct, but the others are lather dim owing to defects in the apparatus, but which he will have improved. The camera is enclosed in a water-tight glass case, suspended by the centre and enclosed in a cover, which is drawn off after the camera — which is fixed on a loaded tripod— has reached its position. One of the views taken in the bay 50 yards west of the yacht Selene, shows a sandy bottom, with a number of large boulders covered with sea-weed, and an old anchor; and, in the shade, three mooring cables belonging to small yachta close at hand. When the weather calms down and the light becomes stronger, he intends to carry out his investigations with improved apparatus, when he expects to achieve still greater results. The Saxon General Schoibers Hofen, whois 95 years of age, and has just celebrated the jubilee of his generalship, was captured by the French at Jena, served for a time in the French service, and on (Saxony joining . the allies, became one of Wellington's adjutants. He retired from service in 1850. The use of the variety of seaweed botanical ly known as fucus vesciculosus, for reducing obesity, has obtained recognition in professional circles abroad. During 1878, the number of applications for letters patent for invention in Great Britain was only 5343, being, however, 394 more than that of the preceding year . Near Sebastopol tue pedestal of a bronze statute has been dug up. It is covered with Hellenic inscriptions belonging to the second "century before the Christian era. A Boston child remarked, after gazing earnestly at a man who was bald, but had' heavy whiskers : " His head was put on upside down, wasn't it ? " Queen Elizabeth condescended sometimes to a little flirtation. Shakspeare was performing the part of a King before the Queen, and Her Majesty's box being • contiguous to the stage, she purposely dropped her handchief at the foot of Shakspeare, expecting - that the poet would stoop from his assumed majesty to pick it up. She was mistaken, for he was every inch a king. " Take up our sister's handkerchief," was the prompt and dignified orders to one of the actors in his train. The occupants of an office at a mine near Duluth were last spring surprised to hear some curious noises under the floor beneath, and began investigating. At last the boards nailed to the house-posts on the lower side of the slope were knocked off, and the author of the noises walked forth. His eyes looked out from his deep sockets with an expression of profound melancholy ; his ribs met ; his hip joints stood up gaunt and angular. No one recognised the phantom. At last a woman with tears in her eyes came running, and seizing the pig, which she knew by a peculiar twist in its tail, carried him home. He had gone to sleep under the house when it was building in the fall, had been boarded in, and slept 114 days without food or water. Some time since the mammoth head and horns of a Rocky Mountain ram were found imbedded in a pine tree. Whether the ram was caught by the tree when it was a sapling, or amusing itself by buttiug at the youthful piue A\hich sprung its trap on it, or was placed there as a punishment by some Indian with whom it had been taking liberties, is not clear. The largest income taxes paid to the Prussian national exchequer are us follows : — Carl Meyer von Rothschild 70,200 marks ; Willy von Rothschild, 654.000 j Herr Krnpp, 57,600. A stupidity must be as big as a house for a man to see it, coming out of a pretty mouth illuminated with pretty teeth, and from between two ro3y lips.