Show peculiar source or of income A curious story Is told as to how the tha supported carata carafa the composer the latter was far from rich ich r alb pal income was waa derived from a snuff box and this was the aay asay of it the snuff snuffbox box was given to the author ot of li la prison d edinbourgh about 30 3 tears ears abo by baron james do de rothschild as a token of esteem carata carafa sold it 24 hours later tor for 76 75 napoleons to the samo same beieler Je jen ieler eer from whom it had been bought this became known to rothschild nho gaie it again to the mu asician on tho the following beir the next day it returned to the jewelers jeweler s this traffic continued till the death ol of the banh r and longer still for or ills his sons kept up the tradition to the great satisfaction of carata carafa |