Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-05-21
SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUu

ooHy haiuS uIuo lHelr MIX, or do auythlu
whose to 1t than to weaken it. They rarely eve
put in enough water to render it blue, and ne
cesstate the employment of chalk or magnesis
to written 1T up again. We have in Paris uomadit
diaries, of which there is one or more in ever
street. From eight to nine in the morning, too
women with a small retnue Of cans and ladle
may be found in the arehways and along dead
Waiis-paying ten francs year for the privilege
fou may buy any quantity, from half SOU
worth, to a quart; surely the economy and abstil
nence OF the people is such, that family mus
De large one to spend five sous in milk dav
The poor people buy milk that has been SKINNED
u I milk is called creme-cream.
mhat you call cream has very limiJ
| ted sphere of useiulnsss in Paris. they IA
not put it in their tea, for no one drinks foo
they never eat it with strawberries, which then
either take with sugar alone, or with wine M
Keistchwasser. 1t is used principally to strength
en- and thcken the milk intended for the rich. and
perhaps enables it to bear more water tba,|
would otherwise be the case. Old bachelor
That keep no servant may be seen every moruind'
proceeding to their dairy with little tin pail i'd
get their daily allowance. I meet some dozen
every day, during an early walk that have oc
casion to take. They always dress in a styld
which at home would be considered inadmssibll
for gentlemen of fifty in the street-slippers
dressing gown, and skull cap with tassel Th@
milkwomen they patronize consider them good
III.
at least regular, and can be reckoned on; sh
calls them her ''clents," and often speaks of tn
responsibility of her "clientile,' or range of bu
slness connections. When any one of them die
she goes to the funeral and sprinkles holy waite
on the coffin. The affection of the French trades
men and women for their patrons, though it ha
many advantages, has one Objectionable feature
they get to imagine that you belong personally ID
them, and that the connection is indissoluble.-
1t IS sometimes work Of time and of considera
BILE diplomacy to shake one of them off. | on
day met my coiffeur on the Boulevard; tried ID
avoid him, for had just had my hair cut by thu
barber of friend. felt guilty and was anxious
to avert scene. He refused to be avoided o.
eomforted, accused me of an infdeiite, that re
quired explanation. The same night receive
a note beginning with sMonsieur," and endin
with distinguished consideration" in all tn
established forms. l suppose the amount of m
custom is not over two francs a month, but that
ne calculates, makes "A francs year, which Wi
pay his rent for month. To this barber l still
belong, and feel that could not get away if
would. Luckily, am very well satisfied wit
things as they are. Never attempt to chang
your grocer unless you are man of nerve. Neve
seek to Supersede your washerwoman, unles
you are a lady of starched ways of thinking and
fiat iron determination. You are, of course
better served where you are known. and it
well to make your purchases generally at tn
get to regard you as part and parcel of tn
concern, and would almost advertise you
should you quit them, as they would a runawa
apprentice.
A gentleman named Barrels, announced, abor
year ago, that he had discovered a clue to tt
Interpretation of the hieroglyphics upon the Obd
lisk of Luxor, in the Place de la Concorde.
paper gives us a foretaste of what these inscrip
tons mean: "Having had the honor, &c.,
reading portion of the proof-sheets of NJ Bar
rois's forthcoming work upon the Obelisk."
The side facing the Chamber of Deputies read
thus-the disposition of the characters bein
indicated by the division into lines of the trans
lation:
He (Sesostris, suppose,) takes care of Il
Judge,
Of the country in Assembly united,
Antela protecting law,
Chasing away daring upstart,
Overturns usurpation,
Sesostris ILL.,, new King,
Conqueror and Pacifcator,
In the Temple, having been consscrated,
Governs,
Preventing riots,
Watching the demagogues,
Treading under foot the idle,
Honoring the Egyptians, &c.
So it seems that they had demagogues in s
sostris time. The Pays will certainly be insp
ed by this to compose an article on the antiqu
Of anarchy. never should have imagined,
contemplating the Obelisk, that its cuttings
carvings were so full of meaning. l had ne
attached that Importance to pictures of bir
with human heads of rat-tale files, of round
OF saw, with great triangular teeth, of little
dies and cubby-houses, to which it seems, fir
this, they were emnently entitled. But if
face, toward the Chamber of Deputies, is to-
interpreted as above, should like to know
significance of the side facing the Arch of
umph. The engravngs are all cut deeper,
look really pregnant with profound sgnifca1
There is wall-eyed gander there, seeming
chuck brick at humble bee with outspr
wings, which M. Barrels would do we'll to ST
into. No doubt it has reference to some feu
the family or household economy of Sesostris
If that potentate could return to EARTH he WI
probably find it easy to read the inscriptions
! the syenite column, but would defy him to
plain certain gilded carvings on two sides of
granite pedestal. One side has something to
| about "LudovicuS Phihppus L., Franco
| Rea," and ''antaquissimun opus, monument
! obeliscum," &C., while the other says, ''En
sence du ROi, Get o6eltSque auT applaudissez
du peuple IMMENSE" and SO on. What could
| sostris think of such gibberish2 He could
fail to be gratifed on learning that one of
| languages IS dead. M. Barrois promises his
to an anxious public in the course of four MOI
Should the brick and the humble bee be sati
torily expounded, shall let you know.
To adopt phraseology that the Charipar
rendered popular, the need of new inferno
chine has been of late very generally felt.
| to supply this want, the Government rec
news the other day from the French Cons,
Rio Janeiro, that a horrid engine of destru
| had been secretly got aboard of a French VI
and was actually on its way to Havre. Tn
| lice and regiment of cavalry awaited the
on her arrival. All communication with tho
was cut off. A German and his wife were
ed on suspicion of conspiracy against the
Louis Napoleon. The machine was soon
in the hold. The wooden box, in which
packed, was torn off in greedy haste by the
missary, who felt husefa hero in the cons
ness that he was placing himself betwee
Sovereign Master and mutilation. He was
ing his own life to preserve that of the EN-
| At last the horrible engine stood revealed