Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-31

rage under his black skin.
/ What then had the Frenchmen seen?
Here it is On the small copper plates
that ornamented the shakos were inscribed
fllese words, "Sardines rhuiIe, Martin,
Z Ia Rochelle"
Il was with plates used for sardines
cans the furnisher had decorated the sha- ..
kos of the army of His Mgesiy FaustinI.
Not willing to incurn expenses, the
monarch allowed his imperial guard 70
remain under the invocation Of sardines,
but his relations with the Temple were
not continued further.
THE TEMPLE sUPPLIEp.
The Temple Is supplied BY everybody
and from everywhere; BY the rich aud
/ the poor, from the sewers and the palaces,
from the mansions of bankers and the
hospitals, by my neighbor and myself.
The overcoat 1 give to my servant viii
pass through the hands Of some clothing
merchant before It adorns the back Of
some rag-picker in his Sunday clothes.
The pretty shoes that fit 50 well the
delicate feet of the lady just passing by
will be worn by some girl Of the street.
Without burning them she cannot avoid
the sad fate. Throwing them at the cor
ner Of the street will not save them, for it
Is the great highway to the Temple. If
thrown in the river, they win be fisbed
up again; if lost designedly in some town
two hundred miles distant, they win be
! brought back, for the Temple has its tra-
Yelling agents.
! A hundred sideways convey ragged
clothes to the Temple. They are brought
) by chambermaids, porters, rag-pickers,
walters, heirs, and by the poor who pick
them up in the street and trade them
for a crust of bread or drink of brandy.
Thieves of profession, Indirectly sell
their plunder in the Temple, never dir
ectly. Police agents keep too active a
watch for that, and only green pickPock-
cts and assassins who do not know how
to manage their business get into such a
mouse-trap.
Every day carts loaded with old shoes
bought from the hospitals or La Morgue
are brought in. 1t is curious TO witness,
in the less frequented part of the Rotoace
some Rottschild Cobbler matching tOgeth-
er thousands of old shoes. Every lonely
one is coupled to an unknown companion,
like the galley-slave to his chain-fellow.
The boot of the hanged beside that of tie
drowned; the busllinOf the girl died at
St. Lazare beside that of general's
daughter. The classification made, all
are sarefuIly stored, till by a species OF
metempsvchose the thin soled shoes Of
dandies are worn by street sweepers, and
the buskins Of aristocratic ladies suit the
! feet of street girls.
7 IF / did not fear to darken this picture,
/ could speak Of certain garments spotted
with blood coming from the scaIfOld. But
let Us turn aside our eyes from this lugur
brious view, and state that In this market
where artifce is the order of the day,
robbery and bankruptcy are unknown.
THE TEMPLE OUTSIDE.
The Temple IS not only within the
Temple, but everywhere over which its
I glory spreads itself"
The neighborhood of the market Is oc-.
cupied by myriads Of people living BY it.
There are the restauraut-keepers, cot
fee-house keepers, and the merchanFs of
bread and cakes. For one cent, CaillOl
supplies every one with 4 large cup of
coffee with milk and sugar.
From twelve to three O'Clock in the af-
ternoon, old mother Cadet makes her ap-
pearance at the Carreau, with stove and
frying-pan. She retails for any price,
dOuble-tripes, sausages and black-pudding,
accompanying them with insult or fattery,
according TO her caprice of the moment.
Again, there are Protat and Dmnou-
tier, two well-knOwn paltry-victrlalers,
retailing soup and rice cakes for three,
two, and even one cent. It Is true, how
ever, that according to the marketwomen
talk, it would require first-rate eye to
detect any appearance of beef IN their
broth.
To resume, the quantity of people lis-
ing by the Temple is incaleulable. A
part of Paris, and neighborhoOd, to dis
tanoe of eighty miles, get their supplies
from It.
CONCLUSION.
If ever you come to Paris, remember
the following piece of advice
Do not buy new goods IN the Temple,
and hold IN suspicion what Is sold as old.
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