The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-03


sound the table, end tapping the Lieutenant on. |
the shoulder, said to him, with that bo1hoyeie |
characteristic Of his Majesty, Come, take IN |
your superiors meet you.n It is nardlv mecca 4
sary TO say that the officer did not want To be |
told twice. Some time after the King reviewed |
the garrison of Raetadt and perceiving the |
Lieutenant made signs TO him TO approach. |
''Sir" said King William, II caused Won 10 lose
some money the other day in interrupting your |
game. The rouge won three times after you |
private exchequeT, but beware that you DO not |
commence again."
Peep into Gulzot's study,
Nine Charles Lenormant THE adopted daugh- |
ter Of II. hecamierl has given us this glimpse /
into NJ. Guizot's study:-"Let us enter M.
the lectures on history he gives twice week to
his grandchildren. The lesson lasts halt an
hour. Seated in front OF his desk, the grand
father turns to the youthful audience grouped
in front Of him. Attention, respect, and joyful
confidence are depicted on all those little faces.
He recapitulates in few words the subject OF
the preceding lecture, and the children almost
always reply without hesitation to the ques.
tlons addressed to them. Then this same orator,
whose powerful voice captivatcd the atten-
ton Of an enthusiastic public in the
large amphitheatre OF the Sorbonne, or
quelled the Interruptions of stormy
political assembly, suiting himself to the
intelligence of his young auditors, traces clearly,
rapidly, and in striking manner, the events
history; and he miDgles with this elegant mar
ration extracts which he reads from the memoirs
Of the epoch under consideration. It is q
charming lecture, and we have never been pre-
sent at it without wishing this history of France,
told by such grandfather to bis grandchildren,
should not be lost to the public.n Is not that
charming picture which seems borrowed from
"Plutarclrs Lives when he tells of old Romans,
who had been crowned with all public bonors,
devoting life's evening to training patriotic cit-
zens to the country's service?
Use OF Furs.
We find the following in Bdckloood:-
The Indian wears his sabes as we'll as the
delicate lady; and buffalo skins form the robes
OF the savage as well as the rugs of English
carriages or Canadian sleighs. The soft rich
velvet skin of the sea-otter adorns the person
of the native of the North Pacific as well as the
cloak of the Chinese mandarin; aud the delicate
white ermine, with black-tipped tail, is the
choicest ornament of the Blackfoot warrior of
the American prairies, as well as the symbol of
royalty and dignity in this country. The wear
ing of skins seems, indeed, to be mark of each
extreme of the human race-the most PRINT
tive and the most civilized. Nature has sup
piled the animals of Northern climates with
coats OF unequalled quality for keeping out the
cold and enduring wear; and these admirable
| properties, and the fact of the material being
| ready made, no doubt induced our savage fore
| fathers and their contemporaries. in the 6rst
instance, to transfer such useful coverings from
the bodies OF the inferior creation to their
own. Butlths is not the only cause of the almost
universal love for furs. There is q handsome
appearance about soft glossy fur of the finest
kind which is very striking, and which has
caused it to be valued as an article of ornament
| alone. 1t may be questioned whether the ladies
| who roll along in their, carriages, wrapped in
sealskn and sables, do not regard the beauty of
their clothing quite as much as its property of
| warmth; and it is the combination of usefulness
with handsome appearance which makes them
! prize 1t SO highly. The mandarin, however,
wears the fur OF the sea otter-nearly the whole
supply of which he monopolizes-purely for the
| sake OF ornament The Blackfoot chief prizes
| the tiny ermine skin as a garniture for his
head, or trimming for his fire bag or his medi-
cine belt. The same fur is esteemed by Christ
| ian princes as an emblem of dignity and regal
power. 1t was borne alone on the coats-oEarms
| of the ancient Earls of Brittany; and in Eng
| land, In the time OF Edward Ii, none but mem
bers Of the royal family were permitted to
| wear ii.
In this connection the following from the
Cosmos concerning Ea
| will be found interesting.
This animal was not much known among the
| ancients. Aristotle and Pliny only mention it
| from hearsay, whence it may be concluded that
it preferred the northern parts OF Europe,
which were still thinly peopled and unclvilized.
About the beginning of the seventeenth Gen.
tury some might still be seen on the banks of
| the Danube, on those of the Rhine, and even
| of the Marne, as also in Switzerland. There is
an old cookery book, entitled "Liber Benedic-
tionGm," by Eccard ~, Abbot OF st. Gall, in
a delicacy. Nay, the good monks of the
| convent, who were notorious for their strict
| adherence to the rules of penitent life, had
| found out that the beaver was a fish, and
| might, therefore, be eaten on Fridays very
| unlucky circumstance for the poor ANIMAL and
| which must have greatly contributed to diminish
j its numbers. The "Liber Benedictionump in
forms us, by.the-way, that the peacock, swan
| stork and wild duck formed part occasionally
of the bill of fare, as did also the bear; it was
however, admitted on all hands that the latter
1 was not q fish; whether birds were or not is
| not stated. To return to the beaver its real
| habitat is Canada, whence it has spread all over
countries down to the 43d parallel of latitude:
only in Europe and Asia it seems gradually TO
| die out. There are still some In Norway Lap
land and especially in Siberia, on the banks
OF the 0by. The question arises whether the
solitary beaver, which does not congregate
with. ITS kin and has dun, dirty
looking fur, is the same as the prega.
rious breed, building dwellings on piles and
| having sleek and shining skin? Mr. Hoefer
| replies to the question in the Affirmative. In
his opinion there is but one species of beaver
| the Castor ATnertcGntts: the Canadian beaver
when brought over to Europe, becomes soli-
taEy. In support of this opinion he relates the
| following singular anecdote: Frederick 1T, of
! Prussia, had caused considerable number of
| beavers 10 be brought over from America for
| the purpose OF acclimatiZing them IN the
| enYirons of Berlin. But the poor creatures
became melancholy, and instead of congre-
eating and building their village as is their Gus
tom In their own native haunts, they separated
from each other; their fur, which at first was
SO glossy, became dull and rough, and, by bur-
rowing in the sand, they rubbed their skins
pare SO as to assume the appearance of NANCY
dogs: They did not multiply, and died away
| one by one.n
Sir Cusack Roney, in published letter. gives