The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-26
CURRENT TOPICS.

had been using tho fragrant berry FOR ton years
1efuro it reached Paris, but in 1G72 Armenian
opened cafe in Paris, which, however, obtained
no SUCCESS and tho owner was obliged to close it,
nnd cmSrato 10 London. His successor was n
little, humpbackod man, who sold cofIuo i'll tho
streets, anu who for nearly lwcnty ycars posao g.
cd an undisturbcd monopoly OF tho business. FL
nally in 1859, ono PRocopE from Sicily opened q
cafe opposite tho present Bto OF tho Theatre Fran
cais which il still in cxistcnco. Then another CHI
tcrprsing Armenian opened cafe i'll tho Ruo do
DuBsy, whcro ho developed tho original idea OF
furnishing tobacco, pipes, and newspapers 10 his
customers with their co(fcc. Tho proHs That timo
Was represented by tho At,cu,y aud tho Fronoh
uzeifc. But this literary convenience did not be-
como general in Paris till tho time Of Tho Ruvolu
tion. Finally, 4 third cdDe, tho Cafo OF
Parnassua, was opened noar tho Poul Ncuf
Thi cafe has enjoyed artistic repu-
tation, groaler almost than any othcr,
from tho tlmo OF tho wits who woro &C.
customod to assemble around it's tablcs-YoL-
TAInE, DoIssY, YEnSgr, tho Abbe ARSAuD, CnE-
DILLON tits, &c. Il is still In existence. CGes
rapidly bocamo contros OF tho literature, and
moro especially tho wit of tho time. In thoso days
~ man made his debut in a cafe with poem
cpgram, rs to-day in tho columns OF ncwspnrcr.
II was at tho Cafo Procopo that ROUSSEAU went to
pisy chess; and at the Cafe Ct tho RcgGlcc ut Tho
corner OF tho Place iu Palais Royal, that ItoUs-
| sEAu, ToLTAInE, tho Marshal DE RIcHELIEu, tho
| Emperor JOSEPH H., FRANKLIN, MARMoSrEI,
DIDggoT, Sr FORK, DEsonArELLE, DERSARD1N ST..
P1EnnE and BoNAPAnrE wcro among tho frequent
| and distinguished guests. In 17B9 tlioro were
elovcn hundrod cafes In Paris, and overy knows
tho prominent part thoy played in tho Revolution.
But ut tho time nf -ihn RastnrnLinn. tho number
| had amounted to three thousand, and to-lly they
aro ma tho stars of GeayOu--innumcrable It Ia
said TINT now, whoncvor store is 10 bo let on tho
| bouleSards, 1t Is immediately engaged for new
| cafc, 20 thirsty havo grown tho pcoplo OF Paris.
1T 1s WAsu1NoToN IRvISa who discoursoth thus
| beautifully on woman and marriage. always Sour
| rent Topics" havo Bpcculutcda great deal on
| matrimony. have seen young and beautiful wo-
mon, tho prido OF tho gay circles, marr.od Us tho
| world says, we'll. Some haro novel into tiloir
costly houses, and their friends havo all como and
looked ut their furniture and their splendid homo
for happiness, und hnyo gono away and committed
| them TO their sunny hopes clecrfully and without
fear. Il Is natural to bo sanguno for thoni ms tho
young arc sometimes carried away with similar
feeling. love to got, unobsorvcd into q corner
and watch tho bride in hor whito attire, and with
her smiling face and soft Dyes meeting mo IN tho
pride of lifo, wcavo waking dream of future Imp
pincas, and persuade myself that it will bo true.
think how thoy will sit upon Tho luxurious sola as
tho twilight fnlls, and build gay hopes, and muir
mur In low tones tho not now forbiddon tender
moss; md how thrilling tho allowed kiss and beau
tiful cndcarmonts Of wcddcd hfo will mako ovo1
thcir parting joys, and how gladly thoy will
como back from tie crowded and empty mirth
OF tho gay, to each thcr's quiet company. pic
turo to myself that young creature, who blushcs
oven now ut his hcstatiny caress, listening eagerly
for his footsteps as tho night stenls on wiuhinG ho
would contc and when no cnters at last, and with
IN affection as undying his pulse, folds her to
his boson. can feel tho tide that goes flowing
through the heart, and gazo with him upon the
graceful form ns sho moves nbout in tho kind
Offices Of Affection soothing all his unguiot carcs
and making him forgot cyon himsolf in her young
and nnshndowcd beauty. I go forward for years
ana 900 her luxuriant hnir put soborly away from:
her brow, aud her girish grnces resigned into dig
nifty, aud loveliness chastened with tho gentle
meokncss Of maternal affection. Her husband
looks on with proud oyo, and shows tho samo
fervent ioyo and deiicato attentions which first
won her, md her fair children arc grown about
them, and they go OH full of honor and untroubcd
years, and arc remembered whom thoy die.
AN ENGLISH CLERGYMAN named FRASER hns Into
ly mado report to Tho Educational Commission
On tho subject Of tho common schools OF tho United
States and canads After diligontinquiry durnga
thing to condemn in tho American system OF pub
lie instruction, and his general conclusions nro
summed up as follows 81 am afraid TINT wc in
England, in our zeal for 'denominational ctltca-
ton, lay too much stress, upon tho adjective, too
little upon tho substantive; wc seem to caro- moro
for the connection OF brr schools With particular
religious communities ihan for tho fruit they re-
ally producei wo arc too often content to hear that
rongious instruction ia giTon, apd don't pursue
tho inquiry fnr enough to ascertain whether it is
given intonigcntly, by competent teachers. Icon
fess to tho conviction growing moro and moro in
my own mind, strengthened too, by what hayo
heard md seon in Amorica,; TINT whnt we need
moro Of in England is intelligent cducaioa-a real
qulckening OF tho minds of tho pcop!o And
say this quito as much in tho interest OF religion
as Mt tho prospect OF political changes" Then
follows damaging confession-ono Of those acci.
dental rnys Of light which sometimes dart into
mass OF ignorance, and exhibit it's dofor1nty at
glanoo. Mr. FRASER said: "The' difficulty I find
as country Clergyman, in teaching and preaclring
to IN adult mixed congregation, los In tho allow
and heavy intellectual movomont or tho mass at
my hearers; their scanty vocabulary their innbili.
to appreciate an argument or follow q train Of
thought; thoir want Of general and broad montnl
culture" Nor is this oil; for ho adds s'I do not
teaching Of our schools has produced religious in
telisonco or religious stability In our psoplo at
any rato, not In that class of our pooplo WHO in
their school days had most OF such teaching; for
tho religious instruction givon in ono OF our olo-
montary schools is thrco times larger in quantity
and timo than is received by boy at Eaton and
Rugby" Thcso brief passages toll their own
story. 'i Sr''-'.s,'z' Ii: : =,
ONE OF OUR exchanges, tho Rochester Union,
has tho following: young Miss in Auburn hay
ing heard that arsenic had boon successfully en-
Ploycd by fashionable bollcs for identifying com,
plexion and rendering the cuticIo OF the counten
anco soft and transparent, ono day last wcoh pro-
cured a supply of the deadly drug. As might
have been expected, tho foolish girl had littlo
idea OF what quantities Of the poison might abo.
taken without incurring the danger OF fatal ro-
suit, oven though aware, even ii .conpuramnte
vanity did not preclude ON atom Of common
sonBo, that it's introduction in tho system in tho
most minute portions must be attended, with
ruinous results. Tho consequences wero that tho
unusually quiet section OF tho CITY in which sho
lives, was appalled, on Tuesday evening by tho ro-
pot OF mn attempted suicide on tho part Of ono Of
tho fur daughters, md rumor was very busy in
lyning the causo Of the painful affair until tho
victim, in an interval from violent ;relohings and
tho energetic operations OF stomach pump, was