, 1872-11-24

pepsia. One day, when the French Minister Taa se
dining with him, as his butler proffeIed t"o
sorts d. wine 10 the Frenchman, Count Drassen
De Simon bent over to him and Thisp,efTT1h T1ae
My dear fellow; refuse the Mistro Reae: lmu u
French Minister asked:f "Where1oi1ih Ghencs
comes that brand; I hare never before
heard: cf it, i:My dear fellow---but come,
you must pledge me your word OF honot + lever w
| to betray rne-I'll reveal the mgsaelf W you, ~
] NV wine-merchant at Bordeaux SEM: me tWo
casks Of excellent wine two months ago.. AS ILL.,
| luck would have it, they spoiled On me way; |
conld- not afford to lose two casks Of expensive
vine; 80 kept my own conhsel, eouRhs, TWO
casks of cheap Ssrdnian vine; and mixed to-
| rether the contents Of the four casks, and
nnan,ed tbe stuff: Royal Mixture Mistro Redle.
Il ;s delicions,-so delicious I never touch it my
self. but keep all Of it for my friends You, too,
had better leave it to them, my dear fellow"
N 4 BAD WAY.
While Mons. Enile Olivier is. in Italy. writ
ing a book to prove Raphael to be q greater
artist than Michel Angelo, the Duke de Gram
mont the Minister Of Foreign Affairs in the
same Cabinet;5 is dying OF modification and
to be confined in q 1unatic asylum, go excited
has he become -
* anAnpE cHAR1REusE AGAIN.
mentioned in recent letter tbs Duchess de
Berry's visit to La Grande Chartreuses George
Sand tried to enter it some thirty-odd years ago.
In those days she always wore masculine attire,
and looked like q nice, short, pahBh young man.
When she tried to enter the monastery, with
Alfred de Musset, Chopin {the pianist),. Alfred
dc Vigny, and Charles :Nodier, the friar-janitor
said, in his most courteous way: IA Thousand
pardons, Monsieur, there is no admittance here
for ladies' and George Sand was left at the
door.
B1Go1 woRKs OF ART.
The Courts Martial at Versailles for the trial
Of Communard prisoners saw two lawyers fall
dead during their sessions; both Of these law
ye1s we're Radicals. The effects Of one Of them,
Mons. Bigot; have just been sold, Tbs most
curious article among them was drawing in
! lead pencil by Oourbet, With: this inscription
HMy dear Bigot, receive my best thanks. You
spoke like q 1nan with d big heart, and, as the
common people say, you emptied my eyes OF all
their tears.-GusrAv1 CouRsEr'' This drawing
sold for only $780, 4 Mlgnard, 80 it was said
portrait, was knocked down at $11.6o; and md
painting which depicted Mirabeau IN the Con
| vention WAS sold for 312. Poor Mons biBos
doubtless thought them all masterpieces. worth
thousands OF dollars eech- 49,. -:
4 new volume, the third, BY Mons Jules
Favre. is. to be published in . day or t#o; lts
subjects viii be the Treaty Of Frankfort and
it's autecedent negotiations; the conclusion OF
! peace between Germany and France, and La
Commune. Mons. Jules FaTre has just re-
| turned to Paris for the winter.
CHICAGO PEOPLE IN PARIS.
These residents Of Chicago are IN Paris Tho
| majority Of them are registered Ct Measrs.
Mrs. J. F. Bass, Miss Gertrude Bass, T: T. Bass,
Mrs. 8. J. Bosworth, J. A. Cutler and family,
Charles Daley, Mrs. John G. Dore, G.: L. Dun
lnp and family, G. ?. Dyer and family, 4. J.
Fisher, J. Magil! Mrs. Magill, Charles ". No
ham, Mrs 8. M. Nickereon, II. H. Porter, Mrs.
Porter and child, J. n. Richards, Mrs John L:
Rogers, Miss t. G. Rogers, M.:Ryerson and
/ family, Mrs. Il. II. Singer, Miss n. F. Smith,
J. Il. Dow, Miss 4. E. Hobart, and Mre. d. Il.
Pester.'
GERMAN ExpENsEs.
The forts built by the French Government tor
the German troops in the four counties which
are to be occupied until the last sou OF the
s1,ooo, ,oOo 900 war-indemnity e$l ,ooo,ooo IN 81
count, and $4,000 900 in cot. gold pieces have
been sent within the last two days to London on
the same account) shall have been paid,-theee
forts have cost 81, ,8o0, 900. How oonfoundedly
expensi7e an amusement WAT is
AN oFF1cIAl PUBLICATION
is in preparation, st q cost OF 230, 200, OF the
names Of the 100000 inhabitants of the ceded
provinces who have elected todemain French.
sALEs OF PRoT1sloSs
Official statistics give the sales in the Central
Markets Of Paris, from Jan. to June, both
included, 1872, to be as follows: 25, ,394 758 lbs
of tieh. worth 81, ,O94, ,035.45 SIS, ISL head Of
game or poultry, $2621 s29 SO Las, ,662 s25 eggs,
g. 127 5s5 s,o4 456 ths ct butter g. e39 ooi 75
4.tC
and dfty-four thousand lbs Of fish, l,o4o,052
2,6s9, ,512 lbs Of butter, snd s,l71,as2 lbs Of
cheese, were sold in Paris, during the same
period OF time, elsewhere than at the great mar
ksts. Butchers meat and all necessary articles
of food have fallen from 10 to Il per cent in
/ amount since 1869, and articles commonly pnr-
chased BY the wealthy hsve fallen from 20 to Is
per cent below the amount sold in 1863
CoMMCEARDs.
771;~+aou fruna,,ort-a};aa have a1rendv ks;le9
for New Caledonia; Carrying Communards sen-
fenced to transportation; the fourteenth sails on
Sunday, With $3.50 more. - -
POLICEMEN.
| There are now in Paris and Versailles 1900
policemen moro than the Empire found suftl-
ccient to maintain order; moreover, the mounted
| and foot Muhicipa1 Guards have been tr1pled
| since the Empire fell. Fifteen hundred police
over the National Assembly and II. Theirs !;
5.O5l keep watch over the twenty wards ct Paris.
BUlLET-MARK6.
Paris shop-keeperE have been invited" (de-
cline that f'invitation if you dare!) to remove
! bullet-masks from their shops. 4 great many
| shops which received no scratch during the
| Commune had their establishments marked by
startists in bullet-narkB, to attract customers.
Heinrich Heine died in Paris, and was buried
| in Montmartre Cemetery. His body has this
burg.
Once upon time, the De Courcy was one Of
! the noblert and most powerful families Of
France. The motto Of their coat-of-arms was ::
II am no King; disdain being a. Duke; I am
de Courcy." The last 7descendent died few
d1gs here; he Was One OF the municipal
street-sweepersl Among his rags we're found
his certifcate Of birth, proving him to have been
Robert de Courcy. As families begin, so they
end, too, in obscurity! FoscoLo.
Nh wnmau T3unctua7
paper called the Ciuitan, edited by some
wretch, has the audacity to say that no lady is
ever punctual; that no lady ever yet had the re-
motest idea OF the duration Of five minutes, or
an hour, OF any other longer OF shorter space Of
time. Indeed, the supreme Indifference OF