The New York herald., 1873-08-14
NEW YORK THURSDAY SUPPLEMENT-

an elaborate mise en- scene the victim robipo her.
et es 80 ~ Nv wn.e anu decking her be with nowers so
as 70 9e lound calmly smiling In q last sleep ike
good dead people IN picture books II would be-
tfeenaering reno real service to the French nation If
tney were tod, once and Tor all, that extincf ion nv
charcoal Is not painless, but produces a diaboiiro,
contorti0n OF the features in no wise romantic.
ago, and suggested that the Prefecture de Poiics
should paste up at the street corners granite
Sat Se aSng with Instructive foot
Jandls deHs;tre d'honorables Illusions"
TINE KILLING
There Is not much to be seen around Dlenne
AFTER you have visited the remnants OF the Old
castle on the cliffs, been on an excursion To- the
ruined Chateau d'Arques, where Henri ~ defeated
the Leaguers and opened himself road to Paris.
and gone to inspect the Manor d'Ango, which
the famous Merchant inhabed The EUgsN EDSe wnSn Sn
come here get up cricket club and horse races
yacht good deal and go picnickng az furious
and Russians have no notion Of cricket. they corr
daily daily detest the sea- and walking excursions are
marvel how they kill the time, for man c.nnot
spend the interval between sunrise and midnight
III ,L,' determining whether the Count OF Chambord
VIII or Will not be King by Divine right
this day twelve months, nor can he
W.T. With !. safety drink more than four or
to be seductive aud lucid during the evening.
Setting OF for drive TOR Argues this afternoon, a
lew lew OF us who had made up party were DELAYED BY
generally as good as two OF the horses in helping
to shorten Journey: Soon note arrived in his
OF his having lost bet, which compelled him to
shave or hall his mustache. The poor fellow must
to this diversion; but 1t is not an uncommon one.
A. Frenchman never likes parting with
ne%s nssaa ss e scn ans ns
II he loses walks mile barelooted or
ollndfolded in the middle OF the night, shaves one
week, q species OF venture which Frenchmen
deem the most reckless OF all and think Of with
friend, and spent a couple OF hours among the
ruins, ruins, musing regretinlly over those happy days
as'nss mS Su9 o S with
spinners could equip such a force nowadays, but
tney would not find II go far. the decrease in the
value OF man flesh having seemingly kept pace
with that of gold. French small boy, with hair
clipped into brstles, did us the honor setting US
and pieces OF armor picked up after the battle and
we asked him whether he was quite con.
and he answered yes, because his iather itr,!
had been one of the combatants. This reminds
one OF the button sellers at Waterloo. one of whom
once offered me shnbOne with bullet In 1t, al
leging II was his grandiataer's, whose leg had been
amputated during the engagement. He had shown
who had lived near Waterloo as guide till his
death at the age of seventy, and both the old gen.
es R
was pointed out, "but the leg had had time to
grow again when this photograph was taken"
There Is basrelief OF Henry ~. over III, main
door of the castle; and inside a crumbllng tower,
which has the reputation OF being haunted, and
WHlCH Idst year was Clle hCeue Ol an eHOllOnal IN
cident. young American lady, detying
the notion of ghosts, had sat down
and ventriloqulst, who was unknown TO her. but
had overheard her laughing pos1tlvism, threw his
earthly sounds. The young girl flung down her
sketch book, appeared to be intensely heightened,
and appealed to tue ventrioqulst to come and see
II nobody was lurking in the tower, for. said she,
there can be no doubt tnat some one, man or COB
I'm, had got there The ventrilo1uist, to keep UT
from stone to stone as he was requested, casting
his weird voice above and below him all the While,
until he reached the crest OF the tower, when the
young lady showed him into the mOat below. Then,
leaning over and addressing him as he norndered,
snoring in three ieet of mud and water sac cried
ut must have been the ghostn
Ventrlloquists have been rated cheap and
american ladies nave waxed famous at Argues
ever since.