The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-05-09
Paris in 1913. Q
A VIVID SKETCH OF THE CITY PROM
VICTOR HUGO'S LAST NOVEL:

VICTOR HUGO'S LAST NOVEL:
Very few of the largest shops
were open. Pcripatetic haberdash-
cry and top,shops were. dragged
about by womsn, lighted by can
dies, which dropped theil .tall6w on
the merchandise. Open air shops
were kept by ex-nuns in blonde
wigs. The mender, darning stock
ings in a stall, was a countess; that
dress maker d marchioness. Ma
dame de Boufflers inhabited gar
ret, from which she could look out
at her own hotel. Hawkers ran
about offerin the ''papers Of news
Persons who wore cravats t bat hid
their chins were called 1.-The scrofu..
lous." Street singers sWarmcd.
TIE crowd hooted Pitou, the royal.
ist song writer, and q valiant man
i'll the bargain, They danced the
carmagnole in great circles. They
no longer said gentleman and lady,
but citizen and citizeness. bhey
danced in the ruined cIoisters Witl,s
rhe church lamps lighted on the al
tars, with cross-shapeu chandeliers
hanging from the vaulted roofs and
tombs beneath their feet. Blue
(':blue tyrant's waist coats were
worn. There were liberty-cap shirt
pinso made Of white, blue and red
stones. The Rue de Richelieu was
called the street of law; the Fau
boVrg of Glory a statue of Nature
stood i'll the Place de la Bastile. At
the 0nva!ides the statues Of the
saints and kings were crowned with
Phrygian caps. They played cards
on the curbstOnes at the crossings.
The packs OF cards were also in the
full tide of revolution; the kings
were replaced by genii, the queens
by the goddess of liberty, the knayes
by ignres representing equity, and
the aces by impersonUions Of law.
They tilted the public @ gardens,
the plow worked at the Tuileries.
Wiol all these excesses was min
gled, especially among the conquer
ed parties. an inuesclibable naughty
weariness of life, A man wrote to
EGuqier FinvillG. "Hayc the good
ness to free me from existence
This is my address, Newspapers
appeared in legions The hair
dresses men cuvlcd the wigs of wo-
men III rnb!ic, while the master
read the aIoniteur aloud. People
went to have their fortunes told by
Martin, at No. Ol73ein tEen Rue
HAnjou. There was a Tack of bread,
Of Goals, OF soap. Flocks Of milch
COWS might be seen coming in from
the country. At the Nallee lamb
sold at fifteen tralcs per pound.
An order Of the Commune assigned
q pound Of meat per head every
ten days. People stood in rank at
the doors of the butchers shops.
One of these files had remained ia
nous it reached from a grocGr's
shop in the Rue DIES Petit Canegu
to the middle Of the Rue MToon-
torgueli. 30 form a. line @Ss
called holding the cord,' frGn
Il long rope which was held
in the hands Of those standing
in the row. Amid this wretched d
ness, the women brave and nfl;l.
They passed entire nights awaiting
their turn to get into the bakers
shops. Wood cost 600 francs in
coin per cord; people could be seen
in the streets saving up their bed
steads. In tue winter the .foun-
tains were frozen; two pals Of wa
ter cost twenty SOUS; every0man
made himself Il water carrier. 4
golden louis was worth $500 pa-
peri francs GA course in a hackney
coach cost 600 francs. After q days
use of a carriage, this sort of diaSI
)ogue might be heard: "Coachman.p p
how 5much do l owe you 2" ':Six
thousand trancs.' A green grocer
woman sdM 10000 francs worth of
vegetables d day. A beggar said:
"Help me in the name of Charity
1t took 230 francs to finish paying
for my shoes There was no flat
tering among this people. There
was the sombre JOY Of heying made
an end of thrones. Nolunteers
abounded; each street furnished a
battalion. q Q
-.>.- 8
- A lady of Washington cosM-
ty, New York, is a mother Of large
family of children, and they are all
rather diminutive. 4 few days af:-
ter the birth of the youngest, a lit