The weekly Louisianian., 1874-07-25

cite; Granddaughter Of a oebooKbinde,
They got fntoa ,ii'Pidt j. 'oThe Emf
lishman dedlafed that he knew /
Thousand qriaa4es- who hand
Observation-Disclosures dpPompadoq,
a4a that AAASg ought notsd sen,
an alabsaasa@ h. dEisaaillesyIb'at !,
woman, but not 4 mndsomer D
elegant one. The dispute culmin
ated il . dqqel and Colas got I
thrust in the bnaaa IT. H. swor'
that he would be avenged by declar
ing war against Bngla1d.
u! When. Pauline went to see be-
wounded Cotas, he told her that wa,
must. BE- immediately decarei
against the. BsitenaI told the mhol,
story Of his quarrel, and a thu
he Was determined to fight the Eng.
lishman again: Pauline didn't li4t
the idea, and preferred to declare
war. She told the story ofthe thou.
sand g J, i ..to the prince; the
prince told tito, ~Mada1ne Pomppa-
Idotarr;; madame told: Tito the king,
and the Englishraen received their
passport, IT'D x:a 4aIs -.
The scene #as-eae-day- in THE
salon of the Gen4tees stalrenberg.l
:How beautiful ehe it, sighed
"Humph! what a beautiful neck
replied Pauline n shall
never have 80 Handsome d one. !
"Who knows?" said Colas, ap-
preaching Count stahrenber1tg. BE
had come to effect A. aniapce be-
tween Austria apd France against
Prussia. The, cardinal and Madame
de Pompadour opposed it.
"And if I bring it about?' asked
Colas. 49, ~s.. 49,. .. ..:yi,t
Then rtha~rnecklaee,s shall be
yours" replied the count.
Pauline received the necklace,
and married. her faithful 1Colas on
the day of the battle Of Rossbsch
highly snteftsining chapter is
devoted to the youth of Marshal
Ho was twelve years
old when he was presented at court.
He Immediately became a universal
.favorite, especially with the ladies,
de Maintenon and The
de Bourgogne included.
He fascinated the kings mistress,
md won his money from him.
When g, he vas sent to the Bastile,
he Faubourg Saint-Antoine: be-
;ame the most frequented portion
Parsley; the ladies' of the haut4
olee. At The age of twenty-four,
10 was admitted to the academy.
Three Of the sauant, offered to pre-
'are his Grafton for him. He de-
saying that one had too
much brains, and that the others
lad too ittla.. He wrote. his adj
lress himself, in the style and with
he unheard-of orthog,aphy in
which he used 10 indite his love-
and this address is consid4
red one Of the best that was ever
delivered in the academy.
Another chapter is devoted to
who tells an Englishman
ONE of the secrets and mysteriea
+ the court Of Lpnis XV.:
Silhouette had been appointed
of Finances how, he him.
elf 'was at u, loss to know. He
with anxiety. How, if
he king should talk within about
be affairs Of the stated The kingI
Inally received him. r." II,
Monsieur Silhouette" said his 1
majesty, ''were the chandeliers mil
our salon 'gilded by Martini"
And that VIA as near the how1e| f.,
olitique as his majesty came. All !
rst, Silhouette wanted to resiQn;l
ut his brother-in-law .consoIeGl
.'' -.
"Who ever left the ministry With
ut first filing his. pockets?" said
rDonit BE- alarmed. The king
even a bigger asa. than you arc. s
10 asked about your chandeliers
scauses he could think of nothing|
ssto tslks about Yesterday bel
'ked the Venetian ambassador how
any members the Council Of Ten
.dl The ambassador, like i true r
enetian; answered, Forty aira,sr
Thus the author passes in review,
"a 6fkor &ha. nkhoas all Tia ro,,norE