, 1875-09-19

| in rich embroidered muslin, trimmed with
| Valenciennes lace, and looped up with
| pale bua ribbons, circulated among the groups
| selling lottery tickets. Sho Tas covered With
! diamonds, and wore baWitching little hat shad-
ed with long ostrich plume OF palest blue.
generally found to be irresistible, and her tickets
| went of like w1ld-dre. Celine Montoland, Dar-
taux of the Gniate, and Schneider the irtepressi-
] bic, presided over the Tombols, and dispensed
photographs of themselves as we'll as fruits and
! cigar:. An immense crowd gathered around
them, and each purchaser of q photograph had
the pleasure OF having it signed by the fair ongi-
nal. Montoland looked extremely lovely with
| her shining, blus-black hair. shining like folds
| of satin under pale pink bonnet, the front
| OF which WA filed with palo pink rose
buds. The irrepressible Schneider was of
| course, the centre Of attraction. FIXING from
| side to side, ezhurtiug one, scolding another,
coaxing q third, the joviai Grand Duchesse
| filed large space in the consideration OF the
| audience. Seen near nt hand, traces OF her age
| may be detected (ene is we'll on the shady sido
Of 40), but her laughing blue eEes, her dimples,
her lovely little hands aud feet and the magnif-
cent mirthfalress OF her smile, arc a1 charms
| that defy the ravages Of timo- tbs third in the
coterle WAS the quiet, lady-ike Dartaux, who
| contented herself with dispensing her wares in
| more modest fashion, Schneidsr's drees WAS
thoroughly characteristic Of the woman. 1t was
composed OF the finest white muslin and super
Valenciennes lace, but was r1nIled and crushed
out of all freshness aud elegance and no Won
der for the way abe whisked her by no means
small self about Was wonderful to behold.
Az OLD SOLDIERS ADVENTURE.
An old soldier Of the First Empire has Just
died, who had most singular adventure. His
name WAS Roussol, and he Was young private
in 1907, when the French took Rugen, small
island in the Baltic. It was occupied by de-
tachu1ent OF Davoust's corps when orders came
to evacuate it with all haste and without mo-
ment's delay. The companions got away with
such haste that they forgot Roussel, who Was
doing sentinel dnty upon an outpost. Entirely
unaware that his comrades had embarked, he
waited several hours for the relief guard, and
only left his post when pressed by hunger,
to find that he was the only Frenchman on the
island. "Al!" he cried, II an set down
rs dessrter,- r,-dshonored forever, and tho
uretched sentinel began to cry like child. A
man living near was touched by this distress,
and took Roussel home with him, lodged and fed
him. gave him work, and after time bestowed
upon him his daughters hand. The forgotten
soldier livol verY bsppily there for i've years,
but one day Roussel Was thrown into great
e,ate OF excitement By the sight Of a French flag
flying from the masthead OF frigate- He
imagined that they had sent to search for him.
Il
certainly be tried for d.serting in time
Of war aud be shot. But sudden
idea gave him courage. Raining home, he
pat on his uniform, seized his gun, and, taking
up his old post, began to march up and down bis
came near the shore. :. Qui uve yourself 7"w.s
the reply. 'tSentinol," responded Roussel.
"since whan ~ "Sinco fve years ago." An
explanation took place on ahose. and the deserter
77a0Iqre lui WAS taken OF the island Davoust
--tar + 1f%$ A1-
venture, and had congo made out in due form
and delivered to the soldier. He also procured
some employment for. him, the war being then
over, aud the Government gave him sum OF
money for his daughter. In after years he
brought his family TO France. aod seems to have
prospered IN his labors.
KING ALFONSO
The Madrid correspondent OF the London
Times says The Ministers find tho King alone
whom they come in they leave him alone when
they arc Dismissed. Private, intimate counsel
he has none, for his sister seldom or never
CROSSES the threshhold Of the Kings apartments,
and most Of hor time is spent in long visits to
the Madrid nunneries. Tho Kings household
has been chosen for him, and the friends who
came with him from Paris, it they have access
to him aze debarred from their former familiar
intercourse.
On recent occasion. it is said, the young
King being on the point OF retiring to rest, with
no other attendant than his old friend and ser-
want Murphy, now Conde de Morphi and Gentle
man OF the Bedchamber, Was idgeting about the
room in his nlght-dress, rummaslng from cor
Der to corner, looking under and behind the bed
etead, asst he could summon no resolution to
turn in. Morphi, greatly surprised, asked his
Royal master " what allied him, or what cause he
had for alarm or uuoasiness ?' All, mol OK
claimed the King, am not afraid; was only
looking to see whero Alcanices had hid .-himself
but it seems he is really gone; and" he added
with giee, 't ne are nd Of him till Tomorrow"
This tziaing anecdote, which WAS at the time
the theme OF general talk, whether authentic or
not, is not without serious significance. Acan-
ices, or the DuQue de Ssxto, fanilia1ly known in
Madrid under his second title, is q good-natured,
popular noblenan, grand Beigneur, who keeps
a good stud Of horses, and employs Yorkshire
groom and he is by no means personally OBJ
noxious to tho young Sovereign to whose cause
he has been consistenty devoted. It was only
harmless joke that Don Alfonso INDUCED in
when he thus hintod that even the company OF
his MaYordomo Mayor could bo teujours perdri1
to him. But it wonld bo no matter for wonder it
the perpetual watch and restraint the Gover0-
meut deem it e1pedient to put upon the Kings
movements should prove somewhat irksome to
him, and he should wish nov and then to be re-
leased from companion, however amusing. who
seems commissioned to follow him as his shadow.
4 BOGUS SUICIDE.
4 letter from Paris says that great commotion
Vas created IN the wood OF Vincennes few days
ago BY the discovery, by party OF promenaderB,
Of the body Of well-dressed young man sus-
pended from one ct the branches Of sturdy
oak, while his dog, lying on th5 ground just be-
meath his dangling fest, seemed to keep watch
over the corpse. The terrified p1easure-seekers
hastily summoned ono Of the forest-keeperB,
who advanced to cut the body down. A sudden
kick from the supposed dead man sent him
in the other direction, while the dog,
With i howl OF fury, fastened his teeth in Lis
leg. This done, the body hung motionle.a as
before.
"Try again." said one Of the bJstanders
81 that movement Was merely the result OF NUE.
cuiar contraction"
But tho second attempt WIS attended with the
same result, and then shoat Of laughter from
the apparent corpse revealed tbs aeofet. The
Whole affair WAS nrec::csl joke. The young
fellow was suspended, not by bls neck, but by 4
cord passed uDaor his arms and he had had the
courage and perseverance, to remain hanging in