, 1876-03-05

properly said. staggered on. But the crowd
| wa1ed in numbers and riotousnees; presently
Mr.. Disraeh was hustled clear out Of line. and.
| at last, 80 many honorable gentlemen got ahead
| Of him, and around him and against him, that
oven his good nature gave out Fighting bis
| way through the crowd 81 best he could.-a not
easy task for statesman, even though he be-
t the cynosure Of iauntinsss. at three scors and
teu,-he arrived. painting. at the oute- edge )
I Of 1t. With an irritated gesture, Mr. Disraeii
huttoned his wen~titttug and also we'll
| House OF Commons As ore OF tho morning
| papers says truly, the hea2i OF Her ualeasy's
Government Was mohbed." He did not catch 50
much as gitmpse OF his Royal m1stre-s, seated
o. the throne; lie did not see the rersesaes in
their galore. nor the great officers OF State tho
| Ambassadors, nor the Judges nor the Bishops.
ho did not hear the speech. Gioornily, and
almost alone, tue Prime Minister OF England
awaited In the House OF Commons the return Of
his boisserous aud disorteriy followers. Those
followers. nearly upsott'ng the Speaker, and
oven causing An expression Of painful surpsiaa
to CROSS the Qneens quiet and eorrowtnl
eoun:enance, came literally tnmhling into
tho House OF Peers. They looked q queer
lot in that presence. Amid all the splendor Of
dress aud disnihed ceremony, to see mob OF
gentlemen i'll all sorts OF co5.umes with tu1n-
| bIed hstr and red faces, come busting in at
I eud OF tho chamber, was indeed ludlcrous Il
| Is said that Air. Disraeli had the prudence to
| foresee that the catastrophe which really over
| took him might occur: and 10 left hts highly
| polished hat behind him in the Houeo OF Com
/ nous. Nor did ho sta! there long after his hu-
initiating discontinue. Soou after tho :" Huuse
returned he took up his hat, and. with gloomy
face, bol:cd of houae- 4 paper speaks Of the
| whole scene rs one which - on trustworthy avi-
uenco has, in the way Of indecor,,,a and want Of
respect to the constituted authorities AMI to the
| traditions OF 4 great national ceremonial, been
| seldom, If ever, Witnessed on any sic,ar occa-
| sion: but why this episode Of riot and tureu-
! lence should have occurred it Is BY no means
| easy to determine"
THE PARiSiANs.
! Lucy Hooper writes: [ have now lived il
| Paris Two consecutive years. and during thiI
| time the question has often been put to me-.
How do yon like Paris and the Pasiaians?"
That question I will NOW try to answer. Two
! great and ineradicabla defects unde.lio tia
brightness and fascination OF tho external part
of French character, namely, seliehuess and
insinceritY- Perfect in manner, in dress. in
grace, in suayity, in sweetness it may be, sha
French are utterly and wholly unreliable. Thoy
!! resemble tbs phantom WOMAN in tho story told
by Leigh Hunt, that WAS only suit OF clothes,
with no face beneath the hood and no body IN,
side OF the robes; or rather those malignant
spirits that look like fair women when seen in
front, but when seen from behind SHOW only "a
hoow shells.
And the tradespeople bourseoise-your dress
maker, your mllllner, yonr taller, Jour butchss
aud baker and cand[eatlck-D,aker-skilI and
suave, and generally charmang-O, heavens and
earth, how they do lio! Not occasionally, not
when hard-pressed. not when truth will NOT dc
a. well. but persistently calmly, eternallY. II
ewear to you, monsieur" will your parisian SAY.
:. that your work snail be done in two houra.*
Esteem yourself fortunate it it il finished in
two days; very probably two wcekn will SOC il
still uncompoted- Send for workman to EXC
1.Aktr feA~ In
will CONE at once,-yes, at once" Days roll
round, anil ho never comes at all Your dress~
maker agrees to make you dress for 4 certain
price your bill comes home for hhl{ as much
again. An American in Paris ordered an extra
doos-key, giving tho original as pattern. The
bill Us presented:
Francs>
For taking OF lock q process wholly unnecessary
For putting it sgaln..
Journey a: T from shop isoat nalf sqaare
Iotai
another American sent for d efl-hanger to in
gpecs an electric bell which waa thought to bo
out Of order, but which proved On inspection to
bo oil right. She got bill uf 5 francs. wheroon
one item ran thus: For looking at the bell,
francs." He had not touchod the thing, he Is
borne in mind
PROFITABLE DREAMING.
Anna brewster writes from Rome: Tho lot
tery, rou know, is the great passion in Italy, Eus
especially in Rome. You remember the fine
jewelers. chop On the corner OF the Corso and
Piazza san Ca:lo. Beilezza is the owners na1ue.
He is employed By the Royal family, and also BY
the Pope. One morning last week he camo into
the shop. aud told his mtaistro, or head clerk,
tha! he had had curious dream tho night be-
fore. Ha had seen tho Pope. Tho Holy Father
asked him about his business. and he told him
that he had no new orders. ''Wcll, WELL"
replied His Holiness, II am going to
give yon one You will MAKO me four
jewels like this. twelve Of that style,
and thirty OF the other" The clerk
begged his master to plsy these mum:
shoulders aud refused. On Saturday tue clerk
renewed the attack. 4.See," be said !" the lot
tery-otlce opposite will close in another half
hour. Let mo run over and buy your ticket"
tnan 5 frnncs if you go; that's enough TO throw
away" The clerk rushed across the Street,
bought for his padrone terua. OF three num-
bers. Tho numbers were four, twe!so. thltty..
the ones mentioned in the dream : to these the
clerk added Ifty-eighk which is tho uumbcr that
stands for the Pope In the book Of chances
among the ninety numbers. The io<tarv-othco
closed. and III tho afternoon tue weekly draw
ing took place. Then BelieZza learned that he
was tho happy winner OF 17C, COO francs, about
535,0UU.
WHAT SO RARE As 4 DAY III juNE7"
Find the Almanac quickly, pray.
Aud tell me- tr1,ly the dzte Of the day.
Nay, nay, turn tho leavcs-you7l find It not here
Come surh Digs tt1s tbs fyat mouths OF the Je6@
'Ifs there /? Well, we'll, I only csn szy
It'a al mistake! 'Tix mstlsummcr-layt
o buest Of blse skies Hunahtne Of gold!
And winds-lst sse, b thla breeze hot or cold.
Which brghtcna the ege and the cheek rosy atsnx.
And dnAhts the bIoo.l through III our dull vstna7
IT'S the rAro wilma Of LIE, In go2etA os gold,
Barlng strength to the young and youth to the old.
Gimmerng. shimmesing. nee tho Light phy
Over the hills, in their aoft suit Of gray
And here feed the docka escaped frutn tho fold,
Where meadows are cleaning Ia pale tinta OF gold.
But here no grain-!ie1ds stretching away;
And whcro arc the doweza for ruy milsummsr-d3Y
Tes, yes, hare gfain-deldst Away to The right
rtst5hx EeldA tka faa