New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-07

ful Imagination that witty Henri Murger said he rcse
bed coffin with cap and bells Within the last few years
Paris has lost TWO comic actors Who' lh temperament
house a roar and who IN private LIE might nave been
mistaken for an undertaken ana kopp' one OF inc most
irresistible Of comedians who held no intercourse with
his comrades. and directly his part was PLAYED skunk
home, and ended by throwing hlmsel out OF the Win
dow in tit of spleen
The private correspondence of HonOr6 de
Bazac with his sister his friends is about pub
lshea in Paris To his sister be signs himself ruefuly
onor6 de Balzac French poet at two francs the page-
lie had various expcdcnts for increasing the number Of
in the day and for getting the most LABOR out OF
himself At one time he went to sleep with the fowls"
at 6 or O'Clock in the evening" rose at in tho MORN
ing, and scrubbed till 81; then slept for an
hour and half, then breakfasted, and re-
turned to harness, dincd about s. and then to bed.
Another practice his to sleep from o'clock in the
Iay till GIo and'to write from in the evening l7 in
the morning one must out copy all night, and
slnmbcr by day TO reach the results at which aim'
The aim much paper as possible within
tine IL hours and he went into Kind OF perverted train
ing for this match with time-ts cAhansng as most
tests of the sort Coffee was supplied To LIN az short In
fcrvals. Coffee, after a season, ceased To inspire
him. and produced various disorders OF the system But
he struggled on he had to produce 31s columns Of
fe,Iiet0n for the newspapers in month. These
columns represented five different novels, and
he correcting the proofs OF Two DINERS:
Balzacs plan was to write his stories again and
again. The first draft sent all wet aud Dotted, TO
the printers and then the novel was recaht on te margin
of the proofs The expense Of corrections ate up MS
profits and IN long the judciOus prOyerb about
The relations of TO speed was verified. In tho
midst or all his labors the touch OF the frequent dun
wonld interrupt the train thought His friends had 10
learn and pract whole code Of signals before they
could see him In Possibly he slept by day and
wrote by night the purpose Of avoiding the At
tcntions OF people anxious 10 confer win nm about
money matters HIS last letter was u note OF Two mes
10 Thfophie Gauer-twO lines in which he SAID that no
could no longer read write, or move; that all was in
ished.
Young Mr.. Lick, old Mr. Lck's son, does
not AS - rule beam with genial radiance upon the aver
age reporter One of these gentlemen visited him tho
other day and was soundly snubbed lie yentured 70
say something about the California pioneers and Mr.
Lick answered, scOwlng: 90 The pioneers, SIR hafdy
keep pace it'll the march ana the progress OF
tie age. Many Of them, allow, are es'imabe cha.ac-
ters but the majority fear too welded to the past
and my fathers requests to form useful fragment Of
the body polite OF the country ! have due reverence
for gray hairs iii, and whole respect the pioneers,
but damn II am going To stand al their NONSENSE
" Can You give me any lioIitl"h 9olI lhcr-
views with trustees, Mr.. llckr said the reporter,
stcrnly ana answered with a~pcrity, E" cannot tor
have had no Interviews with them. Ny life, since
yoild not be lntcrvieged What do they want me to
drive out to the CIf House for. and see the soasl
saw them twenty years ago, and don't care II never
saw a seal again They want 10 interview me IN
rage when can't out. and ii tried 10 they would
drive on and upset me-brcak my neck perhaps added
Mr. Lick bitterly, and that would De the easiest S0u.
ton OF all this difficulty. have made up my mind 10
reporter, that lived could not change my resolve"
'Ccrtanly, certainly, Ir Lick; all give You credit
ursfivc man. aud carried his convictions 10 the let
Ter VIII you visit tie site OF the observatory, SrP in
ru,rad TIE reporter, politely. Mr. Lick drew a long
breath. and glanced ominOu~y toward a hickory stick
that stood IN the corner. Young man. bee said Il
don't mt 10 give You my opinions OF Ob,eryat0,s in
general and TINS one I'm particular II did yOu might
not like 10 hear them. II | were 10 tell you what
think about Telescopes do not think would PRINT &
III your paper / talk 10 Won ahuut the Acdu
cy Sciences. and you were To- hand literal report 81"
the same INTO your prOpri, tors office, think my
would discharge yOu and n should cnddly explain %
ion nv convictions rcaarin. Yourself do not think
,,,u would remain ten seconds n this room" Regard
iue IN, s gentle hint 10 retire, the reporter gracefully
Withdrew.
TORONTO Nov. 6.-Lord Carnaryon has tele-
grabbed 70 Earl Ducrin that the Queen has been much
lr Titled y the expression Of good will contained IN the
resolution passed al the meeting Of the Young Mems
Christian Association in Toronto last Juy.