, 1876-10-08

| work upon them, and that the stblues vera
| gradually eating into their very bones II any
| misunderstanding occurs between the two Gov.
| ernments shall always think that it was owtnf,
| to the American Minister having been thrust
away in dingy room where he could only see
dead cats and dogs, and ragged shirts and draw
| ers hung out to dry.'
PARISIAN SWINDLNG.
| Lucy Hooper writes from Paris to the Phi1a-
delphia Taegraph: 1.-THE general theories Of
| recent writer in Lipptneott's Magazine tthe Sep
| tember number) respecting foreign boarding
houses, establishments wherein he states that
he ever met with sscrupu1ous honesty and
| many evidences Of kindly feeling would havs
| received 4 severe upset had he been present,
| as I was a few days ago, at the recital Of an
American lady's experience. This lady (she in
| 4 Philadelphia, and a widow recently took up
her abode at one OF the best recommended and
best hequented pensions ut St. GeTmsin-
which, by the way, is one Of the most delightful
Of the suburban resorts Of Paris. As aha
merely wished to remain there during the cou-
tinuance Of the hot weather, she engaged he1
rooms by the day; fact which,
by all laws OF Continental travel,
| leaves one\ free to depart at twelve hours'
notice. When came the chill and rainy weather
| Of week ago, she notified her host one morn
| the following day. and requested that her bill,
made out up to the moment Of her departure,
might be brought to her as soon as possible,
| so that she might look over the Items At her
leisure. The bill was withheld TIL the caErlaga
was at the door and part Of her baggage had IL
ready been sent to the railway station. On
| glancing over 1t she found that it contained an
item of $50 francs (S50) for not having given
weeks warning, the right to which Was clalmed-
She demonstrated, declaring TINT, as her rooms
had been taken by the day, no such claim was
! allowable. Her landlord made answer BY selzing
such Of her trunks as had not already been
taken away. In this strait, being woman
Of sense and spirit, she made appeal to the law,
She went before the jnge de Ia pdsr, but found
| the Court occupied in hearing an interminable
case about somebody's dog which had bitten
some one else's cat. Next she presented her
self before the Commissaire Of Police, who
hearkened to her case, looked over her receipted
bills, and then dispatched an officer for the rc-
calcitrant landlord, who was compelled to relin-
quish his unjust claim, to give up the 1ady's
trunks, to accept In the presence Of the Com
ceipt the bill forthwith. Moreover, he was
treated to lecture On the improperly Of his
conduct, and was sent of with metaphorfcal
insect Of gigantic dimensions in his organ OF
hearing. The lady in question, being widow
and travelling alone with her maid and children,
he probably thought that, to use vulgar but
expressive bit OF slang, he had gotten q soft
thing of it, but he reckoncd without his hest,
;x;t ~; ~ ,n;hSa A,nar;eor 5ra,,n, S,1ch ~
dn.o ~ theaa ors ~ 5e;u nc,,,r-ence IN he
~narienee ~ If Anerican trayeers ahroad A.
~ tha c1a;rn for a weel,a woTnino that IL A.
sne S an ~ 'oaf .,baro r,nnos a., t.ra1, hv
~ seet! a ~ % n,ontb h,1t nerer nthsrw;se An,
the 1and1ord ia a1wa1s nsrticnIary caref1,i never
~ s.ate the tart that s1cb warnino is necessary
49, ~ sah ~ @ roat1s ara fest "nrare or when his
nnrisr % en.o,,nca4 ia or her ;nfsntion ~ leaV-
in~ uoi + 10 n,1u when II The thinks are strained.
ani +he carT;aye at the door and the last train
On the point 81 starting, that be puts in his
paid, with certain amount OF anger aud re-
| Tue e1AFeleF W sup1llt ~ soc4 s saeatltN ~ a
genera tnlng t1an 10 oe uetalueu Lux sone ua5es
and then probably be obliged to pay AZ last-"
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| TAPOLEON,S FOSTER-SISTER.
| 80. A. ptr.a..-Is.