, 1876-01-23

money ars expected. and demanded With tho ut
most confidence. In many cases thess demands
sound very Like mensces, and you are in = mxa-
ner dared to refuse the o6ole asked Of you; and
it would need more courage than I can muster
to resist some Of thess impositiors. Ins poorly
paid tacfue7s, or postmen, ara the first to
come, and il 5ou refuse them you will be
apt to get your letters late and to lose few
during the coming year But In this case one giyes
chcerfully, although they now make : double
demand. one postnan asking an annuA grAtnltJ
for bringing your lerters, another Tor bringing
your pamphlets and papers. Then como tho
telegraph employees and your concierge. to whom
you are obliged to give hbcraliy. But this yoaE
the custom has beea extended to point beyond
which my good-natuie could not 60. ALI she
employees Of my furnishers hnva como TO aak
etrennes. NY wino-merchanr. Tor example,
sends ma . few dozens Of Bordeaux, and on
paving his bill follow the cussom By giving
he should be paid BY his employer: This year
this Glars Of peop!e decided to ask for New
Year gifts in addition. and in my case II least,
they were promptly refused AL this seems
it gives Is something incalcnl.ble You are
called out every few moments by \ quarrel be-
tween your seryant and somo individual who
insists upon his right to enter your house and
demand his etrennes. The custom. had one
when not carried to- excess is hero pushed
to such an extent that it has become 1ag-
rant abuse but the question is, how it can
be stopped? Tho only way that can sea ls to.
business men to pay their employees better in
order to keep them from begging, but they
seem to prefer SLOWING their men to get thei1
salaries out ct others If possible Some ides
Of the aystesn may be gained from tho fact that
none OF the cafes pay their Ea.tets, the l1tEar
getting good wages out OF the public. In soms
Of the boulevard cafes the walters have put
premium upon their places, man With eono
money finding it to his benefit to pay certain
house for place upon the honleysrds uharo
the Tou1-5ofres are more generously bestowed.
THE FopE AND THE LATE DUKE or Mo0ENa~
3rodena lately died, and 1t Was stated in the~pa-
pers that be had laid the testanentarr obfiga-
ton upon his heirs to pay yearly to tho Pope,
"until the victory of tho good cause" 8 per cent
Of their united incomes, d Cardinal congratulated
his Holiness upon tho circumstance that s'tha
Holy See had secured handsome income TO the
end OF al time" The Popo shrugged hit
and roated the following little nara
tive to the Cardinal: Tho Duke Of Modena had
kept accredited to the Papal Cour. Charge
d'A1aires who was . prelate, and who, like other
took holiday nbroad every summer.
respects to the Pope, and ~ regularly conveyed
to linn the Duke OF Modena:s devoted homage.
For year or two the Pope made no ramark:
but on one. occasion he casually referred
year tho reverend diplomatist csme, n
usual, to offer lis masters homage. This tins
the Pope manifested some Impotence, and OBJ
served that "he heard tho same ASSURANCES
year after year. but-and here he made gesture
as of counting out money-he never saw any
practical proof OF these professions Of DEVOTION
Tie Envoy could not help smiling. which r.
ritated the Pope to such q degree that he told
his E1cellency plainly be might for the future
spare himself the trouble OF repeating such
asseveratious.. Naturally tho Envoy
reported the whole occurrence to the Duke, who
contributed .o0o croWns( about s12o)
yearly to the Peser's Pence. The Pope, in con-
GLIDING hi 3 eto1y, observed, He Hho was 80
mean IN life is not lisety to hare become gem
erous in death therefore I hoId this piecv Of
intelligence to be merely newspaper canard-
There Tas q great 'deai OF talk about tho old
Ferdinand Of Austria, how he was
going to leave nc a splendid lsgacy but Moth
ing cameo Of it except professions Of devotion,
WHICH dont cost anything. aud certainly don't
bring Epe ANYTHING. !.