The New York herald., 1877-11-04

teres, ana earning o,ooot yearly
Tho wants OF widows are killing; but Paris mar
riages form too com picaed subject TO admit OF
haustlve treatment IN lew paragraphs. Offices Tor
marriages riches are business Offices; marIiageabe par
the soliciting department, and there are back DOORS
besides doors that slam IN your face for separating
visitors. terrible rivalry and competition are
kept up in this line between the managers of
marriages riches and marchdndcs la toilette
rho latter are, ostenslbly. dealers in leit.on
clothes, second hand lace, jewclry, &c
The marchande la toilette Is 60 between. Sne ne
gotlates all thoso nebulous transactions which come
under the heading OF .Mystercs de PARIS, +" anu in
doing manages TO keep clear Of all police courts.
Her incomc Is made In various ways; she exchanges
goods and furniture; purchases hnery acquired by
torts and buys up unredeemed deposits at the pawn
house makes also great deal by bong mother to the
girls OF unsuspectlng relatives, VINO send their IN
tensey stupid offspring up to service the great capt
tai The Usarchailde dc toilette, moreover, lets out
furnished entresot not SO much tor lodgers as Tor
amateurs OF baccard lansquenet bouofte. She is
informed through the Of every
family IN her street. 70 70 be seen pubic sale by
auction, goes about IN loose wrapper aud cap before
twelve appears In demi-toile with solitares II she
has business out In the Afternoon and in the evening
dresses like a duchess. She commences lite wander
ing IRON house TO house Tor any rejected article of
wear or general use, IRON rabbit skin 10 an old hat
BEWARE.
Curiosity shops should as u rule be misrrustcd un
loss the would-be purchaser has had some previous
knowledge OF the properties OF certain chemicals
which corrode, discoor and IN utilatc, PdnttQue.
TILL YOUR FORTUNE
Fortune tellers, now styled cart0mdaciennes live
with sober colored hangngs in order TO exclude the
light They not half interesting as the waysde
gypsy In red, lrsh coax, and ENJOY no prestige.
One necromancer there was who buy. two years ago
drew crowds and limos oil carriages We're seen before
his door, lie Is now dead, and the highest as well as
the lowest havc mourned him. ms shrewdness, OK
tensive knowledge OF tho ana lives of Partisan
celebrities and HIS dcormites (ior he was as iorbid
ding look at Caleb) the chle sources OF his
The hump his back and squiut in one cyc
his knockknccs ana goose iect gave him ali the supc
rlorty OF devils imp.
Magnetism being under the supervision OF ply
scians IS somewhat lamed IN lis development.
mesmerc banquet rs held annually WITH view to con-
centrate the sympathetic fluids and unite the spirits
but the latter only appear In tho shape OF 'petits
rerres." The meeting closes with magnetic romances
sung by masnetIzed Singers ana panied by mag
nctic piansIs. Thc effect is spasmodlc.
MUSICAL AND LINGUISTIC.
Tho musical procession aDounds IN divers indus
tries There are masters who teach singing In twelve
lessons, who givo voices and add both top and low
notes to the natural register, who have methods Tor
expanding the throat and larynx-masters, in fuct,
hko a nightingale. Masters of modern ana
dead languages less accomplished. You
have but 10 follow their methods, and u you
do this you will talk Hebrew like the prophets without
knowing 1t. French, German and ltallan you hay.
with the perfect that you are giving
uttcrances IN foreign tongue, but that you cannot
understand yourself You VIII complain OF tho
knows himself" The following industries yet re-
woRMs FOR ANGLERS.
There is man living near the Quai de Bercy who
manufactures worms Tor anglers. He calculated be-
ginning the trade that the TWO thousand and Que
anglers VINO now and then catch mnnow In the
Selno have no time TO lose In the search OF bat and
set up worm making He breeds them out OF the ioui
meat he buys Of chigonniers and leeds them by the
thousand IN immense TIN boxes His emula,or Is
another man VINO has process for the breeding OF
worms for nighlingaies Hc gets Them out OF bits OF
cork mixed with bran and Hour.
lady living in the Faubourg Saint Germain matches
ants Tor phcasaDts She has room iu ! OF lhom and
Is well known oy the keepers OF rare preserves, OF
which there now lew. But this rs trade that has
been over hundred years IN the family, and Is he
redtary. There are rcd, brown and black ants, aud
they swarm IN the heated room, walking up and down,
well as III and out OF corners panks and barrels
As roo LIKE IT.
The man who makes cocks combs and poultry kid
ncys Is another curiosity lie cuts his red COMBS
with sharp TIN mould lcxuctly resembling tnat OF the
comb out OF the rooi al aeren ANIMALS jaws, such
as cows oxen, and the kidneys are simply brains.
When considers real roi-du-Uent IS thought
complete without cocks combs, ana that l2.Uu0
ragous are made in Parts every day, artificial means
must supply the dcsideratum.
JAMDoSEAU.
The trade in pigs shoulder bones is perhaps less
singular II there is part OF the animal ukcd more
by Parsians than any other u IS the JdmdoneaM Much
taleGt Is avished on Its appearance 1t has TO be
dIshed standing up, with the bone projecting, and Is
covered with bread crumbs tirequently occurs that
tho demand TOR pigs shoulders exceeds the number
provided IN the Paris market, and, therefore, should
have to be cut out Of some other part lhs not
ailcult as pug, the French Is good all over but
the was difficulty until an "industriet" was
found who made them the proper snapo, color
out OF other bones. When he mad "A good stock he
sold them 10 pork butchers who stuck them firmly
lhe new made shou idcrs ana the difference betwcen
real Jdmbonedu and made up one 10 now dificult TO
detect The COOK IN well kept household IS allowed
to sell all bones perqusile but theJamboneau bone
carried back TO the pork butcher, and the same one
has been known 10 last over ten years
Tho Of many old firms " duo TO tho sign
board over door entrances. This was the with
the 'sGagnc.Pctitn and "Merc Moreau," the "Bon
MarchGn and Poor Devil" thc "Bcllc Jardincfcn
and ''Old Sgtyr' superstitious idea is sometimes
connected win tho opening of new store, aud come
thus TO tho patron saints, arctangeIs and guardian
angels Wncn a sn all dealer owes has start IN the
world TO n legacy prints ~ Pimmorfeiis" over the
window. The Origins oi some OF the thriving aud old
establish businesses Paris most Characteristic
Of the people
Thus, w.t. resource and fancy are ms productive OF
wealth the treasures h ddcn In the bowels OF tho
eartn, when everything else fails In Paris ihcro viii
sIiIl be lett at least Norman Gascon whose
genuty ana inventiveness will revive the old arts aud
trades