, 1877-03-04


10 Medici, who, two years after, died in his ar
from wound received In battle. The autl
himself had been stabbed, meanwhile, BY ri
g in an ardent attachment to beW1tchiug cox
willingness to punish the would-be assassin IL
he swore he would never forgive him. Areti
was indiscriminate in his gallaptrics until t
i frolic OF nis blood was somewhat tanned
pans being as alluring to him as coronets at
pedigrees.. "
After the death Of bis patron, ha fixcd
Venice as his home, where be resolved to be
: dependent -boasting that, with bottle OF Il
and supply Of paper, be could make tho
sand gold Scudi year, equivalent to Sl7,000
money. he made bis boast good, to-
ical, historic, sacred, proiane, poeti
and licent1ous works, which had an imm edia
and abundant sale. The Dogc, Andrea Grit
became his friend; the Pope WAS recoucleti
Charles '. honored him, and he had high hobt
of Cardinals hpt- AlIfwcnt well with hin
he painted and carved with skill; he fare
sumptuously; the noblcst beauties OF Venit
melted at his glance Still, be WAS eoars
scouudrcl. He WAS a glutton, a scnsualist,
blacksuarl, ano not unfrc9uently he was way
laid aud beaten, and several times nearly mus
dcrcd, for his transgrcssions, literary aEd moi
al. lie was designated as the seourge Of Princes
| Why some Of them did not have him put out 0
| ~
| passes comprehension.
Having been told one day Of some shamefu
| cou1uct by Ills sistcrs,-the members Of tn
Aretino family we're rcry much alikc,-he wa
| So greatly amused that he tarew himself barl
| into his chair with inmodeEatc laughter, fel
over, and broke his precious neck. He ]cfl
| many mistresses. who wept orer his death, but
/ dried their tears betimes, to smile aud sin
| again. Arctino's charm for women must have
been his immltigable yicIousness.
PAUL ECAKRON,
the comic poet, renowned In his day. and hardly
remembered now, dazzled the imagination and
controlled the seusibl]ities OF some Of the finest
women Of FRANCE during the reign Of Louis
Kill. and XIV. Nature had been 1niserly to
him as respects his person, before disease had
that he had no trouble III obtaining for wife tho
young and lovely Francolse I'Aubigne, who, as
Madame de Alaintenon, subsequently subjugated
the most fastidious and tickle OF French Kings.
The Wit said, when he was fye-and-thirty:
"Though hideously deformed, not line Of
grare left in me, the most charming women
earth has yet seen are rendered Happy BY my
smile Bless yourself, friend Scarron, it is vour
genius that transforms you" To his bride he
exclaimed: II shall make you jn1.nortal, Fran
coise! You shall go down to posterity as the
wife Of Scarroal' Alas for egotism and predic-
ton! Who recoliects to-day that Madame de
Maintenon was ever Madame Scarrons
What devil Of fellow WAS
6AEOS FHlEDHlC8 FON UEH TRENCH
In regard to the sentimental sisterhood: and
yet he WAS cheated Of attractive features, and
owed all his emotional successes, as be once
wrote, 10 his uncompFomising uelintss! There
are many records, besides his own interesting
OF how, when he sought to win
women, they were inconttnently won.
Irenck's passion for the Princess Amelia,
sister OF Frederick the Great, involved him in
life long troubles: His precocious talents and
:oldieriy accomplishments had warmly recon-
s$aHE hi fe4$ $tStL
Advancement, treated him like friend and
on. At 10 he was admitted into the Roral |
dy-guard. and at IS was selected to drill |
he Siieslan cavalry. 4 brilliant future |
Fas opened to him when, on the occasion Of the |
n Older sister Of Frederick, with the Prince
loyal OF Sweden, be met in Amelia one Of his |
many fates. They fell heels-oyer-head in love I
18th one another ut. first sight, aud took no
ounscl save from their fnclnations. Their rash
ess escaped observation, and in the campaign
The year following Q744) the young man
aimed still stronger hold upon the affections
his sovereign bv his dashing yalor, The King
2pointed him his Adjutant; but returning to
erliD, Irenck was so little circumspect in his
'terv1ews with the Princess that her brother
favored By indirect,sadmonition to draw the Of
:er away from the danger be was bringing
pom himself; but the latter was too deeply in
We, and too impetuous in disposition, to heed
y warnings. The consequence was, that he
as arrested. and kept in confinement several
eeks, the pretert being lateness on parade.
During the next campaign he again dis
himself; but the King, having dis
seFea thst hc was In private correspondence
TN ms feroeious and turbulent cousin.
iron Franz, in the service Of Maria 4
rown, without trial, into the fortress Of
alatz, whence he escaped after vear's i'm
1sonment and repeated audacious and desper- {