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Partisan Fish Market.


Over the paving stones thunder the
heavy railway vans that bring the 'Etide,' y
the sole that you shall eat au vim blanc
at your dejeuner, the turbot which will
figure phollandaise on the club carte al
dinner this evening. The "tide" is pune.
tual this morning. To-day, at all events
no modern Vatel will be dishonored Oh
need to run himself through, like the
Prince de Condos celebrated cook, when
as Nine. De Sevigne tells us in one of hel
most sprightly letters, the "tide" was moi
forthcoming during the Grand Mon
argues stay at Chantilly.
But observe the crammed railway vans
draw up in front of the pavilion. Sec
how a hundred arms are stretched
out to assist in removing the heavy
basketfuls of fish. The grated gates are
thrown widely open by score Of subal
tern functionaries. In the twinkling Of
an eye the fish is transferred into The
market, and soon will be unpacked and
laid out on large fat baskets, in which il
will be offered for public auction. Til
noisy, animated scene offers q strikln,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-16
Science Gossip.l

After the invasion of the butterflies
and moths reported from the whole of
Western Europe a week or two ago, we
now hear of fresh, but perhaps more
welcome intruder, in the shape of the
honey bee. The newspapers of Rouen
describe the appearance OF swarms of
these insects in numerous houses of the
town, where they have not only pre-
sented themselves without invitation,
but have insisted with the utmost i'm
portunity and obstinacy on making
themselves at nome. The most notable
of these incursions seems to have been
one which was made into the house of a
confectioner in the Rue de la Crosse
Hel toge. The shops Or rooms in which
the bakers men were at work were soon
filled with the unwelcome guests, who
did not by any means confne their at
tention to devouring the cakes and
sweetmeats, but used their stings to such
effect that almost every person in the es-
tablishment was more or less severely
wounded,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-16

contrast to the aspect presented by the
Halles in the days when Paris was block
AIDED, and when three little gold-ti h or a
solitary gudgeon from the Seine--the
only specimens of the piscine species of
fered for auction-aforded the occasion
of lively competition.
The sale does not ordinarily begin till
6 or in the morning, but we may now
step down into the Halle cellars, where all
the unsold edibles are stored; where all
the fresh-water fish, coming. not merely
from the home rivers and lakes, but also
from those of Holland, Prussia, Switzer-
land and Italy, is preserved in grated
tanks provided with running water;
where poultry is killed, and live rabbits
and ducks are kept till wanted in large
wire cages; where butter, cheese and eggs
are piled up in so-called "pigeon-holes'
that hold their tons, and placed as far as
possible out of the reach of the giant rats
who stalk abroad at dead of night. Each
tish-basket bears the name of its sender
and of the facteur, or salesman, who is to
dispose of it. t.r.......
And here be it mentioned that the Bel
gian and the English waters supply by
far the largest proportion Of the salt
water fish which comes to the Paris
Halles; half the mussels, too, are sent by
Belgium; while, as for oysters, now that
those of Essex and Ostend are bought up
for Vienna, st. Petersburg and Berlin,
Paris mainly relies on Courseulles and st.
WAIST for her supplv-the Marennes beds
sending nowadays but few of their
small, green bivalves, and the "Portugo'
and the "American," though plentiful,
being at discoont. You have heard
much of the Paris fish-wives, no doubt
insolent women of the Angot type, as
their reputation goes-and, in. truth,
they are not at all refined females. In
the old days, as now, their language was
distinguished by rather too much force
of expression, and a special edict was en-
acted, l40 years ago, making all ladies Of
the Halle, convicted of insulting pur-
chasers or passers-by, liable to a fine OF
100 livres
I1cre, WHcTt JIlc uoii-uldTb sldHuS, OHCt
stood the Kings pillory, a sign OF his ju'
risdiction over the market folk. Offend.
ers sentenced to public exposure were
shown to the crowd on platform revolv'
ing round a conical-capped tower, nigh
to which was the residence of IN. dc
Paris" the Red-handed Man of the AK
who, moreover, derived his maintenance
from tax levied on the good people OF
the Halles. When Jacques D'Armagnac
was beheaded on the market-place, in
1477, before mounting the scaffold he
prayed for the last time in the tish-mart,
which, out of honor for his rank, was
washed and perfumed with vinegar. Still
the aspersions, however liberal, failed tc
rob the spot of its piscatory odor, inhal-
ing which the noble miscreant passed out
of the world. There is an old but erro
neous legend to the effect that his
children were stationed underneath the
scatfold during the execution, SO that, by
a refinement of cruelty, they might be
baptized with his blood.
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Bismarck is not happy; and though

Bismarck is rot happy; and though he
wears no actual crown, his head lies as
uneasy as if he wore an Emperors. DR..
Busch has been reporting some further
talks with him. The Chancellor Is sulky
at times, and takes to brooding. Melan-
choly and remorse eat into him; he Ia
ments his destiny and is discontented
with his work "What good have l." he
asks, accomplished under the sun
And what widespread misery have
l not caused? In satisfying
my ambition" he said, one
evening at Varzin, II have made nobody
happy. And what a number of people ]
have cast into misery. Without me three
great wars would have been avoided; go,
600 men-nay, many more-would not
have been killed, and such numbers Of
families, of fathers, mothers, brothers
sisters and wives would not have beer
plunged into mourning. However, thai
account is to be settled between God auc
myself SO far as the hereafter goes. Wha'
happiness have derived from all my
success? Little or none; and l hav'
reaped endless worry, vexation, hatred
pain, grief, overwork and care"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-16
A Forgcr Who Can Not Write.
New Holland PA. ClariOn.1

There is man now serving two-years'
term of imprisonment in the Lancaster
County Prison for forgery who can't
write his own or any other persons name
His name is AL. Chamberlin, from the
upper part of this county. Our inform
ant says he is feeble-minded, and previ
ous to his trial his cell-mates told him il
he would plead guilty he would get {
shorter sentence, which he did. He ha'
served fourteen months of his sentence
and will doubtless live the remaining
nine months and come out free man
having done what we think no other mar
in the world ever did before, viz, servet
term of imprisonment for forgery whel
he can't write his own name.
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Danish.
London Society.l

1t is not difficult language to ac-
quire A few months study and prac-
tice in talking with the natives should
suffice for all ordinary purposes. 1t may
be described as a mixture of German and
English. The traveller who speaks Dan
ish will find himself quite at home in
Norway, where the language is almost
identical, and will have no great difficult
ty in picking up Swedish, which greatly
resembles it. In Swedish large proper
tion of words terminate in a, and the
Swedes raise the voice at the end
of each short sentence in a man
ner somewhat similar to (but decidedly
more musical than) the Scotch. The
affinities between Danish and English are
too we'll known to call for remark here
and may be studied in Trench, "Upor
Words" 1t may be noticed only, while
on this subject, that in Lincolnshire, ant
such English country districts as wert
occupied by the Danes, many purely
Danish words still exist among the peo
pie which do not form part of th'
"Queen's English" while in Jutland th'
country people have many of what w
should call English words, which d.
not exist in the Danish language a
spoken and written in the capital.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-16
The English Excise.
saturday Review.]

In old days Excise-men took their
fives in their hands in prosecuting Of
fenses against the Revenue laws. The
sympathy was for nearly two centuries
Invariably with the smuggler and against
the officer. Sir Robert Walpole stated
in 1873 that in most of the maritime
counties he suspected "the military
would protect the smugglers instead of
bringing them to justice" The Militia,
he was convinced, would gin every coun-
ty protect the illegal retailer Of spurious
liquors against those who serve the pub
lie by informing against them" Snug
gler chiefs defied the revenue officers. A
cargo might be occasionally seized, but
the adventure was calculated on the basis
that one run out of four paid. Mr.. Pitt
estimated in 1884 that smuggling re-
duced the duties on coffee, brandy, rum.
and especially tea, from 930O0,O00 to
E1,000, 900. Only 5,500,000 pounds of
tea paid duty, he reckoned, out of between
12,0OO,000 and 100000 which were
consumed in the year. He struck the first
blow at contraband traffic by reducing
the tea duties which made it worth
while to smuggle. But the war with
France ensued, and this reform perished
along with many others. Even 50 late as
In the seven years from 1926 to 1888,
1926 smugglers were Imprisoned. The
trade and The public sympathy did not
cease till Sir Robert Peel and Mr.. Glad.
stone reYQlutiopized the tariff. Smuggler:
in the eighteenth century practiced their
trade with the audaeity Of conscious
right. When Excise-men were lucky and
intercepted smuggled goods, the booty was
often rescued. In 1888 the officers seized
$4,000 casks Of smuggled spirits at Deal
A company Of soldiers guarded the
capture, yet the smugglers mustered
strong enough to recover the greater par
of it. Did revenue officer succeed in de
spelling the smn.glers, he had to antici
pate personal vengeance. In 1874 an Ex
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-16
Mrs. Grant, was met by an old school

Mrs. Grant, was met by an old school
friend in San Francisco who writes about
her: 'Like to Cordelia of old, Mrs.
Grants children to her as jewels are.
And whether it was of Colonel Fred or
Ulysses, jr., thesfne,:: manly young fellows
who were present, or Mrs Sartoris, or
Jesse, she spoke, it was always in the
same loving manner, the same low, sweet
mother tones. 4 remember so well, she
said, with low laugh, 'one occasion
when your father went through the Pat
ent Office at Washington, with Jesse and
me. Jesse, you know, was only little
fellow then, about six or seven years old.
Mamma, said ne, suddenly, are those
the pillars that Samson puiied DOWN.
ASK Mr. s. said I, with smile. So
eagerly again said the little fellow, Mr..
s., are those the pillars Samson
pulled down. What do you know about
Samson? answered your father, smiling
at me. 4 know said Jesse, proudly,
that he pulled down the pillars and
killed three thousand men, 4 suppose,
concluded our hostess, he thought il
would be good place for his father to
get the rebels
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THE DAILY STAR
Advice 20 Professional Wen.

To professional men, men of business,
and, indeed, all who are engaged in pur-
suits requiring more or less severe mental
work, coupled with more or less confine-
nnent, exercise is, of course, the conditio
sine qua non of the recreation to be
recommended. This fact is so obvious
that I need not dwell upon 1t further
than to make one remark. This is to
warn all such persons that their feelings
are no safe guide as to the amount Of
muscular exercise that is requisite for
maintaining full and sustained health.
BY habitual neglect of sufficient exercise
Che system may, and does, accommodate
itself to such neglect; so that not only
may the desire for exercise cease to be a
fair measure of its need, but positive ex-
haustion may attend much less amount
Of exercise than is necessary to long con-
tinuance of sound health.
However strong and well, therefore, a
man may feel Notwithstanding his ne
Elect of exercise, he ought to remember
that he is playing most dangerous
game, and that sooner or later his sin will
fnd him out--either in the form of dys-
pepsia, liver, kidney, or other disease,
which SO surely creep upon the offender
against natures laws of health. Accord
ing to DR., Parkes, the amount of exercise
that healthy man ought to take without
fatigue is at the least that which is re-
quired for raising one hundred and fifty
foot-tons per diem This, in mere walk
ing, would, in the case of a man of ordi-
nary weight, be represented by walk of
between eight and nine miles along level
ground, or one mile up tolerably steep
hill; but it is desirable that the requisite
amount of exercise should be obtained
without throwing all the work upon one
set of muscles. For this reason walking
ought to be varied with rowing, riding,
active games, and, where practicable,
hunting OF shooting, which, to those who
are fond of sport, constitute the most
perfect form Of recreative exercise.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-16
Bathing in the Next Room.
[All the Year Round.

My Japanese room is contiguous to
the bath, and suddenly splashings and
sluicings, and little hissings and cooings,
denoting intense enjoyment, tell me that
some one is engaged in his or her evening
ablutions. All! an Eve at the fountain; !;
for being joined by a second nymph,
and now by third, great become the
splutterings and splatterings and gurg-
lings to say nothing of the chattering
and laughing. Evidently three of the
waiting-maids indulging in their evening
tub after the labors of the day. OH!
womanl woman! Be your country
Greenland's icy mountains-no, forgot; !;
they don't wash there, and only undress
twice year--or India's coral strand, or
Africa's sunny fountains, or Belgravia or
Saratoga; whether sitting, crowned with
odorous flowers on moonlit sands in some
fair island of the southern seas, or taking
out your pads and brushing your back
hair in the privacy of your luxurious
dressing-rooms; whenever two or three of
ye congregate together, unrestrained by
the presence of the harsher sex, the
theme of your gossip is ever the same!
1t is always what he said to you or to her,
and what you or she replied to him, and
here in Japanese bath it is the old, old
story. Two of my nymphs are evidently
quizzing the third about certain Mr..
Chokichi; and she, by no means averse
to the soft impeachment, retaliates with
the names of Mr.. Kin and Mr.. Yas-
zuzo; and then such ripping of laughter,
and such splashing of water, and such
thorough light-heartedness, that, forget
ting my sadly-interrupted slumbers, / can
not find it in my heart to be churlish
enough. to call out and put stop to the
innocent fun. So l lie still, and present.
ly the chattering fair ones leave the bath,
and peace. and quiet again prevail.
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The Apes.
Contemporary Review. ]

The creatures which are in some re-
Apects the most interesting to us, because
they are the most like ourselves in form,
are the apes. Moreover, not only are
they 50 like us in form, but they are so
widely marked off from all other crea-
lures, except ourselves, that it seems i'm
possible they can have any real affinity
to one more than to another group of
mammals below man. Apes and man,
then, together form one order, which, as
ranking first, was named by Linnaus,
Primates. With the apes are commonly
associated certain animals called Lemurs,
which inhabit the vicinity of the Indian
Ocean, especially Madagascar.
They have not, however, any real af-
fnity to apes, and, if they are to be
placed in the same order at all, they
must be we'll distinguished from its other
members. 1t has, therefore, been pro.
posed to divide the order Primates into
two sub-orders Gas the hoofed order is di
vided into the "odd-toed' and "even
toed" sub-orders), one of these to include
man and apes, and to be called. from the
resemblance to the human form pervad-
ing it, "Antlropoidea;" the other sub
order to be termed "Lemuroidea" The
first "sub-order" is divisible into three
families" One of these (Hominida)
contains man Corning the genus Homo)
the second (Simiade) contains all the
apes of the Old World only, while 6
third (Cebide) contains all those o.
America.
Among the Simiada are the orang, the
chimpanzee, the gorilla, and the long
armed apes, (or Gibbons) which are thu
most man-like of all the apes; and there
can be no question that there is very
much less difference in structure between
these four kinds of apes ant
man than there is between then
and the lowest of the apes-i. e.
the marmosets. Concerning this resem
blance, Button has observed, when speak
ing of the ape, the most man-like (ant
30 man-like) as to brain: '1l ne pens
pas y a-t-il une preauve plus evident
que la matiere seule, quoique parfaite
ment organisee, ne peut produire nj
pensee, nj la parole qui en- est le signe,
moins qu'elle ne soft animee par u
principe superieur."
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-16

Madame Ristori is mentioned by the
World, of London, as having twice saved
life. The first time was in Spanish
theatre, when the great actress, seeing
Marshal Narvaez softened by her ad-
mirable acting, besought him to parden
a soldier who was to be shot next morn
ing for striking his commanding officer.
Her next rescue was that of Spanish
American, whose life she begged from the
President of the Chilian Republic.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-16

Mrs. Jennie Flood, who is reported to
be betrothed to U. S. Grant, Jr., is the
only daughter of Mr.. James G. Flood,
who, next to Mr.. Mackey, is the richest
man on the Pacific coast. Miss Flood is
"about twenty-four years old, has dark
brown luxurious hair, blue eyes, full
face, beautiful teeth, and tall hand
some form. With the exception of a
brother, who has just returned in i'm
proved health from a voyage around the
world, she is an only child. She was ed,
ucated in convent, and is an accom-
plished, amiable, practical, noble girl.
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Mr., Joseph III. Dana. of st. Louis.

Mr.. Joseph H. Dana, of st. Louis, is
a perverse genius and his wife ought to
spank him with a slipper until he begs
for mercy. A few days ago an officer
heard pistol shot in Mr.. Dana's house,
and On going in found him living on the
floor apparently in the agony Of death,
with smoking pistol at his side and his
wife suffering, as we'll any woman might
under the circumstances. Mr. Dana got
up. He was not hurt at all, and with a
broad smile on his face explained that
the whole affair was one of his little
jokes, and that he was feigning suicide to
see how his wife would take it. Mr..
Dana's idea of joke is little out of the
common. The policeman at any rate
thought it was, for he very quickly
marched him off to the station-house and
locked him up.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-16
The Byzantine Period.
IMacm llan's Maaasinal

1t must be confessed that to the mind
of the ordinary Englishman this Byzan-
tine period does not present much attrac-
ton. Neither its literature nor its mon
uments have the beauty Of the ancient
Greek literature and art, nor are they in
vested with the same glory of historical
associations. On the other hand, to the
earnest student of antiquity, Byzantine
literature and Byzantine art have pc
culiar interest. The monasteries of the
Levant are full of Greek manuscripts,
which have as yet been very imperfectly
explored. Who shall say what interest
ing matter may be found in these re-
positories, on which the dust of
many centuries has gathered undis-
turbed? Perhaps we ouaht not to he
very sanguine as to the finding in these
Libraries of any manuscript texts of lost
classics, though such discoveries are still
within the limits of possibility; but what
we shall find buried in obscure monaster-
les are Greek lexicons and scholiasts full
of instruction to the scholar. These
| Byzantine lexicons assist us very materi-
ally in the Interpretation of Greek in
scriptions; it is now clear that Hesychius
and other Byzantine photographers con-
suited not only ancient authors but the
texts of inscriptions which had been
transcribed and collected by ancient epi-
graphists, such as Coleman, surnamed
Stelokopas. Further, in these monastc
libraries will probably be found
Biblical and Patriotic manuscripts 8
which have hitherto escaped notice, as
was the case with that Epistle of st.
Clement recently discovered in the
library of the Patriarch at Constantine
pie, which has been published by Bishop
Lightfoot. Moreover, we may expect to
find in the monasteries many valuable
documents relating to the history of the
Byzantine Empire and of the Eastern
Church. My old friend, Mr.. Finlay, has
shown us the value of such materials in
his excellent History of the Byzantine
Empire" since the publication Of which
many new documents have come to light.
We can not study these documents too at
tentively, and among them | would in
clude those which relate to the Frank
domination in the Levant. Unless we
are acquainted with the many inva-
sions and revolutions to which various
parts of the Byzantine Empire were from
time to time subjected during the Mid
die Ages, we can not understand the COM
plication of causes which have reduced
those fair countries to their present con-
dition. Nor should we forget that the
architectural remains of the Byzantine
period are not less worthy to be preserved
and studied than their literary docu-
ments. There are many examples of
Byzantine architecture which deserve to
be better known. Many English travel
ers have seen st. Sophia a Constantine
pie, but how few have seen that curious
Byzantine church there, now known as
the Cachreye Djamesi, or the ancient
churches at Salonica, or the portraits of
Byzantine Emperors at Trebizond.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-16

The editor of the South African Star
makes the following announcement:
"From and after to-day the exact time
Of publication Of the Star will be an
nounced by the blowing Of steam
whistle, which has just been affixed to
our boiler and steam engine. Subscrib-
ess will thus be able to know when the
paper boys have been dilatory in deliver
ing the paper at their residences"
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John Eclman, of Fort Bend County,
Tex, HIS given much attention to the
production of honey, and is beginning to
find. it remunerative. He will have ten
thousand pounds of strained honey this
season. He has taken during the season
1852 pounds from one swarm, and will get
another hundred from the same hive.