New-York tribune., 1880-06-20
SOME SING ULAR CHARAC1ERS.

From ChdmberS's journal.
The wear 1866 saw tho end Of Rene lartlque, n
parisian of more nOtOTcty than reputation; man
of regular habits who had spent the bcSt part OF
the last fifteen years of his life III the IalaS-hoyal
Every morning al 10 otlock Gag ts ia pu,udd'n nvd
rusty old hat he would install himself III his par
tcuIar corner at Tissats restaurant; there 10
remain eating and drnng until . III the afternoon
bv which time he would have got through halt a
dozen bottles of wine. lie then walked up ara
down the garden until the clork struck ., Whth NV
returned TO his seat for another meal, which Oc-
cupcd him until alfpast 81 his time ol departure
Such a customer might reasonably expect niue
favor at the restaurant keepers hands lie did not
meet with il. One day Lartiquc cInycd credit ior
his dinner; the lady presiding NJ the compton uo-
INJURED TO complying WIN hls request; WhGiHTupom WhGT p
into lie Office and unbuttonlng, took OH "A Droau
leather belt and showing the. nstonshcd garcGn
two hundred gold Iec'S Oh d muHarS t Gs hs %E %
and 1'isSats knew him no more. l Ihrncel0rwhrd
his patronage was bestowed elsewhere nut ilo
continued to visit the lalais-Royai as regularly aS
before aud eat and drink III the Same fashion until
he fell as he deserved, victim to oNoT-lndu gcnCe
The MyateuOus Oriental-so dubbed 10y IN"
Parsians III default of knowing ms proper Pa'ro-
nymic-did nothing 10 call forth asionIsncilt or dS-
gust He was simply Persian gentleman: 10 Dc
found wherever lovers of gaycty c4ngrtgatch' "l
whose antcccdents nobody apparently knew any
thing l'pnn his death, however the mystery
which had surrounded him wa9 cleared up by VI.
Chodzko, Professor Of Oriental Languages nj the
College of France. furnishing GdhGHdm with thc
following account prof"sS'dly taken from tnr
year l2l9 of the llcgira Qeo2 4; D.'' ia" Shhi
sent an embassy 10 bombay; nnd the envoy. iia'Jl
Kkalil Khan kazbni was received win great con, con
sideraton. d. hundred soldiers OF tho last
India CumpanyF army were gwen az u gidId ol
honor 10 the MISSION which was lodged IN the most
splendid palace Ot the city. Unfortunately III, scr
wants of the ambassador III seeking 10 anusr them
selves shot some adjutants-birls held sacred l,y
the Hindoos. a disturbance occurred. anu "ord1
soon led to blows. The ambassador scelng All
from his window tried to intrTposc; when buIlrl'
probably unntcndcd for him. KILLED him on inc
spot On receipt of the news. the GoNcTnoI-.' zen
cral haStcncd to send a representative 10 the Nouri
of Tcleran To declare that hr had renamed ncn'rnI
In the affair. The Shah believed tiai statement
and consented that the matter should he conpTo-
missed between the Company and the family ol the
dcccased All was arranged in n friendly manner
and tho Indian Government undertook 10 pay II
certain SUN to the of the Rlnllaasador. ms
child was no Othcrthan lhmall Khan The Persian VINO
lately died III Paris, and who Tor so many years hnd
received pension Of u thousand pounds year
from England" . -.
"A Man in Green for many years spent his
afternoons parading the Gallery Mt Brnsscls, never
intcrchanginR word with man or woman. III
1871 the familiar figure failed "a nut In nn mp
praranco for three successive days, anu thc P0ilce
set about nquiring what had hccomo of hlni, incy
fonnd him only TO see him carried to his last lodging
before the week ont hut not Dcloio Io ilhu
made :; confession unless tho story nAdo public
regarding him a pure invention III was
strange ono Serving under the Russian GOVrrn-
mont in the Caucasian diamond lllIts' he Hau III
the course OF his duties come INTO possession oi
stone of such extraordinary SIZE ana beauty that
the temptation to appropriate IL proved licSisVlple
That WINS easily done. 10 Ect away Win IL NhS
not so easy Making an incisiOn in his neck large
enough to receive tho dian"nd no waited until M IN?
skin had grown over it,. Then he asked for holl-
dav on the score of ill-hcalth, and escaping tho
vigilance of the scarchcra, reached Amsterdam
with his spoil. There he disposed or ~ iOr some
thing like twelve thousand pounds; the diamond ,1 "a
eventually passing by purchase into tho hands OF
;ts nrom,r owner the Gar; while the thief. keeping
his own counsel lived quietly the proceeds OF his
crime in the Belgian capital. .
A rare good fellow. II man OF INFINITE mlrth, was
butcher Wilson, the fHttcst and funniest man III
Ronford albeit nc was eccentric ali ko IN his shop
keeping, eating, and .worshpP!ng. His bills were
written in vnl0us cOiOrs ami divers hands; Tor no
was nm admirable penman. and delighted in cxlnb-
| ting his proficiency that way. Instead OF sitting
down To dinner like anybody else, Wilson would
take Joint ln his hand, put qnantty.9i sal III
the bend of one arm small loal under the DINER,
oud stroll through the streets until he had eaten hll
he carried lie was a capital singer ard went early
to church on Sundays to amuse himself ana the con
SIegnti0n by singing psalms until the minister took
| his Iplace In the desk; and ono fast1day diStil-
guisfcd himself by remaining In church IN the long
interval between morning and evening service go
| inv nom pew to pew repeating the LORDS IThyer
| anil singing appropriate psalms, until he hau per-
| formed his devOtions in every pew IN the church'