Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-17

the observatory the rue LOuInOt; tne
Place du Trone; the Place de la Repub-
lique; the avenue of the Republique, the
Bouleyards Richard Lenoir, Beaumarchais
and the Filles-du- Calvaire the Place
de la Bastile. The local fetes in
GLIDING decorations, trophies, arches of
triumph, iiluminations and the fetes of
the market places will be organized by
the care of the municipalities of each ar
rondissement, with the assistance of the
inhabitants, in the streets, on the places,
and in the squares of the twenty arron-
easements Of Paris. Of course all good
republicans will decorate their windows
with flags, and in the evening illuminate,
SO that Paris in the daytime will be mass
of flags and in the evening sea OF light.
Unfortunately one cannot see all at once,
for on this occasion it would be pleasant to
be in several places at one time (; however,
so extensive will be the fete that every one
will be able to see portion of it without
going far from home, All the officers who
take part in the distribution of the flags TO
occur on the l4th at Vincennes are invited
to gala entertainment at the Grand Opera
the evening of the 10Th, when 6 William
Tell will be given. On the evening of
the 18th the Grand Opera, Opera Comic
and the Theatre Francois will give each a
performance gratis. There will be bit of
amusement to everybody's taste, the only
inconvenience consisting in the choice.
sERESADEs.
Those who live along the borders of the
Seine enjoy twice a month during the sum-
mer most delightful serenades. There are
at Paris several well organized rowing soci-
cites who periodically unite for general
tete, and ON these occasions the inhabitants
are awakened from their first sleep by the
strains of sweet music, and, if they have
the curiosity, on withdrawing their curtains
may see such fairy scene as can but chal-
lenge pleasant dreams. The Seine seems to
be on fire, for myriads of little boats, all
decorated with Chinese lanterns, are ply
ing its waters; these are reflected on the
smooth surface, and while the rowers bend
their cars in pleasing unison the musicians
awaken the air with their sweet strains.
To each boat Is attached a large. flag, which
playfully trails along the surface of the
water, and as this gay feet Of lights and
flags moves ont of sight the music is waited
back in gentle sounds until all dies away,
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dream. One of the principal features of
the banks of the Seine are the fisher
men. Not fishermen such as draw in
their fish and carry them to market, but
amateurs who stand all day long
with pole in hand, their eyes riveted on
the line, and seemingly dead to all the
emotions which cause the breasts of the
rest of humanity to beat These fishermen
are of all ages and classes, some of them, in
fact the most of them, rich bourgeois who
lodge On the quay so as to be near the wa
ter. They have never been seen to catch
fish, and their isolation and perseverance
cause them to be looked upon as origiaaar,
and having little in common with the rest
of the world. They are to be seen immov-
able from sunrise to sunset, and when fish
ing is prohibited by the laws during por-
ton of the year, the promenaders miss
this decoration of the quays and condole
with these infatuated creatures whose pas
sion few others only can excel. At this
time of the year
THE SEINE
Is particularly animated, for the different
laUoirs which had been carefully lodged in
the canal during the winter months, are
now stationed all along the banks, and in
the little, low stalls near the waters sur
face may be seen hundreds of washer
women, their stout, wet arms glistening in
the sunlight Then there are the numerous
baths and swimming schools, both for men
and women, which have also made their
exit from the canal, and after quietly sta
tioning themselves during the night, sur
prise the inhabitants the next day who, for
the first time, spy them from their win
dows. Aside from the general animation
of passenger boats, canal boats and so on,
occasionally two small boats are seen
in the midst of the stream, two men
in one slowly rowing, and in the
other, one man rowing while another
stands, his arms folded, his white beard
falling upon his breast, and his entire at
titude expressive of great solemnity. II
is then the cry bursts from the eyes of
all those ON the quay So In noyer On
n0yer Yes, some poor man or woman,
discouraged and tired Of life, had gone to
meet death beneath the surface of the
Seine. The crowd then follow the boats
to the walls OF the Morgue to see it posed
in the large chamber and prepared for the
public gaze. Unfortunately, this circum-
stance in the gay city of Paris is almost
of daily occurrence yet, so great is the
curiosity of the crowd, and their desire to
feed on morbid excitement, that they
hasten each time to witness it as though
it were novel event.
SARAH BERNHARDT.
Judgment has just been rendered in the
case of the Theatre Francois against Mile
Sarah Bernhardt. This actress has been
condemned by the Court to pay 100, 600
francs to the Coincide Francois, to pay all
the expenses of the trial, and to forfeit
A, 000 francs which she had left at the
theater for her retrdite. One of the reasons
given in the judgment for her condemna-
ton was that she had accepted very adj
vantageous engagement in America. Had
Sarah Bernhardt waited the rendering of
the judgment before. signing the foreign en-
gagement it is most probable that her
Judges would have been less severe. How
ever, she is to receive, it seems, 5000
francs each night she plays in America,
and doubtless she will be able to console
herself. The majority of Europeans i'm
agine that great stores of gold are to be
found in America, and that one has only to
seek its shores to return with fortune.
True it is that such has often been the
case, and many a poor person in France
has been made rich through the death of
some distant relative who had years before
left for America. One of the signs of
future prosperity is to have an uncle in
California, which is oftener the case than
one is likely to imagine. VAL.
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THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLISH. Hugh
Cough of Bouroughbridge was rough sol
der on furlough, but a man of doughty
deeds in war; though he fought for his
country he was thorough dough. faced
nlonphman. His horse having been