New-York tribune., 1881-12-27
TOPICS IN PARIS.
THREE NEW ACADEMICIANs-MRs, CART
WRIGHT AND LORD ASHBURNHAM


lew and a writer of talent; but he pad 10" many
visits 10 Academicians to solicit votes anu 10
vy,s voted bore lie did not keep III hlhd '"'' III
iunction of the worldly wise solomon ho"0''
Inv foot ont Of thy neighbors house, lest he grow
,,oorv ot thee and so hate thee Nobody could
l,ote N Manuel. but he was found an I'M
uortunate and therefore tiresOme visitor.
The successful candidates were Nm. Victor
Cberbuliez. Sully-Prudhomme and Pasteur VINO Is
renowned for The use to which he has turned 'he
microscope III studying the causes OF zymouc aus
eases Nobody has made himself so thoroughly
acquainted with the microhe and septic ferIneh's
than this savant. lie has discovered me ulh,y o'
oxygen as a destroyer of those animalcuI% which
are the active principle Of host Of deadly maia-
dies.
NJ. Cherbulez is Of Swiss origin and-rare
thing in France-the author of pleasing
novels the tendencies of which are not immoral.
His heroes and herones are not lucamatlons OF the
deadly sins. The style was caught from George
Sand Bur NJ Cherbulezs paintings arc to hers
as watcr-coor sketches to vigorously done lahd-
scapes in oils No more than that immortal woman
does he excel in making clear hidden motives and
piylpC PSYCHOLOGICAL interest 70 his men and women
HIS best work is "Comte Kosia" in which there rs
q powerfully executed study OF woman. The su-
perb background throws into relief the
sombre features of her character. Iher'
Is great nudity-if ! may 80 speak
IN the ink with which NJ. Cherbuiez writes. II
flows freely. but it does not mark the paper
with sufficient distnctness. The new Academiclan
has long been ock Dovel-writer for the Ber"e
dos Desr Hoades The editor of that publication
has ALWAYS something at hand done by ChcrbuIez.
whose books also are much sold at railway stations
in France and Switzerland. His works of criticism
for the review just mentioned are signed Nalbert
NJ. Sully-PIudhonune is character lie is
fond of retirement, and when in the country leads
the life of a hermit When in Paris, he lodges IN
bopse in the Faubourg ST. Houorc, which faces the
Elvsee. Ii amuses him to watch the company enter
the Palace when there is fete there. Greyy would
De delighted to be on terms OF nelghooriy clIilty
with the poet if the latter showed any wish to make
his acquaintance. NJ. Sully-PrudhOmme VIII be
under the obligation as n member of the Academy,
of paying visit to the chief Of the executive
power. Perhaps the call may lead 70
neighbory friendship NJ. Sully-Prudhomme's
muse is n pensiye one. 1t gives her
pleasure to weep and sigh She is fond OF the sad
effects of auumnal sunsets and likes TO hear at night
the whispering noise OF the aspen. The poet She
inspires does not write for the crowd His produc-
tions are greatly admired by persons of delicate
taste who are sick OF seEsatioualsn. Unfortunate
lv for him they are in minority Ills Broken
Vase lie Vase Brise) is a chef dmuvre. 1t has been
said of him that like the swallow, he oltens rises
high into the blue sky, and then desccnds to skim
and gyIate along cartll's surface. But he rarely
touches earth. His wants are few. Sully-
Prudhomme is a bachelor and i'll his forty year
He lives in a mOdcsty furnished set of chambers on
a fourth floor and avoids gay society. There is
nothing misanthropic in his poems. His great hap
piness is to dream. Hence his love Of solitude.
do to he gf a
Academy. lie has long suffered from paralysis of
one of the hemispheres of the brain. When be was
some time ago attacked by it, his medical friends
Thought his scientific course was But there was
enough of will and intellectual energy in the other
half 10 sustain him. One side of his face Is curiousiy
pucsered up The tongue often hesitatcs, and when
ii artculates it is PLAIN that IT does in obedience
10 a peremptory order from the uninjured part OF
the brain NJ Pasteur and his microscope seldom
mart company. lie is now busy trying to bring TO
light ALL that Is mysterious in hydrophoba, against
which he thinks he can guarantee the canine race
by his Cultivated virus The mlcrObc III ITS
normal condition breeds with bewildcring rapidity
and uses up all the oxygen in the blood. But it
can he brOU-lu TO condition In which
its reproductive power is immensely diminished. In
this state it takes when used a vaccine, posses
sion of highly organized animal, aud keeps out the
fuore yirulent animacula of its species. In fact,
The attenuated mcrobe is a sort # aristocrat. II
does not increase and multiply rapidly when used
as vaccine and wants large space to live IL. As the
nobleman wants FOR his park his horses and his
hounds and pushes out the fas-increasng SONS of
toll or paupcr class the micrObe cultivated by NJ,
Pasteur leaves no room for his uncultured brother
In what does the culture consist Exposure to pure
air and a high temperature If exposed for nine
days to the action Of the oxygen that Is IN nom
ytiated atmosphere, it dies II preserved from
oxygen it loses none of its vrulent qualities but
remains lively and prolific. There microbes hat
will not live in fowls because the temperature of the
bird species much higher than that OF mamml erous
animals. This scientist Is not jew but he holds
Moses in as Ireat esteem as If he were. lie admits
that il would be better if men and domestic auI-
mails were preserved from ZymOtc diseases by clean
illness aud good sanitation Bu, we must take 1t as
we lind IL, with ITS class Selishnc-s, Ignorance,
incapacity for united effort unless under the strong
arm of authority, indOlcnce, poverty and dirt.
once asked the savant if the cultivated or Pasteur
ieZd or JennerieZd micrObe was not cause oi DIS
turbance aud weakness 70 the animals gwen
over to it through incubation. An eyasiye
answer returned. VI. Paster had not
sufficiently studied the question, which was one 10
thluk over. There was always q vaccine lever,
,nora or L. intense but the mOculatJd sheep and
fowl soon fed asusualand did not seem deterOrated.
NJ pasteur, who is always handling septic polsOnS,
is most careful TO wash his hands and rinse his mouth
frequently with mild disnfectants lie also pares
of the outer part of The crust when about to eat
bread. In studying many kinds Of fernents, he
wears a respirat0r made SIMPLY Of cotton Wadding
The dismissal of Lord A>hburnham by the hand
sone Mrs Cartwright is still an interesting topic of
conversation in American society. There was an
idea that Lord Ashburnham hought OF placing on
tbe fair brow OF NJ RS cartwright pecresss cOrOnct.
believe he did There few ladies' in the Old World
or fine New who would have borne the distinction
with more graceful dignity. Why, then, IL may De
a xed the cessation Of the CntentG cOrGiey 1t was
1irnply this Mrs. Cartwright IS not a. vain
Woman. She is afecti0nate, cordial, frank.
In would have gwen her no pleasure 70 De eie-
waited to the British Peerage If such elevation were
20 involvc a life of narrow conventional restraint
Her social position is excellent ANA she has OceI
n the habit OF enjoying her lie III her own way yahd
with friends and acquaintences drawn toward her
by elective afinities and similarity OF tastes There