New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-14
WHAT PARIS TALKS ABOUT
BALLOONs-NTTTIs-A ROYAL BE-
TROTIIAI.


Celcstal, Blanqu used 10 say that the Premier was
casuist enough 70 qualify for the gcnerasmp Of the
Jcsults lie certainly Is a master of the art OF
showing that back u white. anf OF fencing and
pTcyaucdtng. Iue Constitution SAYS PLAINLY 10
tim, lion shat not go 10 war snle,s v,tn tDs
cohsent O. Parliament. .. cry. wAcn Tcu.n Ell
Of tie lnfsr.s son, Crc~, Good Leavens. wnen
oId ever think Of gomg 10 wari II you pull the
eaIs OF naesAsy am aggressive small boy. 90 you
20 to war with amt You only chastise avn or ave
Inn tlt-ior-tat. Courbet MAKE, reprl,als and moth
49, more. he Chinese tell uDos sTcops and
rnas.asred them. We now burr their roo Chow
arsenal ari uuk tbcr ships and slnboats in
TonquIn IN virtue Of our superior civilization. and
to teach them 10 submit re,ignedly 10 behests.
They ought 20 feel that in chastsing them show
ourselves their best friends. England is imperti-
nent when she tries to make believe the contrary.
30 are the Radicals when they cry out for the
Chambers to be couvoked | know my own busi-
ness and see what / am about
Such in substance is what NJ. Jules Ferry says 20
many of the diplomatic agents and 20 the editors OF
official Journals who go 70 m daily for texts tor
their leading articles. Since Baron DC Cource. the
French Ambassador 10 Germany. has been 70
Yarliu these friends of the Cabinet hurl defiance At
England abuse her and threaten her with Bis
marck. Hints are thrown out that he and tie head
Europe one is 10 take Holland and the other liel-
gium. The Temps had very furious article yesier-
day against Lord" Gladstone's Government. CIV
ing warning that France is determined To protect
the interests of the Egyptian hondhoders and not 10
suffer their dividends to be curtailed.
The problem of steering balloons is not solved.
Captains Remand aud Krcbs have simply shown
skill in studying air-curcnts and making Use II
them in fine weather. They have proited by tbs
zephyr circuits produced by sunshine IN warm attef-
Moons Captain Joyis the aerOnaut. accomplished
the result which they vaunt when the world secs
balloon that can not only make head against high
wind but tack against H. II will believe m the solu.
ton Of the problem that Krebs and Remand have
been studying.
Imet General Billot former Minister 81 War. =
few days ago. He had been 20 Meud0n 20 SO the
much-vauntcd balloon, and was disappointed. I
cannot help suspecting that IL has been made ont
the most wonderful wonder this wondering world
ever wondered at TO divert attention hon the
dangerous features Of the Chinese adventure. Cap
taius Krcbs and Remand have had the trauIuess 20
adult that there 81 not a word of truth DO all thu
marvellous things about their aerostat viii have
been in the journals.
Nittls, in the last year of his short but oellem-
poyel life. applied TO the French Government for
speedy naturalization. The technical phrase ia
Grande uaturllizaton.' Dumas fh ndit q tie
letter m which the application was made The
painter SAID that lac wished ~ Dee a compltrot If
his wife and child. and to belong to the country
which had earliest recognized whatever talent. Ia
could boast of and afforded him the opportunity 20
throw them into relief AZ tho MILAN i.sh.I finu ha
va, presented 60 King llumh'u. who Whom 'on-
graduating huu oa his rapidly won ouincn'' 'd 10
hm. Italian arti,ts should work ut EoHo "a
a. 1 d.
answered -ue had | remained in Rome r't.
taiul, should not have thr lttIc reputation tlht
cuoY It m to PARIS that oVr tho sht. ll i"n ~
being claimed by Italians a. 70 ,ompittipt'
There was good deal of Dickens loo The
cye OF A.tta. But There was want of sonI.
cot poetry. % sentiment. which want culhl.d ,lrtcr
maulpuators To- uultato ham easily There never
wa, harder worker. lie kllled himself think. "a
trying O. keep the vein of luck into winch ho -ot n
1877 when hc Ahlblted The Road o. Bruiisi'
Alter he was married he went 10 1--we 40 tar Nlllas
Nald-a quiet little square near the Avenue dr BDs
de B0uloguc. There he got bitten with thc desire
10 have a swell residence and studio on the l'Iane
dc Courcelles which would be- a. much Tho offspring
%. Dbl, brain any of h, pictures The uued states
was then the Ill Dorado or French artists most II
whom. during the American rage for their works.
created for themselves urban AbbotsiorIs. Nttls
was naturally As Joyous a. ord. Bui Oh" a'rsin
caused by the necessity of paving his builder archi-
tect and house decorator destroyed BIS ANIMAL
spirits. lie felt that he had plunged too deep n
debt for his vogue and wor>lu. power 10 rtrN n
turouL IA. Idea, did not come % INN with The same
rap.dItv and force as when De- lcd happy--o-luc<y
sort of life with his friend and compatr.,t Ku-auua.
the landscape painter. There were days. DIS loor
wife tells me. DID which Dc east away A. palette and
brushes iu disgust. lie had 20 beat h- brain to de-
sign and execute picture Wh.'H was not ni ie 20
production o. something that Ice SAW. Aud even
tl.u be- felt that his hand ..ld lost Z. cunning.
Madame Nttr tired O. cheer l'ul up De '.- Ian 10
hare grand society. dinners receptions ant a those
rl.laut gatherings which journalists and patut'rs
are bound to attend. which have 50 little phys Og-
y
words. Vanity and NcNltlon OF spirit lhe poor
wife. To prevent gloom taking possess ION OF hu. or
rauUcd Little gay ~uppers which choice artistic and
literary friends attended Nttls, who had >uItl
cooking apparatus near tie diuing-room. prrpa II
himself the naearOuI IN N0po,idite ami -erN eel it
Oh these occasions. But the ldca Of Als b, uAlaIy
lab t.es could not bee shaken of. lie got o. hlt0
Do, beautiful house and studio. 4 trip % lt'iy vas
tried For short time II restored eldst city. men
hr tired blmSei ont with work and Instead of gong
some dull village 20 .Ustlcite went 10 spend no
summer iu an eNuensive lodging al st Gcriaiu en-
Lave. which WIS crowded with his Boulevard md
other acquaintance.
Have mot told YOU how picture dealers tried %
beat hlm down on the preteAt that he was too we'll
initiated 10 command the markets This was true
une,, in hrs s. ghts and scene, Of LONDON outdoor
life. In London lac had more OF. glnallty Sian IN
PARIS or Italy Perhaps there 5 stronger nd lGu-
ality n English rougbs and small boys than n
French blOuses and gamnS de Paris. or n may bs
that 1t Is not given 10 mauy foreigners 10 take tue
exact measure OF the English working CLASSES nd
10 see the poetry and patho, oi the lives of many OF
them, and the sOmbre fatalities which weigh UPON
them. Nlttiss drayman smoking short PIPE AND
watching the tur.d current of the IhaIne, alice ted
me more painfully and wildly than any tragedy
that | ever read cannot help thinking that he
would have not burned out the hame OF ife - last
IN London as IN Paris. HIS excellent wife also was
too nervous 10 let him repose. and too Iale.rnuc "a
understand his hidden moral needs Sic ~pufred
him on when he required 10 be lazy and 90 e on his
oars. Yet she proud OF HIM and 50 tender IN
her alteration of her dear and good Icpl,uo-the
Italian diminutye for Joseph Popping Was
strong built short. black haired back-cyed black
bearded and us-l0OAlug-uutll vital force ebbed
lit. IA Nt 4 UIt. D
sleeve. but wa suguaIly shrrwd. Widc-awahe and
diplomatic. Edmond Goncourt was one OF ms best
friends He belonged 10 the set which used % meet
at flaubcrt's house ON sundays and joined, soon
after hc came to reside lu Paris, the Manet CtraCie
to take the wind ont of their sails.
NittiS was close observer of the objects that he
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