New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-17
WHAT PARIS TALKS ABOUT.
A GRAND IOTTERY-THE LEGIT1MlSTS AND
THE COMTE DE PARIS.

THE COMTE DE PARIS.
IFRoN THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIhnnSSt
' Inn PARIS, July III.
Accusation of the week has been the drawing
for tbe nr;zes Of 4 lottery got mp by NJ. Antonin
Pronst 10 create museum OF Industrial anu ueo'-
rati,e art Thirteen million tickets mot deductlng
commissions allowed to venders were so!d AZ one
frame apiece One million remain unsold. 10 get
rid of these il was arranged that the drawing
sbould 60 on for ten consecutive DAYS and that the
grand lots should he drawn last Each day there
were two lots of 10000 francs. ten OF l'ooo
francs and forty of 500 francs. The final ones
were eight of % 900 francs four OF 5O,Ooo irahcS
four of 100000 francs one of 2OO0Oo francs
and one of 100000 francs. DIR Blanche
the great insanity doctor, found that after every
drawing of a great lottery the number OF boarners
at his private madhOuse increased. The nope VI
getting suddenly rich so excited brains that when
the reaction came the insanity which precedes
naralysis showed itself dare say that many cases
Of lunacv will follow the drawing for prizes during
the last ten DAYS A woman who had watched
everv dav the operations of the wheel went INTO
Mysteries when the 800 900 francs prize was drawn
for She was poor, had spent 40 francs and gained
nothing. On the other hand group OF worKmeh
at Nancy who subscribed to buy three hundred
tickets won 10 900 francs The other lucky per
SONS have not vet come forward. Charges oil lou'
play are brought against the committee ponce
comissury was present at all the drawings. bu' IL
he knew nothing Of mechanics he was NOT coupe
toni IN decide whether the wheel was in proper
working order. French people do not Keep sun
lin when defeated though their cheerful DISPOSE
tions ana bIe them 10 survive disaster Most OF
those who have gained nothing will take up the
foul-nlav cry and not stop TO think whether 1t has
some foundation or not.
those legitimists who were the highest In the
favcr Of the Comte de Chamb0rd refuse to have any
dealings with the Conte de Paris. Judged accord
ING to the Right Divine theory, then open disa-
vowal of hun must he approved hy all tho7e VINO
arr not mere partisans of the d'orean7. The span
ish the Nrapolitau aud tho Parma nouthona are
the descendants of Iouie Quatursc. thcu common
anccAtut and the ancestor Of the Comte dc cham
hotd while the Comtr dc PARIS Ia only drHccnded
from the brother Of that monarch. II iH not true
that tho Duo damon l'Mlip ', of Spon 10
nouheed his eventual fghta TO tao French throne
All lac aud his father ie Grand hondfq"f
could ho brought Co do Was Ia mako
an engagement that the crowns OF France ana
Spain should never be worl by the same potentatr,
Ii Is all nonsense to argue that the Comte dc PARIS
has a situation which gives HIM the first place III
the Bourbon family ana that lac Is French" Don
Carlos IS Thoroughbred b0ulcvardler Ills
wife is the daughter of "A Parma Bourbon and Of
James was born Al Pau, the cradle of the Bourbon
race Don Juan the father of Carlos and real head
of the entire house is citizen of the world This
wife Beatrice the Archduchess of Este
Hapshurg lives IN "A convent at Graft. She IS
sister of the Comtesse de ChambOrd When Juan
rs at home" it is in a spacious house in the Re-
gents Park where he does not reside alone. HIS
name in France is against him He is good fell
low and spends nine months out of the twelve IN
roaming about Europe. Nobody is better qualified
by a long experience of hotels, first, second and
third closs inns and observation-disclosures to serve as
courier than Don Juan. He hates politics and
prelers his liberty to the restricted life
of King But he cOnSpres for the
benefit of his sons and grandson
and would chant his nunc dmittas were Carlos
King of Spaju with the reverslOn of the throne
secured 10 a son OF his brother AlphOnse and Don
Jaime KING of France. For my part DO not see
what could he gained by prcferrIng the dDrlcans;
The Due dAumale, the Prince de JoInVIie and
their friends always voted badly at versailles, and
under the 10th May government brought france
10 the verge of civil The Orlcanst Prctender,
as Theirs said 10 me- dIshOnOTed himself IN going 10
Frohsdorf. Comte d'Audigne related the other
dav at meeting under what circumstances he PAD
his second yisi along with the Dues dc NcmOursa and
dAtencon. The Due dc Nenours cTayed permission
10 Inc allowed TO see the COmte de ChambOrd. II
only through the kfyhole. This platitude DIS
pusted the diving prince, aud lac refused. But on
second thoughts he sad: Neil; PERHAPS " .r-1
to SEE them. 1t will show that God gives me trace
even TO forgive the FOR cans The COmte de fars
| is amphiblOus. He is neither hsh nor nesa IN an
age when railways and teegr1phy FAVOR democracy,
and dynamite menaces autOcTacY. ne subacrlDt7
the >dcre fund, but on condition tiai NOM
ing is to he said about it, Is hand ana glove with
that fatuitous and clerical reactionist, the Due dc
/ BlsaccIa and ia surrounded by men who "swied"
! MON Generate stock. His private lie IS not puy
/ decent but respectable. But he has few OF the
| qualities which make mp the statesman
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