New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-04

scrlpt entitled LES Moeurs de Mon Tempas
which are not to be issued to the pubic until the
year 1910 They consist OF memoirs. and are
stated TO contain vivid pictures Of Partisan so.
cicty Of every class during the reign OF Napoleon
III and since The National Library Is at the
present moment the depository OF quite a large
number Of memoirs Of this kind which are to DO
withheld from the public for a stated period Thus
the year 1910 Will also witness the publication
OF the letters and correspondence OF the famous
poe, Alfred de Musset, including a number Of
communications which passed between him and
Georges Sand The memoirs OF Volney. ot>I.are.
velllere and Of G.nguene, are likewise to see ME
light Of day about that time; while ten years
later. in 1920 Is the date fixed for the pubica.
tcn Of Theophilc Gautiers "Lettres 4 la Pres-
dente" the manuscript OF which is in the
vaults OF the Biblioth6que Rationale.
Signs of the advent Of spring are now apparent
in the toilette, or grooming TO which the various
trees Of the metropolis are being submitted. This
process requires especial care as owing 10 the
immense number Of pipes Of one kind and an
other that undcrlie the streets. perineatng the
soil with all kinds OF poisonous gases else
with electricity. the tre' S have hard time OF
1t. large number, Of them dying every year.
There are. however, several very oid trees within
the city limits Thus at the pear ana Dumb
Hospital ther" Is an enormous elm, 80 feet
high which wa planted during the reign Of
King Henry " tow ard the close OF the sixteenth
century At the Jardn des Plantes there Is the
celebrated acacia planted by the first keeper OK
that institution. the famous bo;anist Jean Robin.
in 1884, while at the Salpetrtrre there are several
trees which daie from the reign OF Louis NV.
The oldest trees in Paris, however are ne TWO
celebrated palms at the Jardin des Plantes
which were originally presented 10 hing FRANCIS
| early in the sixteenth century.
| am sorry t. say that storm Is raging at
the LAFAYETTE Home for American Girls a most
pra.seworthy institution, which supplies a long
felt want. II appears 70 have been brought
about by the Dissatisfaction OF Dr. Thomas w.
Evans who is one OF the principal creators and
benefactOrs Of the institution, with the lady SUI
pe-iut pndent. Dr. EVanS's Views were shared by
certain Of the managers. bat not by the others.
and among those who have severed their con-
rec:iOn with the Home Mrs. Walden Pei,
the Comtesse de IA Rochefoucaud. Mrs Machado
and Miss Richards. There has been good deal
of bad blood nantes led IN connect with the
dispute and the qu rel has found It's way mo
the newspapers. besides forming the all-absorb-
ing topic u conversation among the American
colony here.
Much public In crest is being manifested in the
suit which Is now being brought by Mine. Felix
the sister Of the celebrated tragei.enne Rachel
against the landlord Of the apartment. -aousc in
which she lives here. /: seems that some bur
glars broke into her rooms and carried of jewels.
plate and money - the vaue Of about $4,000, for
which sum she is suing he landlord. The o.d
lady claims that the latte. Is responsible wing
10 the fact that his concierge, or Janltor, was
in competent IN the performance OF his duties.
The ianitor is over seventy. and, without knowl-
edge Of their criminal intentions. gave admit
tance to the burglars Should Nine. Felix win
her case as tn re appears every probability OF
her doing a new liability VIII he created FOR The
Paris landlord who IL only one degree less I'M
popular than his representative, our tyrant. the