New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01

chapel at the corner Of the castle court. Diane
de Poiters sought the shade OF the magnificent
trees OF the matchless park which surrounds
the chateau. II was at Ambose that Louis XXI
the Louis Of Quentin Observation-Disclosures
the famous French order Of ST. Michel The En-
peror Charles visited King Francis J. Of jovial
memory. there. 1t from its balconies that
Queen Catherine Of Med.ci and her son the
King watched the frgh,.ul massacre OF the
Uuguenots. every spike Of the ratings along
the terraces being adorned with Protestant
head and the whole place reelSlng like sham
bles To Amboise too was conveyed as pris-
oner the Surintendant Fouquet, after the mar
vellous chase and capture by DArtagnan, whom
all the readers of Alexander Dumass Tnree
Musketeers" will remember; while In more
modern times Abdel-Kader, the Algerian chiet
and hero who 50 long resisted the conquest OF
his country was detained as state prisoner
for several years until he received MS liberty on
parole and was permitted TO establish himseiI
at Damascus.
Tho chateau Of Amboise stands high above the
town. like another Acropolis above smaller
,,bers II rises upon the only height visible
for a considerable distance. and gains more
from, tho river than any Of the ether famous
cbateaux Of the Loire. Tho magnificent round
,ouer thar springs from the end OF the Charles
VII facade completely commands the approaches
Of the bridge as well the little island In MD
stream where King Clovis Is said TO nave met
Alaric before he overthrow the power OF ING
Visigoths; and a superb effect OF Ioi'y masonry
IS produced by this building belhs erecteu ."
the summit Of a hill. and by the carrying o. 'he
stone courses upward from the lower grouno'
It is a fitting gift from great ana non,e pnro:
to a great and glorious nation espTCiasi ape
pirate when the uses 70 WHICH IL - u0'''''1 80
taken into consideration. ,.,,,
Paris has been a veritable hover edruSh .u' Us
the last few days This Is attrloutap's ~ sne
Feast Of ST Mary, the only religious 1estlVal rave
All Souls Day which is regarded ailke py r ny
eminent and people as a pubic hohuay. lne
prevalence Of flowers is due 10 the iact tna' M
in France almost every woman pears tiie ha.,Ic "
Marie alone or else adioined 10 some Otner mrs.
tian name, as for instance. Mare Louise MAI =.
Anne Marie Refine. OF Marie Christhr. III -. ~
Is customary 70 celebrate the namesia -,
the day of the saint whose name ne oears-iathe'
than the anniversary Of ones birtn' ana the te
suit Is that on the day OF 81 Mary otheINIs.
known as the Feast Of the Assumption, eNeL1
woman and child possessed Of the name or Marie
receives gifts Of howers-nOt necessarily oaskels
or bouauets but often a mere plant, Dy pIeAe,,
ence a rosebush. Great preparations arr ilaue
for this fate by the various nursery gar leneIS
and horticulturists in and around farlS' the ~
sequence being that for the two or three gay Pr ~,
ceding st. Mary's Day ana mos io ri "a ner
city becomes a perfect bower OF color Gh1 pr
fume the Marche de la Madeleine ana me
DUAL des Fleurs in particular pehe iIds IN, az.
and gigantic mass Of roses. Nowhere j. the tas-
sion for flowers carried TO q greater uesi
here among the French, and at times II Ge'eiops
into a positive mania. Last week young woman
was arrested for stripping the pants CROWNS
over the graves Of the Pere l-acnalse Cethetely'
and the day before yesterday a comHercldl t1aNei
Ter was brought before the court on charges W
devastating tn, 1owerbeds In the various pm
and squares In extenHation Of his ohence II was
expained that, while sane honorable ana scrupu-
Ions in everything else, he was perlect luila'S
on the subject Of flowers having In that partlcu-
lar alone no idea of right or wrong For years
his rooms In the Rue de Leibnitz nave Deeh aoso-
Int arbors Of fair flowers, every spare centlHne
being spent in the purchase or nowcflns p.an's
and bouquets and every spare moment pelhs DE-
voted to tending his precious treasure. i
would steal flowers whenever ne got chance or
else thieve to obtain them, ana under tle CIR
cumstances he may be Congratulated on having
been acquitted as monomaniac, on the cohul,lvn
that his friends and relatives would piace NM
under restraint as such.
Baron de Mohrenheim, the Russian Anloassa-
dor has lust celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
Of his appointment to the diplomatic service OF the
Gar He is indebted for the success OF MS ca
reer To the fact that after having been sent IN
auasi-dsgrace to Copenhagen he negotiated
there the marriage between the late Emperor Oh
Russia and Princess Dagmar OF Denmark. now
the widowed Czarina The reason for MS oeins
sent to Copenhagen is rather amusing ne was
then secretary TO the great Chancellor Prince
Gortchakof and on being asked ny the latter
for his opinion concerning the draft OF the MS
toric dispatch anent the Black Sea- he was lncau-
tious enough to express his disapproval OF the
memorable phrase 'le Russie ne boude pas, ellie
Sc recueue," upon which the entire dlspatch
was based With frankness worthy OF Gil BIAS.
the Baron described this phrase as inane frihcs
Gortchakof said nothing. but shortly atterWard
got rid Of his secretary by sending him 10 the
then unimportant post OF Copenhagen