Year: 1875

back from heaven knows where Paris in the middle
of the night and held council in which the pre-
fectoral changeswere agreed upon They have not
much significance from political point of view and
the only change of public importance the transfer of
NJ Ducros, the alleged Bonapartis Preiect of Lyons
to the post OF Director OF Affairs or practically to that
of Civil Governor Of Algeria he will be replaced at
Lyons by M. Weche, Preect of tho Loire Inf6rieure


SOMETHING REPUBLIC


The Assistance Publique' has taken most praise
worthy resolution, and numerous workmen are
ployed IN setting up public warming places somewhat
similar to those which existed for many years
ST. Petersburg. They intended to servo also as
cooking stoves for the poor and cheap provisions will
be sold there at low tarin, somewhat under cost
price Considering the price OF fuel and the high
OF the humblest homes in Paris, which render the
preparation OF food so difficult the working classes
in their dwellings, where everything is to
be brought up six flights of stairs, these cooking
stoves would be welcome addition the comforts Of
the poor All the principal quarters Of PARIS to bo
supplied with them.


A STORY.


M. Louis Reybaud author of "Ger0mc Paturot y the
best picture of published In the reign of Louis
Philippe, seventy years age and the state
OF his health gives anxiety to his friends II s
related of him that under Charles x he ventured TO
profess liberal and orleanst opinions although he held





clerks who was faithful TO the white flag denounced
him and occasIoned his dismissal from the public ser
vice. When at length the famous days of 1880
pass Reybaud seized ricolored banner and proceeded
TO take possession of the official building from which
he had been turned out in consequence of his political
convictions. But the clerk who had formerly de-
nounced him had got there first already waving
che 0rleanist flag out OF one of the windows


FINANCE.


Calxin
finance, and the government appears anxious do
whatever be done for the French holders
OF Ottoman securities It that the amount OF
French property placed in jeopardy by the Turkish
pudIaton amounts to $33 900 000 There great deal
of talk about general remonsrance, which will it is
said, be addressed by the great Powers the Sultan
and the members of the Permanent Committee of the
Versailles Parliament have held Indignation meeting
on the subject The princes or the Stock Exchange,
however, and men OF business generally have been
much disturbed by the crash They confess that
10 be oreseen and that when the bonds of her govern
ment could be bought to pay eighteen per on
vestments they only bought by SPECTATORS VINO
gambled in them as they might have played at any
other game of chance They will still get a moderate
interest for their money and they need not cry
very loudly.


TERRITORIAL ARMY.


The French government has decided upon making
the necessary preparations for the formation of the
Territorial Army This force will number about
1000 900 men, all born between December 1885 and
December, 1886 and will comprise troops of all arms.
In the first instance the government will devote its
tenton to the formation OF the infantry regiments of
which there will be 156; and the in which they
will be distributed the whole country has already
been settled. If this to be more than paper army
conclude shall have another scare for the Ger
mans have notion Of waiting till the French are
tnt Oxxitn
terms


ROYAL FAvoRITE


All Parisans and visitors to Paris that in
the Galcre do rHorloge in tho Passage de rOpera,
there is a dark, narrow little shop, where an old
woman abominably dressed pretended sell antiqui-
lies. Those who visited her establishment, however,
seldom found anything than heap OF rubbish
Her neghbors called this old lady Mother Alexander
and she ived-hcaven knows how-as the very misera-
BILE do contrve to keep body and soul together till her
death week ago But she had better days.
Twenty years ago her shop requented by
and gay women who bought and sold second hand
clothes there and gossiped their bargains 1t
famous place for designations, and all the latest
theatrical scandal TO be picked up there
Latterly Mother Alexander lost her best GUS
TONERS and inhabited wretched attic at
hotel in the Rue Lepeletier There, when
her shop closed she passed her time in complete
solitude, wrapped up In ragged shawl, and reading
novels. Yet Mother Alexander had been foremost
among the ladies OF beauty and fashion, and the
recognized mistress Of that Duke OF Orleans who
tho eldest son of Louis Philippe and whose sudden
death changed the political fortunes of France II is
said that she who called Mother Alexander at the
close of painful life, quite recovered her
after tho loss OF her royal lover who left her destitute
IL Is not pleasant subject to dwell upon and morality
is apt to think harshly Of lovers, whether royal
otherwise who do consecrate their affections the
orthodox manner; but II may nevertheless be ques-
tion interesting enough to examine whether prince is
not more than usually bameablo for raising beautiful
woman to the rank of his companion and associate
without making soee provision which will save her
from being afterware cast upon the world insane
beggar having nothing but her remorse and broken
Oaihs. After all Is said that can be said on such a
mean, dastardly business fact is clear that If
man calls himself prince, and expects others 10
rceognze him as one or the foremost personages of
age and time, to make way for him with respect to
hodge him round with all the forms of honor puttina
learning valor and worth aside for him thai he
may stand upon a pedestal and listen to nothing but
homage the fellow should at least try TO be prnccly in
his loves and even his hatcs or what pretence can
be put forward to the respect OF any human being
The princes OF House Of Orleans though 80 wealthy
have never yet learned TO be generous. and
there is a queer story of one of them, who
still goes every morning at nine O'Clock to up the
breakfast of second rate actress and who, after many
years of this poor cupboard love- has given her
sxpenco pay for his board. Yet the House of or.
leans enjoys the inheritance Of the magnificent
princes OF Conde of whom 1t said that when the son
of one of them showed his father purse which con-
tained his savings, the splendid gentleman threw ii
from open window into the street, saying "I will
teach you, boy, how TO be a nobcmann


PROGRESS OF THE EEPunLICAxa


The results of the partial elections held between july
1871, and May, 1875 when they were suppressed may
thus summarized: :-Durng this period 15S Deputies
were returned, Of whom 131 republicans, four
teen monarchsts OF various shades and thir
teen Bonapartists, including NJ de Bourgong