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ITEMS FROM PARIS

(FBOH OUK OWN OORBBSPONDBNT.) Pabis. Jaly 80. BEAT7THN7L TAPKSTBIE6. The Gobelin factory Is actively en* gag-'d la the aiannfboture of the tapes! r lei which ara to appear m the French fine art eeotion at the ExhibMon of 1889. They are 23 m number. Those are Intended to decorate the Blyaeej they repreaent group 3of flowers, after G aland. Eight rural soen->8 are for the deooratlon of the Luxemburg, and three, representing manaacriptu, books, . and letters, iclenos and art, symbolised by three femala Bgnrds, are fur the National Library, . THE QUEEN OK SBRYIA.. Q uen Nathalie of Servla arrived m the French Capital by the Orient Expresi at 5.45 pm, of the 18th lnst. (Jaly) There was something pathetic In her forced attempt to smile as she walked along the platform between two commissioners of poliae with Prinoesa Ghlkha, at whose residence, In the Ayeoue da Boil de Boulogne, her Majesty subsequently alighted. The Tigaro pronounoos her the most beautiful Sovereign m Europe, and one who, even In her domestic mil* fortunes, shows herself ereiy Inoh a Queen. BALLOON EXPERIMENT. An interesting experiment was made at Toulon the other day, .with the object of demonstrating the utility of a oaptlva ball r on m observing from % considerable height the movements of an enemy's flaet; A naval offioer seated m the oar of the balloon was In talophonlo oommunloatlon with the frigate Indomptabte, to the commander of which he signalled, as If In actual warfare, all that he oould obaerva from his elevated position. a senator's will.

A Bbgular suit was dealt wikh the other day by the First Ohambw of the Olvll Trlbonal of the Seine, The ex'CJton of M. Leblood, Senator, who was Counsellor at the Ooart of Cassation, were sued by Mmc Danet de la No*, his mother, who sought to prove that hli will wai Invalid on the ground that he was Insane at the time that he made it. The tribunal however, held that there was no ground for examining this plea, inasmuch as tbe deceased sat at the Ooart until his death. SHOOTING A " BOURGEOIS " An anarohlst, nam?d Douce, it Befmi. vowed that he would avenge hlmielf foe hlB uuppoaed wrooga by shooting the first bowgeois that he might enooanter. He dlsohaTgacl hia revolver at a wine merohant named Dallno, wounding him In the head. He f xolted at the 111-founded idea that hla shot had proved fatal. In the end, an ludulgent jury found him gallty, ander extenuating olrounißtanoes, and lot aalde the view of tho proueoutlon thai he had aoted with piremedltation 1 He wai sentenced to twelve yean hard labor. AVFTTL DRAMA l» PABIS. A terrible tragedy was enacted m Paris tbo other day, when a little boy, named Sinuzide, residing with his parents at th» Rue de Beroy, and aged eight, murdered his younger brother of six, and thtn oom> mi t ted oulolde. Far a 1od« time paefc he h»d shown an unaooouotsbte hatred fct his little vlotlm. He appqara to have aeoreted a razor all Alght m his bed. On rising m the morn. Ing he Inflicted terrible gashes In hla younger brother's stomaob, and then oat his own throat. Hl* mother, a widow,** cohabited with a hard-working blaokBmlth, and *ho had made arrangements to separate the children. DEAF AND NOT DUMB. A banquet to two hundred deaf and dumb mon and women has taken place at St Maude near Paris. Several speeches were made wbioh were eagerly followed, if not listened to, and very much ap. plauded. Perhaps this needs an explana- , lion. The term deaf and dumb has be- [ come a misnomer. Children born deaf are now no longer dumb, as they were neoea. I sarily of old. They are now taught by ingenious methods to understand and imitate the motions of the lips In. ordinary speech. The Abbe de 1' Eptfe is said to have originated the Bystem. whereby those born deaf and dumb are put into com< munion with the rest of mankind. His school was plaoed under the patronage of the natioa by an Act of July 13, l'/91.

IKB NEW FUENOH BIBXB. ' la an experimental competition bstneea the Lebal and Gras rifles, oondnoted m the presence of M. Oarnot at the Sohool of St Oyr, the squad of 50 men armed with the former, m the space of 32 leoondi fired 150 more cartridge! than their competitors with the Gras. Moreover, notwithstanding the nnuatiifactory con* dltlons of firing, resulting from the we of the repeating system, the percentage of Lobel shots striking the target was doable* that attained by the Oraa. COSTLY FRBSENTS, Amongst the presents forwarded to Princess Loetitla by the Empress En&tnlo, is a fan of great value, the centre of which fs ornamented with the first drawing ever exeouted by the Prince Imperial. This represents a pavilion la Count deMootl jo's garden. The sides of the fan are ornamented with precious stones. suicides Statistics, both ia Paris and London, show that the greatest nambsr of saloldes occur In the finest months of the year, viz., May «nd Jnly, nnd especially In the latter. The faot may giro rise to variant I theories on the inw of contrast!, inasmuch? las one might suppose that thfe dreary I months of winter wonld compare unfavor* ably with the summer. Women appeacto ba far more vivaolon&and tesspoißlmlit • than mea. Suicides, aye far less frequent m old age than m the prime of life, and wldoweva left with children happily constitute onlj one-sixteenth of the total number. Of the causes of self-destruc-tion, pennry stands lowest m the official record ; remorse of oonsolenoa or fear of punishment or of physical suffering stands highest, followed closely by oases of drunkenness, disappointed love and family troubles.

Death by hanging is chiefly resorted to. bat oases of downing are almost as promlntnl;!

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1954, 26 September 1888, Page 2

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976

ITEMS FROM PARIS Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1954, 26 September 1888, Page 2

ITEMS FROM PARIS Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1954, 26 September 1888, Page 2

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