OUR PARIS LETTER.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 408, 2 July 1880, Page 3

OUR PARIS LETTER.

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, Paris, March 5. The Mnnicipal .Council pi Paris, t yery radical arid not' the 'less fallowed.the,four.hundred tonsrofibbx for the use of the Churches on Palm Sunday, to enter the city d_fy free.

j t Tq.-JhJA-A-W ffmnpar to.roake ; a person deaf for life, entails t ' f J ■* *": 'fauWnu Vifjlniei ie the 'nAritS 'giveW l \Wrtolr pllniflMf shapedisnri -hade.*'"'« <* ; "There-areiaß'tnanylsradlites nowintlio worirt, iaa in- the jdays df j-King-Bavjc^ A.rA I iri; Paris are,4he (i teent private residences. j The Due d' Aunralfir ha. sold his town Inansion, to the Completion of his magnificent castle at Chantilly. _ .81 rf-vt-M j..Scionpe..with, man, enlarges his. idea's, (with wonian, her sensations. I By- th. Kr&f tiftAijftl the Jemrlt^chools land colleges, 392 professors of foreign jextraction will haVeto ("(flit Franco.

Madame H——- is aged eialty.-four, very. rioW, dd il band. " The marriage may not come off after frfeniV.'-Va&ttere is a pere to be consulted." •« What is' his name ?". " Why, of course, Pere la Chaise "* -—the name of the city cemetery. The ex-Viceroy-*-of, .Egypt*; never j>aid tlie stipulated 150,000' francs for his coin posingI'the,1'the, magtyiiiceut opera Aula. His son pays the .interest on the debt. The Princesß de Metlernich describee a ballet as " the symphony of the tlesh." The French courts have ruled that an apothecary, in the absence' of all qualified practitioners, may try his prentice hand to save an invalid at denth's door, without incurring any penalty tor fai ure. By the new bill on public instruction, no foreigner will be allowed to give lessons in-his native tongue in France,; unless qualified, by,a a diploma, obtained either in his own country or after examination here. Cooks, valets, and butlers, out of place, have no'more hope. . . -

The ball at the Chinese Embassy cost j the sum of 37,000 francs. It was' cnsh ; well invested. While pigtails are execrated < in California, they are ac'm red here. j Clairval,' the actor, was threatened with \ & hundred blows of it! stick by M. de Stain- ? ville in case he visited his wife ;' the latter ; menaced him with two hundred*blows in ! case he remained away.; 'he obeyed the wife, nnd so gained 100 percent. . , When-old Blanqni[ probides* at a public meeting, the first thing he does is to go gleep * he can only be kept awake by describing him as " the glorious "martyr, the grand proscribed." ', v '. ._ • Victor Hugo attributes' his" hale-old age to abstinence from smoking.and drinking, a cold bath." every -iiiprning,' and ;a fat cheque from his publisher.once,a month. The following is the latest tariff of compensations awarded by' 'Paris juries:— Lois *of , one ear by' railway accident, lOOOf.; hand bitten by a horse, ahd'necesmtating amputation, *1200f.; cab driver, loss of an eye, lint an only one, from the; collision of another 500f. annuity fdr'li£e. ' " " ' *" j There are sixty-three purely financial! journals in Paris, published either daily or*? weekly ; the subscription varios from 20f.! a year to nothing at all in the case of! six. Paul Janet defines good sense as the; aptitude to judge well without any in-! struction.- •" • ' '•'• • ■! „, ! The more M. Lambert beat his horse the more it kicked,' resolved riot : -to have the last % j said de Baujru,. ".show! that you are the wiser." * ! •Paris lias now two'public soup kitchens' where horse is the only meat employed ; the C-imte d'Agiiado proented to the kit-; chens a few days ago a noble animal thaihad broken-its thigh ; out of gratitude, the authorities sent a week's free admissions to each of the stable men. ! M. Lucas proposed to 5 the Academy of Sciences that the sole moans to increase the rural population •of France* was to drain the two million acres of marsh lands. '.■,. '■--,'-. ["A When Talleyrand died, the Russian Ambassador said—"lam, sure the devil will thus addresfl'him : ' Sly'friend, 'y'oii,have a little','ekc'eeded my instructions.'" Up to 1789, the government of France was " a monarchy tempered by songs." •'* England expects that mankind will do his duty," is tho latest rendering of Nel.son's words by a French editor.

'•Time is money," says-the adage : .in Paris it is cheap. The Austrian Time Company will supply "the "etfacTlioiir to five clocks in a house for one sou per day. The joint'stock company that farms the National Opera ha* offered' Verdi 250;000f. and a per centage on the receipts after they attain a certain figure, lor every new work he will at least in' every three yeare. i When M. d'Aguado, the famous cigar and tobacco merchart, died, opinion was surprised that he left only an income of forty million franca a ye*r to liis f anrjy. "Poor Aguado," remarked Baron Roths-cln'ldf-i-I tlpudittbe-was batter off." J Verdif pockit |omp«}iiou is a diamond editiett«<ff $h«fsp-_re. I * The true history of the Hartmann affair id this : Pmblic opinion was becoming very bot at Ministers keepiijgfajfcnan prisoner on ah unsupported charge. . Prince Orlof p-romised that on the sth March M. Mo iravisf would arrive with theconclußive proof. He did ; ,plit w'enfdirectly to'enjoy himself at the Prince's residence, Fontainebleau. returning in tlie afternoon to pass the evening at a gay theatre. This- coolness and indifference nettled Ministers, who met next morning at half-past nine, while M. de Mouravief was freshening himself 4p at the Turkish baths, and liberated j Hartmann.

\ The town Councillors are wags. The chief Jesu-h: ejsttMish-afeif in Frtttde is in tte Me f d4 Mibeibne! tfhfe *reet-is to be re-* named "Abbot Gregoire," after the priest -vjdio formerly moved guillotined. Another street is to l>e called , 't Bolivar." PariMna .-know little abput; the liberator of.Col#i.bii,- but tliere wafc* llat so titled once, and very popular. ; A company is being formed in Paris to supply families in tbeir own homes, with ljieals warm, well cooked, and well served; 30 per cent, cheaper than at restaurants, and doing away with cooks and kitchens. Subscribers will lie supplied once' a ireek with a bill of fare for seven days in advance, and postal cards addressed, so that one will have but to select a certain rjumberof dishes for breakfast and dinner:! Tickets and cheques for three meals, all at a uniform price, are to be purchased in advance, and the coupons given according (o the order, to the waiter in paytnent f I The workit*|Pcln\-fW in France inv«st their savings in Bcrip of every kind ; the Building; .wKile the aristocracy, or uppet ten, prefer foreign toni-A'};>*>.{ A VLA ,'■.'• ::.t'-i ■ : -. ■ j '" Love every lady," was tho advice pfadamc de Montmorin t gave to her son When he madeMMfi "debut in society. 'j I M. Vivarez lays down that life is in j jjofrfseiof \~f\o; iraJfn efquaforwards. M. ■ thit man is on the high ro<u .0 becomra derni-god , :

j M. Egger recently stated at the Sorbonne that the custom of writing on one side of the paper has been handed down to us from the Egyptians, who co wrote on the papyrus. . ... [ M. Gabriel states that the reason why it |s so difficult to effect,-qoforms in Egypt is. owing to the inhabitants lielievirig that force and ruse, are the guiding principles bf life, and success ia only the-result ofliazard. { Xavier de Maistre said Italy was a lewKLequntrv; -tor? every; foreigner a who i"s ,•■:'! -J v..k j The Figaro having taken the lead for a ilong/tinm iv the light press commence*, to 'drop behind. Not only is it <• the wrong jside of politicß-***-royal and clerical, but it ■is divided against itself. Gil Bias is itrqading orj-ifs "Ribes, but iti is a degree Imore pronounced in nastiness. Neither fare safe for ladies' boft-ding schools.

| At the Unfortunate battle of Chiari, iCatinat, though severely, .wounded, endeavoured to rally hia troops. ** Where," 'said an officer. ** do" you wish us to gq; Certain death iB before us ?" —" And shame behind," replied the'dying commander.

Living ifi calculated to be more expensive in Paris now, than eveh during the Exhibition. Families with limited and moderate incomes, who.bftve come heref or economy's sakojia*. c had o immigrate to the provinces, where little .ulonies of foreigners are 'springing up-. \ : Several ftHtrnlogpp-! were industriously occupied forctrlling tin*' do-'tiriiet of Lmiin XIII. " They li* co much." remarked Henri IV., ".that in tho end tie/ tell the truth."

Gingerhrrwd is the favorite spring aperient fur Parisians, and of which there [are* several qualities, more or less severe. Theistrong-st this yeßr is baked fo represent thefigurn of Deputy Clemcn«*eau, and sells well at the fair. , >

Prince I'oniotowski composed somo very bad operas, bnt this did not prevent his being named a Senator. One day he wrote to Auber : "My dear confrere." -'Bah," retorted Aider, *• does he imagine I am to be a Senator."