OUR PARIS LETTER.

Evening Star, Issue 4258, 19 October 1876, Page 1

OUR PARIS LETTER.

' . The condition of the' ‘ ♦ miry sense, is not a bad test iS estimate* t rtte prosperity oftho capital! Sf The best years of^^^eoond, » ■Jjy : 5 e » lhat .of 1867, tbb ccpttd, are inferior in point of reoar S?^ d I ith . the »?P«Wicj Jfd 1875, the figures are respectively abroad teen and twenty-five mimoni. V y In Algeria,' whenever ah AmWffiew -iiW.r* from the. justice of “ prominent spot, a bridge’or is called after imp, sq *, to r*co«lHs fljgfe* It w a common observation ' moot-commonly arrive in " r, ‘ 1 mw to? m™? &<>* DpndoiTotas ■ to IbokaktaX , ont to be as bad as the pest 1 ■■' The' ; received all '_the < names that the Fmhsfc • bestow on downright nuisance* UmS?£ | simpl^extenorthe playthingis a veritable hS&V rt c ° na “ t » of a base of brohte lead. m wMohworksablade «f steel s^Sv^! % who i* »b l*Mthw.-twb nches a'jd. the index ifinger and thumb, the'bteel refunds, thisigbmg back and forWhld noZT? Thte ooise'can £ a “"“t* « oalhnforion«to r! de / pacific Datchodin S Itf * «Mi impuSS m ite regularity rit % bes»v ; . thrusts. by V ltß i7®?y ai ty. ‘lt isl * tfcnlevard^ r faaT°iK"| !?&“** M°“® « pnbho assemblies. s«*>d"‘Yffrr | ri.. it, for all Parisians are away m the hollow of the hand, in tfl ' Chambl tbei - r otb ® r * aterru Ptionßinl&e Ghmnbers, there is an odd of government m France. ThetoyfaslheSmo &&«*«* “ so that* children have not even the usual 'treasure of . t„ b«ak a to ,a^s^ssa IbgSl bgS !»««o“iDg >ety faMonwif* j!«c ® P? 3 * «eaJwfi in Paris was a ddg that oould add np figures— the him mad ire ß Pa?^ e< i^ i “* *«SnB surt him mad. Bona w tira a'-imaL amved ftom Bussia as,a presents Sa Frew* may. He shows visitors m .and? out, and ni Ut !f M 6m m a style. Thejate “ Wa?g& of r &ts!ted &„r Wbe <thbm in hj • 00m * tb^y,f ««ot iU their tricks, and neither sugarpluma nor kicks oould t^ T memory. The Duke’s man. He bad doga for all hours of the day, but only pobdles P EdWI“ th ® * nl °£* “ta tlle aftSSn. Medical men affirm that. the passion, mama, orfanatiou>m.for old;china the increase m France; to poßsess &bldoup ZtSf* V k “■ ““j onwkoiM onoZ wrinkles when ninety years of age is the grat object and end ior fiondreds. Ihe librarian of Frayes is a Idsding case j not content fnil oomznfedcS the public library, he stole : S the m volumes for his own private, and which he kept nnder lock and key. To possess the coveted object is tho be-aIL ag ° * retire ® colonel possessed a famous bevres cnp; two old champions intTaJn^ T\l or * and «Pected ■ Wf l fc afte .r bis death. But left it by will to his cook j the two Jiends transferred their attentions-to the o?** and ? ne mar ried her, and thus ®jj“4 th .®, 5 but later, the other friend. eloped with the wife, aud she brought the cup with her. Hardly had they arrived in For every citizen that now leaves the + 18 e ! fclmat6d ,. t bat twoßussianor E.ighsh .tourjstsLsapplies his place, thus ' Pans is nevet empty; 'TbftvSwem. .!! nombsi « to 200,000; tt. proWnoUl current htwature for the moment is the railway time-table* and the most interesting portion of newspapers the advertisement columns of lodgums to let at the seaside. Only one fashionable lady remains at Paris it seems, the Dnchessse de Qalliera, but then she has a park of seven acres attached to her own house, m the; Hue de Vnrrennes. and there aU aristocratic birds of testate are expected to drop in. * France is evidently becoming %ioks: before setting out on a tour it is customary for fimdies to assist at a mass celebrated to invoke a blessing on the outing. The Qneen of bpam, before .qmtfing Fwmw for Sevdle, secured tejegraphic benediotion of the Pope. Her husband/King j>o n *. • Frangois . Assise, occupies quite hote! since his separat on. Whhn ex-Xsa-bella travels southwards he takes a northern route. . The streets of Paris full of schoolboys and girls with their arms full of books, being the splendidly bound prises . distributed at the annual examinations. . ® yoang people .Jock ep happy with their laurels, and thsir ‘ parents so proud, for the whole family attends the ceremony of the distribution. Oftentimes little baby, just commencing to well walk, is entrusted with one of the Volumes! elaborately bound in blue and cold, and struts with all the pride of a Lncifer. Untll Ist October the pupils ara enjoinsd never to touch a class book, an injunction that never 1 has to be repeated a second time. They pass their tune at ajwateringjilaoe. or in the Provinces, and return with a store of health than < having .Saturday ateiSt for S purpose. Sunday, to the family circle exclusively ; . -Thursday their .gwerahy share,-theft vioatieft s ‘ m whole or The taawaycompanS ; are studying the .proposition f allow col legions to travel during ratathm at half tarm the same as thisy enjoy dpring term. Th» -v Government is friendly tbS^hemn! Uneofthebestußes of riches is to hualfi- cV% ate others. •• >- i<v^ - ■ '■ ;•

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