Our Paris Letter.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3083, 18 December 1888, Page 2

Our Paris Letter.

- September Ist, 1888,. There is one article .'at Paris in brisk demand just now, for export necessities, namely,, that of the skeletons of animals for museums of natural history; human skeletons are also supplied. All are preparedobieflv in a factory close to St. Ouen, which is fitted up with sheds containing voluminous boilers capable of containing the body of a man or the carcass of a horse. Stripped as much as possible of their flesh, the remains are subjected to ebullition' to remove the tendons &c. Taken out and dried, the bones are scraped by women and children on long tables; next they are bleached; if for the wauto ofstudents, in chloride of lime, but 'in the sun, if for museums, as the bonea do not thusorumbleontheirsurface. Scraped and bleached, the bones are lifted to another room, and classed ; here veritable professionals make up the articulated skeletons by wire work, from a frog or a lizard,to au elephant. Human.skeletons are prepared in a room apart; the bodies are supplied by the purveyor of the anatomy theatros—who delivers about seventy per week, aud receives them froni the Hospitals and prisons; his subjects must bo free from, infectious diseaso. In the case, of babies, they p placed in a metallic cylinder before .being plunged into the cauldron. The skeleton of an infant is dearer than a" woman's, and tlio latter than a man's. - .In to the -fry foi; Tfivisloni Minister Ploguet chaperon a projeot ofhis own. The difficulty of [ tbt tMk may be judged froifi the fact,

that the grand majority of the people haVono pieoise idea of what they' ' mean by levision, and all those who " do, have piojects of their own, and like patent medicines, superior to Ell /W all others, What it may all end in no one can foietell, save, that it will likely involve the existonco of the Ministry, and nothing exasperat'os I the provinces liko the) cabinet}, '": hence, diaconteni, and- augmented "■ v 'Strength to lipulangensm. ; inhere is I no reason why this state of perpetual instability ought not to continue, so long'- as; rivals for posts,.; places, ; pensioiißj and concessions,, will not abandon their "rivalriesin tlie interests of th6ir common country. : : ;Tliat disunion facilitates the projects of ' Bismarck—-to keep France, iaqlated, and;throw round her a - diplomatic mdoii mitqirt,. The triple alliance v has now been tested by the visit of Emperor William to the minor potentates of .Germany to • and to Italy. Impartial judges admit;" bis reception has been a success; lias solidified,- while more clearing *' demonstrating the necessity of, the union of tho three nations for ; their yital interests. It is commencing to beseen.tbat the Ulisncellor bas oil tbo cards, the pußbing of Italy forward, as thojeader of the Latin raco, and the chief power iu the Mediterranean. Much irritation, is felt here at' the Sultan havmg granted tho concession of tbo. first' seotion of the Grand > Trunk Asia Minor- railway, to the - * ' ■ Germans. • Perhaps. England: hag. - most reason ,tp complain, as she is—plalonically— bound to protect the' the Porte, concludes, both have chipped enough already'off the s ■ empire: Egypt, "Oyprua, Algeria, and Tunisia.'.. It might also reflect that it is oftentimes better to deal '*' with those you know, than-those you • don't know. It is surmised that the German syndicate is only ' the label * for a company of English capitalists. However, the co'noreto good is, that a rich region of . the world will be opened up to .-robust trade and material development, and the real ' overland route to India, definitely commenced.. ,

Two rival-mistresses of a Russian ■ banker residing in this city, tinablo to agree as to the possession of their victim, resolved to end.their quarrel, hilt to hilt. They arranged to fight : a duel in Jke Mendon'wood , 1 the banker's valet and groom were the seconds, and they secured' their master's swords, The women wore tight-fitting biualin jackets, and cloth • trousers., 1 just as they were preparing to go at one another, two forest guards carried them off to the village police station, inviting the servants ' to follow. The whole party was ■ locked up, till the formalities: were complied with, to abide their trial, Tho very valuable swords will te ' sold, and the proceeds handed overto the looal poor box. • , • At Anneoy. in Bavoy, M. Taine, ml the hist6mn,-.was a town councillor j/SBp he has just been defeated at thejate elections,' , and by' the 1 Cdmmissaire I who" executes bis errands. When Lavisier was •'condemned -to be v ; guillotined in 1794, he solicited' a , few days respite; till he had ; com'; ■ , pleted some chemical experiments. • • He wbb told that the Eepublio did not j want chemists':-the town cqtihoil of ■■■'-•■■ Anneoy . dearly does not waul ■ litterateurs.

Altmayer, tlie Jewish swindler, whose deeds and audacity, wbo'se nisM and duplicity; whoso escapes •' fromprison* have becopid proverbial, is now being tried. He is after all only a cynical, unfeeling, insolent,'. without a spark of thieves honor in - y his nature. Odd, only Israelites put. in an appearance at the trial. .> Tho Grand Lodge of France, being - short of cash, has constituted itself ?J| into a Joint Stock.Co,, and issued . T shares to raise capital. The shares A hang fire: since the Grind Lodge backslided into a political agenoy to ■' ' oppose Boulangism, non political brethren havo withdrawn. journal offers as its prizes all • medicaments at half price to subscribers. • .