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An Art Master.
He gathered oherry stones, 'and carved
0 ~4titly.
Into.ie r-iublancps-of tiles and dowers:
With subtle skill heo oven Inmaged faintly,
The forms of tiby maids and ivied towers.
His little blocks be loved to file and polishi
-Ani na ler .meana hoe asked iloc, butt
despised;.
All arthut oh5rry stones he would abolish,
ibr.rtben his genius would bo rightly
prizeA"
For sucildb tfa inds as dealt \vitn wrongs
and.ipassions, -
Y " Aud throbbirfge hearts, he had a pitying
-" :smilei
- his way thrpughl'surging years and
faahion.
While heaveu gave him his cherry stones
iind fila
One day business requiring tny pres
renee at X---, a smill town with a
population of 5,000 or 0,000 inhabi
tahts, distant twenty miles from
?ittis, I arrived there about 10 in the
forenoon,. and was greatly surprised to
and the streets, which are generally so
silent and peaceful, usually animated..
Groups of wen were standing in front
of the shops, woien were gossiping at
the windows, young men and young
girls were wending their way toward
the public square, while urchins were
running about in every direction.
The Hotel of Commerce, my cus
tomary stoping rlace, seemed upside
down. Travelors, who had been aban
doned? to 4btir fate by the waiters,
were tugging furiously at their bell
cords, one calling for his boots, an
other for his breakfast, this one
anted;ble mail, that one" his paper,
while the Corridors were the scene of
an indescribable confusion. The mas
ter of the house, a stout, jovial. man,
known to all as Father Philip, traveled
up stairs and down, perspiring, pant
ing and fumning, at a loss as to whiqp
call he should answer first. I stopped
-him as he was going by.
Ilellol Father t'Jhilip." said I, with
a laugh, "what is - the matter? Are
your servants on a strike?"
"Ah!" ieplied he, as he opped his
face furiously with his ha kerchief,
don't speak- of it, sir "lthough I
hadforbiddeti it they haiv . gone to
t egl,di ng4hi 8f. a e otv,
dtr" ot l1n back!' It is. botltfitei ''!
With contrite, looks and hanging
heads, the three Walters were return
ing, as ;he said, sneaking along the
wall. But Father Philip, red as a
lbster, had caught sight of them, and
without waiting for explanations, he
b"twled at the top of his voice:
"Say, ame you all trying to make a
I 'ol of me? Auguste, chocolato to 7,
- coffee. with milk to 11', letters to 91
1i'mi'e, 10's boots, 0's hat,Petit Journal
for 2. No. 1's bill! 14's, breakfast,
The Time Table for 21."
Without any- questions, Auguste,
Emile and Jules disappeared. up the
stairca'o as if by magic. We heard
them scurrying along the halls on the
upper floor; doors were slammed, and
five minutes-later the house had recov
ered its usual deronity. Then only did
Father Plip become more calm, and,
turning to me, he said:.
"Wihyl you liave not been relieved or
your valite yet. I beg your pardon.
Ah! my dear sir, one is anythiing but
~A happy when he has to deal with . such
scamps!l But then,I cannot be angry
with them tonday, The whole towvn is
topsy turvy on account of the wed
ding."
"Whiosewedding?"
"Bein? Ah!I that?s so. Vou have
just arrived and c,iuld not know. It
is theimarringe of' MJle. ]iondurand1"'
In uttering this last sentence -Father
Philip was very probably under the im
pression that I was going to exclaim:
"That acconnts for i0!" as he seemed
most unpleasantly surprised when I re
plied, without dreaming that I might
give offense: "Ican't see why the mar
riage of that particular lady should
have revolutionized the town in this
way."
He disdainfully stuck out his net.her
lip, a sure sign that lie was vouting,or,
as his walters would say, "aho wing his
lip.'9 itill, ho was on the point of ex
plaining;why such a cause had pro
duced so great an effect when the
rumbling of carriages resounded in the
street arid the air was filled with cries
of "Hero they come! here they come!"
It was the wedding-the famous
wedding of MIle. Blondurand-which,
after the ceremony at the town hail and
C at ohiteb, was passing by the hotel on
its way bask to the bride's residence.
It was followed by a crowd of idlers
* who ran along, shouting, wvaving their
hats, and shoving each other, even un
der the horses' feet, as they scrambled
in the duskafter the s,ugar plums the
groomamen were throwing by handf uls
through the carriage windows,.n h
stoop to gdy a better view of the cor
* toge as it"Wnt byv. Father Philip
shared in the general enthusiasm, and
seemed hugely' delighted as he pointed
out tonie the family and the invited
guests. '
~."There is Monsieur Blondurand, the
bn e's father, In' the second carriage.
Heliqi his wife la not with him! Par
vehiol ThatI baid headed gentleman
is our us pret.
"An 'whao is that Deasant woman in
full dress? She soms quite inmress
by the grand company in which she
tinds horself."
c'That 'is the groom's- mother, old
Mme. Florent. Doesn't the worthy
woman seem happyl Abyhow, there
she is, for the Qrst time in her life, rid
lag in a carriage."
"The groom is not a rich man,
then?"
"Who? Jacques ilorent? Why, he
hasn't a cent tb his, name."
"And his wife?"
"illle.- Celesto Bondurand has a
dowry of 500,000 francs, without men
tioning future expectations."
"Phowi Monsieur Jacques llorent
has fallon into i well lined nest."
Father l'hilip, smiled approvingly.
As his eye fell upon the occhpants of
two of the carriages in the cortege, he
suddenly exclaimed:
"There they arel there they arel"
They were invited, too, it seems.
"That is a capital joke," he added,
laughing until the tears rolled down
his fat cheeks. "?Tio really a good
jokel. * * * Do you see them?"
"Do I see whom? I don't see any
thing to laugh at.
"There, in the sixth carriage, that
tall light haired man, at the side of,
that"young girl In a pink dress with a
white-hat, is Monsieur de Vauvillain,
the chief baliff. And in the other
vehicle that small, fat man, with the
lady in green, is Monsieur Ohpputs, the
wealthy land owner. There is no doubt
of it, they are both invited to the
wedding!'
"Why, of course they are, Father
Philip, or you would not see them In
carriages following the bride. But,
tell me, why do you find it so funny
that those gentlemen should be in
vited to Mile. Bondurand's wedding?"
"'Tis truel I always forget that
you have just arrived And have, as yet,
heard notbing of it. If you only knew
* Ahi no, let me laugh."
"There Is an amusing .story con
nicted with the marriage then?"
"Amusing if you wish--that is, to
those w,ho are acquainted with the
parties".
"All the same, tell it to- me, Father'
Philig, I long to hear it."
Betng a well informed, loquacious
i!nnleper,.Fathgr Philip did not-r6
citfii" mucti peepita on; The d g
'trif anl.u' era i di's dpAe.
We vere alone on the veranda, where
travelers generally sipped their coffee.
I ordered two glasses of Madeira, and
after tastiig this the old fellow conm
-menced as follows:
"I must begin by tolling you that
Jacques Florent, whom you have just
noticed, and who han married so well,
was' born lit this nelghborhpod.
We usei to +a him, when' quite
smilall, going to the parochial
school, his sachel on his back,
and his hands in his pockets. He was
a civil. well bred youngster. When he
met one he would politely doff his cap,
and when school was dismissed he
would never loaf about the streets in
stead of going home. Ills mother, who
manages a small farm near by, would
take him to school in the morning
when she came to town to sell the milic
of her cows, and then would call -for
hIm in the evening en her way homoe.
She was a widow, and worked hard to
bring he-r son tip p)roperly.
On his side, little Jacques worked
haird also. QO fear lie won so many
prizes that lhe could not carry them all.
Tho ul isether determined .to send
him 1o college. Shie found no sacrifiee
to great In order to obtain thne means
of liaying for his board and lodging.
She wouild arise an hour.earhor In the'
morning and go to bed later at night,
while all day long she would toll like a
slave. Poor Mother Florent! - How
she did move about In those daysl
Luckily It was not long before the
youngster was able to provide for him
self, lie first won a scholarship here,
another at College, still another in
Paris at the Ecole Centrale, where he
stood at the head of is classes..
"Hie must b8 a phwnix, then!"
"I don't know about lis being a
pl:onuix, but one thing certain Is, that,
hike his mother, he Is a hard worker,
nind by working hard one always gets
on."
"I agree wiith you there."
"WVell, to cut the story short, he suc
ceede'd.- In ['aris, during three years.
ho faitbfully attended to his studies,
while lie gave lessons here and there,
andi by this means made money enough
to meet his smaller expenses. At last
he passed his final examination suc
cessfully, and, with. his diploma in his
pocket, lie returned home, ills good
reoputation had preceded him, and on
lis arr1ial M. B3ondurand offered hia
at situat,ion in his woolen mills."
"Ahl yes. Now I understand about
the marriage. Bhut how about those
two that you were laughing about
while ago? Where do M. de Vauvil
lain, the bailiff, and M. Ohapuis, thie
landed proprietor, come in?"
"Hold on, you go too fast. In plac
lng Jacques Florent at the head of his
factory M. Blond urand had not the
least idea of' letting hinw wed his daugh
ter-neither did Mime. B3oiduranid, I
assure you."
"Then Mile. Celeste's marriage took
place against their wishes?".
"N1ever in the world."
"I don't understand it at all,' thet."
"That Is not surprising. You dont
give me:time to -.explatu tbing. You
may well supposu thdt; '.ith" 1i
fortune, WJe..Ceieste, wh i a
lrig: young perdou,. as yori :.uay. ave
noticed:youraelf, aid who'was.bxQught
up as a princess, had no: end Of. ad
mirers. Every winter Mme. Iondu.
rand's parlors are thronged with the
hest society of tba town, and at be re.
ceptions the richest and most distin.
guished:people are;to l?e ,bt ;Eing
in engeer,- ycqg s, ted. . He
never failed to attend, bit he alwayF
remembered his place, while Messrs.
Chapuls and do VauviltIin paraded jp
the first ranks, -lettin;tit be know .hat
they were in love with Mile V41Jtte. "1
believe. thougir, that they were only I
love with her dowry. Each made up
his mind to Win the prize at any cost,
and the conduct of both was in strict
accordance with this determina'tion.
The strangest paFt 'of t4-9 whole epo
ceedinge was tliat'neltlier attempted 'tc
get into the good graces of 'the young
lady, who always treated them with
marked coldness.
"Singular loyers, those."
"They imagined that Mile. Ce1te
being'a good girl of a vety dooiled1is'po
sition, she would always, comply with
her parents' wishes. So they proceeded
to lay siege to the old folks. M.
Chapuis, by displaying an Interest in
M. liondurand's bueinesa 1r 4irs' Na
no trouble in Winniii him over,' while
M. Do Vauvillain, by means of hfa
nobility, and by putting on-the 'airs of
a great lord,.succeedel in getting- the
mother to espouse his cause to such an
extent that, in a short time, she prom.
ised hiin her daughter's hand, while on
the other side, her husband was mak
ing the same promise to his rival."
"And of course Mile. Ce eate pyo.
tested?"
"Not at all. She let things take their
own cothtse. It happened that She-had
occasionally danced with Jacques $lor
ont and had conversed'with him iuithe,
parlor. The young engineer'a quiet,
serious character and his easy,,distin
giushed manners soon Impressed her.
One day he spoke of his mother, of
her devotion to him, of the gratitpde
and ategtlon that. ie <bor~ "her Thla
proved to the young lady that his heart
was in he. right placb.' .Jdgu8s
his elde, h tlt,imse mr 'n ig
tiiai1,bd sc' k 2l 'h otn
him, but as he knew her "to "be 'y
rich. his demeanor 'was always so ro.
specc,ful that no word of love over
passed between them."
"And still"
'Of course everything had to come put
all right in the end.; lere Is the. natu,
ral veinding up of the comedy. The
irst time that M. and Mme.uonldurantl
communicated to AaOh-otlier thetir,,db
slgnsiin regaid to their. daughtor. there
was a terrible row. Just think. Mon
sieur wanted Chapuis for, hlis son.in
lew. Madame could not bear him; he
was a baboon, a Chinamnan,a miser. He
was ugly, deforined, ill bred, badly
dressed, unkempt and ridiculous. Ma
damo wanted do Vauvillain, whom
monsieur held in holy horror. A snob,
a talker, a boaster, a bobby, an' assi
noble, it was true, but a wretched beg
gar who depended entirely on his situ
"They could not agaee, then?""
"Of course not! 'Vauvillain, neveri'
exclaimed M. -Bondurand. 'Ohapua,'
replied his wife, 'I'il die irat.'
"It was at this point that Mile.
celeste took a hand in the game. She
told her father that 'she" lovnd ii.
.Jacques Florent, that MI. Fl'orent loved
her, and that she would be his wifo or
else she would marry de Vauvillain.
She said the same .to her thother, only
the conditions were: Jacques or Chap
10n'. kblther hesitated. In order to get
rid of the one each hated so much, both
consented. Thle game was won."
"Of coure'the'endineer was expect
in'; affai.rd to take this turn?"
"Not at all; but Mile. Celeste had
been astnte enough to . fot'esee that
there was no opposition to dread from
that quarter. ShLe had her fatller .to
call on him, and I need not say that
the worthy young fellow's surprise was
as great as his joy. You can under
stand that lie accepted the offer e.ager
ly, his only conditIon befn~g that, at
the wedding, the place of honor wopid
be given to his mother. You 'have seen
yourself that his wish was grant'ed.
"Now, if you want.to know. why the
whole town attended the wedding, Il
must say that it is because everybody
lhkes .tacques. And," added Father
Philip, with a cunning smiIe' if I
must tell all, you should remember
that we are in .the country, and we
have had nothing else to talk of during
the past three months."
A oReou:med BIarber's Had Dreoak.
They tell this story about -the Rey,
Mr. Manton, who wads a 7bdrber~ befobe
lie was a preacher. One of his tirst lern
cal acts was the baptism of a schild,
Wetting his hand in the wvatephboN1 he
laid ft on the child's head, and: tlfen
his mind reverting to. his old &iiiing,' he
began rubbitng the liead'Vigorouslya4d
turning to the astonished ioothuerit*aid i
"Shraipoo?"
Xn'all negotiations of difIleuty in
may not look to sew . and rq~ tonce,
but mudst PteDare b'usitiess, And Bo41peS
it by degrees. -'.,
The for
Oloatu ng QU mn4 OflAoerps eu
* ~ in
At Satland is, at
upkuown-musedaul.of the sfgnLQcut
and sometimes h, t objeota w iho
have aided in the -. J 1Ion' of g>eat
cr11m. ,Probably; o1is' -o .most
r iis ta e similar coil StP
It the oute' ther I
belleved to be a roo which tre "ept, :4
a selection of tt19. u 4 aid Q"
smugklin 1.lbto , y', p,it
flsebottPin liave
I eeized ip 14 eraoni;
of undoubt4c: JMiEOJ1 ! but of ~iaky a
honesty.., 1 tarla e is 'a simlar
blt probably muo Qte interest n
teihoum; since the 5a '.. of.
'otroi t
ge g od -
many people who i} ther :reards: re o
probably hO i deavor to n
defra'ud-= pie .v kt m
some eo 9 . r' vlaes
pr asPAqru tey nsjsyggler)s
which have, from toe'. to t
Eeized at the barrier; ;ity. or at he g
custom-houses thro Qot the count y,
Most of them are eu l ngly igenio n,
and somo- are mnde Of a .iiture t )
suggest that in f a ren smuggits
PQ@ess esprt, t L
What appears at w al glance tob e
a block of Oararra. te, .eally a
'painted lec irou it .6 rivd akt:
the froritler in a tra41i otn Italf a;tlogi t.e
wvith five sillar-'on' A Curious geo.
pression upon one of Be blocks nrbisl
ed the suspicion ofa ' nler, and upon
examination the tre a diA covered:
The boxes. were 4i "h ballast to0 ,
.hake tlieii heavy,' the bottom o
each flaw, 1 w of :Veretiau;
lace. A plie or in tt.,lookjng logs p1
of fQrewob , ,a oh urued14Tault
yere foun.dtto be o10 metal thbQe,
coveredwith the bqr, t tkea'Ad flllgd al
with dutiable;'t Y o
in qfleer w ' ar
witlYt.i ,.d afi'. tU
pect a pile ou di
iith r -n ' lb'o
twn y..fou 4
- ra
raungepnent was beixd thlis vessel wa
full of contraband randy. A cotII' b
dispptchq4 fromlayaeilles- and bearlt, P
a railway "Abel haa a curious history.
During the epidemic of cholera at Mat- v
seJIlea, tWp:or tP ' cois
were con talitpt g riers df
tiat city' and teO eri ectfully
uncovered as another cdftlned victim df
the pestileuMce W iol,inly wheeled
past gnva artn hTi,eealof infe.
tion lulled their suspilons perhoaps, but, tli
when thq cholera was btamped out an,
still the cotllns did not dimiuish in
i auibet,,itwas rpsolved 4o pltck: out
tr ihe t li't. of .Lti mystery. The ext ar
c.1 1111lta.t arrivel w' opened, and was th
fuytyl. 't be Cr;ingtned with choow. fel
cigara.I;
indla rubber dross impr r,i a-.
ranged t o coticeal art.iclea ofcontraband,
have often been seized, wbfli not the
least curious exhibit a' nt da-rubber th
b,: by, capable of fonitaining eighteen m
pints of unt,axed liquor. i
ReLtnit 1A aPavor. r
A tinker was. traveling in a c'ountry tL
town axi, having travel dmany miles a
'idioutf fneiti'ytti'n'gt3 d*~
ped .Weary an4 blingryjt a Oaeria
Here he got into conversation with a
glazier, to whom he related his troubles. TI
Tihe latter sympathized with him jleep
ly, and, telling.hiinl hef shib6iid lave a at
job before iobg, advised him to go to t
his dinner and eat heartily. The tinker
took his advice, ate heartily, and, when '
he returned to the bar-roomn, he was,
overjoyed to bear that'the landlord re-'f
quired his .serviget to' men4d a106of pans40
and kettles which hfad suddenly "drn
a leak." Thte tthkier was at ondee set t6 eLt
work, accomplished the task, recoilNd a
liberal sum in payment, and -started on
his way rejoling?Upon' re#hi1ug the
outside of the house, hs found the.
glazier, who said, :",Well, you see I-told da
you thie ttit,h. I procured you.a JQlb; at
and how do you think' .1 accomplished 11a
it?" "I am sure I cannot-telib'? replired di'
the tinker/ "I willitei-yodi?) rejoiu,d pri
the .glatier. .gon s toid .,geyou' were po
we&ry, li'ungry atnd dinnerlese. Iknew mi
t he land1ot4dWa# well o'ff, anQ 4oing a
ILood buisluese, and so 1 watched the at
op)portunity, and -started a loak in every ar
tenst I 9Oul ~~hold ,ofA ~l%
full vf gratitude, resum~ed his journey. tli
hiut ho had not proceeded many yards
before he reached -the village church, Us
when a brilliant Idea struck. him; the re.
glaieir hued befylenided phtm; geou he~~~
thought, could afford to bear a slight ba
loss in a good cause; so, taking upj ib
position where lie oquld iaotib fe64 h
riddied ri*sl f 1ed%s i$ a
elated y~Ltth his explolt, ,he yett e ha
steps to notify the glazier ,is.w
speedily hate- a vety' ibngdrtauW36& yd
form yett that. forttine has enabled irge
to return the kindness t eelted fIdl'
the iluzir, pleasanlye "I have.broken
near1Pall the wlndo-w'sjidif church."
ace as
1 he said,
a t renm ou don't mean
p} elied
f t ? n U
nfo
s. - goLd
rd rve$' ,aotu r, , of~ J uu v4'
' 9 8d t'ie itafor iu dt e$
tl; "but, my dear fellow, you hive
ined m Qr'I'kee : the ohurihiyw
14 ;: by the yeari
A good Persiatn mosque appears like
aet edifice of blue and white pdrce
n1 Some imes,.A t ,f ;ight yblue
. R r taMtof
en bleb 1
d i'e be r . n "es, he letters of
dioh are three, four,- and even six feet
g,.and way be read for miles, are
t ufoSnmon. But a few years ago
)sques and #trinos Were .frequently
dpOi@'-thif chooes6 treasures i
ignioientitiles ;dverea with inecrip.
Ts ii 1Ih: ree1d, blue, white' and
id, ,the. lette'so: which were fre.
eutly dACo ateI"ith that peop!l
i uost;art jii Prola), vhich
dQ. rliopsnriptions,give.forth a me
l1 diut#d >'ualigeddthein, wlleu
e tn s ra'K iel 1ujp them, to 'e
nble masses of burished; goldc' It
eftertb ' o the'$ mosques are mag
oe t, . t lssnore, beautiful Rre , giqe
t bl;ti,.wall$, the, arches, $t
. ors Iidta Y-s lon ,
it exgj- l al exeo
A ria mosaue is P.F place forV
di m4e tation;, a ,placo for cou nis
d sbie,'a place' where the heads of
Igion' a iddrems the multitude E
e " roruijioh.ioJse ,and conyorsa,
MI.ar, nde t aliiisQ, a .pace
ere .anglt it t e hou19ssa poor ,mpny
vays 8ni shelter and, at times, : eveu
x). NAt due- end of -the nibscide, 'dsI
lly theodnter'o the Wall, i$ a nicll
IS M" +he 'iltrab, Agi toatues the
,ection>of lb6j 1Meoea, iher tie
)i'dsuiniaii t,it inva lably tgurt
19 f@ i g ruveo. tie pillj
$9 At.te 114; 91 or the Cer'"
i is from-the village1t i=
tlepe rteL io quea, frok
1 cotlfUl'ated: -esitn i'eet=ttles haye
en wrenolied, sold foril.so, and' ei.
rted ith qtlie cai, irel ,r ctil
e,,t; reappr in ebo.fraivea.du
walla; of some wealthy European
ct4toso.
Spirits of tho Water.
The Russias believe that, the Rusaf
y, or" Water spirits; -tre beAutit'ul
tidens who allure passets-by, And if
3y catch them tickle them todohtli In
air crystal halls below the waves.
iring one week in the year they come
men for clothes, and rags anil threads
3 accordingly hung on the :trees for
3ir benefit. During that week,. fok
tr of offending the Ltuealk'as'iin ' be
f punished by the loss, of poultr, or
ttle,.no one must work or. abw. or
sh linen. When glrls are drownied
3y becomae Rusalkas arid the wives ol
e wvatery Vodyany, and whien snow
it~s into floods, or mIll dams are ear,
a away by - s*olleti torren~ts, mei
ow tiiat is 'due to the matintoilaiu
relry that always attends the celebra
i of miar4lage between a mo~rtailild
'pirit of the wvaters..
This Idea of 90ssible relations betMeen
ter spirits and human beings eeaq
very obvious corollary of Lba idea ci
manlike beings resident in tI. bevwter,
oe Idea of their marrying niortals is
19as6 as seasonable as 1,1 iclea oh
nir drodwning-them or tickling themi
death. And with the idea of, Suoli
tinge,taotiI,d be natural to opnneet
a Idea of some beneibtO dacorub tliere,
,is to the witer spirit, as well. as of
rious dnditlious involved in the mar.
go costr,aot. Thus woui arise such
r.da a&,thes ol' Undine or Melusina.
dTo E at, or' Not to E ant."
r'oo innch cannot b'e said in these
ye uipfithe prqpriety of easy manuners
the tRl$e.' It has lopg been an estab.
hed.laifot eikquette fdrithe host te
play3 the .utmost composure in the
asence of his guest, and the tdost 1m
rtant tUl in -this -ehbet 14 "ee
hke tn xfology.". ...
Wlien:io eIuke of Wellington was
Paris :as commnander of t(he alled
xnley,'Iia Ja invited to dine with
disA0s, one of the most udistin.
ished stat.esmesa and p),aa,aas ci
ltsthe course of the- ditmer bl.f host
Ving'helped him.tosOlli Ipai'iOtIfarly
nah'o?e dish, expressedL .i hope that
found it. agreeable. ''Veey 'good,"
[d tpe berger Waterloo, who Was pro,
bly sppdlating ,upop what -hQ wonld
ye done IC. BW.01iAE bdd -not dori
s. 'BVery.good1 but I really 'do 31ol
rfwhatL I at." - Qood GAdit' oet
lined dAAUtrLdns as. be 4iber ted
ok-ru a-dropped his fork, frigttiede
n'eatl Whst d*1 you die' blertelo
en?"
en who have o9pany must havE
0IAI f t i* a wock
T,Ub o1tAZY i Wa4O'irP 1
i'h. lMaeital Dsease wh:oh 'Alfllota
ho It 1u I e aanily
In ,thg reoeytly publisbed memoir of
Co1.nt'rltzthun, of 'okstidt, proofs
tre given of the hereditary pbaraeter of
1te .tutal disease which atloted ,tAe
imperal ftmily ot'Rusia. All t!le sops
1f Ozt.iIaual I, like that unhappy gron
t'oh lifs9Ic, whq was iuirdered in
101. hecame subjeot to fits of insanity.
'aul I had four sons-Ozar AlexabdIer"
1b the. Grand' Duge Oonstantine ti
Nillolas I aiid the G&aud tfie
to ypjr 4xtilbitedaipdoubei gs of
mental orengewent. Thin as got"
fully. discoverediin the case of Nicholas.
I until after the oiar's dedtl'.
i h f.pgislis;piystia , how$ve; the
tpnut ;y i, ntoe}1., tho ippeaoe; of
"he here<iitary ;dleepe. in .the ozar as
earlJyuns ly;. ie,3,ap he then predict.
ed.that the mounaroti had not more tiah
tiwo years of:life-before hini.- ThiA he '
'tated;Ini a letter to' fLtd Ylal1derston.
'The 1nvperot Z{ioIats died. in March,
.185, ab6ut four months earlier than.
the date, prudlcted. The count appears
to have. no - doubt .that the Crimean
war, so far as'it.depended on Nioholas,,
'Was tho 'rash act 'gf' a ruler "whose
montal'dQuipo.'t wis dlgtu'bed." None
of the foiir sons,of Paul.I,lived t be6Q?
years,of age, and 'every cue of them
suffered, from ,congestiQa - of the brain
after-reaching his 45th year. Aloxauder
died"a 48, a intse'able man, moody
an'd e ondelit-'tis Prince' fietterpicdl
,Iae i'alntect h(pn.,"tired' of -eeistenCo,"
<,.,His.brother,.the .Grand Duke 'Con'
-jstantine, though not mnanifestly insat}e
gave frequent signeoft mentl l distdu
'baqe; of which We'es''hbitioelt so
phinly,consoQu$ ?hat' e di,ngt.,thipk
hhxiself Ot to be trusted with. the reiis
of government 'His. conduct in the
year 1830, at the ontbreak t thbrevo.
11Ltien is Warsaw, wII.eaii (, ptoIV
11h natal,unsodndni . Yt ad; V,d he
intrustod'to the care,. .hJ ;w)e,fMthe
I?rincess: iowicz, wlo0waa oautoped E
in the same '.Way- ae 4e"t' pbyiciau ;ill
j',cage of a r'htt
l 'ofIeasa nI'x" fete d In & ye' i'
.rotr. .ag{ ioiti pf 1 'e btly... ie
Qrand D ke lotael ..wasekilled aby a
ease, and hs phyaono declared that
he was'on t eda. ,tqcertaIn ',Isauit.
Thie eveft of' 1$'i3 were lot .p 1=
culted'to a lay lher$dttary ispcs
tiqn of the imppr1al nily of Iussta,
bit to of lto ad, ia t4,ety them. There
is soheth g ,trrb..in th' oontrast
between the 'outwkrd ,position of the
Ciar Ntoihasi upon the bent of whose
i1li the fate pOt sd. many.mlllions-, in
Europe was depending, and the alleged
dWseased inward condition of his mil.
Dining oi a_Plot 'ri.#
The early days of Jules Aten's ct.
reer were a tIo1of etruggle" and pot
orty. le ad g1ad to draw,designs for
s, fashion journal, and ..once. he - weiit
daW1 to Danvilliers and painted forty
portraits of the villagers. The cost - of
living, sinall.as his ekpenses were, was
a serious matter. For thetrent of his
little' aLtic studio he paid fifty dollars a
year. Hie breakfasted upon three sous'
worth of bread and two of coffee, with
milk. For dhnmer, at a franco and a half,
about twenty-seven cents, hie wont to
the restau rant o'f Mademoiselle 'Anna,
Rue Salut-B3enoit.
In those early days he painted a plo
-ture of a peasant girl walking in a for.
est, in'spr ing; entrapped by 'Loves who
were casting thol's tiets before her feet.
This picture was accepted at the &Ba
in 1878, through the influence of Caba.
nel', but it. was not sold.. .1t was the
first piainting that Julbs Bastlen exhibit
ed, and its 'f&te' was 'a urious one.
Kind-hearted 'Mademoiselle Anna
understond'the needy state of the young
a'rt'sts who visited her 'restaurant, and
B'astien was her favorite.' When he
lacked thb-fian6and a liett for '~flnir,
she cheerfully gave him, credit.- and'
finally she,accepted this picture in pay-'
mont for a year's diraners. Afterward,
when the naeme of the. artist .became'
famous, she. Was.offeredi four times- the
amount of her bill for the pAinting, but
she refused' b piart with. it, -and kept
the first work of hier protege until her
death.
Hfow Grant Gained a Victory.
It being thae.fashio'n ndwadays ,to re
late 'incidents of our great *ar. 'I yen.
tura to repeat one told by C3olonei H--,
'an oflcer 'as rea1sttable for th0 fertility
of l1#:imnagination as for his great
mili.ary sagacity. Hie 'usually intro.
ducd' $Is ototly to ally group of' gen%le
mr yonk. he soughit to :rntereQt, hj
the query,' "Did you ever, know what
-~.4" On receiving a negative crepi3
lie groul ekplain, an follows: "tlighl
in thie ;middle. o. that battle Qepiera
Grant came riding up to me on th4
field, looking prie perplexed thati I
~had eVer seen him'appear tio be lbefore,
'Oh, Charley,? said he to me, 'what
shall I'do? The day ')s a61d1g gainst
nie;1alf ialost. What'bhall, I ddol~'
looked.St hit0 a rzo,aient. 'Why, Lis,'
saidSi, 'don't you know?' Hie declarqd
he-didn't. 4 smiled. O,Cale
sadal e 'heb m. out of tlitipi' '"Then
told him to move up his centres .44~pl9y
with hissight, andi strike th~e e60ml
hard on is left wing. Lis did it *M4
the battle was won,"
, TIPMTO EUROPtas
How -a soston rrall Got a Vacation
and, a tl nest.
-J heaid ? i a'down iwe odid of a
tale which recali6.HaWilioruis stOry of
a mall who, Vent out roi walt one.
eveAing, after saying goodby to his
wife, and did not return for twenty
years,:whioh he spent in a house on the
adjoinin'd street. - It seemk thit A oiti
aen ot AostPn, whose name, if I should
gave, IO14, ie. recogiz1ed at once by
ma0y 9t myp readerp, fouu. himself
et eprlug ip J very worn,and nervous
eondq9 , It seaed to be absolutely
v$ + that ihe,shgul.gq some here
where It would be impossible for letters
of, telegkams of business to anoy him.
*h6 fa 'it niytjn suggested a trip
to Europ9;'bd ils wife professing her
llingness to stay at hopds', hnd ldok
after toe large family, of childre., the
mrchant, t9r .tgh,.hewa8, Apparently
aCquiesph4. Iie stlVulated:thst,no one
sh.uld see him on, and that nq letters
ehould be expected from him, .but, in.
stead, he promised to send a "cable
gram" twice a week to his. wife. ,The
fact 'was that he had a horror of
the sea voyage, apd had secretly .resol
ved to gratify a homeBlck desa1e of
revisiting alone-wliieh b wo4 gever
have been allowed to d dInder ordinary
oircumstances--the village in a nertiern
New Engldud region wliere hi child
hood Waspebt. Howeer, he engaged
passage in a White Star stoatier, and,
after an aifeotiohate fareWell to both
is wife, and children, started for New
York. Ie etayed. in that city justiong
enoug to, mao "sure.that his Aame
*as on the p eseuger 1ist of the steam
tllp and to agrA1 for !kserlQs.of half
w6elkl .'esble raa". from,. Liverpool,
Londob, Pal lEucerne,. etc,,. to his
wife; ani departe for. the count ry.
The trick was ceitainly'a cruel bne,
but the man's Waental condition was so
uorbid and: perverted that' i tiinklhe
Must be hold. iatly exottsable. . Some
itoi'tlod is also exite(t by ,the. 4eat
w ith w h th aq\ w ,carried
oitt. Prayera were duly ofere4 In an
lpdbpal dhuroh for "a persoi goi' to
aeu" hlid tribde note' With O thfac
tiuti "nlt
ailslj 1id e ltelegrams ?at b lfe' '
recelved every few days annoiiuong
is contiued improvemeht' In health
were a great. astfsfaetiouo her. In
fact,ho.wever, hei husba:nd wasrustleat"
iug under'"n. afumed nawe at a little
taveru in h is nativeYlilage. He bought
a 11rse, rode about the country reviv
!ug old recollections, and breathing iu
rest and strength froin the puretmount
tali air. -
The delioisement {was, of course, the
aps..; dicult pAp3rt. of the affair. lie
had i)tended. at first to - keep up the
e7usion.-to-the.very end, and ostensib
1y return ;from the foreign tour laden
with'Eui'opeaai presents, purchase1 in
New York. But as his nerves re
coveted their wonted tone and his
thoughts began to be' less engrossed
with himelf the instinct ot honesty
rensserted itself, and. he determined to
make a full confessiop.. He had kept.
Informed by some means of the where
atbouts and condition of his wife and
aibildren, and accordingly he was able
'o surprise them one day last week by
aiding cal.nly into the .seaside village
wvlere they were staying, and dismount.
ing; broitzed and healthy, in t he bos.Om
of h.ia faily. A good deal of explana
ion- was necessary, and thore was some
bhame oni' one side-and. some wounded
(ee)inigs on the other; but upon the
principle that ."all's well- that ends
well," the affair was amicably settled.
Au Automattao: Chewing Gumi Stoi&
A man whose business is that of sell.
log chewing, gum Informed me that
about oraty tons qf ;thi4 delectable com
pound are. sold annualiy in' Boston
*alone. The conipany that, he repro
s6nts has Invested over $fl0,000 in~
b0xos which are ingeniously construc
ted-to deliver five good,liberat "Chews"
to the custoinet who dep'osits'a"nickel"
in the top of, the box. These boxes are
distributed free of charge all over the
ity and..country.. and it requires a
maH army of -men -to collect., the colds
and reaill the buxes;with chewing -gum,
Iinquired if unscrupulouse persons
id not occasionally dQposit articles
other than ,the cohgp,.f.,$1Q..ealm, in
order to obtain te gum result, and hea
replied that old knife b1Mlges. .buttone,
lite of lron and lead and ophier ebria
Were 'ofteu found1 ini the boxes,.but they
nardiy -ever, responded suless thej
heard the rinko fl trtue ngetnl. Th'ie
e6n'ghewh6W public have very little
idea of the extent to whichl $hIs'ujt
cent b.1abip of, exolting the egivary
gliads 4a:practioed. Perhaps i6 series
Its,puirpose in -allaying the crgl#g fpr
,irnase edoient p0 64,nj$gn ( the
4anedl*Ia pOopi9, and ift as I am In
'ormed .is the dases;it 'ftsn"eures t,he
inveterate tobaccoaeohewer- of hsis die.
gusting habit, it,will Gro a'blessing,
aid ' ate use inightb be eneoturaged -lgy
legislAtjve 'eadtthdje. WYhy,d1oa
ale ggentaMoVe'id exclaimed,,.what
diminution of -erime,- wig prp t I
poitics ad O l t he,
njosj aip4sehste i3gilit notr result'
freta a liberal supply of gum gratut
ougL.v furnished in eara Quarters