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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