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The steerable or navigable balloon of the young Brazilian, M. Santos-Dumont, engrosses the attention of Parisians. All sorts and
conditions of men and women went to St. Cloud to as the young inventor rèhoarse his trip to the Eiffel Tower, reind it, and back to the park of St. Cloud, with.r half an hour. He may at any moment recommence, fulfil the conditions, and so win the prize of 100,000 fraues. But a very unseemly party has been organised against him; half the balloon society comunes to belittle him, now that encenes is within his grasp. His crime is, that he is a foreigner, likes the English and the Americans, to the small-minded patriots are exasperated ant jealous at the idea of a foreigner, and not & Frenchman, solving the problem of controlable | aerial navigation The Secretary of the Balloon Club has been dispensed with, because he was too warm a partizan of the young Brazilian's access. The French Goverment has a hat on department, established by Gambetta, ostensibly to discover a steering balloon; the
for the dressing of a table are magnificent, many of the plates being coloured. He brought out a popular edition of his works, and was contemplating a Monnal of the Cookery Art for the million. He had some Inten tien to establish a Culinary College, keep
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Eumber of "professore," whom he could THE engage and recommend to frat-class families for a week, to direct their gala or Imultan banqueta. He has left no manuscript for publion. tion. He died last March, and his comrades chefa de cuisine are now on the era of exacting a monument to his memory-the first of its kind in France. In the days of Roman grestsONA, a cook who succeeded in pleasing the palates of New guests, could count upon being rewarded by the presont of an estate,
In the early days of the late Exhibition, the Government gave a lunch-banquet to 28,000----- less than one-third of the Mayors of France. Each Mayer has now been presented with a modal commemorating the event. The soutenir is of course designed by Roty, and reprosenta on one side the Repablic supported by Fome, and on the other face the tale of honour at the banquet with date. Upwards of 28,000 of these
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They have discover- M. Pichon, ex-French Ambassador at Puking, and his lady, and who went through the and Major Rear ed nothing, and that is a sort of reflection on French science and explains the set. at the siego of the Legations, received a warm and The sincere welcome on their arrival in Paris. For twelfth hour, made against Dumont.
eign Minister Deleurs requested him to nume lattor is only 25 years of age, pleasing in munnors, and incfensive; he has constructed his own date for occupying his new post as Governor-General of Algeria. Madane Pichon five balloons, bearing the rest out of his
has a pet dog, of a Japanese breed, that never own pocket small expense. He
leaves her side, since the Boxers shelled the men of agreeable address, and langba wheu toll of the opposition set up against him. "Concentration Camp" of the British Legation. He only want to win the prize: he does not want to become French, boing quite happy as r Brazilian. It made uncomfortable hote, he would go to Englund, where he was educated, and in fact brought up, or to Now York: he is greatly attached to both countries.
The fortifications of Paris-the folly of ex- President Thiers--wer countracted in 1842. 150Anticipating another general war, he acted on Napoleon's lament, namely, that bad Paris in 1814 been able to hold out against the Allies, bo would have no want to abdicate. The works cost six million ponnits sterling, on tirole the |apital, with–94– fronte or iour, each 396 yards long, and 20 feet high, with an average width of 20 to 55 yards. The fortifications kept ont no enemy, except M. Thiers and his government, which the Commane cheiod away. The Gertaens had no necessity to try the value of the big ditch, since they could reduce Paris
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Desertions from the French army though few. are not the less increasing. is so severe on the subject, and escape next to impossible for the delinquent, thus it is really surprising that any attempt to desert is made. Any one who, shelters a faserter can be sent to prison for three years. He anot escape arrest in France, any new gaarter he dies to, he must exhibit his papers of identification. He cannot quit the country as an emigrant without complying with many formalities. Guilty, he must serve sir, ínstead of three years. In a ward, he can only escape the army by committing suicide, which is n common solution.
It appears that a Frenchwoman can recover damages for breach of promise of marriage. Ville. Gérard d' M. Thuan for £2,000 damages for not keeping his word: he replied he was always ready to wed her, but the young
marry the funcde within three months, or pay the fall amount demanded, including costa.
to ashes by their siege artillery five miles away.lady refused. The Court directed M. Thuan to Besides, it was kuown that the city most sar- reader to famine. The Govermasat has been prevailed upon to sell about ene hall of the sto Swindling and gambling are the scandals most of the fortifications to building speculators. in vogue in Paris, while immorality is being Ex-Minister of Marian Lockroy desired to sell monopolised by rich and respectable people. The all that could be auctioned off, and with the club houses of Paris are licensed; play is toler- proceeda construct u naty at once equal to thotated on certain conditions, and a special tax is of England's. As it is, the matter is like levied in support of the poor. The secret
Mahomet's coffin, between earth and heaven; polies are entrusted to keep a lynx eye on the In any case, the waste grevud is an eyesore. tables, But it is in horse-racing that the evil If sold in part, some 50 millions of france-one is most rumpaul, as there every form of trap is set to catch, to blood the nuwary. Leading third of the original cost-would be realised.
This being the silly season may ex lait why members sport litles, of their own manufacture, some fossilised philosophers draw public atteur hire a played-out aristocrat to ornament a tion to the claims of the two rival pretenders, syndicate. Thoughtless foreigners are the chief Prince Victor Napoleon and the Bake of victims. When detected, they are requested Orleans. France ignores both: she is not yet to leave France. Monte Carlo has ceased to be ing to the cottage of his beloved. She was tired of the topallic, So long as she has level in vogue. There seems to be a slump in the Anatel by the tire, kutting, eat at her feet-headed presidents like a. Loubet, she may Riviera regions; strangers go elww hers.
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Since the holding of the Congress on Tuber. culosis in London recently, very commendable Proposing to a girl; which was the sub-zeal has been, and is displayed against con jest of our last paper, is easy, and sumption, especially against the vice of thought nice, compared to proposing to her father for ber. Fer Fathers had their daughters great resources and are not, in this case, anxietN to hundr! their raonroeS. THE WEDDING and the HONEYMOON.
A parish clerk said to the clergyman who wae adding a homily to the marriage service: "Please to cut it short. sir; they've got the enly by the hour." MARRIED A YEAR,
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of passengers, and bog, el tiem not to indulge in that filthy and dangerous habit-dangerous, as it is the means of spreading the germs of the secargo. In Paris, the principal centres of infection are the railway platforms, and carri ages. In the corridora and rooms of public offices, spittoons are now-liberally-supplied, and men are told off to see that they are properly cleaned out and disinfected. Bat. French scientists do not recept Koch's now views, that tuberculone ment and milk are from from dan- ger. They consider that tuberculosis is not
"Shakespere says that muu ve April when they won, end December when they wel,' but not a fox women can say of their huchumia what Gürrick's wife maid of horn
He never was a husband to me; he was hereditary; they are divided whether it is com always lover.***
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tereo, The Academy of Medical Science will appoint au important commission to investigate the contested points. The leading vota will sish bus atlised, though a great many French doctors taks out a certificate for following the lectures in the Veterinary Colleges of Paris, and, above all, of Lyons.
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The otections for the renewal of Councillors to the '86 departments have just taken place there are the second ballets te tako place. The first ballot realted in the return of 1.067 re- publicans, and 200 rovulate, or a mesin for the former of 50 seats. All that was discounted. The Republic may be considered as being a fix ture, as much as any institution can possibly be so. Only the Republic can kill the Topublic. But France would incur guoli
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