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SHOPPINa IN PARIS. How Women Go Crazy Over Al leged Bargains. ' An American Mrhooluia'ara Who 1Va Drawn Into the Vortex of the lion Marche. and Learned Wisdom. Paris Cor. New York Tribune. On the great occasion of the miss en vente (special sale) the campaign is elaborately planned. On the sidewalk are counters filled with cheoDer roods, or eoods out of fashion, where voluble salesmen entreat and beguile the white-canned bonnes and housewives. Against the wide entrauce are trays filled with neckties, small shawls, cheap lace made up in various confections, with prices marked. A Ion? tray at the entrance is filled with colored ribbons. Behind it are stacks of piece goods, a table of silks or brocaded vel vets, and still In line ready-made dress skirt, cotton, silk, and velvet, for no claw is neg lected, In every available part of the store are similar tables, on each of which is sup posed to be a bargain, which can not be found in the regular department In the morning everything is in order, each clerk at his post Through the day the crowd gathers. Between 3 and 5 o clock in the afternoon the aisles are packed with women of every class and condition. And the spirit is upon them. There are few such scenes out of Bedlam. The muscles of fine ladies are as good for a spurt as those of the white caps, and thoy fight their way man fully, one and all. Mantles are torn off, drees skirts are pulled off their hooks, a hand kerchief dropped is a dirty rag, a parasol let fall is riddled. Around each tray of Coupons or occasions is a solid phalanx of women stirring them up with both bands, grasping and grabbing. Salesmen and women hover on the outskirts, putting i; judicious words, although speech, now that the fury is on, Is of less moment The air has become hot and stilling, the aisles impassable except to the shoppers, who, like the insane, have been given unusual strength. Each tray of lace is surrounded by women two rows deep. Those inside are rooting through the tray with both hands; those outside have each thrust one hand be tween the women of the innor line, and grasp first at one and then another article as they come within reach. There is a wild glitter in their fixed eyes. They breathe heavy. Each is apparently oblivious of the other. Satiated or -weary, they leave the Spanish lace and pass on to another tray, elbow and push to secure a position, and tees, dig and root the chenille capes. Their places have been immediately filled with the unsatisfied occupants of the outer row. The Spanish lace ncnus mignt be so many rags, toe cnen ille capes are in wild disorder, the remnants of the lace are unpinned, their marks gone, and the tray is in a state of chaos. All through the shop similar scenes are re peated. The craze takes two forma Some women are paralyzed. They go through the entire shop, rooting among laces and ribbons in a sort of fury, and buy nothing. The more dangerous form is that of buying and more common. It is the form to which American women are most susceptible. There was a pitiful instance of this in a school teacher who, by strict economy, was making a tour during her vacation. Fortunately she did not come to Paris until about ready to return home. As is well known, the Magazin du Louvre is directly opposite the Louvre. Each time she found herself on the way to the Louvre she became entrapped in the shop, Invariably, when she finally reached the gal lery, it was within half an hour of closing time. "I can't get any further than the Grand Galerie," she confessed. "Cau't you tell me of some other door, so I can reach the Salon Carre? I daren't go home without see ing that big Murillo, the Mona Lisa and the Marriage in Cana." The young woman knew what she was. after, but was entangled in her femininity, In an evil boor she went to the Bon Marche on a day of roupon. But she shall tell her own story: "I don t know bow it happened. It was like a great suction-pipe, and I got drawn in. I went in to buy a package of shoe-strings. I'm always out o( them. I got in, and I didn't go out until after 6, and then a salesman led me out because they wanted to close. I bought three remnants of black ' silk and two pieces of brocaded velvet, two pairs of Lisle thread stockings, and two pairs of silk stockings, a cashmere skirt ready- made, and one of silk and velvet, a brass plaque, three embroidered handkerchiefs, a parasol with lace around it; a dozen yards of l uching, nine pairs of gloves only one with eighteen buttons, the others only cost a franc and a ball a pair a Spanish lace fichu, two ostrich feathers, five yards of jet passe menterie, some colored ribbons, a box of assorted hairpins, an alligator card case, a box of Lubin soap, and some sachels, a thread lace hand kerchief, and a fur collar. I think that's alL I spent (73. They told me I could return them if I didn't want them. I forgot I was going to London on the early morning train. But, oh I tell me what I will do I had money to get here and my steamer passage but how will I pay my board here and get to .Liverpool r "Do.you want the thingsf "No, nol a thousand times," the poor thing shrieked. "What did you get them forf "Somehow I thought it was my duty. They were so cheap." It is a young woman who always like to put her acta on a high moral basis. In a house full of women tour ists with still a few dollars left, it was not difficult to dispose of the purchases. She herself was sent off to Liverpool and home a wiser woman. To all this, the method of selling con tributes. To an American the pertinacity of the French clerk, his persistent politeness so long as he believes you a possible purchaser, is a source of wonder, accustomed as she is to the comparative indifference in salesmen and saleswomen at home. sVbjr a Woman Thrown Awkwardly Clara Belle's Letter. J "The absence of adipose tissue," the doctor said, "reveals the action of her spinal column beautifully. Observe the articulation of the top rib with the vertebras as she lifts her arm. That member shows, now that she uses it in adjusting a stray lock at the back of her head, the jointing of the single bone of the upper arm to the two bones of the forearm. The ulna has the shortness characteristic of females; and the reason why she reaches up awkwardly is the same that prevents a woman from throwing a stone gracefully the thinness of ber scapula and the shortness of her clavicle. See the movement of her ex tensor muscles. Now she shrugs, and you get an idea of the arrangement of the boces and muscles in her shoulders. Ah ! she'd be a rare subject for dissection." Italians In Xew York. The Italians in New York are said to be more economical than even the Chinese. A whole family will subsist on fi a wet, rent excepted. In all quarters of the city they are monopolizing certain industries and ac cumulating money. Mexlro'a Lleeaned Beggary. Fannie B. Ward in Pioneer Press. In Mexico there are no ahns-!iouso to' shelter the paupers, but mondicauts are regularly hoonsod, and allowed to live out thuir lives in their own way, as long as not ocnmderedj dangerous. Throughout the length and broadth of the country Saturday ia kuown as "Ueggur's Day," when, undor couuto nance of church and state, they levy their donmnds upon people with "tho ut most confidence. They conio out of their holes and coverts in swarnis the blind, the halt, tho lame and tho lazy and by sunriso on Saturday morning the streets are full of thorn. First they make the tour of tho shops and mar kets, and tho merchants, expecting them, have laid by a store of small coin for tho purpose. To neglect to give would bo a pooi1 advertisement, for among the professional beggars are some good customers for the rest of tho week. Then they patrol every street and, not a houso is left unvisited, or a person whom they meet unimportuned. The legalizod paupers aro never im pertinent, but if ever so harshly re pulsed will make you an obeisance worthy of Chosternold in his palmiest days, and politely respond, "pcrdo neme nstod. " A favorite expedient for getting rid of thorn six days in the week is to say, nada na ta Sabido nothing until Saturday with which implied promise they are perfectly sat isfied. Their quiet assurance is some tunes amusing. The other day a ono- lgged man accosted me in tho markot place, with outstretched hand and the usual per Dios for Ood's soke. I felt in my purse, but found nothing loss than a dollar, rather too much for a wandering scribe to squander upon one of 10,000 applicants; but without the least embarrassment the old follow drew from his pocket a handful of sil ver and courteously offered to make change for mo. English View of American Hotel. London Telograpb. If, on the other hand, we turn to the United States, we find a country in which prevails a botol system the most elaborate and most extensive in the world. A guest may obtain nearly all the requirements in life in an American hotel. There he cau eat, and drink, and sloep, wire telegraphic messages to tho uttermost ends of tho earth, read at Chicago by means of the " perpetual tapeworm" machine the quotations of the exchanges of London and Paris, have his hair cut, be "barbed" and "fixed," purchase tickets for the play, read the papers by eleotno light, have his visiting card engraved, his boots polished and his corns cut, borrow urn brollas and dress suits by the day or night, and bny cigars, chewing tobacco, railroad tickets, comio publications, white kid gloves, and molasses candy, "Essentials" and "non-essentials" alike are provided at fixed prices, and no fees are nominally expected. When the traveler pays his weokly bill for board lie does not find it supplemented bv a per day for attendance; and, if the traveler be really what the American term a "right mean cuss," ho may travel from Uape Uod to the Uolden Uates, and from the gulf of Mexico to 'Wash ington torritory, without, so far as his hotel bills are concernod, disbursing a single cent beyond the stipulated charge. Adam Preferable lo the Bartholdl "Liberty." Mark Twaiu's Letter. But, on tho other hand look at Adam. What have wo done for Adam ? Nothing. 'What has Adam done for us ? Everything, lio gave us life, he gave us death, he gave us heaven, he gavo us hell. These are inestimable privileges and remember, not ono of them should we have had without Adam. Well, then, he ought to have a monu mentfor evolution is steadily and surely abolishing him ; and we must get up a monument, and be quick about it, or our children's children will grow up ignorant that there ever was an Adam. With trifliug alterations, this present statue will answer very well for Adam. You can turn that blanket into an ulster without any trouble; part tho hair on one side, or conceal the sex of his head with a tiro helmet, and at once he's a man ; put a harp and a halo and a palm branch in the loft hand to symbolize a part of what Adam did for us, and leave the fire-basket just where it is, (o sym bolize the rest. My friend, the father of life and doath. and taxes, has been neglected long enough. Shall this in famy be allowed to go on or shall it stop right here? A School In Tunis. Cor. Worcester Spy. We visited a college frr young boys. The class-rooms were small, without windows, and lighted from the entrance door only. Little benches a foot high were used for desks, the scholars and teachers sitting on the floor. They all studied aloud. Each scholar in reciting took his seat directly in front of the teacher, and within easy reach of his rod, both continually sway ing their bodies back and forth. Most of the professors were quite young men, with very intelligent faces, t rench is considered very essential in the educa tion of boys. The poor girls are not educated at all, very few being able to read. We only heard of three who had this accomplishment, and these were the daughters of the secretary of the bey. Ihe women Bpend their time in making their clothes, dressing and sleeping. Had Hooked Onto Hlx. Exchange. The man who was about to marry for the sixth time, and w ho replied, "We've usually sot, when asked by his minis ter to stand up, has been heard from again, lie recently leu Jo. i to the altar, and, when asked for the ring, re plied, "Parson, I've hooked onto six of em without a ring, and we km git along this time. I'll try and remember it in the future, though." IMverw' Work. N'ew York Sun. "What different sorts of work do divers doT "Well, they lay sea walls, blast rocks, build piers for bridges, repair vessels, tear up wrecks, search for dead bodies, recover things that have fallen over board, and do anything that is to be done under the water." FRENCH MARRIAGE. The Religio . Civil Ceremony Ar ranged Between tho Two Families. J. II. Haynie in San Francisco Chronicle. 1 Marriages are arranged in France, with very few exceptions, on pure busiiuw prin ciples. They don't all young girls iu Fraues like calves and colu, as they do in Germany, but they sometimes come pretty close to it The present marriage laws of Franco are very singular and belong to an antiquated state of society which was misused for so long by tho priesthood. Until a man is 'J5 years old ho is compelled to ask permbwiou of iis parents to wed, and if his pareutit are dead then he must seek peroilwioii from his grand mother and grandfather. If he to "turned 25" he may serve his unwilling father and mother with those documents, at in tervals of a fortnight from each otlior, called summations rwpecteuse, or respectful summons, and if tho parent still remain obstinate then the malre gives bliu permimion to pamur outre, that is, to got married with out their consent With the woman the age of her freedom is fixed at 21; but should she undertake to get married even after that age without full (tareutnl consent society would have so much to say about it that she would be almost cast out among the wicked ones of the world. This gives the parents quite a despotic power over the matrimonial inclina tions of their beloved offspring. Sending a document throu;li the medium of a notary to stubborn parentH would be a scandal far more sbockiag than to break elthor one of the commandments. Generally eaking, marriages in Franco aro arranged betweou the two famlies with the help of a notary. Sometimes, it is true, thero is a romance or a sentiment about the alTair which tells of love and affection; but this does not often happen. Tho usual way is for the parents to arrange matters. A marriage having been considered advisable between two families, the young couplo are Informed of the fate which is in store for them, and after a few interviews in the pres ence of third persons the banns are pub lished, as they say in England, but not lu the same manner. In France the banns are put up at the mairies (mayors' offices), of which there are twenty in 1'aris a'loue. Tliey con sist of a notice posted on the doors of the mairie, where it remains for two week Usually there are two weddings; but one alone that at the mairie, or the civil mar riage is made obligatory by the law, and without it the religious marriage is entirely void. The religious marriage is alwayt cele brated after the civil ceremony and a great many persons disregard it altogether. I have witnessed many weddings hero in Paris, both civil and religious ones, and I must say that usually they are not the im pressive affairs some writers would have us believe them to be. The popular days for weddings are Tuesdays and Saturday The fiances, their relations and their witnesses have met for the purpose of proceeding to the mairie. The witnesses are by long odds the most Important personages in tho group. lie is a lucky bridegroom who cau iuduco some great personage to serve him In this matri monial capacity. A great deal depends upon the standing of those witnesses, and happy are the couple who can boast that a states man, an academician or a nobloman is one of their friends "for this occasion only," if no longer. Some of the invited guests have brought their children, dressed out like dolls and as timid as mice. While tho party are taking their seats the ma ire Is preparing him self for tho occasion. Ho wraps a triixlored scarf around bis waist, and it is this scarf which alone confers on him tho power to pronounce tho words from the civil code which no human power can afterwards sot aside. When ho is ready tho hussier opens tho door loading into the public salle and cries out, "Monsieur le Mains I" Everybody stands up, the maire enters, sits down, and then the audience do the same. The door leading into the street is loft wide open, and it must remain soduring the entire ceremony, for the law requires that a civil marriage shall bo a public oue. Anyone has a right to enter, and, if there be any reason for doing so, to make an objoction. At the mairie a clerk is seated before a dotJt, with a large) register before nim. When thoir names are called the "loving couple" advance to the platform, and, with their relatives and wit nesses, seat themselves in certain largo plush chairs, which are used exclusively for such occasion The clerk reads a part of the law governing marriages, and then the maire asks both candidates for matrimony if they consent to take each other for man and wife. When the progenitors of tho couplo are pre sent, they are asked if they give their con sent. Then the maire reads from the civil code tho paragraphs descriptive of the rights and duties of the spouse Ho then declares them married, and the signing of the record by tho married couple and their witnesses completes the ceremony. Last of all there is a collection taken up at the door, "pour lospauvro" And Ever la J nstlee Done. The man that peddles apples ont of a wagon puts the largest ones on top. The man who sells apples on a street-stand, also puts the largest ones on top, and every one picks them out, and leaves tho small ones on his hand This, dearly beloved, is very rough on the keeper of tho street-stand, and proves that there are sermons in apple Befleetlons of a Doctor. "As a general rule it is bettor to lose patients than to save them. Tho heirs of a dead man never try to cut down a bill; while the sick man, once cured, Is a very bad customer to make pay." ADULTERATION. "What is that, mother, that eomos from the urn, Fragrant and strong as we get it in turnT' "An infusion of leaves from for Cathay, Leaves of the alder and leaves of the bay, With a twang, and full flavored, just as it should be, And I think there may be some leaves of tho tea." "What Is that mother, so coldly blue, Like a wintry sky of azure huef "That is milk of the city, that mixture, my dear; The milk of the chalk-pit and pump that if near, That would not bo owned by a sensible cow, Fcr she never could mako it she wouldn't know how." "What Is that, mother, yellow as gold P "Butter, mv boy not the butter of old. In the heyday of old we said tit for tat; Twas a prophecy when we said butter for 'fat;' That is butter to those whom the feoffor calls green; To the elect it Is oleomargarine.'' "What Is that, motherf " Tis the pepper of trade; But the Lord only knows of what It is made; Of roasted meal, of dnst, and peas, With a daih of cayenne to make one sneeze. It is hot and strong; but it's rather queer, Of the ground pepir-corn, there's none of it here " lliii The Strongest and Best. THOMAS PRIOR. Atialvtic Chemist nronouness tin HUNT UAKINO l'oWliKK urrfy oue-tlilnl ttrougsr Uuui any sold on Ilia l'eolne Coast Kan Fiuni'Iih-u, Keetmler'.lt, 1881 H. 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Der 01 suoMripuona. upon reoelpt ot the single sub scription price (I3.U0) at our otfloe, a boa of these superior pans will be Immen lately forwarded, and the WEEK LY ALTA eent tor one year, making the subscrip tion In reality only ONE UOLLAB per year. Addreas all communica tions to the Alte California Publishing Oomnanr. tit TO TUB California street, Baa Fran cisco, CaL ALTA Walter Turnbull, Manager. 83 OO I'cr Year. THE BEST FAMILY PAPER. This BELT or Rsgener tor a mwle esprwwiy for theroreof dfrnngrmenu of tlte generative ornn. There is no mistake about this Instrument, the con tinuous stream of KLEU TK10ITY rjermuatlnir throoKb tho parts nmrt restore them to healthy action, bo not confounil tula with Clertno Belt advertiard to cure all 111 from head to toe. It Is fot tneONEspeeina purpose. J,,r ,.lrrnlar Ktvlog lull Informs Uun. aiklraes L1hws) KieCUW imuvvhMH rieeiuugwuiau,iuM'vlu. w xn rxiiusizjrsrTS mv&w miai SOO FarlM-irrnph IMcfurea, EACH 1,000 ' ftlHI I'iM'kvt Knivea, f. ii 11 jo emu., oia I Ton ItllltKr USUI l.OOl) ioll ItliiKa, HiHika.r-to..! each 1,0M It. K. (iiwiilmclis, EAU1 10 ISO I Sliver Keni . Hi till IT. S. (Jrveiiltncka, KACII Wff 100 A Sowlnir Miw-lilnra, fift K.U II 375 II ItrrmTi-l imilloic hliol Uiina em-It 175 ISO 9 Kewhiir Mil hln-, KAt II 05 ISO !l Kami Waitons.KM II HO 1(10 4 SIlv.T Wun-lK-a, KAt II :io 140 AO I. S. (iiwnbnrka, t KAt II SO !i I.ikIU'.' t'lml.-lulii" M'alehes 0 IfftO 1'holoifrni.li Allniin, KAt II MO.. 9.R0U ami d7.flH7 oilier prvwnta valurd at IVuiiiSIO rentato! KAt'll. w lib-li miikv h icmnil total of 100.000 pn-wlilM, Hum Kimiiinl.-rliiic m jireaent to all lu hciiiI ua r l.oO, aw directed. A8K FOR AMMEN'S COUGH SYRUP. Take no othc& Ammen's COUGH SYRUP CURES Golds, Coughs, Croup, Bronohitis, Whooping Coagh, acknowledged the beat for ASTHMA, CONHUMFTION, and Lung Troubles. Iteoommended by Clergymen and Editors. Prosoribed by I'hysieinns. Indorsed by all who use it. PIANOS. nil linn S,0M New and 8onnd-hand Pianos rlAmlN at half price, l'lanee 75 end up. AnU I IflllUU anlirianoraotery.MtatlKlliaot.. B. I 7.Kl,TO flANUM. IIRKHASf riaaoa, Htandard Organs, Hlirnt Mualo, and M iialoal Mcrohanillse ef every iliwcrlptlou at the MiNlel M usle Htore.m Market Hlrret, Han Fran. Cisco. Heud for our oatalurue of 10-cetit muslo. U A. M. KAI'IIM, A. M BKNUAM. 1)1 ANOH-Ickcr Urns., Bohr Bros., Knierson, and J. and 0. Visluir. Musical Merchandise. Ornna Maaop, Hamlin Phase, holder k ( 'hase.137 1"ostrlt,H. I S66 a week in your own town. Tenui and fSoufrflfc iree. jtareei o wallbtt lua. rortlana.Malp eiHEt WHEII All 111! IAILI. BmtOoiighHyrup. Tastes good. Use In lime. Bold by dnnnlnls. 7 ft A W K K K. SI i a day at Dome eaally wade. ( 'tls 9 1 on'flt free, Address Tsui k Co.. Augusta, Maine. ") A?TT NOT Jf WKAH. OUT. O f I hf watchmakers. Hynuil S60. Olrcuiara 55 J k Ul ne. J.8. HuwB 0o SSliif 8t...y. SCAT! MARRIED SSSKSS Oil Marriaok CsKTiricATss gin lo married hvlies free. J. L. k M. E. Hhaw, 36 llrick streoJAtlanU, tia; IT R Tf) (foil day at home. Samples worth SS fros J J I U 3ZU Addnsa Htinshw Cp.,Portlaod,Malna. N. P. N. U. No. 7.-S. F. N. U. No. 84. f Petaluma Sold Medil, Silver Medal' ud ' 11 First I'ramiama over others itl V-BtrltTI A ft MSI HatchM all kinds of t.ivt. AHRIcas. PrlfMi fmm Si si iin Satisfaction guaranteed. Address PCTALUMA INCUBATOR CO., Petalnma, CkL 3T8end lor Circulars. Circulars Free. "El ACENTS WANTED the beat family Knitting Me- chliieevor Invented. Will knit a pair of atockinss with 11KKL and TOE eomplete in 90 minutes. It will also knit great variety ot fancy work for which then Is al ways a reedy market. Bend for circular and terms to tho Twouibly Itnlltlng Machine t'q 163 Tie. moot street, boston Mass. I QURE FITS! When I w cure l uo u;t mean uiiIy to top ium tit ft time and then have them return ecaln. I tuetn a nutu cil cure. I neve mule the dlMaae of FITS, KPlLKPtiV or FALLlMOHlCKNKrtaallfe-longttady. Ivarraotniw remedy to eare the wont eeeee Beeeae otaere htve ftiloU ! do reaswm for not now recflWlni; cure. nndai once tor a treatlM and tnm Bottle of my InfaUlbt WmfV.y. Qire Kxpreet and Poet Omoa. It ootta 704 toUiii.ir frvr a trWl, and I win cure yo. address lr, U. O. HOOT im Pearl It., Kew Tort, BEST PAIN KILLER o Healing Remedy . 1 ft IN THE WORLD. jWjiWiljJ;!- i InCsi i Incubator! Ill I I -m -A mmm fay JUA