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SATURDAY, JUKE 9, 1906. THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 1 '1 r THE LIFE OF BALZAC PIN SKETCH OF THE GREAT FRENCH LITERARY 0ENIU3. Brr!aalnnlr Im l)M, Ho Caneoee4 lb Wllia( aihruira Fur Making Moar-T Trar if III Weoln a Waddlnttj Mma. Manuka. The lift story of llonoro Hulzac la Infinitely inure fiim'liiatlng tliitu nuy of the trill- that rippled from hla forllt Kn, mill tin wonder U Unit score of lll'I'll.V lltlltiorn lift VC IIDt NKlXKit UpOU lu ll rli h material 11 iid turned It Luto fold. , Ualzac wua not uuly a Prtuchnian, luit 11 k'hIun, truly 11 wild combination, At fiixt In- thought Im wanted lu be a lawyer, ihi'U a millionaire, then aome thing i'Imi., IiIh iIchIik all through life fairly iiuiiliiiiiu over fiii'li other. Al Dili' llllll' 1 10 llllil "IWO lllllllCIIKC ttUl Ull' lIl'HllVM - tO b flllllOIIH Hint to bt JommI." "I IiiiiI determined from inj childhood Unit I would l h KM-Ht lUMU, I Mild with AimIiv rhcnler a 1 atruek my tiiiclii'inl, There In something be lii'iitli tlmt:' I felt. I believed, the ilMiitilit wilhlu uio (hat i mual ix jm-Kx," In til mrly youth Ruiznc did uo( HUi'I'ihmI l.i In MtiliK ill lluprcxaliig WO mini W illi III liiiii.iil.iiicf. "With tram of iiimtllli iiiiuii I bowed before tlm do clsluii of tin world, lint my dlatrca ' wits uot barren. I determined to re vmiK" inywlf on urn 'My. I would dom inate the feminine lutellect and no bavt Hie fi'iiiliilni! miuI at my mercy. All fVIX nhotlld Ih Mm1 I 111"'" im- when ttto hi-rviiiit ut Ui'' iI hii' aiiiioiiiii'i'd my niiuie," "What Im Im begun with tbi' sword." In' mii'l "f N;i;i'li'in, "I ahull lllllull Willi till' lull." There wim mudi of die child In lilm to tlic ml of hi day. Uh was err lantliiKl) In debt; llif nrtlHi'K life, lit ald. inuM ! a splendid one. homo time whin win surrounded by the CoMlii'tit brie u luiii' In' had not enough money to buy food , He look coffee to keep hlmelf awake, and he wrote and wrote till la- wan eOi.nmted, all the tlmt being In tin- condition of a "track d Intro." liiiniKNiil and inirmied by bin creditor and knowing that all hi gain muat go to ibi'iii. He made clnboiate ecret piano to atti'iid tin1 rcliaraal of bit play. Aa the place of llalzuc'a abode wan kept strictly aeercl for rear of hla crcu- Iters, the tliiu of tin' rehearsal each day via to lie communicated to him by mwuHHifcrr from tin theater, who waa told to walk In tin Chumps Elyaeea to ward the Arc de I Ktolln. At the twen tletli tree uu the Ifft. pant tho circle, be would find a man who would appear to be looking for a bird In the branches. The luoaMoniier to way to littu, have It," and the nuin would anwtr, "A you have It, what are you waiting forT On rt'relvlim thla reply tlie emla- nary from the odcon would baud over the paper and depart without looking behind him. Tin only comment that Ureux, wbo appear to have been practical man, made on theee curlona arrangement wn that If tho twentl cth treo bad been atrin-k by llgbtulug during the nlKlit be auppoHed that tlx crvaut muat atop at tbo twonty-flrnt, and Ilalzac aaaented gravely to thin proportion. Baltac concocted.the wildcat acbcmei for maklag money, auch aa the cover Ing of bin garden with glaaa hoimea for the production of plneapplea, by which be wan to make 4IX).(XK) francs a year, and tbo trunHplaututloQ of GO.CXX) onks from Iluaala to France, by which be waa perauaded l.'.'OO.iHX) fruuca could be earned. But when theae achemea failed-and ho umiully got tired of tbem when the exclteuiunt of working than out bad a u balded-he alwnya had a play or a novel In hla pocket by wbicb tha preaaure of hla creditor! could be at leaat temporarily reduced. . But the traredy of Ttalaac'a life waa hla long wooing of Mma. Hanaka. Hie acquaintance began with a letter from the lady, wbo deprecated Balxac'a view of women aa expreaaed In hla "La Pean da Chagrin." Batxnc waa etrongly Influenced by the letter. He replied to It, and, notwltbatandlng the act that abe waa a married lady, ha waa 100 n hopeleaal In lore with bit unknown correspondent. Soon he la writing, "I love you, unknown, and thla strange thing la the natural effect of an empty and unhappy life only filled with Ideas." "You are In all my thoughts, In all the lines that I shall trace, In all the momenta of my life, In all my being, In my hair which grows for you." Eventually Uiey met secret ly, exchanged their first klaa under the shade of a great oak at Neufchatel and promised to wait for each other. In 1841 Mme. Hanaka's husband died, aad then began for Balzac a period of hope deferred that lasted for nine years and broke his hearth, so that when at last the great lady consented to become Mma. Ilonore de Balzac he had no longer the strength to enjoy hla ' long deferred happiness. Five months after the wedding ha waa in his grave. There seems to be little doubt that all the love was on one side find that Mme. Hanska had outlived the romance of her early Interest In the .great novelist. "Three daya ago," wrote Balrac, "I married the only wo man I ever loved, whom I love mora than aver and whom I shall love till death. This union n, I think, the rec ompense which God has had In reserve Ifor ma after so much adversity, ao many yean of work, ao much gone ithrough and overcome. I am nearly gnad with happiness." t His happiness, alas, was of short du ration. Bndless Instructions bad Bal- Esent home to his manservant and lila relatives as to the preparation! the reception 0? bla bride, but the kttma coming ww.tlajdc incurrence. rrno'nouao was nnniantiy righted, but there was no response to the master antlnued knocking, for poor Francois, me manservant, overwrought by the it nil u of tho situation, bad gone mad, and the traveler had to wait In their carriage till the door could bo forced a aud ending of a mlMcralile Journey! From Hainan's IdnalUatlon of the wo man he had wooed ao long bo gradual ly awoke. Utter moral collapae and vertigo were bla portion, lie was only fifty-one when bo died at I'arla In 1HM, and the death of Moie. do Balzac oc curred In the aanie year. Balzac's trcaaurc wore left to Mme, de Batzac's married daughter. Tbo very day of her funeral Mine. George Mlulr.ecb' creditors puahed her find her tnnld Into tho street and rilled the Iioiino In tho Hue Fortuuee. Tho booty waa tranaiortel to tho auc tlou room known aa I'llolel Drotiot, and there a aale waa held by order of Juatlce of nalzac'M libra ry.hla buhl calil net and some of hi miinuwrlpta, In cluding that of "Miiki'iiIo Urandet," which hud been kIvoii to Mme, Hanaks 011 Iiec. 23, 1 H;t, lutrliiff tho Mtiamel.ua pi I In if of the limine the villi urea who raumieked It found cvlilenee of the moat reekUn. the moat linliii lle, ex traviigaiH'e, One room was tilled with boxes containing bala, mid In another piles of coatly allka were heaped un touched alueo their 11 ill vu I from the fimhloualUe liaberdiiabor or allk merci-r. Ibilzac's treaaiirea. the ourlualtle he bad auiaawed with ao mut h trouble, tlie pli turea of which be bad boon ao proud, were ruthlenNly mi-1.ciI, while precious uianiiHcrlpta and lottera whleh would pcrhapa have brouglit In WWXi francs If they bad been put up for aule were tiirowu out of tlie window by the ex aapernttil throtig-Kanma City lnde peiideiit. CURIOUS PLEASURES. Tlirr r. o.llr aa Wrll, Slaro (be I'rii-a Itvalb. Tbo late King I.udwlg of Bavaria freoiiently oiileii"! performance of opera for hl private delectation, but an KiiKlMiuian, I'urtW UonnytlioriH'. malntaliiiil fr IiIh ori.naJ entertain liieul a troupe of iIiiih'iT". at 0110 time Olie uf the Uioxt Holed (HH ililalloUH of the KiikIIhIi iiiihIc hull xtai;e. Mr. Iioiiiiythoi'iH' wn uu Invalid and, being iiiiablo to gratify bU paaalon for dancing In Ida own persnii, engaged the Kelby troupe, lie bad a atag" built in hla home, whereon they jier formed dally. It waa bla habit to aug' goat new atepa, aud while encouraging them to freb endeavor one day he brought on the attack of heart dliteaae which ended bla life. He was not the only one killed by hla pleasures, for Theodore Botley, an other Englishman, devoted bia whole life to his stomach. Ha had agents throughout the world In search of new dlahe. and, that he might eat more frequently than nature demanded. It waa his practice to engage la manual labor for the purpose of getting up an appetite. He had the largest library on tbo aubject of eating that has ever been gathered together. In the end he died of atarvatlon becauee bla stomach waa unable to asalmllate ordinary nourlahlng food a. lie bad bla complement In Charles P, C'BNhel, In whom the acuae of smell waa aa keenly developed as It la In a bunting dog. He reveled In the richest perfume and lu the end loat hla aenae of amoll completely through overin dulgence In tho perfume of a Bouth American flower. Thla loft him unable to detect tbo odor of eacaplng gaa, and bo wua asphyxiated. The Itusalan Count Ivanovltcb of the time of tho first Emperor Nicholas died of fright at the announcement that the emperor had declared hla Intention of vtaltlng him aud sending him to labor In the salt mlnea If be did not leave bla bed to welcome htm. For years he had never left bla bed and Indulged In liquid foods aa being the more easy to eat New York Herald. Nat WeddlBBT. It was Just one of the sights we see In a great dty-eee, pasa by and for get An Italian boy not more than twenty years old, washed clean and dressed lu bla stiff Sunday suit, waa seated In an open carriage which had cost him a week's pay for the after noon. Ills arm was laid tenderly about the shoulders of the sweet faced girl who sat beside htm, decked In her pure white bridal array, They did not speak. Their eyes were, fixed sadly on tho little white thing that rested on their kneea. The day was cold, but they did not heed It They heeded nothing but the little white thing acroas tholr knees. "Hello, BUI!" a man on a coal wagon greeted the driver of the carriage. "Weddiu ehr Bill shook bis head. That was all. Then the man on the coal wagon looked again and saw the little white coffin, "Excuse me, Bill," said he, and took off hla cap. Brooklyn Eagle. Aitotner Sort of Fowl. "The impudence of that young broth er of mine!" exclaimed Mrs. Nagget "He Just told me I waa no chlckep when I married you." "Well," replied her unaympathetlo husband, "that's true enough. You weren't a chicken, were you?" "No; I was a gooae.'-CatholIc Stand ard and Times. Weather Wise. Thirty-two people had been arrested for speeding their autos In a little town. At dusk the justice sat in hla office counting the proceeds. As he fin lahod he turned, smiling, to his clerk and said: "It has been a fine day." Lippin eotf Magazine. PARING WILD BRUTES. rka Panthers mt lala aad How They Naear Their Vrff. In certain part of India the panther is named "blpat," which means calam ity, for be U an ever present scourge among the people. His proper name is tendwa. It ia the habit of theae pan ther for a family of them to quarter theniMolve o a circle of villages with in convenient distance of their nightly prowling. A soon as the sun Is In-low the horizon they sally forth from tn cover of the surrounding forests and watch the taths by which the village herds aud flock return to their resting places. If a meal cannot be secured then, later on tbey enter a village ana patrol the dork lane In the boldest manner. Nothing comes annua to mem that I not too large and heavy ror their strength, v Cblldreu. doga. goats aud the young cattle ore tholr. favorite quarry. .They uro bold enough ty da ah Into a but even wltli u light burning In it, aolzo tliHr prey, then ruau awoy with lightning speed and, with a uolaoleaaueM that la inarveloua, retreat with their prize to tho uearifat cover and there devour It, lu the morning. the poor villager, following the, truck of the retreating uuliuul, soon urrlve at the few re main of hlagont or calf or uinybe hi child. In the following way the uutlve get their revenge: X stray dog la caught lu the village and la tied out on the path generally frequented by the panther family. Tlie bait la carried off during the night and devoured clone by. Next day a macbau (platform) hi ilxed in a convenient tree, and In the evening a kid I tied on the spot occupied by the dog on the previous night. The aporta mun act lien hlmaelf lu tho inucban be fore auiiHct and In-glna bla watch. Terrified by bla lonely position, the kid begin a frantic bleating, which aiHin attract the panther muraudera, which are akulklng alwut near the ajiot where they found their last meal. A abort Hlulk soon brings them to the kid aud directly under the concealed aportsmnu, w ho ahoot the lieusta. It U impossible to follow tlie panthers Into the Impenetrable cover they fre quent, and they never ahow theoiaelvea lu daylight.-Chicago News. Tla. Who first found tin? There Is a leg end among tlie Cornish miners that 8t Tlran, an Iriah hermit, waa the dis coverer. HI ancient church in the pariah of Pcrranzabuloe, In Cornwall, laid bare of sand by the aea many years ago, baa recently been repaired. Cornish miners still keep tb feast of Bt I'lran, wbo, according to the fa ble, first found tin, forgetting that their forefathers had long prertonaly old It to the Phoenician. Possibly the legend points to the fact that thla Irishman was a skillful metallurgist A Corraclloa. This," said the professor of anato my as he exhibited a human Jawbone, "is the Inferior maxillary." "I beg your pardon, professor," aald one of the married students, "but didn't I understand you to say the skeleton you have before us belonged to a female?" "I did." "In that case, then, there Is no Infe rior maxillary." Rnailn aa She la Wrtttea. The publication which waa once brought out In Portugal bearing the title "English us She Is Spoke" has for a long time enjoyed a worldwide repu tation. Tourists 011 the continent of Europe soufetiuie come acroas exam ple of Eugllah quite as curious as that of the Portuguese author. In the bedroom of a hotel at Genoa the following notice was found: "The lumeututlou of the waiter ure obliged to be made at the bureau." It was In a hotel also, and not a church, that the following request waa made In writ ing: "Visitors are prayed Into dinner when the bell rings, that they may not dlaturb the order of the service." There la a hotel advertisement lu Calais sta tion to the following effect: "Quite a peculiar animation resides at this fash ionable spot of Paris. In the rear the grand opera of a splendid architecture on one side of tlie Uraud hotel, entirely made afresh aud lu a more extensive way, Is the meeting of all stranger of distinction." Finally, this curious leg end has recently beeu secu ou a notice board ou a garden wall In Jersey, one of the Channel Inlands: "Any dog found in this gurdeu the proprietors of the dog paid one pound sterltug for each times." tiaalnc the Preaaure. "Mr. Klljordiiu," said tho young mail with the bill, "would it be convenient for you to" "No, It wouldn't!" storuilly. Inter rupted Klljorduii, looking up. with blood' In bis eye. 4;You addle pated Idiot, don't you know enough not to In terrupt a iuuu when he's at work? Tho payment of this Installment isn't duo till tomorrow anyhow, you dad dinged lunkhead I For half a cent I'd throw you out of the window; Take your gumdastcd face out of here or I'll"- Tho terrified youth waited, to hear no more, He darted out through the door and made for the stairway, down which be went throe step at a time. "What all you, Klljordun?" asked the man at the other desk. ' "Why did you try to scare that boy half to death?" "I've no grudge against the boy," he answered, turning to bis work, "but I couldn't swear at the woman with the gentle manner and the neighborhood charity scheme who buzzed me for half an hour before he came in, and I had to let out on somebody." Chicago Tribune. 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