tsgullere is a funeral speech which
a Paris paper assurei us was actual
ly pronounced at Montmartre, the
other day, by a father at tbe grave
of his son : “Gentionen," said the
father, in a voice fill of emotion,
“tbe body before mV was that of my
son. He was a young man in the
prime of life, with a sound constitu
tion, which ought ID have insuied
him a hundred yeais. But miscon
duct, drunkenness ind debauchery,
of the most disgraceful kind, brought
him, in the flower of age, to the
which you see befqre you. Let this
be an example to you and to your
children. Let us $o hence.”
/■jrOn one of the aristocratic
streets of Providerce, JR. 1., was seen
one day last week a handsome, rich
ly dressed lady of middle age, in an
advanced state of intoxication. The
lady in {question- who is above re
proach in every other respect—sev
eral years since commenced tbe use
of stimulants, under the the advice ol
a physician, for a nervous affection,
and tbe habit, tnee begun, so grew
upon her that she lost all control
over herself, and is frequency seei.
in the condition alluded to, noi with
standing the efforts of her frienus to
keep her within doors.
—Telegraph rales in France : ‘ Mes
sages of twenty words will hereafter
be sent anywhere in the Empire for
twenty cents, and within the De
pa*tnfi«nt for ten cents.
—Tww»ty letters for every man,
woman and child in the United
States were mailed last year.
muivuvuu Loan.
