one bearing n. richly ornamented robe, upon the 
end of the long, lappet-like collar of which wan 
a “relic " of the Saint,which everybody kissed. 
The duly of the other priest was to dip rings, 
medallions, or whatever little trinket one was 
pleased to present, in holy water, which act con¬ 
secrated them, and Insured to t tie wearer the 
protect ion of Saint Genevieve. A gentleman 
who was with me said :—“ (rive mo your ring 
and 1 will take it up to be sanctified in holy wa¬ 
ter." 1 slipped It cautiously off my linger, and 
to my surprise he marched off with It, and I hail 
the “felicity” to see it, from my chair, dipped 
and blessed in the holy water. I also observed 
that ho gavo the priest a half-franc for the sor- 
tasto. Of course, the sale brought together a 
groat many of his friends, among whom was 
Ar.no Nr, the Mori pi iso do Napoli, world-famed 
a few years ago as a marvelous eantatrlco. Her 
voice was of ttio contralto order, of an almost 
incredible range and richness. She Is now nearly 
fifty years of ago, and sings no more In public 
unless It be for some special charity. There is 
a marked resemblance between her physique 
and that oT I'aiikca-Rosa, she being Immense 
In size, and seems to be overflowing, like that 
dlvino” singer, with pleasantry and good nut ore. 
But At.uoNi's face is no longer pleasing, being 
gross and heavy. She lives in a handsome house 
in the Champs Elysees. 
Itizo Rano.vub. lie Is a poet of high rank, a 
distinguished archeologist and a widely known 
litterateur, writing in French as well aH Creek, 
which latter language be declared, in most ex¬ 
cellent English, to bo the richest and most 
beautiful language of the world, Greece seems 
a land so far away from us, and the glories of 
It belonging so almost entirely to Its past, and 
its language >n Homeric and Demosthenic, that 
little actual sympat hy seemed to oxlsl. between 
It and America. It was like uniting the old and 
the new. But tho Greeks as I find them at 
Paris—and somo of tho pleasantest acquaint¬ 
ances of my life T have found among them here 
—persons of very superior educational attnin- 
OUR EUROPEAN LETTER 
Paris, Jan. t«, \m. 
H a n I net or seen Paris except since Christmas 
day, I should call its climate the most superb in 
the world. While snow has been covering the 
house-tops and fences in far-away New York, 
the air hero has been balmy as Spring; (lowers 
standing everywhere in the open air, fountains 
playing, the streets and boulevards and Champs 
Elysees tilled with careless people, sauntering 
The Death of Napoleon the Third 
has not, to ail external appearances, caused any 
more effect in Franco than elsewhere. The 
Journals two or three went Into black lines 
have ohil.uarized him, historically, morally and 
heart fully. Death softens the hiI I crest of ani¬ 
mosities. From the various comments I havo 
road, I am inclined tq think the French less 
given to glossing over n dead man’s memory 
than Americans, ft. Is a very sorry reflection to 
entertain that wc arc only to have Justice ac¬ 
corded to us when dead. For my part, I should 
appreciate pont.-tiwrt.em comments not at all. 
Ugly words could no longer reach me, and ns 
for the good ones—I prefer them Lhla side of 
death. Politically, the ox-Emperor's death will 
undoubtedly havo a soothing effect upon the 
country. The Legitimists, Orlonnlsts and llo- 
napartlsts will have one less bone to quarrel 
over. It is a little droll to listen to the quarrels 
between tho Republicans and tho Bonupartistn. 
The former can never forgive Napoleon for his 
assumption of power, while the latter accuse 
the former <>f the very same thing. Tho people 
elected the present deputies to form a legisla¬ 
tive power to act in regard to the peace treaty 
between France and Germany after iheFraneo- 
Prusshm war. But Instead of ret urning to their 
homes when that business was transacted, they 
persisted In remaining elected, electing a Presi¬ 
dent and making of themselves a Government. 
One rather odd paragraph on the death of 
Louis Napoleon is tho following algebraic 
problem, by which a bright journal foretold Ids 
death Napoleon the First, born the Pith of 
August , 17(19, was, when he ascended tho throne, 
<59 years and 9 months old, or 117 full months. 
He died 1 he 5th of May, 1821, aged fit years and 
8 months, or 820 full months. Napoleon the 
Third, born the 80th of April, 1808, was at tho 
epoch of Ills accession to tho throne (gist of 
December, 1863,) 411 years and seven months old, 
or 523 full months. Let us call X the duration 
of the life of Napoleon tho Third, and wo ob¬ 
tain the following proportion: 
417 months. 528 mouths. 
620 months. X 
From which 417 X 020 > 523, 
or X 
along as in midsummer. It is just chilly enough 
to havo a little fire in the open grate, and open 
fires abound. Stoves are sometimes seen in 
apartments, hut as I,hoy are like a large, oblong 
box stood on end and sheathed In white eart h¬ 
enware, they bear no resemblance to the ortho¬ 
dox A morlcan heaters. 1 rode entirely around 
I’aris, tho other day, In what is called the Ceil) 
t uro railway. It Is really quite a voyage, and a 
most interesting ono, as the traveler has an op¬ 
portunity of seeing Paris from every “ point, of 
view." What most, interested me were the A T og- 
etable gardens, In which the growing plants 
some protected by glass covers, ami others not 
looked like Northern United States gardens in 
June. I am afraid I am becoming in love with 
Paris! it certainly Improves upon acquaint¬ 
ance. The organization of the city arrange¬ 
ments Is very complicated, which, at first, is 
w orrisome to strangers. 
The French Aro a Sentimental Race. 
This has been verified In the recent nine days' 
devotion to Saint Genevieve, who is the patron 
saint of Paris. She lived, many years ago, in the 
Sixth Century, at, Nanterre; she was a modest 
shepherdess, and the pictures of tier represent a 
young girl, with a distaff In her hand, a halo 
about tier head mid a lamb lying at her feet. To 
the French Catholics she is a “great saint, upon 
whom the Loan was pleased to shed tho moat 
eminent, gifts of hio grace," and several miracles 
wore claimed to havo boon wrought through 
her intercession during those devotional clays; 
one, that of a lame man who entered the Pan¬ 
theon—one of the churches used for the purpose 
—and left It, restored to full strength and vigor. 
The number of pilgrims who visited thotomb of 
Saint Genevieve In the Church St. Etienne-du- 
Mont, was, during each of the nine days ,aLvty 
thousand! The number who presented them¬ 
selves eaoh day at the Pantheon, to touch some 
of t.hc religious relics of tin* Saint, or to implore 
her blessing on their children, was tort/y-Jlvc 
thousand.! Thirty police wero oil duty in and 
about the churches. 
I went, ou tho last day, to tho Pantheon, to 
sit a while and look at this modern pilgrimage 
in memory of a pious little woman who lived 
twelve hundred years ago. There were banners 
and canopies in blue sat in decorating tho inte¬ 
rior, bearing the gold monogram of tho Saint. 
Under one canopy, erected over a sort of ros¬ 
trum, was a place which seemed to bo conse¬ 
crated to tlio Saint. In this stood two nrieats. 
vice rendered. Ho brought it buck with a grave 
air, saying:—“Remember that your ring is sa¬ 
cred now, and consecrates your hand.” How¬ 
ever, it lias riot, yet brought about any such re¬ 
markable results as did ono some ono has writ¬ 
ten about, that “oversince grew more clour and 
white " meaning tho hand. It was really “as¬ 
tonishing" to watch the pilgrims; a steady 
stream of men, women and children of all class¬ 
es from nobles down t.i> peasants, and each and 
all regarding the affair with the most profound 
seriousness. Women, in one way or another, 
have, In all ages, been the salvation and glory of 
France, and the French have neither been slow 
nor ungenerous in conserving and consecrating 
their memory. But so far as women's “ rights ” 
arc concerned, they don't have any in France, 
except to engage in all sorts of business, and 
earn money enough to support their husbands, 
providing that their marriage dot he not ample 
enough for that purpose. They have not even 
the blissful right of Biilng for breach of prom¬ 
ise. A man may engage himself to ten women 
a week, and none of them find any redress in 
the law. Ono of the events of the past fortnight 
lias boon 
The Preaching of Pero Hyr.otnthe, 
(Monsieur Loyhon), and another tho sale of the 
pictures, 0Itjr.ts d' Arts, of the late popular 
French writer, Thkophilk Gautier. Tho 
Catholic journals, in their attempts to ridicule 
Loykon, only bring ridicule upon themselves, 
a m they ore bound to confess tint tho “rene¬ 
gade,” as they call him, Isa very handsome man, 
possesses a marvelously entrancing voice and 
gesticulates well. After admitting so much, 
they proceed to make fu u of the Protestanl 
churches Tor he preached in a Protestant 
chapel -on account of their plainness; but. above 
all, to ridicule the l’erc’s costume, which was 
tho ordinary black suit worn by American cler¬ 
gymen That a man who had once shone resplen¬ 
dent in French ecclesiastical robes should stoop 
to officiate in black broadcloth was inexpli¬ 
cable. 
It must be confessed that tho I'ero’s position 
is equivocal. The Protestants claim that there 
Is but one way for him now their own way; 
but he still adheres to Catholicism, and dreams 
of uniting the two factions. Which Is quite as 
probable as the fusion of the sun and moon. 
Theophlle Cuutlor’a Pictures 
wero a remarkably beautiful collection!—noth¬ 
ing pretentious, but exhibiting an exquisite 
777 full months and a fraction 
of a month 64 years and some months the 
age of Napoleon ill at death. 
Among tho “ Notable” People 
I have had the pleasure of meeting a number of 
times, la the Greek Ambassadeur, Alkxandue- 
Mng. Edwin Forest, the widow of the actor, 
from whom sho never was divorced, lias given 
notice to tho executors of tier husband’s estate, 
that she will apply for her legal dower therein. 
She is likely to got it. 
