old. They are grown almost exclusively for the 
sale of their loaves for the ceremonies and dec¬ 
orations of the churches at Home on Palm Sun¬ 
day. While driving through the suburbs, 1 
noticed In one of the gardens a Weeping wil¬ 
low, (Sailv Babylonica,) much more weeping 
than the variety we cultivate in America. If it 
retains its habit ns soon hero, Itwill prove a fine 
acquisition to our weepers. 
Monaco and Monte Carlo. 
The drive to Monaco, about five miles along 
the coast at the foot, of the mountains, is one 
of the most pictur¬ 
esque in Europe. 
Monaco is built on 
an elevated pro- 
montory running 
Into the sea. It is 
the smallest king- IB 
dom in existence; 
the army consists % 
most beautiful and W "*^1 
tioiis on the Modi- |jlji Ijj' 
best musicians, 1 BpS : ji/, 
plays every after- M HHw 
... o.i'l / 
the I" -< "i I i ■ r-11 •* - 
fpialit'. -irid I’fio- 
considered. The or- 
~ 'y-' 
and planted with 
good Judgment and —— 
taste, and contain 
a One collection of 
trees and plants. The extensive and beautiful 
terraces facing the sea are very imposing. The 
great in assess of A low and clumps of ralmx give 
tbo place quite an oriental appearance. Tiiere 
are some splendid spool mens of Arancnri/t r,r- 
cefca here, and also a few of the 11 nest Stone 
/’hie* l ever saw. Everything considered -the 
beautiful grounds, the plcturcsquo mountain 
scenery and the lovely bay on the south, It will 
challenge, for completeness of scenery, any 
spot that. I have 
seen. 
In conclusion, I 
would say that jjvjfJMm? 
Mentone Is a very 
pleasant town,with 
good hotels, tl n e 
villas, stores and sPrW 
markets, where ev¬ 
ery luxury can be 
obtained. Of Pro- 
testa nt churches 
ty, A poor simple peasant was this Alcalde, 
and so were the four eouxrjrtle* or councilors 
who accompanied hint, yet he spoke fearlessly 
and well. Every Spaniard is an oral or, though 
all are not f’astelars or Zorilkis. 1 was near 
enough to hear what this worthy fellow said, 
lie welcomed his Majesty in the name of the 
inhabitants of Navalperal. lie said they were 
nil poor agricultural laborers, but loyal. Ho 
regretted Mint the change of ono day in the 
Journey had compelled the people from other 
neighboring pueblos to go home without seeing 
Ills Majesty, (>n the 
previous day they 
had all boon there, 
-A some of them hav- 
m ing come a distance 
of four leagues. 
|r Then I noticed a 
tear in ids eye as 
; he observed, with 
deep earnestness, 
nor! It was but a | 
■Jgj3E5jBrtjgg!K. handful of mlser- 
Sjjfljjlj g yg K gjjgk able assassins who 
tried to hurt you 
and your wife the 
3S^P|||i4 night before last In 
Madrid ; but the 
country counts on 
iards 
defend you with 
. their lives, as would 
. ; ■" " •' * i 
■i l .1 I ' >' 1 I. 
:Z - ' ing his breast, with 
emotion. The King 
' r ^^s|l|||{H=' was evidently af- 
mttiffiNLLi 7 :^r^ fected. 
MARRYING- A FARMERESS 
OUR EUROPEAN LETTER 
“I wotri.n never marry a farmeress, if she 
posseased half of t he great western prairie, and 
she was the only eligible woman in existence,” 
said elegant John Randolph to his only sister, 
Mrs. liicssin Oaki.ky, as she returned front the 
veranda, where she had parted with her friend 
and neighbor, Mrs. Riley. 
" Why, what ha* started you oil' on such a tan¬ 
gent? Have yon lately been made aware that 
some of your lady friends are making agricul¬ 
ture a study, that you are down upon the whole 
class?" said Mrs. Oaki.KV, resuming her work, 
which charmed to be a child's apron. 
“ Noneof my lady friends will over study agri¬ 
culture, at least wit h the idea, of following it as 
a pursuit. 1 shall be careful not to cultivate 
the acquaintance of those who arc Inclined to 
such vulgar employment. Thai woman I can't 
call her a lady that just loll the parlor was 
enough to disgust any one. She. was no doubt 
a genuine fnrmerlno. Her whole conversation 
was about potatoes, onions mid cabbages, crops 
and stock, poor “slle' and improved lands. I 
don't believe she knows that such men as Ten¬ 
nyson, WmTTtEK and Taylor live. The study 
or her life must, be the. market prices of what 
grows upon the farm. Grammar certainly has 
never been a. mania, h ith her. Hut it Is one of 
the beauties of country life to treat every clod¬ 
hopper as though he were your equal." 
“ I know Mrs. Riley is not. a woman of much 
culture, as far as literature Is concerned, and 
that she is altogether taken up with the farm ; 
but then she is considered a very worthy woman 
and an estimable neighbor. And I have nodoubt 
she expects to be our equals In wealth in a very 
fow years." 
"Most certainly she will aspire to the ‘first 
circles,' fluttering with gaudy silks and heavy 
laden with pasty diamonds, like the thousand 
I and one Mrs. Bhoddys who are already trying 
to crowd themselves into every reception, de- 
A RHENISH 
LEGEND. 
; Fourteenth oentu- 
Suit for Boys—Front View—[S ee Page 207.] It was renewed 
during the great 
famine of 1564, in order to afford support to the 
Indigent. Like all old nasties, it has its legends. 
One of the most Interesting connected with 
this old cathedral, t will relate. 
"The legend aaitli, that during the Ousades 
the lord of l ho castle went over to the holy 
war, leaving behind him a.young wife to whom 
he was but recently wed. After a long time he 
returned. He arrived one very dark night, pre¬ 
cisely at nine o’clock, on the bank of t he Rhine, 
opposite his castle. 
Impatient to bc- 
hold the wife front 
EjSgjt, whom ho had boon 
[Si©. )\\ so long absent, he 
BSP T c o u I d not brook 
|| the delay of the 
d boat or daylight, 
but plunged into 
the rapid waters, 
o. attempted to swim 
gyF i across, and was 
the disconso¬ 
late wife had an im¬ 
mense bell of silver 
made, hung in the 
great tower,and sot 
apart a large sum 
-/ of money, the In- 
, terest of which was 
to support a person 
| , whose whole duty 
should he to ring 
jY this bell every 
, ‘ night at nine 
o’clock, in com¬ 
memoration of the 
sad event which 
occurred precisely 
at that hour, and 
as it happened only 
four or five or six 
hundred years ago, 
we know the time 
to he exact. A fter 
this loud expres¬ 
sion of her grief 
she retired to a con¬ 
vent, for life, there¬ 
by setting widows 
a very exemplary 
example. In the 
course of time the 
French stormed 
the castle, and very 
ungallantly melted 
this bell for mercenary purposes. It was re¬ 
placed by one of baser rnetal, which is rung for 
fifteen minutes, beginning at nine every night, 
and will be by the conscientious Shaffhausltes 
until the end of time. The present bell-ringer 
Is an old man, who told me he had performed 
this duty (ringing the bell fifteen minutes every 
night) nineteen years.” 
AMADEUS AND 
THE PEASANT. 
An English corre¬ 
spondent who ac¬ 
companied the 
King of Spain on 
his journey to San¬ 
tander, mentions a 
touching Incident 
which occurred at 
Navalperal. The 
town is situated in 
the midst of the 
Interminably long 
succession of tun- 
nets which t h e 
train has to pass through between the Escurial 
and Avila. Its whole population, numbering 
about one hundred souls, had gathered to the 
platform, headed by a “ native” hand of two 
performers, a fife and a drum. The fife and 
drum gallantly struck up the Royal March, and 
continued until the Alcalde bid them cease 
their din, as he was going to address his Majes- 
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