Show FUBIO annj no ono haa shown a keener appreciation of the value of vanity than tho into alexandro demaa who tells ua what stress he laid upon it in ft correspondence forced upon him by a french general of tho second or third order tho general had carried presumption to the point of expecting tb attlio great dumag who had somo to transact with him would perhaps condescend to pay liim a visit this notion however was ono which the eminent novelist and dramatist could not bring himself to entertain and that there might bo no mistake as to hh views on the subject ho broto a letter in which lie pointed out that there were a good many high military commanders in the country to which they both belonged but only a very few writers of the rank ol 01 alexandra dumas there aio ai o six great writers in franco lie said among whom I 1 im counted tharo arc twelve marshals and you arc not one of them it seems to me then more becoming that you should call on mo than that 1 should wait upon you tendon standard even montana must havo ita sensation an old found dead at is said to hare been rich once in china and to have been engaged in a conspiracy which resulted in his death sentence and tho confiscation of his property ho escaped from prison emigrated to america and was a marked man even here suffering many perse cautions from tho six companies chicago A chicago butcher has been lined for knocking out tho ayos of battlo before slaughtering them in order to make them tractable lie said that the practice was common chicago ewt |