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Show FRENOH MONUMENTS. Ilugo'ii (Ircnlnef Mill r.oc l!nrcro;alcl Ijjt llrunzi, nr Marble A monument to Gounod Is decided upon. A subscription of twenty thou- tand dollars was raised easily, rapidly and triumphantly. Thu teulptor 1 Bt'Iectisl, nnd soon Parte will bo endowed en-dowed with tho statuo of tlio computer com-puter who will only bo known to fu-turo fu-turo gonerntlona ns tho author of ono great creation, nnmely: "l'aust," nnd t'.io perpetrator thereafter of various charming works, "Mirolllo" and "Itomeo and .lullot," for example, and also ot Inrgu quanlltlcs of morn oi less dlRiuul failures. Nn ono will claim that Counnd was tho groatcst com-pxitcr com-pxitcr of !il:i day; yet l:o is to bo glorl-(led glorl-(led while the nshosof Victor Hugo lio tiubnrled In thoir dusty coflln, tossed cartle .sly Into the vault i of the 1'anth, eon and envered with tho niolilerliirr remains of tho magnitloent floral trlb- I tiles that wero i.eul to tlo honor to his funen.l, ,tys tho Paris correspondent of tho I'lilladelphia Teogi-aph. A Etiitue ol Victor llig.i was decided upoa uhtfi, lull tho Mlhscrlptloiih Ian-iruLthu.l Ian-iruLthu.l and dwi idled until they utopiwd at tin niuonnt of twenty-llvn htiudred dollnrs. Ho Ike literary giant nf rmr gonorntiou Is only commemorated commemo-rated by his own fjroat works, and hli nogleflled coflln In left unremarked, savo by tho horrllleil or Indifferent t jotof the countless tonri'itH who drift tu the l'atitlieim to seo the new frescoes, fres-coes, painted by tho great nrtlsta of rVuiwii by order of tho republic, and vvlin Inclileiitiillv oxpluro tlio vnnltH of the huro teiiiplo. I'ntlt not very long ngo ono huge va cant spaco wasvlsildonttho l'anllieon, among the uomploted panels t1iA Mlr' rounded It. A wns conrtooua to so jrrent nn nrtlst, tliu irovprnmoul had niiVred a wictlo'i of the l'nnlheou to Mrirjtoalur lo decorate. Mulssonlur instantly noueplfd. id though perfectly con .c',,iiii ho could not paint ono of tho .c huge frcHOocn nny more than a r.ytoultl flru a cannon; but being nn tirti.lic fl ir in the inunger, ho oould ntdthcr do it hlmsolf nor would he allow al-low nnjuiie elba to lake tho work. Of course, bIiico his death It Is satisfactorily satisfac-torily completed. jr t ll, Ittn, .itvo lip III), .lull, A "Cnpe Cotltler" lelh how lie cured n ! suiting hou. "I made," hu says, "half ! a doon snowlinlU and smiketl them In 1 tvuler In Hut iiinrniny tliy were solid I leu. I shaped '.lici'i U" ue.tr liko uu egg I i , pn.lMe a i I ihi-M pi ti'i'-l thera under 'll" V ttlll" It' I SI, BMli V I I ktlll In .' I v. .il- . it li -r Mli ml ll.d Hie in i f im I. r her -t I 'i i I 1 li illly I i. . tin III I i i'iuIiI I, I ,1 mil i.ti ' ,ip I 11 vl t i ;f. ' 'in i ,y Si',,' i t.d f, rxUilit"! tin- dariliifrs t'r.'lJii'r mid ih fiit licMelf; llii'ii. evl tenlly i it- i lied, iflHetl down nviln Sum i.!ie git up imeii n ire, (!ns lu.i v.ithevl- ) ,1- it. u-iutrn: huinel'mi ' w.it iviMiijr. !, ly, H'i,aiii tlio w -.ilti f 'va iel- l ' -ill I -i'I" full vvi I no 1 1 lull; bit, ui'.Iil'- tt ;, . t'M.uii' -I- i.'tdmn i ,' mi, :.oil i ,ii i r it i p. I1 lb, for k i m. ii'i . !,. 1 nut nf Hi ' b ei aud I lion turned and loaUcd lu, but sbe liad hnd ouougli." . |