Show OUR FRENCH LETTER ate PARIS July 181883 Since M de Lesseps baa obtained his reciprocity treaty and tbiob resembles re-sembles the Irishmans ail on one aide irum tbe English government tbe French bave euddeuly ceased to accuse England of importing the obolera into Europe Relations there witu foreign powers have become amicabe However the doctors anJ the authorities publich precautions again obolera morbus which is on the road In rummaging recently through obolera literature I and on tbe vexed question of quarantine that M de Leaaepa oouiita among those who view quarantine regulations regula-tions as useless and meriting to be sent to keep company with old almanacs alma-nacs In 1854 Dr Pezzoni in a powerful power-ful pamphlet adduced strong arguments argu-ments against the practice of quarantine quaran-tine in 1868 Dr de Wouvea in bit work laid down that oolera vas nt contagious Dr Dauet in the same year appears to have anti ipat d Pasteur in the vote ot tbe iifimmtnl petits or animalcules baptized microbes to day in cholera Dr Hol beck notices that after every cholera epidemic there is a potable I augmentation in mental diseaseu I The Abbie Xavier Deidier quotes I scripture to prove that the coolera like the poor will be always with us As for cures they are as countless as tbe stare One leech recommends something like inundating the stomach stom-ach with twenty quarts of water at a time Such ought to necessitate the employment ot the stomach pump the Figaro displays in its sanctum employed to draw off the water used to rinse the Gaunt be Chambonls stomach and by extinguishing the terrible heat in the organ baa preserved pre-served the life of Henry V for a Jew years more Every patient can bus become bis own fireman A new journal has appeared called Cholera It is time to announce the Madagascar Madagas-car It is not fair to be down on Da Lassoes like a hundred of bricks because be-cause be bus outwitted the English cabinet Nor is he to be blamed for insisting on bis pound of flesh if that I ba in his bond with Antonio Such serious negotiations ought to have been carried on as were those of the renewal of the treaty of oommerce namely by leaving the conditions to be arranged in the bands of epeciil lets of practical men and not to government employees however exalted ex-alted in rank The English ministry was too eager to conciliate to soothe the Frenoh And that lollypop policy that petting of the child is the moat dangerous and the most unproductive unpro-ductive in deaing with the French It impresses them with conviction that if you are not afraid of them at least they are indispensable to you and hence like Oliver or the grave they will ever demand more The grand point in the imbroglio is that M de Lssseps despite all his professions ot love and kindness etc for England will not concede to her any influence any fair representation of her important import-ant interests on the council of administration ad-ministration SubordiLate concessions conces-sions will be granted but these like princes and paers also may flourish or may fade Tbe breath tOut made them can unmako them The question ques-tion of tariff is but a detail The battle between England and France tor the possession of Egypt fill be fought on the first representation of England at the canal council board John Bull must be very firm and have his mind made up Better solve the point now than later Were old Pam alive the question would ere now be disposed ol Oh I for one hour of Dundee The French before forming an opinion on the Madagascar misunderstanding misun-derstanding await details The odds ate in favor of the French admiral far A relative of his assures me that he is the most prudent of old salts in following instructions and observing regulations and further that be is personally a warm admirer of England To gratuitously insult the English flag meanthe knowi well being immediately recalled and placed on the reserved list as there is uo jingo party in France to which he might be tempted to court The French denounce the English missionaries mis-sionaries in general and their goings on in Madagascar in particular But France forgets that once ehe had two I bishops of Madagascar whose lives and work Monseigneur Manpoint has described and that in the Levant her political influence is chiefly upheld up-held and propagated by French ie ligious orders subsidized too by the government Aud when the radical proposed to withdraw tho grants to the Levantine missions they became as mute as mice when informed that the orders were invaluable political patriotic agents However the republic re-public prefers instead of missionaries a matter of taste to found a Coitp lair or trading station in a new region re-gion then annex the country directly or indirectly by the screaming force protectorate Convey the wise it calls Aek the sultan what he thinks of having his outlying possessions protected TheCounte de Chambord having been the ohild of is now the man of a miracle For the momeut death must find a shining mark elsewhere The illness has compelled Counts de Paris Louis Philippe II to rehearse the Baccesaion to take up position has rendered his kingship a wee bit more possible aSorded a more tangible rallying point for the adversaries of the republic as well as for those di apronted n its working Such will necessitate circumspection not violence vio-lence or wildneaa on the part of the present government The serious journals continue to hound on the ministry to occupy Annam and ignore China The latter in tbe meantime is concentrating concentrat-ing troops on her southern frontier Japan it seems declines to enter late an ofiensivo and defensive alianoe with France Burmah remains Per papa one there may strike ile Let tbe Frenoh slide Tbe fete passed ofl very well ony for the uninvited showers Perhaps next to the crowds tbat came to Paris to see the sights were tbe crovr3 that quit the capital to avoid tbnu It might ba tbe rejoicings were a shade leas animated than on the three previous occasions but then the novelty of the national holiday has worn off it is no longer a premier Tbe FauhourgB were very gaily decorated fl w rs and evergreens using added to tricolor tri-color flags and streamers The il u minations at tee Trccadero wart brilliantly beauiful and merit acha k for M Alphaud The military parade that some cal a review of the garrison of Pane was a thing got to be done It is no test of an army Some of the infantry infan-try left not a little to be de3ired if perfection in the gOOSE step and not that of bolding u rifle straight be considered sOtDe bin like the whole duty of a linesman Last year the cavalry and artillery bad oettar hors e this only means an increase uf ixpsncli tureTbe Tee inauguration of the statue of the RepuUique on the Place de la Repubhque was a simple but agreeable agree-able spectacle Tae lady herself is the type of a woman in the prime of life a fit mother of Gracchi In her right band she carries gentle peao with ber left she points to the who e duty of man whioh according to Solomon is to fear God and keep hie commandments In the four subordinate ordinate symbolic figures tbat cf fraternity has one of the mod lovely expressions of feminine beauty ever sculptured The lion in biocz emblematic of universal suffrage IB i not so well it is not so much latent conscious and majestic strength that is represented as rude unsympathetic unsympa-thetic and challenging power The lion embodies not defence but defiance defi-ance There has been a net decline in the revenue for the half year of 49 OOOJ 000 of francs the total for the year is estimated at zOO OOOOOOand for 1884 at 300000000 Still the government cuts down no expenditure the chamber cham-ber vote new grants by tbe hundred millions as if France possessed a magic ring or a lortnnatu9 wishing cap The chambers of commerce i call on Jupiter for help demand the government to exclude fjreigners from trading with the colonies oblivious ob-livious that otber countries might retaliate re-taliate France has to seek the philosophers phil-osophers stone as concealed in cheaper production ehe has to pay dearer for ber coal iron and steel her labor is higher her railway goods rates more excessive than in the case of Germany Ger-many England Belgium and even Switzerland There is much wit indulged in at the new Order of Merit tor the agricultural ag-ricultural interest It is called the leek or indian corn decoration on account of the color of the ribbon Some republican like maidens and moths are ever caught by glare Agronomic rfopects are excellent The hams is i tEl m thted in the south of France The ran commennej to cause some farmers to growl cad the dudes and mashers complain that residence at the sea aide is a bore tbe weather being wild unponic and irritating Storms arc sudden ani waters deep And barbjrbars moaning The AntiSemelique journal warns off nil Israelites from mixing in the national rejmciuge Adele said the mistress of toe house how dare yiu wipe the dishes witb a pecketrmndkerchSei But madame it is only a soiled one Vi ° tor to younu hopeful Well Jean how are you getting on at school Jean Oh I can write now Papa Yes I birched him for his writing on a mahogany table with a nail |