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NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE.'t matter unette.Interesting Details Connected WithTheir Divorce-cally that ^ I'hc FsicfM sis Eii'iuibiNEirtl 1st I Etc 20«venwhich is the flower of courtesy, an old-fashioned folly ? We cau spare some elaboration of form, but we cannot safely spare the substance of refined deference. If Borneo be permitted to treat Juliet as hostlers are supposed to treatl)IK8»A Young WiiofA few daysnd ended: the solid o its own for it toce enough efcail deal stlier and.EoaininPi - JVicrrnCivc t?flr€t*E* tVfioW ft* o*i I)nly at tin1: SMlavi—.% Ed fieri n niling’WcwH!.(Paris Correspondence).)The proposition made a few weeks ago by M. Moquet in the French Chambers for the restoration of the divorce law in France sug-bar-maids, and as the heroes of Fielding anda widow, commSraoliett treat Abigails upon a journey, they will both lose self-respect and mutual respect. It was a wise father who said to his son, “Beware of the woman who allows you to kiss her.” The woman who does not require of a man the form of respect, invites him to discard the substance. And there is one viola-gested to the Pans ]H,,aro the idea of .repub- of j| form which ig reccut and gross,’t hesitate s. If any t,and then j.LBSog. gallop, and yet if st as well unny atar seek ap-igk. places, ie fron t he nain theree has been Samson.” srful man, tty lrandyB,t busted.xcited over know of a rriage with •gging withConstable11n-spy, little early ours on the of Greece except, we get up anduck which n a woman e dead of the moon jkets, why range and cause shent of the t the hands —“ It looks loped man easily start . But worses ! how topple andawatch in to jail on xteen years vas prowed [ justice the n and pre-ist apples—late Lorditterance tobalmym-a»U,riserefinene.wenty years of Palmer -illowing bon moment of with luiuip-? of -:kills time.” r a thonght-me kills mypring-llowersthe mowing; mtterfiy, is going!e bough ; tead of hum-i the plow, ne is com iuge who had for beauty tli, was re-iby brother sntary juve-witli flushed 3 : “ No, Ihe is realin Toronto, d the pres-has foundjornerni'airthem light, Heir 1English girl, merica, ad-bv a “cross is all very mtry where . straw hats is the crossyou couldthe Courtl the same should be it for each not do forausbands towo,ik true,nay be sure nt, and that nded oni way,?II you meet ia ?” No, I’m no gaslishing some interesting details oil the divorce of Napoleon I and Josephine, as recorded by M. Baussett. Chamberlain of the great Emperor. The idea of obtaining a divorce from hie wife did not present itself suddenly to the mind of the Emperor. After her husband's return from his Egyptian expedition Mine. Bonaparte heard one or two parties speaking of the separation. Still later the project of the divorce was confidentially discussed between the Pope and Emperor. While Napoleon was in Spain the Empress was advised of it by Fouche. The Emperor also, upon his return from his Austrian campaign, discussed the subject with Cambaceres. The project, therefore, of the divorce existed for some time in the mind of the sovereign before it was accomplished in 18U9. After his return from Austria, Napoleon showed unmistakable signs of coolness toward the Empress. He even gave orders that the door by which communication was made between his apartments and those of Josephine, at the Palace of Fontainebleau, be closed. At the time of her divorce the Princess was about forty-six years of age, while Napoleon was only forty.“ I was on military duty at the Tuileries since Monday, the 27th of November,” says M. Bausset. “ On that day, as well as on the following Tuesday and Wednesday, I »lt;-marked an astonishing change in the behavior of the Empress, and a studied silence on the pari of Napoleon. If during the dinner he broke the silence, it was only to atsk me some few questions which required no answer. On those days the dinner did not last more than ten minutes. The storm broke out uii Thursday, the 30th of November. Their Majesties took their seats at the dinner table. Josephine wore a light blue silk garment, hung rather loosely on her beautiful form ; and a large white bonnet, tied with blue ribbons under her chin, secreted the upper part of her face. I could easily perceive, however, from the redness of her eyes that she must have been crying before she came to the table, and that she was making a strong effort to calm her agitation. Her face bore unmistakable signs of unhappiness and despair. The only words which were spoken during the dinner were those which Napoleon addressed to me— ‘How is the weather?’ After addressing mo fchis question he arose from the table, Josephine followed him tardily. Coffee was then served, and Napoleon himself took his cup from the hands of the servant, in the meantime making a signal to me that lie desired to bo left alone.“ I arose from my seat and left the room immediately, feeling worried and immersed in unhappy thoughts. I took a seat in the next room, which was formerly used as a dining room for their Majesties. No sooner was I seated than I heard violent cries coming out ot the room in which I had left the Em peror with Josephine. They were those of the Empress. The doorkeeper of the dining room, believing that she was taken sick, hastened to open the door, but I prevented him, remarking that if there was any assistance needed the Emperor would call for it. I scarcely had pronounced the last word when Napoleon opened the door himself, and seeing me, said : “Come in Bausset, and close the door behind you.’ I entered the room, in which I saw the Empress lying down on the floor, crying loudly and bitterly, ‘No, I shall not survive this,’ said the unfortunate woman. Napoleon then said to me : ‘Are youstrong enough to lift up Josephine and carry her to her room through the inside staircase, which communicates with her apartments, that she may be taken care of while in her present condition ?’“ I obeyed, and raised the Princess, who, I thought, was suffering from some nervous attack. With Napoleon’s assistance, I carried her in my arms, and he himself, having taken a candle from the table in order to light ilio way, opened the door of the parlor leading to the small staircase of which lie had spoken. Having reached the first slop of the staircase, I remarked to Napolecn that it was too narrow, and almost impossible for me to descend it without running the risk of falling. He therefore called the keeper of his private office, which was situated near where wc stood, handed over to him the candle and ordered him to go ahead. Then he took gently Josephine’s legs in order to help me to descend more easily ; but at this moment, my sword being caught in the banisters, wc came very near falling down. Finally we reached our destination safely and laid our precious load on a divan in the Empress’ steering chamber. The Emperor now sent for the ladies of the palace to come to the assistance of the Empress. While I was carrying the Empress down stairs her back rested on my breast and her head on my right shoulder. The Empress, noticing the efforts which I made to save myself from falling. uttered the following few words, in a low voice : ‘You are too strong for me.’ I saw then that there was nothing to fear about her health, and that she had not lost her consciousness even for a moment.During all this scene my mind was absorbed in Josephine. When the ladies of the palace arrived, Napoleon wont into another room, adjoining his sleeping room, and I sonn followed him. A strong grief was marked on his manly countenance, and a silent horror seemed to have frozen his power of speech. He made no answer when he saw me, but a flood of tears relieved tlio overpowering load of grief that oppressed his bosom. He then explained to me the cause of the whole scene which had taken place, in the following words :“ The interests of France and of my dynasty have revolutionized my heart *The divorce lias become a harsh duty upon me, * * * I am still more grieved bythe present condition of Josephine, who has been informed by Hortense * *of the cruel obligation which condemns me to separate from her for ever. ** * I pity her with all my heart.I thought she possessed more fortitude * ** and I was not prepared to witness such scenes of sorrow.”“ Indeed, he was so much overcome by emotion that in every phrase he pronounced he was obliged to make a long pause in order to breathe. The words escaped his mouth with pain, liis voice was very heavy and oppressed, and his eyes were full of tears. The whole scene did not last more than seven minutes. Napoleon then sent for Corvisart, the Queen, liortense, Cambaceres, Fouche, and, before going upstairs, he went himself to inquire after Josephine’s condition whom he found resting more easily and resigned to her fate.”and might bo well cited as a striking illustration of the decay of manners. It is the practice of smoking in the society of ladies in public places, whether driving or walking, or -ailing, or sitting. Thero are pretix chevaliers who would be honestly amazed if they were told they did not behave like gentiemen, who, sitting with a lady ou a hotel piazza, or strolling on a public park, whip out a ci-arette, light it, and puff as tranquilly as if they were alone in tlieir rooms. Or a young man comes alone upon the deck of a steamer, where throngs of ladies are sitting, and blows clouds of tobacco smoke in their fanes, without even remarking that tobacco is disagreeable to some people. This is not, indeed, one of the seven deadly sins, but a man who unconcernedly sings false betrays that ho has no ear for music, and the man who smokes in this way shows that he is not quite a gentleman.But some ladies smoke ? Yea, and seme ladies drink liquor. Does that mend the matter? The Easy Chair has seen a lady at the head of her own table smoking a fine cigar. You will see a great many highly dressed women in Paris smoking cigarettes. Does all this change the situation ? Does this mako it more gentlemanly to smoke with a lady beside you in a carriage, or or upon a bench on the piazza ? But some ladies like the odor of a cigar ? Not many : and the taste of those who sincerely do so can not justify the habit of promiscuous puffing in their presence. The intimacy of domesticity is governed by other rules ; but a gentleman smoking would hardly enter his own drawing room, where other ladies sat with his wife, without a word of apology. The Easy Chair is no King James, and is more likely to issue blasts of tobacco than blasts against it. But King James belonged to a very selfish sex—a sex which seems oftento suppose that its indulgences and habits are to be tenderly tolerated, for no other reason than that they are its habits. Therefore the young woman must defend herself by showing plainly that she prohibits the intrusion of which, if suffered, she is really the victim. In other times the Easy Chair has seen the lovely Laura Matilda unwilling to refuse to dance with the partner who had bespoken her hand for the German, although when he presented himself he was plainly flown with wine. The Easy Chair has seen the hapless, foolish maid encircled by those Bacchic arms, and then a headlong whirl and dash down the room, ending in the promiscuous overthrow and dowfall of maid, Bacchus and musicians.If in tho Grandisonian day the morals were wanting, it was something to have the manners. They at least were to the imagination a memory and a prophecy. They recalled the idyllic age when fine manners expressed fine feelincrs, and they foretold the return of Astrwa to her ancient haunts. Here is young Adonis dreaming of a four-in-hand and a yacht, like any other gentleman. Let usis not so would like,Ihe reason , therefore, m if he goes where the 1 style.I) Eli EIV E HAT E ifl AIVIVE I«N.one; lymnmelt,Snooksthe want of bar-tenderfths full of=11 you that an be used an lemons[Harper's Magazine.]The “ eld school of manners has fallen into disrepute. Sir Charles Grandison is a comical rattier than a courtly figure to this generation ; and the man whose manneas may be described as Grandisonian is usually called a pompous and grandiloquent old prig. Certainly the elaborately dressed gentleman speaking to a lady only with polished courtesy of phrase, and avoiding in her presence ail coarse words and acts, handing her in the minuet with inexpressible grace and deference, and showing an exquisite homage in every motion, was a very different figure from the gentleman in a shooting-jacket or morning sack “ chaffing” a lady with the freshcBt slang, and smoking in her face. They are undeniably different, and the later figure is wholly free from Grandisonian elegance and elaboration. But is lie much more truly a gentleman ? Is he our Sidney, our Chevalier Bayard, our Admirable Crichton ? Is that refined consideration and gentle deference,hope that he knows the test of tho gentleman not to be the ownership of blood horses and a unique drag, but perfect courtesy founded upon fine human feeling—that rare and indescribable gentleness and consideration which rests upon manner as lightly as the bloom upon a fruit. It may be imitated, as gold and diamonds are. But no counterfeit can harm it; and, Adonis, it is incompatible with smoking in a lady’s face, even if she acquiesces.-— Harper's Magazine.MR. O’KEEFE’S OPERATIONS.[Saskatchewan Herald, July 28.]Mr. O'Keefe, Mr. L. E. Clark, and Mr. Smith, with a party of eight men, arrived at Carlton on the 16th inst. He has been sent out by the Dominion Government to explore the region on the north side of the Saskatchewan, between Pelican Lake and Isle a la Crosse, then following the 55th parallel eastward across the country to Cumberland via Lac la Benge ; thence up the Saskatchewan to Fort la Corue, from which place he will return home. This tour covers a district taking in three degree of lat-titude and five of longitude, and the country is generally supposed to consist of alternate sections of spruce forest and muskeg.Fortunately for Mr. O’Keefe and his party the officers of the Hudson Bay Company were assembled in Council at Carlton when he arrived there, and through Mr. Clarke of Carlton House he was placed in communication with gentlemen who had a thorough knowledge of what was to him a terra in* cognita, and from them he received a great deal of valuable information.First he learned of the utter impracticability of attempting to use carts to traverse the country he had come to examine. It would be impossible to explore the country between Isle a la Crosse and Lac la Bonge, or from Cumberland to Pelican Lake, until the innumerable muskegs and lakelets that lie between those points were frozen, as horses could not be used to make the journey, nor could sufficient food or pasture be found for them on tho route. Dogs alone could be used, and even with them depots of provisions would have to be made at easy distances along the line of travel.After mature consideration of all the circumstances Mr. O’Keefe decided to divide his party. He will take tho bulk of his men with him and proceed to explore the country in a direct line to Pelican Lake : he will then cross country in as direct a line as possible to Fort la Corne ; then descend the Saskatchewan by water to Cumberland House, and there await further instructions from the Engineer-in-Chief at Ottawa.Mr. Clarke will break off from his party at Pelican Lake, proceed across the country to Green Lake; thence, under the auspices of the Hudson’s Bay Company, he will proceed down Beaver Biver to Isle a la .Crosse, and at that station will be furnished with a boat and go by the usual Hudson’s Bay Company’s route to Cumberland, making excursions into the interior from the banks of the rivers and lakes along the route, as he may deem advisable and find practicable.Mr. Clarke will report to Mr. O’Keefe at Cumberland, and on the nature of the information gathered on the trips their future movements will be governed, after receiving further instructions from Ottawa.Chief Commissioner Grahame took down letters for the Government, and undertook to send them on to Ottawa by special messenger. Mr. O’Keefe will then probably receive instructions to adopt wbafc means maybe necessary to make a thorough exploration of the country during the winter. It is of great importance that something definite should be ascertained about this region, for although what is now known about it seems to preclude the construction of the railway through it, it may be that its forests of tambrack and spruce pine will prove valuable in and after the building of the Canadian Pacific Bailway.The party loft their carts at Carlton House, where they were furnished with pack saddles and generally fitted up for their arduous work.—A man sometimes parts his name in the middle for euphony and beauty. Even Jacob has a good effect on a card when placed as J. Cobb Smith.—A five-vear-old son of a family the other day sfcooa watching his baby brother, who was making a great noise over having his face washed. The little fellow at length lost his patience, and stamping his tiny foot, said : “ You think you have lots of trouble, but you don’t know anything about it. Wait till you are big enough to get a lickin' and then you’ll see—won’t he, mamma ?”went insane tl McKyes, who gards. 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