When John Law Boomed It

A milliner happened to come to Paris about a lawsuit She was snccessful and invested the proceeds in speculation, and she amassed in a few months a snm which converted into erar eorreney represents nearly L5,000,000. No class of the conimunity escaped tbe iníection. Two of the ablest scholars of France are reported to have deplored the madness of the times at one interview, only to find themselves at their next meeting bidding for shares with the greatest exciteinent. The scène of operations was a narrow street called Quincatnpoix, and the demand for accommodation may be judged from the fact that a house which before yielded about L40 a year now brought in more than L800 a month. A cobbler made about L10 a day by letting out a few chairs iu bis stall, and a hunchback, who is celebrated in the prints of the time, acquired in a few days more thaii L7,000 by letting out his hump to the street brokers as a writing desk. - Professor Nicholsou's "Mouey and Moneíary Problems.