Business Like

The beggars of Paris aio an enterprisin? body and tieat their occupation, f so it may be cs-ilíd, with amusing seliuuBness. They have a regular directory of benefactors in two editions - a large and small one. These books give the namts of persons knowa to be l(.;nevolent, also their religión and political faith; also the hour at which they muy be found at home, etc. The "religious rackct" is very remunerative, it seems. An old ragpieicer at Cliehy lately confessed that last winter her child was baptlzed twelvo times iu protestant churches and ten times in Catholic ones; each time the mother received one franc and a new dress. When epidv vca are raging the beggar asks for coiiiributions on the jlea that nis or her offspring is down with diphth(f-;a, oroup, etc, and many people quickly respor.ii in order to get rid of whsfl (he believe to be a very dangerOMR clasü of people.