Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-03-26
WRITTEN expressly for the Dayton Emplre
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Passing one day through section of the
city which abounded in ragged and dirty
children, | bought large paper Of gum drops
for franc, and amused myself by giving a
handful to every little rascal that ran against
me, upon the sidewalk. Sometimes the little
hand would reach out eagerly at first aud
then draw back until its owner looked up won
deringly at the young chap with queer hat
on (ior be it remembered that nobody but
Americans wear soft felt hats that vas bend,
smile he would take them with hearty
"Merci, Monsieur" that made me as glad az
he Not one of them failed to thank me, al
though some Of their little tongues were
scarcely old enough distinctly to utter the
words Oue little 6sxen-haired thing, evi-
dently Sin the pouts' at her older brother
who had been taazing her, at first would not
accept The offered sweets, and struck my
hand as spitefully as IL bad been in league
with her tormenter, The next instant how
ever, she cried Pardon Monsieur" and glad
" held out her hand
In another ol my afternoon sirolls through
the city, | came upon a fine large building
with a long row Of columns and long flight
of stone steps in front OF it. mingled with
the throng who were passing toward it, and
passed with them, unchallenged into the
Bourse; the celebrated Stock Exchange Of
Paris. | have seen enthusiastic political
meetings, yelling mobs and the New York
Stock Exchange, but the din which sauted
my ears as entered here, is entirely unpar-
alleled in all my experience. Fifteen hun
dred or two thousand men stood clustered to-
gether on the spacious stone floor, aud they
all seemed to be bowling in unison, with no
other apparent object than to see which could
make the most noise. went up into the
gallery, aud looked over fhs bainster upon
them, and the roar that came up was as
deafening as the thunders Of Niagara Busi.
ness TO an enormous amount was ih1s carried
on, bat how bargains are made aud an un.
dsrstanding reached by the buyers and sellers,
is entirely beyond my comprehension. Al
one time the whole nation was infected with
the passion for gambling in stocks, and wo.
men we're among the most frantic ABd des.
perate operators The bubble burst ihou
sands were ruined, and that entire genera
ton was taught slesson they never forget
Passing over to another part Of the city
through a portion OF il which Louis tells us. /
| Inhabited by the poorest and most vicious OF ia
population, but which in outward appears nee,
| is no worse than any part Of London east OF
ST. Paufs, we found the mandatory Of the
| celebrated Gobelin tapestry and eRrpeting
| IL is government institution, but our pass
porta secure us admission after a moment
delay, and we proceed to inspect the process
| by which these artists reproduce in these fab
rics, the finest paintings with an accuracy ab
solntely amazing | cal, them artists, be
cause tae eyes which select these threads Of
various shades Of co lor and the hands which
so weave and blend them together, are sure Il
at least as skilltul, as are any Of those we saw
copying the masierpisees Of the Lou
vre All the product Ons OF the estA5
lishmeDt are for royalty alone, and the SOW
ereigns OF other countries consider themselves
specially favored, II they can obtain some
thing from these looms to place as decora
tons in their most brilliant salons
| At five o'clock in the ahernoou, Paris be
gins TO think about dinner, AT our hotel ",
could get, at the table d'hote, a very good
meal, served in elegant style, but il involve,
some extra attention 10 our toilets, and an ex
pehse Of SsVen or eight francs and we usuall,
turned our steps 10 one the cafes Of d Pa
lais Royal, where We could geT a dinner o
soup, fish, three kinds OF meat with segeta
bles, dessert and q botllo Of light claret wine
for two and half or three francs-6fty ol
sixty cents We did not knov enough Of ID,