The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-02-02
Modern Partisan Wonders.

WONDERS or Paris are the garden on Mont
martre and Chaumont Heights-Bataclau
and the new bazaar The garden con.
taius sixty-two acres; it is situated on
hill higher than Dorchester Heights, and
which has valleys on all four sides, which
spread out as far as the eye can reach and
are variegated with churches, villages,
gardens, vineyards and fields, river
which winds tortuousl y as the braided
snake, and two great railways on which,
coming or going, trains continuously dash
through So great is the distance, even
the English express train, which rolls
along at the rate of thirty-six miles an
hour, seems to crawl at a snail's pace
Here lies Paris with her monuments
Yonder is the Bots dc Boulognc, and over
it St. Cloud, Suresnes, Mt. Plaefien, Pu-
teaux, Sesres, Mendon -; further to the
left is Ciamart and Montrouge, distin-
guished by their Immense quarry wheels
which seem gigantic cobwebs against the
sky. Further away still are countless
villages. You may spend days there gaz-
ing and feel no more fatigue than you ex.
perience when staring at the horizon line
from the sea shore. Is there site for a
garden in the world comparable to this
You h,d its cousin once on Dorchester
Heights. but private houses have long
since coniscated it, and you have not yet
learned the lesson OF tearing down houses
for the public good.
Imagine gem of garden situated on
nj M Hin t. Ill
centre rises sort of pinnacle of rocks
some two hundred feet high, and ono bank
of the lake is formed hill--Pelon piled
on Ossa-one hundred and fifty feet Ugh,
and crowned with canopy in marble of
the SibyPs temple (whose exquisite pro-
portions the engraver has made familiar
to everybody which overlooks the falls of
Trivoli near Rome. Bataclau, or, as it is
written over the door, BAT A CLAN, is a
Chinese pagoda, constructed with scrupu-
lous fidelity to the models of Chinese art,
decorated ioside with figures copied from
an album found in the summer Palace at
Pekn. 1t is Cafe Concert. 1t was
built for u musical and dramatic cafe, but
the police struck out the words "and dra-
riatic," so it was forced TO give only mu-
steal tertanments. 1t is at this mo-
ment the most successful establishment in
tnwn. 1t is not only crowded, but its
doors are bcsieged by thousands--I do Lot
exaggerate-wLo wait until some specta-
tor yacates his place. There is no charge
for admission at the doors; the price is
paid in increased rates for refreshments.
The bazaar is the latest wonder. It's not
yet completed. 1t is to cost one million
of dollars, and, like an Oriental bazaar,
will contain everything. The buyer will
receive Il bond for 1O0f, if he buys for SO
much, otherwise he will receive ticket
for the amount of his purchases, and when
they have in course of time reached to
lO0f., they will be exchanged for bond
Drawings of these bonds will take place
periodically, and tie holder whose bonds
number is drawn will be paid 100f Thus
people may buy gratuitously (pardon the
incungruity) 1t is fortunate that such
a discovery has been made, for life in Par.
is is growing so expensive that nobody can
live here unless at least two rich uncles
or three rich aunts have made him their
heir. VIII you credit it? You may find
in our gcntlemeu's furnishing shops, shirts
at the price Of $500 and 5000. | wish
you would let me draw on you for dozen
shirts worth year. You ought to do so,
toe surely you wouldn't see writer Oh
your paper having less than dozen shirts
lin his chest of drawers. Or, as times arc
bard, we will compromise matters by my
accepting one dozen such shirts as an out
fit and giving yon quit claim for the fu-
ture.