Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-23

In sptte Of the manifold terrors OF
the sea, which the recent wreck o fthe
Atlantic has renewed With terrible
fmpressiveness to tue travelling world,
erc midsummer many Thousands
from this country will have crossed
over tho stormy Atlantic to the Old
World. Tho exodus to Europe in.
croases yearly, and this year will b,
unprecedented, Oh account Of the
great worlds exposition to be held IL
1.-THE gay city Of Vienna, from May
until October. As It were in cont
~pensation to tho mother countrie,
tor tho hundreds OF thousands o.
their sturdy o n whom they annual
y send to assist with. strong arrn'
and brave hearts In unhoard'
ing tho wealth of tho New World
We return some thousands of tour
lists with indifferent arms, aud hearts
too, for that, but with pockets full Of
money, which they leave behind, iu
general the only pleasant reminls'
cence of their sojourn.
Vienna is the capital of tho Aus.
trisn Empire, and in 1865 contained
a population OF 10000. It is noted
for its music, its dusty streets iu
summer, its muddy streets in winter,
aud its beer. 1t is an old city, dating
its foundation away back near tho
dawn Of the era. 1t contains many
curiositics of architecture, among
them the cathedral of St. Stephen
one of the most beautiful Gothic cd
ifices ir Germany. But Americans
will doubtless be fully informed will
reference to everything of interest
IN the past history or present condi
ton Of the city, during the coming
six months. A writer in the las
Harper's Monthly, speaking of tn,
exposition, says:
There is ono respect in which The
Vienna Exposition will far surpas:
in interest any other that has ever
been hclt- that is, the varieties o
races and costumes which will be
witnessed at it. A visit to that city
even in ordinary times is equal to
year of chronological study. OF the
two great nsvigable water-paths be-
tween Europe and the East-the
Adriatic. with Trieste at its head,
and the Danube, with Vienna for its
portal-this is the one along whicI
the historic development of com.
merce and civilization has taken
place. The Turkish jews, who,
driven out of Spain, had to fluid
among the followers Of Mohammed
the protection which the followers
of Christ denied them, became the
chief agents of the great current oI
trade between Asia and Europe
They still use Spanish as their regu
lar language, while they wear-a,
least the mel do-the Oriental cos
tune, which makes their entrance
into Turkey more easy. At III" SAM
time there is blended with this cos
tune more oddly certain antique
Syrian vcstments. (Among th,>'
bam;shcd from Spain was n patirarrl
I who then took the name of Disracli
the founder of the family which liza.
become historical in Engllnd.) Tn
streets of Vienna L a~greeabiy va
ried with Armenians anu Russian
Greatly Hungarians). all of whom ar
engaged in plying between Vienna
and the East. but IRE usually habit.
ed in the styles which are more
adapted to Asiatic cities. where
dress is of more importance to tree
and easy intercourse. Nevertheless,
as those who have visiisd Asia
Minor. or even Little Russia alone.
we'll know, these intcrnationa! cos
tunes have some features of ON
promise, apd it will be at the or, ii
Exposition that the real masuuerad
of all the costumes of the East will
perpetually move along the streets o.
Vienna