The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-18

SOmcly mounted IN gOlu; ana the
bugs unmountpd are for sale from fifty
cents TO four dollars dozen. They
are very beautiful little creatures, and
make handsome jewelry, If one has no
feeling of repugnance To hanging bugs
in their ears or fastening them at their
throat.
/ But the feather fans They surpassi
MI description. They are circular in
shape, delicate carved ivory handle
extending from the center through one
side. Ono will be of delicate pinl,
feathers, in shape like the end of
peacocli's feather, only more d0wny
and soft. A circle of white down runs
around the fam about two inches from
the outer edge and in the center an
exquisite boquet of feather flowers,
and so you may exercise your imagina-
tions, varying the color of the princi-
pal feathers and the decorations, but
preserving the shape. A large NUM-
ber ofthese fans are already sold, to
Countess Dudley, 10 Baron So and So,
or to Princess This or That, and the
prices range from twelve to forty
dollars. One most marvclously
beautiful, to my eye the gem of the
collection, is sold to Prince Esterhazy.
The fan IL of white feathers the circle
of down of Il most exquisite roseate
hue, and upon d0wny nest in the
center rcpuscs wondrously lovely
humminghir,, its varlously tinted
plum0ge cleaning al the light, and
It's whole form trembling almost as il
it We're on the wing. o, happy Prince,
to be able to possess such II ''thing of
beauty" which also has an ostensible
use!
Near this ease sit Il couple of girls
making feather flowers, and selling
them ut fifty cents for small button-
hole bouquet.
Another instance of the gorgeous
ness of Brazilian insects is the large
blue butterflies, the tinting of whose
wings is dazzlingly beautiful,
They have rocking chairs in
Brazil; at least they have sent
one to the Ausstellung, and also an
elegant ''pril dieu," or praying chair,
of blue velvet embroidered with gold
A neat little library in n case attracted
my eye. and went closer to read the
titles of the books, and found that it
was n wooden library, a collection of
the rare woods of Brazil, mnde into
book form, and the label with name.
genus and species posted ON the back
as if it were the title of the book. y
large clay model of projected mouu-
ment, commemorative OF the last Vie
tories of Brazil, and large oil paint
ing showing the wilds and hlnglts, the
tropical plants and animals oi the land
of the Amazon, closes the display of
this department..
In the American court or annex is
n beautiful model of Il hospital car,
fitted up for the accommodation Of
thirty wounded, Tho EmpeUr, durii &
his late yisi, TO our department, cX-
pressed his admiration of the beauty
and utility OF this ear, but wondered
how so longn ear could go around short
curves. The great Pacific railroad send
q very large, fine map Of their road
and lands, and also u collection of
wheat, some of it wonderfully fine rs
to size and quality.
1t Is stated that the Emperor was
well pleased with the American ex-
hibit, and said that the United States
had made more progress since the
last grand exposition than any other
nation. II is we'll Tint we can have a
little sweet to swallow with the bitter
which we have been compelled to take
in one way or another i'll connection
with thisworlds fair. The last disa-
grccablc dose being the scQndalous ac-
ton of those. same restaurant keepars,
who were the frat - bring disgrace
upon ~, One OF the firm bor-
rowcd fifty pounds of an Englishman,
under the preteXt that his mother was
sick and he wanted to send her aid. |
When the Enylislman went for his
money he found neither money or
man. Both partners had absconded,
leaving the restaurant just as il stands
and with Il large Indebtedness, and the
Commission have taken charge of the
restaurant snl shouldered the debt.
The other American restaurant has
also come to grief through the failure
of the moneyed partner Guterman
Bros, of Vienna, leaving the active
partner with a debt of thirty thousand
guilders, about fifteen thousand dollars,
and he despairing of repairing the ruin
by continuing as an American restal-
rant has turned his establishment Into
a German beer saloon.
,sfier all, there seems TO be conf
cal sort of justice in the fact that the
restaurant which had so much to do
in turning the old Commission out,
should NJ last he saddled upon the
new Commission.
1t Il clear to me, and think must
be so TO any candid Investigator, that
our country has had all this trouble
and disgrace through liquor and liquor
dealers. A significant fact and 6ne
well worth pondering.
WELT AUsSTELLUNG.