New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-14
LIFE IN PARIS.
rrrrp FROM .RsEyE HoussAYE.

..pc,surN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF A TRAVELLING
stITAx-HIs HOME CONFERENCE.-The SYM
PATHIEs WITH IMPERiALIsN-FRUfTs AND FLOW
Frs OF THE wEsI-THE InEATER OF VERSAILLES
THE GRAND OPERA.
ITRoN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
PARIS. July 2J.-We have a miniature Sultan IN
pors tho Sultan of Zanzibar. He begins with Paris
10 make his tour Of the world. lie IS black A. inc
ravens wing the finest Jet black you ever saw still
1ht ifhe will find here a great number of Sntanas
ready 10 pick up his handkerchief He appears to be
,pioving himself though he evidently pays little
attention TO the Dictionary Of the Academy. He Is
accompsuied nv the Director of the Department OF
Oriental Languages W. ScAeffer, who is paid for I'M
dcrs:andine him, but who does not. Hc goes about
everyw here, IN the museums the libraries. ana 'he
theaters. He likes living tahleaus better thah
pantsd ones and books III action better than those
written.
Nevertheless he is philosopher since ne h's
been in Paris he writes every day very shio""
letter to his fav oTiie Suana to give ms mpi''>o''
If travel He does not deign 70 write like the rest
If us poor mortals: he dictates fIoE the summit OF
Ms grandeur 70 a scribe as black as himself An IN
DISCRETION has placed in my hands Transcript OF his
opipions on matters Of public concern. hasten 10
send Won a translation Of his letters The following
is his first epistle TO the Sultana;
To THE SUITANA OF RosEs IL TIE PALACE AT
ZANZIBAR: Why, my Sultaua, Is Paris called rival
Of the cites of the sun Il is always raining here
Ever since my arrival the SKY has scoNied at me-
Tie sun sometimes comes but he ia accompanied by
exa.perating showers. Ii IL 10 wonder tuat the>"
peoplc have invented artificial fireworks for the
night. a. they are on such III terms with the great
artifcer of day. Paris is an Encyclopedia IN
aclon projecting 10 the confines of the. world the
living lights Of universal thought. But We are
lanpy at Zanzibar in moi taking our lessons in poll
ties from Paris.
You have heard il said that wit ran here IN the
streets TIN, : wrong: II l. not VII but men oi VII
who are on r streets. The rage of the French Is 10
Ie witty or rather to show thai they are. That Is
The reason that they All write IA the news papers.
hundred year, ago they made books. They wanted
t. immortazc their folics. Now they eatI-iI, F!
70 set them down day byday in their Journals. as a
sort of blotter. posteiify viii know nothing about
ii +: there Is that much clear gam.
Still there are many educated people. The country
Of Noriraicro az NplItre of Notaire and Chat eau
brand Is siu peaped with fine takers. And ia the
words of one 81 them, 81 are not mounted on Tie
chariot OF the comic romance Of demagoesin' l
have seen good many politicians. and have come to
comprehend nothing al all Of FrcucA politics. 40
one seems willing 10 snow bis hand and every one
wears a mask. There are four parties. inu cards 10
turn: the Emperor. the King the Domi-king. and
Tho Republic The mncrai.sts the only ones
wlo 10 not hide their ideal NJ. Theirs d,i.l.rs them
for tins. do they colSp7e e. some one asked linn.
Much worse" ne answered they hope" The
Eo,aiist- would like 10 carry the keys Of Paris Oh a
yer plate 70 the Count Of Chamb'Id. but they say
that Paris j. not worth mass. The Demi-foyaliais
would Ike t. bring up the Count # Paris brt they
d. not Ike to turn up a King tlom the bottom III Il
family game.
A. for the Republicans II is confusion confounded
They agree much less than the Imperaiist,. the Roy
a,i-ts or tie UemRoya'iats. You would not care 10
read the enumeration of all the republics which they
propose for that which they gave 20 France on tic
4th September was the Republic Ok Chaos. There
is hot social nor political idoa among these Re
Iublicans because there Is 10 religious idea Tie
liberty they ask is 10 get into power and en,iave
their opponents. They care nothing foT those who
sufer The, have often seized upon the dictatorship
without having ever Issue a decree for the ben"ht
at the masses When they make arevolution they
write with an id.otic devotion or All the monuments,
those three word, which form the Cuelost moc..arY
al their acts, Ljtcrty with al ezPre-s-tIain for
Noum6a: Equa,ity with offices aud embas- e, FIR
tone and thirty sous day and a bullet ia the head
for others; FcatcatA the cannon OF Versailles
against the cannon OF Parasitic fraternity OF bloc "
TIE stoical souls would Ike to shut up the
churches and and deity the rum>h0ps. 1hev call tins
compulsory eiucation-for Sundays and Mondays.
Mahomet sad. The social body Is a tree. IL can
only grow On condition that il l. nouri~hed equally
from heaven and ea-th.'' SElYD BARGA>H.