The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-06-01


ings, have testified their love and rever-
ence for her son, who will some day be
their ruler and their lord. Another case
contains robes of the finest silk and gar
ments, fabricated from the soft and golden
tieeces of Cashmere, light and airy as the
cloudy robes that envelop the limbs of the
tabled gods; delicate needle work, deftly
wrought by fairy fingers, almost conceals
the original structure these are indeed fit
to be the royal robes of kings Another
case is filled with quaint and curious fire
aims, odd indeed in their construction, vet
deadly enough no doubt in the hands of
the skilled and daring marksmen for whom
they were manufactured. Here and there,
in this wonderful collection, strange little
creatures with eyes OF sapphire and ruby,
and pearl peer out on you as you pass, and
seem ready to leap at you from the golden
embroidery. Almost every day, some where
in the Exhibition, may be seen the Prince
of Wales, accompanied by his beautiful
wife, whose lovely and gentle face has won
the hearts Of Englishmen every where.
Pleased as children, they wander from
place to place, perfectly free from mperti-
nent intrusion, and happy in the individual
liberty, which is no greater boon to peas
ant than king.
BY far the most perfect exhibit at the
present time is to be found III the British
department; England took time by the
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hard to make up for lost time and will no
doubt make a good report. The attend
ance has been very good every since the
opening day, though there is not single
department that can yet be called finished.
During the week. which is past, there have
been several individual Examinations in
honor of the Exposition, the most notable
being that al the house and ground of
Madam Rothschild, which was exceeding
beautiful. Paris is very full of people;
every thing is on the rise; the Grand Hotel
put its dinners up last week from six francs
to eight, and most Of the other hotels are
| following suit. Paris is not only full of
| people, but it is also full of deusions, one
va lht ihOSI icludl hdUlc UtlIS Inc lulOSlu-
crasies of the French clock. l have yet to
| find two which keep time alike. Iset my
watch between the church of the Madeleine
and the Porte Saint Denis, and finally missed
an important engagement, by being fifteen
minutes too slow.
But among the numerous hidden pitfalls
which beset your imperied feet there is
| nothing that equals that delightful iusory
fiction which meets you at every turn,
"English spoken here, is almost as
much of an enigma as that subimest of all
mysteries the French sausage, whose I'M
fathomed compound no enterprisng gas
tronome has yet had the courage to explore.
1t was the wife of the great Snowman, Bar
mum, | believe, who made the uncom-
Portable discovery that the choicest of
Bologne's were made from the flesh of the
donkey. We should have comparatively
little cause for complaint if the sole COM
ponent of this delightful cosmetble was
the body of our long cared and respectable
brother, but in it are remote possibilities
and probable contingencies which would
seem to give value to the time honored in
junction of shut your eye and open your
mouth, etc. And here let me pause for
moment to refute a SANDER industriously
circulated and generally believed, that the
French rabbit might be found roosting on
the tops of fences disturbing your dreams
at night. Never was there a fouler or
more unmitigated SANDER. The gentle for
ester may be seen on any market day on
the top of a basket with a string tied to
his leg, and the purchaser can follow him
from the moment that the axe of the exc
cutioner decapitates him, to the instant he
is ready for the pot. | take great pleas
ure in exploding this infamous libel on
French cuisine, from the fact that the
knowledge of the allegation has often fill
ed me with serious and uncomfortable mis-
givngs, but now attack my rabbit frieas-
see with faith that might move noun
tans, and look upon frogs as divine dis
pensation with which beneficent Provi-
dence, in the plentItude of his power, has
comforted the children of men.
AUG now q WOru OF caution TO travellers.
He who would tread these streets with I'M
meshed feet will need to be wise as SER
pent though he can scarcely be expected to
be quite as harmless as a dove. If, in your
walks along the beautiful boulevards, or
through the delightful maizes of Champs
Elysees, you meet female of especially
sanity countenance, whose eyes are fixed
demurely on the ground, and whose face
reminds you of the angels which you may
have seen occasionally niched in cathedral
aisles, don't raise your eyes, don't turn
about, don't look over your shoulder or
you are lost; go down into your pocket at
once for the prayer book or Bible that your
wife or mother gave you when you were
about to depart from home; begin with re-
peating the thirty nine articles, and then
slide gently off into the apostles creed, or
any other of those spiritual safeguards, the
anchors of which are supposed to hold fast
when your moral ark is in danger. If you
find yourself still dragging, try Chow doth
the little busy bee," or the first verse in
the last chapter of Ecclesiastes; and if,
after all this, you still experience signs of
weakness, stuff cotton in your ears, pull
your hat over your eyes, pack up your
traps and start for home, Paris is no place
for you, and even that universal panacea
saltpeter would scarcely avail in your moral
and spiritual preservation.
BRoADBRIM.
MURPHY'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
At the Church of the Disciples, in New,