Daily Republican., 1878-12-04

ley at West Minister Abb-y on Sunday
afternoon, and also Charles II. Spur
geOn. They visited the Royal Acade-
my OF Fine Arts and st James and
Buckingham palaces.
Speaking Of Paris the speaker said
they live for pleasure. They have
studied and arr studying the science OF
how to get the greatest amount Of gaiety
and fun out Of life time with the same
activity and earnestnesS that the Eng
lishman displays in LEARNING and prae-
ticing the science of eating. The French
people are not great eaters. II is said
that a hundred Thousand French and
Spanish soldiers can be fed for one half
the sum that is necessary to feed fifty
thousand English soldiers, because the
French soldier with his loaf Of bread
and ten cent bottle Of claret wine, and
the Spanish soldier with his wine and
cigarette ar. perfectly contented, while
the English soldier must have enough
and to spare OF indispensable roast beef
and Jug OF beer or he Is ,discontented
and unhappy.
The French mechanic and labOrer goes
to his work at sunrise with but light
breakfast, his lunch consisting OF moth
ing but piece Of Dread and bottle OF
wine, and so he works on day after day
until six and seven o'clock in the eve
ming when he eats his dinner.
The Parisiap makes the night his
day and the streets are crowded at 2 a..
IN. , az they ar" at ten in the evening,
and the pavem-nts are covered with
small tables at which are seated the
Frenchmau with his male or female
companion, slipping wine hour after
hour, happy and contented. During
the entire time h. spent on the conf
nent he met but one drinking man and
he had taken too much OF the Scheidam
Schnapps of Holland.
He visited V-rsaiees, the palaceI Ierec-
ted by Louis XIV, which has cost the
French Government more than two
hundred millions of dollars and the
ensuing tax which fell upon the French
people as RESULT was one of the
prime causes Of the great revolution.
Speaking Of Belgium and Holland,
TIA. women do most Of the work while
the men look on. For instance it was
no new sight in Belgium to see women
pulling small milk OF vegetable carts ,
the wit" we'll harness-d pulling faith
fully along while the husband is care
lessly sauntering along
While IN England they were for
tunate in seeing the Duke OF Conaught,
the Princess BEATRICE, son ard daugh-
ter of the Queen of England and the
Princess Amelia
Through the kindnes offs Hon. John
Welsh they were furnished with letters
securing admission to the English
House Of Loards and House Of Commons
which was then in session. The mem
bers take the most abandoned positions,
either with hats on AID frequently suc
eeeing in drowning the voic" Of II"
speaker by their expressions of approx
al or contempt.
They were fortunate in hearing Mr..
Gladstone, Hon. W. 4. Forster, Sir
Wilford Lawson, Hon. Robert Lowe,
Sir Vernon Harcourt and other noted
characters whG made addresses.
| On visiting ireland they visited the
banks of Ireland and several Of the
squares and parks upon which many OF
Ireland's great and sad events have
terminated. They visited Kildare, Tip
perary, Killarney, Blarney Castle,
Limerick and portion OF the Killarney
| lakes.
/ The speaker dwell; at some length on
the different places visit in Ireland
and also alluded to the pleasant trip
homeward, but want OF space torbids
us to write more on the subject.
Every one present was pleased with
the lecture, and many expressed de.
sire to hear it again.