The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-24
FuT The Coil Wig.
BROADBRIM'S LETTER FROM PARIS.

/ Exposition is that just about the time YOU
Imagine You have explored its wonders
pretty thoroughly, you suddenly come upon
4 section that you have never seen or heard
OF before, and wonder how it could posi-
bly, have escaped you.
commenced my tour Of inspection on
the first day of May. In fact. ! was pretty
familiar with the building some weeks be
fore that, and yet, during the past week. |
have seen things which have fixed me with
wonder to think that could have wander
ed abou; through this Exposition and never
have seen them before. As you cross the
magnificent bi id-e which spans tine Seine
/ between the TIocadcro aud tie main build
Ing, 4 number Of beautiful structures lie
immediately to the right. The little Prin-
j cIpallty Of Monaco has raised an elegant
little Oriental kiosk and filed i: with cera-
mics and curious objects Of art You will
1 doubtless recoiIcct that il was to this place
the gamblers went when they were Danish
ed from Baden Baden, and to day it is the
great gambling house of Europe When
/ FIST head of the Monaco exhibit. | cx.
/ pectrd To find faro boxes, packs of ca.,ls.
sweat cloths, roulette tables, dice boxes;
and you may guess my surprise to discover
/ one Of TIE most beautiful exhibitions of
ceramics in the entire Exposition, surround
/ ing fountains and flowers. and other OBJ.
/ iccts OF beauty aud ant,
! Beyond the exhibit Of Monaco is a spe-
! cial exhibit by Spain, and Just here let me
say that Spain has made 4 magnificent dis.
/ pay in a number OF other departments.
/ The building Of which am now going to
speak j. the Spanish exhibit o: wines. and
/ remarkable as it may seem, is composed
exclusively of bottles. The building is
/ quite large and imposing, only little dis
/ iauce of party OF Wild Arabs fresh from
the desert sands lay easily about beneath
F the shadow of their tents, and looking rs
We imagine lshmaeI mus; have looked. the
fist born Of Abraham. Entering the door
a: once you are dazz!cd by 4 scene of ORR
entail SPlendor: gorgeous pillars of glass
and inches of crystal rise before you. flash
.uE and gi!tteriug with millions OF coiored
lights. The arches and pillars are modelled
after the grand palace OF the A!hamra.-
/ GU turn 10 the right or the left and mul.
tipiied by the CRYSTAL reiicctors, you look
through long avenues of beautiful arches
where the light, multiplied thousand
times, flashes and breaks i'll diamond corus-
! cations till you feel that you are standing
in fairy land. Over your head hang multi
tudes of slittering stalactites of the purest
white, of the brightest of crystal and of the
most emerald green, purple, yellow, violet
aud multituGes of shades iOr which art las
not yet found a name, add to the wonders
/ Of this enchanting palace. You have been
inspecting this marvellous building some
time before You begin to realize that you
have only been looking at bottles Pillars
of wine, roof Of wine, walls of wine and
floor Of w!nc.-wiu wine, wine, every
where; Hook, sherry, champagne, Port and
Ncres de Ia Frontara, the wine Of the city
Of Paradise. As a specimen Of arcAitec-
lural genius it has excited general wonder.
and even among this assemblagc of works
gathered from every portion Of the globe.
this unique exhibition of Spanish wines
has been considered one Of the malvels of
the Exposition.
In the United States department.. almost
hidden by displays Of shining teeth and
tempting jeweiry, paper fashions, patent
TINS aud mode! post offices, is little case
which you might pass uuu"ticed, and yet
4. I.
ing mention. As an eXhibi; it is iusignlii-
cant aud small. 1t came so late that II has
not even earned place on the catalogue,
and yet small as II is, it demonstrates a
principle which is destined 10 do for the
Southern States of the United States of
North America, what the prophet of old
did for the captive Jews when he led them
out of the house of bondage. This little
case WAS brought on by Col. l.. Richard
son, the cotton planter of Mississippi, and
is the product OF his mills at Wesson. one
hundred and forty five miles above New
Orleans. 1t looks hopeful for the South
when, in an out of the way place like IVES
son, where twenty years ago not man in
WAS whcI he saw it, that factory should
rise, ruI ming 1000 spiudles, employing
30 ha!.ts, consuming !, O0U bales OF cot
ton, half million of pounds Of wool, and
producing fabric& sold at their own door,
and worth three quarters of million an
uualiy. The fabrics produced are princi
paliy those worn by the people of the South,
and are evidently made TO last. This en-
tcrprise, besides furnishing work for thou
sands of people who would bc otherwise
unemployed, has been one of the best in
vestments for capital, its profits being from
ten to fifteen per cent. Day by day this
wealthy cotton planter, whose crop last
year was nine thousand bales. may be seen
examining the various classes of goods:
aud We may reasonably expect that, i'll a
year or two at fartheSt, the latest Partisan
styles will be transported to the banks of
the Mississippi, where, directed by tho
genius of W. Oliver, they may be dispensed
to the people OF the United States.
The other day thought would make a
visit to the salt water Aquarium. For
must tell you that it has been a favorite
project with the designers of this EXPOSE
ton to familiarize the public with the hab-
lis of salt water fish. On former voyage
to Cape Horn was fed ON salt cod for
period of five weeks, and | was anxious to
know the habits OF the fish. That he should
be exceedingly salt, did not astouish me,
seeing he had always lived in salt water;
but was anxious TO know what he ate and
where he roasted and what made him so
exceedingly salt about the tail. The French
Exposition was my golden opportunity, and
| resolved 10 embrace it: besides, | had
lonced To catch whale, and there were to
be seen several here on exhibition: the OPP
pogtunity looked favorable, and last week
started out. The thermometer stood some
thing below hundred; but checred 10y the
Flrr That | Slouli have the Auuariun, :, II IN