The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-08-21

all Paris loves flowers, from the smallest
''shebang" to the bazaar of several
blocks from the cellar shop, to the dor
mer window seeming almost to touch the
sky Flowers everywhere. green plants
and exotis Ivy, nasturisum and con-
volvulus, trailing up almost out of sight,
from some garnet window.
Their little parterres and fronts, their
gorgeous gardens, relieving the stone
ornamentions of long stretched facades,
are all exqusitely kept. Perfect carpets
of emerald green leaves, borders red
and ornamented with ribbon beds of all
the hues of the rainbow. l have seen
miles of scarlet geraninms, miles of
salmon ditto, miles of box shrub border
ing, trimmed as straight and sharp as
the cornice of palace or running in
parallel lines with gorgeous flowers in
the most of the outside windings and the
lawns, shorn so close and constant that
the term velvet is the only correct SIM
lie. Those things most be seen-descrip-
ton will not do. Seeing is believing"
.(D Hold on. There in the Main
Building of the Exposition, was spell
bound by the paintings as they appear at
first glance, of Earth" * Water" etc.
The first is represented by the animals,
birds, ETC., that earth produces This
artistic group is surrounded by fruits
Of the earth, all the flowers, in borders,
wreaths and garlands, painted so won.
derfully true and life-like, so bright and
yet so softly blended, so fresh and
bold as to delight the hunter, the epicure
and florist, but above all, the artists
mind. Among the details of which this
tabIeau consisted was pile of game and
birds, just flung down, as it were, by the
hunter Out of the slain rabbits mouth
oozed blood, and formed large patch on
the grass which his head was touching. I
saw two young men return with three
others, (they were all English.) One said:
"Well, if you don't believe it, touch it"
The other rubbed his finger clumsily,
and to my annoyance-over the "drop of
bood"-opened his mouth and eyes and
exclaimed: "Well, I'll be d-d!"
Paintings, yes marvellous paintings"
Many 15x25 feet square and mixed
up with these are Gobelin carpets
woven perfectly wonderful The
grand view from the Trocodero and
the view of the Grand Trocodero, are
both magnificent. Lakes, cascades,
flower beds like rainbows, cut up into
circlee and ornaments, lines and turns
Statues, shrubbery, fanciful farcades of
buildings, bewildering to the eye. High
above this all, rises the marble-towered
Trocadero, with its arcades and collonades
like immense wings, and right and left of
the Grand Central, falling, leaping and
sparkling, is a cascade falling in and
filling an immense basin with fountains
wild and rushing high, and cooling into
the summer air. The Main Exhibition
building on the other side of the Seine is
in proportion. France, ''la grand ma
tion," pronounce grand" here with
three ''r's" sticking in your throat has
here several times the lions share in
space, and to good use she puts it, [ must
admit. Among the one hundred or more
millions of diamonds which occupy whole
pavilion in the Main Hall, is the hilt of
sword which attracted my attention mostly
by its compact work. Firmly set, diamond
on diamond cover completely the graceful
hit and very large guard, extending
several inches down the blade. No stone
is less in size than a pea, and of the
first water In the guard aforesaid is
central diamond about the size of a
mans fnger-naiI Even in juxta-
position with necklaces six and eight
inches wide, composed of one glittering
mass of diamonds, are lovely and tempt
ing beyond language.
The bronze head and part of the breast
of the gigantic statue of Liberty 1t shines
for all" to be placed in New York har
Dor by the French nation, is on the exhi-
bition grounds the face alone measures
about six feet in diameter, but even at
that size is remarkably symetrlcal, and
the modulations are as round and soft as
on life size statue. The American Cen
tennial exhibition induced the French
to partly initiate the separate building
style, but it is failure here, l think.
Most certainly, however, is this the case
with their brave efforts for trees and
shade. Immense trees were taken up
with tons of soil and root and transplan
ted ON these grounds. The trees are there
to be sure, but rot the shade, as the TO-
liage is very thin and sickly. An enter
prising furniture firm distributed all over
the grounds, garden benches and chairs
of a hundred different patterns, each
bearing a snowy ''card" of the manu-
facturer. Thus the dealer advertises,
and the people rest and lounge to their
hearts content.
ZURICH, Switzerland July. 1878.
1 was obliged to postpone the continu-
alton of my notes until tonight. When |
we are away from home we cling to home
more than ever, so, one of
nv first grounds" WAS for the American |
l found it easy enough by |
the plan ! had of the grounds. l ex-
pected to find plenty of Americans there
and at least some Mississippians. The
stars and stripes hung grandly over head
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