, 1879-08-20
PARIS.
The Italian Co1o7y Of the Plaos JUS
J. sieu.--A Walk Through the
Jaroin des Plantes.
Trim Car Nntsnncrs at tic Tnlferfes'.~
Tie Fetes at Nnncy In Memory
Of Al. Thiers.
The Liberator's Posthumous Works--Man-
ifesto from the Count De 0ham.
bord-Dlanohe Tucker.

Rptefa. corrfspnndtnts o} The Tribune
PARIS, july 3t.-raristans have asonshed me
over and over again by their profound nntl con-
tented Ignorance Of the sights to he seen In thc'r
own tpcomparablc city. You mcot men OF So
rtetv here every dnv who have never been In"
aide the sails Of Notre Dame. Tie opera most
arc famlliar With; but the Pantheon tho tata-
combs. the Cluny Museum. andoshcr less brill
liant but no less interesting marve!s ot the Capi'
tol arc only nnmcs to Thousands. VI the coun-
Try round Paris, outside certain limited circle,
tl,ey kuow nothing. for they arc not great
walkers, aul couple Of miles journey on foot
seems yery terrible to thctn Not enc in a scors
has nsccndcd to tho top of the Pantheon, or cx-
plo5ed the curious galleries Of the grand old
Gothlc cathedral. The Luxembourg they rass
d. and point out to tourists ns q place that
EVERY one should sec-but they don't see 1t
themselves. 4 raristan Indy actually asked nlo
aulto recently
WHAT THAT BUILDING WAS,
Is we approached the picturesque md historic
towers Of the Conciergerie, forever assoctatcdfn
the mtuds OF tho sorld with Marie Anto!uettc
and tho Revolution. It was quito re-
frcshing to me to find myaelf Sit
Ting next to d man who did admire
Notre Dnmo md knew It, at II theatre tho othcr
1vcnlng. So mnnr affect to- who never dream
Of stayIng for moment to takc ID the stately
proportions Of the two esny towers, or to least
thc.r eyes upon the in!mltabo grace Of those
a5tnu buttresscs. Partsians, to be sure, nrc not
aonc In these respects. Familiarity certainly
leems 10 breed contempt. or at least intlit1er-
spcc, for architectural greatness. Londoncrs
live ind die under the shadow OF Westminster
Abbey without thinking Of crossing the venera-
bic and sarrcd threshold. 60 even In the mat
ter OF NATURAL beauties. The wonders Of tho
mighty deep hare small interest TO the settlers
on the sca-g oast. I know instances Of Sussex
rustcs, born antl bred within a mile OF the
Channel, whow never saw ware dash upon thu
brach before them; and, looking nearer, have
Bpnkcn 10 people in Fontaincbirau. who have
droued awnv seven or eight ycnrs NJ their
veil, existence, without once penetrating. tho
shaly walks of tho mobile forest.
Strangers, and cspecnl'y foreigners. inva!la.
blr see more Of plascs thaa the Inhabitants.
but there is go much to bo udmfr cd
in Paris! Old sctt1cr as am, there
ore scores Of interesting things 1
have not explored The sainsa.Chape]lc.
now. Every morning I am close to 1t; hut
somehow nlways defcr the visit TIL the mor-
row. Something whispers to mo that Rta!
die without enjoying the beauties Of the rnso
ssaIued-Elass windows.
Richly digit,
Chatting dim. religions light,
rms overcome with amazement, two Or three
DAYS ago, at a aocctacla presented to me within
ten minutes walk OF mt own houAe. III a little
open place {,he Place Jusslcu II Is callcd} behind
the HnIle aux Wins and tho Jardin des plantes,
1stumbicd suddenly upon
PERFECT ITALIAN PICTURE.
Forty Of fifty Italian girls, clothcL in the rich
and picturesque curb Of the Roman coutajion.
were grouped together. somc sat. IN parties Of
ten or dozen, upon the peaches Of the place;
others lined the edge Of tho curbstone, and
more plnved 'ist.cssly In the scorchng sunlight.
TlMre were women, gtr!a, md children, Of oil
aFce,-most Of them beautiful. i, way, with
piercing b1nels eyes md yo'uptunl.s. figures
shnggy lucks. anu general air Of tneurabIo 'axt
ness, hung about close b., talking mud EestEcu
latin. Wildly. These were the husbands
aa ne5s Of e' ysa op 10
pace 1rnrreiI.,e anoDGRt themselves, asld bull
ivng thr wumeu. At night must Of them &C
out to sweep the ssrccss Ut Paris. As for tl,t
women, tier arc without m exception, arttsta
models. All slcen together IN a great phlt'
house hard by. Tllc neighbors don't greatly
RELISH their presence amongst them, Tor ncac'
md harmony reign tn their snfdst but seldom
Every now aud then the sornns Of strtfr a1ls
squnbbllng como from the Italian COLONY: and
wleu they do c1me, It ia pretty surc tl'at kn!yc'
lre hcfng used freely. "ft's their way,n Oh
lGfYeu q WoFkHlan 10 [tlG cUHlEtuUkuhls13f Alte
ne had volunteered the preceding Information
should not t,nye thought them 80 fcrocous
but the Testimony ot my Informant was trrcl
utublc.
THE JARptN Dgs PLANTED,
whittier was bound, is almost terra tncornt
to real ParlslaMs; In ottIer words, to prrlap
three-gnnrsers OF million people living with,
thu eirdle Of the Notifications. 1t is worth vif
t'm too, Il on!y to snioy t's pleasure Of IT, T.
zoolugtca' COLLECTION f. far Inferior to that nf th
Inagn'tlceut gnrdens H. Ln1don. hut !
fa1s1s representative, OF the nn!Inal creation
reserved for sl'e wilder heusts, including two q
three handsome iagunrs, hrcnas. ltonesses, MT
wolves. a!go suw some bison. thsrc arc non
iu Regents Park I believed sornr fcroc!out
Young aiIigasors. But ito great tayori'cs Al
.hr brown hears and tl@ monkeya or coufa
thsro are poles, Of the approyc4 nochv type, I
the bear.pite. The children seem never t
have good digest1nns. for they need lllpn aftt
swallowing tbs nuts, halls Ut upper, cakca, bi
cults, marbles. aud toaTes OF hrpa1 throw
down thtir tlronth In the coursu Of TIN do
Thu ro are no elephants Ia thu Jardn dt
plantes. II you wans elephants, you Must
to the oppositc end OF l'arts.-to tho Jnrln /
Bouloene There they ulso show you q sp!cud
collection OF dogs. aud, aboye nil. ot birds.
Gardens arc qute "d'nrtual1ts," US tlle
say here. The Jatdin des Tue1ies has been
great deal talked Of lD connection with the pr
duEbkEAElil4t VI WE lAlIb VI tut uAlNEVt II
also In connection with a barbarous schcmu Il
ruupng a liue Ut
usc0urn AND BLATANT TBAMs
across It. don't know What your Chlcal
tram-cars are like, but here they arc q dtaboafe
incumbranee anu nuisance. They hold abo
fiitv,-[rom which YOU ean judge their size,
md when about Ava OF them meet tas Oft
lappens} they make tho moat horrible aud heal
renufug blot upon tic surrounding lantlscsl
Nor is that the worst OF IT by anv tneans. !
eau endure the torture Of sboao bright yel1a
md stsrlnK feus, but we cannot Wit
out 4 shrek of e1ectattnn listen
the odlout horn.blowng Of the tra
drivers. They have only a single note In tht
wretched horn, but thry blow IL With exnspcrl
ing frequency. ltsounils Iike thu "baa:baas'l.
Ct f;e1tnan toy.sheep, intensified, und IL ps
ortvcr's foot OH hellows~apparatus,-w
completes tue resemblance to the uernlan t.
shop snlmal. Faucy these cacophouous ubl
nations rolling BY Just when the uartlo Keul
lLAino il pluagllE into Tie opening bars of I
"tluguenuts y Of "Zatapa," under ths TuE
Tles treest
However, the ttuma have not necun to +