Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-05-21
OUR EUROPEAN LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent !
PARIS, France, May /, 49,

being organized every day, and in one
of the papers this morning / noticed a
grave proposal for establishing lotteries
in the postal and Geographic services,
and in connection with such great rail-
way companies as the Nord, Paris,
Lyons and Mediterranean, which num-
Der their employees by thousands. Post
office and telegraph clerks, letter car
riers, ticket clerks, guards, porters,
engine drivers, and signal men are to
be invited to consent to n trifiing de
duction from their monthly pay, in con-
sideration Of which they are to have
tickets in lottery, which is to he
drawn every four weeks, end the first
prize in which is to he forty thousand
fr"ncS. That nothing shall he wanting
to Intensity the rapidity of the financial
whirlpool in which the pariSians are ut
present engulfed, gaming on The turf
is becoming among all classes Of the
population extremely general. There
have been races, somewhere or an
other, in the neighborilond Of Paris
almost every day within the last three
weeks, and for the conveyance Of DE
;Goncy-headeI to It. Cern4ins or Au-
teuil, LOngchamp- nr Nin"onNc>s, there
are provided enormous vans, or .tYp-
is>i"reS," and .chars-2-hanc,'' with
rows Of seats above rs we'll ~ under the
roof These huge vehicles are drawn
D. four ana six horses, ridden ~ ;,urly |
'n2a arr.syrd in al the tr1,litiona! tncry !
or III" Position de Lonjumcan.
Spring is full upon n~, and My is
cheated this year OUT Of her blossoms, |
fyr the showers Of March brought forth |
tie fDwcrs in April. The skies have
been clear and sunny, smiling Il
bright welcome OF the tourist and CT
,icing the artist ana student away ont
INTO the fields and pastures green.
'Wait till after the openirg OF the
Salon. says the student. "tnl Pm off
or the country" The op ming draws
near, and the jury are working Very
lard .n4eod to get the pictures salts
1ctorI!y hung before the appointed
lour. II is 10 small task to pass iudg-
nent upon an array of SO many pictures
IS are received and hung in the Paris
>alon--thc greatest annual art exh-
,ition of the day. Thousands Of pic
ures are sent in and t!iOus erds are re
"ct"h. ana after the best from the
are selected (about 2.5OO\
here still! remains the more difficult
work Of satisfactory hanging. A num-
or of American, are to he represented,
rnnlinHnt among whom is Mr. Henry
j OSi"r, who ! hear has been awarded
umher one t'y the jury Oh his pic Ure
ntitlel "Lcs Anrur!ailcs" Ever since
saw it the first time | have prayed
hat it might go to America, and he re-
aimed there, but l am very much afraid
viii never nave III opportunity OF
rOssing the water. Monsieur F.
ertlault, by the way, well known
rench poet, and one who rendered
,me vaIu bic assistance to Longfellow
hen he was in France, has composed
poem ON the picture, which will be
rintea in one Of the foremost art jour
ale here when the salon opens.
The ruins of the Tuileries p lace are,
is said, to be demolished, and the l.
te thrown open as a public square,
the gardens in front of the
'csent ruin with the Place de Car
usel in the rear. There was talk one
me of restoring he edifice, and NOV
= to it the collection of pictures now
the Luxembourg, but it was found =
o much damaged to be reconstructed
lthout too great cost. | suspect, too.
e republic will be glad to be totally
!! Of this neucleus OF the empire, for at
ast since 1900 it has been the resi-
rec Of the reigning monarch. The (
rth and south wings, which were
ng ago rebuilt and are now occupied
public offices, were never 50 init
ately associated with royalty as the
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