The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-20

were the easiest to get along with and the most liberal as class. He had encoun- tered some mean ones, however One who had employed his services for two weeks slipped away from the city without paying him cent. ''l once asked a cler- gyman.' said the guide. what he desired to see first, and he replied, I want you to conduct me to the haunts ofvice.'" That clergyman was determined to have some thing fresh to tell his flock when he re- turned.
 There are a great number of guides here, of all grades and compilations. Many of them are very ignorant. and some are disreputable and vicious. 4 stranger cannot walk about long without, some guide offering his services. If you require one 1t is better to make your want known to the proprietor of the hotel where you are stopping. The article furnished will prove more reliable, probably, than the one you pick up on the street. There are several Germans here acting as guides There is prejudice against them among
 French people who are gTudging of favors and information. An American party was taken around by one of these Dutch
 guides recently. He conducted them in- to the picture gallery of the Louvre They expected him to explain some of the
 works of art, but he only gave a compre-
 hensise sweep Of the arm toward the priceless canvases and said, Here Is dose pictures vot you read apout already: how you likes 'em:"
 l md that have strayed far away from the tomb of Napoleon. though one is l-ble'to wander in Paris. there are so many things to see and write about. But everybody describes the tomb and further details are hardly necessary. Crowds of sight-seers are there every visiting day. The day went long procession of school children tiled in, accompanied by their teachers. As l looked at the boys gazing in wild-eyed wonder a, the shrine erected to the memory of Frances great est soldier, l thought of the thousands and thousands of boys this soul has nur- tured, who only grew up to redden with their lite blood Napoleons victorious bat tie fields. His soldiers looked very much like these little men, no doubt, al the,r age. And there were mothers who loved and cared for them. thought, too, what battle carnage these boys of France might yet drift into, for no one believes that the republic will remain very long at peace But who can tell what the future has in s;oie for any boy, whether he be born in France or elsewhere: And there are life struggles and ordeals worse than battles.
 \ visi, to the lnvalldes Is very inter- estins on account of the museum. There IS large collection of ancient armour, among them suit worn by loan ef Arc. loan had implicit faith in her divine mission as leader of the French hosts. yet she prudently guarded her lovely person against stray javelins by !" links of steel and plates of rugged brass.n noticed that her sheet-lron-pants bagged al the knee. The white standard which she bore in battle, embro idered with the lines of France, IS also preserved here In the hall of arms is suit of armour surmoun,ed by horrible looking mask. captured in the summer palace of the Emperor of China. during the expedition of ISoo. IL was the emperor's tavorite war costume. The French surprised him in his palace, and his flight was so precipi,a;e he hadn't time ,o don his armour. Could he have done so the re- suit might have been different Instead oi the French surprising him he would have surprised the French. That mask would have surprised anybody But the French, who are holding picnic al Ton kin, one of Chna's summer-houses. can TO, coun, on the emperor's appearing to them now armed only with mask. Things have changed since 1860. The Chinese have given up ugly masks, fire crackers. ,om-toms and stink-po,s as inn plements of war, and they are investing Tn Remington rifles of,he latest improved pattern. Their junks of war, armed with cis,ern poles and gongs. and propelled by sails made of cofiee-sacks and tea chest covers, have gwen place 10 iron ciads and rams that are not eNcelled by the maritime armament of any nation Tn the world. They have been cuffed about a good deal by European nations, bu, they are gradually bu, surely preparing for change of programme. No sure thing that China won't reach out some day and take slice of French territory. Then the Chinese war costume in the of the lnvalides will command more respectful interest. Now the giddy ' and laughs.
 Among the suits of armour are those of the French kings from Francis I. to Louis MY. Armour appeared to go out about the time that bullets came in. In q glass case are superb SC, of firearms, enriched with jewels, executed by order of Napoleon 1. for the Sherif Of Morocco. Why they are not with the sherii's fam fly in Morocco instead of being in Paris IS more than know. Sold a, sheritf>s sale, perhaps. In one room is collec- lion of seventy-eight wax and wooden ngures of savages of all nations and tribes in their war costume. l felt quite proud oi the two North American sav- ages. Their costume was a strip of horse blanket, but they appeared quite dressed up by the side of some of those South Sea Islanders, with nothing on bu, a beetle-ring on the ankle.
 Everybody who visits ,he lnvalides looks around to see some of Napoleon's There are few left yet. very