Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-07-11
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lspecial for the HEnALp

pl'ttc. III tHe pOpHldt toHNetStttObs "
the new attraction. The thousands who
nightly sip coffee at he little restau-
rants alongthe boulevards, and who fair
ly live out-of doors during these balmy
days, talk of nothing but the new cham
pion-a tame lion at the Hippodrome-
and the pretty French girl who goes
out walking with him every day.
One morning last week Paris awoke
to find the city placarded with huge
Autographs representing the circus ring
at the Hippodrome, horse. bareback,
trotting furiously around. and a lion on
his back in the act of jumping through
paper rings. No one believed that the
lion was real, but as the Hippodrome
had always kept its promises all Paris
went to see. Not only is it a real lion,
but it jumps through rings, over hurdles
and banners, and, most wonderful OF
all. the horse is not afraid. Nothing
strikes terror among horses quicker OF
with more certain decentralization, gen.
orally, than the roaring of lion. Even
the very presence of this King of beasts
will put to flight all other creatures.
Then how marvellous to see this noble
beast playing the monkey, on a horse
back, and both animals performing 10
the crack of a whip in the hands of a
vivacious young woman! When the
lion springs from the horses back it is
to fancy him, upon alighting. burying
his huge, open jaws in the horses glossy
neck-but he never does that. In the
morning anyone in the vicinity of the
Avenue du Trocadero and the Quai
d'Orsay can see Mademoiselle d Iversey
and her leonine companion out for a
walk.
Visitors at the Exposition in search
of curious and wonderful things will
find, in the United States Section, sew
eral objects to crafty them. An old
Frenchman yesterday loaned the Amer
lean Commission two interesting manu-
script letters of Benjamine Franklin,
never seen by Americans before, also
the sword worn by the great philosoph-
Ell when resident American minister al
the French court one hundred years ago.
Both letters are dated at Passy, n sub.
urb of Paris, and one tells how 4 pro
posed lightning rod for the cathedral al
Strasburg should be constructed, on the
principles which had then recently been
discovered by the writer, in his expert
ments with the kite. Then there are,
in the Tiffany exhibit, some of the first
gold found in California, and n diamond
necklace valued at 100000
The French Government monopolizes
the tobacco industry, buys the raw pro-
duet, manufactures it, and sells it &c
the people. Its agents, the keepers OF
cigar stores, also sell postage stamps,
and every tobacco shop is also depos-
tory for letters. Whenever the Govern.
mcnt gets up a big lottery scheme, as il
did ut the opening at the Exposition
when 30.000,000 admission tickets were
sold, in advance, these tobacconists sell
the lottery bonds and thus the Govern
ment has numerous army of agents
and outlets for its speculative financial
schemes. The jealous watchfulness with
which the Government looks after its
big tobacco business makes some of its
actions very ridulous. For instance,
one of the largest and most costly ex-
hibits in the United States Section is
that of Allen d Ginter of Richmond, Va.
1t is large space, carpeted in elegant
administer, with big mahogany show
cases filled with their many brands OF
tobaccos and cigarettes. There are also
log cabins, canons, tables, cakes, and q
steam engine, made of Richmond gem
cigarettes, aslo model of the Washing
tan monument. and, out of pure tobac.
co leaves globe, representing the
world, made by colored boy Ii years
old. showing every country and large
body Of water, by using different color
ed leaves. 1t contains 80 miles of spun
tobacco These objects the French au-
thoritieS weighed carefully, wrapped
them up with strings and big wax seals
10 prevent any of the tobacco being used
and utterly disiigured the exhibit. Mr..
John Pope, one of the firm, came from
America on pleasure trip. lie saw
the exhibit and was furious. He sent
for the chief custom house official al
the Exposition-the buildings contain
ing foreign goods being regarded as
bonded warehouses and said; "rhose
objects cost my firm thousands of dol
lars. Your Government invited us to
show our products here, and we went
to this expense to honor the invitation.
You have treated us as though you sus-
pected us Of trying TO smnggle few
thousand pounds of tobacco into France,
by making it up into models. | don't
propose to be treated in this manner.
If those seals are not removed in one
hour will take an AK an smash every
object there into pieces
1t is not necessary TO say that the
strings were wound off, and that apollo
gies were made, and that the tatfy-p OF
French courteses was passed to Mr..
Pope, TO be imbibed from freely. 1t
would be strange, if a firm making
500. 000,0 900 cigarettes annually, and in
deed selling directly to the French Gov
eminent, should stoop to such trick as
smuggling. 1t is refreshing, after this
incident. to learn that yesterday the en-
tire French manufacturer was thrown,
bag and baggage, out Of the Exposition
into the street, because its owner attemp-
ted to bride the jury Of award.
GEO. NJ. BAILEY
A man who has practiced medicine 10
40 years, ought 10 know salt from
sugar; read what he says.
roLEpo. O., Jan, 10. 1887.
Messrs F. J. Cheney Il Co Gentle
men;-I have been in general practice