Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-07-28
NYE At A MUSEE.
He NARROWLY ESCAPES BLING LOCKED
Up AS A FREAK.
Permitted 10 Sit in an Old Coach Oncs Owned BY
Kug-Ths Red Tape Of French Cable
ORca-AS.onishsd at Being Treated
Like a Gentleman 81 The Bank.
Nst5 York World.
PARIs, July 5, 1889.

one goes ne SEES INC AAuaO1 tu4o "N~ ~
Musee the other. They are frst-rate and
are spoken of very highly BY the guide
books I visited the Musee de Cluny this
week IS long as my eyes held out. The
building occupies the site and is assisted
BY the rims Of a Roman palace supposed
to have bssn occupied by the Emperor
Constantine Chorus, who resided in Gaul
along in the third century, When the
country was comparatively new. It was
here that Julian wss insugurated Em-
psror. TIE baths arc still To be seen.
The ruins themselves have been recently
ratified end refuruisbed throughout, and
are rather a desirable set Of ruins alto
ge,nu. -,
Thew came into possession Of the wealthy
Reredic-ine Abbey Of Cluny IN 1910. The
Abbots constructed here = hotel IN the
sixteenth century, and this Is still IN pref
tv good shape. IL reminds me Of the Gem
Citv House on little Fifth avenue, New
York. 1t was mostly occupied by the
kings of France, as the AbbOts seldom
came here themselves. In 1888, or during
the revolution, il became the property
ofM. du Su!nmersrd, who was great anti
ouarium-possihly you never saw an anti
ouarium Hebegan TO acquire 9 large stock
ofsecOnd- band goods, formerly owned by old
people who afterwards died. Since that the
stock has been greatly increased. / tried
10 buv coach that used 60 belong TO the
rovsl livery staple in the 'steenth century,
bat could not make my French under
stood. The display Of ancient carriages
and ROYAL single snd double harness Is the
best-ss heasd man say-that be nae
ever sew. / was going 20 get into one OF
the old royal rigs, hut the uniformed
Major General who had charge OF that
room gently jerks6 me ont. gave hum
copper cept with which to piece out ms
saisrv. aud when the crowd thinned ont
he softly opened the gold-embOssed door
and beckoned for me to jump 10, while he
attracted the attention OF the multitude
to n tapestry dog fight.
I then seated myself within the coach
and thoughts Of great importance rushed
through nv mind. In fancy l was king
going home late at night with my head too
large for my crown. By my side court
fool-otherwise, suppose, foreman OF th9
iurv. In a dream passed through all
kinds of difficulties with other nations ard
sad sent out troops to fight each other so
that I could have peace. When woke up
IL was dark, and the jaRitor was just lock
ing ND the museum with an extra freak IN
the collection. l spoke to him in French,
asking him to let me out, ard 90 saved
myself a dissgreeable night among the
memories of the mOth-eateE past.
g rrr4rr q ~
tapestry, lace5 and gents furnishins goods
az the Oluny is equal in many respects to
that of the Bong Msrshay. The mutliated
statuary is also CHASTITY and pleasing to the
eve. Olt on the grounds various stone
figures present themselves to the aston
ished tourist. All are old and hard to
get. When you come to visit the art snd
ANTIQUE collections of Paris it is remark
able when You price things how they seem
TO run into money. A little pisce Of lace
that claimed to be a handkerchief, and
also that il had wiped the nose Of long
WASTED queen, was valued at price that
made my hair stand on end, like frllls
upon the disagreesble porcupine.
Still like 70 price things here, because
the voice of the Americas II Paris IS very
pleasing to shOpkespers. The lascivlous
blessings Of the lutte are nowhere. Many
Paris people think that the Exhibition Is
to make their fortune, and that the Amer
lean with his large tips Is 10 hoat the
great National debt Of France. The Amer
lean hates to be called mean even by
strangers. but with a better exhibit here
and a smaller pOur5Oire We would appear
inst "a well in the eyes Of the world.
IL Il 81 grh InnaFG
over his letter ever send cable message
from this side? If not, there IS an exper-
fence IN store for him. / got anxious as
the DAYS went by and no letters came from
home The old green stamp that 1 had
cussed at home repeatedly IN round md
rubicund terms did not show itself IN my
nail. The soft c0lOrs Ofthe French stamp
and the Euglish stamp and the German
stsmp were 10 be seen frequently, but
never the old bust Of the American on the
male green medallion. So l decided to
find cut if ali was well at my slosh b.
the sea. Therefore. hunted up cable
office at the Grand HOtel-the Calsse Tele-
erafoue-and asked for the man who
speaks Eaghsh and who, like the editor, ls
not in. I did the deaf and dumb asylum
act and after long time the able man at
the window gave me blank. gave him
several-under my breath. The blank he
gave me looked like the form Of warTan-
tee deed or the distracted title to home
in New York, and it was in French. il
had conditions on the back like a pass or a
porous plaster, and 1 could see that l
would probably get myself In Jail If 1
signed it, but wrote my message and the
foreigner counted the words, also the let
tiers and figures, including the date and
the address and the signature, and the con-
ditions on the back and the blOts and the
punctuation, and made three words Of
Tompkinsville. Then l paid for it at the
rate of $40 a thought and went away.
That was a week ago, and l have heard
nothing frOm it. You may cast your bread
upon the wSters and they say that after
many days, somewhat disfgured, it will
return But q cable message sent from
France by q man who speaks French with
q 5 aten Island flavor Is lost IN the capa-
cious bosom of the moaning sea.
The place to receive good treatment, if
nowhere else, is at tie banks, and e'pec.-
ally the large banks. 1 IN 70 The Credit
LyOnrai aud ct mOn,y j1st as / would
from my wife, without any identification
and the utmos, courtesy. An Eoglish-
speaking young mau shows me big lux
urious department where l sit down.
He brings me lot Of Ameri-
can papers, then be goes to the
vault and gets me a quantity of
funds, says we are having rather an open
winter aud in every way ne treats me as
his equal. actually yielded to the i'm
pulse and gave him two francs. This Is
as true az that SIT here and hope to safely
reach America. Did anybody ever dare to
tip an American cashier? Never. The
American cashier may incidentally tip
himself, but the customer would hardly
dare to offer him 40 cents for being cour-
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