New-York tribune., 1889-11-04
END OF THE GREAT FAIR.
CHEAP TICKETS DRAWING A VAST CROWD
TOPICS IN PARIS.

rYnox THE REGULAR oonnEsrosDESr OF THE rknusE.l
Paris October 18.
The Exhibition is to last week longer. his
arrangement has been made to enable those who
took up the bons de pExposition' to get rlo Oh
their stock of tickets at any price the public Will
take them at 1t has already got so low as two-
pence The riff-raff Of Europe are Fastening to
take advantage of this fall in selling value. Rail-
way co,npanies are literally putting on all steam,
and iive now arranged TO run express trains for
excuIaionists for half the price they nave peen
charging since May The British workgfri ought
to be encouraged to come to Paris, IL only 70 SEQ
how the French peasant women and the servant
maids Of Paris attire themselves. She wouio learn
from such object lessons the beauty OF D siinpie
cut of straight slxrt-lines, and of strong sensi-
bly, made boots or shoes that do not easily se'
out of shape. .
I am sorry to say that the night fetes at tne
Exhibition are the rowdiest of rowdy gatherings,
now that the tickets have fallen to the price Oh
twopence Imagine permanent Bank Holiday
with Tower Babel features and you may nave
some faint notion of them. However, the mui'i-
ude is not. on the whole as bad as 1t seems. What
mal,es II very rough is the influx of North OF
France and Belgium colliers, whom express trains
,ybisl, n Paris for q day and back at the low
cost of seven francs from the Belgian fronter
They are a stupid-lo looking horde, brutallzed WIN
had brandy extracted from the refuse OF the peee
manufactures and rather quarrelsome In their
cnns Bnt fortunately spirituous liquors are 700
dear at the Exhibition for with slender purses
to get intoxicated; and the low wine shops OF oie
neiqhborbood do not lie on their way to the traih
The King of Portugal, who perhaps Will oe
dead ere this reaches you, is member OF tne ouSe
Of Sake Coburg His death will be cause lor
the renewal at Windsor Of Court mourning OF 'iie
deepest dye, Her Majesty having known Dom LUIS
and his predecessor, Dom Pedro, when they were
bows. and taken deep interest In tncir welfare
Tho two nrinces were with her at Osborne when
cholera was visiting the British islands, ana sne
snapped from them punches Of grapes which she
caught them eating in her conservatory tnere'
The Saxe-C Coburg was tempered advantageously oy
Rracanza blood IN Dom Luis He is Tor was not
onIv vrl1neoninc, but enlightened and consistent
His mother-a Queen in her own right, or at any
rate bv the agreement Of Great Britain ana
Franceoften chafed at the trammels imposed on
her by the constitution and protested against them
mperilllng her crown thereby. Dom LUIS SUD-
mitted quietly to them. There never was SOW
ereicn more obedient to rules which ne accepteu
than this Prince It may be that his naval e'luca-
ton taught him such obedience IN tne mahS
years he has reigned he has been always On 'he
best terms with his subjects. II ne cut uo"n
court expenses it not TO save Tor cnilureD anu
Grandchildren, but to ease the budget Inc par
o1is which has overtalxen the King was fastened
by the death of his youngest brother q lew WEEKS
ago Three out of five of the sons OF Maria I'd
Gloria died in mysterious manner, IN the oaihe
,,oar as the Prince Consort, and almost at tne
same time 1t was believed at Lisbon that 1ney
were got rid Of by the partisans OF Dom miguel
SON of the Prnce-who disputed the right OF Eihrlo
da Gloria to the throne Of Portugal. IL is pfo'
able that q similar cause will be sought lof 70 eA-
plain why the late Duke of Colmora Is oenlB 81
rapidly followed TO the tomb by the Mig Oh
Portugal, instead Of Bright's disease, from Wmcn
be has suffered for years. 1t originated remotely
in a severe attack of ague caught when ne was
naval officer in the tropics, and the unhealthy
sedentary life he led perhaps hastened its in
vasions His eldest is married 10 the eldest |
daughter of the Comte de Paris. They have one
delicate child-the Duke de Biera. The seeond
son is bachelor.
hear from high English source that the |
Princess Feodore of Schleswig-Holstein, VINO old
the Eiffel Tower the other day, chaperoned oy
her elderly maiden aunt Amelie OF me same
House. is n all likelihood the comlpg Princess
Albert Victor of Wales She is s'sier OF the
German Empress and niece of Prince Chrlstlah'
tho dnI1 old husband of the best of Queen Vic,
toria's daughters is going on slXteen LOOK goot
IiI,elv 70 improve when the bloom OF youtr de- |
rarts and she wants w1nsOme graces EHiuthI,y n
she has not come to her full height, W,hen slg
docs She will probably be as tall as her InlperlaI
sister. The Queen would like to secure 10 hef
the crown of Great Britain because she Is ue;
scendcd from Her Maiestys mother. the puchess Oh
Kent whose first husband was erlnce Lelhlnsen'
princess Feodore has been good deal mere WIN
rarty of arstocratc Enghsh lriehus solie .So Ta
maternal side Countess Gleichen Count Gielchen
obandoned his high-born German status 10 hurry
Laura seymour and is professional sculptor ~ mgn
in the Queens ia yoT Agnns' tSSm both Serene
TWohncssrs An objection TO the proposed roysi
match is that the young ladys mother is IN mad;
house There is already more than toucn OF
| insanity in the royal family OF England.
I have had chat with Senior CASTELAR, since
10 ~ % on n visit 70 friend living in the Avenue
do Bois dc BouoGne. He Is delghted at one
Tonoh elections but unustly rough on Clemen-
| nor Ioakrov Floauet and some other eminent
| IodicaIs The death OF Cdstears sister still so
| v,eighs upon him that his conVersauohaI power
and brilliancy are not what they were. ne SAYS
| tLo+ bn can never recover from thls oereaVe-
| r,on+ Concho was more than a mother 10 him,
| and hc is too old TO try to replace her py wire
The report that he was in attendance AT La ErhnJa
on the Regent of Spain greatly amused nm
| Ouoon Christina was very good IN showing now
Guerr GS bn svmnathized with his grief or course
he 69d to acknowledge himself sensible to her
| attention which went to his heart. But he hates
and never in all his life played the part OF
| courtier.
THE orIEER CITY PLAYERS COMPLAINING.
philadelphia Nov speciaD.-The University OF
p.rnsvlvanla football team which arrived here from
| india MT treatment