Arizona republican., 1897-11-21
ROUND ABOUT EUROPE.

Splendors of Paris in 19O0-Twenty
 million dollars is the sum which the
 French government proposes to de-
 vote to the Paris exhibition of 1900. 1 Nearly $10,000,000 will be consumed
 by the construction of two palaces in
 the Champs Elysees, and those in the
 Champ de Mars, in the Esplanade
 des I1Valides, and on the Quays The 1 bridges across the Saine arg to cost S1,000,GGW, and the mechanical and
 electrical services another $1000 900.
 In one word, France proposes to do
 the whole thing on a scale of unpreca
 dented magnFficence.
 Bogus Raw Oysters-The munici- 1 pal authorities of Paris are just now ! engaged in the suppression of an al- | together novel form of food adultera-
 tion which is assuming phenomenal
 proportions. Real oysters are expen-
 sive in Paris, and so, with the object
 of sritimg slender purses, artificial
 oysters on the half she'll have been
 invented, which are sold at 20 cents
 a dozen, and they are so cleverly
 made and look so mice and fresh that, I once lemon juice Or vinegar has been
 added, they cannot be distinguished
 from the real article, especially when
 whitei wine is taken in connection
 herewith. The only genuine thing
 about these oysters is the shell, the
 manufacturers buying second hand
 shells at small cost, and fastening
 the spurious oyster in place with a tasteless paste. The municipal labor
 atory has ncI.s yet proclaimed sthe . ingredients of which these bogus oys- | fr,,c Ia,xf I,n~ ; that they are of harmful character , A Rival for Prince Harold-Queen } Wilhelmina of Holland has new
 suhtor in the person of Prince William of Wied, just 21 years old, who is at } the present moment a lieutenant od the magnificent cavalry regiment ot Cardes du Corps at Potsdam, in the 2 splendid uniform in which he looks 2 so handsome and flashing that he y has become serious rival of Prince ! Harold of Denmark in the graoes oi . Queen Wilhelmina. Indeed, there = seems to be an impression in Dutcl court circles that he has succeeded P in cutting Prince Harold out anG I that he is destined to become tn: t king consort of the Netherlands wher e Wilh elmina attains her majority next i year. AS far as money is concerned r he is badly off, being merely one ot e the younger sons of probably the a poorest of the mediatized families O = Germany.
 An Affair of Calendar-Lt is SC = seldom nowadays that a king trans d forms himself into an emperor that t few words of explanation with regard S to the recent self promotion of tht k monarch of Corea, which has jus V been officially announced to the court: = of Europe, may be of interest. Hi: i assumption of imperial dignity wa! S principally an affair of calendar. IT g the Orient the title of emperor is un l. known, the only onla known be;ns d that of Son of Heaven" which, il r the Chinese and Corean language, 1: t styled Huang-Tie. It is reNgiou: d tradition and belief with the Bud f dhists that the Huang-Tie, as the per.
 son standing nearest the deity, has o the exclusive right to fix the holy - days, and for thousands of years ths
 ruler of China sent annually out t : his vassals, the monarchs of Coz : Anam, Burmah and Japan, the lilDDk |, Il holy days or calendar edited by him. n self. On Japan becoming independ a ent, the mikado at once assumed tAt d right to make his own calendar, ,apt : still exercises it, and now that Corez @ has been rid of Chinese suzerainty 2 it's ruler, in order to mark his inde 2 pendence, has also taken the title o s Huang-Tie, and is going to make hi. ]. own calendar and holy days, instead