Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-11-30
ITEMS FROM PARIS.
A Few of the Things Talked About
Over There.

The Eiffel tower has received its
first coat of paint, with a view 10
Identifying it for the Paris exposition
in 1900. This preliminary adornment
has taken no less than fifty tons Of
paint and two whole months labor of
sixty workmen.
The sale of the Stein collection OF
eighteenth century objects of art took
place in Paris last week and enormous
prices were paid for all the best lots
Two vases Of pink Sevres china real
lied $T,400, although the cover of one
Of them had been restored. A pair Of
Louis XVI. upright candlesticks
fetched $4,000, and $4,700 was paid for
a Louis XVI clock.
The Parsians are far from satisfied
with their new fiacres automobiles.
They are prepared to put up with the
peculiarly hideous yellow, the authori-
ties have elected to paint them, also to
forgive their strong family resent
blance to the old-fashioned diligence.
but what cannot be overlooked, ami
what is most annoying to person in
hurry, is to find that the new convey
ances may not be chartered on the spot
but must be bespoken at least half a
day in advance. 1t Is true that once
inside, the fare travels very rapidly.
but the difficulty seems to be to get in
side, and, after all, this Is an import
ant preliminary.
Some ingenious person, with levi
IDENTIFY turn for literary discoveries,
has been commenting on the important
role played Dy the letter Y in the Drey-
fus affair, and points out that though
il has always been looked upon as a
quite inoffensive sign, it is now proved
to be nothing but a wolf in Sleeps
clothing. Is it not part and parcel of
Dreyfus himself? And has 1t not al
ways been inseparably connected with
Esterhazy. Henry, Mdlle. Pays, Com
mandant Ravary? Then, again, II was
never absent from the catchword OF
the lola trial: "Allons-y" not to men
ton NJ. Freycinet. Judge Freystaetter.
and lastly NJ. Charles Dupuy, who had
been acquainted with the affair ever
since its commencement.
They are determined In Paris to 60
one better than any one else, at least
IN the matter of the burial of dead
pets. A limited company, under the
| title OF "The Dogs Cemetery" with a
capital of no less than $4,000, Is at the
I present moment in course of formation
in Paris. The multi-colored prospec-
fuses with which the walls and hoard
/ ings of the French capital have been.
decorated within the last few days as
sert that people should support the UNI
dertaking on two grounds-hygienic'
and sentimental IL the shareholders
of the new company should expect to.
be paid interest on their shares. Ii Is
| clear that the cost Of a dogs funeral
will need to be calculated In conse-
! quence. Then the government will
step in and declare that, to conduct
things with due decorum, the presence
OF several lordly officials Is absolutely
necessary: that no dog can be buried
without the production OF a veterin-
ary's certificate, clearly stating the
cause OF death: and that, unless notice
of the decease be given to the proper
person appointed to receive II and the
fee paid within a stipulated time, the
dogs master is liable to be imprisoned
without the option Of n fine. III all
these things do not come to pass
should the dogs cemetery ever becotD
an accomplished fact 1t will be
strange. q