Year: 1878




sanguinary war, and of probable
danger and death; and the trophies
are the tusks of the elephant, the
fierce claws and teeth of the kingly
lion, and the royal tiger, all tipped
with silver and gold and ali attest
ing the prowess of the fearless hunt
ers who struck them down in their
native lair.


Rlch in golden fretwork are scat
tered around soft housings tor the
elephant and the camel, and saddles
for the proud Arabian coursers
whose native home is in the desert
sand. Two cases are filed with
sharp and shining swords, the scab-
bards of velvet and gold being mar
vels of curious workmanship. On
the hits are jewels of priceless
value, the gifts of oriental despots
who pay tribute to the Empress Of
India, and who, in these beautiful
offerings, have testified their love
and reverence for her son, who will
some day be their ruler and their
Lord. Another case contains robes
of the finest silk, and garments fab
ricated from the soft and golden
fleeces of Cashmere, light and airy
as the cloudy robes that envelop the
limbs of the fabled Gods, delicate
needlework deftly wrought by fairy
fingers almost conceals the original
structure; these are indeed fit to be
the royal robes of Kings. Another
case IS filed with quaint and curious
firearms old indeed in their con-
struction, yet deadly enough no
doubt in the hands of the skilled
and daring marksmen for whom they
were manufactured. Here and there,
in this wonderful collection, strange
little creatures with eyes of sapphire
and ruby, and pearl peer out on you
as you pass and seem ready to leap
on you from the golden embroidery.
Almost every day some s. here in the
| Exhibition may be seen the Prince
of Wales, accompanied by his beau
titul wife, whose lovely and gentle
face has won the hearts Of English
men everywhere. Pleased rs chill
dren they wander from place to
place perfectly free from imperii-
nent intrusion, and happy in the in
dividual liberty which is no greater
boon to a peasant than King.


BY far the most perfect exhibit at
the present time is to be found in
the British department; England
took time by the forelock. The
United States is struggling hard 10
make up for lost time, aud will no
doubt make a good report. The
attendance has been very good ev-
er since the opening day, though
there is not single department
that can yet be called finished
During the week which is past there
have been several individual illumi-
nations in honor Of the Exposition,
the most notable being that at the
house and ground OF Madam Roths-
child, which was exceedingly beau
tifuI. Paris is very full Of people;
everything is on the rise, the Grand
Hotel put It's dinners up last week
from six francs to eight, and most
of the other hotels are following
suit. Paris is not only full of peo-
pie, but it is also full of decisions,
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one of the NEST remarkable being
the idyocynacrasies of the French
clock. / have yet to fud two which
keep time alike. Seven times did I
set my watch between the church
of the Madeleine and the Porte
Saint Denis, and finally missed an
important engagement by being
fifteen minutes too slow.


But among the numerous hidden
pitfalls which beset your imperilled
feet there is nothing that equals thai
delightful illusory fiction which
meets you at every turn, English
spoken here" it is almost as lhuch
of an enigma as that sublimest OF
mysteries, the French sausage,
whose unfathomed compound no
euterprising gastronome has yet
had the courage to explore. 1t was
the wife Of the great Snowman
Barnum, | believe, who made the
uncomfortable discovery that the
choicest of Bolognes were made
from the flesh of the donkey. We
should have comparatively little
cause for complaint if the sole com
ponent OF this delightful comestible
was the body of our long cared and