. Our young folks [serial]. follow upon wonders in this park of fairy-land ; and not the least among themis this process of obtaining ice by means of steam. From ice to diamonds it is easy to go in a breath; for have you not oftenobserved on some frosty morning of winter, after a thaw, how the branchesof the trees are laden down with great chains of diamonds, hung upon themby King Frost during the night ? And so it is that, not far from the build-ing in which ice is manufactured by steam, there is a workshop in which themost beautiful diamond jewelry is made. Here all the processes of cutting.
. Our young folks [serial]. follow upon wonders in this park of fairy-land ; and not the least among themis this process of obtaining ice by means of steam. From ice to diamonds it is easy to go in a breath; for have you not oftenobserved on some frosty morning of winter, after a thaw, how the branchesof the trees are laden down with great chains of diamonds, hung upon themby King Frost during the night ? And so it is that, not far from the build-ing in which ice is manufactured by steam, there is a workshop in which themost beautiful diamond jewelry is made. Here all the processes of cutting. 236 The French Exposition for Twenty Cents. [April, and setting diamonds are carried on ; and it is to this place that ladies appearto be attracted more than to any other, perhaps, in the grounds. By and by we come to a large mound, which has rooms hollowed out withinit; and here are aquaria in which curious fishes are kept, as well as an aqua-rium for frogs. On entering the mound we see some large glass grottos,the frames of which are very ingeniously contrived in imitation of roughrock-work. These are the aquaria, and in them swim a great variety of cu-rious and beautiful fishes, brought from countries both far and near. Butstill more interesting than these is the aquarium in which the frogs are this numbers of young people may generally be seen, — and a goodmany older people too, — watching the gambols of the frogs, which, withtheir queer pranks, bear a very singular resemblance to human beings en-gaged in a bathing-frolic. Sometimes they will chase one another thro
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