New-York tribune., 1867-05-02
THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
CoSuvurD rnos p.,.r r,ee

l--> 0li BaEmce Of Power has cut more tLrUais
'&., +, diycrgely rcrreseutcd here lie French
thovi.n; what little tLcy can scrIe iIoH OU i IL"
(irira sod the British cXhbitug much oi me P!un
der Ci ii.la China the grand old Enpnt ~ It ~ b,
wisdom comes forward with Lor pre- G,os pnri She
Jatt = her teas, her iire-cackeys In liV i ai 81
has 70 Lca-drnking saloon painted ythHM "I~ ,d
twO-,tol.cd, with an Open-3ir tleatt ri nav,
tyn .,,- footed women % take the cantt lut! are
1urtt. and refined oOhpP. and take 'i we ciiaEv
they ru. get The tea is tair Japan t i,r ' hn -
I,etc s.ryel and sWOrlcd. looking 400 Il IL. 90
pai,s. arc The English of Asa. Snlt" "a @
insulr aud perfectly neuua III o'I''' I'"P'o 4""'-
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Ih. department of France Is probably INC richest
aud ,..l..f collection OF arts pfocc'S anu lhuuN-
tries r'cr en- on the iy Americans Qt most
f ..tfisics and ideas lTOm the latter counlyand
concriyr France to be, IN comparison ol5 p!aee 10
pEIN aiuc license, and le' olutio france hss 'to'sI
n, "a. .5 along watching ler neighh0l ludulSng IN
no mti'ocs til at lest from race h9fseN ana steanl-
ships O0,yn TO thread and cotton tabilSS' she homS
tle palm. | cannot describe 20 YOU the WohqeIlu
gall ic- Of France. They iudcatc al energies IN
an Il, ,p,i juents. Color would scarcely convey an
idea p cir eXhaustiyene,S: description lnls omake
them vivid Let Inc give You some figures taken
fr,,n IN, g,and catalogue: of book publishers of
France - are represented; OF paper manufacturers,
~; o uuelers anddeSgueTs, ?4o OF photographers,
To-; al r-scal artisans 5s; OF surgical instrument
10i; - geographical inventors Jt OF fancy 1ulnl,
turr hrdeIs 22; of glasSmen, in stained fancy, and
I pcEpIr ~: 80 Of carpet manufacturers, 81; of 4.
lycnc cutters, 63 of practical bronze scuiptoIS ana
founders. i0l; of watehmakels, &6; oi heating appa
TatuS makers, 1l3; OF pciiumeis Ol OF eathti 'Ii
ncr-. e5; of cotton thread manufacturers; - OI
thread aHd flax exhibitors; l29 of wool ana WoIsled
eXhhltofS l9o; IN CaINed WOOL Is, siIA NC"'vIS,
2,; ,ia~ uakers 2S aCemakeIS, lll; hOSlcrS lW;
tlothis.a, 2l9; jewellers, 1872; gun ana pistol
makers - master miners, ~ chclnlcsd
InauIuac1Iucis $40: agricultural patcntctS, 10;
architects. 423; inventors of articles TOT haNIS"-
ton. .o1: inventmg WOIkmen, 4sG; Ulne-gToWers |
ZOO hose figures constitute great nation Oh theh-
Gd = Mt only are the exhibitors great in
l1ttxy
c,tsed man who could do anything rom rom
representing himself Outside. q the ENhin9lcc
ton the French Park comprises nearly nan
OF ali tie available space, ana her structures
are uoat and monumental beyond comparison:
Amonr hsr features are the Imperial Jewels one oi
theni. called the Hegth weighs IY3 oIatN % anu 80 @
an even million OF dollars IN gold Inc ohlht pre-
carats IN all. valued at five million on Sod uuiaro
-Four of Eagenies head dresses are valued nj S'OWU
one nec Iace az SS5og anu par Gi % whc t an a.
$4,000. The Emperor crown ana sworn contain /
eight thousand Jewels Ii Is no wonder That un09r |
much shining gems the poor man should De nearly
cOck-cycd. England makes large display put h0I
"A suggestive one. Few of her patents are novel |
IatIcl Qualifications OF old ideas. In crystal ware
she shows spenddv, but novice can see III her de-
SwifJerland exceis in watches, 2?l manufacturers /
exhibiting, and her breeds of ST. Bellald ana New
foundland dogs attract much attention. The Hol- !
Iandcrs have ia the Park of their model butter
and dairy farms and their diamond cutters and |
p0li,hcrs may be seen at work III great numbers /
Norway cXcels in fishing apparatus; Austria III |
cereals: Portugal in heavy wines.
The United States Department Is found upon. eN- |
animation to fall below the expectations OF foreign
crs and friends. The American touimisslunel III
Paris is patriotic gentleman, without executive /
ability apd with little knowledge OF the ldlosyn-
cfasir, of his cOuntlymen. Our goods are scattered
Oe-haf of them standing IN shed or dHRCfc ont OF
fbe yly: while the total Of them could be made to /
fill the sector of the main building appropriated TO
IT'S. This main sector j. crnamcnttd WIN the /
shields and seals Of the states. French engine OF
the size that we grinding chocolate. runs our |
machinery; but we are Low pnttlhf up lar OOI-
liss engine. ont of live that we snow.
In the American 0RRcrc, where you can see the
French committees of award AT work every day,
looking leaInedy. the most Characteristic OF our IN
ventiOGs stand. Conspicuous III the midst IS tine
beautiful Grant locomotive, America, the largest
and finest ever seen IN Europe, butt at paterson.
n. j.. standing high and colossal, It's enginc-hopse
made OF the oiled woods OF our cOunlly-ash maple
walnut, aud Oak-splendid in It's braZcn mountmgs
and appointments and its tender is painted with the
arms a the Republic. This engine cost $4,000.
fired up aud run. 1t Is the most majestic single
contribution thar we have Beside il is remarkable
street railway car built III New-1ork for Calcutta
upon new principle Of carrying passc Dear
its side inscriptions in the native ilndOst9nee
With these is the great DabOll fO0-uumpet, blown
by sieInL and stated by scientic men TO be audible
from horizon to horizon in the densest yapOrs Ii
was sounded the other day. and when the Arabs,
.Japanese and Malays heard il. they fell upon their
face thinking Allah had come in the shape OF
lion 1t reused the Faubourgs like The bell OF
MaIat CJlned dp IN ~ hugc case, as u lOl SHORE,
ITS Ericsson engine like a dapper stomach, just
tTohbing; the whistle Of the caliope IS no more
thar bird song 10 it.
The American reapers and mowers although the
most ornate and extraordinary IN the FAIR are largely
IcPTesenied from almost every manutactory. The
specimens on show are often IN carved and mald
woods. and in engraved steel Ohio Ncw-l ork. and
Massachusetts have each their favOrite mowers, hut
that which attracted and surprised has been the
patent OF John CPcry who sits upon 1t, like l0llal
Archine1ss that has put his iulcum m Rhode Isl
and and means to NOV the universe. Tins machine !
has a curious hollow axle that gives ii the air OF
standing up of itself and the simple principles OF
which i: Is built, with the few parts INTO winch II
is separated are reasons why the Paris people do not
wonder when they hear that thousands OF similar /
adiiul giants will go through the fields OF America
harvest. Wood, RldgcWay, Met Ofmfk, Wal !
lace aud Sey mOuT the other great Fcapce. New
England. indeed with her restless >uggc>tlYcncss.
makes almost all that j. sIewd. quaint. startling
here. Ncw-lOrk is represented by massive work
manshipS Her power Is in her Orges rather than IN
her diOsyncYasies. Instance the State Of Conneet-
cat again. where Won Gov Benjamin Douglas. /
having outted his Executive dais to show mankind /
his famous pumps. lie has here abOut 40 different /
garden and hre-engines, rams and chargers, which |
are in many cases, no bigger than wlnc-bOtte ; I
vet a. YOU see the French wateT-sprinkler. with !
poor ham-uOzzle. go 10 and fro wetting the howers
YOU know that any one ~ these American pumps - |
very geyser. capable Of drowning man with jet
as well rs making the summer ram iall gently and
equally. We are making such maehlheiles as much
for forc for our own people now
The collection OF platform scales represented Dy
Howe aud Fairbanks. IS curious ana cXuaustNe.
The lat great firm has one large scale adusdeu 10
the weights each country, sO 3hat even the Turk
is characters may bc seen upon lhti; ana one oi
their railway scales Is SO powerful lhat you cOui9
almost weigh the Exhibition building upon 1t. ana
out would affect the balancerOd, The Poygi0t !
Justice Is not more blind and strong
La the heart OF the American triangle the pianos
arr arIg,n ngcd of the largest and best cOlecums
that the country has ever exported or exhibited;
Artists of eminence make perpetual music here ana
the quarter is always donsely crowded The superl-
OrtV ~ Oiir instruments u not questioned even Oy
che rival manufacturers of Paris, Vienna, ana Lelp
zig. ITayc. Erard, and Herr have far inferior dis-
plays and find it dificult to attract the LtthotS
Jaes and Lists OF the continent 10 tneIr plalncl