Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-06-26

The Great Exposition.
PARIS, May y, 1867.
We arrived here on the 22d, making
the trip from London in l09 hours. W.
are stopping at the largest and most cele
brated hotel in Paris, lie Grand Hotel dt
Louvre. 1t occupies whole block, havin2
four fronts, each facing on a diiferen
street. The entrance, however, a. is tin
case with most of the palaces hotels, ant
large establishments in Paris, is not di
rectly from the street, but from an opeI
court in the interior, into which you driv,
through an arched passage-way. Thi
court is adorned with trees and flowers
and covered With Il roofing of glass. Tht
stairways which form the principal en-
frances to the hotel are marble, and Il
night are lit up by magnificent lamps
! Liveried servants are in waiting to tax,
your baggage and conduct YOU 70 you
rooms Pages in uniform constantly awai
your orders. The walters are dressed il
black, with white cravatS, and look foI
all the world like Sedatc parsons. There
is an inccsSant iabbcriug of the creates
amount of French. ! have a great time
! in making them understand me, but
keep talking and making signs, and they
/ laugh and | laugh, aud finally we com
| prehend each other, and it is ali right.
/ Paris is beautiful city, composed o
! palaces, parks and gardens, presenting t.
! the stranger, us he passes from point tC
point, the appearance of Il vast panorama
! The streets are very wide, partly paved
aud partly macadamized. Most of the
prominent structures are built of the IA.
NOUS Caen stone. When it comes from
the quarry it is almost as soft rs chalk
and can bc cut with saws into any shape
desired; but ii hardens by being for some
I - /
great advantage over most other kinds OF
stouc, as a material for building, and great
quantities of it are used all over Europe.
/ 4 similar stone has been found on the
prairies Of Kansas, and is used to II con
siderable extent in that new State. Should
the supply equal the increasing demand,
it may come into as general use III this
country rs the Caeu stone in Europe
EDS. GAZETTE.
The people Of this gay capital live out
of doors. Such a thing rs home comfort
or domestic happiness does not exist here.
Their houses are their lodgings simply;
their meals are taken at the cafes or res
taurants; their time is spent in promena-
ding and pleasure. 1t is one constant
whirl of excitement day and night No
one works who can afford to live without
it. The men do little else but drink wine,
and the women nothing but dress.
have frequently heard it said that travel
erS could pass through this wine-groWing
countryWlthOuts tseeingadrunken person. 1t
would be nearer the truth to say that they
could do so without seeing sober person.
As far as my experience and observation
90 the people are half-fuddled all the time.
In my last letter | spoke of the men |
saw in England as being generally hand
some, and the women the reverse: here
find the men universally ugly, and the
women universally pretty. They add to
their beauty considerable by the taste
they display in dress. The prevailing
fashion just now is the short dress and
small bonnet which our American ladies
wear.
Yesterday was the Sabbath Iattended
the American Chapel in the morning, and
heard q sermon from an English minis
ter. The Holy Day is not observed here
as it Is with us. The theatres are open,
the stores doing business, and work of
nearly every kind going on as usual.
Sunday is generally selected for military
reviews, balls, and public amusements of
every character.
/ have neither time nor space to de-
scribe the various points ofinteTcst have
seen here. The "Jardin DIES Plants" or
Garden of Plants, is public institution,
Cl0uS lighthouses, several galleries of ZO0l-
ogy and mineralogy, library of natural
history, and a collection of living animals.
After seeing this, we visited "Gobelm's'
celebrated tapestry and carpet manufactc-
ry, and then went to the Royal Palace,
where, among other things, we saw Ma
pOleOn BOuaparte's clothes, plate, camp
equipments, furniture, &c.
The principal part of our time has been
spent AT the Great Exposition. The ChuHlD
te Mars, the place where it is held is an
immense OblOng space over three thousand
feet long and sixteen hundred broad. 1t
was used for many years 10y the French
army as its great parade and review
ground. This martial area has been con-
verted in Il few months into peaceful
gathering-placc for the products and peo-
pie of all nations. 1t now presents the
appearance of beautiful park, adorned
with trees shrubs, flowers, winding walks.
flowing fountains, monuments and statu-
airy. Indeed, there are almost us many
outside the Palace as in it.
There are model tenement and school
houses; the Imperial Pavilion, adorned
with the richest and most expensive fur
niture; Turkish Mosque ON a large scale
and Il Turkish school; Pompeian muse
um, filled with curiOsities; an Egyptian
temple nearly Il hundred feet long, sur
rounded 10y immense columns which are
covered on all sides by hicrogIyphics,
and standing back AN entrance guarded
by an avenue of huge granite lions. The
Mexican temple is one of the greatest Gu
'iosities. 1t Is resurrection of the tenn
pie as it existed in the time of the Mon
cZumas. All the attendants are dressed
n the Mexican costume. In the centre
IF this great park stands the Exhibition
& is ofan oblong form, having
IN open court in the midst, where flowers
arc emitting their odors, and fountains
cool the air. Some idea of the size of the |
may he formed from the fact
hat ut one time while | was there one
hundred and forty thousand people were
IL it. 1t would be useless for me to at
empt a description of the contents of the |
The American department has /
been crowded into entirely too small |
space to make an effective display. But
he United States need not be ashamed of
Is specimens of art and industry here
exhibited. The Yankees will carry off .
number of the first premiums. In former
of this kind it was generally
conceded that Young America led the van
n useful inventions, whilet the Old World
howed decided superiority in the fine
lrts. Now, however, the New World
bids fair to rival the Old, even in works
# art. While the industrial products
If the United States are favorably no
iced, the works of painting and scul pture
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