The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-08-24
Paris Expos

Paris Exposition.
We clip the following interesting items from
"Mnnadnock's letter To the New York Times,
dated June -:
The weather, for three DAYS, has been rs warm
as il is ut the anne season III America. There is
Il broilins hot sun, and the thermometer ranging
clos. upon ~ degrees. But Paris has high build
ingS and plenty of trees, and water L. used free
ly-nOt Ia dTink; no Frcnchman ever drinks pure.
unSnphiSticatcd water, and the London drinking
fountains would be useless hcre-but To- water the
streets. the flowers. grass and trees. Millions of
gallons of water are >Irinklcd over the grass in all
the public places whenever the weather is dry
enough To require it. Pipes, pierced with small
holes, are laid along large spaces, and the grass
aud shrubbcricS refreshed with artificial showers,
while the more fashionable avenues and the drives
of the Bots dc Boulogne are watcred with hose,
moved from point To point. as occasion required.
The Exhibition, thoroughly ventilated with cool
air by machinery, il one of the most comfortable
places in Paris, and the whole Champ de Mars is
OIen to the western brcezcs. The success of the
Exhibition Is no longer Il question. here the
Sovcrcigns of the world come the people will fol-
low. On Monday l02, 900 persons paid ut the
gates. Add season tickets and free list, and Won
have the number ofyisitors tn the Champ dc Mars.
There are ut this moment COO, 900 persons in Paris,
besides its culinary population. They do not spend
less than 81 COG, 900 n day. This wonderful i'll
lux of visitors is more likely To- increase than to
uiinllllSl. III H. Stil tilt In fsfl1ifrn company
VIII give YOU another chance tn come over en- M0SSe
in the Great Eastern. The English are coming in
great numbers during the Whitsuntide holidays.
The Emperor of Russia took his departure yes
tcrday, after u charming visit to the palace Fon-
taincblcau. The parting between the Emperors
of RUSSIA and France at the depot is said to have
been most affecting. 1t was not a cold and formal
Misunderstanding, but two hearty, b%rotherly hugs. for
on the continent bearded men hug and kiss each
other like girls. Justice and peace have kissed
each other" In La We PariSIenne, which the
Emperor Alexander went To see the other night ut
the Theatre Palais Royal, :. Urlain'' says To the
Baron: " Ca ia GieR depuS que nous Grons trinqWe
ensemble? They cannot quarrel, because they
have touched glasses. These Emperors of France
and Russia have broken bread, and eaten salt, and
embraced, and been under fire together. The bull
let aimed at the life of the Car scattered the same
blood over them both. Can these men ever 90 To
war with each other?
When the Emporors had embraced, the young
Grand Dukcs came forward To take n respectful
leave of the Emperor Napoleon who had So mag
niiiccntly entertained them, but when they held
out their hands the Emperor opened his arms and
took them also to his heart. The eldest has gone
To England to visit his sister-in-law, the Princess
of Wales.
The luckicst man in France is VI. Raimbcaux,
who spurred forward his horse and probably saved
the life of the Gar. He Is the son of a rich pro-
prictor of mines in Northern France and Belgium,
and son-in-law of the late NJ. MOquaId, Private
Secretary of the Emperor. lie received the most
coveted honors from both Emperors, and now all
Russia j. sending him testimonials of IL nations
gratitude. The Car gave him the warmest invi-
tatiOn Ia visit him ut his capital. II have he
said, q sixty millions of subjects, and there IL not
one of them To whom your name is not familiar
YOU can judge of the welcome YOU will have ut
1T. Petersburg.
Yesterday | stopped some minutes before n
large glass ease, French. filled with every variety
OF the most brilliant and exquisite artificial flowers
and foliage. entirely made of feathers. The effect
Is wonderful in brilliancy and grace and dclicacy.
/ had To look very close To persuade myself that
they were really all made of this one material.
Then | came to II room full OF hats of every Va
riety. There are felt hats that weigh but an
ounce fashionable silk hats a little over two
Ounccs cll~ even lIghtcr-thc frames being made
of quilts, split and woven like open-work straw,
- as IL give the maximum of strength. elasticity
and li.htncSS. In the fcltins machines felt il
made ia various figures. | even saw n tolcrablc
portrait Of the Emperor in felt. The hats of
Panama, LcghoTn and winlebOne are in great
variety and beauty. Leghorn hats run n high
n 30 francs. Straw, of cOurse-but | saw Il
new use for il. Houses are rooted and chairs
with straw but in one of these cases
WAS n collection of embossed flowers and orna-
mcnts, also made of straw, very pretty and deli
cate. There are no nice limitations of Leghorn
IN waterproof paper.
From hats 10 porcelain. and here | Glanced
upon nj least n CARLOAD of the most beautiful
porcelain flowers, ~ delicate, - natural, - eN-
tnIisiic i'm form and cOlors that 1t seemed impossi-
Bile they should ever be surpassed. The large
bO1ucts Of perhaps n hundred flowers, in great
variety. are simply wonderful. There are also
rose trees n ward high. covered with leaves. buds
and blossoms, all in one piece Of porcelain. OF
this kind there IL one specimen all i'm pure white
the porcelain rose tree before il has been
10y the FAINTER. | asked the price Of the
finished article only 200 francs-two hundred
dollars.
\ Paris correspondent of the Baltimore Amer
ioan writes under date of the 18th inst
The great heat in Paris has been mitisated by
n thunder storm and deluge of rain. Sunday last
a wet day nevertheless, upward of 10000
yaying visitors passed through the turn-stilcs of
the Exhibition. The unfortunate Park was OF
course again reduced 10 oceans of mud and water,
AMI quite deserted. while come of its lath and
plaster %ciifccs looked in danger of being washed
AWAY. Paris is filling with royal and illustrious
rcrSonaccs. We have now The Queen of PuTtu-
al. sister of he Princess ClUtilda, staying ut the
Hotel Bristol. Her Majesty. who seems delicate,
j. wheeled about the Exhibition in an armchair.
Then the Prince of Wales has arrived at the
British Embassy. lie does not stay at the Tuile-
rics, | suppose, because his mother never, or very
takes in visitors NJ Buckingham Palace.
IL J. expected THAI Queen Victoria herself will
yey ~ a living visit in the course of the Sumner.
The King Of Italy. too. Is coming To see his
two daughters and the Exhibition ut the same
iiInc. There seems no longer any doubt of the
arrival shortly of the Niceroy of Egypt. His
carriage" in the shape of n Dah0bie. or State
h.r-e, ior pleasure voyages ON the Nile, was