The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-02-29
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
EUROPEAN CORREspoNDENcE-No.12
Paris, October 5, 1867.
THE Triyersal Exposition.

ming through the various galleries, and belonging
to Africa, Persia, China, Siam and Japan, to-
gether; Egypt, Turkey, Danubian PrinciIalities,
Roman States, and Italy, when we come TO n wide
avenue called the Rue de Russie- There is very
little worthy of notice or description in the mar
row department given TO Africa. But if they
have little TO show, they are bound TO make them
selves heard. The noisy, barbarous music which
comes from the Tunisian Restaurant il almost
I enough 10 drive one mad. This is next 10 the
American Restaurant, a popular resort, and their
concerts are kept up all day long. The admit
lance TO these concerts is free, but you arc ex-
Tected to take n seat and call for something 10
drink. Curiosity alone prompted me TO enter,
when they gave me n drink very much like a
sherry-cobbler. Their music, which is mostly
instrumental, Is produced from instruments like a
hula drum, two tin pans, a fiddle, and some wind
instrument. There are four performers Every
visitor to the Exposition must have u vivid rccol-
lection Of these Tunisian concerts. Tunis has one
exhibitor of cutlery, and one exhibitor of jewelry.
The regency of Tunis and the Empire of Morocco
have sent ONE specimens of their furniture which
enables one to imagine pretty correctly the as
pect OF their habitations. The African section
can properly be called a grand bazaar, where are
heaped up al imaginable objects, stuffed animals,
the most singular musical instruments, hardware,
pottery, Arab saddles, skins, &c, articles strange
and curious. The same may be said of China,
Siam, Japan, Egypt and Turkey. China sends
some furniture and fire aims, also some rice and
cotton, n model of the houses used there, manu-
featured goods, gold lace, lanterns, toys, &c.
japan sends a great many swords and knives n
room full Of their lacquer and crockery-warc
where may be seen a live japanese ready to sell
you; books and coins abound beautiful ivory
work and fans a large japanese boat, very SINH
lar to the gondola in which / travelled the streets
of Venice, is decorated with a gold medal carpets
also are awarded a gold medal several japanese
horses with their riders are scattered about.
From Siam, in the outer gallery devoted to ma
chinery, very conspicuous objects are a huge
stuffed elephant with n load on its back, and
camels with their riders. Siam also sends sam
pies OF the productions of her soil, and shell orna-
ments, and other fancy articles.
From Egypt We have the costumes of the ladies
Of that country, with their faces yelled silk
stufis, fishing nets, fine pearl work, and shawls,
also cotton and cereals. From Turkey we have a
large collection ofarms of all kinds, pistols, curry
cd sabres, scimetars, and muskets all embossed
and adorned with devices bearing a suspicious
look of having formed part Of the arsenal CT n
melo-dramatic theatre. Turkey has thirty-two
exhibitors of cutlery and f~orty-two of jewelry.
The Ottoman Empire il noted for its brilliant silk
and wooden stuffs, and for its carpeting, remark
able alike for its variety and quantity. Turkey
also, like its ncighbOrs, sends some toys in the
shape OF small steamboats,. There is u beautiful
pearl table here. and pearl boxes and spoons,
shells, c@orals, beads, black amber work, and a
great many fancy things in wood we have also
all the Costumes of the people of Turkey. All
the productions OF the soil arc also exhibited.
Italy properly comes next in our wanderings
through the Exposition. In the gallery devoted
to the history of labor, the usual variety of old
coins, old manuscripts, and some beautiful tables
of mosaic work adorn the room. In tie next
gallery of paintings and statuary we find that
Italy stands almost unriyaled, especially in statu-
airy. We would note particularly among the
beautiful sculptures scattered about in the gallery
and in the wide avenue, =. The last DAYS of Ma
pOleOn l." by Vcla. This beautiful work of
art, which secured the prize medal, is greatly adj
mircd by an immense crowd OF Parisians, who
surround it all day long. The great Emperor is
represented as seated in his chair; the most deli
cate lines are most beautifully cut in the marble.
l would mention a few more which one can never
tire OF looking Mt Z" Hugues Foscolo," by Ia
bacchi 8 Children Disputing for n Turtie-dOye,"
by Luccardi Z" Marie Antoinette, prisoner ut the
COneiergcrie,' by Marcello, and several more by
the same artist. The Smiling Boy "a beau
tiful thing Sleeping Innocence statues of
Eve statue of Hager ;.recumbent statue of Christ,
and one called " Les Amours des Anges,'' are all
wonderful works of art, and call forth involun-
tary ordinations OF admiration. The paintings
are comparatively few in number. Historical
painting is represented best by Gastaldi in several
pictures, and 1 would mention one called . i. Rain
in the Village by Pittara, a genre painter.
Leaving the picture gallery, we find that Italy
sends some excellent samples of book binding and
printing, among which are a number of books for
the blind wax fruit and flowers seem to abound;
several brass musical instruments, and a couple of
grand pianos, as well as surgical instruments,
help fill up the space. For the last named a gold
medal was awarded. In this group we cannot
help noticing a simple yet curious instrument, ex-
hIbited by p. Secchi. IL is an instrument de-
signed to register the principal meteorological
phenomena by means of curves traced on sheets of
paper By the instrument itself. The phenomena
registered are atmospheric preston, rapidity and
direction cf the wind, rain and temperature, as
we'll by the mercurial thermometer as by a me
tallic thread. In the gallery of furniture Italy
sends a number of very pretty things, such as
bedsteads, wardrobes, chairs, billiard tables, and
tables, most of them either inlaid with ivory OF
pearl, or of beautiful wood carving, and all Of
them fit to adOrn a palace. They seem to have
worked very hard there to make rich-looking fur
niture. In the gallery of clothing we notice a
great many cases of masks of various kinds, some