The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-05-31
From our Regular Correspondent

into Its "humdrum' state, 1t is much
easier to navigate and get good idea Of
the thing, as whole. 1t must not be
understood from this, however, that
everything is finished and in apple pie
order, for such is very far from being
the case; indeed, think l may safely
say that it will be well into June before
all the departments will be presen:able
land all details arranged. One thing 4
completed, however, and that is the res
taurants and places of refreshments, and
as these will form an important item in
the experience of foreigners who visit
the Exhibition, shall say few words
Of them right here.
There are four strictly first class res
taurants in the Champ de Mars, one
second-class ditto, and four bullets occu-
pying the angles of the building. The
cheap establishment is presided over by
the Messieurs Duval of boiled beef celeb
rity, and good dinners are supplied here
consisting of four courses and pint
bottle of claret, and the fixed price Of
one franc and fifty centimes, or about
thirty cents in our money. Of the four
first class places referred to, one is a
VIennese house kept by Messrs. Gang
loft & Boesinger, where Austrian, Hun
garian, Russian and Turkish dishes may
be had, and the three others are Partisan,
on the same model as Vefours and Big
nous. On the other side of the river,
in the Trocadins gardens, there is an ex-
celIent Spanish restaurant, and Ger
man brewery for ths manufacture and
sale of malt liquors. Of the four buffets
within the main buildings, one is a Dutch
Cafe of the Amsterdam type, and anoth-
er Tin the corner Of the British division)
an English bar, managed by the well
known London brewing firm of Ind
Coope & Co, who have, as said in my
last, imported mixer from the United
States for the special benefit of thirty
Americans. This place is extremely
snowy, clean, and appetizing generally,
and must become favorite lounge. il
only for the comeliness and deftness CT
its barmaids-a class of damsels of which
the French have hitherto known little.
There have been some whisperings ofa
ROW" among the American artists here,
many of whom were excluded, and some
of those whose works we're admitted
claim that their paintings are hung in
@bad lights" &c, &c. 1t is yet too early
to speak at length of our collections Of
pictures; 1 shall devote a subsequent
letter to that; but stroll through the
gallery shows fair selection-better, on
the whole, that had been led to expect
from my Philadelphia experience in this
line. The judges, Mr.. Maitland Arm
strong and Mr.. St Gandens, have evil
IDENTIFY been extremely careful and, l
believe. conscientious. There is some
wonderfully strong painting; head Of
youth, for instance, by j. P. VInton,
which, if it had been done by pupil of
Velasauez, might have earned the mas
ter's praise. There is also a superb
mOonlit sea by Mr.. w. P. W. Dane.
MLny If the subjects, rejoice to see,
are home scenes, though they are treated,
as they should be, in the style Of the for
eign school in which, as yet, the art is
best learned. The New England Cedars
of Mr.. Clifford looks like a work by
Conat; Mr.. Bunc's approach to Venice is
full of knowledge, sincerity and manly
strength, and there are fine works land
scape and others, by Hart, by Quartly-
The North Riuer, NeW York, by Wyatt
Eason-The Harcesters, by Bolton Jones.
The Laugh, by Hamilton, of Philadel-
phia, is, not to mince matters, q study OF
4 cOcatte, but it is very well done.
Bridgeman sends his Funeral on the Nile,
and Sherlaw Sheep Shearing in the
Bararian highlands.
1t is but step from this gallery to the
Prince of Wales "Indian Pavilion"
which seems, so far, to be the great at
traction. 1t is located to the right as you
enter the great main avenue, nearly in
the center Of the front or facade of the
British section, between the Messrs.
Doulton & Cos. terracotta pavilion and
Mr. w. II. Lascelle's pavilion, and con
sists of two story building in the pecu-
liar, quaint Hindoo style of architecture,
all resplendent with gold and bright COL
ors. The interior il perfect model Of
costliness and decorative art, and con-
tains the innumerable presents which
we're bestowed upon the Prince during
his travels in India. Among these is a
camel's hair shawl valued ct six thousand
pounds sterling, or thirty thousand dol
lars, and a sabre the hilt Of which is set
with diamonds and emeralds valued at
twenty thousand pounds, or one hun
dred thousand dollars. Queen Victoria's
great diamond, the Koh-I-Nur, also,
here, and is always surrounded by an
admiring crowd; it is said to weigh 123
carats, and is valued at s120 564, or
about $603JO0. The value Of all the
riches contained in this pavilion cannot
fall short Of six or seven millions of dol
lars. | understand. howeve, that the
Koh-I-Nur will be removed shortly,
and is only here Temporarily.
In the American Machinery Division,
the Wheelock engine has, at last, been
placed in running order and appears to
give eminent satisfaction. The special
characteristics of theengine consist in the
arrangement Of valves and their gear
which makes it almost noiseless. Among
other interesting exhibits here / may
mention the Brown & Sharpe's (of
Providence, r. H. machine tools, wood
working machinery exhibited by J. Fay
& Co, Of Cincinnati; machine for
stamping metals, from Bliss & Williams,
in New York; complete set of West
inghouse airbrakes; fire arms from the
Colt Manufacturing Co, a silk loom
from B. Tilt & Son, whose looms at
tracted considerable attention at our
Centennial Exhibition; an inteAesting
exhibit of anti-friction glass bearings
for machinery; and hundred other
things, of which shall speak more fully
hereafter, when everything shah have
been arranged in shipshape. -
Foreigners still continue to pour into
the city, and it is stated officially tina:
there are three hundred and ffty-fve