The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-02
THE WHEELING DAuNTELI1eENc THURSDAY MORNING MAY 1873

deitly fitted glasses into great window
over portal, were conscious Of the
change which had come over France
sinee their grandfAthers were children.
Probably II ] had aSked them, they
would have answered with witticiSm At
The expense Of the old revolution for
Jean and Alphonse are always witty, even
when they are nothing else; but In the
bottom OF their hearts would have been
found embedded u realizing sense Of the
gains by which the "Third Republic
profits. Certainly the workman. hAs no.
reason to complain. France is doing all
that II can 10 make him better; is multi.
plying technical schools, and libraries,
aha colleges. Yetsuch Is lis fear that be
may, after all, nuke some blunder Of the
old sort, that Il does not wish him TO hold
a" Workingman's Congress" during the
Exhibition period. The fear Is enhanced
by the knowledge that discontented work.
men from Russia, from Germany, from
England and Spain, gather in this great
central Capital, and sometimes try 10 10.
ment disturbance here, in the hope that
il may spread hence TO their own lands.
The Bonapartists are exceedingly un.
happy because the Republic is 10 have
80 fine q festival, and have devised many
cunning plans for befouling the leglsla.
tive commission which decided how much
should he spent. They have also
predicted at sundry times that
The Fair would not be held I;
that as coon as war really came 10
other countries, the frightened Republic
would close the doors Of the "peep.Hhow,"
and would begin herself 10 beat drums.
All Of this Is absurd. A fayorite remark
has been that the Exhibition will cost
twenty-five or thirty millions more than
the original estimates had prepared the
country TO spend. This happens also 10
be foolishly false. The truth Is that
thus far, within less than month OF the
time for opening the doors, the Commiss.
ionerhs ave expended 10000 francs less
than they are entitled TO. Farther than
this the credit opened by the country at the
Ministry OF Agriculture and Commerce
for the Exposition" Is limitless. The
Minister nevertheless felt il his duty 10
announce In the Chamber that the sum OF
5000 900 Of franco would not be exceed.
ed. II may be interesting, especially TO
those who intend coming here, TO know
what the various structures have cost.
The Riocadero Palace, which Is q
permanent building, and handsome
enough for any city to rejoice in, will
cost eight millions Of francs, Of which
Paris pays three millions. j should like
10 see contractor undertake such an
enterprise in America for 81 GOO, 900.
When the work was begun it was intend.
ed 10 build nothing permanent, but Paris
saw fine chance 10 get a
palace at a bargain, and got 1t.
The great building or group oil
buildings on the Champ deNars-the
dimensions Of which were given in a
previous letter-will cost twenty millions
OF francs (S4,000,000), without counting
any Of the expenses Of interior furnishing.
The motive force 70. machines, the CHM
neys, piping, &c, necessitated an
expense Of 920, 600 francs. The sum Of
300 900 francs has been expended in gard.
ems, grottoes, imitation rocks, lakes,
cascades and arbors in the Champ de
Mars. Sculpture and other decoration.
on the Champ de Mars cost $4,000
francs. The distribution Of water
through the whole Exhibition cost a
million francs. Tie immense monumen.
tai cascade OF Trocadero required 6S2, 600
francs; the aquarium 10000 francs. A
superb Algerian palace, in which France
will exhibit the treasures Of her chief
colony, cost 100000 irancsl The grand
pavilion OF the city Of Paria; now nearly
cmpleted, cost the tidy amount Of 1850
francs. And finally, the expenses Of
salaries and allowances for the Commits.
sioner Generals help, and all the Dir.
ectors and their aids, will foot up only
900 900 francs. And-there will be no
s,ealings. '' 7i'E E".- ."5
have mentioned the pavilion OF the
city OF Paris. Most visitors TO Philadel.
phia in 1876 entered the large and hand.
some structures in which The public works
Of France were illustrated by models,
mapS, paintings, photographs, SC The
edifce which Paris will especially
occupy at the Exhibition Of 1878 will
be many times larger than that one, and
will be profnsely ornamented. It is the
central piece In the Champ de Mars, and
will be The gem ofthe group. 1t rises
from the midst Of ID beautiful garden.
on which grateful shadow will be thrown
by the tremendous arches OF the two
sections Of the gallery devoted to paint.
ing and sculpture. This house will be
filed with models OF tue utmost interest
TO members Of municipal govern.
ments. and to every one who
takes q proper pride in the cons
dition oil the town in which he lives.
As / entered the place a day or two since,
workmen were slowly and skillfully erect.
ing model Of the great reservoir at
Monirouge. The model will be accom-.
panied by statlstics giving an exact idea
of the cost Of each work. The new system
Of internal communication, an amplilicat.
ion Of her present one, which France soon
intends 10 put into operation, will be
Illustrated here. ..r -.
The workmen OF Paris are TO have
COLLECTIVE exhibition" just outside the
walls Of the main fair, and have put up
their edliee and ,ornamented ii hand
somely. They have received from the
Department Of the Seine about seventy
thousand francs in aid OF their project,
and will have a singularly beautiful ex-
hibil Their idea Ia TO enable the world
ut glance to see how diverse and deli
cate is the industry OF Lutitia, and they
would have exhibited on the Camp de
Mars had not the rules forbidden collec-
tive exhibitions within the grand central
one. The bronze workers, the flower
makers, the jewelers., the chasers, the en-
amelers, masons, engrayers, decorators,
"artists in hair" and hundreds Of others
specialists twill send,their chief works TO
this display. This in some measure com.
pensates the workmen for the lack Of 8
Congress. s'I .-gI sy 10 ..;..
] hear that n "Hymn Of Peace is very
much wanted, but there ia no hope Of GET
ting II. II was tried by committee at
the Exhibition Of 1867, but none Of the
compositions sent in were OF a nature
likely 10 become popular, and all were
rejected. ] am sorry 10 hear that the
Yoltaire Centenary Celebration Is fruit.
fol source OF discussion and dissent.
There seems some small danger that the
programme can not be carried out. The
time IL near at hand, and the extremists
and moderated cnntinnA 10 ouarrel