The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-16
PARIS. July 31st. 1873.


In spite of the tropical heat of the past week,
the number OF visitors to the Exhibition has
NOT materially diminished; and vet is Intolera
bly, hot in the galleries OF the Champ de Mars,
and the sun burns down mercilessly on the
promeneurs out OF doors. Still, there are
shady hooks here and there. II there is the
least breeze stirring. il is to be felt on the
rrocadero terraces. where the flowers and
grass are kept fresh by system OF incesssnt
watering and where the fountains and cascades
help to cool the air.
Since it has been found impossible to install
4 military band in the Exhibition grounds,
several Of the restaurants have set up music
OF their own. One band plays at the British
bar. and another at the Spanish cafe. Several
small buffets for the sale OF cakes and iced
drinks are newly opened, and the visitors, in
cludlng ladies and children, are now well sup
piled in this respect; they may also buy Turk
sh sweetmeats, Algerian fruit, Russian kames,
English buns, Parisian gauffres, and Persian
scraps in various places.
The captive balloon in the Place du Car
rousel is now visible from all parts OF Paris. its
huge bulk towering over the buildings Of the
Louvre and Tuilleries. The public is to be per-
mitted TO make ascents next week, the price
being fixed for 20 fr. each person. In the
height OF 1900 feet the second time Mme
Goddard aud Nine. Dartois were Of the party.
The exciting moment for the exhibitors is
arrived, the jurors are finishing their work. and
the question of prizes, and especially OF the
grand prizes OF honor is burning one. OF
course nobody knows anything of what is going
on in tue jury room. nor in the juryman
breast but there are certain rumors and some
not of pleasant kind These do not however
refer to any of the American exhibitors. Yes
terday some very interesting experiments, with
the telephone and phonograph combined, we're
made IN the telegraphic section, before the
jury. The mouths Of the two instruments
we're placed together, aud the words engraved
upon the phonographlc cylinders were soon
heard distinctly in the telephone reception
room at Versailles, and rice cersa After this
the lnterlocutor at Versailles sang an original
song through the telephone which was taken
down in the phonograph at the Champ de Mars,
and il was sung and repeated by this instru-
ment, amidst general applause. These are
among the first experiments which have been
Ao thar and
it s evident that they may be very usefully
applied.
II you have duly obtained press pass to the
Exhibition adorned with your photograph, and
with official signatures, which render it doubly
valuable to posterity, then you have the right
to claim admittance to the Press Pavilion. 1t
is situated near the post-offce, aud had tele-
graph Office of its own but this has practically
broken down; and the journalists use low the
same wires and letter-boxes as other men.
The value of the pavilion is in affording a
cool and quiet retreat to write, and are sup
piled with all the newspapers. Here are all the
principal papers in the world, and through the
/ care VI eOuAC pOilSh bSAbShiah NOLLOONSN WIN
the Partisan press, the pavilion is especially
rich IN Slayenic pspers. The pavilion has
many studies and boudoirs, IN addition to the
great reading room: and ladies and music are
It is said not to he excluded from it, 1t i:
hoped however, that some rooms will be pre-
served for solitude and quiet or the benefit oi
all its other advantages will be lost to the
working bees of journalism, for whom it was
designed.
France, Italy and Belgium contain the chei
centres Of production of marble work. In con.
seqence OF the increased facilities for transport
and the decrease in custom duties, this branch
Of industry has hourished and increased con
siderabiy in France since 1870. Paris in this
as in so many other industries, is the chief sea
OF the trade. The marbles are brought from
the north, also from MarseilleP, the Pyrenees