The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-09-12

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I From our regular correspondent ~
HORST DE LouvRx, I
Paris, Aug 2srd. '7s.
Visitors apparently prefer tht
Champ dc Mars to the Trocadero
at the commencement, the opposit,
taste was evident. People soon tire
Of architecture, and The Trocaderc
has few popular exbibits infinit,
in their variety. Il is the the intel
lectual moiety Of tho Palaco--les.
the elevator" It's various hall,
devoted to retrospective art, cores
pod1hg to 90 many epochs or ages
rivet the attention even Of the ordi.
narily indifferent. Tho masses com
mence to take in, that our ancestors
had to work their way TO civilization
and that all those morsels Of flint
roughly hown or polished, typically
represent human progress, as accur.
ately as Shakespeare's seven ages
does the life OF man. The collection
OF retrospective objects form the
museum Of Bordeaux il most in.
structive, and some Of the antiqu,
iewelry might set ladies' to reflect on
the clauses of the Docalogue touch.
ing covetousness.
The Process Gallery is not only
one of the Exhibitions most curious
features, but il is Of importance in
the influence it may have in giving
technical education 10 the world in
certain minute but lucrative branch.
es Of industry, which have hitherto
boon, in their most successful de-
velopment, essentially Partisan: II
has received magnificent locale in
the vestibule du Sud, opposite the
Ecale Militaire. 1t will be remem
bered that in 1867 a similar depart
ment existed in the Exhibition oi
that year, and its success induced
the French Commissioners to rees-
tablish it now, upon o grander scale
1t was proposed to them to turn the
whole Champ dc Mars into series
OF workshops TO establish all over
it forges, glass works and foundries
to have it bristling with tall Chin
nies. re-echoing with tho whole ga.
nut OF machinery discords, aud re.
do!en! Of smoke and steam to turr
it, in fact, into q species OF industri.
al epitome but this like a number
OF other ridiculous schemes which
tho srchieve Of the Ministry Of Ag.
riculture and Commerce could reveal
was abandoned, although tho Gal
lerie du Frarail was extended beyont
the limits originally assigned to it
A hundred little things, that are con
tinually in domestic use, are manu-.
factured before the eyes Of the visi.
tors themselves. who purchase then
in large quantities and it may
therefore not be uninteresting If We
glance at some of the principal in
dustries so represented.
To commence, we may mention :
curious industry, which cannot fai
to attract the visitors atteution soor
after entering the gallery. We al
lude to tho fiilSree work Few o
rs have no. often had occasion tC
admire the delicate and ingeuou:
work of this description for whicl
Genoa is SO famous, and which hai
its origin in tho dimest antiquity
The workman takes in his hand
simple silver thread be folds il
bends it. turns it. and twists it, in
thousand different ways, and with
apidity that battles description pro
duces in few minutes the most di
verse objects, and the most astonish
ing elects 1t seems to be the sim
plest work il the world but a very
little consideration will show tha
the workmen must be endowed with
more than ordinary taste, and with
dex:eriiy which is only the result 0
practice and education.
Passing hence we glance at a mo
diS;t, who is dressing dolls in th
newes. and most approved Parisiar
fashions ard then We arrive at
stand where skilled worLInen ar
supposed to be engaged in the pro
duct;on Of numerous pretty conce;t
IL ivory. mother -of-pearl and tor.ois
shell The real fact, however, is tia
ell the skill Of these workmen con
sixts in unpacting ready-manufac,
tured goods and pricing them, willis
the only claim that the stall posses
es to occupy q position in the gal
lery is derived from q species Q
drill which. for reasons best know
TO ;tself, is foreyer rscuously drilling
the haIne hole in HI ivory plate
Elephants tusks are 10 Be seen her
in great variety. as weil as isor,
brooches earIIogs, md other orns
nents but the mechanical link be
tween these two forms Of ioorgani
creation il missing. and the process
Of erolr;ion. Like some grsa; seere'
Of nature, is allowed to remain u.
explained. The inrenssrs. hoyeEs.
of IN imitstion, called sirouine, ar
more generous. They shoe 20
some small brown squares Of Q srs,
terid which. in appearance. Is nc
uDltte ehaeEolate but they do DO
explain its composition This the,
heat, aud when j. is in liquid stat
they pour il INTO noulds, which. q
the end Of half M hour, turn il ou
egain in the guiss oi what seems t
be ivory penhoAders. This eirepl
process il not 0 rery interesting on,