The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-22
OUR PARIS LETTER.
PARIS, July 81, 1878.

Ia spite of the tropical heat of the
past week, the number Of yisitors to the
Exhibition hashoot materially diminish.
ed, and yet it is tolerably hot in the gal
leries of the Champ de Mars, and the
sun burns down mersilessly on the prom
enaders out of dooss. Still, there are
shady nooks here AMI there. IF there is
the least breeze stirring it is to be felt on
the Trocadero terraces, where the flowers
and grass are kept fresh by a system OF
incessant watering, and where the foun-
tains and cascade help to cool the air.
Since it has been found impossible to
install military baud in the Exhibition
grounds, several of the restaurants have
set up music of their own. One band
plays at the British har, and another at
the Spanish cafe. Several small bufets
for the sale of cakes and iced drinks are
newly opened, and the visitors, including
ladies and children, are paF we'll sup.
piled in this respect; theyhmay also buy
Turkish sweetmeats, Algerian fruit, Rus
sian kumes, English buns, Parisian graf.
-fres, and Persian scrapsin various places.
The captive balloon in the Place du
Carrousel is now visible from all parts Of
Paris. it, huge bulk towering over the
buildings of the Louvre and Tuileries.
Tho public is to be permitted to make
ascents next gsee. .'the price being fixed
for 20 francs each person. In the mean
time the balloon has been up twice to
height Of 1900 feet; the second time two
prominent ladies of Paris were of the
the party.
The exciting moment for the exhibi.
tors. is arrived, the. jurors are finishing
their work, and the question of prizes
and especially the grand prizes q
honor IS a burning one. OF course no.
body knows anything of what is going
on in the jury room, but there are certain
rumon, and some not of q pleasant kind
These do not, however, refer to any o.
the American exhibitors. Yesterday
some yery interesting experiments witt
the telephone and phonograph combinet
were made in the telegraphic section be
fore the jury. The mouths Of the twt
instruments were placed together, ant
the words engraved upon the phono
graphic cylinders were soon heard dis
ftinctly in the telephone reception room
at Versailles, and vice versG. After thii
the interlocutor at Versailles sang al
original song through the telephone
which was taken down in the phono
graph at the Champ de Mars, and it wa
sung and repeated by this instrument
amidst general applause. These ast
among the first experiments which hsy'
been made with the two instruments to
gether, and it is evident that they ma!
be very usefully, applied.
If you have duly obtained press pas
to the Exhibition, adorned with you
Photograph and with Official signatures
which render 4 doubly valuable to pos
|ItssRY. then Yohthave the right to CLAIM
admittance to the Press Pavilion. I. i.
situated near the postoffce, and has {
telegraph Office, of It's own. The value
of the pavilion is in afording a cool anc
quiet retreat to write, and supplied with
all the principal newspapers in the world
France. Italy and Belgium contain the
chief centres of production of marble
work. In consequence Of the increased
facilities for transport, and the decrease
in custom duties, this branch of industry
has fourished and increased considers
bly, in France since 1570. Paris in this
as in so many other industries, is the
chief seat of the trade. The marbles
are brought from the north, also from
Marseilles, the Pyrenees, the West, ane
from~Jura. The great works at the
Louvre, the Tuilleries, and the new
Opera House have brought the employ
ment of marble decorations in luxurious
habitations into general favor. Working
in marble is divided into four distinct
branches-buildings, decorations, clock
making aud monuments. Each of these
branches is well represented in class 1S
but the merit of the French manufac'
|t1se s especially i u noticeable In The mar
ebls decorations. the execution Of which
|sSjil. bear comparison with the work o.
E3ha time of. Louis XIV The art of or
nam entail sculpture. employs acompara'
etisel large staff of artists and workmen
TE canadian Trophy IS one of the
(greas sights Of the Exhibition, and comes
eS5 epro roR1ns 1 entity before the notice Of Ameri'
Can tourists, because it is close to the
sAmeiican4 reheshment department. As
Et6essight-sesr makes his way towards the
Trophy he comes upon a great gilded
mus nass q raised in the air, apparently with.
S: Soot any sufficient. means Of support
which, nevertheless, testi6es to the riches
tof, Canada by an inscription setting out
that represents IN bulk the amount Of
gold gathered in Canada up to the end
psf the year 1877, namely, 9,s52,ooo
ounces in British Columbia, 271 900 in
New scotlsnd, $4,000 in other provinces,
making total of 4,173,000 ounces,
worth ;sss,A6o,0o0. ~. s
The Elevator in the Trocadero is at
last finished, and will be placed at the
disposal Of the visitors within two or
three days. Even those who know The
building we'll, and have watched the
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