The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-05-17
The TrocaderO and Parks.

the southwestern psfs Of the citS Of
| Paris. and it lies on 10th sides Of the
river Seine. The heights of Troeadero.
commanding a supeFbsiew of the c;tv
are occupied by the permanent building.
which is n remarkaoA edifice in MANY
respects. The Irocaaslo Palate, as II Is
called, is placed on tie crest of a hill.
and looks TO the n0qhward over the
new suburb springiDg upon the west side
of Paris, and in the sutherlv direction
down on the river an the Champ de
Mars. In the center rising above a
grand portal about one hundred feet
wide, is a pavillion, or giand dome, with a
tower on each sideTeaehing up about two
hundred and fifty feet thanking the rc-
tunds are galleries rs.Bing out in horse
shoe-shape towsys7.sass ssiver. the 'front.'
| 9sFST { S 6 K I'm. ! 6
largest concert haTa.a, world, with a
capacity for seating go or 5000 per-
sons. The towers fon the highest
points in Paris The are furnished
with lifts worked by hyraulic power for
the elevation of visitorby the hundred
or two at time. Frol the top of tie
towers the view takes 1.-THE valley of tie
Seine for miles on eac side, and every
prominent building n the city Is
easily distinguished. The spire OF
Notre Dame stands put as clearly
in the plain below as the distant
green slopes of Meudc. The rOtunda
and its annexes are reserved for perma-
nent exhibition of Freleh historical art.
The side galleries are Appropriated TO
pictures, which have been arranged chro-
nologicaliy, to exhibit ne successive
schools of French paintiH. The colon
nades outside are lavish adorned with
statues, also retrospectie in arrange
ment. The rotunda is luilt of yellow
stone, faced with colo'd bricks. On
either side of it, breakir the decent to
the right and left galiries, are parli-
tions in the same style The galleries,
however, are of iron, With plaster cell
ings cast in sections andlaborately deco
rated in polychTomes In the arch of
the facade appears in tblets the colors
of each nation particiRting ia the Ex>
hibition. This magnificent edifce IS TO
be maintained after te exposition as
sort of Paris Sydentm, and it * ex-
pected that it will tcOme in a short
time magnificent pulic property. the
view from the inner de Of the horse
shoe i commsndingone. The south
ern facade ovcTlooks te Seine and the
Champs dc MARI Iniront extends the
approach to the park nd the river. Be-
yond the Seine is the road front of the
temporary exhibition 9uilding, with its
five cupolas, and behid this are profled
in tapering lines tb long angular
rSofs of the galleries. In the distance,
at the back OF the.qhlleries, are the
principaI buildings OF -EcoIe MfIitaire,
and st the right and LEI the avenues La
Bourdonnaye ana Suffrn stretch out into
the cloudy distance. he Seine, instead
of being as it locks FINN above, an in
terruption to the plan q the Exhibition,
has been madeone ofitsmost picturesque
The whde length of it
between the Trocaden side and the
Champ de Mars has been appropriated
by Commissioner Krantz and used ex-
clusively for the purpose of the Exhibi-
tion. The Pont de Jena, which connects
the two banks of the river, has been
widened and enclosed for crossing place,
and it looks as if it had been newly
built for the occasion.
Between the Trocadero Palace and the
river is an open space of about 500 yards
in length, lying along the steep hillside
that slopes down to the Seine. From the
level of the main floor of the palace,
extending into the open space, is a
reservoir built of Jurs stone, from which
pours a volume of water 80 feet in
width. This immense cascade falls over
six marble steps in basin about 600
feet distant, and presents a picturesque
appearance, both from the palace above
and the river bank below. Tie
hillside is very steep so steep, in
fact, that horse draws cab containing
two persons up the soping streets ad
joining with much labor Notwith-
standing the difficulties presented to The
architects and gardeners who laid out
the tract, it has been converted into a
charming and vaned landscape, orna
mented with number of curious build
ings. On the right hand are immense
stretches of delightful gardens, with hot
houses il their midst, for the exhibition
oil rare plants. Winding walks lead
gradually down to the Chinese building,
situated between the foot of the cascade
and the river, at he extreme right of
the inclosure. The movements of the
workmen have fer soeral months attract
ed the attention of viitors to the exhibi-
tion grounds The nsn labored hard at
their work, apparently unconscious of all
ob,ervers, wearing th,ir pig tails twisted
into fat cakes a She backs of
their heads, and the blue. bag
gy breeches asd wooden soled
shoes of their ancestors. Japan sent is
representative worknen also. for the
Mikado has contributed large museum
of historical curiosiiies, which are lo-
Gated in house built on the oldest pat-
tern of Japanese rchftecture. The
Japanese workmen, unlike their Chinese
discarded the costumes Of
their country, and appeared clad very
much in the same fashion as the French
curriers' employed BY the commissioners
to build the great palace. Below the
great cascade, between it and the P,nt
de Jena, are two fountains of elaborate
design aud workmanship, which throw
their streams thirty feet into the air.
Just az tie foot OF the cascade IN escb
side Of It, ara two large restaurants "a.
pable of entertaining thousands of eues,s
during each day. Iheintervening space.
on both sides of the broad slope will be
occupied by pavilions, grot.oes and the
model cottages exhibited by different
nations, among the latter being those q
Sweden, Norway. Switzerland. Eevnt
and Turkey. In the extreme LET'S
hand corner Of the grounds, moi
g. from the Rue a..