Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-09-28
PARIS. Aug. %. 1878.

| AS i nave WTIll6u nGI6lOlOT0 pTlH-
cipally about the city of Paris and
but little about the Exposition, /
will now give you some observations
on the "EXpOsitiOn Universelle," as
the French call it. The buildings
and grounds are beautifully and
tastefully arranged. Flowers, grass
es, shrubs, cascades, fountains, grot-
tOs, recesses, artificial caves filled
with fish, marble and bronze statu-
ary scattered about the grounds, all
tend to give the large enclosure be-
tween the two main buildings a
fairy-ike scene that is perfectly
charming.
The main entrance is by the TrOc-
adero Palace, large, imposing, ele-
CANT building. Its central part is
composed of large festival hall,
capable of seating 5000 persons,
wings Of beautiful architectural de-
sign branching off long distance on
each side. The dome of Festival
Hall is surmounted by a beautiful
bronze female figure representing
France as the Goddess of Liberty,
with bugle in her mouth summon
ing the nations of earth to the
worlds fair.
Immediately to the rear of the
TrOcaderO building is a large cas-
cade, continuing down the SlOping
grounds in a series of waterfalls and
small fountains, emptying into
beautiful little lake surrounded by
grass, fiOWer-beds and bronze statu-
ary. From the center and sides of
this lake-like brim are constantly
playing beautiful fountains.
The Prince of Wales exhibits a
magnificent collection of ivory
work, wood work in all sorts of gOr-
geous styles and fashions, precious
stones, relics, ETC., gathered princi-
pally from India.
Canada exhibits the cross section
of fir tree from the Pacific Coast,
feet in diameler, 400 feet high and
566 years old. The farm products
of Canada are well exhibited too.
Australia exhibits a model gold
pyramid, representing the amount
of gold dug from her mines, aggre-
eating the value of 81, 900, 900, 900.
The United States represents
varied and interesting exhibit Of
machinery; some of the finest
canned fruits I ever saw, in large
glass jars, holding about five gallons
each.
New Jersey has a loom weaving
silk bOOk-marks, national badges,
ETC., similar to an English one |
wrote you about from Chicago last
winter.
Oregon exhibits the most ingen-
iOus historic panoramic map at a
glance that has ever been gotten up.
1t is about three feet wide by fifteen
feet long. 1t gives you a clear pam
Oramic view of all authentic past
history, all the nations and prOmi-
nent characters who have figured in
history in their syncrhOnOusO order in
which they appeared upon the
worlds stage a very ingenious, in
tereSting and instructive work.
The "Fine Arts" department is
large and very fine, all nations con-
tributing some, but France most.
The French paintings and the Ital-
ian statuary are especially very fine.
Switzerland exhibits music-bOx
decidedly ahead of anything ever
before made in that line. 1t plays
perfectly a long and difficult Ope-
ratio overture, making all the notes
clear and distinct. 1t is about two
thirds the size of an average piano
value, $1,000.
The Chinese and japanese sections,
with their peculiar characteristic
ornamentaliOns of wood, ivory and
pearl are very interesting. They
seem such a queer, strange kind of
people, anyway.
The French State jewels, formerly
the properly of French kings and
emperOrs, present dazzling, gOr-
geouS sight. It makes an ordinary
mortal feel pOverty-stricken to look
at them.
The French dolls and toys are far
ahead of anything of the kind in
the United States or elsewhere, l
reckon. They are so true to nature
and, with the subtle mechanism the
French give them, they seem en-
dowed with life. They will move
about among themselves like natu-
raj children playing, occasionally
squealing out mamma" and
"papa" with all the earnestness and
cIearness a real child would. Then
their elephants, horses, dogs, minia-
ture regiments, cavalcades, caravan
saries, etc, all come in with their
French art closely cOunterfeiting
nature. Their artificial fruits and
flowers are so very perfect as to re-
quire the closest examination to de-
tect the counterfeit; and their artffi-
cial birds sing so perfectly that l
think they would deceive a live
bird. The bird sits on top cluster
of flowers and twigs or inside
cage, to make the delusion stronger,
and sings away as natural as life.
A piece of machinery attached to
the bird you wind up like you would
a clock. The machinery is so hid
den as hardly to be noticeable. 1t
is perfectly marvellous.
The French exhibit profuse col
lection of artificial diamonds and
precious stones so perfect in their
imitation that it requires an expert
to detect the spurious. The imi-
tatiOns look just as pretty to me as
the Oenuinp