The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-22
OUR pARIS LETTER.
PARIS. july 81. 1877

GU huu you ~ ~ COioIoUiy uot i'll tH0 gar
leries of the Champ dc Mars, and the
sun burns down mercilessly on the prom
enaders out of doors. Still, there are
shady hooks hero and there. If there Is
the least breeze stirring it is 70 be felt on
the Trocadero terraces, where the fowers
and grass are kept fresh by 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 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 smal, Bullets
for the sale of cakes and iced drinks are
newly opened, aud the visitors, including
ladies and children, are nov veil sup.
piled in this respect; they mcy also buy
Turkish sweetmeats, Algerian fruit, Rus
sian kumes, English buns, Partisan graf.
fres, and Persian scraps in various places.
The captive balloon In the Place du
Carrousel is now visible from all arts of
Paris, its huge bulk towering over the
buildinge If the Louvre and Tuilcries.
The public is to be permitted TO make
ascents next week, the price being fixed
for 20 francs each person. L. tho mean
time the balloon has been Up twice to
height of 1900 feet; the second time two
prominent ladies of Paris wero of the
the party
| The exciting moment for the exhibi-
tora Is arrived, the Jurors are finishing
their work, and the question of prizes,
and especially Of the grand prizes of
honor is burning one. or course no.
body knows anything of what ia going
ON in the jury room, but there are certain
rumors, and some not of o pleasant kind.
These do not, however, refer to any of
the American exhibitors. Yesterday
some veS interesting experiments with
| the telephone and phonograph combined
were made in the telegraphic section be.
| fore the jury. The mouths of the two
instruments were placed together, and
the words engraved upon the phono.
graphic cylinders were soon heard dis
tinctly in the telephone reception room
at Veraailles, and vicc versa. After this
tho interlocutor at Versailles sang an
original song through the telephone,
which was taken down in tho phono-
g-aph at the Champ dc Mars, and it was
sung and repeated by this instrument,
lapidst general applause. These aye
among the fret experiments which have
been made with the two instruments to.
gether, and it is evident that they may
| be very usefalIy, spilled.
If you havo duly obtained press pass
70 the Exhibition, adorned with your
photograph and with Official signatures,
which render u doubly talaable TO pos
Itsfisy, shen yonVhave the tight to claim
adm;;tance to tho PreAs Pavilion. It is
situated near the postoGice, and has q
telegraph office Of its own. The value
of the pavilion ia in afiording cool and
quiet retreat to write, and supplied with
all the principal newspapers in the world.
l. France, Italy and Belgium contain the
chief centres of production Of ..larble.
work. In consequence Of the increased
facilities for transport, aud the decrease
In custom duties, this branch OF industry
has fourished and increased considera-
bly, in Franco since 1870. Paris in this,
as in 30 many other industries, Is the
rhiof caok of Tho kroJo rrt.H ...-lI. -
arc brought from the north, also from
Ms.seilles, the Pyrenees, the West, and
from~Jura. The great works at the
Louvre, the Tuilleries, and The new
Opera House have brought the employ
n,ent of marble decorations in luxurious
dab!taioDs into general favor. Working
in ma.bie is divided into four distinct
branchrs-buildings, decorations, clock
making aud monuments. Each Of these
branches is we'll represented IN class ls ;
but tho merit Of the French manufac-
tnrPP e Z; especially noticeable IN the mar
Eble dissertations. the execution os ghioh
IiAjil baar oomparisan with the work OF
lShs tine Of Lonis XIV. The art of or
IS mental sculpture enapIcy 30 a compasa-
E;iselS lAIgs staff Of artists andwofklneh.
81. Canadian Trophy il one iiotf tie
fEgsat sights OF the Exhibition, and comes
EyFcp9iR sHtlY before the notice Of Amefi.
bcSSbsn e6lflats. beeatse it is close 70 The
Aast tican sgffeshment department. AS
esight-sear makes his Way towards the
L9tophs no comes, upon, great gilded
Eigasa faiasd in the air, apparently with
Ela5 IS9Iau any aulicient means OF support,
kzSbinh, negegthelesc testifes TO the riches
lsof, oanad a'bY an Inscription setting out
lthae st, sepresenta i. Sh544..k bulk the amount of
fgola gathered ia Canada up to The end
II HHE slssp yeaf 1877, namely, 8,s52, 600
ennces in Bsltish Coiumbia, 271 900 in
New Scotland, 90, 900 in other provinces,
making total of 4,l78,o00 ounces,
| worth s$$ss, ,A60, 900. :.
1he Elevator III the Trocadero ia at
Last anished, and will be placed at the
disposai OF tho visitors within two or
three days. Even those who know the
! SuiiIing we'll, anu nave watched the
IipFogTess 7s the elevator, are astounded
I'by its enormous proportions. The tower
| in lahipA ills erected rises to the height
ofi2sS feet above the surface of the hill
on which 1t stands, and to $50 feet above
tho level of she Seine, The piaton he,