The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-09-07

ges, and Campiegne, in all of which the oak,
the beach, the pine, the elm, and the edible
chestnut flourish, while the cork-tree grove
in the South. The manufactures which fill
the galleries Of the Champ de Mars. have
grown up in the course of centuries Of civil
ization, in constant vicissitudesa and struggles
for existence which taxed TO the utmost the
powers of an inventive race. No leading
industry can be mentioned which does not
owe much TO France.
The captive balloon is great success, ex-
cept on windy days, when no assertions are
allowed. Another innovation is, the float
ing restaurant q saloon steamboat that leaves
Paris in the morning for st. Germainj- and
returns in the afternoon, the single journey
lasts 81 hours. The speculation is in the
hands of the French rcstauranteurs at the
Exhibition. The tourist can breakfast on
board and return to Paris by rail, or rail to
st. Germain and dine on board, during the
return journery with electric lights at mast
head. Several sights are pointed out along
the Seine, the most vagabond of rivers in its
course there is the out-fall of the city sewer,
and the heights of st Cloud; the spot where
Billoir placed the remains Of his cut-up mis-
tress, the Grenonillere, q democratic bathing
pool for both sexes, and the new prison of
Nanterre, in the lead of roSiereS tO suggest TO
the fair sex, that if virtue be ever rewarded,
vice shall never be left unpunished-ifth the
police can help it. ..tt
The Frocadero building referred to, in one
Of my former letters is considered a marvel
of economical construction under most diff
cult circumstances, being based on the hol-
low site of an old quarry, with material
most carefully selected for durability and
good effect. The accoustical arrangements
are curious. Behind the grand organ is
large conque, or reflector and the occurrence
of an echo is prevented, or supposed TO be
prevented-for many declare that it exists
in the following manner. Sound travels at
the rate Of $40 metres per second; and, as
the quickest ear cannot discern two distinct
sounds unless there be an interval of the
tenth of a second between them, felt is em-
ployed in every place where there would be
any danger of echo. The ceiling which is
suspended from the roof timbers, is formed
of peculiar felt only one fifth of an inch
thick, so that the whole does not weigh more
than 40 pounds per square meter. The ven
tlation Of the immense Sale deS FeteS is de-
clared perfect a well more than 16 feet in
diameter, was sunk into the ancient quarry
beneath, which has an extent Of about
acres, and with its pillars present large
cooling surface. The air is drawn into that
driven by the same means up into the Sale,
where it is distributed above at the rate Of
8 feet per second, which is quickly reduced
to or inches.
The number ofmedals awarded was large
ly increased-the gold from 1000 to 2600,
silver from 1000 to 300, bronze from 5000
to 10000, and the honorable mentions from
5000 to lO,5O0. 1t seems quite unnecessary
to limit the last named awards. In all 29,-
500 distinctions are to be distributed amongst
$4,000 exhibitors; that is, in round num-
bers, one medal for every third exhibitor
and an honorable mention for one in five.
The grand medals of honor are in addition.
No less than 1892 persons visited the
Champ de Mars and Frocadero last Sunday.
The official rehearsal of French music, which
was to have taken place in the grand hall,
was put off until next Thursday, as it has
been remarked that the attendance at these
concerts is less on Sundays than on week
days. The concert given by the Upsala
students on the previous afternoon was most
successful. ALPAA.