The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-04-16

inigut easily fancy nltnscli trahsposcu W
Fairmount park In December, 1870. or
to the Prater in 1873.
The aforesaid gendarmes are, however,
not only ornamental, but useful, their
junction being to keep all who have no
card OF admission from the exposition
grounds. Through the courtesy of Mr..
Il. r. Pickering, one of our assistant
commissioners, who arrived IN Paris q
few days ago, had been furnished with
this requisite, and, therefore, found no
difficulty in gaining admission. 1t had
been raining the day before, the grounds
were very sloppy, muddy, and altOgeth.
er inimical to Partisan polished boots.
Huge girders lay scattered across the
paths leading to the main entrance, he
tween which other privileged visitors
were carefully picking their way. A
short distance to the lett OF the enter =
ance, huge cage-looking structure may
be discerned behind which Austrian
workmen, smoking enormous tobacco
pipes while they work, are engaged in put
ting together the frame of the Austro-
Hungarian house. A stones throw from
them are Norwegian carpenters putting
up yellow pine structure In the pecu-
liar style OF architecture OF the land OF
Thor, and still farther southwark we
pass the Swiss wofkmen, who are cons
structing a charming little chalet, the
Chinese and japanese, who are prcpar~
ing most gorgeous and grotesque show
cases, all resplendent with carving and
gliding, and the Turks who, notwiths
standing their war with Russia, have
found time 10 erect handsome little
chirsque from which the banner with the
half-moon floats ever so saucily, as if
the car hadn't said Turkey once.
The annex now in course of construc-
ton for the United States will cover 10, =
600 square feet, which is additional to
the space allotted US 10 the main build.
ing. A short wing connects this annex
with the main nave or alley, just back
OF the. Swedish and Nor
wegian sections, who will be our next
door neighbor. The motive power for
-, the American machinery division will be
furnished by very fine steam engine Of
one hundred horse power, manufactur.
ed by Jerome Wheelock, of Worcester,
Mass, which compares very. faYoIably in
finish, If not in size, with,the giant COrl.
isse ngine that furnished the motive pow.
er in Machinery hall at our Philadelphia
exhibition. A shaft from the engine
will pass through the agricultural annex
for the purpose OF showing the agricul.
tural machinery exhibited there in mo-
ton. The greatest attraction In this
section, however, will be a magniticen,
display, prepared by the agricultural
department at Washington, OF cereal
and other agricultural products from all
the states and territories Of the Union,
artistically arranged to form terrace
which will be surmounted by the coat Of
arms OF the United States,
A large number of American publish
ers and newspaper proprietors, follow,
ing out the idea originated by Messrs.
Longmans. Of London, Wiley, OF New
York, Dea, of Philadelphia, and Prong
OF Boston, are now completing arrange.
ments, through their representatives
here, tor special and very complete ex-
hibit, which will include specimens of
nearly al the more important peri
odical and other publications that haye
made their appearance in the United
States since we became an indepedent
nation; and the old idea Of universal ex
hibiticn Of newspapers will be very
nearly, II not quite carried out this year;
All the powers, even to the king of siam,
have made prearation to show the public
the state OF the press in their respective
countries, and 1t is to be hoped that we
will not be backward in coming forward
on this occasion, but give our full quota
in quality no less than in quantity,
AS the opening OF the exhibition ap>
proaches, it becomes question of not a
little Importance whether sufficient
means have been provided to transport
visitors to the Champ de Wars easily and
without fatigue. At Philadelphia, rail-
ways, street cars, steamboats, and Omni-
buses conveyed as many as 275, 600 per,
sons in single day to Paramount park
but | am very much afraid that the
Partisan means of rapid transit will be
found inadequate. The Parisians are In
the habit OF waiting patiently for their
turn for hours together (this they call TO
faire quene, or "from q pigtail"
and have wholesome respect for omni-
bus conductors and. In fact. for all per-
sons in uniform. The idea that car or
omnibus can be entered in q free>a and
easy style as one enters a car or the
theatre. has never entered their heads /;
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