The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30
No VII.


Refreshed IN Several Languages-A Stroll
through the American at GaHey-PaiHt-
jngs By Clifford, Hart Wyatt, Eason and
Other8-Princs Of Wales PaViliOn-Riches
Valued at Sir Million DoEars-TRe Amer
ioan Machinery Division Hotel Life, &c.
HOTEL Do LOUVRE, Paris,
May 8, 1873. !
Now, when the edge of the novelty
is worn off, and the Exhibition has settled
down into its "humdrum" state, it is much
easier to navigate and get good idea Of
the thing as a whole. It must not be un-
derstood from this, however, that every
thing is finished and in "apple-pie order"
for such is very far from being the case;
indeed, I think may safely say that it
will be well into June before all the De-
partments will be Presentable and all de-
tails arranged. One thing is complete,
however, and that is the restaurants and
places Of refreshment, and as these form an
important item in the experience Of for
eigners who visit the Exhibition, shall
say few words Of them right here.
There are four strictly frst-class restau-
rants in the Champ de Mars, one second
class ditto, and four bufTets, occupying the
angles Of the building. The cheap estab-
lishment is presided over by the Messieurs
Duval, of boiled beef celebrity, and good din
ners are supplied here, consisting of four
courses and pint bottle of fclaret, at the FIX
ed price of one franc and fifty centimes, or
about thirty cents in our money. Of the
four frst-class places referred to, one is a
viennese house kept by Messrs. Ganglof
q Boesinger where Austrian, Hungarian,
Russian and Turkish dishes may be had, and
the three others are Partisan, and on the
same model as Vefour's and BignOn's.
On the other side of the river, in the
TrocaderO gardens, there is a splendid Span
ish restaurant, and German brewery for
the manufacture and sale Of malt liquors.
Of the four bufFets within the main build
ing, one is a Dutch Cafe, Of the Amsterdam
type, and another lin the corner of the
British division) an English bar, managed
by the well-known brewing firm Of Ind.
Coope & Co, who have, as I said in
my last, imported a mixer from the United
States for the special benefit Of thirsty
Americans. This place is extremely
showy, clean, and appetizing generally, and
must become a favorite lounge, if only for
the comeliness and deftness of its bar
maids-a class Of damsels of which the
French have hitherto known little.
There have been some whisperings Of a
"row" among the American artists here,
many Of whom were excluded, and some Of
those whose works were admitted claim
that their paintings were hung in "bad
lights" &c. &c. It is yet too early to
speak at length of our collection of pic
lures. shall devote a subsequent letter
to that; but a stroll through the gallery
shows a fair election-better, on the
whole, than I had been led to expect from
my Philadelphis experience in this line.
The Judges, Mr. Maitland Armstrong and Mr..
St. Gaudens, have evidently been extreme
ly careful and, I believe, conscientious.
The e is some wonderfully strong painting;
head Of a youth, for instance, by J. P.
Vinton, which, if it had been done by a
pupil of Velasquez, might have earned the
masters praise. There is also a superb
moonlit sea by Mr. W. P. W. Dane. Many
of the subjects, I rejoice to see, are home
scenes, though they are treated, as they
should be, in the style of the foreign
schools, in which, as yet the art is best
learned.
The New England Cedars," of Mr.. Gif-
ford, looks like work by Corat; Mr. Bunce's
Approach to Venice" is full of knowledge,
sincerity, and manly strength, and there
are fine works, landscapes and others, by
Hart, by Quartly, "The North River, New
York, i" by Wyatt EasOn; "The Harvesters,"
by Bolton Jones. "The Laugh" by Ham
iltOn, of Philadelphia, is, not to mince
matters, a study of eooOtte, but it is very
we'll done. Bridgman sends his Funeral
on the Nile" and Shsrlaw, "Sheep-shear-
ing in the Bavarian Highlands"
1t is but a step from this gallery to the
Prince Of Wales 'Indian Pavilion" which
seems, SO far, to be the great center of at
traction. It is located to the right as you
enter the great main avenue, nearly in the
center Of the front, or facade, of the British
section, between the Messrs. DOulton & Co.'S
terra Gotta pavilion and Mr.. W. H. Las
celle's pavilion, and consists of a two-story
building in the peculiar, quaint HindOO
style Of architecture, all resplendent with
gold and bright colors. The interior is a
perfect marvel of costliness and decorative
art and contains the innumerable presents
which were bestowed upon the Prince dur
ing his travels in India Among these is
a cameI's-hair shawl, valued at $4,000, or
$4,000, and a saber, the hilt Of which is
set with diamonds and emeralds, valued at
E2O, 900, or 100000.
Queen Victoria's great diamond, the
''Koh-I-Nur," is also here, and is always
surrounded by an admiring crowd; it is said
to weigh about 123 carats and is valued at
G12O, ,654, or about S6O3,5OO. The value of
all the riches contained in this pavilion
cannot fall short Of six or seven millions of
dollars understood, however, that the
'Koh-I-Nur'' will be removed shortly, and
Is only here temporarily.
In the American Machinery Division,
the Wheelock engine has, at last, been
placed in running order, and appears to
give eminent satisfaction. The special
of this engine consists in the
arrangement Of valves and their gear, which |
makes it almost noiseless. Among other
interesting exhibits here I may mention /
the Messrs. Brown & SharPe's (of Provi-
dence, R. L. machine tools, and wood
working machinery exhibited by J. Fay & |
Co., of Cincinnati machines for stamping |
metals, from Bliss & Williams, New York;
a complete set of Westinghouse air-brakes, |
fine arms from the Colt Manufacturing Co. |
silk loom from B. Tilt & Son, whose
looms attracted considerable attention at
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