The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-04-26
Correspondence
OUR PARISLE1'TER

IOUR PARIS LETTER
Arrival Of American Exhibits at Hayre
The First Man on the GrOund-How
Our Agricultural Show will lOok-A
Chat W ith Mr.. Wa-Kai, OF YeddO, ia.
pan-England and Russia at the Ex.
hibition-Warning to American Ex.
hibitOrs-Ete., Etc.
i From Regular Correspondent
HOTEL DU LOUVRE, PARIs,April 8, rs.
As probably some of my readers will
visit Paris this summer, 1 shall com.
mence this letter by warning them
against making arrangements for board
or apartments too far in advance
Within the last fortnight, owing to the
sudden influx of foreigners, which was
however, somewhat checked by the
cold, snowy, and disagreeable weather
that set in last week, landlords have
raised their prices in anticipation of a
big rush; but | am of opinion that, while
the Exhibition will be a grand success
in every respect,the visitors from abroad
will neither, owing to hard times, be as
plentiful as expected, nor so reckless in
their expenditures. 1t costs as much
now to live in Paris, as in New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, or any other ofour
large cities but after the opening of the
Exhibition, it is more than probable
mat the cost of living will be reduced, as
many landlords will have empty rooms
upon their hands on account of their
present extravagant demands. AnAmer-
lican, stranger in Paris, would do we'll
before making permanent arrangements
to consult some of his more experienced
countrymen, whose chief resorts are the
New York Herald" Bureau, in the Av.
enue de I Opera, the publication office
of the American Advertiser" No 5-
Rue Scribe, and the offices of the U
| Commissioners at the Exposition
Grounds, on the Champ de Mars. o.
course, here as elsewhere, he must looI
out for "black sheep" and use due dis
cretion as to whom he confdes in; bui
not to any greater extent than in the
ordinary transactions of everyday life
at home.
The two first American vessels which
left the United States with articles fol
the Exhibition, the Supply" and the
Constitution" have arrived at Havre
safe and sound, and their cargoes are
+expected to arrive here in few days
The first American on the ground with
his exhibit was starch manufacturer
Il could not learn his name) who haC
shipped his complete exhibit at his owr
expense by the French line of steamers
and he was followed by Messrs Mallory
Wheeler & Co, of New Haven, Conn.
who have their fine exhibit of hardware
locks, ETC., almost complete. The flool
in the United States Division is alread,
. marked out and numbered, and every
thing is in readiness for the reception
and arrangement of exhibits; and wher
visited the grounds yesterday, the,
were just completing the brick and con
crete foundation for the steam engine
4 which is TO furnish the motive power il
the American section.
| One of the finest exhibits will be tha
from the Agricultural Department il
Washington, to which referred briefly
in my last letter, and the preparation
for which are now being made. In tht
middle of the Agricultural Gallery ther'
, has been a space marked out 70 fee
square, inithe middle of which is five
pointed star, at each of the points o
which will be erected a five, sided O
2 pentagonal calumn, surmounted by al
ornamental urn. In the center of tn,
star Will be pyramid or terrace, mad
: of glass, and surmounted by an eagle
and within this glass case will be exhib
: tied choice specimens ofthe Agriculture
products of the United States Reachin,
!. from this center to the five columns
Y which mark the points Of the star, vii
= be glass show cases placed on counter
4 and filled like the central case witt
r specimens of grain, cotton, tobacco, etC
J. and in the urns ON top of the column
p will be specimens ofgrowing plantss sucl
D us corn, tobacco, cotton, rice, &c. Alto
v gether, it will be most tasteful exhibit
and will compare favorably with any
g thing in that line from any other nation
), A few days ago, whom should 1 NEE
in the Champ de Mars but my old friend
: Mr. Wa-Kai from Yeddo, Japan, who's
S acquaintance first had the pleasure o
making at Vienna in 1873, and to reneV
at our Centennial Exhibition in Phila
delphia, where he represented the Koshi'
Gaishia Company Q believe that is th'
way he spells it), one of the larges
manufactures Of China and lacquere
. ware in Japan. He is preparing mag
S nifcent display here, which will surpas
in costliness and grandeur anything th'
!, company has shown at previous exhibi
r tions, but among which Americans vii
2 recognize the two enormous vases which
!, were the point de resistance Of the Japan
l ese section at our Centennial. Mr. Wa
Kai and your correspondent had quie
walk together across the bridge and int
: the grounds on the other side of tn,
Seine, where workmen are now busil,
engaged in the construction Of grottoes
e miniature cascades, the laying out o
e beds, placing statues, and planting o
!. trees, shrubs and flowers. The ground:
4 while not so extensive as those at Phila
e delphia, will srlrpass them in beauty
d and will be provided with cafes, eontiser
:. les, and restaurants innumerable, which
a will be under the immediate supervisior
r of the French Commission.
# As usual, England is ahead in point o
e completeness and forwardness of he
}, exhibit, and, next to her, comes Russia
q whose exhibit is on gigantic and mag
, nifcent scale, surprising in volume NOR
than ten times what she sent to Phila
delphia. The war-cloud intervening be
4 tween these two nations does not seem
in the least, to darken their friendly ri
? vaIry at the Exhibition. We are NOR
q behindhand than any other nation but