The daily gazette., 1878-08-12
OUR PAKlS LETTER.
THE EXHIBITION-ITS PROGRESS
ITS RESTAURANTS AND
ITS MUSIC.
THE CAPTIVE BALLOoN-AwARDs-
TELEPHONE AND PHoNoGRAPH-
COMFORTS FOR NEWSPAPER
MEN-MARBLE EXHIBITS
THE CANADIAN TRIO
PHY-THE GREAT
ELEVATOR IN
TROCADERO.

PARIS, July 81, 1878.
In spite Of the tropical heat of the past
week, the number of visitors to the Ex-
hibition has not materially diminished /;
and yet is intolerably hot in the galleries
of the Champ de Mars, and the sun burns
down mercilessly on the promeneurs out
of doors. Still there are shady hooks
here and there. Ifthere is the least breeze
stirring, 1t is to be felt on the Trocadero
terraces, where the flowers and grass are
kept fresh by system of incessant water
ing and where the fountains 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 small Bullets
for the sale OF cakes and iced drinks are
newly opened, and the visitors, including
ladies and children, are now we'll supplied
in this respect they may also buy Turk
ish sweetmea,s, Algerian fruit, Russian
kumes, English buns, Partisan gauffres,
and Persian scraps in various places.
The captive balloon in the Place du
Carrousel is now visible from all parts OF
Paris, its huge bulk towering over the
buildings of the Louvre and Tuileries.-
The public is to be permitted to make
ascents next week, the price being fixed
for 20 fir. each person. In the meantime
the balloon has been up twice, to height
of 1900 feet the second time Mime. God
dard and Nine. Dartois, were of the
party.
The exciting moment for the exhibitors
is arrived, the jurors are finishing theil
work, and the question of prizes, ant
Especially of the grand prizes of honor
is burning one. of course nobody
knows anything of what is going on il
the Jury room, nor in the juryman:
breast but there are certain rumors and
some not of pleasant kind. These dc
not however referto any OF the American
exhibitors. Yesterday some very inter
esting experiments, with the telephone
and phonograph combined, were made il
the telegraphic section, before the jury
The mouths of the two instruments were
placed together, and the words engraved
upon the Photographic cylinders were
, soon heard distinctly in the telephone re-
ception room at Versailles, and rice Uersd
: After this the interlocutor at Versatile:
sang an original song through the tele
phone which was taken down in th'
photograph at the Champ de Mars, anC
it was sung and repeated by this instru
: ment amidst general applause. Thes'
are among the first experiments which
; have been made with the two instru
ments together, and it is evident tina
they may be very usefully applied.
Fl If you have duly obtained press pas
!. to the Exhibition adorned with you
Il photograph, and with official signature:
I which render it doubly valuable to po;
= lterity, then you have the right to clair
b admittance to the Press Pavilion. 1t
8 situated near the post-office, and had
:. telegraph office of its own; but this hs
practically broken down; and the jou
nalist use now the same wires and lette
= boxes as other ihen. The value OF I'll
pavilion is in afiording cool and qu1'
retreat to write, and one supplied with
the newspapers. Here are all the prlf
cipal papers in the world, and throus
the care of some Polish gentleman col
nected with the Partisan press, the paw
ion is especially rich in Slavonic paper
France, Italy, and Belgium contain u
chiefentres reproduction OF fmar bie- Wor
nconsequence of the increased facilltl'
:. for transport, and the decrease in custom
K K duties this stryhasfiourlsh'
ut aud increased considerably in Franc
Since 1870 Paris in this as in so many oth
Industries, is the chiefs seat the trad
The marbles are brought from the mort
also from Marseilles, the Pyrenese, u
West. aud from Java. The great wor
at tbe Louvre, Tuilleries, and the Ne
Opera House have brought the empio
: ment of marble decorations IN lux9rio
lc, limitations into general favour. Wor
ine in marble is divided into four disnn
rapches-namely,b buildings decoTsnoi
p clockmaking, and monuments. Each
these branches is wellrepresentedln IN ca
is: but the merit of the French manufs
va ture is especially noticeable IN the m
700 ble decorations, the execution OF WIN q !
y in viii bear comparison with the work OF
Renaissanoe, or the time OF Lo'