The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-10-31

Africa or Asiatic drinks aio served
in all their native nastlGess. Here
the French government has build.
ings in which are dsplayed the ro.
suits OF its investigatiDhs of the ruv
ages OF nJxious insects. its forests
culture and its meteorological de.
pai tm-nt. Tho French society for
preventing cruelty to animals also
makes n small exhibit,
Across the river OH each 81 le of
the broad walk are also many small
buildings representing tho Interests
"f horticrltnrc, photography, Havi-
CATION. etc Onc conspicuous uhjsct
II special interests to American, is
tito y yaptic bronze heal OF the ii =
uae OF Liberty, which tho French are
sending ~ present to America to
he set up in New York harbor Most
OF my readers will remember the
hinge hau of tho stms figure, which
was at the Philadelphia Exposition
AZ the left is a large building filed
with fruits and n,wors, but | will
not tax your creinlity by attempting
To tell tho size of the oranges. cit.
rons, gtcpCs aud peaches, from so.
rento to the bay II Naples. 10 an
American, from Tho northern States
particularly. the fruit is simply won
derful. An almost intormintblo m,
mex is ;illel with varin exhibit of
French agricultural prolncts anl
machinery. | was surprised to iinl
tho great amount of intricate agri.
cultural machinery, like reaprrs and
mowers, steam thresLing machiucs,
aud portable engines for f,rm work,
which il in this department. Near
this is novelty, Il long builliug d.
vctod entirely to a display Of oysicr
culture Twenty or more long tanks
through which water is cDustln,ly
passing nro file with oysters of nj!
ages m cpn,illions IN mtuy Of
the tanks there are also fish anl sea
animals, whose str ;e forms aul
brilliant cplors are source Of un
onllng delight, An easor crowd al
why's surrounds tho tanks cOn,aiuins
those h,rlrqnins OF the ocean, the
hermit crabs, whose uncou;h antics
ire watched with the greatest inter
est
The main exposition building is
livilel iutp fave parts, attache | to n
cpnmpp hail in frnnt AMI rear.
These parts aro aach many hundred
feet in longtl AMI together cover
many acres Of gr"nnl The central
one which is separated FROM the oil
crs by walk OF twenty feet on oach
side, is devoted entirely to the Art
To the right Of this ns
yun enter from tho front are the |
general departments OF all nations
except France, Beyond, IL t. the .
right, machinery OF all nations cX-
ccpt France, and beypa Il this II
large number OF detached baillinss |
belonging t. various nations and .
generally devoted to grand spec .
ial displays On the left of the
ani occupying space
equal to that usel by the other m
tons IL the display Of tho Frencf.
Back of this immense system Of
is n large number of de-
tatched structures used for various
purposes.
The plan OF breaking the large
building up into long, separate Soc
tions leaves M point from which
such Il grand view can ba obtained
as through tho central aisle of the
main building Mt Philadelphia Ow'
iny to this the vastness Of the Ey
position does not Impress itself npon
one at first sight ~ it did mt Phila-
ielphia, anil il is only when you
have tired yourself ont three or four
lays in walkn, through the sections
that you begin to have roiliziny
sense of how large the display really
ls. the arrangement of tho present
Exposition, however, il much more
effective than tho long, narrow aislos
and cross sections of tho Vieunp Ex-
positions OF 1873.
Time permits mention OF the ex-
hibits Of separate nations only in
general way. II is expected as n
matter of course that tho nation in
whose country tho Exposition il
held will on tho whole excel any
other and TO this France has not
proved an exception, for in quantity
her exhibit nearly equals that OF the
rest of the whole world, in quality
Df many things. she is inferior to the
best. This is particularly true OF
al forms OF manufactured silks, and
VI the practical application OF art to
man nufactured articles Of every kind
Taste seems to come natural to n
Frenchman anl everything to which
he puts his hand shows 1t. The
tapestry aud Sevres porcs.
lain ware in the French departments
are unequaled. England esceA in
machinery. particularly that used in
tho manufacture OF cotton Fixing
ton h Co.'S art jewelry and plate are
the finest in this Exposition as they
we're at Philadelphia, and Minton's
china is certainly but little inferior
to that OF Sevres. Germany is con-
spicuously absent, having no repre-
sentation at all, az cordial relation
have never existed between France
and Germany since the last war