The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-05-30

and Mr.. W. II. Lascelle's pavilion,
and consists of q two-story building
in the peculiar, quaint Hindoo style
of architecture. oil Respondent with
gold and bright colors. The ipteri'
or is n perfect marvel of costlness
and decorative art, aud contains the
innumerable presents which we're be
slowed upon the Prince during his
travels in India. Among these is q
camels.hair shawl valued at six thou
sand pounds sterling, or thirty
thousand dollars, aud q sabre the
hilt of which is set with diamonds
and emeralds valued at twenty thou
sand pounds, or one hundred thou
sand dollars. Queen Victoria s
great diamond, the Koh.l-Nur, is
also here, and is always surrounded
by an admiring crowd; it is said to
weigh about 1913 carets and is valued
at Fl20,66i, or about S6O3, 500.
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 Divi-
sion, the Wheelock engine has, at
last, been placed in running order
and appears to give eminent salts
faction. Tho special characteristics
Of this engine consist in the arrange
ment of valves and their gear which
makes it almost noiseless Among
other interesting exhibits here may
mention the Messra Brown x
Sharpe's (of Providence, II. ~ ma.
chine tools. wood making machinery
exhibited by }. Fay & Co, of Cincin.
natl machines, for stamping metals
from Bliss ~ Williams in New York;
q complete set of Westinghouse air.
brakes fine arms from the Colt
Manufacturing Co; silk loom from
b. Tilt II Son, whose looms attract
ed considerable attention at our Cen
tennial Exhibition an interesting
exhibit OF anti.friction glass-bearings
for machinery and a hundred 9TH
or things, of which shall speak
more fully hereafter. when every
thing shall have been arranged in
shipsbape.
Foreigners still continue to pour
into the city and it is stated official
ly that there are to-day three hum
dred and iifty.fve thousand strang
ers in Paris, besides tho resident
foreign population. The Ameri-
cans congregate, as usual, in the
lobbies of the Grand Hotel and Ho.
tel du Louvre, both of which are
full" and likely to remain so dur
ing the entire term of the Exhibi-
ton. The cost of living at first
class hotel in tho foreign quarter
Of the city, which is the most fash
ionable and where tho best hotels
are located, will average about oight
dollars day for a single person /;
but one may live Just rs well, if not
better, for half that sum by crossing
the river and taking apartments on
the South side. Tho foreign quar-
ter is comprised between the BJis
dc Bologne, Boulevard Esgenie,
Avenue Frie1land Boulevards des
Capucines and Itllsns, Avenue do /
Opera, reaching south rs far as the
Quai of Tuilleries and Louvre the
finest hotels being those located on
the Rue dc Rivoli, Rue Royale, Rue
de Ia Paix, and tho Place Vendome
But people with slender purses can
find excellent accommodation in the
vicinity Of tho Luxembourg, which
is, besides, considerable nearer to
the Champ do Mars tho more
fashionable northwestern quarter
only, it is almost requisite to speak
French here. for one finds fow Eng
lish or Americans in that part of the
city. Those who desire to see th,
lights and shadows of Paris, rs the,
freally are, should reside here
lived opposite the st. Lulpice fol
three years, and know whereof
speak. LOUIS.