Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-10
NOTES By THE WAYSIDE,
Picked Up By Globe-Republic Man Dur
ing Flying Pilgrimage
to Europe.
l merican Exhibits in English ENpositions
A Glass and Iron Circus-Pnris and
Its Newspapers-Opera for 1a Cents
In Germany-The Jersey Lily
Rs She Looks on Ship Board
A Sam-pie'of European
Information About
America.


America.
re are three great expositiOns in
Great Britain this year, the mammoth colon
ial and Indian exposition of London, and
tho expositionins Liverpool and Edinburgh.
There are very few American goods ex-
hie.ited, but what there are attracts great
attention. While rambling through the
halls of the Canadian department of the
London colonial exposition l came upon a
large enclosure devoted to reapers and
mowers. Some how or other the machines
looked very familiar, notwithstanding the
fact that the painting was very different
from that of the machines produced here.
The machines were exhibited by the Mas
sey Reaper and Mower Company Of To-
ronto, Canada, and / learned that they
wers in fact Champion reapers and now
ers. manufactured under royalty. Here
were reapers, self-binders and mowers in
thc exhibit, and they all attract great at
teirtion. Several persons who have lived
In London all their lives informed me that
they had never seen a reaping machine be-
fore, and they were much interested when
the machine was explained TO them. |
was told that American reaping machines
find ready sale in Great Britain, and are
considered the best in the world. Few
reapi ng machines are manufactured in Eu-
rope In Scotland l was surprised TO see
five. sturdy Scots grading a field of grain
with an old-fashioned cradle, and was still
more surprised, when in conversation with
an English farmer. he assured me that he
had never heard OF a self-bindng reaper.
thin he put me down as an aggravated
type of liar when ! told him what our Amer
icau self-binders would do. am told that
the Champion people here are preparing to
make an extensive exhibit of reapers and
mowers at the American exhibition which
will be held in London next year.
At the Liverpool exhibition there is so
called American exhibit which is 50 small
and which contains so few articles. that
every American is tempted to run up and
pull down the American flag which waves
above the few jim-cracks and knick-knacks
which pretend to give an idea of the mag
niicent manufacturing achievements of our
country. 1t does the United States all in
justice TO exhibit few articles and a case
or two of raw cotton, under the name of
the American Department" l was sur
prsed to notice that the principal exhibit
in the American department was made by
the American Cash Register Machine CON-
pany, of Dayton, o.
THE CIRCUS IN PARIS.
The Parisians are as fond of attending
circus as the small boys in an Indiana vii
Iage of 200 inhabitants. There are two or
three permanent circuses open during the
entire summer. They are built of glass
and iron, and in shape the buildings are not
unlike the American circus tents. | at
tended the Hippodrome one evening. The
building was fully as large as the largest
tent which Barnum has ever used in the
visits OF his show to Springfield. The
price of admission was one franc (l9 cents
and there were good seats for all. Shortly
before o'clock, the hour for commencing,
as was gazing at the ponderous roof of
glass and iron, which is nearly
the size of that of the Union depot in
Columbus. / thought that | saw it
commence to move. At first thought it
must be an optical illusion. and. rubbing my
ewes. looked again. No, it was reality; the
great roof was separating. Already long
strip of dark blhe sky, studded with stars,
was visible. Slowly and nOiselessly, the
two halves of the roof separated, until we
were left under the dark-blue, star-lit sky
of summer night, to enjoy the perform |
ance. The roof is separated by an engine, |
and runs back on a large track. 1t was a |
delightful experience; the air was cool and |
delicious all evening; neither was there a |
troop of fiends peddling peanuts, and
lemonade made out of vinegar and red ink;
nor was there any stump speech, extolling
the miraculous glories of the concert after
the circus" The seats were very comforta-
ble and IL the audience got hungry or
thirsty. all they had TO do was to adjourn
to gallery at the top of the seats, and
there they would find fuliy-equipped res
taurant, where all kinds of refreshments
are sold at the most reasonable prices.
The Partisan newspapers are neither so
large nor so well conducted as one would
expect to find in city as large as Paris.