The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-12

growing up. up, up till surpasses anything
ever attempted by human daring. How
high up in mid-air, far above the SUBMITS
of the loftiest hill around Paris, these poor
workmen will be able to continue their
labors through the cold and SHOWS of
autumn and Writer is a probe n of human
endurance, skill and perseverance which
cannot solve. Meanwhile, person look
ing over the vast space of Champ de Mars.
to which the Eiffel tower is to stand as a
portal, like the Colossus of Rhodes, beholds
a FASCINATING PANORAMA
to the right and left rise up two gigantic
and graceful domes, now entirely rooted,
glazed. and timed. They are beginni g to
ornament them here and there with brilliant
settings of glazed tiles, forming d sort of
mosaic. Beyond the Elffel tower, at the end
OF broad sweep of gardens and shrubhery,
nterspersed with kiosks and fountains, you
see the lofty roof and domed portico Of the
great central exposition hall. Nesting in
the spaces between the central building,
with its two enormous wings, are fast rising
a number of minor structures of every
form, destined to receive the products of
'svnre' industries. Then all along the
Quai d'Orsay and the river front, down to
the espianads of the Invalides are series of
long galleries for The reception of agricult-
ural produce and machinery. Ga each
slde of the Point de Jena, and fronting the
Irocadero, they are constructing groups of
buildings representing the habitatiol OF
man in every country, among all races and
at every stage of civilization. Every dwell
ing is to be constructed, adorned, and fur
nished as near to the historical reality as
possible.
The Trocadero itself, with its splendid
position, its central buildings, its vas semi
circular galleries and coloanadeS, It's cas-
cades and grounds, is to serve for a horti-
cultural exhibition. Besides this they have
just opened in the upper and lower galleries
of the colonnadeS museums surpassin Fly in
teresting. In the left wing are expos ID
casts of all the masterpieces of ancient,
medieval, and modern sculpture, together
with casts and photographs of all the IN So
renowned buildings of the east and west.
A WONDERFUL PSYCHOLOGICAL MUSEUM.
The right wing is an chronological
museum, if possible more attractive and
more instructive than the former. Here
you have treasured up, classified, and ex-
planned archaeological remains from every
land under the buildings s4cred and
profane, costumes, ornaments, domestic
III ensils, household furniture, weapons for
war and the ase-aud for every country
and tribe, civilized and uncivilized, lfelke
status of both sexes in their respective
costumes. At the end of one gallery is a
Samoyede encampment, which at dis
tance seems a reality. The burial of the
dead is also wildly illustrated for all times
and nations. A very large space is devoted to
American ethnography. The various peo-
pies of the southern contin Mt stand out be-
fore us faithfully portrayed, and the cast
Of monuments and lifelike groups of Brazil
ian Indians, Caribs, Patagonians, Peru,
VANS, are made more interesting by the
large and beautiful drawings of scenery
from the hand of the most celebrated
French explorers. p
was particularly struck by the extra
ordinary wealth accumulated in the space
allotted to Central America, Mexico, New
Mexico, Arizona, California, etc. New
Mexico and Colorado. with their pueblos,
are, moreover, beautifully and strikingly
Illustrated oy artistic colored sketches OF
scenery taken on the spot, ia which some OF
the figures appear to be as large as life
The casts of the monuments. idols, etc., OF
the ruined cities of Central America and
Mexico fill the mind with wonder