Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-24


as the Quai d. Orsay. The Exposition
buildings stretch their way along this same
broad avenue that forms the quai, past the
Invalides. whose open space is also covered
by structures for French colonies almost as
far as the Foreign Office. Continuing my
ocular exploration my eyes caught sight of
golden figure lowering in midair over the
eastern corner Of the capital, and this was
the Genius Of the Bastille posed on one foot
at the top Of tall bronze column erected
to commemorate the July revolution
of 1880. Then I saw the fair
outline and bold campanile of the Hotel de
Vile; next square, famboyant Gothic
tower, all that remains of the Church of st.
Jacques de la Boucherie; then some great
structures of glass and iron known as the
Halles Centrales; the garden and park of
the Tuilleries at the hither end of the
Louvre; the fountains and Egyptian obelisk
of the Place de la Coneorde; the Church of
the Madeleine, st. Augustin's, the Grand
Opera House, the Bourse, several theaters,
and two great railway stations; that Of the
North, whence lines owned by the Roths-
childs run to Berlin and Brussels and
London, and that of st. Lazare, into which
I came by the Western Railway after leay-
ing the Campagne at Havre last Sunday.
ARTERIES AND BREATHING SPOTS.
There are great broad thoroughfares, and
narrow crooked ones, too, stretching out
and crossing each other in every direction.
My eyes now reached the Champs -Elysees,
and through the lovely walks in fancy
strolled past circus building, panoramas,
open-air concert places-that is, they will
be wien the weather warms-on up the ave-
nue. which leads to the Arc de Triomphe,
and thence down as far as the Moorish pal
ace of the Trocadero with twin minarets and
a pretty waterfall that tumbles through a
picturesque garden sloping down to theriver
bank directly opposite the base OF this tall
tower. After picking out one by one all
these and many other monuments of Paris
greatness that 1 might mention, my eyes
turned from house tops to the hill on the
west and south of town, to hills covered
with parks and forests and dotted with
villas and palaces, to hills that had pretty
little villages nesting at their feet and
around which the Seine goes streaming on
toward the sea. Off on the west Mount
Valerian loomed with its majestic fortress
in crowned profile; further that way was
Vile d'Avray, the palace where Gam
beta died; the villages of st. Cloud
Meudon, Issy, Vanves and Passy-Autueil
where the river is bridged by the great via
ducts of the Point de Jour, the double tier
of whose superimposed white arches stood
out boldly against rural background. To
the right of, Mont Valerian, across a sea of
tree tops called the Bois de Boulogne, saw
Suresne, Courbevoie, Puteaux, Neuilly,
Asnieres and dozens of slender church spires
shooting upward to mark the site of other
villages and hamlets. Afar off was sort
of purple line on the edge of the horizon,
and knew it was the forest of st. Germain.
The hill of Montmartre was high above all
Paris, and to the right Of it stood the abbey
church of st. Denis. Following the hor-
rizon, looked on Argenteuil famous for
its asparagus, on the Buttes Chaumont, St.
Mande, the forest town and donion of Vim
cennes, and next the aqueduct OF Arcueil,
then to Montrouge and Chatillon. could
almost see Montmorency, where Mile. Rhea,
the eminent French actress, now in the
United States, lives when she is in this
country.
IT WILL BE A GRAND SHOW.
For while it was much easier coming
down than it was going up, but by and by
even the descent became quite tiresome, and
1 was indeed glad when 1 reached earth
again. The Exposition buildings are we'll
advanced toward completion, and the Min
lister of Commerce, together with the Di-
rector General and other officials connected
with the Worlds Fair, are certain they will
be ready to open the show at the time ap-
pointed. You must not imagine though
that this Eiffel Tower is the only thing
that will be worth seeing the coming sum-
mer, for, believe me, the Exposition Uni
verselle of 1889 will be far ahead of ali
others that have preceded it either abroad or
at Philadelphia. Perhaps this 1000 feet
high tower will prove the principal attrac-
tion for most persons, and it ought to as tits
a most wonderful structure. There will be
three elevators, and it will take Is minutes
to reach the highest platform to which
the public are to be admitted. Very few
persons will be allowed to go to the top
platform. Up at the top there will be at
night an electric light of at least 5000 am
peres. Now, as one lamp is only good for
80 amperes, it requires SO such lamps to
give that much of illumination. But there
will be 48 of them, in three rows one above
the other, thus producing three zones of
concentric light which will spread them
selves over good part of Paris and the sur
rounding country.
Yes, it is going to be great show, and all
the world is Gaming to see it. In my next
letter L shall tell the readers of THE DIS
PATCH not only how to prepare for the
ocean trip, but where to go and what to see
when they get here. Intending visitors
who have never been over before may save
themselves a lot of trouble and unnecessary
expense by paying attention to my advice.
HENRY HAYNIE.