The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-07-18
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PARIS, France, Julye, 1850,
Our trip 10 France on "La bretagne'
proved 10 be the pleasanteat OF the sea
son, as we have aaoertained On oompaf
ing notes with other yoyagera, Leay
ing the quaint old ahipping port Of
Hayre, We we're soon speeding 10 Paris
as fast AZ tho SLOW coaches OF France
could carry ua, through tho historic
Wales OF Brittany ana Normandy
Tho whole country Ia a garden land
brilliant with cultivated fields OF rod
peoples aud mustard and picturesque
with antique villas aud the low, thatch
cd adobe huta OF tho peasants, ON the
roofs of which the spring flowers were
blooming, 70 our left wound the seine
and tho cliffs beyond were u brilliant
crazy quilt OF cultivated patches OF
fruit aud garden.
The French coaches ara like tho old
fashioned stages, holding eight persons,
four OF whom alt backwards, They
have no light, or ventilation, except
from tho side windows and At tho top
little lamps are rot, 10 light US through
tho numerous long tunnels, The French
railroad makes no curves but cuts right
through TO ia destination. We were
all locked In, but NJ every stopping
place tho doors were opened and pas
sopgem allowed 10 leave the cars for q
few moments. Fortunately tho stop
ping places were few aud yet II took US
six hours 10 40 ono hundred and nfty
miles, ordinary trains nearly eight
osee Paris and die, Ia the old way Of
describing the indesoTlbable, and after
We had spent three hours In the Custom
House, looking up lost baggage, which
came the third day We were ready for
the transltiye. There 10 no checking
system on this side, and between port
efB. auD'Oiilcinls ana oabmen one must
be pretty lively, II he would guard hia
personal ELECTS. We paid twenty-five
cents for each piece Of baggage on the
ateamer 10 got II through 10 Paris aud
when We got here half OF IL waa lott
behind.
Americans have conceived the Idea
that Paris Ia half English, aud that " 10
not necessary 10 know The French 70
qet about comfortably Whoever on
tertalna such an idea should dlaabuhe
his mind NJ once II he IL coming here,
EnglIah In spoken by some OF the clerks
In stores and at the counters OF the
large hotels, but the railroad mtn, the
cabmen, the shop people know nothing
ab0utl II,
OF course the man or woman who has
money 10 throw away can buy thelr
way through In some way, ~ the
French understanding In immensely
QuIokened by the sight OF q franc or
two, but he or she VIII end With the
satisfaction OF knowing that fool hnd
his money are soon parted We saw
an American pay Goyenty.lyO francs,
or fifteen dollars aud forty celts on the
Exposition grounds, fort lot OF ohehp
ivory stuff that sells In the Paris shops
for about three dOlInra and hair
But do not study French unless you
have q Parlalnn teacher, An American
lady coming over here who thought she
knew II all took "yourB truly 10
task for u certain pronunciation
from a Parlalan aud "y0urs
truly" was considerably anxious as the
American lady, having been abroad
once before, was supposed TO know,
But when we arrived here yours truly
had the satisfaction Of handling every
cabmOn, policeman, exposition guard
aud sub official without difficulty while
the American lady discharged the FIRST
she hired because "he spoke
such bad French" Book French 10 OF
no account here; your ear mult bequiek
10 catch the Partisan she she she
8hang.
EIFFEL TOWER,
Learning that the ascent 70 Eliiol
Tower erected In the center Of the OK
position grounds Ns monument OF tho
Revolutionary cycle, had been open TO
tho public since the llrst Sunday In
June, our first place OF visit was to this
marvel OF modern engineering. IL was
evening aud the lluminatlons were ~
their height; red, white aud blue lights
rising from the ground plnts TO the
tower, adding their aplendor 10
ihe thiCkly studded electric lights Of the
lofty structure, In truly bewilderlng
The next day we assembled the tower,
by two successive stages, In American
pulley cars, the third IN an elevator.
The sudden elevation from the humid
borders OF the Seine, and above the
smoke and mist Of the city, To the clear,
bright, dizzy height above was halt YER
ilgo aud half exhieration.
In the ascent you leave far behind
the famous structures OF the world; 81.
Peter's at Rome, the Cologne Cathedral,
The Pyramids OF Egypt, the washing
ton monument, the highest In the
world, and rising TO height OF Ave
hundred feet Aud still you ascend, up
and up, nearly as high again, until NJ
ON elevation Of nine hundred and llity
feet from the ground plat you stand
on a circular gallery and take u survey
Of the capitol Of the world. On the
tower above you, Mt a height Of 9I5 feet,
the trl.colors Of France iloat out, waV.
Ing the salute Of the Republic, day and
night, TO the Bourbons and BOnapart.
lbLs Of the detunct empire
THE EXPOSITION.
It Is q Significant fact that Of oil the
invitations, issued by France 10 the
nations of the earth, 10 join with her In
commemoraLing the triumph Of the
revolution, everyone was declined by
the monarches Of Europe. And Amer.
leo, that should have Joined with
France In commerating the rise Of self
government, accepted 30 late and ap.
30 little, that the Commits.
sion found nearly all the spaces AS.
signed, with no time or money 10
arrange q decent exhibit Of the stuff
sent over. The exposition Is essentially
aud Enthusiastically French; and
A. ID iu all itR