The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-18

| ly introduced to Europeans, ia located near
the Trocadero. Its success Is uncertain.
The palace, rightly so named, devoted to
| machinery, is u magnificent edifice in which
a worlds congress might sit. It's architect
ural beauty and the spendor of its decora-
tions also render IL one of the great centors
of interest The chief attraction In
1t is the Edison display of mo-
tors, machines and apparatus An
idea of the vastness Of tho Expo
sition may he gained from the area 1t COW
ers. Although the exhibition buildings are
closely grouped, the total ground surface
exceeds 3,0o0,000 square feet. The
Champs do Mars alone covers 103
acres The exhibition structures take
in the Champs de Mars, the Tro-
cadero palace gardens, the esplando
of the Invalidos, and the quays Of the
Seine extending between the Champs do
Mars and the Invalides. The buildings
blend strength, suitability, lightness and
grace in their composition. The in
terror architectural lines are notably
free and symmetrical, while their deco
rations surpass in elegance of design and
richness of tones those of any structure
ever put up for similar use. The most ac-
complished artists have been employed
upon every part of the work and the color
schemes, while high in key, are rich and
effective without being glaring.
The Eiffel tower has been smiled at as
the great folly of the Exposition, but the
giant manikin of iron threads possesses a
value apart from its ostentatiousness. 1t Is
a daring monumental achievement From
its highest balcony there is visible n beauti-
full panorama of seventy miles Of hills,
rivers, lakes, towns and hamlets, which no
painter can place on canvas, no poet
transcribe In verse. The summit,
at a total height of nearly 1000
feet, or nearly double that of the Washing
ton monument and nearly 600 feet higher
than st. Peters in Rome will be utilized for
scientific purposes the public being per-
mitted to ascend only about two-thirds
of the way in elevators, which can
provide transportation for 5000 per-
sons daily There are stairways for
those who prefer the older mode of ascen-
sion, and restaurants and saloons will
enable pleasure parties to spend days in
the air. The observatory will be en-
ployed for the experiments touching spec
uoscopic and telluric rays for vege-
table chemistry, meteorology, atmos-
pheric electricity and optical teleg-
raphy. 1t is hoped that the lights of the
sun and stars can be analyzed and that q
solar and lunar photographing apparatus
can also be used with novelty and advant-
age, especially when eclipses take place
near the horizon. The total weight of the
tower is $500 tons, and its cost 81, 100000.
The registered population Of 2,25O,0 900 is
already augmented by large contingents
from the various departments of France
and from all quarters of Europe and the
continents of America and Australia. The
accommodations for strangers are ample,
but as happens in every other city under
corresponding circumstances, the prices of
necessaries and indulgences have risen.
The arrangements FOR the policing Of the
tho Exposition buildings and the city are
complete, and, as is generally true of Paris,