The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-06-08

the President, Carnot, WAS there fred
upon by tuan called Perrin. For,u-
natety ii was a blank cartridge.
Hardly anyone seemed ~ speak about
1t. The newspaper had very li'tle
CONNER to make aud that dd no.
affect the grand opening of ths un,ver
sal exposition on there h. II was In
deed very considerable on the part IF
my countrylnen 10 wal, until the day
OF my arrival for the upeniog Of the
exposition, but it would have been
more cousidera!e for the pubic al large
if they had waited mill they wer-
ready. the exposition was soiefna4y
opened on the 9th of May, tut 1 posi-
lively declare that it was AL impos;
ton on the public. The outside shows,
the Illumination, The display of fire
works, the decoration If .',.'r .:,;id.
ings with flags aud Chinese ,nn:..rus,
all that was ready, but the exposition
buildings were not yet completed, aud
not the twentieth part of the articles
to be exposed were yet unlocked, ]
could have cou0ted over seveu thsus
and workingmen, mailing, painting,
putting up together heavy pieces IF
machinery, the whole concern on the
9th of May, and even to-day was like
an immease factory shop. 1t will take
fully one month before the exposition
is complete. Even now Que cannot
ascend the Efel towar, only the fest
and second story were opened to the
public on the 10th and you hRve;,o go
by the flight III STARE, the elevator not
being ready for the ascension OF the
curious: spent several hours in some
OF the buildings and could only have
an idea of what the exposition would
be. had but glimpse, but / saw
enough to be justified i'll saying that
when in full blast, this Freuca.. expo
sition viii be tnsthe language of the
knowing cues the queen Of SaII expo
si.ions. II will be truly the worlds
exposition. All nations have their in
habitants living in the centric Of Paris
in houses representing their native
home. saw street in the Champ
lie mars representing a.street Of Cairo
with real Arabs with real white asses,
aud these Arabs would induce the
white folks to ride their asses, and it
was amusing to see. side by side a
young boy often aud aan overyrowu
baby Of 60 eighingf $50, both riding
on white asses, and the barefooted
Arabs leaping for Joy when he wonld
receive his 40 cents of porquisite. l
will not to-day give you description
OF the exposition. Ill wait until i, is
more worthy Of our consideration.
Let us leave the expedition palaces,
We'll come back again, but as we 80 we
cannot forbear admlring The beautifully
laid grounds. Like the fairies Of
old the engineers OF Paris have trans
formed the bare grounds into carpet OF
flowers. We read Of the Indian takirs
who can make a flower, plant or a
tree grow before your eyes in few
minutes, but these illusions OF the pres
tidigitator have become a reality. Few
days ago the Champ de Mars was but u
chaos, and now they have made as it
were the forests Of all portions of ylhe
| world walk in beautiful array on the
grounds OF the exposition, like Gu the
! days Of public parade they bring some
100, 600 soldiers tor the revision of the
court. 500 men are employed 10 plant
shrubs counting from att, chimes, and
! " here the heavy chariots were treadins
feW hours ago yon see now i've thous-
and rose bushes, all fresh, ali in bloom
and the whole surpass in beauty, in
freshness, what We read of the en-
chanting lawns. Of Armide and the
suspended gardens Uf Semiramis.
On the day CT the exposition the
streets Of Paris were overcrowdea, the
restaurants were reapirg golden har-
vest. Their rooms being full they had
spread tables over the side walks and
in front OF every inn, hotel and resiau-
rant. Thousands Of hungry people
would wait for a chance to have seat:
some paid as high as $40 or even $50
for the privilege Of securing a table.
More happy than the stranger who
was Obliged to depend on public hotels
for his meals, l quietly made for the
house of my sister law, where l
made acquaintance with my nephew
aud my p,eee.. had never seen them,
my niece being only sweet sixteen and
! my nephew is ia his twelfth year.
After good chat. refreshing dinner,
we left TO go and see the grand nigh,
display prepared for the enjoyment of
the Parisians and their visitors. l
| took the direction tf the Place dc 1tt
COncOrac where l knew ! would have
full view OF the illumination, The
bouievards and the bridges over the
| Seine were brilliantly illuminated fire
| works were calling my attention Oil
| the right and left soEdolas, boats of
all descriptions covered with roofs OF
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