The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-29
THE EIFFEL TOWER.
Sights and Scenes at the Great
Exposition.
THE AMERICAN DEPARTMENT.
Edison Dividing HonOrs With Buffalo Bill
The Western Method of SampIing Liquor
The Yankees on Top.

PARIS, September 9, 18S9.-[Special Cor
respondence of THE HERALD. I'm the
golden days of Greece, Diodorus made use
OF the paraphrase that his country was
then at the head of the world. Athens at
the head of Greece and Themistocles at the
head of Athens. Something similar may
be applied to France now. Ali Frenchmen
believe their country at the head of the
civilized world, and Paris is at the head of
France, while the exhibition is, of course,
at the head of Paris. There is nothing
that can be said about Frenchmen but
what the same thing can somewhere be
seen cropping out in
THE GRAND EXPOSITION
1t is all there, even to the French ambition,
which has its counterpart in the Eiffel
tower that reaches into the clouds And
Frenchman can, day after day, be enthusi-
astic in this little world-for so it may well
be called. Aweek's stay Gains stranger;
and, in fact, he overcomes his nervous ex-
citement after the first visit or two, but
though Frenchman visits it hundred
and one times he is still excited over it. 1t
is partly in his nature to be so, but he at
present acts that way for wise purpose.
why" said Frenchman to an English
man in our hearing, ''do you call twelve
francs dear for a dinner by the worlds
grand eXposition!n Then he wrung his
hands nervously and gave the English gen
tleman a look of surprise. The English
man appeared humbled, if not converted
Now that he has his thousands, nay, may
say his millions of visitors, the Frenchman
makes them pay for their stay in his fair
realms, and the exposition itself squeezes
many, many francs from the foreign purse,
not to mention the money making enter
prises connected with it. They have lately
raised the price of entrance to two tickets,
while on special days they charge as high
as i've. a ticket is marked franc (20c)
but their market value is from 90 confines
to face value One railway alone has
registered over three million visitors to the
exposition since its commencement while
200, 200 visit it at times in one day, so it
may be seen that the world-renoWned en-
terprise is a success, in a financial way.
But while l mention that Frenchman
nay be well studied from the wonders of
his Exposition, it must not be understood
that it is alone France that we have seen;
the whole world is done up in a nutshell, so
to speak. Nearly all the leading enter
prises of the various countries of Europe
are displayed, while many countries of the
New World and the far off Orient come to
make a show. America. as Europe gener-
orally calls the United States, has done
herself proud in her department, and true
YANKEES HAVE THE Run OF IT,
as the departments of the various countries
are respectively attended to by their own
citizens. An American soldier with fresh
sore on his head, the effects of late row,
was all attention toward US during our
first visit. A shrewd Yankee had gotten
out an exclusively American catalogue on
our various departments here on show,
and wanted to sell US one for d franc: and.
by the way, it is the only government of
the many here represented that has such
an individual catalogue. To tell about
what we have on the list that attracts at
tention would take too much time, as the
American department is declared by all TO
be very interesting and instructive: and it
partly shows, as 1t stands at the side of the
displays of other countries, what wonder
fully favored land we have. Edison's de-
partment-for he has an Individual one
connected with ours as a whole-is the
centre Of more than interest, it is enthu-
slasm. The monograph, on free trial, is
getting an immense advertisement; large
crowds are around the many instruments
all the times And with all, l don't know
who is tie better known to the French,
Edison or Buffalo Bill" for the latter is
here also with great success. Then we
have purely American bars Ito be men
toned above all others) American hotels,
American omnibuses, American cab driv-
ers, American stores, and the New York
Herald has daily edition published here,
as it also has in London. The last edition
is before US. 1t contains, among many
other things. letter from an American
physician. He is mad at European rail
roads and goes at them red-eyed because
they don't carry water closets. and says he
has seen some comical, vet distressing
scenes for the want of them. Then he
winds off with the information that in his
country even third class has this necessity
in their cars which is here reserved for
royalty.
THE WESTERN AMERICAN
with his broad brimmed hat is on the streets. !
He quarrels with the cabman, and is the
only person in the world that can get the |
start of this Paris genius At the cafe, one |
called for some fine, strong drink, and as |
the waiter produced the bottle with his |
native politeness, the western man grabbed /
it by the neck and was going to sample it |
before buying, when the astonished waiter |
prevented him and said: Here 9 liauor |
must be tasted from glass" The crowd !
of gentlemen with high hats had laugh at !
the-to them-strange incident, while the |
American soon recovered sufficiently to |
order them each cigar. His money car |
ries him through if breeding does not.