The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-08-15
OUR PARIS EXPOSITION LETTER
PARIS, France. July 2a. 1000.


shown were invented by Prof Niche
3 son, and made in the University labr,
} tory. Among these Is an apparatus f(
analyzlng sound a ruling engine fC
, drawing lines OF great tineuess on M eta
machine Tor measuring lengths an
angles TO the accuracy Of O wave lengt
OF light, and several others OF interes
to scientists and specialists. Unlversit
extension !s picturesquely expressed b
maps showing its great spread an
progress A glance at these maps vii
snow that the work has been extende
from western Pennsylvania to the Hg
waiian islands. Foreign savants an
educators are no little Impressed wit
the immenstty and growth of the Chi
cago University.
The British and American exhibitor
at Paris are holding reunions twice
month In Paris, and are getting bette
acquainted with each other at the fes
tai board. Their last dinner and smok
Ing concert as 1T Is called, was held a
the restaurant des Palais Avenue d,
Sunen These reunions OF q peopl,
who speak the same language, and tn,
language which Is rapidly becoming
the universal language will no doub
have an effect to strengthen friendship
between the many industrial represen
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Paris. BY showing my card as the rep
resentative Of your paper, secured ad
mission last week to the English pavil
ion, Notwithstanding the fact that /,
was closed that day. The management,
is In the habit OF closing 1T every rainy
| day to prevent tracking 1T with mud
and wetting it with the drippings from
umbrellas. This building is one OF the
most interesting OF the pavilions in the
Kue des Nations. 1t Is reproduction
OF Kingston House, Bradford on Avon,
and fine example OF the old English
residence. 1t Includes private apart.
ments for the use OF the Prince OF
Wales, II he shall visit the exposi.
tion.
Hundreds OF barrels Of choice Amer
icar apples are part of the agricul.
tural exhibit OF the United States in
Paris. They are kept in cold storage
Small lots are exhibited from day to
day In order to keep fresh supply in
the glass receptacles. French, Ger
man, Swiss anC Italian fruit growers
are very much astonished at this dis
play. The cold storage Ia especially
puzzling to them.
Chicago must be credited with the
daring and enterprise OF setting up an
American barber shop with American
barber chairs in the heart OF Parl
The shop Is not far short OF an Ameri-
can exhibit, although it is not within
the grounds. Frenchmcn and foreign.
ers stand without and look on with
curious surprise. The American bar
ber chair Is much more elaborate and
luxurious than the little stiff backed
chair in which Frenchmen are accus.
toned to be shaved.
Another exhibit scarcely less inter-
esting Ia an American boot black, with
al improved chair and paraphernslia
for producing shine. His use of two
brushes and a ribbon Of cotton produc-
ing a brilliant polish astonishes the
natives. He is doing q thriving bust.
ness, and is perhaps the only artist in
Paris capable of giving boots the bril-
liant finish they get in America
The members OF the jury on wines
mad most sumptuOus banquet last
week at the hotel Marguery. 1t was
given by Prince Galitzine, the foreman
O. me jury. rhe Perisian papers call
1T Lucullus feast. Twenty-Five differ,
ent kinds OF wines were served The
oldest was a sherry OF l754 and the
youngest Johannesberg of 1868. The
brst wine served was an Oporto, OF
1915. 1t would seem remarkable that
this jury was able to render verdict
on the comparative merits Of the wines
alter this feast. The Russian Ambas.
sador, Prince Ourousseif, presided and
the guests included prominent repre-
sentatives In official life. The two
twenty-five times happy Americans
present were Mr.. Lee j. Vance, of New
York, and DR.. FL. w. Wiley, OF Wash
ington. The dinner lasted from seven
p. m. until midnight. A number Of
American wines have Leen excluded
from competition on account of incOr-
rect names and labels In imitation OF
French trade marks
There is a rumor that the Gear and
Czsrina OF Russia will visit the Paris
Exposition early In September and oc-
cupy house that has been purchased
for them on the Champs Elysee.
A Pittsburg firm has an interesting
exhibit In the Bois de Vincennes.
They are sinking an artesian we'll with
| the improved apparatus we'll known in
| America, but new In France. When
the we'll is completed, it will remain,
OF course, and be presented to the
French capital, a monument Of Ameri-
can skill and invention, as lasting as
those recently erected OF Lafayette
and Washington. In order to strike a
sufficient volume OF water, 1T will be
| hOSOoooiJ w Bo uOWu A,OOO JSCI anu IL
Ia expected that fountain, throwing a
jet OF water from so to IS feet in the
air will result. The city of Paris will
ornament the fountain with bronze
figures and Bartholdi, Who is inimitable
In this line Of work, will probably be
the artist employed. There Is no d0ub,
that the erection OF the monuments OF
Washington and Lafayette, this arte
sian we'll and fountain, to say nothing
OF the recent Fourth OF July festivities
participated in by thousands Of French
men and Americans In Paris, have haC
much to do In establishing and confirm
ing the entente cordiale between the
two republics. The French are sen
timental and impressionable people
and while sentiment may be transient
there must, nevertheless, be resi-
dium, which may have It's potency II
cementing fractures caused by the In
evitable jealousies of nations in theil
competition for trade and territoria
advantages.
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In the opinion OF Richard Hardin,
Davis the end OF the war In South Al
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