Show from ili thi the tho paris parts correspondence cor cespon 4 ca ot of urie uree trie newark daily dally i i advent Advert laar laer i the artesian well ac in paris one of the most extraordinary things in paris or indeed in ip the world is tle the Arte artesia artesla siar well of grenelle etwas jt was begun began in 1834 and finished after arter several forced suspensions abo U athe year 1841 it is bored in the centre of or the court of the Abbato ir goes 1700 feet feets 4 of a mile mlle into the b of ibe faelli and the column of w water ater 9 inches in diameter rises in a opper copper tube feet above th the e surface from this elevation it descends by means neearis of antoli another r tube to jhb th e ground and is conducted to the reservoir at the pantheon whence it is distributed for the use of the ihl inhabitants the temperature of the water is instantly constantly co about 80 deg fahrenheit Faren heit helt eit elt it holds several al salts in solution alno aino among ihl igl the rest iron which colors glass submitted to its action and is highly cliar cilar charged oed ged w with ill carbonic carboni acid gas gap now naw what i is ariot most interesting about this well is that the facts developed b by y it it being the deepest yet bored lave bave served to explode the old doctrine that such wells were mere examples of a jet of water having its head on some mountain or high table land pass ing ing under ground and springing through the outlet up to the height of its lead head the force that daives drives a c column 8 of water up to an elevation of 1800 feeland fee jand nd with such rapidity as t to 0 supply gallons in 24 hours houts the force lorce that shows it itself self seif to be variable sometimes comparatively quiet at others almost terrific in its liti violence is thought tobe to be volcanic andio and to result from expansion within the inner crust of the earth to be in fact a sort eort of explosive escape from an artificial valve in the immense steam boiler on whose surface we live when the w well weli ell eli was first opened and before the water was carried to its present height vast quantities of mud came over oro fro orom from in which aich the height of the column now clarifies it but for awhile the resi resl residents dents in the vicinity were greatly alarmed thinking ining th that the ground on which they lived was wag being gradually undermined by the action of the water and that some day the they Y would be engulfed this notion has long ceased to alarm them ns as it is evident that the an auger b er has pierced through the rocky exterior into int 0 the interior the soft central mass of the tiie earth whence the frightened the parisians Pari proceeded and not as they ignorantly imagined from just beneath their houses the paris pans de lIndU a very beautiful structure is nearly comple compie completed ted teJ and arid will probably be ready for the exhibition in may alay I 1 like it much better than the crystal palace it is built of the tile light stone universally used here and has a very vry cheerful aspect the gigantic statue over ov er the principal entrance has just been unveiled the building build ine inz is erected around a quadrangular court arld and is lighted with two rows of circular arched windows in the inter spaces of the upper row are the arms of the various cities of france and in those of the lower the conjoined cypher of napoleon and ani eugene along the frieze as I 1 believe architects call it are carved the names of men who have benefited the world by their discoveries or performance in the arts among them is that of did you kil kli know 1 ow that connecticut had been beer in part transplanted here I 1 breakfasted this morning at no 6 rue hue Micho diere 1 attracted by a card in the window which ran thiis thus aux Ameri cains specialize specia lite de Idi pie and ex cellen tit was was too parla paris is a 4 famous place for the arts and I 1 was glad that they had not nc ne elected the art so little known abroad of making I 1 the savory connecticut delicacy we are ire just now in the buist of a snow and you cannot walk far tar without seeing a horse hors e slip down the poor things ae a e smooth shod and they slide about like a cat in walnut shells every horse worth any cara has his knees protected with a leather cover and one without it would be very lightly valued by a yankee jockey if f lie he judged by knees for these are terribly scratched and bruised no horse in paris ex exi S ept cepl those of the imperial household are allowed to wear corked shoes so that ita a andlini rifi ribs d ilni jini lin jin i dependent citizen means taa tax t bring bri ing over ver this ibis animals lie he must look to their huls heel forget that times limes are changed since gince ince he helhe e said citizen rode by in his barouche dadouche awhile while dudois napoleon walked down bro Brn adri adli y with will scarcely scan cely the price of f a cat in his big pocket |