New-York tribune., 1872-08-19
THE MOSCOW EXPOSITION.
,,r,Ns nr INSTRUCTION. AND NTERCOuRSE.

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GRAPuS-SCHOoLS FOR MECHANICS -,osrt,
DRTN's sCHooLs-TELEGRAPuIC AND fooiA"
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,vpow REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THB TRIBUNE
Noscow. July 12.-When l look at these
,pecimens of the enormous mineral wealth OF huSSi
cannot help thinking that the production n"S w.,
much below what Il should he. In 1866, the las' S
which have statistics, the products OF tlo h"os
mines were Gold 5o7n pounds; platna S'SS' Pouuue
silver aNOSs pounds; lead, S,75954 pounds; ooppo,
o COS pounds ron 5s2 2Sl7ls pounds steel' o''''i
mounds Coal was hardly obtained at all Inis smal
result was partly from want OF enterprise anu f!
from had management. The heirs OF Oen'uon ""u -
ashoY and the earlier mineowners, MADE nh'neno io
times entered the ranks OF the nobility ana squanue
,heir roonev in lavish and prncely STYLE Their oe-
scepdants lived entirely in the capitals OF aproau' Pn
more than their income, and were soon VoiiNoU "
mort rage their estates TO the Crown ana very MAJ!
Of the best mining properties are now "orAeu W 'o
Government. Very little money Is maue OUT VI ''."
tho employers in charge manage to pocket goou uo
g. thsclves and return lust enough TO the Treasury
to enable them TO keep their places The necessS VI "
reform is admitted all sides. but IT mas not !e'
brought about Within the last few years "n iu-'lo ~
Company Hughes & Co., under very Ia'oI" ''o w 0Oi
resson from the Government, has begun 10 "orA SUM
coal mines in the rich basin Of the Donez Win eAoeou
rosults and another company OF English capitalists
IN treaty for large tract Of mining lana Id the
nent of Orenburg-the Demidoh estate But 'hese anu
The shepelo mines almost the only attempts 10 Apply
foreign capital on large scale TO mines here Nota
single mining company Is quoted at the STOCK EAohahse
elmer IN Moscow or ST. Petersburg Yet some OF these
,n,ues the richest in the world. The Yakovleh estate
which produces the best quality Of Russian sneetlon'
i, of almost incalculable value. 1t is said here that
A aNew-York mercantile firm has just made contract
with this estate 10 take the WhOie pIOuuc' Vi
for a large number of years.
Coming ont from tie Pavilion OF Mines the broad
alley shaded with lime trees in full bloom and fra
GRANGE VIC find large building painted in various ara
besducs in blue aud white with two tail mnarets' II ls
COPY OF the Medrcss Slrdar al Samarcand, ana con-
ains tine display OF products from Turkestan 1t Is sara
10 be an excellent representation of the striking arc
lecture OF the mosques and medresses OF Central Asa'
the most of which are faced with blue and white por-
cean tiles In the large room at the LETT are specimens
OF the plants animals aud minerals OF the country; tu
ther on earthenware metallic and wooden ware ooiS
OF houses leather woOen cotton and silk goods ana
quantity Of Tashkont and Bukhara cotton OF the uner
emf varieties Among the cotton is raised on the
plantation OF Mr. Raieysky, from seeds ,of the Amerl-
can Sea Island 1t is said to be exceedingly
good. TIE chief market for the cotton OF Centrai
Asia except what used on the spot Of course Russia
aud the cotton imported from Asia forms about tenh
of the total supply Russia. The other rooms OF the
building were devoted ethnOgraphy, and saw there
most elke representations Of Sarts, Afghans, ana
Bukharans ard Kirghiz with his camel, who seemed 10
ne the very same man with whom 1 once made ac-
OuautluCe the Stcppcs near lHCiC Mt'o
BARRIERS shop tea shop kitchen, three other OF the
ordinary shops from the bazar and TaShRent house.
decorated in vivid cOors showing Sart women and
their manner of life At the door of shop sat Sr
diligently at work embrOidering. This was a i've man
aud not wax igure, and he pursued his profession
which Is in Central Asia speciality of men, not
learned by wOmen-ln most grave and dilSent way l
watched him for time, he stuck what seemed to
be an awl through the cloth stretched on his embroidery
frame, and brought the design as quickly as sewing
machine could do soon that he had the principle
of the sewing machine which most modern invention,
as we think, may have been known In Central Asa
for centuries. His awl needle stuck into wooden
handle with the eye in the point and every time he
thrust it through the cloth caught the thread on the
other side and made regular ock-stitch Not the least
interesting collection in this building was that of the
soldiers accOutcrments, showing the way the army
adapts itself the desert and the tOrrd climate On
coming out we passed between Kalmuck and Kirghiz
and kbikas Of various sorts and styles, in one Of
which tried kttngs, the Tartar drink made Of
mares milk. This was made here Moscow at a
cure and found 1t by equal TO the real stuff
mad drunk on the steppes II lacked that pleasant after
taste like champagne which makes the drink so in
sdiOus. should not forget te mention the very inter-
esng photographs drawings and maps in this Turkestan
section showing that the Geographical Society and the
Topographic Corps not idle, but are mapping out
glaciers and lakes in the Atai Mountains
thoroughly as any in Europe.
Opposite the Shirdar is the Caucasus section, where
find also a magnificent collection Of photographs
and maps, well the usual variety of embroderes,
jcwclry silks, and ornamental and practical daggers,
which can found in any Circassan shop in Moscow
or St. Petersburg. There are also specimens of the
woods, the minerals, the excellent wine, and the
abundant naphtha and petroleum In the same build
ing are placed the sewing-machines, nearly all Of
American patents, and bearing wellknOwn American
names but few OF American manufacture. BY an un-
fortunate omission in the treaty for the protection Of
trademarks only oOunterfets made in Russia be
punished and consequently the market is flooded with
cheap German cOunterfets and limitations, against
which no protection be had, as they made not
here but in Germany, with which country there is no
treaty The show manufactured goods very poor,
though there fine specimens OF silks, cotons,
woOens Of the latter bearing Chinese trade
mark, which shows that they intended to pay for
tea Russian cloths of this description quite bear the
palm in China over the English There are few foreign
goods here, English. more Swedish, and AUSTRIAN
Sweden, Austria, WfemDerg ana SWITZERLAND, are the
chief foreign contributors to the Exposition.
The working machinery is nearly all contained In the
Manege. great riding school, which suitable
for this purpose II Is good cOlecuon thOugh nothing
especially new II is what we are all familiar WITH one
end of the ridngschOOl is cut OFF from the rest and
made into large hail. when, TO further the ends OF the
Exposition, there frequent lectures and concerts
The galleries occupied by part OF the pedagogic
section, containing the contributions OF Whrtemberg
Sweden and England 10 peddRO8lc science Win very
fun collections school books and the whole apparatus
of teaching instruction. ana Illustration Inc specimens
of the work Of the pupils OF the Reaischlen IN Wurte
here at Moscow show the immense profit OF their trade
schools In producing instructed accurate ana intelligent
wOrkmen The sooner establish such trade schools
the sooner we shall bring up the tone OF our manuiac-
and wOrkmen THIS section OF pedagogy is one
Of the most interesting departments in the
whole Exposition. There is kindergarten,
with all Its wonderful apparatus for teaching IN play
model village school such as are to De built thTolghou
Russia and grammar school full Of desks and seats Of
new forms OF globes MAPS photographs drawing
make clear 10 the young mind the subject Of its study