New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-06-03
VOL. XXXITI.. NO 10,
THE UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION.
SHOW AND A CONGRESS.


rpEAs-PROGRAMNdE or PHYSICIANS CONGRESS.
IRON SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuNE'l
VIENNA. May 1.-THE Prince of Schwarzenberg
has little exhibition of bis own inside the grounds
Of the big show, and just back Of the Austrian De-
nartment of the Industrial Palace. 1t is IN sepa-
rase pavilion, built for the purpose and surrounded
with a few square yards of garden beds and young
fruit trees Pavilion is very indefinite term IN ex-
bbiton parance. 1t is applied TO almost any struc-
tnre that is less than quarter of mile long Inc
gr,st rambling edifce, with towers and minarets
and fantastic decorations put up for the Vioeroy OF
Fqvpt. is pavilion; so is the lovely villa of the
Emperor; so are the many wings Of the Industrial
Palace; so are the saltwater establishments and
che cake shops. The Schwarzenberg pavilion is like
none of these. Il is a modest red brick building,
with wooden beams going up and down, and cross
wise and cOrner-wise. from roof TO foundation.
and projecting beyond the brick walls-iust such
house As one can see in any Bohemian village.
within are TO be seen specimens Of all the various
rrodnets Of the Princes numerous estates. l don't
know much about this Prince of Swarzenberg. One
thing is certain, however, if this Black Mountain
p,3nce,s ancestors were as good fighters as he is a
farmer. they must have been the best soldiers Of
their day. He is more than farmer-he has mills.
f,res fisheries mines, diaries, sugar factories, iron
furnaces. and a variety Of other industrial apph-
forrunate fellows alive. Land and sea pay tribute
70 him. The rivers bring fish to his nets the brooks
turn his mills; the fruits of the earth are
poured into his lap; he has cattle upon a
thousand hills; the forests bow down at his
bidding. and the mountains give mp their hid
den stores of wealth. When he tires of chateau,
or castle or Of one country he goes to another. He
has so many domains that it must be hard work to
remember them all His lands are scattered all
over Bomehia, Styria, and Austria. If any one
deseryessuch lions share of the good things of
this world he appears to be the man. He evidently
has enterprise, intelligence, and progressive ideas.
That is to be seen in the exhibition be has ordered
and arranged. He regards the possession of great
estates as imposing duties upon him. He intro
duees improved implements and methods Of culture.
he tnes new ideas and experiments that involve
heavy cost and gives the benefit of his experience
freely to others who could not afford to undertake
the hazard he tries to produce the best of
everything he puts in practice all the new discov-
cries Of science that are applicable to agriculture
mining, Woodworking and forest husbandry, and
Che results are carefully observed and recorded for
the benefit of the public
To use a German phrase, breath Of understand
ing pervades the whole Schwarzenberg pavilion.
Everything is admirably arranged and classified,
with view to affording accurate and valuable IN
formation, as well as 20 making attractive show.
At the entrance you see first the spOils and impe
ments Of fishing and the chase. All kinds of food
fishes found upon the Princes estates to be seen
preserved in alcohol, and on the wall above, nets,
rods and fishing tackle are prettily grouped. just
IN face OF the entrance is a bit Of mountain side,
with real trees, plants, and rocks and stuffed ami
mails and birds A deer bounds through thicket
sly hare peeps from his covert, fox scampers over
the rocks badger peeps out of his hole and in the
trees and among the bushes are game birds Of
various species. Turning 10 the right from this
picture Of wild nature the visitor enters the wing
of the building devoted TO the products Of woods
and mines, while IN the wing TO the left Is
the agricultural exhibition. The great merit
Of the latter lies in the amount Of valuable
information il affords to those who wish to study IL
with some thoroughness. In making the circuit Of
this wing one comes first upon samples of wool in
the fleece and also arranged so TO show the length
and ineness of the staple. The weight of every
fleece is gwen. and the farm which II was grown,
and near by there are photographs Of the animals
from which the wool was shOrn, and a book giving
their genealogy for five or six generations. Photo
graphs OF fine cattle are also TO be seen, with full
records Of their honorable ancestors. Then comes
ak IN cocoons and skeins, with another morocco
bound book Of statistics for reference. Beyond is
the tobacco department and further are hops
dvarious kinds in big bags aud little bags. On the
walls are stalks of grain, and plants prettily ar
ranged. At the end of the wing there are plates
Photographs. and maps Of the Princes numerous
Etz:es and properties with books describing
then and diagrams of the most important works
Of draining, mining, and Improvements he has
Undertaken. Colored photographs Of rare plants
and great herbariums comes next, followed by oil
cakes and glass Jars Of OIL beet and cane-sugar, and
nup pyramid Of beer kegs tubs of grain of ali sorts
samples that would delight the eye Of an American
farmer with facts about their yield; glass jars Of
-four and Of meal-not only Of maize, barley, and
buckwheat. but many kinds unknown IN the United
States like meal Of acorns, chestnuts peas vetches
al used for food for either beast, or both.
pyramid made of blocks of pressed hay, capped by
sheages of grass. is worth notice Every block is
labeled with the Of the grass and the yield
per acre. Passing along a little further, rows of
glass jars containing black brown, and greenish
substances stimulate the curiosity. These prove 10
be fertilizers of all sorts-anImal. vegetable min
eral and composite. table Of nuts dried fruit. and
wines appropriately comes last
An enumeration of the articles in the other wing
would sound ike catalogue and would be dry
reading, fear The Prince owns dozen mountain
aides and few hundred square miles Of forest and
this part Of his property is represented by specimens
Of wood finely polished, collections Of mosses. of
butterflies and beetles, herbariums of forest plants
models of timber RATS, fences. woodlands cottages
and all sorts of wooden-ware. There is even pile
Of boards and timber which had passed through the
Schwarzenberg mills. Passing these we come TO
an exhibition of marbles and other building stones
rom the Princes quarres iron from his furnaces and
hrges tools from hiswOrkshops coal from his mines.
There end 10 his riches. Here is box of beau
oial ganets. there pile of charcoal and beyond a
display IN blORks ban and ingota of that rare min