The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-03
THE CENTENNIAL.


governor rtGicr's head ousyt<rs ~ the ~ Mica
o1ss Hotel, were yesterday VISITED by very large
aunosr Of persons Interested IN shs Centennial
Most Of these ver~ business men. vho oesred 70
ne Philaoe'pna WORLDS Pair. TIE fnvsr,sbe an
swer Was that Formal appocaticn must be nads
on the printed blanks provided for the purpo~r 70
she Centennial Commission m rhnsdeirhsA Al
though the rules that are 70 govern exhibitor
have been already published ~ seems THAI eus
htsc known concerning snen By ne Puoiic -
Arve. the Inquiries addressed 90 the representa-
tives OF the Commission In New Terra leave NJ
doubt that such 10 the TACT One Of the meat IN
pcrtAnt rules that seems 20 have been fcrxeff<u
~ many persons n that exhtei,on VIII nos 10
charged Tor space. Some applicants desire
TO have the privilege OF selling their
goods In sne Kxnscstion osfdsns. bss
no dsclsion can DO gwen On shu
potnt ~ the oommis~scn have NOT yet De-
esaed whether such sales WI be permitted. AZ
most the previous worlds fairs the rule mas been
to allow only the sale Of little knick nscks ysPsness
vases &C.; but whether this idea n 10 he feisewea
n Philadelphia RENAME yet 70 be determined.
FoKKfGN GOODS
Among the inqulrers yesterday WAS gentleman
who said that he wished to exhibit imported swNs
lace curtains. lie was told that he would have 20
make his application for space 10 the Commission
ers Of switzerland ~ they are aircadr appointea).
az the Commission had nothing wnsteves 70 do
with the space allotted to foreign countries. rnis
distinction Is ono OF importance 70 importers OF
this city, who labor UNDER the erroneoos impres-
SION that they must like native Manufacturers
apply to the Commission In Phnsdeiphia
for space TO exhibit imported gooda
ANY importer Tor other person, acting
- agent for . foreign nrm that desire
to exhibit must have his appointments tn shss
CAPACITY confirmed by the commissioners OF the
country In which the nrm reside. In the case
mentioned above the applicant vas told that ~
must apply to the swiss Commissioner, - swta
lace curtains would, Of course, como under che
Swiss Department
OTHER IMPORTANT RULR&
Some Of the other rules which do not seem 70 be
generally understood may here 30 alluded TO. fhs
Commission viii furnish only limited quantity OF
steam and water power to exhibitors, which u to
DO determined simultaneously with the snotmsnls
ofepace, and any power In exoess VIII have 10 b.
paid cor. THIS rule is important 70 exhibitors Of
packing and arranging OF the products Tor exhibl-
zion WILL 81 course. be at the expense OF the OK.
.daneerous and OFFENSIVE" with the exception OF
patent medicines, nostrums and empirical prepa-
fations, the sellers Of which probably claim thss
tney deserve neither OF these epttnets, while .
good many people probably think that they merit
k0th. However, 1t makes little difference whether
generation the rule to include TINS class Of arti
caes has been definitely adopted aud wlii certainly
men s % Of city and country DotwitHsts nding.
THE FOREIGN DEPARTNENTS.
At the last Vienna and Paris exhibttions one OF
ments was that OF Japan. The Japanese govern.
msn' Is mr san preparations SECURE
japanese Minister who visted sne exniSi
t1On grounds few days ago. has promised that
ana inl representation Of Japanese products, and
the many distinguished Japanese VINO received
their education IN this country VIII, II Is thought
South American countries, Brazil de-, Will prob.
ably be more fully represented than they ever
doubt, be unusually full and Interesting. Sweden
FOR international Exhibitions ana this Is also tue
case now. The Swedish government has Already
considerable "a sSs e &C.
3 special special pavilion M OUTSIDE the building
exhibition OF FISH culture, for which they have al
ways been famous. Russias mona cceptance IL
tween s the governments or Washington and St.
Petersburg, caused by the Presidents rude DC.
koyal blood represented by him.
MINOR ITEMS.
Two ladies called yesterday upon Governor
that they had spent some eighteen months In
Europe and in the East. While IN Rome they
San soe and rro
specimens OF the old masters. They made rne
necessary inquiries, which were received In an
encouraging manner, and said that they were
now taking the necessary steps to secure these
paintings Tor the Philadelphia Exhibition. Two OF
the pictures IN question are by Michael Angelo
and Two others by Raphael, and as they are almost
Of priceless value they came to inquire whether
sSt they might be- able 10 INFORM the
what risk by fire they were running. Governor
BIGGER replied that the building would be as safe
no hrir tn nlaoa I'M mn kn
and convinced them that they could conscien-
tiously advise the owners to send the pictures TO
Philadelphia They had in their possession abun.
dant testimony that the pictures were genuine.
Colonel Ash, who Is connected with the manage.
ment OF the Centennial, arrived yesterday from
Philadelphia. and said that the work was already
six months IN advance Of the preparations exist
ing at corresponding date In Vienna Governor
0nanoial negotiations with the principal railroad,
telegraph and express companies. me railroads
terminating at Philadelphia have already SUBJ
ecribed sums amounting TO nearly $500, 900.