The Osceola times., 1876-06-24
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or pot-pourri style, should conform to the
advance Of the exhibition from chaos to syss
TEN. The space Within the compass Of let
ter being rather circumscribed, and abhor-
ring pent.up Utica in q corresponding sense,
| will attempt to embody arrangement.
While the rhapsody will not be lost, In the
prosaical, believing that the general public
actepts the trlte saying, that "variety 10 the
spice Of life." First, let the reader remem-
Der and retain these letters for reference,
, that the good genius Of the exhibition Is or
der. This begins with classification. There
are seven departments, fifty.two groups, and
seven hundred and thUty-nlne classea. First
department only is given in this letter. Mo.
ing and metallurgy chasing from one hun.
dred to one hundred and nine, composed Of
minerals, ores, stones, mining products, ne
tallurgical products, mining engineering
One hundred and ten to one hundred and
nineteen. tnetallursical products; one hun.
dred and twenty-four to one hundred and
twenty. mining engineering.
HOTEL AccoMMoDATIoS.
am ut the Markoe House. After a criti-
cal examination of the hotel system Of the
Quaker city, I pronounce il one Of the best
in the country. One of the attaches, Col.
Sample, was formerly of the Laclede hotel,
Chicago Point Clearj Scaside; Laclede,
Mobile; Warm Springs, Neb., and is one OF
the best hotel men in the United States.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PROTECTION.
While there are few comments made upon
this important department of the exhibition,
it is nevertheless, one of the most powerful
auxiliaries in aiding the general manage.
ment. To realize the value Of this aid,
imagine a city with n population Of fifty
thousand souls, (the number in round
Hgures). Of attaches, visitors, exhibitors, in
attendance. Taking the average, these, in a
majority Of cases, are strangers. Yet, with
all this daily influx, there has been no dis
turbance, excepting accidentally, less than
half dozen. This Is extraordiary, and de.
serves the consideration Of the municipal
heads OF our country. Col ii. de B, Clay,
the commander Of the force, hasa happy
faculty beyond all ordinary commanders,
(which chcerfully concede him In this con-
nection) or else our people are the most
tractable people In the world. will say
that Col. Clay enforces strict discipline, ana
his surveillance Of the department OF pro.
lection il simply in keeping with the general
splendid management OF the exhibition. No
visitor need fear annoyance, much less III or
rough usage at the hands OF the rude or yio-
lent. ROughs are not in order on the cen
tennial grounds. Thanks to nerve and dis
cipline, rogues are ipotted In nipety.nine
times in hundred, and ones property, per-
son and comfort are really safer than in any
city containing the same number Of people.
These facts should be herslded all over the
world M another proof Of mans capacity Tor
self government and his subordination TO law
and order, under the so-called, by despotism
of ar anarchical freedom.
OLIVE WOOD AND THE HOLY LAND.
A very interesting feature Of the specula
tive department Of the exhibition Is the
kind Of kiosk, where several gentlemen OF
whom have written are polishing up sou
veniers in olive wood for the curious pur-
chasing society, who constantly throhg the
counters Of these devotees OF the false
prophet, who like Mahomet, II the Ameri
can mountains won't come to the Moslems,
why Mustapha will come to the American
mountain. The articles are curious and we
hope are made of wood cut from the Mount
of Olives, for the sake of relic hunters. Az
for your correspondent he cant forget the
little deception in this line, as once on pur'
chasing walking canes, supposed to have
been cut from the field OF Waterloo, as me.
mentoes Of o visit to that historic field, he
was mortified to know, they were the growth
of the forest of Soigries. However, faith
makes it all right, and fully endorse the
olive wood.
THR TURKS.
The Turks may be effete, but they have
Speculation in their eyes" Their ideas Of
| industrial expositions take the shape OF util.
ity, and each step taken by the followers OF
Mahomet are towards the Dutchmans zone
per cent" With Turkey, as with oil warm
| climates, beauty, elegance and the superfiu
Gus go hand in hand, while in colder climates
strength, dignity and necessity show work
OF more sombre hue, but more desirable from
| q standpoint Of human economy. The Rus
sian has his duck, sheet-iron and leather, the
Turk his shawl, sandal and pipes, and so II
| is and ever will be. The Turks are slow
race, but by the "heard of the prophet moi
fools by any means.
MISCELLANY.
A solid piece Of silver in the Mexican de
partment that reminded me, as saw how i'm
| movable IT was, Of the Californian who dis
| covered bonanza lug. II was too heavy tt
carry, IL he left it some one would carture 1t
hence he stad and starved TO death by il
This piece Of silver was too gigantic for the
most expert kleptomaniac. II is circular il
shape and about six feet in diameter. II is
| the product Of two hundred and seventy.twt
1
pounds. II produced two hundred and thir
ty-fve and quarter ounces to the ton; thu
cost of production was $l.,6 per ton. A
piece Of armor plate is on exhibition for thu
| iron-clad Puritan, constructing at Chester
Pa, which is ten feet long, three feet eigh
| inches wide, twelve and three-quarter inche
| thick. In the Canada log and timber build
| ing is the section Of q white pine, eight fee
| FIVE inches in diameter and six hundred an,
sixty.four years old. Russia exhibits fu
carpet IN Mosaic, made Of three thousan'
pieces Of fur. The fine woods Of Russia ar
the Metis and Tzgai and Negreti. Glasgoy
sugar cane mill, Scotland, makes an import
ant exhibit Of her metal in this specimen
the material Of two mills, with enormou
masses Of iron, occupy "A space nifty fee
square. 1 neglected to mention that th
Corliss engine weighs eight hundred tom
studs and earrings a value Of $4,000. Their
are some who will purchase them.
The Arkansas exhibits arrived to-day, ha,
ing been detained by high water. Shake
Village, New Hampshire, and New Yor
send mammoth washing machines to the de
light Of John Chinaman, who wonders, q
the man did VIII" saw the monkey, "What
the Mclean make next?" The most beaut
ful palissv and majolca ware In the world
on exhibi IN. Peru exhibits specimens q
the one hundred thousand tons Of guano sh
annually exports also silver that led l'iz'l
ro to deeds Of vslor and brigandism iw
hundred years ago Their cocoa contain
sixteen nutritive qualities. Many nation
exhibit vegetables in cans hermeticall
sealed. In England young cabbage ar
called greens; still smaller are cslle'
sprouts. The ordinary greens are terme'
turnip tops. So il YOU visit the old countr
and wish greens ask for "turnip tops" Rus
sia is daily adding to her cases. pastilesl. Frni
paste is a specially, also dried blood, liqui'
coffee, preserved fruits and meats, rye flour