Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-07-06
TFrom our Special Correspondents

dicted all along appears to have reall,
begun. Anywhere from fifty thousand
to one hundred thousand people can dis
tribute themselves about the grounds
without ever running against one an
other or giving the appearance of q
crowd, yet daily frequenters of the spot
readily notice thicker dotting of the
landscape and more stirring aspect OF
the buildings, such rs has appeared fol-
the past four days. The great number
of new faces one meets, too, is another
indication Of what the gate receipts
positively prove, that the attendance
now is fully three times what it was
three weeks ago. Up to Thursday
evening over one million and half of
people have entered through the gates,
and the cry is ''still they come"
And all these are not "home folks. y
The proportion of foreign visitors is not
very large as yet, though there is quite
a sprinking of costumes and faces that
are easily recognized as un-American.
There is the picturesque attire of the
Turk, and unique dress of the almond
eyed Chinaman. These Chinese seen
here are of the higher class, who dress
rather differently from the shiny sack
and sabots of All Sin, so familiar in
most of our cities nowadays. These
national costumes would perhaps be
still more commonly seen If it were not
for the extremely rude staring they are
subjected to by the curious eyes of the
vulgar. That enterprising and sensi-
tive people, the japanese, for instance,
have donned the American fashions
from plug hats to patent leather boots,
and from rear elevation would be
mistaken Tor genuine Americans. This
vulgar curiosity has prevented great
many foreigners from appearing in
their national dress, and as conse-
quence the grounds do not present that
picturesque appearance they should.
Next week L shall give some idea of the
curious and interesting exhibits of
! these countries in the main building.
AT the northeast corner of the Gov
eminent building force Of wOrkmen
are now engaged in putting up an iron
light house which, when finished, will
fully illustrate the provisions made by
the government for protecting the
lives and property of all who brave the
dangers of the deep. The base of this
structure is of wood, but will be paint
ed to represent stone. To this the iron
flangs of the superstructure are bolted
and above this is high iron cylinder
Is feet in diameter, the whole being
capped by an ornamental tower. In
the centre of this elevation is a place
for revolving or flash light of the
fourth grade, and over one of the dor
mer windows quite as ornamental as
they are useful) is to be placed fog
bell weighing 1850 pounds. Both of
these signals are run by clock work,
which delicate yet massive piece of
mechanism derives its power from a
weight of over 800 pounds, and by a
simple change of motion is made to re-
volve the light or strike the fog bell at
| the intervals required. The clock-work
exhibited is intended to strike first
three times, then twice, then once and
so on. This is the signal adopted for
one of the shoals on Long Island, to
which the house now on the grounds is
to be removed after the exhibition.
Near this new attraction is the fog
syren, whose very unsyrenlike roar has
SO aften startled visitors to the EXhib!-
ton. This ear-split.ing instrument is
it'll more than very much elongated
horn blown 10y steam, and yet it has
been heard at distance of 30 miles.
The fog-horn is located "A short distance
from the Ohio State building, and some
smart wag has remarked that this is
very appropriate. AS it requires the
use of water To generate lung-power il
can only be used at inland points, but
even when placed some distance from
the headland it has been found very eff
fective.
Agricultural Hall, which has been
the most backward of the large build
ings, presents an infinite variety of at
fractions to all who are engaged or in
terested IL agricultural matters or ma
chinery. Within the past few days the
machinerN has been put in motion to a
great extent, and visitors can now see
the manner i'm which they work. More
especially is this the case with the diff
ferent makes of mowers and reapers.
Some of these latter machines are re-
markable specimens of workmanship,
and afford fine study for those who
delight in mechanics to follow out the
apparently complex working of the va
rious parts, which have in some cases
taken years to elaborate and bring to
their present state of perfection. The
plough, also, which we may call the in
itial machine in agriculture, shows the
| immense strides that have been made
within the past thirty years. On one
hand is the huge, clumsy machine said
to have been used by Daniel Webster,
and alongside of it the beautiful finish
ed gang pillow with all it's aids and ac-
cessories. Among the rest is rock
and stump extractor, very simple yet
extremely powerful machine, less
known on western parties than in the
rugged timber growing sections. As
showing thn immense multiplication of
power as applied to mechanics it may
be stated that twenty pounds on the
end of the lever by which this machine
is operated represents ton. So light
and simple is this machine that boy
of eighteen can set it up, carry it from
stump to stump and pull out any rock
! that four men can remove, place it on
/ the stone-boat and take il off without
lifting or digging, in from five to fiji
stumps were serious obstruction to
cultivation of new ground and could
only De removed by patti mt and long
continued labor, or blasted out with
powder.
Among the numerous routes by
which Centennial travel reaches this
city little attention has been paid to
/ those by sea, which are coming to form
an important item in the arrivals of Wis
/ itors from the seaboard cities of the
/ A tlantic coast from Maine IN Florida