Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-11-07

leHIIoh 10 the Main Building. 1t may
| be said mainly to consist of success
/ sion OF fine mercantile displays and
if one will take the fine show win
dows and show cases of the leading
streets of our largest cities, it would
not be far different from the main
buildings display. If foreign cities
| could he included the parallel would
be complete. There will he some ex-
ceptions of course, but they are neith-
er very numerous nor very cOnspicu-
Gus. Minerals, Insects and old relics
may be instanCed Gases with glass
doors, and glass showcases on tables
are used for most of the exhibits -
Large articles, requiring extra means
for display, are not numerous. The
great Roosevelt organ occupies bal
cony In the north side and another one
a similar position in the east end The
former is connected by telegraphic
wires with Il smaller organ suspended
| some fifty feet in front of it from the
roof of the building, 50 that it hangs
in mid air. The beholder is quite sur
pTised to find that il has no operator
near it, for none can be, it neverthe-
less makes very fine music, which ac-
companies the larger one. l presume
it is played by telegraph from the
great organ according to the new
telephone system.
In the main aisle is q fountain of
fine size, continually playing, With
artificial ducks swimming in the pool.
! These are 50 life like that close inspec-
ton is Necessary to detect the decep-
ton. A granite pile at another point
has stream of water issuing near its
top and running down q fissure in it,
! Upon its front is the inscription "Ho
every one that thirsteth." The appearo
ance is rustic and pleasing. A number
of wax figures of life-size and clad in
genuine clothing greet one at various
| portions of the building. They are
quite lile-like. and frequently deceive
persons for moment. a group of such
| figures in the Swedish department is
worthy of notice. They represent
soldiers clad in the uniform of the
Swedish army. The hands are strill-
ingly natural, and can scarcely be dis
tinguished from those of living per-
sons. The particular corrugated ap-
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pores exhibiting a slight soiled ap-
pearance, and even the delicate hairs
are all true to life.
In Norway there is a group of Lap
landers representing the husband with
the babe tied down in little boat
shaped box under one arm while he
draws over the snow a sleigh with the
other, the wife leisurely inspecting
the bowl Of her pipe, is a real sur
prise, startling one with its singular
life like appearance. The floor is COW
cred with fleece wool which is heavily
covered with white powder. repre-
senting snow, and representing it well
at that,
In many of the departments are
subdivisions owned and occupied by
certain mercantile or manufacturing
houses and used for their goods alone.
As an instance the great jewelers. of
New York. Tiffany & Co. have a large
octagonal enclosure with plate glass
sides and handsomely covered. The
| floor is elevated, and there is a door,
each for ingress and egress. Within
jewels and gold and silver ware are
! displayed. Similar enclosures are
used by the furniture and sewing ma
chine men, but having merely a rail
ing around them and an ornamental
roof or covering-no glass at the sides.
Dress goods, fine dresses, laces, edg-
ings &c, are displayed in upright
glass cases, with doors. The carpets
are shown in large cases with the
! fronts entirely open, some of the larg-
or ones being hung merely on the
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class of goods, as heavy iron and other
ores, specimens of marble, rail road,
iron and other heavy iron articles are
merely stacked into pyramids built on
wooden elevations. The visitor will
look I'm vain for many of the strange
! looking Natives of oriental and South
! Sea nations and Islanders. l have
not seen more than four Cinnamon
and it was long before saw a single
japanese. When did see one or two
they were dressed in our own style
and seemed calculated to attract very
! little attention. Their color is not very
! dark and their features were by no
means repulsive. Indeed was most
impressed by their quick, ready and
polite, but quiet manner. The heath
en- Chineen is however "A heather and
no mistake. His rat tail cue, his ma
! tive cap, his shaven head, shaven clean
as far as one can see for the cap, his
abominablo blouse, resembling the
waistless short dress of a girl, lfindeed
! il be not more like a shirt outside ones
! trousers, and his abominable shoes,
make his appearance, if we add the
| sallow skin and snaky almond eyes.
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