Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-28
CENTENNIAL ITEMS.

Great Britain and Ireland occupy 81
1853 square feet OF space.
The complaint of the hour against the
Exhibition is that children are compelled
to pay full price for admission.
There is a fine exhibition of coal from
Ohio in the annex to the main building,
including block over twelve feet high.
There's an amber candelabruin for
sale in the German Department at the
Centennial, for mere sOng-only $500.
Beneath Agricultural Hall there is all
extensive wine cellar. 1t is over 300 feet
long and so arranged that each country
has its exhibits in separate apartment.
In the Indiana Building the railroad
system is illustrated by large map show
inc the routes of nine trunk and seven
branch lines, all converging at Indianap-
oils.
Go to Mexico, in the Main Building,
when you visit the Centennial, and see
the 1000 pound lump of silver. 1t Is
worth $4,000. You are requested not to
pocket it.
The domestic life of the Hollanders
can be studied to advantage by the exami-
nation of an excellent series of models of
houses, ground plans, ETC., in the Neither
land exhibit.
-Philadelphians count on 100000
strangers being present IN their city on
the Fourth of July. The great question
is, will the lodging house and hotel rates
follow the rocket in its flight.
in the Exhibition are many beautiful
specimens of wood carving from Switzer-
land, but it is said that the work sent
from the Woman's School of Design at
Cincinnati will compare very favorably
with it.
The wild and unapproachable look
that at first characterized the Philadelphia
hotel keeper has gone Off on vacation,
and new expression occupies its place,
to welcome you as a guest and tender all
possible comforts in pleasing manner
and at reasonable rates.
-" Veil, sare," said Centennial res
taurant keeper, Struggling his shoulders,
when customer from Arkansas demurred
to paying one dollar for a cup of coffee
and roll, :" re price he may luke large,
Eat | admete; but zen, Sare, reflect Eat
you meter hate an0Ozer shance like Zese
for une hundret year. IN. Y. CONNER
cldl Adysrtiser
An old-fashioned Norway sledge,
made in 1925, consisting of sort of short
canoe elevated two feet on runners, and
with a raised seat for one person in the
stern; carriole, the modern private car
rage used in that country and resemb-
ling long topless sulky with two wheels;
and a well-prepared collection of black
bear. polar bear, wolf, red-fox. otter, lynx,
reinoeer and white.toX skins trimmed for
use as robes and rugs, are IN the Norway
section of the main hall.
Close by the sponge-shop and the
Turkish bazaar there is bazaar for the
sale of olive wood from jerusalem. The
proprietor exhibits letter from Dr. De
Haas, the United States Consul at Jeru-
salem, as proof of the genuineness Of him
self and his merchandise. There is
great variety OF cigar and card cases,
work boxes, pen,holders, paper-cutters,
canes, albums, and the like; and the prices
arc not at all unreasonable when compared
with the cost of similar things at Sorrento
and other places where the olive-wood in
dustry prevails.
1t may interest those who have been
disposed to ridicule this National affair
to learn that the success SO far exceeds the
most sanguine expectations of the Direc-
tors and others concerned; this, too, from
the President of the Commission. The
daily receipts now considerably exceed
the daily expenses and everything is
moving along smoothly an satisfactorily.
The returns of daily visitors, as con
trasted with the Vienna Exposition, show
largely in our favor. More might be re-
allied by keeping the gates open on Sur
day, but the religious and moral senti-
ment of Philadelphia applaud the course
OF the Directors in keeping everything
closed and quiet about the grounds during
the seventh day.-Cor. Chtcago journal.
Glass blowing attracts good many
visitors, who hang upon the railing
around the furnaces, and watch the pro-
cess of making lamp chimneys, goblets,
salt-cellars, vases and other articles. A
boy takes an iron rod six feet long, puts
it into turnance of molten glass, twirls
It around several times rapidly, collects
on the end of it a red ball OF the fiery
matter, brings it to a man with a compli-
Gated iron mold before him, and holds ii
over the mold until lump as big as ones
hst has fallen into it, the man clipping
the red-hot mass with pair of shears as
soon as enough of ii has rolled down from
the end of the rod. Then he pulls lever,
which stamps it. and opening his mold
draws out very respectable looking COB
let, which needs only a few minutes OF
nand- Furnishing to make it ready for
sale. Fancy articles, like steamboats,,
bouquet-holders and birds, are manufac-
tlred in another part of the building,
Which Is always sure of gazers, if not OF
ouyers.--C0r. n. Y. EreaiHg Post