Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-13
CENTENNIAL JOTT1NGS.

ItOrS.
THE specimens of butterflies in the
Brazilian exhibit excite the wonder of
visitors.
THE American display of jewelry is
fully equal in design and workmanship
20 any foreign exhibit.
I0NE-F0URTH of the juries Of award
nave finished their work, and are ready
TO report when called for by the Com
mission.
Il NUMBER of Florida gopher tor
toises have been received at the Agri-
cultural Department for the aquarial
display.
CANADA has erected beautiful arch
at the entrance of its exhibit, which
forms quite an object of interest in the
British section.
THE display of Canadian insects is
said TO be one of the finest at the Cen
tennial, affording an excellent oppol
.tunity for study.
IN Memorial hall is a beautiful
mosaic representing the "Ruins of
Pastum;' it is composed of 100000
small cubes of enamel.
AN object of immense interest in the
ITALIAN department is a table inlaid
with mother-of-pearl, representing
Milan Cathedral by moonlight.
AZ is said that one-half the exhibitors
TH Machinery hall and One-third of
those in the Main building will be
awarded bronze medals.
THE exhibit of the Portuguese
colonies of Africa has just been opened
III the Agricultural building, and offers
an interesting and instructive display.
IN the Tunisian exhibit can be seen
"A mosaic taken from the Temple of
Diana at Carthage. Tt originally form
ed part of the floor of the temple, and
Is at least 1000 years old.
A PHILADELPHIAN who jOstled a
turbaned Mussulman distributing cir
CuIars on Chestnut street, a few days
zgg0, was no rified at the exclamation:
: Blast yer soWl! do viz take me for
Fale Turruk!'
In the Hungarian department is a
chandelier, composed entirely of clear
and clOuded amber and valued at
$4,000. 1t is said to be the most ex-
pensiye piece of work of this descrip-
zion in the world.
VENEZUELA exhibits at the Centen-
NAL forty varieties of fruit preserved
IN their natural state in alcohol; also
tree sap possessing the color, taste,
and, it is said, all the nutritive proper
ties Of cows milk.
TIE medical department on the
grounds has received orders from the
Centennial authorities to withhold ali
information from reporters, on the silly
plea that the publication of this sort
Of information would tend to keep peo-
ple away from the Exhibition.
a CURIOUS reaper from South Au-
straiia is shown in Agricultural Hall,
at the Centennial. There are no knives
about it, the heads Of grain being
knocked off after passing between long
fingers by bars upon a revolving cylin-
der and deposited in grain bin.
At a Meeting of foreign exhibitors
at the Centennial Exhibition at Phila-
lielphia, the other day, a resOlutiOn was
adqpted declaring that the present Gus
toms regulations with regard to the
sale Of goods by foreign exhibitors at
the Centennial Exhibition are injurious
10 their interests and also to the reve-
nae Of the country. A committee was
appointed to present the matter at
Washington, and also to prepare me-
mortal.
Mr.. w. HOWELLS, writing of the
Exhibition in the atlantic, remarks j:
There are also people Of culture in
Ehis region who would sign a petition
asking the Government to change the
Language on the placard on the clothes
~qf the Father of his Country, which
NOW reads: Coat, Vest and Pants of
George Washington, whereas it is his
his bUckSkin breeches; pantaloons
were then unknown, and pants were
Hndreamt of by generation which had
time to be decent and cOmely in its
speech"
PROF. BELLS invention, by means
Of which any desirable number of mes
sages can be telegraphed over q single
wire in either or both directions, was
recently tested before the judges The
apparatus operates by the conversion
of sound into electricity and its recon-
version into sound. It's inventor claims
Tor it the possibility of telegraphing
the sounds of the human voice or any
ofIafer sounds, and demonstrated his
claim by sending audible messages. pro-
aounced by himself or one of the Judges
Through she wire, which were received
with all the distinctness of the original
Utterance.
BedOuin Robbers.