The New York herald., 1876-07-15
THE EXHIBITION.

A RAMBLE THROUGH PERU, PORTUGAL, TUNIS,
THE ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION AND DEN
MARK-sKULLs OF ANCIENT PERUvIANs-A
SPLENDID COLLECTION OF TERRA-corTA
FROM DENMARK.
PHILADELPHIA, July IA, 1876.
Peru Portugal, Tunis the Argentine Confederation,
Denmark and some other minor States Of the modern
world grouped about China and Japan, apparently
to m odd but If the purpose had been to show
the poverty-n MAD ptuincss Of many modern States
and poor results OF Western civilization, found
certain points, by contrast with the industrial AMI
artistic splendor Of the grand old Oriental world It
could not have been happily effected.
Peru Is below China in the order Of advance
through the main building, and Portugal Is
above Japan; and these two nations Of Spanish
may be said to sandwich tho Orentals-it a cracker
each side round Of beef could fairly be called sand
wich.
Peru in tho new world and Portugal in tie old,
equally present the OF hybrid nations In which
the Spanish blood Is the dominant element not be-
OF any excellence Of Its own but because has
carried with it into countries II has conquered cvil
and arts it did not produce. Spain, wherever
she has put her foot has crushed out the
native growth and has not produced any new growth
worthy to take its place. Mexico to-day might have
been magnificent, rich, characteristic Japan
but for what the Spanards did there; yet see what
Mexico is thanks to Spanish invasion and somc hun
dreds OF years OF Spanish civilization. 1t ia the Same
with Peru. As their modern products OF small
account the Peruvians have done we'll 10 send that
which OF greatest interest in their countryrelcs Of
the race that held It when P,zarro landed on those
shores
PERUvIASs.
II seems chastity sight to In this brilliant
scene. amid all this array "f beautiful Objects the
skulls tho bones, tho very corpses OF Peruvans who
may have been buried while Columbus was yet
schoolboy; but here they are. They are not clean
skulls either. Human skulls seen in the velvet
lined cases OF the Rue do rEcoc do Medicine arc, If
people will put aside their preJudces beautiful objects
Jenner compared q smallpox pustule to q split
pearl laid upon o leaf, that ideas OF beauty
are altogether comparative; but the smooth white
bone the skull we'll cleaned could not be told
ivory carving Bet the skulls in the Peruvian
section are not OF that style They are yellow with
mortality and the mould the loose teeth in their prog
nathous jaws savage ana the long black Indian
hair that hangs about their bony chaps gives such
effect u might be conceived by skeleton IN RULED
shirt Yet possible that there here the OF
Incas-men or women, perhaps. OF the amily OF Man
cocapac AT guess however, we should say they
there utter want OF anything disingue IN their
GENERAL GRANT OK A WIRE
Talking OF brothers in law there is very odd
hibn OF Peruvian industry. This is head and bust Of
in Peru. In thus presentation or General Grant,
creation OF tho wrc-pulsrs il docs not appear that
there was any ''ssrcasteal" intention.
PORTUGAL
Portugal Is very poor. There Is certain ndi-
viduay In its pottery, which, again. is an expression
OF the vitality o original race. which, fact,
may called the Lustanian thought All tho rest Is
half Spanish reproduction OF French ideas and In
dustry. ASIDE from the pottery, the Portuguese
merely exhibit French goods Infinitely inferior to the
same articles No produced in France
vAsSs rRoh pnNNARk.
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seen All these beautiful limitations OF Greek
Egyptian originais-picces found in the Pyramids and
ut fompcii aud other ruined cities Denmark. there
fore to bc credited with the mind thai conceived
shcse forms. but she is certainly 10 be credited with
the superior manual dcxterlty that reproduced them
or course tho coors these richer and inner
than on the originals These are the most beautiful
pieces OF pottery IN the exhibition; somc OF tho prices
seem fabulous but thorc are plenty of buyers
rBK TuxisAS DErARrNkNT.
Tunis presents department which could scarcely De
distinguished from one o those shops kept oy amiaoie
and Jews IN turbans at Nice and places OF
that SORT There is great deal Of light blue silk. en-
brodcred with silver braid aud green velvet with gold
fringe thvc red fez caps with blue tasscls and
there are ba.es OF silkcn slippers and partcoored
ruga one DIVISION OF the lunlsian department Is,
In tact the shop OF enlcrprisipg Frcnchman
from the Boulevard des Capucius Thcrc are two
distinctive points IN ,be 1unis exhibits One is pre-
scntcd the specimens of the agricultural plements
used by the subjects OF the B-y 10 the other they
have thought like The Pcruvans, that IN their
poverty they could not do better than To send
relic OF tho people that had anciently Inhabited the
same country. Their agricultural implements are Of
the sort that might nave been used by Adam, ana
n that garden had nopc better u only natural
that his labor profitable and that he turned
OF his place a distress warrant The hay fork
is erotcned stick. Their plough Is crooked branch
o a tree shod with iron spike for plough share,
and their thrashlng machine Is . relic OF the stone
agez sled, It's bottom studded with points OF hint
But the reiic they Is from Carthage and price
less historic interest IL pcce OF Mosaic from the
pavement OF tue Temple OF Dana, and represents the
iawny Ion.lifc size tearing the body Of a borsc
Burned Tor ages beneath The runs oi Carthage the
colors OF gone but the lines OF this spircd
dp~c Wh AT hoy WEI
WAS fought
THE ARoHSriNR CONFEDERATION
III the Argentine confederation had been named from
the production OF leather that country rather than
from the production OF silver would perhaps have
been more Just IL has nothing IN Il but lea,her-a
natural result OF the growth OF cattle such
that they are valuable only for their hides