, 1876-10-14
Correspondence.
CoLoNNApE uorEL, PHILADELPHIA,

seated to write out Yesterdays notes Tor
the edification OF the readers Of the STAR
The almittancc was only - cts. yester-
day, and in consequence the grounds
were thronged by more than hundred
thousand people. The great day will be
next Thursday, when Gov TiIden is cX-
pected with his suit. 1t will be great
occasion for New Workers, and OF course
an endeavor will be made by the demo-
cratic party to give eclat TO the whole
affair. From where board to the Cen
tennial grounds, distance ofiour or five
miles, can 80 either by street car or by
the Penn. r. r., fare from q to 10 cents
| prefer to stay near the heart of the city,
for then | can step out Of an evening and
zee something Of the great city. AS |
passed into the grounds on Saturday
morning an old country woman just
ahead of NE offered two tens and one
five cent piece for her admittance. This
was refused and she was told to 90 TO the
bank and convert it into one piece. She
was bcwildered and did not know what
to do, so gave her Quartcrin exchange
for it, and she passed joyously through
the Stile as happy as a big sunflowcr."
Her lively gratitude made me feel COM
Portable all day. first passed again in.
to the main building and found myself
greeted at every step by something | had
not seen before, and ! wandered about
through its vast corridors l,SO0 feet un.
til long after noon, and only left it then
from the thought that ! must push on
or I'd never, norer get through,
will tell you of a few more things
saw in the main building. Russia is es-
pecslly proluse in her display OF miner
al wealth, mostly from the ural mount
aims or Siberia, and brought to the sun
light from deep down in the bowels of
the earth by poor conyicts, from whose
lives all hopes Of happiness have forever
parted. The minerals OF Chill and the
Argentine Republic are displayed in two
pavilions, the more valuable specimens
in circle of showcases, while in the
center large specimens are piled up in
great conical heaps, with the great con
dor of the Andes atop. In the German
department are many musical clocks,
about which, at striking times, gather
hundreds of people 10 see the cuckoo fly
forth from self.opening doors and sing
the hour, and as suddenly disappear-Or
to see q Switzer stalk forth and blow his
Alpine horn-or sentinel soldier stalk
back and forth as if guarding castle.
In the Swedish department saw peas
ant family gathered around the dead
body of child, and dressed to the very
life, even to the heavy iron shod shoes Of
the mother, which protruded from her
dresss as she knelt over her child. 1t
was so natural that many parents could
not repress tear. There was another
group, more cheerful in its character,
where mother asks father if the young
man might have the daughter for wife.
From Australia are to be seen fac-sim-
lies Of all her famous nuggets, fruits sur
passing in size those OF Cal.-indeed
everything Australian, from kangaroo
to boomerang. Hawaie sent the most
beautiful and delicate ferns OF hundred
varieties, and sugars Of all kinks. 1t
was always amusing to watch the crowd
pass and repass before u concave and II
convex mirror. The former would
shorten them into Falstailian proportion
Gust as il you would take an India rub.
Der man between your hands and COM
press his six feet into two) while the
other would clongate ones limbs into
the most dimunitive of walking sticks
Everybody laughed, and all wanted to
see themselves the second time | saw u
q small mirror 9x3 feet worth $1,000.
Another must have been 10xls feet in
size. Ohio grindstones were piled in q
cone 90 feet high-at the bottom a stone
8 feet in diameter and 10 inches thick,
running up gradually to stone one loot
in diameter saw colossal hand or
gan worth $4,000, and I'm not sure but
this kind of instrument would be Just
the thing in families with little musical
talent yet with strong desire to have
an instrument. Another Burdette organ
costs $4,000. Bibles are here from $3.50
in price down to TWO cent testament,