Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-04
CENTENNIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
from the sESrissL's oorrc.pcndent.I

made in Geneva being abouttwo thirds
as large a a gold dollar, and a dollar
is suspended under it, so that the size
ian be readily estimated. Clocks are
also a specially. Among these are
electric. clocks manufactured by M.
Hips, of Neuchatel. By mean Of
the electrical apparatus any number Of
faces, at any distance, "a he connected
with the clock and made to indicate
the time by it. There are also musical
instruments, pianos, organs and mu-
steal boxes. One or two of the last
named are deliberately carved, rep
reservations Of Swiss houses IS pic
tured in school Biographies. Delicate
and exact mathematical and scientific
instruments, tools used in watch
making, &C., and surgical instruments
and appliances complete this depart
ment Of the Swiss section; and we
step into the next, which is devoted to
education and science. The topOgra-
ply and formation of the country are
fully set forth by mars and diagrams,
and the system of education Is very
thoroughly presented. The Kinder
garten system seems to prevail there.
Some of the productions of very young
pupils exhibited are truly wonderful.
The next department is occupied 10y
laces and embroidery, most of them
done by machinery; and they are very
fine and intricate. One piece, nine
yards long, contains $1,000, 600 stitches.
Then come silks, satins, cloth, &C..
and an exposition of various Swiss in
dusties, prominent among which Is
wood carving, in which the Swiss GER
tainly take the lead. The office of the
Swiss Commission is at the back. and
it is an exhibition itself, being a Swiss
cottage.
Belgium is next to Switzerland. It's
display Is larger and more varied.
One OF its specialties is Plate glass. Its
mirrors are very large, ten or twelve
feet high. Cloth is another specially.
Sweden, as we just mentioned, exhib-
its the work of embroidery machines,
Belgium brings the machines them
selves. The Belgic wood carving is
very fine. Belgium makes a splendid
display of small arms. Belgium has a
much larger display of lace than
switzerland. She has also a number
Of embroidered pictures. In one very
large one, q duck shooting scene, the
light smoke from the guns Is perfectly
represented. There is \ great variety
of textile fabrics. A variety of other
manufactures Is represented, musical
instruments, granite and marble man
tells, terra Gotta, iron, liquors and
others, and there is the usual educa-
tional exhibit.
We will speak of the Netherlands
also. Besides the display OF manufac-
lures, which are necessarily somewhat
the same in almost all countries. and
which il therefore becomes tedious
after a while to exame. The Neither.
lands have a large amount Of space
taken up with public works, and on
that account it is a relief to go there, to
experience q rest from the mOnotOny
of looking at endless manufactures,
and for a little while to liza We some
thing else to examine. So, plunge
headlong into the department Of public
works. The first thing we see there
il the model of q half.span of a mag
nificent iron railroad bridge at Kuil-
denburg. A loOking-glass is placed
under it to represent the river. In
this department there are models of n
good many bridges, canals, locks, etc.;
things very important in the Neither.
lands, together with maps and dia-
grams illustrating item. A great
many OF the bridges over there are
swinging bridges, turning around
upon a pivot at the center to let vessels
pass, which is very necessary, as the
country is so in~tersected and cut up by
canals that a great number OF bridges
Is needed, and without something of
this kind they would bs a serious OBJ
structjOn to navigation, especially as
the country is so low and fiat that they
can not be built very high above the
level OF the water. The models Of
canals give n a very good idea OF
the dixie lands of the low countries.
One of the canals represented-that
from Amsterdam to the North Sea-
was begun in 1865, and finished in
1876.
Near the public works Is an exhibit
ton of the Eckstein method" where
by, by BAL Of an etching process,
several of the different tints of a picture
can be printed by n photographic
stone.
The Artisans School," in Rotter-
dam, an institution where boys are
trained to become clever artisans, has
a snail display OF different kinds of
tools and pieces of workmanship.
There ia q large collection ca hibit OF
publications of recent wears. Among
these Is q translation of MiltOn's Para
disc Last, by Jan Jacob Lodewjjk,
Ten Kate, with plates by Gustave Dore.
This was published in 1875.
Ofcourse there is an educational and
scientific exhibit. A display Of work
done at the Blind Asylum In Amster-
dam Il very interesting. 1t Is indeed
wonderful what delicate and intricate
J work the blind IAN do.
They have evidently suffered . good
deal from the rinderpe>t, or cattle
plague in the Netherlands, a. there IL
a very complete exhibition showing
the diseased condition Of various or
gans Of cattle that have died Of It.
The manufactures are a good deal
like the other countries we have been
describing, and we are getting tired OF
repeating the same things over so often;
so we will not mention them particu-
larly, except to say that rugs and car
pets form a prominent part of them,
| and that there Is q lot of furniture maHe
| in imitation of Japanese work, which