New-York tribune., 1876-07-11
RiNDou EXHBlHoS NOTES.

COMMENTS ON NE GENERAL STATE or IHE DIS
PIATs-rHL MASSACHUSETTS BUILDING.
.rE.,. III. REGULAR CoUUI-rONDENf of IH. TWHuSE.l
PuukplrpHIA, July lO.-Thc homo-l.ke
comfort. e., the MassarbUs.t BJudug arc M-'y ap
ur.c.td ; visitors from that Sa;c, aUd especially by
tho pondcu.. Tor who's, exclusive Use room has
been nt;cI MP with desk, and hts %: papers ana WHO
enjoy thc convenience. o; newspaper ONCE combined
with those of . good club.
All the state headquarters are much more ilrGucucj
tnn they were u .lr first 80 Is, of tire Fair People
md that u 3, not time LOST break Tbs course ~ their
.ght--ecIrE by hour spent In cool pleasant rooms
Uth Ic,satcr easy chairs and ;hc home papers ~ aids
to rcposc Mo.; VISITED oi all these state structures are
Ia. house, % r,uus syyaug aud N.TJrs,'y, because of
th, number of people from those States ta come - the
Exhibition. that % KsnEls and Colorado. by
reason Of tho iutrrC,ims exhibit % contains Ni--is-
.ippis bark cottage, on account "t IT. odhp'
nu The N,..a.iu,rtt5 bl,due because OF the comforts
il, oilers The Western people d, not neglect thor hud-
in-, bat most OF them max" short -iaJh at The ENhl
hiou and . too hurried DO than register their
name, and rush ON.
About i2O gentlemen connected ith the Exhibition,
principally foreign julsc, nud Commissioners have
gone upon au excursion over 'hc Pennsylvania Railroad
10 Pittsburgh, thc oil regions, Erie. Buffalo, Niagara
Ills. rorA.,ior and Waixr. Glen. They stop IN AZ
tpoua Tonight to examine the aul mlchinc shops OF
the railroad gct look Pittsburgh tomorrow pass
through the Yenaugo Clarion, and BI,lcr oil country
wednesday sleeping AZ E.ir snr Niagara Fails AMI bu'
faio on THURSDAY. aud Rochester AMI C'nauju,ga ON
Friday aud after hf day 20 the Glen nis their sight
seeing tour among the siw-nl's 1nl umbrr-pi.es OF
Nilnm,pur Penn. They the guests OF th' P.nn-
syIyanii Railroad and Of th' other roads over which
they will pass.
IN the small exhibit made by The English colony of the
Gold Coast Of Africa. Is display %. gold hsrcc jcwely
of such fine aud artistic workmanship that visitors won
der how it there, beside the IuIc mats carved
gours ana other bIghIrig utensils % the native tncS
Strange as It may seem, totcaicc' al of native N
rirau manufacture. and are made by tie AahGn"e' Fan
te and other tribes. Among thcm are earrings. brace
lets combs carirops. brooches In the forms of bnticr-
nr, aud stars chains necklaces rings with the twelve
signs OF the zodiac and many other ornaments Ihe orig
inalty OF design AMI the iray OF manipulation are
really astonishing. with the rude tools possessed by
taos, black artisans, 10 l. doubtful II the most skiih!
Paris .o,dsIutls could produce such results.
ia. Uutrd states section an the Main Bmdingl u Iul
of surprises Tor foreigners, and contains many lines OF
exhibit. that astonial even well informed An ilcans.
sUch Tor example Is The display OF mint glassware i"e
by ;GIco Mass.ohusett5 establishments TIC tio' scr
Wees. toilet s.ts lamps and chandeliers equal t'e De''
English ana French work. AM are surpassed only bI tho
unapprodchaDr ware oi Bohemia ono ot the c'l'D'i'H
mrnt, shows some btautnl specimens Of painting upon
opauuc GLASS that have much Of the peculiar brightness
and .oitn..s of paintings ivory. Portraits 0i IhdGie'
Sumner and IonglcllUw are among the best thhss oil
this class
Through the Iibcrnlty Of the Reading R''lroad Com
pany tie thousand. Ol coal miners employed ny II are
having au opportunity of seeing the LNbiiion at very
small cost series W excursions has been orsan'heh'
starting fr0in different points IN the schuyi region
Tie dr,t party arrived on Friday morning. ana 'he
second bringing Loo passengers iroh uIf'rdNiilo'
Shenandoah and adjacent cocrics, came on slturiy'
Th, third starting the Aidlanoy region came III
this morning Elca day tis week there Will be an eN-
cursi A. The intention Of the officers Of tie Company II
to give every minor and every miners VIE and children
"a chance to see the wonders Of tlc Far
Visitors notice Ina many Of tne foreign sections upon
brouzcs pottery unique furniture and other articles OI
artistic merit cards with the inscription, sold u the
PENNSYLVANIA Museum of Industrial Art ana wonder
wat sort Of an institution is that purchases 80 libei
ally aud wth such discriminating tastc' ana Why th'y
have never Leard OF 1t before The museum has name
bdt local hanittion yet when the RAN ends the
treasures IL has acquired will be placed Ia Memorial
Hail. aud will. it il hoped, form tho foundation OF
collection that viii day rival that OF south Ken
slugton All the funds possessed by the corporation
have been raised by subscriptions from palesprited
citizens of Philadelphia.
In the Russian section IL an attractive exhibit OF
statuettos, busls. mauclgoups OF animals and game