The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-16

increasing, then look out tor Danger. but
of this Mr.. Herault says not word.
That gentleman is so alarmed that
religion should interfere with ''my
science that he always makes his count
without consulting the host. But others
believe that God Almighty, who made the
earth, has heretofore always managed its
interor furnace himself. And I do not
think he is too old and feble minded now
to attend to his present business. Do
you?
A Ramble Through the Centennial
Grounds.
Murmuring thanks for his release
from thronged street car, the visitor to
the Centennial grounds briskly alights on
the concourse of railway tracks near the
entrance to the main building and ma
chinery hall. Anticipating an uninter-
rup:ed enjoyment of ramb BILE among the
wonders Of the place, he has hardly set
foot upon the ground when he is besieged
by throng Of garrulous vendors of guide
books and photographs of the Centennial,
each individual loud in maintaining the
superiority of his own literature or art
over that of the others, apparently inn,-
cent Of the fact that all are the works of
the same author or artist. ''Only
ten cents, gentlemen tell you
every thing-where TO go, and what to
see.' "Let me have one telling all about
the japanese, demands the visitor. fol-
lowing the example of everybody else
visiting the grounds since the comical
Orentals began erecting the dwelling for
the commissioners and exhibitors Of the
Mikado. But the crowd, previously SO
eager, fall back, the sunshine of expect
ancy disappearing from their counter
ances as each makes rapid, but hopeless
examination of his stock in trade. Benz.
sons loud and heartfelt are pronounced
upon the men that got up those books
and pictures, and the relieved visitor
hastens to the entrance to
THE MAIN BUILDING.
Got pass?' is the imperious ques-
ton spurted through the thick, fierce
moustache o. a lofty -aired dignitary with
a glazed cap, gray surtout and breeches
and high boots. Having mcekly answer
ed in the negative. the visitor is ordered
to halt, but finds en- opportunity to OBJ
serve that the great fence which enclosed
for custom house purposes the south.
western corner of the building
has been torn down TO
make room for the Swedes
and Norweglans, whose carpenters. now
at work there, DO not detract from the
proverb;al hardness and skill of those
races, if Judgment may be formed from
their operations upon the workmanlihe
constructions with which they are enclos.
ing their space for exhibition. Near by
is the CHILEAN pavilion, structure OF the
garden summer.house style, receiving its
finishing touches, and, though small, ex-
hibiting degree in the carpenters art
that other parties will find difficult to ex.
Gel. Hall way up to the centre Of the
vast expansc Of flooring stands the EN-.
blazoned and elaborate structure enclos-
ing the Spanish section. If this were
not building within a building-and
such buiding-it would assume consid-
cradle Importance, but as it is, contrast
makes it diminutivc. Away at the north
ern end, over one third Of mile in .
straight line across the floor from the
point where the visitor cringes under the
surveillance;of him Of the squirting speech
1uu UUtSub mOu1L0CISs 0AS VIC SOuSSA "a.
tions, almost finished. Of the American
Book Trade Association (which, being
unable to obtain sufficient space on the
floor, is fitting up story over
head, supported upon two col.
onnades Of from the New
England Carpe: Company. and the Ia
cific Mills Of Lawrence, Massachusetts,
So great is the decrease Of the interior,
in perspective, that the workmen at those
points look smaller than 50 many infants
and, while their quick movements form I
newell sight, their tools are scarcely dis
cernible. One Of the first
nrREseIoNs OF rnE SPECTATOR,
as he turns his admiring gaze from point
to point, along the nave, across the tran
sept and up into the towers Of this III
most indescribable building. is Of regre,
that a view so noble is to BE- broken BY
the great number Of structures akin t.
those above referred to. and thus prom
r inent feature at the Exposition en,irel,
lost. Gracefully raising his hat in HON
age to the courteous guard. the visitor
turns and runs across Asphaltum tknowr
, also as Belmontl avenue to peep int
, | M
stands an Adonis with = hairless uppel
lip. Jaw bones family side-boarded viii
peeping sprouts Of an elastic flamen
OF undistinguishable color, and tn
awe-inspafing gray jacket "Pre
sent your rass.'' flows in olivc-oil tones
, with the supeflative Italian sound to tn
, "a" in pass" from those sugary lip
that apparently reveled in none but tn
; nectar that Jupiter sips. So the dis
, appointed but pcrsevering visitor mus
+ again rely on the telescope vision whicl
! he acquired Of old when playing spul
{ the peg" by the wayside after school.
+ times when the village master might .
/, any moment come that way. This tim
the eye surveys another
! GREAT WOODEN PRAIRIE.
. more than quarter Of . mile in length
: and broken in scores Of spots oy very .,
: tractive machinery. foundations Of brlc
b or stone. and by excavations in progress
a fcr sxfhors nth shcsr crnvpc If hrawnr