Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-06-09

the Academy OF Music. The house was
crowded from pit TO dome and the ceremonies
were imposing and impressive.
The attendance at the Exposition continues
small, comparatively, though during the last
day or two 1t has sensibly increased. On
Saturday the cash receipts were $l0,045.50.
The show will have to pan out better than
this, or the Commissioners will find balance
on the wrong side of the ledger long before
the Exposition closes. The Railroad fight Is
thought to be an important factor in the cal.
culations Of the future, and all-Commission-
ers and exhibitors-are earnestly hoping that
rates rule so low that it will be cheaper to
take trip to Philadelphia than TO stay at
home. The small attendance has had one
good effect, anyway, since, with the fear Of
failure staring them in the face, II has COM
PEELED boarding houses, hotels and restaur-
ants TO reduce their prices to rate bearing
some sort of reasonable relation TO the
size Of visitors pocket-books. At first they
looked upon those who came to Philadelphia
as geese crammed full OF golden eggs, and
thought they would be forced to lay one OF
them each morning for the very Indifferent ma
terial comforts doled out TO them. But they
soon found out their mistake and begin TO
treat those who are inclined to patronize
them as II they were receiving fayors, not
conferring them. When the American peo-
pie can get rid Of the notion that they are to
be swindled they will come fast enough, IL is
thought. In this connection, 1t may be stated
that the attendance during the first thirteen
days footed up 2Ss, ,734 pay visitors, and no
end of dead-heads At Vienna during the
corresponding period, the pay visitors only
numbered y, 729-but the Vienna Exposition
was magnificent financial failure.
Uncle Sam likes to have the people visit
his big show, but he takes good care that
no trading is done therein unless he gets his
dues. The foreign goods pay no import du-
ties when brought solely for exhibition, but
it has transpired that there is scarcely an
article in the foreign department that Is not
for sale, and at prices less than the same car
be made and sold in this country, SHARP
Americans on the lookout for bargains
often purchase these goods, and try to evadC
the payment of the tribute the United Statet
demands. So customs officers have been
stationed at every door of the Exhibition
buildings, whose duty it is to see that ne
dutiable goods are carried away. This makes
a good deal of trouble for visitors with bun
dies, and not infrequently the air is bluI
with explosive epithets that are best repre-
sented by two EN- dashes.
The German pottery on exhibition Is inter
esting if not elegant No one would look IL
the German Department for delicate speci
mems of the ceramic art The average Ger
man is not so light and ETHEREAL in his consti
tuition as the mercurial Frenchm8n, and SO
instead Of expending his vitality in the pro
duction Of elegant shapes of porcelain anC
china ware, he turns his attention to ston,
beer mugs and pitchers. These are made il
aint shapes and curious forms, and
together, are a collection by no means to b.
despised. Here is motto on mug biz
enough to supply small family with beer:
Elm boses Webb and Sauer Bier
Behut der Himmel dich dafur.
Being freely translated it would read some
thing like this:
From sour beer and q scoding wife
May heaven protect thee all thy life.
There are other notices equally expressiv
and, perhaps, less acceptable to those VIII,
preach and practice the duty of abstinence
| Whatever the German in the old country ma
be, he is not inseusible to the virtues Of hi
National beverage nor inclined to hide hi
appreciation Of it from his neighbors.
! For several days workmen have been bus
unloading a monster gun sent from Ger
many--the krupp gun. or the number Q
| tons Of iron used in its construction, its cali
Der and the size of the missile it carries tn
information is not given. 1t is an immens
affair and looks as If it could send a rifle
| shot through the strongest iron .armored YES
| sci that floats as If it were pasteboard. Th
cast-steel derrick TO handle it was sent from
Germany, and it will be in position in da
or two.
The Spanish Department is quite elaborate
ly filed, and contains many articles of inter
| est. The Spanish flag is draped over the doc
and Spanish soldier is always pacing up an
down in front of the pavilion. Several pho
tographs OF suits OF armor are exhibited
among them that worn by Christopher Colum
bus. 1t is not stated how it is identified, no
during what portion of his life he wore It,
is almost as impossible TO enthuse over it a
| 1t would be for an ordinary mortal to groN
sentimental over the grave of mouDd-build
er. Spain exhibits other articles OF pOsitiv
present interest, including blankets fror
| Valencia, cloths, articles from wool, cottO
and flax, playing cards, fans, porous pitchers
quicksilver, and silk wells. II il well worth
visit.
The arrangement of the mdsical porto
of the Fourth of July programme has bee
given to Pat Gilmore, the chap who eng
neered the Boston Jubilee, several years ag'
He proposes to get up something that wi
make the American people open their eyes.
Theodore Thomas is angry at the selectio
OF Gilmore, and proposes TO getup somethln
on the same day that will take away froI
Gilmore's glory by being severely seriou
Gilmore and Thomas areeXcellent musician
and the great difference between them il
that the former understands the public tast
and endeavors to meet it, while the lstt,
endeavors to compel the public taste to CON
to his standard. Thomas wishes
make his programme classical, and thel
is no better interpreter than he
classical music. Gilmore can interpret an
conduct classical piece as well as Thoms
can; but he knows that the public is not u
to il, and demands something of the Sian
bang and exciting order. SO he makes h
programmes, accordingly, partly classical an
partly popular, and the result is that he ge
along more easily than does his opponent
There is TO be chorus OF 5000 voices, {
somewhere near that number, and corr
spending number OF instrumental perform
ers. There will be national airs with canno
aecompaniments, as he gave at Boston; al
it is his intention to have words written I,
the various airs, where they do not exist q
ready, in the English language. Altogethe
he proposes to make it the grandest thing
the season.