The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-24

A strangers impression at tAe Centen.
MIA! Exhibition after the first days visit
there are very confused and imperfect
There is 80 much 10 see and one is so eager
to see all that he really sees nothing. So
at first l will give you only few jot-
tings without regard to order. All at the
outset look with open.mouthed, staring
wonderment. But after time this
wears oil, mouth and eyes assume nat
ural position and one begins to really en-
joy the sights.
Everybody and everything from the
youthful lemonade vender to the Mon
ster Corliss engineis
FULL OF INTEREST.
By the way, these lemonade vendors
are an institution peculiar to the exhibit
ton. They advertise their ware, or
wares, in something like the following
languages: "Ere's your sparkling icy cold
Lemonade, at your own price; recoliect
anything pays the bill, drink it and il
you don't like it you needn't pay tor ii"
This is shrewd and very etfectual ap-
peal to human generosity and they are
always surrounded by crowd of eager,
thirsty customers,
Nearly every place you 90 the pre-
emptory notice Of
GLANDS OFF"
greets you, displayed on all perishsble
articles; and it is we'll that it is so, tor If
the thousand and one ruthless fingers
were allowed to touch the goods they
would soon be detaced, marred, and mis-
placed.
The labels, 'sold," or, those articles that
have been disposed Of, interest the ladies
more than anything else at FIRST and
they will rush eagerly up to such card
and devour the purchaser name and ad-
dress with the greatest svidity and will
wonder what the price oft was and a
dozen other things before they even look
at the article itself. Such is woman's Curl
osity.
The first duty of every West Virgin
ian ought to be to
REGISTER AT THE STATES BUILDING.
West Virginia, unlike most of the other
states opens, wide her motherly arms
and requests sll to register, whether from
the state..or not, and the names OF those
from the state are afterwards copied by
the attendant into smaller register for
conven .ence Of reference. And every
citizen ought to feel proud of the cred t.
able display our state makes. She comes
boldly TO the front rank with fine show
ing of her coal and otter mineral resour-
ces. An excellent collection OF speci.
mems of the various woods Of Pleassnts
county is worthy OF special note. Be-
sides these, are specimens Of lime stone,
fire clay, iron ore, wool, and samples of,
agricultural products such as wheat,
corn, and other grain. Tne
INEVITABLE WHEELING sToGIE
holds prominent place.
In my first days simless wanderings,
went into the Main Building and Ma
chinery Hall, among others. Both of
these buildings are crsmmed fall Of in.
terest. The Main Building especially is
fairly bewildering in the number and
extent of exhibits. At the outset re-
solved to tskeeach country separately and
do it thoroughly. first went into
THE ITALIAN DEPARTMENT
and got completely lost and befuddled in
a maze of bronze and terra-cotta statuary,
from the ruins about Rome,) wood carv-
ings, Florentine Mosaics, Roman jew.
cry, and views of ancient Rome. From
Italy, l
STUMBLED INTO NORWAY,
where are fine views or photographs o!
the coast of that country, showing the
character OF the land; there
was also the paraphernshs of a
Norwegian school,-smsll desks with
queer straight-backed seat, the back being
one board about six inches wide, also copy
books filled with the writing OF Nor.
wegian hopefuls,-fne rugs and cover
lets, and odd sledges and sleishs. After
Norway, l attempted
To EXAMINE CHILL,
and the Argentine Republic, the most no.
table feature of which were hides, rude
clumsy earthenware; and the embalmed
remains OF natives with their garments OF
skins and gsyly coiored feathers, and
their bows and arrows, and darts. The
Orange Tree State had nothing Of special
interest 10 show except some kattir corn
the grains of which are very nearly q;
large As our lima bean-and wheat, the
grains being two or three times as large
"a ours, bat making, from the sample,
very common -four.
JAPAN,
that strange halt ciEilized country, sends
the most complete exhibit; strange,
grotesaue Incompatible bronzes; EN-.
broidery Of the most extraordinary and
original designs; specimens of mineralo'
gy; peculiar books, and school eIsmina'
ton papers Of Japanese youths in Englisf
and French, and exceedingly good, too
And thus / wandered through
THE pKPARTNrNTs OF ENGLAND
and the Colonies with their sumption!
wealth. China with her unique woot
carvings and porcelainsi grand and ma
jestic
STAIN,
With her pompous cadets; German,
with the choicest music and literature o.
the world;
bearing the inscription, The oldes
country sends her morning greeting Il
the youngest nation; and
SWEDEN; RUSSIA, AND AUSTRIA.
To describe satisfactorily the exhibits o
these countries would require volumes.
will not sstemptit bat in my next WI
try to give you soma idea OF our owl