Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-31


fully exhibited, nets, hooks, lines,
boats, ETC., innumerable, being there.
In the main building Norway has
some antiquities. Ancient as we'll as
modern weapons are there, and VIM.
Gram, of Christiania, has a case entire
ly filled with antiquities. An iron
company exhibits what we take to be
II representation of the PROV OF an old
Morse ship, but those ships were not,
we a%pprehend, iron plated, as this one
il.
There is a representation of Norwe.
gian school-rOOm Each scholars
desk has a neatly written copy book
lying ON it, written, we presume, by
scholars in Norway, as each one has a
name on it.. All that We examined
were written in rather a large hand.
The school-room is not without maps,
globes and gel a counting machine.
Some pictures of Norwegian scenery
displayed are very beautiful. There
are a couple of groups of wax figures
representing the inhabita IS of this
region.
Sweden, of course. comes next to
Norway. Very many of its exhibits
are the same as Norway's, but it makes
4 much finer display. The superiority
of its display is noticeable especially
in porcelain and glassware, musical
and other Instruments, furs, minerals,
manufactures and education. Textile
fabrics are particularly we'll repre-
scented. In n ease of clothing is con
tanned a coat belonging o a uniform
made for his Majesty Oscar H., a King
of Sweden and Norway. There Is a
splendid representation of the great
iron interest Of Sweden. To show
forth her educational advantages,
Sweden. instead of having a small rep
resentation of a school room, has
built a separate two-story structure
and side.
Sweden ia not without her relic.
There IL q chair made i'm the Northern
style, from a drawing by n. NJ. Han
delgren. 1t is made of oak from the
Applet" q Swedish line -of-battle-
ship, which fOundered on the 5th of
June, 1876. just 200 years ago. Part Of
this ship was recovered in 1870.
A very prominent part of the Swed-
ish exhibition is the groups of life
size figures. showing the home-life of
the people. Sweden has three times AS
many. of these as Norway. The most
popular. Judging from the crowds that
about it, is a group Of four, the
father of the household seated at a
repairing a clock; the mother
standing by his side intercedins for
the young man who has come to ask
permission to wed their daughter. The
daughter stands behind the mother,
while the young man stands respect
fully a little way off.
Another popular n is a hunters
group, in which two hunters with their
wives and a little child, stand watching
the dying struggles of a wounded
The little girl exhibits fear,
and her mother is trying to reassure
her by pointing II that the animal is
dying and cannot hurt her. The
c-ountenances of the others seem to in
a feeling of compassion for its
But, perhaps, the group that goes
most to the feart is the dead Child"
A dead baby lies in a cradle. This
by the way, is not like the
cradles of this country, which rock
side to side, but Rocks lengthwise
A coffin stands on the floor near by.
The grandmother bends over the babe,
and the grandfather stands by leaning
on his staff. The face Of the woman
can not be seen but her attitude and
the countenance of the grandsire are
expressive of great grief. The father
sits near by with another child, too
young to understand that anything is
the matter.
The other groups are very interest
ing, but we have not space to speak of
them further.
A few pictures are exhibited, among
them those of the King and Queen,
and AN embroidery picture of George
Ellington.
The American portion of the Expo
sition has been very justly criticised
on account of its immensely. There
are acres of goods from America in the
main building alone. and who will not
find it a difficult task to form an intel
ligent and comprehensive idea of
American products from an inspection
them? The American display is en-.
tirely too large to take in. Such oun
tries, on the other hand, as Sweden
and Norway give in a small space a
comprehensive view of their produc-
and general character, and surely
is the object of the Exposition. 1t
would have been much better If Il Sc
lection of the American contributions
had been made. j. /. Ii.