Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06
CENTENNIAL ITEMS.

'sAiu siiC STATE or Penn
sylvania contributed 81, s72. $50 towa al,
the expenses OF the Exhibition. "'u
The numerous beautiful fo,n.
aims recently erected in the gronnds
contribute greatly to the pleasure ~
visitors. VI
A diamond necklace valued ..
$4,000 is an attractive feature in tba
Main Building. 1t is watched all Sav r
by guard.
A petition is in circulation for ,ho
purpose of having music in Agricnlt
ural Hall in order to attract visitors ~
that department. W
Black walnut logs may be seen IN
Agricultural Hall twenty feet in cir
conference at the larger end. Thav
are from Delaware.
The ale and beer brewers contrib.
uted 1877, 1914 toward their eybib;
ton. Their building is ninety-six feat
wide and 272 feet long, and cost s3O
600.
The Philadelphia Ledger, in speak.
ing of the Tunisian cafe at the Centen.
NAL, says that for TWENTY-FIVE cents
one can enjoy as much coffee and tam.
BOURNE as he chooses
The attendance of foreigners At
the Centennial has not yet been large
enough to affect the total of steamship
travel. An increase of passengers is
however, expected before the season
closes.
-T4le annex to the Main BUILDING
contains an exhibit of the yarious
kinds of cars in use in this country on
steam and horse roads. Their supe.
riority is attestcd by the interest dis.
played by visitors.
New Hampshire exhibits Daniel
Webster's plow, built in 1897. for ten
yoke of oxen. 1t is a grand old break
er. New Hampshire also sends a
stuffed Chester hog, which, when two
years old, weighed 1907 pounds. A
grizzly is baby beside it.
The frequent arrival of delegations
Of workmen from various parts of the
country for the purpose of examining
the exhibits in which they are particu.
larly interested is evidence that the
value of the Centennial as a means of
education is appreciated.
In Machinery Hall is IA type-set-
ting machine which in a moment per-
forms nine distinct operations. 1t
manufactures the type, polishes it. and
sets it in a composing stick. The mode
of operation is similar to playing on
piano, each key representing a letter or
figure.
A Intelligent French gentleman a
member of the French Commission,
stated to the correspondent Of the st.
Louis Dispatch that he had attended
the four Worlds Fairs, and the Cen
tennial exceeds them all, not only in
size but in the immense richness and
wonderful variety and practical value
of its makeup.
Kansas is grandly represented. Her
grains, her grasses, her wood, her min
erals, her birds, her bugs and butter
flies, her silks, are all here. Her
newspapers are also on exhibition,
every one of them. Her show is ad-
mirable. She has covered herself with
glory, which is much better than
grasshoppers. In the Kansas and Col
orado building the Atchison. Topeka&
Sante Fe Railway Company makes a
splendid exhibit of the cereals of that
country.
Mr.. J. c. Bissell says one of the
most novel machines at the Centennial
is from Oregon, and is used for the
purpose of manufacturing cider. The
apples are crushed into fine pulp anu
then thrown into watts and treated In
similar manner to pulp paper. That
is. the apple pulpis run upon cloths, and
then over the warm rollers OF paper
making machine, and comes out finally
just as paper does, firm, dry and thlh'
in continuous roll, or cut in sheets as
desired. 1t is in short, sheets OF ap
pie paper. When it is desired to have
pitcher of cider the pitcher is fllled
with water, this paper is cut or corn
into small pieces and stirred IN the
water, where it dissolves in few MN
utes and turns the water into pure
fresh cider. The more apple paper
used the stronger the cider, and II Is
affected by age and atmosphere lne
same as cider made in the usual way.
What won't the Yankees make mex
The first railroad every bullt III
the United States, and the flrsl eVai
mine ever opened in this country as
both situated within fifty miles %
Philadelphia, at the most pictnresqus
town of Mauch Chunk, and ough' vH
no account to be omitted by visitors ~
the Centennial. The railroad Is SUI
operated. and called the "s"l1cn
back, for the cars are drawn up s''ef
inclined planes by stationary engll5,
and then switched back, MOVING
gravitation down "A slightly descehal,l7
track. Pleasure cars run Over
road, and take one in view OF the "l'o
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