Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-06-30

The persons having in charge the erection
OF the Catholic Total Abstlnance Fountain,
which was TO have been dedicated on the
coming Fourth, endeavored to arrange with
the Commission to throw open the grounds
without fee on thatday, but the Commission
ers thought they could not afford TO sur
render the receipts from the expected 100000
who were TO participate in the ceremonies,
and declined TO grant the request. II is now
said the dedication will be postponed until
the close Of the Exposition. II was cool
request, anyhow, considering that once In
side the grounds, the celeDrants could not be
prevented from taking possession Of the en-
tire exhibition. which, as soon as they had
finished singing peans in praise OF cold wa
ter, they would naturally expect TO do.
The iowa exhibits are attracting great
deal OF attention--notably the fruit exhibits.
These are modelled in wax, and are one of
the features Of the Exposition, creditable
alike to the genius of the parties who pre-
pared them, and the State whose pomologi.
cal productions they so faithfully represent.
In the German Department, a notable
feature is the display Of altar pieces
and ornaments, made at Munich, for
churches. In the center Of the room is a
large altar Of oak, timely carved in Gothic
style; upon 1t images of the four evan
gelists, and two angels, with shrine for
the Host in the center The fourteen sta
tions Of the cross are most OF them repre-.
sented, as where Christ 10 condemned to
death; where He meets His mother; where
Simon is compelled to bear His cross; where
Mary, the mother, takes the body as it is
lowered from the cross, and weeps over her
crucifed Lord. The price OF this altar is
$1,000 in American currency
The exhibit Of ivory in this department is
very fine, ranging from the huge brown tusks
that help support the stands on which the
articles are arranged, 10 nicely carved bits Of
ornament or articles Of household use. The
brown, streaked-looking tusks are bleached
by being put in glass jars in the sun, then
sawed and cut into thin or thick pieces, as
they make knife-han6les, paper-holders, box
es, fans, pins, etc, etc. These come from
Carlsruhe.
Another noted feature OF the German de.
partment is its cutlery display. 1t is remark
able for the quantity of curious knives shown.
Some can be applied to hundred uses such
as scissors, drills, ncil-sharpeners, cork
screws, button-hooks, saws, combs, screw
drivers, surgeons tools, knife and fork, etc,
etc. The prices vary from one dollar to 800.
The South African display is very interest.
ing. The special pride of the country seems
to be its new poultry-the ostrich-which
has been tanned and made a most valuable
addition to its list of domestic fowls. On
tie stand is shown a stuffed ostrich, two days
old, about the size of q common hen; anoth-
er one fourteen days old, and the model OF an
that win hatch twenty-four
ostriches out Of twenty-five eggs. The ostrich
is worth $50 in gold in South Africa, and there
is not a farmer so poor but has one on his
farm. 1t seems to be the most profitable
live stock they can raise. Each farmer will
have from one to 200, all as tame as chickens.
There from 1900 to 10000 tame ostriches at
the Cape.
The Republic of Liberia has more products
than she has usually had credit for, judging
from the present exhibit. Their list Of prod
ucts is copper, indigo, lime juice, palm soap,
sugar, ginger, arrow root, cocoa, palm oil,
ivory, cane wood, iron ore and hard woods.
A large bag Of coffee in the shell is marked
ten cents for each coffee berry, and the mon
ey will go to build school-houses in that far
off region.
In the center of the space allotted TO Peru
Is large stand ofrelics, mummies and things
buried with them. They were brought from
,he Lima Museum. Nearly half were broken
)r injured in the transportation, and be-
ng fragile with age, If the other half is to
De broken or ruined in returning, it had bet |
er be sold here, and possibly may be. A
earned professor from one of our colleges |
mas already engaged to buy it If for sale. |
The head of one mummy bends over as il |
aughing; the position is perfectly grotesque
likely the ghost of joker who must have
MS laugh il he is dead. Some peoples Jokes |
ire so cruel they ought TO be petritied in the |
midst of one, and this appears to be wom- |
IN; the hair is as natural as 1t was 5000 |
rears ago; the arms are folded on the breast; |
wrists painted. The dress fell to pieces
when exposed to the air, but the bones have
lot crumbled.
One glass case contains the geological ex-
libit from the Hawaiian Islands, all more or
volcanic vinCr the ahip
llb-like pieces of wood, called Rapa beaters,
lsed in making native cloth out of bark by
,eating the strips of bark into thin
ayers and long, broad sheets, out of
which are cut the simple gown they
yore before civilization brought them our
cloak is displayed; it consists of
net like fish net, thatched with long
oarse grass, or the broad tea-leaf, stripped
Up into narrow strips and festooned thickly
nto the netting; they are impervious to rain,
nd are very warm also. Since the introduce
ion of cloth weaving and coloring the ma
ives have learned to embellish their cloth
made of bark, which now is used as bed COW
ring, while in dress they copy our styles as
az as possible, few OF the older natives
eeping up the antique, which is merely
Oke and long sack gown.
In the Canadian Department is mon-
trous slab of plumbago or black lead very
Iund in the mines twenty miles below Ottas
"a. In another case are broken specimen
( the same material made up into different
reparations for pencils and electrotyping,
nd the ore as found contains ninety-seven
er cent. pure plumbago. The gentleman
nd assistant were enthusiastic about the
alue and purity of the mineral, showing
rucibles of It that had been used for smelt-
lg thirty-six times, the only metal that
TOuld stand intense heat. In the crude state
lumbagO is worth twenty cents pound;
for electrotyping Is worth Sl.25 a
ound, and so on, varying in price according
} the degree OF refinement On each end OF
ne department are monuments OF coal one
Oming from British Columbia on the Pacific
Oast, the other from Nova Scotia and the
tlantic. Ranged along on the counter are
nd unpublished. There is alarge photographic
lone, found only in Germany and Canada.
J is OF the finest quality, and gives proof Of
S work in a well finished lithograph. The
olished marbles are mostly from the region
Lake Superior. In the center of the room
huge pyramid giving good representa-
on Of the yield of gold in British Columbia
ON 1858 to 1875. A large lump on top gives
le yearly yield. The first year it was $780,
So; the last year, S2,474 1904, and the total
mount in the seven years was $3S, l66,97O
he average number OF miners employed
early has been 3,220, and the average earn
lgs OF each man per year S65S. There are also
Iany specimens OF silver, taken from Silver
,let, in Lake Superior. In the stone, in
hich casual observer would not detect the
inning ore, there is S7C0 worth of silver; and
nc case of rough stone is worth $1,000 In
old and silver. One exhibit of native iron
meteorite weighing $40 pounds.
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The First Discovery OF America.