The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-10-12


Here is facsimile of nugget.of gold
found near Victoria which weighs l, 743
ounces and is valued at $34,520. y
Beginning at. the west end, and TAX:
ing the south side, we notice quite All
exhibit from Peru, among which is a
$500 straw hat, wonder Of fine work.
The case of mammies (dried Indians)
attracts a great deal of attention, as
does the whole museum shown. We
pass over number of the minor coun-
tries. and come to China. Here one
could spend hours among the thousands
of articles exhibited, the silks, the
feather fans, the $1,000 bedsteads, the
porcelains and the ivory work. Japan
is far ahead Of China in exquisite work.
The bronzes, porcelains, gold dust lac
quer work, embroidered. screens, etc.,
are without rival. Here are also
$500 vases upon which stories from
japanese literature are wrought in
iron. An object Of interest is spear
5000 years old. Egypt shows gorgeous
embroidery, engraved brass salvers, a
stuffed crocodile, and a museum of
Egyptian curiosities, with a model of
the great Pyramid. Turkey bewilders
with her show of silk, WOODEN and linen
goods. Russia, we had almost said, has
the best foreign exhibit. The gold
baskets with silver napkins are beyond
anything of the kind. we have ever
heard Of. The malachite vases, man.
ties, etc., and the the lapis-larzuli Oh
jects are exceedingly fine. Of course
no other nation could equal her i'll furs.
a sable skin and cloak lined with
Thibet goat, we know have left pang
i'll the hearts of millions Of women
during the past four or five months.
Hungary shows, among many other
articles, some marvellous specimens Of
wool and web made of glass. Austria
beats the world on chairs. The rock
ing sofas and sewing chairs are so new
in design and SO wonderful that they
astonish everybody. The pipe exhibit
is also wonderful, and sets the mouth
OF every smoker to watering. Among
I the jewelry exhibit is the largest opal
in the world, valued at $4,000. Ger
many leads all the world in her show of
musical Instruments and supplies and
in clocks. Spain, Portugal and other
nations, we have not space to touch
upon.
The United States occupies most Of
the southeast quarter Of the building.
Here are ten thousand things collected
from every branch Of manufactures.
We have space only to speak of the
New York room fitted up by a fuini~
ture house in that city. It contains a
So, OC0 bedstead made Of amaranth and
walnut, and q So, 500 sideboard made OF
oak. This room is too fine for any
King to 1--we in, and we can think of 10
human being worthy to occupy it un-
less it be the future Mrs. ADVANCE.
We must not forget to mention the
TWO great organs, one at the east end
Of the building and one at tie north
side over the entrance. on Which organs
concerts are daily given. The one at
the north side is Roosevelt organ, to
which is attached an echo organ played
by electricity.
MACHINERY HALL.
Spend a week or two here. Il great
many interesting operations are going
Oh daily, such as silk weaving, type
moulding, all kinds Of printing, enve-
lope making, candy manufacturing, ETC.
You will be especially attracted by the
machine for making envelopes and the
silk loom weaving those beautiful silk
notices. 10 any one not in the habit
of dealing with machinery this silk
weaving seems almost a miracle. The
great Corliss engine we can take in and
comprehend, but the innumerable parts,
motions and processes of this wonder
full loom, it seems no one could ever
understand unless he began when a boy
and devoted his life to it. There are
the notices with all their beautiful
pictures and lettering coming out right
under your ewes. You take the Won
derful mach: me in the very act Of MAX
ing the notices, and yet you are nons
the wiser for it.
AGRICULTURAL HALL.
Products of the world on exhibition
No hope of seeing it thoroughly unless
one could see it out on that line al
summer. Ohio leads off in exhibit O.
agricultural machinery. About all til,
Western States have good show ex
cept poor stingy Minnesota. Iowa
Nebraska and Oregon especially 1av'
full and magnificent exhibits. Kansas
and Colorado could not get room enough
for their show in the great building ant
so put up one Of their own. The Kan
sas exhibit attracts immense crowd.
and the question on the grounds is
''I1ave yon seen Kansas?'' That stat
will secure tens of thousands Of set
tiers by her exhibit. She is on SHOW
before the world, and a magnificent
show of agricultural products it is
We felt ashamed Of Minnesota, which
might have made good show but lie
; this one opportunity Of a century pas
unimproved.
GOVERNMENT BUILDING,
Don't fail to visit this and see til,
manufacture IF CARTRIDGES. the various