Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-29
AT THE CENTENNIAL.

AT THE CENTENNIAL.
Sketches of Many Countries..C Curiosities
from HawaiI-.SDain.- PHILIPPINE Islands,
Brazil--NIr. Bergh and his Society.
We started for visit to the Hawaiian
islands, and commenced by look at one
of their table dishes made OF the kon-
wood, very rare specimen of wood, 80
rare that the set of dishes sent here
could not be replaced. They are called
poidishes. Poi is sort of vegetable or
root, something like potato, which the
aristocratic natives eat with their
fingers from tie dish-and that way Of
eating is "aristocratic" also. Most
aristocracy is about as ridiculous as
that; it thinks itself of much more i'm
portance than it really is, and yet in q
great many things is as far behind the
age and any real nobility as folks who
eat with their fingers are behind the
civilization represented by knife, fork
and other every day delicacies of life.
These polished wooden bowls to eat
the Hawaiian potato from are valued at
from $40 to $65, rather expensive po-
tato dish. Next comes case of volcanic
specimens, and one thinks of the high
tragedy of life at the volcano islands,
where man walks every day with the
prospect before him of tho earth open
ing its mouth vide enough to swallow
him up, and he not word to say for
himself, but to make mouthful for the
greedy earth. The commissioner from
the islands was not here, and We post
poned the study of Hawaii till we can
hear all about 1t from native. Next
We take glance at Spain, not yet all up
except in some branches. A Spanish
soldier sits guard at the entrance. As
he tosses off his red soldier cap he
shows a'deep scar from saber wound
on the forehead.
His costume is navy blue and red
stripes, with red cap and white SASH
belt, from which hangs sword but the
soldier speaks only Spanish, and for
knowledge about the exhibit one must
use his own eyes and try to decipher
the inscriptions-al in Spanish-at-
tached to each article. From the Philip
pine islands ara curious blankets, cloth,
fine and coarse lace and embroidery, and
a great assortment of shawls of all sorts
fill the center of one room. The large
exhibits of goods in cotton, woolen and
silk, from the countries where they are
largely manufactured, make these parts
of the room look like dry goods store.
A strange looking thing in brass at
tracts attention, and we are told they
are for fire in the house. A huge bowl,
in which to put the coal, stands upon
four legs, with an open work cover,
handle and side handles to carry it
about. They are fre-pans in brass as
brilliant as gold, after the idea of our
grandmothers' foot-stoves, the only
means of heating the churches in the
olden times, when religion expected its
faithful to 60 to church with no fire in
it, and the pews had foot-stove to pass
around in turn to each occupant. A
case of wax represents priest in ponti-
fcal robes, figures of the apostles,
long row of all sizes of wax candles, etc.,
etc. Samples of the armor of the an
cient kings of Spain fill in one side.
There are the heavy armor of Ferdinand
Cortes, the shield of Philip H.. and
horses completely covered with hand
somely carved armor, more elaborate
and snowy than serviceable. Spain is
noted for her mines of gold and silver,
and she has displays Of coal in the rough,
in bricks and shaped up into huge
columns.
There are also piles of lead ore and
copper ore, and quantity of CASTLE
soaps in every shape, dishes from Se
vile, salt in every shape, pottery, china,
carpets, silks, etc., etc. Besides all
that is to be seen there are six hundred
cases that have not yet arrived. Brazil
presents fine appearance in her man.
neI of fitting up her allotted space.
The framework is built after the manner
of the Spanish Alhambra, all painted
glass. The plan is Brazilian, but was
constructed in America at cost of
S35, 900. From the entrance one first
sees line of flowers, birds, fans and
figures, all in feather work, but we post
pone o thorough examination till the
whole exhibit arrives. The main aisle
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very pretty flower stands, with frame
work trimmed 10 vines and bright faced
young ladies selling bouquets; then
soda fountains with their refreshing |
drinks, spiral stairways prettily draped |
that lead to stands for other refresh
ments for the hungry. We remember
MIR. Bergh's exhibit as We see the flag |
that reads: "Justice, Humanity, Com
passion, and looking, find it quite hid,
getting more and more 80, behind a
great array of rope, and all manner of
cordage for shipping, that is piled up |
into huge towers in front of the wall
where cruelty, one of the worst sins
humanity is guilty of, is portrayed in all
it's hideousness. Here is the broken leg |
of a horse, caught in the street railroad
track; samples of bullets used by the
society's agents to cause death without
suffering; a horses hoof rotted off by
a nail driven into the hoof by an ignor-
ant blacksmith; adulterated horse feed,
the grain mixed with plaster of paris,
bone dust, etc., etc, and specimens OF
calculus formed from such feed.
There are samples of bit buns used