The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-07
OUR CENTENNIAL LETTER.

DIR CENTENNIAL LETTER.
A Trip Through the Main ExhIbi-
lion Builtling-HandsO lT!..The
NIOnarch---Furnit JeWelry,
Pianos and Organs.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4.
EItOrs IntclliScuccr
| will, with your permission, invite
your readers to-day u take trip with
me through the t'''
MAIN EXPOSITION, BUILDING.
We can, Of course, not see everything
,here-and | venture TO say that none OF
Inc millions Of visitors who have been and
will be at the Exposition have or will see
every object exhibited-but we can cast q
glimpse here and there and stopa little
while when any object strikes us as being
particularly interesting. Aswe enter the
grand and handsomely constructed Iron
and glass palace through the east side gate
we are somewhat embarrassed to decide
which ofthe numerous passages along and
across the building We. should take first,
and NJ which OF the thousand objects we
should look first. The next embarrass-
men, is as to what We should do with our
hands. Everywhere our eyes meet large
cards with the inscription, GLANDS OIL.
After we find this imperative command
ex pressed in half dozen different lang.
gu ages, we become aware for the frat time
In our life of the Inconvenience, not to
nav imnropriety, Of possessing hands.
/ We find the same objection against our
hands in all the buildings on the ground,
only sometimes clothed in mildcr form,
saving, "Do not. tOuch," or ado not
handle" We think the managers could
have saved the expense Of 80 many cards
10y posting up card ut the entrance gate
saying: "Ail visitors are requested to
take their hands Of before entering the
Exposition Grounds" But ms this sug-
gestion comes now too late, we had bet
ter take care OF our hands and begin our
journey.
We ind ourselves in the midst Of fine
display OF the textile industry and sta
tionery OF the United States. We see the
elegant shawls, silks, cloths, tapestry, &c,
manufactured in New York and theNew
England States. and the beautiful carpets
Of Philadelphia make. Going to the left
We admire the tasteful and solid works Of
the hookbinders and stationers and the
excellent manufacture Of our paper mills,
among which ream OF the Monarch"
note paper exhibited by the Writing Pa.
per Go. in Holyoke, Mass, attracts our
special attention. This paper is Is feet
long and feet wide. The whole ream
weighs 1000 lbs, and would make 50O, 900
sheets Of note paper. A school girl who
was number one 10 mathematics oalculat.
ed that 100000 love-letters Of 20 pages
each could be written on this paper and
that II she would write every day a letter
to her beau Except Sunday OF coursel 1t
would last her II years 6 months and %
days.
We turn to the furniture and find u
great display OF most exquisite design
and work, 80 that we really are at loss
TO say which Of the sets OF mahogany,
rosewood, walnut, ebony, parlOr, draw
ing room, dining room and bed room sets
we would like best. The rooms with
their entire outfits, including carpets,
wall tapestry, chimney pieces, vases, etc,
are represented here, and OF course every
piece matching most elegantly to the style
and design Of the tout ensemble. On
ward we 20 and stop at the rich and cost.
ly exhibition Of jewelry and gold and
silverware from celebrated manufactures
in Rhode Island and Connecticut. They
are original in their designs and beauti-
full In their execution and are matter
Of surprise. Many Americans had no
idea that their industrial arts had devel-
Oped 10 such perfection that America can
Almoat defy European composition in this
line. As to our watch manufacturing,
which is represented by the Elgin, Wal.
than and other,iactories, we stand equal
10 II not higher than ANY watchmakers
/ in the world. Wi @t,'a ~"
Having seen the jewellers and gold.
smiths work Of our own country wemay
"a well goto France and England and
see the famous bronles, clocks, chande-
liers, enamelled works and iewelries Of
the former, and the solid silyerware Of
the latter. Ellington & Co., Of Birming-
ham, have an eminent display Of plated,
embossed and circled silver work. The
beautifully executed shields and the fa-
nous "Helicon Vase share fully the gem
eral admiration which Is bestowed upon
the celebrated "Bryants Vase Of which
30 much has been said that need not go
into detailed description! q .'e''S
As We are lovers Of music we direct
our stepa to the pianos where some cele.
brated artists set fast increasing audi.
eRce into ecstasy. On the way we re-
ceive several charges OF sweetly perlum-
ed waters which are directed upon us
from some French perfumery. stands.
The ladies in charge Of them
recommended to us their Bouquet
DIES Roses" EAU de Violets,"
fIeurs do Printemps," 30 amiably
that only tho consideration Of the prices
IeIsts us from buying flask. We Join
The audience around the piano-virtuoso
and find that he plays IIpona "Weber
grand' waltz caprice by Shubert, which
shows the excellent qualities Of the in.
@rnment to great advantage. An army
Of pianos surrounds us. Stehlway & Sons
nave louF graads, one square and three
HPtlghtS, besides one grand piano In the
;SSaehlneFy Hat, where every day from
10 o'clock grand concert takes
pace Knabe, Decker Brothers, Chick
S ooa Schumacher, and many others are
o "Un with each other, And.the ele.
S SSa Of Mason & Hamlin, Woods,
s u"J others, ell the air with sweet and
.oon strains. But these all are
liz, ,ic ,o USetloTeted by the fun and males.
~, ~ zones Is oil Tho great Roosevelt organ In
~ Sae north gallery Of the building. But
,;.!S you readers are surely tired by this
W nwg, We bad best sit down and listen
S W 'GG solemn aecords with which the
nI begins his concert upon this