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modest sum of $4,000, while some of
the handsomest screens cost $4OO and

modest sum of $4,000, while some OF
the handsomest screens cost $4O0 and
$500.
EeYPT's exhibit is comparatively
small. There are some rich fabrics and
embroideries, some of their ancient
wares and antique ornaments, and a
rich saddle ana trappings for an ele-
plant The dool of the sanctuary of a
mosque in Cairo, of carved ebony, in
laid with ivory, made in the fourteenth
century, is very interesting to antiquar-
ians.
A CURIOUS machine attracts attention
In the French department of the main
building. 1t is ''cynophore." It is
similar to a three wheeled velocipede,
but the wheels are SO constructed as to
allow a dog to run inside each like. a
squirrel in revolving cage. The
weight of the two dogs is expected to
prope) the carriage and enable the occu-
pant OF the central seat, like sulky-
seat, to ride at his ease. The Ameri-
can patent of this invention is said to
be tor sale. Its principle merit is its
novelty.
In Machinery Hall the visitor can see
the business of matchmaking by ma
chlnery actually carried on, in part, at
the stand of the Waltham Company,
above the Corliss engine. This is one
OF the most interesting exhibits Of me-
chanism shown. In watch, complete,
there are l56 different pieces and parts,
of which 81 are screws. On some of the
latter the thread cannot be seen with
the naked eye, and holes aressdrilled out
that must be sought for with the micro
scope. This perfection Of mechanism
is not the least of the many triumphs of
American invention and skill.
ENGLISH exhibits are almost as prac-
tical as the American. One wades
through the products of the various
British provinces, colonies and posses
sions under the lash of an uneasy con-
science, rather than from any interest
in John Bulls source of revenue. But
reaching England proper, there are the
beautiful china and earthenware to be
admired, the famous English carpets
and house furnishings, hangings, carved
and tiled mantlepieces and rich furni-
ture. They have large display of
dress fabrics and cottons, none but the
cheapest laces, very little jewelry, and
nothing to be proud of in the line of
English millinery.
AT the Tunsian cafe you pay twenty
five cents at the door, and are admitted
to an octangular hall, with rush carpet
ing, and with divans extending around
the edge of the department. A band of
Moorish musicians is kept in constant
operation, and some women, supposed
to be Tunisian, and dressed in the cos
tune of that country, indulge in dance
Ia Maure. The music is low and
monotonous, and rather strange to an
Occidental ear, while the dancing is
quite that to which we are accustomed
to in America and Western Europe.
The women glide about with sort of
undulating motion, which French
danseuse would find very hard to imi-
tate. Nearly all the motion is below the
waist, and it sometimes takes the form
of violent wriggling of the lower
limbs, while the upper portion of the
body is stationary.
NEAR the center of the main build
ing, where the educational gallery is
located, the cosmopolitan character of
the Exhibition is shown by the elevated
designs representing the four quarters
of the globe. Europe is represented by
female figure with large painting of
Shakespeare on one side and Charlie
magne on the other, the whole sur
mounted by flags of the European ma
tions. Asia is represented by central
figure, and on one side is picture of
Colfucius and the other of Mo-
manned. also surmounted by the flags
of the Asiatic nationalities. Africa is
represented by dark colored female,
with picture Of Romesus on her
right, and Seostris on her left, sur
mounted by the flags of the African ma
tions. America is represented by a
figure in the center, supported on her
right by portrait of Franklin, and on
her left by that OF Washington. The
flags of America are gracefully draped
above them.