The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-06-05
MULTUM ~ PARy0.
Some al tile Most lntrr,Htlng Notes IRON
Our Centennial Correspondence.

searched for that extraordinary weapon
the boomerang. It is said OF this
formidable weapon, that when hurled |
Mt an object by native it moves along
just above the ground with great ri.
pility, aud after reaching its objective
point, leaps MS it were into mid air, and |
thus poised for the moment takes re.
Progressive movement III al mir line for
the point from which It was cast, thus
making it dangerous to tho thrower II
inexperienced. 1t has been rs Lrcat
puzzlu TO tho savans and scientists as
the calculating machine OF Babbage. I
-Four OF these curious specimens Of
savage genius are to be seen in the de-
partmGnt OF Australia.
Thcra are sevcnty-two block and slab
specimens Of timber from Sydney.
There are also saddles, woods, twccds
and shaw!s, none of which will compare
with tho American section, and coal
seams twelve feet thick, arc shown rs
specimens from Hunter river district
northern coal iieldsof New South Wales.
There arc sixty-six collierics. Pre-.
served meats. candles, biscuits. condi-
monts, ores of anthony and other
minerals aro also exhibited.
In q glass showcase fourteen feet
square, III the United States building,
arc shown on one side the prismatic
compass, transit, sextant mud other in
struments used by TINT intrepid nayi.
gator, Kaue, near the frigid wilds Of
western Greenland; drawings md paint
ings Of Arctic scenery and animal life,
executed by himself, and the flag of the
Advance, the ship III which he made his
second voyage; the three other sides OF
the case contain relics OF the expcdi.
tons Of Hayes, Hall aud Bradford; the
flag TINT Wilkes took on his Antarctic
expedition i'll the ship Peacock, the
same ilag being taken by Kane, Hayes
and Hall, also, on their Arctic voyages;
relics of Sir John Franklin's expedi.
ton, including portions OF his vessel
secured by Captain Hall in his second
expedition and brought back by him
then, together with relics Of Parry's
voyage; the journals kept by Hall in his
Poaris expedition, and n fac sin,ile OF
the slcige made for Captain Hall by
"Esquimaux joe"
Brazil has 100000 in diamonds to
display, but the United States, requlr-
ing personal bond in amount double
the invoice from the commissioner, he
declined, hence we will not sec the bril-
liantS.
III tho British section there arc eighty
five exhibitors Of chemicals and fourteen
exhibitors Of watches aud chronometers.
Tho latter timepieces were invented by
John Arnold one hundred years ago.
The navy department OF the United
States iu the Government building is
arranged under nine heads; ordnance,
.torpedoes, equipment, navigation, con-
struction, pards mud docks, medicine and
surgery, provisions and clothing, steam
engineering aud naval observatory and
Arctic relics.
japan exhibits two vases six feet high
and thirty inches i'll diameter, price
$1,000 gold, small vases ten inches high,
$50 in gold, white and blue china goods
fur below the English standard at fabu.
lous prices, $50 in gold for n table worth
about ten or fifteen dollars. l saw n
suit Of buckskin, coat, vest and pants,
trimmed with n few yards Of silver lace
from Mexico, price 81, 900 gold. In the
Egyptian department $1,000 gold is
asked for silver, antique set, worth pos.
sibly n few hundred dollars; n few pieces
OF sandal wood 50 gold.
Tho Netherlands show carpets from
the royal factory, would Ut a room
eighteen feet square, $3.50.
HARLEM shows magnet lightweight
pounds, carries weight of 900 pounds,
price $40.
Rotterdam displays an extensive as.
soltment of fishing tackle.
Amsterdam, pipes OF the quaintest
Dutch style, georamas of canals, maps,
aud n swing double-crane bridge and a
geonma Of the surface Of the Zuyder.
zec,.
Bermuda has piece OF Xanthoxy.
Ion. 1t was taken from stump by
British soldier. 1t is of yellow wood
perfectly sound0lnd dates back to 1872,
also from tho island black maugroye,
rubber, olive, fiddle and other woods.
Arrow root is long, yellow looking root
like the horse radish.
The Centennial stamped envelope is
good anywhere i'll the United States.
a silver brick has arrived from Nc.
Yada, III pounds in weight, value in
gold 81, 623.G5.
1t takes general manager, one cap.
tain aud aid, chief clerk, chief inspee.
tor, twelve inspectors, 1902 gate keepers,
two special gate keepers, one chief and
sixteen wagon gate Keepers to pass the
masses in.
Now York will be represented by i've
hundred varieties Of winter apples and
xix hundred varieties Of potatoes
Strawberries will DO displayed June
7th. raspberries July 3d. Peaches,
grapes, nuts, cereals, honey md wax,
melons, horses, cattle and poultry will
follow ut different dates. Michigan and
New York are in the front rank OF apple
growers.
Oregon exhibits whcatrcaped innincty
days after sewing in ground neither
plowed nor narrowed.