New-York tribune., 1876-07-10
TIE TXIIIBITION.
SPANS GREAT DISPLAY.

SPANS GREAT DISPLAY.
A SURPRISE To ALL VI>TroRs-PUZzLED VISITORS.
lrRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TErBO SCI
PHIlADELPnIA, July 5.-IheTe Is nothing
about the details Of the Exhibition that is greater sur
prise to most visitors than the Part Spain taxes III H.
Her display IN the Main Building behind her easeiateu
structure with ito allegorca and armoTiI decorations
would alone highly credtable representation oi the
Casrj,ian monarchy. It is rich ia the evi-
dences OF q varied and highly developed
manufacturing industry which few Americans
Imagined existed the sleepy peninsula ana
the multit1de OF and fabrics shown are douby
Interesting on Of evident stamp OF origina
ity either in form ornamentaon that shows them TO
be something bet er than serve copies Of the products
of other nations The wealth of natural products eXbb-
fed in tie Spanish section Agricultural Hal! calls for
almost "a ptch admiration 1Or the mnltthde OF articles
A. contains and tie Bto sonce and system itat eafae-
terze their arrangement, well as the beIaI enter
prise that has gathered them from all the provinces Oh
the kingdom and from all colonial lands under Spanish
rule.
with these two strikingly thorough and vel-ordered
displays sp,iu might have been not only conteht bnt
proud Of her accomplishments Mt the Far; but se mas
Just opened q third exaiBi5 larger tnn either I" tne
others It is made IN handsome frame building
erected at the cost tie Madrid Government on the
slone OF Georges HILL near tao japanese dwelling L
have not the dimensions OF tie siruetHe, DGt
sbould say that it cannot be less than loo
feet long by 100 wide. Its construction
was not begun until after the ExhDiuoh
opene and went rather slowly under the nahageehs
OF the officers aud soldiers Of the detachment o. Royal
enDeers that came here under orders OF the Spanish
Csmn,,ssicD The facade Of the building bears sign
with the word Espah but this appears to be n" gde 10
the majority of visitors, who enter the hai WIhouI
knoxius what country 1t belongs TO. II hey mean
Spain why DON'T they say SOL" said an old coanrynan
to-day after ne had learned by questioning the character
of the bnldinc Like Thousands Of other visitors he dd
not know that many geographical names are badly
tortured in process OF Transforming them INTO shape
for English tongues TO pronounce
The exhibits in tho hall divided into tree classes
roinsry educational and products Of the Philippine
Islands, the former occupying the ocnter aud te TWO
latter o sides OF the ha In the military section there
are remarkably ue models illustrating systems Of fort
cations and others representing barracks, iorihei
towns. bridges harbOrs ancient aqueducts one OF I'M
cnse size shows the face OF the country in which he
Spanish troops operated during the African campaign
of 1885, and their different encampmcntshe sea- the
nounans streams, roads, towns, and cultivated hels
an appearing in miniature. Breechloadins artillery
slnaN arms Of the Remington pattern, and OF device
resembling Sprin nxied ride camp and hospital equ
paee mod Is OF field and siege artillery trains with we'll
odeled horses foot gh attached lay figures OF
soldiers in uniform, III the section. The military eX-
hib larger than thai made al the Fan by amy otherfo
en nation and in completeness AMI excellence II has no
competitor except the Russian display III Machhcry HAN
The educational group cOhi'lhS idtSc CoIeO'"h VI
books OF science law, medicine, and general literature
that s calculated to give rather an exaggerated Idea o
the intellectual activity Of SPAIN 1t is particularly rich
in handsomely illustrated works and in editions of tie
Spanish classics. o: school books, furniture, ana ap
paratus there lack Good photographs are
shown by tnc artists Madrid, Seville and Barcelona
collection OF plaster casts from the Ahambra furnishes
material for the study OF Moorish architecture ana
there are plenty OF drawings and photographs OF modern
buildings public and private The art schools Sho" lheF
work in numerous portfolios. The large Government
mans hung on the walls show now carefully ia, country
has been surveyed for military PURPOSES ana besides
excellent specimens OF the photographic art
The section devoted TO the products OF the Philippines
occupies about quarter of the door space OF iho build
ins Specimens native woods in profuscn, variety
of products in glass jars. stuffed animals and BIRDS
models 81 water cIaft Of various kinds mats anu eodse
and photographs Of the ahogines among the objects
to be seen here TIE importance OF the Islands To SPAN
IS forcbr illustrated by The liberal space and prominent
position assigned 10 their contributions.