The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-06-07
CENTENNIAL LETTER.
BY Orr SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

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/ PHILADELPHIA, June ., lST6.-
EDITOR HERALD.-Tbe exhibition is
COW in running order, though by no
means finished vet, and will well pay
the searchers after The beautiful for
their fatigue in walking about from
one place to the other over the soft
asphalt or The broken stones. There
is 10 order as vet and things seem 10
settle themselves but slowly. There
is no building completely finished ex-
cept the /. ). Government building,
which is really the most interesting
of all. The Agricultural Hall Is in
the middle Of chaos, but few Of the
exhibits there being arranged; among
them is the Brazilian section, which
is most admirable and complete. The
arrangement of the entire exhibit is
very tasty aud exhaustive. hardly
/ thought that any country could show
50 rich agricultural and mineral
( wealth outside Of California The
woods Il Brazil are varied and num-
erous. all the specimens are highly
polished aud classified with their
common and scientific names. There
are several qualities Of rice, coffee,
sugar, tobacco, segars, grains and
fars. There are preserves, medicines,
barks, seeds, fruits, wines aud liquors,
wool. silk, ramie, fax and cotton
The raw cotton is arraiged in the
/ fern Of grotto about twenty feet
Z long by twelve feet wide, aud is per-
fecIiy exquisite seen from short dis
tance. The sides and columns are
ali formed Of raw cotton, while on
/ the top on wire braehes the cotton is
like roses and lilies. Inside is a pyr-
amid on which are placed glass cases,
each containing different grade OF
coffee. The leather and fur depart
ment of this section is particularly
good. The uses to which they put
the ramie and hemp 10 the way of
making ropes are fully equal to our
own. Their cloths are 6ae and nice.
Their marbles and other building
stones are very handsome and well
arranged The floor Of their section
is nearly all covered with the native
mats. All Is quiet, good taste COM
bined with practical utility in their
section 10 Agricultural Hall. In the
main building the same Government
certainly carries of the palm in the
way Of gracefulness and good taste,
though perhaps not in works Of elab-
crate art.
TIE section is parted from the 9TH
ers by Sort of temple in the NOR
esque style Of architecture and is dis
tiuguished for the lightness AID vet
richness Of its appearance. 1t is
hung with the green and yellow flag
Of Brazil down every aisle
The front Of this section is pecu-
liarly elegant, AID consists of square
temple with an arched roof of blue
aud white glass Inside this, which
is paved with marble, is large oc-
tagou glass case in which are to be
found the most brilliant array of in
secis, butterflies, birds and feather
flowers, possible.to conceive Of The
colors are all the natural ones. The
richest scarlet, the brightest blue, the
loveliest green and yellow and pur-
pie are all to be found in the plumage
of these birds and the hues of the
insects The beetles are made up
into the most elegant iewelry, and
they grow hard as stone the minute
they die. Some necklaces made of
these bugs are perfectly exquisite.
Below this part are placed eases
containing all sorts Of insects, and
maps Of the country, drawings, some
of them particularly excellent, stuffed
birds, fishes, chairs of cane aud bam-
boo, furniture of various styles, cloths,
shoes, most elegant diamonds, rough
and cut, carpets, and in short almost
everything that a cultivated taste
could desire
One has not time TO see and see
well more than one complete section
ia one day. Ycu go in with fall IL
tention Of confning yourself to see-
ing thoroughly two sections, but az
ter you have seen all or as nearly all
as you can, you are 50 tired with sight
seeing that you wander einless,y opt
OF the building feeling too tired to
care ebout any more. IL you go in
the door of the main building at the
ives, end, before you can possibly see
all that Italy aud Norway has to
show, you feel as if your eyes and
brain were SO charged that you could
not receive any more impressions l
can scarcely yet bring down what
have seen in nv fifteen visits TO
enough of method to write. The ar
rangements of the spaces here is so
very bad that you have No means by
which you can remember what you
have seen and where you have seen
il.
To sum up briefly, Italy makes 8
finer display 10 Glagree silver aud
gold work than any other nation,
though many others compete. This
sort OF jewelry is the prettiest in the
world, being 80 light aud delicate
There are daisies, where ibe petals
are of silver and the centres OF gold
and it is hard to say they are not real
towers at distance Of few feet,
so fne is the work. The finest case
of that work 10 the building is that
of Senor Sslyo, from Genoa. Among
his articles is boat of hlsgree with
the ropes. sails and all of that work.
The sails are as liae as the finest lace
IT is just as pretty as possible to i'm
agine There are combs, chains,