Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-05-25
yORIVIILE S.. G.. 1876

structure enclosing the section is unpreten
tious but neat; cabinets of carved walnut OF
rosewood, inlaid With ebony, ivory, mother-of:
pearl and even valuable stones; model Of
the Cathedral at Milan one side Of it spark
ling in the rays Of the rising sun, the effect
being caused by an inlaying Of mother-of
pearl; statues and statuettes of marble, some
of them the works of masters, others copied
bronze statuary and other works Of art, and
striking display of Italian jewelry are among
the principal other features In cabinet ware
Italy and Egypt excel all others in the build
ing. A number of copies of chairs and other
furniture used in St. Peters, at Rome, are par.
ticularly interesting.
NORWAY.
Area, 6,S97 square feet. The pavilion is as
much in keeping with the romantic country
and hardy people which it represents, as an
egg.shell is with its contents. The exhibit
comprises articles of cut glass, silverware, or.
naments for females and musical Instruments
great variety of fancy articles, such as watch.
chains, charms and side.knives, (articles worn
by all Norwegians,) all made by the farmers
at night by the freside; cod liver oil and per
fumery hand.woven worsted cloths, for which
medals have been drawn at all the previous
great exhibitions; cotton yarns and stockings
knitted by 6ve.year old girls; elder down
quilts, bear hides and furs Of all kinds; fisher.
mems materials weapons used by the ancient
Norsemen; carved furniture, four hundred
years old ancient drinking horns and jewel
ry, and great display of carriages, sleighs
and iron in bars and sheets.
BRAZIL.
Area, 6897 square feet. In $4,000 pa.
vilion of the most gaudy extreme Of the Mores
que style, and almost realizing the creations
offabulous Arabian lore, Brazil exhibits fairy
like showcases filled with artificial flowers
made of feathers from the brilliantly-plum.
aged birds inhabiting the country, a firing en-
tomological collection, pottery, beautifully
mottled marble and palatial furniture, pre-.
cious stones in rou:~h state, ores Of the most
valuable metals, soap and candles that look
like the mottled marble of Mexico, hats, caps,
shoes and clothing, from the styles adopted by
the nobility down to those of the most hum.
BILE skins and furs in great variety, and stuf:
fed geological specimens representing the most
important animal life in the wooded valleys Of
the great rivers.
SWITZERLAND.
Area, 6,646.3 square feet Clocks and
watches, watches and clocks. Clocks Of silver
and brass watches of gold and silver; philo-
sophical and chemical apparatus; great relief
maps of sections aud Of the whole Of the re-
nowned country anatomical charts and ento'
mological, geological, mineralogical, agricul.
tural and botanical specimens; carved cabi.
netware, relieved by gilt mountings and floral
paintings; courtly costumes, heavy with en-
broidery of gold and silver great seamless ex.
panses of the most valuable lace; banners and
regalia, and fine straw and delicately Tinted
silks are the main features of the display. But
the most interesting and the leading exhibit in
the section is that of clocks You see groups
of fighting dogs and cats in carved wood also
chalets, noblemen's villas and grand cathe.
drals, all either of carved wood or of rough
pieces artistically joined to give rusticity'
And vet, after all, none of these are dogs, cats,
'caChedTaI5, chaIets or palaces, but simply
clocks.
Area, 6,5O4.8 square feet. The pavilion is
built of wood and plaster, and is of the forid
Gothic style, being representation OF the
leading architecture of the City Of Mexico at
the time of the conquest Of the country by
Cortez. The display, which will not be com:
pleted before next week, is of silk, cotton and
wool, raw and manufactured collections from
the world.renowned mines of Mexico, includ-
ing mass of silver weighing 1000 pounds
coffee-seeds, fine wood and fbres of the agave
or maguey, which is the most important plant
in the country; educational and scientific
works in model, map, book and specimen
forms; mottled marble of great richness and
beauty; large quantities of the finest cigars
and cigarettes, alcoholic liquors, vanilla and
substances elected in the most recent volcanic
eruptions, and representations of metallurgy
by collection showing all the transforma:
tions undergone by ores from their natural
state until the extraction of the pure metal is
effected.
Area, 5,642 square feet. The pavilion,
which was constructed in Canton in sections.
is doubtless the most gaudy affair between
Hudson's Bay and Cape Horn to-day. Evi'
IDENTIFY its Mongolian decorators first used up
all the colors of peacock's tail and Of the
rainbow, and then, as though sorry that they
had not ten or eleven more different styles OF
rainbow to initiate, bad recourse to their ter
tile invention for the other shades. The three
entrances, and, within, the joss-house and
towers, are all of the pagoda style familiar to
every one who has seen tea-caddie painting.
The cases are arranged in circles, and contain
pottery, porcelain, bronzes, carved wood.
work, chasings, inlaid work, silks, &C., both
cases and contents being in keeping with the
curious pavilion. The display is ready.
TURKEY.
Area, 5,022 square feet This section, like
the Russian, is unoccupied except by a few un.
opened cases. 1t is supposed that the state OF
the Sick Mans bowels has been 80 threatening
as to prevent his giving attention to anything
except his health. About the fourth OF July
his display, comprising coffee, opium and
pipes, will doubtless be complete.
EGYPT.
Area, 5,O22 square feet. In pavilion
which is perfect model Of an Egyptian tenn
pie of the ninth or tenth century, Egypt pre-
sents, in perfect order, display CT plaster
casts of her celebrated monuments, busts and
statues; Arabic ornamental plaster work; a
collection of household utensils, and imple-
ments and weapons of war used by the ma.
tives of interior Soudan cabinetware of mod
ern make, exquisitely carved in the ancient
Arabic style and inlaid with ivory, ebony and
mother-of pearl, brassware, almost microsco-
pically engraved with religious sentences in
a ahic fancy articles of ivory and ebony.