The Lake County star., 1876-06-15
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The Great Exhibition.

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The Great Exhibition.
Canada gives prominence to an edu-
cational exhibition, mineral specimens,
petroleum, hides, and furs.
The Mound-builders of Ohio make an
interesting exhibit under the auspices of
the Archaeological Society of Ohio.
Norway exhibits cut glass, silyerware,
side knives, cod liver oil, and perfumery.
There are twenty-five American ex-
hibitors in the French Fine Arts Expo
sition of this year.
The principal feature of the Spanish
exhibition is gold, silver, and bronze ar
ticles, sacred paintings, pontificals in
silk, linen, and wool, and other articles
for use in the Roman Catholic Church.
The blushing astonishment of our re-
mote country cousins when viewing the
nude figures in the Austri an art gallery,
excites much merriment among those
who are familiar with works of art.
Close by Horticultural Hall is small
oval yet tasteful building, erected for the
sale of Bibles printed in over one hun
dred languages. 1t appears to be well
patronized, especially as the books are
sold at lower rates than anything else on
the ground, the cost price only being
asked.
In the United States building the
Springfield Rifle Company has COM
menced the manufacture OF half million
halfinch cartridges. All the machinery
runs as smooth as die, and the 1.-the,
facile fingers of female employees are
mostly employed in venting, cupping,
charging, and heading the shining little
cylinders.
They are so terribly slow with the
work on the Temperance Fountain at the
Centennial, that it is thought the assem-
bled world will have time to get royalty
drunk before the fountain can come to
the rescue at the present rate OF progress.
One of the latest exhibits in Horticul-
tural Hall is centennial palm, the
botanical name of which Is CycdS Rev0tuta.
II is about foot in diameter, and stands
nearly six feet high, bearing upon its
top tuft of long, finely-ribbed leaves.
1t was the property of Robert Morris be-
fore and during the Revolutionary war,
when it was on exhibition in Lemon
Hill. 1t is now the property of j. Hof-
ner, of Cincinnati, by whom it was pre-
sented.
Austria but partially enclosed her
space, and that with a triple arch ol
Tyrolean stained glass, upon which are
the coat-ofarms of the provinces, and
the likeness of Andreas Hofer, the patriot
who led his Tyrolean countrymen against
the first Napoleon, and Rudolph Nv, OF
the Hapsburg, first Emperor of Austria
The display, which is now fully COM
pleted, is noted chiefly for Bohemian
glassware, a gallery of paintings of the
present and former royal families Of
Austria, and of scenes relating to the life
of Christ; jcwelry and musical instru
ments, wooden pipes and canes, rich
specimens of the furniture in the palace.
of royalty and nobility, fine linen in
every manufactured form, drugs and
medicines, and wax candles arranged in
great pyramids.
Like the sections of the United States
Great Britain, France, India and Japan
the German area is not enclosed by
pavilion or any other structure. The
effect of the display is, however, height
ened rather than diminished thereby, fol
it would not be well to shut out sucf
striking architectural specimens as ar,
these show cases. The arrangement Of :
lot of elephants tusks so as to resemble
growth of crocuses, is fair instance o
the ingenuity and taste manifested
throughout the section. The little folk
will be tempted to dance from covetous
ness when they wander among the minia
ture palaces, groaning with their weigh
of tempting toys. Among these Berlil
jewelry" is plentiful and conspicuous
The tiers laden with gaudily labeled
long-necked bottles mot empty, either
will make the mouths of older folk
water. The leading display is that O
ornamental metallic work, statues, statu
cites, and busts of gods, goddesses, heroes
fairies, and greatimen of the Teuton race
Jewelry and relics of centuries lon
gone by are also prominent features.
The Women's pavilion, erected at Al
expense of $4,000, the voluntary cor
tributions of the women of the Unite,
States, is devoted entirely to the exhibi
of womens work, and is in charge of al
ternate committees of women selecte
from the various wards of the city @
Philadelphia. The art department
very attractive, and needs only Mis-
Hosmer's group Of statuary (Which wa
expected to arrive about the first inst.
to make it complete. The Cooper Union
of New York, and the Massachusetts, Ar
School are represented here by a numbe
of crayon and pencil drawings, in whic
the portraits are especially noticeable
In the industrial department are variou
looms, etc., worked, etc. In the depart
ment of laces and needlework is speciall
noticeable "Battle of Langside," il
needlework, contributed by a lady il
Louisville, Ky. There are no less tha
million stitches in this work, whic
took fifteen years to complete. There
also a fine banner, presented by tn
ladies of New York. In the foreign dc
partment the English ladies of the Ken
sington Art School have sent over spec
mems of their work, which take up
large portion of the whole space. Canad
is principally represented by numbe
of models Of the converts, schools ant
other religious houses belonging TO tn
nuns in Montreal and its vicinity, al
the bandiwerk of these ladies themselves
and the ladies of Brazil have contribute
lot of fancy work, such as embroidere
cushions, artificial flowers, etc. Althoug
this building is exclusively devoted I
women, il Is not to be supposed tina
their work is represented here only, fo
some of the finest things in the Mai
Building and elsewhere have been mad
by them.
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