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

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CANADA.
Area, 24,070.3 square feet. In this section
prominence is given to an educational dis
play, neurological specimens, petroleum
hides and furs. A peerless work in the shape
of a hearth of white Italian marble; geo
logical display, perhaps the most complete il
the building, and polished slate hearths and
mantels of great beauty and so cheap that in
guessing their price one would be apt to name
a sum four or FIVE times their value. Stuffed
hides of Canadian ponies will attract the
boys.
BRITISH COLONIES.
Area M,O70O3 square feet. In addition to
Canada there are six other British colonies
represented. All these have enclosed theil
respective sections with plain but neat struc
lures. Jamaica makes specialties Of rum
and polished woods; New Zealand of photo
graphs of famous natives, pathological draw
ings, hides, furs and feathers; New South
Wales of painting, representing the principal
public building, and much of the romantic
scenery of the country, ingots Of gold and
silver, and an immense gilded, rectangular
solid, representing the bulk of all the gold
mined in the colony since 1868, which quan
tity weighed 8,205, ,232, ,598 ounces, it's value
being $152,6S1 ,23O; South Australia, of min
erals and landscapes in colored drawings, her
display, however, being yet incomplete; Vic
toria, of furs, dressed skins and geological
charts, her display also being incomplete
Queensland, Of the most extensive collection
of colored drawings in the building, represen.
ting, together with charts, models and speci
mems, the latest geological survey Of the coun'
try, mineral and botanical specimens and al
SO household, fishing and warlike articles
used by the aborigines; and India, Of rice
cotton, sugar cane, bamboo ware, silks, jew
els manufactured by the natives, and an ex
tensive collection of the hides of wild beasts
stuffed and otherwise.
Area, 1853 square feet. A grand wood
en- archway leading into this section is per
haps the most elaborately-Gnished piece o1
common carpenter work on the Centennial
grounds, with the sole exception of the Swe
dish school-house. The exhibit comprises 9
display of ceramics, second in extent, work
manship and value to that Of Great Britain
only; also, monuments Of polished granite
and hearth of the finest white clay work
relieved with gliding, being one of the most
striking objects in the section. The basis Of
the exhibit is, however, in Bessemer iron
bars and plates of which are astistically ar
ranged in the form Of pyramids, round towers
and other striking objects. The Swedish &C.
illogical survey is also represented after the
plan of Queensland.
Area, 17,0SO.8 square feet. This section is
not enclosed by pavilion, but is filed with
large structures of white pine, rounded
grooved and stained in imitation of bamboo
Hanging from the roof of the Main Building
above the section, are festoons Of white and
blue cloth, having stamped upon it red and
black fan-shaped patterns. The exhibit com
prises vases, urns, &C., with groundwork
of highly-polished ebony. relieved by raised
figures q gilt and steel, deiicately executed
fine specimens Of pottery, decorated with del
icate-raised work of the most grotesque des
cription also other earthen specimens gilt
tering with almost as many colors as the
Chinese are remarkable for. There are curl
GUS articles of all kinds, most of which, though
decidedly antipodal in shape, can by nc
means be ridiculed for workmanship.
THE NETHERLANDS.
Area, 15,54O square feet. The display il
among the most creditable in the building
and is enclosed by graceful pavilion of the
Moresque style. The pavilion Of its nex'
neighbor, Brazil, is also of this style, but
while the former is modest and beautiful, the
latter is bold and fashy. The leading exhib
it is that of models and charts Of the public
works of the country. Other striking and
peculiarly Dutch features are architectural
columns made of soap; rich, heavy carpets
vieing with best Brussels; bedding Of al
kinds; great pyramids Of many-colored wors
ted dark marble mantels; scientific appa
ratus, and series of scenes from Goethe ano
Schiller, painted on dark-colored glass ano
made brilliant by inlayings of mother-of-pearl
There are also models of the various styles O.
dwellings in Holland, from the yeoman's
thatched college, with its highly pitched roof
up to the palace of prince
BELGIUM.
Area, 15,35S.8 square feet. The Belgian
display will not be completed before June
Although no pavilion surrounds this section
yet it is almost entirely enclosed by series Of
great flames containing magnificent mirrors
which reflect the whole exhibit and cause the
visitor to imagine that it extends mile OF
more in every direction. A grand column
presenting scenes from the region of the cele
brated Spa, and laden with bottles of its wa
ters; woodenware of the most delicate cary
ing, including pulpit, which is, perhaps, the
most mastery specimen of carved wood with
in the Centennial grounds; chasubles, copes
mitres and other church ornaments exquisite
ly wrought with gold, silver and precious
stones; military paraphernalia the richest
Of carpets and laces, hung in festoons or ex'
hibited in rolls, and musical instruments Of
all kinds are among the attractions of this
department.
Area, 13,253square feet. spain's pavilion
is of the Renaissance style, the neatest struc
ture in the building, and, by the painting
which it presents of the great navigators
whose daring enterprise found and founded q
new world, and Of their admirable patroness
Isabella, "the Catholic" it impresses Centen'
NAL visitors with the ealimportance ofSpain'e
claim upon the remembrance of America
The leading display is Of gold, silver and
bronze articles used for sacred purposes in the
Catholic Church, paintings Of the Apostles
and other saints, dress goods and clothing OF
silk, woolen and linen, rural scenery, rich car:
pets, playing cards and cut glassware, and
fancy glass and earthenware, much of the
latter being of Moorish patterns, lavishly dec
Grated. The exhibitors are few, but the show.
cases are gigantic, the latter circumstance ia.
cilitating the most romantic arrangement Of
valuable goods. A wax figure of Plus Tx