Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-09-07
CENTENNIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Increased AttendaDce---Rihe Presentation
to Mrs. NIa1well...Speesh of Thanks OF
the Colorado Huntress---A New Cook
Stove-..The Argentine Republic.

Increased AttendaBce..-Rife Presentation
to Mrs. Maxwell-.-Speesh of Thanks OF
the Colorado Huntress---A New Cook
stove---The Argentine Republic.
The cooler weather has increased the
attendance of visitors very greatly, and
it is expected that during the months Of
September and October the number of
Centennial sightseers will equal one
hundred thousand q day.
There was rifle presentation by the
commissioners and friends of the Kansas
and Colorado exposition, in the spacious
Colorado reception-room, to Mrs. M. A.
Maxwell, the Colorado huntress, who
has such magnificent exhibition of
stuffed animals and birds, of her own
killing, in the Colorado department.
DR.. K. W. Wright, the Kansas commits
sioner, made the presentation, grace
fully acknowledging how much she had
done for the success Of the Kansas and
Colorado exhibition, and in presenting
the Lady with an elegant Evans maga-
zine breech loading rifle, capable OF
being loaded with thirty-four cartridges
in forty-fve seconds, and discharged IN
twenty seconds without removing the
hand from the lock, he said: "We trust
you will ever keep it as bright as the eye
that directs it, and that, in years to
come, you may be able to collect, from
the hills and dales of your mountain
home, many choice specimens in addl-
ton to your already very large collec-
tiop."
To which Mrs. Maxwell replied: "My
Kiad Friends-To express my thanks
for this valuable present, and for your
words of kind appreciation, is quite i'm,
possible. I can only assure you that
both shall be treasured while life and
memory endure. The use of this rare
gift shall be directed by love for sci
ence, and, in the pursuit OF objects for
the study of natural history, it shall be
my trusted companion and assistant:
Please accept my warmest thanks and
my best wishes, not only for this express
sion OF esteem, but also for the brother
ly consideration and the numerous words
of encouragement and deeds OF kindness
that have, at all times, received from
YOU"
A Mrs. Evard, of Virginia, has q
model cook stove, OF her own invention,
in the women's department., which
will try to describe for the benefit OF my
lady readers. its peculiarities are: The
| fire box is divided vertically, SO that
wood can be burned in one side and coal
in the other, or fire can be made IN
one side only. The oven is also divided
in the same way into two compartments,
so that dry hot air can be used In one
side for baking and cooking, and steam
in the other, and the flavor OF different
articles of food cooking at the same time
will not intermingle. But the partitions
| in the fire box and also in the oven Can
be removed and each two made one.
The bottom of the rear two-thirds OF
the fire box is solid, to retain the Goals,
especially of wood, and the front third
of the bottom, and all the front part OF
the fire box to the top is grating, which
gives good draft, and throws the heat
out in front of the stove.
To the front of this stove is attached
removable at pleasure-a sheet iron
roasting and broiling oven, regulated by
q lever 80 that meats can be adjusted
near or remote from the fire, and held in
any position desired. By means OF fiues
and dampers the Leat can be sent ovel
the top, or under the bottom OF one OF
both compartments of the oven, or al
around it, at pleasure.
The top is like any other stove, except
fifth cap, equidistant from the ordinary
four caps, with graduated heater in form
of an hour glass for cofeepot or various
uses. The chief merits claimed for this
stove are economy of fuel, convenience,
and ease and rapidity of working, re-
lieving to great extent the burden oi
labor in cooking.
The Argentine Republic has fine
display in the Main building of ores, tin,
copper, silver and gold, coal, building
stones and building materials, geologi
cal collections, artificial stone, clays,
kaoiin, silex, Gthographic stones, whet'
stones, precious metals, mineral waters.
chemicals, pharmaceutical preparations,
oils, soaps, candles, paints, dyes, medi
cal compounds, bricks, tiles, freclay
goods, glassware, furniture, kitchen
utensils, laundry appliances, cotton
yarns, linen and other vegetable fabrics
WOODEN goods, robes, shawls, hats, caps
boots and shoes, clothing, laces, EN-
broideries, trimmings, iewelry, orna
ments, artificial flowers, fancy leather
work, fancy articles of various kinds
blank books, and enough articles of the
materia medica to cure or kill a nation
of people, surgical and dental instru
ments, carriage and horse furniture
harness, saddles, leather and dressed
skins.
| In the educational and scientific de
partment there are school and tex
books, and books of general literature
teleeraphic instruments, musical instru
ments, typographical and geological
maps. marine and coast charts, works OF
government and law, military organiza
ton, legislative forms, prisons, reform
schools, religious organizations and sys
TENS. :.
In the art department she has credi
table exhibit of sculpture, figures ano
groups in stone and metal, carvings IL
wood, ivory and metal, medals pressed
!, and engraved, paintings in Oil and waite
colors, drawings, Autographs, mosaic
and inlaid work.
In Machinery hall are looms, typ
: setting machinery, boats and sailing
vessels.
In Agricultural hall her collection o
woods is magnifcently large and beau
tiful, as is also her display of roots ant
barks for dyeing and tanning, gums