The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-10-31

OF machinery for cmbrorJcring, which
admits roll OF cloth fifteen fec
wide and works it into any dc.irct
pct'o.n. Il steam road wagon which
came from Switzerland over thi
ordinary roads n distance OF 36t
niles IN seven days attracts consider
able attention. Tho limitlcss di1
play OF Swiss Garvei wo,d viii ch
has hauuted every Exposition for the
last 'Honiy years is on hani thi'
inc ia full forco. Italy sends bcau
ti'nl glass ware from Silvai,i and
Venice. mosaic from Florence and
Rome. coral from Nahes, ani some
/ tihc cabinets of ebony iulpil wph
iifory As usual tho Italian depart :
msnt is ono vast bazar for the sale
# icwclry
Tho Chinese and Japrncso exhihi,
about tic same things as at V;cuun
aud philadelphia, curious silks. ivory
aud carved wood. work, vases All
lacquer work. Tho Chinese have
one or two Of the s,mo carvei beds
with open work pll,ars aud canopi,s +
which they sent to rhilaielphi, A
beautiful shawl made for tho mat
r,a." of tho emperor, and valued at
- 0JO il mitch admired. Tho body
~ of the fncst aud hcivicst -ill, with
"a largo animal, which looks like .
cross between a donsy and peacock.
wol keu in the ccn'rc 10 rich cnlorei
silk aud gold thread. The japanese
dress like Europeans, but tho Chi
nese ware their owl costume which
consists of wooden shoes. wide
breechcs, long, loose frock reaching
below tho knocs, cuo brai lel.out
with black ribbon so as. to reach
nearly t. tho ground, while the
whole is topped out with II wash
bowl straw hat with u small red
plume fastened to the crown. Rus
sii makes n good display OF gold
cloth from the east, jowelry an | art
plates from Moscow, iron. leather.
fur AMI velvet robes, and of course
of rnalnchiie. a single vase of this
material some oighl feet high, is
valued at $1,000. and II pair some-
what smaller at $4,000 Denmark
has m ingenious typo writer which
docs not occupy moro space than n
cube of nine inches, aud which can
bo set ON ones writing desk. used
nnl removed. Tho Argentine Re-
public sends leather, Sian, weapons
and z III cloth, AMI nearly all the
small colntlies of Europe and Amer
lea have something to represent
them. Even the little Republic OF
Str NJ r.nn, tho SIN ! s lndepen
dent 4 vorument in world whit a
territory of only = square miles, is
rep: escnted by fcw pictnrcs aud
But how about tho display OF the !
United States, INV readers uro pro-
bably asking. While the quantity |
OF our material is nothing To what we
had Mt Philadelphia. our part of the
Exp, 4 ton in as n who'e creiitab!o TO !
us Our machinery is good, and
Dur reapers and mowers are among
the best. In scales, locks, fire arms,
pumps chemicals, organs, books,
and many other things our
is good Tiffany x Co. show
tho Bryant vase, aud fine artistic ta-
bio ware. They have ma 10 sales to
the Prince Of Wales and to parties
from Japan. But the most interest
ing thing they display is their repro.
luciions Of tho gold treasures
and ornaments found by Gen. Di
Cesnola in tho island of Cyprus.
Every dent which unskled W, rk-
time, and neglect have i'm
pressed upon the originals il faith
'uly REPRODUCED hero. The Gen.
ias written letter stating that the
work is 80 well dono that he can
iardly tell the copies from tho orig
nal Tho collection is sold to the
30 lin Museum for $1,000
In tho Art department tho French
make tho largest display and the
Italians the next, the French rnn-
ming largely 10 paintings, the ltal-
ans in statuary. As TO the respec'
live merits of the two, criticism is 30
largely matter of opinion, that it
8 difficult if not impossible to reach
. correct conclusion. Personally |
nave never been an admirer Of the
French school of painting and do not
owe too we'll tho modern Italian, but
do like the paintings of tho Eng
ish artists and particularly Land
,eers animals. Austria, Russia,
Sweden and Norway are
'airly represented. None of the eel
,brated pictures from the great gal
cries of Europe have been brought
10 Exposition and so those who ex
pected to SEQ q wonderful collection
,f tho bost paintings in tho world.
arc sadly disappointed. American
,rt. which il but yet in its infancy,
Is poorly represented. Not only is
The space allotted us scantly filled,
but our best artists are not repre-
aud none OF our best known
are on exhibition. There
are half dozen collection in New
York city which are finer. Indeed
suppose thore is tho smallest possi-
bio encouragement for an American
artist to send pictures to Europe
hopiug for market, as II would be