The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-10-16

this connection it certainly is not
out of place to mention the ap
pearanee of several cases in the
Exposition. The same climate and
soil that fosters the grape grows
great orchards and gardens, and SO
we find huge apples and pears that
seem to have outgrown the limits of
respectable measurement and in
dulged in an unseemly obesity, and
other fruits Of giant race, the
cause Of favorable comment by the
visitors. ~. H. ,-.
If more space was voaehsafed us
we. would write a word or two of
the. silk. cocoon display, but I am
warned that if I do that I shall
oyerstep limits. 7, therefore, come
at once t5o the mineral display, one
of the best features in the court.
That gorgeous carbonate, malacbite,
Of which Russia is supposed to
have a monopoly, is shown in many
conditions by South Australia. An
enormously large piece, which left
Philadelphia with a medal, came
from the depths of one Of the lar
gest mines, the Burra-Burra. mo.
little of the colony's prosperity is
due to the employment of large
number of it's people, directly and
indirectly in the working of her
copper mines" one Of the men in
charge of affairs said to me the
other morning, and he gave long
array of figures tabulated with all
the accuracy of a good and faithful
servant, but I have forgotten them.
all except that something like four
million dollars worth of copper is
yearly exported. At the time;I was
too busy examining the specimens
of ore, the rich ingots and the
rolled slips Of which there is a lib
eral allowance here. s"~E. -
The emu is. bird to which the
South Australian exhibit is drawing
a large share Of attention. A muf
made of it's skin, and a twin sister
of the one in which the Princess Of
Wales will this winter protect her
royal hands from the cold, is ex-
hibited along with several unmanu-
factured skins. And then its eggs
are shown in various conditions,
"raw and manufactured" one might
almost say to use the stereotyped
catalogue sub-head. You can buy
one Of the great greenish: black
spheroids for twenty francs. These
are blown and fit for, curiosity
hunters. 70 those who are not SO
interested in curiosities as to care
for the 'sraw," why they can pur-
chase the manufactured, namely,
the eggs mounted in gold Or silver,
forming all manner Of mantle Or
naments,, 7ases,pitchers, jeWel-boxes,
and nick nacks. yQuardong nuts
are shown made up into necklaces
and fancy articles. ..'t. - ...,.. - &.
Two cases of stuffed animals and
birds relieve the court of a mono
tonous similarity. The birds are
some of them of magnificent colors,
suggesting in the Furnished bril-
liancy of their plumage those of
more tropical climes. The species
are nearly all small. The wea
pons and strange utensils Of the
natives remind us of the primitive
days; not many decades back after
all, for the Australian colonies are
yet young. A short half century
ago Australia had no history ; to,
day the pages are fast filling up.
AS weapons Of world wide reputa-
tion the boomerangs are Of imme
diate interest to the loiterers in the
galleries who spend a few moments
among the South Australian exhi-
bits. Other deadly instruments of
combat grotesque and terrible
spears with deadly shafts, clubs,
swords and hatchets, tells the 81
lent story of a race Of which to-day
there is scarcely more than a
shadow. So swift is the advance of
civilization.
: Passing once again in review all
I have seen in the South Austria
lian Court, I believe that it fairly
represents the prosperous colony
at home. It is an interesting ex.
bibit because it shows features Of
the national life. The glory of it's
people is it's soil, and in the palace
of the Champ de Mars it's greatest
reward is for an agricultural pro-
duct. 81.