Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-09-28
THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
Exhibits Of the Islands ut the Co.
lumbar Exposition.
Siamcse CONS and Curios, Native Goods
from java, md Contributions from
Dornoo, Sumntr2 and tho
Straits Settlements.

Recent letters and cable dispatches
received from Leigh S. Lynch, who is
cruising in the southern Pacific in
search Of features for tho worlds fair,
convey tho information that he has very
nearly completed his task. lie has
made all the necessary arrangements
for exhibits from the Philippine islands,
Siam, Bornco, Sumatra, the Straits set
Elements and Java, and is now on his
way to Sydney, Australia, where he OK
poets to meet al agent who has been
doing similar work ia New Zealand,
the Fiji islands, the Friendly, tic So
cicty cad other groups. Ii il not IN
Likely that Fir. Lynch will be ablc to
Gail for homo within thirty, or ct the
most, sixty days. When he LETT Chicago
no czipcutcl to be abroad until Novcm-
Der CT Dc3c-nbc-, but he hos been mere
successful tkan Ec anticipated, and has
made much mere rapid progress than ut
first seemed possible. He says, how
ever, that there viii be very complete
exhibit oi &c most important products
end i2l4uGt-ic3 CT thcac countries. and
that they viii be in Charge cf natives
For c,-aiADlc, TIC Galtcn OF Johorc will
prcvi>.c TIC c::Iibit1 from Ijornco, Su-
inoGta a:lI Tllo Straits settlements, and
VIII Probably visit the exposition in
person With his suite.
The exhibit which hfr. Lynch has
contracted for in Siam i6 intended to
sapplc.a>:-l3 the exhibit Of the Siurncsc
government, all is subject TO the ap-
p2ov2l OF the SiamcSo commissioners.
These have not been Gppcintci!-or had
not been when H.. Lynch w-oGc-but
TIC -acl who wcra prominently men
ti|.!eI lGr &c place .Nc;'c uonlu3r2l, ard
l.IvE I'll seem t.Lvor. bic to liz. Lynch's
l*oJc2G, 50 i. il Likely that inc col
l2c--ca CT SiarncGo gems and vilrio3 viii
be GiGplaJc :! III tic ':ps:e OF tho Oceanic
trIltilS company On the Midway piaia-
GIc-C.
dave will send not only G, fine asso-t-
r1cnC i native goods, but VIII contrib
uo2 n;iLivG lluGl.is-lc, d2cCGr5, j;;Tf:lcrs
and ;.,.:lctcs. The n&ut n E.Ii3 of
Java i.-c rs celebrated us these CT In
0ia, aid ioc'@acd one vi TIC !;2Iac attrac-
tioc9 10 t22 r;.ri3 c.:I,2;;3ltiCn. iir
l.ynu:i.j "Trip has been II ,auGt interest,"
Ing enc, u4ehIuGn u,luCT;G.ECa at the
hottest aca5oo cf the yC&c, and subject
to ccErall Drawbacks Fer i2G3ancc,
Oh his way To BanG.3o!; Ec went to his
bcrVh enc hight uld found IL occupied
by two large tarantuias. Eatl,cr than
disturb tAeaa he: slept ali night, and
several nights thereafter, cn inc deck.
An extract from one OF his letters writ
tea 1T kioto, japan, is worth quoting.
lie says:
"-ivCrJ native in Japan is talking about tho
FAIR in Chicago, and they I'll want ~ 90 Or send
sCE!t tEilC. 1T tho slCp VI. EiSsh mt ra, the
crabro!dcrcr, saw his pieces for tho fur. Ono
10 y hanGsC me landscape twenty-five feet long
and tn feet high, ail CT TIC most delicate Cnl-
Droidcry On Silk. lie has hid ten men TT woris
on il for nearly year AID @ h..ii, end IL will
tako nCarly y year to ii:liSh it. These moi cit
On the floor aid Ito franc lies between them,
and there they spend their lives, working troir
cyC3iyht and health mo Stitches Lf thcso Won
ucrful CEhroidCrits There arc o few WON, n
1t wori;, but all tho best and finest work is done
by men.
'Hs3himurn also showed mo some marvellous
cold Lacquer work and wood carving, which you
can all SEQ 81 tho exposition. Then Miukawaya,
the Closonuc Taro man, has sCrno wonderful
pieces This man nCvC puts his nSrno on his
work, uc says zach piece speaks for itself ind
tells thct no other man could mako it but him.
self OF course you all know how CloiSonno ia
made; how tl.o silver wiro iSilshionCu'Cut ord
sUldcrCd on tho copper base oil tho article 10 &c
l constructed, and that then into each intorstilc
enamel Is placed forming figure, aud IL IL tECn
baked and grounj down AMI polished. Tnt
task seems endless, but they Gre very patient