The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-01-17
CHICAGO EXPOSITION.
An Interesting Letter From the
Scene OF the Worlds Far.
lFrom our speciaI eorrespondentl

completed and dedicated. Even now
there are immense crowds of sight
seers and visitors to the Exposition
grounds, e pecially on Sundays.
Aside from the attractiveuess Of
the buildings in gener-je Horticul-
tural Hall especially is fine sight,
with its magnificent display of tropi
cal foliage and flowers The Esqui-
maUx village Is a very great attrac
ton to curiosity seekers, as 1t Is an
exact reproduction of Arctic life, with
the exception of there being no ice
bergs or Polar bsars. Two babies
were born in the colony since their
arrival, one of which has died.
As to the question of Sunday open
ing, word here will not be out OF
place. quote as follows from the
Chicago Mail: "Abner Taylor is dis
Acoursged over the outlook for Sun
day opening. He hiss begun ques
tioning the Senators at Washington,
and finds strong opposition to any
such movement. The Chicago Con-
gressmen will hold a conference this
week, and will mark out plan of
action Nothing but the hardest kind
of work Will secure the passage of a
bill repeating the Sunday closing
clause. The members of Congress
know little or nothing of the
strength of the opposition to the
Sunday closing. and thus far no
systematic effort has been made to
enlighten them. If Chicago wants
the Exposition opened on Sunday
she had better make her desires
known at Washington"
Among the many notices Of amuse-
ments rot specially connected with
the Exposition, the Passion Play is
noticeable. As to the advisability OF
reproducing the Passion Play in
Chicago during the Exposition, 1
quote the following from the Chris
tan Union The Passion Play OF
Ober-Ammergau. it is announced, is
likely to be given at the Worlds
Fair. Report, in Chicago Inter
Ocean. says that an amphitheatre is TO |
be erected with q canvas large enough
to seat 5000 or 10000 people. Scenery |
will represent the mountains which |
nature has furnished as background |
st Ober-Ammergsu. Josef Mayer is
to come across the water to repre-
sent the Christ 1t will be easy to
import the actors but not the
audiences and the latter deter
mine the spirit OF q performance
The project has reached, 1t is said,
that state Of advancement where but
the final word remains to be said to
make 1t effeetusl. This Is to come
from the people OF the United States.
If serious objection is raised, the
idea Of course viii be abandoned.
We trust this objection VIII De raised
IN a most vigorous and emphatic
protest
In the Electrical department as
founding results as 70 the many uses
and appliances viii be shown its
effects on plants and animals and
different forms OF life. Reference
has recently been made as b the
effect OF the electric light on plants,
those at the Winter Palace
at st. Petersburg, where there IS q
noted collection Of ornamental plants,
fine palms, grown for the
decoration OF the bsnqUeUng halls OF
she palace. The illumination OF &
room for q single night caused the
caves To turn yellow. dry up, and ]
irop Of. The days n St Petersburg
are almost sunless, and the sudden
change from this dim light to the
glare of the electric lights
IS more than the plants can bear:
plants that are partly shaded escape
injury to then folisge. The ph0no-
phone, . telegraphic device invented |
by Langdon Davis, Of London-also
the submarine telegraph; train tele-
grsphy system Of Mr. Lucius J.
are to be exhibited
In the United States alone the lines !
Of telegraph have a total Of S07,3S9
ulle- VI y II C-OusSA ~ CLSALCAt TIE ,
world thirty-two times. France has
al, 500 miles, Germany 1S6, 733 miles,
Great Britain and Ireland IS3.5O2
niles, Russia I72,360 miles. As to
he extent Of the telephone in 1890
IN this country, there were
757 exchanges, Al branch Offices,
1850 miles of land wire, cog miles ]
Of submarine cables, 156, $50 circuits :
and 1S5,003 subscribers Exchange
daily in the United
States, 1-240,147 or q total Der year
Il 100000, the company received
or rental IN 1889 1855, 36L The
Bell Telephone Co. and its sub t
idisry companies represent about I
1000, 600 of capital G
4 word right here for Thomas A.
Edison. he viii astonish the world 2
" the exhibit he viii make in 1893. :
have two or three things to show,
aid he recently, which think will /
9th please and surprise the visitors Z
0 the electrical department Of the 2
Exposition, which BY the way l {
m fully convinced Will be v