The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-08-30

was told to blow on them. with the
result that when he opened his hands
10 snow the audience, instead Of five
COINS there were eight. This seemed
TO surprise him.
But the worst part was vet to come.
de had previously explained to the
friends who were with him how easy
the tricks We're. The performer in
the second case told him to place all
the coins IN an apparently perfectly
empty wooden box. He did SO. The
! performer then covered the box with
a small block OF wood, and after pass
log a slight wand over it and
| making use Of little native isrgon
which sounded very like bull frog
| with sore throat, be asked the gen
tleman if he would be willing to &C.
| cept OF the coins as a souvenir of his
visit. When he expressed his willing.
| ness TO do so, what do you imagine
was the result? Evidently not what
he expected; for when the small
block OF wood was removed from the
box and It's contents were emDtied
into his extended hands there fell
cold, clammy, but yet live snake. L
would hardly like to say which Of the
two was the most amazed, his snake
ship or the Individual into whose
hands he fell. will only add that
the individual did not stay long in
the audience; Of course he may have
had an urgent call elsewhere, but it
seemed to be the impression Of the
audience and his most intimate
friends that for once he did not know
it all.
In the department Of liberal arts
some exceedingly fine designs are
shown by the Central School of De. |
sign founded by Baron 4. Steip!itz
at st. Petersburg, also the Imperial |
Founding Home photographs and |
art designs from the Institution of
the Empress Marie. In the Russian
exhibit special mention must be made
of the mail exhibits, illustrated by
excellent models in plaster, true to
nature, viz 1.-The transport of mail by
men In Caucasus during snowfalls ;"
son wheelers with three horses dur
ing autumn;" by camel in Caucas-
US :" woman mail (Babia Potschta)
by special sort of boats called Karba-
sey by stays in Russian Lapland and
Siberia, and also by dogs as we'll as
pouches, and all kinds of mail ma
terial." New South Wales makes a
good exhibit of specimens forming
part OF her chronological museum as
we'll IS her finely mounted specimens
Of beTa and excellent photos of
The Russian war exhibit is
very fine as regards specimens in the
Dedagogic museum. Japan comes to
he front in great shape in her educa-
ional department, all her Industries
ire well represented; her specimens
If the work of students IN the differ :
mt schools are excellent, as is also !
work. The educational :
of japanese pupils made in :
wo years is amazing in algebra, =
anatomical studies and art work
'ery fine carvings are shown, done {
y the pupils of the Toxic blind and
lumb school; letters are made there
nth needles, also wonderful work in C
oinery. t
The work done In the ungraded l.
chools is excellent and very encour- l.
ging- called ungraded where only @
parsley settled, or where only few
sachels can be procured, and where
II sizes and ages of pupils are II
aught. Their musical exhibit is t
ute unique over 500 different t
inds of instruments are shown, and I
4 another section the different kinds c
{ agriculture are shown, tools and
IMPLEMENTS; also, the higher classes
education taught throughout
apan.
All the United States educational
xhibits are exceedingly fne, and
IKE the lead in nearly all respects. +
Il them respectively more anon. Spe-
ALLY noticeable among them are the !,
herbarium specimens pre- !.
AIRED by the pupils of schools In the Z
outh Dakota.
III. c. A. p
Chicago, Aug. 5, 1898. II