The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-08
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has yet 1le days to run. The days that
are to come will be the days OF great
moment to the fair. 1t will reach ito
noon day in point OF time and also the
full meridian OF its splendor on August
], and will then be full and complete in
all its exhibits and appointments. 1t
will be then Just what it should have
been, but could not be, at the opening,
May /. 1t could not be for the simple
reason that human energy, coupled with
high administrative ability, could not
crowd the work to bedone into so short
space Of time. II took six and thirty
years to build solomon's temple at Jeru.
salem and likewise 100 years to build st.
Peters church at Rome, and what was
the labor involved in either case as COM
pared with what has been done here in
two and q half yeara2 II IS not to be
spoken OF in the same day, Likewise
in our day it took ton years TO bore the
Mount Gents tunnel and the same
time 10 cut the Suez Canal,
but the actual physical and mon.
tai work done here in the drainage
Of the 700 acre site Of the fair grounds
at Jackson Park, and then, success.
sively, in the canaling, lagooning and
handspring OF it, and then In the
building OF palace after palace and state
and foreign structures innumerable,
has no counterpart in the worlds his
tory in the same length OF time, saying
nothing OF the immense labor OF fitting
up and filling up these buildings with
all their appointments and exhibits.
II was labor something like that Of
building the pyramids in Egypt or the
walls and hanging gardens OF Babylon.
II was more than the decentralization
Of Rome and something like the genius
and labor involved in the building Of
the coliseum and Appian Way. In q
word. 1t was immense, like the rebuild
ing OF Chitago after tho fire OF II. The
same people have done both in the
same quarter OF o century. Burned
out, homeless and pauperiSed in II,
they have rebuilt the second largest
city in the United States, and, immedi-
ately following, have raised among
themselves fifteen OF the thirty-three
millions invested in the fair and
brought together from the ends OF the
earth the greatest collection OF all that
is old and all that is new ever assem-
bled in any one country. Chicago Ia
the modern Rome OF history, great,
daring and successful in all her under
taldngs. She expects to DO the metrop'
oils OF this country in the next quarter
Of a century, aud she will not be disap'
pointed. Think Of that for city born
aince the Hon. William E. Gladstone
now fourth time premier OF England
entered public life.
STILL ADDING TO IT.
have said that the MONDAY Of time
and splendor will be reached here by
the end OF this month. This is true,
but you must understand what mean
by SO saying The sun at high noon
dazzles one-half OF the entire earth
whereas at II o'clock only about sevon.
eighths of it, but practically the world
is fully lit up ut the latter hour and
does not recognize tho difference. Sc
with this fair; 1t Is now fully lit up. but
there Is going into it q little OF some,
thing every day in the way OF belated
consirnments. For instance, when
came here on the 18th day Of May one
OF the large buildings, set apart fol
anthropology aud archaeology. was, not
yet open, and to-day Ia only abou'
two.thirds ready. And so also the
beautiful Japanese building in the
middle Of the grounds was not then
open. Now tits complete. Costa Rlct
only formally opened her exhibit yes
to-day. There were boxes innumerablt
being opened in machinery hall ant
in the manufactures building month
ago. Now everything is complete, sc
far as lean observe, in these two depart
ments. All the state buildings werf
not ready o short time ago, but they are
all open 10 the swarming multitude
now. And yet all this time, and will
all this mpleteness, there has beer
enough and to spare, and far more thar
visitors could take in inthe time allotted
to themselves, for l need not 30!
that few people come here With TIT
true patience and intelligence necessary
to an appreciation OF this fair in all its
far reaching comprehensiveness. Tit
people who know tho most and have
seen tho most arc those who most EMO!
and appreciate 1t. They take in tn,
magnitude OF its scope and perceive II
a short while what an inlnity OF diff
Guilty, patience intelligence and mono,
"a represented in its collections from
all parts OF the world.
When / was In Rome in the winter o
'02 / mot the Hon. Thomas B. Bryan
Of this city, who was tho chief repro
sentative Of the fair abroad, and who a
asCholar aud diplomat had audience
with tho pope and cardinals, and will
tho king and his ministers, and liEl
Columbus at tho court OF Spain OK
planned and rehoarsod tho story Of tn
western world as represented by Chi
cago and this fair, and in connection
with Archbishop Ireland and other In
fiuentiai people, succeeded ut lust Ii
thoroughly interesting both tho Vatica
and tho Quirinal In this groat expos
ition, and thus In bringing hore some 9
tho richest art treasures OF Italy. Vhi
is tho why tho lair was worked up aI
over tho world.
You remember that our neighbol
Col. Alock Campbell, Of Brooke county
was sent out to Australia 70 work UP d
interest in tho far off Antipodes. On
OF tho colonies that no visited, TINT
New South Wales, has, all thinge cot
siderod, perhaps tho finest exhibit
this fair as whole. Large In torritor
but small In population Bho npunt NOR
than four times as much aH West WI
glnia In setting hOr light hero on u hill
and letting tho world 500 her nahv
riches In tho way Of minerals, coal, wood
and wool. West Virginia spent $50
mn and Nhtv gouth Wnlpa $3.50 600, MI