Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-09-24

toned in the matter of panoramas. In
Machinery hall one Swiss machine is
kept in motion, being highly ingeni-
Gus and very efficient one for grinding
and polishing Alpine crystalline forma-
tions; the other exhibits, such as
boiling cloth for the sitting of -four in
mills, big mechanic files from VAL
forbes, Vaud), and Others, being merely
on view. In Agricultural building
there is small exhibit, where some OF
the choicest products of Switzerland,
such as her far-famed absinthe and
Kirschwasser, her chocolates, ETC., are
kept on view. Then there lis an ex>
hibit which will interest our scientists
and medical professors as soon as the
chronological building will be thrown
open to inspection. This has been
sent by Kronecker and Bannwerth, of
Berne, and Kollmann, of Basel, three
noted scientists, and it shows sections
of the human larynx and other objects.
just west of horticultural hall Swift
zerland has built house Of glass
J brick, a new kind, and suitable for the
construction of lighthouses and other
buildings, and this is likewise an ex-
hibit.
but Manufactures building shows
little Switzerland in all her glory.
Her section lies right on the main
avenue that divides that enormous
ipile from north to south, and never fails
to attract attention. Altogether some
5000 square. feet are made wise use of
here. The decorations employed to en-
nance the effect Of the exhibits are not
very expensive, but quite effective
tie walls inclosing the section being
covered with maroon velvet and
around them being grouped, securely
fastened, six oil paintings of mediocre
value, representing Lucerne, Geneva,
Muerzen "a resort for consumptives),
the Rosegg glaciers, the Jungfrau and
the castle Of Cbillon. The watch exhibit
is Of greatest value and occupies the
largest amount of spaces, 900 square
feet In fact, 1t i4the biggest display
cfwatches ever made Mt any exp,si-
ton, there being some 1000 watches of
every size and style and worth $780,
600. There are no low-grade watches
ataal. The highest-priced is held at
$4,000, this being marvelously exact
repeating chronometer, of renaissance
style and wholly unornamented -
just plain gold. The next in value
is priced at $500; it Is diamond
studded and very ornate. There are
marine and pocket thermometers
galore, and there are all sorts of new
designs, from the tiniest ladies' watch
up to7the burliest. The whole exhib-
it comes from the three Swiss cities
that still do the larger part Of the
matchmaking in the world-C haux-de-
Ponds 10 city of 10000, where every
body, man, woman and child, is con-
nected with this industry, Locle and
| Geneva.
A great deal of space is taken up
by collective exhibit made by forty
of the best and most artistic wood
earvers of the Bernese "Oberland."
The Swiss government some few years
ago established an art school at Bri-
enz 1.-THE town which lies in the center
OF the hamlets and villages where this
art flourishes, but wholly as q d0mes-
tic industry, and to that fact is due
the remarkable progress recently
made in Switzerland in this artistic
'line. Nearly all the carvings are
made direct from life, from designs
sketched and executed by the pupils
and graduates themselves, and that is
the reason why the result is marvel
ously lifelike, so much SO that one is
at first inclined to doubt that these ar
tistic objec.s can be Of wood and made
with the jackknife.
WOLF Won Sutherland.