The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-11

WIhtpEt the Eldorados of
q. wonder opened
up by the discovery Of this new world of
and effect within the walls of the great
building adding a new empire of interest
to the wonder wide realms of the exposl-
ton. At the opening of the building last
Thursday there were enough marvels re-
vealed through the agency and power OF
the wizard element to make even
the supernatural seem tame and pro-
sale beside them. Resides the recitals
of the telephone, telegraph, photograph,
etc., and the exhibit OF the rare element,
SO to speak, in the literal representation
of flashes of lightning. There was Won
derful ring performance Of electric lights,
colored Jets and columns, galloplng, waltz
ing and undertaking wonderful contor-
lions and evolutious generally, as at some
unseen but potent touch or crack OF
masters whip. These and hundred
other things were exhibited, whose exc
cution seemed more like the wonders of a
fantastic dream than the representation
OF real power and clement whose agency
Is potent factor in moulding the ciYilI-
cation and destinies OF world.
Few can realize the Importance of the
lessons taught by the exhibition of the
appliances and power of this wonderful
element Gathered within the walls of
the building is every appliance wrought
for the transmission of the great force,
from the earliest crude inventions OF the
beginners in the unfolding of the mystery
of the new science, TO the lat
est improved instruments OF today
aud the opportunity for study of the fas-
cinating science is made all the more i'm
portant and attractive by the literal rep
resentation of the progressive steps taken
in reaching the present plane of achieve
ment, and the hint contained in the new
advances shown in the latest models of
electric appliance, OF the results that are
to be the wonder and glory of the future.
Nor is the building the only one which
presents opportunity of interesting and
fascinating study. Four of the great
buildings which occupy the place of
honor surrounding the central court con-
tain enough material to furnish as it
would seem a sufficient amount of lSnowl-
/ edge to do away with anything OF a ne
cessity for further education.
The Liberal Arts, Electric, Agricul-
tural and Manufacturing buildings,
together with the other general
exhibition buildings situated further
4 back in the gr0unds-the transportation,
mining, fisheries and foresters and espec-
ially the government structure have
left little to be CLEANED from
colleges and academies that is not
here represented, and the visitor having
sufficient time may gather from the range
of these immense repositories enough of
science, statistics and history to I'LL up
his mind and memory until the finishing
of time.
Perhaps the most interesting and salts
-fving of all these great buildings is that
devoted TO the nations display. namely
the great government building, since the
field covered by its various exhibits takes
in every department connected with the
progressive life, history and institutions
of the country, furnishing object lessons
that may well serve to memorize facts
whose multiplicity might otherwise
make their mastery the task of a life
time.
OF the many departments represented
in the building, perhaps the most inter-
esting is that devoted to the United
hibits, each of which occupies a large
separate space IN the left wing of the
great building.
In the mail or PostofFice department are
representatives of every department and
line of work connected with the service,
receiving, carrying and distribution,
models of offices. mail-cars, mail-boats,
mail bags, ETC., and also lifesize models
OF carriers and the service uniform, the
array comprising every type an5 kind
from the early-day overland broncho
rider. clothed IN buckskin coat and
brooches and SLOUGH hat, and armed TO
the teeth with bowie knives and revol-
vers. to the trim, neatly uniformed mail
carrier of today, taking a calm and leis-
urely round of his city circuit on the
modern bicycle. Cases of stamped envel-
opes. postal cards and notes, pictures oil
prominent postoffice buildings through
out the United States, portraits of post
master-generals and assistants, and vet
Grams of thirty and forty-five years SER
walls. a cabinet of stamps show
ing the series of each year from
1917 to the present, and in fact every
curious and interesting feature of the
post office department is represented in
such way as TO give, as nothing else
could, a complete representation OF thu
method. labor and general details of this
most interesting and important institul-
ton of the government. Next to the
post office display is the general exhibit
OF the mint department, represented in {
display of the coins of every country
from times long past mp to the present
models of machines, tools, ETC., used in
the work Of coming money, and an in
1erestIng collection OF medals awarded by
different nations in recognition OF heroic
deeds or notable achievements, the
United States display comprising an in
teresting collection, amongst which were
noticed the medal awarded Washington
by ccngress-the engraving representing
the great hero before Boston; another /,
a medal presented to the captors of Major
Andre, and one to life boat crew iol
the saving of human life.
The United States coast and geodotiC
survey shows instruments used in the
important work, chronographs, meridian
telescopes, ETC., models of lighthouses.
service boats, and various models repre-.
senting the inventions and methods be.
longing to that importantiscience, giving
an excellent idea of their use and applica.
ton in the work. An interesting feature
of the display is. a relief map show.
ing a tidal model-an instrument
which registers tide movements, set il
a small enclosure filed with sand to rep
resent a bench, and with water supplied
by pipes leading from the hydrant, max
ing a miniature ocean rising on tn,
sanded shores to illustrate tie registering
ofthe oscillation of the tides. All thes
are important and interesting features a
they serve to illustrate in the cieares
possible way the progress and achieve
lnents that have been accomplished il
this difficult and important line of work
In the army department are groups O
figures representing various ranks O
officers connected with the army from th
general-in-chIef down to the 'sc0mmol
soldier, - and more interesting than al
the costumes Of each are shown fror
early colonial times through the Frenc
and Indian, Revolutionary and civil wars