The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-07-25

Loves Old Sweet Song" anu Ia
musical tones of ''Nearer Ny God
Thee and "Home, Sweet Home.
The beauty, granduer and sentimen
that OvershadOws one here can not b
expressed. In this building one find
represented the manufac ured article
of almost every nation on the globe
and this the best.
DISPLAYS OF MANS HANDIwORK.
The displays of Germany, Franc,
and the United States are wortl
special attention. The German dis
play of porcelain is indeed beautiful
The front of this display is gracet
by two iron CRATES, each 20 feet high
The bars and decorations to thes<
were hammered and made by hand.
The French display. consisting Of
elegant silks, cut velvets, pOrtiers,
wax figures attired in the most beau
tiful gowns which Rouff can furnish,
gorgeous fans, one of which cost 500,
parasols. one costing $1,000, gloves,
seal laces, furniture upholstered in
delicate tints of pink and blue, and
finished in gold. these with sculptured
figures brings one almost within the
gates of Paris.
The most elegant displays furnished
by the United Statesare those of Tiffany
OF New York, Libbey of Chicago, and
Mermod and Jaccard of st. Louis.
Tifiany's Diamonds are the center of
interest to all who enter the Manufac-
turers building. He has one yellow
diamond which weighs l25 carats and
is valued at 100000. Another,
which attracts much attention,
it is a set consisting of three pieces,
collar, pendant, and tiara. This set
contains 1913 diamonds and 147
aquamarines. Many of the stones
weigh 10 to 100 carats
The Magnolia vase valued at SlO,-
900 is noticed by all. 1t is 81 inches
high, 81 inches in diameter and
weighs 50 pounds. Its form was sug-
gested by the pottery found among
the cliff dwellers of the Pueblas. 1t
Is decorated with magnolia's, foliage,
cactus and our emblematic flower. the
golden rod.
The Jewish cathedral is the most
gorgeous thing in Tifany's display
Its beautifully designed windows It's
cathedral lamp in silver and nile
green its altar, with the cross of cut
glass ON either side of which are three
golded candle-stlcks; its lapt,smal
fount in mosaic pearl and different
jewels; its incandescent lights.
its jewish robes are indeed
and can only be
rivaled by Mermod and Jaccar,i of
ST. Louis.
The Mexican display of sombrero-,
ONYX and carvings; the Nenitian dis
play of carved wooden figures, the
marble sculpturing of Florence, the
watch display from Geneva the
polished stone from Arizona the |
educational display from Harvard,
I ale, Princeton, and public schools
If various states and countries must
attract any intelligent eve and the
,nly wonder Is that mind and matter
give such results.
THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
The government building contains
much OF interest. The center of the
is occupied by 1.-The General
Noble,' large redwood tree which
occupied a place in the FOR
SITS of California. 1t is lG1 feet in
yet only an infant
with many other trees of
which California may boast. This /
rec was brought in sections from
Is western home, down the rugged /
ides of a mountain to the railroad.
istance of 60 miles. 1t required the
ervice of Is mules, and the Transport
alton cost 81. 800. 1t contains a
Dom whose walls are adorned with
lectures. The center of the room has
n iron stairway.
This tree is surrounded by circu.
ar room, which contains many relics,
mong which are the following The
riginal Declaration Of Independ-
nee in an iron case, finished in gray
nd gold, and is closely guarded.
round this manuscript, sacred to the
cart of every loyal citizen OF the
United States, are the portraits OF
hose whose names are immortalizcd
y this dOcument-these, crowned nv
ne writer of the declaration, Thos.
eferson; a watch worn bv General
loultrie, OfSouth Carolina, while re-
ulsing the English at Fort Sullivan,
harleston Harbor, June 1916,
rather interesting. Here
Re saw crochet sash of red
l. I.