The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-11
THE WORLDS FAIR.
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS TALKS
INTERESTINGLY THEREON.
Several Of the Departments Described.
Showing that the Fair is Worth a
Visit Manufacturing Hall Would
Especially Delight the Ladies
Special Correspondence

be source OF great delight To tn
many lady visitors to the fair as we.
as the members of the sterner seq
Hundreds and hundreds of teet {
space are given over to display E
fine china and glassware that make
the average lady enthusiast in thi
line clap her little hands in wild de
light. Glass and chinaWare As tbil
as issue paper and handsOn ely d,
sig ned cGn be seen on every hand. A
nations have We'd in presenting tn
rarest and costliest bricabrac thai
money and artistic merit could con
celve and produce. Every known ar
tlcle that can be made, from needle
aud a spool of thread up to the hand
soonest silk, from tin pan to the
finest cut glass table ware, rom the
air gun up to the cannon, from the
bone button to the silver and gold
clasp, ore al here on exhibition.
Perfumeries, all drug articles,
clothing and dry goods OF all kinds,
qualities and varieties, are Oh display
Fishing tackle. fire works, furniture,
in fact everything known To man is
on display in this hall.
Among the many hadsome exhibits
OF watches, clocks etc, there is a
clock rom London that is possibly
the finest ever exhibited anywhere.
Working with only one set OF ma
chinery, it accurately records the
time in Paris, Madrid, Greenwich and
Chicago. The foreign nations have
tried their best to Guido each other in
the elegance of their displays, and the
result has been that the eX.
hibits are nesting in surround
ings of SURPRISING beauty and
elegance. Japan has most excellent
collection of rare work, Austria is
elegantly fitted up, out Germany sur
passes all in the amount of space oC.
cupied and the elegance of her eXhi.
bits. The walls surrounding her eX-
hibits are profusely decorated with
rare and artistic pictures. Several
rooms have been furnished in imita-
ton of foreign castles and one espe-
cially, the Lrivate room of Louis II in
the Royal castle, is q most radient
scene of splendor and handsome work
that must be seen to be appreciated, II.
Koff of Munich, is in charge of this
exhibit. This building should be the
first by all means that should rOlicit
the attention of the ladies, for here
they can spend many a happy hour
in looking at rare and almost priceless
exhibits.
Another bui ding that will come in
for a good deal of deserving attention
is the Government building. There
you will find all manner OF interest
ing things Every bird and beast are
though they are stuffed they
Dozens of wax figures, representing
Indians on the warpath and in their
camp life, are to be seem
In the war department whole legi-
ments of soldiers, with all the Chiei
officers and aids mounted on horses,
stand in line as natural as life and
fool many person who takes the
wax figures for an animate being.
Old army wagons, stages, cannons
and ammunition wagons with six
horses each, stand there as though |
awaiting the commend to march In
the rear of all stands facsimile of the
old field official wagon used by the |
late Gen. Geo. H. Thomas during the
civil war. Guards surround the
wagon and officials are seemingly
hard at wo k at the desk writing or.
ders.
Greely's expedit on to the North
Pole, is reproduced in all its grandeur,
with mountains of snow. ice6erge,
sleighs and dogs, with men trudglng
along side the sleigh. All the many
devices known in building temporary
bridges across rivers and the like are
by minute representations.
In the fruit growing department
all manner of fru known to
the United States is exhibited
and classified.
The bureau Of education is replete
with books. maps, etc. The geOlogi
cal department has many cases filled
with all kinds of stones.
In the patent office department are
to be found miniature illustrations of
every article ever patented in the
United States.
The Departments OF Agriculture
dDu tltC lulSIluI dlC lSplSl0 Win GA
hibits. The United States mint il to
be seen in active operation turning
out shining gold and silver and you
can have money made for you while
you wait.
There is also department set aside
for the exhibition OF articles from the
dead letter office. Here can be found
everything from toothbrush to a
plowshare that has failed 10 find an
owner after going through Uncle
SANS mail and has been dumped into
the dead letter office. Surrounded on
all sides by miscellaneo4 articles
there stands china cup having in
gold letters on its side, For Mother's
Boy Thus is another illustration
given the world of mothers love Tor
the absent child. The United States
mail department in all its complicated
branches is fully illustrated and many
a visitor stops long enough to
write letter home III order
that he may have the non.
or of having mailed it'll
in the Worlds Fair postoffice
The United States Fishery building
is another interesting point of obser-
walton. In one part of the building
all the largest fish, seals and the like,
are mounted in cases on cliffs, and ad-