The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-13


ricultural Iook-constructed entirely
out Of cereals, and displaying archi-
lecture Of great skill and beauty. Miss
Dakota, arrayed in dress of f;wheat, tall
and stately, in her pavilion with the
latest pufs in her sleeves) was as good
looking as the French figures in the
big building.
FINE FEATHERS
from the ostrich farms of Cape Of Good
Hope were in great profusion near the
turs and fish in the Canadian exhibits
and its big cheese weighing 2,20O
pounds. All the leading nations OF
the world have exhibits here, mostly
cereals and food products, and some of
the payilions cost as much rs the New
berry Opera House. l must confess
that I had never seen good coffee until
the splendid exhibit Of Brazil {mostly
Of this bean) met my gaze.
Machinery Hall and its Annex was
very interesting 70 me. There / saw a
paper mill in full operation, type-set-
ting machines at work on the Daily
Columbian, which is printed on the
spot;on a press of lightning capacity,
the whole process accomplished in just
sixty-three minutes from the time the
pulp was put in the mill-iike magic
there wss the official newspaper
On Illinois day every machine in. the
building was in operation, from the
monster travelling crane, on an over
head track as wide as Pratt street, to
the automati: cigarette machine, an
instrument for subtle, slow destrue-
ton Of the youth of the land.
SOUVENIRS IN SILK, -
Columbus and Washington being the
designs, were woven on Connecticut
looms, and scenes from Midway. Plais-
ance were being printed on lithograph
presses before your eyes for SO much
apiece, and priced too high indeed.
All kids of machines from all the
countries in the world which manu-
factare anything at all in this line
were making. terribly combined
whirr, but each alone move, at re-
markabIy smooth and accurate speed.
The power that drives the machinery
is electricity, 10000 horse power, some
of the engines which help to generate
the fluid being l,e0o horse power each.
These engines and boilers are a grand
sight.
In the Transportation building,
whether you so desired or not, you
were
JUST cAERIED.AwAY. s. r.
by all manner of transportation of an
cient and modem uses, and probably
the last thing to be carried IN would
be the $4,000 Russian hearse, all
gilded with gold. TIE most interest
ing part Of the Transportation build
ing is the railroad exhibits. There /
saw the engine .Best Friend, y about
which there has been so much contro-
versy, and which was run on the South
Carolina Railway. It was builtin 1880.
The Baltimore and Ohio road showed
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THE-PoNDERous LOCOMOTIVES sEl' =
of England, France and Germany have
the appearance Of greater power than
American manufactures because Bald
win, Rogers and other makers give
tnslr locomotives q yneater nnisn. Inc
Lord OF the Isle" locomotive Win .
guage OF seven feet, Is q notable exololt
from England. all means OF atrans.
portation Of land and sea is to De seen
here.
The Mining Building is interesting
to the average visitor because IN the
Montana e2niolt Is 70 oe seen 'ne
SILVER STATUE,
modelled after Ada Rehan, the New
York actress. It took SI7,50o worth of
silver to make the statue, but as 8 work
of art its yalue is much greater. It is
I61 feet high. The endless display Of
minerals in the building is as vast as
the illimuable space of the universe.
The means and implements of mining
sill the precious and baser minerals are
fully displayed.
Next to and north of this building is
the Electric building. Itis beyond nv
con,nrehension to saw ANYTHING about
the exhibits of this science. (which
has heen so fullv deyeloped even since
I arrived at manhood's estate. will
S3Y, however, LQaC the WCrE10S o. inc