The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-11-16

ped past Schools EXHIBITS from Eur Oep,
the United States and was surprised to
note from South American countries.
Though saw nothing but in the most
superficial way did note with surprise
photos o., at least exteriorly, fine school
buildings from Spanish American conn
tries. which made me wish might pause
longer to learn whether they were pro-
yiied for the people or only for the
privileged few. Myinlormation concern
ing these countries led ire to believe
they were not representative of general
culture and refinement. But the monlen-
tary impression was wholly one of
management. Rushing on thousand in
visible hands seemed reaching out to
stay my career but the ever present
thought that more than 81 hasty look
will prevent my even Chanting at much
that have planned to see spurred me
on. Having read of the man who saw
all there was WORTH seeng in London in
our hours and in Paris in two hours I
felt encouraged to believe l might hope
to see a great deal in two days i'll only
kept moving, though lacked the capaci
ty OF the above mentioned individual, 1
freely admit.
l coull not do at all as wished not
even having time to satisfactorily inspect
the exterior OF the buildings I was so
hastily passing through and though /
brush unseen a thousand objects should
delight to linger over, there is no help in
sight. Past the towering. beautifully
designed, hand forged iron gates, rare
woods, polished steel and textile fabrics
in magnigcent array, from Irish linen to
the looms Of India. The Tiffany dia-
monds, the shaft of Pennsylvania coal,
the great telescope, all passing in kaleid-
oscopic array and one last swift glance
along floor and gallery and vast expanse
of roof, and, i'll moment more, 1 was
breasting the keen wind as it swept up
from Lake Michigan and paused to sigh
amidst the columns of the Peristyle.
Momentdrily fingered upon the bridge
and with one swift glance aloft on right
and left and 1 rushed down the aisle be-
tween lofty columns and burst like a
whirlwind (?) tpon the astonished occu-
pants Of the chocolate pavilion. Two
minutes more and / was searching along
the embsnkment. for the Viking ship.
There was a heavy swell rolling in from
over the broad bosom of Lake Michigan
and a sullen. cold, forbidding hank of
moisture laden atmosphere, rested far
and wide upon the vast expanse OF
waters. There was quite breeze abroad
and yet it seemed hardly to account for
the mighty waves which thuuderously
broke upon that storm dashed shore.
Now, two waves travelling in opposite
directions would meet with an audible
slap, to break in foam twenty feet in the
air. The Viking boat suggested many
thoughts concerning the present and the
past and was certainly very interesting
we only considered from how far she
had come AMI the perilous character OF
the voyage in so small boat.
The Uuitcd States war ship, though
we knew she could not float, was caIcu-
lated to hold us to a close, interested in
spection. There was marine to ex;
plain the manner of loading, sighting
and firing of the great guns and though
it must have been wearisome repetition
to him, he seemed as fresh and enthusi-
astic as though the ball had just opened
After, i'll imagination, occupying the
decks of this ship through hot naval
engagement concluded there ought not
to be many men or guns left in battle
array, over an hour if the other fellow
did any shooting. Still, she is, Judging
from models on exhibition, altogether a
modern man of war; but against modern
guns cannot imagine how there could
be any fun aboard, unless she was out of
range. And these are about the impress
sions received in viewing any OF the war
ships on exhibition. should think they
might have 1T all their own way lighting
an old style man of war but meeting one
of equal armament it don't appear that
the battle could last more than an hour.
As viewed the test plates" concluded
it must be very dangerous to attempt to
impede the progress of modern high
power guns steel pointed shot.
Those massive chains lying on the rip
raped beach doubtless had a history
dating from ,1776-I could not learn
anything of their history but am salts
fed it would he interesting. Believing I
l might here embrace link forged in
1776, l failed not to improve the oppor-
tunity and so embraced.
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