Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-08-31

Germany and Austria are both repre-
sented by villages built on the plan Of
three hundred years ago. In these the
architecture and museums are for the
most int resting part Of the exhibits.
The restaurant privileges of each Of
these villages furnishes the largest
source of revenue. Here are served
the costlicst Rhenish and Austrian
wines and the most toothsome and ell
joyaS1e fcasts prepared by German
and Austrian cooks. The Austrian vii
lage gives the most satisfactory meals
upon the fair grounds, but you must
expect to pay here the largest prices
for what you get. Old Vienna offers
numberleSS articles for sale in the line
OF JeWelry ornaments and knickknacks.
The display Of the log cabin and the
many other relics of Sitting Bull and
the Custer massacre at 4 prominent
place on the west end of the Midway
Plalsance naturally attracts Il very
large number of Americans and other
nationalitics familiar with the details
of that horrible affair. The relics are
all authentic and genuine. including al
most everything imaginable which per-
tains to the Custer battlefield and the
| private life Of the Indian chiefs who
led in that fight.
One of the most meritOriOus shows
on the Plaisance from the standpoint
of Il circus is the Hagenback trained
animal show which includes display
of fine eQucstrianship on the part of
lions, tigers, dogs, lcopards and other
savage fclines. The entire perform
ance takes place inside Of a huge Gagged
arena. A heavy net work of iron bars
on all sides which is also rooted over
in the same way separates the audience
from all danger Lions and tigers per-
form nearly every trick that the best
trained dog can perform. and seem to
understand the words and gesticula
lions of the trainer quite as we'll, nj
though some of them are at times i'll
clined to be decidedly ugly to deal with
and have once or twice attacked the
trainer, but without serious results.
The French especially and the Other
foreign nations as well expected tt
easily surpaSS all American exhibitors
in the liberal arts and manufacturers
building, but they have been terribly
surprised. 1t is now quite general!
believed that this is the reason that the
foreigners withdrew their exhibit:
from competition. Take fur garment:
for instance. Both France and Russi;
|
America was scarcely considered
What their surprise was when the,
found more stylish and better made
fur garments of I'LL kinds made here
than they could display can better b'
imagined than described. The Ameri
can fur display is far ahead of that o:
either France or Russia.
Russia has lot of cheap goods, and
| nynnrltinY, nf . fn1 S.,1,
not merit much consideration France
sets the style in fur goods, and then
just the same as in leather and shoe
goods, she is surpassed by the Yankees
i'll following the patterns of that styl
in making stylish garments. America
according to the display in the Liberia
Arts building, is away ahead in watchc
and all kinds of jewclry. The Frencl
and Germans are manufacturing style
Which went out of vogue here tWent,
years ago. These are facts based upo
statements made in interviews with eS
perts in these branches Of business
In regard to the curing Of sealslinS,
is quite generally known that the pclt
all had to be sent to London to be dye
and then brought back to America t
he made into garments. In an intel
view to-day with H. I4iebes of ST.
Francisco, who now With others hold
4 twenty-year lease of the seal tisherie
of Alaska, learned that he has il ma
in Brooklyn, New York, who can d
equal, if not better work than any FL
glish sealsllin dyer, and he said tina
just us soon as the seal fisheries matte
lis settled with England his firm Pre-
posed to have all the dying done in thi
country. The reason that the Englis
secured all of the work before was be
cause the old Alaskan company wer
prejudiced in favor Of English work
men and turned over all the skins t
them in London. One by one our tna1
cial and industrial shackles to the oil
world are broken, and the time is com
ing when even in art these wise oil
stagers across the briny who smil
bengnantl: on American groupings aftc
perfection will change their smiles t
walings while they wonder like Ri
Van Wrinkle how it all came about dun
ing their long sleep of security.