Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-13

death Facsimiles Are Of but secondary
interest. but among the rare originals are
The will Of Queen isabella and the oldest
known portrait Of her; tiles from the orig
| inal monastery, LOO years old; door and
jamb from the monastery; one Of the
anchors used by Columbus. and many
contemporary drawings and carvings,
None but an expert could estimate ths
value Of such things in money.
Still pursuing the inquiry into values,
how Is it possible to estimate that Of the
great japanese exhibit in the Liberal
Arts. when many pieces are worth mors
than their weight In gold. or Of the hun
dredS Of splendid silks and emhrcideries;
or OF the long, long array Of 3ewclry, OF
the heaps Of delicate articles in gold.
silver and ivoryf A few items relating to
the commonest things may. however,
give some idea Of their value. A log cabin
Is not accounted = great Dossessiou. but
DIR. Price Of Philadelphia has offered
5000 for the Idaho state building Of logs,
and the offer has been declined A. the
states agents expect to realize more by
selling il TO the highest bidder At a public
sale. The structure Is colonial in style,
and the owners OF the Mcconnell mica
mine. in I-atah county. donated $S,oo
worth Of mica to decorate the main hall
There are sheets of iaxa0 inches almost As
clear as glass. Gold. silver. saphires,
onyx and other minerals are displayed in
lavish abundance.
Ihave not even mentioned the many
thousands Of valuable articles in the For
estry, Transportation and Others. nor the
truly indescrihable Electricity building.
nor the ponderous giants in Machinery
hall. They say a specially constructed
head Is Necessary TO understand and ap-
preciate machinery, and that head have
not. lean only stand and leok with a
sort of awe on the great shears which cut
iron Us the tailor cuts cloth, on the great
Hoe press, on the contriyanccs to bore
square, or round or oval holes in wood,
and on the monsters which pare steel into
ribbons and spreads out gold and iron &c
the thinneSs of tissue paper. or the way
they do it know very little, and OF their
value, less. Suffice 1t that some 5cO, ,1e
square feet are thiekly set with such
naryels Of inventions.
g.
As this is a sort Of summary 1t may Be
well TO condense a few statements hithcr-
" pu"4s"s"' Va Va. o' - '
40 are under rool, iSo oeihs oofef.u 'y
exposition ana hfty by concession po'io
ings. Counting rooted space ohiy, una
not floor space as increased oy galleries.
the Manufacturers ana Liberal Arts
building covers l.a-s"n square ieet'
Machinery Hal sso,oV, transportation
and annex oo'op' AGRICULTURAL o'-'u"'
ana then There Is great crop 70 .he
n N rla all h.a
horticultural, <ss,Vo' anu heaIy al 'he
other buildings are mueh smaller mag
niiicent as II looks the Art faiaee covers
out i"o'"o >. aate iese anu - 'heiei''c no'
quite ohe'eisne as ia,se a. 'hc ia,ses.
building, when Is Indeed ,he wohuer oi
the world Inc reader Will sec 'h"' ,he
largest number present on any one ua.
yet could eassiy De iost IN such s'rnc'ure'
ana that IL woala take 4o'oV' 'is''ors !"
really crowd the fair'
on the races represented mere IL is hot
possible to make a satisfactory estimate, ,,. As
there is no accepted system OF eiassliiea-