Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-03

emerged and walked over to the Forest
ry Building. Here the sense of smell
receives the first assault-not an un
pleasant. but perplexing one. The
odors of all the woods that grow OF
the planet are commingled in homo
geneous confusion. No nose of morta
capabilities, no matter how exquisitel,
constructed, could separate and classify
them. The cedars of Lebanon, the red
woods of California, the sweet gums
of Missouri, the birches of New England
South Americas mahoganies, the oaks
of Old England-ebony, manzanita
briar-wood, naples of all varieties
and a thousand other growths, stood
side by side: in native growth, rough
sawed, and finely polished. A section,
across the grain, of one of California;
| diameter, and the bark is 25 inches
thick! OF the hard woods, we noted a
highly polished specimen from the
State of Washington of such exquisite
| finish that one would declare it slab
of variegated marble, and on that be-
lief '.back his Judgment to the full
| capacity of his purse.
Having done" these two buildings
as we'll as possible, under the circum-
stances, our tired extremeties called
vigorously for a vacation. We hasten
ed to one of the numerous landings on
the lagoon, and were soon seated COM
fortably in an electric launch, swiftly
plying the waters which meander
through the Fair grounds. These
launches are about thirty feet long and
eight feet beam, fitted with cushioned
seats on either side, covered with avn
ings. They are propellers, run by
storage batteries; and as there is neither
steam nor smoke, nor visible cause of
of locomotion-the screws making lit
tie or no commotion in the water
these boats seem indued with volitiOn.
Our round trip go cents) occupied
nearly an hour, and was one of our
pleasantest experiences in the White
City.
The hour of high noon having now
passed, we pursued our way to the
French Bakery and ordered lunch.
The Bakery is in itself an interesting
exhibit. All the work is done in plain
view of the guest-the making and
baking of the bread, the building of
the sandwiches. the concoction of the
deserts, ETC., etc. The flour is kneaded
into dough by iron rollers, and lOaves
of bread and sections of cakes in huge
panfuls are railroaded into the ovens
over little iron tramways. An engine
furnishes the power, and the humming
of a big fly wheel adds to the noise Of
running walters, clashing dishes aud
tho coming and going of the multitude.
We We're quite hungry and consumed
two sandwiches, (ham), Baba Rhum |
cake and cup of coffee. For this we
paid thirtyfve cents. While the
lunch was not variegated, it was quite |
''fillin'," and fitted US to conclude the
day without suffering from the pangs |
Of hunger.
After lunch, we took in the Cliff
us, one of the most inter-
esting objects connected with the Expo
sition. The representation OF the
above home is built on scale of l to
10, and is situated near the Anthropo-
logical Building, another very interest.
ing exhibit which we were unable to
see as it should be seen. The Cliff
Dwellers home is reproduction of
Battle Mountain in the McElmo Valley
If Colorado. 1t is built of iron, stone,
;taff and wood, but is artistically ar-
'anged to INIT; se nature, and is covered
With vines and moss. We entered
through a cave in the side of noun
ain, and inside found the buildings
ormerly built and occupied by peo-
lie of whom not even a tradition re- !
mains. One of the dwellings is said
0 have contained 600 rooms. The
show that at some time
t had been crushed and partly demol-
shed by the falling of masses of over
anging rock, and that it was rebuilt.
n this cave are collected numerous
and utensils used by this
TRANCE people, and string of feshless
kulls grin you aboriginal welcome.
Iere is also a mummy taken from its
riginal home Its spirit, no doubt, is t
itting through the blue empyrean I
rom sphere to sphere, felicitating itself t
hat the resurrection, if not too long &
elaycd, will find its body intact and G
eady to rise without readjustment. '
'hree burros were kept in the t
ave, and the part those patient r
tile beasts of burden played, was to C
AIRY children from one point of the
xhibit to another, and to climb up U
nd down the sides of the miniature L
in imitation of their lahors a
!, the wiIds of Colorado. We say f
...o., b,,.,o- ,ao,.s to ha caap with tho / a