Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-15
6ome interesting Exhibits Seen
by q Wanderer.
A CONTEXT OF FAMOUS MuHocwa

hnd here that In the run OF ages the run
ners have stood better chance than the
fighters. The bones show IL and the live
animals clinch the proof. The poet Of
science has told n,
'H0, ,., : stag with '''l that v.' longer By
Ta.n the r..s of hi. tr,b. tnov .r, no. TO
hugh).
Which nobody can deny"
Well, at this exposition YOU can trace
the whole process from the nomad 70 the
philosopher, from the palasopteryx TO the
condor, and from the wild Siberian crab
to golden hued apples 20 luscious and
tempting that they make me feel likes boy
again-that IL, a. II I wanted to grab .
few and run. The fruit exhibition de-
monstrates the whole long history Of the
apple and what II of much moro practical
Importance II proves that the alleged de-
cline Of soils In various parts Of the United
States, in their capacity to produce apples,
reached It's worst dozen years ago and
that new varieties are now showing that
the old apple districts may be made bet.
ter than they ever were. The greatest dif.
ficulty seems to bs In extending the
growth southwark. So far a. the exhibit
shows the apple II not produced In the
far south any better than II was fifty
years ago, but the advance In peaches and
strawberries Il truly wonderful.
One would scarcely expect TO get inter
estei In dogs while looking through tho
agricultural and live animal exhibits, but
there IL to bs o grand dog show here be-
fore the fair ends and the different races
Of men on the ground show . certain
similitude with their canine companions
which is both curious and amusing. Be
tween the "husky'' Of the far north, which
10 simply domesticatcd wolf, and the In
telligent, soft-eyed and silky haired span
lei the difference II really quite a. great
an between their owners. And IL is all In
cultivation and natural selection. No
doubt there was time, o, ever 20 many
million years ago, when the dog was rather
slow and dull creature and the rabbit
anything but q sprinter. But through
thousands OF generations the swiftest
dog, caught the most rabbits and the
swiftest rabbits got away from the most
dogs, whereby and wherefore the slow
rabbits were eaten and the slow dogs died
from the want Of something TO eat, and 20
only the swiftest left posterity.
but this speculation has gone far
enough. What I came into this depart
ment particularly TO zee was the famous
mixers whose rivalry is exciting all the
farmers who follow the daily reports.
They would not let me In early enough to
see the first milking, which II all done
and the cream and butter extracted In the
cool of the morning and before any visit
itors arrive. Al noon and evening one
can get q glimpse Of the milking by appli.
cation to the proper oficial-perhaps.
These cows are called by such darling
names a. Eloise, Jesnnie, Gertrude and
Millie and really man must have letter
Of introduction to get near them.
There Il no poetry about II. The milk.
ing Il done by stalwsrt men and they do
not skim of the cream, they take II out
with an extractor" And they take II
all, too. Ths milk residue Is almost sky
blue. The churns are about the size Of an
ordinary brewery vat, are run by dyna-
mo and make almost a. much noise a. o
small steamboat. Every particle Of food
Ia weighed aud recorded, all the milk In
tested by chemist and the weight OF but.
ter IL recorded. And by the way, the bu =
ter Il no thoroughly extracted" that u Q
residue fluid sold a. buttermilk Is really
little more than whey. The final summary
IN expected show valuable results In de-
Gliding the b. Z kind Of food. AT present
the Jerseys are considerably ahead OF the
Gusrnseys and othess In the yield OF but.
ter.
The butter workers arc making consid.
srable progress In the art. The Illinois
exhibitors have O butter-faced panel with
. welcome to mankind on II OF which the
lettering Il remarkably fne and those OF
Nebraska have the material nodded In
many beautiful limitations ofvines, leaves,
fruits and flowers. In this line, however,
the greatest curiosity In the Agricultural
building II the great statue OF GermaniA,
with q solid base below and over II q dome
supported by six pillars and surmounted
by the imperial crown Of Germany-all
this and other figures In solid chocolate.
This is In the German exhibit.
The height Of this structure is thirty
eight feet and there II slight wooden
frame within Of course, but $1,000 pounds
of chocolate are In II. Il n In the style OF
q temple or chapel Of the Renaissance.
The statue was carved separately out OF q
solid block Of 2,5bo pounds OF chocolate
and the pedestal IL decorated with reliefz
of the three emperors Of the present dy'
nasty. Cocoa butter was used to ogive the
proper finish and In warm weather the
whole thing has TO be vanished over fre.
quently, but IL II strange and beautiful
creation. II sweetsns fellow just 10 look
at Il. Il II 20 far work Of pure art that
it dees not have the effect produced BY the
much talked Of equestrian statue df
prunes In the California building. That's
Q wonderful thing Of course, for everybody
says 20, but confess IL has clogging
effect on nie-takss away my appetite Tor
prunes.
IbelIevs there II moro uniform repre-.
ssntation Of all parts Of the United States
In the Agricultural building than any
where else, and from end to end Of the I'm.
mense structure one walks through q
constant succession of marvellous scenes
wrought In corn and cane and grass q.
cotton. There are long vistas lined with
Imitation walls In many colors, there are
temples and bowers aud grottoes, there
are little art halls and parlors with dell
cate pictures and there arc vast broadsid ides
Of maps and landscapes. all done In many
solorsd .grains and grasses. And when
one reads the curious istterfnx. al vsry
srtisti icaliy done In The identical mAtsrials
named by Il, and notes how many million
bushels or bales OF tons at this OF that
each state bad ~ surplus, u II hard 30
believe that there are "hard times." And
ret, 10 say the exhibitors, that b what II
keeping away the very people who pro
ducsd these enormous crops.
sss
Il u 0 fact worth noting at this point
that the White City starts on every morn
ing a. clean and fresh - II Just hnished
No matter how much littsr n left By oare
less lunchers or others Il u all swspt ui
and removed. The dust nuisance com
planned Of In May u completely sssted
and 20 far - one can Judge at this ti9ie the
opprsssivsly hot wsethsr u past. Nor u
there any trouble whatever In getting 20
or fran the grounds ~ any hour sxospt
hat for some two hours In the late after.
noon the cars going into the city are
crowded. In the FORENOON one may choose
his own tims and 70 with comfort, and 81.
oept Tor the hours mentioned hs may 10
turn IN equal comfort And this leads me
| on % speak Of The "Adamissd" roads Of
| Illinois which are clsvsrly burlssqusd ~
The National League exhibit.
"Adamissd," you know. means built on
Adams plan - eontrastod with Mao
nAasaia Ihsru n n s<oGy thai n yOtoron