Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-07-24

rifc tssss of soils, fertilizers, methods of
feeding, of manipulation Of milk. and tn
lessons in veterinary science are calculated
20 be a great boon TO our agricultural
population
A feature Of the fair which one IL glad
TO see Is the large number Of visitors, par.
ticularly the young people, who 60 about
with notebooks in hand, industriously jot-
ting down memoranda concerning all the
things that they see. Every day observe
hundreds Of boys and girls, and young
men and women, doing this; moreyer,
they ask questions concerning all the
things that interest them, and what they
do not understand by looking at thsv sssk
an understanding of by means Of explana-
nation. How much good will all this do!
No one can estimate its value. And when
you come TO the fair take my advice and
bring notebook with you. Come de
termined TO see as much as you can, but
better than seeing a good deal, to under
stand that which you do see. Do not be
afraid TO ask questions. Nearly all the ex-
hibitors here employ men TO attend your
wants, to show you the strong points Of
their wares aud TO explain to you the pro
cesses Of their manufacture and their spe-
cial points Of excellence.
One of the features of the fair which
every visitor notes with interest is the
large number OF foreigners attached to the
various headquarters. OIhcialism is q
well established institution abroad, and
our friends from across the sea find it i'm
possible to accomplish anything at home
or abroad without a formidable array
o: officers, heutenants, secretaries, At
taches civil and military, messenger and
clerks. Their organizations as rule are
much more cumbersome than Americans
would employ in order to accomplish the
same results, but We shall not complain
because the liberality of the foreign gov
ernments in this respect has added q pict-
uresqueness 10 the exposition by which we
are all the gamers.
For instance, the official list of foreign
commissioners and their stalls fills seven
large pages OF closely printed type, in the
pamphlet published under authority Of the
foreign affairs department. Japan has NO
fewer than twenty-one commissioners and
secretaries, many of them being young
men whose fathers belong TO the nobility
aud who We're sent here primarily to take
charge OF the exhibits of their country and
incidentally TO study the arts and com
meree of America. Brazil is represented
by twenty four delegates, six or eight OF
them being army and navy officers, one a
baron, and several others professors in the
colleges Five men represent the interests
of the Argentine Republic, while Canada
has as many as thirty men here in charge
of her various departments. Four men
have come from the Cape Colony, one
from Bulgaria, one from British
Guiana and one from Bolivia. The
United States of Colombia have eleven
representatives in Jackson park, Costa
Rica eight, Curacao one, Denmark four,
and Ecuador five. Germany has an ex.
hibit of men here which is almost as inter.
esting as its displays of wares and machin-
cry. There must be in all four or five hun
dred Germans direct from Faderland at
Jackson park, though only fifty of them
are listed in the official directory. Thir-
teen of these are the regular staff Of COM
mlssioncrs and secretaries, and the re-
mainder are from the council of deputies,
skilled men in each of the lines of manu-.
facture or commerce represented by the
exhibits. There are civil and mechanical
engineers architects, metallurgists, elec-
tricians, educators, chemists, experts in
textiles and ceramics. Twenty or thirty
of them are professors, and many are men
distinguished for their attainments and
their achievements.
France has forty official representatives,
and each of these has his assignment to
one or other of the departments of the ex-
exposition. Ii is magnificent organiZa-
tion. Besides there is a detachment of
sailors acting as guards under command
Of Count Balincourt, lieutenant in the
French navy. Nearly all the foreign coun-
tries have here soldiers or sailors officered
by men from the army or navy. Italy is
represented by thirteen men, among them
several of the nobility and eminent pro-
fessors. Russia sends about fifty delegates,
among them several counts and two
women, one Of them princess.
These figures, without going into details
as to the other countries, will indicate
with sufficient clearness the manner in
which foreign nations are represented at
the fair