The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-01
WORLDS FAIR.
About Exhibits and Difficulty Of Descaib-
ing Observation-Disclosures ofBuild-
ings and Exhibits-Extent Of
the Displays-Agricul-
ture and Horticul-
ture.

Special Correspondence of The Daily Leader.
CHICAGO, May 30.-While we have
spent a week among the heavy exhibits
of the twelve general departments of
the great fair, a separate building being
devoted to each department, we hesitate
to begin any description Of the exhibits,
because, however extravagantly couched
in language, the description would fall
far short OF conveying any adequate
idea of what was really exhibited. In
each Of these departments or buildings,
each and every nation and tribe under
the sun has a display of it's best or most
unique products in that particular line,
where it enters into competition with
the same class of productions from all
other nations. While a nation or state
may have a state building of its W in
which are collected exhibits of all it's
varied national productions and much
OF q lighter character not seen in the
general department of the exposition,
yet in the latter are found the best of
that country's. and especially
that which comes into competition with
every other nation. Hence, it is here
the visitor loves to dwell and here he
finds himself lost in the attempt to
absorb all he sees. The space allotted
to each nation for an exhibit ranges
from $4,000 square feet TO Spain to 25O,-
600 to France, Germany and Great
Britain. Audit is now an impression
very strongly fixed in my mind, after
going through all the exhibits, that
when you have seen the contributions
Of Great Britain and France and their
colonies you have seen the world. The
exhibitions of Canada and New South
Wales alone, as to natural productions,
are magnificent in almost every depart
ment and virtually e~ncircle the globe.
In the Agricultural building these
colonies overshadow all others save per-
haps, the exhibit of the little colony of
British Guiana from the northeast coast
OF South America. The United States
is redeemed, however, in the magnifi-
cent display Of the state OF Washington,
which has an exhibit of first quality in
every conceivable line of natural pro-
ducts. Illinois display is mostly corn,
Ohio's is varied and fine, South Dako-
ta's promises to be neat and unique il it
ever gets set up. The smallest display
is that OF Holland, which exhibits one
box of manufactured cocoa in a neatly
furnished drawing room inhabited by a
family OF three wax figures. The Agri-
cultural building is 5O0x800 feet with an
annex 300x5O0 feet, the whole costing
s618,OOO.
The Horticultural building which we
next enter, with its annexes owe
over five acres and cost over half q mil
lion dollars. The cost OF housing the
exhibits was $3.50 In the depart
ment Of Horticulture connected with this
building and outlying beds are $4,000
bulbs of Dutch tulips and 10000 plants
OF shaded pansies. In the green houses
are 10000 orchards, comprising 1900
different varieties. But these are only
instances Of the many other charming
! sights to be seen in this department,
Here can be een q stump specimen OF
the mammoth trees OF California;
orange, lemon and plum trees in full
foliage and the two former bearing fruit.
The cocoa nut and pineapple trees OF
Florida, the immense cacti Of Arizona,
and fern, palm and other trees Of New
South Wales. New Jersey leads in exhi-
bition OF pears and peaches, California
ID oranges, state Of Washington, Idaho
and Canada in general northern fruits
and New South Wales instropioal plants
and fruits. There il much, sameness.
; however, to the fruitexhibits OF THU. do
partment from y .difersrent slater. II.