Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-09-26

uOn. Inerc, Ior lnst4nco, " the allegeo
Bureau Of Public Comfort which ID 70.
gArded - huge Joke, but there Il plenty
Of room and chairs and ~ no business Il
done there dnd II very conducive to com.
fort. The intention was that II should
give visitors information about getting
hotels and avoiding swindles, but a. they
do the former before entering the park
and take their chances on the latter, the
officials have . sinecurs. Near IL IL the
Puck building. which Il . perfect little
gem, and the display Of newspapers and
the processes shown are well worth seeing.
Il u considered . tribe odd that Q humor-
Gus paper should receive such . conces-
sion. but that kind Of show was needed
10 all up the set.
The only building left Of Old Fort Dear
born Il set up just As Il stood at the time
Of the massacre, and long afterwards at
the corner Of State and Twenty-third.
When II was taken down for removal .
number Of arrowheads, knives and other
Indian relics were found and these are az
hibited In II. As the nucleus Of Chicago
II u well worth seeing. The New England
Clsmbaks company occupies an artistic
little building and 20 do the local agents
Of the International Sunday School asso-
citation. The Tonquin building was orig.
inally put mp In China and was trans
ported In sections for the French exposl.
tion Of 1880, and after being exhibited In
various places was brought here. II Il
said to be an exact model Of the palace Of
Cochin China. The Pavilion Of Tunis Il
another reproduction and Il the largest
structure In the French colonial exhibit.
The Police station Il not only model
for that sort of thing. but l. the head
quarters for the ambulance, patrol wagon
and Q full squad of policemen. Visitors
can there see . hSt-class illustration of
police life and action. The great White
Horse Inn, near the southwest corner OF
the park, In q pretty fair copy Of the Eng
lish original, but owing TO Its remote situ-
alton has few visitors. The cooking In
guaranteed to be "strictly English," and
therefore have not sampled Il. On the
lak0 lfOut, near tu0 llanuInCluIN8 Dullu-
Ing, II one Of the queerest pavilions In the
park, erected and maintained by Van
Houten & Zoon. Of Weesp. Holland. to sd.
vertise their cocoa trade. Il IL In the style
Of Dutch house Of the fifteenth century,
and Is q regular museum of relics nj that
time; but the business part Of Il Il the
hot cocoa served by Dutch girls In native
costume. The Merchant Tailors' building
Ia another business enterprise and 10, !
suppose, II the Homeopathic model hos
pital near the Woman's building.
Much might be said OF the japanese tea
houses which look like mere booths, and
yet are 90 deliberately ornamented with
carvings and other delicate handiwork
that 600 men were busy for two months In
making them; Of the Shoe and Leather
building. which Is small affair but
crowded with objects Of interest; Of the
Japanese Hooden. which In an exact repro
duction of the oldest monastery In Japan,
erected In 1897; OF the Hunters camp
which II almost hidden In the scrubby
timber at the south end Of the island, or
Of many other little buildings stuck In va.
rious corners and are the more charming.
because one comes ON them unexpectedly.
In the extreme south end of the park are
several very interesting things which are
not seen by mora than one visitor In flfty.
and Just outside of the grounds at tho
northeast corner Is the only great failure
Of the exposition era. This h the so-called
Spectatorium which covers 1000 square
feet, Is In tolerable completion to the third
story and was abandoned when $4,000
had been expended on II. II was designed
for concerts and great spectacular dis
plays, and the story goes thattwo or three
noted actors are Gin II" for about 100000
each.
The Illinois building had from the start
attracted more visitors than any other
state building because Il is really one Of
the main structures Of the fair, with Cali
fornia's building second; but since her
great display on the 9th, California has
been the chief attraction. Tho building is
not easily described. The central plan is
that Of o regular old mission OF sdobcs.
but to relieve the sombreness of such n
structure Moorish features have been
added and q low central dome with roof
garden and outer platform for restaurant
purposes. The whole affair Is said by ex-
perts to violate all the rules of architecture
which can be violated In one building, and
yet the general effect II pleasing. II
seems like bit Of Granada I'm Moorish
times, of Mexico and Mission California
all In one.
The floor space. including gallery, Is
10000 square feet, and II Il well filled
with every sort of semi.tropical growth
and mineral output from Yreka to Los
Angeles-the hg and the lemon. the orange.
the grape and the prune, the great pampas
graAs with fieecy plumes eighteen inches In
length. the dark green palm and trailing
vines and flowers Of al forms and hues.
In the most conspicuous place In the noted
equestrian statue Of prunes which can
not admire, but most people do II may
Judge from the crowd always about II; and
al around are minerals Of such variety
that only Dana or q Hitchcock could de-
pcribe them. And, "apropos de boots" ~
we say In Paris, this reminds me OF some
very fery discussions have recently lis
Iened to In which California and the Chi.
nese were the leading theme.
Henry George started II, Of course. In
The Single Tax congress the leading ex.
Ionent invsighed savagely against all ex.
ilusion laws, whereupon Henry George
ook the stand and maintained the right
md the duty Of our government 10 pre-
rent all further immigration Of the Mon.
kolians. Al II chemical rsagent had
suddenly separated = compound into two
adically different elements, the assem-
Ilage at once divided and . furious and
,ighly entertaining discussion continued
Oil q late hour. Mr.. George next went
Ivsr and stirred up the Methodist preach
irs and about the same time all the Budd.
List priests and scholars attended DR..
3asrows' church and were made much OF;
and 70 che Ch,nass question has got Into
one or two branches OF the religious con.
eress and u mixed up with opium and
Whisky, labor, idolstry and Sunday OBJ
seryancs In q way that u highly entertain.
ing. n not Instructive. IL u no one-sided
thing either. Men Of undoubted piety and
talent maintain the principls OF exclusion,
though the presence Of these learned ana
gentiemanly Duddhists gives thu other
side strong reimbursement In arguments
Of the sentimental kind.
-.
So many things happensdon California.
Day that some Of the best were but indif'
ferentiy reported. That 9th ofSeptsmber.
1850. was indeed Q memorable day In the
annals of these United States, for on that
DAY President Fillmore sst his autograph
20 the many acts which Terminated ths
longest and atormiest ssssion o. eongres.
ever held before the war era BY that
peries Of acts the status OF al the regton
acquired from Nsxioo wss hxsd, the tenn
turiss were organised on . uniform pl.u
which has continued ever since, and 'ths
siavsry coutroysrsy was put 10 slsep tor