The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-03
THE WORLDS FAIR.


THE WORLDS FAIR.
ED. MISUNDERSTANDING that
few notes from the Worlds Fair might
be of interest to your readers 1 will
try to give them general idea Of its
To begin with, let US
look ut the Midway P1aisance, the
greatest pleasure resort Of the worlds
history. Here we find al that may be
seen in any other part Of the globe. 1t
is simply a journey round the world,
except that, instead of one circumnav-
igating the globe, the globe circum-
navigates him. Hers are the Am z:,ns
of Dahomey, battle-scarrtd and fierce,
and there the Irish village containing
the original blarney stone. In the AL
gerian village we hear the cl'att'rings
of monkeys, and sec the cam-!s and
donkeys and watch the dancing girls
90 through their PAGES. Then the spec
:tator cemes upon a group which re-
gician's wand. Around All Egyptian
juggler sit, in interested attitudes, ia
vanesa and Jap, Chinaman, South Sea
Islander, Persian and New Zealander,
illustrating in real life the many col
ored dreams of his childhood. But We
must not loiter here. We pass on hy
the great and unique triumph of mod
ern architecture, the Ferris wheel,
which shakes the very ground in its
mighty course, and enter the Exposi-
tion grounds proper.
If we have been surprised before we
conclude that it must have been with
out cause, for here, across our path,
dazzling Us with its superb magnifi-
cence, looms ur the finest collection of
architectural triumphs that man has
ever seen. Beautiful buildings, i'm
mense beyond conception, lie spread
out before us in all their loveliness.
Statuary, which would shame the
works of art in Rome, and lagoons and
turreted canals aud basins lined with
fountains, which make the Venetian
hang his head as he compares with
them the Grand Canal Of his beloved
Venice. We may he able to get some
idea of all this array when we learn
that everything is one unsurpassed tri-
umph. Each building represents for
tune in ITSELF In the Mines building
the exhibits are truly wonderful. The
display IS On the same grand scale, the
different kinds of coal not being ex.
hibited in small pieces, but by the ton,
the largest one weighing 1900 pounds.
The immense bulk which this weight
necessitates makes the idea of its
transportation almost incopceivable.
In tho Transportation building, ar
ranged on every side, are vehicles and
boats sufficient to accommodate large
city, from the Chinese junk to the
finest steamship ever built; from a pio-
neer cart to an electric carriage.
The agricultural building, with its
vast array of products of the soil from
every quarter Of the globe, would de-
light the eye of almost any one, one
Minnesota farmer having spent three
weeks in that building alone. The
horticultural building, with its endless
array of plants representing the most
beautiful and luxuriant growths of
every cline, gives forth fragrant
aroma which is very pleasing. In ma
chinery hall might be spent a week
alone, looking at the different ma
chimes in operation. Here no mean
exhibit is that representing Ninneso-
ta's -four. industry, which is the great:
est in the world. The po YER plant for
this building is the largest in the
world, supplying $4,000 horse power,
II, 600 Of which is devoted to electric
ity, and nearly al Of the electrical ma
chimes are American.
/ In the manufacturers and liberal
arts building may be located large
town. Here again the exhibits repre-
sent wonderful amount of wealth.
Lace ut 81 900 a yard from Italy, vases
at go, 900. In Japan is an eagle made
Of iron. which is . working model Of
the bird, and which consumed five
years IN it's construction. Tiffany has
IN exhibit in this section valued ct
$5OO, 900. And 90 on and on until one
becomes Wearied with the wonderful