The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-09-13
tells ns. ia the Manufacturers and

Arts Building. Its cost was $l,o00,Oco
and the floor alone consumed over 5,0OO,-
600 feet of lumber and five car loads Of
nails. To say that this giant structure
contains forty-four acres of floor space
gives but faint idea Of its immensity.
Thirty-fve States of the Union and every
nation on the earth has an exhibit in this
building. We spent the most of our time
in this building viewing the foreign ex-
hibits, and we regretted we could not SEQ
more of it.
The Mines and Mining Building is
another big structure, and perhaps dis
plays the richest and rarest exhibit OF
any. The mineral resources and pro-
ducts, not only of each State but of for
eign countries, are elaborately illustrated.
All Of the precious stones are displayed
here, and peep at the large, lustrous
diamonds is sufficient to make the aver
age country editor commit the sin OF
covetousness. Among the curious ex-
hibits from the States is one by Louis
lana of statue of rock salt representing
Lots wife.
In the Transportation Building, which
is $50 feet long and 26O feet wide, grand
obiec: lesson is presented 30 clearly and
impressively that child may learn in
hours and days what would otherwise
require months and years. The exhibits
fully present the origin, growth and de-
delopment of the various methods o1
transportation used in all ages and in all
parts of the world. In short. this is one
of the greatest shows on the grounds.
The United States Government Build
ing is exceedingly interesting to every
visitor, and is always crowded. Every
native American who goes in there can't
help feeling proud of the exhibit. We
could have spent weeks there and learned
something new about our grand country
every day.
From the first, woman has been most
important factor in the Worlds Colum'
bian Exposition, and a tramp through
Woman's Building shows, in part, what
she has accomplished in this world. Il
is a big building, too, and the ARCHITECT
was woman. The exhibit Of paintings
ceramics, art work, manufactures,
liberal arts, fancy work, embroiderles
laces, etc., in this building is pronounced
| the most beautiful ever collected.
Near Woman's Building is Children'f
Building, which is always filed to it,
utmost capacity by visitors watching tht
acrobatic performances of the little boys
and girls. On one side is the babies
home. Here the tired mother can deposit
her little one, get a check for it, ard Il
| will be we'll cared for by trained nurses
until she calls for it.
Above we have only mentioned tht
most prominent Of the Exposition build
| ings, but we want 1t understood that We
did not see one-twentieth of the exhibits
contained therein. Nearly every build
ing has broad galleries, all Of which con
tain interesting exhibits, but we did no
dare to ascend to many of them-our fee
and legs utterly refused to respond to th'
desires of our eyes and mind.
| AS we have always considered it ex
tremely doubtful whether v } would eve'
cross the Atlantic, we spent large par
of our time viewing the exhibits In the
foreign buildings, and we think the time
was we'll spent. The exhibits of Ger
many, France, Spain, Turkey and Sweder
were especially interesting, but our time
and limited space prompts US to move on
and we cannot refer to any of the move
and beautiful exhibits to be found there
| The buildings erected by the States anc
Territories are grouped in the northern
part of the Exposition grounds, forming
a semi-circle around the Fine Arts gal
leries and the north ponds. These build
ings are designed primarily as head
quarters for the Commissioners Of tht
different States and Territories, but tht
great majority Of them are fitted up al
exhibition halls, and not q few OF then
might be characterized as complete Ex
I positions in themselves, showing the
wonderful resources of each in the bes
manner possible. It was impossible fol
us to visit them all. New York, Illinois
California, Kansas and Iowa had perhaps
the most attractive exhibits. Our Press
Association was rendered reception ir
the New York building, and it was
most enjoyable occasion. The managers
of the Arkansas building invited thu
Association to make it's place our head
quarters, and we we're treated very kindly
by them.
Every day from IL to 8 O clock the i'm
mense stock pavilion is an interesting
place to visit. Here you see the fines
horses and cattle gathered from every
section of the world. Among some O
the curiosities of the stock department Il
a pony so small that her shoes are made
from 500 gold pieces, aud hen tina,
walks backwards.
We will skip over numberless other
| interesting exhibits and simply mention
the beautiful lagoons, fountains ano
statues. Every night thousands of peo.
pie congregate in the spacious "Court o.
Honor" to view the electrical fountains
the grandest of which is the Colrmbis
| fountain. Here and there, throughout
| the grounds, the visitor finds himself in
the company of grand sculptural pieces
of acknowledged artistic merit.
A trip down Midway Plaisance, which
| covers nearly one hundred acres o.
| ground, is one that no visitor ought tt
fail to take. 1t represents long, wide
street with various exhibitions along
each side OF it. There are about thirty
five places of amusement to visit. While
some of the places are nothing moro thar
a 1O.cent side show to circus, there are
others that are really interesting. Here
you can hear almost every language spo'
| ken by human tongue, and you can see
| the old and young, male and female, o.
every nation. The greatest attraction in
the Plaisance is the Ferris Wheel, which
| ia a wonderful sight. Our Association
visited it in body, by invitation of the
manager, and we made two revolutions
It is 26O feet high, with thirty-six swing.
ing coaches attached, each holding about
twenty passengers. A fine view Of the
Exposition and Chicago can be had from
the windows of the cars. The axle of the