The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-07-22


ing is 4sxi45 feet, two stories high.
and is covered with staff like all the
other Expositions buildings, thus
having the appearances of being built
Of white niafbie. III front are lawns
and graveled walks From numer-
Gus flag poles ON the building float
the eoiors of as many nations. The
interior OF the building truly pre-
sents a scene of spiendor One en-
tiers great hall gaiIy decorated
with multi eolored bunting and The
flags of different nations. The win
dows are all darkened, and electric
lights illumine the hall in the day as
well as night. Around 3 sides of the
room is dais, carpeted and divided
by polished brass railing into booths
for the beauties. Each booth is
nicely furnished, and in a conspicu-
Gus place in a satin banner bearing
the name of the country which the
occupant represents.
What do the beauties do? Well,
the principal thing is to be looked
at. Some do fancy work of one sort
or another, some read, some spin,
make embroidery, or engage in 9th
er light occupation, such as they are
accustomed to st home. Nearly all
chat freely with visitors, and answer
the many questions which are pro-
pounded. They are paid a great
many compliments, of course, and
these they receive graciously if they
are offered courteously. Occasion
ally a dude or ill-mannered person
receives a squelehing, which gener
ally causes him to make haste from
the vicinity.
"Old Vienna" is a street aud court
of Vienna as il appeared two hun
bred years ago. 1t consists of SO
houses showing the original size and
appearance, with town hall, aud a
church Several kinds of business
are represented as carried ON in vi
emma. In the court fine band dis
courses music nearly all the time
and the profits of the place are de-
rived from selling beer and other re-
freshments as the court is a verita-
bic beer garden. Perhaps the place
that attracts most visitors in Mid
way is Hagenbeek's animal show.
The most wonderfully trained lions,
elephants and dogs ever exhibited
are TO be seen here. One tremen
dous big savage looking lion rides q
horse in the most artistic manner.
1t is a great show.
The electric scenic theater is al
so an attraction. 1t shows by cleo
tricity sunrise, sunset, and night
scenes in the Alps.
In almost every<place one enters
there are booths for the sale of all
manner of articles and one needs to
have plethoric pocketbook when be
tackles Midway.
WEST VA. FORESTRY EXHIBIT.
Reference was made last week tc
the wonderful forestry exhibit made
by our state. 1t was collected and
arranged by DR.. Millspaugh. The
collection includes IL varieties of es
sentially commercial timbers and IS
varieties of smaller kinds, CONNER
cial and non-commercial. Here is 0
list Of them and the manner in which
| they are shown:
l. The essentially commercial spe
cies are represented by log specimens
so cut as to show the grain of the
wood in three planes, one. half o
each surface vanished and polished
The bottom part of each section |.
left the full size of the log, the upper
part of the log is cut half in two and
then one half of the log is sliced out
thus showing the character of tn,
lumber that can be cut from such
log both in cross section and il
length The bark is left intact anC
each log is accompanied by four
inch sapling, of the same wood. TO
educational comparisons of banks
and to teach how to recognize valua
BILE timbers in their natural state
Each log is accompanied by a planl
of the same wood, six feet long an(
three inches thick, the half of eacI
side of the plank is polished to shov
the cabinet value of the wood, tn
other halves, on either hand, are lief
as sawn.
These II samples of the Essential
ly Commercial species, exhibited b,
the West Virginia and Pittsbur,
Railroad Company, of forest tree
and their log diameters and tn
widths of the accompanying plank
are as follows:
Diameter of Width O