Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-12

Monday. sss3d and established friendsAi
.,onks. which ccotinusd TIL hi
I'M - Acsimilss are Of but ssccndAF
18Th at ebut among the saxo originals an
Il Of Queen Isabella and the oldeu
IM portrait Of her; tiles from the orig
Nasnonassery, leo ycars old; door an
80 from the monastery: one Of tn
lors used by Columbus and man,
Temporary drawings and carvings
ONE but an expert could estimate II
alue Of such things in money.
Still pursuing the inquiry into values
how Is it possible to estimate that Of tn
great japanese exhibit in the Iecra
Arts, when many pieces are worth NOR
than their weight In gold; or Of the hun
dreds Of splendid silks and emhroideries
or Of the long. long array Of jewelry, o.
the heaps OF delicate articles in gold
silver and ivorys A few items relating t.
the commoaest things may, however
| give some idea Of their value. A log cabin
Is not accounted \ great possession. but
DR.. Price Of Philadelphia has offered
q, 900 for the Idaho state building Of logs
and the offer has been declined a thu
| states agents expect to realize more by
| selling it to the highest bidder at public
| sale. The structure Is colonial in style,
and the owners Of the Mcconnell mica
mine, in Lstah county, donated $500
worth Of mica TO decorate the main hall.
There are sheets OF laxa0 inches almost rs
clear As glass. Gold. silver, saphires.
onyx and other minerals are displayed In
lavish abundance.
lhave not even mentioned the many
thousands Of valuable articles in the For
estry, Transportation and others, nor the
truly Understandable Electricity building,
nor the pondcrous giants in Machinery
hall They say q specially constructed
head is necessary TO understand and APP
preciaie machinery, and that head have
not. lean only stand and look with a
sort OF awe ON the great shears which cut
iron as the tailor cuts cloth. on the great
Hoe press, On the contrivsnces to bore
square, or round or oval holes in wood,
andon the monsters which pare steel into
ribbons and spreads out gold and iron to
the thinness of tissue paper. OF the way
they DO it know very little, and of their
value, less. Suffice 1t that some so, oc
square feet are thiekly set with such
nlaryels Of inventions.
well to condense few statements hither.
to published. or the $50 acres in the park
20o are under roof, $50 being covered by
exposition and fifty by concession build
ings. Counting rooted space only, and
not floor space as increased BY galleries,
the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts
building covers l.aas, 600 square feet,
Machinery Hall 10000, Transportation
al nra1
and then there is great drop TO the
Horticultural, ZOO, and nearly all the
other buildings are much smaller. Mag
niicent as 1t looks the Art Palace covers
but l6o, 900 square feet and il therefore no,
quite one-eight as large as the largest
building, which is indeed the wonder OF
the world. The reader will see that the
lirgest number present on any one day
yet could easily be lost In such structures
and that it would take 400 900 visitors to
really crowd the fair.
OF the races represented here IL il not
possible to make u satisfactory estimate, As
there is no accepted system Of classified
ton. Thus the Egyptians are usually
counted as one, though there are certainly
four sorts of people among them. We
often speak Of the liindoos as one people,
lbbuSH Iuulst cOutAlus ~ NdsJ variety Oh
races. OF the people who are certainly
not represented here l may mention the
Veddahs or wild aborieines Of Ceylon. the 1
unciyilized races Of Siberia, the patagoni
ans and others Of far South America, the |
Ainios of Japan, the hill people of India, !
the nomadic Tartars, and the wild
and New Zealanders. Nor
have been able to find u single Gypsey,
though am confident there are some |
about here 1t would be very strange in /
deed if there were not. Save the forego
ing, every race under heaven is here. And /
Of all these races the Japanese have by |
common consent carried off the bonors. |
They did not compete in many lines, but
their promptness in getting ready was
Their skill in their own
lines is wonderful, their quickness In see
ing the best points in other peoples work
IS almost an inspiration, their dainty |
touch seems to be the result Of thousands
Of years Of hereditary culture. and their
politeness is inexhaustible Long may
they wave.