Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-15
Our Fair Letter.
spooiil Observation-Disclosures.

SAN ,FRxAc1soo, March. IL" 1891. -
Natives; from iall regions, inhabitants
OF all chimes arc represented at the
Midwinter Fair; from the strong 70.
bsst Atrican'to tho almost dwsffed
EsquimG1k. y. s.. "a k.-...
In..the rear otthe Mechanical Arts
building stands 3 costly and elegant
etfuctnrey che designed which is en-
titely Chinese. The. occupants Of
this house are .chiuamen, who have
the objectionable" presumption TO
thin < they ean run their own show
and want no whites to superintend
lit! whAfeas the other concessions are
owned eotirsly. r by white. people
There is no admission fee az the en-
trFnce.t to their, oenoesaionf but per-,
son cannot proceed very far at such
chea p rate. Just inside Is a cafe
where for very moderate sum any
body can drink a cup of tea that
really is tee: A little, beyond the,
cate visitors are invited to enter a
sort of bric-a-brsc museum the fee
OF admission is only twenty five cents.
II We still possess any small change
the theater is open 20 all s., As is
usual in chinese dramas tha piece is
guaranteed to last six months, going
ON continuously. A remarkable
feature of tn is play is that the actors
are Notwithstanding years 6tage.
Directly opposite, the chinese en-
htbit 10 the Hawaiian village, The
native nuta made from the. bark Ct
the tree. also the native CANOES, weap-
ons OF war and cooking utensils are
car,ously attractive as we'll as the IA
tiyes themselves.
l."rASybody passing an rEsauimaux in
tho street would be- very much In
doubt whether tbs an iuhabitant Of
Japan or stunted ehinaman.S> :
~ Their hu:s are.in imitation OF, the
snow housea Of their native land as
are also the SURROUNDINGS. They have
their games Ias we'll as the people of
the temperate regions. A visitor is
ask ed to place nickel in the hard
clay ground, a number Of men form
ring around il, at q distanee of
almost fifteen feet and then proceed
each in turn to snap it from IL o
earth with the long hide lashes Of
their whips and the one who thus
.unearths the. coin. remains in possess
| ion Of it.
a person may always be sure Of
meeting with some excitement in the
Street Of Cairo. The Turks seem to
be a class OF people that are not in
their native element unless they have
something TO sick at, and from their
vehement talk and excited gesticula-
tions q street 'brswl. seems certain,
but as no dis turbance is yet known
tn have taken place, their boisterous
manners seem 70 be sort OF farce.
The camets and donkess are there
ready for riders. The dance house is
also open so'the public. "
An exhibit represented at The Fair
and one that may be seen any day in
Nevada, is the.Indian village 1t 10
quite an attraction here in San Fran.
cisco az being 'sotnethinR entirely
novel. These are. the first Indians
that 1 have seen since I left Nevada
six years ago. They give exhibi'
tions Of their three most famous
dances namely the sun dance, wei
dance aud serpent dance.
sTheJapansse have a very eneh ant!
ing and lovely place, built entirely by
japanese peohqnics. The reprssen-
! tation is that of typical garden In
.lJapan, including tea houses, dwelling