The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-06

Riyeness OF the exhibits In the main
building did not reach them at all. 1t
did not at all appeal to them that the
manufacture of every sort OF article
from campaign buttons to jam was
worth looking into. They were startled
by a pyramid Of pickles fifteen feet
high and twenty feet along each base,
but it did not seem to particularly af-
feet them that the mountain OF puck
ering material was all turned out of
q St. Paul factory The man from the
country and the farm housewife will
take note Of these things, even While
they have a more attentive ear for the
street piano which will arouse the
echoes and shake the rafters Of the
building with The Banks Of The
Wabash" and Marching Through
Georgia"
There are in this main building many
things to interest and instruct, and
the general scheme for decoration is
calculated to please the eye too. Just
what becomes of the geniuses who put
up these exhibits during that period
OF the year when there is no fair on
is a problem that will interest people
who have inquired as to where the
flies go in the winter. The same peO-
pie were doing the decorating yester-
day that did it last year and the year
before. They seem to be professionals.
and they get big money for evolving
and putting into practice novelties in
forms Of exhibits. Yesterday they mad
not completed their work by any means,
but enough had been done to show
that new ideas have been evolved in
this line in the past year The general
interior arrangement Of the building is
necessarily The same as usual, and the
big houses that are regular exhibitors
have their usual spaces. To the right
OF the main entrance to the building
there Is, in the space that has been oc-
cupied by the railroads a very hand
some display Of grains and produce
from the Dominion Of Canada, and on
beyond are numberless small booths,
showing everything conceivable. The
development Of a branch OF the fruit
Industry, canning and preserving, is
evidenced by a number OF exhibits
Here and there throughout the build
ms are exhibits Of the manufacturing
interests of St. Paul. There is no at
tempt at grouping these exhibits, but
they are perhaps more effective from
being scattered through the hall Some
of the manufacturers show their meth
DDS Of making goods, and among the
Interesting features today there will be
tn operation a machine shoe shop. The
unique in the world Of science occu-
pies a good deal Of space, the X-rays
being CT the number. Then there are
samples Of the new graphs Of all kinds.
Today the exhibits Will all be in or
der and viii be placarded in such a
manner that the visitors inteIIigensly
follow the exhibits and exhibitors.
NATIVE FRUIT RAISING.
In horticultural hall the fruits Of the
earth were shown in great profusion,
and the excellence of the Minnesota
apple and plum was proven to the sat
isfaction OF everybody. The depart
ment is line of husbandry that has
only lately begun to be followed for
money making purposes. but it is said
that such inducements have been Of
fered orchar6ists that within a few
years Minnesota will grow all the small
fruits necessary for home consumption.
The development Of the apple growing
branch is immense, and there are more
and more different kinds Of apples
shown this year than ever seen be-
fore. There is something about the
hOrticulturiSt that makes him different
from the aveTa ge farmer He is differ
ent in physical and mental attributes,
and his sense Of the beautiful is de-
Veloped beyond that of the ordinary
agriCUlturist. He has an eye for col
ors and for blending, and horticultural
hail will be nothing short Of g. bower
OF beauty this morning. With the bar
est materials, apples, plUms and other
small fruits shown in dishes do tot
make promising material, but when
they are arranged on the green, we'll
toned sheiVing,' and the apples about
the tables are filed with palms aQd
plants most effective ensemble is at
tanned. Don't, by any means, miss the
horticultural exposition. It will rejoice
the eye and make the visitor feel that
the time is coming when Minnesota
Will be at least on a par with Mich
1gan and possibly with some OF the
Eastern states in the growing Of
fruits.
The live stock show is always a point
or attraction for the city men who care
but little for the agricultural features.
and yesterday there was o marked dis
position On the part Of the visitors to
cultivate a knowledge Of pork in live
form and beef and mutton on foot. The
morse show, too was q point of at
traction.
The horses were all interesting. from
the bang tail French coach, with its
arIstocratic looking air, to the immense