Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-09-22
EXPOs,TloN'S SECOND WEEK.
The Donizcns OF tho Esplanade VisIe
the Exhibits-Some Amusing Ex-
Observation-Disclosures
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MISUNDERSTANDING
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Philadelphia, Sept. 19.-The early
morning visitor at the exposition
grounds on the first day of the second
week found the great white buildings
enveloped in a dense fog, but the
workmen and the deniZens of the Es-
planade astir and busy. The sun.
however, quickly broke through the
veil of mist and a cheerful, bright day
was inaugurated.
The earliest and most curious among
the visitors to the exposition buildings
were the Oriental Inhabitants of the
Chinese village, who wandered about
amid the ponderous machinery and in
spected the small curiosties with
childike wonder and delight. They
passed about in groups before the
crowds began to thicken. shrinking
from contact with the native sight
seers. who finally pushed upon them
in such numbers as TO drive them back
into the Esplanade and the seclusion
of their homes in the Chinese village.
4 very curious spinning top and a
revolving atlas divided the wrapped
attention OF a score of the inquisitive
people of the east, but il was observed
that wherever the most color or the
most curiously continued and delicate
mechanism was to- be found we're the
localities most eagerly sought by them
Ii has been remarked that they soon
discovered that they were themselves
as great objects of curiosity to the
crowds which began to arrive dur
ing their inspection of the big show
and their timidity under the keen in
spectiOn of the natives was amusing
They were like little herds of start
led fawns surprised by the appearance
Of the hunter. One party, accompanied
by an Interpreter, found much enter
tainment in inspecting an immense
globe bearing representations of vari-
Gus types of the nations of the earth.
There were lifelike figures of Indians,
Europeans. Japanese. Moors, Esqui
mauX, Turks and Tartars, but not the
figure of a Chinese, solitary or grouped.
Two of the almond eyed visitors walk
ed around this globe several times, in
speeding it closely, after which they
Joined their companions and INDUCED
in gestures of indignation and dis
gust. Curiosity impelled a bystander
20 ask the reason for the display of
so much feeling over the peculiar ex-
hibit.
They failed to find anything that
looked like a Chinese and were an
noyed that Il Jap had seen selected TO
represent the far east" was the reply.
Other inhabitants OF the Esplanade
made an early morning round OF the
Main Building, but none OF them were
either as curious or interested as the
Chinese. They, however, added Il pic
turesque spice to the. scene. Two OF
the inhabitants of the negro planta-
ton occupied the attention of Il num-
Der of young men, who insisted that
they had been imported from a near
by street rather than from Kentucky.
The grizzly old fellows, whose man.
ner. vocabulary and dialect, TO say
nothing of their ancient appearance,
bore out the truth of their claim to
have been ante-belmm slaves on
! Kentucky plantation, finally became
/ highly indignant. Look here, honey"
| said one of them, Use been done tend
| ed to gentlemen afore you and your
white trash people hab been born.
was owned by gentleman. My old
masser was Clay. You neber see no
real slave niger afore. you didn't" and
the highly exercised old men walked
| out Of the building and retreated be-
| hind the walls of the plantation.
When the morning fog retreated be-
| fore the face of the sun the eXposi-
ton buildings came out in brilliant
relief, the flags floating above the
main entrance were found to announce
| to the world that the exposition was
| progressing. The flags above the
! Pediment, which surround the quad
raeia of Victory, displayed the letters
! c Y X S, which in the international
! commercial code indicated the word
! exposition, while those to the south
! represented tie letters ID p b r, which
in the code represent the word pro-
| crossing. All of the passing shipping
on the river as well as those persons
on land familiar with the code. we're
thus advised of the success of the
great exposition and it's cheerful prog
| ress.
Those visitors who came upon the
! Esplanade after 10 o'clock found not
only new thing in the fully equip
ped Chinese restaurant, but all the at
fractions of that feature of the ex-
| position in full swing.
The Chinese village inha bitants were
becoming more familiar with their
surroundings. The Oriental Coffee and
Smoking Parlors and the Theater are
well patroniZed and the animals in the
Hagenback show are doing the most
wonderful things imaginable. The
/ Esplanade, in the brilliant sunshine,
| indeed, presented a most attractive
and animated appearance The melo-
dious songs from the natives OF the old
plantation fell pleasantly upon the ear
even above the deep lunged young men
who described what may be found be-
mind the entrance doors.
WITHIN the exposition building the
| OrOQrQSC
days in perfecting the displays and
addlng to the attractions of the ex-
hlbitlon was quickly apparent to those
VINO had watched the unfolding of tn.
plans of those in charge of the ex-
hlplts. Ample power for the machin-
cry is now furnished by two boilers
OF ESQ horse power each, which are in
commission, and in a few DAYS two
other boilers. with 300 horse power
each, will be added to these.
ENGlAND'S .tEAIOuc EVE