Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1894 — ANOTHER FAIR CITY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ANOTHER FAIR CITY.

CALIFORNIA’S INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. gome Typical Fea tare 8 of the Early Historic Life of the State--Some of the Old Gambling Dens Reproduced Small-Pox Becomei Alarming. In the Sanset City. The California Midwinter International Exposition, at San Francisco, is proving a great success. The Exposition has awakened all the energies of the people of the State and there is now on exhibition such a variety of products of the soil—agricultural, horticultural, viticultural and mineral—as was never before seen on the Pacific slope. Eastern and foreign exhibitors are well represented in tneir choicest and rarest wares. The most interesting features of the exposition, perhaps, are the rep oduction of old California architecture - ob-

ject lessons of the early historic life of the State. Many of the mining cabins have been brought from the mountains and set up in the grounds. These have a historic value from their associations with men who have since acquired wealth and fame. Among the old miners’ cabins, one of the shabbiest is the house in which John W. Mackav lived for several years at Allegheny, Sierra County, 'where he made his first strike, which

furnished the means for his further work in quartz-mining. Another equally interesting cabin is that which once belonged to Hon. George 11. Perkins, now United States Senator from California, and ranking as one of the millionaires of the State. Another cabin was occupied at one time by Mark

Twain, when he was working as a miner. One. of the mining camps has all the gambling accessories which characterized the old camps, keno and faro outfits, a roulette wheel, etc., and the games are called by Mexican women who have presided over similar games in the roughest camps of California, Arizona and Nevada, and who have witnessed more fights than they could count on their jingling bracelets, made out of gold coins contributed by ’‘admirers.” There is also a dancing hall, the inevitable saloon, the counter of which is formed by»two planks laid on barrels, and a hotel, which is an exact

reproduction of the pion er hostelry There is also a museum which is stocked with relics of the ’49 period. In one corner of the grounds is a model placer mining eamp. Here are flume, sluices, rockers, long-toms, riffles, and other devices for catching gold. Several old' miners show the visitors exactly how the gold was dug out in ’49. The ground has been “salted” with gold dust and small nuggets, giving the spectacle the full air of realism. The large buildings on the ground are splendid in appearance and con-

stitute another World s Fair City on a smaller scale. Of several scenes on the grounds we print illustrations.

LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING

IN THE ORIENTAL VILLAGE, MUN STREET, CAIRO.

APPROACH TO THE FINE ARTS BUILDING.

REPRODUCTIONS OF THE OLD MINING CAMPS OF UNITED STATES SENATOR PERKINS AND JOHN W. MACKAY.