Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1876 — CENTRALITIES. [ARTICLE]

CENTRALITIES.

—The terra S 0 ’ n Denmark’s exhibit call fort. ’» praise. —The art coll in the Woinan’s Pavilion eonlnaua. ' to attrrtet K reat "t<cntion - .>• . ‘ -The Argentine R< H 1; teresting display of nu ncra,s aid HHW articles manufactured. . —The Mercantite Libra phiahas thrown ojarn its ?™. 1, i „ charge for visitors tofthe Cea fennial. * ' -Tlie Liverpool cUoVrr indications that the-' ! G< i ntewrrial rihig to atttaet ptusAhgetfs * teraa i j ’ Visitors are rtiidiMled'wd Jandri icy ,wlio» eCSt’S • —flortifcriltip-al and : Agricaltalrtl lUh ide now connected by an elevated -ndMrayi, which contributes largely to the eousfort of visitors.

—A knowledge of the Oriental language is rapidly becoming a test of respccCTblliity attheCenterinial. It is said tlireewords. of Japanese are sufficient, i • . , , —Much confusion arises in comseqpenee of having the various buildings npmfeej-ed instead of having tlie namesbt the variotw States and cotmfries upon them. ", . - —The catalogues issued at the' idnu mencement of the Exhibition’ are'flow found to be very imperfect in many respects, owingto the additionsmade iuseveral departments. , y, s —Tlie Castellani collection of Greek Roman antiques ifi the Memorial Hall.oCr cupy several rooms. It is remarkably rich in Greek bronzes, engraved gents; rings, busts, statues, etc. The collection is valued at (200,000. —The valuable collection of the renilins of extinct animals belonging to Ptotf. Henry A. Ward, of Rochester, is said to be injured through the curiosity of' some foolish persons who, to.satisfy cut the tusks of the elephants ,and sl6 legs of the megatherium. —The display of the fishes of North .America, made by the Fish Commission, in conjunction with the ! Smithsonian Institution, affords an excellent opportuhily to study the interesting subject. It embraces photographs and plaster casts of nearly all the fishes of North Aildricii, —The following is a verbatim copy of an expressive tletter a young lady at; the’ Centennial wrote, to her: mother iu ‘thisi city; Philadelphia, June,,lßfr6. Dear Mother: Oh! Oh!! Oh!!! Oh!!!! O-o-o-o-o-o-o-h!!!!!! Your affectionate daughter, f Mary. ~ Providence I.) .tournat. —An interesting paper on the design and the erection of tlie Centennial Exposition buildings was read a few days ago before the Society of American Civil Engineers, in session ip Philadelphia. Among other interesting data mentioned w ; aft that; the mass of iron in the buildings amounts to 3,348,000 pounds, and ■that tire kinds bf straight and T iron, etc., wpuld reach a distance of 141 miles, whflfe,46 all the iron were made into a solid, Cube it would measure 25, feet 10inches, per ' \ ‘ —Tlie colossal statue of which will soon arrive at Philadelphia by the United States ship placed in. front of. trip Judges’ PayilUqn at the Centerpiial. Tlie' pedestal’ *iras' been ! completed, but will not be plaewflri posh tion until after the arrival of the stated The fignrie is feet higUfffjpudided sonal contribution of Philadelphian, now a resident of Fibfence, Italy.,UovJl < ; fr-Apmpg tM displays made iq, the Agricultural department by foreignTwß’* l9 there are iriany Which wbunl briar *a i lengthy description, but for tire iireseigl must pass them over with a brief mention. The finest of these exhibits, as they appear to me, is the one made Uy BraziJ, the country over' which Dom Pedro has tilled for nearly half a century, and perorhe may toe, let us hope, f Orman years to .come. TH space ocpupjpd by'this exhibit is well,filled with Brazilian productions, comprising extensive varieties tt woods, minerals, skins, leather, iribbcr In its crude state, seeds, grains, .soils, spices, cloths, fruits and other artwleatwhich need not here be enumerated. The dia-,, play is under the charge of seven Com,missioners, who freely distribute cfrqulars and pamphlets giving full dfefeciipMons Of their country, its productions, its great, natural advantages, and its, mexlimistiblq resources.— Cor. Chicaqo Journal. ■