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Show As ynu approach the Japanese store vnu eeo upeciinena of their gardens, tliiwcra, etc., (nit you i.rn surnrised to . sen them in common-pl ice dp-es liki-I liki-I the ret of iiiij not a vt ftiu of the Jap . looks like himself but Ins lacp. All the rcf-t is Europe ui. Their English remind oil' of the Chinese waiter al Kvans'on: "Ln'.tl hleef loal-mutton , ilied-llout." Where will this universal uni-versal leveling of the costumes of nations na-tions slop? Everybody will apeak Englinh and wear English elolhes in tho next century. Even the abor- igiuos of tho Pacific, who run around naked, are delighted to got a stovepipe hat and high boots. 1 Thev then think (homselvea dressed. These world's fairs are groat engines to break down national vanity. The collection of wonders in Fairmounl park outrival iu fullness and size any exhibition of the kind ever seen. Every piece of ground around tho buildings ia covered with interesting studies for botanists. The flower beds are delightful. You cannot walk a step without meeting something new, novel and calculated to leach you. Some genius representing an artificial manure shows the wonderful efleet of his fertilizer upon corn and othor plants. Trees rare and beautiful aro lavishly scattered around from all over tbo globe. Well, I have been trying to take tho reader into one of the principal buildings but must flop aa my legB and eyes aro tired. Ouo gets soon worn out walking, looking "d won-Idering. won-Idering. The general complaint is that you will get the back ache very soon, so anxious are you to see al! you can. In my next we will talk of the principal building. C. R. Savage. |