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Show THE MIDWINTER PAIR. Items from our tegular Correspondent. Corres-pondent. San l"rnnclsco, Nov 1 1 , The California Califor-nia Midwinter International Exposition will go down into hlelory nsnn illustration illustra-tion of the most rapid ('.cudopuunt of a great Ciitbrprm timl the world has ever seen. It v h nt until tbo Idnt Jay of Jlllio that the i oittnn to hold :i fair in fin JitmiriiTfi, m hiIh inter, was even flimiajit of On Mm evening of that ilny, it n hinquut iif CHcpo, when several oyhoforelgu .commissioners to the Columbian Kxpoiitlomrcrc present one of the speakers incidentally remarked remark-ed that part ot the forclgi.f exhibits' would probably go from Chicago to Chili before being returned home. The thought immediately came to tho mind of Hon. M. 11. do Young that if theso exhibits ex-hibits were nvallablo for display clso where, nhy.not secure (hem forCallfor? nia, and why nol, nt tha same timu, ndvertlsu California'a climatic advacntu-gesby advacntu-gesby holding a great international fair by the side of the Golden Gate at tho season when tho greater part of tlo ctuntry sits huddled around tho iVcs.or t rapped In a mantle a( snow. On the followlngdnyMr.de Young spoke to several prominent Callfoinjans and through their combined efforts the Mid-ninterjKxposiilou Mid-ninterjKxposiilou began toasauoioshape and ground wns broken in Golden Gate P.iikon August 21. There ia a building for Manufactures nnd Liberal Arts 4o2x2.i7 feet, Moorish in style, with n strong suggestion of the old California Mid'iun architecture, and with a great wldo gallery Sh feet broad running all lound tho interior; there is n building for Mechanic Ails, 321x100 feet.puiuiy Kant Indian in Btyle nnd perfectly adapted for tho accomodation of such exhibits as nro usually found in Machinery halls; then too, thiTu ia 11 Palace of Horticulture and Agriculture, almost a twin to tho .Mechanic Art Bldg in point of sire though entirely different in architecture. The fourth building is tho Pino Aria Palace, constructed ol brick, for safety nnd durability, nnd tin -iehed in n pleasing Kgyptiun style. Tho filth building in this grand group ia (he Administration Building, where the nili-ccs nili-ccs of the Kvpo-ition n.annginont will le. 1 1 In addition hi then' nia'lii building's" and the features of tho grnud cenluil court, concessions hnvu been let for a great many other interesting iixhibitw and displays that will enter very largely to the ententaiciperit its well as the instruction of the public. . The uyejora-maof uyejora-maof the burning mountain will find n placu in the Hawaliti concession. Tho Heidelberg Castle w ill stand on an elevation eleva-tion with tho German Village clustciing around its b.ic. Very many of the Oriental features of the Midway Pliasanro hno been secured, secur-ed, nnd a reproduction of tho famous public I'rnlcr nt Vienna has boon arranged arran-ged for. There will b'nn ostrich farm in full feather, on Arlaonn Indian Villago a Spanish ltanrliero,'Hii Klectrio Theatre, Thea-tre, a copy ol the Ktiid Wheel 100 feet in diameter, 11 grand exhibit of sea lion from Ihu fcuutu liurlmr.i Channel, nnd an interesting exhibit of llons'of another sort equal to the fainotn Hngenb'ack n iiu anunai cxiuuir, on (lie Midway in Jackson Park. Besides all these, work on nil of which ia being pushed rapidly forward, there aro also being constructed half .1 dozen special buildings in .which tho oxhlhlls from thcdiffeient counties of tho elate of California nro to bo combined, and in two of these huihliiiga, tho two great Citrus Belts of the different scctiona' of the state, northern and aoiithern, will be pitted against each other, in n friend ly competition, so ha isitors to Iho Fair will havo 11 chanco toseo tho greatest great-est display oforangeathut hascicr been niado. These nro but n fow of tho thousands ol things that might bo said in explanation explana-tion of tho, development of tho great .Midwinter iindeitnklng. It will open on tho first day of January without fail and everything is to be in readiness at that timv. At the piosent rale of progress, pro-gress, this can be must pogillvelyetiitcd. Nevada has already secured 2000 feet of space, Oregon, Washington, Utah nnd New Mexico me also fulling into line, and ollur state. west ol tho Hock' Mountalnr ilhilto bu u presented there to say nothing of tho vual number of exhibits that have been arranged to tako up at San Prancln-otho work ol advertising themschca which they began be-gan so aiiccesafully by tho ehlo of the Inland Sea at Chicago, |