Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-23

arucleS Illustrating the scope OF the Work ana the
| methods employed. The exhibit has been pre-
pared under the direction OF Mr.. Marcellus Gard
ner chief OF the craftsman division, Patent ONCE
who has had experience in getting up former ex-
| hbitS Although the time for preparation was
| short, the work has been advanced SO rapidly
that start for the exposition viii be made next
week. The Secretary's ONCE will be represented
In the exhibit by full OF annual reports OF the
Department, and specimens OF the Government
| publications which are intrusted TO the care OF
the Secretary OF the Interior for distribution. One
hundred and twenty-five pictures illustrating the
interesting feature OF the exhibit Of the General
Land once These are water colors, and are not
only gooa plctures, but accurate REPRESENTATIONS
OF the various phases OF this important industry.
THE PATENT OFFICE.
"The Genius Of Invention" is the title OF large
painting In the Patent ONCE exhibit. There will
also be thirteen large photographs Of the public
buildings and twenty photographs of the Commits
eH OF IN Ihe pest part OF the exhibit
inventions showing progress In certain lines OF in.
vention There will also be a patent Office on a
small scale, where the curious can see how pre-
hminary searches are made In ascertaining
whether subject is patentable. Whatever IS
necessary to understood in regard to the opera.
ton OF the Office that cannot be represented will
| be explained by attendants. Mr.. Gardner has Sc
cured an old print OF the Patent once building
before IL was destroyed In the fire OF 1895 which
| he has had reproduced and framed for exhibition.
This OF course, will hang on the wall side by side
with a picture or the present building. A set OF
Fulton's drawings for his steamboat win be ex-
hibited.
The Railroad Bureau will exhibit some fifty mis-.
method OF construction OF railroads East and West
The statistics OF the country will be presented in
graphic charts by the Census Bureau.
THE PosT-OFFICE EXHIBIT.
| post-of1ce in actual operation will be one Of
the features OF the exhibit Of the Post-Onice De-
partment 1t will be known as the Cincinnati Expo-
sitton Station, and Will do money order and reg
istry business well as have a free-delivery SER
vice. The other exhibits will show the work OF the
| branches
give Idea OF the extent OF the postal service There
will be albums containing all the blanks used in
the Department, illustrating the methods OF con-
| Quoting the business. These albums will contain
| about 1000 blanks. Large frames will exhibit
the different series OF stamped envelopes now in
use. There will be display OF all the many kinds
OF mail locks and keys now in use, and also those
submitted to the Department at various times,
| but rejected. Nothing more StHklngly Demon
strates the inventive genius OF the Am rian people
than the many ingenious specimens OF locks which
have been Invented 10 secure the sanctity OF the
mails. comparison OF the locks and keys Of re-
Cent days with those In in earlier years is In.
teresting. Then there will be a collection of speci-
mems OF all kinds OF mail bags. mail catcherS and
street letter Boxes and also photographs OF the
principal post-office buildings throughout the
country.
What has always proved to be a place OF great
| popular interest in the Department the Dead
Letter Office, Will be represented by very complete
display, illustrating the methods of doing busi-
ness, and also the many curious things that are
sent through the mails. Snakes and toads and
bustles and false teeth ana womans scalp Will
common carrier.
The collection Of stamps, embracing those now
In use, as well as those used in former years, in
this and foreign countries will excite the envy OF
the stamI-collector, and will also mark the ad-
| vance in the art OF making and designing the ad-
| hesve stamps. There will be group OF photo
/ graphs OF the PoStinaSter-General and his as
sistantS in the Department, OF Postmaster Ross, Of
this city, and his staff. and also of The post
masters in some OF the leading cities. set OF the
annual reports OF the POSimasIer-General, of the
postal maps, model OF a posta-car and an en-
| velope machine in 1ull operation, showing how an
| envelope Is ma re. There will also be a machine
In operation for posImarking letters and postal
cards.
| The celebrated Bible OF Judge Lawrenson, the
veteran OF the Depa tment, is no. to be forgotten
| The lips OF twenty-iour PootmaSters General in
succession have pressed the ancient covers OF this
book they subscribed 10 their oath or office be-
! lore the venerable notary. The preparation or
This display, which Is one OF the largest and most
complete ever made by the Department, Was under
| the direction OF Chief-Clerk Roy am Major X. ID.
s. Tyler. The latter viii represent the Depart
! ment at Cincinnati.
THE INDIAN SCHOOLS.
The Importance OF the Indian school system will
| be brought out In the exhibit OF the Indian Bu-
reau. Specimens Of the handiwork OF Indian schol-
airs. the location OF the schools and otner informa
| ton Will be shown.
Bureau OF Education and from the Pension Bureau
Will be exhibited some Interesting relics. Dis
charges from the Revolutionary army, the thanks
OF Congress Tor services In the ln,ian wars &C.,
Will form part or the collection.
series OF maps. showing the population of the
country by states, and the geological formations,
Is The contribution or the Geological Survey. Col
lections VI minerals. clays, and sands VIII also be
exhibited. Only a hasty resume has been gwen OF
each exhibit, but they are all very complete, and
Will Compare ravorably with any exhibit ever made
Dy Tie Department..
| THE FISH COMMISSION.
The exhibit or the United States Fish Commits
| sion now being prepared I'm er the direction OF
pit. j. W. Collins promises TO be one Of the most
attractive in The exposition building. The 5000
feet OF space assigned TO the Fish Commission is
located at one end OF the building. The building
Is 30 feet wide. The center 40 1eeJ OF this space
| will be devoted TO aquara and an extremely rea-
listlc and suggestive DIT OF scenic work. pleasing
sloping and rocky hill side with plants trees and
rustic renee. over the rocks falls a cascade into
pool below. This pool or basin is feet 81 inches
| long and 3 feet inches wide. From this pool II
| Will be conducted by a miniature Mcdonald
nsnway into u basin II by feet. The poo.s viii
be nlled with nsh. and water plants will grow
| about the edges.
THE AoUARIA
Will be constructed In the rocks and in the rear OF
the waterfall will be two rows OF aqu. ria, with
passage between. There will be 81 large aquaria
in all These Will contain specimens OF all the
siimonide available, the brook trout, the RAINBOW
trout, the Loeb Leven trout, Tie lake trout, and
lanIiocked salmon, besides the principal species
OF food fishes Of the Ohio Valley and lake region
| and carp and So.u t>n. Ihes, aquariA will ue In
| Charge OF Mr.. W. p Seal. The REMAINING, space
/ not taken up b. the nccessary passage ways will
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| four general depa tnents. One will show the
apparatus used i'll scientific Investigation, an OUT
| Mt Tor deep-Sea dredging and exploration.
| Another department will illustrate the work Of
| fish culture and fish distribution by a display OF
| the apparatus used and a series OF instructive
| pictures Another department will illustrate the
| objects or the fisheries, showing by casts and
other representations specimens OF fishes, and the
lnolusks and marine invertebrates that are sought
| Tor food.
| THE FISHERIES.
The last department is that Of fisheries. In this
the story OF the fisheries will be told mainly by
an extensive col ection OF large photographs aud
| crayon drawings, illustrating the methods en-
ployed In the fisheries, the boats and apparutu US
uSed and even the manner ana condition Ut life OF
those engaged In the fisheries.
Among other thing OF interest four large maps,
illustrating The distribution OF the principal species
OF food nsneS, ana fish us,d lor bait Atlantic
| from Cape Hatteras to Labrador, will be shown.
statistical map will show the yield OF the fish
graphic manner the work done In shad propaga-
ton On the Atlantic coast anu the increase in the
catch Oh shad from 1880 TO 1883.
| The CITY MARKETs.-The official Price Current
OF the Washington Produce Exchange says: The
| general tone OF the flour market Is weaker, but
there Is no change in prices. Choice grades OF
| milling wheat In good demand. The general mar
| ket however, Is weaker. Corn and oats steady
and easier In price. The receipts OF hay more lib
eral and market liberal at quotations. The ex-
| IRENE heat OF the past week has caused a sluggish
feeling In the butter market, causing shading In
| Prices remain steady on all unchanged stOck
4 The SuDDly OF eggs not excessive bur annie