The Portland daily press., 1892-08-02
THE WORLDS FAIR.
;o.,re Interesting Relics to be on Exhibit
tion-A Great Congress of the Youth Of
All Nations

CHICAGO, Aug 1.-The objects of his
torical value and interest which will be
shown at the Worlds Fair will be legion
1t is safe to. say that the collection will
be ten times as numerous as has ever
been witnessed inone place before. The
Columbus relics alone will be very great
in number, and will include the majority
Of the important portable reminders of
the famous explorer. They will be
brought from Spain, Italy, Rome, the
West Indies, and other widely separated
parts of the earth. Every department,
almost, of the great Exposition will have
its relics on view-old records, portraits,
machines, models, inventions, etc., each
having historical interest or making a
stage of progress in its own line. Partic-
ularly numerous will be these historical
exhibits from the United States. Almost
every state will contribute to the number
something which will be viewed with
interest because of its history or associa-
tons. One OF the best contributions
will be shown by Pennsylvania, the col
lection being furnished mainly from
Philadelphia under the auspices of a
committee of its city council. Among
the objects in this collection are the fol
lowing: the chair occupied by Thomas
Jefferson when writing the Declaration
of Independence; the table on which it
was signed; the silver inkstand used on
that occasion; Thomas Jefferson's sword;
chair of memorial woods, including parts
of Columbus house in Spain; bell rung
at Valley Forge when Washington oc-
cupied that place with his army; sofa be-
longing to George Washington and used
by him when he lived in Philadelphia;
bench made from pew in old Christ
church occupied by Washington and
Lafayette, punch bowl used by Gen.
Washington and other officers OF the
Revolutionary army; baby clothes made
by Mrs. John Adams for her son, John
Quincy Adams; also mug that belonged
to John Paul Jones; Peale's portrait of
Washington, the first ever printed; first
Tightening rod invented by Ben. Frank
lin: electrical machine invented by
Franklin; original model of John Fitch's
steamboat which ran between Philadel-
phia and Burlington from 1887 to 1880:
unsigned copy of the Declaration of
Independence; fans used by Franklin at
the court of France when he was minister
there; cast of Washington's face taken
during life from original mould used for
Houdon's statue; clocks of Benjamin
Franklin, William Penn and Oliver Crom-
well, running and keeping good time;
Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Washington;
Thomas Jefferson's thermometer; lock
of Jefferson's hair; Pocahontas's neck
lace; surveying instrument used by
William Penn in laying out the city of
Philadelphia; and the famous Liberty
Bell.
Youths at the Worlds Fair.
Provision has been made for the hold
ing, in Chicago at the time of the Worlds
Fair, of congress composed of youths
of all nations of the World. Delegates
will be sent it is expected, from England
Japan. France, Germany, Norway,
Sweden, Spain, Austria, Italy, Russia and
countries of the Orient. These young
men are to be selected from the high
schools and the grammar grades. Their
ages are to range between 10 and 20 years.
No Worlds Fair congress has been thus
far arranged for, 1t is thought, will excite
more interest than this prospect.
The idea is to get from each country
not more than from fifteen to forty or
fifty students. All told, it is intended to
have 5000 at the congress, and a special
committee has been appointed to see
that proper encouragement is lent to in
duce attendance. The preliminary adj
dress of the special committee has been
issued by A. F. Nightingale, Chairman,
and F. F. Bliss, Secretary.
President Bonney, of the Worlds Con-
gress Auxiliary, says that the topics dis
cussed, will touch neither upon religion
nor politics. His idea is to gather in
Chicago next year a representative as
sembly of the educated youths of all
countries. They are to be addressed by
the leading educators Of the age who
may be in Chicago The scheme origina-
ted with committee Of which Francis
Bellamy is chairman. The pith of the
braced in the following paragraph from
the preliminary address.
at is felt that carefully selected as
sembly of the young from all nations
under such remarkable conditions as
will prevail during the Columbian Ex-
position, cannot fail to powerfully aid
this high end. 1t is proposed to draw to-
gether the worthiest and the most tai
ented youth of all lands, the coming
leaders Of mankind, that they may be
lead to realize, as could not otherwise be
possible, the meaning and the worth of
the fellowship of nations and the brother
hood of man. In gathering so consti-
tuted there would certainly be some who
will be called to deal decisively with the
destinies of states and the serious con-
Germs of millions of men. Brought thus
together and face to face with the larger
relationssof our independent humanity,
those fresh minds would greatly gain in
fitness for the important tasks decreed
to their future. Among them would be
many who will survive all who are now
active on the stage of the worlds affairs,
and who would therefore stand before
the generation to follow us as witnesses
of the humanizing power of the Worlds
Exposition of 1898, and be inspired by
it's influence to higher and more useful
careers, making the fulfllment of its
great promises their noble claim to his
tory"