Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-07-28
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

Several Amazons Of the King OF Da'
honey will probably be seen IN the
Dahomey village, which will be estao'
'ished al the Worlds Fair. Sixty ol
seventy natives and their manner oi
living will be quite show.
Before being sent To Chicago, the
Argentine Republics Worlds Fair ex'
hi6ited in Buenos Ayres.
Many newspapers in different parts
Of the country, are offering round trip
tickets to the Worlds Fairas premiums
Of subscriptions. Tickets are also being
offered i'm schools, by the school authori-
ties or by private individuals, as prizes
for excellence in scholarship.
A vast amount of very valuable In.
formation, descriptive, statistical ano
other, concerning the several states oi
the Union, is being collected for The
Worlds Fair. Quite a number OF the
states are preparing Typographical
mans. Others will show statistical
maps, photographs, etc. and many are
having compiled, for free distribution
at the Fair, books of from 800 TO oOu
pages setting forth mass OF lntorma-
tion as to resources, prOductions,popu-
lation. education aud advantages Ia
settlers, and for the investment oi
capital.
An effort is being made to have the
cotton mills of Georgia make hne eN.
hibit Mt the worlds fair. 1t is believed
that such exhibit would greatly stlmu-
late the investment of capital In cot
ton mills in the South.
The famed "Six Nations" in New
York state will be well represented in
the Indian exhibition at the worlds
Fair.
1t is proposed and ably supported,
that something be done at the time ol
the Worlds Fair, presumably under
the auspices of the worlds Congress
Auxiliary, to bring about throughout
the world the universal adoption OF
decimal system of weights, measure
ments and coinage.
The secretary of Michigan's Worlds
Fair commission has estimated that
25O, 900 people from Michigan will visit
the Worlds Fair.
In Denmark's exhibits at the Worlu'
Fair will be fine array of porcel lam
ware and a notable art display, includ-
ing reproductions of many ofthe Ihos
waldsen sculptures.
1t is proposed to hold a worlds fail
in Berlin in 1898, and in Paris in l9OO
but definite action has not yet been
taken by the nations concerned.
The authorities of Harvard Universi-
ty have applied to Chief Peabody OF
the Department of Liberal Arts OF the
Worlds Fair for 1000 square feet for Q
thoroughly representative educational
exhibit from that historic institution
The officers of the university say they
are prepared not only to fill but &c
spIendidly and representatively I'll
every foot of space which can be grant
ed to them for their educational eXhib
it, and they accompanied their applica
ton with a carefully calculated sche1
ue and diagram showing what they are
prepared to do in this direction.
The work of assigning space to the
thousands of exhibitors in the variou:
Worlds Fair buildings has been entered
upon and will be pushed to finish a.
rapidly as possible. AS much more
has been applied for than is available
it will be necessary to scale down the
request of majority of the applicants
The exhibit to be made at the Worlds
Fair by Krupp, the celebrated German
gun maker, will represent an expendi
ture of 81 100000. The largest cannot
ever made, weighing 122 tons, will b'
in the exhibit, as also will be severa
hundred tons of war material.
The Worlds Fair Directory has eX
pended up to date approximately sever
and quarter million dollars.