The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-26
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WORLDS FAIR.

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A Boston man wants to exhibit skycycl'
ID tho Worlds fair. "A skvcycle comes nm
asf Tho head Of fsinG machines.
The board Of trade and citizens Of Fargo
n. D., have undertaken to raise e3O,OOO Il
supplement tho states World fair appro
ptiRtion Of 325. 900.
The Wisconsln Worlds fair building Will
have I 5000 grand staircase, the donation
OF the Morgan company, one OF the bes'
known Arms of the state.
Butterflies TO the number Of 10000 will
be shown In the Pennsylvania exhibit. a
the Worlds fair. The collection IL said &c
be the most complete and finest in the
world.
IL u estimated tho thirty-Avs railroadl
which enter Chicago will sxpsna $ll0,OOO,
zoo In inoreAsing and improving the'i
equipment and facilities for transporting
Worlds fair visitors a freight.
Costa Rioa'a pavilion at the Worlds fair
will DO surrounded by gardens ornamentsd
by a profusion Of tropical plants. and IN tho
Shan 1900 beautiful birds, many Of which
have very gorgeous plumage.
The Missouri Wotld's fair commission
has mot done . great deal Of talking, but
information has been received 10 the effect
that " has been most diligently At work all
the time, and that the Missouri exhibit At
the fair will be u of the best there.
For the Washington state building at the
Worlds fair, tho lumhermen of the state
have already donated 113. 900 feet Of lumber
and l74 huge lola msasuring from "a TO
121 feet long and I ON Fl to ~ inches IN d.
ameter at tho small end. The logs alone
are valued at $4,000.
Conspicuous in the shoe and leather sx-
hibit at this Wo.ld's fair will be the display
Snul1 49,, T ~ AqnpA .uNN IN thu nruA1k
shoe producing center in the United States.
and fully seventy i've aud perhaps ono hun
dred of the shoe manufacturers OF that city
will furnish exhibits. They arc acting in
harmony in the matter.
The duke OF Edinburgh has announced
his intention of sending for exhibition ut
the Worlds fair some of tho almost invalu-
able collection of ancient musioal instru-
ments, which he possesses. A part of the
collection is now ON exhibition at the inter
national music and art exhibition at Vienna,
where it attracts much attention.
A Sioux squaw. living neas San Diego.
Cal, will exhibit in the woman's building
richly embroidered With sixteen pounds of
beads. She worked for two years in max
ing the garment. From the San Diego
mission will be exhibited a valuable collec-
ton of fine needle work by Indian Riss.
French breeders have become so much
Interested in making an exhibit of their
horses at the Worlds fair that they have
sought TO stimulate competition, and thus
secure the best results, BY Offering As \ prize
q handsome bronze ststue of a typical
French trotter. This statue Is to be mod
eled from life bv M. Isadore Bonhsur, and
be awarded to the best collection Of t~rottsrs
at the exposition.
Following the recent discussion in Eng |
lish journals Of the relative merits Of Eng |
JIGh md AmarieAn JnAnn1nfivAa II ia NM ,
that during the Worlds fair a con-
test be had to settle the question. II 10
proposed that two or more crack English
with English crews, make tho
run from New 70 k to Chicago over ono Of
the main railroad lines. and that the same
of the best locomotives of Ameri-
manufacture do the same. and that the
results be compared.
Nahum Barnett, an architect of Mel
has under consids alton a project
70 arrange for a visit of a party of Austria
ian artisans to the Worlds fair. The Sc
lection will be made from young working
men, probably those in the last year of their
apprenticeship, and it is considered that
The inspection Of the new modes of build
InR adopted in the large cities of the URitsd
states. and of the new inventions in con-
with the science of building, as
lhown at the fair, will prove of immense
to the men.
niIn. IduI anu MIS-. wise, laoy managers
Tor Virginia, together with their auxiliary
board. have undertaken to raise $l6.0 600 for
the Virginia building at the Worlds fair,
which is to be a full sized reproduction Of
home at Mount Vernon. To
aiss the money the women OF Virginia are
selling certificates of membership in the
Mount Vernon association at 81 each,
They are also asking tho county and city
councils. etc., for levies of one
cent per capita. and are giving entertain-
ments of various kinds.
France intends to show its skill in land
gcape gardening at the Worlds fair.
cablegram has been received from the
commission asking that it be allowed
to do. and bear the expense of, the whole
of the spaces sur oundiag the
and the woman's buildings."
generous offer. doubtless, will b. &C.
If it does not interfs.e with plans
too far advanced to DO changed. The
French are world-renownsd as artistic
gardeners. and, it is believed,
they would hardly have made the Offer re-.
ferred to unless they intended to make
display of surprising beauty. The COM
mission asked also for 50, 900 square feet
for the French horticulture exhibition.
Daoud Sitico. a wealthy merchant of
on a recent visit to Chicago. OBJ
tanned from the Worlds fair authorities a
to establish an Algerian village
and attractions on Midway %plaisancs. Ao-
to his account the village will be =
Ill its way, of oriental construction
and highly interesting exhibits. The
building will have a Moo. ish dome, towers
and ornamental minarets. Inside will bs a
number Of native Kabylss. Arabians aad
They will sell jewelry, smbroid.
cry. bric-a-brsc, etc., and serve guests In
cafe concert hall capable of seating 1000
Then. in addition TO this hall.
there will be a Moo ish cafe, a kabyle house
kabyle laborers. an Arab tent village
with Arabs, some desert tents, and an illus
of what ar Arabian desert camp
is. There will be fifty people, and
dancing girls, who will give exhibitions in
the concert hall. They will perform to
the music of An Algerian band. Fully
fl5O,U O will be expended upon this con
Cession.