Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-06
THIN WORLD'S FAIR
Some of the Interesting Feat
ures of the Exposition.
Nine Acres in the Mines and
Mining Exhibit.

The Transportation Exhibit-The First
Steam Engine-The Power Plant to
Use Oil for Fuel-SpeciaI Features of
Dedication Day Foreign Appropria-
tions Now Aggregate over 81, 500, 900.
CHICAGO, April 6.-The following are
interesting extracts concerning the
worlds fair given out for publication
by the department of publicity and pro
motion, worlds Columbian exposition:
Mines and Mining.
Considerable misapprehension exists,
both in this country and abroad, as to
the mines and mining exhibit which is
to be made at the exposition. AT worlds
fairs, heretofore, the mineral and allied
exhibits have been shown in the manu-
factures building, or in annexes to
other structures occupied by exhibits
having but remote relation to anything
of the mineral description. Many press
notices and comments indicate that the
impression prevails widely that such is
to be the case at the exposition OF 1898.
But that is far from being true.
"Mines and mining" has been made a
separate and distinct department of the
classification of exhibits, and will have
the exclusive use of one of the finest and
largest of the exposition buildings. The
mines and mining building measures $50
by 700 feet, has total floor space OF
almost nine acres and cost $265, 900. The
fact Is that, at the worlds Columbian
exposition, for the first time in the his
tory of such enterprises, the mining in
dustry and products are accorded the
recognition which their exceedingly
great importance to the wealth and
prosperity of all civilized nations really
demands Mr.. Skitf, chief of the de-
partment, says that it is already assured
that in the mines and mining building
will be gathered in 1898 incomparably
the largest array and most complete and
most instructive evidence Of the mineral
wealth and progress of the mining in
dustry ever collected or attempted.
Transportation.
Chief Willard A. Smith, of the depart
ment of transportation, is arranging for
a large number of interesting exhibits.
Recently he has been paying special at
tention to the marine section. In it will
be models of the rig of the old frigate
Constitution, the flagship of Nelson, a
caravel from Spain, the exact copy of
the Santa Maria, in which Columbus
made his first voyage, canoes of the ma
tive traders of the West Indies, hewn
from single tree and propelled Ey
twenty-five paddles. There will be mod
els ofesuch modern racing schooners as
the America, Mayflower, Puritan and
Volunteer. All sorts of stern-wheel pas
senger and freight steamers for river
navigation, steel-screw ferryboats, cleo
tric pinnances, naphtha launches, ETC.,
will be shown Then there will appear
in their natural order ketches and brig
antines, sloops and barques of the ATTAIN
tic coast i'll 17l4, RATS, arks, barges,
keel-boats and other craft
The First Steam Engine.
An immense wooden box, bound in
iron, was recently found in Helsinfors.
Finland. by workmen engaged in exca-
waiting in the cellar of an old house.
Upon opening the box the men found
that it contained large parchment and
q quantity of pieces of iron of odd
shapes. Being unable TO make out the
contents of the parchment, they carried
it to MIR, Rizeff, the nearest magistrate,
who found that it was written by Father
Suger, one time minister to Louis the
Seventh of France. 1t was an elabo-
rately written treatise upon the use of
steam as a motive power, and further
examination revealed that the bits of
iron were numbered parts of rudi-
mental but complete steam engine. 1t
is proposed to fit the parts together and
to exhibit this pioneer steam engine at
the exposition.
Dedication Day.
It is proposed to run from New York
to Chicago, at the time of the dedication
of the exposition buildings, ten special
trains, ten minutes apart, each train to
have elaborate decorations and music.
1t is believed that fully 5000 people will
want to make the trip. 1t is the inten-
ton to have in New York, both pre-
ceding and succeeding this triumphal
procession, imposing ceremonies of a
commemorative character. These in
clude civic and industrial pageant
representing modern progress, a street
pageant representing the landing of Co
iumbus anI historic scenes from his
life. unveiling a Columbus statue in
Central park, a grand banquet and
choral festival. Prominent citizens OF
New York, including members of
Spanish and Italian societies, are per-
fectinS the plans.
Australia.
One of the attractive features of the
Australian exhibit at the fair will be
tree ferns from Sydney, New South
Wales. These have always been pop
nlar exhibit at London expositions.
Chief Samuels has been assured by
Arthur Renwick, commissioner for New
South Wales, that a number of rare
specimens will be sent. The ferns vary
in height from eight to fourteen feet.
At the close of the exposition many of
them will be given to the park commits
sioners of Chicago
Electric Lights.
The exposition company will pay $50
per lamp for the 5000 to 5000 arc
lamps required for electric lighting:
About 100, eco incandeecent lights will
also be used, but have not yet been con-
tracted for.
viii Use Oil for Fuel.
The exposition power plant will burn
oil instead of coal. About 225,0OO bar
rels will be required, for which the ex-
position company will pay seventy-two
and one-half cents barrel.
Foreign Appropriations.
The worlds fair appropriations by
foreign countries, as far as reported,
aggregate more than 81 100000.
Notes.
An East Indian village and exhibit will
occupy 100000 square feet of space ON Mid
way Plaisance,
More than Z ego car loads of building