The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-10
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

Fully 1On,0 900 men, it is believed, will
participate in the parade on the occa-
sion of the dedication of the Worlds
Fair buildings in October. Such is the
estimate of Secretary Culp OF the COM
mittee having the preparation for the
ceremonies in charge. He says that &C
cep:ances are very numerous to the in {.
vitation to civic and fraternal societies
to participate. The militiamen and
regulars" who will participate will
number about 10000.
More than 200 panels OF native woods
will enter into the interior decoration of
the Washington Worlds Fair building.
Some of them will be carved and others
decorated with paintings of Washington
scenery and groupings of flowers, fruits,
grains, fish, game, birds, etc.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company will make historical exhibit
at the Worlds Fair which will be of abb
sorbing interest to all railroad men.
Major j. w. Pangborn has charge of it's
preparation. The Baltimore and Ohio
claims to be the Oldest railroad in the
world, it's two or three predecessors
having been mere tramways for trans
porting coal, stone or ore. The actual
construction of the road began on july
4, 1928, and its first section was in oper-
alton six months before the Liverpool
and Manchester road, the first railroad,
in the present sense of the word, in
Europe. The Baltimore and Ohio claims
also to be the only one of the pioneer
roads which has retained its original
name and has remained under con-
tinuous succession of management.
The chamber Of commerce of Calais,
France. has contributed 1000 francs to-
wards the expense of making show of
French lace at the Worlds Fair.
Rhode Island will present it's Worlds
Fair building to Chicago after the ex-
position closes The structure will be
very picturesque in appearance, being a
reproduction in part Of the famous 'Old
Stone Mill" at Newport.
The New York State board of charities
is preparing an industrial exhibit for
the Worlds Fair of the products Of the
charitable, corrective, reformatory and
eleemosynary institutions under it's
supervision. The exhibit will contain
photographs, models, illustrations of
the various methods OF instruction, sta
tistics, and a comparison showing the
progress OF work for the past twenty We
years.
''model OF the figure of Lots wife
in salt" will appear in the Kansas
World Fair exhibit to represent or il.
lustrate the saltindustry of the State.
The German exhibit at the World g
Fair will contain an architectural dis
play including drawings illustrating 200
or more OF the most notable buildings
in the empire.
Notwithstanding the recent failure
and disbanding OF the Galveston organ.
ization, which was formed for the pur-
pose of preparing an exhibit for Texas
at the Worlds Fair, that State Is likely
to be creditably represented. The
Texas County Exhibitors Association of
Dallas, formed originally in the inter.
ests Of the State fair, has taken tbs at
ter In charge and promises fine ex-
hibit at Chicago.
Ontario, Canada, breeders of thor
oughbred animals have already applied
for space for 1853 horses, 1913 cattle, 27s
sheep and 81 swine.
The colored women OF Minnesota
have offered to assist in the decoration
OF tho States building at tho World s
Fair, and the offer has been accepted
The South Kensington Museum, Lon
don, recently paid ESQ $4,000 yard for
some lace manufactured in the south OF
Ireland. 1t is said that this is tho
highest price on record and that tho
lace is OF the most exquisite workman
ship. The lace will be exhibited at the
Worlds Fair.
OLD papers, is cents per hundred. for