Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-08-25
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

dedicated on the 2lst Of October instead
OF the 18th, Congress having passed a
bill TO that effect. October the p Is the
exact anniversary Of Columbus landing,
allowance being made for the correction
In the calendar made by Pope Gregory.
The change Of date Of dedication was
made In the interest Of chronological
Accurancy, and also to oblige New
York City, which will have a Column
blan celebration on October IL.
II is announced that the Postmaster
General Of the United States has de-
cided to issue a new series Of postage
stamps, with designs appropriate to
the commemoration OF the discovery OF
America.
New York will exhibit at the worlds
fair sections Of all the trees which are
indigenous to the state. Ofthese there
are 43 species and 85 varieties, num-
Der of which is not excelled, II Is claim
ed In state In the Union.
"Marshall's" gold nugget will be ex-
hlbiled at the worlds fair by California
and 1t is safe to say that thousands will
consider IL one Of the most interesting
of the innumerable objects which will
be displayed at the great Exposition.
This Is the identical nugget which
Marshall picked up In the American
river, Feb. 16, 184S, when selecting a
sight for Suffers mill. and which con-
stituted the first discovery Of gold In
California. The nugget Is about the
size of lima bean, and, on account Of
its associations and the almost incal-
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which have resulted from its finding,
is regarded as an almost priceless
| treasur.
Prof.Putnam and his assistants, while
engaged in collecting material for the
chronological exhibit at the worlds fair,
have made very important archae-
illogical discovery near Fort Ancient,
Ohio. 1t Is that of O serpent mound
900 feet long and about 10 feet thick.
This is by by far the largest known
serpent" constituted by the mound
builders of prehistoric times, and is
regarded as one of the most notable
of American antiquities. The mound
builders works there had been recog-
nized before, but 1t was not known
that they constituted huge serpent"
Many valuable relics are expected by
Prof Putnam from the excavations
now being made.
The old whaling bark "Progress, -
with its extensive museum of marine
curios and relics of whaling voyages, is
now in the harbor at Chicago, and is
being visited by hundreds of people.
Chief Willard A. Smith of the trans
portation department of the worlds
fair has secured for exhibition one of
the old French voyager's boats, which
he found in the State Historical Muse
um of Wisconsin, at Madison. The
boat is an old batteau of the pattern
used by the French Canadian fur trad
ers in their voyages on the lakes and
rivers of the Northwest before Illinois
or Wisconsin had been organized as
territories. 1t Is leviathan of canoes,
weighting / 100 pounds, is thirty feet
long, and in its day carried eighteen
men and over ton Of goods for the
Indian trade. Secretary Thwaite of the
Wisconsin Historical Museum, on one
of his canoe trips two years ago, found
this relic, water-logged, on the backa
of the Upper st. Criox, and had it
conveyed to Madison.
The Hoboken Ferry company of
New York wants % show fac-simile
model of the twin scirew steamer at
the Worlds Fair, built in 1905, with
original engines and boiler. AS con-
trast to this venerable craft 1t Will show
the model of a modern screw terry
boat, the Hamburg, built In 1892.
Camille Saint-Saens, who rank with
Gounod and Massenet among the first
of living French musicians, has accept
ed an invitation to attend the Worlds
Fair and assist in the production OF
French compositions, The exact date
of his visit has not yet been decided
upon, but he will probably come over
in either May or June. Saint-Saens
will conduct programmes of his own
composition and will appear as organ
ist at some of the concerts.
Information has been received that
arrangements are being made In Paris
to have celebrated band of the Repub'
lican Guard and the Comedie Francaise
actors attend the Worlds fair.
The pilot commission of New York
has decided to make an exhibit at the
worlds fair in the Transportation de
partment. A model of pilot boat, or
the scale of one half inch to the foot
and number of oil paintings illustrat
ing the pilot service will be in the ex
hibit.