The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-23
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WORLDS FAIR.

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WORLDS FAIR.
Seats for 126, 600 people are 70 b provided
Worlds fair for the dedication exercises on
Oct. u.
The international chess Tournaments e
b held a. Chicago in connection VIII
the Worlds fair will distribute $Rop0 IN
prizes.
The owners Of the Mammoth csvs OF
Ksntuekv propose 10 rsproduee tns .stsiry
chamber" in tho mining building al thS
Worlds fair.
The British building At the Worlds fair
will have among it's decorations faGs boar
ing the arms OF the principal cities OF the
United Kingdom.
The women Of LaSalls county, llliaoia.
are raising money for the pnrpose OF paying
The expenses Of some GOO or 700 women AID
girls during q visit TO the Worlds fair.
Building material dealers will make an
also hold an international congress for the
discussion OF matters Of interest TO the
building traas.
ex.den's building At the worlds fair has
been designed on ths lines OF the old Morse
stsvs churches, but with more solfdity.
The building il being constructed IN Sweden
and will b rent to Chicago in sections.
Arkansas will exhibit d The Worlds fair
relief map Of The state. showing all elsva-
stons sreas. arabic lands. wheat, corn and
cotton regions, timber and prairie lands,
etc.
The main railway station, within the
Worlds fair grounds, whore all excursion
trains will deposit their passengers VII! bs
Q handsome structure. costing t22b.OOO.
and will aesonnodats 25.0O persons Al n
time.
The proposed building for \ collective
exhibit by merchant taiilors At The Worlds
fair, will probably BE- near the fisheries
building. Az planned. il will be ffty-fivs feet
square. with q ~portico extending to the
lagoon. Ths tailors Of Chicago have raised
$1O,O 600. and SIG. 600 10 expected from NOM
hers Of the trade outside.
Persons in Bombay, 1ndia. are psrsasded
that there will DO considerable proht in
making . varied display At the Worlds fair.
They propose 10 send over twelve %slephant:,
20 that visitors can 4 K rides in howdah
with nahout;" TO give exhibitiens Of suffice,
cremation, juaRlsry. nautch, wrestling, etc.
and 10 sell tea At 10 osnts . cup. They OK
psct to sell . million cups.
Dauphin county, Pa. will ssad for *
hibition In the womsn's building At the
Worlds fair an elabsratsly carved table OF
extraordinary historical interest. II will
be oonposed Of woods taken from the yoke
Of the famous Liberty Bell" from the
house in which tho first American flag was
made, from Washilgtsn's h~eadq1artsrs at
Valley Force. from The old ship Cs.:s,su.
Hall. The upper surface will b inlaid with
Indian arrow heads. relies Of the Six
Nations, with whom what 10 now Dauphin
COUNTY was once = favsrits hunting ground.
Late advioss from Sydney, New South
Wales, sustain the view that, notwtthstand-
ing the commercial and financial dspxes-
the Australian exhibit d ths Worlds fair
will be . great and representative display.
From Sydney will be sent = remarkable
astronomical clock. This clock IL forty
i've feet high and twenty-five feet square
at the base. Within il IL exhibited the
motion Of The sun. Mercury. Vsass: and the
and the moon around the earth. The sun
10 TO be rspresented by an electric light
which will illuminate the surrounding plan
starv bodies.
Recently q large meeting Of European.
American and native men was held At the
rooms Of the Royal Asistis society In the
town hall of Bombay to consider the sub
fair. The president made an address in
favor of the movement and quoted a para
graph from tho Bombay Times cri.icising
the attitude Of the government in India IN
not taking up Indian representation at the
exposition. The meeting passed \ resolu-
tion: '"Ihat it 10 eminently desirable TO
organize q thorough representation Of
Indian life. products. manufactures and
arts at The Worlds fair in 1885," A special
committee was appointed to consider the
subject, and this committee was requested
to prepare . scheme for representation At
Chicago.
At an expense equal to about $500. an in
dustrial school ut CANTOR. Iadia. will mako
Snotable exhibit at the Worlds fair. The
exhibit will be entirely Of articles made BY
Mohammedan women. and it 10 stated that
none of their work has ever been exhibited
at an international or national fair. A
small d~rawinRroom In the woman's build
ing will be furnished with articles made by
the pupils of the school. Among tho arti-
cles to To sent are 4 very handsome velvet
p~ortiere embroidered with gold, velvet en-
broidered with gold for upholstery . table
cover of white serge embroidered with gold
and silks. a piano cover, curtains of Indian
material embroidered with silks, fancy wall
decorations, handsome picture frame with
gold embroidery, sable covers. rugs, tea
cozies. cushion covers, center pieces for ia
bles. trimm for evening dresses, altar
cloths. etc. Some OF the articles. it IL an.
ncpncod, will be for sale.