Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-12-29

oil these ivory palaces are rlcni "eih
frescoes in mellow reds and yellows,
painted under the direction Of Millet
the artistic Magician Of the Worlds
Fair. At the east end Of the great
basin stands French's grand statue OF
the Republic, lifting her shapely length
sixty feet from the pedestal, towering
ninety feet above the waters Of Lake
Michigan. Opposite, and Immediate
iy In front Of the Administration
building is the celebrated McMonnies
fountain fast approaching completion.
Columbia sits enthroned IN the harque
OF Progress, heralded by Fame and
rowed by the geniuses Of civilization,
while Time, representing experience,
keeps Egm steady hand on the tiller.
1t is q strikingly beautiful. and par
ticularly spirited conception, the wind
from the lake seeming to rustic the
snowy drapery of the toward bent
figures at the oars.
10 the right and left OF this work.
men are toiling and machines are
whirring within two balustraded semi
circles, building the electrical foun-
tains. These will give the finishing
touch to the scene of enchautment, by
throwing over 1t the light that never
was on land or sea. Over the great
basin, with its giant statutes and its
encircling columns and palaces of
ivory and gold, will play these cloud
touching fountains Of myriad, ever
varying hue, tinging them in turn
with violet, rose, blue, green, crimson,
or the mingled tints of the most re-
splendent rainbow.
An effort is being made to arrange
for grand reunion at the Worlds
Fair of surviving "49-ers"-the men
who left their homes in the East In
1S49 to become gold hunters In Cali
fornia. 1t is thought that several
thouand of them are still living, and
that all would make an extra effort to
90 to Chicago next year, were reunion
arranged as Is proposed. Many of them
remained in California but the ma
iority returned and are scattered
throughout the states east of the Mis-
sissippi.
The most approved methods of arti-
fetal ice making and cold storage will
be exhibited at the Worlds Fair.
These processes will be shown in a
very fine building, 130x225 feet, and
five stories high, with observatories at
the corners and a lofty tower at the
corners and q lofty tower at the CEN
ter. About eighty tons Of ice will be
manufactured daily, three methods
being employed, namely: The plate
system from filtered water; the can
system, from condensed steam filtered
and purified; and the can system from
deaerated water. Three different pro.
cesses Of cooling rooms will also be
shown.
Ohio will erect a mineral cabin In
the Mines building at the Worlds Fail
to illustrate its mineral resources. The
cabin will be 32x61 feet in dimensions
and twenty-three feet high and be
constructed entirely Of Ohio mineral
products.
The section from one of the big
California redwood trees, which
the government will exhibit In its
building at Worlds Fair. has arrived
at the Fair grounds. Eleven freight
cars were required to convey it across
the continent. 1t measures thirty feet
long by twenty-three feet in diameter
The section is followed out and
when placed on end, divided into two
stories and lighted, as it will be, it will
form rustic house large enough for q
family to live in.
The educational exhibit at the
Worlds Fair is to have the space il
requires. A new building costing $780,
900 has been ordered for the ethnolo'
gical exhibit, which according is there
by removed from the Manufactures
and Liberal Arts building, thus allow.
ing more space for the educational ex.
hibit.