Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-02
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

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Little Claude Il, Coweu, less than
two years old, son OF Dr.. N, ii. C0wen,
OF Morgan Park, Illinois, sent 100
pennies az donation 10 the children's
home TO be established by the Exposi.
| ton. This Ia the nrst child's subsCflp.
ton.
A part OF the material for the New
Hampshire State building has been
shipped from Concord, N. II. The
shipment consists Of 1872 pieces OF
Concord granite, l02 blocks Of Conway
stone and eleven barrels OF moulded
granite Tor the fre-places.
II is proposed that one OF Montans's
contributions TO the Exposition, TO be
made by the women OF the State, shall
be u fountain made OF natural ore. Tho
design will be selected by open compe.
titlon. IL is suggested that the base be
made Of natural mineral, the bowl VI
silver and the cup OF goli.
In Pike county, Illinois, the idenii.
cal pistol used by Aaron Burr upon
the dueling field whom ho killed Alex.
ander Hamilton have been found, and
will be exhibited at the Worlds Go.
lumbar Exposition. They will make
good companion pieces for the ar,loles
once owned by Blennerhassett, with
whom Burr nfterward associated, which
arJ TO 10 placed ON exhibition at the
Worlds Fair by tho Ohio Historical
Society.
An optician OF Baltimore, Md, has
perfected AN ingenious invention for
cutting, grinding and polishing lenses.
The original device will be exhibited
at the Columbian Exposition. Ii will
make 400 lenses at the same time, IL
consists ofa saw and a number OF metal
discs, both fiat and oval, In which the
glass IL eecuroa =. clamps, and which
are kept In constant motion by mean.
OF q pulley aud wheel operated by n
motor.
An exhibit OF the Ice Age 10 being
prepared In Ohio Tor the Exposition by
Professor ]. +. Wright. Ho will
collect boulders from different parts
OF the State, and with them fragments
from the original ledges Ia Can.
ada aud from which the o hio boulders
were brought by the Ice; and speci.
mems OF scratched stones; exhibit a
large glacial msp OF Ohio, an outline
map showing the course the boulders
have been brought, placard detailing
the principal glacial facts, etc.
Mr.. Esteban Caride, the man aver of
the Museum OF Natural History In
Buenos Ayres, proposes TO send To- the
Worlds Columbian Exposition Cor.
rientes alligator, Pampa Central
eagle, the famous white bird "palnfo
blanco," or Mlrascal OF the South,
BLIND "plche" IL very rare specimen OF
the armadlllo). and n "mataco.U MI
Alexander Csrlde, his brother, also In.
tends TO send tiger skins from the
Chaco, boa skins, and a great variety
Of other ekins OF the fauna OF the Al.
gentihe republic.
Ex.School Commissioner John r.
Thirty, Of Long Island City, N. Y.
In preparing u display oil his psnny
school banking system for the World;s
Columbian Exposition In Chicago, In
1855 Mr.. Thirty, who 10 a French man.
first introduced the system In the NH.
lie schools Of Long Island City. Sine.
then Il has been taken up In 800 other
schools In various parts OF the country.
According to Mr.. Thiry,s statistic,'
more than 5000 scholars during tho |
past seven years, have deposited and |
saved pennies amounting to sl4O, 900.
Some very interesting exhibits of
are to be- sent TO the Ex.
position from sydney, New South
Wales. Tho collection 10 being Pre-.