The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-31
NOTES OF H
WORLDS FAIR.

A continuous ciam-bake will be one o.
the attractions which European visitor!
will and ut the exposition.
Saginaw, Mich, noted as a salt produc-
ing city, ia constructing in miniature :
complete salt plant for exhibition at thu
Worlds fair.
The New York assembly has voted per
mission for the raining of ona or two old
sunksn vessels in Lake George for tae pur-
pose of sending them as relics to the fair.
The cottage in whieh George Eek, tho
founder OF the society of Friends o QnAk-
ers, was born IN, III Lsleesss sure, Eng,
land, il being taken down to be rs-srssted
in Chicago.
Several OF the states are having prepared
fine lithocs aphs Of the buildings which they
will erect at the Worlds fair, and through
the sale Of shem are augmsntlng their
amounts available for building .ufpossa
Pore Leo XIII has written d letter strongly
commencing the exposition, which II 10 bs-
lieved will have q most favorable effect In
stimulating interest in the fair on the part
Of all Catholic countries and communities.
A California 'big tree" has been selactsd
in Tulara county 10 be shown at the expoai-
ton, A committee of the board OF trade,
after an extended tour of inspection, picked
ont a tree measuring eighty ssven feet nine
inches in circunfsrsnce at the base, elghsY-
five feet fve inches above the ground and
si1ty- i've feet at a height OF sixteen feet.
The .swooded island" in the exposition
grounds is beginning to assums the char
acter which in great paIt it will have dur
ING the fair-that Of a gigantic flower
garden. Already tbs t1orlcultN . depart,
,nant has received 27,0 900 rose bushes and
other plans, several thousand Of which
came from abroad. These are bsin2 trans
planted on the island.
Hat per Bros, s%cribner u o. and tho
Century company have agreed to exhlblt al
tho talr illustrations showing thu history OF
transportation in all countries. Chlof
Smith expects to secure similar exniblts
from foreign countries and from other pub
lishs s in this county. The exhibit will
include reproductions Of Autographs,
original drawings and photographs.
A feature OF ldaho's exhibit at the fair
viii be i practical illust alton Of the sys-
tenn and benefits Of irrigation. 4 large
section Of sage- brush soil Will be trans
ported to Chicago. Thrsueh nv alten,s
will b grown in the soil by the irrigation
system. Prospective Idaho settlers are ex-
pected to be especially attracted by this
exhibit.
The Worlds fair committee Of the North
American Turnerbund has made a personal
applieation to Director General Davis Tor
space for q display Ct gymnassic appstatus'
literaturs on sha subject of physical s1er-
else and development, and Representations
Of cymnastie organizations. as we'll as Tor
outdoor symnastic exhibitions, which ths
turner's desire to give sight days In each
month during the exposition.
The sSan Francisco Wcmen's California
Book Exhibit at the Worlds Fair" Is the
name of a society recently organized in San
Francisco. This object Of the society is to
collect a complete library Of books by Cal
ifornla writer's, files of papers, scrap-books,
scattered papers and sketches worthy OF
preservation. These will be taken to CHI
capo and exhibited during the Fair. After
the exposition the collection Will be given
to the Golden Cato Park mussnm.
The board Of lady managers is making
arrangements for an extensive exhibit
allowing wonsn's shars'in the illustration
Of books. il engraving and other forms ct
picture production. During her recent
visit TO New York Mrs. Palmer consulted
with q number of publishers and recalved
considerable assistance from them. A hat
of distinguished woman illustrators was
secured and plans set on foot to obtain old
volumes and manuscripts illustrated by
women, together with historical data CON
corning wonan's share in this line of work
from ancient times down to the present.
communication has been received from
the British 70 nnmissio asking for space to
exhibit the rifle calibre guns manufactured
by tho Maxin-Nordenfeldt Gun company.
The company wants to erect q building
EOx15 feet TO exhibit lts guns III t~ractlce.
One end of the building will be filled with
sand bags, lnto which the prolsetllea OF the
guns will be fired. 1t is claimed that tho
arrangements are such rs to insure perfect
safety, and will bs reproductions of a SINH
lar exhibit recently given at the Royal
Naval exposition in London. Tho request
was referred to Chief Willard Smith, OF the
transportation department. as the exhibit,
if allowed, will come under the head OF
naval and marine display.
A very complete, and doubtless an eye-
opening diamond exhibit, will be made by
Cape Colony. South Africa. The exhibit
will include 10, 00O C arats of uncut stones,
a largs quantity of very fine cut and pol
ished ones. together with all that is neces'
sary to chow the process Of mining and
washing. For this 1t will be nscossag y to
transport TO Chicago 100 tons of pulverizsd
blue earth, fifty toms of unpulyerlZad saith
and q complete washing machine. which
will be ole atsd by natives. The exhibit
will also include a unique collection OF
crocidolite, special dla mondlferous pro-
ducts, ostrich feathers, ~fieeoes, etc. It is
reported that p Bushman and Rottentot in
native dress will accompany tho exhibit.
Conrad Particle. at Dusseldorf, has in
formed Chief skif that since the emperor
has expressed s. Particular desire that the
iron industry of Germany shall be ada-
G%uately represented at the exposition, those
engaged III the mining and mstallurgy OF
iron throughout the empire have taken ON
great activity in that direction. From an
other Gle man sou ce it ii learned that MIR.
Easseneg; the inventor of q process for the
desulphurlzat on OF pig iron by treatment
with manganese, will mako a full exhibit OF
the process and the products. i his will be
an i'm portnnt feature of tho division OF
metallurgv, for the p ocess is one in which
every furnacem&n in the world ia inter
estel. This works are very extensive and
are located at Horde, in Westphalla.
A business house in Chicago has estab-
lished & physicians bureau of sarvics and
information, Hhieh it proposes to make OF
great va!us to all members of the medical
profession who may !islt the exposition.
The firm intends to fit up spacious ROOMS
at which visiting physicians may make
their headquarters, and where they will be
provided with the facilities for reading,
writing and sending and receiving mail and
kilograms; can avail themselves of tele-
phone, messenger, livery and express sery-
Ice: can purchase exposition, theater and
railway tickets: can have banking CONVEX
fences and the s@rvIce of German, French or
SptnlsE interpreters, and can roceivs in
formation generally about the sights OF this
city, ss we'll az the location and rates of
desl' able hotels and boarding houseg. All
OF these accommodations the firm Intspdg
to pro vide free.
A circular hap been issued by tba com-
mittse OF the Indiana Worlds fair com
mission on education, art, chatitles md
literature calling attention to lts work and
asking cooperation in preparing a creajtr-
hla a11rnGantrtln If tIa I+.-