Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-07
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WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

A $4,000 monument of Barre granite
will be one of the exhibits from Yer
mont.
A continuous clam-bake will be one
of the attractions which epicurean visit
ors will find at the exposition.
Saginaw, Mich, noted as a salt pro-
ducing city, is constructing in miniature
a complete salt plant for exhibition at
the Worlds Fair.
anrhe New York Assembly has voted
permission for the raising of one or two
old sunken vessels in Lake George for
the purpose of sending them us relics to
the fair.
The cottage in which George Fox,
the founder of the Society of Friends or
Quakers, was born, in Lcicestershire,
England, is being taken down to be re-
erected in Chicago.
Pope Leo XIII has written letter
strongly commencing the Exposition,
which it is believed will have most
favorable effect in stimulating interest
in the fair on the part of all Catholic
countries and communities.
A California "big tree" has been
selected in Tulare county 10 be shown
at the Exposition. A committee of tho
board of trade, after an extended tour
of inspection, picked out tree measur-
ing 81 feet inches in circumference at
the base, IS feet five feet above the
ground, and Go feet at height of rs
feet
The "wooded islandn in the exposi-
ton grounds is beginning to assume the
character which in great part it will
have during the fair-that Of gigantic
flower garden. Already the Horticultural
department has received $1,000 rose
bushes and other plants, several thou
sand of which came from abroad
These are being transplanted on the
island,
A feature Of Idaho's exhibit at the
fair will be practical illustration of the
system and benefits of irrigation. A
| large section of sage brush soil will be
transported to Chicago Through this
bitches will be run, and trees, fruits and
flowers will be grown in the soil by the
| irrigation system. Prospective Idaho
settlers are expected to be especially at
tracted by this exhibit.
The Worlds Fair committee of the
| North American Turner Bund has made
a personal application to Director GEN
eral Davis for space for display Of
| gymnastic apparatus, literature on the
subject of physical exercise and develop
ment, and representations of gymnastic
organizations, as well as for outdoor
| gymnastic exhibitions, which the turn
ers desire to give eight days in each
month during the exposition.
A very complete, and doubtless an
cye.opening diamond exhibit, will be
made by Cape Colony, South Africa.
The exhibit will include 10000 carats
OF uncut stones, a large quantity of very
fine cut and polished ones, together with
all that Is necessary to show the process
of mining and washing For this ii
will be necessary to transport to Chicago
100 tons of pulverized blue earth, SO
tons of unpulyerized earth ard com.
plete washing machine, which will be
operated by natives. The exhibit will
also included unique collection of crocid
olite, special diamondiferous products
ostrich feathers, fleeces, NC 1t is re
ported that q Bushman and Hottcntot
IN native dress will accompany the OK.
hibit.
A communication has been received
from the British commission asking TO,
space to exhibit the rifle calbre gun
manufactured by the Maxim Norden
feldt gun company. Thecompany want
to erect building 30x15 feet to oxhibi
its guns in practice. One end of iii,
building will be filed with sand BAGS
into which the proiectiles of the gun,
will be fired. II is claimed that the ar
engagements arc such as will insure per
feet safety, and will be reproductions o
q similar exhibit recently given at til,
Royal Naval Exposition in London
The request was referred to Chief vii
lard Smith Of the transportation dc
partment, as the exhibit if allowed will
come under the head of naval an,
marine display.
Consul Particle, at Dusseldorf, has in
formed Chief Skiff that since the en-
peror has expressed a particular desir
that the iron industry of Germany shal
, be adequately represented at the expo
i, sltion, those engavcd in the mining an
: metallurgy of iron throughout the EN-
pire have taken on great activity i
that direction. From another Gernal
source 1t is learned that Mr.. Massenol
!, the inventor Of process for the lcsul
| phurization Of pig iron by trcatmen
: with Manganese, will make a full exhih
: Of Tie process and the products Til
will be an important feature OF the Al
Z vision Of metallurgy, for the process
: one in which every furnaccman in III
4 world is interested. The works are yer
) extensive and are located at fIoerde, /
+ Wosiphalia.
= A business house in Chicago has estal
y lishcd physicians bureau of servic