Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-26
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.
Some Interesting Features of

Some Interesting Features of the
Grand Exhibit Being Prepared.
A miniature model of typical western
farm, complete in every detail, will be ex-
hibited in the Washington state building.
The postal facilities and service at the |
worlds fair will constitute a part of the |
United States government exhibit and,
naturally. will be made as near perfection
as possible. The expense estimated to be
necessary to accomplish this is $16s,O47.
The Kentucky building at the worlds
fair will be a typical representation Of
southern colonial mansion, one of the dis
tinctive features of which is great pillar
porches or verandas. Exclusive of these
porches the building will measure about rs
by 80 feet.
The celebrated blue grass of Kentucky
will be displayed iu the exhibit which that
state will make at the worlds fair The
display will possess additional interest
from the fact that the sod and grasses are
being collected from historic spots in the
state, such as the battlefield of Perryville,
the home of Henry Clay and the birthplace
of Lincoln.
The worlds fair grounds and buildings,
now nearing completion, are 80 renowned
as most beautiful and interesting specta-
Gle that not only do from 5000 to $4,000
people {. day, at cost of twenty-five
| cents apiece, inspect them, but the great
majority of travellers who pass through
| Chicago devote day or more to the same
| purpose.
One of the most interesting exhibits in
| the government building at the worlds
fair will be display of arms, uniforms,
tents and flags in use in the United
States army at various times since 1776.
This display is being prepared in one of
the Gray's Ferry arsenal buildings. A
space of 5000 square feet has been set
aside for this exhibit. The uniforms will
be draped upon lay figures and arranged
in realistic attitudes.
On the island waterways, which traverse
the worlds fair grounds from one end to
another, there will be plying three kinds
of boats for public use. There will be
the omnibus. express and cab boats or
launches. The omnibus boats will make
regular trips around the waterways, stop
poing at each building. The express boats
will make round trips without stopping,
while the cab boats, with carrying capac-
ity of four persons, may be hailed at any
point and engaged for the trip or by the
hour, as is the hanson cab.
One of the grandest and most attract
i've features of the Chicago exhibition. it
is announced, will be the display of fruits
and flowers and exotic plants. All the
European powers have been called upon
for contributions, and the call has been
cordially responded to. South and Cen
trail America will send their quota of rare
building, 998 feet long and $50 feet wide
will contain the rarest specimens, and the
high dome of the building will give space
! for the growth of tropical plants, palml
and Japanese bamboos, tree ferns, etc. Be
sides the choice and varied collection Of
flowers in the interior of the building, in
Guiding 1900 varieties of orchids, embrac
ing $4,000 specimens, 100000 harder
flowers and Towering shrubs will be plant
ed in the exhibition grounds, many of which
are now growing there. A part of THU
: horticultural building is to be given up t.
viticultural exhibit, for which space ha
been sought by contributors from thirty
: three foreign countries. Everything per
. tanning to the manufacture of wine and
samples of the European, South American
and California wines will make it notabl
as we'll as an instructive display. Two o
the courts of the horticultural building
8 will be filled with orange groves iron
3 California and Florida, intermingled wit
growing specimens of lemons, lines, bs
: nanas, etc. In the north pavilion Their
will be a very extensive display of vege
!, tables, canned goods, etc. But the flower
q and Towering shrubs from every land il
J the main building, the Conservatives an
: covering acres of ground outside will b
+ the great attraction, and will offer an OF
ject lesson by which the American peopl
y may profit. We have our local horticul
ural exhibitions and flower shows mad
up from the contributions of profession,
florists and the Conservatives of the ricf
but they are necessarily limited in exte1
. and variety. The German gardener
bring flowers to market and make
profit by them. Of domestic flower ga
Q dens we have very few, and the myste1
Is of raising flowers for personal orname1
= and to add beauty and grace to tt
humblest dwelling and the smallest bac
y yard is but scantily known to our peopl
r The love of flowers is passion with man
le from childhood up, but the knowledge
IN how to grow them has never been taugl
=, as it is taught every day to the humble
III people in Europe, whose windows glo
sr with color and whose garden patches CO..
tain not only the common perennial flo,
70 ers, but many specimens given for priz
and winning the admiration of tt
IL wealthy. 1t is in flower gardening tn
,e our people are deficient, and if the CT
or cago show should encourage taste f
70 flower cultivation it will have accomplis
= ed great good.