Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-07-07
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

factures buildings Tor the Worlds Fair.
The force was recently doubled by or
der of the Exposition authorities who
concluded that the contractor was not
making rs rapid progress as was desir-
able The authorities are determined
that all Of the buildings shall be COM
pleted Ia time for dedication in Octo-
Der, and the public may be assured that
this will be done. The total number
of workmen at jackson Park now ex-
ceeds 1000. twill probably be in
creased to l0i0O0 or more.
A group Of Caribs from tine Lesser
Antilles, descendants of the cannabal
race discovered by Columbus on his
second voyage, will be at the Worlds
Fair, engaged In making baskets and
in other native industries.
Great Britain, France, Germany and
In fact, many other foreign nations,
are asking, and almost insisting, that
more space be granted for their exhib-
its at the Worlds Fair. Sir Henry
Wood of the British Commission, Is
reported to have declared that so great
is the interest In England that he. be-
lleves the English exhibit would fill
half of all the building If the space
could be secured. ~
An agent of the Turkish government
is on his way to Chicago to superintend
the construction of, the Ottoman
pavilion and turkish village for the
Worlds Fair. Accompanying him are
native masons who will build the
pavilion. ''s'- ''''' = ',t4'fl t'
The Swiss National Council has ap-
propriated 100, 900 francs( S24, 600 )for an
exhibit at the Works Fair of the
Swiss matchmaking Industry. 1t also
approved subsidies for exhibits of other
industries, including female work in
the manufacturing line. -,h y,
Again the cable has announced that
emperor William of Germany has de-
cided to visit the Worlds Fair at
Chicago next year. This time the AH-
genlirae Zeitung, a leading paper of
Munich, furnishes the information,
and claims that it is authentic.
The celebrated blue grass of Ken
lucky will be displayed in the ex-
hibit with 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 Perrysville, the
home of Henry Clay, and the birth
place of Lincoln.
Last April the Worlds Fair Notes,
sent out weekly by the Department of
Pulicity and Promotion of the Worlds
Fair announced that ostrich eggs, s,artis-
tically painted in prize competition,
were to be a feature in the exhibit
from Cape Colony, South Africa.
This competition has been held. Nine
teen contestants, mostly young women,
participated. and furnished designs
which the Cape press praised highly
as being very artistic and beautiful.
Each contestantsubmitted half dozen
beautifully decorated eggs, all of which
will be exhibited at the Worlds Fair.
The subjects of the paintings include
flowers, birds, animals, landscapes,
public buildings, etc. The gem of the
whole. collection, painted by Miss Van
Keenan,, winner of the first prize of
G7 los, is reported to be fairy figure
standing on a vine leaf drawn by a
butterfly, with underneath the words,
ITO Chicago"
The mineral exhibit at the Worlds
Fair promises to be eincomparably finer
than any other before made, either
In this dsuntry or. abroad. California
and Colorado each is striving to sur
pass all other states, and claims that 1t
will surely do so. Michigan, Montana
and Missouri, too, are making special
ty of the exhibition of ther remarkably
rich and varied mineral resources, and
are not without hope of winning the
highest ward. Almost every state
POSSESSES mineral resources of especial
merit In one or more particulars, and
will display its best. From all together
wonderfully complete and valuable
exhibit is q certainty. Then, too, many
foreign nations, notably England, will
make mineral exhibits of the most
complete description. Canada Will oc-
cupy 10000 square feet for Its mineral
display. Half of is desired by On
tario province, which intends to make
an extensive exhibit, including lead,
copper, iron, gold, graphite, mica,
asbestos, phosphate of lime, gypsum,
mari, petroleum, salt, terra Gotta clay,
nickel, silver and many varieties Of
marble, granite and other building
material. ge-
One of the novel exhibits in the
marine section of the Transportation
department at the Worlds Fair, will
be 200 pen engravings of American
steam vessels, beginning with the
Clermont and following down typical
series to the present day. The pictures
will be sent by the New York Sea6odrd,
marine paper. ~:
1--WE were overwhelmed with the
magnitude of the preparations for the
Worlds Fair. Yes, II is on much
grander scale than was the worlds fair
in Paris. We must admit 1t. y y
OF course I cannot veanything like
dennIteslnss ssIress, but ra ,..s Gommercia,,, ;,
display alone With France will
not fall short of $20,000,000 In value
We will have over here an exhibit Of
every thing the country OF, France pro-
duces." These are the words of Baron
Alfred de Vialar, ,one Of the three specia
French commissioners, who recently
visited Chicago to arrange for thu
Fair. a#2y 1].', f q @41,5i'
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