San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-01
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

tlcal plstols used by Aaron Burr upon
the duellng field when he killed
Alexander Hamilton have been
found, and will be exhibited at the
Worlds Columbian Exposition.
They will maze good companion
pieces for the articles once owned by
BlepnerhsssetU, with whom Burr
afterward associated, which are 10 be
placed Oh exhibition at the Worlds
Fair by the Ohio Historical Society.
Mr.. Esteban Caride, the manager
OF the Museum of Natural History in
Buenos Ayres, proposes TO send TO
the Worlds Column bian. Exposition
Corrientes alligator, a Pampa Cen
trail eagle. the famous white bird
.tpaiaro blaneo," or Mirescal OF the
South, blind "piche" q very rare
specimen of the armsdillO), and a
"mataco." mr.. Alexander Caride,
hi. brother, also intends to send tiger
skins from the Chaco, boa skins, and
q great variety OF other skins of the
fauna of the Argen tine Republic.
Little Claude E. Cowen. less than
| two years old, son OF DR.. \. II. Cowen,
of Morgan Park, IllOnois, sent 100
| pennies ~ q donation 10 the chi d.
ren's home to be established by the
Exposition. This is the first ehild's
subscription.
Eek School Commissioner John H.
Thirty, of Long Island City, n. Y, is
preparing display OF mis- penny
school banking system for the
Worlds Columbian Exposition in
Chicago. In 1855 Mr.. Thirty, who is
Frenchman, first introduced the sys-
tenn i'll the pu Dllc schools OF Long Is
land City. Since then it has been
taken up in 800 other schools in
various parts of the country. Accord
ing 10 Mr.. Thiry's statistics, more
than 2s, coo, scholars during the past
seven years have deposited and saved
pennies amounting TO $4,000.
An exhibit OF the Ice Age is being
prepared in Ohio for the Exposition
Dy P.ui. F. Wright. He will col
lect boulders from different parts CT
/ the state, and with them fragments
from the original lodges in Canada
from which the Ohio Doulders were
brought by the ice; and specimens OF
scratched stones; exhibit large
glacial msp of Ohio, an outline map
showing the course tine boulders
have been brought, placard detailing
the principal glacial facts, etc.
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 ExpOsi
ton. 1t will make 400 lenses at the
same time. 1t consists of a saw and
number of metal discs, both fiat and
oval, in which the glass is secured ny
clamps. and which are kept in con-
slant motion by means OF pulley
ard wheel operated by a moter
California is to be houored by hav-
ing a section OF one Of her famous big
trees made prominent feature in
the Government building at the
Worlds Colu milan Exposition at
Chicago. The project, the accom-.
plishment of which is FULLY assured,
Is a unique one. The section of the
tree will be twenty-thTee feet In di
ameter and thirty feet long. This
will be divided into three parts and
these will be- placed in their natural
position, one ABOVE the other and so
GU as W ilhO
two-story house. The contract foI
the tree was made by II. A. Taylor Of
the Department of the Interior with
the Kings River Lumber Company
in the spring of this year, and the
company is now at work getting it
out in their forest of sequOia gigantea
in the Converse basin on Kings
river in Fresno county.
The work of cutting, lowering and
boxing the segments is being pushed
forward as rapidly as possible, and il
| Is expected that the tree will all be
shipped by the end of October. To
| get the tree TO point where wagons
| can reach it required the building OF 3
| road two miles long. The entire ex-
hibit, including the work, will cost
l the government several thousand
| dollars. The tree when erected at
| Chicago will be surrounded by q
glass dome, and will stand directly
under the great dome Of the Govern
ment building.
The largest sample Of gold quartz
ever mined in Montana was taken
out of the Mcintyre lode. Its weight
is l,7S5 pounds. 1t came from neal
the surface. There are other large
samples, which came from the Skater
shaft at the depth of 40 feet; one
from the Musser shaft, 900 feet. AL
are destined for exhibition at the
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