The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
AMONG rHE exHIesTs.

AMONG THE EXHIBITS.
UMDER the roof of the Horticultural
building arc two groves of orange trees.
over one hundred trees in each grove
and q couple Of hundred oranges ON
each tree.
THousANDs of hags arc used in the
decoration of tho Woman's building nj
the worlds fair, and many OF these
have been sent by clubs or private indie
viduals, who have their names EN-.
broidered in the corner; and these haRs
are to be returned to the lenders -
souvenirs of the fair.
THE presents which Gen. Grant re-
ceived on his trip around the world,
and turned over to Mr.. Vanderbilt in re-
turn for loan when he was in strait
ened circumstances after the Ward
failure. form part of the government
exhibits. They were presented to the
government by Mr.. Vanderbilt
THE great model of a California red
wood tree in the Horticultural hall 10
complete on the outside, and Its en-
frances stand guarded by an Indian and
a padre of the early days. while be-
tween them is the figure of a woman
star-gemmed California. 1t is very pic
turesque.
AMONG the English exhibits in the
Transportation building are several
models illustrating the modern method
of signaling and handling trains. The
switching processes are illustrated by
diagrams of tracks and serial models,
showing trains first indiscriminate;y
made up, and then as properly arranged.
by means of colored blocks, there being
five blocks of the same color in each
series of numbers, each block repro
senting a car.
THE models of ships in che Transport
tation buildings are some of them ex:
pcnsivc. The model of the Victoria,
an English war vessel, cost seven thou
sand and five hundred dollars. It is of
arc of steel. There is model of the
Black Warrior, the first ironclad built
for tho British l:avy. A model of q
Thames house bo15 in cedar weighs
thirty pounds. The metal work is
nickel, the interior is upholstered in
velvet and sill. To viii hold only one
person.
the German section of Liberal Arts is
labeled ''Spirilli Cholerae Asiaticae."
The gray spot, not larger than the lit
tie finger nail, is bottled death. It is
the germ of cholera and comes from
the labora tory of DR.. Koch in Berlin.
In a neighborinR tube is a yellow white
film almost transparent It is bacillus
again, but this time for children. A
third tube shows yellowish brown
spot the size of an ordinary button.
.'Bacillus of the American Pork Dis
easc'' is the label upon it.
FoRrY-rwo foreign nations are now
represented at the worlds fair by 1927
representatives. These men are from
all parts of the world and the several
nations and states with their repre-
sentatives are as follows: Argentine
Republic, S; Austria, o; Belgium, 10;
Brazil, II; British Guiana, 1; Bulgaria,
l; Canada, "a; Cape Colony, 4; Ceylon,
2; Colornb ia, 1; Costa Rica, z; Curacao.
| 1; Denmark. 10; Ecuador, $; France.
25; Germany, Al; Great Britain, IL;
| Greece, 2; Hayti, 4; Italy, II; Jamaica,
3; Japan, .: Johore. 2; Liberia, 3; Mex
leo. %; Netherlands. 2; New South
| Wales, 10; Nicaragua, 1: Norway, g.
Orange Free State, 1; Paraguay, 5;
Persia, 2; Portugal, 2; Russia, IL; Siam
5; Spain, Is; Sweden, 8; Switzerland, 2
Trinidad, 1; Turkey, 5; Uruguay, s.
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