The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-03

The original settler in Iowa, Julien Du-
buquc, besides doing little trading with
the Indians, WORT I'd the lead mines. of the
existence of wEiS he was informed bv the
aborlgnes and it is therefore but natural
that this product and relics i'll connection
with 1t should form an important feature
of the Iowa exhibit, although u great deal
of space will be given up to agriculture for
it is fact that Iowa contains less waste
land than any state in the Union.
Rhode Islands exhibit will necessarily
consist largely of manufactures, for this
the smallest state in the Union actually
reverberates with the busy hum of machin-
cry. Then, rs the state was one of the
original thirteen, there will be great many
relics of great interest to students of carly
American history. The people have come
forward generously in this matter, and IT,
is certain that Little Rhody" will have an
exhibit vt the Worlds fcir of which any
state might we'll be proud
\ source of great wonGerment to persons
visiting the Worlds fair grounds lust now
Is the elaborate heating apparatus en-
pioyed to mantain uniform temperature
OF 10 dogs. in the mammoth horticultural
building. The transition from cold and
snow ;Kd iciclcs to genial warmth and trop-
ical plants and eXotics never fails to give
rise to IL novel sensation OH the part of the
visitor. The steam for preserving the lives
of the valuable plants in the horticultural
building is furnished by three boilers of
100 horsepower each, which consume twenty
tons of coal per day and are in charge of
SIN iircmen and three engineers divided
| into three shifts of eight hours each. The
| pressure maintained is uniformly fifty
| pounds TO the square inch. There is an
elaborate arrangement of engines and fans.
by means of which the heat is distributed
| throughout every portion of the building
| night and day.
The disciples of Izaak Walton will be
| well represented mt the fair The father of
anglers was born Aug. 0, 1893 and it is pro-
posed to commemorate the Booth anniver-
sary of his birth by an angling tournament,
| open to the world, which shall consist of
exhibitions of Skill in casting the artificial
| lily and real bait. The idea is to have ten
| or twelve contests between the most EXPERT
| representative Casters of the different
countries of the world. If the plan be
adopted, Aug. will be known as ''IZaak
Walton Day." and there will be other ex-
crcses appropriate to the occasion There
will be gold and silver medals rs prizes for
the winters, and it is by no means improb
able that II memorial building will be
| erected which will be an exact rcproduc-
| ton OF Walton and Cotton'S house on the
River Dove, in England.
Every prccaution will be taken at the
Norld far to guard against the loss of
life and property. The fircboat Fire Queen
rests quietly i'll the grand canal, ready Mt n
moments notice to proceed to any part of
the grounds for the purpose of cxtinu,lish-
| ing lncipient conilagrations She is pro-
| vidcd with half Il mile of cotton hose, and
her powerful pumps will throw two large
streams over the dome of the Administra-
| ton building. During the winter the Fire
| Queen will be used to keep the channel
clear of ice, and thus prevent the dcstruc-
ton of the docks by the expansion of the
water rs it congcals. Last winter much
| damage was done in this way
Opposite the Fisheries building, on the
other side of the canal, there stands a
| sQuatty looking building with wide nj
azza on three sides and n lookout tower OH
| top. There are several inclined platforms
leading from large double doors to the
waters edge. Along the ridge of the roof
| Is n large sign, United States Life Saving
| Station" The crew has not yet been put
in, but otherwise the building is fully
| equipped for the uses to which it will be
| put. 1t is expected that there will he nu-
mcrous collisions, capsizings and swamp
lngs of boats after the opening of the fair.
for the reason that there will be thousands
of craft of every description bobbing about
hither and thithcr and the government has
provided the station that the possibility of
loss of life III these numerous anticipated
mishaps may lie reduced to the minimum
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