Western Kansas world., 1893-07-22

when one, taking note OF the costume OF
once-white duck remarked: "Why /
don't think their clothes are very neat"
"Oh," replied the other, "you know
Monday was wash day.
The exhibit of ferns came in my way
to-day as | could 60 through that and
come out near the front entrance to the
Hall. This is in Horticultural building
and is worth any ones while to exam
inc. Such wonderfully pretty things
can not be described; you must see
them and should look especially for the
Staghorn and Tree varieties. On your
walk through you will come upon the
New York exhibit which has the Z. S.
capitol in white everlastings. Do not
miss this it is so beautiful and such a
faithful reproduction of the building
and grounds.
Ten cents places the crystal cave of
Deadwood at your disposal. It is pretty !;
not much in it to be sure, but you carry
away crystal souvenir and you know
that is an item not to be overlooked, be-
cause souvenirs come high.
In the vicinity of the memorial SER
vices above mentioned, in, Transporta-
ton building, were a number of note
worthy exhibits. And, now, may ex-
plain right here what / consider note
| worthy? / don't want to set standard
for any one else-I only wish to make
myself clear. In each exhibit, each
building that 1 visit l try to gain some
idea first of what is most curious, most
new and novel, or most ancient in the
display. 1 look hurriedly through
places which are only advertisements of
| goods on the market for sale. These
things can see in stores. 1 want to
see the exhibits in bonds, things loaned
to the exposition, for these l will never
have another chance to see.
Well, here is President Polk's car
riage, Daniel Webster's carriage, the
Lord Mayor of London's carriage and
the sulky which Nancy Hanks drew
when she made her famous "beat the
world" record. These and Grace Dar-
ling's boat in which she rescued so many
lives, interested me, but inasmuch as
many exhibits were covered on Sunday
l crossed over to the Fisheries. This is
very interesting, very pretty and al
ways crowded place. There may not be
Io al h
it's, but the fact that the aisles are mar
row and that there is less room for the
crowd make it seem as if this was the
drawing card of the general exhibits.
There is such jam that one cannot
enjoy it as one would like. I sat down
on the side of the basin of the fountain
and watched a young lady, presumably
from Boston, fishing with her spectacles.
A truly feminine shrek gave evidence
of bite and she jerked the glasses back
with a blush at having caused ripple
of merriment in the crowd, saying 81
didn't think they would bite"
See the oyster exhibit: The shells
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leather shoe which had proved an at
traction for lot of the Mollusks and
they have fastened themselves to it in
most curious way.
1 could tell you by the hour of the
beautiful creatures of the sea as seen
here, but I am afraid that after all my
pains, and the time l would lose iE SO
doing, the editor would not allow us the
space.
There are no seats near the aquaria,
and you are obliged to move with the
crowd or stand great deal of elbowing
if you stay, but then the show is worth
the inconvenience. The glass front of
the aquaria is 575 feet in length, and the
capacity is 10000 gallons. The salt
water is brought from the Atlantic ocean
and is condensed for shipment to one
fifth its bulk and then restored at
the tanks with fresh water. What
is the most curious here is hard to say,
but the sea Anemones, Star fish, turtles
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tention.
So many things here-aquatic birds,
fish and animals are so beautifully pre-
served by taxidermy that the value of
this exhibit in an educational light can
hardly be overestimated. Then you see
all sorts of fishing tackle and the pro-
ducts of fisheries and their manipula-
ton, and the model of the fishing school
at Baltimore. This school is charita-
BILE institution under the patronage of
Baroness Burdett-Couts See the skel-
eton of the whale, hung up aloft, the
white whale, the shark, the halibut;
the funny, such handsome fellow in
his pale green-blue suit; the Walrus
head, the sea turtle from the Gulf of
Mexico, and the lovely flowers made
from sea shells in the ''dead exhibit"
Then over to Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon-the fac-simile of Wash
ington's home-is small and here. again
you encounter great crowd and, since