The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-10-24
AT CHICAGO.
Items of Interest Relating to Different
Nations.
Written for the ADVERTISER. ]

CHICAGO, Oct. 4, 1S93.-October
31st viii end one of the greatest
expositions the world has ever
seen or will be likely to see, and on
October 9th will be shown one of
the grandest pagents ever recorded
in history. Artists are working
hard on the designs for floats for
Chicago day, as such will be OBJ
served on the 9th inst. f; the draw
ing for that of the board of trade,
representing commerce, is now un-
dergoing its metamorphosis it will
soon be one of the most beautiful
in the long line of gorgeous page
ants. Commerce will be about
thirty feet long and fifteen feet
wide, pulled by thirty white horses
covered with white satin trimmed
with gold they will be driven
three abreast, each one will have a
groom uniformed in white and
gold. On each horses head will
be an incandescent electric light,
and about three hundred and fifty
of these lights will be strung along
the lines of the float a few inches
apart. On the corners of the float
will be represented the different
divisions of the country-the north
by wheat, the south by cotton, the
east by fruits and the west by corn.
Prosperity will sit at the helm.
Ceres will stand in the midst of
plenty handing the products of the
soil up to Commerce, who will sit
near the centre beneath the silk
sail, upon which will be the word
Commerce"
The Chicago Herald of septen-
Der q contains a short article
headed "Bill for cable to Hawaii"
In closing it says; Governor Nc
Creary introduced the bill at the
request of General Moreno, who
has long taken an interest in the
subject. The bill makes no appro-
priation from the United States
treasury, but simply authorizes
Celso Caesar Moreno and his
associates to construct and
maintain the cable, providing
it is done within five years.
The line to be subject to a number
of conditions in favor of the govern
ment and the equal rights of Ameri-
can citizens to the same rates as
those enjoyed by citizens of the
most favored nations; the third
section of the act excludes the idea
of monopoly by providing that
nothing contained in it shall be
construed to limit the United States
in granting to other persons or
companies similar privileges. a
bill of this sort requiring no govern
ment guarantee or grant is pro-
badly the only one which has any
chance in democratic congress.
In the agricultural hall are shown
charts and photographs of expert
ments at Rothampton, England,
with crops of turnips and beets
manured and unmanured, viz, un-
manured continuous crop of roots
1892, tons 0, 81 cwts. per acre ;
mineral manure, 1892, II tons, 81
cwts. per acre; mineral and nitro
genous, commencing each course,
"a tons, IS cwts. per acre.
Near to this exhibit is that of
Utah of an American flag, COM
posed of 1000 lamb-skins three
months old.
Very fine ostrich plumes are
shown from the farm of Mr.. E. |
Grobler, Phillipolis, Orange Free
State, South Africa, as well as a |
fine exhibit of diamonds in the |
rough, one days output of the New
Jagersfontaine Mining and Explor-
alton Company. The largest stone
shown, about 80 carats, approx
mates 5000 to $1,000 in value.
In the French government build
ing is shown a very fine method |
by which a dead body and its i'm
mediate surroundings are most
minutely photographed. Immedi-
ately after the discovery of the
the body the apparatus for
the photograph is placed
so as to be directly over the body
it stands on three legs and at one
exposure takes the body and at least
eight or ten feet of the surround
ings, showing all the markings and
indentations in the soil. Very fine
photos from the Hospice de La
Salpetriere by Prof. Charcot are