Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-30
(From our Special Correspondent.)

| South Dakota will have q rovel and
Instructive exhibit in the Horticultural
Hall. A reproduction of Crystal Cave
is being built directly under the great
dome of the Horticultural building
The last of the 20O,000 pounds of crystal
arrived two days ago, aud the pro
prietors of the cave, Keith and All.
bough, of Deadwood, have large force
of men putting the big blocksi into shape
The exhibit will be in underground
passageways consisting of seven apart
ments, the largest being 80 by 40 feet
In one corner will be a miniature lake,
and at certain places the water will be
dripping from stalactites just as it does
in the original cave.
Each room will be made of different
form of crystalization, there being over
sixty specimens Of the most beautiful
calcite ever found before. The crystals
vary in color, some being white, others
blue, red' pink and yellow. The entire
interior will sparkle like a cave full of
polished diamonds. Another feature
will be some plants which have never
seen the sunlight. These will be placed
in the cave, as will also the night bloom
ing cereus which has been donated by
John Thorpe. The admission will be
free.
The National Columbian House
holders Economical Association is to
be the name of the Columbian House
keepers organization for the future.
This society is intended for the i'm
provement in domestic economy. A
wonderful interest is being taken by
the ladies in every locality where a
local union has been formed in this new
work. The association is only about
eighteen months old, and there are
over three hundred members. Mrs.
John Wilkinson, its president, said to-
day when asked what they intended to
exhibit at the Fair, "We have had forty
square feet assigned us in the women's
department, and this entire space will
be used to demonstrate the proper
method of making bread. The whole
process will be shown each step, from
the raw flour to the finished loaves, will
be practically illustrated. This will be
a continuous object lesson during the
Fair. Artists will be at work all the
time on each part of making good bread
so that any one can easily see and un
derstand how to make the best and
most healthful bread"
A lifelike representation of the vol
cano kulanea on Hawaii Island will be
the exhibit from Honolulu 1t will not
be a government exhibit, but it is man
aged by private parties. This will be
an interesting sight to those who have
never had the opportunity to travel and
see real volcanoes. In fact almost all
the exhibits from abroad will be excel
lent object lessons to the young people
who are in school,. Object lessons are
true method of teaching the young.
And surely the Columbian Exposition
will be one continuous object lesson to
every beholder. Every parent ought
to appreciate the great benefit to his
children that can be derived from
weeks visit to the Worlds Fair, next
summer
Near the center of the Manufacturers
Building will be placed group of
figures by which will be illustrated the
native Indians of this country. There
will be seventy of these figures ranged
in groups representing natural and
characteristic positions. Thus, for ex-
ample, there is one group that shows
number of Zuni Indians at work manu-
featuring pottery, and another repre-
senting them in religious ceremony.
The figures are al! dressed in genuine
garments that were secured from the
Indians by the field agents of the
chronological bureau and otherways.
These figures promise to be one of the
most interesting eXhibites in the great
show.
Over 500 square feet have been assign
ed to Minnesota for its pomological ex-
hibit. An appropriation Of s., 200 was
made by the Minnesota Legislature for
the exhibit. Every variety of fruit
grown in the State will be included.
The exhibit occupies the central portion
of the horticultural building, and from
the unique manner of its arrangement
will be one of the most attractive dis
plays in the section devoted to POM
ology. Shelves will be arranged inside
the pavilion to accommodate 700 plates
of fruit. The shelves will be backed by
mirrors which will reflect light upon
the fruit, thereby heightening their
colors and producing an illusion as to
the number of specimens on each plate.
To Minnesota is due the credit and
praise of being the first exhibitor in
the section of pomology to build a
structure for exhibit.
England's fine art exhibit reached
Jackson Park yesterday afternoon in
cars of such unusual width that they
could not be switched to the Fine Art
Building.
The Ohio building is now practically
complete. 1t is handsome and COM
modious structure. A vast number of
people can pass through its broad door
and spacious corridors without causing
any jam.
There are eight hundred men unload
ing the exhibits for the manufactures
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