The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28
NOTES ON THE FAIK.
COMPLETED PROGRAMME OF THE
GREAT IRISH DAY.

A Real Lord Mayor to Take Part-Parads
and Decorations-Little Things No. Eas-
lily seen-sou,e Flags That Have Made
Kistory-Old Coins.
WORLDS FAIR. Sept. oS.-lSpecial. THE
all the participants have sent their promise
to be there Archbishop Feehan, Bishop
Eennessey, Bourke Cochran, John T. Fin
erty, and Edward Blake Of Canada will
crate, Miss Josephine Sullivan VIII play
the Irish harp. Nine. Porter of London and
many others will sing. and the lord mayor
of Dublin will take a prominent part.
Many titled Irishmen from various parts
of the world will be present, and there viii
be speeches by the most noted at overflow
meetings during the afternoon and evening.
Tho parade is expected to be exceptionally
brilliant, and all the fair viii be thickset
with Irish emblems and displays of various
kinds.
Chicago continues TO add new features
for her great display On Oct. 0, and it Is jocu-
larly proposed that there be United
States Congress day. And why should il
hurry up and do the emergency work for
which it was called, then adjourn till the
regular December session, but come here
In body and hold three days session on
the Chicago federal building and other
northwestern business. 1t was proposed at
a critical time during the war that congress
should remove to Chicago, but the MEM
bers very sensibly preferred taking the
r,o .r,f hoi,, L Ok
posed that the worlds parliament of re-
ligions should end with a great parade,
sort of open air reception through the ave
nues of the fair to all the Buddhists. Jains.
Shintos, Parsees, Mohammedans and far
foreign Christians, and something like this
will doubtless take place.
Curious Little Things.
When one has run all over the fair and
seen things in the gross, and enters on a
more leisurely survey, he is astonished at
the number of curious little things he had
overlooked. They are everywhere in album
dance, but most numerous in the Govern
ment and Liberal Arts buildings. Ii is no
eXaggeration to say that in the former the
history of North America, and especially
the United States, is illustrated from the
skull of the first savage to the present.
ment of Daniel Webster, and from the first
musket fired at the savage TO the last rife
used in the shooting contest at Fort Sheri-
dan. There is a figure of a Puritan soldier
with Bible in one hand and musket in the
other. The Bible is 200 years old and the
musket over 800, and both were used in the
good old witch hanging days. The musket
looks deadly indeed. 1t was fired with a
lighted fuse and certainly was dangerous
at the breech if not at the muzzie.
There is a fintlock musket, made or re-
made-it is not certain Wilhelm Massachu-
setts in 1743, which was carried through
three wars and is known to have killed or
wounded II British and Indians, besides
the chances on stray shots. There is a
drum which was 'busted at Bunker Hill"
and copper kettle in which Captain Po-
lands servant cooked for the captain and
Lafayette, and there are specimens of all
the arms captured from the French and
British in all the battles where any were
captured. A very amusing collection is
that of the leather buckets used by the
volunteer fire department OF Alexandria,
Va, in 172-5, when the fire fighters
formed in two lines to the nearest water,
passing full buckets one way and empty
ones the other. The only Cambridge flag
in existence is displayed, the first to show
the ID stripes, and also the first flag which
fioated over Washington's headquarters
after independence was declared. On the
first the cross of St. George still appears,
but not on the second.
Ancient Coins.
Many other interesting flags are in this
collection, and near them are facsimiles Of
important documents and few originals.
Among the latter are the letters exchanged
between Martha Washington and General
knox, a letter of Robespierre to Secretary
of State Jefferson giving notice of the for
nation of the French republic Git has out
lasted that republic and a second one, two
kings and two emperorsD and official an
nouncements from Bonaparte and others
of his time. The coinage machine operated
there attracts great crowd, but equally
Interesting is collection showing the coins
of all nations, past and present-the darics
of ancient Persia and the shekels of the
Jews. the coins Of the Greek cities and OF
the Roman emperors from Julius Cesar to
Julius Nepos, with those of the Byzantine
empire for 600 years and all the European
governments which have succeeded.
The buildings, too do not really look as
grand as they are till you get used to them.
Consider that in the great Manufactures
and Liberal Arts building there is a cen
trail roof of IL acres without a supporting
pillar; that in it are 40 carloads of glass:
that 600 fat cars were required to transport
the iron trusses, and that nevertheless the
whole thing is as firmly planted as Brook
Ign bridge, and you will see how easily a
common man can underestimate it. 1t is
ike that western poplar the traveller told
of-''so big that it took two men and boy
to see to the top of it."
The Emergency Hospital.
OF course need not describe such things
as the wonderful Dore vase-in fact, /
cOuldn't-and the three great japanese
vases, for that has been done many times,
but no one really sees them On the first
visit. Indeed not one visitor in ten 10 the
Art palace ever goes up stairs, where the
japanese vases were until few days ago.
And there is the Emergency hospital,
which nearly all visitors can fully avoid,
and / passed il 80 times before discog-
cred how interesting il is DR.. John r.
Owens has six physicians and surgeons on
his staff, and Miss NJ. r Brown, head
nurse, has 10 trained nurses under her com
mand. And, very much TO my surprise,
learned this morning that there are times
when every one Of them is busy. Every
thing is done so quietly, and We 50 seldom
see the ambulance. that We do not realize
how many cases Of accident or sudden SICK
ness are likely to arise among 10000 pep
pie.
On Ohio day alone 20 persons were pros
trated By heat and fatigue. ala OF whom
have recovered. In May there were 2,6-i
patients, a. accidents were numerous AZ
the start Iutbe hottest weather the aver