Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-12
COLUMBIAN POINTS.

!ation Of 60, 900 persons an hour TO and from
tho grounds.
FIFTY Nations and thiny-seven colonies are
represented. Added TO these are the United
States Government and the various States anu
Territories Of tho Union.
RoueHLy speaking, the grounds contain
foo acres They arc u mile long and about
mile broad at the widest part. The distance
from the middle of Chicago is soyen miles
THE collection of exhibits in the British
section Is the largest and most important tnal
has oyen been brought together in any inter
n1tlonal exhibition outside 0f tho Cnlteu
Kingdom.
A THING that will impress itself upon tho
thou yhtful observer IS the fact that every
branch OF science and industry has been spnt
10 into minor departments. TAls 's tno age
G; the specialist.
A KnUpP gun weighing l22 tons, the largest
uiece OF artillery in the world u mounted IN
= building Of its own at Chicag". Herr hrupp
will make nothing out Of tho costly enter
prise, but he has pleased his sovereign.
Ir the exhibits are 10 be considered from
rhr standpoint of numbers the French nre
strongest. il they are to be judged Dy tho
,,verage excellence in art Holland, without
doubt. takes the lead among foreign NaelonS'
In the department Of natural history New
York State takes tho lead. The WARDS MAJ
ural Science Museum OF Rochester mas an e4'
hibit which Professor Putnam saysis periecI.
It shows every form OF animal nio HUH
epQnges to man..
Ir must be understood that the ExposItlon
is n citv with a complete government. Ihere
ore over 50. 900 exhibitors. and Two psrsons
for each interest represented would give q
6xed uopulation of 100000. There are well
organized and equipped police and hre do-
rartments.
IN the artillery exhibit is Pinch naval
rife thirty-six feet long and weighing h1ty
tons 1s-inch naval gun jacket. seventeen
feet long and weighing 56,eOO POUNDS. tno
I9-ineh tube that will 10 incased bythelacKet,
ia thirty-eight feet i've inches long and weighs
$1,000 pounds.
THERE is q building whero Labies can 20
checked lust Ike n hat or coat Or hmoreha'
The charge Is moderate and the purses arc
GOOD. There was similar institution NJ lno
Paris Exposition. but. unfortunately. several
hundred babies were on hand Whnoht cia'n'-
ants when tho exposition closed
FnoNthe roof OF tlln huge building ot Manu-
features and Liberal Arts will beam the blggeSt
electric search light eyor constructed, IL mas
reficctors six feet in diameter and win give
light of 1874, ,0O0, ,00C candle power. 1t Is as
serted by those in charge OF this light that 10
people sixty miles away the light Will Do
nearly as bright as full moon.
MOST interesting In historical sense are
the trophies from the HohenEollern Museum;
loaned to tho State Department OF the Unlted
States Government for exhibition In tnls sec
tiou They Save been sent oycr in tho custody
Of Captain Rogers OF the United States Navy,
anil the State Department assumes inc re-
sponsiblity for their safe keeping and sal"
return.
Ok tue steamboat pier are moving side
walks. The outer sidewalk moves at the rat"
OF three miles an hour. so that passengers can
step upon 1t while 1t is In motion. They can
thon step to an inner sidewalk which mas a
sneod three miles faster, 81 that they are
carried along the pier at the rate OF s'x Dlles
an hour and can get on or of at Will without
Inconvenience.
TIE golden nail. which marks the compile
tion of the Womans Building at tho Exposi-
! ton. required several weeks oi constant WorE
| 20 make. it is composed Uf gold. silver and
coppor. and a Montana sarphire is set in the
nm, nortion of the sLirld which IS attached
t1 shn nail near thr hoaii. MIS-. Potter TAI
ner. President of the Board OF Lady Man.
ayers. drove tho nail Of gold homo with Sill
yer hammer.
HUNDRED thousand armed md uniformod
sodiers will be massed in Chicag" this sum
mer This groat camp OF American warriors
will be in August Militia organizations from
every State iR the Union will be present, be-
sides a large representation Of troops from
the regular army. To these mast b" ADDED
military companies, ana perhaps regiments
from foreign countries. The military display
will probably bethe grandeet ever seen In this
country.
DELAYS In the collection OF material caused
the rostponement of the ceremony OF casting
the souvenir bell to be made OF historical
metal collected by the Daughters OF the Amer
lean Revolution for the purpose OF com
monorating the opening OF the Worlds Far
The ceremony was set for the opening day
and Mrs. Cleveland was TO have touched
button at tho White House connected WITT
the automatic arrangement which would have
turned the molten metal into the mould.
In the center of the Electrical Building,
which Is 3AS by 900 foet, stands tho Edison
tower. This Is a giant column, painted
white and thickly studdod with incandeSccn
lights. It is 100 feet high. Tho effect i
splendid, but Is fully appreciated only u
night. The General Electric Company o
New York has grouped it's exhibit around TIN
Edison column to y depth OF 100 feet. Th'
Bell Telephone Company has handsome
house jugI inside tho south main door. tn
Westinghouse and other prominent compaS
les being ranged along the main aisle.