Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-27
WORLDS FAIR LETTER,
Everyone will take Holiday Nav Ist
--Some of the Curious People in
Buffalo Bills ShOw--Curious
Exhibits made by Women
Arrive--Lyon's Silk
Exhibit, Etc.
From our Special Correspondent

| iAOoo hOuSSo III lo"u Will Dc Sdily T. e
grated, and every effort will be mac to
give visitors grand reception in the
city at the opening of the Columbian
Exposition. Great reparation is being
made to receive Fsesident Cleveland
and his party. The Duke of Veragua is
the all absorbing topic Of conversation
among the Chicagoans. The defendant
of Christopher Columbus is likely to be
feted to his hearts content this summer
| Everyone is anxious to see this scion OF
nobility.
| The wind and rain still continues to
make earth desolate, and stops the work
at Jackson Park in many ways. The
gardeners can do nothing and are almost
in despair. Installation still goes on in
the buildings, and although the bad
| weather will cause many things to be
unfinished that otherwise would have
been in fine shape May LIST, the fair will
make very creditable opening.
The native workmen from Ceylon are
putting the finishing touches on the
beautiful temple which will be used in
the tea exhibit to be made by the
women. Solid ebony and satinwood
pillars carry the GRACEFUL roof, and they
are beautifully carved in intricate de-
signs. Five Cingalose woods are used
in the construction. Several Tamal
women and their home costumes will
augment the attractiveness of the tea
room. These women have dainty be-
doir in the Woman's building which
will be revelation in Japanese and
Cingalese art.
Nevada will send to the Worlds Fair
prehistoric cosmie records of great yal-
ue. The exhibit will be here this week
and will consist mostly of geological and
agricultural products. Principal among
the exhibits are the prehistoric foot
prints from the quarries at Carson City.
They are considered very wonderful
and interesting, and they were procured
by cutting them out bodily from the
clay floor of the quarry. There were
hundreds of them found. 1t is the in
tention of Nevada to Donate the geologi-
cal and mining collections to Chicago
University after the fair.
Mrs. Palmer's reception room III the
Woman's Building is completed. The
frieze Of the room is a design of roses
with border of conventional buckeye
scrolls. This is one of the handsomest
rooms in the building. The ceiling for
the New York room is finely painted
canvass, and will be put up in day or
two. The women of Dauphin County,
Pennsylvania, contributed table 1nlaid
with historic woods for the Woman's
Building. It is four feet long and thirty
inches wide, and will be used as the
Presidents desk by Mrs. Palmer at the
dedlcatory exercises i'll the building,
and for all official meetings thereafter
The inscription on copper tablet at
tached to the table shows that there is
more history 10 the square inch collect
ed in the unassuming piece of furniture
than it's size and design would seem to
indicate. Inlaid in the table is cedar
from Lebanon, oak from the yoke of
the Liberty bell, and red cedar from
the ratings around the cracked herald
of freedom, mulberry from the John
Harris tree, oak from the good old ship
Constitution, from the house in which
the first American flag was made and
from Washington's headquarters in
Valley Forge, walnut from Paxtang
church erected in 174U, and mahogany
from the original doors of the Pennsyl-
vania capitol.
Another unique exhibit made by
women at Custer City, South Dakota,
has been sent to the Woman's building.
1t is a small cabin composed Of all the
different specimens of minerals from
the Black Hills. The cabin is four feet
square and is made very neat and at
tractive.
The seventy-six Indians for Buffalo
Bills show came in yesterday morning.
There were hundreds of people gather
ed at the Northwestern depot to see
them. They landed from the cars with
a regular Brule warwhoop. They were
gorgeously dressed in bright colors,
decked out with eagles feathers, bears
claws, elks' teeth and eagles claws. All
had their faces painted, some of them
having spent great deal of time and
an immense amount of red, green and
yellow in their make up. Wet as the
day was we visited the red men in the
mammoth enclosure at 61st. Street
They had their tents and tepees all ar
ranged and seemed quite at home when
we called, although they growl as much
as any one over the nasty weather
There are seven squaws and five chill
dren among them. Mdme. No Neck is
the name OF one of the squawS, Roam
Woman Is the wife of Plenty Horses.
She participated in the fight at Wound
ed Knee, and has five bullet wounds,
including one that has crippled her left
hand so that it is useless. These In
dians will form an important part of the
"Nlld West show"
NOTES.
Lyons will have fine silk display,
Lyons and silk are synonymous. 1t is
always common to think Of silk, when
ever Lyons is mentioned or vice versa.
This exhibit will be installed in the
French department of the Manufactu-
rers building More than thirty manu-