Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-06
AMONG THE EXHIBITS.

UNDER the roof of the Horticultural
building are two groves of orange trees,
over one hundred trees in each grove
and couple of hundred oranges on
each tree.
THOUSANDS of flags are used in the
decoration of the Woman's building at
the worlds fair, and many of these
have been sent by clubs or private indi-
viduals, who have their names en-
broidered in the corner; and these flags
are to be returned to the lenders as
souvenirs of the fair.
THE presents which Gen. Grant re-
ceived on his trip around the world,
and turned over to Mr.. Vanderbilt IN re-
turn for a loan when he was in strait
ened circumstances after the Ward
failure, form part of the government
exhibits. They were presented to the
government by Mr.. Vanderbilt.
THE great model of a California red
wood tree in the Horticultural hall is
complete on the outside, and its en-
frances stand guarded by an Indian and
padre of the early days, while be-
tween them is the figure of a woman
star-gemmed California. 1t is very pic
turesque.
AMONG the English exhibits in the
Transportation building are several
models illustrating the modern method
of signaling and handling trains. The
switching processes are illustrated by
diagrams of tracks and serial models,
showing trains first Unfortunately
made up, and then as properly arranged,
by means of colored blocks, there being
five blocks of the same color in each
series of numbers, each block repre-
senting car.
THE models of ships in the Transpor-
tation buildings are some of them eX-
pensive. The model of the Victoria,
an English war vessel, cost seven thou
sand and five hundred dollars. 1t is of
steel and nickel plate: the little guns
are of steel. There is model of the
Black Warrior, the first ironclad built
for the British navy. A model of
Thames house boat in cedar weighs
| thirty pounds. The metal work is
| nickel, the interior is upholstered in
velvet and silk. It will hold Only one
| person.
A GLASS tube behind glass doors at
the German section of Liberal Arts is
labeled ''Spirili Cholerae Asiaticae."
The gray spot, not larger than the lit
tie finger nail, is bottled death. It is
| the germ of cholera and comes from
the laboratory of DIR. Koch in Berlin.
In a neighboring tube is a yellow white
film almost transparent. It is Bacillus
i Diphtheria Colomb' = bottled death
again, but this time for children. A
third tube shows yellowish brown
spot the size of an ordinary button.
! Bacillus of the American Pork Dis
ease is the label upon it.
FoRTY-Two foreign nations are now
represented at the worlds fair by 327
! representatives. These men are from
all parts of the world and the several
nations and states with their repre-
sentatives are as follows: Argent tine
Republic, 5; Austria, 9; Belgium, 10;
Brazil, 81; British Guiana, 1; Bulgaria,
L; Canada, "a; Cape Colony, 4; Ceylon,
2; Colomb ia, 1; Costa RIGA, Z; Curacao,
1; Denmark. 10; Ecuador, 5; France,
rs; Germany, A; Great Britain, IL;
Greece, 2; Hayti, 4; Italy, IL; Jamaica,
3; Japan, 9; Johore, ?; Liberia, 3; Mex
leo, %; Netherlands, 2; New South
Wales, 10; Nicaragua, L; Norway, s.;
Orange Free State, 1; Paraguay, 81;
Persia, ?; Portugal, 2; Russia, II; Siam,
8; Spain, Is; Sweden, s; Switzerland, q;
Trinidad, 1; Turkey, 5; Uruguay, s.;
Venezuela. 10.