The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-29

We saw an Imperial Bashaw's saddle
embroidered In gold. worth $1,000 In
Iangier morocco. A sh0e WINS shown
us that was made by the late vice
president. Hon. Henry Wilson. In his
early life. cav q cow and q cali
from Africa. the smallest COW In the
world. She stands about two feet
high and weighs one hundred and
twenty pounds. An alllgator's hide,
from head to tall. containing palate
aud tongue, thirteen and half feet
long. There ia nothing that goes to
tho making OF shoes but what you can
cry In operation. We saw wild buf-
lfaio's horns from India that were four
feet long. or eight feet from tip to tip.
| Here you will find all kinds OF trunks
satchels vaHses, that ever have been.
In this building we saw a lnrge sofa,
made entirely out Of leather. The hide
of an African elephant that weighs 500
bounds, the largest tanned hide In the
world; 1t took two years to tan 1t. IT.
weighed when green 800 pounds, and
500 pounds when dry. Length from
tip to tip Of tail twenty feet greatest
width sixteen feet. greatest thickness
three inches. II was shown by Haus.
Reee & Co., New York City. A roll OF
feet wide, made Of three thicknesses
lof leather, measuring about three
Quarters OF an inch thick and weigh
ing three pounds TO the square foot.
land would transmit 5000 horse power;
1.-The widest belt In the world.
Another roll. one foot wide, and
1000 feet long, nearly two mlles IN
one continuous piece. The largest
Texan steer horns are also found here,
measuring nine and half feet from
Tip to tip. How would one OF them
do for a powder horn for Geo; W.
Casey? These were all exhibited by
lFayerweather d Ladew. OF Denver.
e OIL We left here and went and visit.
ed the Ho-Da. No.Saw-Nee, or Long
House OF the Iroqolse Indians. Not
mail or a peg is used in Its construc'
,ltion. They make some very line bask-
cts out of willow. Presid ent Daniel
Ta.Foete is to this tribe what the Prest'
dent is to the United States. He is the
only man In America thGt can speak
Ifiuently the language OF the six Indian
nations OF New York State.
He belongs to the OnandaRua tribe,
and IL a prosperous fai mer. The grand
son OF Chief Cornplanter may be seen
here. We next went to the Apache
tent and Ind talk with an Indian
lady who could speak English. They
Ial had deer and buffalo hidss for sale
1--WE left here and yislted tho Hwakiute
Indians from Vancouver Island. Here
from thirty to forty feet high, and
livery hideous In appearance. We went
Then to the different tribes OF Indians
: seen their huts and modes aud Gus
toms. The Penobscot Indians from
Old Town, Maine, were the largest ant
most Intelligent, and The best dressed
on the ground.
Their principal occupation ia max
ling baskets, mats and beads. We nov
20 to the largest establishment In the
world, krupp's. Cannon d Machine
3 works. We saw a cannon there forty
3 lseven feet long, worked by one man
ylthat would throw conical bull shel
! that weighs $500 pounds, twelve miles
We saw steel plates. nine inches thick
: that shell had gone clear through
. Ianother. fifteen inches thick, that I
e shell had gone over twelve inches In 1t
Now, by the way OF explanation
Q some might say how docs the ball q
!. into the plate SO easy. First. the gut
ills grooved inside, and the charge o
powder quite heavy and strong, 80 tina
/. when tho ball leaves the gun 1t goei
] out making thousand revolutions II
] "a second we might say. and when Il
$ strikes the plate 1t bores Its way In 1t
s We saw the ball that went through th'
e above nine-inch plate, and the poin
D of it was not battered In the least, sc
n good was the temper put In 1t, ant
u there is only one man In this country
Y who can SO temper them.
. We saw q steel shalt for an Atlantic
Q steamer. made out OF ono piece. forged
:. solid. and a hole three inches In diam
d ter clean through 1t. The entire
length was 80 feet weight l03 tons
Q "A ciuclble steel cogged wheel. forged
5solld and milled out. weighed q
g tons. A plate OF ingot iron, all In one
eplate 20 feet long, IL inches thick and
el2 feet high, that weighs 81 tons. A
s steel casting a propeller, % feet ir
II diameter, weighs 26 tons. A ruddeI
!. frame that weighs IL tons. Mr.
It Krupp has in his employ %, 600 men
= We left here feeling satisfied o
;. what we here learned, and then wen
alto the Convent, where the relies o
are all found. and OF tn
u five hundred pictures or licensees o
y. him there seems to be no two alike
Is He was. according to history, a poo
Re man, II mistake not, but IL he ownet
one-fourth that Is attributed to hin
10 he must have boon very rich, On
d persun wanted TO know OF lady II h
d was dead. She told him that he ha,
y been dead for hundreds OF years.
vel We visited the vessels said to be tn
D. exact reproduction OF those whlcl
l. were on exhibition, the Maria, Pint
D. and Nina which constituted his fleet
o They are crowded by people nearl.
o every day. and we are sorry to 81.
ethat great many believe thnt the!
u were the real vessels that he discover
e ed America in, as we heard two per
@ sons say, that they were on the boat
}. that Columbus came across the oceal
9 In.