The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-15
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

| A HERp OF peacocks from Ono have been
! given home on Wooded Island.
THT Pennsylvania state Board gave ban.
! quot 10 the foreign commissioners.
! A FIDDLE and a chair made by Kit Carson
are exhibited In the California Building.
| The managers OF the Dahomey Village
have sent TO Africa for i'ty more natives.
| The American Bible society's exhibit in
| cludes Bibles printed In 242 different Ian
| guages.
The total attendance at the Worlds Fair
In May Was l,077 1888 daily average Of
5000
SUSAN +. ANTHONY addressed the National
! Association OF Women Stenographers at the
Art Institute.
FIVE more Samoan women have reached
Midway Plaisance they brought with them
two large fishing canoes
A. the opening Of the German exhibit In
Machinery Hall, the Tyrolcan girls IN their
picturesque costumes served champagne.
NERO. the bigges, OF the lions in tho Hag,
cnbeck arena has been shipped back TO
Hamburg because he has become ungoycrn-
able.
THE grounds are gradually acquiring tina,
gala appearance so much desired by the offi-
cials and so necessary for the success OF the
Fair
stone display has received its finishing
touches. and been thrown open without
ceremony.
OK June ~ n congress of trained nurses
held Its opening session. IL is hoped 70 In.
corporate American nurses into society
similar 10 the Royal British Nurses Associa-
ton. -
FRANCE ySNsic,.l ex and c.;.-,a-. ,t soaes
in Manufactures Haii. mas been set up in the
t.ul ntaNl he. f..s.
pianos shown is one with complete steel
frame.
The fifty foot anthracite needle with the
name "PennsylvaniR' on It's base. which
stands IN the center OF the 1lilding. Is ono
! OF the sights ofthe Department Of Mines and
Mining.
Is the Transportation building is farm
wagon, strong and serviceable but very light
In weight The tires OF the wheels nrc OF
steel, but all the other metallic work is OF
aluminium.
THT pavilion In which sho City OF par,s
has It's municipal display forms "A half circle
in q colombo around u bronze fountain. IL
j. one Of the most ornamental! structures on
the grounds.
A LARGE collection Of English medals ana
historical relies, including somc famous
swords and valuable old letters. have been
placed in the United States Building and are
now ON exhibition.
THr National League 70. Good Roads has
an exhibit In the Agricultural Building OF
road making materials and sectional sam
pies OF approved roads. Around the build
ine different kinds ot roads are to be- built.
Miss KATE MARsDES delivered two addresses
before tho Medical Congress IN her work
among tine lepers OF Siberia. Dr Donald Nc
Lehman, OF Honolulu, sent n paper on lep-
rosy IN the Hawaiian Islands which was
read.
THE changing coiors OF the lamps on mo
great tower IN the Electricity Build.ng, which
are moved 90 the strains OF music. changed
from gold - white and then TO purple TO the
strains OF the Beautiful Blue DANUBE" at
the opening.
The Wonder tree is camera obscura
which was exhibited at the Paris Exposition;
II has now been set up in Midway Plaisance.
It gives the visitor the impression that he has
climbed tree and Is looKing down on the
crowd beneath.
HESRY b. FULLER. author OF the -Cheya,
Her OF Pensier-Vani," in reviewing the minor
architecture OF the Exposition, pronounces
the Merchant Tailors' structure 'the rival, in
miniature. OF the Art Palace itself, In the Sc
we're beauty of its proportions"
Is the New England log cabin in Midway
Plaislnce the ceremony of Hanging the
Crane took place. the crane being fixed into
ing the Crane" was rected. This was the
formal opening of the log cabin.
EDMUND RUSSELL. the Delsartean profess
sor, Is decorating IA room for the San Fran
cisco women in the California Building The
room If formed by partitions OF red wood
the general tone Is dull copper one end is
devoted to CALIFORNIA; musical instruments
portraits adorn the wall
IL the Pennsylvania exhibit In the Mining
Building Is pavilion constructed TO show
every use to which slate can be put /; q collec.
tion OF seyenty-eight varieties of building
stone In the State, samples OF glass sands are
shown, and primitive furnace used In the
Infancy OF the iron business
The Javanese orchestra il largely made
up OF bells. The players ait In front OF a blue
and gold stand holding dozen queer shaped
bells, made OF brass and with round PIN
nacle at the top OF the dome and on this the
musician pounds. There are deep brass bells
on big stands and high treble bells on small
stands. A big yellow and green drum and
pair OF huge cymbals accompany the bells.
The Samoan colony In Midway Plaisance
contains an old house which belonged to
Mataafa, tie king whose cause Robert Louis
Stevenson is championing. II Is built of
bread fruit wood, the only wood which the
white ants OF the island cannot eat. II Is
round, shaped something like tent, the
sides being upright TO height OF five
feet the peak then rising high In air The
uprights are about four inches In diameter,
crossed by circle OF the wood every four
feet. The pieces OF wood are all short and
joined together by thongs. The roof Is Of