Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-05-12
FACTS ABOUT THE FAIR.

PRovrs1oS has been made for the transport
tation of sc. 900 persons an hour 10 and from
the grounds
FIFTY Nations and thiry-seven colonies are
represented Added TO these are the United
States Government and the various states and
Tar-itor OF the MON
ROUGHLY speaking, the grounds contain
coo acres They are mile long and about a
mile broad at the widest part The distance
from the middle OF Chicago Is seven miles.
The collection OF exhibits in the British
section Is the largest and most important that
has even been brought together Ii any inter-
national exhibition outside O. the United
Kingdom.
4 THING that will impress itself upon the
tbouyhtf11l observer is the fact that every
bran h Of science and industry has been split
I'D into min 0r departments. This Is the age
OF the specialist.
\ kRUPP gun weighing 122 tons the largest
piece of artillery in the world. Is mounted IN
a building Of its own at Chicago. Herr hrupp
will make nothing out Of the costly enter
prise. but he has pleased his sovereign
If the exhibits are 20 be considered from
the standpoint of numbers the French are
strongest If they are to he judged by the
average excellence in art Holland without
doubt takes the lead among foreign Nations.
IN the department of natural history New
Yorl, State takes the lead. The Wards Nat
ural Science Museum of Rochester has an ex-
hibit which Professor Putnam says is perfect.
1t shows every form OF animal life from
spOnges to man.
It must be understood that the Exposition
is a city with complete government. There
are over so. 900 exhibitors, and two persons
for each interest represented would give
fixed population of 100, 900. There are well
organized and equipped police and fire de-
partments.
In the artillery exhibit is q 12-inch naval
H. 4 -,I,-
tons a 13-inch naval gun jacket, seventeen
feet long and weighing Sc, 800 pounds, the
13-inch tube that will be incased by the jacket,
is thirty-eight feet five inches long and weighs
$4,000 pounds.
THERE is a building where babies can be
checked just like hat or coat or umbrella.
The charge is moderate and the nurses are
good. There was similar institution at the
Paris Exposition, but, unfortunately, several
hundred babies were OF hand withC1t claim
ants when the exposition closed.
FRoMthe roof of the huge building OF Manu-
features and Liberal Arts viii beam the biggest
electric search light ever constructed. 1t has
refectOrs six feet in diameter and will give a
light OF 1874 000. 900 candle power. 1t is as
serted by those in charge Of this light that to
people sixty miles away tie light will be
nearly as bright as q full moon.
MOST interesting in a historical sense are
the trophies from the Hohenzollern Museum.
loaned to the State Department of the United
States Government for exhibition in this see
ton. They have been sent over in the custody
Of CAPTAIN Rogers of the United States Navy,
and the State Department assumes the re-
spOnsibility for their safe keeping and safe
return.
On the steamboat pier are moving side
walks The outer sidewalk moves at the rate
Of three miles an hour, SO that passengers can
step upon it while it is in motion. They can
then step to an inner sidewalk which has
+hran mill FOG fhnt FA
carried along the pier at the rate OF six miles
an hour and can set on or of at will without
Inconvenience.
The golden nail, which MARKS the compile
ton of the WOman'S Building at the EXPOSE
ton required several weeks Of constant work
to make. 1t is composed OF gold. silver and
copper and a Montana sapphire is set Id the
upper portion Of the shield which is attached
to the nail near the head. Mrs. Potter Pal
mer, President OF the Board of Lady Man
ayers drove the nail of gold home with q sill
yer hammer.
A HUNDRED thousand armed and uniformed
soldiers will be masse ed in Chicago this sum-
mer. This great camp Of American warriors
will be in August. Militia organizations from
every State in the Union will be present, be-
sides a large representation Of troops from
the regular army. To these must be added
military companies, and perhaps regiments
from foreign countries. The military display
will probably be the gcandest ever seen in this
country
DELAYS in the collection of material caused
the pOstpOnement 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
memOrating the opening of the Worlds Fair.
The ceremony was set for the opening day,
and Mrs. Cleveland was to have touched a
button at the White House connected with
the automatic arrangement which would have
turned the molten metal into the mould.
II the center of the Electrical Building,
which is 345 by 600 feet, stands the Edison
tower. This is giant column, painted
white and thickly studded with incandescent
lights. 1t is 100 feet high. The effect is
splendid, but is fully appreciated only at
night. The General Electric Company Of
New York has grouped its exhibit around the
Edison column to a depth of 100 feet. The
Bell Telephone Company has handsome
house just inside the south main door. the
Westinghouse and other prominent compan-
les being ranged along the main aisle.