Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-08-31
W orld'S Fair.

or else get out Of the business.
Worlds Fair.
Man has drawn upon all three king
loms OF nature, the animal, the veg
etable, and the mineral kingdoms, to
furnish him his necessities and luxn-
ries OF life. In the Agricultural build
ing the products OF the vegetable
kingdom predominated, i'll the Min
ing building those Of the mineral
kingdom, and in the Shoe and Leath-
er Building, surely, the animal king
dom had been called upon to furnish
the greater part OF the exhibits. The
animal kingdom, indeed, has been
found very useful to man, supplying
food, raiment and motive power.
We are told in Genesis, that "Unto
Adam also and to his wife did the
Lord God make coats OF skins, and
clothed them" in the Shoe and
Leather building are found many in
teresting exhibits-every thing. i'll the
way Of foot wear and leather goods.
A very interesting exhibit was the
display OF shoes and sandals Of oil
nations. There were Zulu slippers,
wooden shoes from Belgium, Indian
moccasins, Esquimaux boots, shoes
used by the camel drivers in Soudan,
Chinese shoes, etc., etc.,-shoes OF all
styles, shapes, and sizes. Among
the curiosities which I saw were, a
water flask or bag, OF leather, such
as were formerly in use to carry wa
ter and other liquids in; shield from
the hide OF a rhinoceros; a fur coat
and saddle cover from Jerusalem; a
fish skin rain coat and a feather
coat from Alaska; and q tanned Ali
gator hide, walrns hide, and a
tanned elephant hide weighing 800
lbs. I saw a roll OF betting II it.
wide and 3 inches thick, also a belt
- in. wide and 10, 900 it. long, near
ly two miles. France had a very
fine exhibit OF leather. There was a
big display OF Dongola leather. Don
COLA leather refers now to q process
OF tanning, but referred formerly TO
goat skin. The process OF tanning,
and everything else connected with
the manufacture OF leather, was
shown and illustrated. A complete
shoe factory is in operation, and it
was interesting to notice the evolu-
ton OF a ladies shoe, step by step,
from one workman to another, each
performing his part OF the work and
no more, until the finished shoe, new
and glossy, stands ready to have
squeezed into it a foot about two
sizes too large. Rubber in it's natu-
raj state, the process OF gathering
and manufacturing, and all kinds OF
rubber goods are exhibited. Pic.
lures of different styles ofshoes worn,
long ago constituted an interesting
exhibit. Curious shoes with peaked
toes we're those worn in the time OF
Richard II. In 1853 long toes were
forbidden by act OF parliament.
Next we visited the extensive ex-
hibits OF the Krupp Gun Works OF
Essen, Germany, in a separate build
ing. Krupp has been termed "the
international peacemaker" because
he is making cannons, and other inn
Elements OF warfare, OF such great
destructive power, that the nations
are actually afraid to go to war,
and will rather settle their disputes
Ivy arbitration-a far better method.
Here we saw n monster gun called
Krupp's Baby, one OF the largest
guns in the world, being AZ feet long
with q II inch bore, and weighing
40 tons. The carriage alone
weighs $50 tons. 1t shoots 20
miles, and has pierced steel plates
two feet thick at nine miles. Ii this
gun was stationed at Warren, we
could lombard Stephen with it, and
Argyle could be knocked into smith
Greens. Each projectile weighs $500
lbs, is five feet long and costs $1,000.
A number OF other great guns, ofless
caliber, are exhibited, also steelplate
OF various thicknesses. An immense
steel casting OF II propeller and shaft
for man OF war is shown here, the
shaft being 80 feet in length, and the
drum Of the propeller % #. weighing
26 tons. We have often read OF the
great Krupp gun and iron works,
the largest establishment OF the kind
in the world, employing over 20, 600
men, but not until now have we had
d correct idea OF their magnitude.
A visit OH board the Arctic whaler,
Progress, on exhibition here, gives Il
person a very good idea OF the who'll
ing industry. This vessel was built
in 1843, and has seen nearly so
years service in the Atlantic, Pacific,
Indian and Arctic oceans. Here one.
can see the lances, harpoons, bomb
lances, guns, the try works for melt
ing the blubber, and many other.
things pertaining to the whaling in
dustry. Below the deck is muse
UNI Of interesting curiosities and