Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-13
SOME POINTS
Which May Be of Interest to Our
Readers Who Contemplate Visit
ing the Great Far.

ing the bicycle lover will find his paradise
There are thousands and thousands OF
wheels, representing every make in this
country and many from England. If the
English exhibit is representative, ther
English bicycling is far behind American
for the wheels seem clumsy and are not
equipped with all the modern appliances.
Everything that is symmetrical and
beautiful in wheels is sshown-machines
weighing only twenty pounds, done in
in white and gold and blue. Columbias
Victors, and Ramblers are perhaps most
thoroughly represented. Curiosities, too,
are shown, as an old ordinary made of a
wagon wheel and a wheelbarrow wheel:
the high wheel that Stevens rode round
the world; the wheel used by Zimmerman
the record smasher; tandemS for man and
woman; three-sea arrangements OIL
which it may be presumed that three
light weights might fairly fly; four
wheeled vehicle, pneumatic tired and
canopy topped, worked by two persons
with seats for the whole family; gigantic
high wheels and wee safeties; everything,
in short, representing the phenomenally
rapid growth of an industry that bids
fair to do away with walking and make
horses cheap.
The Columbian guard on duty is an
odd looking individual. He seems like
the next thing below drum major He
wears gloves, by courtesy called white,
and made of that vile, coarse material of
which undertakers' gloves are made
From his cap depends string which
catches him just under the mouth. This
string is mis- insignia, and serves the
further purpose of giving him something
| to chew in moments of distracted
thought, or in times of excitement. But
he is 0mnipresent and will answer your
queries courteously if he happens to
know the answer.
Those persons who bump against you
in front of everything of interest and at
They are male and female. with stubby
pencils and dirty tabs, and gold bound
pencils and morocco covered memoran
dunn books. They have been imbued
with the laudable intention of preserving
in black and white what their memories
fail to retain, so that at home they may
with a few minutes study recall what
they have seen. They copy every placard.
and in their eagerneSs to put down every
fact stated, they are oblivious of their sur
roundings and ten to one miss the most
valuable impressions, collecting hope
lessly conglomerated mass of details,
which no amount of after study will
reduce to order. They go about the
matter backward, forgetting that com
plete and orderly catalogues and dia-
grams have been made, and may be had
at low figure, explaining and tabulating
all the wondrous things.
1t is dampening to ones enthusiasm
while gazing with reverence on the
seventy eight pictures of Columbus in
LA Rabida," to remember that the face
of the great discoverer was never craven
or painted or sketched in his life time.
These pictures are ideal, based purely on
imagination as paintings of the Madonna;
or they are based on verbal descriptions
five of which are extant In Columbus
time portrait painting was in its infancy,
and Columbus himself only beggar
One should see in the collection the
Lorenzo Lotto portrait painted in 1912
and thought by critics to be the most
authentic likeness: the YoneZ picture.
the most ancient in existence; the artistic
ortrait loaned by the Duke of Talleyrand,
and distinguished by the legend across
the top, "Christoph. Columbo, Ligur;"
the Gunther picture painted upon a panel
of wood three feet by two, bearing in
faint letters "Ch. Columbo" and enclosed
in wonderfully carved frame; aud a
reproduction of sketch strongly claimed
to have been made from life by the pilot
of that old ship, the DiscOverer. This
last is a vignette representing st. Christie
pher bearing the Christ child across
river These may all be found by a brief
study of the catalogue.
No "land lubber" who knowledge of
water craft is confined to vessels (of wary
that ply on the Ohio, wants to miss
seeing the battle ship "Illinois" when he
visits the Fair. This vessel, while ap-
parently noOred to the pier, is in
reality built in the lake. While the
vessel is only model for the purposes
of seeing what battle ship looks like, it
answers all the demands 1t is, in fact,
a full sized war vessel of the latest type,
and fully equipped, except that it will
not float and the steel armor plate of its
turrets and sides is made of wood. 1t is
of thetype of l0, 0,3)0ton Co sst line battle
ship of the U. 5. Navy, with all the facil
tiles for showing the discipline, manner
of living of the officers and men, and for
the display of the drills. such as are Gus
tomary on a Man-of- War; The decks,
tower, guns, chimneys, matches, bridge,
and other fittings are the same as on an
ordinary war vessel. The battery COM
prises, breech- loading rifle cannon, rapid
firing guns mounted, Gatling guns, etc.
The magazine and shell rooms are shown,
and the manner of working the guns and
torpedoes and the handling of ammuni-
tion.
There is also an electric light plant
with dynamos, search lights, motors for
working the guns and for Illuminating
purposes. The officers state rooms and
offices are also shown. while enough tor
pedoes and other explosives lie around on
the lower deck to blow the whUIe Fair
tn eternity if thew Shoul1 ha Sat off To