Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-02-04

are the 6rst lightning rod, invented BY
Franklin, the baby clothes worn by
John Quincy Adsms, and the two old
standing clocks, which still keep cor
rect time. Que Of them belonged to
Oliver Cromwe |. and the other to
William Penn. The State 10 to fur
nish tho central ornament for the
Mining building. 1t will he an obs.
lisk OF anthracite coal. sixty feet high.
bearing the name of the St.,e in gold
letters Ut the base.
Recent communications from Rome
convey the INTEL Rencs that number
OF the Vsticsn's most valued relic.
will be sent to the Fair. The Holy
See authorizes the statement. Most
Of the loan exhibit will consist of doc.
uments relating to the establishment,
of missions and churches in the newly
discovered continent of Anne rica, and
signed by the early popes. The relics
will b" guarded day and Eight while
here, and will DO kept in steel cases
with glass tops.
Full.sized models OF tho first and
oldest ten railroad locomotives in the
world will be shown in = special ex>
hihit to be made by the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad in the Transportation
building. Major J. B. Psneborn, who
has charge OF this display, has already
begun to make Arrange men.s for it's
installation. and when completed it
will be one of tho most unique and
instructive collections at the park
From the first locomotive that was
built the evolution up to the present
time will be shown, and "a 900 square
feet OF space will be occupied.
Models of three Of the George Ste.
venson engines will be shown-the
famous Rocket (ls?9). the Blanche
uSl6), aud Mercury Qs3o). Full.
sized duplicates from the working
drawings of Putting Billy (1S13). the
first locomotive with smooth wheels
for smooth rails. and the Sans PareiI,
in which the steam blast was first in
,roduced. The exhibit begins with
the first method of steam propulsion
o" land-that of Sir Isaac Newton in
1850. Thence the continuous evolu.
ton is indicated to Trevithick and his
initial design Of the father of the To-
connective (lS00), aud the FIST (lsO3)
that ever ran q mile.
In 1880 the Cooper wss tried on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. This
was the first locomotive built in Amer.
lea, and the first to draw q car, and
the FIRST to run more than . mile.
Montana gives notice that it iu-
tends to have in its State building the
most original display on the grounds.
even If i. is blood>curdling sight for
the tender hearted visitor of the East.
The exhibition is confined to tho State
building, because shere is no provision
made for it in tho department. CLASH.
6cation. 1t 10 = deck of cards made
from human skin and captured with
Geronimo. the Apache chief, Who ter
rorized Arizona aud Now Mexico sew.
eral years ago. The de, k is complete
with tho exception of the eight, nine
and ten spot cards. All OF the designs
are copied from regular cards and put
on with considerable skill in crude
pigments.
The Sultan of Turkey is taking a |
great interest in the Fair, according
to Herman Delandrio, Of Constant |
nople. who has been in the city for |
few days. "Tne Orient will be repre>
seated at tho Worlds Fair in all it's
varied attractions" said he. I'VE
hope to show all the luxurious sur.
roandings of Turkish harem., and the
native women who will appear at the
exhibition will give a correct idea of
what life in Turkey means to the
native Turk, and how little there is in
common with tho methods of living
by the American people,"
An interesting feature OF the
exhibit will be . model
Of the earth, with all the geometrical
accuracy that mechanism anil art can
give to such Difficult, represen ta,ion