The herald., 1895-08-25

pipes. The mist bank is an entirely new
effect in hydraulics. Ii will envelop the
fountain in a dense mist of spray and
will be Illuminated with colored lights in
endless combinations.
An engine with a capacity of 145, 600
gallons minute pumps uD water from
the lake, which is distributed through
countless pipes from the surface of the
island. The color effects on the water are
obtained by twenty openings in the island
surface or the roof of the Workshop as the
surface really is. These openings are COW
enlng is powerful electric reflector and
a revolving fan with many wings, each
wing being of differently coloreu glass.
The rays Of the reflector through the col
ored glass give the effects attained.
The bull fights will be brand new de-
parture and they will take place notwith-
standing the opposition by the American
Humane association, for the reason that
there will ne no cause for the exercise OF
official humanity. The bulls will not
kill any one and no one Will kill the bulls
if the present programme of the mana
gers be carried out.
The best fighting bulls of Mexico will
be used. but their horns will be heavily
padded and should they happen to strike
anything no harm will be done. Sliding
swords will be used and after the make
believe fight the bulls will be driven back
to their pens unharmed. If by any
chance a bull is killed it wi BIZ the result
of accident for they are high-priced ami
mails and to kill them off would ruin
their owners financially.
An interesting exhibit by the national
government will be the skeleton of a Ecu
glodon of prehistoric times. The bones
were dug out Of the earth about twenty
mics southeast of the town of Enterprise,
Mississippi, but in the state of Alabama.
This spot is about 125 miles north Of the
gulf OF Mexico.
Last November large number of these
bones were dug up and shipped to Wash
ington. In most cases it was found inn
possib to take out the bones without
applying numerous bandages. The
greater number of bones received at the
museum we're i'm bedded in rocks weigh
ing from 10 to 400 pounds. When the
scientists got back to Washington the
work of digging the bones out OF the
rocky beds was begun. This work re-
quired much care on account of thu pecu-
liar laminar formation of the bones and
their very brittle condition, which caused
them to crumble or large pieces to chip
off at a very slight blow OF the hammer
or chse.
In life the Zeulodon resem bled the seal
aud whale and perhaps was the original
of the sea serpent. In shape it was more
than fifty feet long and very slender, with
flexible neck. When mounted this
specimen will be about fifty feet long; the
narrow skull is about five feet long: the
teeth are from two to SIX inches long.
There are forty teeth in the skull, many
OF which are ouble-pronged, The skele-
ton has fourteen pair of ribs; there are
more bones in the paddle of the Zeuglo-
don than in the living whale. 1t is pos
sible that the Zeuglodon may have had
rudlmentary hind limbs or paddles. Tho
long and powerful tail of the animal gave
1t great facility for swimming in the pur-
suit of food, which probably consisted
principally of fish. The large tail ust
have kept the head busy securing food to
sustain it.
The women to whom much of the sue
cess of the exposition will be due are
Mrs. Lulie NJ. Gordon, Mrs. Hugh Hagan,
Mrs. Emma Moffet Tying. Mrs Grant
Wilkins. Mrs. Clarence Knowles, Mrs.
Joseph Thompson and Mrs. A. L. Thorn
ton.
1t is expected that 5000, 900 people will
attend the fair, and amusements enough
for all will be found IN the 200 acres of
buildings and exhibits.