The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-30

taken They show the corona OF tho sun in
manner heretofore 1irapprOache,i. Some OF these
Photographs were iakcn by means Of gigantic
camera, thirteen inches in diameter and focus
of l3j feet.
rhr exhibit ut the National Museum will con.
S't almost entirely ot new objects, not shown
at any previous exposition. Tho Pan American
idea runs through the entire exhibit, and very
little that Is not American will bo shown. Tlc
plan has been to select large aud striking oh
jocts ana exhibit them singlv, rather than 10
show extensive series of small speciucns. The
exhibit Is divided into three section, zoology,
geology aud nnhrOpoopy In zoology the mn.
scum has been fortunate in obtaining many rilc
and striking specimens Tor the eShihit which
Is confined TO American vertebrate animals.
Ancng mammals shown will h. the Kodiak bear
of AlaSka, the largest bear in the world the
singular little gray rlacier bear which lives
among the snow fields back oi Mount 81. Fila;
The giant moose, the wild black sheep Of British
Columbia. and Dalls sheep. which Is entirely
white. the ,arc Yves, indian seal. the musk o.,
the mountain caribou and other rare animals. All
thc large species will br i,oricd on bases, with
accessories indicating their natural surroundings
and habits The bird cNhbi will include about
100 Of the most brilliant aui striking spcrrs
in \ncrHa. including man, wc., Indian aud
South American varieties, s,cl the rotloy
hc American ostrich. the macays and parrots
umbrella bird, bell bird cock of tc.walk a,u
others. The iaxidriny of both nrds and man
,na's is Of a very nigh order. Among tho tcp
tiles the most striking exhibit will b. gigantic
snapping turtle from rcS.s, known as the alligi.
Tor snapper. The creature l., more than five
feet long and is tho largest fresh water turtle
ever found in America. This part of the ,Nhihit
npl tl, n,ie md mi. ia
American snakes rdttle,nake, mo,cnsin boa con
tr"tcr. and s?.cading adder. together with many
lizards, frogs. 'oads. ana sllanlndcrs, including
species from Cuba and Porto Rico
American fishes win he fully represented. The
museum has had agents a, hey Wrs, and on liz!
Amazon river collecting specially for the Buffalo
exhibit. These have been prepared by u new
mctl.otl, by which their natural form aud mlrl
OF their brilliant color is preserved \ novelty
III fishes will be large model Of u hrnn",!,
deep sea fish arranged by mean, of electrical Mt.
tach'nentS. so that it will phu.ploi",cc, ii is
known to Ito when alive IN the depth, Of tho
ocean. Many of the fishes from he deepest
waters are exceedingly erotrSpur and won
deliul in structure. hut on account oi their snn
size and bad condition when dragged from the
sea they are little known TO the public. THE
geological exhibit will he diversified aud rlirfl'
American One very interesting series con' 1,
of examples OF the various elemculs which nc,tr,
uncombined in the rocks. such as gold. silver
copper lead. mercury, platinum, carbon and iron
Strange as it may seem, Of the ratcsl "i
| these elements j. iron. Tie exhibit contain.
! native iron from Greenland and 4 portion Of N
| iron mctcoritc from New Mexico Another i
'ertstlhg exhibit is the large plat mum nugs''
worth about $500 ,a,hon j. represented by 4
| diamond crystal piece % g'apIlr and .pr"