The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-12
THE MINIATURE WILD WEST

And Mechanical Wonders at the Grove Savln Rock.-One of the Greatest Novel; ties of the Season.
 The above-named museum opened at the Grove, Decoration Day, and drew large number to witness the exhibition of moving mechanical wonders This museum, which has only recently been completed after years of hard toil is truly marvellous pro duction exciting the wonder and admlratlou of all who see. The whole exhibition IS constructed out of blocks of wood, and any one who takes the time to look It over care fully will pronounce 1t the greatest thing or its kind ever seen. There are over i,dOO pieces contained in these models and nov ing figures, and the collection Is the only one of its kind extant. This exhibition IS not only novelty, but Is instructive as well, and shows genius equaled by few.
 The museum is divided into four parts. When you enter your attention IS ealed ny the lecturer to pyramids or wooden , Wohuets, 413 articles and 3,342 separate pieces, among them being Corllss engine, with every part complete, and when run by the hand of the operator the spectator cannot help but notice the perfect working of the governors and other parts of It; meat market musical instruments, including double bass modelled after the latest pat terms in this instrument, the inside neing graduated the same as the large and the expensive ones; carpenters tools, sleds, a safe with books and papers visible inside; telephone Farmer Jones' yoke of oxen at tached to sled with q barrel Of cider ana mo, n jug upon 1t; an empty soap box with the name of the maker painted on 1t, which many who have seen 1t thought was paper label pasted upon 1t; an engine lathe that would gladden. the heart Of any factory owner to possess
 Many of these figures are left in the na- tura wood to show that there Is no fraud In the making among them being that of K 4. f,Nt t1nl l.nNt In with the Indians are made. The legs or these wooden animals are made and put in separately insure strength.
 Your attention is next called to fleet of five gunboatS of the Y. s. navy, which in clude the Oregon, the Atlanta. and the Raleigh. These bOats were made from plans taken from the Scientific American, and arc said to be perfect in every detail. The re- mainlng two boats are models of the maker, and every nation might well copy this type of q boat and have in it's possession prize. After a short look at the boats you are asked to step to the farther end of the room where q battle is soon to take place between Indians and the famous Eleventh N, $, Cavalry, under that dashing General Geo. A. Custer.
 This exhibition Is seventy moving figures, and Is interesting in the extreme. While you look at these figures yon are somewhat startled at first to see the Indians start the assault upon the troops by opening fire, which is returned to them in full measure.
 
 distance a number of rapidly approaching warriors on horseback, who are hurrying 10 reinforce their comrades. You lnstinctively look towards the American troops and see them all busily firing, each and every one taking careful aim and seemingly picking his man at every shot.
 Where is Custer all this time? You look around and find him in the centre of his comrades urging them on, and every few minutes raising his hand to his eyes to see the result of the firing on the enemy. While you are wondering what the result will be you are nearly taken off your feet by the din of rapidly fired shots, and when you quickly glance in the direction from which they come you see smoke issuing from the mouth of machine gun stationed on a rise which overlooks the fighting ground. The Indians in the meantime are firing fast and their intense hatred for the Am. ercans making them careless in their aim and the shots do but little bamage to our men; one Indian who thinks the battle too hot, has sneaked behind log and is seen to look and then dodge back as some trooper tries to pop" him with his rife Another | savagely shaking his bowie knife at the troops as if to frghten them. This part of the exhibition is wonderful and always | brings forth deserved applause,