Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-11-12

Matre Labor, the famous French
lawyer, who defended Dreyfus, has
accepted an invitation to attend the
international law congress during
September at the fair.
Missouri will exhibit beans at the
fair with pods &c inches long, and 20
beans to the pod. 1t is claimed that
half dozen Of these beans would
satisfy the appetite of the most
voracious Bostonian.
Virginia will make a special exhibit
calling attention to the Importance of
its peanut industry. A booth will
be built entirely of the COOLERS. Vir
ginia raises more peanuts than anv
other state.
Leipzig, Germany. will send some of
its exhibits now at the Dresden expo
The framework of the replica OF
sition,
Daniel Boone's original signature
will be displayed in the historical sec
tion of Missouri's exhibit Boone 10
Gated in Missouri in 1896 aud was
commandant Of the St Charles dis.
trict. comprising what Is now Warren,
st. Charles, Lincoln Montgomery.
Howard and Boone counties. He was
the chief military and civil officer,
and signed all tax receipts. II is one
of the latter, now In possession of the
Missouri Historical society. that will
be shown.
the Cabillo, Louisiana's building at the
fair. is finished. The stan is being
applied and 1t Is expected that the
building will be completed by Nov. /.
Japan's pavilion will be a reproduc-
ton of the beautiful castle Of Shishin-
den at Kioto. one of the ancient
capitals of Japan.
George w. Stewart, manager of the
musical department Of the fair, is In
Germany arranging for the attendance
of German military bands.
A life-size statue OF Lots wife.
chiselled from a solid block of rock
salt, will he an unique feature of
Loulsiana's mineral exhibit
An up.to date model gymnasium wifi
be shown for the first time in the his
tory Of expositions. II will form part
of the physical culture exhibit The
building which is now nearing com.
pletion. is stone. fre.proof structure
and is situated at the extreme western
end of the grounds.
A Siamese twin watermelon will be
exhibited by a st. Louis commission
house This freak of nature weighs
81 pounds and measures To inches at
the greatest circumference. The two
melons are joined at slight angle
and are perfectly mated They are
nearly identical In size and shape.
The freak came in shipment OF
melons from Carmi. Ill, 1t viii be
kept in cold storage until the fair
opens,
One of Louisiana's prominent feat.
ures in the palace of agriculture Will
be n model sugar house All the
modern apparatus arranged along the
lines " the most approved methods
will enter into the display. All the
products of sugarcane will be shown.
and commercial grades OF ali syrups.
sugar and molasses will te displayed
New York will expend on its for.
estry, fish and game display as much
as some of the smaller states and ter
ritories will spend on their entire ex
hibit. The New York commission at
recent meeting. appropriated $4,000
for this purpose This. however, does
not represent all of the cost of the
exhibit. The empire state maintains
fish commission with elaborate
hatcheries The commission. like
Wisconsin. has a special car, equipped
with suitable tanks for transportation
of live fish and fry from one part OF
the state to another and in which the
fish exhibit from New York will be
brought to st. Louis. The employees
of the commission will have charge
of the exhibit. making the entire
$4,000 available for the extra ex-
pense of collecting, installing and
maintaining the exhibit. The Ash ex.
hibit will show collection OF the fish
OF the state. There will be large
collection of finely mounted speci-
mems There will be exhibited In
aquaria live specimens OF the fish
which the commission raises Ly the
millions. For the department OF game
there will be displayed complete