The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-01

HAIR SHOWN
Fast Railroad---Oreg
and California
Exhibits.

ST. LOUIS, May 2o.-A complete
working model of proposed monorail
line between London and Liverpool,
England, is among the Worlds Fair
railway exhibits in the Transportation
building The model is one-sixteenth
OF the actual size.
The running wheels are in the center
of the train, straddling an A-shaped
structure at the apex of which is the
rail. The underworld of the carriage
hangs down on either side and there is
an ingenious arrangement on horizontal
wheels which runs along the guide rails
half way down the sides Of the "A with
flanges beneath. When the train takes
curve the pressure falls upon these hor-
izontal wheels, and thus there is no more
risk in turning curves than in running
straight.
The speed of the trains to be operated
on this new style of road is no miles
an hour.
PRUNES WHILE YOU WAIT.
Worlds Fair visitors are treated to
feast of prunes, at the California exhibit
in the Agriculture building Stewed
prunes, raw pruneS, dried prunes, fresh
prunes anG prunes served in every inn
aginab1e way are handed out to visitors,
free OF cost. with the compliments of
the California Farmers club and
oranges. Instructions are given in cook
ing and serving prunes, and the public
receives some information as to the
value of prunes as food.
DOME OF GRAIN AND GRASS.
A colossal dome covered with clusters
of grain and grasses constitutes the
beautiful center piece of Oregon's ex-
hibit in the Palace of Agriculture at the
Worlds Fair. Even the eight huge pill
lars supporting the dome are encased in
artisticalIy arranged punches of golden
grain and native wild grasses and for
age plants that grow to such prodigious
size in the fertile fields of Oregon.
The dome is surmounted with an
enormous bundle of wheat towering six
feet above the canopy. One of the
sides of the kiosk is a wall of grasses,
the center-piece being a bunch of buff
falo grass covering a space of seven by
four feet. This is surrounded by
punches of alfalfa, sweet peas and Glow
er and nearly twenty other kinds OF
Oregon grasses. Altogether EOS vari-
cites of grain and los varieties of grasses
are used in this exhibit. More than
hundred different kinds of wheat are
used, some having grown to the height
of more than seven feet. Rye, barley
and buckwheat in many varieties also
appear in this exhibit and help to beau
tify the handsomely decorated dome.
The interior contains a fine display
of the famous Oregon hops IN bales and
on the vines, and 600 glass globes filled
with different kinds of grain and grass
seed. There is also a fine collection of
vegetables put up in glass jars, showing
the varieties produced in Oregon.
Occupying a prominent place inside
the dome is a large seal of the coat n
arms of Oregon, done in grain 1t Is 8
feet, s inches in diameter and IS made
of wheat, oats, rye, millet and other seeds. |
This work of art was executed by a /
sixteen-year-old 0 gon be-, George I
Bonnie. of Woodbarn. Above the state
seal is the word welcome" made of !
prunes.. The word Oregon in prunes
appears in two places on the outside of :,
the dome.
Between the pillars are looped the
colors of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position, in red, white, blue and yellow
silk, beneath which are suspended fes--
toons of golden grain. The inside OF
the dome is tastefully decorated with j
ropes of grain and grasses.
The Oregon agricultural exhibit IS IN
charge of ]. R. Douglass. superintend-
ent of the states agricultural depart
ment, who will accord hearty welcome
to all Worlds Fair visitors.
HAIR ON EXHIBI-
TON.
ST. LOUIS, May 2o.-A lock OF the
hair that grew on the head of Napoleon
Bonaparte is an exhibit in the historical
section of the Anthropological Depart
lnent at the Worlds Fair. The lock,
which is a small one, is reddish brown
in color. 1t has probably faded some
what from its original color of dark
brown. 1t is contained in an ebony
stand inlaid with silver. AMI lies on
blue silk background
The relic is owned by Mrs. Charles
Hopkins of Washington, d. {. The
hair was given by Bonaparte himself to
Prince Charles l. Bonaparte, the son OF
Lucien Bonaparte, and was transferred
by him to the Hon. Edward Everett, of
Boston. when the latter was Minister
to England in IS45. Mr.. Everett willed 1t
to his daughter. Charlotte Everett
Brooks, and she in turn left it, in 1870,
to her daughter, Mrs. Hopkins. The
~ Charles 0f Car17jrO