The Washington times., 1904-11-13
Largest Men, largest Loco
motive. Largest Clocks.
MAGNITUDE OF EXPOSITION
Immense PercherOn From Morocco
Weighs 2,s3s POunds-Enormous
Apples From Arkansas.

It's size. This notion IS dl s-tos''-411
erroneous one.
The really important things are the
beauty, the completeness and the sclen-
tihc. educational, and artistic features
Yet there is ample reason for the feel
ing that the immenseness OF the expo
sition IS the thing 10 talk about
II is the biggest exposition that ever
was held. It covers more than twice as
much ground as any previous one II
surpasses all others in every line of
exhibit and il has great many spe-
ciaI objects on display that are the
biggest OF their kind in the world OF
the biggest that ever were exhibited.
Big Floral Clock.
One OF these biggest things that Is
best known and most generally dis
cussed is the Floral Clock, by far the
largest timepiece that ever was bullt-
It's dial occupies the entire side Of a
nil, the hill whose summit is crowned
by the Palace OF Agriculture Its TWO
hands weigh 8 200 pounds, ana its face is
1l2 feet In diameter.
The hour glass, that is reversed as the
b000 pound bell is striking the houT'
contains 100 pounds OF sand. There is an
other aoral clock in the court Of the
Palace OF Electricity, run by electricity
instead OF compressed air, that would
look immense II IL We're not for the
fact that "the" floral clock is twice as
large. AS It IS. few people know that
there IS a floral clock ia the electricity
exhibit.
The Largest Generator.
However. the public has heard about
the generator the largest generator I'm
the world. that forms a most interesting
part of the General Electric Company 8
display. In this generator II Is the ln-
terror instead OF the exterior FIELD that
revolves and the power developed is
equivalent 10 lOO00 horse power. The
field makes $50 revolutions minute.
Five of these enormous generators are
10 be Installed on the Canadian side of
the Niagara Falls, but the first model
ever shown 10 the public is on eXhibi-
tiOn at the Worlds Fair.
In the Palace OF Transportation there
are several biggest things. Among the
steam engines there are many varieties
that look alike TO the layman but that
have characteristics that place them in
widely different classes.
Several Giant Engines.
Every visitor 20 the great building sees
the engine that revOlves on its elevated
turntable. yet there are others that are
not generally observed that are in some
respects more remarkable even than this
spirit Of the Twentieth Century"
one Of these IS the great engine in the
exhibit Of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works. The weight Of engine and ten
der is $4,000 pounds. and IL Is the larg-
est coupled engine that was ever used
in practical work. There have been
larger show locomotives, but this is one
or type in actual use.
When the largest man at the World
Fair is referred 10. one might at first
think OF President Francis, or perhaps
ore Of the Patagonian giants. In pOini
OF Importance or OF living physical
stature. either one Of these gentlemen
would MI the bin, but there Is another
man who is In himself not so very i'm
portant. whose size is commensurate
with that Of the Colossus OF Rhodes. II,
IS the iron Vulcan Of Birmingham VIII,
stands guard over the Palace OF Mine.
and Metallurgy He IS so enormou
that an automobile can pass between hi
feet, and the hammer that be holds Sd
lightly in uis left hand weighs 80
pounds.
Two Are Alive.
The biggest things AT the Exposition
are not all dead. mechanical cOntri
yances. At least two of them are alive
In the Morocco section on the Trail
beyond the japanese Garden, is th
largest horse IN the world. He is
magnificent creature, perfectly formed
Is fve years Old and has not yet cease
10 grow. In color ne is chestnut sOTe
and he IS almost - hands high. ii
wears d 42-inch collar and IBIS hea
e. a yard long. He tips the 1e4m q
2.s85 pounds and his girth Is Z teet
inches. This splendid Percheron, who's
ancestors were not abnormal In sJatur
answers 10 the suggestive name, Mo-
occo. because ne is the finest memb5
of the Sultan's stables. The horse
Morocco is more than likely 20 be
good horse. They grow that klnd
Morocco. but this horse IS the blEge
and also the handsomest that eve
crossed the Atlantic. A value Of 5000
is placed on him. although it Is n'
probable that double that SUM Wou
induce the monarch OF Morocco 20 pa
with him.
Some Enormous Apples.
Another OF the biggest tAlLba 'i-
ever grew is an apple iu the Palace
horticulture There is not merely oi
freak apple, but a whole plate 81 ihei
and the tree that produced them is
tie habit OF yielding ten bushels ye'
~ the same kind. There are Dut Ihr'
of these trees in the world. How th'
happcned. nobody can tell Two
tnem are in Benton county ARK al
she third IS ga the Cherokee Nation
Indian Territory.
In size, dayOr. and general appea
aace the fruit OF these Irees ia.
chanced 70 grow so FAR apart is exact
alike and the three trees are owned
the same man. They are about twent
I've years old. and Alr. Pace, the CWne
mas searched the country over in %
endeavor 20 locate others II seems th
there are no others but there soon "
b. for they are being propagated "a
rapid rate.
The fruit Is exceptionally nne Tor bo
cooking and eating, and represent
tive apple weighs three pounds.
stands cold storage and shipping D.
markahly well. Indeed. it Is what i
name Implies. THE Queen OF The West
In the California exhibit IN the Pa
ace of Agriculture one would expect
find some biggest thing chat ever gre
bat such is not the case. The bigge