The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-08
Worlds Fair Notes

Fish and Game at the Worlds Fair.
An ostrich farm with a drove of sixty
BIRDS, averaging from $50 to $50 pounds, is
a Worlds Fair feature. The birds are
from a Southern California ranch.
One CT the largest oranges ever grown
Is exhibited in the California section OF
the Palace CT Agriculture. 1t measures
Is inches around and we ghs 2a pounds.
1t is of the seedless variety.
How American grown tobacco is fer
mented, the seedlings Of which were
brought from Cuba and Sumatra, is dem
onstrated in the tobacco section in the
Palace of Agriculture at the w rlds
Fair.
A native orchestra is an attraction in
~ervation at the Worlds Fair. 1t is COM
posed of 16 pieces. under the leadership
of Juan de Losa.
A cay pottery is in operation in the
Mining Gulch at the Worlds Fair. The
exact duplication Of the work, fir m the
beginning of the process until the compile
ton. ~ shown.
Seating capacity for 435 persons has
been arranged in the Palace of Liberal
Arts at the Worlds Fair. Chairs ana
benches have been d stributed at con-
aisles.
A large robe, s by 10 feet, made from
the breast feathers of the wild eagle, IL
one of the attractive exhibits in the Alas
kan building at the Worlds Fair. The
feathers are from the breasts % IL
young eagles and are stitched upon beai
hide.
Five ears of yellow corn, grown In 1864,
by L. j. Pence of Grant county, Ind. an
still in an excellent state of preservation
are exhibited in the Indiana sec. ion o.
the Palace of Agriculture at the World's
Fair.
Two large portraits of Lincoln ane
G. vernon Yates, made entirely of seeds
are exhibited in the Illinois section Of tn,
Palace of Agriculture. The pictures ar.
10 by 5 feet size. enclosed in a frame o.
yellow corn. oats and red kafir corn.
A life-size representation of a Siou1
brave on the warpath, worked in differen
grains raised en- the Chiloceo Agricultural
Farm. adornes the wall In the display
parlor of the Indian School at the World
Fair. William Die,z, a full-blooded Sioux
$ the artist.
The largest and most complete auto
chestri n. which combines all the inssru
ments of an orchestra with a compass
from the deepest note of the contra bas.
10 the highest note of the piccolo. is ex
nibited in the German section of the Pai
ace Ct Liberal Arts at the World Fan
A wonderful piece of embroidery,
large representation of Raphael's Sistin
Madonna. by Miss Clara Ripberge.
adorns the wall III the tea room of tn,
house OF the board of Lady Managers a
he ". rld's Fair. The picture is unique
~ WICuSHl III SIN III HAtu COlbTS Dy
ew process of ''crewel stitching
In the Burns cottage at the Worlds
Fair are many interesting relics of tn,
Scottish bard's life. The relics include
pewter pint measure and a ''half-pin
,toup' of the same material brought from
Nance Tannock's inn. at Mauchline, alb u,
\ x,hIph tha ,~aAs 49,. L. 1-~ - 81
verses. That Burns drank from both O.
.hese mas been proved beyond a doubt.
Twelve hundred pennies. arranged II
he form of a cent. with the Indians
head outlined in the coins. are exhibited
in the Palace of l. beral Arts at In,
! W. rld's Fair. Nine hundred of the pen
nies bear the same date, 1877. Pennies
of this date are very rare. and the coilec-
ion is the largest known one of rare
oins of one date in America.
The complete process of irrigation, as
practiced in California. is exhibited in the
| Calf mia section of the Palace of Horti-
culture. Miniature irrigation canals, is
! suing from canyons and tunnels in the
.co.hills, carry water 10 gardens, orange
| groves and flower beds.
Several beautiful specimens of Italian.
cabinet making and wood carving ale
shown in the Liberal Arts Palace at the
Worlds Fair. 1he exhibit C insists on
hairs, ~settees, tables and Other articles
IF furniture. eacn converted with elap-
crate hand carving and decorated with
Maid wood of various colors.
The first steam tuI bine that ever has
oeen exhibi ed to the public is shown in
ne xhioit of the Westinghouse Machine
company. In Machinery Hall, at the
Is Grid Fair. Although steam turbines