The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-12
FROM 1907 TO 1907
',..rcan History Told by Ex-
Sbits at Jamestown Fair.
,uuee CENTURIES PICTURED.

!. Floor Space OF o'OS"
co,4ensed Striking Features Of
=, y,srs-Uniqus Quality Of Smith
-, Institutions Display in Vir-
.Inls Exposition.
- exhibit of the Smithsonian insti-
- and National museum recently
nluO At the Jamestown exposition |
its unique object to condense
single room American history |
- the beginning to the end, says a
Tsshlngtou dispatch to the New York
n a.am 1907. when Captain John Smith
80 in Chesapeake bay, to 1907, |
- -. centuries, much has happened to
condensed into 5000 square feet Of |
y. snsee. W. De @. RaveEel Of the |
S.AonsI museum, who is representing |
!. smithsonian institution at the ex-
..,t,on told in an interview what
= been prepared to tell a running
-,orv of the century changes.
.sTo serve as a central figure about |
-hicb TO group everything else" said
~ Ravenel 1--WE have set up a large
.h,eau Of twenty-five figures, portray
- captain John Smith going up the
James river to trade with the Indians
4, corn. Eleven Of the groups are
~hlte men, three soldiers and four sail
I, and others, all dressed In the style
!, NAT day. The costumes are as near
( reproductions as possible, with he'll
0sts raplers, matchbox guns and PTS
I'D some Of which were actually car
sod nv early settlers. The boat Is one
q tbe pinnaces such as were used in
,arveying the Chesapeake bay and Vir-
vlua rivers. For articles Of trade the
smIth party has a chest of glass beads,
Ooking glasses, hatchets and other
Idnkets. The Indians are represented
4 diving in return grain, some Of
nj n in this tableau was grown from
" carried by the Tuscaroras to New
York In I'LL.
around this central group we have
slaced forty three cases, dozen Illus
rating the customs and culture at diff
aren't periods. Two of them are de-
,oted to reproducing the costumes OF
n original settlers-the Puritan and
Is wife, the Dutch padroon and his
Ne, the Virginia planter and his wife
ID a Spanish lady and gentleman.
FvO cases show Indians of the Poto-
,e region making stone implements.
Dther case portrays a scene Of the
Onial period, and still another con-
IS an exhibit by the Daughters OF
American Revolution, consisting OF
umes and relics Of the days of '76."
Vi. Ravenel laid great stress upon
h accuracy with which these scenes
Ia been reproduced. Care. he said.
IA been taken TO make them as true
the original as possible.
Some collections Of special interest,
\ vent on, illustrate the arts and
Vlture of our own outlying posses
Inns Of today, the Philippines, Porto
RcO Hawaii and Alaska.
10 show the development Of water
importation we have obtained mod
Is Of an ancient viking war galley,
be ships of Columbus and other ia
nous ships Of colonial times, such as
he Susan Constant, the Mayhower OF
he Puritans and the Half Moon Of
henry Hudson. After these sailing
hips are shown models OF the first ex-
periments Of Rumsey, Fitch, Fulton
and Stevens There is also a model
q the Savannah, the t1rst steamship to
mss the Atlantic. Alongside Of Full
has Clermont is ranged a modern
Ssamship now plying on the Hudson.
In a similar way land transporta-
tN Is illustrated, beginning with mod
q Of the pack horse and the stage
zach up to the modern railroad car
q the big mogul and freight locomo-
ms of today. The important inven-
nA, such as the telegraph and tele-
pane and electric motors, are Illus
aaisd by models Of original forms OF
sPparatus. The history Of medicine
sad Photography has also been work
q up for this exhibit"
The medical exhibit, arranged by DR.
'ames W. Flint OF the National muse
IN consists mainly of photographs OF
a0ted doctors, from the physician who
eSeompanied Captain John Smith IL
america to DR.. Carlos Finlay, who
inst formulated the theory as to the
uansmiSsion Of yellow fever by the
sOsquitO.
An Item Of interest in the history OF
edieine is In connection with Captain
saIth himself, who is characterized as
Ne mt patient ON record as having
sceiVed medical aid in the colony Of
ssaestovn." While on his first ex
oung expedition In the Chesapeake
sae' 1908 he speared a sting ray
10 his sword. While removing tbs
hs was wounded in the wrist b!
Peculiar spine. The following 1
N = contemporary journal:
torment was instantly so extrem
~ toure houres had so swollen hi
S-Srfle and shoulder we all with niue
- Concluded His funeral and pre-
- !, nus grave in an island by. as him
- NIIeeted; yet II pleased God by a pre-
I'VE DR.. Russell az first applied I
1v-sn ne sounded It with the probe. hi
-, sung pain was so well assuage
g eAte u the nRh 10 his supper.