The Chicago Exhibition.

Manawatu Herald, 28 April 1892, Page 2

The Chicago Exhibition.

-> - A California " big tree " has been selected in Tulare county to be shown at the Exposition. A committee of the board of trade, after an extended tour of inspection,. picked out a tree measuring 87 feet 9 inches in circumference at the base, 85 feet five inches above the ground, and 65 feet at a height of sixteen feet. The cottage in which George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends or Quakers, was born, in Leicestershire, England, is being taken down to be re-erected in Chicago. A very complete, and doubtless an eye-opening diamond exhibit, will be made by Cape Colony, South Africa. The exhibit will include 10,000 carats of uncut stones, a large quantity of very fine cut and polished ones, together with all that is necessary to show the process of mining and washing. For this it will be necessary to transport to Chicago 100 tons of pulverized blue earth, 50 tons of unpulverized earth, and a complete washing machine, which will be operated by natives. The exhibit will also include a unique collection of crocidolite, special diamondiferous products, ostrich feathers, fleeces, etc. It is reported that a Bushman and Hottentot in Native dress will accompany the exhibit. The Horticultural Department of the Exposition is planning to have a^^ magnificent rose garden in which^P will be fully 50,000 plants, besides large groups in special areas. The garden will be of classic design with temples, arbors, archways and trellises. Queen Margaret of Italy has promised to loan her famous collection of rare laces for exhibition at the Fair. Ceylon will conduot a tea-house on Midway Plaisance. The California building at the Fair will be an imposing structure of the " old mission" type, 110 by 500 feet, with a dome, and costing about $75,000. It will be summnded by a hedge of Monterey cypress Five acres of space in the Midway Plaisance have been reserved for a nursery exhibit. The exhibit which Illinois women will make in the Woman's Building will be a model hospital, conducted entirely by women. The women physicians and surgeons of the State and the Illnois Training School foi Nurses will manage the matter. Three rooms in the Woman's Building have been assigned for the exhibit, and the State Board has appropriated $6,000 to defray the expense.