The Chicago Exhibition.

Manawatu Herald, 2 June 1892, Page 3

The Chicago Exhibition.

An immenso wooclon box, bound in iron, was recently found at Helsinfors, in Finland, by workmen ongaged in excavating in the celler of an old house. Upon opening the box tho men found that it contained a large parchment and a quantity of pieces of iron of odd shapes. Being unable to make out the contents of the parchment, they carried it to Mr Rzeff, the nearest magistrate, who found that it was written by Father Suger, one time minister to Louis the Seventh of Franco. It was an ellaborately written treatise upon the use of steam as a motive w~ power, and further examination revealed that the bits of iron were numbered parts of a rudimental but complete steam engine. It is proposod to fit the parts together and to exhibit this pioneer steam engine at the Exposition. One of the attractive features of the Australian exhibit at the Fair will be ti'ee fevn3 from SyclneyNew South Wales. These have always been a popular exhibit at London expositions. Chiet "amuels has been assured by Arthur Benwick commissioner for New South Wa'es, that a number of rare specimens will be sent. The ferns vary in height from eight to fourteen feet. A Jr the close of the Exposition many of them will be given to the park commissioners of Chicago. A herd of live elk will ba taken from Idaho to the Exposition. In the Montana exhibit will be shown about 100 specimens of wild animals and birds, native to that State, and set up by a skilled taxidermist. A 100-year old bearing orange tree, from San Gabriel, is one of the exhibits announced from California. Ostrich eggs, artistically painted in a prize competition, are to be a feature in the exhibit made by Cape Colony, South Africa. Ceylon will have at the Exposition several tea kiosks formed of native timber, including specimens of its exquisitely beautiful cabinet woods— ebony, satinwood, calamander, tamaaind, nadun, suriyamara, etc. Descriptions appearing in Ceylon papers indicate that these kiosks will be of most elaborate design and finish, and that the tea industry will spare neither pains nor expense in drawing the attention of visitors to the merits of the fine flavoured beverage. A complete collection of Ohio bidrs, including every variety known 4 to live within the boundaries of the state, will be an exhibit at the Exposition.