REPORT OF COMMITTEE 



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ON 



SPECIAL MERITS OF ARTICLES ENTERED IN BOOK I, 



AND EXHIBITED AT THE 



XlSTTDXJ^l^A. ST.A.TE F.A.11^ FOI?, 1884, 



On Which no Premiums were Offered. 



Aurora Tafel Beer, by August Erhrich, Indianapolis. This was a large and hand- 

 some display of bottled beer, in which the bottles were artistically built in the form 

 of a pyramid, surmounted with a mammoth boot, represented as overflowing with 

 the beverage. This beer is represented as being made on correct principles, and as 

 being pure and healthful. 



Challenge Fire Extinguisher, by Marcus Lane, Chicago. This is a fluid, put up in 

 cylindrical-shaped bottles, that when thrown, or got onto a fire in any way, in- 

 stantly extinguishes it with the gas generated or set free, which excludes or dis- 

 places the atmospheres from which oxygen is obtained to support combustion, and 

 the fire dies out instantly, as it can not burn a moment without oxygen to support 

 it. This fluid does not injure either flesh or fabric when applied to them ; does not 

 deteriorate with age, and is not injured by any temperature above 25 degrees below 

 zero. The utility of keeping at hand such means of extinguishing incipient fires is 

 too apparent to need ai-gument. 



Lightning Cleansing Compound, by A. M. Tyler, Sturges, Mich., Thomas K. Bar- 

 rett, Agent, Indianapolis. This is a preparation of Quilya bark, and is a superior 

 article for removing dirt, grease, pitch, paint, etc., from fabrics of any kind, or 

 from kid gloves or similar material, without injuring them or leaving a dirty ring 

 around the spot cleansed. It is easily applied and Batisfactory in its eflfeot. 



