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CHICAGO EXPOSITION. 



WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. 



The Duke of Edingburgh has announced his intention of 

 sendinor for exhibition at the World's Fair some of the almost 

 invaluable collection of ancient musical instruments, which 

 he possesses. A part of the collection is now on exhibition 

 at the International Music and Art Exhibition at Vienna^ 

 where it attracts much attention. 



The following schedule of allotments of space in square feet 

 to foreign nations in the World's Fair Agricultural Building, 

 includes grants of increase made since the first schedule 

 of allotment determined upon some years ago. As finally 

 fixed these allotments are as follows : — Brazil, 7,200 ; Argen- 

 tine Republic, 2,976 ; Chile, 731 ; Honduras, 999; Nicaragua 

 1,180; Columbia, 1,810; Peru, 1342; Salvador, 1,342; Bolivia 

 1,342; San Domingo, 912; Porto Rico, 912; Cuba, 1,444 

 Ecuador, 1,710; Guatemala, 978 ; Hayi, 978; Ceylon, 1,684 

 Mexico, 6,020; Germany, 11,875; Great Britain, 18,346 

 France, 6,835^; Denmark, 1,584; Sweden, 1,769; Japan^ 



3.038- 



A solid gold brick, weighing 500 pounds, and worth 

 $150,000, will be exhibited in the Mines and Mining Building 

 at the World's Fair, by a Helena, Mon., mine owner. 



The Russian exhibit at the World's Fair will occupy 

 120,610 square feet, divided as follows : — Agriculture, 32,000; 

 horticulture, 7,000 ; live stock, 200 ; fisheries, 6,300 ; mines, 

 2,400 ; machinery, 4,100; transportation, 2,500; manufactures, 

 50,000; electricity, 200; fine arts, 1,209; liberal arts, 12,400; 

 ethnology, 10 ; forestry, 2,300. 



Two of the cannon which, it is believed, were at one 

 time mounted on board Christopher Columbus' flagship, were 

 received at Chicago recently. The cannon are of the ancient 

 and clumsy pattern of such guns turned out in the fifteenth 

 century. Nothing but the body of the guns remain, the 

 w^oodwork, of course, having rotted away centuries ago. The 

 guns themselves are almost worn to pieces, and are not much 

 more than huge chunks of rust. Indeed, the cannon are put 

 on the '^ scrap iron " list in the custom house papers. These 

 historic old pieces have been secured for exhibition at the 

 World's Fair. One of the naval officers, who was detailed for 

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