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attention among members of the Royal Family. The Princess 

 has also been at work upon some pictures which are intended 

 for Chicago, and these, it is said, will, after the Exhibition, be 

 sold, the proceeds being given to some of the charitable in- 

 stitutions in this country in which she takes so much interest. 

 Of all the daughters of the Queen, Princess Louise is the best 

 artist, though she is closely run by Princess Beatrice. 



One of the features of the California exhibit at the Ex- 

 position will be a pampas palace, twenty feet square, which 

 will be erected in the state building. The palace is the con- 

 tribution of Mrs. Harriet W. R. Strong, of Whittier, Cal., who 

 is a large grower of pampas plumes. 



Much apprehension has existed in the minds of many 

 persons lest they should not be able to procure single speci- 

 mens of the World's Fair souvenir half dollar, except by 

 paying exorbitant prices to speculators. The Exposition 

 could not sell, except in quantities, and the solution of the 

 problem seemed difficult. The Hon. Thos. B. Bryan has 

 solved it in a highly satisfactory manner. He has deposited 

 with the treasurer of the Exposition $5,000, and the same 

 number of half dollars, as soon as minted, are to be delivered 

 to the Jenning's Trust Co. Any stockholder of the Exposition,, 

 on exhibition of his stock certificate and payment of the value, 

 at the rate of one dollar for each, can receive one or more 

 coins. These will be delivered in the order of the original 

 application as filed. Applications should be made at once. 



An exhibit of the Ice Age is being prepared, in Ohio,, 

 for the Exposition by Professor I. F. Wright. He will collect 

 boulders from different parts of the State, and with them 

 fragments from the original ledges in Canada, from which 

 the Ohio boulders were brought by the ice ; and specimens 

 of scratched stones ; exhibit a large Glacial Map of Ohio, an 

 outline map showing the course the boulders have been 

 brought, placard detailing the principal glacial facts, etc. 



An optician of Baltimore, Md., has perfected an 

 ingenious invention for cutting, grinding, and polishing 

 lenses. The original device will be exhibited at the 

 Columbian Exposition. It will make 400 lenses at the same 

 time. It consists of a saw and a number of metal discs, both 

 flat and oval, in which the glass is secured by clamps, and 

 which are kept in constant motion by means of a pulley and 

 wheel operated by a motor. 



