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into two stories and lighted, as it will be, it will form a rustic 

 house, larp-e enough for a family to live in. 



The Educational Exhibit at the World's Fair is to have the 

 space it requires. A new building, costing $120,000, has been 

 ordered for the ethnological exhibit, which, accordingly, is 

 thereby removed from the Manufactures and Liberal Arts 

 Building, thus allowing more space for the Educational 

 Exhibit. 



RELICS AT THE FAIR. 



The objects of historical value and interest, which will be 

 shown at the World's Fair, will be legion. It is safe to say 

 that the collection will be ten times as numerous as has ever 

 been witnessed in one place before. The Columbus relics 

 alone will be very great in number, and will include the 

 majority of the important portable reminders of the famous 

 explorer. They will be brought from Spain, Italy, Rome, the 

 West Indies, and other widely separated parts of the earth. 

 Every department, almost, of the great Exposition will have 

 its relics on view — old records, portraits, machines, models . 

 inventions, etc., each having historical interest, or marking a 

 stage of progress in its own line. Particularly numerous will 

 be these historical exhibits from the United States. Almost 

 every state will contribute to the number somethino- which 

 will be viewed with interest because of its history or associa- 

 tions. One of the best contributions will be shown by 

 Pennsylvania, the collection being furnished mainly from Phila- 

 delphia, under the auspieces of a committee of its city council. 

 Among the objects in this collection are the following: — The 

 chair occupied by Thomas Jefferson wdien writing the Declara- 

 tion of Independence ; the table on which it was sio-ned ; the 

 silver inkstand used on that occasion ; Thomas Jefferson's 

 sword; chair of memorial woods, including parts of Columbus' 

 house in Spain ; bell rung at Valley Forge when Washino-ton 

 occupied that place wdth his army ; sofa belonging to Georo-e 

 W^ashington and used by him when he lived in Philadelphia ; 

 bench made from pew in old Christ Church occupied by Wash- 

 ington and Lafayette; punch bowl used by Gen. Washington 

 and other officers of the Revolutionary army ; baby clothes 

 made by Mrs. John Adams for her son, John Quincy Adams • 

 ale mug that belonged to John Paul Jones ; Peale's portrait of 

 Washington, the first ever printed ; first lightning rod in- 



