The Humming Bird. (>7 



memorationof the landing of Columbus in the new world, lie 

 says in his message that the work of collecting the Mexican 

 exhibit is progressing rapidly, and that a display of Mexican 

 troops will be made at the dedicatory exercises. 



A company from the national military institute of Colum- 

 bia, South America, wants to attend the Exposition and 

 camp on the World's Fair grounds. The proposition to give 

 the company camping space in Washington park, close by 

 the grounds, is now under consideration. 



A collection of finely mounted birds and animals will be 

 shown in the Pennsylvania building. 



It has been already stated that the Pope has promised to 

 use all his influence to promote the Chicago Columbian Expo- 

 sition. It is now announced that he will appoint a commission 

 charged with preparing a plan whereby the Vatican will be 

 officially represented at the Exposition. It is not thought 

 improbable that a subsidy will be granted by the Vatican. 



W.-H.-H. Llowellyn, Executive Commissioner for New 

 Mexico, has been in Chicago securing space in the various 

 buildings for exhibits from the Territories. " We expect to 

 show people who visit the World' s Fair", he said, " that new 

 Mexico can raise something else besides cactus and sage- 

 brush. One exhibit will be 100 watermelons, the minimum 

 weight of each of which will be luO pounds. » 



The liberation of carrier pigeons and the keeping of a 

 record of their flight will be an interesting feature of the live 

 stock exhibit at the Exposition. A number of breeders of 

 pigeons will exhibit birds, and they are now making arran- 

 gements for the proposed contests. George-W. Childs, of Phi- 

 ladelphia, and several others have offered prise for the win- 

 ners in the contests. The apeed record now is 325 milles in 

 329 minutes. 



William Saunders, Executive Exposition Commissioner for 

 Canada, says that a large and excellent exhibit from the 

 Dominion is assured. It will be especially notable in the lines 

 of agriculture, dairying, minerals and manufactures. 



It is announced that the Pope has directed that speci- 

 mens of the beautiful mosaic pictures, made at the mosaic 

 works in the Vatican, shall be exhibited at the Exposition, 

 and that at least one picture shall be made expressly for the 

 Fair. 



A carnival of sports, in connection with the Exposition, 

 is contemplated and quite likely to be established. It is pro- 

 posed to provide a large arena or amphitheatre in which 

 will be enacted, as far as possible, every kind of athletic 

 sport known to the various nations and races of the earth. 



Leigh S. Lynch, World' s Fair Commissioner to the South 

 Sea Islands, has cabled that he has completed arrangements 

 for exhibit from the Phillipine Islands and is now devoting 



