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tory", attracted much attention at the recent royal naval 

 exhibition. Mr Abud is now completing the model so that it 

 will represent exactly and completely the famous old war 

 ship, which now lies in Portsmouth harbor. 



Messrs Hirst and Jackson, World's Fair Commissioners for 

 Florida, report that the prospect is very promising for rai- 

 sing f 100,000 for the representation of that State. The in- 

 terest of the people has been greatly increased by the deci- 

 sion to construct for the Florida building a reproduction of 

 old "Fort Marion", claimed to be the oldest structure on the 

 continent. The building is a very picturesque one. The exte- 

 rior will be of coquina, a concrete made chiefly of shells 

 and phosphate, and the interior will be finished in Florida 

 woods, of wich there are no less than Ï240 different varieties. 

 In a moat surrounding the fort will be sunken gardens where 

 growing pineapples and the larger fruits will be shown. On 

 the parapets will be hanging gardens to which the full 

 wealth of the flora of the State will contribute. Adjacent to 

 the building will be groves of bamboo and orange and lemon 

 trees. 



Visitors to the Exposition will avail themselves of a Bureau 

 of Public Comfort, managed by the Exposition authorities. 

 This will have headquarters in a building on the grounds, 

 and will provide for visitors means of information and almost 

 every facility for convenience and comfort except lodging. 

 The Bureau will be managed by W.-M. Kasson, who had 

 charge of similar service at the Philadelphia Contennial, 

 though on a much smaller scale than is now planned. A 

 separate organization having arrangements with the hotels 

 and lodging houses of the city, will extend its service to all 

 visitors who wish it. It is the determination to protect visi- 

 tors from imposition of every description, and to see that 

 prices are kept down to a reasonable basis. 



A plan has been elaborated for making the Tyrolese sec- 

 tion perhaps the most entertaining part .of Austria's exhibit 

 at the World's Fair. The purpose in arranging this section 

 will be to give as graphic a representation of Tyrolese life 

 and scenery as possible for a background to the exhibits of 

 Tyrolese manufacturers. The section will be circular, and 

 the walls will be covered with a panoramic picture of the 

 Rhaetian and Tyrolese Alpes, including the Gross-Glockner 

 and Orter peaks and the largest ice fields. In two cottages 

 at the foot of the mountains, two parties of Tyrolese will 

 show their skill in spinning and weaving silk and in carving. 

 Three women will make lace before the cottage doors. A 

 Company of young men and women singers will give several 

 concerts daily. The picturesque part of the exhibit will be 

 under the auspices of the hotel and tavern keepers of the 

 Tyrol, and the representations of Tyrolese scenery will be 



