ever constructed. They were built at Bath. The model of the "Ocean Chief,"

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half-clipper, built when steamers were beginning to make themselves felt in the ocean carrying trade, was designed to prove that cargo capacity and speed are not incompatible, and in this succeeded, for, although she never reached the record of the extreme clipper, she made wonderfully quick passages, and proved a very paying investment for her owners. She was built at Thomaston by C. C. Morton & Co. The "Governor Robie," a good illustration of the full-rigged ship, built by William Rogers of Bath but a few years ago, showed the size and style that prevail to-day among craft in the deep-water trade. She was built of the best oak, and her experience on the rocks off Cape Elizabeth, when an iron vessel would have been torn in pieces in a few hours, while she remained sound in a heavy sea for several days, was finally rescued, and is now doing good service, is one which the advocates of wooden ships always cite as proving the disadvantage of having a metal hull. The five-masted schooner

rig that caused the trouble; that work which would have been amply strong for a three-masted schooner, or a craft as big as this, with foremast so far forward, was entirely inadequate.

Portland showed the Maine type of fishing vessels, craft which have often proved their superior qualities on the Banks. In short, Maine displayed every type of marine craft known on the coast, from the birch canoe and the little pleasure steamers which summer visitors know, to the large side-wheelers and the full-rigged ships that still hold a place on the ocean, despite the killing competition of the big freighters and the everpresent ocean tramp. To the summer tourist and the sportsman the pair of light and gracefully built canoes, furnished at his own expense by E. H. Gerrish of Bangor, whose work has already acquired a national reputation, was an attractive sight.

To the student of history the most attractive and interesting feature of Maine's exhibit in the marine division of the Transportation Building was the flag of the American brig "Enterprise" and

one of the guns of the British brig "Boxer," the two war vessels whose crews fought to the death off Portland in the War of 1812, in which conflict the commanders of both vessels were killed. The gun was loaned to the Commission by Bosworth Post, Department of Maine, Grand Army of the Republic, and the flag by Mr. G. H. Quincy of Chicago, a native of Maine. These historical relics recalled to the student the first substantial victory of the Americans after the loss of the "Chesapeake." To the officers of the navy and to seafaring men they suggested the strides which have been made in naval warfare and shipbuilding during the nineteenth century; and to the lover of true poetry they called up the beautiful lines of Maine's greatest poet :

"I remember the sea fight far away,

How it thundered o'er the tide,
And the dead captains, as they lay
In their graves o'erlooking the tranquil bay
Where they in battle died."

The forestry exhibit was indeed meagre in quantity, but excellent in quality, consisting of posts of pine, birch, poplar and hemlock on the west side of the Forestry Building. Repeated efforts were made by the Commission to induce the Maine lumbermen and owners of pine and other timber lands to contribute exhibits, but all attempts to interest them

generally failed. Similar results followed in endeavoring to bring in the proprietors of the pulp mills, an industry which should have been fully represented for the good of the state.

The fruit exhibit was collected under the supervision of the Maine State Pomological Society, the details of its arrangement being left to Mr. Willis A. Luce of South Union, a member of the society, while Mr. Charles S. Pope, president, and Mr. D. H. Knowlton, secretary, of the society, rendered efficient aid in collecting the exhibit in Maine. The high standing of Maine to-day as a fruit-growing state is due in great measure to the efforts of this society, which has been in existence more than twenty years. Its predecessor was founded in 1847, but after an existence of less than ten years retired from the field.

Maine made a valuable and attractive contribution to the wonders in the Electrical Building in the display of the Belknap Motor Company of Portland. This exhibit was set up and personally superintended by Mr. George W. Brown, the manager of the company. The motors, dynamos, and the list of novelties in this exhibit of electrical progress were certainly wonderful.

No private exhibit in the Transportation Building attracted more deserved attention than that of the Bath Iron Works,

a concern which has already done itself great credit, and made Maine world renowned as the producer of iron war ships. Far distant be the day when this great company shall remove its works from Maine, as has been threatened by its ambitious and energetic president, Gen. Hyde. The exhibit consisted of a collection of capstans, windlasses, pumps, bunting and screwing machinery. The English magazine, Engineering, has considered this exhibit of sufficient importance to devote considerable space to it, a well-deserved compliment.

F. O. Bailey & Co. of Portland, alone of all the carriage and sleigh manufacturers of Maine, had an exhibit in the Transportation Building, and did themselves great credit.

The Maine state exhibit of stuffed animals, embracing everything from the humble chipmunk to the stately moose, suggested to many a visitor a future trip into the backwoods of Maine, where rod and gun still find work to do. This entire collection was the work of Gifford, Skowhegan's famous taxidermist, and was enclosed within a rustic fence, and so arranged among trees and mounds of earth as to present a "happy family" of wild animals in a decidedly naturallooking way. The big moose of this collection is said to have weighed, when alive, one thousand pounds. The bears appeared as natural as when returning to their dens after a feast upon the farmers' lambs in good old Oxford County. One of the foxes looked affectionately at an unsuspecting partridge perching upon the lower limb of a sapling pine; and the wolf seemed, for all the world, to be the identical one which devoured the good old grandmother of Little Red Riding-hood.

The fisheries exhibit was prepared by the Dentons of Wellesley, Mass., by what is known as the "Denton process," which consists of making a plaster cast from a real fish and filling it with liquid gelatine, thus making an exact reproduction, which is then painted by hand. Reproductions of all the leading species of fresh and salt water fishes found in Maine were exhibited in this manner. The display was made near the centre of the Fisheries Building, and did Maine

great credit, as calling attention not only to the commercial value of her fish products, but as well to the unlimited sources of pleasure they can hold out to the disciples of good old Izaak Walton.

Maine's agricultural display, as compared with the displays of other states, was disappointing and unsatisfactory. What could have been expected, with $1,500 allotted for this department, as compared with $10,000 to $15,000 expended in the same direction by many of the Western states? However we may bewail the deficiency of architectural decorations of the Maine booth in the Agricultural Building, it may be well claimed that the grasses and grains, some of the vegetables, especially the potatoes, were not excelled by any other states on exhibition.

Among the exhibits in the Agricultural Building was the "Poland water" booth, erected by Messrs. Ricker, proprietors of the famous spring at South Poland and great hotel. The superiority of this water was duly acknowledged by the judges in their report, which awards to it the highest medicinal qualities, and declares it to be of unexceptional purity.

The great canned goods interests of Maine were represented by only three exhibitors. The old and well-known firm of Burnham & Morrill Company, of Portland, displayed nearly everything which is packed in cans in Maine and in the Provinces, including lobsters from Nova Scotia, clams from the Maine coast, and delicious sweet corn, apples, squash and pumpkin from the hillsides and valleys of Maine. The artistic arrangement of their goods and the architectural excellence of their booths in the Agricultural and Fisheries Buildings were not surpassed and, in fact, not equalled by any of their competitors. Their display represented the product of probably more than twenty-five different factories and the labor of employees, fishermen and farmers running up into thousands. E. A. Holmes of Eastport, alone of all the Maine packers of American sardines, made an attractive display, in the Fisheries Building, of sardines and canned lobster. Charles P. Mattocks, of Portland, was the only Maine exhibitor of

canned goods in the Horticultural Building, where he had corn, apples and baked beans. All of these Maine exhibitors of canned goods came away with the much-coveted awards, and may some day receive medals, if St. Gaudens and the congressional committee shall agree upon the question of the "nude in art."

The Maine exhibit in the department of charities and corrections, in the Anthropological Building, was collected by Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens of the Maine Commission, and gave full statistics of every charitable and penal institution of the state in the form of large and finely executed charts. In the same building appeared the exhibit of the State Board of Health, prepared by Dr. Young, its efficient secretary, which fully exemplified the methods of drainage, ventilation and the natural advantages which, under intelligent management of the Maine medical authorities, have classed the state as one of the most desirable in the Union for residence.

The Maine mineral collection and the display of building stone, separate and

distinct exhibits, were both placed in the Mines and Mining Building. Such were the financial straits of the Commission that the wretched sum of $500 only could be allowed for both these exhibits. Fortunately, however, the work of making the collections was intrusted to Prof. W. S. Bayley of Waterville, who brought to bear upon the task a wide experience and unflagging zeal, and succeeded in bringing together a collection which attracted by its excellence rather than by its size the attention of all who were familiar with the subjects illustrated. Many visitors were surprised to learn that Maine should produce so many of the gems and precious stones, including some of the finest garnets and tourmalines found in the United States. The elegant tourmaline necklace loaned by Dr. Augustus C. Hamlin of Bangor, to adorn the Tiffany exhibit in the Manufactures Building, is a Maine product.

One of the most unique and attractive exhibits in the Manufactures Building was the three-masted solder ship from the works of E. M. Lang & Co. of Portland,

one of the oldest and largest establishments of the kind in the United States. The hull, masts, shrouds and, in fact, all parts of this little craft were constructed from solder, and, besides this, she carried a deck-load of the shining metal ready for use. The Sanford Mills exhibit in this building was exceedingly attractive, consisting as it did of a great variety of blankets and textiles of various kinds, the plush goods being unexcelled by any. Among the displays in the same building, calling attention to the great progress which has been made

the Exposition, at which there were thirtyfive competing clubs. The Rossini Club stood first in the list of five which received diplomas of "special honor." The Rossini has also the distinction of being the oldest club of the kind in the United States, having maintained a continuous existence since the year 1870. Out of four special individual awards, Misses Ricker and Knight each received one.

Whatever fond recollections Maine visitors may have of the rich displays in the Manufactures Building, the works of foreign and American artists and sculp

in the fitting up of dwelling-houses for comfort, was the exhibit of window and door wire screens made by Messrs. E. T. Burrowes & Co. of Portland, a concern which, from a small start a few years ago, has come to be the largest establishment of the kind in the country.

Maine contributed liberally to the entertainments in Music Hall in the persons of Miss Alice G. Philbrook, pianist, Miss Katharine M. Ricker, contralto, and Miss Florence G. Knight, soprano, all of Portland. These three young ladies represented the Rossini Club of Portland at the Woman's Amateur Musical Convention at

tors in the Palace of Fine Arts, the brilliant wonders of the Electrical Building by night, the grand architectural effect of the stately buildings, or the joyous and fantastic sights of the Midway Plaisance, their memories will always revert with satisfaction to the daily visits at the little Maine building upon the westerly shore of Lake Michigan. From the beginning to the end, they came to the hospitable door of this substantial structure with a feeling that they were all equal and all welcome. The building committee of the Maine Board, consisting of Messrs. Bixby, Bass, Burleigh and