Thus wonders multiply as the visitor passes from place to place within the great exposition. In one comer of the mining building there is an exhibit showing how it is now proposed to pump coal and distribute it through pipes, in precisely the same manner as oil is now distributed by the great pipe lines. The coal for this purpose is bituminous coal very finely ground. can be pulverized in the Pittsburg region at a cost of two or three cents a ton. It is then suspended in water and passed direct ly through the pumps and) into the pipes for distribution. The practicability of the scheme has been experimentally demonstrated, and it is estimated that the coal can be sent from Pittsburg to New York cost of ten cents a ton. At the delivery station it is received in settling tanks and in a few hours the water can be drawn off leaving a compact bed of coal. Coal in this form is well adapted fur the manufacture of coke, or it can be made into lumps of compressed fuel or used for After tedious consideration and argument before the Courts it has been decided that the exposition may be opened Sunda: The machinery will not run, however, but there will be enough to seo without that. Some of the religious associations threatened to boycott the Fair if it should be opened Sundays, but fortunately they have decided not to do so. I notice, however, that the "religions exhibits which are ex tensive and interesting, will be withdrawn fiom the gaze of the masses on Sunday." his is a newspaper paragraph and it may not be true.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.