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Show Columbna' Cannon. Two of the cannon which, it is believed, be-lieved, were at one time mounted on beard Christopher Columbu3' flagship were received at Chicago recently. The cannon are of the encieat and clumsy pattern of such guas turned out in the fifteenth century. Nothing but the body of the gans remains, the wood-"ork, wood-"ork, of course, having rotted away centuries ago. The guns themselves o re almost worn to pieces and are not much more than huge chunks of rust. Indeed, the cannon are put on the "scrap iron" list in the custom house papers. These historic old pieces have been secured for exhibition at the world's fair. One of the naval officers who was detailed for work in connection connec-tion with the Columbian exposition found the relics at- one of the West Indian In-dian islands. Tradition and substantial proof showed that, the cannon had been used iu a fort erected by Columbus' son, and that they were brought from Spain with ( olr.mbus' fleet. The ruinp of the fort uii ; st'll tab -sen. |