The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-11-27
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.
MINNESOTA AT NEW ORLEANS.

Sn0W-NoovO WOODS q tnO btoto C0Asoete0
by Prof Winolssll.
After months Of effort, Prof Porter, to
whom has been 1ntrustsd tho work of col
Letting the materials for the Minnesota edu-
cational exhibit at New Orleans, 10 at the end
of that department of his labors, and il ready
to ship the various articles collected to the
exposition The exhibit made by the Uni-
versity of Minnesota IL particularly full in
those practical departments which seeln IL
distinguish many Of tho Western Institution,
of learning from those In the East Tho COL
lege of mechanic arts will be represented In
ing collection illustrating tho work ei
the school in oil Of It's methods
and resultA The various artteles. on
in readiness, and will be removed :on Mon
day for shipment Conspicuous in the ex-
hibit are six large wooden frames contain
|, ing the TOOLS for the respective, departlnentA
Of vice, forge and carpenter work, with
specimens of the various articles made In the
pursuit of the three courses. Tho carpen-
ters and blacksmith's tools; arc not fancy
ones procured for this especial purpose, but
the real tools that tho students have used
in their work. The specimens Of work done
were selected at random from . great num-
Der of articles equally creditable They arc
chosen with reference to showing the princi-
pies employed in tho trade of carpentry and
UAdChSiu1Sul1lk. LILO UCU&AA U1ACAV3 u AA0~
chanic art and civil engineering are illus
trated by a number of drawings A number
of manuscript books showing the stud
ent's actual work during tho course
accompany the exhibit Plans Of tho
grounds, the buildings, and Of apparatus and
study in the college of mechanical arta are
included feature of this exhibit worthy
of notice is that it Is entirely the work Of
students Even the most elaborate Of the
descriptive charts in which some of the let:
tering and other ornamental work is exceed
lngly fine, have been executed by students
Of the university Altogether, the exhibit
for this department of the university is one
In which the citizens of the state may take
pride, inasmuch rs it reflects the altogether
tion OF learning. For the department of
Greek, Prof Brooks has prepared . synchro:
nistic chart of Greek biography, literature
and art, with contemporaneous events.
There is similar chart some
twenty feet in length for the department OF
English literature. 1t has been wrought out
with patient skill by one of the students. In
each OF the departments manuscript books
OF questions and examination papers have
been made. DR.. Folwell has also written .
history of the university to accompany the
exhibit There are numerous photographs
Of buildings, class rooms, apparatus, collec-
lions, etc. An immense banner, illustrating
the rise and progress of the institution, will
hang over all.
THE NATIVE WOODS.
One car Is likely to be loaded almost en-
t1rely with the specimens collected by Prof.
Winchell, showing the native woods Of Min
nesotA These specimens number more than
torty, and are in great blocks taken from the
body OF the trees, some of them four feet in
length, and fully three feet in diameter. with
these specimens have been merely
dressed and sand papered, and the col
lection will be the best and completest
ever gathered OF the pine family it will
include specimens of the common white pine
most used in the manufacture of lunli CT, the
Norway, and the banks or Jack pine. In
evergreens there are specimens of the
spruce, OF both the black and white variety,
the balsam fur, the tamrac, the white cedar
"a large block foot and half in dame
ter-and the red cedar Hemlock, although
it grows in abundance in Wisconsin, is not
found in Minnesota. OF the hardwoods,
there are specimens of the white, black, burr
and one or two other specimens of oak that
grow sparingly, including red oak and
what is known as the swamp white oak. The
elms are the rock, the American and the
slippery. The birch varieties arc the white
Or paper, the grey or silver, and the river OF
red birch Among the naples are the sugar
Or black, with several varities OF this family,
modified more or less by their surroundings,
the soft or silver maple and the red or river
ul1ue. very Aa4Se epeCAucA VI INC DaCA
walnut was secured at Morristown,
from tree fully nine feet in
circumference. Then there is the sag bark
hickory, the Kentucky coffee tree, which is
rare. but nevertheless grows in Minnesota,
the blackberry, bass wood, boxelder, butter
nut or pig hickory, from which the hoops for
barrels are principally made; the common
butrernut tree, very plenty in some sections
Of Minnesota; the black cherry, two varieties
of cottonwood, the asker poplar and tho
balsam poplar and iron wood A specimen
Of the mountain ash, fifteen inches in
diameter, has been secured, and Q large
specimen which has been dressed to show its
peculiar beauty of grain, has been secured
of the stag horn sumac, and the whole ex-
hibit is supplemented by sections from such
small trees as plum, red cherry, thornap-
pie and water birch This exhibit calcu-
lated to show the timber resources of the
state is supplemented by collection Of
manufactured goods gathered by Col E. W.
Durant of Saltwater, which includes, among
other things, combinations of the chief woods
brought to the highest possible polish