The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-03-10
ARKANSAS DEPART MENT.
THE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT
Made at the Recent State Exposition
 Commented Upon.


 a recent number of the Missouri School Journal.
 There was an educational depart ment in the recent Exposition of the Resources of Arkansas, at Little Rock. This department was under the super vision of Prof. T. L. Cox, of Morrill, ton, Ark, who seemed pre-eminently fitted for the position. In October had the pleasure of spending day at the exposition, and was very much pleased with it in every respect. It was grand credit to our rising state. was very much interested in the edu- cational exhibit made, which had the honor of being placed in the art de- partment. Specimens of all kinds of school work were on exhibition, such as photographs of school buildings, maps of school grounds, pencil draw ings of buildings and yards, pencil maps of geography, and hand made maps of grand divisions of satin and silk; pencil drawings in physiology, examination papers in all the English branches, and Latin and Greek, etc., sample copy books, sample spell ing blanks and samples of reg ular daily recitations in all the branches, from the common school to the university; samples of objects used in object teaching in the School for the Blind, and samples of work done by the pupils in School for the Blind there were many cata- logues of various schools ot the state, showing the course and extent of stud ies pursued. The exhibit was a good showing of what the public and pri- vate schools of this state are doing, and was a fair index of the energy and enterprise of the teachers. There were various curiosities in the way of old time school books, and modern books on exhibition. There were many excellent paintings sent in from schools, and by private indi- viduals. It was 8 treat to any one to take 8 stroll through the educa- tional department and feast his eyes and mind on the progress and advance ment that this state is making. It was really inspiring to any teacher. l felt very much built up by my visit to the exposition. Every department in it was good and capable of drawing the interest of all classes and profes- sions. November II was made free entrance day for all the teachers and school children of the state, and a great many accepted the favor. It educates one to see what others can do, even if he cannot do anything him. aalf nd su thso fQonharc have gained new ideas from the expo sition.
 POINsETT COUNTY, ARK,
 Invites capitalists and home seekers to investigate her advantages. She offers beautiful prairie and wood lands, producing all the cereals, grasses and fruits. Short, mild win ters and pleasant summers. The way open for manufacturers and all man. ner of enterprises.
 The famous Crowley's Ridge rrfn- ming through the center, down the western edge of which, and through Harrisburg, the county site, runs the <noble branch of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern railroad.
 Through the western portion of the county traverses the Crest Cotton Belt Route, St. Louis, Arkansas < Texas railway.
 The Kansas City, Springfield x Memphis railway passes through the eastern part of the county-a section sparsely settled, yet has healthy, hos pitable people, and lands as rich as the world affords. In no county within some hundreds of miles west of it can home with good water and rich lands be secured with as small outlay as in Poinsett county, Arkan- sas. Our free schools are in perfect working order.
 The above is clipped from Free mam's Express, published at Harris burg, Ark, by those enterprising gen tlemen, Freeman Bros., Foster Free man, editor.
 The southern correspondent of the St. Louis Age of Steel, in speaking of Arkansas, says:
 "Hitherto it has been known as a cotton and lumber state. The west ern half of the state, however, contains one of the richest mineral regions of the continent. Its coal measures con- tain an area of s,O00,0oO to 4,00O, ,0OO acres, with 6 couple ofmillion of acres in the adjoining Indian Territory. The country has hitherto been desti- tute of railroads, but several lines are now piercing that region, and the de- velopment of the great mineral re- sources of the state, which will follow in the wake of the railroads, will make Arkansas one of the most prom inent and prosperous of the states oi the great south."
 He further says:
 "People may ridicule the expres- sion, sthe new south,' but there is nc doubt now that the south has won.