The Dickinson press., 1892-03-19
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

Inc OuSGer mining company OF l0ahO,
is making very extensive collection of
ores for exhibition at the fair.
The Suffolk Horse society, England,
has offered two gold medals, of the value
$50 each, for the best Suffolk horse and
mare or flly exhibited at the Worlds
Fair in Chicago.
The city of Cincinnati wants to erect
q building at the exposition, to be used
both as club house and receptacle for
municipal exhibit. 1t is willing to
expend $1,000 in the undertaking.
A joint bill has been introduced in
congress, carrying an appropriation of
5000, "Io procure, prepare, compile
for publication and publish statistics of
the moral, intellectual and industrial
progress of the colored people of the
United States from Jan. 1, 1868. the date
of emancipation proclamation, to Jan. 1,
1893, as part of the government ex.
hibit, the same to illustrate the growth
of liberty, morality and humanity of the
United States.
The exposition authorities are anxious
that all of the states and territories
which intend to erect buildings at the
exposition, and which have not yet sub
mitted plans for approval, do so at the
earliest possible nom ent. Very soon q
time will be specified beyond which
plans will not be.axcepted. May is the
date likely to. be chosen. The demand
for space is so great that delinquent
states are liable to lose the sites that
have been assigned to them.
English women are active in prepara-
tion for their participation in the ex.
position. Ata meeting of the woman g
committee in London, on March 8. it
was announced that Queen Victoria
had promised specimens of her own
work in spinning and knitting, done
when she was girl; also some of her
embroidering, fine drawing and water
color painting. Princess Louise will
contribute some clay modelling, Princess
Beatrice several paintings, and Princess
Christian some embroidery. The COM
mittee assigned charge of various
branches of women e exhibits as follows:
Irish exhibits Countess of Aberdeen;
Scotch. Lady Reay; philanthropy,
Baroness Burdett- -Coutts; education
Mrs. Fawcett, the writer on political
economy; hospital nursing. Mrs. Fen
wick; woman's art. Mrs Robert Austin.
Several women were selected to prepare
papers on various educational and eco.
nomio subjeots.
1t is probable that the visitor to the
exposition will have an opportunity of
seeing more extensive and finer exhi-
bition of ancient Greek art than it has
heretofore been possible to see outside
of Greece P. Cavradng director gen,
eral of Grecian antiques, has written
that the Greoian government has &C
cepted the invitation to participate in
the exposition, with the understanding
that it will be represented only by
memorials of its antiques. Charles
Walstein, director of the American
school of classic studies at Athens,
states that the Grecian government has
egreed to make and send to the exposi-
tion casts of the principal works OF
ancient art now in Greece, together with
maps, diagrams and photographs. To
these will probably be added casts. and
perhaps come of the originals of sptc ci.
mems of classic Greek art which are now
distributed throughout Europe.
The Maryland Worlds Fair board is
planning to show in the Maryland
building reproduction of the surren-
der OF his commission ly George Wash
ington. The report of the board to the
legislature asking for an appropriation
of $lC0, states: 1T bas been sug-
gested by his excellency, the governor,
and the suggestion has met with much
favor, that the old senate chamber Of
the state house be reproduced in our
building, and that group OF thirty two
figures be m de to represent the sur
rendering by Washington of his COM
mission. which took place i'll that his
toric hall. Such tabIeau wonld attract
many visitors and serve rs feature OF
great interest. The is almost uuiq lie in
the history of the world-a successful
general. in the flush of victory, laying
down his sword and retiring to the du
ties Of a homely and quiet life after
vanq1ishing the greatest power on the
earth in long and bloody war-and is
something to be admired as we'll as won
dered at, and every son of our grand
old commonwealth should feel q per.
sonal pride when he thinks that deed
SO noble was done on the soil of his ma.
tive state, beneath the roof of his state
capitol"