The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-09
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

cummings anu GFeN III luSli
present Incomplete condition. are pro-
nounced by Major Woods, executive
commissioner OF the Connections Worlds
Fair board.
dispatch from Christiana says that
subscriptions are being solicited towards
defraying the cost of building and man
ming tho Viking ship. which it is pro-
posed to send to the Worlds Faiy. 1t
is the intention to man the ship with
the ablest Norwegian sailors procurable
and to navigate 1t across the Atlantic,
although the attempt is regarded as
very hazardous one. When the ship is
on exhibition at Chicago, alongside the
caravels of Columbus, it is thought the
Norwegian flag, floating from anast-
head, will bear witness to the intrepid
ity of Morse seamen, both in olden days
and at present Those having the en-
terprse in charge will publish two
pamphlets, ono on the Viking ship and
the other on the discoveries of Left
Ericsson.
The women of Chelsea, Mass. will
contribute fine stained glass window
to the Women's building at the Worlds
Fair.
Moro than $1,000 worth of granite and
other building material has been
donated for tho Maine Worlds Fair
building. Cash to the amount of Sis, 900
will be expended upon the stru :ture,
$40, 600 coming out of the States appro-
priation and $1,000 being raised by sub
scription. Monsoon slate will cover the
roof, which a Maine newspaper declares
Will be the .handsomest in Chicago"
Leading up to the building will be
broad granite steps, each one being
solid block twenty. seven feet long and
six feet wide.
All material for the Maryland build
ing will be taken to Chicago free Of cost
by the Baltimore and Ohio railway.
Many Maryland firms have offered to
contribute towards the decoration of the
building.
The press association of Mississippi.
at its recent annual convention. decided
to CO operate heartily with the Women's
Columbian organizat ton in its efforts to
raise fund for the States representa-
ton at the exposition.
The papermakers and manufacturers
of papermaking machinery, who formed
stock company with capital stock of
Sl00,0 600 for the purpose of making a
combined exhibit at the Fair, have
raised the full amount.
The women of Belgium will be repre-
scented at the Exposition by an exhibit.
woman's committee, with tho queen
as patroness, has been selected to have
charge of the matter.
The women of Washington State will
present six urnS for decoration in the
Woman's building and tho grounds at
the Fair. They will be composed OF
gray granite, white marble, pink
marble, dalmite-a greenish stone,
magnasate-a blue stone, and one of
pottery clay. These will be attractively
ornamented with the minerals of the
State, which consist of gold, silver,
ONYX, opal. copper, coal and iron.
Through the efforts of Mrs. Alice Hough-
ton fine sketch is being made of the
Jenkins million-dollar university at
Spokane, about to be erected. This ar
tistic sketch will BIO placed in the Wash
ington State building. Architect Skill
ing, of Seattle, will go to Chicago June
10 to start tho Washington State head
quarters. Indian curios will be repre-
scented in fine collection in the State
building. A magnificent painting of
Mount Tacoma (Ranier) by Bierstadt.
will also be one of the attractions. This
painting is valued at $4,000.
The plan of the exhibit which Ohio
Will make Of its school system at the
Fair has been adopted by the commits
sioners, and embraces the following: l.
Manuscript work, essays, etc. In this
selection exhibits will be held in each
county seat. Four divisions will be
representative work of subd istrict
schools, graded schools of villages, same
of cities, night schools. County exhib-
its will be in charge of committee
composed of the institute committee
and two persons selected. From the
work on exhibition the committee will
select fifty of the best manuscripts in
each branch and forward to the school
commission. .. Maps, showing loca-
ton Of eacn school house in the state;
cost of education in each county: rela-
tive mum Der Of pupils in county, town
and city; schools for past forty years;
relative number Of pupils in primary,
grammar and high schools for the past
forty years. 3. Picture albums of
schools, buildings, etc. d. History of
organization and development of Ohio's
school system shown by laws. Text
books arranged to show old and new.
The ''Jibboom Club" of New London,
Conn, is planning to man a small
schooner, such as Connecticut has en-
ployed for many years in the West In
dia trade, run IT to the Bahamas and
load it with collection of sea shells.
which in great variety, size and beauty
are found strewn upon the shores of
those islands. The crew will then sail
the craft to Chicago by way Of the st.
Lawrence, and will sell the shells from
the deck of the vessel. The members
of the club believe they can make
enough to pay the expense of tho trip
and also of their own entertainment at
Chicago.
An exhibit from Syrian women, con-
sisting chiefly of beautiful and costly
mbroderies, has been received by the
board of lady managers at Chicago.