The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-26
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

newfoundland has decided to partlcl-
pate in the exposition.
The limit of time in which states and
territories and foreign countries must ac-
cept the sites allotted to them on the expo
sition grounds has been fixed at June l.,
1892
Mr. j. S. Hunter of Nevada, Mo-, has q
collection of over II 900 varieties of woods,
petlif1cations, etc., which he purposes ex-
hibiting at the fair.
The Arkansas Worlds Fair Board has
selected ten acres near Little Rock which
it will have cultivated with the view of
raising various agricultural products for
exhibit at the exposition. The board has
made arrangements to send to Chicago for
the Forestry building specimens of pine,
white oak. red oak, sweet gum, cypress and
walnut.
The New South Wales Worlds Fair
Commission is contemplating sending for
exhibition at the exposition copies of the
noted aboriginal cave inscriptions of north
ern Queensland, and also a whole tribe of
aborigines.
The president of the Tennessee Worlds
Fair Board has called convention of the
representatives of the manufacturing, min
ing, railroad, marble, timber and other in-
dustrial enterprises and interests of East
Tennessee to meet at Knoxville, March "a
for the purpose of considering and taking
action as to ways and means for providing
for creditable exhibit at the fair.
The Koellner Maennergesang-V -Verein, the
Lehrer-Verein (Teachers' Association of
Dresden the Tonkuenstler- Verein of Berlin,
and the Vienna Maennergesang Verein, ali
prominent singing societies have decided
TO visit the Worlds Fair after attending
the saengerfest in Cleveland in 1898, to
which they have been invited.
Artist G. A. P. Healy, recently returned
to this country from a long residence
abroad, intends to exhibit some of his finest
pictures at the exposition. Those which
he has thus far selected for that purpose are
full-length portrait of the Duo d'Aumale,
third son of Louis Philippe, and portraits
of Jules Simon, Whitelaw Reid and George
Picot.
The grounds surrounding Frances build
ing at the exposition will be decorated by
Vilmorin, who is the most noted florist in
France and at the head of the largest seed
house in the world. Vilmorin has made
fine floral displays at all of the Worlds
Fairs for twenty-five years or more, and it
is reported that he is now planning to out
do all previous efforts.
The Cunard Steamship Company has
applied for space in the marine section of
the transportation building to show a Sc
ries of models illustrating the speed of
ocean greyhouudssr and
of transatlantic travel.
The city of Philadelphia will contribute
to the Pennsylvania exhibit choice col.
lection OF historical relics now in DOS
session of Meade Post, G. A. R., George
W. Childs. and the Drexel Institute: rep.
resentations of Benjamin Franklin.
Stephen Girard and other oldtme celebra-
te d citizens; the famous Liberty Bell" and
other exceeding interesting objects Ap.
plications for space for exhibits are very
numerous from Pennsylvania.
A Spanish club has been organized by
number of Chicago women who speak
that language. The object is to make
pleasant in every way the visit of Spanish
visitors to the exposition, by supplying
them with guides and Interpreters, and by
otherwise providing for their comfort and
accommodation. The project has the
warm indorsement and support of the
president of the board of lady managers.
1t is now considered certain that the
prominent etchers in this country will CO.
operate heartily with Chief Ives in form
ing for display in the Art Department
collection of retrospective exhibit OF
etchings made since the time of the Cen.
tennial collection.
Wisconsin, will expend $4,000 upon its
horticultural exhibit. Cranberry culture
Will be made especially prominent.
Ii is reported that a number of Indians
from the Peruvian forests, and large
coiiectlon Of native Peruvian paintings
VIII be included in the exhibit which Peru
will make.