The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-06-15
NORTH CAROLINA AT THE
WORLDS FAIR.

WORLDS FAIR.
Our State Exhibit and HowsIt Is
Arranged in the Several Build
ings.
Mr.. 7. X. Bruner returned yester-
day from Chicago where he has been
about six weeks putting the North
Carolina exhibit in shape, he being
the chief of the installation. A great
deal of hard work has been done and
the exhibit is now in order. He thinks
that it is fortunate that North Caro-
lima did not have a separate State
building, as the situation now IS much
better than it would have been had
the exhibition been off to itself. Mr..
! Peter Wilson, who has large experience
in such matters, is of the same opinion.
The arrangement of the exhibit is said
to be excellent and it attracts much
attention and has elected general
and favorable comment.
Mr.. Bruner expresses himself as
much gratitied at the showing North
Carolina makes. The exhibit is said
to be very handsome, and indeed some
outsiders have said that it is the hand
soonest in the building. The grain
makes beautiful display, and along
with it are the cotton and tobacco
displays which are still more snowy
and attractive. Along with these are
the fertilizer exhibit and marls which
make handsome appearance. There
is beautiful collection Of preserved
fruit, among them being branch of
pear tree from Col. Wharton I.
Green's farm with twenty-nine good
large pears on it, preserved in a tall
eight gallon jar, which attracts much
attention.
These fruits adorn the open fret
work of the pavilion.
The Forestry exhibit is in the For
cstry Building, and prominent North
Caroiinian vino saw it last week, pro-
nounCed it the handsomest installation
in that building. The cases are Of
pollard oak with relief carving and
are 2 feet high. At the base are dis
played sections + feet long and !
inches thick from the heart of the
tree, one half being polished and the
other natural finish. On the natural
finished face are placed miniature
maps showing the growth and distri-
button of each species in the State.
These maps were very carefully pre-
pared by w. w. Ashe, and prove a
valuable addition to the collection.
Above the sections are photographs OF
the several trees us they stood in the
forests.
In the mining division the exhibit
is surrounded by a handsome colonade
in white covered with mica after a
design prepared by Mr.. Peter M.
Wilson. The cases containing the
minerals are of pollard oak and forty
feet is filled with systematic collec-
ton of the gold, silver and copper
ores, arranged geologically and geo
graphically as they occur in the State.
The iron ores are arranged in the same
manner. Mr.. H. B. c. Mite, Of the
State Geological Survey, took exclu-
sive control of the mettalferous ores
and deserves much credit for his work
Prof. Holmes has done valuable work
in this connection also, especially in
the very handsome collection of build
ing stones.
The gems and gem stones and gold
nuggets occupy IS feet of show cases
and it is surrounded by a large crowd
constantly. This collection is SO COM
plete that it would astonish any North
Carolinian not fully acquainted with
the resources of the State.
The sections devoted to viticulture
shows thirty varieties of native wines
and is quite creditable. In the Fish
and Fisheries section, the attention of
the visitors is at once attracted to a
mullet fsherman's rush camp, which
has been constructed of full size with
the accompanying utensils.
There are eight handsome cases filled
by the fur-bearing mamalia, the water
fowl and the most important food
fishes. There are also models of the
fishing gear used in the sounds and
rivers of the Eastern part of the State,
altogether making a very attractive
display.
One of the curious features Of the
slate business is the use OF diamond:
in the saws in the factories. Nc
metal has been discovered that vii
saw slate and the teeth must be SCI
with diamonds. The jewels used are
black diamonds, which are found only
in Africa and Brazil. They are a:
hard as the white diamonds, but are
valucless as jewels. The trade i:
held almost entirely by Jews, who
make periodical visits to the slate
regions to sell the black diamonds
All the slate factories must use them
in their saws. They are costly, the
price running from Sc to $40 a cara
for them. 1t often takes $1,000 wortt
to fill the teeth Of saw. Some las
a year and others wear out in a day
Some wicked editor has suggested