The Forrest City times., 1893-05-26
HERE WE ARE.
Arkansas is at the Worlds Fair asd Read '
 to Receive Visitors,

CHICAGO, ILL, May 1s.-The Jun bo" chunk of zinc, which has already been the cause of much comment in the columns of the press, arrived at the fair grounds yesterday and will be put in its place in front of the build ing tomorrow. With it is a carload of other specimens. all of the North Ar kansas display. Notice bas been re- ceived of the shipment of two carloads from the southern part of the state on l the 10th A lso a fine onyx exhibit | from Eureka Springs has been shipped. | It consists of beautiful mantel orna- ment and facings for mantel, Axe feet, and with a twelve-inch face. This mantle will grace the large hall in the rear of the building. which is devoted to the agricultural display.
 w. c. Seawel, Melville, who has been in the East for several weeks ad- rertising Marion county, and individu- ally Arkansas, arrived in the World 8 l fair city on the l4th. He will probably remain at least q month to assist lD the work of installing the mineral exhibit, which should have been here d month ago. He says he thinks it would be very nice to form Il triumphal pro cesSion tomorrow when the Jumbo" chunk of ore is delivered at the build- 1 ing.
 While in the East Mir. Seawel con- bined business with pleasures; and says he succeeded i'll interesting great many capitalists in our great mineral resources. He even called on the presi- dent while in Washington and gave him glowing description of Marion county's mines, and presented him with descriptive folder which Grover said he would read carefully. Where ever he went he never forgot to adver- tise the state. He was met at the st ate tbuilding by s. II. Emanuel, president of the New York Lead and Zinc com pany, d man well known ill mining circles in the state.
 Professor Shiun is still buslly en- gagged in making the Arkansas edAca- tiOnal exhibit an instrument to shatter the prejudice which has so long been our burden The exhibit will be far ahead of that of any other Southern state, and of the Northern states, Pro lessor Shinn says only Massachusetts and New York can compete with it. l J. C. Fox, representing the BraddOck Granite.Co, of Little Rock, has finished his work and returned home
 w. $. Coffin of Wynne representing the Homewood Water Co.,, has been here about ten days. He will put up an office and remain here through the fair: He thinks the mineral water fur nished by the Homewood Water Co.,, takes the lead in that line, and his ob l ject is to introduce 1t wherever posSi- | pie.
 Col. ClendeDning seems to be very prominent in the councils of the na- tional commission. He has been on several important committees and took a decided stand against the proposed Sunday opening.
 l 1. D. Reader of Sprlngdale who is representing Mir. Vincenheller in the pomological display, has done nothing 1 as yet in the way of all exhibit. It was intended to have strawberries on exhibition the 1st of May, but this was not possible OH account of the in- jury done the crop by late frosts.
 Miss rrivett, the accomplished inte- riOr decorator of Cincinnati, has fin iShed the frieZe in the Arkansas build ing. and is now engaged i'll decorating the walls of the rotunda. This frieZe is truly a work of art, and the patriotic American should appreciate it the more as 1t was donated to the state by the artist, who WAS two weeks in painting l it. It is five feet wide by 1l6 feet around, and is done in olls on the highest grade canvas, so 1t can be taken down when 1t has served its purpose here, and used to decorate the most ex- Quisitc drawing room. On a soft, cloud l ed background of fOamy blues and golden russets, appears, a floral design of infinite beauty. 1t consists of the passion flower, which has been adopted as the state flower, and because of the many varieties and hues the design is all the more pleasing. The colors which the artist has selected for the flowers range from the most delicate lavender to the richest harmonies | in purple. It presents contrast to the light colered walls and orn ,men- tatious in gold pleasing in the extreme Besides it's artistic beauty it is quite d valuable work. A smaller, and said by some to be an inferior, canvas painted by the same artist in the wo- mans building has been purchased by a New York firm for $l4O0.
 The work is moving on as expedi- tiously as possible, and June w w)uld be d conservative limit for all to be in readiness. The register for the build ing will soon be here, when every Ar kansan may write his name therein when he visits the fair.
 A gentleman from Zanesville, O., has kindly loaned to the Arkansas off cials for exhibition Chinese screen value. Sl200, a Korean cabinet valued at $50 and mounted tiger skin also valued at $50.
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