The state chronicle., 1893-06-06
OUR EXHiBIT AT CHICAGO.
MIR. L. X. Bruner Returns and Tells O
North Carolina's Exhibit.

Mr. T. 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 or
der. He thinks that it is fortunate
that North Carolina did not have
separate State building, as the stu
alton now lis much better than it
would had been had the exhibition
been off to itself. Mr.. Peter Will
son, who has large experience in
such matters, is of the same opin-
ion. The arrangement of the ex-
hibit is said to be excellent and it
attracts much attention and has
elected general and favorable COM
ment.
Mr.. Bruner expresses himself as
much gratifed at the showing North
| Carolina makes The exhibit is
said to be very handsome, and in
deed some outsiders have said that
it is the handsomest in the build
ing. The grain makes a 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 a
handsome appearance. There is a
beautiful collection of preserved
fruit, among them being a branch
of pear tree from Col. Wharton j.
Green's farm with twenty nine, good
large pears on it, preserved in tall
eight gallon jar, which attracts
much attentss Jon.
These fruits adorn the e. ola g fret
work of the nav;;,,;;93n
| The Forestry exhibit is in the
Forestry Building, and prominent
North Carolinien who saw it last
| week, pronounced it the handsomest
installation in that building. The
cases are of pollard oak with relief
carving and are II feet high. At
the base are displayed sections 4
| feet long and 4 inches thick from
the heart of the tree, one half bein g
polished and the other natural fin
ish. On the natural finished face
are placed miniature maps shown g
| the growth and distribution of each
species in the State. These maps
were very carefully prepared by W
| W. Ashe, and prove valuable ad-
dition to the collection. Above the
sections are photographs of the sew
eral trees as they stood in the
forests.
| In the mining division the exhibit
is surrounded by handsome colon.
ade in white covered with mica afte,
design prepared by Mr.. Peter NJ
Wilson. The cases containing the
minerals sre of pollard oak and
forty feet is filled with systematic
collection of the gold, silver and
) copper ores, arranged geologically
and geographically as they occur il
the State. The iron ores are ar
ranged in the same manner. Mr.
b. b. G. Mite, of the State Geologi
cal Survey, took exclusive contro
of the mettaliferous ores and de
serves much credit for his work
Prof. Holmes has done valuabl,
work in this connection also, espe
cially in the very handsome collec
ton of building stones.
Il The gems and gem stones anG
! gold nuggets occupy "a feet O.
show case and it is surrounded by
a large crowd constantly. Thi
: collection is 80 complete that i
would astonish any North Carolin-
ian not fully acquainted with ths
resources OF the State.
The sections devoted to viticultur;
shows thirty varieties of nstive wines
and is quite creditable. IL the Fisl
and Fisheries section, the attention
of the visitors is at once attracted
3 to mullet fsherman's rush camp
which has been constructed Of full
1 size with the accompanying utensils
Il There are eight handsome cars
: filed by the fur bearing mamalio
: the water fowl and the most impor
3 tant food fishes. There are alst
models OF the fishing gear used il
3 the sounds and rivers OF the East
ern part of the State, altogether
5 making very attractive display.