The Green Forest tribune., 1893-07-27
HORTICULTURAL PROGRESS
ON WOODED isLAND-ExHiaiT OF TIE AN
CORA SHEEP AND FLEECE.
Uragua's Fountain Of Beef a-Sections from
Kansas Fences-Governmena Exhibits.

WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS CHICAGO, July
22.-On wooded Island Chief Thorpe's
latest horticultural triumph is an out
line of an Irish harp made from sham
rock brought from Dowth Castle and
sent to Chicago by the widow of John
Boyle O'Rilly. Many new varieties of
iris on the island were developed by Mr.
Thorpe himself; one in motley he has
named Touchstone, pure white is Ju-
liet, and royal purple Romeo. The
Chiefs fondness for Shakespearean I'll
ties comes from ten years sojourn at
Stanford-on-Avon. He is particularly
proud of new American rose, the
Marshal P. Wilder. A little rose from
Japan, the wichu4iana, he considers
magnificent because it is SO fragrant
Germany's most notable contribu-
tons to the Wooded Island are the star
shaped phlox and the new rose, the
Kaiserin Victoria.
Wool is the chief export of Cape Col
ony and in the Agriculture building she
makes an impressive exhibit Of her re-
sources in this line. There are sixty
bundles of 1ieecy wool tied with rib
bons, showing every stage in the prepa-
ration of the fibre for the market. The
Angora fleece is twelve inches in length
and the other wools average about four
inches. The fat tailed on South Afri-
can sheep seems to have been created
to meet the demands Of that country.
This animal during the summer stores
away in its tail sufficient nourishment
TO last through the winter. The tail
grows very heavy and is supported on q
| two wheeled cart AT the end of the
summer these tails weigh as much as
fifty pounds, but after the winters hi
beroation they are only 3 reasonable
size. The skins of this particular Kind
Of sheep are highly valued by glove
makers The United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture is attempting to IN
troduee this animal into the arid parts
of the Wese and some specimens from
the tlocks now in this country will be
shown at the eXpositionin California S
live stock display.
In the Indiana building is q small Il
brary Of books by native authors. Il
I includes J Jamea Whitcomb Riley IS poems
and several copies Of Ben Hur, Ex-
Presidents Harrison sent case of the
china painted by Mrs. Harrison.
In the Uruguay building is g free
fountain of beef tea, advertising that
country's condensed beef products.
Grain, wool, and grasses, including al
falfa, are also a part OF the exhibit.
Fish eggs for the Governments ex-
hibit at the Exposition could NOT be OBJ
tanned later than the middle Of June, so
that fish Matching is no longer going on
in the buildings. The jars for the eggs
are filed with artificial spawn made
fforo resin and resembling perfectly
every variety Of the eggs formerly shown
but they never grow into fishes. Two
million perch were hatched during the
seasoa and turned out into Lake Michi-
gan.
The new steam mocking bird in Ma
chinery hall is ready for It's duties Of
calling stray liremen and guards TO q
fire, The bird has compass OF two oc-
! taves; of these, different notes are to be
SO arranged as TO indicate ia what por-
ton Of the grounds the ERE may be.
Near Midway Plsisance a Kansas ey-
hibitor shows section of an old rail
fence. 1t is overgrown with complete
crop of weeds, representing the pests,
of the Kansas farmer, cookie bu9rs, iron
weed, mullen, jimson weed, milk weed,
and pusiey. This novel exhibit is in
tended to bring out the beauties of an
adjoining fence Of woven wire which af-
fords no troublesome corners for the
weeds to lodge in, but is boydered. by
clean, close shaven turf.
Two additional carloads of exhibits
have been received in Colorado section
of the Mining building. A marble
/ fou'itain is In the shipment.
Guatemala has fitted up grotto in
her building, and in it are shown $500
specimens of native birds and ami
mails
Norway supplies nearly all the horse
shoe nails that are used in the differ
ant countries in Europe, and each coun-