New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-11
SOUTH AFRICA At TIE FIR.
ARRANGING FOR A LARGE AND VALUABLE Elk
H1BIr FROM THE CAPE COLONY.

ARRANGING FOR LARGE AND VALUABLE Elk
n1B1r FROM THE CAPE COLONY.
Among the passengers who arrived here yesterday
on the North German Lloyd steamship HavN was
Ludwig Wiener, President Of the Chamber OF COM
merce Of Cape Colony. and that ColonyS Commits
soner to the Worlds Fur at Chicago. lie was seen
hast evening at No. 256 West One-hundred-and'
twenty-seventh-st.. by q Tribune reporter and said
"Cape Colony is going be well represented at the
Fair. Among other ideas We propose TO erect In
the African Court on Office made OF Cape everlasting
flowers and heaths-there being Of the latter as you
know hundreds OF varieties In the Pcninsular II'ere
will b. specimens Of staple products: wool. mohn!r
and ostrich feathers being some OF the most Import
ant. Four hundred Heeces Of wool. one hundred
neeces Of mohair and about four hundred pounds OF
ostrich feathers having been already forwardeo 70
Chicago. couple Of prize ostriches. together Win
six ostrich chicks. have been set mp Is one exhibit
and Will show what African ostrich farm Is li'oe
"Of skins and harnesses q large variety has been
sent. Tho latter made from the skins OF the
silver 1ackaI golden 1ochal spotted cat and spring
buck, and the tails Of the musk cat Then there are
lion and leopard skins and skins OF every Cape
animal. Wild and domestcated. Eight tusks OF
ivory arc also on their way enc tusk alone weighing
1853 1-2 pounds. measuring z IL feet in length and
being valued at over EoOo. This is probably the
finest piece Of ivory-sound and sond-ever seen.
"The De Beers Mining Company, of Kimberley. has
sent 158 10 tons Of damonderous soil. made MP
a. follows: SAT bags Of pulvcrzed blue ground ana
400 bags Of hard blue ground. 1t IS INTENDED TO
Illustrate the whole process Of tho diamond Industry.
from washing the blue to polishing the stones. Mr.
Cundel Of the Company. has been engaged to super
intend this department, and Is on his way now with
three Zulus. who have worked in the mines and have
been specially selected All stones found In the
matrix will be cut and polished BY Tiffany Co..
and besides these stones the De Beers Company are
sending over 10000 rough diamonds chat will be
handled by the New-York Jewellers.
"One Of the interesting features Of the Cape Court
will be q collection of South African n,inernls, which
has been especially collected by DR.. P. d. Hahn.
and consists Of sicious ana saline minerals. ores.
aurferous quartz crystalline ana scdimentnry rocfs-
in all. 24a sp.c.mens There WIN be ssilery q
Africa. and pictures Of all the principle cities and
sites In the Colony Cape wines will be well repre-
scented. There will be wine trophy erected stand
Ing nine feet high. The basement Will be formed Of
casks and the upper portion Of bottles OF all sizes,
the whole representing huge bottle. There win
he Cape tobacco In bags. Tins, packets rolls and
punches and Cape ciears by tho gross. Cereals will
also be we'll represented. and the orchard as far
dry fruits are concerned
Mr. Wiener expects to leave for Chicago In day
or two, and will get into harness 40 once.