Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-08-18

AuJdceub thereto, IS the WOfK or ble pupils of the public schools Now very much dismantled by extrac tion, but showing marks of pro- gress and in many instances super for attainment. The present illus trious principal and his very tai ented assistants will see to it that at the close of the present serm this case will contain work second to no other in the State
 Now we reach the case containing the work of the pupils of the Annun- citation Academy, in it's library de- partment. Here we will linoer viewing the beautiful work. No wonder why foreign visitor are so outspoken in their admiration, when we reflect that this work re- ceived an award at the Columbia Exposition of a diploma and medal.
 On the north wall of the building is arranged 120 glass Jars, with camps and screws, holding from one-half to five gallons of preserv ing fluid, in which may be seen She products of fields, gardens, orch ards, vineyards and forests, in such size and perfection as is rarely seen even in the most favored sections, all the products of Jefferson county, Arkansas. Here can also be seen honey cane, twer ty-one feet high, hybrid cross 0f Louisina cane and sorghum, yielding the finest syrup. Here is also stork of the okra plant which has oyer one hundred pods; also a variety of corn having ears from twelve to fourteen inches in length
 The northwest wall is devoted to small grain, some of which are very fine.
 Looking from the west wall, we view native birds of Jefferson county. The taxidermist work This work is finely executed, and is a pleasing view into the science of ornithoIogy
 In the southwest corner wee see a curiosity case, which is a study of itself. Many rare and valuable ar ticIes are seen, and is a fine aeqaisi- tion the study of the whole.
 Now thc crowning feature of the Exhibit is J6e pyramid in the cen ter of the hall, loaded from base to apex with the rarest and finest specimens of field, orchard and gar den to be seen anywhere. Here we view the earliest peaches known in the climate, peaches twelve inches in circumference, beets weighing fifteen pounds, sugar beets, the product of the suvial land, an evi- dence it is no longer necessary to pay the German bounty on sugar; we see @ radish seventeen inches long and five inches in diameter of the long scarlet variety, and an- other weighing seven pounds and two ounces of the white Globe va riety, a sweet potato weighing nine pounds and seven ounces, a cabbage stem sustaining twentY-two firm and distinct eabbages, pears four teen and half inches in circumfer- ence, onions, tomatoes, squash po- tatoes, melons, turnips, okra, sucu- lent and tender, fourteen inches in length, and other superior growth of the soil of Jefferson county, crowned with the product of the Pine Bluff Oil Mill.
 Arriving again at the entrance we may have overlooked many mar vicious articles, but we have seen enough to convince the most obsti nate that in Jefferson county we have climate and and soil sessep- tible of growing as near perfection as possible all products of field, gar den, orchard and vineyard belong ing in this latitude, and many na- tive to the equatorial belt.
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