The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-24
STATE FAIR NOTES

The Fortieth Annual State Fair com
menced in earnest yesterday. Every in
dication is that larger crowds will be pres
ent at this Fair than have attended the
State Fair for some years past. The only
thing which will prevent this is bad
weather. Exhibits in almost every line
are complete and full. The exhibits are
well arranged and artistic in design.
DR.. j. M. PICKEL, analytical and con-
sulting chemist, Raleigh, N. c., has a most
interesting chemical display in the main
exhibition building DR.. Pickel graduated
Phi. D., Goettingen, Germany, 1884, was
Professor OF Chemistry and Physics in
the Florida State Agricultural College and
chemist to the Florida Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station, 1S8492, Professor of
Chemistry and Metallurgy in the Univer
sity Of Alabama, 1892-'98. He has lately
moved to Raleigh and gives special atten-
ton to toxicology or cases of suspected
poisoning. Gold and other ores
assayed, analyses of phosphates, fer
tilizers, pyrites, acid chamber materials,
dyes, mordants and cotton and wooden
factory materials and all industrial pro-
ducts and materials in general Sanitary
analysis chemical and bacteriologicaD OF
water. Samples by mail promptly attend
ed to.
Dr. Pickel will exhibit a substance FIVE
hundred times sweeter than sugar; a
specimen of the first kind of organic com
pound made by laboratory processes; gun
cotton, coniin and other subtle poisons.
His laboratory will be lighted and heated
by acetylene gas, the great North Caro-
lima illuminant. The process of manu-
featuring ether will be shown, also the
extraction of nicotine from tobacco, oil
from cotton seed meal and determine
ton of organic ammonia in drinking wa
ter. The wonders of the chemical world
will be fully demonstrated,
PROFESSOR L. S. KUY, the wonderful
Bohemian glass engraver, has an attrac-
tive stand in the main building. No one
should fail to see his fine display of Ruby
Glassware. He engraves names and mon
ograms free. There are said to be only
twenty of these glass engravers
in the world
WHARTON, the photographer, has a
fine booth in the main building. He has
few equals and no superiors in the pho
tographic art. One of the handsomest
street signs ever seen in this city is the
case in front of the steps leading up to
his studio. 1t is filled with Photographic
gems, showing the superiority of his
work.
The latter-day photography seems to
be dominated by amateurism, both in the
character and pose of the work turned out
of some galleries. While this amateurism
is of value as a stimulus to the legitimate
workers in the profession, it's influence
| should not be allowed to creep into what
may be properly called "art in photogra-
ply" In this connection it is a pleasure
| to note the high grade work recently dis
| played bv Mr. q. p. Wharton. This work
| besides taking a medal at the recent
meeting of Southern Photographers at
| Richmond, Va, is of such clean cut artis-
/ tic style as 20 have received the highest
| praise from photographers all over the
country. Raleigh should be proud of such
an establishment. Persons wanting any
thing in his line will do well to see him
THE MIDWAY.
There is no denying the catchy attrac-
tons of the Midway" This part of the
Fair grounds is full of shows of all kinds
this year. Among the curiosities is
| BASCO,
| the original snake eater. People are
warned by the proprietor not to be de-
ceived by competitors, for he claims to
/ have the only original snake eater
| 'Basco' shows the poisonous fangs of the
| rattle snake and also eats raw snakes
/ showing empty his open mouth to his
| audience to verify the fact.
| II is amusing to watch the games OF
skill presided over by Professor ]. r.
| Cook. These consist in trying to cover
| entirely a disk and board by throwing
| a similar disk on it, the fortunate
| thrower getting as prize a watch or
pistol, worth from one to eight dollars
| for the 10 cents worth of disks he pur-
| chased. See the tent next to Grand stand
| "CHARLEY,'' the horn footed horse, is
| here attracting much attention. This is
| the second time he has been out of his
| stable in fifteen years. When he was
| eighteen months old two brothers had a
| quarrel about him, their mother who
| owned him, thereupon said neither OF
| them should ever take the horse from his
! stable. The stable was so very small the
| horse could not lie down. 1t is said he
| has never walked a step nor lain down
| He is carried by a peculiar harness-like
| contrivance whenever he is moved about
| He is valued, by his owners, at $4,000
He will be placed in the New York Mu-
! scum on December 1st, where he has an
engagement to exhibit for eighteen
months.
The Columbia Opera Company.