The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1902-08-23
The MISSISSIPPI EXHIBIT.
What the State Is Expected to Show
at the So Louis Worlds Fair.


In answer To numerous inqui-
ries as TO the kind and character
of exhibits that Mississippi win be
expected to make at the Worlds
Fair at st. Louis, State Commits
sioner X. H. Henry has given out
the following:
We want every variety of tim
Der and lumber grown and mandl
factured in Mississippi from tho
rough log to the finished product.
There are over 200 kinds of TIM
ber in this State, and VIC want
samples of all pine, oak, ash,
hickory, POPLAR, gum, cedar, cy-
press, maple, locust, beech, mag
nolia, lynn, elm, china, sycamore,
walnut, holly, plum, peach, 'juni-
per, bay, haw, willow, and otftcrs.
HoRTIcuLTuRE.
We want samples Of everything
raised in the orchard, gardcg and
truck patch, all the finest. grades
offruits and vegetables peaches.
apples, pears, ounces, apples,
pluns, cherries, grapes, strawbcr-
rics, dewberrics. raspberries, apli-
cots, pongranates, oranges, figs,
ncctarines; tomatoes, beans, rad.
ishes, eabbagcs, squashes, okra,
Irish potatoes, egg plants, lettuce.
celery, and everything raised in
the orchard and garden.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Mississippi being an agiicultu-
raj State, it Is expected that her
exhibit Of agricultural products
will excel any other at the Worlds
Fair at St. Louis; therefore salD-
pies of everything raised in the
fields and on the farm are solicit
ed from planter and farmer. We
want the best specimens Of cot
ton, corn, wheat, oats, rice, bar
Icy. rye, peas, potatoes, pumkins,
wool melons, sugar cane, tobac-
co, grasses. hay, millet, maize, etc.
CANNED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Specimens of canned FRUITS, pre-
serves, jellIes, jams, wines, cor
dials, brandies, pickles, etc, such
as the Mississippi housewife knows
go well how 10 prepare, are want
ed in quantity and quality.
FLoRIcULTURE.
Samples IF every flower, rose.
bulb, fern and plant raised in a,
flower garden, are solicited.
MANUFACTURER ARTICLES.
Everything made in the shops
and factories 0f tho State are
wanted for this department--arti-
clcs made from wood, iron, leath-
or, cotton, wool, fibers, stone, clay
cotton seed; everything that can
he conceived hy the human mind
and fashioned by human haDsls-
TEXTILES.
All products of the spindle
and loom---cotton and wooden
goods of every kind manufactured
in the factories of the State
shcetings, shirtings drillings. os-
naburgs, plaits, checks, stripes,
jean, casslmcres, w0rsteds, etc.
MINERALS.
Every kind and character of
mineral IL wanted--ores of all va
ricties, iron, mari, coal, Ignite,
peat, stone, rock, clay, sand, lime
kaolin, flint, slate, mineral waters
etc.
woMAN's WORK.
Woman's department will be
one of the most interesting at the
exposition, and the ladies of Mis-
sissippi are requested to send
specimens of their handiwork--
crotchcts, cmbroiderics, laccs,
needle work; crotcheted dresses,
Tides, collars, etc. !; embroidered
table covers, dresses, scarfs,
shawls, etc.; quilts, afghans, lam
brequins, pillows, cushi on /,
screens, piano coves, ladies' dres-
ses aud underwear. decorative
work of all kinds.
EDUCATIONAL.
1t this department the State
should be literally represented,
and the best work and most nd.
vanced methods of our schools,
and colleges are solicited.
FINE ARTS.
Works of art of every descrip-
tion are requested, such as paint
ings on canvas, wood, metal, ena-
mel, porcelain, china; drawings
and cartoons in water coIors,
charcoal aud pencil; sculp-
ture and bas-rcllcves in marble,
bronze, or other metals, terra cot
ta wood or ether materials; car
wings, engravings, etchings, etc.
FiSIERIEs.
In this department will be ex-
every variety Of fresh and
salt water fish that can be procur-
ed, and the collection cannot fail
to prove of great interest. The
exhibits of canned oysters, shrimp
and crab, from the sea coast can
neries are expected to be as fine
rs any shown. and the best speci-
mems are solicited.