Show W 1 aaa 4 s t C william ordway partridge the elcel sculptor s will ill have on exhibition in tile artl arl building B a large statue of Shakes shakespeare peale this sta statue tue is considered tile the finest of mr partridges work and lie he lias has spared no effort e flo rt that would help to make it perfect artists who know say bay that it is great 0 certainly it ts Is natural in pose and likeness according to the accepted likeness of shakespeare sha lespeare ke speare and one doey does not have to be an artist to appreciate it and like it tile the statue represents shakespeare sitting in his garden in an arm chair of the Elizabe thian period evidently contemplating congem plating 0 a sunset and meditating 0 on the text wh what at a piece of is man the head is erect the body thrown easily back and one foot partially extended the pose is strikingly kingl y easy and graceful and thoroughly dignified 0 the bronze is now being bein geast cast in paris it will wil 1 be finished and in position by may the fruit will be in the west curtains and the illione illions of tile the horticultural hall to maintain a constantly fresh and attractive display of fruit will bo be the task of the department of poni all the states will be represented by a fruit display of some kind and individual exhibitors will be numerous the fruit will not be shown in great masses but in almost infinite n varieties new york maine minnesota and oregon n will have especially fine displays iball fruits including eluding in strawberries raspberries rasp berries blackberries and currents will be during d tir ingabe the entire season the first dis displays plays will como come from the southern states then from the middle and northern states and from canada new york will send varieties of strawberries the exhibits of nuts domestic and borei foreign agn will include fine displays of almonds walnuts pecans and tile the eastern and southern states also from california fruit machinery will be seen in operation on the grounds cider mills will turn out the real article and there will be a machine for wrapping oranges orang gei and all kinds of machines ina chines for spraying fruit the display of culinary ve vegetables ve ta bles seeds and horticultural appliances ances will be very large on oil the nursery grounds in midway plaisance which are five acres in extent ual will be a california J yurt 0 orange grove and a michigan Michi gari peach orchard both in full hearing bearing all sorts of shrubs trees ind and ornamental plants will trill he be shown in actual growth and tho the various various grafting pro processed cesse s ono german exhibitor will show styles of grafting only five or six of which are arc common in this country there will also be shown in this department ment an interesting exhibit of raisin culture and th the c methods of planting staking and training the vines A I 1 dele delegation altion of worlds fair ladies call called od upon president cleveland ere he was fairly settled in the presidential clair chair at the white iloie and they were not after office either they wanted a large section of the government building at jackson park in which tr to show a collection of old colonial relics the president listened li quietly while they explained their method of exhibiting these relics relic then finally wrote a few lines endorsing the project grojee t and the visitors departed par ted thanking him profusely for his big kindness under six of tho the eight great arches of the drime dome of the govern ment building the woman women will group their relics of colonial days dave tile the exhibit will bo be strictly historical the six arches will bo be equally proportioned anion among M the thirteen original states participating in the colonial exhibit their respect respective iv c fla bags s and state skate coats of barms indicate cao to the location of each I 1 adiana n d lan a will w ill haqq h avci jan 1 f snow flow 07 tl in the agrical agricultural tural aldin 1 I besides an a great many exhibits b by y the manufacturers of farming implements the state booth in that department covers square feet of space and will be filled with grains and grasses grasses of all kinds there are twenty six individual firms the ae leading abing ading 0 manufacturers of plows drills wagons wagons 0 re apers threshing machines macl iines and all the i other implements used on oil a farm that have s spaces assigned 0 them and in abich they will make an extensive display tho the exhibit to be made at the columbian exposition by the american Americ jn bible society is on its way from new york this city many rare and valuable volumes from the library in the bible house will be placed on the bli shelves elves for inspection of the public among them will be a copy of the original F kin king james edition of the B bible ible which ell was published in 1611 there will also bo be displayed a facsimile of the first page 7 of the first bible ever printed prin t ed the famous Mazari in bible of 1150 1 the english hex abla showing the six early versions of the scriptures at a single opening 0 will be exhibited work began yesterday on the fine painting of the exterior of the big building 0 the first structure to receive the attention of the painting brigade was the manufacturers building the color is a palt pale cream not a snow whito white as was expected the transportation building is bein being 9 gaily decorated in all colors the remaining structures will be uniform in color white being chosen more wonderful than enchanted cities of arabia will be the white city when it is completed NOTTS one hundred and six pictures painted by illinois women were favorably passed upon by a jury yesterday afternoon and they will be hung bung M in the womans comans section of tho illinois state building canadas exhibit in the fisheries department is being unpacked it shows the growth of fish from the hatcheries tile tho apparatus is also shown three flag poles feet high have been unloaded in front of tho the administration building where they will shortly be raised from the centre pole will fly the united state colors while on either side will fly the banner of ferdinand and that of isabella A representative of the british womans comans committee is nox nor in chicago and has ha begun the installation of the english 0 womans comans exhibit COLUMBUS |