Upon two of the keystones grains and seeds were displayed in glass jars, while corn was shown in rows of ears.  Upon another keystone were shown fine specimens of fine tobacco, as also in the show cases adjoining the pagoda.  All the tobacco shown was grown in Lancaster County.  Wool was shown in the grease, or “unwashed,” in small samples taken directly from the sheep.  These samples were arranged upon black velvet, which lined the bottom of the cases in a large variety of beautiful forms, and constituted one of the most attractive features of the exhibits.

In the remaining show cases was found an unusually large collection of the manufactured products of the farmers’ crops, including meals, flours, “breakfast foods,” oils, liquors, pipes, etc.

Pennsylvania’s fish exhibit was divided into five groups, namely:  Live fish, mounted fish, birds and mammals, water colors and photographs of fishery subjects, legally confiscated devices for catching fish and angling materials.

Naturally, it was designed that the live-fish exhibit should be the prominent feature.  Thirty-five aquaria were placed on two sides of the main aisle.  Only prominent examples of various groups were displayed, consisting of game fishes, food fishes, the principal interior fishes commercially valuable as food, representatives of types which have no value either for game or food purposes and which were distinctively destructive, and also minnows.

The still exhibit was one of great beauty.  The mounted groups were separated into two divisions, mounted fishes of the larger size and the mounted specimens of the birds and animals which prey upon fishes.

The greatest interest was probably shown in the exhibit of legally confiscated nets, draped in artistic fashion against a high board wall stained to represent a natural fence.  Among them were placed fish on panels, which added materially to the effect.  It was the only exhibit of its kind in the World’s Fair, and it apparently proved to be one of the most attractive.

Pennsylvania responded enthusiastically to the invitation to participate in the general educational display in the Art Palace.  Fully conscious of the ethical influence of art as a factor in the progress of the Commonwealth, the commissioners set aside funds to assist the Pennsylvania artists in displaying the best of their works produced since the Columbian Exposition—­eleven years ago—­and in a manner worthy of the State, which possesses the oldest art institute in the country and which gave birth to Benjamin West, Sully, Nagel, Rothemmel, and Abbey.

The State had important representation in all of the six groups in which the department had classified its exhibits.

The following table will show the extent of the participation: