Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-07
South Australia.

Paris correspondence New York Times
Following the crowd in the rear of the royal
visitor, j found myself in another of England s
colonies, younger by nearly century than
her western sister, but how much more in
teresting and attractive. Canada was set
tied long before New Holland was discovered,
and yet to see Australias exhibits now, we
can scarcely believe that it was only in ITO
when Captain Cook first planted the British
flag upon Ler shores, and that In 1778 Com
modore Phillips founded the first British fac
tory in the southern ocean. To recount the
history of the FL Dorado of the Pacific, this
promised land of industry and enterprise
would be tedious as twice-told tale. Still,
although inhabited by two million of Euro
peans, in daily communication by cable with
Paris, at but forty-fve days distance oy steam
from western Europe, it needed such an oc-
casion as this exhibition to convince fully
three-fourths of continental people that Aus
tralia and anthropophagy are not almost sy-
nonymous, and that her population will In
many things compete successfully with some
of the most civilized natiopalities of the old
world. Each of England's Austral colonies
deserves special mention, but as my limits
are too restricted to describe all, | must con-
fine myself to the one which is entitled to
bear away the palm-South Australia. Ar
ranged, with taste and discrimination by Mr..
Josiah Boothby, the special commissioner,
this section is most creditable to our antipo-
dean cousins. Naturally, its chief features
are the splendid exhibits of copper, wool, and
wheat, which last, thanks to peculiar advan-
tageslof soil and climate, has won for South
Australia the apt title of the ''granary of the
southern hemisphere" Adelaide wheat has
long been advantageously known In the Lon
don market, and from a well-written pamph-
let by Mr.. Josiah Boothby. we learn that last
years. exports In breadstuffs in this colony
alone exceeded two hundred thousand tons
an average of nearly one ton per head of the
population. The annual export of wool, of
which this section certainly presents the
finest samples in the whole exhibition, is a
little over one hundred and thirty thousand
bales; that Of copper Is estimated at six hum
bred thousand pounds sterling. The gold
mines In the northern part of the colony
send specimens in the form of nuggets and
ingots to the value of six thousand pounds
sterling. These are under glass. must not
forget to mention that the yield of copper Is
represented by massive obelisk with pieces
of the native ore at the base. The samples
of wine, for which Adelaide justly claims su-
periority over all other Australian vintages
are neatly arranged In cut-glass decanters, so
as to show their colors to advantage. The
jury verdict will tell how they will compare
with the grape-juice of other countries, but,
although without pretentions as a connois-
seur, to my uncultivated taste they appeared
more agreeable than those exhibited by CALI
fornia. OF the oil can safely maintain that
althoughin price it cannot yet rival Italy, it
is as fine in flavor as that made from the best
Lucca olives. The prettiest exhibits, and the
most attractive to ordinary loungers through
the show, are the collections of goldsmith's
and silversmith's work presented by Mr..
Steiner and Mr.. Wendt, the rival jewellers of
Adelaide; epergnes, candlesticks, racing
cups, paper-weights quite astonish foreign
ers, who scarcely expected to see so much
taste displayed in this far-away corner of the
buying, and scarcely fortnight had passed
after the opening before nearly every one of
the silver mounted emu eggs had found a
purchaser. The other articles were admired,
but something like them had been seen be-
fore, whereas the dark green of the shell,
with its artistic setting of frosted silver, and
the skillfully figures of the natives
or of animals, Is entirely original.