The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-09-25

OF late il has become, we might nay, the fash
ion to compare and contrast the 6NtiIein expo
stion with the Centennial. There Is ~ Justice
in the comparison, for though l.plS, lie may
feel proud that her Exposition 80 tofcibiS reminds
visitors of the Centennia! yet many sighting r.
marks of the Exposition owe their 'Higin entirely
to this fact The Centennial was. an interIl-
tional affair All nations, whether g., died, half
civilized or barbaIous, wished to sl&,w tiicIr re
spect for the great Republic by sen;lins thr very
best that they could command tlfuS making The
Centennial literally bazaar OF all Iia'ions The
Southern Exposition is entirely "A :rFinnaf affair.
No nation on earth except the Antt CaiI lsas any
interest, and therefore there Is not y great VA
rety OF displays rs was charactcrisS ns Inc eII-
tennial But MI must acknowledgement IN two
respects the Southern Exposition >tirltasse~ the
greatest show the nation ever hal, yirsfy IA the
ART GALLERY. :
Never in the history OF any Expos li1n has The
arr display been attractive. GhoaAsh The
building was hastily constructed VET Il il not
without merit and its perfect adaptNhPi!, 10 NIL
the needs OF the brush and chisel q ,snE'lertuI.
Its peculiar shape, forming an exact aiI'l being
lighted by the beautiful electric rgEts, 4 Is re-
markedly filled to bring out the siAco;eriig Of
the pictures or throw warm glow ,s{er III" cold
marble The treasures within the tsit.tlne arr.
estimated to be worth one million oixiclxiS, and
are from the private collections oil August Bel
mont. George l. Srney. j. Pierrep'ssi Morgan,
ii. v NewcOmb, Reuben Springer sitneral
Grant, General Sheridan and Judge Hilton.
The pictures, statuary, iaiencc pottery, eHanpieS
OF porcelain unique furniture, rich ctsinTi. hold
ing within and hearing treasures on s0t are all
artisticaly arranged, and 10 the very te>t ldvan.
tagc The second superiority lies IN ~
MACHINERY DEPAKTME>l5
Here we are at a loss, for we canGn r..n.em
Der the names Of the innumerable mag hines that
grace the Exposition with their prese&e. Aswe
walk along the aisle We feel dazed NV tie CON
slant gathering and clicking of the suN,innery
and fear that the huge fiywheels wiSl claim us
their victim for time holds Uly curiosity
spell-bound, and we hurry hol,lsg i, find
something else which is not fraugSt Nth so
much danger We have scarcely gon'4 ter steps
however, when we reach a machine waiicl is not
formidable in its appearance and yct:su antique
that cannot resist the temptation So s,cp and
gaze Ii is
CHAMBERS, BRO. COS. NEW EEIt.k MAKING
MACHINERY. {
The engineer, bright intelligent Pi.llatiel-
phin, secng our interest, "a, once Stopped for
ward and offered to initiate lis into hf-niyaeries
OF brick making Letting him at once xnuv' that
we had no intention OF going into the Brick bus
mess proceeded with onr invcstiga,:o Con The
machine consisted Of an elevator or kii: which
carried the clay through the hopper inf, liz.
chine proper Within this machine $Je knives
which mix the clay with water, or tSlHptr the
clay as it is technically called The tempered
clay then passes around screw wh1A Erils it
into huge ribbon. This ribbon is then aaSr0s, ed
down until when it energies from the Arew II is
just the required thickness OF the bri;k The
ribbon is then carried along belt nit comes
10 the cutter, when ii is divided nto.+pnrtons
the size of brick. These bricks are.s tl-n put
into what is termed prcsser and snS jt.ted to
an immense amount Of pressure. They afe finally
burned. Thus are maid the famous PnIlaeiel
mia brick which have their rikS+t the
world There are two machines asd & ma
chine The G machine is smaller, making CA an
average about 5000 bricks daily and5is valued
At 81 500. The machine makes nnls50,U50 to
$1,000 brick, per day and is valued NJ So 900
FLORIDA
has proven beyond a doubt The old Verb that
"a bad beginning make II good cnding,e for ,.cr
display nOw-nO matter what it has keen = Is
one OF the most beautiful in the Exposition The
first thing that grccts the eye is an arch hci. IL
composed OF rice, sngar-cane, oats Nd :Orn-
stalks bearing the ear, being unique is design
As il is beautiful in execution. Thr'nghlh. mar
row doorway one is transported into n tSx.risnt
tropical country. Around are graceful InSmciDs.
date palms, banana plants, cape lasami1s and II
and beautiful iangerinc orange q -. All
this green is relieved by The rich gol5sn lrhi'
which is abundantly scattered arouns The
Florida display is more lrequented tl&n any
other. 1t is crowded from morning tillsm hate al
night, and every one leaves we'll pleased IL IL
very necessary that constant supply ~ frIii !
should be sent rs it rapidly decays and asa great
many cannot resist the temptation 10 hess ,ee8-
selves. Florida will have her day perhaps IN
the 2Jth of October when the Chief C.3u,niiS- |
sioner wishes to he as liberal with oranr,< As he
was with the grapes, and therefore he thl't be !!
kept well supplied Many distinguishes Flo /
ri,lians have already visited The EXPEDITION. |
among them Mr.. Edward Lewis Mayer Il Tai |
lahassee and Mr.. Pat Houstoun and wife. : leon
county Is well represented and DIR Lucass do |
ing all in his power To- make her display eslse
ciallN attractive. FAUNTI\E NREftK |