The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-08-21
Correspondence Of the Fordian.l
THE GREAT SOUTHERN EX.
POSITION.


and Electric Railway.
LOUISVILLE, August Is, 1888.
One Of the peculiarties OF The human niatl is.
that it can not grasp large numbers. .has is
numbers that rise in hundreds and thousSads
II can no longer group them and the idea CEN
veyed is one of mere magnitude, rather than
perfect comprehension of exact extenE. M$en-
tude is the idea conveyed by the figures ST. 400
square feet, the area covered by the maiE b*liid-
ing OF the Southern Exposition. Add 30 this The
annexes for saw mills, horticultural displsys sud
art exhibitions and the total area is increased by
many thousands of square feet Within she
main building there is no department which in
its display surpasses that made by the
MACHINERY DEPARTMENT.
Some idea may be had of the proporii0hs Of
this display when it is known, that 10 yue the
various engines it requires steam boiler at l..
500 horse power. This requires seven batteries
OF boilers equal to four boilers each Each Of
the batteries is supplied with steam pump ADD
patent boilers. To run the machinery nine en-
gines OF the most approved pattern are nercs-
sary. Two OF the largest engines the Reyneids-
Corless, 900 horse power and the Armng.on aud
Sims 400 horse power are required To drive The
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Electric Lights, How strange it see.ms that
the five imponderables OF our wise foressth-
ers have truly become thing of the psst and
that the one which they deemed The mos! inys-
teal, the most inexplicable has become sinc Of
the great motor powers of the earth Surely the
18TH century is the age of electricity. From
beautiful chandeliers candeabra goryeons
brackets and portable stands, these pure white
lights so closely resembling the sunlight THROW
their steady hrUhf Tho
ton has already accomplished great work Il
has proved t" the world the praciicatilft Of
electric lights, for it is the first building III the
world which has been entirely dependent on
them for light Another great achievement Of
electricity is the
ELECTRIC RAILWAY
The working Of this road is quite simple Be,
tween the two rails Of the track is annthei; ,fll
which carries one of the currents The ;lwo
outer rails carry the other current, and the txn-
nection is made perfect by wire which rams
along the rails. The electric current is supplied
from motor in the main building, and Tie mo.
tor in the engine is a simple dynamo The Cur.
rent runs through the wheels to this dynamic, q
shalt is caused 10 revOlve On the end of ,.hs
shaft Is a cog wheel which works in another cog
thus turning the wheel of the engine Tc the
common observer 1t seems very mysleriu.sotD
see the piece of machinery which he is lei Ind
habit OF seeing accompanied by fire. smoke and
great hustle, glide so smoothly and quietly along
its way seeming to desire to make no STIR ia the
world, but to modestly fulfill its duty. We are
almost led to believe that the days OF NEGRO.
NANCY have returned, and that the inventor Of
this marvellous engine, like Faust, had bou4b, his
secret from MephistOpheles
The programme for each day is very attractive.
In the afternoon, from 3 to 5 o'clock, the famous
Seventh Regiment Band, under the efficient lead.
ership of CaPpa discourse the most delightful
music. These concerts are Immediately follow e6
by an organ recital accompanied by some local
cantatrice From to 10 o'clock there is another
concert from the Seventh Regiment Band Or
Tuesday Flora regns supreme: Thursday night
is honored by the pyrotechnic display; and on
Saturday is the agricultural exhibit
Florida is slowly but steadily increasing ..er
display. Columbia county is we'll represented,
and within the last week quite quantity fms
tive woods, together with some of Florda's rich
soil has arrived. But still, Floridians, therc is
any quantity OF empty space that needs lilllng
and though you may grow tired of our imSoi-
tunity, we cannot refrain from urging you to make
F'lorida's exhibit the finest in the great Expasi-
ton FAUNTINE VKTTER.