Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-11

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Especial Correspondence.
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. -. 1854
The Mississippi River resembles I'll
great rivers, Gsngss. Nile and ANA
ION. n Shakespeare resembles 81
great writers and 10 greater thsn 81
| Il seems only natural and right shai
at the mouth Of % vast . carrier 81
commerce . grand cosmopolitan city
should grow. and In due course OF
time q cosmopolitan exposition Be
held. That the Worlds Fair which
President Arthur will open on the
10th OF December. has outgrown the
limits Of il original plan and en-
braces everything, Ia fact nov Known
70 all. and one that seems TO have I'M
pressed Itself on the people q large
with unusual force, for the city y o.
ready beginning to Oil mp with WISH
tors from all parts Of the Union--
never % much o Union - now.
Foreigners, too. In strange, bright
costumes, from Venice and Vene-
zueIa, Morocco and Mexico. Persia
and Japan, are now attracting asten-
too By their numbers IN . town
which has always boasted that she
speaks I'll topgues without the confu-
sion Of BABEL. A superlative thrill
of motion and heaTf-music seems To
permeate the broad snd brilliant
bouIeyards Of this city which boasts.
among other thingss
A rKs-xrLE CHAIN
or electric illumination. and the flags
flying everywhere, the new iheaters.
museums and concert halls opening
up 10 thFongs Of bright, expectant
faces. the rehsbitafion Of old build.
isgs, The erection Of new. the repair
ing and gliding OF shop fsonfs-alI
things. ID fact, proclaim that New
Orleans 10 preparing for the grandest
professional Of holidays and the
largest influx OF strangers that she
has ever enjoyed. And she will treat
them with distinguished considera-
ton; for, from the time when the
hospitable Indians on the Delta offer
ed the adventurous LaSalle their
daintiest tit-bits OF dried human flesh
from that time. 200 years ago, until
now, New Orleans has been famous
for the heartiness OF her hospitality
and the delicacy Of her cuisine"
With q market which, In the mat
ter OF fish. game. fruit and vegeta-
bIes. surpasses any 10 The world. and
with cooks who may rightly be deem
ed capital from the fact that they
have served their spprenticeships In
all
TIE CAPITALS OF EUROPE.
New Orleans offers to the visitor from
the North and West most excellent
physical foundations for the substan-
lial intellectual enjoyment, which her
Worlds Exposition promises. Al
most every newspaper reader knows
that we have here The most extraordi-
nary exposition structures ever erect
ed; Q main building Of thirtvthree
acres, with no partitions, but delicate
pillars and q maze OF glimmering
sisles; . Mexican building Of oriental
richness In design and coloring.
where gold aud green. maroon and
sunset red. conspire with carvings to
enchant the eye; the Horticultural
Hall, the largest ever made, and
many others that must be seen to be
believed.
But at thought Of oil the wonders
these wonders will contain, like q sue.
cesslon of Chinese boxes, the pen
halts, for TO enumerate all the special
features of attraction which this
Worlds Exposition offers would be
like
COUNTING THE LEAVES
OF banyan tree, and so let US leave
II TO the future historian. Yet, 10
the medltative mind, what food for
thought will be furnished by such a
vis-a-vis with the triumphs Of time.
Think Of the glorio1s contrast be-
tween q couple OF centuries 30 po-
tently presented. What theme for
a poett
Here q few hundred years ago the
silent Indian iioated his canoe down
the fitful Nississippi--through virgin
forests whose echoes responded won.
derinely TO his call
Here two hundred odd years ago q
solemn wilderness unrolled before the
astonlshcd gaze OF LaSalle all Its
boundless beauties. all It's soundless
terrors; and such forests as Europe
never knew, giant trees loaded with
the funeral moss OF centuries. stretch
ed out ia endiess vista, while the
murmur of these giants with whis.
periDg lips" mingled with the subdued
roar of that other giant who lolled
at their feet--greai tawny river--well
called the Father of Waters.
And right here. where LaSalle
nlanted the standard OF the Golden
Lilies. In just few days more.
ANEW CIVILIZATION,
undreamed Of In his gay philosophy,
shall unfurl unnumhered banners TO
perfnme-laughing breezes and, calling
the nations from sfar aud near, shall
spread for them 10 look at. to admire
and To harm from. all the achieve.
ments Of ages, oil the embodiments
of thought which centuries have toll.
ed to produce--all the results OF the
patience aad labor OF heterogeneous
millions who have long since return.
ed To the silence of original dust.
Yes. new civilization 10 grouping
these results for the delectation of lis
poorer members. Yet not. lab splen.
did. shining though,D not a. the col.
iective expressions OF satiate tri.
umph. but so they may be compared.
studied and then used as points Of de.
pariure for 9 more gigantic stride Tor.
wards.