The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-21
NOVELTIES AT THE BIG FAIR
sOME or THE NOTABLE ExHI8ITs H.
REIDY Ar NEW ORLEANS.
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Orleans nave nnu IHlr Slinnl0 oil our winter
rcnth,r Wo have had twenty odd specimens
., weather most Of them bad. and altogether
something like March In the North. Monday
pp,ncd rainy and warm: IL cleared on In tho
eycning with fog and damp. tending to cold
Tuesday tho oroning day, fortunately proved
clear ono. and allowed visitors to get to tho
Park hut II was worry damp. and everything,
even indoors and under shelter was wet not
40 much from tho rain rs from tho mist md
toy that penetrated everywhere. Beginning
cold IL tnpcrcd on TO quite q warm evening.
This morning II has been raining and DRILLING
Nil day long and tho park has been VOL nigh
deserted, save by tho carpenters painters and
artisans who have been engaged in putting the
,,ands inside in order. This Is a sample OF VIVA.
Ncnay EXPECT for NJ month to come. Or eanians
Always pretend 70 be very much surprised
Yhun IL rains In winter. and seem forgctful Of
,hr fact that 1t rains here evorv winter. For
tuuatciy this wet weather will be over within
amonth but it Is very demorniang now and
,.nnot help but have dampcnng effect on tho
Exposition.
One can scarcely imagine how muddy every
triag becomes here In these rains. The Expo
siiion grounds cannot be travelled over with
convenience. and ~ for tho streets and drives
to tho park no words can adequately describe
them. Tnnre is not asinge paved street lead
INK 20 tho Exposition and tho thoroughlares
are for the time being, liquid mud. There was
proposition to establish limo OF 'bussos 10
tie grounds. but this Il quite impossible until
soms pavement il laid.
Drspttn tho rain. however there was no bet
tor time To examine tho various buildings and
the rurin~.tics they contained than to-day.
TLers were few tors present. and the Com.
ms,l9ners an! eShibitors hnd plenty OF time
tersst ne to got hold Of some OF tho repre-
sentotives from tho ierritnries or tho far West
nnd got their views about New Orleans and tho
south No one can better appreciate the sine
Of this country and tho ditiarences in It's poop .
and products Than by hearing these Western
el-mS OF the North. Books about the Chinese
always dwell upon tn, fGci tina, they do every.
thiHs in \ different way from Europeans and
hmcri cans. eat their d. sert first and soup last.
AMI dress in white when IN mourning. It
there il nearly IA much difference between
the peonlo Of the Northern and Southern
States, y is not not a mere diIrren"" in prod
Tiny plough differently down hero in tpusi-
ana IN 'hraskan gentleml IN remarked. and
Tact, they are different in every RESPECT"
;, 80 government bui!iing; where the state.
bayei PROMISES to be the grept feature OF the
FNposit non q icaturo n which 1t has never hal
parallel; re- building is al l. confus ION now.
rumpIci"y arranged their displays. thirty are
barely, BALI arranged. and four. Inc iuding New
Yors. have not been begun; but the building is
covered with goods, and, notwithstanding its
immense sIz'. it vii! he closely packed. The
eral d"rnrtmentS in the centre surrounded BY
the displays OF the several states and Ter
ri'orHs. ARRANGED ,eeosraphically. Thus,
Saildins You VIII -' ii"d Maine q trav sse
ling H. u;2%nri the south you pass through
cIth"e ar. tho Southern States. ard on tho
west tho States between .he Mississippi and
lin ling yourway from state to S,ate If YOU have
anonIrnsS. whtlc walk through the building
w carry You, AS It wors through the United
every few hundred steps you taxa. To collect
nrrangc, and trans sport the on ormous collection
and some cities. This does not. OF course
IL"present the cost of the articles. the great
national exhibits came from tho various ma
tonal mm.sYms and Institutions, while tho
collections. In addition To- these ara exhibited
The contributions made by agricultural and
other soeieties and by private individuals. Tho
Articles. therefore. nave cost only u small nor
ion o! this largo sum. Those foreigners who
1avn seen this branch OF tho Exposition. even
ZION. az acknowledged that IL exceeds anything
sver attempted before
Some Of the Commissioners from the North
vest, pGrticnlnrly those from Minnesota. speak
Of connecting the Exposition INFO IL great an
Tlit be disrlayed each year for tho benefit OF
tho M-Ncans, West Indians and Contra!
AAnerIcans, the!r idea b,"In: 70 make New
Di commOdties between the United States and
Latin America. The idea is somewhat in
.ugGes'ei bnt should the visitors from Latin
Am;sriet prove a. numerous as has been prom:
ised IT Is not impro6abe that something OF
This kind will be attempted.
Tw! states claim the honor, Of being the
most forward Maryland and Nebraska. The
Maryland exhibit Is II very complete one that
Is, there is little OF every thing relies Of the
pa colonial days. the oldest nnno in tho coun..
F;arroiton: the furniture Of the first Maryland
nnri Baltimore. In natural history the Johns
,ogea!. display in the world, not merely Won
aer,ul from an entomoIogical point of view. but
roay cs rn tGe pictures are
illustrations in the brightest tints and colors.
IN American eagle. the coat OF arms q Mary
iand ana Baltimore. consisting OF nothing else
by! insects, bugs and butterflies.
ha Hnt Nebraska does even better Its artist
OF his creatiGns and his pictures in corn are a
Ieninre Of tho Exposition. There is sunset
seer male entirely from wheat sheaves and
reiresrn's corn crowned AZ king. The image
Is made entirely OF grains Of this cereal adj
VOL brought out The corr, king really pos
ses,"s features and. from short distance ono
Eluai'y Ingenious arc maps Of the United
slntn1 and the world made altogether of grain.
du""d by Nebraska: There are n half dozen
similar works, but tho erandest yet remains to
grasses Of Nebraska rises - pedestal Of tho diff
Irfrnt kinds Of hay. Surrounding this is to be
nroipssat hgurc Of the Barthodi statue. made
wholly. of corn, oats. wheat. and so forth. 1t is
not aniic completed but. Judging from tho work
arH"'y done By this artist. II will te II success.
Up. IN this western corner Of the. building
nhnriy al tho exhibits are interesting. New
I'xico lets herself cut ia curious ccombna-
!inh Of ores nEd poisonous reptiles Her min
sra display IL tho largest in the 6niiding- II
got the richest, and she alone is attempting n
lya animal aud entonologisal col ection. most
Of tho other States depending upon tho taxi
i.r!nist;, Tn" tendency Of Prof. Langhammor
pi New heNiro is toward snakes and similar
varmints." lie has n line collection OF
larintulns and centiprdes. and has made ar
Engagements for \ very larg, supply of rattle
snakes, which will be here in a few days. The
neslboring Commissioners are in mortal
draad Of thu New Mexican collection. and tho
places next to II are not sclected, ~ there, is
always II suspicion thai one Of tho tarAntulas
0r.cantipsdcs has slipped out of his box.
Wyoming, which has the next place, has one
Of tho prettiest exhibits In the building. The
collection from the Yellowstone National Park
hhabes on" 10 take q trip there and see all the
euriosi'leS without the least trouble. There are
several hundred large and magnificent photo
graphs. OF scenery in tho PARK, and the min
srllS fossils, and clriOSitinS urp simDly IL