Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-19

Especial Correspondence
New ORLEANS. Oct. 5. aseA
The equinoxIal gale has divided r.
seq this year into several little petty
rains with mild thunder accompsni-
ments; and the warmth Of the dsys1
seems not 70 have been sofsened much
by such light showers. The beat Of
this city, like almost everything else
pertaining to II, ID pecuiiar-not 20
oppressive and persistent - that OF
New York and WsshIngton-but, like
swinburne's poetry. fnIl Of subtle
lsngusrs. As the rays Of she sun are
90 evenly distributed all the year
round fp this city, one does not feel
the slight increase Of spring over via
Ter and summer over spring 70 any
great extent. bat ~ the long, long
summer days reach their september
ripeness. one begins 20 fancy from
the sense ofluxurious lassitude which
ensues, that drop by drop. each day
of the summer laziness has been ADJ
sorbed by the blood from the long.
lingering splsndors OF the scmitFopi-
cal sun.
But though the private citizen may
find leisure 70 loll away the evenings
In q breezy hammock, no such spirit
of dolce far niente blows anywhere
near those engaged here DOW on
works Of public importance, such as
the Worlds Exposition. That moves
on with strides that grow daily more
colossal. The City Park which came
70 them fresh from natures hand a.
the most suitable site an Exposition
could ever have obtained, IL now hav-
ing gossamer robe Of art put over
the
BROAD, BRIGHT BODY
or is natural beauty. In this pace
the fund on which q landscape gar
dener can draw, Is well nigh hmjtless
and easy 70 hand, and b<1t0U che
tropical and semi-tropical plants,
trees and flowers already here, Mexi-
co supplies more and more with char
acterfstic lavishness.
The buildings from the river, with
their setting Of immense live oaks,
now magnetic the eyes as much by
their beauty as by their size. and the
Exposition management, not content
with having put up the largest Main
Building In the world, Is adding an
annex to the Machinery Hall OF 57Ox
100 feet, making the amount Of space
now devoted to machinery All, 40
square feet, which does not inclrde
AZ, 600 square feet OF saw mills stretch.
Ing to the river.
In fsct, the Machinery Hall, rs II
now stands, covers more space than
either OF the Main Buildings at the
Paris Exposition of 1868 and the Vi
emma OF 1873. The floor pavilions OF
the Main Building are intended for
offices, and the Chief OF Installation,
Mr. Mullen. has lately moved mp from
his city Office. The iaterior Of this
palace of progress 10 remarkably well
liz, the irregular roof, with lis per
pendicular skylights, furnishing an
abundance OF light filtered from
heat. The array of pillars lends .
cool, shadowy, forest.like air 10 the
tout ensemble, and the Music Hall.
the only place where woodwork be-
comes at all dense, opens on the main
entrance In the likeness Of
VAST EAR
That shall hear everything from all
nations. Its massive stage, for 600
musicians, presents with It's sounding
board the only barrier 10 the ranging
eye, aud It's ten thousand chairs. hat
rack attachment. look particularly n
Wiling and suggestive 10 the audiences
which 10 few weeks will listen to a
succession of the finest concerts ever
given In this country.
Strolling on from the Main Build.
ing TO that now rapidly rising for the
reception Of the United States and
Stats exhibits, one Is bonnd 10 reflect
what an education in a nut sliell---a
pretty large nut shell, however, SS5
feet long by 665 wide--will be given
10 the average citizen In the principal
points and palleys OF the smooth
mechanism by which we are 80 excel.
lently governed One specially pic
turesque anu striking thing now pre-.
pairing In the Interior Department Ii
u fac simile OF the globe--a slowly
REVOLVING SPHERE
Larger than two story house---lit
from within and showing by trans.
parency all the various people Of the
the world with the soil and pro.
ducts This will, indeed, be an ex-
hibit picturesquely appropriate, for II
Is apparent that there will be an exhi.
bition at this Exposition on q larger
scale than ever Its most sanguine pro.
jectors prophesied TO themselves at
the start The extraordinary energy
with which Mexico leapt into the
arena, substantially atiested by the
fine iron compartment building which
her engineer and architect, Senior de
lbarrola. contracted for In Pitts
burgh; the enthusiasm with which
the other branches of the Latin race
In Europe have hailed the promise OF
so Significant an event as the celebra
ton of a grand commercial carnival
In the especial Latin city of that new
"tt0 "nttu atStcuNaut Oh tue
glorious Latin race discovered; these
points, per sc, might be taken ms suf.
ficient tokens that this Exposition
would be one of unique aud dazzling
diversity.
But what shall we say when We re-
fleet that to this Is added q prepare.
ton for all kinds, classes aud condi.
lions OF men--that no race has been
neglected-not merely has colored
department been organized and $50.
600 awarded Il by Director General
Burke, so that the industrial and
moral progress of tina, people, since
they passed through
THE cBucBi.E or FRgRpoN.
Shall be set forth more clearly than on
statistical tables--but also whatever
Indian tribes our civilization has
spared or woven into itself will be
given their due prominence la this
panorama of nations. Are not these
considerations Of great moment apart
from the individual interest involved
In the multiplicity of minor aiirac-
lions such rs every exposition con.
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