Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-05-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
The Board TO Represent the Govern.
ment Organized-Some Of the
Exhibits.

ne Ooard OF representatives OF the Depart
ments created to prepare exhibits and repre-
sent the government at the New Orleans
exposition has organized with Col. c. 8.
Lyford, U. S. A, chairman, and W. A. De-
caindy, secretary. The department of state
will exhibit samples of woolens, wool and
cosmos, fibres and of fabrics made from them
in all parts of the world. I. The salient feature
of this exhibit will be an illustration of the
peaceful and economical work of the diplo-
matte and consular service. In addition to
the displays named, efforts will be mad TO
secure from leading commercial nations ex-
hibits of their merchant marine in competi
tion with the best shipbuilders of the United
States. The treasury department will exhibit
the works of its several bureaus on an exten-
sive scale. Among these are the bureaus of
engraving and printing, of the coast survey,
of the light-hou board and of internal rev.
enue, all of which will be fully and practical
ly illustrated.
The war department will exhibit models
illustrating the various work of the engine
bureau, such as torpedo medals and methods
of submarine mining and outfits and appur-
tenances of the military engineer field serv-
ice.
The ordinance bureau exhibit will include
every article of artillery, of fuses and pro-
ton to the latest improvements of the present
day. The manufacture of guns and metallic
cartridges will be illustrated by machinery in
operation.
Signal work in war and peace will be Illus
trated by all apparatuses of field service and
by exhibits of the method of the weather
bureau.
The navy department will exhibit every
variety of ordnance and small arms used in
the service ane those that have been super
ceded. All torpedoes used in naval warfare
with every kind of projectile will be shone
also Farmers dynamo and and electro ma
chine for firing.
Models of war vessels, ancient and modern,
and samples of all things belonging to the
supply department will be exhibited.
The postoffice department will place a
handsomely equipped office in practical
operation at the exposition, and will exhibit
a postal railroad car and all appliances of the
mail service 1t will also have machinery in
motion making envelopes and stamps.
The department of the interior will exhibit
a great variety of objects collected by the
agents of the bureau.
The patent office display will consist OF
groups of models taken from its cases, show.
ing the chronogolyerally advances in steam
engineering, in cotton spinning and in Other
industries due to the ingenuity of American
inventors.
The bureau of education will exhibit com
plete sets of publications with maps based or
statistic atlas of the 10th census, showing the
distribution of wealth and illiteracy, articles
illustrating school architecture, apparatus
and text books: exhibits of elementary in
struction, manuscripts and handiwork from
the pupils of the Indian normal labor school
illustration by secondary instruction BY
scholars, work of higher education shown by
histories of colleges and professional schools
ith photographs of buildings and grounds
methods of conveying information to the
blind and to deaf mutes and to feeble
minded.
The department of agriculture has instruct
ed Prof. Riley, its etomologist, to make ex
haustive exhibit of all insects destructive te
vegetation. The microscopic and all othel
bureaus of the department will be completely
illustrated.
Smithsonian Institutions will have exhib
its from several divisions of the national
museum. Every variety of fishing tackle
used throughout the world from the crudes
savage devices to the latest inventions OF
civilization will be exhibited. Photographs
of fishermen pursuing their calling; of theil
homes, manifold methods of preparing {
catch for market, of boats and fishing Graf
and of everything connected with lines anC
surroundings will be displayed together will
life figures of fishermen of all nations clad il
costumes.
The "Albatross" one of the largest ant
best equipped steamers of the fish commits
sion will be anchored at the exposition whar
as an exhibit.