Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-11-29
The New Orleans Exposition.

A formal invitation has been sent
by the board of management of the
New Orleans Worlds exposition to
President Arthur that he should con-
duct in person the inaugural ceremo-
MES at the opening of this grand inter.
national affair on the first Of December
next. In connection with this an-
nouncement, correspondent in New
Orleans, Mr.. Henry Austin, sends an
account of the display which is to be
made by the general government at
the fair. Among other things the de.
partment Of State will exhibit an inn
mense globe, 80 feet in diameter, upon
which will be accurately delineated all
the geographical political divisions Of
the earth. Plainly inscribed thereon
will appear various facts relative to
each country and government, such as
the area, population, principal pros
auctions and industries, commerce, &c.
This immense globe will be so con-
structed as to be Illuminated from
within, and its appearance as seen by
artificial light will be novel and de-
lightful. Grouped around the base or
below this globe will be arranged rep
resentative specimens of the principal
economic productions indigenous to the
various countries thereon. This ex.
hibit will be surmounted by an im>
mense seal Of the State department,
painted on glass for illumination at
night, around and over which will be
hung and draped our own national
emblems, while the whole will be SUR
rounded and framed in with the flags
of all nations. The war department
will represent the character of the
work of the medical staff of the army
in peace and war by exhibiting every
means and appliance used in caring
for the sick or wounded, or the ameli>
Grafton of human suffering. Ambu.
lances, stretchers, panniers and other
means of transporting the sick and
wounded, surgical instruments and ap
planes, artificial limbs, and every
thing upon the medical supply tables
will be displayed, and the immense
collection contained in the army medi-
cal museum will be freely drawn upon
to make this exhibit especially inter-
esting to the physician and the stu
dent. DR.. Stinberg is now employed
in the Johns Hopkins university of
Baltimore, in making series of micro
photographs, for the exhibit, illustra-
ting his theory and mis- discoveries rel
alive to the germinal character of yell
low fever and cholera.
The exhibit of the treasury depart
ment will be much more extensive.
a life.saving station will be establish
ed upon the shore of the lake within
the exposition grounds, and the crew
will be provided with all the boats and
life-saving apparatus used by them in
actual service. Their methods of pre-
cedure and the practical use of the ap-
paratus will be continually exhibited
from their station on the lake. A
more practical and exciting demonstra-
ton, however, will be given daily
upon the river. A vessel representing
wreck will be moored several hun,
bred yards from the shore. UpoL a
signal of distress therefrom, the cannon
carrying to the wreck the ball and life.
line attached, will be fired, commune
cation will be established, and, by
means of the life-car and other appa.
ratus, the crew brought ashore.
Considering the melancholy interest
with which the subject has lately beer
invested, the most attractive feature Of
the exhibit of the navy department
will be its illustration of the perils and
hardships of Arctic navigation by its
display of the lamented Greedy expedi
ton. This display will include every
thing brought back by former expedi'
tons or in possession Of the govern
ment, derived from other sources, such
as dresses worn by the native Esqui
maux and the Arctic explorers, sledge'
and dog teams, implements used by
tile natives in huntinq and fishing. &c