The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-26
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moar ABOUT HfR rxHlBlrs.
Ths natural iiistoiy specimens. Gsoiogi
cal aud uinetoioEis departments
the Nniiquitifs, ths Huiiiuad
Display specialize,

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tatiOns AZ the ingenuity OF
tho mind and handiNnrt vi tho human
family, from the mo-. delicate aud OK
lui-its fabric Ia the complex aud pom
dernus exhibits Ia he world OF mo
chanics, AMI among all this muliltndo
OF specimens oi tho arts, sciences,
sni natural products from every
portion of tho habi,able globe 10 sea with
pride our own imperial state OF Texas
rank among The best Ia puint Of interest
In tho visitor, will FOR theiI beneht DO
tail supplemental statement OF what
way he seen Ia the space allotted To the
Lone Star.
The Texas Natural History depart
ment Is most interesting exhibit, 10
Is under the management of Prof, Gus
tay0 Toudouzo ana Mr.. III, L. Aiwaler,
both of whom are celebrated hunters,
OK plOicrs aud nAtuTulisis, OF l.osoyn,
near San Antonio, Whom these two
uaturalisis received orders from tho
Texas cnmmi -siouors they Immediately
went To work Ia tho most assiuuons
manner, with At view OF making their
department attractive and uNeiul. They
started ON big hunt, aud hltor several
months spent In the Rio Grnnde region,
the Nueces canyons and Peros noun
iains, they returned 10 their homes
loaded N TN the skins Of animals, bIrds,
proceeded To mount in highly scion-
iihc manner. He arranged his speci'
mems m groups In such manner they
present a lii.-like appearance. For
long time Prof. Toudou2e WAS profess
sor OF taXidermy In France and since
then he has had over dirty years eNpe-
rience in this country. Consequently
he was enabled To prepare his speci.
mems IN ma"rer that no one can eN-
cell.
Among the specimens secured by these
genllrn,.n are several very rare ones.
a iagunr, for instance, which was killed
% PrcDs creek, Dimmit COUNT, j. said
20 DO he finest specimen If this species
ever obtained north of Mexico. Their
congor ani armsdilio also attract the
at'tntion of naturalisls.
Their collection embraces n great va
riCty OF animals, among which are black
bears, wolves, cayoteS, foxes, peccaries
or wild hogs, antelope, deer, civit cats,
racrnDuS, beavers, lying and common
squirrels. weasels, uposSums, R0phcrS, |
otc. There are tour kinds OF wildcats.
Then there are several hundred bcauti- |
,ui birds, which are also arranged ~ |
gruupes and placed on pieces of peiri- |
lied wood and rendered highly Urna. |
mental, by being Vanished aud gilded.
As tsXidermist. also, Prot. Tou- |
dpu2a has no superior in tl.iS state, rs is |
proved 10y his work, for his stuffed r-p- |
Jilos ace unsurpassed hy any in the
whole exposition.
There H. also in this department. q |
collection of insects, belonging to Prof. !
HsilidhIDdt, Of Bas;rop, Texas, which !
Is probably The largest ana most COM |
petB OF any in the United States. This
collection comprises 5000 different |
specimens, aud these arc arranged in |
pairs, male and female, All naturaiists
cOnueds that the collection of moths, |
hutter rifles and beetles in this exhibit, is |
The finest In North America, and prob.
ably unsurpassed anywhere, all of
which is very credltable 10 a citizen of
tho Lone Star state.
Bat all these must be seen to he APP
preciated. No meager description can
do them justice. This collection of in
sects alone is the work OF Il lifetime, and
the patience, skill and perseverance, re-
CURED in its collection and arrange
ment have been such as but few mon |
possess, aud the labor expended in &C.
curing the animals, BIRDS and reptiles |
has been greater than will be rewarded. !
Everything in this department has |
been arranged in glass showcases Sc |
cured for the occasion by the commits |
siuners, and presents highly credita-
BILE appearance.
GEOLOGICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL DE-
PARTMENT.
The following is synopsis of the
most interesting objects OH exhibition
in the geological and meteorological de.
partments, also of the antiquities and
curio,ities: A peculiar nondescrlpt
Septaria, staetite with fossil rem AIMS,
both of which specimens excite great
deal of amaZement and discussion
among BIOLOGISTS; wood pseudumor-
phised into silica, also into disul phuret
of copper; charcoal enclosed in copper
ore; great variety OF petriied wood,
Laguna Madre salt made by solar evapo-
ration; carbonate, sulphate, nitrate and
phosphate of lime anonymous and crys-
talizsd; hydraulic limestone; gigantic
pumicestone and corals; fossil phos-
phates; teeth of eephas masto-
don, equas, hippopotamus, lam
ma, cancharias, horn of rhinoseros,
tiCkorhinus, monslrous osrea; special
collections of rocks and fossils of the
post-tertiary, tertiary, triassic, carbon
ferrous and silnrian formation; stone
coal, bituminous earth, asphaltum,
iron, copper, lead, zinc, chrom, nickel,
quicksilver and silver ores, pure kaolin,
marble ana other building material
found near the Texas IL Mexi-
can National railroad and the projected
Nueces Valley railroad. Last year the
Texas IL Mexican railroad forwarded
by way of their Gulf terminus, Corpus
Christi, 240 tons of stone coal, over four
million pounds of argentiierous bar
lead and 1000 tons of building rocks.
Those ROCKS were quarried between
Corpus Christi and Laredo, and used
for government work at Araneas Pass.
The specimen on exhibit proves it to be
fossilferous calcarious land stone; II
reliable building stone, not given to
nitrification like the lime rocks
of the cretaceuS form alton.
Some remarkable minerals, fossils and
ores, which 1 collected OF the Permian
formation, the existence of which, in
Archer county, Texas, / discovered an, and
first announced rs such in the year 1867,
are an exhibit together with map and
printed report.
ANTIQUITIES AND CURIosITIEs.
Pictures of the Alamo, painted before
its restoration, OF the battle of Corpus
Christi and the battle of New Orleans;
old Mexican fiiigree work; portrait OF
bv his sister, Christophne Reinroald,
with her autograph letter; portraits of
Lspla aud other Indians; engraved
ivory tusks found in an Indian grave;
Indian war and domestic Implements;
"Maya Indian feathered dragon and
calendarium," with explanatory car
toons, conceded the most valuable
antiquity exhibited; relics of Empress
Josephine, Prince Eugenius, of Savoy,
and Frederick; the great Gen.
Sam Houston's pistols, spy-glsssss,
powderhorn, crutches, walking-cane
and Indian leggiDgs; Santa Anna sad
die, captured at San Jacinto; god snuff
box, presented by Gen. Santa Anna to
Gen. Sam Houston; file of the Daily
American Star, first English newspaper
published in Mexico during Gen. SCOTS
occupancy, edited by Peoples and
James Barnard.
Rare Books-Theologv printed in Co
iouna 1i7o, Richard B9Xter's Catholic |